So, Aang would not be in either "The Metal clan" or "Old wounds." So here we go.
Note, if you haven't seen the third season of Korra recently you might want to re watch parts of it seeing as I'm not covering anything Aang wouldn't see.
Just a thought
Also, the loss of Appa and Momo is hurting me. Something's going to go down this chapter.
Enjoy
The Northern Air Temple was a scenery place, spirits roaming outside, and master Tenzin telling on old story to his half of the pupils. "His pupils once again pleaded with their master to eat something, but he refused. Just like he had each day for the entire summer. Instead he simply meditated." His, very bored half of the pupils.
Further away Aang was teaching his punch how to play air ball. And they were catching on quickly. "That's it! Watch you left!" He called, giving out tips. Air ball wasn't just a game, as Aang knew it helped improve balance, and worked on certain airbending skills. That was the agreement they had come to, one day Tenzin would teach the technical stuff while Aang taught culture, and then they would flip. This was a flip day, and he was enjoying it.
After they were done with air ball he gathered them around to teach them some simple techniques with their gliders.
And after that he walked up with his class to Tenzin, just as some air acolytes were coming on two more bison.
"Dad! Grandpa Aang! We brought you more airbenders!" Meelo shouted.
"Okay everyone is dismissed we'll just…pick this up…later." Tenzin said.
"Are you having trouble?" Aang asked.
"No, I can teach them just fine!" Tenzin said, getting defensive.
"Okay! I didn't mean to insult you."
Tenzin and Aang walked together over to Kya and Pema, who had just gotten of a sky bison. "How was everything in the city?" Tenzin asked.
"Well, we had a little scare, but everything is okay." Pema said.
"What happened?" Aang asked.
"Zaheer infiltrated the air temple." Pema explained.
"What? Is everyone alright?" Tenzin asked.
"Everyone's fine." Kya said. "I fought him, but he got away. And he stole some necklace that had something to do with Guru Lak….schmeer."
"Guru Laghima." Aang and Tenzin chorused.
"Right," She said sarcastically. "You know, I can never keep all those Gurus straight. There were like a million of them. Remember that boring story about the guy who never ate?"
"Boring?" Aang said, as if the word was foreign.
"Yes, I remember." Tenzin said resigned.
An air acolyte walked over behind them.
"Avatar Korra is calling on the temple radio."
"Are you all right?" Tenzin said in the radio room, over the radio.
"Where are you?" Aang asked.
"With Beifong's sister in Zaofu." Korra's voice came over the radio. "We're totally safe, unless we get caught in another fight between Su and Lin."
"Lin willingly took you to her sister?" Tenzin said, surprised.
"Not exactly." Korra said. "We got a call about a new airbender, and it turned out to be Su's daughter, Opal."
Aang burst into laughter. "Dad?" Tenzin said.
"I can't believe it! Toph's grandchild is and airbender! Oh, the irony."
"Is Aang okay?"
"He just finds this…amusing."
"Anyway, Opal will be headed you way soon."
"Really? That's wonderful."
"She is wonderful!" Came Bolin's voice over the radio. "And pretty and so smart! And she smells like flowers." Father and son shared a look. "Sorry, Bolin out."
"How's the training going?" Korra asked.
"Wonderful!" Aang said, just as Tenzin said. "Not so well I'm afraid."
"It good and bad." Aang said.
"No one seems to be interested in the hard work required to become part of the air nation." Tenzin said.
"Give it time Tenzin. They weren't born into his life like you and me. We need to take it slow with them." Aang said.
"And you need to give yourself a break Tenzin." Korra said. "Let Jinora and the kids help you guys out more. And what about Bumi? He was a Naval Commander. Maybe he has some ideas."
"Bumi? He's my worst student!"
"Really? He's fine in my class."
"And he loves to organize people. If you ask him for help, you can trick him into taking more responsibility by making him think the whole thing was his idea."
"Hmm, that actually sounds like a good plan." Tenzin said. Aang smiled. "You're turning into a pretty wise avatar after all Korra."
"Conflict resolution, It's what we do."
"Radio high five!" Aang shouted.
Later in the day Aang was meditating in a meditation gazeebo, and suddenly he was pulled into the Avatar state. Before him appeared Roku.
"Roku!" He said with jubilation.
"Aang, it is good to see you in the land of the living again. Although, it is a might bit odd."
"It is." He said. "Do what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"
"Appa was your spirit guide Aang," Roku said.
Aang looked away. "I know."
"And you need him with you," Roku said.
"What?"
Roku bowed his head, disappearing. And from overhead came a very familiar roar. He turned, standing up, to see Appa flying overhead. He landed outside the gazebo and Aang ran to him, hugging him. "I missed you buddy. I missed you." Tears of joy ran down his cheeks. Familiar chattering came from on top of Appa's head and Momo stared down at him. "You to Momo." Hs said, and the lemur glided down, landing on his shoulder. "I missed you guys."
Aang woke with a start in his bed room. Outside the morning sun was peeking over the horizon.
There was a knock on the door and he opened it to see Tenzin.
"Good morning dad, I was wondering if we could take a different route with the recruits today." He said.
"Um, sure?" Aang said hesitantly.
Turned out Tenzin's idea of "different" was really "boot camp." Aang watched on reluctantly until after he shaved on of their heads.
"Don't you think we could go a little easier on them?"
"Hmm? No, absolutely not. They must learn discipline."
"Er, okay. If you sure."
"Absolutely."
And the obstacle course went just as well. Finally, once Bumi had fallen into the mud, he decided to quit.
"I'm finished!" He shouted. "I never wanted to be an airbender and I'm too old to be back in boot camp! Count me out." He finished, walking away.
"Fine quit! We don't need you bad attitude in the New Air Nation." Tenzin shouted after him.
"Son, don't you really think we could go a little easier on them." Aang said, looking over at the muddy new airbenders. "We're going a little rough on them."
"Master Tenzin," One of them asked, resigned. "When do we get to go home and see our families?"
"What?! You just got here!" Tenzin snapped.
"When's dinner? I'm starving."
"Can I change out of my robes now, their itchy?"
"This is just as bad as the Earth Queen's prison," Kai said.
"I'm tired of all this complaining!" Tenzin shouted. "Father, take over!" He said, waving his hand.
"Why don't we let Jinora lead the class for a while?" Aang suggested, smiling at his granddaughter.
"Fine, Jinora take over."
"Does this mean I'm the master now?" She asked.
"Yes, just…leas them through some basic exercises." Tenzin said.
"Well, since I'm a master, when do think I can get my tattoos?" Jinora asked.
"What brought this on?" Tenzin asked.
"I was just talking to Kai, and he was asking me so…" She smiled.
"Kai!" Tenzin shouted, pointing his direction. "What does he know about when you should get Tattoos?!" He said, as Kai slid behind another airbender. "The answer is no, you just a little girl!"
Jinora looked angrily up at her father. "I'm not a little girl anymore! I can airbend just as well as you, I know everything about our culture and history-"
"Tenzin, she's right." Aang said warily. "Jinora is quite a capable airbender."
"Oh so you're taking her side now?!" Tenzin demanded.
"She's not little either. I wasn't much older when I got my tattoos." Aang said.
"Aargh," Jinora said, pushing Tenzin away and walking out. "Lead you own class!"
"Jinora!" Aang said, walking after the girl. She needed to talk to someone.
Aang found her at a balcony, looking out over the valley below. She sighed as he approached. "I know what you going to say; I should apologize to dad, that I should listen to him-"
"Actually I was going to apologize to you for Tenzin's behavior." Aang said.
"What?"
"Tenzin's not giving you enough to room grow Jinora," Aang told her. "But don't worry, he'll come around. You just have to be patient with these things sometimes." Kai walked over and Aang smiled. "I'll leave you alone for now."
Aang stood with the other airbenders, chatting on a ledge.
Tenzin walked out and over to them.
"Bumi, I want to apologize for losing my patience." Tenzin said.
"I'm not talking to you." Bumi said, walking away.
"Hey, get back here!" Tenzin said. He sighed. "Where's Jinora?" He asked them.
"I saw her fly off on her glider with her boyfriend." One of them said.
"What? Her boyfriend?" Tenzin said. "Kai," He muttered, walking off.
Aang stood with the airbenders, practicing a balance exercise when Bumi ran up with Bum-Ju and another spirit. "Jinora's in trouble!" He said. "We have to go get her."
"How do you know?" Aang asked.
"Bum-Ju's friend told me."
"You were able to communicate with the spirits?" One of them asked, in awe.
"It's not that hard." Aang said. After seeing their looks he winced. "Right, I'm an avatar."
"More or less I get the meaning of it. Let's go!" He said, waving a hand.
"Shouldn't master Tenzin be dealing with this?" An airbender asked. "I don't want to get into trouble."
"There's no time," Aang said. "Tenzin isn't here; we have to deal with this."
"Ikki and Meelo, grab some bison!" Bumi said. "Airbenders move out!"
They flew through the valley, looking for signs of trouble. Landing, Aang and Bumi looked through a telescope.
"Bison rustlers. They've got kai and Jinora locked in crates. Looks like they're getting ready to leave." Bumi said, handing the telescope to Aang.
"We have to move fast." Aang added.
"I don't know if I'm ready to get in a fight with some bison rustlers. I can tell without the telescope that they're prey mean-looking." An airbender said warily.
"You're more ready than you think." Aang said encouragingly. "And right now we're their only hope." He stood and faced the group. "Listen, this is what you've been training for."
"We haven't been training very long."
"That's not important now." Bumi said.
"Remember how you stuck together through Tenzin's training? You are all meant to be airbenders." Aang said. "This is our home, let's inform these trespassers of that. We're airbenders and there aren't very many of us right now. We've got to stick together."
"They've got two of our own in cages down there," Bumi said. "And we're not leaving until we bring them home!"
Meelo stood up. "Leave no airbender behind!" He said, putting his fist up in the air.
Just as Kai got out and flipped on of the rustles over, Aang and the airbenders ran forward. Jumping over the fences they leaped forward, sending gusts of wind at the earth benders as they made a wall. Aang frowned and jumped forward, kicking through the wall and coming out on to the other side as Kai got struck by a piece of earth.
Aang punched forward, sending the man flying backwards with airbending. Other airbenders jumped forward, hitting down the rustlers.
But they were getting away on the motorcycle and the truck. "Kai!" Jinora shouted, from where she was still locked up.
Aang focused and stomped, crunching the earth around their tires. They weren't going anywhere.
But unfortunately he forgot that they were earth benders to.
Both he and Kai grabbed their gliders, speeding after the men. Kai came from one side and he from the other. They Tenzin conveniently showed up, with bison!"
They rammed it from the side and Aang and Kai jumped out, onto Oogi. A wild bison landed in front, and with one sweep of his tail, the truck was flipped, sending the man tumbling to in front of Oogi.
"You got me, I give up," He said, standing up.
Kai jumped forward to hit him with his staff, hitting him farther away. "Kai! Stop! He surrendered. "The boy was furious, but relented, nodding. "That was very good technique by the way."
The rustlers got put in their own cages. "Maybe you fellas haven't hears, but there's some new airbenders in these parts."
"And you never want to mess with an airbenders bison." Aang added.
Aang chatted with the other airbenders, not noticing Tenzin's and Bumi's conversation. Not hearing that Tenzin was reminded of him in Bumi.
"They're so friendly now!" Kai said, as he and some of the other hung around the bison.
"The sky bison are the original airbenders," Aang said.
"They recognize those of their own kind." Tenzin added. He knelt down, and Jinora embraced him. He smiled. Aang smiled.
"I'm sorry for running off," Jinora said.
"We're just lucky no one was hurt." Tenzin replied.
"I know."
"But I also realize that perhaps I was too harsh with you."
"Does that mean I can get airbender tattoos?"
"It hard for me to believe that my little girl has grown up enough to have her tattoos. But I promise I'll think about it. Fair enough?"
"Yeah."
Aang's smile broadened.
Tenzin was still learning, but today, he has mastered skill of his own.
"Jinora look! They're flying!" Kai said, as the baby bison took to the air for the first of many times. Aang bit back tears, thinking of Appa.
Aang! Roku's voice said in his head. That dream was not just a dream.
"Roku?!" Aang said, and then he looked up. A familiar roar and a smaller chatter came from the sky, and Appa landed on the ground, with Momo on his head.
Argh…this chapter. Kicked my butt. Hope it turned out alright. I wanted Aang to go with them but halfway through I realized that the strength was in the new, raw recruits going, but hey, I'm just trying. And so yeah, he's the avatar. You bet he stopped that truck, really fast.
Yes, I brought Appa back. I was having nightmares about avatar spirits haunting me. I really wanted him and Momo back. So I brought them back.
(My Reasoning is that Appa's his spirit guide right? We always see Roku with his dragon. So Aang gets Appa. End of story, period. And Momo. Beacuase I felt bad and also, i need transport for Aang)
Aang tried to step back with the teaching for a reason. Tenzin had a lesson to learn.
So yeah, looks like next chapter stuff starts going south. Really fast.
Have a wonderful day,
Avatar Lizzy.