Chapter 1: the boy in the woods
A/E: since my last Avatar fic was a flop. (I was an early writer and my dude was kind of sue-ish) I'm trying a new one. It takes place 150 years after the avatar storyline yes it has OC's, and I know how some of you are with OC'S, but just give this story a chance.. Will I mention the Avatar cast? Hopefully yes, Anyway, now for the disclaimer.
P.s- yeah, yeah I know I rip off the title for this chapter form the first episode and replaced "iceberg" with "woods" but hey I couldn't think of a title!
double p.s: i will admit the frist couple of chapters will seem daja-vu ish. but it will be different as time goes on.
I do not own Avatar!
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I was born as a hero. I was destined to help the world, the bridge between the spirit world, and the real world. I come from royalty, born from a line of benders. So it's no surprise that I'm pretty good at my element. But to master all four? That's crazy! Why did I have to be chosen? I couldn't live my life the way I wanted, especially since I live at THAT place. That why I ran away from there. That's why I'm on my own now, since I' am the LAST avatar.
"Come on Asa! We have to go find some food." Said a boy with short black hair and black eyes, He wore a green and yellow outfit. They were old and worn. He looked like he around the age of 17.
"Hold up hikari, I trying to pick some herbs for the tribe." Asa said. She had long black hair black hair and wore brown earth bender rags. She was about 16 years old and had blue eyes.
Both of them were brother and sister. They live in a small poor earth kingdom tribe far from the earth kingdom ba Singh se. Hikari was a earth bender, or at least trying to be one. His earthbending skills weren't t the sick hat great. Asa is kind of like her village caretaker. She helps and elderly and sometimes takes care of the children in the village.
They were out hunting for food for the tribe. Hikari wanted to do it because it was a chance to practice his earthbending. Asa was the one who actually wanted to find food. After Asa finish picking some herbs, they continue to find some food in the woods. Suddenly, they spot a deer eating some grass. Hikari and Asa hid behind some bushes.
"Ok Asa" whispered Hikari. "Watch what a superior earth bender can do."
"Superior earth bender, were is he? I can't see him"
"I'm talking about me." Hikari said in an annoyed tone.
"O sorry, I thought you mean someone with talent"
Hikari just rolled his eyes. Hikari stand up from the bushes, the deer spots him and tries to run. Hikari moves his feet raises his hands up. What he tried to was create a wall around the deer, but the wall was…..well, small. It was so small that the deer jump over the wall and escaped.
Hikari sweat just drop. "Umm…..it got away…."
Asa slaps her forehead. "I swear, why don't you just use hunting tools instead of trying to earthbend?"
"Because I'm an earth bender, what do we need hunting tools for if I can earthbend?"
"But you can't, therefore you have to have hunting tools you dolt!"
"Whatever, besides we got enough food at home."
"But we need food to last, you got to think ahead of thing Hikari"
"Look, let just go back into the village."
Hikari and Asa begin walking back to the village. While walking Asa begins to check the herbs to make sure that it is not poisonous. Hikari was watching the road, making sure no robbers would come and attack them. Suddenly they notice that someone is lying down on the road.
"Brother looks! Some one is on the road."' Asa pointed out. She then walks toward the body.
"Hold on, it might be a trap. We're not sure if that guy fire nation."
Asa turns the body over. It was a boy, he had long messy hair. He wore rags and had black pants. "Hey are you ok?" said Asa. The boys open his eyes. His eyes were a golden color. He tries to speak. "I….I…want…..food!!!"
The boy faints. "Brother, pick him up. We're taking him to our tribe."
"You're taking a total stranger to our tribe?" Hikari said while he raises his eyebrow.
"He needs our help; we have to take him to our tribe. So just pick him up already!"
Hikari picks the boy up quickly, not wanting to hear Asa complain. The boy was sleeping and his stomach was growling. They started to walk back to their home tribe.
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Meanwhile, farther into the woods, a group of fire nation soldiers are looking for a certain someone. Some of the soldiers were carrying a throne with a veil covering around it. One of the soldiers went up towards the throne and got on his knees.
"Sir, we are still looking in the woods for him." Said one solider
A voice came from the covered throne. "Solider, what did I say about reporting him?"
"I'm sorry sir; I'm confused about what you're talking about."
"I said to report when you find him, and you did not find him."
"But sir-"
"But nothing, Next time you send me a report, it better be about you finding him, do you understand solider?" the voice said coldly
"Yes sir, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding."
The soldiers continued tracking down the person they were looking for.
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"Uhhh" the boy moaned. He opens his eyes slowly, only to see that it was a stone ceiling right above him. He lifted his body up and looked around the place. All he sees was a room that looks like a living room. He was sitting on a stone couch, it was a rocking chair next to the fire place, and it was a cloth that was to act as a door. He also had seen two beds to the side of him.
"Were the hell am I?" is all he thought.
Suddenly, someone come through the cloth door. She was holding a bag full of bread. She notices that the boy has woken up. "Oh so you awake, nice to see your ok" she said
"Were am I?" he asked
"Oh you're at my tribal village. We found you in the woods, and you cried for food. So we brought you here to feed you."
She reaches in the bag and reaches for bread; she gives it to the boy. "Here you go. It's not much, but I think it can satisfy your hunger for now."
The boy garbs the bread and stuffs it in his mouth. He tries to speak while he eats, but only food comes out instead of words. "Please, don't eat with your mouth full" she said with disgust. The boy finishes the bread quickly. "Thank you for the food"
"Your welcome, you can also thank me by telling me your name." she asked
"Gladly, my name is Kasai. And this is my lemu-"Kasai taps his shoulders and notices something is missing. He jumps out the couch and looks around the room. "Were my lemur!? He was just with me!!" he yells out.
The girl sweat drops. "Ummm, is something wrong?"
"Yes my lemur is gone! It must had ditch me again, damn lemur."
It was silence for a moment, until the boy said something. "Oh I'm sorry, what is your name?"
"It's Asa." She said
"Asa eh? That a nice name."
"Thank you."
The boy then walks closer. "So, are you going to show me around the village, Asa?"
"Sure why not. Come on I'll show you to the elders." She said.
They started to walk outside the house. At first glance the village is small. In fact it seems the rest of the houses surrounded one spot. Kasai also notices that a boy and a group of kids around each other.
"Ok kids; allow me to show you something amazing. I, Hikari plan to earth bend this ground of dirt, into the shape of a horse." He boosted.
The kids looked at him like he was crazy. "Yeah right Hikari, we all know you suck at earth bending." Said one kid
"Yeah, my dad said for everytime you earth bend, an angel loses his wings." Said a little girl
"Shut up! I'll become the greatest earth bender, way powerful than the avatar or the legendary Blind bandit, then I'll be the one to save this world."
Hikari then moved his feet and move his hands around. The earth came up, WAY up. In fact in went up to the sky and feel back into the ground. Hitting the kids and Hikari.
"Ahh, I knew he sucks. My dad was right, you really are killing angels"
"Yeah run away!" the kids started to run from Hikari like their life was in danger. Hikari kick the dirt, "stupid kids" Hikari said under his breath.
Asa sneaks up on her brother. "So, still trying to show off brother?" Hikari jumps 10 feet into the air. "DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!!" he yelled while trying to catch his breath. Asa just giggles "Sorry, anyway I want you to meet the stranger we pick up" she pointed to Kasai. "He says his name is Kasai, Kasai this is my brother, Hikari."
Kasai extends his hand out. "Nice to meet you Hikari."
"Nice to meet you to Kasai." Hikari also extends his hands out. "Kasai, your not fire nation are you?"
Asa hit Hikari on his shoulder. "Don't ask him questions like that! Excuse my brother Kasai, he can be an idiot. Kasai chuckles while scratching the back of his head. "Its ok, it's normal to ask people those kinds of question since everyone is at war with the fire nation."
"Well, I'm sorry for my brother actions." Asa then turn towards Hikari. "Hikari, can I please take Kasai to meet the elders?" she asked.
"Well, I guess it would be alright. Since he is not fire nation"
"Well it's settled then, but first Kasai. I want to take you to my favorite spot."
"Favorite spot? Sure why not."
"Ok then follow me!" Asa said with a happy expression.
She and Kasai left the village. Hikari dicdced that he should leave the village as well to go train in earth bending, but he is stop by a voice of a grow man.
"Hikari, the elders would like to speak with you."
Hikari raised an eyebrow. "That's strange, when the elders want to speak, with someone it usually to the older men. Maybe they finally accept me as a man." Hikari follows the man to the elder's household.
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Asa and Kasai were walking through the forest. Kasai wondered were Asa is taking him. "Hey Asa, were we going exactly?" he asked. Asa turns her head around but keeps walking forward. "You'll see, it's a place I always go to when I'm feeling down."
Kasai raised one of his eyebrows. He wondered why this girl he just met is showing something personal to him. He kept those thought to him for the time being. "We're almost here." Asa said. "It just behind those trees over there."
They walked through the trees, it seemed like the trees were blocking something. Like no humans can be around what ever they were blocking. They slid through the trees, Kasai look forward and he is amazed by what he sees. It was a meadow full of flowers as far as the eye can see. The aroma the flowers were so fresh and smelled sweet.
"Wow this place, it amazing!" Kasai said with a happy expression.
"It is; I found this place when I was 10 when….." Asa paused for a moment. Kasai notices that she has certain sadness in her eyes. "When what?" he asked. Asa bend downs and sits on the grass. "Nothing….." she said. Kasai sits down next to her and stares at the meadow of flowers. Asa picks a flower and beings to play with it.
"Do you know about the avatar?" she asked in a soft tone.
This caught his attention. "Not really, mind telling me about him?" he asked.
She takes a deep breath and starts to speak. "The avatar is the savior of the world. He is the bridge between sprits from the great beyond and our world. At least, that what my mother had told me."
"Go on…" said Kasai
"The avatar is also supposed to master all the four major elements in order to become strong and defend the world. The last time the world was in danger Avatar Aanng, who was an air bender, defeated the fire lord of that time and saved the world."
Kasai butted in. "yeah I heard of that, I also heard he had help from the last fire lord, Zuko."
Asa nodded her head. "Yes, Kasai do you also know the avatar chain?"
"No not really, mind telling Me.?"
"The avatar chain goes like this. Water, Earth, Fire and air. That is what order the avatar is born and what order he must master his elements." Asa explained
"Yeah so the avatar now should be earth by now, right?"
"No, when Zuko died. His son and current fire lord Akuma restarted the war that Avatar Aanng fought so hard to stop. When he re-started the war, the avatar of water that was living got killed. Then before the avatar of earth could do anything, she was killed also. Which means the next avatar will be fire."
Kasai raised his eyebrows. "Is that bad?"
"Is that bad, It worse than bad. Obviously the Avatar will help the fire lord since he is fire nation that what people have been telling me; they say with him at the fire lord side, the world will be doomed!" Asa voice was tense, like she was afraid of the world being under the control of the fire nation. Kasai notices this and taps her on the shoulder. "Don't worry, the avatar is good. He won't go and do something as stupid as join the fire nation in the war just because he is fire nation"
"You sure?" Asa asked.
Kasai smiles. "I promise you he won't"
Asa smiles "thank you Kasai. Come on we should go, back to the village. I still want the elders to meet you." Asa stands up and starts walking. Kasai stares at the ground. "At least, that what I think I don't know about everyone else." Kasai gets up and starts walking with Asa back to her tribal village.
"Oh Asa, one more thing. How did you know all about this?"
"The elders, they old but they are also like sages"
"Really? So that means they can sense chi, correct?"
"I really don't know, come on were stalling time!"
Asa pulls Kasai arm and pulls him toward the village.
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Hikari walks into the elder's room. The first thing you see is three old people. 2 men and one woman, sitting in chairs. "Hikari, we glad you came. We have something we want to tell you."
"You guys are finally going to make me a sage like you guys! I knew my earth bending skills were-"
"Hikari" said the woman elder. "It's not that, it about the person you brought."
Hikari raised his eyebrow. "You mean Kasai, What about him?"
One of the old men speaks. "Well, it's his Chi. Ever since you and your sister brought him into this village we sensed a tremendous amount of Chi."
"What are you guys trying to say?"
The other old man started to speak. "This boy might be Him."
"You mean….."
"Yes, we think this boy is the Avatar."
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"Sir, we have information on were he is staying." Said one solider.
"It better be real information this time!"
"It is, it's a poor village not to far from here. It would take us a day to get there."
Then I guess we better get walking huh?"
The soldiers and their leader, continue to walk in the woods. The leader smiled. "So I will catch you and kill you myself, Avatar"
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That's the end of chapter 1. , See you next time!