Disclamer: Don't own Naruto or Avatar: The last Airbender.
AN: My speed for this chapter definitely improved. Hope you enjoy it.
"Just to make sure I've got it right" Sokka said after they had helped the villagers stock Appa with supplies, "You want us to go to an island in the fire nation so that you can talk to some dead guy about a dream a dragon gave you?"
"Vision, not dream" Aang corrected."but apart from that I think you got it right"
"And this isn't crazy because...?" Sokka asked
"It might be crucial to finding out how to stop the fire nation from taking over" Aang answered as he walked up to Appa and started turning him using it's reins.
"I still don't know whether it's a good idea, maybe we can find another place where you can contact it." Sokka
"Look, I can always just go visit alone" Aang replied "I'll just come back and get you afterward."
At that point Appa stopped moving and caused Aang to pull more fiercely in its reins.
Aang groaned. "Let's go Appa!" Aang stated "Come on, boy!" His only reply was a growl. "Look, I'm sorry, but Katara and Sokka aren't coming to the Fire Nation with us. We'll come back for them afterwards, so let's go!"
Aang continued to pull on Appa's reins while Appa continued to remain immovable. Aang pulled so hard on the reins that the elastic pulled he back forward, leaving him sitting on the ground.
"I think he's trying to tell you something." Sokka stated.
"Please don't go, Aang." Katara stated "The world can't afford to lose you to the Fire Nation. Neither can I."
Aang though briefly about his vision before he got up from the ground and walked towards Sokka and Katara, ignoring the warmth that Katara's last words triggered.
"But I have to talk to Avatar Roku to find out what my vision means." Ang stated "I need to get to the Fire Temple before the sun sets on the Solstice. That's today. " (it was past midnight by that point).
Aang jumped up onto Appa's back and looked back hesitatingly at Sokka and Katara while making Appa move forward slowly. Sokka and Katara jumped in front of Appa.
"We're not letting you go into the Fire Nation, Aang." Katara stated
"At least not without your friends." Sokka added "We got your back."
Momo jumped up onto Aang's arm and chittered happily. Appa then licked Sokka from feet to head.
"EWWWWW" Sokka yelled in response.
"It's a long journey to the Crescent Island." The chief said while walking up to Appa and handing Aang a parsel that contained the last of the supplies."You'll have to fly fast to have any chance of making it before sundown. Good luck."
"Thank you, for your….." Aang began, but was cut off.
"Go!" The elder said with urgency while pointing away.
Later that day, around midday, Aang realized that Appa was slowing down
"Come on, boy!" He said to Appa "We've got a long way to go! Faster!" this got him to speed up. Aang then turned to Sokka. "I just remembered that I needed to talk to you about your actions against Hei-bai. While I appreciate you coming to help, you aren't really a good improviser, so next time try and think up a plan ahead of time instead of rushing in."
Sokka was about to respond when Katara cut him of. "Aang, we got trouble." she said looking down at the fire nation ship that was following them.
"Yeah, and its gaining fast!" Sokka added when he looked down as well.
A few moments later they watched as a fireball approached them at high speed from the ship.
"Fire ball!" Katara warned, causing Aang to look down and see it.
"I'm on it!" He said before pulling Appa's reins to get him to change cause. They dove slightly to get below the fireball then swerved to the side.
"We have to get out of Zuko's range before he shoots another hot stinker at us!" Katara stated while covering her nose with her hand.
"Can't you make Appa go any faster?" Sokka asked, temporarily removing his own hands.
"Yeah, but there's just one little problem." Aang stated, covering his nose with two fingers and indicating ahead of them where a lot of fire nation ships where forming a blockade.
"If we fly north we can go around the Fire Nation ships and avoid the blockade." Aang stated, taking, trying to find a way out of this mess "It's the only way."
"There's no time." Katara said.
"Any other ideas?" Aang asked.
"Let's run this blockade." Sokka stated.
"Appa! Yip! Yip!" Aang then said, not having any alternative. He got an affirmative growl from Appa as he speed up. Aang then turned to the others "Try and direct chakra to your hands and fit to increase your grip, cause this is going to be a bumpy ride" He added. He knew that they didn't really have any training in this particular exercise, but it might help enough."
Ahead of them all the war ships in the blockade started launching fire balls at the same time.
"This seems to be the end of keeping my abilities secret" Aang stated as the fire balls race towards them. Appa swerved and dipped and dived to avoid the fire balls. Aang hands were tight around Appa's reins as he tried to help the Bison avoid the fire balls. When he saw one he wasn't sure he could dodge he created a clone and had it block the projectile with a blast of air, sending it to the side. The clone then dispelled, hoping to remain unseen by the other parties of the fight. A few pieces of coal fell onto Appa, but nothing damaging, though it did get an angry growl from Appa.
"Appa! Are you ok?" Aang asked just to be sure, getting an affirmative growl from the bison.
After that he saw some cloud and lead Appa into it before creating a lot of clones, holding copies of his glider and had them jump down and hover under Appa to intercept any attacks from below. Just after they where in position 12 fireballs shot through the clouds in a little front of them, smoke trailing behind swerved to avoid another one that came from below with Aang's clones following along. Just then more fireballs appear directly in front of them, and soon it seemed to be coming from everywhere, though Appa and Aang where constantly diving and rising or swerving to the side to avoid it. Then two of the projectiles where posed to collide right in front of them, but Aangs clones managed to divert them, though it ended with quite a few of them getting hit and popping out of existence. More shots came at them, but they where easy enough to evade and soon they where moving past the blockade, relatively unharmed, though also quite tired from the excitement. (AN. Yeah, I removed some of the excitement by not having Sokka fall of, but with Aang's clones it just wasn't a possibility.)
"We made it!" Aang yelled happily once he was sure that they weren't being fired at anymore. He looked back at Sokka and Katara who both had looks of shock and amazement on their faces.
"We got into the Fire Nation…" He stated in disbelief before his shoulders slump "Great…"
later, as the sun began to set, Appa showed signs of fatigue, while all his passengers asleep upon him. Sokka and Katara in Appa's saddle while Aang sleeps on Appa's head with Momo sleeping on his. Suddenly Momo wakes and straightens up on top of Aang waking him up and causing him to do the same action as Momo, looking ahead at an island.
"There it is!" Aang said, his face lighting up in recognition "The island Roku's dragon took me to!" He added and looked at the two others who had just woken up.
Ahead of them a crescent shaped island could be seen through the clouds. In the center of the crescent was a large, active volcano. Fire and steam belched forth from its cone. Aang directed Appa to fly directly to the temple that could be seen on the island, and a few moments later they landed. Aang patted Appa's face lovingly in thanks for his hard work.
"You did it buddy." He complements the bison "Nice flying."
Appa groaned in response before he rolled onto his side in pure exhaustion. Katara walked up to Appa and began to rub his tummy. Meanwhile Sokka isn't paying attention to the bison at all, because he is busy stretching out after the flight.
"Oh! You must be tired!" Katara said to Appa while she continued rubbing his stomach.
"No." Sokka replied while stretching out, thinking that Katara was talking "I'm good." He added as he began jogging in place "Refreshed and ready to fight some firebenders."
Katara turned towards Sokka with a wry look on her face and stated "I was talking to Appa."
This cause to stop jogging "Well," He began and when he saw Momo out of the corner of if his eyes he continued "I was talking to Momo."
Momo, who hanging upside down from a nearby tree, chittered and looked quizzically at Sokka.
Opting not to comment on the obvious lie, Aang instead said "We better go now, we are running out of time.
They slowly moved up the stays to the temple, keeping an eye out for ambushes. Soon the arrive at the temple and knelt behind a small wall that surrounded the temple.
"I don't see any guards." Sokka stated, still looking for any opponents.
"The Fire Nation must have abandoned the temple when Avatar Roku died." Katara stated, giving her best guess at the lack of guards.
"Its almost sundown." Aang stated "We'd better hurry." He continued as he jumped over the wall with the other following him. "But keep alert" He added as he ran into the temple. Once inside the a big room the tip-toeing through it, but when about halfway through it Sokka stopped in mid tip-toe.
"Wait" He said, catching the attention of the other two "I think I heard something."
Sokka, Aang and Katara then turned around and saw 5 elderly men in red robes standing at the entrance.
"We are the Fire Sages." the one at the center said "Guardians of the temple of the Avatar."
Sokka and Katara both looked confused, while Aang looked suspicious, but he none the less stepped forward.
"I am the Avatar." He stated, as he placed himself between his friends and the sages.
"We know." The leading sage says as he and the two others assume fire bending stances and shot of some fireballs at them.
Aang assumed the airbending pose and deflected the fireballs with a spin of his arms. He turned towards Sokka and Katara.
"I'll hold them off. Run!" Aang yelled at them.
Aang then turned back to face the Fire Sages as Sokka and Katara ran down the corridor with a determined look on his face. He bend low and swiped his leg in an arc which send a burst of air directly at the feet of the Fire Sages. All five of the Fire Sages were knocked to the floor, face first which made them grunt upon impact. Aang then ran after Sokka and Katara.
Aang ran at random, but luck was with him and only moments later he ram out into the corridor that Katara and Sokka where running along. They stopped abruptly to avoid running head first into Aang.
"Follow me!" Yelled as he ran in the direction that the two of them were already running in before he turned up.
"Do you know where you're going?" Sokka yelled as he and Katara started running after him.
"Nope!" Aang replied before running around a corner. He didn't get far down the corridor when one of the fire sages came around the corner at the other end. 'Okay, so this leads back to the entrance' Aang thought and stopped, turned and ran back right past Katara and Sokka "Wrong way!" he yelled as he passed.
The two others looked back and saw the fire sage come around the corner and quickly followed after Aang.
"Come back!" The fire sage yelled after them.
Aang, Sokka, Katara and Momo continued running turning around a couple of corners while they tried to lose the pursuing fire sage, however they soon run into a dead end. They then turned around to get ready to fight the pursuing fire sage. Said sage approached them slowly, not in any recognizable fire bending stance.
"I don't want to fight you." The fire sage said calmly "I am a friend."
Aang and his friends didn't lower their fighting stances.
"Firebenders aren't our friends." Sokka stated.
Aang doesn't completely agree with that statement but realized that he would admit that they needed to be more cautious when dealing with someone from the fire nation.
The fire sage moved closer to Aang before dropping to his knees and bowing.
"I know why you're here, Avatar" He said, barely raising his head.
Aang relaxed out of his fighting stance "You do?" He asked in surprise.
"Yes." The fire sage responded while standing up "You wish to speak to Avatar Roku. I can take you to him."
"How?" Aang asked in a wary tone of voice.
The fire sage reached towards the wall to his left and turned the light fixture. Behind the fixture there was small hole in the wall that the fire sage covered with his and before taking a deep breath and shooting fire through the hole. Fire then framed one of the panels in the wall before it slid back and to the right in order to reveal a secret passage. A long staircase carved into the rock of the mountain leads down below.
The fire sage indicates towards the passage and said "This way."
Aang, Katara and Sokka, were still a little distrustful, but before they could question him further they heard the voice of another fire sage that wasn't too far away say"Find them."
The fire sage looked nervously behind himself quickly before turning to Aang, Katara and Sokka.
"Time is running out." He stated "Quickly!"
Aang exchanges a quick glance with Katara before they nod in agreement. All three then ran to the passage with the fire sage following them. Once through the sage touches a lever and closes the door behind them.
As they were walking down the stair the sage began talking "Avatar Roku once called this temple his home. He formed these secret passages out of the magma."
"Did someone in your family know him" Aang asked, hearing a certain familiarity in the sage's voice, but knowing that he couldn't be old enough to know him personally.
"My grandfather knew him." The sage replied "Many generations of Fire Sages guarded this temple long before me. We all have a strong spiritual connection to this place."
"Is that how you knew I was coming?" Aang then asked, changing the subject.
"A few weeks ago, an amazing thing occurred." The sage replied "The statue of Avatar Roku, its eyes…began to glow!"
"That's when we were at the Air Temple." Katara realized "Avatar Roku's eyes were glowing there too!"
"At that moment, we knew you had returned to the world." The sage continued.
"If this is the Avatar's temple, why did the Sages attack me?" Aang asked, wanting to find out what had happened for the sages to abandon their duties.
"Things have changed. In the past, the Sages were loyal only to the Avatar." The sage stated "When Roku died, the Sages eagerly awaited for the next Avatar to return. But he never came."
This caused Aang to stop and lean against the tunnel wall "They were waiting for me." He stated.
"Hey, don't feel bad." Sokka said while putting an arm around his shoulders "You're only a hundred years late."
Aang just glared at Sokka in response to his comment.
"They lost hope the Avatar would ever return. When Fire Lord Sozen began the war, my grandfather and the other Sages were forced to follow him." the sage continued while shaking his head in dismay "I never wanted to serve the Fire Lord. When I learned you were coming, I knew I would have to betray the other Sages."
"Thank you for helping me." Aang said while bowing to the sage.
The sage smiled warmly at Aang in response before turning and going to the nearby stairs
"We'll follow these stairs to the sanctuary." Shyu said before stopping briefly "Before we continue I should probably give you my name. I am Shyu."
Aang and his friends also make their introductions, and then they continue up the stairs.
"Once you're inside, wait for the light to hit Avatar Roku's statue." Shyu said when they were halfway up the stairs "Only then will you be able to speak with him."
Soon thereafter they reached what appeared to be a dead end, however Shyu just pushed at the stone slap blocking their way, lifting it and pushing it to the side. He then looked up to ensure that there wasn't anyone there, before continuing up the stairs followed by Aang and his friends. He then lead them towards the doors to the sanctuary, before suddenly gasping.
"No!" He said, looking at the closed door that had five openings in the form of lion heads..
"Shyu, what's wrong?" Aang asked in response
"The sanctuary doors, they're closed." Shyu responded, while looking at the door in panic
"Can't you just open them with firebending?" Katara asked "Like you opened that other door?"
"No." Shyu answered "Only a fully realized Avatar is powerful enough to open this door alone. Otherwise the Sages must open the doors together with five simultaneous fire blasts."
Sooka started scratching his chin thoughtfully in response to this.
"Five fire blasts, huh?" he asked before his face lights up in a way that indicated that he had an idea "I think I can help you out."
He then pulled out a couple of skin sacks before walking over to a nearby lamp fixture. He put out the flame and took the lamp with him as he sat on the floor. Momo landed on his leg as he started pouring some of the lamp oil into the sack.
"This is a little trick I picked up from my father." He said as he worked "I seal the lamp oil inside an animal skin casing, Shyu lights the oil soaked twine and tada! Fake firebending!"
"You've really outdone yourself this time, Sokka." Katara said, impressed.
"This might actually work." Shyu said thoughtfully.
"Should I use airbending to force the explosion up the pipes?" Aang asked.
"It might help, but I don't think it will make enough of a difference to matter" Sokka stated as he continued working.
"I'll do it then, no use not trying it and finding out that it was needed." Aang answered.
At that point Sokka was done with the sacks. He stood up and walked over to the door and put a bag in each of the lion heads. He then joined Katara and Momo behind the nearest columns for protection from the blasts, while Aang and Shyu both got ready to do their thing.
"The Sages will hear the explosions, so as soon as they go off, you rush in." Said to Aang
"Its almost sunset." Katara said to Aang "Are you ready?"
"Definitely." Aang answered, getting ready to fire of the fire air streams.
At that point Shyu send of a stream of fire that started of the fusses of the five fire bombs before jumping behind a nearby column. Aang meanwhile started sending an airblast at the door the moment the fire reached the small bombs went of causing smoke to fill the chamber. Aang runs to the door and pulls on the handle Aang runs towards the doors and pulls on the handles however the door didn't budge.
"They're still locked." He stated in a disheartened tone of voice
"It didn't work." Shyu said in a similar voice.
Aang stopped moving and closed his eyes.
Meanwhile Sokka approached the door.
"I don't get it." Sokka stated "That blast looked as strong as any firebending I've seen."
"Sokka!" Katara exclaimed "You're a genius!"
"Wait, how is Sokka genius?" Aang, who had just managed to enter sage mode, asked "His plan didn't even work."
"Come on Aang, let her dream." Sokka said, enjoying the compliment, even if undeserved
"You're right. Sokka's plan didn't work…" Katara agreed "but it looks like it did."
Aangs face lit up in realization, before his smile fell. "I think I get the idea, but how can we convince them that I'm in there?" Aang asked.
"Momo could climp through one of the pipes" Katara suggested.
Aang walked up to the door and used his sage mode to find out whether it would be possible for Momo to do so.
"Might work" Aang agreed.
"Would either of you explain this idea of yours before the sages arrive?" Sokka asked in an annoyed tone.
After a quick explanation Shyu stood and waited for the other sages while Aang and his friends hid.
"Hurry!" he said as they neared the doors "The Avatar has entered the sanctuary."
"How did he get in?" Another sage asked suspiciously.
"I don't know." Shyu answered before pointing at the door "But look at the scorch marks and down there!"
In the crack between the door and the floor a shadow can be seen moving back and forth.
"He's inside." The fire sage said in a panic "Open the doors immediately before he contacts Avatar Roku."
Meanwhile Aang was perched on the dragon's tail wrapped around one of the columns. He slowly inched his way to the floor, ready to run the minute the Fire Sages opened the doors. He then noticed that someone was approaching him, and realized that it was Zuko. Knowing that fighting him would blow his cover he instead decided to use it to his advantage.
The five Fire Sages went into a firebending pose. They shot five fire blasts into the lion's heads on the face of the door. Smoke appeared from the edges of the door as the lock mechanism on the face of the doors starts to move in response to the fireblasts. The doors begin to creak and open slowly,the light from within temporarily blinding the ones standing in front of the door. As the light began to dissipate, the Fire Sages saw a lone Momo inside the sanctuary. Momo sneezed and looked quizzically at the Fire Sages.
"It's the Avatar's lemur! He must have crawled through the pipes!" The fire sage said "We've been tricked!"
Momo suddenly leaped onto the Fire Sage's face, knocking him down. Katara and Sokka jumped from behind two columns and grabbed the two nearest Fire Sages. They pulled the Fire Sages' clothes over their heads. Shyu grabbed the last Fire Sage, meaning that all four Fire Sages where subdued.
"Now, Aang!" Shyu yelled, but Aang didn't come out
"Aang!" Katara yelled after she and Sokka forced the guards onto the ground "Now's your chance!"
Just then Zuko came out holding Aang. Both Aangs arms where held behind his back, yet when he met Katara's eyes he winked, confusing her greatly.
"The Avatar's coming with me!" Zuko stated.
The capture of Aang caused the others to lose focus. The two held down by Katara and Sokka twisted out of their grib, before they returned the favor by twisting their hands behind their back. The one held by Shyu did a back flip and ended up behind Shyu and held him. Momo grabbed the headgear of the sage he was sitting on and took to the air.
Meanwhile Zuko pushed the struggling Aang towards the opening in the floor that lead to Avatar Roku's secret tunnels.
"Close the doors!" He yelled back as the sages as he got to them "Quickly!"
Aang looked over his shoulder at Sokka and Katara., but also made sure the sages did as Zuko told them to. When he and Zuko reached the opening, he ducked down slightly, loosening Zuko's grib, then spun 180 decrees, ducked under Zuko's right arm and sent him down the stairs with and airbending kick. He then ran behind a column out of the view of the sages and created a clone before ran back out, as if running towards Katara who was chained to another column along with Sokka.
"Go" Katara stated, directing him towards the closing door.
He banked left and jumped into the air to avoid a fire blast. He then did several turns in mid-air before using the heads of two of the Fire Sages as stepping stones on his way to the doors. He sailed through the doors just as they closed.
"He made it!" Katara said happily.
The clone outside saw a strange light come from the edges of the door as it closed. He quickly hid looking for a opportunity to help Shyu and his friends.
Aang crouched on the floor in front of Avatar Roku's statue looking at the of the setting sun that came through the octagonal window at the top of the sanctuary as it moved slowly up the statue.
"The light hits the statue and I talk to Roku." Aang stated as he stood up "So why isn't anything happening?"
Meanwhile outside Aangs clone watched as Zuko and the four traitor sages (He took them as traitors because they weren't loyal to the Avatar like they were suppose to be) fired five five simultaneous fire blasts at the doors, However, the lock mechanism did not respond.
"Why isn't it working?" Zuko asked in an aggravated tune of voice "It's sealed shut!"
"It must have been the light." The leader of the sages stated "Avatar Roku doesn't want us inside."
Aang stood in the center of the sanctuary facing Roku's statue. The light from the window had reached Roku's chest.
"Why isn't anything happening?" Aang stated You wanted to talk to me right. Help me gain something beside airbending and my ninja skills, right? Please, Avatar Roku, talk to me!"
At that point the sunlight moved up to cover Roku's face. When the light hit the statue's eyes, they began to glow. The sanctuary was then filled with white smoke. When the smoke clears, he found himself looking at Roku in the flesh, however he also saw his body standing to his left, causing him to look down and realize that he was back in his Naruto body.
"Hey, I'm in control again" Aang stated in surprise.
"Not quite" Roku stated. "Currently you are in spirit form, and thanks to the solstice you are both able to manifest. It is good to see you both, Aang and Naruto."
"But I thought we merged" Naruto said, confused.
"In most cases that is exactly the case, both your personalities, thoughts and speech patterns can manifest itself because of the merger, but in the end, Aang is the Avatar and you are Naruto the ninja, two separate beings. At some point it might become necessary to find a way to separate, since with Naruto in control there is no guaranty that the Avatar cycle will continue. However that is not why I wanted you here."
Aang's clone was still looking for a opening to save his friends. At that point Shyu had been force to knell in front of Zuko with his hands tied behind hos back and the other four sages standing behind him.
"Why did you help the Avatar?" Zuko asked angrily.
"Because it was once the Sages' duty." Shyu answered "It is still our duty." he corrected.
Suddenly, from behind Prince Zuko, came the sound of one pair of hands clapping. The clone turned and saw Commander Zhao approach followed by Fire Nation troops.
"What a moving and heartfelt performance." Zhao said as he stopped in front of them "I'm certain the Fire Lord will understand when you explain why you betrayed him."
"Commander Zhao…" The leader of the fire sages began while bowing.
Zhao ignored him as he turned to Zuko "And Prince Zuko, it was a noble effort. But your little smoke screen didn't work." He said happily "Two traitors, in one day, the Fire Lord will be pleased."
At the point a fire nation soldier grabbed hold of Zuko, which in turn made Zuko struggle to get free of the grip.
"You're too late, Zhao." Zuko stated "The Avatar's inside and the doors are sealed."
"No matter." Zhao stated arrogantly "Sooner or later, he has to come out."
'Yeah, and at that point I might need to be the distraction' The clone thought as he watched Sokka and Katara exchange worried glances.
"I have something very important to tell you both." Roku continued "That is why, when Naruto was in the spirit world, I sent my dragon to find him."
"Is it about that vision?" Aang asked before Naruto could "The one with the comet?"
"Yes."
"So what is it about" Naruto asked.
"One hundred years ago, Fire Lord Sozen used that comet to begin the war." Roku explained "He and his firebending army harnessed its incredible power and dealt a deadly first strike against the other nations."
"So the comet made them stronger?" Aang asked
"Yes. Stronger than you could even imagine." Roku confirmed.
"I've been told that learning the past is helpful, but I don't understand why a comet from a hundred years ago is relevant right now" Naruto stated with a frown.e comet have to do with the war now?
"Listen carefully." Roku stated "Sozen's comet will return by the end of the summer. And Fire Lord Ozai will use its power to finish the war once and for all. If he succeeds, even the Avatar won't be able to restore balance to the world. Aang, you must defeat the Fire Lord before the comet arrives."
"I should probably focus on reclaiming my ninja skills and tools instead of mastering the elements then, since I haven't even started on waterbending yet.
"Your ninja skills might not be efficient against the fire lord. " Roku stated. "to give the world the biggest chance of survival you must master the elements by summers end."
"Sounds like a challenge, but I won't give up, Dattaboyo" Naruto stated. "dammit, thought the merger removed that speech pattern." He added.
Meanwhile Aang just looked at him confused. Had he been in control he would have been nervous at the prospect of having to learn it all in such a short amount of time, but Naruto seemed more annoyed at his speech tick than nervous about the task.
Outside the door Zhao and his troops where waiting for Aang to come out standing in a firebending pose.
"When those doors open, unleash all your firebending power." Zhao stated.
"How's Aang going to make it out of this?" Katara asked as she watched this from the column.
"How're we going to make it out of this?" Sokka asked, feeling that it would be a more relevant question.
"What happens if he can't do it" Aang asked, since Naruto wasn't likely to ask.
Naruto looked mildly insulted at the question, but choose not to comment.
"He will have the advantage of his ninja skills, at the very least." Roku stated "Had it been you I would have stated that you did it before, but he isn't really a proper part of the chain. Luckily he still will be able to contact me through you, if he should need it. Anyway the solstice is ending" After saying that he closed his eyes, with Aang doing the same. "A great danger awaits you at the temple." He stated after a moment. "I can help you face the threat." as he talked Aangs tattoos started to glow " But only if you are ready."
"We're ready" Naruto and Aang stated at the same time as their eyes lit up indicating that they entered the Avatar state.
The clone outside watched as a blinding white light came from inside the sanctuary and Smoke billowed out into the entryway from the bottom of the door while the door itself glowed. The clone, at that point, used the distraction to come out of it's hiding spot and got ready to help the others, or divert the attention of the guards if necessary. The light from the door intensified, causing the clone to slow down while the others in the room either looked away or covered their eyes. The door began to open, slowly, while Zhao and the rest of his soldiers stood ready to attack.
"Ready…" Zhao said to his soldier.
At that point the light faded and reveled two large glowing eyes in the dark of the sanctuary. Sokka and Katara struggling against their chains, while on the other side the clone was trying to untie them.
"No! Aang!" Katara yelled because she feared he'd get hurt in the upcoming attack.
"Fire!" Zhao yelled at the other firebenders before they all shot fire blast into the sanctuary.
All the fire blasts stop end up being held at the door and manipulated into a gigantic ball of swirling fire. It slowly began to open and revealed what appears to be Avatar Roku, his eyes glowing.
"Avatar Roku!" Shyu said in surprise.
Meanwhile Roku drew the fire ball back towards himself and shot it out into the room in the form of a wave of flames. Zhao and his soldiers are knocked to the floor. The heat of the blast melted the chains holding Sokka, Katara, Shyu and Zuko. Zuko, now free, ran away, not noticing Aang's clone standing by the column that Katara and Sokka had been tied to. At the same time the flames reached the wall of the temple and blast through the wall. The glowing form of Roku then turned to the fire sages with an angry look in his eyes, causing them to flee.
"Avatar Roku's going to destroy the temple!" Shyu stated "We have to get out of here!"
"Not without Aang!" Katara replied.
Roku raised his arm and swung it down on the floor of the temple. The force of his strike rend the floor. At that point Shyu tried to flee, however at that point Aangs clone appear and grabbed him.
"He won't hurt you or us" the clone stated simply. It knew that 'Roku' was actually his original, and therefore knew he wouldn't hurt his friends.
"Aang" Katara said happily "Let's get out of here"
At that point a wall of magma shot up through the entire temple structure and out of the very top of the temple causing Sokka, Katara and Shyu to seek cover by the column. The clone used the chance to dispel. Everyone else had already left the temple so 'Avatar Roku' lowered his hands. He took a deep breath and pushed his hands down. Behind him the sunlight moved up the face of the statue the eyes stopped glowing as the sun of the solstice set. The smoke created by Roku's pyrotechnics were sucked back towards him, completely shrouding him in it. The smoke then swirled and dissipated, revealing Aang standing in the entryway to the sanctuary with glowing eyes. He then closed his eyes, groaned and sank to the floor. Katara, Sokka and Shyu all ran to his side, with Katara and Sokka each taking and arm to support him as he stood back up.
"We got your back." Sokka stated.
"I know." Aang answered with a smile. "But we better get out of here before it sinks" He added when he felt the temple start to do just that.
They approached the stairs that lead down stairs, however the lava had reached all but the top few steps. One of the columns crashes to the floor behind them, cutting them of. They the ran towards the hole in the temple wall created by Roku's blast, hoping that it would give them a way out. They looked down and saw that the temple was being devoured by the volcano. Aang tries to think of a good way to escape when Katara and Sokka gasp while they looked upwards. Following their line of sight he saw Momo (wearing the fire sages hat) leading Appa towards them at high speed. Sokka, Shyu, Aang and Katara slid down one of the peaks of the temple onto Appa's back and Appa flew away from the temple as it started sinking even further.
Aang, Shyu, Sokka and Katara sat and watched from Appa's back, Aang with his arm resting on a bundle of scrolls. Momo (still wearing the hat) hopped up onto his lap, chittering.
Aang then turned to Shyu "We'll drop you of at a earth village that we recently helped and ask them to hide you" He stated. "I might come back when I need help mastering firebending" He added.
"I am not the right person to teach you, my own fire bending is not that strong or diverse, and I have no experience in teaching" Shyu answered sadly.
"We will deal with that when the time comes" Aang stated simply.
Poll: Given the overall popularity of Toph in the poll, I've decided to give the following spoiler: She is one of the two I already planned to put in the harem. I have removed Toph from the poll, which should allow those that voted for her to change their vote to someone else (if not tell me so I can try and fix it). Hopefully the same won't happen to the other secret member.
Aang/Naruto: This chapter is full of switches between Naruto and Aang, so I thought I should clear it up encase it wasn't clear in the story: I use the different names based on how they look. If they look like Aang then I call them Aang and if they look like Naruto I call them Naruto. This means that current Aang/Naruto will always be called Aang in the real world, while in the spirit world they would mostly be called Naruto, unless a split happens like it did in this chapter.
Sokka's love life: Some people are beginning to question and make suggestions for who Sokka should be with since Suki is going to be with Aang, and I just have to answer that my plans for him are a secret, and revealing it would spoil future chapters.
Toph: Someone commented that Toph should remind Aang of Hinata, and I mostly agree, though with him having part of Hinata with him I think she will remind him more of Hanabi.
Chakra skills: I won't go into details with what affects these skills will have in the future, I merely want to point out that it will be a while before they become a major part of the story. Aang wants to keep his abilities secret for as long as he can, because it will give the fire nation less time to prepare for them, while Sokka and Katara just don't have the mastery to find good situations in which to use them, along with having the same reasons as Aang. They will come into play, but likely not until they feel that they don't have any other choice.
Rasengan:
Fire rasengan: Rasenenjo:
Name: Rasen? (Want it to say spiraling dragon, but don't know how to write it)
Looks: It looks like the spiraling ball is inside a dragons mouth and once throw the body of a dragon follows it, though if not throw hard enough the by user, the dragon tail will become irantic and so will the movements of the move itself.
When hurled it destroys the air along its path and sucks everything inwards in its trail before the entire path erupts into a huge explosion of flame and the point of impact is basically disintegrated like a direct hit from a Rasenshuriken, just with incredible heat that instantly sublimates everything it hits into a gas. Weakness': If it isn't hurled strongly enough its direction becomes unstable and it can start flying in random directions. It can also be rather fragile so it can explode before reaching it's target.
Water rasengan:
Name: Rasenmaki or Rasenuzu (Suppose to be spiraling whirlpool)
Looks: looks similar to the rasenshuriken, only instead of four blades it had one continues line that goes in a circle around the center, similar to the symbol of Uzushiogakure.
When used it absorbs any water nearby, including from the user, once it hit something it crushes whatever is utterly, and then explodes like the Nidaime or Kisame just fired off their strongest water technique, releasing all the water it collected, including the water chakra used to create it. This would be the sort of thing which alters the entire terrain, adding like five feet of standing water until it drains away. It could wash away a whole army in a single blow. If used underwater or hurled into water, it'd hit, drill straight into the ocean or pond or lake or whatever, and then all the water in a huge area around it would start swirling and collapsing inward, creating a huge whirlpool almost instantly. Instant fleet-killer. Drag in a dozen ships in an area half a mile across and grind them into scrap. Weakness': If held to long it absorbs the liquid in the users body, making them useless, if not killing them outright. Changing the terrain might not be helpful for ones allies, making it a double edged sword, and the same is true for the whirlpool version
Earth rasengan:
Name: Rasenterra? Rasendo? Raseniwa?:
Looks: I'm still blank, maybe it'll just be a rocky looking surface that constantly vibrates.
Unlike the static form that most other rasengans have, this one is unstable and constantly vibrating at an incredible pace. Anything it touches has to follow it vibrations or it will grind them to dust. This means that if used on a person it turns their bones to dust and if used on the ground it creates an earthquake. It could potentially damage the person using it and if used on the ground it could potentially damage the tectonic plates, messing up the very makeup of a planet.