Hello readers, I was finally able to finish this chapter after staying up all night, I'm trying to update as many stories as possible before I start university, after that I'm not sure when I'm going to have the time to write and post. Anyway I hope you enjoy

The next day everyone was gathered outside of the Earth kings palace preparing to take their leave. Toph would be going to visit her mother; Aang and Sakura would be going to one of the air temples to meet a guru that would help Aang master the avatar state and perhaps give Sakura some insight on how she can return home. Katara would be staying to help the earth king and generals strategise and plan for the upcoming invasion.

King Kuei came down to greet them "Aang, Sokka and Sakura, I wish you well on your trip. Ba Sing Se owes you its thanks and we look forward to your safe return."

Placing their hands together they bowed in respect to the king before resuming preparation for their journey. One of the earth kings guards came up to them and spoke.

"Your majesty, there are three female warriors here to see; they're form the island of Kyoshi."

"THAT'S SUKI." Sokka exclaimed before he tumbled down from on top of Appa.

"Smooth." Sakura said sarcastically as she held out her hand to help Sokka up.

"You know these warriors?"

"Oh yeah," Sokka said as he let Sakura pull him up "The Kyoshi warriors are a skilled group of fighters, trustworthy too they're good friends of ours."

Kuei nodded "Then we shall welcome them as honoured guests."

Aang, Sakura and Sokka prepared to climb Appa when Katara called Aang back; she pulled him into a hug before kissing him on the cheek. Sakura had been able to tell that Aang had strong feelings for Katara but it seemed that the water tribe girl was oblivious to it. How she felt about him though was another question all together.

"I'm really gonna miss you guys." Toph said suddenly

"Me too," Katara said

"Yeah." Aang added

The three came in for a hug before looking at Sakura "What about you?" asked Katara softly with sad eyes "If this guru knows how to send you back...this might be the last time-

"That we see you!" exclaimed Toph realisation kicking in only now

Sakura gave a small chuckle "Chances of that are pretty slim but still if that's the case...I'm really going to miss all of you too!"

Rushing over to them she joined them in the group hug before everyone turned to Sokka who seemed to uncomfortably be averting his eyes from the scene. Everyone then ran over to him for the hug Sokka let out a yelp of surprise.

"O-Okay that's enough..." he said patting Katara and Aang's heads "Okay we love each other...seriously."

Sakura watched as the walls of Ba Sing Se began to fade from view, she felt a painful tug at her heart as she realised that she really might not be coming back here. Everything she had been through these past few weeks, it might all be coming to an end...

'And I told him I would come back,'

While the chance was remote it was still worrisome. Sakura told herself that she shouldn't feel this way; she always kept in mind that one day she would return home but at the same time she didn't realise just how attached she had become to these people, to her friends. At the same time she felt guilty, guilty that she was this torn about returning home, to her friends.

'To Naruto...'

"See guys a little positive thinking works wonders, we've got the king on our side, we got Long Feng arrested and when we get back Suki's waiting for me."

Sakura rolled her eyes and playfully shoved Sokka before lying down on Appa beside him "Yeah you've got girls waiting for you thanks for the reminder positive attitude."

"Hey what about that guy you were going out with?" asked Aang curiously

Sakura blushed "Eh...H-He's...we-well..." taking a breath Sakura smiled "He said see you soon."

"Everything is going to work out great, from now on and forever." Sokka said happily

This caused Sakura to pull her face "Careful Sokka; don't want to tempt fate."

"Don't worry Sakura," Aang said "It'll be fine, just wait and see!"

Little did they know that back in Ba Sing Se there were different forces stirring.

Sometime later that day the three finally made it to Chameleon bay, they landed a little ways from the shore line where they were able to spot several boats and tents pitched, they knew they were at the right place.

Aang smiled at Sokka "You haven't seen your dad in two years, you must be so excited!"

"Yeah that's not what his face is saying Aang," Sakura pointed backing away from Sokka who looked like he was about to throw up clutching his stomach and holding a hand over his mouth.

"I know I should be but I just feel sick to my stomach."

"Don't be nervous, he's going to be so happy to see you." Aang reassured his friend, placing a hand on his shoulder which seemed to work because Sokka smiled.

"What about you? Are you nervous to meet this guru?" asked Sokka

"Not at all" Aang said with a glimmer of determination in his eyes "I'm ready to master the avatar state; I'll do whatever it takes!"

Sakura smiled 'That look on Aang's face, it reminds me of you Naruto.'

"And you Sakura?" Sokka asked suddenly turning to the pink haired girl

"Huh?"

"This guru might have to answer to returning you to your world, how are you feeling?"

Sakura's face held surprise that she was asked, she turned her to head "To be honest, I'm a little scared."

"Why; isn't this, what you wanted?" asked Aang

Sakura nodded "Yeah, but it feels kinda strange."

Sokka wrapped his arm around Sakura's shoulder in a friendly manner "Don't worry; everything will work out for the best!"

Though surprised Sakura couldn't help but smile and nod "Yeah!"

Sakura watched the sun as it began to dip further down the sky; the wind blew her hair around in all directions. They had been flying for a few hours now Sakura and Aang while on their journey began talking about many things, mostly answering questions that they haven't brought up yet with the rest of the group and it basically turned into a confession session.

One of the first questions was what exactly was the avatar state?

Aang explained to Sakura that it was a kind of defence mechanism that gave him the power, skills and knowledge of all the past avatars.

"So there can only be one avatar in each life cycle right?" Sakura asked

"Yes, all of my past lives focus their energy through my body in the avatar state. The previous avatar before me, he told me that in this state I was at my most powerful but also vulnerable."

"Vulnerable?" Sakura asked curiously "What does that mean?"

"If I'm killed in the avatar state, I won't be brought back. Avatars have a reincarnation cycle; it goes water, earth, fire, air and then repeats itself."

"So one day, when you're gone, the next avatar is going to be born as a waterbender right?"

Aang nodded starring ahead, his hands tightened on the reigns "That was the reason why the Fire Nation wiped out all of the air nomads because they knew that I was going to be born an air bender..."

"But you're still-

"I ran." Aang said sadly "I ran away from home...because I never wanted to be the avatar."

"Aang..." Sakura looked at him with saddened eyes

"My whole life changed after the monks told me I was the avatar, we're usually only told when we turn sixteen but...there were signs of trouble, I was warned that there might be a war. After everyone found out, things changed. My friends wouldn't play with me but it wasn't too bad thanks to Gyatso."

"Who was that?" Sakura asked

"He was my guardian, teacher and friend, he was like my father." Aang smiled as if recalling a happy memory but then his face turned grim

"Then one day I heard that I was going to be sent away to complete my training, even though Monk Gyatso was against it. After that...

"You ran." Sakura finished for him

Aang buried his face in his knees "I wound up frozen in a block of ice for a hundred years...and when I woke up the Fire Nation was at war with the rest of the world, everyone was convinced the avatar cycle was broken and it was all my fault."

Sakura wrapped her arms around Aang and rubbed his back "Aang it wasn't your fault, you were only a boy, it wasn't fair to have that much responsibility placed on you. Anyone would be overwhelmed! But you can't blame yourself for what happened in the past; that will only hold you back! The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you, if you don't let it get the best of you."

Aang looked at Sakura with tear streaked eyes "Sakura, how do you know all this?"

She smiled "Because I've lived through it;" she looked out into the distance, she saw that there were several mountains coming into view and Aang looked as well.

"We're here."

After landing Appa on the mountain Sakura and Aang looked up a figure that was sitting crossed legged on one of rocks that had been carved to have spiral stairs. He was an elderly man, very skinny with dark skin and a long white beard.

"Um hello," Aang called as they jumped off of the bison "You're guru Pathik right, the person who attached the note to Aapa's horn?"

"Indeed," the monk replied opening his eyes to look at the two "I was a spiritual brother of you people and a close personal friend of Monk Gyatso"

"Um..." Sakura spoke up raising her hand a little "I'm sorry but my names Sakura and I-

"Oh I'm aware of who you are," Pathik said suddenly "I can sense your presence in this world is not natural therefore I know you are not from it."

Sakura and Aang gasped "Really?"

He nodded "Yes, and I know you are looking for a way to return. Why don't the two of you sit down?"

Sakura and Aang sat down in front of him "In your note, you said you could teach me to gain control of the avatar state, how?"

"You must gain balance within yourself before you can bring balance to the world." Pathik then turned to Sakura "As for you, the only way for you to return is to ask the spirit that brought you here for the way to return."
"I was brought here by a spirit!?"

"Without a doubt, the spirit that brought you here has left a mark on you. You can use that mark to trace the spirit's location, once you do that you will need to first ask why the spirit brought you here before you ask them to tell you how to return."

Sakura's eyes were lit brightly with hope now "S-So there really is a way I can get home!"

"But I thought only the avatar could go between the two worlds?" Aang said "So how can Sakura do that?"

"It's because the spirit has left a mark on her that she will be allowed to enter the spirit world within her own mind; she is not like the people of this world so the rules are a little different in her case. In order for you to be able to travel to the spirit world however, you will need to undergo the same training as the avatar and achieve balance within yourself."

Sakura's eyes hardened as she sat up straighter "I'll do it!"

Nodding the guru held out two wooden bowls out to them "Good, now the first step to achieving balance is this, Drink up."

Taking the bowls Sakura and Aang glanced at one another before taking a huge gulp of the odd concoction but spat it out instantly.

"Argh!" Sakura stuck out her tongue pulling a sour face "What was that?"

"It tastes like onions and banana juice!" exclaimed Aang

"That's because it is." Pathik took a big gulp of his own bowl and rubbed his stomach "Yum, yum!"

Sakura covered her face with her hands 'Oh I have a bad feeling in my gut.'

As night fell, the air grew cold and a light mist blanket covered the area; the guru then said that it was time for them to begin their training. Aang and Sakura were taken further into the temple mountain to a creek with many pools flowing water into one another.

"In order to master the avatar state and achieve balance, you must open all the chakras. Aang tell me everything you know about chakras."

"What are chakras?" Aang asked rubbing his eyes tiredly

Pathik gave him a flat look "Oh...Sakura what about you?"

"Well, in my world." Sakura started "Chakra is the elemental life energy that people from my world use as our main source of power, it allows up to do things like walk on water, clone ourselves use and control fire, earth, water and air-kind of like bending elements. Chakra has two forms, physical energy which exists in all the cells in the entire body and spiritual energy, the primal source of power which is intensified through training, these two types of chakra must be drawn out and brought together in order to perform these different kinds of abilities; we use hand signs to focus and unleash our chakra. Some specific types of people have certain abilities unique only to them, they use chakra in order to use these abilities; it's like only a Fire bender can use the element of Fire and only a water bender can use the element water. There are also different types of chakras, earth, water, wind, lightning, fire."

Rubbing his beard Pathik listened intently "It seems that your world use chakra the same way that people in this world use chi"

Sakura nodded "I kind of figured that. Chakra is an energy that flows throughout our entire body, we have a chakra network to flow through us, there are what we call chakra gates that are at certain points in our body, hitting those points can either stop the flow of chakra or increase it. There are eight inner gates in the chakra network that are like limiters. There's the gate of opening, the gate of rest, the gate of life, the gate of pain, closing, of joy, of shock and the gate of death."

Aang looked like he was getting dizzy from listening to Sakura's explanation of chakra. "So that's chakra in your world, what is it in this one?"

"Similar though not as complex," Pathik said taking a stick and turning to the pools "The water flows through this creak much like the energy flows through your body, as you see there are several pools where the water swirls around before flowing on. These pools are like our chakras."

"So chakras are lie spiralling pools of energy in our body?" Aang asked

"Exactly," the guru confirmed

"Much less complicated than Sakura's explanation,"

Sakura puffed out her cheeks and crossed her arms over her chest

"That is because the chakra in this world is different than the one in hers. If nothing else were around, this creak would flow pure and clear however life is messy and things tend fall in the creak and then what happens?"

"The energy can't flow." Sakura said

"Yes, much like those chakra gates you were talking about." Pathik said "If you open the pods between the pools..."

The guru used the stick to remove a piece of gathered moss from the opening of pool and watched as the water began to clear and flow to the next pool and the next.

"The energy flows!" Aang concluded, he then looked at Sakura "So in your world can you do that with your chakra gates?"

Sakura gave a nervous laugh "Yes but...there's a reason they're considered limiters, if we open up our chakra gates too wide and chakra flows throughout our body rapidly it can have dire results because it's more energy than our physical body can handle."

"Really, what's the worst that can happen?"

"Death,"

Guru Pathik took Aang and Sakura to a new location in the mountain, far in they were seated on a rock in a huge cave, Aang and Sakura sat down in front of the guru.

"There are seven chakras that go up the body, each pool of energy has a purpose and can be blocked by a specific kind of emotional muck. Be warned opening the chakra's is an intense experience and once you begin this process you cannot stop until all seven are open, are you two ready?"

Sakura nodded her head "Yes!"

"Sure..." Aang trailed a little nervously "Though I'm still kinda put off about that death comment Sakura made."
Sakura rolled her eyes "That's only for the kind of chakra gates I have in my chakra network; it's not the same chakra we're talking about."

Aang took a breath "Okay...I'll do whatever it takes."

"First we will open the earth chakra, located at the base of the spine. It deals with survival and is blocked by fear, what are you most afraid of?"

Sakura and Aang closed their eyes, their hands resting on their knees with their forefinger and thumbs pressed together. They began to see everything that they were afraid of.

When Sakura opened her eyes she was no longer in the mountains but in a forest, a figure in the distance, a sinister laugh filled the air as the person revealed themselves; Sakura screamed and fell on her back as she looked into the pair of cold yellow snake like eyes of a pale skinned long haired man...Orochimaru. The trees around her began to morph into giant white snakes that slithered around her...

"NO GET AWAY"

"Sakura..." she heard a familiarly strong voice said and her head turned to the side with hope

"Sasuke!"

She saw an onyx spikey haired boy with dark eyes looking at her but then one of the snakes began to wrap themselves around him and morph again into Orochimaru.

"You're too late, SASUKE IS MINE NOW"

"NOOOOO"

She felt like her heart was about to burst from her chest from fear but then she heard the voice.

"Listen to me you two; your visions are not real. You are concerned for your survival but you must surrender your fears, let those fears flow down the creak.

Sakura closed her eyes and took a deep breath, this wasn't real, she told herself that over and over again.

"This isn't real, it's not real..." She kept telling herself taking deep breaths "The snakes dead, he can't hurt him anymore, he's fine, he's fine, he's alive, he's alive,"

With a final breath Sakura opened her eyes and found herself back in the mountain, she wiped the sweat off her forehead and sighed in relief before turning to Aang who looked very concerned for her.

"What is it?" Sakura asked

"Mm, you took a while to open that chakra." Pathik explained "It seems that you were more focused on you fear for someone else...rather than just yourself."

Sakura looked down at her hands "I am...someone important to me, someone who was taken and I've feared for his life every day until now."

"That's good; it means you have successfully opened your earth chakra."

When guru Pathik said that they weren't going to be able to stop until all of the chakra gates were opened he meant it, Sakura and Aang after opening their earth chakra were taken to another location and were now sitting under a mountain canopy that was covered by a waterfall.

"Next is the-

"Water chakra?" Aang and Sakura asked simultaneously

"Very good, perhaps one day you will be a guru to!"

Sakura leaned in and whispered to Aang "I hope he meant just you."

"This chakra deals with pleasure and is blocked by guilt, now look at all the guilt which burdens you so. What do you blame yourself for?"

Aang closed his eyes and began speaking "I ran away...I hurt people."

"I..." Sakura trailed, her eyes scrunched in a frown

"I'm not the same as you; I'm travelling a path the rest of you can't follow. I know that the four of us worked together and for a while I thought I could take that road instead but in the end. I've decided on revenge. That's always been my reason for living."

She watched as the raven haired boy turned his back to her "I'll never be like you and Naruto."

"Don't do this Sasuke; you don't have to be alone!"

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"Naruto" Sakura sobbed "This is a once in a lifetime promise, please, please just bring him back. Bring Sasuke back to me!"

A spikey haired blonde boy smiled at her and gave her the thumbs up "Don't you worry, I'm going to bring Sasuke back, I promise that on my life Sakura!"

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Sakura had tears streaming down her face "I wasn't able to stop him from leaving...and I put all of the burden to bring him back on my friend."

"Accept the reality that these things happen but do not let them cloud and poison your energy." said Pathik "If you are to be a positive influence on the world and make amends you need to forgive yourself first."

Sakura and Aang took a deep breath as the images that haunted them vanished into nothing, leaving them feeling lighter with smiles on their faces.

"Very good, now we'll take a short break for some onion and banana juice after that it's on to the next chakra!"

As Sakura and Aang followed guru Pathik through the temple once again, Sakura felt Aang's eyes on her. She looked at him curiously asking him why he was starring at her without saying a word.

"Sakura, these friends you keep talking about..." Aang started slowly not certain which words to use

"I've had some tough times as well Aang." Sakura said as she continued to look ahead of her making her way through the mountain "I've lost people I love too, I couldn't protect the boy I claimed to love; I let him leave and follow a path of darkness and then I asked my friend, a boy who I've treated like dirt when I was young promise me that he will bring back the boy that now walks this. I made him promise to do this for me. It's put his life on the line many times before and all I could do was watch. I promised to get stronger but even now...he still tries so hard for me."

"Sakura..."

Her eyes saddened "I wonder sometimes, now that I'm gone from my world are things easier for him without me being there as a constant reminder of his promise? Or does he think of me as someone who abandoned him?"

Aang placed his hand on Sakura's shoulder "Sakura, you shouldn't think like that. I'm sure your friends back in your world miss you. Look at all of us, me, Katara, Toph and Sokka haven't known you that long but you've been a really good friend to all of us and we'd never think you'd abandon us."

Sakura's heart clenched "But if I do this training and I find a way home...

"It's not something you should feel guilty for! We'd all miss you but we'd never want you to be unhappy" Aang said strongly "So stop...plus we just opened the water chakra, no need to close it by adding guilt."

Sakura gave a light laugh at Aang's joke, feeling a bit better she and Aang made their way through the mountain again ready for the next gate.

The sun rose giving the clouds around the mountain a bright orange tinge, Sakura, Aang and Pathik sat near the edge of the mountain.

"Third is the fire chakra, located in the stomach."

Aang clutched his stomach "My fire chakra would like to eat something other than onion and banana juice."

"Dido" Sakura added

The guru laughed at the two teens "Good one, moving on. This chakra deals with will power and is blocked by shame. What is your shame? What are you biggest disappointments in yourself?"

Closing their eyes once again, both Aang and Sakura began to see their disappointments come to life. Aang envisioned the time he had tried to fire bend and accidently ended up burning Katara while Sakura began seeing herself as a genin once again.

Sakura walked into the hospital room and saw Naruto wrapped up in bandages, his eyes looked at her with worry and sadness and shame as he averted them. All because of her.

"I'm sorry Sakura,"

Sakura's eyes widened, she could tell from his injuries that he had fought extremely hard to keep his promise, putting his life on the line like he said he would but seeing him like this now she realised exactly what she had done, her eyes finally opened to what her grief stricken state had done to this boy.

Sakura put a smile, she couldn't let him bare this guilt, she felt so ashamed of herself. 'All because I was too weak to stop him in the first place.'

"I'm never gonna fire bend again." Aang said "I can't."

"You will never find balance if you deny this part of your life, you are the avatar and therefore you are a fire bender."

Aang took a breath allowing himself to open the third chakra gate, he looked at Sakura expecting her to have already finished but he saw that her eyes were still shut tightly.

"She has more trouble opening her chakra gates because while you both have your troubles; unlike you Aang, Sakura's nature is very different from yours, she hasn't been born with a heavy burden but time has caused her to continuously place weight on her shoulders that she believes she must carry or she will drag down those around her; she doubts herself and considers every decision she makes to be wrong for someone else..."

Aang looked at Sakura noticing the distraught expression on her face "Sakura, come on you can do this."

"I'm weak," Sakura said softly "I'm ashamed of myself for what I did to the people around me, I was always dead weight yet I acted like I carried the world. I couldn't catch up, no matter how hard I tried."

"Sakura, you must accept that you are not perfect and you shouldn't try to be. You have clearly struggled in life and where there is struggle there is strength."

Sakura opened her eyes...

"Mm, that chakra opened less like a flowing creak and more like a burping bison."

On queue Aang gave a loud burped that was echoed out "Taste like onions and banana yet strangely something else...pickles?"

"Remind me not to burp..." Sakura muttered scratching her head

For the next chakra they were taken to some old ruins that were once a part of the Eastern air temple. The trip there had taken them nearly two hours.

"The fourth chakra is located in the heart; it deals with love and is blocked by grief. Lay all your grief out in front of you."

Sakura and Aang did as instructed but they were both beginning to see just how taxing this training actually was. While it didn't do much to their physical bodies, their mental states was being tested on a whole other level. Sakura found this especially difficult, while having a sharp mind and powerful will, the years she was being forced to look back at herself.

'Who I am now, hates who I've been.'

Sakura and Aang began seeing everyone they've ever cared about appear before them, Aang saw all of the monks and air benders and Sakura, she began to see Sasuke and Naruto...and the first time they fought. It was after their mission to the land of tea. Sasuke was still in the hospital that time but he made Naruto go up to the roof with him to fight, all Sakura could do was watch as they tried to pummel one another and then finally both drew out their most powerful attacks and attempted to attack one another. That's when she realised, that whatever relationship the three of them had together was shattered. Sasuke left, Naruto followed after him and team seven was no more.

"I'm the last airbender."

"I was the last of my team."

"You have both felt a great loss but love is a form of energy and swirls all around us. The air nomad's love for you has not left this world, and your friends love for you has not disappeared because you have left your world. It is still inside of your heart and is reborn in the form of new love."

Aang and Sakura began to see something take shape in their minds, Aang saw Katara-the first time he saw her face when he had been freed from the ice and Sakura...she saw Aang, Sokka, Katara, Toph and Momo- the time when she first woke up in this world and then Appa, how happy they all were when they came together and then she also saw Zuko...

"Let the pain flow away."

Sakura and Aang opened their eyes with tears streaked down their face and with smiles.

"Very good." Pathik complimented

"Can I have some onion and banana juice please?" asked Aang

"Make that a double." Sakura said with a half sob-half laugh

As time went on they were moved further into ruins of the temple, they were in a large stone room with a giant statue of a female air nomad carved.

"Next is the sound chakra, located in the throat, it deals with truth and is blocked by lies the ones we tell ourselves."

Aang looked at Katara "Why did you tell us you were the avatar?"

"Cause I never wanted to be..."

"You cannot lie about your own nature; you must accept that you are the avatar."

In Sakura's mind she was going back to the night when Sasuke left.

"I'm so in love with you Sasuke I can't stand it!"

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"You need to rest okay?" Sakura said rubbing his head soothingly before standing up "I need to go-

Zuko caught her wrist before she was all the way up and pulled her down enveloping her in a warm hug. "Bye, I'll see you soon."

With a bright smile she returned the embrace nodding her head "Yeah..."

"I'm in love with Sasuke...not Lee." Sakura said "I like Lee but the feelings I have for Sasuke, are stronger and I can't forget them no matter how hard I try."

"Love is not something that is exclusive to a single person and you cannot deny your own feelings nor toss them aside. What matters isn't who came first but who stays."

With a deep breath Sakura opened her eyes slowly "It's really hard..."

"Yes, I know every gate is more difficult to open than the next," the guru told her "But if your will is strong there is nothing you cannot overcome."

The training went on to the outside of the temple by some steps that were carved into the mountain; from there they were able to see the sun shining over the many mountain peaks.

"The sixth pool of energy is the light chakra located in the centre of the forehead."

Sakura gasped "Wait what the centre of the forehead?"

Pathik nodded "It deals with insight and is blocked by illusion."

Sakura seemed nervous now as she touched her forehead; she could see the questioning looks on her face so she began explaining "I've been gathering chakra in this part of my forehead for years. If I try to open the gate there, I might accidently unleash the seal."

"Do not worry." Pathik said "The chakra energy is different from your own, as long as you are able to distinguish the two from one another and open the right gate, you will not undo your seal."

Sakura gave a sigh of relief "Good..."

"Now the greatest illusion in this world is the illusion of separation, things you think are separate and different are actually one in the same."

"Like the four nations." Aang said

"Yes, we are all one people but we live as if divided."

"Like my world and this world."

"Correct, you may not feel a part of this world but you are connected to it."

"We're all connected..." Aang trailed

"Everything is connected" Sakura finished opening her eyes

"That's right even the separation of the four elements is an illusion if you open your mind, you will see that all the elements are one. Four parts of the same whole. Even metal is just a part of earth that has been purified and refined."

"We should tell that to Toph when we get back." Sakura said smiling

Aang nodded "And that'll be soon, because we've only got on more chakra left!"

Night had fallen; Sakura, Aang and guru Pathik had gone to one of the tallest structures in the temple and were sitting high on the roof of it, surrounded by clouds overlooking the mountain peaks.

"So this is really the last one?" Sakura breathed feeling her heart pound.

"Yes," he looked at Aang "Once you open this chakra you will be able to go in and out of the avatar state at will. You will have complete control and awareness of all your actions."

He then looked at Sakura "And once you open this chakra, you will be able to communicate with the spirit that brought you to this world."

"Let's do this!" Aang and Sakura said

"The thought chakra is located at the crown of the head, it deals with pure cosmic energy and is blocked by earthly attachment, meditate on what attaches you to this world...and Sakura I mean both this world and yours."

"Right..."

Inhaling Sakura closed her eyes and began to meditate, gathering her thoughts and envisioning everything that attaches her to the worlds. Aang did the same and guru Pathik could see the expressions on their faces.

'Love is not exclusive to one, it's infinite.' Were Sakura's thoughts when she saw them both Zuko and Sasuke, she remembered telling Sokka the same thing and it was time for her to heed her own advice...

"Now let all of those attachments go, let them flow down the river...forgotten."

Sakura gasped, keeping her eyes closed "But...I-I can't-

"You must learn to let go...it doesn't mean your love is gone."

With that she opened the final gate...

There we go everyone, hope you're looking forward to the next chapter. I'm hoping to get it posted before I start university.

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