Haru's Grandfather Chapter 1: The Return of Haru, an avatar: last airbender fanfic

Chapter 1: The return of Haru

Aang, Katara, and Sokka are walking down the road hunting for some sticks on the roads for a campfire. It is a cold night and nearly time for the sun to set. Aang then had something in his mind.

"I kinda miss Bumi." spoke Aang "I wish there was some way to get there quickly, like we could teleport there instantly or something."

"Well we still are in the Earth Kingdom area, aren't we?" said Katara "We shouldn't be too far from Omashu."

"You know if you're going to go to Omashu just to see a crazy nut then you can count me out!" said Sokka giving a smirkish look on his face.

Aang and Katara laughed. Then Aang said "Well too bad you're going to miss another feast! I bet they have a lot of great food there!" Then Momo came down from the trees with a few nuts in his hands. He gave a happy sound to Aang considering he said "food".

Katara giggled a bit and said "I guess Momo wants to really go."

"Let's go back to the campsite and get Appa!" Aang exclaimed. He seemed overly-excited for this whole incident.

"We shouldn't leave today." said Sokka. "It's almost too dark out and we have no lights or anything to find the site. We should just go back now and carry whatever we have."

"Although I am looking forward to seeing King Bumi again, I have to agree with Sokka." Katara said. "I'll go to the river really quick to gather some water for the night. You two just go back to the camp and I'll meet you back there."

"Alright." Aang said "See ya soon."

Katara left to the North part of the forest toward the river. When she got there, she heard a loud booming noise not far from her. It seemed to be coming from the river that Katara was heading to. She quickly dashed there and saw someone. Someone with long hair, and in an earthbender uniform. She saw him earthbending, nonetheless she had seen him before. It was Haru!

"Haru!" Katara shouted to him. She dashed toward him, giving him a small hug.

"Katara!" Haru exclaimed. He was shocked to see her. "I thought I'd never see you again!"

"I had the same thought. What are you doing, earthbending at this hour?"

"I was just practicing since I have a small battle tomorrow morning. I need to learn some good earthbending moves soon! What are you doing here yourself?"

"I came to get some water for our campsite. If you want, you can stay with us for the night! I'm sure Aang and Sokka would love to see you again."

"That would be very nice. Thank you Katara!"

"We can help back you up in your fight too." Katara waterbended some water into a bottle. "I'm sure you could use some assistance."

"You never know who you'll be up against."

Katara laughed a little "You think I'd give up easily like that? Especially for a great friend like you" She smiled.

"Thank you for everything, Katara"

"It's no problem. Come on, let's go back to the campsite."

Katara were getting closer to the campsite, but they saw some fire nation soldiers heading their was. There were three soldiers along with a captain.

"Quick!" Haru said "Hide behind the trees!" Eventually the fire nation people were coming close to the tree that they were hiding behind. Once they past the line, Haru released three stone spikes from the ground injuring the soldiers.

"Who's there?" shouted the captain with rage. "Show yourselves!"

Katara raised some water from the river and carried it with her. She dropped the water behind the captain and ran in front of him. The captain threw some fire at Katara but Haru used his earthbending to create a stone wall in front of her eliminating the fire. Katara took her puddle and performed the Water Whip on him. Haru raised a boulder from the ground and hovered it above the lying body.

"Oh please spare me! I didn't even do anything to you!" cried the captain.

"Next time don't get in our way!" said Haru and he closed his hands, releasing the boulder and letting gravity do its work. The body was very injured and nearly fully paralyzed.

"Well enough of that." said Katara "Let's go back to the campsite."

"I agree. It seems you have really improved on your waterbending ever since I saw you." said Haru. He smiled greatly at Katara. She blushed a little. Eventually they reached the campsite where Aang and Sokka cooked the food from their pack above the campfire.

"Well look who's back!" said Sokka smiling "Long time no see, Haru."

"It's nice to see you too, Sokka. Same with you, Aang." said Haru.

"So what brings you here?" asked Aang

"I saw Katara coming my way while I was practicing my earthbending." Haru explained. "Also I am heading to Omashu tomorrow."

"That's great!" cheered Aang "We're wanting to go there ourselves!"

"Well... maybe" murmured Sokka looking a little ticked off.

"That's perfect!" said Haru "I'm visiting my grandfather there."

"Perhaps we could meet him while we're there."

"Okay our food's ready." said Sokka "We might as well eat then rest. We're heading for Omashu at dawn."

"Actually..." said Katara "Haru needs to battle someone tomorrow. He might need our help..."