"We must banish the boy!" A White Lotus sentry said about a young six year old blonde, who was sleeping a room over.
Murmurs broke out within the crowd, many agreeing with the sentry.
"Now, now. Are we really going to condemn a young life just because of our fear?" An elderly old man said.
"But sir, isn't just a little convenient that this child appears from nowhere just days after the Avatar survived a kidnap attempt?"
"I am aware of your concerns but I will not ship away a young boy because of four rogues. What say you, Master Katara?" He asked an elderly lady dressed in normal Southern Water Tribe robes. She had wrinkles that showed her age and twin bangs that looked like loops.
"I've looked the boy over and I can feel he has a powerful soul. He is also a bender, a strong one at that. I believe he should stay in the Southern Water Tribe." Katara spoke her piece.
As the others went back to their discussion, Katara went back to thinking about the boy the found as she made her way to him.
'He appeared from nowhere but his chi feels as strong as Korra's and she's the Avatar. There feels like there's something going on inside his body but I can't tell what.' She thought as she opened the door that held the boy.
She gasped when she saw a dark smokey substance rolling off the boy. It slowly made its way down the bed and to the floor and it spread like wild fire. It enveloped the ground and anything within its touch started to slowly sink into the abyss.
Katara quickly bent some ice for her to stand on but that too was being dragged into the darkness. She pulled some water out of the air and threw the bubble at the blonde.
It got the desired effect as the darkness receded and the boy woke up with a gasp. He looked around with wide eyes trying to figure out where he was and why he was wet.
His sky blue eyes landed on Katara and he tilted his head sideways in confusion. She smiled at the cute gesture and bent the ice platform away. She took a step forward and inched back a bit and she frowned. 'I guess it is to be expected. I am a stranger to him after all.'
"Don't be afraid, little one, I'm not here to hurt you." She said softly with her hands up to show she meant no harm. He seemed to accept that as he relaxed and looked at her with curiosity in his eyes.
"So who are you, baa-chan?" He asked. In her earlier years, she may have gotten mad at such a remark but now she really was a grandma.
"My name is Katara and I'm a member of the Southern Water Tribe. Who are you?" She asked.
"I-I don't remember." He said as his face contorted as he tried to dig deep and think of his past.
"Naruto..Naruto Uzumaki," he looked over to the elder waterbender, "I think that is my name."
Katara smiled at him and was going to speak until she interrupted by a loud and childish voice.
"Katara! Can we train now?! Huh? Can we? Can we?" A young child with a dark complexion asked as she bounced around. She had dark hair that had a small ponytail and two others that framed he face. She has crystal blue eyes and was wearing a blue sleeveless shirt that showed off her belly. She had a sash around her waist with dark blue baggy pants and no shoes.
"Hush now, Korra, we have a guest." Katara said with a smile on her face as she motioned to the confused blonde.
Korra finally took notice of the blonde and rushed over and started to ask a lot of questions in rapid succession. Naruto was looking a little overwhelmed so Katara decided to step in. "Now, Korra, the boy just woke up. Give him space."
Korra back away with a pout, "Fine." She said reluctantly.
A couple of White Lotus sentries walked past to investigate the noise made. Once they saw Naruto was awake with the Avatar within reach the took defensive positions in front of her. Fire appeared on one of their fists and small earth chunks rose from the ground and hovered behind the other.
"Master Katara, please take the Avatar away from the intruder." The firebender said.
Naruto looked at the men with curiosity, "Um, how are you doing that?" He asked pointing to the rocks and the fire.
The sentries glanced at each other before looking back at him, "You've never seen someone bend before?" The earthbender said whilst moving the rocks around him and the firebender began to toss a small fireball between his hands.
Naruto closed his eyes and thought back real hard. After a few minutes of this, the sentry was going to say something beofre the Naruto's eyes snapped open and had a look of excitement.
"Baa-chan, I remember something else now!" He exclaimed.
Katara smiled softly, "Oh and what did you remember, Naruto?" She hadn't left the room, like hell she'd leave. She was perfectly capable of taking care of herself and Korra.
The sentries looked aghast, "Master Katara! You were supposed to escort the Avatar away!"
Katara simply waved them off and focused on the blonde, "Now, what did you remember, Naruto?"
"I can bend stuff too!" He proclaimed with a big smile.
"That's great! Maybe we can train together!" Korra said.
"Can you show me your bending element?" Katara asked.
"Um..I can do more than one." Naruto said.
All in the room froze at the statement. How could it be possible? Only one person could pull off such feats and it was the girl standing next to her.
"Nuh-uh! Stop lying, I'm the Avatar and I'm the only one who can bend more than one element!" Korra said childishly.
"I can too, watch!" Naruto declared as he put both of his hands out in front of him.
The left one made the room grow brighter, it seemed to be two bars of lights that made a cross with a circle surrounding it.
The right hand, however, made everyone shiver. Instead of a regular hand, it looked like a smokey black substance was oozing from it. It was the same substance Katara saw devour the table stand next to him.
Naruto saw their faces and smiled cheekily, "I told you. I can bend light and darkness!" He proclaimed as he held his hands high and shook them.
"So what? I can still bend more than you!" Korra yelled out as she bent some water, earth and fire.
"But can you do this?" He asked as he pointed his finger at the wall and a light beam shot out of it and pierced the wall and continued on for awhile. It all happened before they knew it.
"I can also make things go boom!" He announced by jumping and throwing his arms in the air. His foot started to light a golden yellow but was frozen by Katara.
"No 'boom', Naruto." She chastised. She recieved a pout from the boy.
"We better go tell the Grand Lotus about this." The firebender sentry said as he and the earthbender left.
"So what can that you do with the black stuff?" Korra asked. They both noticed he tensed up, "It is darkness and it allows me to bend it." He held up his darkness clad hand and touched the floor. The darkness spread through the floor until it covered the under the bed. Slowly but surely, the bed started to sink until it was completely gone.
He turned to see a gaping Korra and blank faced Katara. "It makes stuff go away."
"Where does the stuff go?" Katara asked. She still hasn't seen the bedside table come back.
Naruto had a sheepish smile and raised his arm to scratch the back of his head. "Hehe I don't know."
Both waterbenders had sweatdrops come down their heads at his answer. Before anyone else could speak, the sentries returned.
"Master Katara, the Grand Lotus requests all of your presences."
"Very well. Come along, kids." Katara said as she ushered them out of the room.
"B-But Baa-chan, my leg is still cold!" Naruto whined. They noticed that his leg was still frozen and Katara released the leg.
"Sorry about that. Now let's go." She said as she and Korra made their way out of the room with Naruto slowly making his way after them.
-Break-
"So where is Tonraq? I need to speak to him immediately." A man dressed in a Water Tribe parka asked. He had similar hair style as Korra without the ponytail as he let his hair fall down. He was looking around for his brother so he could request he take his niece under his wing again.
He felt something tug at his leg and looked down to see Korra smiling up at him. "Hi, Uncle Unalaq!" She chirped.
He smiled down at her, "Hello, Korra. Have you seen your father? I need to talk to him."
He frowned when she shook her head negatively, "No but look meet my new friend!" She said excitedly as she pulled over a young blonde.
He didn't look like anything special, certainly not special enough to be in the presence of the Avatar.
"Hey, don't go pulling me around like some doll!" The boy yelled out.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Korra yelled back.
Unalaq walked away as the children started to bicker. He didn't have time to babysit, he need to get to the Avatar while looking like a protector.
"Did you hear? That blonde boy can apparently bend light and darkness." A random sentry said as Unalaq passed by.
"Yeah I was in the meeting too, idiot. I still can't believe it though. I mean, who has heard of someone bending two elements besides the Avatar?"
This piqued Unalaq's interest, 'That boy could bend two elements, unusual elements as well. This is unprecedented and he could be useful.' He thought as he listened in more to their conversation.
"Too bad the elders voted to remove him from the compound. I hear the kid has amnesia and can't remember his family. Poor kid."
'Amnesia as well? This might be too easy to sway this boy to my side.' Unalaq thought as he continued on his way.
-Break-
"I implore you to reconsider the decision, Grand Lotus." Katara pleaded to the one of the current leaders of the White Lotus.
"I'm sorry, Master Katara, but the decision is final as deemed by myself and the other masters. You know that majority rules."
"But the boy could learn alongside Korra. I have told you of his abilities, they can become a great danger if not trained properly."
"Exactly the reason he can not remain here. If he can shoot piercing rays of light at a whim then who's to say the boy doesn't accidently kill the Avatar with a stray beam? That's not rven mentioning his other element, which is more concerning than his light. To be able to essentially create a black hole on the spot is a truly fearsome ability."
Katara couldn't argue with thier logic but didn't mean she would agree with it. "Where is the boy to go? He has no memory of his family."
"The boy will be sent to the Republic City Orphanage. There, they can send out a picture of him to every nation and hopefully his family can find him."
"I have a solution tha would benefit everyone here." A voice said as someone entered the room. Katara looked over and saw that it was Unalaq, Cheif of the Northern Water Tribe, brother to Tonraq, Cheif of the Southern Water Tribe.
"What are you doing here, Cheif Unalaq?" The Grand Lotus asked.
"I heard my niece was almost kidnapped. Of course I would make my way down here to make sure everything was okay." He said smoothly.
Katara's eyes narrowed at that but she said nothing. "Oh, yes, the Avatar is quite alright. She was a bit shaken up before but now seems to be back in high spirits. We've decided to move her to a secure compound for her training so another incident doesn't happen like this again."
"Ah, a wise decision. I came here to check on my niece but I overheard a conversation about a young blonde from two sentries. I would hate for a child with such potential to be sent to a orphanage, he simply would not flourish in that environment. I suggest that I train the boy and take him with me to the Northern Water Tribe." He proposed his plan.
The Grand Lotus seemed to mull it over. "Hmm if you send monthly reports of his progress in his unique bending then I have no objections. He could be away from the Avatar while we could keep an eye on him so to speak."
"Don't you think we should get the Naruto's opinion on the matter?" Katara said. The two men in the room shared a look and then nodded as they left to find the boy in question.
-Break-
They found Naruto playing with Korra. It seemed they were playing tag or hide and seek.
"Naruto, come here. We have a question for you." Katara called to the boy.
Naruto stopped chasing Korra and scampered over to the three adults. "Yes, Granny?" He asked.
They proceeded to tell him of Unalaq's proposal and he accepted. The Grand Lotus may have guilt tripped the boy by telling him that he could everyone if he didn't train in his powers with Unalaq. This got a frown from the waterbending master.
They enticed him even more when they told him that Unalaq had a way to regain his memories. That sold him and he accepted the training.
The next day, Naruto said goodbye to Korra and promised that they would meet again soon. Little did they know that they both wouldn't see each other for thirteen years.
-End-
Hey, it's been awhile. Sorry for the lack of updates been swamped at work. I want to quit but I need a job, you know? I just had this idea swimming in my head for awhile so I just had to post it. I wanted to use an One Piece character for this story but I couldn't think of anyone for the part so I used the default Naruto.
I want to give Naruto four unusual elements like they're things but you can't like touch them the way you do fire, water, earth and air. So I decided light, darkness, space, and time. Some might say he will be OP and to those people I say yes..yes he will. So yeah.
Please review.