This chapter clears a lot up concerning Nika's ACTUAL purpose. The finding love thing is a nice touch, but it actually has something to do with the third part, and... oops! getting ahead of myself!! Don't forget to review!
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Only a few moments passed and he was in the spirit world. Katara had no reason to worry. The atmosphere remained tranquil throughout the entire night. It was so quiet, that the only one awake was Toph.
Chapter 5: Nika
I slowly opened my eyes, expecting a mega-headache. And I had a mega-headache. And it hurt. A lot. I groaned and sat up. The floor that I was on was a forest floor, composed of leaves, some of which were fresh, others dry, and various other types of undergrowth.
But I wasn't in a forest.
The light was wrong.
I was somewhere else.
Somewhere that wasn't familiar to me.
I pulled my leg back as a small critter ran in between my toes. In doing that, I stepped on its tail. It ran up to my other foot and bit me.
"Ow!" I exclaimed, and watched it run away. Wherever I was, it wasn't exactly the nicest place in the world, judging from what I just saw.
I stood up and began to walk. Every so often, I would have to stop and marvel at some animal or other that crossed my path, and that was larger than anything I had ever seen before. Among others, I saw a gargantuan wolf, a person no larger than my thumb being chased by a monkey in a tunic, and a strange bird with four wings that I recognized as the spirit of fir trees.
However, as I continued to walk, I saw a large panda that immediately befriended me. I got up onto his back, and we flew. Even at the incredible speed that we were traveling, we didn't once barricade into one of the many age old trees.
Eventually, we stopped in front of an especially large tree. The panda put me down. I waved as it ran away.
The air was cold.
This sudden realization was the first step to the next part of my journey. The long ride on the panda's back left my muscles sore, because of the fact that most of the time, I was clinging to its fur for dear life. After stretching my arms, I tried to breathe into my hands. It didn't work. I tried again. It still didn't work. I tried again.
"It's not going to work." a voice said behind me. I turned around, startled.
"Avatar Roku!" I gasped, fell to my knees, and bowed. "It is an honor to be in your presence." I continued, looking at the floor.
"As it is for me. Come, we must speak with one another."
I stood up and followed him, bursting with pride. He had said that it was an honor for him to be in my presence! I smiled as we walked.
"I must speak with about a matter of great importance. This is why you were brought here. It is the only way that I can communicate with you."
"But… shouldn't you be talking with Aang about matters of great importance?" I asked. "After all, you're his past life."
"And how did you know that I was Avatar Roku? How did you know that I am Aang's past life?" he asked.
"I-" I started, but I had no idea. How did I know that he was who he was? After all, I knew nothing about the Avatars and their past lives.
"Ah. But you do. And this is why I must talk to you." he said, and smiled. Wait. Did he just read my mind?
"Like Aang, you have a spiritual connection to the past Avatars."
"Which means…?" I asked.
"We share thoughts." he answered, smiling good-naturedly.
So you can hear what I'm thinking? I thought.
"Yes. But you cannot hear what I am thinking." he replied. I frowned.
"Do my scars have anything to do with that?" I asked. Noow, it was his turn to frown.
"What?" I asked.
"Your scars define the disgrace of the Fire Nation." he said, not looking at me. I bowed my head in shame.
"Why?" I mumbled.
"When you were born, I gave one of the Sages a vision, a vision that you were the Ko Na. it was something I should never have done. He immediately went to the Firelord, but your father forbade him to kill you." I shuddered. "Instead, he told him to take you to the temple and do what they did. Those scars tell the future, which is why your father wanted you. He used you to know how the war was destined to end. He was pleased with the results." he said. "Each one of your friends is symbolized by a different symbol." We stopped in front of a shallow pool of water. I watched the ripples in the water, and saw how they formed themselves in different ways.
"The young waterbender and her brother are this." I recognized the symbol on Katara's necklace. "Aang is this." The symbol for the air nomads appeared on the surface. "The blind one is this." The symbol for the Earth Kingdom was clearly readable. "And your brother and sister are this." The symbol of our nation was the last to appear. "It is not when you remember your past that your scars illuminate, but when you are rearranging your future." he said.
"Creepy…" I said. We continued to walk.
"So… what was this matter of great importance that you wanted to speak to me about?" I asked.
"I wanted to reveal to you your true identity." he answered.
"But… I already have an identity. I am princess Nikikola of the Fire Nation, sister of Price Zuko, heir to the Fire Nation throne, ex-daughter of the Firelord Ozai, daughter of Firelady Ursa, niece of General…"
"Yes, you are all of that and much more." Avatar Roku interrupted.
"And I'm guessing that you are about to tell me the 'much more' part?" I said. He nodded.
"Besides being the daughter of the Firelord, you are also the Ko Na."
"The what now?" I replied, somewhat confused.
"The Ko Na. The separated one. You are what some people may call the Avatar's… other half. The first purpose of the Ko Na is to guarantee that the Avatar finds love."
I gulped. Guarantee that the Avatar finds love? How was I supposed to guarantee that Aang finds love?? I didn't like him that way at all!
"But the Ko Na also has a second purpose." Roku continued. "Its spirit must be united with that of the Avatar, or the Avatar cannot be fully reborn."
"How can he not be fully reborn?" I asked, still wondering how on earth I was supposed to guarantee that Aang finds love.
"He can only be reborn as a spirit, not as a full human, a spirit forced to live in the human world."
"But how come none of the legends ever mentioned the Ko Na?" I asked.
"Because the Ko Na is always the other gender as well as the other half. I was fortunate enough to marry my Ko Na, and unite spirits with her in the form of your mother."
"M-mom?" I stuttered. "That means, you're my…"
"It's a small world." he said.
"I see…" I said, trying to absorb what had just been said. "That's a lot of things that I have to take care of. Fight my dad, marry Aang..."
"It may seem like too much to handle, but when the time comes, you will know what to do. Perhaps you are lucky, and one problem may solve itself through the other." he answered, slicing through my train of thought. I nodded gratefully. Maybe he just did that to prevent me from saying the unthinkable. Having...gulp... Children.
"And one more thing." he added. "You must find a way to unite with Aang before you learn airbending, or this may be the last time anyone sees the Avatar." A glimmer of a smile crossed his face. "However, your job has been made much easier, since I had to look for my Ko Na, while fate has brought you and Aang together." With that, he anished, just as Aang poked his head out of the bushes.
"Aang!" I yelled happily. It was then that I realized that what had been a long trip on the panda's back, was in fact only a few minutes by foot with Roku. I ran up to him, and we walked back to the place where we had come in.
"Who were you talking to?" Aang asked.
"No one." I answered. "Myself."
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Okay, so this is all that I could muster at the moment, but let me just tell you that I am working on the other chapters, and I am doing my best to find a way to TYPE FASTER!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, so that isn't going so well.
There is only one thing that I can say, and that is...
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And Nika is NOT going to have a child with Aang. There are OTHER ways to unite spirits, as you will see in Book 3. So don't worry Kataandroids. Your lovely couple is safe. Actually, they are going to be helped by... UGH! Getting ahead of myself AGAIN!
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