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"That's cool and all, but... WHO THE HELL IS HE?!" Sokka yelled.
Now
Aang laughed at the other mans out burst. "Who is Gin? Sokka, no one really knows anything about him. I know only what was in the Avatar archives back in the Southern Air Temple; he is not someone to be messed with."
"Thousands of years ago, he appeared before a man named Naoto, looking the same as he does now. Ten years after the two disappeared from the worlds eyes, Naoto returned, and he had became the first person to bend the four principle elements; the first Avatar. Gin did not return with him."
"The information Naoto had left on scroll said Gin was a traveler, traveling dimensions; though he briefly mentions someone called 'the Dimension Witch', Naoto doesn't say how Gin came across the ability to hop across dimensions, but he says it requires an absurd amount of power. He has no aim to rule the worlds he visits; he merely wishes to learn everything he can. He is the last of a race called the Shadowed Angels, and the only known still surviving member of the Tensa, a race we would have associated that race with Elfs."
"And that is about everything I know, other then some of his many titles."
They stared at him for a bit, before Toph asked a question, shocking the group with the timidity in it. "Can he really give me my sight back?" The quite and hopeful sound of her voice sobered Aang's expression of shock at her tone immediately.
"Yes he can, Toph." The silence having been broken, Sokka began to ask questions. (A/N The rest of the questions are nothing important, so I'm skipping them.) He only stopped when Gin walked back into the area 15 minutes later.
"Come on, time to go." Gesturing for them to follow him, Gin turned back the way he came. Standing they followed him. Seeing Aang leaving, Momo flew onto Aang's shoulder, who gave Gin a questioning look.
Gin nodded to the shaved bald boy. "You can bring the lemur, Aang, but the flying bison's has to stay." Though he looked but off by not being allowed to bring Appa, Aang nodded.
Walking in silence, the small group walked into the dense forest. After a few minutes of walking, they reached a clearing. The trees immediately around the clearing had unrecognizable symbols engraved in their bark. In the middle of the clearing there was a batch of uncovered ground, where the grass stopped, was a bowl made of ice filled with water. On either side of the bowl a lit torch stand (A/N, think legend of Zelda torch stands), a wind seemed to blow directly down onto to the bowl.
"Stay in this clearing." The silver haired man gestured towards the trees that had the strange marks on them. "Anything outside the circle those runes make is going to be froze in time." He looked at Aang. "Sit down in front of the bowl, Aang, and bring yourself as close to the Avatar state as you can without losing yourself."
Aang nodded, Momo flew off his shoulder to rest on Katara's. Aang sat behind the bowl in his meditative stance, facing the group. Gin looked at the others. "You may wanna back up a bit." As he said it, Aang opened his eyes; eyes and tattoos pulsing their vicious blue light.
Gin smiled as he saw Katara and Toph's aura pulse in time with Aang's. Moving behind the monk, he placed his hands on the Avatar's head and closed his eyes. The blue aura traveled up Gins arms, dancing like blue lightning over his body. When the blue energy reached his closed eyes, they shot open.
His pupils were thin slits, almost to the point of being unnoticeable, irises hard silver, and his yokes were jet black. Growling deep in his throat, Gin opened his mouth, releasing a cry similar to a giant bird of prey.
With out warning, Toph fell, exhausted, to the ground, followed shortly by Katara. A moment after they fell a large pulse came from the element items Gin had set up, which crumbled away afterwards, the shock wave emitting from the edge of the clearing and traveling across the globe. Aang gasped as he exited the Avatar state. "What's wrong with Katara and Toph?" He panted.
Gin grinned. "Your girlfriends are fine, Aang, only tired." Aang was too tired to catch the double meaning of Gins words. "I'll open the portal to Earth in a bit." Nodding, Aang went over to help Katara and Toph up.
Sitting down, Gin conjured a scroll and quill, scribbling a quick not on it, he shoved through a small vortex he opened. "They'll be expecting us in an hour." He said, leaning against the tree behind him, closing his eyes and began to snore lightly.
Fung stood silently to the side of the practice ring, watching the Dragons of Earth, Water, and Silver Fire take on the Dragon of the Silver Wind in a 3-on-1 spar. 'They have come far since they began this journey.' His turquoise eyes locked onto Raimundo. 'Especially him. The youngest to ever become a Shoku Warrior, even Dashi took longer! I suspected it when I first saw him, and I know for certain now; he was a Silver Chosen.' Dojo, who lay across his shoulders in the norm of things, snickered as Rai's wind illusions confused Clay and Omi and let him knock them out of the ring easily, making it 1-on-1 between him and Kimiko.
'Ah.' Fung continued his thoughts as Rai dispelled his illusions. 'Ah, how remiss of me, she too has also improved greatly.'
Unaware of their master's thoughts, the two Silver Chosen engaged in a light spar. As they sparred a purple vortex appeared behind Rai, and spat a scroll, which smacked a certain Shoku in the back of the head, before it dissipated.
Rubbing his head, Rai bent over to pick it up. Breaking the seal, the tan Brazilian scanned it. "Master Fung!" He called his masters attention. "Gingetsu says he'll be here in an hour, and that he's bringing others with him. He also says they'll arrive in the Great Hall"
Fung nodded, looking at the warriors gathered about him. "Go shower, eat, and rest. We'll give Gingetsu and his guests proper welcome." They nodded, scurrying off to tidy themselves up.
"Hey, Gin?"
Gin opened one of his sleepy silver eyes, which had returned to normal, at hearing Sokka call him. "Yes?"
"You said Suki had agreed to come?"
"She has."
"Where is she?"
Gin 'hmm-ed'. "She's in the dimensional vortex, she'll appear with us. Anything else?"
"Yeah. Could you tell us a bit about this 'other world'?"
"Hmm. Are Katara and Toph awake?"
"We are." Gin looked over towards the voice, seeing Katara and Toph sitting where they had collapsed.
"Then listen up, the lot of you, I'm going to give you a very basic and watered down version of Earths history…"
56 minutes later the gang's heads hurt from having so much information crammed in to their heads. Smirking, Gin stood up, as he stood his clothes began to change. He now wore tight leather panse, steel lined combat boots, and a black silk shirt, his wings having been completely folded (1).
Gin stepped towards the group, performing some hand gestures; he pocked each of them on the head. "There, now you'll be able to understand the language they speak on Earth."
"Let's go." With that a large, enough so that they could easily walk through it, purple vortex appeared a few feet in front of them, Gin gestured for them to go first.
Grinning confidently at the Shadowed Angel, Aang stepped through first, quickly followed by the girls. Eyeing Gin, Sokka also stepped through. Sighing at Sokka's stupidness, Gin also stepped through. 'I mean, seriously, if I wanted to kill them; I would have done it already…'
'I never knew so many monks lived here.' Rai thought as he looked around the Great Hall from his spot just behind Fung.
Fung stood in front of the rows of monks. Rai stood a foot behind him, and a little to the side. The other Chosen stood side by side behind their leader. The five elders stood behind the Chosen, and in four rows of five the warrior monks without elemental power stood behind the elders. They all faced the Xiaolin order insignia at the front of the hall.
Without warning a large purple vortex appeared, a moment later the first person stepped out of the swirling purple vortex and on to the raised area in front of the alter.
Rai hmm-ed, a habit he was starting to pick up from Fung, as he eyed the bald boy, with a lemur on his shoulder. 'I smell the wind on this one, but I also smell the other elements… Silon? Do you know what this means?' Rai asked confusedly, Silon had been teaching him how to tell many things from a persons scent, including their element.
'Yes. He is what his world calls the 'Avatar', he can control, their term is 'bending', the four principle elements.'
'Sounds strong.'
'Very, when they reach mastery, and even before that point; never underestimate one that can control the four principle elements.'
Next through the vortex were two girls. 'Earth.' Rai thought when he caught the shorter ones scent. 'And blind judging by those eyes.' Rai mentally added upon seeing the white veiled green eyes. Rai eyed the taller girl. 'Water. And judging by how they act around Baldy and the scent their giving off, they like the Avatar.'
Next were a girl and a boy. The girl jumped into the boys arms, giving him a sound kiss. 'Not ones with elemental powers, but still good fighters. And they obviously like each other.'
Rai gasped as the scent of the next, and last as the vortex closed behind him, pervaded his senses. 'What the Hell is he?!' Rai's mind gasped out. 'I smell more then just the principle elements coming from him. I smell something else… something I can't seem to place…'
'That would be the power of pure chaos, Rai, there is little one such as he can not manage He hasn't changed a bit from 1500 years ago...' Silon spoke inside Rai's mind.
'Is the Shoku Warrior scared?' Rai smiled as Kimiko's teasing voice entered his mind.
'Never. His scent is just… startling.' Rai mentally smirked. Pleased she had done her job, and broke Rai out of his startle, Kimiko retreated back to her mind.
"Well?" Gin addressed the group he had brought. "You're the guests, be polite and introduce yourselves, and please use your full titles."
They nodded, Aang stepping forward. "I am Avatar Aang, born into the Air Nomad tribe. Master rank in Air bending and apprentice rank in Earth and Water. My Masters are Sifu (2) Water Mistress Katara and Sifu Earth Mistress Beifong Toph."
Katara stepped slightly forward. "I am Water Mistress Katara, of the Southern Water Tribe, sister to Warrior Sokka. Mistress rank in Water Bending, Sifu to the Avatar, Aang."
Next Toph stepped forward. "I am Earth Mistress Beifong Toph, of the fallen Earth Kingdom. Mistress rank in Earth Bending, Sifu to the Avatar, Aang."
"I am Warrior Suki, of Kyoshi Island. None Bender, I lead the Kyoshi Warriors." Suki took her place next to Toph in the line of people who had taken a step forward.
"I am Warrior Sokka, of the Southern Water Tribe, brother to Water Mistress Katara. None bender, I am a Warrior of my tribe." He stepped next to Suki.
Gin took no step, but introduced himself from behind the Bender group. "I go by the name 'Gin', Master rank of several element, and none element fighting styles. I am the last remaining member of two races, the Tensa and Shadowed Angels; if they had lived I would be 'Prince' of both races." Gin nodded his head to Fung, who got the hint.
"I am Master Fung, Master of the Xiaolin order."
Following Fung's lead, Rai nodded to each of them as he introduced himself. "I am Shoku Warrior, Raimundo Pedrosa, Leader of the Xiaolin Dragons, I myself am the Dragon of the Wind."
Kimiko bowed, hands clasped in front of her. Her mothers sapphire tear drop neclace hang between her breasts from a simple chord. "Tohomiko Kimiko, Wudai Warrior, the Fire of the Xiaolin Dragons." She and Rai raised an eyebrow at the tension the Avatar group gained when she said 'fire'.
"Omi, Wudai Warrior, the Water of the Xiaolin Dragons." Omi bowed low, clapping his hands in front of his face.
The large Texan tipped his hat. "Clay Bailey, Wudai Warrior, the Earth of the Xiaolin Dragons."
Gin grinned broadly. "Take us to the training field, I need to asses what I'm working with here."
(A/N)Yo! Chapter 5 and i hope it clears a few things up. For some reason I'm not recieving email through FF, though reviews go to my stats so I do get to read those, so if you have just a message for me and not a review just send it to me directly.
(1)- I mean he made them dissapear.
(2)I believe that's their term for master...
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