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Kozilek: The Gaming Avatar
Chapter 3: Meeting the Gaang
The avatar….. Was shorter than I imagined? I don't know. I always imagined, (always = the last 30 minutes) that when I finally met Aang I would feel some kind of connection. I mean, he was "the Avatar", and I was the "Gaming Avatar". Basically the same thing. Kinda? Maybe? Ok not really. But I thought that I'd at least get a sense of deja vu. I got no such feeling. And if Aang had received some sort of feeling, he didn't display it, as he continued helping his friends unload Appa and set up camp for the night.
As I continued to analyze the group of individuals in front of me, I didn't notice the small creature that landed behind me.
"Crrrrrrrp," the creature chirped, causing me to jump in shock. I turned around quickly to find a small white and brown lemure with webbed arms and large ears staring up at me, its head cocked to the side. It had a small acorn in its hands and was lightly nibbling on it.
"Uuuuuuuuh," I said, frozen in shock at being caught off guard so easy. I raised my hand slowly and waved, "Hi?" I looked at the ground around me and spotted another acorn. I picked it up and gently offered it to the lemur. The small creature stared at the nut for a few seconds before quickly snatching it from my hands. It jumped into my lap and began to nibble on the nut.
"You're so much cuter in person Momo." I whispered, scratching him between the ears, resulting in Momo giving out a rewarding pur. We sat there for a minute or so in comfortable silence, him nibbling on the acorn and me softly scratching his head. Suddenly, Momo's head perked up, as did mine, as we heard Aang call out.
"Momoooooo!" He yelled out. Momo got up and jumped into the sky, expanding his arms and letting his webbed arms catch the air as he flew out of the tree line where I was resting. I peeked around my tree and watched as Momo glided over to Aang and landed at his feet. I watched as Aang knelt down and seemingly spoke to Momo, before Momo turned his head towards where I was hiding. I quickly ducked back behind the tree as Aang turned to look in my direction.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" I heard Aang yell.
"Aang what're you doing?" Katara asked him.
"Momo said that there was someone in the woods." Aang said simply.
"Well did Momo say who that person was, oh great lemur whisperer?" Sokka said sarcastically.
"No he did not Sokka." Aang said. "Momo, can you find this person?"
After several moments of silence, I risked scooting around to take a peek at the clearing where Appa had landed. To my surprise however, Appa was the only one in the clearing. "Where did they go?" I whispered to myself.
"I'm right behind you." I snapped my head around to find Aang crouched down with his head a literal foot away from mine. "Hi I'm Aang."
"AAAAAAH" I screamed as I tried to scramble away from him. I crawled a couple yards away before stopping and looking back at him. "Why the hell would you do that?! You scared the heck out of me." I yelled, breathing heavy from being frightened.
"Oh I'm sorry," Aang said sincerely, an apologetic look plastered across his face. "I didn't mean to scare you."
"Uuuh, it's alright. I'm over it." I said before smiling and extending my hand, "I'm Kozilek by the way."
Aang smiled and shook my hand, "Nice to meet you Kozilek." I opened my mouth to say more but before I could I was interrupted.
"Aang what are you doing!" Someone yelled. Next thing I knew I was tackled and pressed to the ground, a sharpened boomerang at my throat.
"Woah, woah, woah! I come in peace!" I said, hands above my head.
"Sokka what are doing!" Katara yelled. I looked over to Aang and saw Katara and Momo standing by him, hands on her hips and a stern look on her face. "Let the guy go!"
"Yeah Sokka, let him go." Aang said as well.
"But he could be Fire Nation!" Sokka said innocently.
"If he was fire nation, don't you think he would've attacked by now?" Katara asked.
"Yeah Sokka. Plus, Momo seems to like him," cue the flying lemur to land by my head and start picking through my hair.
"Yeah please, I'm not Fire Nation. I'm just a kid who ran away from home and is looking for a new life," I lied. I mean, I am a kid, and I am looking for a new life, so not 100% a lie, right?
"Ok fine," Sokka sighed, getting up and offering me a hand. I accepted it and he helped me stand up. I dusted the dirt and leaves of my pants, before standing up straight. Now that I was close, I was able to analyse the kids closer. Sokka and I were close to the same height, with me standing maybe an inch or two taller. Katara was shorter than both of us, but not by much, standing only a few inches shorter than Sokka. Aang was easily the shortest of the four of us, standing a good half a foot shorter than I.
"Soooooo, hi?" I chuckled a little bit, trying to break the awkward tension. " I'm Kozilek."
"I'm Katara." The future waterbending master said with a smile and a wave.
"And I'm Sokka. Sorry about tackling you. Can't be to safe you know, with the Fire Nation hunting us and everything." Sokka said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.
"Haha that's ok, I understand. It's a dangerous world out here." I laughed. "So why's the Fire Nation after you anyways?" I asked, faking ignorance.
"It's kind of a long story." Aang said.
"Well I got time, I don't really have anywhere to be anytime soon. Or ever really." I said. THat was the truth, I didn't need to be anywhere else, just so long as I can complete my mission of protection Aang.
"How about we talk about it over dinner eh?" Katara said.
As if on cue, my stomach gave a loud growl. A laughed sheepishly, "Haha sounds good to me."
Aang laughed loudly and jumped high in the air. "Yipee! Story time!"
I laughed and followed the three of them back towards their camp, ready to start making some new friends.
To Be Continued…..
Name: Kozilek
Age: 16
Title: The Gaming Avatar
Skills: None
Stats:
-Level: 1
-XP: 0/300
-Health Points: 10
-Strength: 7
-Constitution: 10
-Defense: 17
-Dexterity: 10
-Intelligence: 10
-Charisma: 5
-Perception: 8
-Willpower: 27
-Luck: 5
-Chi Points: 540
-Chi Control: 100%
AN: Firstly, I want to apologize for taking so long on this chapter. I got caught up with a lot of things going on in my life and just didn't find the time or the motivation to sit down and write a chapter. Secondly, sorry for the shortness of this chapter. It's just kinda more of a filler chapter to set up some expedition stuff in the story and to introduce Aang and his friends to Kozilek. Thirdly, thank you to all of you out there who have read, followed, favorited, and reviewed this story. It brings a smile to my face whenever I get a notification that someone has done one or more of those things. So thank you bunches and stay tuned for the next chapter!