Uzumaki's Wrath
Chapter 20(For real this time)
Hello everyone. Yes, long wait, but please don't be too mad at me. Ugh, my car died...don't know if i told you all that. So i need a new car, my laptop is dying on me, so i need a new one soon. I mean, the damn power button is gone and i have to turn it on by pressing the pressure plate with a pencil or something...AND my Xbox 360 got the red ring of death and the towel trick nor the tooth pick trick are work to fix that. FUCK!
Anyway, enough of my ranting, ENJOY!
Zuko could not sleep. He could not understand way. Was it the guilt he was feeling for his Uncle being in jail? Maybe. Was it anger at the man for not joining them? Possibly. Whatever it was, he couldn't get to sleep.
Getting up, he decided to 'visit' the man, but when he got to the front of the building, he got cold feet and just stood there. Did he really want to do this? So see the man that he knew he betrayed? Suddenly the guard yelled out to him and he made a decision. He left, but he needed to talk to the old man.
He would be back later.
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"I think see a cave below!" Aang shouted…from inside a floating cloud at sea level. Yeah…that was not suspicious as they flew down to the main land mass of the Fire Nation.
"Keep quiet!" Sokka replied harshly.
"Oh, don't be so paranoid." Naruto stated nonchalantly.
"You're not paranoid enough for someone who used to fight the Fire Nation with just small fox." Sokka retorted.
"What was that?" came an annoyed voice.
"Sorry Kurama." Sokka squeaked out, knowing that the old Tailed Beast could still kick his ass, even in fox form.
Aang just chuckled at that as he blew the cloud away and made their way into a cave. Jin smirked as well and held him in his fox form. "Someone is a little cranky."
"Yeah…Sokka's whining woke me up." The small fox replied.
"Hey, I am trying to keep us safe!" Sokka growled out. "Anyway Aang, great job with the cloud cameo but next time let's disguise our self as the kind of cloud that knows how to keep its many mouths shut."
"Again with this." Kurama groaned from his spot between Jin's breasts.
"Yeah, wouldn't want a bird up there to hear us and turn us in." Toph quipped.
"Hey! We're in enemy territory, those are enemy birds." Sokka replied with a serious face. That is until one of the birds hopped on his head and chirped, making him just look stupid…more than usual and making them all laugh.
"I am not so sure about that Sokka, but Naruto and Kurama have been here before. They know more than we do about this place." Jin replied thoughtfully.
"Yeah…if you remember, we didn't stay very long because of Azula." Naruto deadpanned before he noticed the hurt look on Aang's face. "Sorry Aang."
"It is no problem, I'm going to get used to her being the true enemy again." Aang replied dejectedly. He really liked her and for her to almost kill him, he just didn't know what to think.
"Yeah…with the way she was acting around you and from before, I think I know what is going on with her, but I'll tell you guys later." Replied Naruto. He had found some interesting documents on the ship that lead to an old Fire Nation practice that was banned a long time ago to get the 'ultimate fire', but like all power, it came with a price.
Aang nodded to himself, hoping Naruto did have an answer for Azula…or as he knew her Aluza's behavior.
The group went deeper into the cave…with Sokka still acting all paranoid. "Well this is it, this is how we'll be living until the invasion begin. Hiding in cave after cave…after cave...after cave." He said dejectedly.
"Hmm, just like old times." Naruto replied.
"Good times." Kyuubi replied good in nature, making his girlfriend laugh.
"We don't need to become cave people." Katara offered. "What we need is some new clothes."
"Yeah, blending in is better than hiding out." Aang replied.
"Hmm, I learned a jutsu that is like a transformation, but I am not sure how that will work for very long." Naruto replied with a shrug.
"Right, so we need Fire Nation disguises. We'll be just as safe as we were hiding in a cave." Aang said with a smile.
"Good thinking." Naruto replied. "Can't be that hard to get."
"Plus, they have real food out there." Toph stated as she laid back on the ground in a non-caring manner. "Does anyone want to sit in the dirt and eat cave hoppers?" she asked sarcastically while banging on the wall of the cave, getting them all to come out. Momo took that opportunity to catch a few to eat.
Momo looked at them all before he spit it out of his mouth. Sokka sighed, "Looks like we got out voted sport." Momo just stared at him blankly.
"Oh yeah, who wants real food." The Kyuubi groan sarcastically. "These bugs are high in protein."
"Ew." Jin said. "Sorry, but no."
"Thought so." Kurama replied.
"So…where are we going to find clothes that are just hang out there for us?" Naruto asked.
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"Oh…drying clothes on clothes line." Naruto deadpanned as they found a house.
""I don't know about this. These clothes belong to somebody." Aang replied.
"I call the silk robe!" Katara shouted as he jumped over the rock they were hiding behind to take that and few other articles of clothing.
"But…if it is essential to our survival, I call the suit!" Aang said happily.
"There you go Aang. Acting like a true traveler! I call the other suit! I want to look good!" Naruto stated as he walked up to the larger suit. The others quickly got something as well.
A few minutes later, they were all clothed in Fire Nation clothes…except for Kurama, who was still in his fox form and could just poof on new clothes when he went human.
Naruto and Aang had an interesting Fire Nation suits. Naruto had the sinking suspicion that something was wrong and something bad when happen to him and the Avatar when they walked into town with those on. Despite that foreboding feeling, he kept it on. Aang even had a headband over his arrow and Naruto decided the seal away his cloak.
"Wow Naruto, I though you never took that thing off." Toph stated with a smirk.
"Oh I do, but we still need to keep the illusion up that the Golden Fox is still with the other Eight. Besides, Jet has a similar one to the one I wore in Ba Sing Se…of course for some reason, he has the words, 'Golden Fox's Apprentice' on his." Naruto replied with a shrug.
Toph just shrugged as well. She didn't really like that guy, but whatever. "Hmm, I should probably wear some shoes, but then I won't be able to see well."
"Just take the bottoms off. No one would care." Naruto offered.
"Good idea!" Toph replied with a smile. "Sorry shoes!" She yelled as she forced her feet through the shoes, making the bottom fly off and hit Sokka's face, making Naruto chuckle. "Finally, a stylish shoe for the Blind Earth Bender."
"You are enjoying this, aren't you?" Sokka deadpanned to his blond friend.
"Yep!" Naruto chirped.
"How do I look?" came Katara's voice. The gang looked over to her and the boys went still. However, Sokka wasn't affected that much. He was her brother after all. Anyway, she looked hot in Naruto's opinion. She looked like a belly dancer a bit. Aang blushed a bit, but he knew he could not get her, but he could help but think of what Azula looked with that that on.
"Awesome!" Naruto replied with a thumbs up and a blush on his face.
"Wait, you mom's necklace." Aang pointed out.
"Oh, oh yeah. Guess I should take it off. It is pretty obviously water tribe isn't it." Katara replied as she sadly took it off.
"Keep it for later, but we'll get a new necklace for you later." Naruto offer, making the girl smile at him.
They looked toward Jin and she had her usual baggy clothes on, but they were Fire Nation colors. "What? You think I'd were something like Katara? Sorry boys, but only Kurama is going to see my body like that."
"Heh, lucky lucky me." The Kyuubi chuckled perversely before he looked at Naruto. "Hey kit, you need to do something about your hair."
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"Well, how many people have we met that actually had your hair color." Kurama deadpanned.
"Oh…good point." Naruto replied before he did the Henge jutsu and turned his hair red. "There, a new hair color."
"Yeah…copycat." Kurama growled to himself talking about how his hair was red in his human form.
"Well, I think it makes him looked cute." Katara replied with a smile as she held onto his arms.
"I'll take your word for it!" Toph shouted as she held onto his other arm.
"Well….ain't he lucky." Sokka deadpanned.
"What was that Sokka?" Aang asked, his mind elsewhere.
"Ugh, nothing…"
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Soon then gang found themselves in a nearby town, the marketplace to be more exact. Naruto coughed up the cash and Katara got a new necklace that was thick, red with a yellow outline and a red jewel on it. Toph got a hair band her usual bun look.
Sokka bought a hair tie that those in the Fire Nation usually wore. He got the idea from Zuko's old look.
Jin just held on to the fox between her breasts, who smirked the whole time while Aang, who didn't really know what to do with Momo, just put him in his suit.
Naruto decided to get a jacket of sorts to replace his trench coat look. It a simple red, a short sleeve jacket with the Fire Nation symbol on the back.
"I used to visit my friend Kuzon here. So everyone just follow my lead and stay cool." Aang ordered. "Or as they say in the Fire Nation, stay flamin'."
"Yeah…I'll get right on that." Naruto dead panned. Styles like that change over the years Aang…if you haven't noticed yet.
Obviously Aang still hadn't gotten that down. It was shown as he went through town calling everyone, 'hotman' and no one really knew what he was talking about….so they ignored him. That was the best that could happen in Naruto's opinion. He was not sure if Aang could explain why he was saying that if some random shmuck asked.
"Oh? We are going to a meat place?" Aang asked. One thing they never go used to was Aang never eating meat.
"Come on Aang. Everyone eats meat here…even the meat!" Sokka replied, point to some cow/bull hippo mixture that was eating some meat off the ground."
"Eh…I'll just get some lettuce out of the garbage." Aang said, a bit grossed out.
"I'll keep an eye on him. Maybe we can find a pastry shop." Naruto offered as the other went in.
"Thanks Naruto. I don't eat meat, but I also don't feel like eating alone." Aang replied.
"Hey, what are friends for? Now, let's see what trouble we can get in." Naruto stated with a sly smirk, making Aang roll his eyes.
However, before they could do much, a small group of guards walked right up to them. "It's over, we caught you two."
"Who me." The boys replied.
"Yes you.' One of the guard replied.
"Couldn't be." Naruto replied in a joking manner, making everyone sweat drop until they remember that was part of an old song.
"It couldn't be more obvious that you two don't belong here." The lead guard replied with a twitching eyebrow.
Oh crap, were boned! They mentally screamed.
"Next time you decide to play hokey, you might want to take off your school uniform." The lead guard continued.
Oh crap! Not school! I knew having these clothes was a bad idea, I just know HOW bad it really was. Naruto mentally berated himself as he looked all around, looking for a way out. However, if he made a scene, he would be making it worse, so he kept still…for now. That is until they grabbed both him and Aang and dragged them off to school. Oh joy.
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The duo found themselves in a large building where many classrooms lined the halls. Where they were throw in to one of them, the students looking at them in shock. "Oh, are these two new minds ready to be molded?" An older lady asked. He was very strict looking in Naruto's opinion.
Aang merely shrugged while Naruto sighed. "That's right! Let the molding begin!" The last air bender replied with a smile as he knocked on his head.
"I can already hear the comments from Koza….or Kurama….whatever he wants to call himself." Naruto grumbled to himself.
The elder woman eyed them and said, "What a minute, you're not from the Fire Nation. Clearly you two must be from the colonies."
"What gave it away?" Naruto deadpanned.
"Your etiquette is terrible…that's how." The woman scowled. "In the homeland, we bow to our elders. Like so." She then put her hand in a fist, with the other on top, but a straight palm before bowing.
"Sorry ma'am." Aang replied, doing it wrong until a nice girl in the front row silently showed him how to do it. He quickly got it right after that.
The teacher turned her expectant look to Naruto who sighed. "I usually don't respect people I know at first glance." Naruto replied with a emotionless face, making Aang inwardly groan and making the class widen their eyes, wonder what he was going to do. Before the teacher could yell at him, he said, "But whatever." Naruto replied before doing the bow the right way on the first time, making Aang release the breath he didn't know he was holding.
The teacher nodded with a frown before she turned her head to Aang and scowled. "And we don't wear head covings indoors!"
"My brother here has a scar on his forehead." Naruto lied quickly for his friend.
"Yeah, I am kind of embarrassed about it." Aang replied while averting his eyes, which made the old lady's eyes soften a bit.
"Very well, what are your names? Or do you want us to call you two the colony slob brothers."
Aang chuckled. "Just slob is fine with me." Naruto face palmed at that only hide his smirk. Only Aang. "Or how about just calling me Kuzon." He offered up his old friend's name.
"Call me Arashi." Naruto offered, getting a raised eyebrow for his troubles. "It means Storm is another language. Our parents were a little too creative."
The teacher seemed to accept that. After seeing Aang's personality, she guessed that was it. "Very well, now go sit down."
Joy… Naruto thought as he took his seat. This is going to be more boring than Master Yu's old classes.
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After class got out, Naruto and Aang were seen walking in the plaza of the school yard. "We made it through the day…and it was pretty fun." Aang spoke aloud to Naruto and Momo…who was still in his uniform.
"Ok seriously Aang, what is your definition of fun?" Naruto dead panned. He had a serious hate for school. Obviously Masker Yu ruined school for him.
Aang didn't get a chance to answer before a voice popped into their conversation behind them. "Don't let the headmaster catch you with that monkey." The boys turned their heads to see it was the girl from before, who helped out Aang with the bow technique.
"What monkey!" Aang shouted, but when he got another good look at her, he couldn't help but blush a bit. She was cute.
"Don't worry. I'm not a tattle tale. My name's On Ji. I like your headband by the way." She stated kindly.
Naruto smiled at that. "Heh, nice to meet you On Ji." Naruto replied in kind. She noticed that he was much happier looking when not stuffed in a classroom. "Well Kuzon…looks like you got a new friend."
Before Aang could reply, the two boys were brushed to the side by another boy. Again, this guy was wearing the same uniform as they rest. However, his face was angular and had a smug look on his face.
"On Ji, you don't have to babysit the new kids." He stated as he put an arm around the girl. Naruto noticed that she didn't even smile, just a straight face.
"Let me guess. Judging by your attitude so far, you are a 'popular' kid." Naruto said with a straight face, unnerving the guy a bit.
"That's right and I'll give you two colony kids a word of warning. On Ji. Is. My. Girlfriend."
"Ok…" Aang replied, not really caring.
"So? She can't have new friends that are guys?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow. The guy narrowed his eyes on Naruto before he turned and made an 'I am watching you' gesture to both of them. He then lead his girlfriend away from them. "Later Tomato Head!"
Naruto gained a twitching eye at that and an overwhelming urge to beat the guy's face in….but he reeled that in wondering why he felt that way in the first place.
"That was interesting." Aang stated.
"Yeah…I have him pegged." Naruto deadpanned.
"What do you mean?" Aang asked.
Naruto turned to his air bending friend and smiled. "Nothing you can't handle. Just be ready if he tries to attack." Aang blinked at that. He didn't really like to fight, but he nodded. He would try to avoid a fight if possible.
"I don't believe it. He didn't beat either of you up." A shocked skinny boy said as he walked up to them. "Not even a little."
"Guess we're just lucky." Aang replied while Naruto just shrugged.
Soon, more of the kid's friend came over. There was a cheerful looking girl with pig tails, a bigger boy, and really skinny white guy. "We were on our way to play hide and go explode. You guys wanna come with us."
"I'd love too!" Aang replied happily, always up for a new game.
I swear, that sounds like a suicide game…but this guys are all still alive, so it can't be that bad. Naruto thought before a smile creped on his face. "I can get on that and it give me a chance to test out the exploding tag designs that I got from the scroll." He said thoughtfully while Aang sweatdropped. A lot of stuff in the scroll was dangerous….this had to be too.
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Later that night, Sokka was his usual self. That pretty much meant he was freaking out about where Aang and Naruto had been all day. Actually, everyone as a bit freaked out. "Where were you guys?" Katara asked as she sat next to Appa near the fire. "We've been worried sick."
"We were invited to play with some kids from school." Aang replied.
"Yeah…a game called Hide and Go Explode." Naruto replied nonchalantly. Katara then noticed the state of their clothes. Yep, burn marks and dirt.
"Sounds like a suicide game." Toph stated from her position in the cave.
"I thought that too, but it is actually a cool game….i just can't use my exploding tags because they are too powerful." Naruto replied sullenly.
"That's putting it mildly." Aang deadpanned.
"Wait! AFTER WHAT?" Sokka shouted as he stood at attention.
"We were enrolled in a Fire Nation school." Aang said happily.
"More like forced because the clothes we picked were school uniforms and today was a school day." Naruto dead panned.
"And were going back." Aang said, making the blond turned red head glare at him.
"Enrolled in WHAT!" Sokka yelled with his mouth hanging open in disbelief before he fell on the ground dramatically.
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"You again. Stay right there!" A fire Nation guard at a prison yelled out as he pointed his spear at the cloaked Zuko. However, when he saw who it was, he was shocked. "Prince Zuko?"
"I am going in there and NO ONE is to hear about this, undertand?" ordered Zuko as he talked about going to see his Uncle. The man just nodded dumbly.
As soon as the Prince made his way into the cell, He saw his Uncle in the rags of prison and he looked like shit. "Uncle…it's me." However, it seemed Iroh wanted nothing to do with him as he turned his back on the prince.
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The whole group was now sitting around the fire. "Ok, I am trying to be mature and try and not immediately shut down your idea, but it sounds….really terrible."
"Thank you!" Naruto cried happily for once at Sokka's skepticism.
"I have to agree. We got our outfits, what do you need to go to school for? Me and Naruto hated school when we went in the Earth Kingdom. Master Yu had to teach us both bending and real world stuff….blac!" Toph stated. She still couldn't read or write, but for some reason, she could do math really well.
"Every minute I am in that classroom. I am learning new things about the Fire Nation." Aang defended He then brought out two pictures. "I already have a picture of Fire Lord Ozai and here's one I made out of noodles." Naruto boredly showed them his noodle picture. It was about the same.
"Impressive I admit, but I still think it is too dangerous." Sokka stated.
"I guess we'll never find out about the secret river then." Aang said slyly, Naruto inwardly groaned. "It goes right to the Fire Lord's palace. We were supposed to learn about in class tomorrow."
"Hmm. I am a fan of secret rivers." Sokka replied thoughtfully. 'Fine, we'll stay here for a few more days."
"Flameo Hotman!" Aang shouted in triumph.
"Shit." Naruto groaned in defeat.
"Flameo?" Sokka asked. Katara just shrugged.
Toph got up and walked over to her boyfriend and said, '"Don't worry, it is just a few days." She then gained a perverse smirk, "In the meantime, why don't we have some fun deeper into the cave."
"Oh you are on." Naruto stated a she followed the blind girl to have some real fun. Katara looked at the retreating red with longing eyes. She was going to have him soon...
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"You brought this on yourself you know." Zuko stated to his jailed Uncle. "We could have returned together. You could have been a hero.
The only response he got was more turning away from the old man.
"You had no right to judge me Uncle. I did what I had to do in Ba Sing Se and you're a fool for not joining me."
Still no answer. Zuko didn't know it, but not having his Uncle's guidance around was tearing him apart. Still that emotion didn't register on him. "You're not going to say anything?" Silence. That silence was making the prince go nuts, so he let his anger out on a poor stool…which was burnt to a crisp.
"You're a crazy old man! You're crazy and if you weren't in jail, you'd be sleeping in the gutter!" Zuko shouted before he left, slamming the door behind him.
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Another day in class. This was not his idea of fun. Naruto hated school and in the Fire Nation? That only made it worse! However, he did get some entertainment this morning. Aang didn't know the Fire Nation Oath….so he made up as he went. Making a fool of himself. Hey, Naruto didn't either and kept his mouth shut for once and surprisingly, he didn't get in trouble for it because the teacher's attention was all on Aang.
So yeah, this morning had some good entertainment for the boy from the past. Another good nugget was when they had to take….a dreaded pop quiz and there was a question about the air nomad 'army.' Aang just had to blurt out that was wrong, but still nothing bad happened.
However, there was a question about Konoha, which was a surprise to him and he actually got that right….something that their teacher picked up on and pointed out. "How do you know so much about Konoha, Arashi?"
"Well." Naruto began and he knew he had to somewhat bullshit this answer. "My family traveled around a lot and we found the ruins of that old village. You learn some pretty interesting stuff but just rummaging around in that place."
The teacher blinked owlishly along with the rest of the class before she nodded to herself. Colonials could actually go there…if they found it of course.
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"So…what's next?" Naruto asked a bit stoically?
"Um…I am not sure, but our schedule says band." Aang informed his 'brother.'
"Hmm, this should be interesting." However, Naruto did nothing one crucial thing while they were in this school. There was no true creativity. It was mostly a do as your told type of place. These people didn't make anything fun….they were very strict about everything.
Another example of this is when they actually got to class and while they were not that great with the instruments they chose, Aang decided to dance in place while he blow on his horn, which once again, put all the attention on him.
Naruto just strummed on his stringed instrument. He did manage to pick up some of the art while on the road. It was useful when Kurama was complaining about one thing or another. Sto say he was bad at it….well he wasn't actually and they made everyone leave him alone about.
But still, the creativity in this place was nonexistent! The teacher even had to explain why they didn't dance! The hell!
"Dancing is no conducive to a proper learning environment. Young people must have rigid discipline and order!" the older male band teacher explained.
"But what about expressing yourself?" Aang asked.
"I am going to have to agree with Kuzon on that." Naruto stated, a bit confused. Still if that was how it was, no wonder why it was so boring in the Fire Nation.
However, the teacher took that question the wrong way. "I know wwe are so moved by our great nation that we can't control our own bodies!" He said passionately. "You must, march in place quietly the next time the urge hits you." Yeah…that really put a damper on Aang's spirit and Naruto actually felt sorry for the kid.
Now you should understand why I hate school! Naruto thought.
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During recess, as sson as they two 'brother' made their way out, everyone was staring at them. They were whispering about Aang dance and surprisingly, Naruto's artistic skill with a stringed instrument. They thought it was connected because when Naruto played, they did feel that urge.
On Ji actually liked it though and walked right up to Aang. "Uh hi Kuzon. I really liked that crazy dance you were doing."
Naruto smiled from his place next to them. It seemed not all in the Fire Nation was a lost cause. Heh, he could even see the interest in her eyes for Aang. Yeah…she didn't really like that other guy that much. And hey, Aang seemed to like her as well. Maybe…he could hook them up?
"Thanks On Ji. I can show it to you again if you'd like." Aang said but they had to dodge a fire ball that hit near his feet.
Naruto inwardly groaned. This guy was beginning to get on his nerves.
"What'd you say colony trash?" the boy demanded. "You're going to show her something?"
"Just some dance movements." Aang said, not seeing the problem, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Naruto already ready for a fight. That got him aware of the situation.
"Nobody shows MY On Ji anything. Especially movements!" He stated before he threw a punch, which just made again move to the side to avoid. This seemed to anger the boy more and he tried to keep on attacking until his fist landed into Naruto's open palm, who didn't look to happy. The boy also noticed that Naruto had a strong grip when he tried to remove his hand from the red head's. "Let go you tomato headed freak!"
That was the trigger again for the intense rage from when in. However, he only squeezed the boy's hand really tight as he reeled in his anger. "You, I have you pegged." Naruto stated again.
"What?" The boy replied in a pained voice and he tried in vain to get his hand back.
"It is simple. You think you are the top dog here. The 'cool' guy, but you know, all I see is a smug little brat who seems to get his way most of the time. However, when someone steps on your toes, you use violence to get your way. That is not called cool, it is calling being a Snobbish Brat.
That seemed to anger the boy and shock the group of students all around them. Nobody had obvious stood up to this boy. He then threw his out hand out in another attempt to punch Naruto and free himself. However, all Naruto did was catch the other hand and then use on of his feet the knock the boy on his ass.
"You know, your fire bending is ok…just not hot enough." Naruto stated calmly as he stood over the boy. "There is something ironic about my name though. What do you see that signifies a storm?"
The boy glared at him from his position on the ground. "Lightning, duh!"
"Got it in one go." Naruto said and Aang watched in shock as Naruto positioned two fingers in front of the boy's face. They were streaking in lightning. The red head noticed Aang's disbelief and winked at the air bender, telling him that he was not really going to hurt the stupid kid.
"What the…I though the royal family could only bend lightning!" The boy freaked.
Naruto smirked evilly as he added killer intent, scaring the boy even more. "You'd be surprised what you'd find in the ruins of an old village."
"ENOUGH!" An older man shouted and he walked right up to them. From the whisperings, the boys found out that this was the Headmaster. Said man, looked all around him. To the boy on the ground, looking like he was about to shit himself, and then to the two 'brothers.' "Picking fights on your second day boys?"
"I would even call it a fight." Naruto said stoically.
"We need to have a conference to discuss your punishments! Bring your parents to my office after school!"
"Parents! But!" Aang argued.
"Don't be late!" The man said as he lead On Ji's boyfriend away. However, he eyed Naruto thoughtfully before leaving. The girl's boyfriend smirked at them as he left.
"Oh no." Aang groaned.
Naruto sighed. "I have a feeling this would have happened anyway. You dodging the whole time or not doing what I did. They guy got what he wanted."
"This sucks." Aang groaned.
"Just grin and bear it little brother, we'll get through this.
XXX
"Thank you for coming Mr. and Mrs.-" The head master started as he stared out to the four people in front of him. There was Naruto and Aang of course and to the sides were Kyuubi in his human form, Koza, and Jin in her baggy Fire Nation clothes. They were the oldest in their group and Koza's red hair explained Naruto's seemingly red hair.
Maybe he was getting to old, but Kuzon did look like his mother somewhat. But whatever.
"Tails." Koza started with a sly smirk. "I am Koza Tails…or as my friends call me, Kurama. This is my hot as hell wife, Jin Tails."
If I remember correctly from my own travels, his name nickname means Nine Tails? And his wife is Gold Tails? Ok, these people are just weird. The headmaster inwardly groaned, now seeing how the kids were like how they were.
"Nice to meet you." Jin replied happily.
"Mr. and Mrs…Tails, your sons have been enrolled in her for two days and they are already causing problem. Kuzon has argued with his history teacher, both have disrupted music class, and roughed up my star pupil!"
"Really?" Jin stated in her fake concerned voice. "That doesn't sound like our kids."
"That's what any mother would say ma'am. Nonetheless, you are forewarned. If they act up one more time, I'll send them to reform school!" He said slamming his fists on his desk. "That would be the coal mines and I would truly hate to see young Arashi go there. He has potential if he continues to excel. Are we clear?"
"Crystal." Koza laughed. "I just gotta say that you think my oldest has potential?"
Stupid fox, yuk it up all you want. I know you are enjoying this. Naruto thought in annoyance.
"Yes, it seems that he has an advance bending nature. Not many can bend lightning." The head master replied with an impressed smile.
"Ah yes, my oldest does have great potential. I am so glad I game him that name!" Koza shouted happily. Aang was starting to get it and he chuckled to himself. Kurama really did like messing with Naruto.
"However," Koza stated seriously as fire surrounded his fist. "When we get home, you two are going to get the punishment of a lifetime."
"That's what I like to hear." The headmaster stated with his arms crossed. This guys is a bit scary.
"And then I'll go wreck my lovely wife's ability to walk." Koza said with a giant pervert smile, which made both boys groan and Jin to smile happily.
However, the headmaster only inwardly groaned. I swear, I have a feeling that these people are going to drive me insane.
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"Orange is such an awful color." Mai said as her and Zuko watched the sunset on a cliff outside the city.
Zuko chuckled, "You're so beautiful when you hate the world."
"I don't hate you." Mai said with a smile.
"I don't hate you too." Zuko replied in kind before they met in a kiss.
Azula walked up to them a few second later, staring at them. She thought they were such a strange couple. However, watching them kiss, it made her sad because of what she did to Aang. Both sides of her loved the Avater after all. So she decide to ruin the moment by clearing her throat. "Zuko, can I have a word with you?"
"Can't you see we're busy?" He replied before he went back to kissing his girlfriend.
Azula rolled her eyes, She didn't really care. "Oh Mai, Ty Lee needs your help untangling her braid."
However, Mai knew not to mess with the Princess. "Sounds pretty serious." She said, but as she passed the dual personality girl, she glared at her.
"So, I hear that you've been to visit your Uncle Fatso in the prison tower." Azula said.
"That guard told you!" Zuko growled out, ready to punish the man.
"No, you did, just now." Azula replied slyly.
Zuko sat back down and face the other way. "Ok, you caught me. What is it that you want Azula."
She didn't know what was going with her at the moment. She was just concerned for her older brother. "Actually nothing. Believe it or not, I'm looking out for you. If people found out you've been to see Uncle, they'll think you're plotting with him. Just be careful dumb dumb."
Zuko didn't know if she was being sincere or not. So he looked at her for a moment and then looked away. He didn't know what to think, but he felt that Azula was playing him again.
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"That settles it, no more school for you young man." Sokka shouted as he wore a beard. H ewant to go as Kuzon and Arashi's father, but Koza beat him to the punch…but he kept the beard on all this time for some reason.
"I think it would be best to pull out for now. You two are not exactly keeping a low profile." Koza said.
"I am not ready to leave. I am having fun for once, just being a normal kid. You don't know what it is like Sokka. You get to be normal all the time." Aang replied. Althought Sokka wasn't exactly normal. Something that made Toph laugh.
"Ha Ha!"
Naruto had to smirk at that because Sokka seemed annoyed by the laugh.
"Listen guys, those kids at school are the future of the Fire Nation. If we want to change this place for the better, we need to show them a little taste of freedom." Aang said.
"What could you and Naruto do for a country depraved little fire monsters?" Sokka asked.
"I am going to throw them a secret dance party!" Aang announced.
"Ok, I am in." Naruto laughed.
"Go to your room!" Sokka shouted in a 'manly' voice. He thought Aang's idea was nuts, but sadly for him, he was outvoted…again.
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A few hours later, the cave was ready thanks to Naruto and Toph's earth bending skills. The sides of the cave were alight with many candles and through earth bending, a stage was raised for a band to play on.
While Aang made sure his headband was back on, Sokka was complaining like usual. "I can't believe we're having a dance party! Seems so…silly!"
"Look who you're talking to." Koza laughed.
Aang just smiled. "Don't think of it as a dance party, but as a cultural event celebrating the art of fancy foot work."
"Heh, still a party is a party and not those stuff ones we were forced to go to when we were younger…right Toph?" Naruto asked.
"Got that right!" Toph shouted, she really hated though. She then froze up and then said, "Stop the bending, they are here!"
Aang grimaced as he noticed that Appa was still in the cave. "Sorry buddy, you should probably wait out back." Appa growled as he went out the back way of the cave. "I know, you got fancier feet than anybody… and six of them!"
A few minutes later, everything was ready and a band called the Flameos were playing on the earth bent stage. However, everyone was just standing around…or sitting on the earth bent tables. "Ladies and Gentlemen, the FLAMEOS! Yeah, this should get everybody moving." Aang announce happy until he noticed the lack of movement.
"No what do we do?" A boy Aang and Naruto met on their first day asked.
"This is when you start dancing!" Aang explained with a smile.
"I don't think my parents want me dancing in a cave." A larger boy shyly replied
"Yeah, what if someone finds out!" A nervous looking skinny boy said, looking out for any adults, however, only a smirking Koza and Jin were there. So that didn't do anything for him.
"Oh boy. Listen guys, dancing isn't something you think about. It's a form of self expression that no one can ever take away from you" Aang said, determined to help these kids.
"Maybe it was different in the colonies Kuzon, but we don't do that here." A boy informed Aang.
"Sure you do, you have for generations." Aang said, not taking no for an answer. "It just so happens that I know several classic Fire Nation dances." He then showed a them all a few moves, explaining to the children…well teenagers what they were called. "One hundred years ago this one was called the Phoenix Flight. And this one is called the Camleophant Strut!" That last one brought him in front of a few girls who giggled at him, shocking the hell out of the more shy boys.
"Heh, who knew twinkle toes knew how to dance." Laughed Toph as she watch with her earth vision.
Naruto smirked as he got up to show off himself. "Well, I found some interesting thing from the ruins of Konoha. Hell is more fighting moves that dance, but in my opinion, they are the same thing." Naruto stated as he walked out onto the dance floor and preformed several stances for eh Goken Fighting, ending with a modified version of the Primary Lotus attack. That impressed several people.
"Heh, Nice one!" Aang shouted, glad that Naruto was joining in.
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Zuko was back at the prison tower, visiting his Uncle. The Prince was much mellower this time. "I brought you some Komodo Chicken." He said as he slid a box into the cell. "I know you don't like it, but it is better than prison food…right?" Zuko saw that the old man still was not facing him. "I admit it, I have everything I always wanted, but it is not at all how I thought it would be."
"The truth is…I need your advice. I think the avatar is still alive and that Naruto, the Golden Fox is still with him instead of with his group that he made. I know they are out there. I am losing my mind." Zuko was finally confessing that he didn't have all the answers. "Please Uncle, I need your help." Zuko then saw that the old man still had not moved and grew angry again. "Forget it, I'll solve this myself! Waste away in here for all I care!" He walked towards the door and with one last look at the old man, he left, slamming the door shut. He never noticed that Iroh had tears in his eyes.
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"And this is how they do it in the ballrooms of Ba Sing Se!" Aang announced as he managed to get On Ji out onto the dance floor with him. She quickly got the rhythm and happily joined in, blushing a bit because she liked how carefree he was.
Soon, more and more of the kids were joining, actually having fun. "Alright, go with that! Everybody free style!" Aang said and he results were….rather funny. Some just had no rhythm. Still it didn't bother Aang and he was using this time to get closer to On Ji.
Naruto decided he would have a little fun and walked up to Katara, knowing that Toph didn't like to dance that much. "Come on, let's dance."
"I don't know Naruto. These shoes aren't meant for dancing and-" Katara said before she was cut off.
"Take my hand." Naruto replied with kind smile.
Katara stared at him for a few second before a smile spread on her face as well. "Ok."
As soon as he they got to the dance floor, he whispered, "Remember, Fighting Style and Dance Styles are kind of the same. Water vs Lightning." Katara nodded and they started circling each other with their hand out, ready for anything.
Aang and the other stopped what they were doing to watch and smiled. He had to see this, but he blushed a bit when On Ji leaned on him to watch too.
The dance began as soon as Naruto struck out with his fingers. Katara used to water style flexibility and 'dodged' all of Naruto's attacks. They twist and turned around each other as if they had done this a hundred times before, at ease with each other and smiling. Katara's smile grew and he held on to her and one point and lifted her up and then brought her down gently in his arms.
She was blushing hard by the time it was over and she leaned in to give him a fierce kiss on the lips when they ended the dance.
After that, the night continued as the students loosened up and they all danced in their own way. Naruto was usually seen with Katara or Toph, just having fun with it all. Sokka was trying and failing to hit on girls. Thankfully he took off the annoying beard or that would have been weird. Koza was laughing his ass off at the teens' attempts at dancing while Jin giggle before they started making out near the back of the cave.
Aang was either dancing or rest at a table with On Ji, getting to know her more. Currently, they were sitting side by side at table, laughing at a joke he finished telling. On Ji smiled at him. "I really like you Aang. You're not a jerk and you actually listen to me."
"Unlike your boyfriend?" Aang asked.
On Ji sighed. "That idiot is not my boyfriend. Arashi got it right when he said that Hide always got his way. He thinks I am his girlfriend because he scares all the other guys away. You're different and I like that. I have only known you for two days and I really like you. You're not like the other guys here."
"You mean that?" Aang asked.
"Yeah, I do." On Ji replied with a smile as she leaned in. Aang leaned in as well and they met in a kiss, but he broke it off a few seconds later with a sad look on his face. "W-what's wrong?"
"I don't know if I can do this." Aang explain. "I sort of had a fight with this girl that I liked and I thought that she liked me as well…but I don't know. I haven't seen her in weeks."
On Ji smiled at that. He already thought as was a good guy and this proved it, but if the other girl didn't respond to his attempts, she could deal with that. "Then she is missing out on someone really great." She said before she captured him in another kiss, shocking the young air bender.
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Azula was pissed beyond all reason for some reason. She was fine a few minutes ago, but now….she just want to kill something. So she settled with burning down a tree with her blue fire. If she had been paying attention, she would have seen that it flickered from blue to black for a few seconds.
Still, she kind just scared the fuck out of Mai and Ty Lee.
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Their fun for the evening had to end sometime and it was just about to end because the head master, thanks to Hide himself, came barging into the cave with a few guards.
"Well, that's our cue to get the hell out of here." Naruto deadpanned as he and others ran to the back to the cave to get Appa ready to get the hell out of this town. Aang decided to bu them some time by making himself a target. The guards ran after him, only on the chance that he was wearing his headband, something that the other students picked up on as they put on headbands of their own.
"Go, get out of here." On Ji whisper to her crush.
Aang smiled sadly. "Thanks On Ji." He said as he kissed her while slipping a piece of paper in her hands. He then ran off to the back of the cave with the others, leaving a blushing On Ji behind.
The student seriously had a fun time messing with the headmaster and the guard's head as they all wore headbands. They had lost Kuzon. They knew that much for sure.
The boy that they meet on the first sad waved goodbye but then had a look of disbelief when eh saw the back of the cave close behind them with earth bending.
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"Oh man, that was fun!" Naruto shouted happily as he sat on Appa as they flew high in the air.
However, Sokka was back in paranoid mode, something that Katara noticed. "We're safe Sokka."
"Yeah…uh huh."
Toph smiled. "What to go you two. You guys taught those kids how to be free."
"I don't know, it was just a dance party." Aang said shrugging it off with a smile.
"Awe, you don't give yourself enough credit." Naruto smirked.
"Hey, you help out a lot." Aang pointed out.
"Yes he did." Katara stated as he kissed the now blond on the lips.
"Yeah, I actually had fun with this adventure." Kyuubi, back in his fox form stated.
"Flameo you two. Flameo." Sokka said, clapping for them.
"Ok, you making that already lame word, even more lame." Kyuubi dead panned, making Sokka grumble.
"Still, we had fun and that is all that matters." Jin stated with a kind smile as she held on to the fox.
As they flew into the night, Naruto noticed the sad look on Aang's face. "Who are you thinking about?"
Aang sighed as he turned his head to see that everyone else was asleep. "I can't stop thinking about Azula. On Ji was nice and all, but….i don't know."
"Sooner or later you're going to have to choose. I can see that you are not the type of guy to have more than one girl." Naruto said.
"Yeah…" Aang said sadly…however, the choice for him was obvious.
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In an industrial part of the main city is where we see a cloaked Zuko walking down its roads. The atmosphere we ominous and there was a lot of tension in the air to the young Prince. His biggest fear is that he would be caught.
Suddenly, a huge brute of a man with a creaky metal leg appeared behind him. Another unique feature on the giant was a third eye on his forehead. "You sure you weren't followed?" Zuko asked the man…only no answer. Zuko looked that man over and said, "I've heard about you. They say you are good at what you do and even better at keeping secrets. The Avatar is alive. I want to find him…and end him. Just be careful of one of his companions. The Golden Fox is with him."
The man nodded and left as quietly as he came….sort of.
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Back in her home. On Ji, was in her room. Her parents were not as strict as the other children's, so she didn't a very severe punishment. She took out the piece of paper that Aang had given and begun to read, her eyes widening with the more she read.
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And there we go! What did Aang put in his letter? What will happen to the gang now that they have a bounty hunter on their asses? Who will Aang choose?
Eh….just keep on reading. You'll find out soon enough. I will say this though…the heat made this chapter really hard to write.
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