A/N: Thank you for your review Mastakirby. Updating very early because I don't want to lose these ideas from my mind.

Today (Day 1)

I buried her in front of what was once our home. I could barely hold back my tears, as I had lost the last person I had dear to me. I was angry: with myself, with the benders who killed her, and with the world. I began to walk through the forest as it raindrops fell on my head. It was a quiet and gloomy night. Only the sound of rain filled my ears as I now walked, alone. I was upset and wanted vengeance for my sister. I wanted to destroy this council of nations, and restore balance as it was before the meteor shower. I knew I had to be rid of this council, but I knew I could not do it alone. I used the rain around me to make a small dome of ice. I lie on the bare ground, deciding my next course of action. I would head to the marketplace tomorrow, in search of powerful benders that could help me. I thought of getting a bender of every element, but then I remembered the only other air bender alive was in the council of nations.

"I'll restore balance to this world." I said to myself.

"I won't allow anyone close to me to die" I said as I fell asleep.

Day 2

I awoke to see the sun in the sky. As I melted my dome, I could hear the voices

of the people in the marketplace. I walked and saw a large fountain in the center. It had words engraved into it.

"In honor of Sokkenai?" I said aloud.

I didn't understand what it meant, but right now that didn't matter. I turned away just to see a concession stand be destroyed.

"This is what you get old man!" I heard a man yell.

I began to look and saw the same white robes and the four-nation insignia. He was young, perhaps my age. I knew he was a fire bender because the old man's stand was burning to cinders.

"How am I supposed to pay off my debt, if your council has raised taxes 30% in the last two weeks?!" the old man said.

"It's not my problem old man; you should have sold more food." The fire bender said. "Your food stand is property of the council of nations now and is being relocated to the Northern water tribes. Pack your stuff old man; it will be a long trip."

"I can't leave!" the man said, "I have a family to take care of!"

"Fine, I'll just burn you until you decide to come with me!"

The teenage boy began to make a motion to fire bend, but as he started to bend both his hands froze.

"What's going on?!" he exclaimed.

"I froze your hands using the water in the air from last night's rain." I said. "Leave this man alone, you don't have the right to take his stand."

"You talk tough for a little kid" he replied, "But let's see you back that tough talk up little man!"

At that moment, he melted the ice around his arms and sent a ball of fire towards me. I used the water in the air and sent it towards his fire ball. As they collided they both evaporated. I sent several sharp icicles towards him and he shot fire and melted them. He then began to charge up a fireball towards me. When he sent it towards me, I brought up a small wall of water and I could barely block the ball in time. The force from the collision knocked me back to the floor.

"What's the matter kid?! Can't handle a little fire?!"

My left hand was burnt, but I didn't have the time to heal it. I sent a wave of water at him but he countered with another powerful fireball. As the ball headed towards me, I knew without my left hand I wouldn't be able to defend in time. As I braced to be hit, a wall of ice rose in front of me.

"Huh?" I whispered to myself.

I looked behind me and saw and man. He did not look too much older than me. He wore a red shirt with an insignia of the water tribe on the shoulders. He began to walk towards the fire bender.

"Who are you?" the fire bender asked.

"Mikeru Sokkenai." He said, "You should at least hear the name of the man who would kill you."

"In your dreams!" he said.

The fire bender sent a fireball towards him. Mikeru sent a wave of water to counter it, which not only evaporated the water but hit the fire bender and knocked him to the floor. Before the fire bender could get up again, he was frozen in place.

"What-"

That was all the fire bender could say before a large icicle pierced his heart. The fire bender was dead, and this man had saved me. I did not know his motives, but I was about to find out.

"Your hand's burned." He said

"It's nothing, I'll heal myself right up." I replied.

I began to take water from the fountain and heal my hand.

"You have healing abilities?" he said. "Wow, you have a gift many water benders want."

"Ya, Mikeru was it?" I asked.

"Yup, and who would you be?"

"Kai Winters." I said. "Wait, you said your last name was Sokkenai?"

"Ya, what of it"?

"I saw that name written on the fountain, did you build it?"

"No." he replied, "My father built this marketplace. But now I own this marketplace because he has passed."

"I'm sorry to hear that." I replied, "Mind sharing what happened?" I asked.

"Well, after the meteor shower, we were in the Northern water tribes. The disaster had destroyed many of our homes and my father had volunteered to help refugees recover. He built this marketplace but when he was favored by the people, the council of nations thought he may lead a rebellion against them. So he was invited to speak with the council of nations in person to discuss new reforms for our country, but then he never came back…

"I'm sorry." I said. They took a loved one from me too.

I took a while to tell him the story and as I finished…

"So now your out to defeat this council of nations." He said.

"Yes, but I need a small but powerful group of benders to help me. Can I ask you for help?"

"I'm in." he said, "I have a bone to pick with them as well. We can rest at my home, seeing as your home has been destroyed."

"Thanks…" I mumbled under my breath.