A lot of people (well, two) have been wondering about Asha's parents' change in attitude towards Asha. Rest assured, it will be explained later on. I even planning on adding in Asha's little sibling that wasn't born when she originally left. ^.^

When she had first come to the East Air Master Temple, Asha had been amazed by the stone structuring and the amount of space. She could have spent days watching the lemurs and the bison soaring through the air. The moment she arrived at the Temple though, it had been business and solely business. Asha had come to love airbending, especially with Raava and Ketu teaching her every step of the way.

It was hard to believe that all of that had finally come to an end. She stared out over the expanse of land belonging solely to the Air Masters and the apprentices. The expanse built high in the sky. A small sigh escaped her as she leaned forward with her chin on her palm. Next to her, her peacock pigeon let out a small crow. She reached out and stroked her head, "That's right Bansi; it's our last full day here."

"Only because you've proved yourself, Asha," a familiar voice said behind her.

Asha spun around to face her airbending master. Ketu smiled warmly at her and she smiled back. Her eyes went to his tattoos. "Are you sure you don't want them?" he questioned as he looked at her unshaven head.

She shook her head, "When I'm done mastering all four elements, I'll be worthy of them."

Ketu shook his head with a chuckle. "You are one strange little airbender."

Asha laughed, "I know."

A long moment of silence passed between them before Asha move forward, engulfing Ketu in a hug. After a few seconds, he returned it. "I'll miss you," she whispered to him.

I'll miss him too, Raava said, making Asha giggle. She pulled away from her former master wnd huffed. She wouldn't cry. Asha didn't cry. Ketu reached out before placing a hand on her shoulder, "You will make a great Avatar, Asha."

Yes, you will.

Everyone always told Asha that, but she knew she'd never be able to live up to Wan. He saved the world so many times that the historians had lost count. How could anyone live up to that? She could try though. That's all she could hope to do. Ketu looked out towards the sky, "Your new masters should be here shortly."

"Why can't I stay here though. It's save here. No one attacks the Air Master Temples," Asha protested.

You know very well why you can't stay here.

"I know Raava, but still."

Ketu had long since gotten used to Asha's conversations with Raava and he could usually piece out what the Light Spirit said. He faced Asha, "The world needs you, Asha. We don't."

Asha sighed as she placed her hands on the balcony ledge. She hated the fact that she had to leave her home behind. It had been easy back then, leaving Anil. Everyone asked her why she had been so willing to leave. It seemed obvious to her.

The Temple was her home. Ketu came up to stand next to his former student. She glanced at him, her real fatherly figure. Why couldn't he come with her? She wanted at least one familiar face there aside from her peacock pigeon. As much as she loved Bansi, she wasn't much of a conversationalist. Raava would also be there, but the masters would probably think she's crazy when she starts talking to herself. That happened more often than Asha wanted. "It's not like we'll never see each other again, Asha. Our fates are entwined and it will soon be the same way with your new masters."

He will never be far from you, child.

"Only a few thousand miles," she huffed before looking at Ketu and bowing. "Thank you, for everything."

The sound of a horn made her bolt up, back straight. A bison descended from the sky, five people sitting on it. Asha found it lucky that Ketu had taught other airbenders how to tame the flying beasts. She grinned at Ketu and jumped off the ledge. Halfway down, she opened the glider another airbender had manufactured for her. She landed on the ground with Bansi seconds before the bison did. "Good Hee," she praised the creature as the airbender jumped off. "Hello, Chun. I trust your journey went well?"

Chun smiled warmly at the younger girl, "Very, I managed to find a master for all of the elements."

Asha watched the others climb off before looking back at Chun, "Then why are there four? I've already mastered airbending, Chun."

The airbender, barely older than twenty, laughed nervously. "You see, one of them refused to leave without his apprentice."

"Chun!" Ketu's soft voice called to them and he clapped a hand on the young bender's shoulder. "Show us what you've brought."

The four people Chun had brought with him walked around Hee's gigantic foot. They looked around in amazement and Ketu and Asha paused. They were all young. Younger than twenty at least. The girl in water tribe clothes looked like she was ten. "What is the meaning of this, Chun?" she hissed at the airbender, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.

Chun gulped nervously as he came to stand in front of the Avatar. "I present to you: Miki, the prodigy master of the Northern Water Settlements; Kazuki, the Shining Dragon of the Fire Nation Militia-retired- and his brother and apprentice, Haruto; and the builder of the Wall of Ba Sing Se, also known as the Earth Mason, Daruka."

Asha looked at each of the bending masters. The only girl Miki was short, barely standing at Asha's waist and she was obviously young. Her large blue eyes still stared at the Temple in wonder and she barely seemed to realize she'd been introduced. Asha's eyes drifted to the firebending master, Kazuki. He was handsome, probably around eighteen or nineteen with smoldering amber eyes and black hair pulled tightly in a ponytail behind him. Even through his shirt, Asha could make out his muscles. He bowed stiffly to the Avatar and she moved on.

His brother, Haruto, about seventeen. Nothing incredibly special, still a bit scrawny with a lazy smile that vaguely reminded her of Ketu's. He winked at her and a bright blushed formed on her face as she looked to the next in the line.

Black hair, just barely passing the tips of his ears, and emerald green eyes that reminded Asha of the training fields not too far from here. He was not buff, like Kazuki, but his muscles were evident. He looked at her like a person, not lazily like Haruto or stiffly like Kazuki. He bowed. Daruka, the Earth Mason. Now this one she had heard of, but she never expected him to be so young... Asha blinked, she'd been staring at him too long, but why? It's called infatuation, Asha.

"No one asked you," Asha snapped sharply, earning strange looks from the masters, including Miki who finally focused in on the conversation. Embarrassed, Asha bowed to them in return.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, this is Bansi," she gestured to her peacock pigeon, "And I'm-"

"Avatar Asha!" Miki interjected, her hands suddenly wrapped around Asha's. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe I'm meeting you; this is like a dream come true. And I get to teach you."

Asha blinked blankly at the young girl as Chun grabbed her by the waist. "Sorry," he said. "I should have warned you that Miki is a very large fan of the Avatar."

Miki nodded eagerly, "It's true. I know all of the stories about Wan and I can't wait to make history with you."

"Um... Thanks?" Asha wasn't sure how to respond to something like that. She'd never had fans before. Everyone at the Temple treated her the same way as everyone else. Unless she started talking to Raava, in which case, they'd look at her like she was insane. That was expected, of course

"If you're a master airbender," Haruto speculated as he circled around Asha. "Where are your tattoos?"

Asha poked him in the head with her staff, glaring at the firebender, "If you keep circling me like a sea vulture, I won't tell you anything."

"I apologize for my apprentice's inquisitiveness," Kazuki said with a bow, his gaze focused more on Haruto than Asha. "He can be a bit too curious at times."

"I'm your brother too, you know," Haruto grumbled as he crossed his arms over his chest. "And I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable, Avatar."

"Please, call me Asha."

Daruka walked forward, smiling warmly at Asha. "Are they always like this?" she questioned, watching the two siblings bicker and the waterbender staring at everything in wonder as she did something a leather bound journal of hers.

"Unfortunately, yes," Daruka laughed quietly. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Asha."

"And you as well."

He seems more sane than the others, Raava commented.

Ketu's voice rang out as he evaluated the four benders. "You must all be exhausted. Please, allow me to show you to your chambers."

"Can I room with Asha?!" Miki asked with her hand waving in the air. She had to shout it because had moved so far away from the group.

"I'm not sharing a room with him," Haruto declared, refusing to look at his brother.

Kazuki sighed as he rubbed his temple with his forefinger, "I'm afraid I must concur with Haruto. He is simply insufferable when he is in one of his moods."

"I would prefer a room by myself if that's not too much to ask," Daruka said softly. "I don't want to share a room with those below me."

Asha's hand collided with her forehead before she could stop it. There's the catch, Raava mumbled. Chun seems to have picked out the most different group of people in the world, child.

"And complete nutcases," Asha muttered, only loud enough for Ketu and Raava to hear. Raava giggled at the statement

He smirked slightly before turning on his heel, "Unfortunately, we monks do not have much to offer so you will be rooming in Asha's chamber."

"Yes!" Miki jumped into the air while everyone else looked at the ground in disappointment, including Asha.

Bansi cooed at her and she put the bird on her shoulder. She followed after her former mentor, easily keeping pace with his long strides. "Why am I being punished?" she questioned in a whisper.

"You aren't, Asha. This is an opportunity to bond with your new masters," Ketu replied as he glanced back to make sure all four of them were following.

"But they're nutcases," she hissed.

Ketu lowered a gaze at the Avatar and she looked away, "Geez, fine..."

The master airbender smiled triumphantly before glancing at Asha again, "You know, you've changed since you've come to the Temple nine years ago."

She turned to him, "What do you mean?"

"You used to be so quiet. Now you're a blabbermouth."

"I am not! Why would you say something like that?" Asha retorted, crossing her arms over her chest.

"You're also a lot more hotheaded."

"Ketu!" she smirked at his surprised expression. "Ha! I can call you that now!"

She stomped away with a gloating grin on her face before she turned around to see her new masters looking at her with shocked expression. "What?" she asked with a cocked eyebrow. "I've had to call him Master Ketu ever since I met him. He's not my master anymore."

"Does that mean you're going to call us master?" Daruka asked. "I kind of like the sound of that. Master Daruka."

"Oh my gosh, the Avatar calling me Master Miki!" Miki fanned herself, looking like she was going to faint.

"What about me. Is she going to call me Master Haruto."

"You aren't a master yet, Haruto!" Kazuki snapped, slapping his brother on the back of the head.

"That hurt, Kazuki!"

"That's Master Kazuki to you," he replied with his same stoic expression he had since Asha met him.

"I'm not calling you that."

"Commoners must find it fit to argue with each other," Daruka mumbled.

"Miss Avatar! Can you talk to Raava?"

Asha slowly backed away from the group of crazy masters, but she stopped when she realized Ketu had disappeared. Instead she turned and slammed her head against the stone wall. "Why is Chun a walking magnet for weirdos?"

I'm sure they're good people, Asha.

"Yes, I'm sure," she glanced down at Miki who was circling her, scribbling in that journal of hers, then at Kazuki and Haruto, who were still arguing, and Daruka as he stood in the corner, shaking his head and muttering something about "peasants". Asha glanced at Bansi. "This is going to be a long night."

Hope you liked it. Once again, feel free to comment. I hope you like the new masters. They are kind of... crazy... ^.^