Avatar High

This is my first AtLA AU fanfic, inspired by the school episode of AtLA: Super Deformed Shorts. Along with a few other changes, for example, Teo is an airbender, and can walk, multiple avatars are alive, as well as other "deceased" characters, Aang can only bend air, etc.

DISCLAIMER: The only ones that own Avatar: tLA are Bryke, and I am not them.

Chapter 1

"Students, I have an important announcement to make. The Golden Dragon Dance is coming up soon, so get a date, some nice clothes, and be there next Friday!" Professor Roku was gone in a burst of flame.

"Hey Aang, you know who you're gonna ask to the dance yet?" Sokka leaned over and asked.

"Well yeah, actually! I was thinking about asking-" Aang was cut off in mid-sentence.

"Great! Now you have time to help me think about who I should ask. Should I ask Yue, who has AWESOME moon powers, or Suki, who has AWESOME fighting skills...?"

"Gee, I don't know Sokka, why don't you just save yourself some time and go with someone different, like Ty Lee?" Aang said. Sokka gave him a glare.

"I'm a rotten enough dancer on my own, you know that, but do you really think its a good idea for me to go with Ty Lee? I mean what if I accidentally fall on her and make her mad and she does that weird pokey pokey thing and makes my arms and legs go all noodle?" Sokka was gesticulating wildly like always, and Aang could tell that he wasn't going to get anywhere with this, so just decided to go on to his problems.

"Sokka, I have an even bigger problem. I want to go with Zuko. I have a HUGE crush on him, but I need to know if he likes me back first. Do you think you could talk to him for me?" Sokka stared at Aang, dumbfounded. Finally he shook his head, and then said, "Uh, sure, I guess. But-"

"Thanks Sokka! You're the best!" Aang gave him a quick hug, and then ran off to his locker to get his gym clothes. Coach Gyatso, as fun a guy as he was, was just like Paku, Jeong Jeong, Bumi, and Piandao: a gym coach. They would not forgive tardiness.

As he was walking through the halls, Katara caught up with him. "Hey Aang!"

"Oh, hey Katara! What's up?"

"Well, just going to gym, like you. Oh, and Sokka told me about your problem," Katara said, blushing a little.

"He did?" Aang said. He slapped his forehead in frustration. "I thought I could trust him!"

"No no! You can! He just knew that you trusted me too, and so he thought I could help you more than him."

"Yeah, I guess that makes since. So, what do you think?"

"I think Professor Zhang will be mad if I don't show up in the next 2 minutes. We can talk about it at lunch."

"Yeah, okay. See you at lunch Katara!" Aang sighed.

Airbending training was uneventful, like always. Aang got partnered up with Jin Ju, the worst airbender in the whole class. But about halfway through, he found Teo and played airball with him. It wasn't much of a match. Aang was the star player on the school's airball team, so it wasn't surprising when he beat Teo 34 to 7. After thoroughly spanking Teo, it was communal gym time, a time where airbenders, waterbenders, earthbenders, firebenders, and nonbenders all shared some time together. He wasn't surprised at all to see Sokka and Jet immediately start fighting. They had this eternal competition going on to see who was the better swordsman. He saw Zuko walk over to them, chuckling. Aang couldn't hear what they were saying, but he saw Zuko demonstrate some moves with broadswords. He then saw his friends Hasook, Kuzon, and Toph looking bored, so he ran over to them and challenged them to a bending battle. Bending battles were Tophs favorite gym time. Well, any time that she could use to show off her bending skills was her favorite really. 1 on 1 on 1 on 1. They went to the small arena area in the side of the gym. The arena was a big circle cut into 4 equal parts. One part was full of tall wooden pillars, for airbenders to stay up high. One part was surrounded by torches, for the firebenders to have a more immediate source of fire. One part was a pool of water about 3 feet deep, with an ice platform in the center, so the waterbenders could move all around the pool without taking their attention off of their opponent. The last part was nothing but a large slab of earth for, well, you get the idea. Each element was across it's opposite, and the parts went in a pattern: air, water, earth, jumped up on top of the bleachers and yelled out, "On my count! One! Two!" He gave Aang a grin, winked, and yelled, "BEND!"

Kuzon was on fire. Literally. He was the first to bend, save for Toph. As soon as Teo called it on, Kuzon was in the air. He kicked a short wave of fire out at Aang, who spun around, evading the attack and sending a wall of wind back at Kuzon, who dodged it promptly. He punched the air, shooting balls of fire at Aang. Aang dodged them all, then jumped up in the air and clapped his hands together, which threw a gust of wind in Kuzon's direction, who was thrown backwards on his ass.

Meanwhile, the instant Teo called it on, a boulder landed itself in Hasook's torso. He fell into the water with a splash. He stood up and bent a huge wave of water out at Toph. Then, he dipped his fingers in the water, and brought up a hand with ice claws for fingers. He flicked his wrist as if throwing a frisbee, and the claws went flying at Toph. She stomped her foot and a wall of rock rose from the ground, shielding Toph from the spikes, however it didn't help her at all when it came to the wall of water coming at her. She was doused completely.

Then, out of nowhere, Kuzon came flying in, sending a wave of fire directly at Toph. At the same time, Hasook sent five ice disks and ten ice claws at Toph. She shot up a wall of earth to protect her from the fire. However, right as the spikes and disks were about to hit her, Aang swooped in and blew them out of the way, then pushed his arms out, blasting Hasook out of the ring. Next thing he knew, four fireballs were making their way towards him. He spun around, kicking them away, and at the same time, blowing Toph out of the ring. Now it was just Aang and Kuzon.

Kuzon wasted no time in shooting as much fire as he could at Aang. Aang, being a master airbender, was also a master of self-defense. He was moving all around so quickly and spinning at the same time, Kuzon couldn't even see him.

"He's amazing!" Hasook said.

"Meh," grumbled Toph. She didn't like being beaten. At anything. Period.

Kuzon spun around, following Aang's movements with his head. The next thing he knew, he was lying on his back with Aang standing over him. Aang jumped in the air, moved his arms as if he was pushing someone, and Kuzon went flying out of the ring. Aang put his right fist in his left palm, bowed in his defeated opponents' direction, and then went to high five Teo. The crowd that had begun to gather around the ring was applauding Aang.

A whistle blew. Gym was over. He got changed, ran to his locker, exchanged his gym bag for his English textbook, and headed to Professor Yengchen's classroom. English class passed quite slowly for him, as always. But eventually, the bell rang and it was lunch time. He dumped off his things in his locker, and headed off to the cafeteria.

He saw Katara beckoning to him from across the room. Aang walked over to where she was sitting with Suki and her friends.

"Hey Katara. Got time to talk?" Aang asked.

"Er, yeah sure. Let's go to the library where it's a bit quieter."

"Okay. But remember to get something to give Mr. Wan."

"Oh right."

Two old English scrolls and 5 minutes later, they were sitting in the middle of the library. "So, what exactly do you need help with?" Katara asked.

"Well, I just want to find a way to see if Zuko likes me back. If he does, then I'll go talk to him, but I need someone to talk to him for me. Do you think you could do that?"

"Sure thing Aang. He's in History of Bending with me in sixth period. I'll talk to him then."

"Thanks Katara. So who are you going with?"

"I'm not sure yet. Haru and Jet both asked me, but I don't know. I think I'm probably going to go with Jet," Katara said thoughtfully. "I hear he's great in bed too," she added with a sly grin.

Aang laughed and shook his head. "Wow Katara. Well, I'm gonna go eat now. Thanks again!"

Katara chuckled and waved to Aang as she turned and walked the other way.