Chapter Six Yue
He awoke in a warm bed with Yue once again staring at him. He turned to her and said, "Why whenever I wake up here I'm in a warm bed with a beautiful girl staring at me?"
She blushed then said, "That was quite an impressive display of water bending. Master Pakku and you are pretty much on the same level of experience."
"No, actually he knows all of the moves I just feel them develop and they are easy to counter and mimic."
They sat there staring at each other until Nazca said, "So, what do you guys have in store for me today?"
"Master Pakku wants to see how much water bending you actually know so that he can teach you everything else, and I wanted to introduce you to my mother. Other than that you're completely free to do whatever you want."
"So let's go check out what Master Pakku has to say."
He got up and then got dressed and then began to follow her to the training grounds.
"So I was thinking that maybe after I do whatever I have to do here you and I could go grab lunch."
She smiled at him then said, "I know just the place."
He feigned relief then said, "Good because I have no idea where we would go, if it was up to me we would eat out the garbage because I at least know where that is."
She laughed and they continued walking. They soon reached the training grounds, Master Pakku was waiting for him.
"That was impressive yesterday. I would like to know all that you are capable of so that I can try to teach you everything I know."
"I know everything that you performed yesterday, I am a quick learner."
"What amazes me is that you can learn so quickly, please tell me what you do if anything to advance so quickly."
"Well I am blind."
Pakku stared at him confused, "I'm afraid I don't understand."
"I can't see," Nazca said waving a hand in front of his face, "not the way you see at least."
"Then how do you see?"
"With waterbending, I see the water particles in the air and I can see and sense more than even you."
"That's amazing, well then that should make training easier. Let's begin shall we."
Master Pakku showed Nazca a series of complex moves and he gave him names for some he had learned. They spent an hour training Nazca learned many moves and then moved on to dueling Master Pakku's other students, beating all of them in an avalanche. Sex Literally, he made an avalanche. At the end of the day Pakku congratulated him on his performance and then told him he expected to see him tomorrow to try some more complex moves. Nazca walked over to Yue who had watched the whole thing and said, "So about that lunch. I'm starving."
She stood up and led the way.
"I have got to say, I have never seen a more impressive display of waterbending. You might almost be better than Master Pakku."
"Thanks but the man does know a lot more than I will ever know. He can remember moves a whole lot better than I can."
"You're still amazing."
"Thanks. So where are we going."
"Well first were going to eat at my place. The chef is amazing. Then I want to take you to a special place."
"Where?"
"It's a surprise."
They continued walking until they reached the palace. They walked inside and Yue ordered tea for the both of them. Yue told Nazca about her life as a princess and what she had to do and the entirety of the goings that she knew about. The current status of the war, the money it cost and all sorts of politics that she grew up through. She ended by saying, "Tell me something about yourself."
"I was raised by my parents until I was six and then they died during a fire nation raid. I grew up with some friends of my parents until another raid not so long ago when my new mother died. I left there seeking revenge for all those whose lives have been ruined by this war. I searched for different people to train me and I became skilled with the sword. I decided I wanted to master waterbending and I came here. During my stay I nearly killed a beautiful girl, tied in a waterbending duel against a master, and then went on a date with the girl I almost killed."
Yue smiled at him and then finished her tea and then said, "C'mon it's time I showed you the place I was talking about."
She led him through the palace until they reached a door. "This is the most sacred place in the northern water tribe. When I was born my eyes where closed as if I was asleep. All of our healers believed I was going to die. My parents took me here and laid me in the water. They begged the spirits to save me. That night my hair turned white and I began to cry. My parents named me Yue after the moon spirit who saved me."
She then turned and opened the door. Nazca felt the two spirits immediately. They were the sources of power in the pond, circling one another endlessly. He reached out his mind to find out what exactly the shape of the moon and ocean was and was surprised when he found two fish in the pond. Fish. The ocean and the moon spirits were fish.
He then reached out to discover the rest of the room and was surprised by the beauty he found. Even though he couldn't see color he could sense the lush grass.
"This place is amazing. Its so, alive."
They stood there admire ring everything for a moment. While they were standing Yue slipped her hand into Nazca's. Nazca turned to her and smiled. They leaned forward approaching each other slowly and kissed. Then it happened. There was a flash of light and then the water in the pond began to bubble. They stopped kissing abruptly and stared at the water. Yue took a step back pulling Nazca with her.
"C'mon we should go, boiling water is never a good thing."
"It's not boiling, just bubbling." Nazca felt the energy beneath the water being released and a form taking place.
"The spirits are trying to talk to us."
Slowly two shapes began to rise out of the pond. They were both girls. One was blond and the other had black hair. As they rose Nazca felt an ancient source of power form. He felt one of the spirits approach him and the other following her. The black haired one took Nazca to one side of the pond and the blonde girl took Yue to the other.
"What I am about to tell you is for your ears alone and you will share this knowledge with no one, understand?"
"Yes."
"I am the ocean spirit, the other is the moon spirit. We are the two fundamental spirits to waterbending. We have helped you and your sister and therefore you are in our debt. Your sister's debt will be repaid shortly as for yours will come in due time."
"Wait what do you mean you helped me and my sister. I don't have a sister unless you mean Katara."
The spirit sighed, "You are Yue's twin brother. You where kidnapped by my will so that you would live to save our world. Avatar Aang is not our only hope to restore balance, we still have you and you may not realize it at the moment but you possess great power."
"I don't understand."
"Let me show you."
The spirit reached forward and laid a hand on Nazca then all of the sudden there was a blinding light and Nazca awoke.
He could see.
That was the first thing he realized. He then realized he wasn't at the North Pole. There was an elderly man standing in front of him.
"Where am I?"
"You are in the spirit world."
"Who am I?"
"You are Nazca born of the northern water tribe, raised in the southern water tribe."
"But what am I"
The old man smiled, "You are humanity's last true hope."
"I still don't understand."
"My time here grows short. I will tell you something and then I will release you to your world. The information I tell may not be understood by you at the moment but you will realize the truth, you will do this because the world needs you to." Then he began, "In the beginning there were four and the four lived peacefully each guarding their own element. One of wind, one of fire, one of water, and one of earth. But then they wanted a leader, one to rule and guide them all. That was the day the Avatar was made. He governed all four of the elements and mastered them all and for many years they lived in peace while the Avatar guided their actions. Then the Avatar died and there was chaos. The four elements remembered how good the Avatar was and they recreated him, having a new avatar reincarnate after the previous' avatars death until the end of time. A long time passed and man was at war once again. Then the avatar vanished. The spirits believed all was lost and decided to create a new avatar and so we blessed a man with our gifts." He finished.
"It was good to see you Nazca, I grant you good luck but now we must both be on our way."
There was a flash and suddenly Nazca found himself on the ground of the oasis at the North Pole with Yue standing next to him.
"That was odd," He said, "So we're twins huh."
She nodded blushing slightly.
"About that awkward feeling I'm getting from the kiss we just had, think of it as a complement. You are beautiful.
She smiled, "And so are you."
"Now, you wanted me to meet your mom, I mean our mom."
"This is going to be weird."
They began to walk to where Nazca was going to be introduced.
"So what are we going to say?"
"Oh hi Yue's mom, I just wanted to let you know that you're actually my mom too and the ocean spirit kidnapped me from you when I was an infant."
Yue smiled, "This is going to be great."
They turned the corner and saw Yue's mom sitting there waiting for them.
"There you are Yue," she said, "I was beginning to get worried that you forgot,"
"Yeah we got a little side tracked," Nazca said.
"Well mom, this is Nazca, who saved my life, and Nazca this is mom."
"It's an honor to finally meet you."
"I owe you a lot for saving my daughter's life."
"Uh mom," Yue began, "While we were heading up here I took Nazca to the oasis and we kind of found out some surprising information."
"Oh really, what is it?"
Yue looked at Nazca nervously, "You want to tell her?"
Nazca smiled, "Well it turns out that Yue and I are actually twins and you're my mom."
Their mom looked surprised then whispered, "I thought you had died. I knew there was a reason you looked so much like my husband."
She stood up and walked over to Nazca and hugged him.
She told her servant,"Ready the chef we will have a feast in honor of my son's return home."
"Actually that won't be necessary. The ocean spirit told me something and I have to try to figure out what it means. I will leave tonight to try to search the meaning of my destiny."
Yue stared at him dumbfounded, "What?! But you like just got here. I just found my long lost brother and now you want to leave! I thought you would stay and we would be friends!" she said starting to cry.
Nazca walked over and held her he looked up at his mom and said, "If you don't mind, I would like to talk to my sister alone." he said.
"Of course not," she got up and ushered the servants out of the room and then followed suit.
"My parents died when I was six years old due to a fire nation raid," he began, "I was adopted by the parents of some friends that I used to play with, I lived with them for a while until one day there was another fire nation raid where they killed my new mother. I was furious at the fire nation so I decided I would go to war with them. I was too young to fight with the men so I ran away to train myself elsewhere. I trained myself under the Kyoshi warriors until I reached a mastery level called assassin. They decided to put my skills to the test and I wiped out an entire fire nation camp undetected. While the Kyoshi warriors where checking my handiwork an archer that was hiding in the trees saw us and shot at us. An arrow hit me and broke through the bridge of my nose, slicing my corneas. I became blind. I learned how to see with waterbending and I became an even more skilled fighter than I already was. I came here to master waterbending and I accomplished that so now I must leave and fight the fire nation. I have given up three families so that I might defeat the fire nation. I have given the love in my life and my family so that we might defeat them. Yue, we all have to give up our personal desires so that our children do not live up in a land under oppression of the fire nation. I am asking you Yue to give up the things that you want most so that we can end this war. The only way we can win is if we all make sacrifices and it starts with us."
He sat there holding her for a couple of minutes until Yue said, "Okay, but I want you to promise me that you won't get yourself killed, that when this war is over you'll come back here and be my brother and we'll grow up together okay."
"I promise," Nazca said smiling, "It's time for me to go, tell mom and dad I love them will you."
He got up and walked a couple of feet in front of her. He then began waterbending the ground beneath him.
"Nazca," Yue said.
"Yes,"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Then with a sudden sweep of his arms the ice beneath Nazca turned to water and he fell through. He was gone. His stay at the North Pole was up, it was time to figure out what the man meant by what he said.