Chapter two: The south pole
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Water, Earth, Fire, Air.
Long ago the four nations lived in harmony,
but everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
Only the avatar master of all four elements can stop them,
but when the world needed him most,
He vanished...
Gray sighed as he tightened his grip around his fishing pole. He was currently wearing black jeans, along with a white coat and black boots, perfect for the current weather they were in. The back and forth rocking of the boat wasn't in the least soothing and the day had already started sourly. Letters was all he got from his father while he was away during the war and today there was nothing for him or his sister. His father always write to them, but for some reason their father forgot about them.
"You know your face is going to stay like that if you keep frowning." Erza stated as she stirred her finger through the ice cold water. She was currently wearing her regular armor, along with a white blouse underneath along with a blue mini skirt. She was also really disappointed, but she wouldn't say it. Next to her lay two spears that she was supposed to be using to help catch fish, but she didn't see any use to it.
"Now what do you propose we do?" Gray muttered as he frowned even further.
"Stay strong. It's what mom would want us to do and it's what dad would want us to do." Erza stated as she crossed her arms over her chest. Gray's frown deepened at the mention of his mother, well their mother. He along with Erza missed her terribly. After all they were only children when she died. And where was their father? Fighting in the war. Unfortunately they have been in the crossfire of this devastating war for their entire lives. Gray growled in anger as the boat came to a sudden stop.
"What now?" Gray asked as he stood up to see what their boat had struck. To his irritation he noted that they boat had gotten stuck on a peculiar large iceberg. He tried pushing the boat away, but for some reason it wouldn't budge. "You've got to be kidding me." Gray groaned.
"Let's just break ourselves free. It shouldn't be that hard." Erza stated as she pulled her sword out. Gray shook his head.
"Hell no. I'm melting this bloody bastard. I've been skipping out on training lately and this is the perfect opportunity." Gray smiled mischievously. He placed his fishing rod to the one side and pulled off his shirt, he then placed his fist in his palm and began to crack the iceberg. A large chunk of ice crashed down and he smiled in satisfaction. He focused on the other part of the iceberg and another chunk of ice tumbled down, but this time the iceberg started to crack and burst.
"Alright Gray. I think that we're free." Erza stated warningly.
"Oh no, I ain't done." Gray stated as he pulled his hands back and shot it forward this time. If he couldn't take his anger out on his father, surely he could take it out in training. The iceberg sent out a gust of air and the boat was picked up by one of the stray chunks that Gray cut off. Both Erza and Gray stated shocked as an enormous sphere emerged from the ice cold water.
"Gray you idiot!" Erza growled as she smacked him straight into the wounded boat. "I told you that you should stop!" Erza stated as a dark aura surrounded her.
"Sorry Erza!" Gray cowered as he sat up straight in the boat and bowed his head. Gray and Erza remained in the boat as the sphere continued to float. As the two siblings stared intently at the iceberg their eyes widened.
"Are you seeing what I'm seeing, Gray?" Erza asked as she narrowed her eyes to make sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her.
"If you're seeing a large lizard along with a guy with glowing eyes and a girl in his arms, then yeah. I am seeing what you're seeing." Gray stated as he let go a breath he didn't realize he was holding.
"We need to help them." Erza stated as she picked up one of her spears. Gray did the same and the two jumped off of the boat and rushed towards the sphere. Once they reached it they started hitting it as hard as they could. When they breached it a burst of air and blue light shot out of the sphere sending both of them backwards. The glow signaled not only a near fire nation ship that carried a banished prince, but it carried a message across the world. It reached an island in the middle of fire nation waters with a statue of a young teenage avatar in front of a temple.
"Send a message to Fire lord Ivan! The avatar is alive!" A older man shouted the minute he saw the teenage boy's eyes glowed.
Erza and Gray both lifted their heads to see what was going on. The two quickly made it to their feet and rushed over to where the sphere once was. In the broken and shattered ice lay a pink haired teenager with a black vest which had orange sides. He also had a pair of white pants on, along with a pair of sandals. Next to the young man lay a blonde female with a white shirt that had blue sides, along with this she wore a mini blue skirt and knee high black boots. Around the duo lay a large red dragon with wings larger than his body and horns that were enormously large. Both Gray and Erza gaped at the creature as he huffed out a breath. Steam radiated from his nostrils and the air became warm all of a sudden. Natsu was the first one who shot up.
"Huh? Where am I?" He swirled around until his eyes landed on Lucy. "Luce! Oh damn please be okay! I didn't mean to lose it like that again! Please be okay!" Natsu shouted as he rushed to her sighed. Unfortunately she to suddenly lifted up her head and collided into his.
"Ow! Natsu you Baka!" Lucy stated as she rubbed her forehead. Natsu on the other hand rolled around in the ice cold snow.
"That didn't hurt at all! No sir-ry! I didn't feel a thing!" He shouted desperately as he kept on rolling. Gray's eyes widened as he noticed the young avatar's hair.
"Is your hair PINK?!" Gray asked in utter shock.
"Of course not! It's salmon, Ice-princess." Natsu growled in anger as he shot up. "And what happened to your clothes ya perv?!" Natsu growled as he covered Lucy's eyes. "You can't goin around strippin in front of my Luce!"
"When did that happen?!" Gray shouted to no one in particular as he frantically began searching around for his clothes.
"Natsu be polite!" Lucy stated as slapped him behind his head. Natsu winced as he grabbed the back of his head.
"Ow Luce! It's not my fault! He started it." Natsu growled. Lucy elbowed him in the ribs once more before she smiled politely at Erza and Gray.
"I'm Lucy Heartfilia, it's a pleasure to meet you and this is my partner, N-"
"I'm Natsu Dragneel, son of Igneel, and who in the name of hell are you?" Natsu asked in irritation as he looked at Gray with a fire in his belly.
"I'm Gray Fullbuster and this is my sister Erza Scarlet." Gray stated as he pulled his shirt over his head. "Son and daughter of a dead mother and a father who went to fight in the war."
"Weird... My friend back in the fire nation also has a different last name than his sister, but he has his reasons I suppose as you do." Natsu stated. Both Erza and Gray's eyes widened at the mention of the fire nation.
"Are you two fire nation spies?!" Gray insisted angrily.
"What? Of course not. Well we're from the fire nation and he's a fire bender, but other-" Lucy was interrupted by Gray.
"I knew I didn't like him! He's a damn fire bender!" Gray growled.
"That's not fair, Gray. Not all fire benders are bad and you know it." Erza stated as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Yeah b-"
"If you but me I'll push your butt into the freezing water." Erza warned with an edge in her voice.
"Yes mam." Gray stated as he winced at the thought.
"So what are you doing so far away from the fire nation then?" Erza asked as interest sparked in her.
"Well we were on our way to the southern air temple, when Natsu over here forgot where we were supposed to go. Granted running from fire nation troupes does tire you out." Lucy chuckled. Gray and Erza both gave each other a look at the mention of the air temple. Why they would visit an absolute deserted sanctuary was their own business.
"Like hell I was going to join their army again! They should know better than to mess with the a-" Lucy cut him off with a sharp stab in the ribcage once again. He gave her a 'What?' glare and she returned a 'Shut up.' glare. Natsu nodded in understanding as Gray and Erza eyed them questioningly.
"Next thing we knew we got caught in a storm. When the lighting hit we were both throw into the ocean and after that it's blank." Lucy sighed at the lack of information.
"What I want to know now is how long you two were in that ice berg?" Erza asked curiously.
"A few days maybe. You two were the ones that saved us, right? Thank you very much." Lucy stated as she bowed, pulling Natsu down with her.
"Hey, it was nothing." Gray smiled. As Lucy and Natsu came back up Igneel let out a low groan.
"Igneel! You're awake!" Natsu shouted as he ran up to the large reptile like a child running to a candy store.
"Roaaarrrr!" Igneel bellowed as he shook some of the snow off of his back.
"What the heck is that supposed to mean? I'm obviously smarter than stripper over there!" Natsu growled. A tick mark appeared on Gray's forehead.
"He can actually talk with that dragon?" Gray asked in irritation, because of Natsu's last comment.
"Yes. Igneel was the one that raised Natsu after all." Lucy smiled brightly.
"Wait until you see him fly! Right buddy?" Natsu asked as he hugged his reptilian friend.
"He can fly?" Gray asked in disbelief.
"Of course he can, Droopy eyes! Igneel is the most best flyer in the world!" Natsu stated stated.
"Most best flyer? Were you raised in a cave or something?" Gray snickered at Natsu's poor vocabulary.
"Oi! Of course not I was raised in the woods." Natsu stated as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Before Gray could say something else, Erza interrupted him.
"We should probably head back to camp. Would you guys like to join us? I'm sure you must be starving?" Erza asked.
"Damn right we are! I could eat a whole dragon if I could!" Natsu stated. Igneel huffed out smoke as he whipped his tail back and whacked Natsu into the snow, head first. Lucy, Gray and Erza burst out into laughter.
"That would be very nice." Lucy smiled after they had calmed down. The four of them started walking in the direction of the village with Igneel slithering not far behind them.
Meanwhile a few miles further a young prince stared intently at where he had seen the flash of light not so long ago. His men was currently steering his ship in that very direction and he was trying hard not to get excited. After so many years of being banished, he was finally so close to his destination. He would finally capture the avatar and finally restore his honor.
"Laxus, it could've been nothing. The avatar has been missing for over a hundred years after all." A short man with gray hair stated. He was about as tall as a dwarf and had a huge bushy mustache. He was wearing a red coat along with a small black hat on his head and short white pants.
"I know what I saw, grandfather. It has to be the avatar. I won't let you poison me with your ideals and beliefs. I am going to find the avatar and I am going to bring him back alive or dead." Laxus growled. He had spiky blonde hair along with a gruesome lightning shaped scar on the right side of his face over his eye lid. He was dressed in fire nation royal armor.
"Just remember that the avatar is a master of all four elements and you're barely a master of yours." Makarov stated as he crossed his arms over his chest. Laxus frowned in irritation as the war ship sailed forth.
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