Team Avatar Meet... Team Avatar?
first part is an excerpt from The thief and the airbender; chapter 45: time is an illusion
Kai didn't have any idea where they were, or how they had gotten there. All he knew was that one second he had been falling asleep in his room on Air Temple Island and the next he was standing in a teashop with Jinora, seemingly in Ba Sing Se. And being stared at by a bunch of kids and an old man who had spit out his tea all over the rug.
The boy with the arrows - airbending arrows, Kai realized, his brow furrowing - was the first to break the tense silence. "You're - you're an airbender?!" the boy said excitedly, his voice cracking slightly, pointing at Jinora. The girl had gotten her tattoos a few weeks ago, her hair had not yet grown back; she had a shocked look on her face, as if she knew something Kai didn't.
"We both are..." Jinora said slowly, still with wide eyes. "Aang?"
No way. Kai's head was spinning. How could it be Aang, he was dead! Not thirteen and alive! But the boy with the tattoos simply gave them an elated, yet confused look. "Should I know you?"
"No, no," Jinora said hurriedly, still shell-shocked. "I, uh... okay as crazy as this sounds, we're from the future. 80 years from now, actually. I'm friends with the Avatar after you, her name is Korra... and I'm your granddaughter?" It felt so strange saying that to a kid maybe a year older than herself.
"Granddaughter?" Aang repeated faintly, floored.
"How do we know you're telling the truth?" a teenage boy with a ponytail demanded. Kai wracked his brain to remember the guy's name, he was one of Avatar Aang's friends... Sokka, that was it. There were some other teenagers, too, one who was obviously Firelord Zuko and his future wife Mai, along with Sokka's future wife Suki.
"Unless I am mistaken," the old man said, "I have heard it said that time is an illusion, and so is death. Stranger things have happened. Besides, Toph, are they telling the truth?" The blind girl nodded.
"Sure are," the earthbender confirmed. "So twinkletoes junior and friend, what're your names?"
"I'm Jinora, and this is Kai. He's one of the new airbenders." The airbending Master launched into an explanation of how Harmonic Convergence had brought airbenders back to the world, and about Republic City and the current state of the world from their timeline.
Aang reached up to wipe his eyes. "I-I never thought it would be possible..." A Water Tribe girl - Katara, reached down and put a hand on his shoulder, smiling warmly at her friend.
"So, you're Aang's granddaughter right?" Katara asked, giving the two young airbenders the same welcoming smile.
"I am," Jinora said, her eyes flickering to Katara nervously. "And you're my Gran-Gan."
Katara went a deep shade of red, but seemed pleased. Her brother let out a loud retch that sounded like "Oogies! Gross!" Katara shot a glare his way, still pink in the face.
"How many kids did we, uh, have?" Aang inquired, and he was blushing as well.
"Three," Jinora answered. "My father Tenzin, an airbender. A former-nonbender who got airbending, my Uncle Bumi. And Aunt Kya."
"She's a waterbender," Kai added. "And then Jinora has a younger sister and two younger brothers. They play airball with me sometimes. Jinora likes reading too much. Like her dad - Tenzin's a bit of a stick in the mud." Jinora rolled her eyes.
"Glad to see your boyfriend's bringing some fun back into the family," Aang said happily to Jinora. She went pink; she and Kai weren't together. Kai blushed furiously.
"We're uh, not together," Jinora said.
"Yet," Toph grinned. She could feel how their heartbeats got faster around each other, and how nervous they were around each other. "Listen kiddos, if you wanna good place to kiss according to Twinkletoes and Sugar Queen that balcony's the ideal place."
"Toph!"
It was weird, to say the least, to realize that one was back at the ending of the 100 Year War when it had been almost 80 years since. Jinora was immensely enjoying herself, however. She had so many questions, and it was so much fun to be around her Gran-Gran and Grandpa, especially since she had never actually met the latter. Aang seemed just as glad to see her and Kai as she was to see him, which made sense since he had lost his people.
"So how long ago did you get your arrows?" Aang said, grinning widely. Jinora accepted the cup of tea Firelord Zuko offered her and took a sip; it was delicious. Iroh had passed away long before she was born, and it was wonderful to see the old man. It was strange seeing Firelord Zuko so young, so seemingly uncertain yet at peace at the same time.
"Three weeks ago," she answered. "I'm afraid I beat your record for being the youngest airbending master in history."
Aang laughed. "Don't worry, it's an honour," he gave a pointed look towards Zuko, "to see that my granddaughter has beaten my old record." Zuko scowled while Katara, Toph and Sokka laughed, along with Mai and Suki. Iroh tried to suppress a chuckle.
"Korra is the new Avatar, correct?" Katara said. Jinora found herself looking for pieces of her Gran-Gran in the young waterbender, and taking away the wrinkles and white hair, she could easily picture the 14-year old as her grandmother, one day.
"Yeah," Kai said. "She's doing okay right now. The past couple of months have been hard for all of us." Korra had headed up to the South Pole to recuperate, and healed by Katara. Old lady Katara. Within a week or two, Kai and the others hoped Korra would return back home to Republic City.
"Sounds like it from this Zaheer guy," Sokka said darkly. Aang frowned, clearly troubled that a man had twisted Air Nomad philosophies as justification for acts of violence. "It's just good he got defeated."
Jinora nodded earnestly and opened her mouth to speak, when Toph interrupted with a loud, "That's weird!"
The earthbender walked to the door of the Jasmine Dragon and pulled it open, revealing Mako, Asami, Bolin and Korra, now back on her feet, all of them looking thoroughly confused. The Gaang all had their jaws dropped; still in shock but recovering, Korra lifted her hand in greeting. "Hi," she said awkwardly, "Korra here?"
Thanks to how well received this concept was with 'Chapter 45: Time is an illusion' from my collection of Kainora drabbles and oneshots, I decided to turn it into a fic. I have no idea how long or short this will be, and this story doesn't really have a clear plotline. It'll just be shenanigans between the two Team Avatars and co.
The ideas I have rolling around for now, are such as follows:
-General bonding (benders teaching other benders, ect. Korra and Toph giving everyone nicknames)
-Mako tries to teach Zuko how to lightningbend
-Bolin having a total freak out with Toph, which doesn't help her ego
-and everyone having an overall good time
If anyone knows who drew this lovely beautiful picture please let me know so I can give credit. I tried using Google Image Finder but couldn't manage to find the source :(
If you have any ideas, feel free to leave them in a review! And lemme know what you thought of this chapter too. :) Only 2 days till Book 4! :D
