======Chapter Four ======
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====== A New Partnership and Battle of the Northern Water Tribe == Part One =====
Naruto sat in front of the camp fire of a large campsite, surrounded by armoured women and sporting a large hand print and a black eye, "Ladies be reasonable, how was I supposed to know that Suki wasn't the one I grabbed, I mean come on, you all had your backs to me" sobbed Naruto comically, not realizing he was making things worse.
The group of Kyoshi warriors almost gave into to forgiving Naruto, right up until he said they all looked the same from behind. "So you're saying that you can't tell which one out of us is your own girlfriend because our asses all look the same" roared Suki, kicking the boy as he smiled and nodded.
Now wearing two black eyes, Naruto cried "What the hell was that for?" making the girls laugh as he now resembled a panda bear. Getting annoyed Naruto pulled his hood up, shadowing his face, "Aw, is Naruto getting angry?" asked Suki, her voice taking on a childish tone as she hugged her boyfriend from behind and whispered "So, how much did you miss me?" sending shiver's up the boys spine. Growling he pulled the girl over him and pinned her arms to the ground, head in his lap and looked up into his eyes that showed a foreign emotion to him.
His eye showed pain, pain that could only come from being betrayed. "What happened out there Naruto?" asked Suki softly, waving to her warriors to leave them and go to their tents. "It's stupid but I overheard Katara fighting with Sokka and she said that she trusted someone else over me, that I was untrustworthy due to the fact that I do my own things when we make stops at different towns, I know she wasn't thinking straight when she said it, but it hurt" replied Naruto, who was pulled into a loving hug by Suki.
"It's ok Naruto, but you do realize that you still have to help the Avatar, because if he ends up dead due to the fact you were sulking, I'll kill you" said Suki, giving him a soft kiss and pulling him into a hug, both drifting off into a comfortable sleep next to the open fire. Naruto grunted as the sun shone into his eyes, refusing to let the boy sleep a moment more. "You may be the source of my power but I still hate you" groaned Naruto, waking the body that lay on his chest.
"Naruto, shut up will you, I'm trying to sleep here" complained Suki, burying her face deeper into Naruto's chest, forgetting that the pair was sleeping outside. Naruto complied with Suki's demand until he heard a group of giggling girls, their heads sticking out of their tents.
Sighing Naruto pretended not to notice them and lift Suki off the ground saying "I'm going to take a wash in a waterfall I passed, won't be long" before taking his jacket off and placing it over her, showing his well defined upper body, only to hear gasps of shock from the girls surrounding him, "Look at those muscles" whispered one of the girls, gaining nods of agreement from the rest. "You know girl's if you're going to spy on people, you shouldn't make so much noise" laughed Naruto, leaving a campsite full of blushing girls.
Naruto didn't take long in the waterfall, due to the fact that he still had to find transport to the northern water tribe by the end of the day. Entering the campsite he spotted the Kyoshi warriors looking at his katana and the image on the back off his jacket, "The sword was a gift from Master Jeong Jeong, it's made of Dragon steel" making the girls go wide eyed at the rare sword in their hands, "And the jacket is a representation of who I am and what I stand for, the White Dragon is a symbol of purity and wisdom and the Kyoshi warrior is a symbol for strength and honour."
Suki smiled at her boyfriend and handed him three dragon fangs making him chuckle and say "Now these were a gift from Fang, Avatar Roku's dragon, they're to show who holds a special place in my heart" while handing one back to the shocked girl. The group watched the two teens, with a mixture of awe, pride and a little jealousy, "Naruto are you sure?" asked Suki, overwhelmed by the gift, only to receive a nod, confirming it. Suki just gripped the necklace tightly, afraid that it would disappear.
"Look I have to get going soon, you know I want to spend time here with you, but I need to get to the northern water tribe a.s.a.p." replied Naruto, trying to get Suki to understand, who just said "I know you do but... can you just stay for a little longer, me and the girls have found something on our trip and trust me, you're going to like it" making the blonde teen pout, though he was excited about gaining a gift from the girls.
Naruto sat patiently for a good couple of hours, waiting for the girls to get back from the nearby town. He eventually bored and seeing as he had nothing better to do, he started to go over the basics of Tessenjutsu, (using fans) not noticing the group had already returned. "He's very skilled in our ways, even adding new fighting styles to better suit him" said one of the older members.
"Um, Naruto" called Suki, catching the teen's attention, who spotted a giant, white Manticore with black strips (Take a look at Wow mount: Wyvern/windrider), its main was a ice blue along with a pair of large white bat wings and scorpion tail, standing behind the group.
"What the hell....how do....where did, ok why's there a giant, not to mention, borderline extinct creature behind you?" questioned a stunned Naruto, making the girls giggle. "We found him being attacked by bounty hunter, and well when we saved him, he kept following us and has been with us for over two weeks now" replied Suki, leading the Manticore towards her boyfriend. Naruto stared at the beast that just oozed strength and cunning, a saddle and reins already attached to him, "So what, you want me to look after him?" asked Naruto, not sure of the whole thing. Noticing that Naruto wasn't too sure about having the beast with him, the girls lined up and put on their best puppy dog eyes they could muster.
"Pretty please Naruto, he can't stay with us and well we all know it would make your life easier with all the traveling" said Suki, pressing her impressive chest against Naruto's arm. Realizing that he lost this fight no matter what, he walked up to the beast and said "Well, um I'm Naruto and I guess we're partners" earning bored stare from the beast, "We're not going to get along are we?" earning what looked like a grin from his new partner.
The Kyoshi warriors watched the scene, laughing silently as the new duo stared at each other, "Naruto, umm can you follow me?" asked Suki, walking into her tent, seeing as it would free him of his new headache, Naruto followed his girlfriend into her tent. As soon as he entered, blood started leaking from his nose at the sight of a half-naked Suki, showing an impressive pair of D cup breast, "You going to stand there all day or you going to join me?" asked Suki, who soon entered a world of bliss as Naruto started to kiss her neck while taking her right breast in his hand.
A good hour later and the group of women sighed in relief as the sounds of Suki moaning ended, and a sweating Naruto came out of the tent with only his pants on and a huge grin, saying "You might want to wait awhile, she kind of passed out" making the girls blush and wonder how good the blonde stud was. Needing a good wash, he made his way back to the nearby river. Quickly finishing up, he made his way back to camp to get dressed but was confronted by his new 'friend'.
"So what should we call you?" asked the teen, staring into the golden eyes of the Manticore, "We called him Hayai (Swift), I hope you don't mind?" spoke a limping Suki, covering her sweaty body with a blanket. Shaking his head he replied "I hope you're as fast as your name boy" while stroking it behind its ear, making the lazy Manticore purr.
Naruto turned to his new lover saying "Look, Suki, I've got to get going, I know we haven't had much time together but this war will be over soon, then we will have all the time we want" pulling the girl into a tight hug, angry that he could only spend a few hours with her. Realizing his time was short, he gave her a soft kiss and jumped on the Manticore, and was about to leave when a Kyoshi warrior handed him a pair of orange tinted snow goggles.
"To help see during a snow storm" she said before rejoining the group. Not wanting to drag it out any longer, Naruto placed the goggles around his neck and pulled the reins, signalling for Hayai to take off towards the frozen city, only to look down an realize the beast wasn't moving. "Look boy, how about we make a deal, you fly and I get you a tiger-seal or something" whispered Naruto, Hayai quickly jumped to his feet and took off, leaving the group of giggle women behind.
When Naruto was well out of hearing distance one of the Kyoshi woman asked "So I'm guessing he's hung like a Saber-Tooth Moose-Lion by the noises you two were making" causing their leader to turn bright red, and run into her tent.
Naruto and Hayai had been traveling for a few hours, with little to nothing visible, the pair decided to take rest in a nearby Abby, "So glad I listened to Avatar Roku during his lessons in geography" thought the teen as the beast started to descend from the clouds.
As the Abby came into view Naruto saw a giant white beast take off, sighing the teen said aloud "That boy, were ever he goes, trouble follows." Deciding to do some damage control, Naruto had Hayai land outside the Abby and walk in. Zuko, Iroh and June lay on the floor as the Shirshu ran wild, destroying everything until a large roar, scared the beast.
"What the hell is going on here people?" demanded Naruto, shocking everyone at his presence, riding a Manticore. Iroh just chuckled as Naruto and Hayai made their way over to them, "Old man if you want to live another day, you'd better let my woman go" making Iroh give a nervous chuckle.
"Why are you here?" ordered Zuko, earning himself a bored look from both the teen and the beast, not even answering Naruto dismounted the beast and picked June up saying "You better have a good reason June" before walking over to the Nyla and grabbing her by the snout, "And you had better calmed down" shocking everyone at how docile the creature became. The two banished fire benders watched as Naruto walked out with June over his shoulder and the two beast's reins in his hands, leading them away from the Abby, but not before shouting "Those two will cover the damage."
Making a small camp fire near a river, Naruto lead the Shirshu to the water and washed its nose, clearing the different scents. "So, you want to tell me why your hunting the same person I'm suppose to protect?" asked Naruto, his voice showing that he wasn't joking with her.
"I was hunting him because the stubborn prince demanded I find a bald monk due to the fact I ripped a giant hole in his ship, he never mentioned the Avatar, just that the girl would lead us to the monk" replied June, not intimidated by the blonde, who sighed. Looking round he noticed that Hayai and Nyla had fallen asleep, and seeing no point in making a move the teen sat next to June. "Look I'm sorry, I just thought that you were doing it while knowing all the facts" Naruto whispered into June's ear, "So how about we just spend the night together, but in the morning I got to get to the North Pole" making the bounty hunter sad that they wouldn't be able to spend much time together again.
"Fine" she mumbled, sitting in the blondes lap and burrowing her face in the crook of his neck, only to find a burse there, "Naruto why is their a love bite on your neck?" she asked in an accusing tone, Naruto just blushed at the memories and replied "Well I kind of met up with Suki yesterday and well we kind of made it official."\ June had enough decency to blush at the thought of Naruto and Suki, but that soon turned into a sinister grin as she whispered "So Suki had a go, but I can't?" making Naruto shiver, and silently cry. "I'd love to, I really really would but with those two there and no tent, sorry babe but not to night" making the woman pout.
Deciding to play with Naruto's head, June slowly pushed herself against his crotch and rubbed against the newly awoken muscle, making the blonde fire bender let out a loud groan in pleasure, "Evil, truly evil" muttered Naruto, as he started to kiss her neck, forcing a whimper out of her, at the same time slowly stroking her lower back. "Bastard" she moaned out as the blonde started to play with her well developed DD-breast and softly bite her collar bone before lifting her up and walking into the forest, away from preying eyes.
The night had flown by for the lovers as the sun rose, the bright light shinning into their eyes, waking the duo. "A little longer Naruto" mumbled the sore but very satisfied bounty hunter, lying on the blonde's chest. Said blond had started to wake and replied "We need to wash up because the earlier we're up, the more time we can spend together before I have to go."
Seeing no fault in Naruto's plan the girl said "Carry me" making the teen role his eyes and stand up, picking her up bridal style and walk towards the river. "Cold" shrieked the woman as the water touched her skin, making Naruto laugh and slowly start to give off heat warming the water. As soon as the pair had finished, they started the search for their clothes, finding them all over. In places such as high branches in the trees, or a bush, hell Naruto found his pants outside a Platypus-Bear cave, Yeah, it was a wild night.
"So what now?" asked a depressed June, knowing that Naruto would have to leave soon, "Well I guess I can stay another hour" replied the teen, while checking the position of the sun. Of course the hour flew by and Naruto was soon on his way, promising June to meet her as soon as he could
Boredom was all the pair felt as they flew over nothing but sea an ice for the past day and half, "You know Hayai, I hate the snow" gaining a roar of agreement from the beast. Watching the sunset the pair decided to take a break on a small iceberg to regain some energy, soon the new partners fell asleep; not realizing that they were surrounded by small boats filled with water benders. Silently the group of benders made their way towards the group, shocked to see such a beast before them, "Aren't Manticore's usually too dangerous to become mount's, I heard the fire nations got a bounty out for them" whispered a water bender, not realizing he woke Naruto.
"If you're going to sneak up on someone, you should really stay quite" called the blonde, startling the group. "What are you doing in our waters boy" questioned one of the men, getting in a stance with the other's soon following. Realizing that he was outnumbered and the fact that he was in their playing ground he raised his hands and said "I'm a friend of the Avatar's and I was planning on meeting him here when he comes to train."
"We shall see if you tell the truth but we must take precautions" said the same man, binding Naruto and Hayai in ice. It didn't take long for Naruto to be 'escorted' to the northern water tribe, the huge ice wall looming in front of them, "So the Avatar here yet?" asked Naruto only to get silence from the group. As they made their way through the canals of the city, Naruto noticed the growing group of people watching them.
Naruto sat in front of the water tribe leader, to his right was a beautiful white haired girl with a dark skin and on his left was an old man, with a look of utter boredom on his face. "I am Arnook, Chieftain of the northern water tribe, to my right is my daughter, Princess Yue, and to my right is Master Pakku. Now you are brought before us saying that you are friends with the Avatar, but answer me this what is a wanted fire bender doing with the Avatar?"
Naruto stared at Arnook and replied "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, student of Avatar Roku and Jeong Jeong the Deserter, I am also Aang's, well I was his bodyguard until recent events" shocking the three in front of him. "Now, I have answered you're questions, so can you answer mine. Where is Hayai, my Manticore and if possible may I study your water bending forms?"
"Why would you need to learn the water bending stances when you're a fire bender boy?" asked Pakku, interested in the lad. Naruto was silent until he said "I have master the Kyoshi warrior way of battle, as well as fire bending but I still have much to learn, one is how to use my lightning to its greatest potential" his voice was filled with determination.
"I see, power through balance, not many seek it, as it takes years to fully master but I am willing to give you some basic water stance scrolls but in exchange of you must watch over Princess Yue, deal?" said master Pakku, earning a nod from the teen. Arnook watched the teen and said "Your Manticore is being kept at the stables, but where did you find such a rare beast and even going as far as taming it?"
Naruto started laughing, confusing the group. realizing he hadn't answered the question, Naruto said "My girlfriend, the leader of the Kyoshi warrior's, and her squad found him being attacked by some bounty hunters and saved him, he's been following them ever since, but seeing as they couldn't keep him, they asked me to take him with me, so he's still as wild as any other Manticore" making the Chieftain nod.
== Two days later ==
Naruto sat next to Hayai on top of a roof, looking out to sea and said "You can come out now" only to reveal Princess Yue hiding in a doorway. Blushing she asked "I wanted to see your mount, if that is alright?" making Naruto chuckle and give a small nod. Standing up, he push Hayai on his back and started rubbing his belly, "Come on, he only bites if I tell him to" easing the girls fear, and soon join the blonde teen in rubbing the beasts belly.
"He beautiful, I've heard that they come from the top of the frozen mountains in the earth kingdom but the pictures in books show it to be a powerful beast that hunts children" said Yue, making Naruto burst into tears, "Hayai won't even hunt a tiger-seal he's that lazy, and that's not the problem, the problem is all he does is eat by the looks of things. Even though we've only been together for no more than a week, it feels like we've been together all our lives."
The said beast just purred in agreement, making the princes giggle but soon stopped when a man called "Princess Yue, you're father wishes to see you" making the girl sigh and reply "I'll be right there, thank you Naruto and good bye, to both of you" leaving them to watch the growing crowds form. Looking over the edge Naruto spotted a giant white ball of fur being led through the city "So you've arrived" said the teen as he jumped on Hayai and flew towards the temple.
Aang, Katara and Sokka sat on the head table of the feast, next to Chief Arnook who stood and said "Tonight we celebrate the arrival of our sister tribe, but also some we all believed to be gone from the world, the Avatar" making the crowd calling in joy "Also I would like to say that my daughter, Princess Yue, is now of marrying age."
The gang looked at the white haired princess followed by two guards and a large white and black striped Manticore, a familiar figure sitting on its back. "Naruto" called Aang, happy that his friend was here. Only to be shocked when Naruto placed a finger on his lip and pointed to the three men in front of them, "Now master Pakku and his students shall perform for us."
Dismounting, Naruto walked up to the group, sitting next to Katara and Aang, "Naruto when did you get here?" asked Aang, his eyes glued to the beast lying behind Naruto. "I got here about a day before you lot" replied the teen, throwing a large leg of meat to his partner, "Naruto, is that really a Manticore?" asked a nervous Aang, remembering all the rumours he had heard as a child.
Naruto just nodded and turned to Katara, saying "Look, umm, well I guess I should say I'm sorry for leaving you with these two but I needed to sort myself out, and I now realized that you just wanted to believe Jet and me saying that he was false must of hurt you" making the girl go quite, grabbing her fang from her pockt, "How it had a huge crack but now its only slightly cracked?" she asked, confused to what had happened to the fang .
"The crack wasn't caused just by you, it symbolised how damaged our relationship/friendship is and still is slightly, it probably would of repaired itself sooner if I just let go of the hate I felt when you said those things but it looks like we still have so problems" answered the teen, taking the necklace from her and placing it around her neck. Katara was about to replay when the two teens heard Sokka say "Well I'm kind of like a prince myself" making them laugh. "You a prince, prince of what?" questioned Katara, making Sokka growl and reply "Allot of thing if you must know, now what was I saying" only to get more embarrassed when Naruto said "Hey Katara you did say he had those watch towers, and the army of 'small' people." Sokka just turned away "So um Princess Yue, I was umm wondering if you'd like to do an activity?" making the two teens laugh at him, hell even Hayai was laughing at him.
"An activity, umm I'm not sure, I'll have to ask my bodyguard later" replied the princess.
"Very smooth Sokka, you're on your way to being a great Casanova" called Naruto. The group watched as Aang and Chief Arnook left the table, seeing as Sokka was still trying his luck with the princess, Naruto said "Look Katara I was wondering if you'd like to walk Hayai back to his stable?" only getting a nervous nod from the girl.
As the teens walked outside the temple, Naruto stopped making the girl turn and was about to question him when Naruto said "Like hell am I walking now I can fly" before jumping on Hayai back, putting his hand out for her to grab. "Come on, its lot more fun than flying Appa, even though I love the flying fur ball." Slightly hesitant, Katara grabbed his hand and was pulled up so she was sitting in front of him, his arms around her waist and whispered "Hold on" before giving the reins a sharp pull, signalling for Hayai to take off.
== Next Morning ==
Naruto sat on the top of the temple stair, watching as Katara and Pakku argued. "What do you mean 'no', I didn't risk my life travelling halfway round the world for a NO" shouted Katara, glaring at Pakku, who just sat there and replied "Women in this village use their water bending to heal, so why don't you go to the healing hut with Yugoda." Getting bored, the blonde teen walked down the temple stairs, not paying attention to the screams as made his way towards the stable.
Hayai was bored, as there was little a Manticore could do in the giant ice capital, well apart from lay next to Appa as it went through the adventures it had with Aang, when someone said "Hey boy, you miss me?" in a sarcastic tone, making the beast snort and turned its head away. Hoping the pest was gone, Hayai looked around only to find an irritated Naruto. "You're so lucky that it was Suki that asked me to take you with me" growled Naruto as he snorted out a flame, scaring the creature.
Getting worried, Naruto walked slowly towards Hayai and said in a calm voice "Hayai, you ok buddy?" placing his hand in front of him, showing he meant no harm. Katara was making her way towards the healing huts, when she spotted Naruto trying to comfort his Manticore, noticing he was making no progress she called, "Want a hand Naruto?" catching the teens attention.
Not wanting to startle Hayai, Naruto gave a slow nod to Katara's question, only to watch in shock as the girl just walked up to the beast and stroked it's ear. "What, how?" asked a stumped Naruto, making the girl giggle at the faces he made and replied "Hayai by the looks of things is scared of something you did, and also he seems to see men as untrustworthy" making Naruto grunt, smoke coming out of his nose, scaring Hayai.
"Naruto it's your flames" called Katara, realising the problem right away. Naruto's shoulders dropped at the news and whined "Great, how can I look after you if you're scared of flames?" making the beast look ashamed. Sitting in front of the winged creature and looking it in the eyes he said "We'll get through this buddy but for now I'm wondering how you handle lightning" quickly covering his hand in electricity.
Katara watched quietly as the two new partners bonded, mildly shocked when Naruto covered his hand in electricity. She was about to voice her concern but noticed that Hayai looked more fascinated with the lightning than scared, "Looks like it's lightning till you get over your fear boy" said Naruto, ending the flow of lightning and stroked the Manticore behind both ears. "So what can I do for you?" asked Naruto, standing up and watching Hayai enter the stable, "I was just making my way to the healing huts when I noticed you and Hayai" replied the girl making Naruto chuckle and say "So Pakku still said No, well I'm sure you'll work something out" before smacking her ass and walking away.
Naruto had spent the entire night practicing with his lightning bending so it was more effective seeing as he couldn't use his fire bending, well not until Hayai got over his problem, that is. Taking a look at the water bending scroll carefully, he started to see where his lightning bending would be benefited by some of the moves, "This will be more of a challenge than I thought" said Naruto aloud.
Taking another look at the scroll, he started to make circular motions with his arms, generating and holding lightning in his hands. "Almost, almost" said Naruto, waiting for the ball that formed in his hands to hit its peck before slamming his fist forward, send it towards the training dummy making it explode. "Ha, highly concentrated lightning equals explosion" laughed the teen as a group of water benders watched as the boy used their style to create a new attack. "A powerful man he with become" said Arnook, gaining nods from the crowd, that continued to watch the blonde train well into the night.
Naruto stood next to Aang and Sokka, not sure to what was going on, as Katara said "Please, Aang needs this training" making the chief sigh and reply "What can I do, maybe if you swallowed your pride and apologise I'm sure Master Pakku will take Aang back." Grinding her teeth she nodded and was about to when Pakku said "Come on little girl, I don't have all day" forcing Katara to lose her temper.
"NO" she shouted while slamming her foot on the ground, making cracks appear on the floor and nearby pots explode, "Like hell will I say sorry to a miserable old timer like you" she declared, pointing her finger at the man as continued to say "If your man enough I'll be outside" shocking everyone in the bar except Sokka and Naruto. Trying to play peacekeeper Aang said "I'm sure she didn't mean that" only to make the two older teens burst out laughing, "You sure, she sounded dead serous to me?" replied Naruto, Sokka nodding in-agreement.
"Katara you don't have to do this" called Aang as the three male teens chased after, "Yea Katara, Aang can find a new master" continued Sokka. Naruto just sat on a step, watching as Pakku walk right past Katara, earning himself a water whip to the back of the neck. Quickly getting annoyed with the girl, Pakku turned and looked at her, saying "You want to learn to fight, watch closely."
Summoning a large wave from the two pools of water nearby, Pakku sent it towards Katara, sending her flying. Naruto watched as the two water benders sent waves of water and ice at each other, "There must be more to water bending" said Naruto to himself, getting bored of the constant taunting Pakku did. Only to watch as the water master sent a barrage of ice spikes down on Katara, pinning her in place.
"This fight is over" stated the old man as he walked away, not paying attention to the girl shouting at him that she wasn't finished. Naruto just stood up and getting a wired feeling, looked at the out to the sea, "Something big is about to go down" thought the teen, catching the last of Katara and Pakku's conversation. "Gran Gran left because she wouldn't let your stupid customs rule her life" spoke Katara "It must have took allot of courage" waiting for Pakku to say something till Princess Yue ran off crying.
Naruto couldn't shake the feeling he got, it was as if a storm was brewing and he was helpless, and he hated that feeling more than anything. Deciding to see Hayai, Naruto was jumping roof to roof, when he noticed Appa take off with two people on his back, "Is that Princess Yue with Sokka, damn boy likes a challenge, if I remember rightfully she's due to be married" thought the teen, shaking his head and continuing to make his way towards Hayai.
Nearing the stable he saw no sign of the flying beast, thinking "Bet the damn thing is still sleeping, was worth it though" remembering a naked Suki. Shaking his head and calling "Hayai, fancy going on a little hunt" making the beast jump through the window. Grinning at its excitement, Naruto jumped on his back, and placed his goggles' over his eyes.
"When you're ready boy" spoke Naruto, as the beast shot off into a run. Going through a city filled with canals, wasn't a good idea as Hayai almost fell into the river for the seventh time. Just as Naruto was about to start complaining, a thick blanket of black snow fell from the sky, "This is no snow, damn it, why do I always predict the bad events" thought the teen. Pulling the reins, he signalled for Hayai to make his way to the temple.
"People the day we have feared for so long has come to pass" Stated Chief Arnook, "Now as the fire nation makes its way towards us, I ask, with a heavy heart, my people to come here, fight for your nation, knowing that some of you will not return, but even if they lose their lives, they shall always be remembered" looking round he gave a high sigh before finishing off "I have an important mission, but I need volunteers, who amongst you will help."
"I will" called Sokka, shocking Katara and Aang, "I guess me too 'sigh' someone's got to watch your back, plus Hayai still too nervous round fire to be of any help at the moment" stated Naruto, giving Katara a soft, reassuring smile. Arnook nodded and called out "Please step forward so you may receive my mark." Watching the group walk towards the chieftain, not sure of the situation.
"You sure about this Sokka?" asked Naruto as the pair walked away, both having three red lines on their foreheads, "Yea" was all the water tribe teen replied, looking back at Princess Yue. Noticing what was going on, Naruto placed a reassuring hand on his friends shoulder and said "Don't worry, things will work out." Sokka just replied with a small smile as the duo made their way out the building, and down to the main wall.
Naruto, Aang, Katara and Sokka stood next to Appa on the main wall watching a ship charge towards them, a huge fire ball being sent towards them. Thinking fast, Naruto charged some lightning in his hands and sent it colliding with the flaming projectile, causing a huge explosion. "Move Aang" ordered Naruto blasting the incoming attacks, as Appa and Aang charged towards the lone ship.
"Get to your positions" shouted Naruto towards Sokka and Katara as another barrage of fireballs crashed into the city, "What about you?" called the girl, watching as Naruto ran towards the stables, not answering her. Sokka just closed his eyes in thought, soon pulling his sister away, knowing that whatever the teen had planed it was going to be big. Running past the cries of the scared, "Something's not right" said the teen aloud as he made his way to the top of the cliffs surrounding the city.
Finally making it to the top Naruto looked in horror as he saw hundreds of fire nation ships coming over the horizon. "Holy shit" whispered the teen, the sun setting in the distance.
==== End ====
R&R please.
