"The Avatar Returns"

Iroh's song is "We Are One" from the Lion King 2 because he has an great understanding of the world and has great wisdom inside of him. Zuko's song is "You Can't Take Me" from Spirit because he is going through many changes in his life and is trying to prove that he's his own person and can't be controlled by his father or sister. Please enjoy and review!

When Katara and Aang returned to the village, Sokka was angry while everyone else was frightened from the flare that had been set off.

Daisuke was reeling at the fact that the storm she was in had sent her 164 years into the past, but was thankful that Veemon was there with her.

But still, they were now in the time period when the Fire Nation was still trying to rule over the rest of the elemental nations and that meant that the cruel Fire Lord was still in control.

"Yay! Aang's back!" the children cheered as they spotted the two Benders walking over.

"I knew it! You signaled the Fire Navy with that flare!" Sokka accused as he broke through the crowd.

Daisuke and Veemon walked over as well, eager to learn where that flare had come from and what had caused it.

"You're leading them right to us, aren't you?" Sokka demanded as he pointed at the Airbender.

"Aang didn't do anything!" Katara protested as she stepped forward.

"It was an accident." she said with her hands on her hips.

"Yeah. We were on the ship and there was this booby trap and, well, we boobied right into it." Aang rubbed his head sheepishly.

"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute!" Daisuke waved her hands to get their attention.

"Let me see if I get this. You were on abandoned ship and you accidentally tripped a booby trap?" she asked.

"Pretty much." Aang said making the girl slap her forehead and sigh in disbelief.

Kana then stepped forward with a worried frown on her face as she looked at her granddaughter.

"Katara, you shouldn't have gone on that ship. Now we could all be in danger!" Kana said urgently.

"Don't blame Katara. I brought here there. It's my fault." Aang hung his head.

"Aha! The traitor confesses!" Sokka exclaimed triumphantly.

He then looked at the children that were standing around the 12 year old and gestured for them to move back to where the villagers were standing.

"Warriors, away from the enemy! The foreigner is banished from our village!" Sokka said as the children sadly walked away.

"Sokka, you're overreacting." Daisuke frowned at the Inuit boy.

"Daisuke's right, Sokka. You're making a mistake." Katara told her brother.

"No, I'm keeping my promise to Dad. I'm protecting you from threats like him." Sokka thrusted his finger at Aang.

"He's not our enemy! Don't you see? Aang has brought us something we haven't had in a long time... Fun." Katara stressed with a sad look.

"Fun? Fun?! We can't fight Firebenders with fun!" Sokka yelled in annoyance.

"You should try it sometime." Aang smiled cheerfully.

"You're not helping yourself." Veemon called to the boy making him pout.

"Get out of our village! Now!" Sokka yelled at the boy.

"Grandmother, please! Don't let Sokka do this!" Katara begged her grandmother in fear of her new friend leaving.

"Katara, you knew going on that ship was forbidden. Sokka is right. I think it best if the Airbender leave." Kana said sternly.

"Fine! Then I'm banished too!" Katara declared in outrage.

Stomping over to Aang, she grabbed his hand as she dragged him over to the sleeping bison.

"Come on, Aang, let's go." she said.

"Katara, wait! Don't do something you'll regret." Daisuke called as she held a hand out.

Beside her, the young warrior appeared shocked by what his sister had said and then scowled in anger.

"Where do you think you're going, Katara?" Sokka shouted after her.

"To find a Waterbender. Aang is taking me to to the North Pole." Katara shouted over her shoulder as she continued walking towards Appa.

"I am? Great!" Aang chirped cheerfully at this news.

"Katara! Would you really choose him over your tribe? Your own family?" Sokka called sadly making his sister stop walking.

Aang then looked at teh saddened girl that had released his hand and came to his own desicion.

"Katara, I don't want to come between you and your family." Aang told her as he walked over to his bison to mount him.

"So, you're leaving the South Pole? This is goodbye?" Katara asked sadly as she watched the boy.

"Thanks for penguin sledding with me." Aang smiled at her as she walked closer to him.

"Where will you go?" the Waterbender asked.

"Guess I'll go back home and look for the other Airbenders. Wow... I haven't cleaned my room in 100 years! Not looking forward to that." Aang grinned making Daisuke and Veemon laugh.

"Well, it was nice meeting ya. Who knows? Maybe we'll see each other again." the mahogany haired girl said as she walked over.

The gray eyed boy smiled at the girl and nodded at her and the blue dragon.

He then Airbended himself onto Appa's head and glanced over the villagers with a smile.

"It was nice meeting everyone." he said.

"Let's see your bison fly now, Airboy." Sokka crossed his arms with a sneer.

Sighing, Veemon then punched the boy in the hip making him yelp as he rubbed the sore spot and glared at the smirking dragon.

"Come on, Appa, you can do it. Yip-yip!" Aang encouraged as she flicked the reins.

Appa lightly growled as he climbed to his feet making Sokka smirk.

"Yeah, I thought so!" he called after the boy and his beast.

Groaning softly in annoyance, Daisuke turned towards the 15 year old and frowned at him as the children then appeared upset.

A little girl then ran forward, crying.

"Aang, don't go. I'll miss you." the girl said with tearfilled eyes.

"I'll miss you too." Aang said with a sad expression as he then looked down at Katara and Daisuke as they gave him sad looks.

"Come on, boy." Aang said as Appa started lumbering off.

The little girl looked down sadly and Daisuke patted her head making the girl look up at her with teary blue eyes.

She saw that a pair of chocolate brown eyes were staring back at her with an encouraging look.

"He'll be back some day. Don't worry." Daisuke assured the little girl who then nodded and started walking back over to her mother.

Kana was then making her way over to where her granddaughter stood.

"Katara, you'll feel better after you-"

The old woman was cut off by her granddaughter turning towards her with an angered look on her face.

"Are you happy now? There goes my one chance at becoming a Waterbender." she said as she then stormed off.

Kana looked down sadly at this and Daisuke sighed as she placed a hand on the old woman's shoulder.

"She won't be mad at you forever. Don't worry about it. Just give her some space." the girl advised.

The gray haired woman sighed as she looked at the girl with strange hair that seemed to glow like fire in the light of the setting sun and nodded.

"I hope you're right, my dear. But now we have more important things to deal with." Kana said.

"All right, ready our deffences. The Fire Nation could be at our shores any moment now." Sokka said as the little boys ran intot he village.

One of the boys stopped by him and raised his hand.

"But I gotta-"

"And no potty breaks!" Sokka growled as he pointed to the village and the boy ran off after his friends.

Sighing, Daisuke walked over to where Veemon was waiting on her while the women and elderly quickly went back to their tents.

"What do we do now?" Veemon asked.

"I don't know, Veemon. But I'm worried. Come on, maybe we can find a way to help the others. There has to be a way to evacute the village." Daisuke frowned as she walked into the village.

"I'm afraid there's not." an old woman said as she walked over to the girl and dragon.

"What?" the duo of Miracles asked.

"There's nothing but snow and ice. There are no boats to escape on and we'd get caught even if we tried with the canoes we have." the white haired woman said sadly.

"What about tunnels or caves? Isn't there any place like that to hide?" Daisuke asked.

"No." the woman shook her head as she went off to her tent.

The girl looked over to where the water was located, but saw that a fog had started to drift over the ocean.

Shaking her head, the girl then headed back into the village while her fists were clenched as she tried to think of what to do to help.

A half hour later, Sokka was dressed in his tribe's armour and had his face painted white, gray and black with war paint.

He climbed up onto the ice wall waiting for the Fire Navy to arrive with a metal club in his hand, his face void of emotion as he stared into the fog.

The ground then started to shake making everyone turn towards the wall and grew worried as the wall started to crumble under Sokka's feet.

Looking to his right, he saw his tower crumble and fall to the ground.

"Oh, man." he whined.

"Sokka, get down from there and run!" Daisuke yelled as she ran over with Veemon following.

"Oh, maaan..." Sokka said fearfully as the large ship appeared through the fog and was a few feet away from him.

Katara ran through the village as the women and children ran away from the wall screaming as it started to fall apart.

She then helped her grandmother into a tent while Veemon picked up a child that had fallen on the ice and he carried the child into one of the tents.

"Sokka, get out of the way!" Katara yelled at her brother as he remained on the ice wall with his club raised.

The snow then pushed him down the wall making him cry out and then everyone stared at the ship as it stopped moving and steam was released from the ship.

Feeling curious, the villagers then walked out of their tents and igloos to stare at the ship while Veemon stood by his human, scarlet eyes narrowed at the ship.

The front of the ship then fell forward, opening like a staircase while Sokka stumbled away before he was hit.

Mothers then held their children close as a way to provide comfort and protection.

Through the steam of the ship, out stepped a young man clad in red armour with a metal helmet on his head and there were two other men who followed him as he walked off the ship.

Standing up, Sokka then gave a battle cry as he ran towards them with his club raised as four more men walked off the ship.

The leader kicked the club out of Sokka's hand and then kicked him to the side, into the pile of snow.

Everyone then gasped as the young man walked over to the villagers as the duo of Miracles stood in front of Kana and Katara.

"Where are you hidding him?" the young man questioned as his gold eyes roamed over the villagers.

Looking closely at him, Daisuke was able to see that the boy was at least a year or two older than her and the left side of his face had a scar on it.

Reaching out, he grabbed Kana and pulled her from her granddaughter's arms.

"He'd be about this age, master of all elements." he said making everyone stare at him.

He then released Kana allowing her to run over to Katara while Daisuke glared at the boy, her hands curled into fists.

Sweeping his arm out towards the villagers, a stream of flames whipped out making the people cry out in fear while Daisuke and Veemon stood their ground as the flames licked at their faces.

"I know you're hidding him." he declared.

"Hidding who?" Daisuke demanded as she stepped forward.

The young man then turned his golden eyes on the tanned girl in front of him and he was stunned to see that she had mahogany colored hair and her chocolate brown eyes seemed to have a tint of red mixed in them.

There was no fear on her face as she stared at him, only anger and determination.

"The Avatar. I know he's here." he said.

"Are you crazy? Everyone knows the Avatar was killed when Sozin attacked the Air Temples years ago. Even the dumbest person on Earth knows that." Daisuke said as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Really? Even Tai knows that?" Veemon blinked as he looked up at his human.

The Firebenders appeared stunned when they saw the dragon standing by the girl's side while the girl herself felt like grinning at the remark Veemon made about their friend, Tai Kamiya, but she hardened her expression.

On the ship was an old man dressed in a red robe and he had long silver colored hair with a topknot on his head and a beard.

He was staring at the duo of Miracles with a thougtful expression on his face while his gold eyes held amusement.

Meanwhile, the young leader was confused by what he heard and saw, but before he could respond though, Sokka stood up and ran at the male with his metal club, giving a batte cry.

Turning towards him, the male ducked down and threw Sokka over his head and the boy landed in the snow, his war paint bleeding off his face.

A stream of flame was then shot at him and he rolled out of the way, got to his knees and threw his metal boomerang at the male who gasped as he jumped back, barely dodging.

"Show no fear!" a little boy called as he threw a spear over to Sokka and he caught it.

He then ran towards the male who then used his arms to break the spear and then he grabbed the remaining part out of Sokka's hands and jabbed him in the head with it making Sokka fall on his rear.

Snapping the stick in half, the Firebender then threw the pieces into the snow while Sokka rubbed his head.

The boomerang then circled back around and hit the Firebender in the back of the head making him cry out in shock while Veemon started snickering.

Flame daggers then appeared in the male's hands as he glared down at Sokka while Daisuke ran over to her friend, Veemon gasping as he followed after her.

Suddenly, Aang appeared, sledding towards them on the back of a penguin and knocked the Firebender off his feet, making him fall face first into the snow while his helmet landed on his rear.

The children all cheered until they were covered in snow when Aang sledded past them, but then they started cheering again as they shook the snow off.

Smiling, Aang was then thrown off the penguin's back as the creature waddled off.

"Hey Katara, hey Sokka. Oh, hey Daisuke and Veemon." Aang smiled at his friends.

"Hi, Aang, thanks for coming." Sokka said dryly.

Everyone then turned their attention back to the Firebender who stood up, his head now bare and showing off that he was bald with only a ponytail of dark brown hair on his head.

He then took a stance while his men spread out, ready to attack the Airbender as he stood ready to fight.

Spinning around, he hit his staff on the ground, making the snow rise up and blind the Firebenders.

"Looking for me?" Aang asked.

"You're the Airbender? You're the Avatar?" the scarred teenager asked.

"Aang?" Katara asked in shock.

"No way." Sokka whispered.

"Impossible." Daisuke breathed out.

"Wow. What's the Avatar?" Veemon asked confused making his partner bonk him over the head.

Aang and the Firebender then started circling each other as the teenager took in the boy's appearance.

"I've spent years preparing for this encounter. Training, meditating; you're just a child!" the Firebender glared.

"Well, you're just a teenager." Aang stated.

Said teenager then blasted flames at the boy making his spin his staff around, blocking the flames from hitting him, but the children and women all cried out in fear when the flames got too close.

Seeing this, Aang then came to a desicion as he slammed his staff onto the ground beside him.

"If I go with you, will you promise to leave everyone alone?" Aang asked.

Dropping his stance, the Firebender nodded and his men then grabbed the boy's arms and took away his staff.

"No, Aang, don't do this!" Katara called as the boy was escourted to the ship.

"Don't worry, Katara, it'll be okay." Aang assured her.

The Waterbender looked close to crying as Daisuke stood beside her, watching as the famous Avatar who disappeared over a century ago was captured by the Fire Nation.

"Take care of Appa for me until I get back." he called over his shoulder.

"Head a course for the Fire Nation! I'm going home." the teenager said as the Firebenders disappeared on the ship.

(Later on...)

Daisuke, Katara and Veemon were looking out to the sea while the women and children were trying to repare the damage that was done to their village.

Sokka was behind the girls and dragon, secrectly filling a canoe with supplies.

"We have to go after that ship, Sokka. Aang saved our tribe and now we have to save him." Katara spoke in determination.

"Katara, I-" Sokka began.

"Why can't you realize that he's on our side? If we don't help him, no one else will. I know you don't like Aang, but we owe him." Katara said.

"Katara! Are you gonna talk all day or are you coming with me?" Sokka asked as he gestured to the canoe.

Daisuke and Veemon smiled at the boy while Katara turned to face her brother.

"Well?" he asked.

"Sokka! Thank you, thank you!" Katara gushed as she ran over and hugged her brother.

"Get in. We're going to save your boyfriend." Sokka smirked while Veemon grinned mischivously at this.

"He's not my-"

"Does it really matter?" Daisuke cut the girl off as she walked over to the siblings.

"Are we going to do this or what?" Veemon asked with a smile.

"What do you think you're doing?" someone spoke up.

Stunned, the quartet turned around to face Kana as she walked over to her grandchildren and the duo of Miracles.

Kana simply smiled at them as she held out two sleeping rolls filled with supplies.

"You'll need these. You have a long journey ahead of you." she told them.

The group appeared to be surprised by this as the woman stepped closer to them and held out the rolls.

"It's been so long since I had hope." Kana said as she handed the rolls to Katara and then pulled the girl into a hug.

"But you brought it back to life, my little Waterbender." she smiled softly.

Pulling away from her granddaughter, Kana then walked over to Sokka and pulled him into a hug as well.

"And you, my brave warrior, be nice to your sister." she said.

"Yeah, okay, Gran Gran." sighed as he patted his grandmother's back.

Looking over at Daisuke and Veemon, Kana smiled at them as well.

"And you two make sure they stay safe." she told them.

"We'll try our best." Daisuke nodded.

"You can count on us." Veemon held up a fist in determination.

"Aang is the Avatar. He's the world's only chance, you all found him for a reason. Now your destinies are intertwined with his." Kana spoke seriously.

"There's no way we're going to catch a warship with a canoe." Katara said as he gestured to the ship.

"Um, can I make a suggestion?" Veemon spoke up making everyone look at him.

(A few minutes later...)

"You just love taking me out of my comfort zone, don't you?" Sokka asked as he and Katara sat in Appa's saddle.

Standing off to the side was Daisuke and she was with Kana while Veemon was sitting in the snow, waiting until his partner was ready to leave.

After all the kindness that the old woman had given her, Daisuke wanted to come clean about her heritage.

"Um, look, I need to tell you something." the girl said as she turned to face the woman.

"I know what nation you're a part of." Kana interupted her.

This made Daisuke's eyes go wide as she stared at the woman, looking for any sign of mistrust or hatred.

"How-How did you know?" she asked.

"You're necklace. I knew as soon as I saw it, but I also know that you're not like the others. You're a very kind and gentle person." Kana smiled.

Daisuke smiled at this as she lifted her hand up and cupped her hand around the pendant she wore around her neck.

"Not all of us are bad. Some of us just want to live in peace. I just hope Sokka doesn't freak." she sighed.

Yelling was then heard making Daisuke and Kana look up into the sky to see Appa had taken off into the air with Katara and Sokka in his saddle.

"Hey! They ditched us!" Veemon yelled in anger as he jumped to his feet.

Rolling her eyes at her Digimon, Daisuke reached into her pocket and pulled out her Digivice making Kana stare at it strangely.

She had never seen a deivce such as this before and wondered what it was.

The other women and children of the village then walked over to watch as Appa flew off.

"Veemon, it's time to fly!" Daisuke called.

Turning to his human, Veemon saw the Digivice and grinned big as he ran over towards her as the Digivice began to shine a baby blue colored light around them.

"Veemon digivolve too..."

His body was then covered in the light as his body grew to nine feet tall, his muscles filled out and a blade-like horn appeared on his nose.

Large white wings grew out of his back and a silver colored X was on his white chest.

"EX-VEEMON!"

When the light faded away, everyone gasped in awe and shock at the sigth of the dragon in front of them and Daisuke ran over to him.

"Let's move, Ex-Veemon!" Daisuke called as she jumped onto her partner's back.

"You got it, Daisuke. Hang on!" Ex-Veemon yelled as he jumped into the air and flapped his wings.

The dragon then flew through the air, chaisng after the flying bison while the villagers watched in awe.

Appa had a head start since he took off earlier and at a great speed to go save his partner, so Ex-Veemon was beating his wings hard to catch up to their friends.

"You know you're gonna have to tell them about your Bending." the Champion stated.

"I know. But I'll do it after we get Aang back from Prince Attitude Problem." Daisuke narrowed her eyes as the wind blew her hair from her face.

Nodding at this, Ex-Veemon narrowed his scarlet eyes as he soared through the air, listening for any sounds of the ship and even sniffed at the air to get a scent of the burning coal.

Catching the scent, he smirked and chased after the scent.

When they found the boat, they saw Appa was flying through the sky and the scarred Firebender knocked Aang off of the ship and into the water.

"No! Aang!" Katara called out in horror.

"Ex-Veemon, get down there now!" Daisuke called.

"Right!" Ex-Veemon nodded as he swooped down.

Flying down to the ship, some of the crew caught sight of the dragon and cried out in fear.

"Dragon!" a man yelled.

The old man from earlier watched as the dragon flew near the ship, but didn't say anything ro appear to be frightened or shock like everyone else.

The teenager looked over at the dragon with wide eyes and was stunned to see the girl from the village was ridding the blue beast.

"Is that Daisuke?" Sokka asked.

"Yeah, but what happened to Veemon?" Katara asked.

A few men then shot fire towards Ex-Veemon, but he then used his Vee Laser and blasted an orange colored beam of light in the shape of a V towards the flames and extinguished them.

"You're gonna need to do better than that!" Ex-Veemon called as he flew over the crew making them duck to the deck.

Just then, a pillar of water shot out of the ocean making everyone turn to see Aang was in the center of the pillar, his eyes and tattooes glowing.

He landed on the deck and then bent the water spout into a a wave that he used to knock back the soliders.

The teenage Firebender was thrown overboard by the wave and he grabbed onto the side of the ship before he fell into the ocean.

"Did you see what he just did?" Katara asked in awe.

"Now that is some Waterbending." Sokka said, impressed.

"Ken's gonna be jealous." Daisuke commented.

Aang then fell to the deck as his eyes and tattooes stopped glowing, and Daisuke jumped off of her dragon's back and ran over towards her new friend to check on him.

"Aang!" she called as she kneeled beside him and pulled the boy into her arms.

"Aang, you need to wake up." she said as she lightly slapped his cheek.

Appa and Ex-Veemon landed on the deck so Katara and Sokka could run over to check on their friend as well.

"Aang! Is he okay, Daisuke?" Katara asked worriedly as she dropped to her knees beside them.

"Yeah, I think so." Daisuke said as Aang then slowly woke up.

Gray eyes opened and looked at the three young teenagers that had gathered around him.

"Hey Katara, hey Daisuke, hey Sokka. Thanks for coming." he smiled tiredly at them.

"Well, I couldn't let you have all the glory." Sokka stated smugly.

Aang just smiled at him and then looked over to the side where he found his staff just lying on the ground near the edge of the ship.

"I dropped my staff." Aang said.

"Don't worry, I got it." Sokka assured as he stood and ran over to retrieve the staff.

He then stopped in front of the staff and picked it up, but yelped in surprise as he saw the scarred teenager was holding onto the other end, dangling over the water.

The 16 year old and the 15 year old then struggled to pullt he staff out of the other person's hand, but then Sokka jabbed the other male in the head witht he staff until the Firebender then let go of the staff.

He gasped as he fell towards the ocean below, but grabbed onto the chain of the anchor.

"Ha! That's from the Water Tribe!" Sokka cheered down at the scowling teen.

"Gloat later, ya moron! We gotta move!" Ex-Veemon called over to the boy.

Katara and Daisuke were helping Aang settle down in Appa's saddle while the soldiers were rising to their feet.

"We've got trouble." Daisuke gasped.

Katara then turned to face the soldiers and she tried to consertrate as bent a stream of water upwards making the men stare in surprise.

She then tried to whip the waters towards the men, but the water only flung behind her and froze Sokka's feet to the ground.

"Katara!" Sokka whined as he then tried to free himself by hitting the ice with his metal boomerang.

The soldiers then pointed their weapons towards the Waterbender while Daisuke jumped down beside her friend.

"Focus, Katara!" she encouraged.

"I'm trying." the turquoise eyed girl said.

As the men advanced on the girls, Katara gave a gasp of surprise as she turne dher back on the men and swung her arms, sending a wave of water at the men and froze them.

Turning back around, Katara saw what she had done and felt a bit prideful in herself for managing to stop the men.

"We gotta move." Daisuke said.

"Right. Hurry up, Sokka!" Katara called over to her brother as she climbed into Appa's saddle.

"I'm just a guy with a boomerang. I didn't ask for all this flying and magic." Sokka complained as he continued to break the ice around his feet.

"Hold on, Sokka, I'm coming!" Daisuke called as she ran over towards him as Appa took to the air.

She stopped in front of the ice and stared at it, then took in a deep breath as she felt her body begin to heat up.

Kneeling, she then placed her hands on the ice as they began to get warmer and steam rose from the ice.

Sokka stared in surprise as he witnessed the ice melt away from his feet and stared down at the girl, not believing what he had just witnessed.

"You're a Firebender?" he asked.

"Not a trained one." she answered.

Ex‑Veemon then swooped in and grabbed the two teenagers, holding them to his chest as he took to the air.

The young Firebender then got back onto the deck with the help of his uncle, General Iroh, and watched the bison and dragon fly off, escaping with the Avatar and his friends.

"Shoot them down!" the boy, Prince Zuko, yelled.

"Fireball!" Sokka cried as he saw the men shooting fireballs at them.

Aang rose to his feet and opened his glider, then used it to creat a current of air that blasted the fireball into a nearby glacier.

The impact made snow fall down on the ship, halting its movement while the children all cheered at their small victory.

(Later on...)

Appa soared through the sky lazily with Katara and Aang in his saddle while Ex-Veemon was flying beside him with Daisuke and Sokka on his back.

"How did you do that with the water? That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen!" Katara broke the tense silence.

"I don't know. I just sort of...did it." Aang said as he held his knees to his chest and had his arms wrapped around them.

He didn't even look at anyone as he spoke since he was feeling upset.

"Why didn't you tell us that you were the Avatar?" Katara then asked him.

"Because... Because I never wanted to be." Aang sighed sadly.

"But Aang, the world's been waiting for the Avatar to return and finally put an end to this war." Katara said.

"She's right Aang. Without you, even worse things could happen than the Fire Lord trying to destroy the world." Daisuke told him sadly.

This made everyone look over at the girl in confusion.

"Yeah, like what Future Girl?" Sokka asked her.

"Future Girl?" Katara asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, apparently Daisuke's from the future." Sokka shrugged.

"I am! I know what would happen if the Avatar never returned." the female Firebender exclaimed hotly.

Feeling curious of this, Aang turned his attention to her.

"And what would have happened if I wasn't found in that iceberg?" he asked hesitantly.

Daisuke looked down sadly and Ex-Veemon could almost feel the waves of sadness rolling off of his partner.

"A group of non-Benders called the Equalists would have rose up. They hate all Benders and think they're evil. They then start using chi blocking to stop the Benders from using their powers and killed them." she revealed.

Everyone gasped in horror at this.

"There's no way. Why not just go after the Fire Nation? They're the ones who started this war!" Sokka exclaimed in anger.

"They didn't care! The Equalists said that as long as Bending still existed, then there will always be wars and lives will still be ruined. So they destroyed the North Pole, then attacked Omashu, tore apart Ba Sing Se and finally, they destroyed the Fire Nation. I don't even know how they did it! They somehow discovered when the Fire Lord would be weak and killed him. After that, any surviving Benders went into hidding. It didn't matter what nation they came from, they all started helping each other hide. Bending was hidden for 162 years and thought dead from the world. It was only brought back in 2012 because there was a monster trying to destroy the world and our Bending could help weaken him while our Digimon destroyed him." Daisuke explained.

Everyone let this knowledge sink in and felt horrorfied at the news they had been given about the future.

Katara had tears sparkling in her eyes while Aang was hugging his knees to his chest tightly.

"But how was there no Avatar to stop this?" Sokka asked after the news sunk in.

"Grams told me that when the Avatar dies, his energy or whatever is transfered to his next life." Daisuke said.

"Then that's it! If Sokka and I never found Aang, then that means he's still trapped in that iceberg in your time! And since he never died, the Avatar essence won't be able to continue on. It just ended because Aang is still frozen and not able to die." Katara realized.

"Well, at least with the Avatar back, we can make sure the Equalists never rise up and stop this war." Ex-Veemon stated positively.

"But how am I supposed to do that?" Aang asked still feeling depressed.

"Well, according to legend, you need to first master water, then earth, and then fire, right?" Katara tapped her chin thoughtfully.

"That's what the monks taught me." Aang agreed.

"But who's gonna teach him? I mean, you and me are Water and Fire Benders, but we're amatures. Actually, you're an amature and I just suck." Daisuke pouted at her lack of knowledge.

The only person in her family who was a Firebender was her grandmother, but she had died when the girl was 8 years old, before Bending was legalized again.

Her mother Narumi was a Waterbender, her sister Jun was an Earthbender and finally, her father Tamaki was a non-Bender, but his parents were an Earthbender and an Airbender.

She had no one in her family to teach her how to Firebend and she didn't want to go ask someone else to help her.

Katara looked at the 13 year old in amusement, not at all upset by the fact that the girl was a Firebender since she knew that she was different than the Fire Nation.

Sokka had also gotten over this fact quickly as well, but he was still a bit wary of her in case she accidentally roasted him.

As for Aang, he simply didn't care since he used to have friends all around the world, even in the Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation.

"If we go to the North Pole, we can find a teacher there and Aang can master Waterbending!" Katara exclaimed with a bright smile.

"We can learn together!" Aang smiled at her, feeling his spirits rise.

"And Sokka, I'm sure you'll get to knock some Firebender heads on the way." Katara turned to her brother who was on the dragon's back.

"I'd like that. I'd really like that." Sokka replied contently.

"Well, I guess that's settles it. We're off to the North Pole!" Daisuke cheered.

"Yeah, we're in this together." Katara added happily.

"All right, but before I learn Waterbending, we have some serious business to attend to," Aang said as he pulled a scroll out of his shirt.

He unrolled the scroll to reveal that it was a map and started pointing to various islands on the scroll as his friends stared at in curiosity.

"Here, here and here." Aang said as he pointed them out.

"What's there?" Katara asked him.

"Here, we'll ride the hopping llamas, then waaay over here we'll surf ont he backs of giant koi fish. Then back over here, we'll ride the hog monkeys." the Airbender said excitedly as he pointed out the islands on the map.

Daisuke, Sokka and Katara all gave him strange looks while the boy simply smiled at them all, serious in his decisions.

"They don't like people riding them, but that's what makes it fun." Aang declared.

"Hey, I'm all for it. It sounds like fun. But I just have one question... What's the Avatar?" Ex-Veemon asked.

Everyone was silent at this, but then the female Firebender groaned in aggravation.

"EX-VEEMON!" she yelled making Sokka, Katara and Aang laugh while the dragon was confused as to what he said wrong.

To be continued...