I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in a while! Please forgive me! I love all of my reveiwers!
"So travelers, the next time you think you hear a strange large bird talking, take a closer look, it might not be a giant parrot, but a flying man! A member of a secret group of air walkers who laugh at gravity and laugh at those bound to the earth by it!" The story teller concluded his story.
"Aren't airbender stories the best?" Aang asked.
" Was it realistic? Was that how it was back then?" Katara asked.
"I laugh at gravity all the time. Haha! Gravity," Aang answered.
" I do to," I said, giggling a bit.
"Jingle, jingle!" The story teller told Sokka, holding an empty hat in front of him.
Sokka searched his pockets for money, but came out with lint and a dying bug.
" Sorry!" Sokka apologized.
"Aww. Cheapskates!" He complained.
I searched my satchel for money, or a couple of herbs.
"Hey thanks for the story!" Aang said, getting up and following the man looking for more donations.
"Tell it to the cap, boy!" The man said, shoving a cap in his direction, not turning around. A piece fell out of the cap, and Momo replaced it.
" Aw, much obliged little bat thing!" The story teller sat, patting Momo on the head.
" It means a lot to hear airbender stories. It must have been hundred years ago your great grandpa met them," Aang said.
"What are you prattling about child? Great grand-pappy saw the air walkers last week!" The man said.
Jet and I turned to each other.
"Heya!" The old man said.
Aang walked over to us.
" I wonder what he meant by seeing them last week," Aang wondered out loud.
" I don't know. Look, Aang. Jet and I were planning on meeting up with the rest of the gang and heading to Be Sing Se. This is probably the last time we're going to see each other in a long time," I told him.
Aang's shoulders drooped.
" But we have parting gifts!" I said quickly, to cheer him up.
He quickly straightened up.
" Ooh!" He said excitedly.
I laughed when Sokka joined in the cheering.
" You didn't have to do this, Miyuki," Katara said.
I nodded.
" Yes, I do. You guys are my first friends. I don't know what I'd do without you," I said.
Katara got tears in her eyes as Jet handed me a small parcel.
" Aang, this is for you," I said.
He opened it to see a jar of aloe and a couple of jellied candies.
" In case Katara isn't there to do some Waterbending magic," I explained.
He smiled and gave me a big hug.
" Sokka," I said, signifying that his gift was next.
He opened it quickly to see a current map of the Earth Kingdom and a compass.
" To find your way, when your instinct fails you," Jet said.
Katara and Aang started laughing.
" Okaaay, and Katara. I got this for you," I said, holding a wrapped box.
She opened it.
" Wow, how did you know?" She asked.
" Aunt Wu told me," I smiled.
" I had just run out of my supply! Thank you!" She said, hugging me.
Sokka peered into the box.
" Seaweed lotion?" Sokka asked.
" It's the best moisturizer there is. I personally use a peach blossom based lotion, but that's just for my skin," I explained.
All of the boys gave us looks. They had no idea what we were talking about.
" How about a group hug?" Aang suggested.
We all complied, Jet hesitated, but I pulled him in by his collar.
" I'm going to miss you guys. Good luck finding a Waterbending master, Katara and Aang. Sokka, please find something to entertain yourself," I begged him.
" Come on, we need to go, the town's inn is closing in a few minutes," Jet said.
I pouted.
" Can't we camp?" I asked.
" I'd like to sleep in a bed for at least one night," he said.
" What's so special about a bed?" I asked.
Ten minutes later I was sprawled out on the most comfortable bed ever.
" See what's so special now?" Jet asked with a smirk.
I frowned, I didn't like being proved wrong.
" No," I lied.
I felt a weight on my legs and I shot up.
" Jet!" I exclaimed.
He gave me a long stare, then tackled me.
" What are you doing?!" I demanded.
He then began to tickle me.
" Tell me the truth, Miyuki," he teased.
I squirmed and squealed.
" Never!" I squealed.
He found my most ticklish spot and was torturing me.
" Fine! Fine! I was lying! I love this bed!" I confessed.
" I do too," he said as he let go and rolled beside me.
I kissed his cheek.
" Thanks for finally letting me go," I said.
" No problem, I'm going to go get us some food," he said, standing up and grabbing his hook swords.
" But, we have no money. What are you doing with those?" I asked, looking at the swords.
" I told you, I'm going to get us food," he repeated.
I wanted to tell him not to, but my stomach growled, totally giving me away.
" No objections," I said simply, leaning back on the bed.
After he left, I put on a light green dress. Hopefully, nobody would mess with me if I looked so innocent. I looked in the mirror and tugged at my hair. It was long enough to cover my ears, and it was starting to get wavy. Jet was a saint for dating this mess. I left the room and locked the door. I sighed. I walked down to the front room.
" Miss, can I do anything for you?" The lobbyist asked.
I pulled out a small, worn out notebook out of my satchel.
" Actually, you can. Do you know anyone by this name?" I asked, opening the book to the front cover, where my parents' names were written.
" Yuran Rihoshi? I believe his sister lives in this village," he said.
I tried to not show my shock.
" Thank you, I've been looking for her for weeks," I lied.
I had no idea she even existed. I walked to the rows of homes and noticed a herb shop.
I knocked on the door.
" Hello? Is this the Rihoshi residence?" I asked.
" Who's there?" A heard a gruff voice ask.
My breath hitched. Was that my uncle? One of the only family I had left?
" I-I have news from Yuran," I lied.
He opened the door and I saw a tall tan man with short spiky greying hair. He gestured to let me in.
" You look a little young to be a messenger," he noticed.
" I am one of the only Earth Kingdom civilians in my village. The Fire Nation set up a naval base there, and wiped out most of our people," I said.
" I am so sorry to hear that. Is Yuran alright?" A aging woman asked.
She was wearing an apron and had a large bowl in her arms. She had long greying hair, and it was all over the place, struggling to be tamed by a blue headband.
" Well, the Fire Nation spared the herbalists. They needed their medicine. Those herbalists are the most brave people I have ever known. But I didn't really know them. I was a baby when the Fire Nation cut them down," I said, sitting down.
I hated talking about this like I was an outsider. My aunt dropped the bowl.
" Yuran..." she said.
" You have a right to cry. He was your brother," I said, looking into her eyes.
They were a deep green with specks of brown. I wondered if my father looked anything like her.
" But he was your father, wasn't he?" She asked.
I looked down from her gaze.
" How did you know," I whispered.
" Yuran's last letter, spoke of a daughter. You are Miyuki," she stated.
My uncle helped me up. I hugged him.
" You're the only family I have left," I wept.
I felt a hand on my head.
" We're here for you," he said.
I let go.
" I have to go. I'll try to return, but I can't promise it," I said to them.
I rushed out and ran to the inn as fast as I could. It was destiny again. Always chasing me. I wanted to be with Jet, it was what I wanted, not fate. I rushed in just in time. Jet walked in not two minutes after me.
" You got dressed up, huh? I got some food," he said.
I looked up and smiled. I had lost my appetite long ago, by just thinking about the loss of my father. He set down a basket of fruit and rolls.
" How did you know?" I asked, pulling out a moon peach so he wouldn't be suspicious.
"Aang told me. He really looks up to you, you know,"he said to me.
I sighed.
" He shouldn't. I can afford to get in trouble. The fate of the world is resting on his shoulders," I said, nibbling on a roll.
" That is true. But you are a lot like him. You both lost everyone you've known and loved, and you have special abilities that you didn't ask for," he pointed out.
I stayed quiet and thought about it.
" I have to go -um- get some new clothes," I lied, wanting to see my aunt again.
" Can I come with you?" He asked.
" Uh-uh- sure," I said after faltering a bit.
Once we got there I decided to tell him the truth.
" When you were out getting food, I left to see if any trace of my mother is here. But I found something else entirely, my dad's sister," I told him.
" So, you don't need new clothes?" He asked.
" No, I have plenty. I wanted you to meet her," I said.
He followed me to the herb shop and I knocked.
" It's Mikuki," I whispered.
The door opened.
" I thought we'd never see you again. Why did you run off like that?" my uncle asked.
"I didn't tell him," I said, gesturing to Jet.
" I'm her boyfriend, Jet. Nice to meet you," he introduced as I smiled and blushed.
It felt weird to call him my boyfriend. I still saw him as my enemy, I guess.
" You two are always welcome here," my aunt said kindly.
" Thank you," I said softly as they led us to a guest room.
" We'll have dinner soon," my uncle said while leaving the room.
" We can't stay here Miyuki," Jet told me.
" I know, this place reminds me too much of my old home," I said.
"We need to start over. You cutting your hair set us all on the right path. Do you mind cutting it again?" He asked.
" But what do we do after? What if they come looking for us? What if everyone wants to arrest m-" I was cut off by Jet pressing his lips against mine.
I couldn't help but wonder if it was his first kiss when he pulled my head closer. I wrapped my hands around his waist and got lost in the kiss. We ran out of the window hand in hand and I had a new fire in my heart.
The next chapter shouldn't take as long as this one. Getting into Naruto has made me a little disoriented. That and a new crush! AbbyCade15 knows who!