"And that was the last time any of us saw him." I was on the verge of tears as I told Korra about the last day anyone saw Hinako. He had been gone for 2 months already and no one had any clues as to where he went. At first I thought he left to train in blood-bending with Mahi but he was still in town. He told me about how he taught Hinako the basics and an advanced technique but that blood bending used a personalized style that varied depending on the person.

I leaned back in the chair and rubbed my eyes. "You think he would have told us when he left. The last person who saw him was Meelo and he said he just jumped onto the water and propelled himself towards the sunset."

"Well did you look for him?" Korra asked as she leaned in.

"Of course. When he didnt come home that night or the next I went looking for him. I spent a week searching but I lost his trail by the second day so it was mostly just aimless wandering. Honstly Korra im scared that I might never see him again." I couldnt hold back the tears any longer and let them flow freely.

"If you couldnt find him what makes you think I can?" Korra asked as she sipped on her tea.

"Nothing but I just felt like I needed someone to talk to and well since you are a reincarnation of Wan it just felt more comfortable than talking with anyone else and because of your personality and how you say what you really think." I moved from the chair onto the floor and tucked my knees to my chest.

"Sai-Ryu I think that it must be extremily important, I mean if he just left there has to be a reason. Ive know you two for a while now, it has to be about six months, and from what I can tell Hinako does alot of arbitrary things with no rhyme or reason unless its important." She poured herself another cup and sipped on it.

"Yeah I know but what am I supposed to do just wait for him to walk through that door?" I said as I stood up and walked over to it. "As if one day im going to open it and he's going to be standing there!" I swung the door open but there was nothing on the other side. My emotions kept changing from anger to fear to sadness then to helplessness. "We have never been apart this long Korra, Im missing a part of who I am."

Korra walked over and hugged me, I hugged her back and cried in her arms. "Its going to be alright. I'll help you start looking again tomorrow." She pulled back and smiled. "He is probably fine, he is an excellent fighter and you guys are used to hunting and gathering to survive." I sniffled and wiped my eyes.

"You're right Korra, I just need to stay positive and keep looking." I stepped away from her. "Thank you and could you not tell anyone I was crying?" I asked a little embarrased.

She laughed. "Oh is the mighty Stone Wind embarassed? Well you shouldnt be anyone would be upset if their brother just left without saying a word." She winked and walked out the door patting my shoulder as she left. I stood in the middle of my room staring at nothing trying to calm myself down for what seemed like hours.

"Sai-Ryu." I was startled by Jinora placing a hand on my shoulder and turning me.

"Hey whats up?" I turned completely to face her and she had a worried look on her face. "What?"

"Its about Hinako. He's back but." As soon as she said that I sprinted out the door and went looking for him. I was running throughout the house and stopped when I saw everyone crowded outside of the healing room. I walked up and pushed my way through them. When I walked into the room I saw Katara and Korra sitting down next to eachother by one of the beds. I looked closer and saw that they were trying to heal someone but couldnt see who it was.

I walked closer and took a look at the person on the bed. I looked down at a bloody, cut, burnt and broken Hinako. I dropped to my knees besides the bed and slowly reached out to place my hand on his. I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up to see Tenzin.

"We need to talk. Come with me." I slowly stood and reluctantly followed Tenzin into the other room. When I walked in I saw a man I had never seen before, he walked up and shook my hand.

"Finally I meet the brother I had been hearing so much about. Hinako talked about you all the time." He stepped back. "Where are my manners, My name is Tatsuma and your brother is a hero."

I looked at the man with confusion. "What do you mean a hero? And what happened to him!" I shouted with my last words. The man stepped back and sat at the table.

"He killed a demon dragon that had been terrorizing my country for centurys." He sighed. "He just showed up one day 2 months ago just as the dragon attacked and he drove him back. The dragon attacked almost everyother day after that and everytime the dragon attacked he was more vicious and it took more to drive him back." He shook and sighed.

"What? Tell me everything." I sat infront of him and stared.

"It was about 2 weeks ago when Hinako went in search of the dragons lair. Two days later he stumbled back into the village worse than you see him now. He was dragging the heart of the dragon. It had to be half his size and it weighed just as much. He collapsed as soon as I reached him and I rushed him to our shaman.

We have earth, water and fire-benders living together but none of us are masters at our art. We use it when we need to and that is it. Our healers could do no more than slow the bleeding. Hinako spoke while unconsious and told me to carry him towards the rising sun until we reached the island. I had my people quickly load a cart with some supplies and headed off as fast as I could."

"It took you ten days to get here?" I was wondering just how far Hinako had gone.

"Yes and it would have taken longer if not for me finding Varrick docked at the shores at the edge of my country 4 days ago. I was looking for someone to take us across the ocean and Varrick happened to recognize Hinako and sped us off instantly." Tatsuma leaned forward. "If not for Varrick we would still be out there somewhere."

I was about to ask him where Varrick was when Korra rushed in. "He's awake." I leaped from my chair and ran back into the room. I slid intoplace by his side and grabbed his hand.

"Brother its so good to *cough* see you again." He smiled as he coughed out those words.

"Hinako you idiot just shut up you can tell me what the hell you've been up to later but for now im just happy you're back." I squeezed his hand and he groaned in pain. I looked down at his right hand and it began to heat up to the point of burning my hand. I pulled my hands away from his and he screamed.

"NO NO NO NO NOT AGAIN!" He said as he lifted his right arm and pointed it to the ceiling. Blood red flames shot from his palm and engulfed the ceiling and quickly spread throughout the room. His hand dropped back to his side as he fell unconsious again. Tenzin tried to blow them out but they just got bigger and Katara and Korra tried to put them out with water but the flames only seemed to use the water as fuel and expand. Korra tried to fire-bend the flames and snuff them out but nothing happened.

"Everyone get out of here now!" I screamed as I covered Hinako and myself with a rock dome. I could hear Tenzin yelling on the otherside of the dome and then I heard Jinora scream.

"NO!" I screamed as I made a hole in the dome and ran out closing it behind be again. I saw Jinora stuck in the far corner of the room trying to blow the fire away from her but it kept getting bigger. I spun as fast as I could and created a small tornado that started sucking the fire into it. The flames didnt grow but instead became a vortex of fire surrounding me. The heat was intense and I felt like passing out.

I blasted a hole in the ceiling and jumped through it bringing the flames with me. I made the vortex funnel the flames towards the ocean and as the flames hit the water they dissapated. I looked back to the house and a large part of it was burnt and some places had even fallen down.

I rushed back into what was left of the healing hut and bent the dome back down and checked on Hinoka. He grunted and opened his eyes. "Fire." He said drearily. "The fire!" He shouted.

"Brother its ok I stopped it." I put my hand on his shoulder. "What was that about?" I looked at him and he looked me in the eyes.

"Devils Fire. That was the gift I was given by the dragon for being able to defeat him." He looked at his right hand. "An accursed flame that can feed off of anything."

A/N: Work is slowly tearing my soul piece by piece and even on my only day off I keep writing this story instead of sleeping. Even small words of encouragement make me want to keep writing and make it better but no criticism, whether its good or bad, does nothing.