Chapter Two: Interview With An Immortal

Roku awoke the next morning to a lovely smelling breakfast. Roku sat on his knees and was about to eat his food when he noticed two cute shrine maidens staring at him.

"Good Morning," said Roku with a warm smile. The two girls giggled and quickly closed he crack in the sliding door. Roku chuckled to himself, "Aren't you quite the ladies man," said a cool voice.

"Truly," said Roku unsurprised by Aria sitting in the corner of the room sipping tea. "Do I get a good morning welcome too?", asked Aria with a smirk. Roku smiled and made his way over to Aria's location. He sat back down on his knees and took Aria's free hand in his and kissed it softly.

"Good Morning dear Lady Aria," Roku said while looking into Aria's two colored eyes. Aria remained cool and collected while the Avatar kissed her hand gently. "Flattery?", asked Aria sipping her tea again. "I'm just enchanted by your beauty," said Roku with a prize winning smile. "Now Avatar.", Said Aria as she was cut off by Roku, "Roku." "Roku... didn't you have questions for me?", asked Aria.

"Yes," said Roku straightening himself out. "Ask away," said Aria filling her cup with some more tea. "I don't mean to be rude, but how old are you?", asked Roku staring straight at Aria. Aria looked up at him and raised an eyebrow, "You know I really don't know."

"You really can't remember?",asked a stunned Roku. "I guess I really must be old," said Aria with a half smile. "How did this temple come to be?", asked Roku, "This temple was my home, then one day I saved a shrine maiden here and suddenly they started to multiply down here," said Aria with a chuckle. "You mean you never meant to have these people worship you?", asked Roku, "No, they just decided to do that themselves," said Aria.

"Are you the only one of your kind?", asked Roku fixing himself into a cross-legged position. "Well I'm sure there are more immortals around this earth," said Aria putting her cup down and bringing her knees to her chest. Roku smirked at Aria's uneasiness from all the questions. "Have you ever been in love?", asked Roku. Aria's eyes shot open and she got nose to nose with Roku. Roku gasped at her actions, "Lady Aria?"

"What are you getting at?", asked Aria her lips dangerously close to Roku's own. "I..um...uh...", stuttered Roku afraid to move his lips. Aria's face stayed unmoving. "Roku, have you ever been in love?", asked Aria. "Well uh...," muttered Roku. "Is this making you uncomfortable?", asked Aria. "A little," said Roku his eyes still locked with her own, "same here," said Aria creating a ball of air under her which she used to make a flip over Roku.

"Air bending?", asked Roku.

"Yes, as an immortal I am granted all six bending skills," said Aria. "Six?", asked Roku, "Yes, earth, water, fire, air, holy, and shadow," said Aria. "Holy? Shadow?", asked a confused Roku. "Once there were two other nations of people long, long ago. The first group was known as the Holy Union and the other the Shadow Troop. Both fought relentlessly with each other for land and power. Then as luck would have it both groups eventually destroyed one another.", Explained Aria.

"Strange how I don't have any recollection of these nations," said Roku scratching his head. "Of course not, they were erased from history and are now only known as myths," said Aria grabbing some clothes from a shrine maiden instructed to give them to Roku and tossing them to the Avatar. "Why do such a thing?", asked Roku going behind a screen and changing. "Because they were powerful bending skills. Besides if people knew of these powers they would strive to obtain it for themselves.", said Aria leaning against a wall. "What kind of powers were they?", asked Roku. "Well Holy bending used ones own life force to attack a foe or heal themselves or an ally, but this came with a price. If one used too much of this in a day they would perish from using too much life force," said Aria. "So Holy bending was the worst one," said Roku stepping out from behind the screen.

"Well that depends. Shadow bending used ones dark half. If this one was used a lot the person would succumb to the dark demon and go insane," said Aria with a smirk. "So I'm guessing that's why they were both erased from history," said Roku. "Precisely," said Aria staring at Roku's new apparel. He sported a purple robe which really brought out his handsome features.

"I bid you farewell," said Aria. "Where're you going?", asked Roku. "To inspect my forest," said Aria. "May I go with you?", asked Roku walking over to Aria. "If you can keep up," said Aria making her way into the courtyard. "What do you mean?", asked Roku. "I need to check all over my forest so I use my sir bending skills on my feet to run faster," said Aria only to turn around and find a puff of dirt where Roku stood.

"Hey! Are you ready yet?", asked Roku. Aria turned to see Roku halfway down the road. Aria smiled and followed after him.

It's been forever since I've updated! Sorry! But when I started writing this it was Christmas break and then school started again and also my computer broke so we had to get another. I hope you like this chapter. Please no flames! Plus Avatar's first new episode of season two was a so-so one. The next episode looks very very interesting... hmmm... maybe Aang and Katara will end up together... as much as that is cute I'm still a Zuko and Katara fan. Much love... and I'll update really soon. P.S. Sorry for the short chapter. :P