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Chapter 6

"Am I that scary looking?" My heart didn't slow down when I saw who was behind me. He was a stranger yes but he didn't look like he was going to kill me or anything. He was around Rai's age and was the same height to, which was pretty tall. The boy had long, floppy black hair that fell into his black eyes. At less his eyes looked black, they might have been a dark gray or brown but to me they looked like two coals. His skin was pale and he had blood red lips.

He was lanky and slender with the grace of a cat. From his attire he was an airbender but he didn't have that calming, peaceful feel like the others. His loose yellow shirt and tight dark orange shirt did not fit him right. His clothes made him look out of place with all that darkness on his face. Another thing I found wrong was the missing arrow and full head of hair. He was dark yet strangely beautiful.

I couldn't help but stare at him, looking at all his unusual beauty. He send a cold chill my spine, like something with about him was off. Fear crept into my heart once more. "Ok, ok. I got the point." He said, leaning against the statue. "I'm ugly. No need to scream in my face about it then stare like that." His voice could belong to a snake, so cold like a gust of winter winds.

"It's not that its just…" I wasn't about to say his beautiful. "You scared the crap out of me. What are you doing stalking girls in this fog? Do you know how creepy that is?"

His dark eyebrows lifted and his eyes twinkled in an amused way. This guy wasn't taking me seriously, which only got me more mad. "I am sorry, I didn't think anything of it." He said, a smile pulling at his lips. I frown, crossing my arms.

"Well you should of." I said, sounding like a spoiled child. It wasn't my fault, he scared me half to death and I didn't get any amount of joy out of that. In fact I was actually mad at him for acting all creepy.

"I am terribly sorry, I should of said something when I saw you." He said, his dark eyes piercing me, my heart began it pound in that scared way. "But I didn't want to frighten you."

"To late!" I shouted, my voice seemed to echo through the ruins. A reminder to how totally alone we were together. I felt suddenly nervous about being around him. If I was screaming no one would hear me.

"Why don't we start over." He said, reaching for my hand. I was to scared about being alone to even jerk my arm out of his reach. When I finally realized my mistake he was already holding my hand. His hand was cold to the touch and rough. It send thousands of chills down my back. This touch was nothing like Rai's. While his was warm and loving this one was cold and dark. Sort of like the guy himself.

"My name is Kuro." He said, kissing the smooth skin on the top of my hand. My face turned a bright red the moment his lips touched me. I just thought about what Rai would do if he saw this boy, his head bend over my hand, his eyes staring into mine. "And what is your name, pretty girl?"

I pulled my hand out his. His attempts of flirting was a total waste, I loved Rai and no beautiful dark guy would ever change that. No matter how gorgeous he was. "I don't think that's any of your business."

"No? Why would a name be so confidential? It's given to you to share with others or else there would be no need for names." He said, amused. I was tired of talking about names, Yuna drained me off that. I just wanted to be alone again and maybe if I give this guy my name he'll leave me leave.

"Kayla." I said, crossing my arms. Kuro leaned close to me, so close I could see that his eyes were the darkest brown I've ever seen before. They were so deep and black it was as if I was being sucked in by a black hole. I blinked, trying to clear my brain of any thoughts about Kuro.

"That's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl." He said, flashing me a smile. His smile was another opposite of Rai. Rai's was a smirk, always mocking and fun. He never could give a full ear to ear smile. Kuro's however smiled like he was trying to blind someone, it was the only thing bright about his otherwise dark appearance. When he smiled all the fear and anger flew out of me. My heart actually stopped pounding madly.

"Can you stop saying stuff like that!" I said, trying to regain my control. I didn't find myself pretty and it always surprised me when boys actually commented on my looks. They found me pretty, they must be seeing something I obviously didn't.

"Why? Afraid you fall in love with me?" He said very bluntly. I never meet someone so…arrogant. When I first meet Rai I thought he was but he wasn't. He was just being who he was, a prince.

"I assure you that wouldn't be the problem." I said, leaning against the statue of the airbender. "You can't fall in love twice."

Kuro's eyebrows rose at the last part. I doubt he understood the love I felt for Rai and I bet he would never be able to comprehend all the things I would do to be with him. Rai was the person that kept me moving and helped me with all my problems. He was the thing I craved most. Without him I would crumple.

"You know." He said slowly, his eyes refusing to look anywhere but my own eyes. I started to squirm under his stare. "You can love more then one person."

"What?" I asked, my mouth dropping open. Was he stupid or something? It was not possible for me to care for anyone else as much as I did for Rai. "If you love more then one person then its not true love at all."

Kuro smiled at me like I was to young to understand. "Maybe but its possible. I read a poem once and I would like to share it with you. Would you like to hear it?"

I nodded my head, curious about what he had to say, even if I thought he was wrong about having more then one love. "Two people, one heart." He said. "These emotions make no sense. Its all too confusing. You think they both like you, but only one is obvious and the other one is confusing. One is a sure thing and the other is too secretive. They are both in my heart. The two soul mates in one heart. It is tearing me apart. What shall I do? Tell me you two please. I have gone and become lost."

His poem gave me a sick and wonderful feeling. It was beautiful and the way he said it made me really lose myself in his words but there was something off about it. Like he was predicating something. I don't know. All I knew was that the poem left me feeling uneasy.

"That only proves that you can't love two people at once." I said, trying to subside the sick feeling.

"Are you sure?" Kuro asked. "In the poem the girl is conflicted between two loves. She is confused and knows she should choose. But does she? We shall never know. She loved both of them and knows one is right for her. Yet she still has trouble picking." He had a point. The girl obviously loved them both enough to have troubling choosing which one and letting it tear away at her.

I was about to argue but Kuro stopped that. He reached over again but this time not for my hand. He pushed a curl out of my face and tucked it behind my ear. Rai has done this simple action many times before, usually he say something romantic after. The fact that Kuro was doing something Rai would made me feel guilty somehow.

I jumped out of his reach, putting the statue between us. Kuro didn't seemed surprised or angry about my reaction to him. Like he suspected me to act the way I did. "Do you know who this is?" He asked suddenly, looking at the statue.

I remembered how I was curious about the statue before I meet Kuro, I had wondered who she was but never got to really think about because I was scared half to death. "No, who is she?"

"She's Avatar Yangchen. We're proud of her, being that she was an airbender kind of like the one now." Kuro said, I had to keep my face straight when he mentioned my Father. "There is a lot of these statues around here. She was known for her power and wisdom. She would do whatever it took to do her job."

I looked at Koru, wondering how he knew so much stuff about love poems and Avatars. "How do you know this?" I asked, suddenly intimated by the statue that stood between Koru and me.

"I should know this junk, I'm an airbender." He said with a shrug.

"Oh."

"Are you a bender?"

"Yeah, water." Kuro pulled me gently out from behind the statue. I was tired of him constantly touching me, didn't he know I was already madly in love?

"Show me?" Again I was being sucked into his black eyes. I didn't like being sucked in.

"Why?" I asked, bothered by the fact that he still had my hand in his.

"Because." He said, his fingers curling around mine. I pulled away from his touch but he only went back. I couldn't believe how forward he was being. We just meet yet he acted like we known each other for years. He seemed to be a helpless flirt. "I want to see if your any good."

"How about you see what a great bender I am?" A voice came from the other side of the statue. I looked around the Avatar to see no other then Rai, my love. He stood, surrounded by fog. It gave him an mystical look, like he was from some other world. To beautiful to be real but something was wrong with him. His arms were crossed so tight that I could see his muscles in his arms bugling from his shirt. His mouth was set in a hard frown and his green gem eyes were the angriest I ever seen them. They were blazing.

It was then I realized that Koru still was holding my hand. I yanked it out quickly even though I knew the damage was already done. Rai saw and he was pissed. "Who the hell are you?" Kuro asked, he seem darker then he had been before.

"Who am I?" Rai asked. Why couldn't Kuro shut his big mouth! "Who are you! Holding the love of my life like she's yours. Do you want to die or something!"

"Rai, calm down." I said, I didn't want a fight. I was tired of those.

"So Rai's your name?" Kuro asked, leaning back against the statue. Even though he was skinny and had less muscles then Rai he still looked somehow dangerous. "Really Kayla? You can do much better then this piece of dirt."

Oh no. I ran over to Rai's side, knowing I was going to have to talk some sense into him. Rai could be patient with me but when it came down to other people he had a temper. And when he didn't like you, you had a problem. "Rai, love please just don't bother with him. His not worth it."

Koru walked slowly towards us. I begged him silently to stop and turn around but obviously he couldn't hear my thoughts screaming at him. "Not worth it? Ouch beautiful, that hurts my pride."

"Beautiful?" Rai asked, I felt his hand shake as I tried to keep him from doing anything stupid. It was to late though, Rai lost it. He pushed me away gently then stomped his feet, slapping his hand together. The rocks in front of Kuro raised and nearly crushed him. Kuro though like Yuna had the help of the winds to give them the ability to easily dodge attacks.

Before Kuro could fight Rai back I quickly put a stop to there stupid fighting. I waved my hands around, sucking the water out of the fog. I got into the right stance then shot the water at Rai and Kuro. The water surrounded there bodies like rope, turning into ice when it got around there arms.

"Stop now! No fighting! If you guys do I will leave you like this." I yelled at them.

Kuro smiled at me in that way that made me feel a little better about everything. "Feisty, I like that." He said. Knowing this would spark another fight I quickly bended some ice around Rai so he couldn't use them to attack.

"Stop it!" I shouted to death ears.

"Your dead!" Rai shouted. Kuro rolled his eyes, not the least bit afraid of Rai's threat. I walked over to Rai, putting my hands on his cheeks. He had no where to look but my face, this made him relax a little.

"Rai please stop. For me." I said, rubbing his cheek gently. "His not worth it, nothing can change the way I feel about you. No one! I love you."

I leaned in, giving him a gentle kiss on his pouting lips. The moment our lips touched I felt that warm, fuzzy feeling again. The one that was full of light and love, no darkness. When I pulled back I could see the anger leave Rai. "Promise you'll play nice."

"Only for you." He said. I waved my hand over Rai, letting the ice melt. I turned around, unfreezing Kuro as well. He looked mad and somehow that scared me more then anything else. His anger was dangerous. It would be enough to create a storm.

"Let's go Kayla." Rai said, shooting deadly looks at Kuro. "We have to go home, its getting late."

I followed Rai back down the mountain but before I could go anywhere I felt Kuro pull me back. A thick fog surrounded us instantly and he brought me close to his body. My first reaction was to panic but thankfully Kuro smiled and let go of my arm. "I hope I'll see you soon Kayla. I would like to see some more of your bending. When you want to be around a real man come find me here."

"Rai is a real man, his actually more then that. Kuro just leave me alone. Get this through your head, I love Rai." I said, wanting to physically bash the words into his brain.

"I know that." He said, his black eyes looking out at the fog. We had little time to talk, Rai would notice I wasn't there and freak out. "Just remember, you can find me here."

"Ok whatever, bye Kuro. Nice meeting you." I said about to run back to Rai but again Kuro pulled me back.

"Hey don't forget that poem ok?"

"What?" But he already pushed me away from the fog and disappeared into the unknown. I ran quickly to Rai who was staring in front of him, stomping his feet. He must have been lost in his own thoughts and not notice that for a moment I wasn't with him. I walked closer to him, feeling instantly safe. The uneasy, fear I was feeling before suddenly lifted and I was once again calm. I wonder if it was because Kuro was gone? Something was wrong with that boy.

"Rai?" I asked, putting a hand on his shoulder. He tensed up the moment I touched him. "Rai why are you mad at me?"

"Why were you with him Kayla? You ran from me to go to him?" Rai asked, clearly hurt. I could only imagine how I would react if I caught him holding hands with a girl I didn't know.

"Rai I wanted to be alone and he showed up out of nowhere. I don't even know that guy. I wanted him to leave but he just kept talking. I would never ever choice his company over yours. Don't worry my love."

"That's just it." Rai said, stopping abruptly. He cupped my cheeks in his big hands. I was falling in his green eyes the moment we locked eyes. It was nothing like being sucked in like Kuro. This was nice, this was what I wanted most in life. To be with Rai. "I worry about you Kayla."

"Worry about me? You think I'd be unfaithful?" The idea repulsed me. I would never do that to Rai. I would never do anything that would hurt his feelings, I cared to much to do that. I've hurt him enough for one lifetime. If he thought Kuro could change that he was wrong.

"No not that." Rai said, pulling me into his solid chest. "I'm worried because your so beautiful Kayla. I know you don't see it but everyone else does. I'm scared that some guy like Kuro is going to come and take you from me."

I laughed, burying my face in his chest. How can someone so perfect think anyone like Kuro could take me from him? Why would I want to leave something like this for something so strange like Kuro? "Your silly." I said softly.

Rai pushed my head up softly so I could look up at his face. "I'm serious Kay." He said. "You honestly don't know how special you are to me. If someone took you away from me I would have nothing."

I rubbed my fingers along his jaw line, heading towards his lips. I traced the shape of his lower lips as he stared at me with those intense beautiful eyes. He didn't know how wrong he was. No one, not even someone as beautiful as Kuro, would make me leave Rai. He was the boy I was meant to be with. He treated me like an princess and I be horrible if I would ever leave him.

"Rai, do you not get how much I love you." I said, smiling. "The feeling I have when ever we touch or you look at me makes me know every time I start to doubt it that I truly love you. Rai I have known you since I was 12 and loved you for a year. A boy I meet now is not going to take all the things I feel for you away. Stop worrying or I might have to hurt you."

The anger and worry in Rai's face lifted and he got a dreamy look that I loved so much. "Just kiss me." He said, brushing my hair gently.

"I would love to." I threw myself into his arms, pushing my lips against his greedily. I craved his kiss, I hadn't had a long one in what felt like years. He pulled my body close to his till you didn't know where my body began and his ended. The kiss deepened and turned into a passionate one. One of his hands were tangled in my hair, the other around my waist. We didn't have kisses like this often, Rai was a gentlemen but when we did kiss like this I lost all control.

"I love you." He mumbled against my lips, his breath burning my tongue. He shocked me when he went back for another a kiss. Usually he would stopped this by now being the guy he was. His lips traveled all over my face and he slightly pushed me against a nearby tree. I was falling deep into this kiss, the feeling was to strong. A bubble of love burst in my chest and all I wanted was to somehow be connected with Rai. Lips to lips would do.

"I love you so much." I said, as he finally did end the kiss. "Don't ever think I don't."

"Ok." He said, kissing my forehead. "But I will kill that guy if he comes near you." My face flushed at the mention of Kuro. I had a feeling this wasn't the last time we see him.

"Let's go home." I said, holding his hand. As we were walking away I thought I heard footsteps but when I looked back no one was there.