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The S-Spirit Nation?" The young Avatar asked, his eyes bulged out of his sockets, and he had the tendency to massage his temples.

He, along with the rest of the crew, had no idea such a nation existed in their world. That got Aang thinking. If a Spirit Nation existed, what else could out there that they didn't know about? Rukia nodded.

" I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't heard of it. The village is so small, you'd need a magnifying glass to make it visible on the map," Rukia told them, while taking a glance at Zuko, who had been side eying her the whole time she had been talking. He was also curious.

" A..Spirit Bender? Uncle would be filled with questions, that's for sure," He smiled a bit, then it turned to a frown after he remembered where his Uncle was currently being kept.

His hand curled into a fist and he stopped himself from bending. The gang would surely kick him out, he thought. Rukia had no idea he was even fire nation. He would keep it a secret. Toph dragged out a long whistle and grinned.

"That's so cool! So how does it work? Do you call forth ghosts to fight or somethin'?" Toph asked excitedly. Sokka gasped and held a hand over Toph's mouth who immediately smacked it away.

" An angel is never capable of such horrid things Toph," He stated. Toph stomped her foot onto the ground, and a chunk of rock erupted from the ground, shooting Sokka at least twenty feet up into the air. Rukia looked up as Sokka fell down, amused. He cured under his breath and rubbed his butt.

" Dude, you need to chill. And DON'T touch me again. I prefer you ten feet away, thank you," She added. Zuko scratched his head and his lips pulled into a small grin as he saw Rukia smile, then quickly erased the emotion from his face and averted his eyes to the tree beside him.

" So, are you the only one of your kind Rukia?" Katara asked. Rukia looked away, and shook her head. Her hair new covered the right side of her face, making her seem all the more mysterious and alluring.

" No, my sister's one too," She paused before saying, "Would you like me to take you to my village? There's lots of food, and shelter too, your welcome to stay how ever long you need to," The gang looked at each other bewildered. Her voice seemed to raise an octave, as if she were trying to sound cheery, however, Sokka was oblivious and nodded quickly. Aang took a step forward and bowed to Rukia.

" We would be honored Rukia. Thank you so much for your kindness. Do you have any idea how you got out here anyway?" Aang asked, referring to how they found her passed out on the ground. She began to laugh and shook her head, clearly amused.

" I'm sorry I've worried you. I was simply playing with one of the village children, hide and seek, when I lost sight of him and encountered a giant spider on a tree. I'm terrified of spiders you know," She explained. Katara nodded agreeing, and shuddered at the thought of having a fifty feet tall spider crawling next to her. She would die of fright.

Rukia led the way to the village, which was, when they got to the Spirit Nation territory, mind blowing to say the least. The village was spacious, not small at all how Rukia had described it. There was a flea market nearby where everyone in the village, including Rukia, wore clothing similar to the attire earth benders wore, except they were either dark purple or light grey.

A little boy's laugh brought the attention of the gang, and the boy appeared, while being chased by a little girl his age and height. The boy stopped in front of Rukia, after bowing and giggled up to her, breathless. Rukia arched a brow down at the brown haired, grey eyed boy.

" Kenji," She spoke firmly, then averted her eyes to the little girl next to him. Her brown hair was longer and she possessed green eyes.

She smiled cheekily up to Rukia, one of her front teeth missing from her mouth.

" And Aya. You two should be careful, running around here, especially when there's so many people around. You get hurt or lost,"

" Sorry Rukia," They spoke in unison. She smiled and patted each of their heads.

" You know, when you two get married and have children, you'll look back on these days. I swear your always creating mischief," She replied grinning. Aya stuck out her tongue while Kenji coughed and pretending to double over.

" That's gross Rukia,"

" Yeah, I would never marry Kenji!" The two children started chasing each other again, until they were out of sight. Rukia shook her head chuckled. Aang smiled as he took in the new found village. It looked peaceful and happy, like nothing bad had ever happened to it. Every other village was affected somewhat by the Fire Nation.

" I care for them sometimes when their mother is out," Katara turned to Rukia and laughed.

" Handfuls I bet," Rukia nodded.

" Hard in the head as well," She added and led the group through the flea market. There were stands for fruit and clothing, and a lot of foods that were unknown to the Avatar gang. Suddenly, Sokka stopped short once he caught eye of a young girl behind a pomegranate stand.

" I'll be right back," He spoke and started to run away to her when Katara grabbed his shoulder roughly and pulled him back.

" The ground feels nice here, but there's a lot of cracks too, like its been destroyed, tainted with before or something," Toph commented.

Sokka rolled his eyes.

" You know, you seem so familiar, Zuko. Even your name sounds familiar," She added, making Zuko cough and turn his head.

" My name is pretty common around the nations," He spoke quickly. This made Rukia chuckle, almost darkly. His held a hard gaze on her she walked in front of him.

" So, um, do you think you could teach me how to spirit bend? I've never heard of such a technique," Zuko asked. Rukia arched a brow and shook her head.

" I can't just teach anybody spirit bending, let alone a fire bender. Would want it to get in the wrong hands," Zuko immediately started to stammer in surprise.

" Save it. I can sense these things you know. Also, your skin when you held me. It was warmer than usual. I would know the feeling," She muttered the last part quietly, though Zuko's ears picked it up.

What could she mean by that?