Ari
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Later that same night Ryu snuck out of the apartment, He found Appa out back and woke him up. "You and I are going for a little trip." Ryu said air jumping onto Appa's head. "So you were just going to leave anyway." Ryu spun around drawing his staffs. He lowered his staffs when he saw Aang sitting on Appa's saddle.
"You said you'd think about this." Aang said. "Sorry Aang but this is something I have to do." "You can't stop me." "I wasn't going to." Aang said. "I'm coming with you." "Really?" Ryu asked. "Yeah." Aang said. "Are you sure?" "I'm the Avatar remember, the bridge between worlds." "Alright." Ryu said sitting down in Appa's saddle. "Let's go then." "Appa yip, yip!" The Sky Bison took off heading for the North Pole. Ryu leaned against the side of the saddle.
"So any idea on how we're going to do this?" He asked. "I don't know." Aang said "As far as I know Avatar Wan sealed the Spirit Portals." "Who?" "The very first Avatar" Aang said. "Only an Avatar can reopen a Spirit Portal." "Perfect." Ryu said. "But it may still be possible to take a person through." "There's something we should do first." Aang said. They landed just outside Ba Sing Se. "Why are we landing?" Ryu asked. "There's someone we should talk to." Aang said. "Who?" "Avatar Roku." Aang said. "I don't know if I told you but I'm a Spiritual failure." Ryu said. "Don't worry when I call Roku he'll appear to both of us." "I hope so." Ryu said sitting next to Aang. After a moment or two, Avatar Roku appeared in front of Aang and Ryu, It startled Ryu and he flinched back a bit. "Avatar Roku." Aang said. "My friend wants to bring a person back from the Spirit World is it even possible?" Roku looked back and forth from Aang to Ryu. "Yes." he said. "But be careful, the Spirits there may try and stop you." "How are we supposed to find my friend?" Ryu asked. "The Spirit Koh knows where she is." Roku said. "You'll have to get him to tell you." "Fine." Ryu said. With that Roku disappeared. Ryu and Aang climbed back on Appa and took off again.
As Aang flew Appa Ryu sat back in the saddle thinking about how he was going to deal with Koh the face stealer. The answer was simple a mask if he wore a mask Koh wouldn't be able to see his face. "Are you sure this Spirit Portal thing will work?" Ryu asked after awhile. "We can always try the Spirit oasis." Aang said. "That could work." Ryu said. The rest of the trip was uneventful and they reached the Northern Air Temple in about three days thanks to a good tail wind. Ryu wasn't sure about stopping here he'd rather keep going straight to the North Pole. Appa landed in the same court yard he'd taken off from a hundred years ago. Aang jumped down off Appa followed by Ryu. They were greeted by the leader of the machinist. "Aang what are you doing here?" "We only sent out the messenger today." "Since I'm here what is it?" Aang asked. "Follow me." "Who's you're friend?" "Ryu, He's an Airbender." They followed the machinist inside where Ryu was tackled almost immediately by a girl.
It took Ryu's brain a second to processes that it was Ari! Ari! He said standing up. "Ari… what… how are you here?" He managed to say. Once he got past his shock. "Never mind I'm just glad you're here." Ryu said. "So what now?" "Do we just go back to Ba Sing Se?" Ryu asked. "No sense in leaving we just got here." Aang said. "We'll leave tomorrow." "Great." Ryu said. "Looking at Ari. Do you have your staff?" He asked Ari. "It's in my room." She replied. Let's go then Ryu said grabbing Ari's hand, leading her through the temple. They stopped at Ari's room to get her staff then continued on. "Ryu where are we going?" Ari asked as they climbed higher and higher until they reached the highest point in the Temple. Ryu walked them to the edge and asked. "Do you trust me?" "Yes." Ari answered. "With your life?" "Of course." Ryu grabbed Ari's other hand and leaped off the ledge with her.
They fell towards the ground headfirst Ryu, held on to Ari with one hand as they fell watching as the ground rushed up at them Ryu saw people pointing at them, at the last possible moment Ryu opened the glider and pulled up still holding on to Ari, Ryu circled the Temple a couple times before landing back on the roof. They stood there for a few seconds. "So what now?" Ryu asked. Whatever might have happened next was interrupted by Aang landing next to them, he looked worried. "What's wrong?" Ryu asked. "I had a vision, Katara's in danger." Aang said. "We have to get back to Ba Sing Se." The three of them took off and flew back to the court yard where Appa was waiting they jumped on and took off quickly.
"So what's this about?" Ryu asked after awhile. "I had a vision of Katara surrounded, fighting Firebenders." Aang said. "Firebenders in Ba Sing Se?" Ari asked. "I guess it's possible." Ryu said. He started to say something else but stopped when he saw a glow on the horizon he didn't need to ask what it was Ba Sing Se was burning.
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