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Chapter 9 – Ear Whispering

Kyoshi Island

The following day, just as she planned, Keisha went to the beach to tell the Unagi the names she came up with. The only problem is, Keisha could only come up with two names and she doesn't know if the Unagi will like them. She sighed; hopefully she likes at least one of them.

As she arrived to the beach she whistled and waited to see if that got the Unagi's attention. Then after a few seconds, the Unagi comes with her head a few meters above water level. "Hey girl, I could only come up with two names, do you want to hear them?" asks Keisha.

The Unagi blinks once, meaning she wants to hear them. "Okay, I got Una, obviously derived from your species, and Bronte, just a name that came to my head. I like Bronte, but it's entirely up to you, if you don't like either, then we can try again. Do you like one of them?"

The Unagi blinks once, "Okay, that's a good start, is it Una?" Unagi blinks twice. "So you like Bronte?"

The Unagi blinks once, "So you want your name to be Bronte?"

The Unagi blinks, "Well that was easier than I thought it'd be. Well Bronte, we may be staying on Kyoshi for a little while longer while we prepare for the trip to Ba Sing Se, is that alright with you?"

Yes, says a voice in Keisha's head. "Whoa, what was that?" was that you Bronte?"

Yes, I believe it was, it would appear after naming me we have become able to interact with our minds. Now not only can I understand you, but you can understand me, says Bronte in Keisha's mind. Her voice sounds like a gentle whisper in Keisha's ear.

"It would appear so; we have truly become Avatar and Animal Guide. That's good news, now I don't have to ask you yes or no questions and ask you straightforward ones, and I can hear your opinions on everything. That makes it easier, yes?" asks Keisha.

Bronte chuckles softly, it would appear asking yes or no questions have become a habit for you, says Bronte.

Keisha blushes, "He he, it does seem that way, I'm going to have to get out of that habit."

Indeed, replies Bronte, but yes, it does make it easier.

"This is great, now I can hear what you have to say and anything you want to tell me can be heard, yay. You know what Bronte, you really are a sweet creature, I truly am sorry for all the mean things I said to you," says Keisha.

Don't worry about it, I understand why you said those thing, sometimes it was reflex, others were just to show me you could tease. But I know sometimes you were in a cranky mood and it was impulse, I remember the first time you called me a big ugly brute was when you were only four years old. You were a bright child then and you're a bright child now, says Bronte.

"In the ocean, do you get enough food to eat?" asks Keisha curiously.

I do, you don't have to worry about me food wise, I can catch my own food, says Bronte reassuringly. Even when we travel I can catch food on our trip. The only I'm concerned about is how we will have sleeping arrangement, when I sleep I sink, we can't go to sleep when were in the water. We'll have to stop on a beach, I want to be able to protect, even though I know you can protect yourself, I'll stay in shallow water and have my head on the shore. Does that sit fine with you?

"That's a good idea, that sits fine with me, I never would have thought you could sleep slightly out of water, I didn't even know you could get into shallow water," replies Keisha.

I am a sea serpent, I can slither up a little like a snake, says Bronte.

"Of course, how silly of me, he he. I seem to be having a strange day," chuckles Keisha.

Bronte chuckles too, you certainly are. I can tell you haven't had breakfast, and to tell the truth, neither have I. I'll talk to you later, says Bronte. Go have breakfast.

"Okay," replies Keisha. With that, Keisha heads back to the village while Bronte goes back into the water to hunt for food. When she gets there, Milly is standing there waiting for her. "Where have you been young lady?" asks Milly.

"Oh god Milly, please, you sound like my mum, I'm not that stupid that I went wondering around the island to go on an adventure, or sneak away with a boy to have a make out session. I may be ten, but I'm not incompetent," pleads Keisha.

"I don't care, as long as your hear and not with your mother, I'm the one looking after you, smart ten-year-old or not, you're still a minor, and I have to keep an eye on you or your mother will skin me," says Milly in a patronizing tone.

"Whatever, let's just have breakfast," sighs Keisha as she heads towards Milly's house.

Milly sighs and follows Keisha inside to prepare breakfast. After a few minutes Milly gives Keisha her breakfast and then sits across from her to eat her breakfast. "So, what were you doing then?" asks Milly.

"I was talking to Bronte," replies Keisha calmly.

"Who's Bronte?"

"The Unagi, we decided on a name together," replies Keisha.

"But it can't talk," says Milly.

"Not 'it' Milly, 'her', and no, your right she can't talk, but she can to me."

"What do you mean, she can talk to you?" asks Milly skeptically.

"Skeptical aren't you Milly, she's my Animal Guide, of course I can understand her, but she doesn't exactly talk, she whispers in my mind," says Keisha.

"Okay, so she has telekinetic abilities?"

"No, if she did, she would talk to you all; she can only do it with me. That makes sense, since as I said, I'm the Avatar and she's my Animal Guide."

"I don't get this Avatar-Animal Guide stuff," sighs Milly.

"Well, dad could understand what Appa was saying," Keisha points out.

"Yeah, but so could all Air Nomads, Sky Bison's where native to the Air Nomads, so naturally the Air Nomads learnt how to understand them, or rather were born knowing how to understand them," replies Milly.

"Whatever, all you need to know is that I can understand what Bronte is saying and she can understand what I'm saying, and that she's my Animal Guide. She said we could meet up later; she also hasn't had breakfast apparently, so in the mean time, let's start preparing for the trip to Ba Sing Se?"

"Okay, let's go get the others and start planning," sighs Milly.

"Okay."
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Review please, also I'd like to thank everyone who has reviewed my story so far. Why use Bronte you ask? Don't bother, even I don't know why I chose that name. I said I would spend all night thinking of names, but I couldn't think of any, I only just came up with those two. I know, it's sad, I'M sad. Oh well.

I know that having it so that the Unagi talks to Keisha in her mind is kind of weird, but that was one of the most logical ways of doing, since Keisha obviously can't learn what she growls, so yeah. I think that's all I wanted to say. Oh, asking me question about why I did this and why I did that would be silly, I'm not saying stupid or idiotic, because even I don't know the answer, so yeah.