Chapter 3 Hopes and a Plan
"Who the hell was that guy?" asked Sokka as he and the others sat around a fire, they had landed a few hours ago on the edge of a cliff located inside the Earth Kingdom. They had to stop to heal Appa's injury which had kept bleeding leaving drops of blood as they flew though the air. "He has Earth bending, Fire bending pulse the lightening thing."
"I don't know how that is possible. Lightening is the most powerful form of bending, one can only guide the lightening but he controlled it." said Zuko as he tossed another log on the fire which spurt the flames higher "No one not even the Avatar has been capable of that. He did it like it was nothing."
"Great when have less than a month till the comet comes and now a guy who can do all these crazy things appeared." said Sokka as he sat around the fire most of his friends.
"We need to find out more about him." answered Sokka's girlfriend the Kyoshi Island warrior, Suki.
"Sasuke Uchiha…no name I have ever heard in the Earth Kingdom." added Toph as Suki nodded in agreement.
"Not a fire nation name." stated Zuko
"Nor water?" said Sokka "At least from the Southern water tribe at least."
"Then what nation is he from?" asked Suki "He said he wasn't from the any of the nations but that is impossible."
Avatar Aang walked away from the fire as he moved into the darkness toward the injured flying Bison. The tip of his tail had been cut off by Sasuke's attack, the girl he loved was working on healing the wound. She moved so gracefully in the deep blue robes, her long hair in a braid that reached about half way down her back.
"He is going to be alright?" asked Aang for the hundredth time.
"Yes, he just needs some rest." explained Katara as she placed a hand on Aang's shoulder causing him to smile.
Meanwhile on board the Fire Nation airship Sasuke looked over the railing watching the water move past him far below. While they had nothing really liked this back in the ninja world he felt like they were going so slow. Sasuke knew he could have probably ran the distance at least twies as fast as they where currently moving.
"Why are we going to this fire nation of yours? Our deal is that I get the Avatar you give me all the information I need to get home." asked Sasuke knowing that Princess Azula was standing there dressed in her battle armor without even turning around to see her.
"My father has ordered us back because of you." explained Azula as she moved to the rail so that they stood side by side looking out over the edge "He is very interested in seeing you and seeing if the reports are true."
"I see, one of the young man in the avatar's group was fire nation" said Sasuke as Azula's arm gripped the rail slightly harder, something that would have gone unnoticed by everyone but Sasuke "He looked a lot like you."
"Family looks." answered Azula "I am ashamed to say that he is my weakling brother, Zuko."
"Weak." growled Sasuke as lightening danced around him so much that Azula had to move aside or be struck by the lightening "I was the weak brother compared to my older brother Itachi and I let rage take me until I was strong. I killed him for what he did."
"Well my brother isn't like that he doesn't have the fire of a warrior within him." explained Azula believing that asking what this Itachi did wasn't the best move at the moment "He doesn't have what it takes to rule a nation in a war."
"When will we arrive at this fire nation of yours?" asked Sasuke
"We were near to begin with, so tomorrow morning at the latest." said Azula "My father will be there to meet us when we land."
"Very well." answered Sasuke as he disappeared in a puff of smoke, Azula simply looked at the spot for a moment before leaving wondering where Sasuke had disappeared to, more than likely some place dark and far away from people. That was partly true as Sasuke sat on top of the airship letting the wind blow though his hair.
Down the outer railing hiding behind the corner was one of the two people who nearest thing Azula had to a friend. The young lady born to noble family but became a circus performer, Ty Lee.
"What are you doing?" asked Mai as Ty Lee snapped to attention and looked at her dark dressing friend.
"I am just looking at Azula and Sasuke." said Ty Lee with a smile "They look so good together, don't you think they are a couple or something? I mean she talks about him a lot."
"You have got to be kidding me." said Mai "Azula has never shown an interest in a guy and I don't think that will start any time soon. This Sasuke Uchiha seams to only care about the mission at hand and nothing else. I have the feeling he would stand by and watch us die if it meant winning."
"But isn't Azula the same way?" asked Ty Lee as Mai blinked for a moment as she listened to her friend's words "I mean she only cares about the mission and doesn't care who gets in her way."
"I guess you are right, but it doesn't mean anything." said Mai
"Still she has been hanging around Sasuke a lot more then she has hanged around us lately." stated Ty Lee
"That is because he is strong and Azula likes strong people." stated Mai "And it has been two days."
"Ya, lets my point." said Ty Lee "She may like him because he is strong and the only person as scary as she is."
"Maybe but I am not sure." said Mai
Meanwhile in another world Naruto Uzumaki and his teammate Sakura Haruno sat at the Ramón noodle stand in the Village hidden in the Leaves. The sun was high in the sky and it was perfect late summers day it was the type of the day that would cause a smile on anyone face but the normally smiling blonde hair ninja wasn't smiling on bit.
"Sasuke is gone." said Naruto for the thousandth time since they had learned that Sasuke had disappeared from the battlefield with Itachi, they had found Itachi's body and blood pools which likely belonged to Sasuke. "I have failed…I failed you, Sakura-chan I promised to bring Sasuke back and I failed."
"Listen Naruto you had no idea what Itachi would do. You where the one driving us to find him and that is what matters." said Sakura as she placed her hand on her teammate's shoulder "We all let him down, none of us where able to save him."
"Ya, but it is still my fault." said Naruto "I promised that I would bring Sasuke back to you, and I failed."
"When will he let that stupid childhood promise go?" thought Sakura as she lowered her head a bit.
"Still it is kind of cute." added Inner Sakura as Sakura nodded in agreement.
"Naruto after the whole thing with Sasuke killing Orochimaru and not coming back maybe he didn't want to come back and nothing we could have done would have brought him back." said Sakura sadly
"I would have never give up on him." said Naruto "Maybe there is a way we can get him back."
"Naruto don't you remember what Lady Tsunade told us about the legends." said Sakura as Naruto lowered his head.
Flashback
"You say Itachi sent Sasuke to another world?" asked Tsunade as they gathered in the Hokage's office after coming back to the Leaf.
"That is what that plant man said but I don't see how that is possible." answered Naruto "Sasuke is probably just somewhere healing his wounds, we need to find him."
"I am not so sure." Said Tsunade
"What do you mean?" asked Sakura "Is what he said possible?"
"There are legends saying that there are multiple worlds of man, each similar but each different." said Tsunade
"What are you talking about?" asked Naruto "How could they be the same and different?"
"I am not sure, I only remember the legends." said Tsunade "Basically the multiple worlds are linked together by a central spirit world. Itachi must have sent him to one of the worlds that are linked to us by the spirit world."
"So if he is linked to us then we can go get him." said Naruto.
"Naruto it isn't that simple, we don't know which world he would be in and even then it would take years just to search one world." said Tsunade "And they could be hundreds if not thousands of worlds. That is on top of even finding a way to get there and back."
"So you are saying he is gone?" asked Naruto
"Sadly Naruto it seems that Sasuke is lost to us." said Tsunade as she crushed the boy she considered her grandson hopes of bringing his friend home.
End Flashback
"Ya, there are thousands of different worlds and we would no idea which one Sasuke is in." said Naruto
"And he has no way to know that he has returned to the right one if he did find a way back on his own." said Sakura "No Naruto we have to let him go. Move on with our lives, Sasuke can't dominate it forever."
"It's just I never go back on my word." said Naruto
"And you promised me right?" asked Sakura as Naruto nodded his head "Then make me a new promise. Let it him go and move on with your life. All we can do is hope where ever he is he is happy."
"Or better dead." Said Inner Sakura to Sakura
"Alright I'll promise to let Sasuke go but if there is any realistic chance that we can get him back then we do it ok Sakura-chan." said Naruto as he held his hand out to Sakura.
"There is no chance of getting Sasuke back." said Inner Sakura 'So if it helps him move on then make the promise."
"Ya, and Naruto needs to hold out some little bit of hope." explained Sakura "It is just who he is."
"Ya, he doesn't give up." said Inner Sakura "He is also kind of handsome."
"Sure Naruto." said Sakura as she took his hand "If there is a reasonable chance of getting Sasuke and getting back we will go for it together."
Night had fallen over the Earth Kingdom on as all but Aang and Zuko had gone to sleep. Zuko was busy keeping an eye out for any sign of Fire Nation attack which wasn't easy considering as a fire bender he rose with the sun and set with it. Avatar Aang rolled around in his sleeping bag unable to find any sleep, his dreams where filled with a pair of red eyes with dark commas in them, so finally he got up and moved toward the camp fire.
"You need to get some sleep." ordered Zuko as he poked the fire with a stick. "We will be training at first light tomorrow.
"I know but I can't stop myself from worrying about that Sasuke." said Aang sat down across from Zuko. "I mean no offense but he seems a lot more of a threat then you did and more evil."
"Thanks…I guess." said Zuko
"Aren't you worried about him?" asked Aang as the former prince nodded his head.
"Yes, however there is nothing I can do but train you." stated Zuko
"I just have never experience someone like that." said Aang
"None of us have." Answered Zuko
"But someone may have." Said Aang
"Who?" asked Zuko
"Maybe Avatar Ruko or another one of the past Avatars." Stated Aang as he started running toward Appa so that he could meditate and hopefully contact the spirits of the dead avatars. Zuko just turned back to the fire either Aang would contact the past avatars or he would relax and get some sleep.
Once Aang reached the sleeping sky bison, he sat down and began to mediate. He controlled his breathing as he let go of his thoughts. It didn't take long until as he heard a ghostly voice.
"Aang…."
"Roku." said Aang as a faded image of the last avatar before him appeared.
"Yes, Aang what is wrong." said the fire nation avatar Roku who had died a hundred and twelve years ago.
"There is a big problem…there is a guy name Sasuke Uchiha he can do things that in impossible." said Aang "He can bend Earth, Fire and lightening and he can stand ontop of water."
"I see." said Roku as he placed his hand under his chin "Do you know what nation is he from?"
"He says he isn't from an nation." said Aang "But how is that possible only the avatar can use all the elements and there can only be one Avatar."
"Not really." said Roku "He could be from another world."
"Another world?" asked Aang
"Yes, Aang there are multiple worlds branching out from the spirit world." Explained Roku as Aang's eyes widened "He could be from one of those worlds and If that is the case then him being here upset's the natural order of the world."
"Even if he is from another world then how can he bend multiple elements I thought only the avatar could do that?" asked Aang
"Different worlds have different forms of bending, some worlds the people can't even bend any elements." explained Roku "In this Sasuke Uchiha's world they must be able to do multiple forms of bending.
"I see." said Aang "So how do we stop him?"
"You said Uchiha right?" asked Roku as he thought back on all his experiences as the avatar and his time in the spirit world.
"Yes." said Aang "Have you heard of that name before."
"Yes….a long time ago from a powerful demon." said Roku "He said the Uchiha clan was one of the clans of a village in a world he liked to terrorized."
"So you know this demon, you know how to defeat him." said Aang
"Maybe but I will need time to learn more." said Roku "I will go to the source…you keep up your training because the comet is almost here."
"Alright but please hurry." answered Aang as Avatar Roku disappeared.
The sun was just coming up over the horizon as the air ship slowly came in for a landing on the newly built royal landing bay. Near the harbor city, on the sides of the landing pad was a line of Fire Nation Warships being either resupplied or in the case of one of them preparing to be launched from dry-dock.
The airship's ramp came down as Azula along with her guards walked down first followed by Sasuke. He did a quick glance and already knew dozens of different ways to get out of the place. That is when he noticed a tall man dressed in red robes with a golden flame hair crown sticking out. He had slight bread and his hair was longer then even Neji Hyuga.
"Father." said Azula as she got down on one knees along with the guards and everyone else getting off the airship only Sasuke refused to bow which caused everyone to look at him.
"I would bow if I were you Sasuke, he is the Fire Lord." whispered Ty Lee as she bowed beside him.
"Uchiha's bow to no one." stated Sasuke
"Ah you must be Sasuke Uchiha." said Fire Lord Ozai as he glared into the dark cold eyes of the young man
"Yes." stated Sasuke
"You will bow to the Fire Lord." ordered an aid to the Fire Lord as Sasuke grinned before activating his Sharingan causing the aid to jump back and fall back onto his but.
"Interesting." said Ozai as he looked at Sasuke "Let's discuss this at the palace."
"Very well father." said Azula as they headed down the grand staircase toward the two waiting Palanquin. These where giant wheel less carts with the finniest silk cushions and covered with a roof with thin currents separating the outside world from the rider. There were six people on each of them, three on each side. Sasuke watched as Azula got into the smaller one while her father got into the larger one. Then the servants picked them up and started carrying them down the road.
"Sorry we have to walk." stated Mai
"Who would want to use those things." stated Sasuke as he looked around the city, it was in a sad state no electricity and no modern convinces. "Its weakness to let someone carry you around."
"This is the highest form of transportation in the fire nation." said Ozai "It is the an honor to be transported this way."
"Like I care about your honor." said Sasuke as they walked though the city, more than a few people turned and looked as the Fire Lord passed, they wondered who the strange man was carrying the sword.
Meanwhile in the spirit world Avatar Roku walked through the woods. However this wasn't a normal woods it was one the woods inside the spirit world. Strange animals ran around it suddenly the Avatar came to a stop as a giant fox larger than him appeared from behind an even larger tree.
"Why have you come Avatar?" asked the fox "These are not your woods and you are not welcomed here."
"I came to have an audience with the Kyuubi the master of these woods and lord of all demon foxes." said Roku as he worried about what would happen to him. The Kyuubi like the other powerful demons was known for their hatred of humans.
"Lord Kyuubi is not here." answered the fox
"Where may I find him?" asked Roku "It is important that I see him at once."
"Sadly he was sealed away inside the body of a human child." said the fox as Roku's eyes widened.
"Sealed away inside a human?" asked Roku "Is that even possible?"
"Yes it is, over seventy years ago, he was sealed inside a human of the Uzimakia clan and he has been passed down to this day, he is currently in a human child." said the fox
"Where can I find this human child?" asked Roku
"The ninja world, in village hidden in the Leaf a one Naruto Uzumaki." stated the fox "We would go and liberate our leader but we don't have the power to enter the human world."
"But I do." said Roku as he folded his arms "I thank you for your help."
Back inside the fire nation palace Sasuke stood before the fire lord and his flaming thrown. The thrown was designed to show the power of the fire lord and to intimidate the people who saw it however Sasuke wasn't impressed and he wasn't intimidated by a sitting man with flames around the wall behind him.
"So you're from another world?" asked Ozai "That is hard to believe."
"Believe what you want but I have a deal with your daughter, I get her the Avatar and then I get anything I need to return home." stated Sasuke
"What if I decided not to agree to those terms?" asked Ozai as he leaned back only to suddenly see a beam of lightening fly by his head handing just below the lowest part of his ear lobe and cutting part of his hair which fell down. Ozai's eyes widened as he saw that the lightening was really a solid beam coming from Sasuke's hand and ending in the back wall of his throne room. The guards move to strike only to get waved off by Ozai.
"That wouldn't be good for you." stated Sasuke as his Sharingan glared with hate "because unlike the weaklings of this world I can kill you and everyone in this place without anyone touching me."
"I see." said Ozai as Sasuke's lightening beam dispraised "I will consider the deal my daughter made and get back to you."
"You have two days." stated Sasuke as he turned and walked out the room. Once he left Ozai turned and looked toward the darkness of one of the pillars.
"You where right daughter, he is an interesting one." stated Ozai
"Yes, he is just what we need to get the Avatar." said Azula
"Yes and maybe more." said Ozai as he gave a rare smile, a smile that normally meant he was planning something.
Well I hope you liked the redone third chapter, I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep on reading. Thanks Wilkins75.