Edited 8-21-15 (once again, not much, changed a few things that didn't fit very well, such as mysterious voice lol, worded some sentences better, minor grammar errors, nothing important enough to re-read)
"Where are we going?" I heard a females voice approaching and knew the Avatar and friends were nearing, but the voice had told me to watch them first so I looked around for somewhere to hide. I looked around and saw thousands of statues that I hadn't noticed before.
"Naruto!" I got his attention with a whisper-shout "hide, we cant meet them yet!" I said and ran over to him to pull him behind a few rows of statues.
I should've seen his protest coming "Who says so, I wanna meet them now!" He said, thankfully sorta quietly.
"I don't know I'll explain later, but please, Naruto, just do it!" I pleaded looking into his eyes.
"Fine, but only because I think that we should." He said and crouched behind a statue.
"Remember, be quiet." I warned him, but he just rudely shhed me.
"The Air Temple sanctuary, there's someone I'm ready to meet." A boys voice came, he sounded about 12.
Maybe he did know we were here, and by the glare Naruto shot at me, he was clearly thinking the same thing. I was about to stand up and prepare to meet him when the feeling came again.
NO, HES NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU, I SAID WAIT.
And I did what it said, I crouched back down and put my finger to my lips as the voice of a girl seemed right outside the door.
"But Aang, no one could've survived 100 years in there." The girl said in a gentle but stern way.
"Well, its not impossible, I survived in the iceberg for that long." 'Aang' replied matter-of-factly.
"Good point." She said.
"And whoever's in there might have a medley of delicious, cured meats!" I heard a boys voice, it was a little high, but slightly... Attractive. He spoke again "You don't happen to have a key?" He said childishly.
OH GREAT, ANOTHER NARUTO! was all i could think.
"The key, Sokka, is air bending!" The boy said enthusiastically. I concluded Sokka was the other boy's name.
There was a gasp of air, a bang, a click, and the door slowly opened, letting in a huge gust of air.
I looked at the group of three. I concluded Aang was the smaller one in an orange tunic. He had big innocent grey eyes and a bald head, most unusual were the tattoos that lined his body, from what I could tell were his chakara paths. Next to him stood a girl with tan skin, darker than his but the same as the other boys, they both had sparkling blue eyes, just like Naruto's, but it was easier to get lost in Sokka's, even from a distance. The girl wore a tunic that was blue with white stitching, it outlined her nicely, she had thick boots and leggings underneath. The boy wore something similar but more... Manly. He had a pony tail and hair the same color as the girls braid.
Naruto's P.O.V
I looked at the door that was creaking open waiting to catch a glimpse of the people we would be working with. But a freak show was all I saw! Baldy stood in front the shortest, he had tattoos across his body, and one smack dab on his forehead, maybe his forehead would be more notice than Sakura's that would be a first ever! Next to him stood ponytail guy, I think I could get along with him, he had a blue dress, like the chick next to him. She was tall and sorta pretty. The two of them had darker skin and eyes the color of mine.
"Hello? Anyone home?" Baldy called out.
"Statues?! That's it, where's the meat?" Pony tail boy sounded disappointed. I felt my stomach about to growl, and it did but thankfully silently. The more important question was where is the ramen!
"Who are all these people?" The girl (who I hadn't came up with a name for yet) asked.
"I'm not sure, but it feels like I know them somehow. Look!" Baldy said looking around. "That one is an air bender!" He said looking at a statue three rows in front of me.
"And this is ones a water bender!" 'she' exclaimed. "Their lined up in a pattern: air, water, earth, and fire." She said.
"That's the Avatar cycle." Baldy said casually and continue looking around.
"Of course! They're Avatars. All these people are your past lives, Aang." Katara said excited in realization.
"Wow there are so many!" Baldy commented, seconds away from getting the new name CAPTAIN OBVIOUS.
"Past lives? Katara, you really believe in that stuff?" Pony tail boy said skeptically. I think I'm going to get along well with this guy.
"It's true. When the Avatar dies he's reincarnated into the next nation in the
cycle." She said with a glare. I looked to Baldy expecting some kind of response but he was in a stare down with a statue. The statues eyes flashed blue almost making me jump back. "Aang, snap out of it!" She said shaking his shoulder.
"Huh?" Baldy was dazed, but not hypnotized anymore.
"Who is that?" the girl asked exaggerating the word is.
"That's Avatar Roku, the Avatar before me" Baldy said casually with a smile glancing at the statue.
"You were a firebender? No wonder I didn't trust you when we first met." Pony tail buy said earning a glare from the girl.
"There's no writing. How do you know his name?" She asked and I looked at Sakura to see if she was watching too, and she was. Intently.
" I'm not sure... I just know it somehow." Baldy said rubbing his neck confused.
"You just couldn't get any weirder!" Pony tail boy growled, then a shadow appeared behind him, it was a lemur..?
It walked slowly and its shadow appeared in front of them, this must be lemur Sakura was talking about when she said wait until they name it to meet them.
"Firebender. Nobody make a sound." Pony tail boy whispered, I looked at Sakura and she was near chuckling at their ignorance.
"Your making a should!" The girl whispered. He just replied with "shhhhhh!".
Sakura's P.O.V.
"That firebender won't know what hit 'em." Sokka said holding a blue and silver boomerang up ready to attack. It took every muscle on my body to not shout to protect the poor lemur. Just in time the shadow finally matched the innocent animals appearance and the lemur sat adorably at one of the statues.
"Lemur!" Aang shouted at the same time a drooling Sokka shouted "Dinner!" and they both dove for the poor thing.
"Don't listen to him! You're going to be my new pet." Aang reassured. But Sokka made the sentence not so promising.
"Not if I get him first!" And they simultaneously jumped for the lemur. They raced down the halls with Katara not as determined, but not far behind. Naruto looked at me and we silently followed them.
"Wait! Come back!" Aang called ahead of Sokka now.
"I wanna eat you!" Sokka shouted after them sounding just like Naruto would in the situation.
Aang and Sokka ran back down the hallway from the Temple , chasing
after the poor lemur. Both took turns leading the other. Sokka took a swipe at
Aang's legs with his weapon, but Aang much like a ninja avoided it. Soon he was running along the wall Matrix-a style! Once he was far far ahead of Sokka, Aang turned, and launched a ball of air to sprial back toward Sokka. It hit him in the stomach and knocked him off his feet, like a bowling ball hitting one lone pin.
"Oof!" was all I heard as I saw Sokka fall, I wanted to stop and help him, but I knew I couldn't.
Naruto and I continued running while Katara stopped to help Sokka who had quickly recovered just in time to see Aang jump off the balcony after the lemur. I never knew that there people had skills like people of our realm, but we easily followed as the other two took the steps.
We followed Aang- and the lemur to a long building with a rotting curtain as a door, Aang entered, but after brief eye contact Naruto and I were both hidden carefully.
Naruto's P.O.V
"Come on out, little lemur. That hungry guy won't bother you anymore." Baldy said following the lemur into the unknown building. He walked through another drape and what was there surprised us all. There were bodies. Everywhere. People in red, who were clearly soldiers, and people in decaying orange tunics, much like Aang's who were obviously once monks. I felt pain in the pit of my heart at the sight. "Fire benders? They were here?" was all he could say. Aang looked at the body in the middle of the building, and his eyes shot immediately to the necklace made of wood over his rib cage. "Gyatso..." was all he mumbled dropping to his knees. I felt the pain he felt, and I wanted to comfort him.
"Hey Aang, you find my dinner yet?" Sokka said walking into the room unaware. It reminded me of some of the mindless things that I do. He looked up to see Aang crying on the ground. "Aang, I wasn't really going to eat the lemur, okay?" He said and walked towards Aang, than did a double take after seeing all the bodies. "Oh, man... come on, Aang, everything will be all right.
Let's get out of here." He said not knowing what to do to comfort his friend which really hit my raw nerve.
Pony tail boy put a hand on Aangs shoulders, but he started flying! The tattoos on his head and arms started glowing bright florescent blue. He looked up and his eyes were glowing and he had a very very angry expression. Pony tail boy jumped back in alarm.
As if on cue, Katara burst into the room "Aang!" she shouted, worry and fear in her voice. A wind began spinning at Aang's feet sending bones and decaying bodies everywhere.
"Aang! Come on, snap out of it!" Pony Tail Boy shouted over the high speed wind. Then a blue orb formed around Aang's body sending Pony Tail Boy fly in out of the building. It took every ounce of my being to not interject, self control I didn't know I had. Pony tail boy and the girl were talking behind some rubble unfortunately they were too far away to hear. Soon the girl came out and tried to calm Aang.
"Aang, I know your upset... and I know how hard it is to lose the people you love. I went through the same thing when I lost my mom. Monk Gyatso and the other airbenders may be gone, but you still have a family. Sokka and I, we're your family now." She said gently.
Aang came back and hit the ground and the wind died down, but he was still glowing faintly, I could see tears coming out of his eyes. "Katara and I aren't going to let anything happen to you. Promise." Pony Tail Boy sternly swore. I watched secretly envying Aang, for nobody ever did this for me about loosing my family. Tears welded up in my eyes about both the memories in my head and the ones happening right now.
The girl took Aangs hands and he returned to normal. He was clearly emotional and tired. I knew he would need some time to grieve whether he showed his grieving or not. "I'm sorry." I heard Aang mumble.
Slowly they made their way back to the temple and Sakura and I watched as they talked.
"Everything's packed. You ready to go?" Katara said coming up by Aang who was, again, looking at the statue.
"How is Roku supposed to help me if I can't talk to him?" Baldy asked her not looking away from the statue.
"Maybe you'll find a way." She said with a smile.
Sakura's P.O.V
As the two turned to leave the temple a familiar retire was in front of them with a familiar (and kinda.. cute?) boy next to it. The lemur dropped an armful of fruit in front of an ecstatic Sokka.
"Looks like you made a new friend, Sokka." Katara chuckled.
"Can't talk. Must eat." Was all he said, reminding me of Naruto and his ramen.
"Hey little guy." Aang said smiling at the lemur perched in front of him. "You, me, and Appa. We're all that's left of this place. We have to stick together. Katara, Sokka..." What's an 'Appa' was all that I could think. "say hello to the newest member of our family." I looked at Naruto and we both gulped, knowing that the time was coming.
"What are you going to name him?" Katara asked.
But before Aang could reply the lemur was gone, and before Aang could look for him, he was back again. He had a peach in his hand. Aang said it. "Momo."
I walked up the steps of the temple nervously with Naruto.
"Hi.." I said sweetly but cautiously to the distracted group.
"Firebenders!" Sokka said drawing his weapon.
"No, wait!" I said not wanting to have to counter attack. "Were friends, not enemies." I said.
"And why should we believe that!?" Sokka asked annoyed and skeptical.
"We were se-" I thought about my words. Telling these scared strangers we had come from a different realm to save their world probably wouldnt be my best option. "We're here to help you guys, help end the 100 year war." I said after a brief paus, hoping they would just go with the flow.
"Prove it then!" He shouted.
I remembered Tsunades words during our (particularly long and revealing) mission briefing.
"If anyone asks where you came from, tell them a friend of Kya sent you."
I decided to take a risk and trust it. "Tsunade, a friend of Kya, sent us." I said and hoped that worked.
"Mom used to talk about Tsunade a looonggg time ago." Katara said. Sokka looked confused. "She used to say When Tsunade knows, she will help end the war. Tsunade of the-" finish the sentence and we'll trust you. She said without consulting anyone.
Thought for a second, then Naruto shouted "Tsunade of The Village Hidden In The Leaves!" and the look on Katara's face showed that he had answered correctly.
Step one become acquainted was a success, now step two: become friends.
A/N don't kill me for the ending, please? Do you guys like this style (by P.O.V) or would you prefer a chapter Naruto and one Sakura, or simple half and half. Tell me? Please, also who do y'all wanna see some shipping with!? I NEED FEEDBACK!
Till next time
~Dac