I stood the entire trip. It wasn't a big deal, but I was kinda mad at Near. Close to the end of the trip, I moved next to the door so I could get off and see Matt and Mello just as they come off.
I got off as quickly as I could and woke up Near. We looked for the two. I spotted Matt's goggles and rushed over. "Thank god, I thought you didn't make it!" he said after we got to him. "We're here, have you seen Mello?" I asked. "No, but he never left the train.
"Hi everybody," said Mello, with three kids behind him. "This is Longshot, Smellerbee and Jet," Mello introduced "This is Matt, Journey and Near" he finished. "Hi," said Jet. "Yo," said Matt.
I face palmed. This makes it simpler. Travel with other kids, great idea. We walked with Jet and his friends. "So how do you all know each other?" asked Jet. "We were a few of the survivors of the Fire Nation raid, Journey kinda brought us together," said Matt, glaring at me through his goggles. "Like a peacemaker," said Mello, who wasn't helping. "So you're like the leader?" asked Smellerbee. "More or less," I replied.
Near started twirling his hair, "What would L do?" Near whispered in my ear. I sighed. We really needed to get on Pictochat, but Mello made my life as assigned peacemaker a tad bit harder. Then I thought. I walked close to Matt and stole the DS.
"Journey, I think I need to go," said Near, after I handed him the DS. I lowered him down. "Make it quick," I said quickly. I saw Matt having an implosive panic attack. I looked him in the eyes and he relaxed.
We waited for Near despite Mello's pleads to ditch him and keep going. Near came back, twirling his hair. He went on my back again and gave me the DS. We kept going until we reached this creepy lady name Jun Lee or something like that. She claimed she was our guide (not Jet's friends) or whatever. She lead us to where we would be staying.
"Have an excellent stay in Ba Sing Se!" she said before leaving us. "Thought she'd never leave." Mello muttered opening a bar of chocolate. "What were you thinking getting involved with those other kids!" I yelled. "That doesn't matter right now. L said we needed to find the boy with the arrow tattoo, then we should advance to the next universe." said Near as I took the DS and handed it back to Matt.
"That shouldn't be to hard right?" said Matt, lighting a cigarette. "Who knows there could be millions of boys with the arrow tattoo." I said. "I doubt it, if Near is actually telling the truth, L would've specified," said Mello biting into his chocolate. "We should probably start, Ba Sing Se is a big city," I said. "We should work in teams. Matt and I, Mello and Journey," said Near. "No way! I work with Matt!" said Mello. "You rely to much on him, and you loathe me, I rely to much on Journey, and so Journey is your partner. We'll work in shifts." said Near.
"We'll take the first one," said Mello irritated. "Okay, when you come back, Matt and I will take the next one," said Near. Mello took off without a reply, and I went off after him.
"So what's the plan?" I asked. "I'm not in charge," Mello muttered as we scanned the crowds for the tattoos. "You're the smarter one on this team, so technically, you're in charge." I said trying to put him in a better mood.
Between you and me, I'd rather hurt my pride than work with a pissed off Mello. So yeah, I fed his ego.
He seemed to stand up taller. "Lets search from the roof tops, we'd get a better view of the place," he said in an obviously better mood. We climbed up and searched the market place for the tattooed kid. The irony was, he ended up flying over our heads.
"Hey you! Can we talk to you?" I called out to him. He came back on his glider and said "Sure, my name is Aang," "I'm Journey, and this is my friend Mello." I said
"Um, we found him, so... what now? We tell L right?" I asked after a moment. Then, Matt and Near showed up. "Great you found him," said Near as Matt took a picture with the DS. "What was the point of that?" asked Aang. "We just couldn't believe the Avatar was around! We were told he'd be here so we just had to see it for ourselves." said Matt happily. "Oh okay well see you around," said Aang going on his merry way.
