AN: So wow there was a sudden mass of support over the last few days for this story, which I really appreciate, so thanks for that! In thanks I decided to make this chapter a little longer than I was originally planning. So yeah, I hope you enjoy it, though it was a bit tricky to write in parts.

Here is the next chapter, I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Avatar the Last Airbender.

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(Last Time)

"You make it sound like this will be a daily occurrence?" Percy said his lips twitching upwards at the girl's confidence, before he once again took the same stance as before.

"Have you got anything better to do? Besides it beats flailing around with sticks." Suki responded with a grin. "Now come at me."

Percy rolled his eyes at that, though the smile didn't leave his face as he instead leant the blade of his ice sword on his shoulder, before he raised his free hand and thrust it forwards.

"Wha…" Suki began her brow furrowed, only to be cut off as a twelve foot high wave rose up from the sea before crashing down on her, soaking her to the skin and knocking her onto her arse.

Looking up from the ground, a steely glare was now on her face as she parted the curtain of sopping wet hair that now covered her face, her gaze now locked on the grinning Percy. She was not amused!

"First rule of fighting a 'Waterbender', don't fight them next to a water source." Percy laughed, a happy grin on his face as he saw the sour look Suki was still sending him.

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Chapter 3

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(On Kyoshi Island, a couple of years later)

The sound of clashing steel could be heard echoing across the surrounding area as two figures fought, the both of them engaging in a rapid clash of blades as they seemingly danced around each other in a deadly display of finesse and skill.

One of the fighters was a lithe young woman, who look to be around seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slim, yet powerful and athletic body that spoke of years of harsh training and practice.

The girl in question had sharp blue coloured eyes and long brown hair, which was currently tied back at the moment by an ornate, golden headdress and a thin coating of white makeup on her face, with red and black makeup emphasizing her eyes and lips.

At present the girl was wearing a pale green, battle dress, with a leather cuirass covering her chest, and leather bracers on her arms and similarly leather greaves on her calves. Around her waist the woman had a leather belt that held one folded up battle fan on one side, as well as a sheath to the curved sword she was currently wielding in her right hand, on the other. Her left hand meanwhile, was currently holding a different fan, one which she extended a full three hundred and sixty degrees to create a round shield, which she was using as a buckler.

The other fighter was a young man, who looked to be in his early twenties, with thick black hair, tanned skin, and green eyes. Currently the man was wearing a green, sleeveless tunic, over the top of which he had a leather cuirass, similar to the woman's, and added to that were also his faded dark green trousers, leather boots and leather greaves and bracers.

At the moment the two fighter were locked in combat, though the man was currently giving ground, as he easily wielded a sword that was seemingly made of ice in his right hand, whilst his left was nothing but a stump, with it being kept closely to his side as he instead just focused on wielding his sword.

Not that this handicap seemed to bother him, as he showed unnatural grace with his single blade, easily dancing around across the rocky ground, surefooted and not faltering for a moment as he led the girl on a merry chase, either deflecting or blocking her strikes as he forced her to expend more and more of her energy, chasing him down and attacking him.

"Stay still." The girl snarled as she suddenly darted forward, moving low as she slashed her sword out at the man back handed, before spinning and launching a sidekick at him, with this being quickly followed by a back kick to his gut.

All of which the man avoided, as he took a step back, before lunging for her now open back. Only to fall back again when the girl tried to spring her trap on him, her leg suddenly folding as she twisted around and kicked upwards, fluidly unleashing a move which would have shattered the mans' jaw had it hit.

Scowling as she saw him once again dodge her, the girl then darted forwards again, keeping her blade up and at the ready as she clashed swords with the man, using the bladed edge of her shield to slash at his torso as she did so.

Twisting his blade around, the man fended of the strikes, before he leapt up clearing four feet off the ground, after which he landed a boot on the girl's shield, knocking her backwards and giving him the momentum to land a few feet away, his sword still up and at the ready, the tip of it pointed mockingly in her direction.

"I thought you always gave me a lecture whenever I let both my feet, fully leave the ground?" The girl commented dryly as she eyed her opponent, her shield held up now and the blade of her sword resting gently on the top. "'It leaves you unprotected and off balance', isn't that what you said?"

"And I stand by that, then again I always believe in the principle that you should 'do what I say, and not what I do'." The man replied cheekily, a crooked smile spreading across his face, one which caused the girl's cheeks to darken a little bit. "Now come on Suki, I thought we were fighting, or are you ready to give up?"

Suki scowled as she heard that, before a sharp smile spread across her face. "Oh you're asking for it Percy."

Percy grinned in response, his right leg moving forward, and his left leg slightly back and to the side, his sword once again held up and at the ready. "Bring it on."

Without another word Suki did just that, darting forward, her body low before she rapidly engaged him, her shield shifting back into a fan as she moved in close, both blades now moving in perfect sync as she lashed out at Percy in a swift flurry of slashes and strikes.

Moving backwards Percy turned his body sideways, minimising the target he present her as he fought with his single hand, his eyes narrowed as he was forced backwards, and this time not by choice.

Moving his sword Percy managed to strike Suki's shorter and slightly curved sword, his blade easily twisting under it before with a flick of his wrist he disarmed her, using his greater strength and skill to tear the hilt from her hand and send the sword twirling through the air, only to land with a clatter on the rocky beach some six or so feet away.

Reacting to this in an instant, Suki twisted and shot out a rapid check kick into Percy's stomach knocking him back a step and making him release a grunt, which she followed up with a crescent kick aimed at his head. Which of course had him moving backwards again, giving her enough room to grab her second fan, which she unfurled in a single movement, before she closed in on him again.

"Not this again." Percy grumbled, before he found himself having to move to avoid her rapid assault, with Suki now moving in close to minimize the use Percy could get out of his longer sword, which also helped her as her fans were very deadly at short range, which Percy found out as her sharpened fans left a few shallow cuts on his cuirass.

Suki grinned as she saw this, before she continued to attack, using rapid and powerful kicks, just as often as she used her deadly and swift fans to take control of the fight and drive Percy back, and going out of her way as she did so, to ensure he didn't have the room to properly use his sword.

Percy meanwhile was now retreating, trying to find room to use his sword. His mind flashing through many possibilities, as he considered maybe dropping the sword and continuing on bare handed, though he quickly dismissed that thought. After all he might be physically a lot stronger and more durable than her, however he also knew Suki was better at hand to hand combat than him, and was likely faster than him too.

Ideally he would use his control over water to either shorten his ice blade, or liquefy it and then use the water to drive her back or incapacitate her. Unfortunately though, due to the rules of this spar, that wasn't an option.

With that in mind he simply shoved his blade forward, with Percy using the sword's hilt to deflect one of the fans, after which he lashed out with a kick, one Suki blocked easily when she brought her knee up. Seeing this Percy then whipped his sword around, forcing her to close her other fan and use it to deflect the strike. This though left her open for a moment, something Percy took advantage of as he then whipped out his left arm, using his stump more like a club now as he thumped her in the side of the head with it.

"Wha..." Suki gasped, completely taken back by this unexpected move, only to be even more taken aback by the solid kick Percy then landed in her chest, knocking her off her feet and onto her back as he did so.

Kicking her legs out and twisting her hips, Suki was on her feet in moments, her fans at ready. However the time it had taken her to do that, had been enough for Percy to take a step and level his blade at her, the edge of his icy blade now resting gently against her throat.

"What does that make the score now? Three hundred and twenty one to four?" Percy asked dryly, as he looked down on the girl, a fond smile on his face as he saw the fierce look on her face, and the slight beads of sweat she had running down her forehead, marring her face paint. His smile widened even more, when he saw her own lips curve up into a grin, her large eyes shining with good humour as she pushed his sword away and stood up.

"It's three hundred and twelve, and most of those were because you were using Waterbending as well." Suki replied easily, not at all ashamed of the tally, after all if was all good experience, even if it did get a little frustrating sometimes.

"And the times like this one, where I wasn't allow to use Bending?" Percy asked with a slight smile, as in awe of her fortitude and commitment as he ever was. After all where most people would get downhearted at getting defeated so many times, Suki merely got more determined, and would come back every time, stronger and better than before.

In fact, even now Percy would happily admit that he struggled against her occasionally, even when he was using his Bending. The girl after all had learned how to adapt her style and use her surroundings in such a way that she could put up a good challenge for him, making him have to adapt and improve on his own skills just to keep ahead of the tenacious warrior.

"Well I've beaten you four times didn't I?" Suki asked with a grin before she stuck her fans back in her belt and went to retrieve her sword.

"Aye, and you almost beat me this time." Percy replied, before he wordlessly turned his sword back into water, only to then use the water to recreate his left forearm and hand, no longer even needing to concentrate to do it anymore, as he instead just flexed his watery hand.

"And I reckon I would have if you hadn't caught me by surprise." Suki grumbled as she sheathed her sword before looking at him, "I mean you hit me with your stump!"

"Expect the unexpected." Percy replied in his attempt at a sagely voice, before he gave her a smirk. "Otherwise I'll keep on 'stumping' you…"

Suki sent him a deadpan look at that. "I really want to hit you sometimes."

Percy grinned at that.

Rolling her eyes Suki then looked around before turning her attention back to the older man. "I need to go patrol the island now, with the other Kyoshi Warriors. What are you planning on doing now?"

Percy shrugged at that, before he looked further down the beach. "I'll probably go for a walk, may see that old sea snake the Unagi."

"You mean you're going to try and talk to him again?" Suki said dryly.

"I know he can talk, I just need to trick him into it." Percy replied, his tone now full of determination.

"You've been trying for nearly three years now, just face it he's not a spirit and can't talk. I mean you must know, it's just not going to happen?" Suki replied rolling her eyes again.

"You could say the same thing about you defeating me when I use Waterbending?" Percy replied with a large grin, as he stretched his right arm, before the pair of them began to walk in the direction of the nearby village of Kyoshi.

"That's different." Suki pouted, before she smiled nervously a moment later. "Hey Percy, how about after my patrol we meet up in the village, maybe getting some food together, or a drink?"

Percy paused as he heard that, his brow furrowing for a moment, before he smiled. "Tell you what Suki. That sounds great, I'll see you later."

Suki's cheeks went a little pink as she heard that, before she hurriedly nodded and darted away. "I'll see you later then, try not to get eaten first though!"

"That girl." Percy chuckled as he heard that, before he shook his head in amusement, he really was very fond of her, maybe dinner and a drink was a good idea, who knows what could come of it.

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(At the same time, approaching the shore of Kyoshi)

It was a beautiful sunny day as Appa, a giant flying sky bison, soared through the air, the large mass of white fur occasionally flapping its giant tail and kicking its six legs as it smoothly glided through the air, the giant creature defying all logic as it naturally bent the winds to its will, allowing the six tonne behemoth to fly through the air as easily as any bird could.

Sitting in the saddle, firmly attached to Appa's back, were three individuals, well four if you counted the flying lemur, Momo. One of these individuals was tanned young man of around sixteen, who had a lean physique, blue eyes and his brown hair shaved at the sides and slightly longer on top, with the long bit having been tied into a 'warriors' knot' at the back of his head.

This teen was called Sokka, and he was a native of the Southern Water Tribe, though he had since left the beleaguered and backwater Water Tribe with his sister, Katara. Who was also in the saddle with him, with Katara being a tall, thin, tanned girl of around fourteen years old, who had large blue eyes, and long brown hair that had been tied into a traditional Water Tribe style, with two loops of hair hanging to the side of her head and a single plait running down her back.

Katara like Sokka was also a native of the Southern Water Tribe, unlike Sokka though who followed the path of the warrior, Katara had instead been blessed with ability to bend water to her will, with her being one of the last Waterbenders in the Southern Water Tribe, or at least she believed she was. Either way there were known to be a lot more up at the Northern Water Tribe, which is where they were headed, accompanying the recently awakened Avatar on his journey to Master the Four Elements and bring peace to the war torn world.

As for the Avatar, he was called Aang, and was a twelve year old boy with a shaved head, and a blue arrow tattooed across his head and down his arms and legs. Currently Aang like the others was also sat on the top of Appa, wearing a set of orange and red, monk like robes and trying to make sense of a map he was presently holding as he tried to work out just where they were.

Scratching the arrow on his head, Aang furrowed his brow in confusion, before he stuck his tongue our, after which he then turned the map upside down.

Rolling his eyes as he noticed this Sokka looked up from where he was sat, at the back of Appa's saddle, sharpening his whale bone club and instead gave Aang a deadpan look. "You have no idea where we're going, do you?"

Aang twitched as he heard that, before he sat up and gave Sokka a sheepish smile. "Well, I know that it's near water…"

Sokka cocked an eyebrow as he heard that, before he looked around at their current surroundings, seeing nothing but endless ocean around them in all directions as he did so. The same sight that they had seen for the last few days, ever since they had left Aang's old home, the Southern Air Temple, and had continued their journey towards the Northern Water Tribe.

Of course they had also gone on a bit of a scenic route, because Aang, deciding to act his age had decided he wanted to stop off and have fun at a whole host of random locations across the world. The boy often ignoring Sokka's warnings about how the world was at war, and that the sooner they made it to the Northern Water Tribe, the sooner Aang mastered Waterbending, and the sooner he could Master the other elements, and you know, end the war…

Of course the urgency of their mission didn't seem to effect Aang, and his sister Katara didn't help with her constantly mollycoddling, and enabling Aang, as well as her general disregard for Sokka's opinion.

Which had meant that by this point Sokka had simply given up trying to hurry them up, and had instead decided to sit back and enjoy the ride, and hopefully smash some Fire Nation heads when he got the chance.

"That doesn't exactly help…" Sokka responded dryly as he looked away from their surroundings and instead scowled sourly at Aang.

Aang however, merely shrugged in response, before he suddenly sent Sokka a grin. "I'm sure we'll get there eventually, for now just sit back and enjoy the ride."

Sokka rolled his eyes at that response, before he did just that and went back to sharpening his club, only pausing long enough to look over at his younger sister as he did so. "Are you done with my pants yet?"

Katara in response to that, merely looked up from the sewing she was currently doing on the other side of the saddle, giving her brother a scowl as she did so, the monotony of the trip beginning to impact on even her patience now. "They'll be done when they get done, and asking me about them every five seconds isn't helping!"

"Ok, no need to snap," Sokka replied throwing his hands up in surrender as he did so. "I just thought you'd be finished by now, I mean girls are supposed to be good at sewing and that other girly stuff!"

Katara nearly growled at her brother as she heard that, her eye sharpening and her temper flaring. "What does me being a girl have to do with anything!?"

"You know, like how girls are better at cooking, cleaning, and stuff." Sokka replied, oblivious to Katara's growing irritation as he continued to dig himself into a hole. "Whilst men are better at fighting, hunting and that kind of thing."

With an irritated twitch in her eyebrow, Katara rounded on her brother as she heard that, dropping her needle and thread now as she instead tossed the only partially repaired pair of blue trousers at Sokka, a satisfied smile on her face as she saw him flinch. "There, all done! And look at what a great job my girly skills did!"

Sokka groaned as he saw this, once again cursing himself for having such a temperamental sister, one which he seemed to have developed a skill for pissing off. Looking forlornly through the hole in his pants Sokka quickly looked over to Katara, "Wait, I'm sorry! Please, Katara, I can't wear these!"

"Don't worry, Sokka," Aang interrupted from where he was sat on Appa's head, the monk more than used to the two sibling's almost constant bickering by this point. "Where we're going, you won't need any pants!" Aang then continued with a grin.

Both Katara and Sokka looked confused as they heard that, the two of them sharing an odd look before looking back at the still grinning Avatar.

"What are you talking about, Aang?" Sokka asked, giving voice to both of their question.

"Today we're going to go surfing on the backs of giant elephant koi!" Aang replied with a grin, his gaze moving forwards now, as he locked on the now visible shore of Kyoshi Island in the distance.

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(With Percy, on Kyoshi)

Walking along the shore of Kyoshi, Percy once more enjoyed the cool, refreshing sea breeze as it gently brushed against his skin. Letting out a sigh of contentment, Percy almost couldn't believe that he'd now spent three years on the island. In fact he'd actually now come to call this peaceful place home, with its beautiful coastline, friendly people, picturesque setting and wonderful weather, how could he not come to love a place like this?

Yep, this place had definitely become home to him. It lacked the overwhelming hustle and bustle that his original home had, and the lack of technology in this world was something Percy actually enjoyed. Back when he'd been a teenager, he'd never really had time for mobile phones, or computers or any of that stuff, as such he'd never been sucked into the fad and so didn't miss any of it. After all as a Demigod, technology like that tended to attract Monsters, and so weren't used by them all that often.

Percy liked that, there was a certain tranquillity to living a simple life, and for the most part Percy thought he had adapted well. He had a steady job as a fisherman, he also had his own house with a well-tended garden and training yard attached. On top of that he'd also gained a lot of friends, both natives of the island and traders who often came to visit.

On top of that his regular sparring with Suki, and to a lesser extent the other Kyoshi Warrior, had allowed him to not only practise his swordsmanship, but improve upon it, and enhance it. Percy having now begun to train every single day again, both by himself, but more often than not with Suki. The two of them having become very close over the last three years, both as friends, and as student and teacher of sorts.

That being said Percy had also continued to practice his other Demigod abilities, pushing his control over the water as far as he could, often using the sea around Kyoshi to experiment and cut loose with his control over water. As well as that he had begun to work on his 'Earthshaker' powers as well, and in doing so he had learned how to control the magnitude of the earthquakes he could create, and had even learned how to absorb the tremors and vibrations and then release them through the air, a handy little technique to have up his sleeve in case he needed it.

Of course he hadn't neglected his powers over 'Storms' either, though he had learned that manipulating the wind and lighting was a lot harder than the earth. As although he could create a powerful hurricane around him if he wished, he had not quite manage to refine his control so he could send out controlled blasts of air like the Air Nomads were reputed to have been able to do.

Percy shook his head at that thought, after all he did all this training and for what. Every day he told himself he'd start making plans to leave the island and start exploring the wider world. Maybe he'd even get involved in the war and try and halt the Fire Nation's expansion, then again maybe he wouldn't as he was still wasn't sure if he'd want to get involved in someone else's war.

After all he nowadays identified as being from Kyoshi, and Kyoshi had been noticeably neutral in the war so far, and the last thing he wanted was for his actions to lead the war to Kyoshi's shores.

Of course that wasn't the true reason why Percy had stuck around No, there was another reason which had made him stay, and that was Suki. The woman was enthralling, her determination, her wit, her humour, there was just something about her that drew him in, and for the life of him he found he couldn't quite get up the motivation to leave. After all, he knew that when he did, then he wouldn't be able to see her everyday like he did at the moment.

A slight chuckle left Percy's lips at that thought, he really had become pathetic hadn't he? After all he had once been Percy 'fucking' Jackson, the Son of Poseidon, the Champion of Olympus, the Slayer of Titans, the Killer of Giants, the Butcherer of Monster and the Bane of Gaia, and look at him now, ready to live the life of a simple fisherman all because he couldn't stop thinking about a common mortal.

It was amusing in a way, as was the fact that he simply didn't care. He was happy, and that was all that really mattered.

Shaking his head at that, Percy continued his journey around the coastline, only to come to a stop as he got to the bay in which the Unagi lived.

Walking around the head land, Percy's eyes narrowed as he saw the head of the fin of the giant sea serpent extending out of the water, and rushing after a partially naked figure, one that was foolish enough to swim in the Unagi's waters. A figure that even as he watched succeeded in fleeing out of the water and slamming into a group of his friends on the shoreline, avoiding the grisly fate of being eaten by the ancient sea serpent as he did so.

It was a foolish move to swim in the Unagi's bay, and one that Percy knew no local, or regular visitor to the island would make. Which of course told Percy one thing, this person and the friends of his he could see standing on the coast with him, were all strangers, and strangers in times of war could be potentially very dangerous.

Percy narrowed his eyes at that, Kyoshi might have stayed out of the war so far, but he wouldn't put it past the enterprising Fire Nation to send spies out, maybe to scout out the defences and resources before they put together a large scale raid or invasion force.

With that thought in mind Percy began to speed up his pace, as he continued along the shore, heading into the forest nearby as he stalked closer towards the three figures he'd seen on the beach of the isolated cove.

It was more than likely that he was just overreacting here, but from what he knew the only way to get to Kyoshi was by sea, and the only port was at the village, and since he hadn't seen these people, nor heard of them arriving, it definitely made him suspicious as to how they had gotten here, and why?

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(With Aang, Katara and Sokka)

"Aang, are you alright!?" Katara asked worriedly as she cradled the twelve year old's head on her lap, her eyes flicking up from the heavily breathing Avatar and over to the once again peaceful waters of the bay, nor at all sure just what that giant sea monster was, nor was she all that interested in finding out.

"That, that wasn't fun." Aang gasped out, the previous enjoyment he'd had when he was surfing on the backs of the giant elephant koi, now completely overshadowed by the fear and adrenaline pumping through his body after that monster had tried to eat him.

"Right that's it, I knew we shouldn't have stopped!" Sokka said loudly, his hand clutching onto the handle of his club tightly as he warily eyed the waters, before he looked to his younger companions. "Come on, let's pack up our things and get back on Appa."

"Sokka, I think we can afford to spend a few more hours recuperating, only maybe in the forest and away from the sea." Katara replied, not as keen as Sokka to get back on the sky bison, not that she didn't like Appa, it was just because as a Water Tribe native she wasn't all that comfortable being in the air, not yet anyway. Plus travelling in such tight quarters like Appa's saddle could get very draining, and could also cause tempers to flare.

Sokka growled irritably at that, but said nothing more.

Aang meanwhile pushed himself to his feet and started getting dressed, pulling his beige coloured trousers and felt boots on, before he began to pull on his orange robe like top, struggling a little bit due to his haste.

Hiding a smile as she saw this, Katara looked away from Aang and over to her brother, her brow furrowing as she did so. "Look Sokka, we won't stay here that long. All I'm saying is it will do us some good to stretch our legs for a bit. Plus we can restock our food supplies whilst we're here."

Sokka frowned at that, but eventually nodded. "Ok fine, but we can't keep messing about like this."

"Lighten up Sokka, we're getting to the North Pole faster than it would take us by boat. I think we can afford to have a few stops here and there." Katara replied dismissively, growing tired of Sokka's attitude now.

"Yeah Sokka, besides we shouldn't be standing around talking like this, not when there's an entire island to explore!" Aang spoke up excitably fully recovered from his sudden brush with death, as he instead grabbed his staff, spinning it around in his hands as he did so, after which he then began to walk into the forest.

Katara smiled at that, before she nodded and followed after him, all quite looking forward to exploring this new land, after all it was so different that the cold and icy land of her birth.

As for Sokka, he merely groaned in irritation, but still caught up with the other two, not wanting to be left behind.

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Wandering into the forest, the group of three barely made it a dozen or so feet in before they stopped, all of them twisting around in shock as they found themselves facing an unfamiliar person. With the person in question being a tall, tanned man, with black hair, green eyes and a suspicious look on his face as he quietly stepped out of the treeline and blocked their path.

Instantly upon seeing the man Sokka was on guard, his grip on his bone club tightening as he shifted into a fighting stance. Similarly the other two reacted too, with Katara raising her hands preparing to Waterbend at any moment, whilst Aang swung his staff round in front of him, with the tip of it point at the mans' head.

Acting on impulse, Sokka immediately struck out at the large man, leaping forward his club raised as he made to either force the stranger to back off or knock him down. Sokka still somewhat tense after the confrontation with the sea monster, and not all that happy being in a familiar land, one which could be crawling with Fire Nation soldiers for all he knew.

In response though, the man merely stepped forward, his right arm rising as he struck the inside of Sokka's arm with the flat of his hand, making the teen flinch as his strike was knocked wide and his hand to loosen around the grip of his weapon. Following this up the man then grabbed a hold of Sokka's weapon and then landed a heavy boot into Sokka's gut, sending him staggering back a couple of feet, clutching his stomach. His whale bone club now in the possession of the other man.

"Sokka!" Katara shouted, before her blue eyes narrowed fiercely, her hands and feet shifting, as she forced the cork out of the water skin on her hip, withdrawing a the water from it as she did so. Glaring angrily at the newcomer, Katara then lashed out, thrusting her arm forward as she willed the water to flick out at the green eyed man like a whip.

"Stop!" Aang also shouted, as he spun his staff around before he unleashed a crescent shaped blast of air at the dark haired man, hoping to knock him back so Aang could have some space to try and sort this out peacefully.

Of course as always, things don't go to plan, because Katara's water whip didn't even get within a foot of the man before it broke apart, much to the girl's shock as she suddenly lost all control over the water. Not that she had long to think on this because the man had darted forward, ducking under the blast of wind, and kicking out with one leg, landing a foot in Katara's stomach, and sending her sprawling backwards to the ground as he did so.

"Katara!" Both Aang and Sokka shouted, both of them leaping into action as Sokka got up and bull rushed the man, attempting to tackle him to the ground. Aang meanwhile swung out his staff out, manipulating the winds around him to lift the man up and slam him into a nearby tree.

However once again the man proved himself too much for them to handle, because without a word he grabbed Sokka by the back of the neck, mid tackle, before he swung him around with a single arm, after which he then used the boy's momentum to throw him at Aang. The flying Sokka crashing into the ground behind the Avatar, as Aang acted immediately and leapt up high into the air, his staff spinning rapidly in a circle above his head and he used it to help him lift off.

Not that Aang got very far however, because as he was in mid-air he felt something cold, wet and completely uncompromising suddenly wrap around his ankle and drag him back to the ground.

Flinching as he felt this, Aang looked down in surprise, only to see a tendril of water wrapped around his ankle, one which led from his leg all the way back to their opponent, or rather to his left arm. With the man in question giving Aang a curious look, before without a word he yanked him down and out of the sky, instead sending him crashing headfirst into the ground.

"Wait, you're a Waterbender?!" Katara gasped out as she struggled to her feet, both Sokka and Aang following her lead as they also stood up, all of them looking a bit battered and bruised as they looked to their opponent in shock, surprise and suspicion.

In response to that, the man withdrew the tendril of water from Aang's leg, the water instead forming into a liquid hand on his left arm, before it froze and turned to solid ice.

"Yes." The man replied with a flat look.

"Why are you attacking us then?" Katara gasped out, struggling for what to say as she stared at the first other Waterbender she'd ever met in shock, hope, and worry.

"You were the ones who attacked me." The man replied bluntly, "I only fought to defend myself."

"Look I think there's been a misunderstanding here, I mean we're not your enemies?" Aang spoke up, lowering is staff as he once again tried to bring an end to the fight in a peaceful manner. The revelation that they were facing a Waterbender doing a lot to calm him down, after all a Waterbender would never work with the Fire Nation.

"I don't think you'll be the ones to decide that." The man replied dryly, dropping the whale bone club on the ground as he instead relaxed his stance, crossing his arms as he did so.

"Wha…" Aang began, only to be completely taken by surprise as half a dozen figures leapt down from the trees around them. With what happened next, being so fast that Aang and the others struggled to keep up, as suddenly all three of them were quickly incapacitated, tied up and then had bags thrown over their heads by the newcomers. With not even Momo, the flying lemur, being spared as he too was shoved in a bag by their attackers.

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(A few minutes later)

"You couldn't have done that five minutes ago?" Percy asked dryly as he saw five of the Kyoshi Warriors forcibly escorting the intruders to the village, all of them keeping a tight grip on their weapons as they herded the three teens, children really, to the village of Kyoshi where they would be interrogated by the leader, Han. You couldn't be too careful after all.

"Maybe, but where would the fun in that be?" Suki asked with a grin, as she crossed her arms in front of her and looked over at Percy. "Besides you dealt with them all easily enough, even if you were holding back?"

"They were children, and I wasn't exactly looking to maim any of them." Percy replied, rolling his eyes at Suki's response. "Besides, as the newly appointed leader of the warriors, shouldn't you, you know, probably try and set a good example? I mean basically letting intruders run wild, and leaving them for me to have to deal with?"

"Oh don't be such a bad sport." Suki replied with a nonchalant grin. "We were all hanging around in case you needed assistance, and as I said before you were totally on top of it."

Percy smiled slightly at that, shaking his head as he did so. "You're unbelievable sometimes, you know that?"

Suki however merely grinned in response, "I'll take that as a compliment."

Percy's lips quirked at that, but he said nothing more as he instead began to retrace the intruders steps, heading a little further into the forest as he did so. "So what do you think of the intruders?"

"They seem to be just a bunch of kids pissing about, not sure how they got here though." Suki replied with a shrug. "No doubt old Han will just give them a slap on the wrist and send them on their way, either way I doubt that they're Fire Nation spies or anything like that."

"Maybe." Percy muttered, not quite as willing to dismiss the possibility as Suki. After all from his experience, enemies could come in all guises, including that of children sent to spy on you.

He'd had enough experience of that when he was fighting in the campaign against Kronos, as back then young Demigods were often sent against them as either spies, or as cannon fodder, and from he'd heard he wouldn't put anything past the Fire Nation.

"Two of them were benders though, one of them was a Waterbender, and the other an Airbender I assume." Percy then continued, frowning as he said that. After all so far he was not at all impressed with actual Waterbenders. Certainly not if they were all like that girl, after all that girl's control was paltry and Percy had been able to usurp it with but a thought. Then again it was also possible that the girl was just untrained, and using her abilities on instinct, which could be why her control and skill unregards manipulating water was so poor.

The Airbender though, he had been a lot trickier to deal with, especially since he had moved around so much, making it hard to pin him down.

"Yeah, I recognise the girl's and older boy's clothing from the stories the traders have told me, If I had to say, I'd say they were both Southern Water Tribe, so unlikely to be working with the Fire Nation." Suki replied with a shrug.

"There's always traitors, it really wouldn't surprise me if I found out that there were Earthbenders and Waterbenders working for the Fire Nation." Percy replied, his thinking a lot more cynical than Suki's when it came to the loyalty of Benders to their 'home nation'.

Suki hummed at that, not outright denying what he was saying. "I have to say I am surprised about the Airbender though, from what I've heard all the Air Nomads were killed, like a hundred years ago!?"

"The first rule of killing innocences, Suki, is that a few always survive." Percy replied stoically as he continued to make his way through the trees, looking for the group's transportation as he did so. "It wouldn't be too farfetched to think that a few Air Nomads survived the massacre and went into hiding, slowly rebuilding over the years as they did so. For all we know there could be an entire society of them hidden somewhere out there in the world."

"Maybe." Suki replied, a bit uncertain this time, as somehow she didn't think that that was the case, after all surely they would have shown themselves by now if it were true.

Before either of them could say any more on the matter though, they were both silenced as they found themselves in a clearing right next to the treeline, near the beach. A clearing which was currently being used by a massive slumbering beast, one which had six legs, massive horns and a thick coat of white fur.

"A sky bison." Suki muttered in awe, before she turned to look at the equally surprised Percy with a smirk. "Well it looks like we've found out how they got to the island."

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AN: So what did you all think? I hope you enjoyed it?

I can't say it was a particularly harmonious first meeting between Team Avatar and Percy, then again I am not a fan of stories where the crossover MC is instantly chummy with the canon MCs. But that's just me, that being said this is a beginning of an interesting relationship between these characters, who like with most relationships will have its ups and downs.

Also for those who question I can confirm, yes, that Percy will indeed be using the full range of Demigod powers he has from Poseidon, which I will expand upon as I go. Also Percy's peaceful little holiday is going to come to an end soon and he'll soon be fully involved within the rich and vibrant Avatar world. Though that being said I am not planning on having him tag along with Team Avatar like some stories do, after all the Percy I envisaged is more independent than that, and is not really a follower.

Other than that I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and leave a review!

Thanks for reading, and I'll see you later.

Greed720.