You know the drill, I don't own anything

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After. very long night of explanations, the young heros finally decide that rest is a necessity. So naturally, as Ruby laid down on the sleeping bag Katara had so generously lent her for the night, she was anything but ready to rest. Her mind raced, both with worry of where she was and how she would get home, but something even larger than that. A primal fear, an anxiety. The concept of war. Although she knew that the Great War of Remnant had only ended some eighty years ago, the idea of people seeking that kind of destruction was utterly taboo to her. She knew that this world didn't have the Grimm to be concerned with, but that sheer waste of human life could not be excused.

It made her blood boil. It made her stomach turn. It streaked her cheeks with tears she was powerless to stop.

She was a huntress, there was nothing in the world more precious to her than the preservation of life. This so-called Fire Nation had treated something as beautiful as life as worthless as garbage. It wasn't ok.

So as she cried herself to sleep with tears both for herself, lost and confused, and for those who'd died in this disgusting war, she knew one thing: For as long as she was here, these new friends would be able to rely on her to do whatever she could to end this war.

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Their cave opened to the east, so as the sun rose over the sea, their beachfront cavern was filled with light, ushering in a new day, and waking its inhabitants. Well, some of them anyway.

Katara was the first to wake, stretching her limbs with a yawn as she glanced around, taking stock of the situation. Sokka and Toph were both still out cold, though that didn't surprise her one bit. Katara smiles as her glance falls on Aang, who was starting to rouse himself. And finally, she turns to where Ruby had slept the night before, only to find the sleeping bag empty. Concerned, Katara shoots up, looking around for the silver eyed girl. She spots a trail of footprints in the samd at the mouth of the cave, and follows them out in a hurry.

There she finds Ruby, sitting cross-legged in the sand, staring out to the ocean.

"Ruby? Are you o-" Her words are cut off as the young huntress starts the speech she'd been preparing in her head the whole night.

"I know that this war isn't my fight. I know that this isn't my world, and that I don't belong here, but I will do whatever I can to end it. I'm a huntress, its our job to protect people who can't protect themselves, even if that isn't from Grimm, even if it isn't where you're supposed to be. So it is my fight, and I do belong here, because I am a huntress, and theres people to save." The girl takes a deep breath, "So what I'm trying to say is, you can count on me."

A smile spreads across Katara's face as she kneels down next to Ruby and wraps her in a hug "I think the spirits brought you here for a reason" She says with a smile. "Now come inside, we have a lot to talk about"

By the time the two girls make their way inside, the other members of the Aang Gang were already up and at 'em, doing their morning routines as usual. Sokka had retreated behind Appa to get dressed and groom a bit, while Toph sat on the earth bench and much to her dismay, bent all the stray dirt and earth off of her skin and clothing, all because she had to 'blend in'. Aang was sat on Appa's saddle, nearly reaching for his razor before sighing in resignation, knowing he had to keep his hair.

"Everyone!" Katara announces, "Ruby has something she'd like to say!"

The Aang and Toph both turn their heads, Sokka poking out from behind Appa with his sad excuse for a mustache only half-shaved.

"I wanted to say, that I want to help you" Ruby says after a pause. "I want to help you win this war however I can"

Aang smiles, and with an airbending boosted jump, gracefully lands infront of Ruby. He bows deeply "Thank you Ruby Rose"

"Welcome to Team Avatar" Toph says with a grin.

"You mean the Aang Gang! No, the Boomerang Squad! No! The Fearsome Foursome, wait, I mean Fivesome!" Sokka shouts.

"Cool it brother! We finally went with the best of your stupid group names we're not changing it now!" Katara shouts back.

"You know at Beacon, team names are a acronym of it's members's initials, usually sounding like a color." Ruby offers, trying to be helpful.

"Huh" Sokka replies, pondering for a moment "A, K, T, S, R. How about... Stark! Like Stark White!"

Ruby's eyes go wide with realization, and a wave of discomfort hits her. Her mother's team had been STRQ. "On second thought lets just sticm with Team Avatar" She chuckles nervously, barely managing to keep from getting upset.

"Alright, whatever" Sokka says, going back to his shaving.

"So Ruby" Aang says after a few moments. "You said you were a warrior right? How about a demonstration?"

Ruby's eyes glimmer with excitement.