Chapter 4

Jin grabbed the males hand then got up. Kuma seemed to be the same height as Jin though his hair was a bit more puffy then his. Jin rubbed his neck slightly.

"Oh um… Sorry about your snacks Kuma."

Kuma laughed slightly. "Nah no need to worry about it. If a snack is as good as those, I'd eat them if they were crushed into powder."

Kuma folded his arms then smiled.

"So did you just arrive too?"

"Yes. Mister Fang and I got on an airship and came here."

"Mister Fang?... Ohhhh that must be your sponsor."

Kuma pointed towards Mr. Fang who had walked up behind Jin.

"There you are Jin. Please do at least give me some sort of warning before running off." Mr. Fang said.

"Oh sorry Mister Fang. Oh, this is Kuma. I accidentally crushed his bag. But he's cool about it." Jin said with a smile.

A slight silence filled the air before Fang clearly understood what he was saying.

"Oh…. I see. Well as long as you apologized then I suppose everything is alright."

Jin turned towards Kuma then smiled. "So where's your sponsor?"
"Oh you mean the old geezer? He's over there." Kuma said while pointing to an elderly water tribe man. He slowly approached the boy then looked at Fang.

"Jin why don't you and Kuma go off and explore a bit before the opening ceremony." Fang said making Jin smile. The two boys looked at each other before running off. The two sponsors looked at each other in silence before Fang spoke.

"I welcome you, brethren."

The man laughed slightly. "As do I."

Jin and Kuma walked together to an open area where a lot more of the students were relaxing. They sat down on a grouping of rocks and began to talk a bit.

"So where ya from?"

Jin smiled. "I'm from Ba Sing Se. But the Middle Ring though. I'm not that rich. What about you?"

Kuma smirked slightly. "I'm from the Northern Water Tribe! Yep, best place in the world if you ask me."

Jin's eyes widened slightly. "Wow. I've read a few books about there. Is it true that everyone there has a pet penguin and tame whales?!"

Kuma laughed slightly. "What? No way! My parents would kill me even if I brought a fish in as a pet….. So what's Ba Sing Se like? I don't know much about the world but I hear that that place is really formal."

Jin shrugged. "Yeah well… You kind of get used to it. The current Earth King isn't that bossy or anything but that's life really."

Kuma smirked. "Is it true that in the Earth Kingdom you guys have to drink tea everyday with every meal!?"

Jin laughed. "What?! No way…. Though my grandmother does encourage it."

The boys both shared a laugh while looking around.

"So what made you want to come to this school Kuma?"

Kuma sighed and shrugged slightly. "Well it kind of wasn't my choice. My dad's the chief of the tribe and since I'm the first born son, I'm going to be the next. By my dad, being the butt he is, doesn't seem me as 'mature' enough." Kuma scoffed slightly. "Just because I played a few pranks on a few people doesn't make me childish…."

Jin smiled. "Pranks? What kind of pranks?"

"Ahhhh I played the best pranks! Replacing my dad's armor with ladies dresses, filling my mother's facial products with whale blubber, tricking the little kids of the tribe into thinking that siting on ice without pants on with make you a true warrior; trust me, I was the best."

Jin laughed slightly. "Wow that sounds awesome. "

Kuma smiled and balled up his fist. "That's why I came here. So that after these four years I can challenge my father to a water bending duel and show him what imp made of!"

Kuma took out a water canteen from his bag and opened it. He then began to bend a little bit of the water out of it.

"I can't wait to be strong! I'll be all like, PCHOO~ PCHOAAAA, PACHAAM!"

Kuma began to make the water move in various directions. It was obvious to see that he had a bit of experience on him. Soon Kuma came to a stop noticing that the water had completely fell to the ground. He wasn't as strong as he believed he was. He sighed.

"Oh man…. I have a lot of work to do…"

Jin smiled. "Don't worry. I'm sure you'll show him."

Kuma sat back down while putting his canteen back into his bag. "What about you? What are you doing here?"

Jin shrugged. "Well it's a bit confusing really. I was playing an earth bending game with my friends and Mister Fang talked to my grandmother about letting me come here. But I've always felt that I could get stronger with my earth bending but no one could really teach me."

Kuma blinked blankly. "Is your grandmother an earth bender?"

Jin thought. "I don't… think so…. I've never seen her bend before so.. I guess not."

"What about your mom and dad?"

Jin pouted slightly. "They're both dead. My dad was an earth bender though. He didn't really teach me much since my mom thought teaching a baby to bend was dangerous."

Kuma pouted. "Oh man. I'm sorry to hear that. Sorry for bringing it up."

Jin smiled and shook his head. "Don't worry about it."

Kuma looked up at the sky seeing the other ships coming in. "I wonder how many people will be coming to this place….. It's amazing really. Never thought something like this could ever be achieved."

Jin smiled. "We have the avatars to thank for that. Hey that reminds me, is there even a new avatar now?"

"Nah not that I know of. After Avatar Korra died every just believed the cycle stopped… Pretty weird huh?"

"Yeah… But then again, the world's kind of at peace now. We don't really need the avatar anymore."

Kuma smiled. "Guess you have a point there….. Hey Jin, you're a pretty cool guy. Even though you're a snack killer."
Jin laughed. "I said I was sorry geez. I have a few treats from my home. Maybe we can exchange or something?"
Kuma smiled. "Even better idea! Want to be roommates?!"

Jin blinked blankly. "We can have roommates?"

Kuma nodded. "Yep! The housing is separated by genders so yeah! We can totally be roommates! Just think of it! We can stay up all night, throw parties, eat snacks, play pranks, and laugh at people and even PLAY PRANKS!"

Jin laughed. "Hey dummy you said play pranks twice!"

Kuma smiled. "IT"S BECAUSE IT'S TWICE AS EXCITING!"

"Wow that's not how sentences work you know!"

"I DON'T CARE! JUST SAY YOU'LL BE MY ROOMMATE ALREADY!"

Jin laughed a bit before nodding. "Ok ok. Just stop yelling at me."

Kuma smiled feeling victorious. He then wrapped his arm around Jin's shoulder. "That's my boy! Don't worry. I'm sure together we will find the best things to do around this place. We can even find the best people to prank"

Jin laughed. "Ok but I'm not here to cause trouble. Causing trouble isn't my thing."

"Noted my friend. Noted." Kuma said before sitting back on his rock. "You know Jin. Keep up the cool attitude and I just might make you my best man at my wedding."

Jin smiled slightly while stretching. "Wow. I'd be honored to."

"Hope you like below freezing temperatures."

Jin paused before groaning slightly. Kuma laughed the patted his back. The boys talked a bit more before hearing a loud gong going off in the courtyard.

"Oh! The opening ceremony must be starting! Let's go!"

Kuma grabbed his things as Jin gathered his. The boys laughed and ran towards the courtyard to meet with their sponsors.