Here's my next chapter!!!!
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Summary; Naruto, 10 yr old ANBU captain is sick and tired of the way he's treated by the civilians and the Hokage and his team couldn't agree more. He begins studying an practicing bending and soon uses the Kyuubi's temple to get to the world of the Avatar. A week before he left, Avatar Roku confronted him in a dream and asks him to be the Avatar's guardian and help him get through things! What will happen while he waits for the avatar to return? Will he get along with him? Will he make the friends he's always longed for and pull through with his promise to try and live a normal life as a bender/Shinobi more advanced than the Avatar with nine elements? Only time will tell...
Warnings; Foul language and bloody gore (queasy stomachs be warned!)
Rating; T for language and blood.
Pairing; NarutoxAzula and AangxToph
Disclaimer; I don't own anything! Not Naruto! Not Avatar! If I did than I'd rule the whole wide world!!!
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Naruto raced on the water, it had been about a week and a half and he knew that the Avatar was only about anoter two days away. He was tired of bending and his chakra control was lagging, so he was running on the ocean towards the ship that was about two more days away. He had Azureinu in his jacket to keep her from getting wet and drowning, her head was sticking out of it and her tongue hung out of her mouth as the wind blew through her fur and his hair. Naruto smiled when she yipped in excitement. "We'll be with the Avatar in no time." He suddenly paled when he realized something.... he was wearing another Fire Nation outfit because it helped when he had to get through a Fire Nation dock.
He took a deep breath as he continued running and put a genjutsu around his clothes, making it look like he was wearing his Air Temple outfit. He sighed, he needed to work on his chakra control, he was using far too much chakra as it was.
*** Two days ***
A boy with dark brown hair and greyish blue eyes awoke with a groan and sat up groggily, the room was spinning as he stared at his feet, he had an arrow coming from under his hair and going up his arms under the bandages wrapped around his forearms. He had more bandages wrapped around that torso and up his legs under his pants. He swung his legs over the side of his bed and rested his hands on his knees and stared at the ground with a confused expression on his face.
He shook his head to clear it and held his side with his left hand. "What happened?" He asked no one. His voice was hoarse and pained. He looked up and started as he realized something. He was in a Fire Nation room, in a Fire Nation ship.
"Oh no." He said as he climbed to his feet. He went to the door and opened it slowly and looked for anyone that might spot him. He limped along the hall, using his staff for support as he made his way to the deck. He nearly turned to corner when a voice said. "Did you hear something?" He looked around the corner and saw two men in Fire Nation uniform. He took a deep breath and found his resolve.
He turned the corner and blasted air at the two before running down the hall again. The first voice shouted, "He's awake!" Before the two chased after him.
He rushed up the stairs as the two called out to him. He fell and saw two more men in Fire Nation uniform and saw his lemor being pet by one. "Momo?" He asked with a disorientated expression as the two looked up at him. As he pushed himself up, Momo ran to him and climbed to his shoulder.
"Twinkle toes, that's gotta be you!" Toph said as she and another ran to him. They both wore Fire Nation cloaks.
"Aang! You're awake!" The other said happily.
"Are you sure?" Aang asked uneasily as he stared at the people around him. He rubbed his eyes with his fist. "I feel like I'm dreaming."
"You're not dreaming, you're finally awake!" Katara, the other girl, said hugging him.
A Fire Nation soldier came and gave him a manly hug. "Aang, you're finally back with the living buddy." He said happily, Aang noted that it sounded like Sokka.
"Sokka?" He asked with a confused expression. He stared at him for a second and suddenly felt dizzy as the world began spinning.
"Uh oh, somebody catch him he's gonna..." Aang fell backwards and Katara caught him. She lowered him down as the others surrounded them in concern.
A bit later, he awoke again. "Why are we on a Fire Nation ship?" He asked as some one gave him a blanket. "Why is everyone dressed this way? And why am I the only one who's completely out of it?" He continued to ask Katara.
"You need to take it easily, okay? You got hurt pretty badly" Katara said softly. Aang's eyes softened and he looked down, holding his side. "I like your hair." She smiled.
Aang's head shot up. "Hair? I have hair?!" He asked, touching his head in surprise. "Just how long was I out?" He asked, looking ready to have a panic attack.
"Just a couple weeks." Katara told him.
"Everything okay?" A man with scars on his face and long brown hair asked, his skin was dark like Katara's and he had blue eyes.
Katara looked away. "We're fine dad."
"I'm Hakota, Katara and Sokka's father." The man said to Aang, holding out his hand.
"He know's who you are, I just called you dad, didn't I?" Katara said sourly, putting the blanket back around Aang's shoulders.
"I guess you're right." Hakota looked away.
Aang looked down before looking up with a smile. "Nice to officailly meet you Chief Hakota." He said, reaching out his hand.
"It's an honor to meet you." Hakota replied, shaking Aang's hand.
"Great, great, now you've finally met. So would you mind giving us a little privacy?" She said rudely, confusing Aang.
"Of course." Hakota had a sad look in his eyes as he walked away.
Aang turned to Katara, who was glaring after her dad. "Are you mad at your dad, or something?" He asked her with a frown.
"What?" She turned to him and her eyes softened. "Not at all, why would you say that?" She said quickly.
He stared at her for a moment.
*** A few hours later ***
After what happened in Ba Sing Se, we had to get you to safety." Sokka was telling Aang. "We flew back to Chameleon Bay, where we found my father and the other Water Tribe men. The Earth King went off on his own... well.... kinda alone." He paused. "Soon, the Bay was over run by Fire Nation ships. Rather than fight them all, we captured a single ship and made it our disguise. Since then, we've been traveling west." He pointed to the map in front of them. "We crossed the Serpant's pass a few days ago. We've seen a few Fire Nation ships but they've left us alone so far." He explained.
Aang looked up. "So, what now?" He asked.
"We've made a modified version of the invasion plan." Hakota explained.
Katara looked at him sharply "It's Sokka's invasion plan." She said crossly.
Hakota hid his sadness. "Yes, Sokka's invasion plan." He admitted.
They continued to explain for a bit. "And we've got a secret." Sokka said excitedly.
"What?" Aang asked in confusion.
"You."
"Me?!" A miffed Aang asked.
"Yes! The whole world thinks you're dead!" Sokka said happily.
Aang stared at him. He was about to say more when a voice made them all jump. "I've finally caught up with you!" A voice snarled in pure annoyance. Toph searched with her feet, but couldn't find the source of the voice. It sounded so familiar.
"Who said that?!" Sokka demanded as he went on high alert.
"I've been looking for you since you woke up! And you're always a few steps a head of me! It's bad enough that you almost got killed trying to go into the Avatar state! And worse, if Azula hadn't of stopped you, you'd probably had killed everyone in Ba Sing Se!" A boy raged as he landed on the deck from who know's where. "Do you know how hard it is to find you?! What if Toph or any of your friends had to find you but you were on the move and they were too late to find you for their troubles, eh!? What would you do if someone died because they couldn't find you?! Gah! I mean it, if it wasn't my job to-"
"Naruto!" Toph tried, but the boy didn't seem to hear, as he continued raging on and on.
"Protect you, I'd kill you myself!" Naruto snarled. "I could kill you for all the troubles you've caused me, Avatar! I could kill you!!" The teen finally sighed out his pent up annoyance and grinned at them all sheepishly, scratching his head nervously.
They stared at him. The boy had blond hair and everything that he said just freaked them all, except Toph, out beyond their skin. He had eyes so blue that they could put the sky to shame and looked to be about fifteen with three whisker marks adorning his face on either cheek. But the thing that made them exceptionally weary was what he was wearing, he was wearing the average fire bending attire.
"Ohayou guys. I've been waiting to meet you all. Hey Toph-imouto, why didn't you keep them in one place so I could meet up with them? Now I feel about ready to kill everyone you've been traveling with." He pouted innocently as they turned to Toph, who rolled her non-seeing eyes.
"What ever Naruto-ani, you can't kill him and you know it, too." She scoffed and he rolled his eyes and placed Azureinu on the ground.
"I could killed him if I really wanted to, you know that. But if I did, the spirits would have my head." He said pointedly as he straightened up. He suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion from using chakra non stop for two weeks, his genjutsu had wore away a few hours ago. He stumbled forward and held his head at the sudden dizziness. "Note to self.... Never, ever, ever, run for two weeks with no rest. Not... good." He muttered as he nearly fell forward, only to be caught by Toph, who nearly fell over from the extra weight.
Aang and the others continued to stare when Aang stood and helped his friend lower Naruto to the ground. "So, who is this guy?" Sokka asked as they surrounded them.
"This is Naruto, he taught me nearly everything I know." Toph said with pride. Their eyes bugged out slightly and they stared at the teen again. "He can explain when he wakes up, he looked pretty tired." She said when Azureinu yipped and ran to her, licking her face. "Down! Down girl!" She laughed loudly as the small wolf rested in her lap.
"So, how did he get here with no boat?" Katara asked in confusion.
"He's got strange abilities." Toph replied, petting Azureinu absently.
"Let's get him to a room so he can rest." Hakota commented uneasily. He didn't trust the boy, but he had perfectly good reasonings. The boy was dressed like a firebender, he appeared from who know's where, and threatens to kill the Avatar after saying he'd been searching for a very long time. Who would trust someone if the first thing he say's is 'I could kill you for the troubles you've caused me'? They brought him down bellow the deck and began to carry him to an empty room.
"So, how did you meet this guy?" Aang asked Toph as they dragged Naruto down a hall, the others following them.
"He saved my father and then was my guard for two years. We're really close, he taught me a lot of earthbending skills, listened to me, taught me some of his first language except for swear words, which he uses a lot, and let me play with Azureinu." Toph explained briefly, gesturing to the wolf at her feet.
"Hmm... When was this, anyway?" Sokka asked as he sped up to join the conversation.
"About four years ago." Toph shrugged. "I was eight."
They stared at the boy a bit, he didn't look that special. Of course, neither did Aang. "So, how old is he now?" Hakota asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Fifteen, maybe sixteen. I can't remember when his birthday is." She shrugged. "Haven't seen him in a while." She added and they nodded.
"So... can he bend any elements?" Katara asked in interest.
"A few." Toph shrugged and they raised an eyebrow in question.
"So what, is he like another avatar?" Sokka frowned and Aang looked just as confused.
"No, he's the Avatar's guardian." Toph replied as they got to an empty room. They stared at the boy a moment and followed Toph out.
"So, he's supposed to offer guidance to Aang?" Katara asked.
"Pretty much." She responded as she went back to the upper deck with them following. After a while, Sokka remembered something.
"I think I've seen Naruto before." Katara said, just as he was about to speak up.
"Really?" Aang asked. "Where?"
"When we were leaving the North Pole, remember when we almost ran someone over?" Aang and Sokka nodded. "The boy had blond hair that was like the sun. I've only met one person with hair like that, and that's Naruto." She said and Aang's eyes widened.
"He really was following us around the world!" He said kinda miffed.
"Yeah." Toph sighed as she sat down next to him. "How ya feeling?" She asked.
"I've been better."
"Hey guys, this might seem weird, but I think I've seen him somewhere other than one incident." Sokka finally spoke up and they looked at him in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Toph asked.
"I can't put my finger on it, but I think I've seen his face somewhere." Sokka looked thoughtful, lost in his memories when his eyes widened and he grabbed his bag. "I knew I've seen him before!" He exclaimed as he grabbed a poster and opened it to reveal a wanted poster with a very familiar face on it. The picture was of Naruto and the bounty was about fifty over Aang's. They stared at it and Toph tapped on Aang's shoulder.
"Yes Toph?" He asked, adverting his gaze from the picture.
"What's it say?" She asked.
"It's Naruto, with a bounty higher than mine." Aang replied and Toph's nonseeing eyes widened in surprise.
"What did he do?" Katara asked Sokka, who was looking over the poster.
"I'm not sure, it doesn't say."
"I pissed them off, made most of them piss their pants, and killed all the guards guarding Ozai's home and five of his generals because they died of heartattack and siezures in fear alone." A voice said and they all jump and turned to find nothing. Toph walked forward and grabbed what seemed like air, but then Naruto appeared out of nowhere and was being held by the front of his shirt with a grin on his face. "Ohayou Toph-imouto, long time since I last saw you. How ya been?" He asked.
"Stop scaring people who are already iffy of you, idiot." She said as she bonked him on the head, he made no move to dodge as she let him go.
He pouted playfully. "Aw, you know you trust me, so I can scare them all I want and just send Aang to the spirit world to have Roku explain it to him." He turned to the others. "I don't think I've met you. I mean, I know who he is and she is, but I've never met anyone else here." He said with a frown as Azureinu jumped on his shoulder.
"Oh, this is Aang, you already knew that. This is Katara, and this is Sokka. The others you'll meet sooner or later." Toph said happily, way too out of character than the others had ever seen her.
"Sokka?" Naruto asked in confusion. "You mean that firebender who ran from the Fire Nation and into the South Pole about eighty or ninety years ago?" He frowned.
"What are you talking about?" Katara asked in confusion. "My grandfather is from Earth country and he wasn't a bender."
"Earth country, eh?" Naruto chuckled and walked up to her and Sokka. He cupped his chin in thought and stared at them intensely, they flinched slightly under the gaze. Naruto sniffed once and smiled. "You're a water bender, yes. But him, he's a firebender." They stared at him a bit.
"W-what the hell is he talking about?!" Sokka and Katara demanded in unison.
"He. Is. A. Firebender." Naruto said slowly, emphasizing each word.
"What do you mean, Naruto?" Aang asked in confusion.
"Sokka, you're just a late bloomer. You're grandfather was a firebender that ran away from war and fell for a water bender, your grandmother. I know this because I know a few spirits that were a friend to your grandfather, Sokka. You smell like smoke and ash, meaning you're a firebender. All you need to do is learn the concept of bending fire and you'll be on your way." Naruto smiled, making a small flame on his thumb. "It's really not that hard." He closed his fist and sat down as Sokka began having a nervous break down.
"I am not a bender. I can't bend anything!" He said hysterically, assuming the fetal position and rocking back and forth.
"After all this time of not trusting firebenders he finds out he is one." Katara sighed and sat down next to Naruto. "So, what's your story?" She asked him wearily.
After Sokka calmed down, he listened to Naruto's tale with his friends and father. When Naruto finished speaking, they stared at him. "So, when I go into the Avatar state, it causes you pain?" Aang asked with a frown.
"Sometimes, but it depends on the cause. When you tried forcing it, you could've blown yourself up and killed half the people in Ba Sing Se. 'Zula-chan saved many people by nearly killing you." Naruto yawned and leaned against the wall as their eyes bugged out and Sokka, Katara, and Toph jumped to their feet.
"Did you just call princess Azula, Zula-chan!?" Katara and Toph shouted in horror.
"...yes." He said with a frown. "She's my best friend, is there something wrong with that?" He asked in confusion.
"She's your what?!?!" Sokka shouted.
Naruto stared at him and paused. "...my best friend." He said weakly.
"Okay, you should best explain why you're best friends with her!!" Sokka said, glaring at the boy he had almost trusted.
Naruto sighed and began his tale, after a while, everyone began to understand the concept that was Azula the Fire Princess. When he finished they were looking down. "So, she's going to join us?" Aang said slowly.
"Pretty much." Naruto replied.
"How will we know if we can trust her?" Sokka asked.
"How did you know you could trust me and Toph?" Naruto challenged.
"Point taken." Sokka looked down.
"So, this firebending... are you going to teach it to me?" He asked.
"Sure, but you'll have to teach Aang too." Naruto shrugged and Sokka sighed.
"How do we always get into these situations?" He groaned.
They sat there and Naruto took out a pouch and went through his things. "Kuso!" He cursed as he tallies off what he was out of, what he needed, what he was almost out of, and the things that he needed that second but didn't have.
He stood up with a stretch. "I've got to go make some more hea-- heal-- HACHOOO!" He flew up into the air and fell into the sea. He jumped back over, sputtering and soaking wet. "Health seals!" He shouted in a rage and stomped off as they stared at him.
"What just happened?" Katara asked slowly.
"He has year round allergies and uses seals to keep healthy so he doesn't blow his cover when doing survalence and the sort. He also hates flying into the air when he has no control over where he lands and how high up he goes." Toph explained in a matter of fact voice.
They stared at her. "What's health seals?" Aang asked finally.
"You know those sealing techniques he was talking about, there are many kind of seals and he uses a thing known as health seals to keep his allergies out of the way." Toph explained and everyone present nodded in understanding.
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I know, I know! It's a stupid and lame chapter but I'm starting to suffer from writter's block and couldn't think of a way for explanations and the sort. Anyway, I hope you could still enjoy!!! Ja Ne!!
