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Prologue

In the very center of a dark room was a small flickering bulb, set high above a table that was hidden beneath the shadows of its vast surroundings. Five men sat around the wooden table, blanketed from head to toe in the finest of their nation's robes and four of the five also held a roll of parchment in their bejeweled hands. The men sat with indifference written upon their faces as their evaluations began.

One by one the men began to set down the pieces of parchment and one by one the most gifted students of their nations were being made known. The fifth man, though, sat with a large smile on his face and watched, for he needed not to bring about his most gifted students. The light above the men flickered violently, and startled, the four other men slowly looked up to see fire rapping around the air above.

With a gush of wind, the men's robes (fifth man excluded) flew all around them, exposing their undergarments. The four powerful men looked from one to the other and then down to see that their parchments were gone.

The fifth stood up, placing the parchments into his robes, and a blinding light filled the room around them as a circle of fire erupted around the table. A cold chill ran through the four other men as wind resonated through their bodies. They all looked to the head of the table at the fifth man and gasped.

A boy with a fierce gaze and flaming red tattoo curling up his arm stood to the fifth man's left, his fist curled and exhibiting light and fire. And to the fifth man's right was a smaller boy set in a meditation stance as he balanced himself on top of an air ball. Tattoos ran across his barren arms and one could be seen visible peeking out through his messy black hair.

The four men gasped. They had heard of the great Aang and the fierce Zuko, but the two boys had been said to have faded into obscurity over the past seven years. No one knew that the fifth man, Master Bumi of the Ba Sing Se School for Gifted Benders and Warriors, had been training them himself.

The four men, each a leader of a nation, stood and bowed to the man and boys standing at the head of the table. Aang, the calmer of the two students, stood upon his air ball and bowed back to the men, a pleasant smile on his face, but Zuko, who greatly contradicted Aang, grunted and glared at the fire bending leader as he bowed his head slightly.

Master Bumi looked around with his wild eyes and took in the sight of the four men in undergarments before laughing and snorting in pleasure.

"My, my Aang, that sure was a good bonus you put out there for all of us, but if you don't mind, I think our guests would much rather enjoy our presence in clothing."

Aang smirked to himself and shot a look at Zuko who was desperately trying to hide his laughter, before Aang then conjured up their clothing and whisked it back onto the four leaders. As another light joke from Aang, the fire bending leader and the water bending leader had on each other's clothes. It was a widely known fact that two had minor issues with each other. Not to mention they were at war.

Bumi noticed this slip from Aang, but out of pure pleasure from the switch, chose not to say anything, for the two men stood side by side looking up to Bumi and hadn't even noticed the robes they wore.

Bumi revealed the dispatched parchments and placed them upon the table.

"These eight students are now seen as your masters, for they have been chosen by you to come into my home and learn from the greatest masters in the world; but you see, they must have an evaluation of their own. In order for your students to come into my home, they must defeat my students in a battle, an Agni Kai of sorts."

As Master Bumi said the last part of his speech he back away into the darkness and six other students of the Ba Sing Se School were revealed.

Jet, the greatest and most rebellious warrior of his time, stood beside his best friend Zuko with his arms crossed over his chest. Haru, the gifted earth bender stood next to Aang. Mai, a woman sheathed with swords and knives stood next to Haru, an apathetic look upon her beautiful face. Yue, a greatly feared water bending master, stood on the other side of Zuko, her long mane of silver hair falling down to her side. Liang Kai, a boy known for his masterful use of the samurai sword, stood beside Mai. And lastly, Kane, the air bending warrior, stood beside Aang and Haru, her own tattoo peeking out of her long dark hair.

The eight greatest benders and warriors of the age stood together in harmony.

Fear shot throughout the four men as they stared in awe at the legends that stood before them. Each of these people were but children to the four men, but they could kill the men with one look.

"That will be all, gentlemen. If your students want to come to my home, then their destiny lies at Warrior's Bay in the outskirts of Ba Sing Se." came the sing-song voice of Master Bumi as it echoed throughout the room, and suddenly the ring of fire disappeared along with the children. All that remained was four men, a table, a small flickering bulb, and four pieces of parchment.


There, hope you liked it. Please review and I guess I'm partially all right with flames, as long as there's some constructive criticism thrown in there too. Well, you come back now, ya hear.