Going Back

Chapter One

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or the characters. I do own Aoi though.

" Oh yeah, I win! Booyah, Aang!" A girl cheered to herself as she reached her hands across the board game, hoarding the coins into her arms. Aang looked away, an annoyed look on his face.

" I don't want to play anymore." He sighed, standing up and stretching. The girl raised her gray eyes at him, and sniffed as if sad.

" Why? Oh, I get it. You're afraid your going to loose for the sixteenth time." The girl muttered. Aang looked back at her.

" Let's go do something fun, then." Aang suggested, he didn't feel like continuously playing a loosing game. The girl gave in, and pocketed her coins as she stood up from the board game.

" So, what are we going to do?" She asked. Aang shrugged, as they walked side by side through the arch that led to the training halls. A couple of young monks were doing some simple techniques. They stopped when Aang and his companion came out.

A tall one laughed to his friends and whispered something before he shouted, " Hey look, guys! It's Aang and his girlfriend." Everyone cracked up. Aang blushed and shifted nervously. The girl managed to hide her reddened face for a minute, until her head shot back up and she glared at the boys.

" Don't be so immature, Gari. You wouldn't know the first thing about girlfriends!" She cried, as she ran past them and jumped over the railing, out of sight. Aang walked past them too, and glanced over the railing. He could see her making her way down the mountain. Maybe I should follow her.

" Well she's a little testy today." The tall boy, named Gari mentioned, looking over Aangs' shoulder at her now microscopic figure. Aang was staring down the mountain and didn't realize that Gari had said something to him.

" Aang? Earth to Aang?"

" Huh?" Aang replied cluelessly.

" I said, do want to play air ball with us?" He asked, again. Aang looked from him, then down the mountain.

" Maybe later, Gari." Without another word, Aang had vaulted down the mountain.

" That guy…" Gari murmured and turned back to the others.

Aoi did this a lot. She got angry easily. She shouldn't, there is usually nothing to be mad about. The other's did hassle her a lot, for being a girl. Aoi came from the eastern temple to the southern one because she wanted to see Aang. He was her best friend and she wanted to be close to him. Aoi was a very proud airbender, she loved bending and didn't venture out into the other territories often, even though Aang was quite the adventurer, and did a lot.

Aang caught up with her as she was sitting at the bottom on a boulder, rubbing her shin. " What's the matter?" He asked, sitting down next to her. She didn't bother looking at him as she answered.

" Banged my shin." She muttered, looking away. Aang put his hands in his lap and started to twiddle his thumbs, while he tilted his head to the sky. It was shrouded in clouds, and rainy so he couldn't see much. He looked back at her.

" Are you going to be okay?"

" Sure." Aoi said smally. Aang kept staring, she turned. " What?"

" Um, nothing. So, about what those guys said…" Aang started, but Aoi cut him off.

" Don't worry about it. I'm not supposed to be coming to the southern temple as often as I do, anyway." Aoi said, leaning back a little and putting her hands behind her head.

" Okay, but I probably should have said something back there…" Aang started again, but he quickly stopped, when he noticed the look she was giving him.

" Forget that, just promise me something." Aoi said abruptly. Aang gave her his full attention, as she got within an inch close to his face. He blinked once, before she continued. " Don't ever leave me alone, okay?"

He didn't quite understand what she meant, but he nodded none the less.

" I feel like I was just talking to her." Aang muttered, gripping Appas' reins more tightly. Aang tilted his head down, so he wasn't looking where it was he was flying.

" Aang, did you say something?" Katara asked, peering over Appa. She was very different then Aoi had been. They were totally different in appearance, but their personalities were somewhat similar. That was one of the reasons he related and liked Katara so much. Aang turned to look at her.

" Yeah, I was just thinking of someone." He replied, Katara continued to stare at him. " We'll be at the southern air temple soon." Aang noted, seeing the Petola Mountain Range coming into view.

" Hey, Aang! You think they'll be food there?" Sokka called from behind them, Katara glared at her brother while Aang chuckled.

" Your guess is as good as mine, Sokka." He said, a hint of sadness in his voice.

" All I know is, If I don't find some food soon, I'll have to resort to desperate measures." Sokka said, in an almost hungry, malice tone. Katara laughed.

" I don't even want to know what your desperate measures would be."

" That's exactly why I'm not going to tell you." Sokka said, crossing his arms.

" Well, maybe if you remembered to eat before we left you wouldn't be hungry." Katara mentioned.

" Well, maybe if you remembered to eat before we left you wouldn't be hungry!" Sokka mocked, high pitched, waving his hands back and forth.

" You're so immature!" She yelled at him, Aang glanced toward them. He blinked, it felt like he was experiencing déjà vu. Katara sounded like Aoi just then. He turned his attention back forward. They were approaching the mountains.

" Hang on you guys!" Aang cried over the yelling.

I've been playing around with this idea for quite sometime, I really like airbenders, so I decided to write this kind of fic. Please review.