Bold is for Bijuu/Avatar State Speech, Scene Changes and Jutsu
Italic is for character's thoughts and flashbacks
The King of Omashu
Naruto, Katara, Sokka and Aang were all walking towards a large city with Appa right behind them. Katara and Sokka were still tired from the exercise that Naruto just put them through. He basically made them run laps around their campsite ten times before running another ten times in the opposite direction. Aang, like Naruto, had a lot of stamina so he wasn't even that tired.
"Can *pant* we *pant* take *pant* a break?" Sokka asked.
Naruto just raised an eyebrow.
"Take a break from what? The exercise is over we're just walking!" Naruto said.
"Well excuse us if we don't have as much energy as you two freaks."
Katara just rolled her eyes and kept walking. She maybe tired, but she still had more energy than Sokka. She used to run around the village playing tag with her friends all the time.
"And when are we gonna start this training you were talking about? I'm pretty sure we're not doing running for training." Sokka said.
"Running is a part of the training. For what I'm going to be teaching you guys, you're going to need stamina. The less stamina you have, the less amount of time you can fight." Naruto replied.
"I get it. So we're going to be running at first to build up stamina then the real training will begin?" Katara asked. Naruto just nodded.
"Today was just a warm up though. Next time, you guys are going to be running with weighted clothing on." Naruto said. Katara and Sokka paled at the thought.
"Weights?! Are you nuts?! We'll die!" Sokka protested.
"No you won't. It'll hurt like hell for a while but you'll get used to it. To be a good ninja, you should have a decent amount of speed. Wearing weights will make your body lighter when you take them off. Then, you'll be able to move much faster." Naruto explained calmly. However, on the inside, he had an evil grin on his face.
'I've been waiting to put someone through hell with these weights Super bushy brows gave me! These two won't be able to move when I'm done with em'!' Naruto thought with an internal evil grin.
Sokka grumbled in response but said nothing.
They kept on walking for a little while but then Aang suddenly stopped.
"This is it. Welcome to the Earth Kingdom City of Omashu!" Aang announced.
From where they were standing, the city looked like four large pyramids sitting atop a pillar of rock.
"I used to always come here to visit my friend Bumi."
"Wow! We don't have cities like this in the South Pole." Katara breathed.
"They have buildings here that don't melt." Sokka said, clearly amazed.
"It's not as big as Konoha but it still looks pretty impressive." Naruto said thoughtfully.
"Well let's go slow pokes! The real fun is inside the city!" Aang exclaimed. Him and Naruto were about to race down the hill when Katara stopped them.
"Wait Aang! It could be dangerous if people find out you're the Avatar." Katara told him.
"You need a disguise." Sokka added.
Naruto looked thoughtful.
'Well I could place a Genjutsu on us ... Oh who am I kidding! I don't know any Genjutsu!' Naruto thought.
"What am I supposed to do? Grow a mustache?" Aang said. At this, Naruto grinned.
"I have an idea." Naruto said. Aang, Katara and Sokka all looked at him, none of them liking that grin on his face.
5 Minutes later
Aang was standing in front of his friends with a white mustache and white hair...which was made of Appa's fur.
"So ... how do I look?" Aang asked.
"Like my grandfather." Sokka said. Aang glared at him while Naruto was laughing at his expense.
"Technically, Aang is 112 years old." Katara said. Naruto, already filled in about how Aang was trapped in an iceberg for 100 years, wasn't shocked in the slightest. Weirder things have happened. Things like going to different dimensions *cough*.
"Ugh... this is so itchy. How do you live in this stuff?" Aang asked Appa. All he got was a snort in response.
"Alright, Aang, now you have to act like an old guy. Think you can do it?" Naruto asked.
"Of course I can. I can even use my staff as a cane." Aang replied.
"Alright then, but if anyone asks, Katara and Sokka, you are Aang's grand kids." Naruto said.
"What about you?" Katara asked.
"Me? I'll just be Aang's nephew. They probably wouldn't believe me if I said I was his grandchild because of my blonde hair." Naruto explained.
"Okay, so we're all ready?" Aang asked.
Everyone else nodded.
"Then let's go!" Aang said before dashing away.
Naruto sprinted after him leaving Katara and Sokka trying to catch up.
"All that running we did and they're racing down the hill like they're not even tired?!" Sokka asked incredulously.
Katara didn't say anything but Sokka knew she was thinking the same thing.
Aang and Naruto stopped running when three guards came into view. Katara and Sokka stopped behind them shortly after.
"You guys are gonna love it here. The people here are the friendliest in the world!" Aang exclaimed.
"Rotten Cabbages? What kinda slum do you think this is?" An unknown voice asked. The four teens just watched as one of the guards crushed a salesman's cabbages and used earthbending to launch the cart off the pathway to the city.
"No! My Cabbages!" The Salesman said. Aang, Naruto, Katara and Sokka just watched as the cart fell further and further down.
"Somehow I highly doubt that Aang." Sokka said.
"Just keep smiling..." Aang whispered. Katara and Naruto put on fake smiles (which were very obvious) while Sokka just raised an eyebrow.
One of the guards raised a rock above Aang's head.
"State your business." The guard ordered threateningly.
Aang suddenly appeared in front of the guard.
"My business is my business young man and none of yours!" Aang said in his 'old man' voice.
Out of shock, the guard dropped the rock which made Katara, Sokka and Naruto flinch.
"I have a good mind to bend you over my knee and paddle your backside!" Aang yelled. The guard looked a little startled while Katara and Sokka looked disbelieving and Naruto was trying hard not to laugh.
"Settle down old-timer. Just tell me who you are." The guard said.
"The names Bonzu pippinpaddle opposokopolis the third!" Aang replied. At this, the three other teens present silently wondered where the hell he came up with that name. "These two with the blue clothes are my grand kids while the child with the yellow hair is my nephew."
"Hi, June pippinpaddle opposokopolis, nice to meet you." Katara greeted.
The guard looked skeptical at first before he pointed at Katara.
"You seem like a responsible young lady. Make sure your grandfather stays out of trouble. Enjoy Omashu."
"We will." Katara easily replied.
As Sokka walked by, the guard stopped him.
"Wait a minute!"
Katara and Aang looked back at them with worried expressions while Naruto was getting prepared to fight.
"You're a strong young boy. Show some respect for the elderly and carry your grandfather's bag."
"Good idea!" Aang said as he threw his bag at Sokka. The four continued on into Omashu.
When the gates opened, Katara and Sokka had their breath taken away. This city was so much different than what they were used too. Naruto was thinking similar thoughts, only this city wasn't that different.
"This is the Omashu delivery system. Miles and miles of tubes and chutes. Earthbending brings the packages up and gravity brings them down." Aang told them.
"Great, so they get they're mail on time. Big deal." Sokka replied sarcastically. Katara elbowed him in the stomach for that little comment.
"I can think of a few more uses for this. Can't you Aang?" Naruto asked with his megawatt fox grin on his face.
"Yeah! My friend Bumi found a better use for these chutes." Aang trailed off as he remembered that day.
Flashback
Aang and Bumi were standing up on a balcony that allowed them to view almost the entire city from above.
"Look around you? What do you see?" Bumi asked.
"Umm ... the mail system?" Aang asked rather than said.
"Instead of seeing what they want you to see, you got to open your brain to the possibilities." Bumi said cryptically.
"Uh ... a package sending system?"
Bumi just shook his head.
"No. It's the world's greatest super slide!" Bumi told him.
"Bumi, you're a mad genius." Aang said.
Bumi just laughed weirdly, even snorting a couple of times.
Later that day Aang and Bumi were both in a cart sliding down the mail system.
End Flashback
Aang, Katara, Sokka and Naruto were all in one cart.
"One ride, then we're off to the North Pole." Aang told them.
"This sounded like fun at first, but now that I'm here I'm starting to have second thoughts...!" Katara trailed off as they slid down.
They were all having fun at first. That was, until they saw a cart with spears on it. Luckily for them, it was in a different lane and wouldn't touch them.
Or so they thought.
The lanes merged and became one. The cart with the spears were right behind them and was slowly inching closer.
Naruto, who was at the back, had to duck before the spears could touch him. Sokka yelled in fright when the spears came close to stabbing him.
"Don't worry, I'm on it!" Aang reassured them. Then he began shifting his weight in an attempt to toss them off the path.
It worked.
They fell off the mail system and slid off the roof of the house they landed on.
Suddenly, they passed through a Earthbender training session.
Eventually, they got back onto the mail system.
"Aang do something! Use your airbending!" Katara yelled. Even Naruto agreed with her.
"Good Idea! That will make us go faster!" Aang replied as he increased their speed.
Naruto mentally face palmed.
'Even I'm not that dense... am I?'
"Some questions are better left unanswered kit ..."
"Oh put a sock in it you damn fox!"
The four teens somehow ended up flying off the mail system again. They even fell out of their cart. Even though he was a ninja, Naruto couldn't flip over to land on his feet. He was frozen.
'We're dead. Aang killed us. I'm gonna kill him when I see his ass in the after life!'
Just when they thought it was over, Aang used his airbending to flip the cart back underneath them. That's when another round of roof riding occurred. They even smashed through the occasional window. Somehow, in the confusion, a cat got in on the ride and Momo was fighting with it on top of Aang's head. The cart fell off the side of a building and crashed right into the Salesman's cart of cabbages. Their ride finally came to an end.
"My Cabbages! You're gonna pay for this!" He raged.
Omashu guards suddenly showed up. Aang noticed that Appa's fur was gone and that his friends were tired from the ride. They're was no getting out of this.
"Two cabbages please." Aang said sheepishly.
Later that day
Naruto, Katara, Sokka and Aang were all standing before the King of Omashu. They were constantly being watched by officers and were also being eyed by the king himself.
The king was an old man wearing green Earth Kingdom robes.
"Your majesty, these juveniles were arrested for vandalism, travelling under false names and the malicious destruction of cabbages." One officer said.
"Off with their heads! One for each head of cabbage!" The cabbage salesman demanded.
"Silence. Only the king can pass down judgement." The same officer told him. "What is your judgement sire?"
The king was watching them closely. Each of them had a different expression on their face. Sokka met his gaze and looked away nervously. Katara's eyes were pleading and she had a nervous smile on her face. Naruto was glaring at the King defiantly. Aang slowly met the King's gaze. When he did, though, he instantly looked away and started whistling.
"Throw them" The king started. All four of the younger teens gasped and waited in anticipation. "A feast."
All the officers jaws' dropped while the 'Cabbage man' just facepalmed. Sokka just eyed the King suspiciously while Aang and Katara exchanged confused glances. Naruto heard his stomach growled and simply grinned.
Within minutes, a large table was set up with a lot of food. Momo and Naruto were wolfing most of it down. Sokka was eating, but was eyeing the food carefully, like it was poisoned. Katara was eating slowly while Aang wasn't eating at all.
"The people in my city have gotten fat from too many feasts." The king started. "So I hope you like your chicken with no skin."
"Thanks, but I don't eat meat." Aang denied.
"How about you?" The king asked Sokka. "I bet you like meat." He then proceeded to shove a chicken leg inside Sokka's mouth.
"And I'm sure you love your meat as well young man." He said too Naruto. Naruto just grinned and nodded before going back to devouring all the food.
"Is it just me or is this guy's crown a little crooked?" Katara asked Aang.
"So tell me young bald one. Where are you from?" The king asked.
"I'm from Kangaroo Island." Aang lied.
"Kangaroo Island eh? I hear that place is very hoppy." The king commented.
The four teens just stared at him when Naruto suddenly started laughed. When he noticed that his other three friends were staring at him, he stopped.
"What? That was kinda funny..." Naruto said.
The king just yawned.
"I guess it's time to hit the hay." He said before he suddenly threw a chicken leg at Aang. Aang, by instinct, caught it with airbending. Everyone in the room except the king and other members of the Gaang gasped.
"We have an airbender in our presence and not just any airbender, the Avatar." The king declared while Aang gasped and dropped the chicken leg. "What do you have to say for yourself Mister Pippinpaddle Opposokopolis?""
"Okay, you caught me. I'm the Avatar, doing my Avatar thing, keeping the world safe. Everything checks out. No firebenders here. So good work everyone!" Aang replied as he rested his left arm on Naruto's shoulder and used his free arm to hug Sokka and Katara with a nervous grin on his face.
"Love each other. Respect all life and don't run with your spears. We'll see you next time!" he said with as big of a smile as he could muster while slowly backing away with his friends. After his last sentence, they all made a run for it but were stopped by the guards.
You can't keep us here. Let us leave!" Katara yelled.
"Yea what she said!" Naruto added.
"Hmm ... Lettuce leaf?" The king asked as he bit into a leaf.
Katara and Aang just looked at him blankly while Naruto watched with his squinty eyed face and Sokka facepalmed.
"We're in serious trouble. This guy is nuts!" Sokka whispered to the others.
"Tomorrow the Avatar will face three deadly challenges. But for now, the guards will show you to your chamber."
"Do you mean the good chamber or the bad chamber?" One of the guards asked.
"The newly refurbished chamber." The king replied.
"Wait, which one are we talking about?"
"The one that used to be the bad chamber until the recent refurbishing. We've been calling it the new chamber but ... we really should number them. Take them to the refurbished chamber that was once bad!"
The four friends were lead down a hallway by two guards. When they finally reached the end, one of the guards brought down a slab of rock to reveal a small room. It had four beds, each of them with a green bedspread.
"This is a prison cell? But it's so nice." Katara commented.
"Nice or not we're prisoners. We've got to get out of here." Sokka told her.
"I wonder what these challenges are gonna be like." Aang said.
"We're not sticking around to find out. We're going to get out of here." Katara declared.
"But how?" Sokka asked her.
"I don't exactly know. But there has got to be someway out of here."
'Maybe I can use a Rasengan on the wall to get out of here. No ... That'll just drain my chakra which I'll need if we're going to run away. How ARE we going to get out of here?' Naruto wondered
"The air vents!" Aang exclaimed.
Katara and Sokka just shared a confused look while Naruto looked thoughtful.
"If you think we're gonna fit through there you're crazier than that king!" Sokka said.
'That's actually a good idea. Maybe I can use a transformation jutsu and go through that hole, but there's a chance I might either get lost or I might run out of chakra before I find a way out. If that happens, I'll change back to my regular form and there's no telling what could happen then. So that idea's out.'
"We can't, but Momo can!" Aang explained.
All heads turned to Momo, whom was licking an apple contently. Even Aang could see how big the lemur's stomach was from the buffet, but he dismissed it.
"Momo, I need you to find Appa and bust us out of here." Aang told him.
In response, Momo just stared at him blankly.
A minute later Momo was growling in protest as Aang pushed him into the air vent.
"Go on boy! Find Appa!" Aang said, a little less enthusiastically than earlier when he realized Momo couldn't fit.
"How is Appa supposed to save us anyway?" Sokka asked.
Aang felt slightly offended by this.
"Appa is a ten ton flying bison. I think he could figure something out."
"We can worry about that later. For now, we need to get some sleep." Katara said.
Katara and Sokka fell asleep silently while Aang and Naruto were both snoring loudly.
Aang heard the slab of rock in the chamber being lowered. As his vision cleared, he realized that his friends were missing.
"Sokka? Katara? Naruto?" Aang asked as he found all three of their beds empty. He then turned around to face the guard who opened the 'door'.
"Where are my friends?"
"The King will free them if you complete the challenges." The guard said stoically.
"And if I fail?" Aang asked warily.
"He didn't say. Your staff please."
Aang gave the guard his staff, albeit reluctantly.
Aang followed the man down the hallway he was lead just the night before. Eventually, he entered a familiar throne room with a very familiar king.
"First, Avatar, what do you think of my new outfit? I want your honest opinion." Omashu's king asked Aang.
Aang just blankly stared at him.
"Well? I'm waiting."
"It's fine I guess ..." Aang answered unsure.
"Excellent! You passed the first test." The king said.
"Really?!" Aang asked excitedly. If this was one of the tests, imagine how easy the others would be.
"Well, not one of the deadly tests. Those challenges will be much more, well, challenging."
Aang scowled at the king before rushing forward in a burst of speed.
'Fast!' The two guards thought.
"I don't have time for your crazy games. Give me my friends back! We're leaving." Aang demanded.
"I thought you might refuse. So I've given your friends some special souvenirs." The king said with a smirk.
A slab of rock was lowered to reveal Sokka, Katara and Naruto being held in place by guards.
"Those delightful rings are made of pure Genamite. Also known as creeping crystal. It's a crystal that grows remarkably fast. By nightfall your friends will be completely covered in it. Terrible fate really, but I can stop it. I will only stop it if you cooperate."
"Ah! It's already creeping!" Sokka exclaimed when his crystal grew a little.
"I'll do what you want." Aang declared with determination.
The king simply smirked in challenge.
Shortly after, they were in a cave underneath the castle. The king, Katara, Sokka, Naruto and some guards were standing on a balcony while Aang was standing on a platform over many stalagmites that covered the entire cave. There was a waterfall in the middle with a ladder in it. Above said ladder, there was a key hanging from a chain.
The king laughed, before looking over his shoulder. He was delighted to see that Katara's, Sokka's, and Naruto's crystals all grew to the point where their hands were encased.
"It seems that I've lost my lunch box key and I'm hungry." The king said before pointing at the key in the waterfall. "Ooh there it is. Would you mind fetching it for me?"
Aang stared at the key before he suddenly started leaping from one stalagmite to the next. When he got close, he jumped into the waterfall and grabbed the ladder.
"Ooh climbing the ladder. No one's thought of that before." The king said sarcastically before Aang lost his grip and fell down toward the stalagmites. Katara, Sokka and Naruto all yelled out his name worriedly as he fell. When he came between two of the stalagmites, he held his arms and legs out in order to stop his fall and barely avoided getting stabbed in a place where no male should ever be stabbed. At this, his friends smiled at him.
He then leaped from stalagmite to stalagmite upwards until he stopped in between two that were hanging from the ceiling. He jumped down and used airbending while spinning to accelerate his speed. He went into the waterfall, before being launched out a couple of seconds later. This time, though, he went flying straight into a stalagmite and was about to fall but he managed to grab it.
"That's right. Keep diving head-in, I'm sure it'll work eventually." The king told him.
Suddenly, Aang got an idea. He broke off the top of the stalagmite that he was hanging on to. He stood on the now flat top of it before tossing it towards the waterfall and bending a wave of air behind it to increase the speed. It took the key with it as it passed through the waterfall. Then, it stuck to the wall right above the king, leaving the key hanging right above him.
"There! Enjoy your lunch! I want my friends back, now!" Aang yelled.
"Oh. Not yet! I need help with a little other matter. It seems, I've lost my pet, Flopsie." The king said.
In Flopsie's Playground
"Okay. I found him!" Aang exclaimed as he saw a rabbit sitting on top a rock and thought it was Flopsie.
"Bring him to me! Daddy wants a kiss from Flopsie!" The king told him. Aang shivered a little but began to approach the rabbit.
"Come here Flopsie ..." Aang said quietly as he kept walking towards the furry animal. Just when he was about to grab him, a large goat-gorilla landed behind him. He looked over his shoulder, laughing nervously as the rabbit leaped away.
The goat-gorilla slammed both his hands together in an attempt to crush Aang, but the agile airbender leaped out of the way. Instead, his hands crushed the rock that the rabbit was on just seconds before.
Aang landed safely on the ground before noticing that the rabbit was running behind him. He turned around and ran after it.
"Flopsie,wait! Flopsie!" Aang shouted as he chased the animal. When he saw the goat-gorilla chasing Aang, the king laughed madly while Sokka, Katara and Naruto had looks of horror on their faces.
The rabbit made a sudden turn and Aang followed it, all the while yelling "Flopsie!". The goat-gorilla also made the turn as he chased Aang. The rabbit then scurried inside of a small hole. Aang tried to reach through the hole to grab it but it was no use. At that same moment, something clicked inside his brain when he looked at the goat-gorilla.
"Wait a minute ..." Aang started. "Flopsie?"
Just as Aang thought the beast would attack him, it stopped, picked him up, and started licking him.
"Flopsie!" Aang exclaimed happily before petting the goat-gorilla. The king then whistled and Flopsie ran towards him and climbed up to where he was standing before rolling over on his back.
"Ooh, that's a good boy! Who has a soft belly?" The king cooed as he rubbed Flopsie's stomach.
"Guys, are you okay?" Aang asked as he leaped up to where his friends were.
"Other than the crystal, slowly encasing my entire body? Doing great!" Katara said as her crystal made her look like she was wearing a dress. Sokka's crystal on the other hand was slightly larger and suddenly it grew a little bigger on his left side, making him fall over. Naruto wasn't doing much better. His crystal was reaching his neck and was dangerously close to covering his mouth.
"Aang, can you hurry this up? This isn't exactly comfortable." Naruto told him.
"I'll try my best." Aang said as he turned around to face the king. "I'm ready for the next challenge."
The king simply grinned evilly.
The Arena
They were now in a room which looked like a large arena.
"Your final test is a duel. And as a special treat, you may choose your opponent." The king said just before two barbaric-looking warriors came out of the door "Point to choose."
"So, you're saying whoever I point to, that's the person I get to fight?" Aang asked.
The king nodded. "Choose wisely!" he warned him.
Aang looked at each of his choices. Meanwhile, Naruto was simply raising an eyebrow.
'Why would they let him choose ... unless they expect him to choose someone! Obviously, Aang is expected to pick the King! Kurama Nii, can you sense the King's chakra please?' Naruto asked.
"Shut up kit, trying to sleep here." Kurama replied tiredly.
'Wake up you bastard fox!' Naruto mentally yelled at him.
"Alright, alright, alright. All you need to know is that that old man's chakra level is WAY over Aang's level. Well, unless he unleashes that power that he used before again."
'...So basically, what you're saying is, Aang is screwed.'
"Precisely."
Naruto exited his mind just in time to hear Aang's decision.
"I choose you." Aang grinned as he pointed at the King.
"Hmph. Wrong choice!" The king said before making his robe fall off to reveal a muscular body. Katara's and Sokka's jaws dropped while Naruto just stared in awe, which then turned to envy.
'How come grandpa is ripped but my body isn't even slightly toned?" Naruto asked internally with a pout.
Aang's eyes widened in shock and he took a step back.
"B-but! I thought ...!" Aang sputtered.
The King simply smirked and stomped the ground making cracks appear. The cracks went toward Aang before a small rock shot up, sending him down to the arena as the king jumped after him.
"You thought I was a frail old man. But I'm the most powerful Earth-bender you'll ever see!" The king said before Aang got up on his feet.
"Can I fight the guy with the axe instead?" He asked with a nervous laugh.
"There are no take-backs in my kingdom!" The king said before pointing up at the guard that was standing with the other teenagers in the room. "You might need this!"
The guard threw the glider down to Aang who caught it. The king then bended a rock out of the ground and launched it at him. Aang dodged it before being forced to avoid two more rocks that were sent his way.
"Typical Air-bender tactic, avoid and evade. I'd hoped the Avatar would be less predictable!" The king said before he then stomped the ground and a rock rose up before the king tossed it at Aang who quickly leapt over it and began to spin his staff to keep himself propelled in the air. He slowly flew towards the king.
"Don't you have any surprises for me? Sooner or later you'll have to strike back!" The king said before stomping the ground and yet another rock came up. He jumped into the air and kicked it with both feet and sent it into the ceiling. This caused many small rocks to fall down on Aang who collapsed. As he hit the ground his staff bounced away.
Aang then got up on his feet with a confident look on his face and started running towards his opponent. The king started walking back and forth and a stalagmite suddenly came out of the ground, almost hitting Aang. More stalagmites rose, barely missing Aang, but one came up under him which took him up with it.
"You'll have to be a little more creative than that!" The king said before Aang came down from the top of the stalagmite on his Air scooter and he headed straight for the king who arose yet another stalagmite. Aang avoided it and rode his air scooter along the wall before heading for the king again as he launched a blast of air towards the king. The old earthbender just lifted a wall of earth from the ground as the air blast hit it harmlessly.
"Did someone leave the windows open? It feels a little drafty in here." The king said as he peered out from behind the wall "Are you hoping I'll catch a cold?"
Aang then landed on the ground as the king kicked down the wall and jumped on top of it before launching a large amount of earth at Aang. The young airbender attempted to jump over it, but got knocked back. The king punched the ground, making small stalagmites burst from the ground towards Aang who jumped back, narrowly avoiding them. He placed his feet on the wall before pushing himself off and soaring towards his staff. Once he got his staff, he got in a stance.
"How are you going to get me from way over there?" The king asked before Aang started running and the king swiped his foot forward on the ground, making the earth around Aang turn into mud, trapping the young Avatar.
He levitated two large boulders with Earthbending and made them shoot towards each other in an attempt to crush Aang. However, the young monk used Airbending to blow the mud away from him just when the rocks crashed into each other. Suddenly, Aang leaped up and landed on the ground, swiping the glider downwards and sending a wave of air at the king in the process. The king was hit and flew back into a wall.
The king got up and made a rock fly towards Aang from behind, but he managed to jump over it and the rock continued towards the king. The king simply punched the rock with his left arm, reducing it to dust. Next, the king levitated one of the balconies that no one was standing on with earthbending. Aang quickly started running in circles, making a tornado as the king threw the balcony, but the tornado just reversed it. However, the king acted fast and used both his hands to split the balcony in two, creating dust. Emerging from the dust, Aang flew toward him and pointed the staff at him as the king brought his arms into the air in surrender. The king just grinned and looked up as Aang quirked an eyebrow. A pebble suddenly fell down on Aang's head and he looked up to see a large rock being held above him by his opponent.
"Heh heh. Well done, Avatar. You fight with much fire in your heart." The king said before tossing the rock aside and disappearing into the ground before reappearing on the balcony where all of the others were standing.
"You've passed all my tests. Now, you must answer one question." The king told Aang.
"That's not fair! You said you would release my friends if I finish your tests! Give me my friends!" Aang demanded.
"Oh, but what's the point of tests if you don't learn anything?" The king asked.
"Oh, come on!" Naruto said.
"This is ridiculous!" Sokka added.
"Answer this one question and I will set your friends free. What… is my name?" The king asked. While Aang looked confused, Sokka, Katara and Naruto had a 'wtf' look on their faces.
"From the looks of your friends…" He looked at Aang while walking away "I'd say you only have a few minutes."
"How am I supposed to know his name?!" Aang yelled, voice wavering with panic.
"Maybe it has something to do with the challenges? He did say something about learning a lesson from the tests." Sokka suggested.
"I got it!" Naruto yelled excitedly.
"What is it?" Aang asked.
"He's an Earthbender, right? Rocky! You know, because of all the rocks." Naruto announced with a grin while the other three just blankly stared at him.
"We're gonna keep trying, but that is a good back-up." Katara told him after a couple moments of silence.
"Okay, so back to the challenges. I got a key from the waterfall, I saved his pet, and I had a duel." Aang said thoughtfully.
"And what did you learn?" Katara asked.
"Well… everything was different than I expected…" Aang replied.
"And…?" Naruto asked just before his crystal grew to cover his mouth.
"Well… they weren't straight forward. To solve each test, I had to think differently than I normally would." Aang said before his eyes lit up.
"I know his name!"
King Throne Room
"I solved the question the same way I solved the challenges. As you said a long time ago, I had to open my brain to the possibilities." Aang said as he stood in front of the king. The king just chuckled.
"Bumi, you're a mad genius." Aang smiled then ran over to hugged his old friend.
"Oh, Aang. It's good to see you. You haven't changed a bit… literally." The king, now known as King Bumi said as the other three teenagers in the room walked over.
"Uh! Over here!" Katara said as only her face was visible.
"Little help!" Sokka said as only his mouth was uncovered by the crystal. Naruto said something too, but his voice was muffled due to the crystal blocking his mouth. In fact, the only thing visible was his eyes and nose.
Bumi then made the crystals burst off them with earthbending and he grabbed a piece of one of them.
"Gennamite is made of rock candy," He said. Then, he took a bite of it, "Delicious."
"So this crazy bastard is your old friend Bumi?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto! Don't talk to King Bumi like that!" Katara said in a hushed whisper.
"Sorry!" Naruto said while backing away from Katara with his hands in a defensive position.
"I like your style blondie. But who are you calling old? Okay, I'm old!" Bumi chuckled.
"Why did you do all this instead of just telling Aang who you were?" Sokka asked Bumi curiously.
"First of all, it's pretty fun messing with people." Bumi said before laughing while Naruto silently agreed with him. "But I do have a reason." He then turned to Aang. "Aang, you have a difficult task ahead. The world has changed in the hundred years you've been gone. It's the duty of the Avatar to restore balance to the world by defeating Fire Lord Ozai. You have much to learn. You must master the four elements and confront the Fire Lord, and when you do, I hope you will think like a mad genius." He then smiled as Aang bowed to him. "And it looks like you're in good hands. You'll need your friends to help you defeat the Fire Nation." Momo then jumped up on Naruto's shoulder "And you'll need Momo too."
"Thank you for your wisdom, but before we leave. I have a challenge for you." Aang said.
"Don't ya mean we!" Naruto grinned as he leaned on Aang's shoulder. Aang grinned as well while Bumi just smirked.
A couple of minutes later, Aang, Naruto and Bumi were riding a mail cart down one of the chutes. They seemed to be having fun, until they crashed into a cabbage cart.
"My cabbages!" The cabbage man cried in horror.
Aang's, Naruto's and Bumi's gleeful laughter could be heard all throughout Omashu.
Oh. My. God. I'm SO Sorry! I really wanted to update, and sometimes I sat down and started typing, but I never got to really finish until today. I really wanted to put up a new chapter every week, but I'm not sure if that's possible. It's not because I don't want to, I simply don't have the time. Why don't I? I have one word: School. Every since school started back, I've been getting so much homework that I barely have time for anything anymore. But, I will try my best to update as soon as possible. Once again, sorry for not updating in like, a month.
Anyway, next chapter is going to be "Imprisoned". I will be introducing one (maybe two, I don't know yet) of the Naruto characters in this episode. If I do put two, one of them is going to be Naruto's ally while the other is going to be a villain. I'm pretty sure you know who the villain is, because I'm not going to bring out the Akatsuki until later on in the story. But anyway, see you next chapter!