Yes, Kazea does have her arrows. I can't believe I forgot to mention that. Thanks to the

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Day Five in Kazea's diary

Very interesting events today. We met an Avatar, rescued my sister from a Spirit, and got our first mission from Amia.

"Jinè," I said the next morning, "Let's go save Gaia quickly so that we can go home."

"But this place is wonderful!" protested Jinè. I gave her a weird look.

"Good morning, Jinè and Kazea," Amia said, appearing suddenly before our eyes.

"Good morning," Jinè and I answered. After last night I don't suppose anything could surprise us now.

"Today you will save your sister; if you fail this it will mean the eternal loss of Gaia in both worlds," Amia said. Jinè and I exchanged glances and suddenly I remembered something.

"Uh, do we have our Bending here?" I asked uneasily. I had heard certain stories that said that people couldn't.

"Well, no," Amia smiled, "Which is fine for this mission because you can't rescue your sister with Bending. Gao is a Spirit you will have to outwit. He is the son of Koh and therefore very dangerous. Gao is also obsessed with history, just to let you know. I will be sending someone to help you. Gao lives in the direction you have been going. In a whole in a huge tree. You can't miss it." She vanished.

"Okay, then," I said, "Off to Gao's tree house." We walked again, every once and a while looking back to make sure we weren't being followed.

"I wonder who is going to help us," wondered Jinè. We looked back again and when we looked to where we were walking, a male Firebender stood in front of us. Jinè and I stood calmly staring at him.

"I am Avatar Yougan," he said, "I am here to help you with Gao."

"Hi," I said, "I'm Kazea and this is Jinè." I felt uneasy about all these Spirits. Well, at least this person wasn't hovering. Avatar Yougan walked along beside us.

"So," I said after a while, "How far down the Line of Avatars are you?"

"I happen to be the Firebending Avatar before Roku," Yougan replied.

"So that would mean that Avatar Shen was the Avatar before you and Avatar Yangchen after you," Jinè calculated.

"You seem to really know your Avatars," Yougan said, impressed.

"I love to study history that has to do with Spirits," Jinè said.

"So how far down the Avatar Line can you recite from memory?" Yougan asked.

I groaned. "Please, don't get her started," I said.

"Well, Avatar Aang, Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, Yougan, Shen, Nitu, Feng, Rüza…" Jinè's list went on forever.

"You got her started," I said, frowning and glaring at Jinè who kept on listing Avatars and counting with her fingers.

"Any idea how to turn her off?" Yougan asked. However, we reached Gao's home presently and we didn't have to worry about turning Jinè off. Sure enough, it was a tree; as big around as it was tall.

"Do we just go in?" I asked. Yougan nodded. He didn't seem interested in doing any of the work for us. We walked through.

"Is he like Koh?" I asked, "Can he steal one's face?" Yougan shook his head but he looked somewhat grim. We found Gaia in a corner; very frightened.

"Gaia!" I cried as I hugged her.

"Kazea?" she asked as she hugged me back.

"It's me. Now we can go home and…" my hopes were shattered as a large bug shaped thing lingered over us.

"Not so fast," I voice said from above me. I looked way up to the ceiling and for the first time saw Gao. He was long with about a hundred legs; he looked a little like Koh except his face wasn't changing before our eyes.

"You must be Gao," I said.

"And you must be the Avatar's other daughter," Gao said in a flat, emotionless tone. I wonder if he learned that from being around his father.

"Uh, hi. Now I have my sister and we're just going to leave," I said, pushing Gaia towards the door.

Gao hurried to block us off. "Not before a test you won't," he said.

"What kind of test?" Jinè asked cautiously.

"A history test about the Spirits," replied Gao. I groaned. If there was one thing I knew nothing about it was the History of the Spirits. However, Jini clapped her hands in delight and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Now," Gao said, "If you answer the ten questions I give you; you can go free. However, if you don't, your faces will be taken by Koh and you will wander restlessly in the Spirit World forever more."

"We're in trouble," I whispered.

"My first question," Gao continued, "Who was the 75th Avatar?" I didn't know an Avatar beside Roku and my dad except Yougan and that is only because I met him!

"Liha," Jinè answered almost immediately. I stared at her. How did she know that so quickly?

"And from what Nation was she from?" asked Gao.

"Earth Kingdom," Jinè answered.

"Good; you answered two. Now name the Spirit who got into a fight with Kalki and then was the first Spirit to cease," Gao said.

"Rama," Jinè said. Yougan and I looked at each other. Jinè was great!

"And the great Spirit who can pass freely between the Spirit World and the Physical World?" Gao asked.

"That's the easiest one so far! The Avatar, of course!" Jinè laughed.

"Question five," Gao said, "Is what is the battle in which all Spirits fought about six thousand three hundred and forty nine years ago?"

"The Battle of…" Jinè thought for a moment and Yougan and I held our breath, "Vamana?"

"Correct," Gao said unhappily, Yougan and I breathed easier now. But the questions were getting harder for Jinè to answer.

"Six: what is the name of the giant wolf Spirit who roams the Spirit World freely?" Gao asked.

"Rish…" Jinei started then hesitated, "Rishabha."

"Seven," Gao said, "Who made the Spirit World so that the Spirits and Mortals could leave in peace from one another?"

"Avatar… Narada; the sixth Avatar," Jinè said.

"Very well, eight," Gao said. I could tell he wasn't too happy, "Which Avatar tried to kill Koh over his loved one?"

"Avatar Kuruk; duh," Jinè said.

"Which Avatar was the last female Firebender?" Gao asked.

"Um… Rüza," Jinè answered.

"Your final question is…" Gao said with a hint of a smile on his face, "Now many faces does Koh own all together?" Jinè's face fell and I gasped. No one could know that!

"Eight hundred and forty two," Gaia spoke up, grinning from ear to ear. We all stared at her.

"That-that's correct," Gao said in pure disbelief, "How did you know that?"

"You told me!" Gaia giggled. Jinè burst into a relieved laugh.

"Well, then," Yougan said pushing us out the door, "These girls and I are just going to leave now. Thank you for the history lesson." As soon as we got outside, Amia appeared and Yougan disappeared.

"Good work!" Amia praised, "Now for your first task you will need to find the wolf Spirit named Rishabha and he will give you something you need for your long journey." With that she vanished leaving Jinè, Gaia, and I to stare at one another.

"Let's try this way," Jinè said, pointing.

So now we're on our way to find Rishabha. And now I have to stop to get some rest.