Disclamer: Don't own Naruto or Avatar: The last Airbender.
AN: Well here's the next chapter, got it done a lot faster then I thought I would, but I can't promise that I can keep this speed for an extended period of time.
Aang and Katara quickly run towards the Southern Water Tribe where the villagers are standing in the snow, waiting for them just outside the village children become overjoyed upon seeing Aang.
"Yay! Aang's back!" The village kids yell in joy as some of them run over to him while the others remain cheerful in the crowd. The adults in the crowd are, however, less welcoming.
The children reach Aang and Katara and they crowd around him gleefully. Aang happily greets them back. Sokka breaks himself free out of the line of villagers and steps forward to face Aang.
"I knew it!" Sokka says while pointing at Aang accusingly while going towards them. "You signaled the Fire Navy with that flare! You're leading them straight to us, aren't you?"
"Aang didn't do anything." Katara protests "It was an accident."
"Yeah. We were on the ship and there was this booby trap, and well" Aang began then paused and rubbed his head "we boobied right into it."
"Katara, you shouldn't have gone on that ship!" Kanna said "Now we could all be in danger!"
"Don't blame Katara." Aang defended "I brought her there. It's my fault."
"Aha! The traitor confesses!" Sokka exclaims "Warriors, away from the enemy." The children begin to walk away. "The foreigner is banished from our village."
"Sokka, you're making a mistake." Katara began.
"No, I'm keeping my promise to Dad." Sokka interrupts and then points at Aang "I'm protecting you from threats like him!"
"Aang is not our enemy!" Katara said fiercely but then continues in a calm voice. "Don't you see? Aang's brought us something we haven't had in a long time: fun." She would have continued but was interrupted again.
"Fun? We can't fight Firebenders with fun!" Sokka said in an annoyed voice.
"Maybe not, but you can't fight them with children who only think of war" Aang said "If you do that they might end up becoming exactly like the fire-nation."
"Get out of our village! Now!" Sokka says.
"Grandmother, please." Katara pleaded. "Don't let Sokka do this!"
"Katara, you knew going on that ship was forbidden." Kanna said. "Sokka is right. I think it best if the Airbender leaves."
"Fine! Then I'm banished, too!" Katara says and starts dragging Aang away "Come on Aang, let's go."
"Where do you think you're going?" Sokka demanded.
"To find a Waterbender." Katara exclaims "Aang is taking me to the North Pole."
"I am?" Aang asked.
"Katara! Would you really choose him over your tribe?" Sokka asked and points at the water tribe "Your own family?" This causes Katara to stop in her tracks.
"This isn't about choosing one over the other" Aang stated. "Right now you are sending me away to protect yourselves, but the fact remains that the fire nation might be on it's way and if they where close enough they saw me and Katara leave the ship. This means that they saw someone from the water tribe with me and will assume that you are hiding an Airbender. If you want to protect your village you either need both of us to stay and help you defend or you need both of us to leave so you can say that you banished Katara for interacting with a stranger and going to that ship. We will of course be seen leaving to lead them away from you, since an airbender is probably a better price then your village."
"Stop trying to sound like you care about this village" Sokka said in anger.
"Stop it Sokka, He's right" Kanna said "We are letting fear cloud our judgement. Right now we need all the help we can get if the fire-nation shows up."
"But-" Sokka began before thinking about what was said "Fine"
"Appa, you need to hide for a while, since you haven't gotten you're flying abilities back yet you would not be of help so I will take you some place safe." Aang said then turned around "I'll be back in a bit"
A short while later Sokka coaches the young boys to prepare for battle just outside the village.
"Alright, ready our defenses!" Sokka states "The Fire Nation could be on our shores any moment now!"
"But I gotta..." Says a Village boy while stopping and dancing around
"and no potty breaks!" Sokka interrupts him.
Aang is petting Appa after finding a good spot for him to be. Appa grunts.
"Yeah, I like her to, and I better get back" He then sees a fire-nation ship approaching the village from a distance "Man, they where closer then I thought" Aang says before hurrying back to the village.
Sokka prepares for battle inside a Water Tribe tent. He dons gloves, boots and bindings and applies face paint. After necessary preparations, he puts his boomerang away on his back. He grabs his club and then glances at a candle that flickers before he exits.
Sokka stands atop the wall facing the sea, while overlooking the foggy horizon. Suddenly a loud, cracking noise can be heard, getting the attention of everyone in the camp. The the ground begins to quake and a rumbling sound is heard in the distance. At Sokka's feet bits of the wall are cracking and breaking off. A mother carrying her child slowly backs away in fright. A watchtower on the wall is shaking under the pressure of the trembling and completely collapses.
"Oh man!" Sokka says in disappointment at the fact that it collapsed so easily.
Meanwhile the citizens are beginning to flee from the scene. Katara runs up and looks up at her brother still standing atop the wall and her look turns to one of horror as she sees an enormous shadow of a fire-nation ship coming into view.
"Oh maaan... " Sokka says, this time in a dejected tone.
The ship continues approaching the village, cutting through the icy sea. Soon the ship reaches the snowy shores and starts cutting through it splintering the ground. Sokka looks terrified at the large ship. The ship's approach creates a large crack that quickly travels toward the village and through the wall.
Meanwhile Katara was helping her grandmother into a tent when she hears a frightened scream. She gasps in terror when she realizes that the sound came from a small boy, kneeling on the ground. The fissure is rapidly approaching him, but Katara quickly runs over and scoops up the child before the ground splinters underneath. She sets the child down again in front of a tent which he quickly enters and then Katara turns back to view her brother.
"Sokka, get out of the way!" Katara yells as she sees him still standing on the wall right in front of the ship. Sokka ignores her and instead raises his club in defence, ready to strike. Before he can make his move, however, the bow crumbles a large portion of the wall into snowy ruins. The snow slides downward, pushing Sokka several feet back before he lands to a halt. With a loud hiss of steam, the ship has come to a halt as well.
The villagers curiously come out of hiding and are staring in complete shock at the large vessel. Katara looks at the ship with her mouth open and gasps. Sokka also gasps when he catches sight of the bow of the ship opening and creaking forward in a burst of steam, forming a walkway. He backs up and falls to the ground once the bow hits the ground with a loud thud. The villagers gather closer around for support and several people even cover their eyes. Katara takes a step back upon noticing the shape of three figures cloaked in the mist.
Prince Zuko emerges from the mist, two guards following close behind him. The villagers huddled together while Sokka kneels in the snow, ready to defend his tribe. Prince Zuko descends from the ship along with the two guards, while more soldiers start appearing behind them. Sokka lets out a battle cry and charges at the prince with his club ready to strike. When he reaches Zuko, the Prince merely kicks the club to his left and, without ever resting his leg on the ground, kicks Sokka over to his right, sending him into the snow where his head becomes trapped. The warrior desperately tries to free himself as Zuko continues on his way to the village, followed by six more men. Katara covers her mouth in shock upon witnessing her brother's quick defeat.
Zuko approaches the group of villagers. First he goes the the right end of the line, then along the line to the other end. He stops in front of Katara, who's clutching Kanna.
"Where are you hiding him? Zuko says angrily while he surveys the crowd of villagers who fall completely silent. Without warning, he extends his arm out into the crowd and grabs Kanna, holding her by the hood of her parka "He'd be about this age, master of all elements?" He states before he shoves Kanna forcefully back into the crowd.
The elderly woman shudders in fear and embraces Katara, while Katara shoots an angrily glare at Zuko. Receiving no response, Zuko swings his arm out and releases a blast of fire However a gust of wind blasts it to the side so that it doesn't come near the villagers.
"Who did that" Zuko shouts.
Meanwhile Sokka ( Who's lost most of his war paint at this point) runs over and picks up his club. He lets out another battle cry as he charges toward the prince's back. Zuko swiftly turns around just as Sokka approaches. He ducks under Sokka's wide swing and hurls the warrior forward. Sokka lands on his rear in the snow when another gust of wind sends Zuko backwards. Sokka spins to the side and tosses his boomerang at the enemy who barely manages to avoid getting hit by the weapon. Zuko growls in anger at the near hit.
One of the village boys tosses Sokka a spear. "Show no fear!" The boy shouts.
Sokka handily catches the weapon and charges Zuko once more, but Zuko breaks of pieces of the spear with his forearms, pulls the remains of the weapon out of Sokka's hands only for both him and Sokka to be pushed apart by another gust of wind. Zuko gets back up only for the Boomerang to strikes him on the back of his helmet with a loud cling. He is momentarily pushed forward by the unexpected blow. Zuko rearranges his helmet and growls at Sokka. The boomerang has plummeted into the ground in front of Sokka's feet. Enraged, Zuko readies two fire daggers.
At this point Aang (Who had been hiding in the shadows and used his windbending to support and protect since Zuko had first tried to use fire to scare the villagers) decided that it was time to take an active role. He jumps from the side and strikes Zuko hard to the back of his knees with his staff, causing Zuko to fall backward, while Aang himself speeds past, before making a somersault and landing in a crouch. Meanwhile Zuko spins around a few times before coming to a halt in front of his men with his head in the snow and his helmet landing on his rear.
"Hey, Katara. Hey, Sokka." Aang states as if he had just arrived, though all the villagers had known he was there for a while since the wind had been far to much in their favour.
"Hi, Aang. Thanks for coming." Sokka states in an annoyed tone.
Aang looks back at the Fire Nation soldiers, where Zuko just got back on his feet again. Upon his signal, his men spread out, surrounding Aang while Zuko assumes a fighting stance. Aang had been in his crouching fighting stance since his arrival, his staff held firmly in both his hands slightly in front of him. He keeps that position as he is being surrounded by the soldiers. He then spins in place, sweeping his staff along the ground which showers the men with snow. He then slams the ground, sending a rush of snow at Zuko who braces for the impact. After being sprayed with snow, and heating it up so it would melt off, Zuko looks up angrily.
"Looking for me?" Aang states.
"You're the Airbender?" Zuko states in shock "You're the Avatar?" Aang just resumes his fighting stance.
"Aang?" Katara says confused, since earlier he had asked her to keep that a secret.
"No way!" Sokka says.
Zuko and Aang start moving about in a circular pattern, both awaiting the attack of the other.
"I've spent years preparing for this encounter. Training, meditating." Zuko states while getting progressively angrier "You're just a child!"
"Well, you're just a teenager." Aang states calmly.
Zuko launches a series of fire blasts at Aang, who defends himself by twirling his staff, dissipating the flames. Zuko attacks Aang again, causing Aang to realise that the villagers are right behind him. Zuko fires another blast at Aang who twirls his staff once again to ward the attack off, but realizes that currently he is endangering the villagers and since his main goal was to protect them his current actions where counter-productive. Therefore he placed his staff in the ground causing Zuko to stop attacking.
"If I go with you," Aang begins "will you promise to leave everyone alone?"
After a brief moment of hesitation, Zuko erects himself and nods in agreement. Aang is apprehended by Zuko's men, who take his staff. Katara runs forward as they lead Aang away.
"No! Aang, don't do this!" She says.
"Don't worry, Katara. It'll be okay." Aang said before he gets a shove which causes him to gasp, which in turn causes Katara's face to contorts with sadness and fright. "Take care of Appa for me until I get back."
"Set a course for the Fire Nation." Zuko says as he walks up the walkway in front of Aang "I'm going home."
Aang stops at the top of walkway and looks back at Katara, smiling weakly while surrounded by Fire Nation soldiers. Katara who looks up at hin with tears in her eyes as the bow lifts up and hides Aang from changing back to a shot of Aang who now frowns as the bow rises and is locked into place with a thud
Katara is standing on the edge of the southern shores looking out into the distance, while talking to her brother behind her.
"We have to go after that ship, Sokka." Katara states in determination, as Sokka moves around behind her carrying some packs by her, "Aang saved our tribe, now we have to save him."
"Katara, I" Sokka began but Katara interrupts him.
"Why can't you realize that he's on our side?" Katara states while making arm gestures to emphasize her words "If we don't help him, no one will. I know you don't like Aang, but we owe him and"
"Katara!" Sokka interrupts her, slightly annoyed "Are you gonna talk all day, or are you comin' with me?" Sokka then gestures to a canoe floating in the water. Katara immediately grins and runs to him.
"Sokka!" She exclaims as she gives him a hug.
"Get in, we're going to save your boyfriend". Sokka says
Katara blushes briefly before stating "He's not my .."
"Whatever." Sokka says while shrugging.
"What do you two think you're doing?" Kanna's voice comes from behind them. The two siblings turn around, look at her and try to act as innocently as possible, though Sokka's broad grin makes it less convincing. "You'll need these." Kanna then says with a warm smile while holding up their sleeping bags. "You have a long journey ahead of you." The siblings glance at each other in surprise. Kanna then walks over to face Katara. "It's been so long since I've had hope, but you brought it back to life, my little Waterbender." She says and hugs Katara and who at the end takes the sleeping back out of her hands. Kanna then turns to Sokka "And you, my brave warrior, be nice to your sister." She tells him and hugs him.
"Yeah, okay Gran." He says while awkwardly padding her back, then smiles broadly as she releases him.
"Aang is the Avatar." Kanna states "He's the world's only chance. You both found him for a reason. Now your destinies are intertwined with his." The two siblings look at each other uneasily.
"There's no way we're going to catch a warship with a canoe." Katara states while pointing at it. She then hears a growl and looks up to see Appa approaching "Appa!" She exclaims happily and runs over to the bison.
"You just looove taking me out of my comfort zone, don't you?" Sokka says.
Aang, Zuko, Iroh and some of Zuko's men are standing on deck. Aang's hands are bound behind his back while Zuko holds Aang's staff.
"This staff will make an excellent gift for my father." Zuko states while inspecting the staff "I suppose you wouldn't know of fathers, being raised by monks." He then turns to the soldiers "Take the Avatar to the prison hold and" Turning to Iroh and handing him the staff "take this to my quarters. Iroh takes the staff and looks at it for a moment while Zuko walks away.
"Hey, you mind taking this to his quarters for me?" Iroh says to one of the soldiers who accepts the staff. Iroh then walks away.
Aang is pushed forward by two of the soldiers and he grunts as they roughly shove him ahead. As Aang is being led to the stairs that go below deck he sees Iroh and the Firebender carrying his staff walking toward a door leading to the upper deck. Aang and his guards begins descending a staircase leading to compartment beneath the deck. When they walk through the corridor at the bottom of the stairs Aang has one soldier before him and one following after him.
"So, I guess you've never seen an Airbender before." Aang states "I bet I could take you both with my hands tied behind my back."
"Silence." The guard before him states.
The party stops and Aang observes the soldier in front of him preparing to unlock a door. As the guard in front of him begins to unlock the cell, Aang inhales deeply and unleashes a powerful breath, stunning both of them. The Firebender before him slams into the door subsequently knocked out from the impact. Aang is sent several feet back, slamming into the guard behind him. The both fly back even further, where they crash into the stairs. The soldier behind Aang is knocked out by the impact, while Aang propels himself onto the deck and kicks open the door he saw his staff being taken through using Airbending. He quickly runs down the hallway, panting heavily. He tosses a frightened look over his shoulder, afraid that he's being followed.
Katara and Sokka sit atop Appa, who still hasn't gone airborne, but is instead swimming in the water. Katara is sitting on top of Appa's head, while Sokka rests in the saddle.
"Go. Fly." Sokka states in an unamused voice. Katara glances annoyed at her brother. "Soar." Sokka says completely ignoring her.
"Please, Appa." Katara pleads with Appa but only gets a friendly growl in return. "We need your help. Aang needs your help."
"Up. Ascend. Elevate." Sokka tries unhelpfully.
"Sokka doesn't believe you can fly, but I do, Appa." Katara states as she strokes Appa "Come on, don't you want to save Aang?" Appa just grunts in reply.
"What was it that kid said?" Sokka says to himself "Yee-haw? Hup-hup? Wah-hoo? Uh, yip-yip?"
Sokka startles at the sudden movement that last command brought with it as it seemingly prompts Appa. He grunts and beats the water with his tail. After what appears to be a brief running start, he takes flight and soars through the air.
"You did it, Sokka!" Katara states happily.
"He's flying! He's flying! Katara, he's " Sokka says ecstatically while looking over the rim of the saddle but stops talking when he looks at Katara and sees her smirk. He then tries to play it cool. "I mean, big deal. He's flying."
Aang is frantically running through the corridors. He stops in his tracks and yells out when he encounters three soldiers standing with swords drawn in the middle of the corridor.
"You haven't seen my staff around, have you?" he asks them.
The three men prepare to attack him, but before they can make a move, Aang jumps to the wall and kicks of it towards the head of the nearest soldier using him as a springboard to get to the next guard where he repeats the action, effectively knocking out all three of them.
"Thanks anyway!" Aang states as he continues racing through the hallways of the ship.
When he rose another deck he encounters another guard. The soldier fires a blast at Aang who leaps forward. Aang somersaults over the soldier and uses the sharp tip of his helmet to cut his bindings, thus freeing himself. The soldier falls over from the impact and Aang stops briefly to kick him in the face, knocking him out as well. Aang then proceeds down the hall opening doors leading to various compartments of the ship. Upon opening a door, he finds Iroh sleeping blissfully, snoring.
"Sorry." He whispers as he quietly closes the door.
Aang runs past an open doorway only to slow down and trace his way back upon catching sight of his glider. His face brightens upon recognition of the object but before he goes through the door he uses airbending to open the door all the way, getting a groan of pain from the person standing behind it. He quickly runs in and grabs the staff and leaves before Zuko can regain his bearings.
Soon he arrives at the hatch to the control room and uses airbending to quickly open it and whirlwind himself up through the opening. Aang runs across the room, leaping over a table and past the soldier in the room who looks up in surprise. Aang exits the room and runs onto the upper deck of the ship. Aang happily spreads his arms and welcomes the fresh air. He throws his staff over the balcony which opens into a glider and he quickly jumps after it, grabs it and begins soaring away. However before he can get away someone grabs a hold of his leg and he looks down to see Zuko holding on to his ankle. Aang expression of triumph turns into one of despair as he begins losing altitude, struggling to maintain the weight of that extra, unexpected person.
The two plummet down to the lower deck of the ship and land with a crash. They bounce a few times before coming to a halt. Aang's glider closes again to a staff. Both lie on the deck for a moment. Zuko's eyes narrow in anger. Zuko begins rising, a look of persistence on his face. Aang rises and assume a fighting stance, looking very unsure of himself.
"Looks like I underestimated you " Zuko says.
"Wouldn't be the first time that has happened to me" Aang replies thinking back to some of the fights that he had gone through when he was still Naruto.
"Well, I'll be careful not to repeat the mistake" Zuko replied.
Zuko starts attacking but Aang manages to deflect the Firebending attack by spinning his glider around like a baton. However, he propels himself by accident into the air and lands on the ledge of the deck. He leans precariously over the side, unsteadily balancing himself, but manages to regain his balance only for Zuko to fire another blast at him. He twirls his glider again to deflect the attack. Two more blasts are fired his way before he loses his grip on his glider and the object spins away. The staff falls several feet away. Aang ducks, spins and leaps out of the way of blasts and lands on the very ledge, struggling to keep his balance. A growl then distracts both fighters. Aang averts his gaze and catches sight of Appa heading towards the ship.
"What is that?" Zuko asks.
"Appa!" Aang states in an ecstatic voice.
He then turn back to Zuko in time to see him hurl more fire blasts his way. Aang holds up his hands in defense, but the last blast seemingly knocks him out cold and he falls backward off the ship into the water where he slowly sinks.
Aang hears Katara's voice calling out to him and almost immediately afterwards feels his Avatar link activating, and he loses control of his moments as he open his, now glowing, eyes and he frowns angrily. He steadies himself in the water and begins swiveling around, a waterspout forming around him. He rockets upward and erupts from the surface, riding a humongous spinning water vortex.
Zuko looks up in horror when he sees an enormous shadow cover his ship, only to see snake-like water vortex with Aang as it's head. Aang guides the vortex down so that he lands on the deck and then he summons some water from behind him. He then brings his hands around behind his head. The water swirls around him, forming a protective circle, before spreading outward, knocking Zuko and several soldiers off their feet. Zuko falls over the edge of the ship with a cry of surprise. Meanwhile, Sokka and Katara are leaning over the side of Appa's saddle watching in shock.
"Did you see what he just did?" Katara asked, surprised since she didn't think Aang could use waterbending yet.
"Now that was some Waterbending!" Sokka states in an impressed tone.
Aang then on the deck as he collapses onto the ground from exhaustion, his eyes and tattoos ceasing to glow. Appa growls and lands on the deck and speeds up getting to the ship. Just before they land Aang starts to slowly sit up, though his movements are jerky.
Katara and Sokka slide down and quickly run toward Aang.
"Aang! Are you okay?" Katara asks as she kneels down beside him.
"Hey, Katara. Hey, Sokka." Aang says weakly "Thanks for coming."
"Well, I couldn't let you have all the glory." Sokka replies.
"I dropped my staff." Aang states.
"Got it!" Sokka says before getting up, running over, grabbing a hold of the staff and trying to lift the staff. This effort is impaired however, because Zuko's hand is firmly gripping the other end. Sokka appears horrified as Zuko attempts to pull himself upward onto the deck. The two struggle for a bit and then Sokka pokes Zuko repeatedly in the head with the end of the staff. Zuko grunts and falls backward as he lets go of the staff. He falls off the side of the ship, but manages to grasp the anchor chain.
"Ha! That's from the Water Tribe!" Sokka exclaims.
He then looks over to see Appa rise from a puddle of water after Katara helped Aang to climb atop his head. Katara still stands beside the large beast while Aang lies on top of his head. Katara sees three of the soldiers, who where knocked down by Aang's water attack, rise and menacingly approach her. Katara takes a step back and then slowly and precariously bends a stream of water from the puddle, causing the men to slow down and gasp in surprise. She swings her arms around in an attempt to whip them, however, only succeeds in freezing a channel of water behind her on the deck, encasing Sokka's legs in ice in the process.
"Katara!" Sokka complains
The soldiers resume their approach. Katara turns around, her back facing them and draws another stream of water. She closes her eyes tightly, swings her arms behind her and turns around to see one of the soldiers completely frozen in a casing of ice, his arm extended outward to her, still twitching in effort to grab her. She backs away slowly, but then turns around and quickly runs toward Appa. She begins mounting Appa while Sokka is trying to cut himself free by smashing his icy chains with his boomerang.
"Hurry up, Sokka!" Katara yells.
"I'm just a guy with a boomerang." Sokka mutters to himself as he frees his left foot. "I didn't ask for all this flying and magic!" He manages to break free and races up Appa's tail "Yip-yip! Yip-yip!" he yells as he jumps into the saddle.
Appa grunts and takes flight, flying past the cabin of the ship. Iroh emerges on deck, having just woken up from a nap. Iroh rubs his eyes and stares up in surprise. While Appa is flying away Iroh quickly help Zuko back to the ship and together they fire a blast of fire after Appa but Aang redirects it with an airblast from his staff causing it to go into a nearby cliffside. The impact causes an avalanche of snow and ice to begin falling. Zuko looks up in horror at the event, raising one arm protectively. The front of the ship becomes buried in a mass of snow and ice while Appa climbs higher and higher. The trio laugh as they escape successfully. Aang waves goodbye as Appa disappears around the cliff.
Zuko bends over in rage on the deck with Iroh erecting himself behind him.
"Good news for the Fire Lord." Iroh states "The Fire Nation's greatest threat is just a little kid."
Zuko lifts his head and rises while his uncle is speaking. "That "kid", Uncle, just did this." He states in suppressed anger while indicating towards the damage done to the ship "I won't underestimate him again." He then yells to the soldiers while pointing at the piles of snow covering the front of the ship. "Dig this ship out and follow them!" He turns around to see the soldiers working on freeing the once Katara froze "As soon as you're done with that." He adds slightly embarrassed.
Appa soars lazily in the sky while the sun is beginning to set. Aang is perched on the rim of the saddle, while Sokka and Katara sit at the back of it.
"How did you do that? With the water?" Katara asked "I thought you didn't know waterbending but that was the most amazing waterbending I've ever seen!
Aang [] "I don't know how I did it exactly." Aang said quietly while having his head slightly downcast and sitting on the edge of the saddle "In a way I didn't actually do it. Being the Avatar I have a link to all previous Avatars and when I am in danger they can guide me in order to protect myself. However I have only marginal control in that state so I fear becoming a danger to those around me."
"Why did you ask me to keep you being the Avatar secret only to reveal it to everyone moments later." Katara then asked.
"Because I realized that being an airbender people, especially from the fire-nation, would assume I was the Avatar anyway" Aang stated. "So people hunting me wouldn't stop just because I pretended to be a normal Airbender. By admitting to be the Avatar, however, I can give people hope and hopefully gain allies faster."
"Well, if we want to give people hope you will need to master the different elements, starting with water, right?" Katara asked.
"That's what the monks told me." Aang said, "After that comes earth and then fire."
"So let's go to the North Pole, where you can master Waterbending." Katara stated.
This made Aang smile, "We can learn it together" He states happily which makes Katara smile and blush slightly.[
She quickly turns and faces her brother "And, Sokka, I'm sure you'll get to knock some Firebender heads on the way." She states.
"I'd like that." Sokka states contently "I'd really like that."
"Then we're in this together!" Katara states.
Aang pulls out a scroll "Alright, but before we learn Waterbending, we have some serious business to attend to." He states and uses Airbending to situate himself onto the saddle and unrolls the scroll, revealing a map of the World. "Here, here and here." While stating this, he points to three locations, two in the Earth Kingdom, one in Air Nomad territory.
"What's there?" Katara asks
"Well the first place is the southern air temple, I need to see it for myself, just to be sure" Aang states. "Then waaay over here, we'll surf on the backs of giant koi fish." This causes Katara and Sokka stare at him in wonder. "Then in the forest over here we'll ride the hog monkeys."[The siblings glance at each other. "They don't like people riding them, but that's what makes it fun!"