Disclamer: Don't own Naruto or Avatar: The last Airbender.

AN: Well here's the next chapter. I was told that it wasn't clear what difference Naruto being apart of this story would make so I tried to hint at some of the future changes in this chapter.

Chapter 3

Aang sits on the Appa's head and checks the knots that tie the reins to Appa's horns. Katara is sitting on the saddle and is fiddling with their luggage.

"I don't know whether I should be excited or apprehensive of going back to the Air temple" Aang said "I remember it as being one of the most beautiful places in the world, but that was a hundred years and a war ago."

"I wish I could say something to make it better, but I don't really know what to expect either" Katara admitted. "Are you sure you want to go?"

"I need to know whether it's really gone" Aang said, "And there's a place I need to visit."

"Okay" Katara said "Anyway I've been meaning to ask you something, but since it is connected to your other secret I needed to ask away from Sokka" She said pointing to the Sokka who was currently sleeping in a sleeping bag not far from them.

"Okay, I'll leave two clones, one looking like you, in case he wakes up, while we go over there" Aang said pointing at a beach some way away from them. He then made two shadow clones and had one henge into Katara.

"I don't know how comfortable I am with your ability to look exactly like me, but I'll just ignore it for now since it's helpful." Katara stated.

"Since I only based it on the basic knowledge I have of your looks it really only looks like you on the surface" Aang stated. "The amount of knowledge needed to make it a true copy of you makes it unrealistic to even try"

They soon arrive on the beach and Aang turns to Katara expectingly.

"I was wondering" Katara began "whether you could try and teach me some of the abilities you had in the other world where you originally came from"

"Wow, that wasn't the question I was expecting" Aang said "I thought it would be more along the line of asking me to prove that I was from another world."

"I have never heard of anyone, Avatar or not, who could create copies of themselves" Katara stated "Plus my instincts told me that you where telling the truth"

"Fair enough, I guess" Aang said "As for teaching you; I definitely intend to try, but I don't want you to get your hopes up. The rules of nature in your world might be vastly different then they are in mine, which could prevent most if not all my abilities to be learnt."

"But at least two of your abilities work" Katara stated.

"Yes for me" Aang countered "Which just might be a side effect of me coming from a world where I could do this."

"But you'll try and teach me" Katara said hopefully.

"Of course I will, you're one of my precious people after all" Aang stated, making Katara blush "Learning this might save your life some day."

"Will we need to keep this a secret from Sokka?" Katara then asks.

"No, I will trust him with the secret." Aang said "He might like poking fun at almost anything, but I believe I can trust him with my secret."

"Thank you" Katara said, glad that she didn't have to keep it a secret from her brother.

"I do have something else I wanted to talk to you about" Aang stated "something personal."

"What is it" Katara said a little apprehensive.

"You see.. The thing is.. hmm" Aang stated, then took a deep breath "I like you. A lot" Katara blushed "But the thing is, I am the last Airbender, If I do not get children who are airbenders then that bending form might be lost forever. The fact that you are a waterbender makes it possible that any children I had with you could become waterbenders rather then airbenders. Therefore my options are limited." He took another breath "I could follow my heart and possibly ruin the world because the Avatar circle will get broken the next time an Airbender is needed. The second option I can think of is finding a non-bender to love, that way any children we have, provided they have bending abilities, will have a high chance of being Airbenders. The last option that I can think of is having multiple partners, since that would increase the chances of one of them having an Airbender child."

Katara thought about it for a moment. "Why exactly is it you are telling me this now?" She asked.

"Because I wanted you to know." Aang said "my heart is screaming at me to only love you and to close of my heart to any other girl, however I know I couldn't live with myself if this would eventually lead to the loss of the Avatar and perhaps the destruction of this world. Therefore you need to know that if you ever want to pursue a relationship with me, then there will have to be others, and I will love these others as well."Aang took a deep breath "If you found out later I fear that you would come to hate me."

"I don't know what to say Aang" Katara responds after a moments thought.

"You don't need to say anything, Katara" Aang said "I didn't tell you to force you to make a decision now." He then looks back to where Appa is. "Anyway, let's go back and wake Sokka so we can go to the temple."

As they start going back Aang thinks 'Why can't I shake the feeling that Hinata is somehow responsible for me thinking of the third option'.

When they get back to Appa, Aang walks over to Sokka "Wake up Sokka! Air Temple here we come!"

"Uggh! Sleep now. Temple later." Sokka states and turns away from Aang and falls asleep, snoring as soon as his eyes close. Aang blinks in surprise only to smile mischievously a moment later. Aang grabs a small, thin stick.

"Sokka! Wake up!" Aang cries out in alarm and moves the stick up and down the sleeping bag, only touching with the tip of the stick. "There's a prickle snake in your sleeping bag!"

Sokka lazily opens one eye before what was said break through his sleepy stupor "Ahh!" He yells in horror quickly rising and hopping around while still in the sleeping bag. "Get it off! Get it off!" After two hops, Sokka slams flat to the ground right at Katara's feet. Katara giggles at Sokka's fall while Sokka's face contorts in anger.

"Great! You're awake! Let's go!" Aang states happily.

Appa is flying above the clouds towards the Patola Mountain range. Aang is sitting on it's head while Katara on the front part the saddle with Sokka sitting in the rear part. Sokka's stomach then growls and Sokka get's a look of dismay on his face.

"Hey, stomach? Be quiet, alright?" He says to it in annoyance "I'm trying to find us some food."

Sokka starts to go through the luggage and gets out a bag. He looks at it for a moment while it sways in the wind. With his tongue out of his mouth full anticipation, he sticks his hand in the bag and starts to go through it. He looks surprised for a moment, but then quickly turns the bag upside down to pour the contents into his hand, which turns out to only be a few crumbs of Blubbered Seal Jerky.

"Hey! Who ate all of my blubbered seal jerky?" Sokka asks the others accusingly.

"Oh. That was food?" Aang asks in surprise. Then continues in a happy tone"I used it to start the campfire last night. Sorry."

"You what?" Sokka asked in shock "No wonder the flames smelled so good."

At that point Appa starts to ascends up to some mountains.

"The Patola Mountain range!" Aang declares "We're almost there! Time to see whether the fire-nation really managed to attack the airbenders or not. One thing that is bugging me is the fact that you should only be able to reach the temple via sky-byson so how would the fire-nation have gotten here."

"Still, don't get your hopes up, okay Aang?" Katara said.

"Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst" Aang said sadly.

"That is one way to put it" Katara agreed.

Appa begins his ascend up the side of a mountain.

"Yip yip!" Aang calls out as they raise up higher and spiral upwards around a mountain to find the optimal place to get the rest of the way. Soon Appa finds it and flies upwards through some clouds. Moments later they fly over a ridge and a large temple comes into view.

"There it is." Aang states "The Southern air temple."

"Aang, it's amazing!" Katara says in awe.

Aang is visibly excited at the sight of the temple. "We're home, buddy! We're home!" He states though his eyes have some apprehension in them.

Soon they arrive at a platform near the part leading to the Air temple and they have Appa land. After making sure Appa is comfortable they start making their way up the path with Aang running at the front, excitedly looking back at the two siblings that are following behind him.

"So when do I get something to eat?" Sokka asks Katara as they walk (Aang being outside of hearing range) while he clutches his stomach with both hands. The bags under his eyes are darkened and he has a very annoyed look on his face.

"You're lucky enough to be one of the first outsiders to ever visit an Airbender temple, and all you can think about is food?" Katara asks in an irretated voice as they walk up to Aang who's waiting for them at the next corner.

"I'm just a simple guy, with simple needs" Sokka simply states moments before they reach Aang who is pointing at something in front of him.

"So that's where my friends and I would play Airball," He says. The siblings join him to see a stadium consisting of many tall poles. "and over there" He continues pointing further to the right "is where the bison would sleep, and..." but then he stops with a sigh and a sad expression on his face as he looks at the deserted remains of his home.

"What's wrong?" Katara asks, though she already had and idea of what was bothering him.

"This place used to be full of monks and lemurs and bison. Now there's just a bunch of weeds." He states in sadness. "I can't believe how much things have changed."

At this point Katara and Sokka quickly approach Aang. As they pull up beside him they see the saddened look on his face.

"So uh, this Airball game." Sokka says cheerfully, trying to distract Aang "How do you play?"

Katara smiles at her brother and Aang's face clears up. He smiles too as he looks at Sokka from the corners of his eyes.

A while later Sokka looking standing on a pole in the Airball court with a look of concentrated while guarding a goal. On the other side of the court Aang also stands on one of the tall poles, suspending a hollow ball in the air with Airbending. He lets the ball roll over his shoulders, tosses it from side to side and then lazily tosses it up in the air. He looks and smiles innocently at Sokka with his hands behind his back and closes his eyes. Sokka looks surprised at the upwards moment of the ball but quickly refocuses on Aang just as he opens one eye as the ball comes down again. The Airbender jumps up and kicks the ball away with a powerful Air swipe. It rapidly shoots across the poles, changing direction as it crashes into several poles, but steadily moving closer toward Sokka's goal. Sokka opens his mouth in shock, then he grunts as the ball hits him right in the stomach. The speed of impact sends Sokka and the ball flying backwards, right through the rotation door of the goal behind him and crashing into the snow behind the goal. Aang laughs as he jumps up in joy.

"Aang seven!" He states, then forms a 0 with is hands "Sokka zero!"

Sokka lying in a pile of of twigs, one of the is lying on his head while he looks a bit miserable. Katara stand in the background looking at her brother.

"Making him feel better is putting me in a world of hurt." Sokka says while he erects himself. Then his eyes go wide when he spots a Fire Nation helmet lying in the snow. It has been battered by the elements and shows signs of cracks and burns. He looks up at his sister. "Katara, check this out." he says and points at the helmet.

"Fire Nation." Katara states sadly.

"We should tell him." Sokka says

"Aang!" Katara yells out "There's something you need to see."

Aang runs to them from the Airball court, still playing with the hollow ball. "Okay!" He yells while getting closer to them. As he draws closer Katara's determination to tell him vanishes as she realises that showing him will destroy any hope he has left, something she does not wish to do. She glances at the helmet and then back at the approaching Aang. Suddenly she shifts her weight and brings her arms up. With one swift movement she swings her arms back, manipulating the overhanging snow to fall down, obscuring the helmet and Sokka from sight.

"What is it?" Aang asks as he reaches them. Sokka brushes the snow of his head and looks at his sister.

Innocently holding her hands behind her back Katara says "Uh... just a new Waterbending move I learned."

Aang looks at her sceptically, getting the feeling that she is hiding something. Then he decides to ignore it for now "Nice one! But enough practicing," He states, regaining some of his exitement and starts to walk aways from them. "we have a whole temple to see!"

"You know, you can't protect him forever." Sokka says to Katara while brushing of the last of the snow. Katara sadly slants her eyes and walks after Aang.

The trio soon arrive in a courtyard with a fountain in the middle. The water in the fountain is frozen. Sokka and Katara stand at the entrance of the courtyard while Aang runs up ahead excitedly.

"Katara, Firebenders were here." Sokka tells Katara sternly "You can't pretend they weren't." Katara just walks passed her brother. Sokka pulls up beside Katara and she starts talking.

"I can for Aang's sake." She states "If he finds out the Fire Nation invaded his home, he'll be devastated."

"Hey guys!" Aang calls out while standing in front of a statue an elderly man with a mustache and a distinct round necklace sitting in lotus with his fists bumped to each other in front of him "I want you to meet somebody!" He states while pointing at the statue.

"Who's that?" Sokka asks

"Monk Gyatso! The greatest Airbender in the world." Aang states with pride "He taught me everything I know about Airbending and this world." Aang bows to the statue while Sokka looks slightly confused at Aangs saying 'this world' rather then 'the world' but decided to ignore it for now. As Aang continues bowing to the statue Katara realises that he is lost in a memory of Gyatso. When Aang erects himself with a sad look upon his face Katara places a hand on his shoulder.

"You must miss him." She says in understanding.

"Yeah." Aang says, then start to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Katara asked curiously.

Aang starts walking up some stairs that lead to a corridor behind the statue. He looked back while answering. "The Air Temple Sanctuary" He says. "There's someone I'm ready to meet." Aang then enters the hallway. Katara looks questioningly at Sokka, who just shrugs. They both start walking after Aang.

Together they walk down the corridor, Aang slightly in front of the others. The round symbol of intertwined air currents, the national symbol of the Air Nomads is embedded in the floor of the corridor, surrounded by two square shapes that form some sort of sun together. Soon the trio reach the entrance of the Air Temple Sanctuary. The door has a combination of metal colored pipes and three, blue, rolled up, pipes that are similar looking and arranges like the symbol for Airbending on it. The large wooden door is framed by the branches of an old tree standing on the left of it and the hallway is illuminated by sunlight that falls through little, round windows.

"But Aang, no one could have survived in there for a hundred years." Katara says as they reach the door"

"It's not impossible." Aang point out, then spreads his arms. "I survived in the iceberg for that long."

"Good point." Katara said while touching her chin with a finger.]

Aang glances hopeful at her over his shoulder. "Katara, whoever's or whatever's in there might help figure out this Avatar thing!" He states.

"And whoever's in there might have" Sokka says, completely ignoring the 'Whatever's part and annoying Katara who had a pretty good idea of what he was going to say "a medley of delicious] cured meats!" he continues, drooling.

Full anticipation and longing, Sokka charges the door, but it won't budge and he just smacks into it, head first. He quickly turns around and puts his back to it, trying to push the giant door open. When the door doesn't move, he sighs, slides down disappointed and rests up against the door.

"I don't suppose you have a key?" Sokka asks Aang.

"The key, Sokka, is Airbending." Aang states and then he takes a deep breath. He spreads his arms and thrusts them forward, sending an air current into both of the tubes on the door. one air current is sent through the right side and travels through the pipe. When it reached the end the wind makes one of the blue curled tube turn around. When it does, the tube changes colors to purple and the wind blows out like a horn. The process is repeated for the other two blue tubes as well. When the three blue tubes have turned and become purple the door unlocks and slowly starts to open.

When the door is completely open Aang raises his hand besides his mouth. "Hello?" he yells slowly entering the sanctuary. "Anyone home?" he tries again. Sokka and Katara walk in behind Aang. Together the three of them venture further down into the sanctuary. The only light comes from the open door behind them and illuminates the room with bluish light. They stop and Sokka holds a hand to his brow to look up ahead. Switch to an overview shot of the trio as they stand in the light that comes in through the door. Before them are a large amount of statues of people, lined up in a circular pattern. They start to walk through them, curiously looking around. Sokka halts before one of them.

"Statues? That's it?" He asks in disappointment "Where's the meat?" Meanwhile Aang and Katara have also stopped and are looking up at another statue.

"Who are all of these people?" Katara asks.

"I'm not sure." Aang states ""But it feels like I know them somehow. Look!" He says pointing at the statue of a man with Airbending mastery tattoos in front of him. "That one's an Airbender."

Katara points at the statue of a male dressed in Water Tribe clothes next to the Airbender. "And this one's a Waterbender." She looks at the other statues around them. "They're lined up in a pattern: air, water, earth and fire" She says as she points at the respective statues.

"That's the Avatar cycle." Aang states.

"Of course. They're Avatars." Katara states in understanding. "All these people are your past lives Aang."

"Wow! There are a lot more then I thought there would be." Aang saíd. To know just how many souls where part of the Avatar link was frightening to him, since he only had minimum control in the Avatar state. Ignoring the fact that they the people controlling him where good people it was far to similar to Kyubi taking him over.

Aang starts to walk down the circular pattern, while stands next to Sokka who has his arms crossed.

"Past lives?" Sokka says sceptically, as Aang stops before a statue "Katara, you really believe in that stuff?"

"It's true." Katara says, looking at the statue of an elderly man with a beard that is in front of Aang. "When the Avatar dies, he's reincarnated into the next nation in the cycle."

"Technically it is a link to past souls of the Avatar that is passed on, not one soul in particular." Aang speculates aloud "Otherwise all Avatars should be almost the same, especially when the link fully manifests itself and I really don't think that is the case. But it does give me a close connection with all of the previous Avatar that gives the impression of having shared the sa... " As he says this he notices the eyes of the statue in front of him gleam for a second which causes him to stop talking and look at it, completely mezmerized. Katara walks up behind him, grabs his shoulders and shakes him a bit.

"Aang! Snap out of it!" She says loudly and looks at him worriedly while he smiles at the statue

"Huh?" Aang says in a daze. Katara curiously follows his gaze and looks at the statue as well.

"Who is that?" She asks.

"That's Avatar Roku." Aang states "The Avatar before me." Sokka walks up them.

"You were a Firebender?" Sokka asks "No wonder I didn't trust you when you first met."

Katara ignores him and instead looks more closely at the statue "There's no writing." She says "How do you know his name?"

"I'm not sure." Aang states "But most likely the link told me"

"You just couldn't get any weirder." Sokka states with a irritated growl and a crossing of his arms.

The trio startles and stares witch big eyes in front of them when they hear something. They turn around. In the blue light that comes in through the door a long-eared shadow of another being can be seen approaching them. Katara and Aang hide behind one statue while Sokka hides behind another holding his club ready. The shadow creeps closer. Katara clutched her teeth in fright while Aang looks in front of him trying to figure out what it could be. Sokka holds his hand to his mouth as he addresses them.

"Firebender. Nobody make a sound." Sokka says.

"You're making a sound!" Katara states in irritation.

Sokka puts his finger before his mouth and makes a "Shhhh!" sound. Katara looks scared in front of her again.

Sokka raises his club. "That Firebender won't know what hit him." He whispers and stands up.

Sokka steps from behind the statue when he fells the being is close enough, his club at the ready, but lowers it as soon as he sees that it is just a small animal. Aang and Katara peek form behind their statue as well. Aang recognizes it as a flying lemur. The creature sits down and lowers his ears, blinking at the threesome.

"Lemur!" Aang says excitedly

"Dinner!" Sokka exclaims while drooling.

The animal pricks his ears and slightly tilts his head.

"Don't listen to him." Aang tells the Lemur in an reassuring voice. "You're going to be my new pet." He then glares at Sokka.

Meanwhile Sokka is still drooling and says in a challenging tone "Not if I get him first!"

Sokka stretches out his hand while he excitedly lunges himself at the animal from behind the statue. Aang runs up at the lemur as well. The lemur arcs his back in fright, his ears, hair and tail standing upright as the snatching hands of the boys draw closer. It startles, quickly turns around and makes a break for it. Sokka barely misses the animal and falls down. Aang nimbly avoids tripping as well by using Sokka's head as a stepping stone. Sokka quickly gets up and runs after Aang and the lemur as they exit the sanctuary.

"Wait! Come back!" Aang yells as he follow the lemur down the hallway. T

"I want to eat you!" Sokka yells out.

Aang and Sokka slides around a corner continuing their pursuit. Sokka passes Aang and shoves him back taking the lead. Aang pulls up next to him again, so Sokka takes out his club and takes a swing at Aang's legs. Aang nimbly avoids the club and uses his Airbending to run on the side of the wall, laughing loudly with amusement. Aang runs up ahead and then returns to running on the floor again. He quickly turns around and shoots an Airball at Sokka, which knocks his legs from underneath him. Sokka flips in the air before smacking face first on the ground, his hood falling over his head as he lands. The lemur exits the corridor and sits on the ledge of the balcony, looking back at the approaching Aang. He pricks his ears again and takes flight with a scared look on his face. Aang briefly glances over to see if Sokka is still following. He then exits the hallway and, without slowing down, jumps over the ledge of the balcony, behind the lemur. The Airbender turns in the air and uses some of the rocks to break his freefall, jumping from one rock to the other. When Sokka reaches the balcony he stops there while looking over the rim.

"Hey! No fair!" He yells out.

Aang is freefalling again with his mouth wide open in a smile and his eyes slightly squinted and watering by the speed of his fall.

The lemur landed on the ground at the bottom of the cliff. Aang quickly used airbending to slow his fall. When he landed on the ground he jump forward in an attempt to catch the lemur. The lemur jumps out of the way and runs through some ripped drapes, which once formed a tent.

"Hey! Come back!" Aang says as he pushes the decaying curtain of drapes out of the way and happily looks around. "Come on out little lemur! That hungry guy won't bother you anymore." He says as he pushes aside another curtain of drapes. He looks into the room beyond the drape but takes a sharp breath in shock. Inside is a skeleton lying in the snow, surrounded by many more skeletons of Fire Nation soldiers.

"So they where here" Aang says and enters the room and looks around with a sad expression on his face. He takes a closer look at the skeleton sees that it has with a round necklace that supports the symbol of Airbending.

"Gyatso." Aang says, devastated. He might have thought he was prepared for the knowledge that the fire nation attacked the temple, but he was not prepared to find out for sure by seeing the skeleton of his mentor and father figure surrounded by skeletons of firebenders. Aang drops to his knees in the background and lets out a mourning sigh just as Sokka pulls the drapes aside and looks around though still not seeing the skeletons.

"Hey Aang! You find my dinner yet?" Sokka says, but Aang just continues sitting on his knees, his head cupped in his hands. Sokka walks toward him. "Aang, I wasn't really going to eat the lemur, okay?" he says reassuringly as he approaches. Then he notices the skeletons "Oh man!" he says sadly. He places a hand on Aang shoulder "Come on Aang. Everything will be alright." He then says "Let's get out of here."

Suddenly, Aang's arrow tattoos begin to glow a bluish white. He lifts his head to show his eyes glowing in the same color. Sokka retracts his hands and gasps for air in fright. Inside the sanctuary Katara is walking down the circular pattern of statues. She stops before and looks at the statue of Avatar Roku, when a glowing white light starts coming from it's eyes. The light then spreads to the other statues as one by one, their eyes start to gleam. Katara stares at Roku in shock, before realishing what it means.

"Aang!" Katara says in worry before she turns around and sprints away.

Across the world similar things where happening in other temples indicating the full return of the Avatar. In the fire nation this meant that they need to send word to the fire lord, while in other countries it was a sign that gave them great hope.

Aang was aware that in the real world he had been began forming whirlwind begins at his feet. The wind was kicking away a bone. The wind even started to form a sphere around him. Far away he heard Sokka's words, but was unable to react to them at all, since the Avatar link was mostly in control of his body. He then hear Sokka scream and the building around him getting throw apart. When he feels the air sphere expand into a raging tornado with him in its center he start fighting harder to regain control.

That was when he suddenly found himself in a white room, though he still knew exactly what was happening with his body. He looked down and was surprised to see that his body looked like Naruto rather then Aang. Then five other people appeared around him. Kyubi, Hinata, Sasuke, Tsunade and Aang.

"I thought you where gone with the merge" Naruto/Aang said.

"We are mostly" The Kyubi says. "except for Aang we are merely echoes of our past selves, but we are still with you."

"What about Aang then" Naruto/Aang.

"He is completely a part of you, he is like a second conscience." Kyubi says "He lost control of the body, but still has some effect on you personally. That is why, even though you know what damage it could do to the world, you still haven't completely dismissed the possibility to be with Katara and only Katara, even if you told her otherwise. And he is the reason you didn't complete bury Zuko's ship in ice"

"Okay, but why am I here now then?" Naruto/Aang asked.

"Because you needed to know that even if we aren't physically with you, we are still with you and supporting you, whatever happens" Hinata said. "also you needed to be aware of the effect Aang has on you, even if it mostly your choice of words and reactions to some things. As you probably noticed he hasn't really said anything in here and that is because he is mostly apart of you anyway, so he doesn't need to really say anything."

"Also he is more of the guiding force of the Avatar link at this point which is why you have absolutely no control" Tsunade added.

Meanwhile Katara had joined Sokka "What happened?" She yells as him over the winds, her face worried.

"He found out Firebenders killed Gyatso!" Sokka shouted back.

"Oh no! It's his Avatar spirit!" She yells, raising her hand to protect herself from wind and debris."He must have triggered it! I'm going to try and calm him down!" She then closes and eye against the wind and starts to make her way toward Aang.

"Well, do it!" Sokka says while holding on to the rock in an attempt not the get blown away. "Before he blows us off the mountain!"

Katara fights the storm to get to Aang. The sphere of wind that surrounds Aang slowly starts to rise in the air and Katara is pushed back by the strong wind currents that fill the remains of the building as it ascends.

Soon Aang stops ascending but strong winds are rampaging through the rubble of the destroyed building. Katara and Sokka are holding on for dear life on some stones, trying not to get blown away.

"Aang! I know you're upset and I know how hard it is to lose the people you love." Katara shouts calmly with a sad expression on her face "I went through the same thing when I lost my mom." she continues diverting her eyes at the memory. "Monk Gyatso and the other Airbenders may be gone, but you still have a family. Sokka and I!"At this Sokka opens his eyes and glances at his sister. "We're your family now!" Aang begins to descend. Sokka and Katara watch him lower himself back to the ground; the winds start to die down and the air sphere that surrounded Aang disappears. However his eyes and tattoos are still glowing bluish white. Katara and Sokka pull up next to him, one on each side.

"Katara and I aren't going to let anything happen to you." Sokka says gently "Promise."

Meanwhile Katara takes Aang's hand. The moment she does, the glowing fades away of his hands fade followed closely the arrow on his head and his eyes. His eyes close before he collapses from exhaustion in Katara's arms.

"I'm sorry." he says in a sad and tired.

"It's okay. It wasn't your fault." Katara said.

"Guess this confirms that they found a way to access this air-temple and that means they found the other ones, too." Aang says then opens his eyes "I really am the last Airbender."

Katara is about to hug him when she sees something weird about his eyes. "Um Aang, do Avatars normally get purple eyes with rings rippling through them?" She asks him.

Aang frowns" I am sure that I have heard that description before, or maybe seen eyes like that, but I don't know if it was related to the Avatar" He admits.

"What else could it relate to" Sokka ask confused.

"Well I guess this is as good a time as any" Aang says, straightening up. "You see Sokka when the Avatar link travelled from Sokka to the next reincarnation it hit something along the way. That something was a soul from another dimension that then ended up being transported with the Avatar link to its target. The soul spend twelve years experiencing Aangs life without actually controlling anything, which in the end caused the soul to see itself as being Aang as well. When the Avatar link took over control the first time it forced the soul to the forefront, causing it to merge with Aang and create a kind of joint consciousness." He decided to leave out the part of parts of the old Aang still being separate and trying to influence him. Sokka looked shocked enough already, so he thought it was a good idea to keep it simple.

"Um, ah, what," Sokka said before fainting.

After Sokka woke up Aang explained everything in detail, and told Sokka that this was not something he should ever try to poke fun at. Aang also explained that he was intending to train the both of them. Sokka was all for learning more about fighting, though he didn't show much interest in learning about 'Chakra magic abilities' as he called them.

After that Aang spent some time figuring out his eyes. After seeing them in a reflection he realized that it was the same eyes as both Nagato and Madara had had, the rinnegan. How he had gotten them he wasn't sure, but knew part of it was Sasuke merging with him. When finding out how to deactivate it he had also found out that he had both the Sharingan and byakugan. He also found out that even though he had them he had absolutely no clue about how to use them. Unlike those that come by the dojutsu naturally, he had no idea about how to use them. He couldn't even properly activate the sharingan and using the byakugan just made him dizzy because his vision flickered all over the place. He also couldn't access any of the abilities that Nagato had shown, or more precisely he didn't know how he was suppose to do them. In the end he decided to save working with them till after he had trained Katara and Sokka up a bit.

They where now getting ready to leave the air temple, Aang standing in front of Roku's statue again. Sokka stands of to a side while Katara pulls up next to Aang.

"Everything's packed." She tells him "You ready to go?"

"How is Roku supposed to help me if I can't talk to him?" Aang asks softly, though a slight frustration can be heard in his voice.

"Maybe you'll find a way." Katara says, trying to reassure him

They glance at each other when they hear something behind them. They turn around and see the flying lemur standing on its back legs in the middle of the doorway. The animal as it jumps to the right, toward where Sokka is standing. The animal reaches his feet and drops the load he was carrying: a variety of fruits. The lemur quickly dashes away as Sokka sits down and starts to stuff his face with the fruit, taking large bites of two different pieces of fruit. Aang and Katara smile at Sokka.

"Looks like you made a new friend, Sokka" Aang says happily.

Can't talk!" Sokka says looking up with an exhilarated look upon his face while he pushes the food into his mouth with his hands. "Must eat!" He takes another big bite.

The flying lemur climbs onto Aang and hides behind his head, his tail curled around Aang's neck

"Hey, little guy!" He says looking at the lemur from the corners of his eye.

After they return to Appa Aang stands next to him with Momo perched on his arm.

"You, me and Appa;" Aang says to the lemur "we're all that's left of this place. We have to stick together." He then turns to the siblings who are fiddling with their luggage "Katara, Sokka," He yells and they turn to look at Aang, Sokka still eating a peach. "say hello to the newest member of our family."

As Aang approaches the duo Katara asks: "What are you going to name it?"

Sokka is about to take another bite of the peach he's eating, when the lemur suddenly leaps off Aang's arm, takes the peach and returns. The animal starts to nibble from it.

"Momo." Aang states,then laughs along with Katara when they see Sokka still stands there, mouth open and hand in front of his mouth, ready to take a bite of the peach that is no longer there., however, he has no peach anymore.

Soon they are leaving the Southern Air Temple. Aang is sadly staring back at it, leaning on the luggage that is tied at the back on Appa's saddle. Momo chitters quietly as they fly further away from the temple. Dark clouds slowly move in front of the temple, obscuring it from view.

AN:

Poll:

I will make a poll about who Aang should be paired with. The choices are:

Katara

Suki

Ty Lee

Harem

Voting will last until either the next chapter or the one after that.

Dojutsu explanation:

This is just how the Dojutsu are gained based on the rules in my story. This is not necessarily how they are really gained.

Byakugan: Born with generally improved eyesight, gain the advanced ability through training. Straight forward.

Sharingan: Gained by being in danger (self-preservation, not protection of others) and/or hatred. Advanced form gained by killing one's best friend. If a normal Sharingan eye is freely given to someone else the advance form can be gained through training. The highest level of the sharingan is archived by taking an advanced eye from someone else.

Rinnegan: Activated by failing to protect someone you cherish. Requires high chakra reserves in general to work. Permanent activation can happen if one fails to protect a cherished person a second time, though it isn't always the case. Chances increase if the person with the rinnegan is somehow, unwillingly, responsible for the death.

Persons of interest.

Nagato: Toby raped Nagato's Uzumaki mother thereby combining the high chakra reserves of the Uzumaki clan with the sharingan/rinnegan gene. When the war started happening he took advantage and cast a genjutsu on some leaf ninja causing them to enter the house of Nagato parent and kill them. This caused the rinnegan to activate. Therefore Tobi could claim that he gave Nagato his eyes.

Aang/Naruto: Even though he wasn't present when the fire-nation attacked he still feels that he fail protecting them when he ran away, therefore he activated the rinnegan. Because he had already activated one dojutsu, figuring out how to do the same with the byakugan was easy. He still has problems with the sharingan because he has control of his hatred and he focuses more on protecting other then protecting himself.

Madara: After his fight with the first Hokage where he gained his wood-release he also gained the chakra needed for the rinnegan. His perceived failure to protect his clan from being subjugated by the senju clan allowed him to gain it.