Chapter 18: Koda's First Training Session

Koda PoV

How did I get to the South Pole that quickly and escape the Dai Lee agents? I honestly have no idea, but luckily Lady Katara is there. As I was getting some new clothes, which are heavy, hooded coats, lined and trimmed with soft fur and some blue pants, Chief Hakoda also took me to his hut, along with an old lady.

"You must be the young boy that was found sleeping in the snow, you must be very cold. My name is Kanna and I am the mother of Hakoda. Katara and Sokka are my grandchildren as well." The old lady, Kanna said.

"My name is Koda, and I guess my parents are from here. Did you guys know them because the last thing I remember was the burning? My father's name is Boka and my mother is Seena of the Southern Water Tribe." I said in a sad tone, That's sadly all I can remember about them, but I do know that they were good parents. Chief Hakoda looks on in surprise.

"Your father Boka was a very selfless man that he offers his own life to protect his loved ones and a splendid warrior. He didn't want to leave the tribe, but he can't stand the thought of his only son being at the mercy of Fire Nation. Your mother Seena was also a good friend to my wife, Kya. She was our medic, even though she wasn't a bender, she knows how to treat wounds and diseases. Your mother contributes to the tribe as best as she can. My only regret was that I never got to say thank you for their help and say goodbye to them. Your parents are good people, and you should be proud of being their son." Hakoda saw mournfully. Who would have thought my parent to know a chief and that they were important to the Southern Water Tribe?

"Thank you Chief Hakoda for sharing information about my parents. I don't remember their face or their voice, but for some reason I still miss them. All I can remember was how they died protecting me. That's all I can remember, but I want to remember more about them." I said in a sorrowful tone with some tears in my eyes. Way to go, Koda, you cry in front of the Chief and his family. I crouch down, cover my face with my hands so that they don't see my tears coming out.

"Those Fire Devils deserves to be purged from this world, hey at least the Water Tribe men should have some beer." Crako is the priest who believes that the Water Tribe is the most superior of the four kingdoms.

"Ho yay, we can have female friends, men are just too much." Mina is an earth kingdom woman who enjoys cooking and dancing. She doesn't really like interacting with men that much

Cracko and Mina are the only two personalities or alters that I'm aware of, I know that I have a few more. Man, can they leave me alone for just a few minutes? I can at least tell Lady Katara about those two.

Lady Katara holds my hands in comfort, while Lady Kanna and Chief Hakoda look on with sympathy from their eyes. I'm still kind of embarrassed about my display, but surprisingly these people were very understanding. I suppose they lost their loved ones in this horrible war as well, I heard they attack the Fire Nation Royal Palace during the eclipse, and Lady Katara helps the Fire Lord to defeat his sister.

"It was horrible for you to go through the loss of your parents. The Fire Nation took away my mother when I was a kid, I was able to overcome that pain when I met Yon Ra, the man who murdered my mother and beat him up; he was too pathetic to kill because he lived a very sad life. I helped Aang, Toph, Sokka, Zuko, and Suki with ending the war and bringing hope back to this world. All we can do now is to make sure nobody goes through the same pain as we did and try to become a better person than we were today." Lady Katara said full of wisdom about her war experiences. I guess we are both forced to grow up very fast thanks to our experience, maybe I can finally be free from the voices of my head and can get my memories back.

"Thank you, Lady Katara, for your insight, that was very helpful of you. I'm ready for my water bending training. Thank you for having me and I will do my best to contribute to the Southern Water Tribes with the best of my abilities." I said in a confident tone.

"You don't have to call me Lady Katara, Katara is just fine. Meet me around the penguins, so that we can begin your training." Katara said in fierce determination. I like how fierce her blue eyes are, and how she can still be kind and helpful even after all she goes through in the war.

"Koda you'll welcome to stay in our igloo while you train with my daughter." Chief Hakoda said,

"Thank you Chief Hakoda, I will pay you back for your kindness someday," I said as I bow in respect to the Chief of the Southern Water Tribe.

"Just call me Hakoda, you guys don't be late for supper," Hakoda said jokingly

"If you're cooking then we are late, but if Gran-Gran is cooking then we'll be super early," Katara said in a lighthearted manner, the wait is she even allowed to be this jokingly with his father, and the fact that Chief Hakoda allows this to slide kind of shows that Chief Hakoda is a good family man towards his children.

"Oh, come one, you liked my soup yesterday and you even beg me to make fish tonight. Ahh, I guess you trying to impress the boy by ripping on your dad. You will still be my princess no matter what." Hakoda said in a lighter tone

"Oh come on, Aang is my boyfriend. Koda and I are just going to train together." Katara looks down in shame. Hakoda looks at his daughter with silent concern, but he chose not to press the issue. I never suspect Katara's boyfriend to be the Avatar, I hope Katara is happy with her decision. Katara doesn't deserve to deal with romantic drama. Avatar or not, this guy should have never left her by herself and been there for her, something about this is making her feel anger for some reason.

Katara and I walk towards the center where there are penguins and she decided to take a step before and I watch how she moves her arms similar to the tide of the ocean that we are using for training. Her movements look so graceful and beautiful, Katara moves like she's one with the ocean. I don't think I can move like how she's doing it, but I can try to mimic her. I begin copying how she's moving her hands and I feel the ocean following my movements, usually, I can only small puddles of water. For some reason, I feel more comfortable and confident around Katara that I don't care how arms move and how they are no one there to judge me harshly. I guess since there are no people around, I don't have to worry about hurting people or that 1 of my alters decides to take control of my body.

"Don't speak too soon, face it we are born to destroy civilizations controlled by tyrants like Ozai and Long Feng. You can't escape from the violence, the addiction to battle. Can you feel the presence? Can you feel Leviathan inching to break out? You hate the Avatar for abandoning Katara, you can tell that she is lonely. She is so innocent, and yet the Fire Nation destroyed her family. Even her big brother left her just to be with the Kyoshi warrior. Katara suffer as we suffer, we both lost loved ones thanks to death or that they abandon us for their ambitions." The dark voice said, I don't know the name of this voice, but I have a sick feeling that he's the reason why the Dai Li try to capture us and why we manage to find Master Katara much sooner than expected. Maybe this dark voice is one of the alters that I'm not aware of because I never really hear that specific voice.

The next thing I know, my body feels all wobbly, and the fact that I'm catching my breath. I feel so anxious about the environment that I feel like I'm getting a heart attack. I can't even do the simple movement without having some type of anxiety attack. So many voices and yelling in my head that makes me feel nauseous, my heart is beating very fast, and I'm getting random flashes of memories goings through my head about Dai Lee agents, a little girl with yellow hair and grey eyes appears, a grown man and woman beating up that little girl and younger me.

"KODA!ARE YOU ALRIGHT!" Katara said as she rushed over and continue to hold me. Katara lead me to her igloo and kept on holding my hand, maybe she dealt with these situations when her friends might deal with these attacks. This constant overflow of memories is flooding my mind, my breath is getting shorter and shorter, and the heart pumping is getting more aggressive. Katara hold me very close to her chest, while she applies water in her hands which led to her hands glowing a little bit whiter as she put her hand towards my forehead, those random memories are kind of fading a bit, my heart rate is getting slower, and my breath is getting a little bit easier to catch.

"Sorry about that Katara, for some reason I'm kept getting random memories, and my anxiety just skyrocket. I don't even know where these memories come from, and it doesn't help that I have a couple of voices are in my head. Sometimes I feel like a different person and I'm just not me. Sometimes I'm somebody else, a different name, a different national, a different gender, and different memories as well. I guess I should tell you sooner about my issues. So sorry about ruining the training session." I said apologetically.

"It's all alright, I'm just glad that you are alright and safe. Let me know if this training is too much for you. What do you mean about being a completely different person? Is it some type of mental condition?" Katara said worrying, at least she doesn't think I'm a complete weirdo, and that she is willing to listen to my problems.

"Yes, it is a mental condition. Maybe something bad happens to me, which involves water somehow. Look I'm willing to try this again if you still want to teach me?" I said

"Yeah I don't mind teaching you, I'll look for clues about you being a different person. Koda, don't be afraid to ask for help. I will never turn my back on you. If you have an anxiety attack or whatever that is, I can use my healing technique to slow down the physical symptoms." Katara said compassionately, anyone will be lucky to have her as a girlfriend or even wife.

"Thank you Katara, I will ask for help if I feel unwell or if my mind is trying to kill me," I said in an apologetic tone, I hope I'm not a burden towards Katara.

Throughout the day we are still training, we ate Chief's Hakoda delicious fish, and we both fall asleep in different rooms of the igloo where Katara and her family live. For the most part, it's a very decent day. I need to figure out about the dark voice and what does he mean about Leviathan or how he even knows where Katara's brother is? I hope I don't accidentally hurt Katara and her family because they have been good to me.