That night, Kaze gathered as many things as she could and tried to fir them into her amber pack, that was a gift from the highest air monk. She ripped off her night clothes, and put on her battle outfit, with a large parka to cover the it. She heard a light screeching from a cover change. "No, Ely. Shh." She tried to comfort her small canary who knew something was wrong. "Please, this is my destiny, and I need to leave like that avatar Aang." The tiny bird stopped its chirping and whipped its head. "Thank you." said Kaze.
With her pack filled she skipped out the window and took off. Hmm, that Aang guy had a flying bison, but those things are extinct, so I think I'll just ride the boat from here. She told her herself, on a very matter-o-factly way. She trotted town the gray streets, with only dimmed out street lamps to guide her. Kaze kept looking around, ready to stop anyone who tried to keep her from her- what she though it was -destiny.
She paced herself threw the city, until she got to Kokori's home. He lived with foster parents that had never really cared for him. She whisked herself up to the second floor window, like she did as a child, and rapped on the window. "Kokori, wake up." She whispered. Kokori turned away from Kaze. Being the feisty girl she is, she didn't take lightly to being ignored. She yelped severely to catch is attention. He sprang out of his bed, his brown covers entangled him. "What?"
"Silly Kokori." She said wagging her finger from the other side of the window. He untangled himself and trudged up to the window, shoving it open. "What are you doing here, Kaze?" he said whipping sleepy tears out of his eyes. "Um..." Kaze shuddered a bit. This is harder than I though it would be. "I-I came to say good-bye." She slapped on a goofy smile. "What? Where are going and why couldn't this wait 'til morning?"
"So many questions, so little time to answer them..."
"Kaze, tell me." he slammed his palm on the window pane. "I'm leaving to become a great Avatar. I don't everyone choosing the path for me, so I'm leaving." Kaze swallowed a large lump in her troat. "And you can't stop me." Kokori's look turned from tempestuous to a hearty smile. "Then its my job as your older cousin to keep you safe, I'm coming with." Kaze's body froze and the color drained from her blue eyes.
"What! You're my cousin! Why didn't anyone tell me?" Kaze was ragging and stomping, and rocks where flying all over the place. "You weren't supposed to know, but because your leaving..." Kaze roared in anger. "WHAT?" Kokori sighed heavily. "Please, Kaze. They didn't wanted anything to inter fear with your training, so the acted like I was a friend. No attachments." Kaze's eyes welled with salty tears. "Those bastards. Get your stuff. I want out of this hell hole, NOW." Her avatar was acting up slightly. "Be down in 10."
Kaze and Kokori walked threw the silent streets to the docks, where the cool breeze whipped off the waters onto there faces. "Why didn't they tell me." Kaze tried to remember Kokori from a longer time ago. Nothing. "I don't know, but you know now, and all that is important is that you become a great avatar." He's dark hair pipped in front of his face. Kaze's sapphire eyes gleamed a reddish shade "Avatar, avatar, AVATAR! That all I ever hear, so please, no more." Kokori chuckled at his cousin insolence. "What are laughing at. You can't even bend. How you know what it's like. All you have is that stupid air bazooka." She said huffing at the afternoons events, where he knocked her out of the trees.
"Listen, traditional weapons are fun, but using guns are way more fun." he said pulling a shoot gun out of his deep chestnut colored bag. "Just incase. It was my dad's. Cool eh?" He looked content with himself, until he noticed that kaze was walking about 5 feet behind him. He sighed deeply. "Don't be a wuss." Kaze gasped and snarled, but stayed behind him. The pavement crackled as it turned to granite pebbles. "Where should hurry, or they'll notice we left." Kokori coughed out his words. Smoke was tinting the sky gray. "I didn't know the boats gave off so much smoke." Kaze quirked as she waved away some of the fumes. "Not usually, but the boat we want to go on has a long way to go." Kaze gave a slight nod of understanding as they approached the boats.
"Excuse me," said Kokori, waving energetically, even though it was the middle of the night. "What do yer want here, yeh kiddies?" Snarled a gruffy man with a skull tattooed to his arms, and was very muscular. In the scary way. "Er...we need to get to get on this boat, me and my cousin," Kokori pointed out Kaze, who was looking in the opposite direction. "And we were-" The man cut him off, "There be more than one of yeh." he growled, very annoyed. "You got a problem with that scary man?" Kaze snuffed him off, and flipped her brown hair. "Eh? Well color meh purple an' feed me to them squids. It the avatar girly." Kaze coughed and made an unmistakable face of anger. "Course yeh can come on meh boat." he said with a complete change of heart. "Wait 'til ever' one hears-" Kokori put his hand up. "No, you can't tell, because..." Kokori though as fast as he could to make up a lie. "Because it's a secret avatar thing." he beamed.
The man scratched his head in wonder, and question. "Well, o-right." Kaze bounded from her sour attitude to a cheerful yelp. "Yeah!" She smiled radiantly, and whisked herself on to the boat deck. "Come on, Kokori!" Both men stared blankly at the sudden change. "Moody one, ain't she?" Kokori sighed, "You have no idea."
They set out as soon as the sun hit the horizon. Kaze was sitting on side gazing into the water. "Whatcha thinking about?" Kokori slapped his palms on the metal rail. "I can't water bend yet, so out here, I'm almost helpless." whispered Kaze. Kokori smiled to himself that Kaze though of herself helpless in anyway. "Your such a dork, Kazey." He mocked. "Don't call me that! Or I'll start calling you Koo again."
"Fine, we're even, no more of that." He raised his hands in surrender.
Wind blew furiously against the boat. It was early morning, but Kaze was more than positive they noticed she was gone. Hehe, they probably think I'm hiding. But they won't find me this time. She smiled broadly until a strong wave that rocked the boat almost knocked her off her perch. The man stuck his head out of the captain's room. "Sorry lass, but we're need to stop. If the wind gets to much stronger, we be enterin' a storm, an' this cargo be needed to stay safe, see?" Kaze nodded as she gripped the handles so she wouldn't fall again.
As they arrived to the tiny island of Vansinrok, Kaze turned her head toward Kokori and said in a bittersweet tone. "No one can know that I'm the avatar. We need to find another ride, too." Kokori nodded. "We just keep moving until we reach our destination." Kaze realized she didn't even know where they were headed to. He's smart, and he knows, no need to worry. She assured herself.