AN: Hey all, so it's been a while on this story hasn't it? Well what can I say I got busy with other things, and updating other stories, it happens sometimes. That said this story, like all the others on my page is not abandoned, and will continue to be updated.

So with that in mind I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, it took a while to shake off the dust and remember what was happening, but I hope you enjoy it! Thanks a lot for reading and please do leave a review!

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(Last Time)

Percy smiled softly as he looked down at that. "It's hardly a suitable place for our first time."

"I don't care." Suki replied, tugging him to their tent more firmly now. "I don't want to wait around, not when we both know how short life can be. I want you now."

Percy smiled again at that, the haunted look in his gaze dispersing as he instead fixed on the strong, fascinating, confusing, befuddling beauty in front of him, even as he allowed her to drag him into their shared tent. Only this night unlike the others, they would not just be sleeping.

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Chapter 11

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(With Percy)

The Earth Kingdom citadel of Omashu. It was both colossal and intimidating, an immense, all but impenetrable fortress city that sat upon the peak of a mountain. One which was only accessible by a single long, fortified bridged that spanned a massive valley between the mountain the city sat on and another, smaller plateau on another nearby mountain.

All in all the city was magnificent, and one of the largest, wealthiest and most secure places in Earthland, the capital of the Earth Kingdom's western region, and a hurdle that the Fire Nation armies, which even now were invading from the west and the south, had to overcome if they were to conquer the entire Earth Kingdom and bring its populace under their heel like they wanted.

It was this sight that met Percy and his beleaguered column of refugees as they slowly crossed the fortified stone bridge, the bloodied and ragged looking group passing by dozens of stone guard towers and armed and armoured Earth Kingdom soldiers.

Some of whom were in full armour and were riding on ostrich horses, swords, spears and shields in hand. Others however, the Earthbenders, were on foot, their feet absent shoes, and their expression flinty as they eyed the group suspiciously. Still others meanwhile carried bows and crossbows, the long ranged troops of the army.

Trundling along in the midst of the group of refugees, were large, covered wagons, each of which were filled with the injured, the ill, and the old. All of whom, despite their conditions, aches and pains, kept quiet, even as those that were more able bodied, walked, or rode alongside the wagons, acting as guards.

They might not be on the main road, and thus vulnerable to ambush. But all of the members of the convoy had grown to be cautious and suspicious, even of their own army.

At the front of the column, the lightly armoured Percy, on a mount of his own, as well as a similarly mounted, Suki, who herself was wearing her Kyoshi Warrior's armour, and Hef and Hana, led the way. Those four alone standing, or rather sitting, strong under the judging, suspicious gazes of the soldiers.

Though notably all of them were fingering their respective weapons. With Percy and Suki, both of whom were wearing armour, with Percy's having been scavenger from fallen Fire Nation soldiers, clutching the hilts of their swords. Whilst Hef kept a hand on one of his hammers, and Hana couldn't help but twitch her fingers, as if she was just itching to grab the bow on her back.

Digging his heels into the side of his rangy ostrich horse, Percy pushed his mount onwards, his green eyes narrowed as he eyed the Earth Kingdom soldiers cautiously. He had heard stories about the Earth Kingdom army, and he was wary, from what he heard there were branches and groups within it that were just as corrupt and abusive as the invading Fire Nation troops.

Renegade soldiers were known to raid, intimidate and extort their own people, and it was not uncommon for passing armies to strip the land and the peasantry of their hard earned food as they passed. Living off of the land as they called it.

Though in Percy's mind this was little more than an excuse for brazen thievery and abuse of power.

"Percy, Suki, thanks for getting us this far." Hana said gently interrupting the silent atmosphere that had overcome the column, even as the massive stone gateway, the entrance to the city, came into view.

A small crowd of merchants and visitors were already noticeably gathering around it, even as Earthbenders stood atop the wall, their arms folded as they waited the order for them to Earthbend the wall open, no doubt with the assistance from the guards at the bottom of the gateway.

Percy nodded at that, but didn't say anything, his gaze still roaming around the large outer walls and his surroundings as he took in the fortification on the bridge, and the sheer size of the stone walls they were approaching.

Suki however was a bit brighter, the brown haired girl smiling slightly, even as she turned to Hana.

The girl had been in an exceptionally good mood all morning, and even now, despite the tension surrounding her, her bright cheerfulness had not noticeably dimmed.

"It's fine Hana, we're happy to help. Besides it benefits us too, I've always wanted to visit the fabled city of Omashu. Suki replied, looking to the gaunt, and strained looking Hana as she did so.

The city had a tragic and beautiful origin, a city built in memory of two lovers, Oma and Shu, two lovers destined to be together, but kept apart due to duty and the warring their respective homes. And in Suki's opinion, despite her lover, Percy, claiming it was a tale as old as time, she still thought it a beautiful, touching one none the less.

Hearing her words, and the tone of her voice, Hana seemed to relax slightly, the tense expression on her gaunt face easing, even as the column continued to trundle the last few dozen metres to the wall, and the small crowd that were patiently waiting to get in.

"Well even so we're all glad you accompanied us. So will you stay at Omashu like us, or is this only a passing visit, a stop off, on your journey?" Hana asked, pulling on the reigns of her mount, slowing it down as the column slowly came to a halt.

"Probably, I think ideally we will be going further north. Percy wants to visit the North Pole at some point, but in the mean time we'll probably continue exploring the land, helping people out where we can, and assisting in war effort when we have the opportunity." Suki shrugged.

Both she and Percy had discussed their plans in some depths, and had come up with a vague plan for the future. Percy wanted to see the North Water tribe, and their city of ice, and so too did she, so they would head there. But along the way they would stop off and see as much of the Earth Kingdom as they could.

On top of which, though she had not explicitly told Percy yet, she wanted to get more involved in the war effort. She didn't just want to travel for her own ends, but instead she wanted to help fight the Fire Nation and bring peace.

After all Percy was right in his belief that the world shouldn't put their hope on a single person, a child, even if it was the Avatar. Instead the people should stand up on their own two feet, stop relying on symbols, and fight the good fight themselves.

In fact, Percy, she suspected, also probably had the desire to get involved in the war effort too, just as much as she did.

She knew him quite well by now after all, and as such she knew that he was not the type of person to stand around whilst evil was being done.

No, he was the type to grab his sword and run headfirst into the thickest of the fighting. Not that she had really brought up this matter with him though, just as she had not tried to get answers about his ability to use multiple elements, or about what their relationship was.

She loved Percy, she knew that without a shadow of a doubt, just as she knew he cared for her.

But at the same time she didn't complete understand him. He was older than her, and far more experienced in all aspects of life. He was a war veteran, a seasoned killer, a master elemental bender, and had clearly had lovers before.

As such sometimes, despite her infatuation, she struggled to really talk to him about certain matters. Not because she didn't think he would answer, but because she was afraid of what his answers would be.

Percy was a hero, yet also a consummate killer; who she suspected had spilled seas of blood and had taken hundreds of lives. He was a warrior, someone whose experiences had twisted his view of life, and people in general. He was cynical and nihilistic, a far cry than the idealistic, wonder filled girl, he probably saw her as.

Suffice to say her thoughts and feelings about Percy were complex, and were something she knew she need to discuss with him, even if she was a little worried about the answers she would receive.

"It sounds nice, you know, having the freedom to do that." Hana suddenly spoke up softly, a tired look on her face as she looked back at the tired and gaunt looking members of her village. "My journey will end here though, I need to make sure my people survive."

With that said Hana, Suki and the others came to a halt, all of them stopping just before the front of the gate with about a dozen other groups, all of whom were waiting for the two guards at the bottom of the wall to allow them in.

From the additional height being mounted gave them, Suki, Percy, Hana and Hef could all see that there was some kind of problem up ahead, no doubt this was the reason for why a queue had formed. Peering over the crowd, the four of them could see two armoured guards, both of whom were arguing with a thin, rangy looking old man. A cabbage merchant by the looks of the wooden cart behind him.

"I'm telling you, they're all fine, there are no parasites or anything on them, I promise!" The merchant cried out, his voice high pitched and whiny.

"And I'm telling you, I am not letting you into the city with these mouldy, manky cabbages!" One of the guards spat back, a look of disgust on his face as he sniffed at the cabbage in his hand, before hurling it over the side of the bridge. "Your crop is diseased! If we let you in, they could cause sickness within the city! Are you some kind of Fire Nation sympathiser?! Is that why you're trying to bring these in, so you can infect the city with plague and make it easier for the Fire Nation to besiege us!? Is it!?"

"I-I, no, no of course not! I am just a simple merchant, that's all, and my cabbages are not blighted!" The cabbage vender replied, his voice squeaking slightly at the accusations that were being hurled at him.

In response to this the Earthbender guard stamped his foot on the ground and thrust his fist up. His actions causing a pillar of stone to erupt from the ground below the man's cart, and hurl the cart and all of the man's cabbages off of the side of the bridge and hundreds of metres down on to the valley floor below.

"My cabbages!" The merchant screamed, clutching his face in horror, even as that same Earthbender grabbed him by the front of his beige shirt and dragged him closer to him.

"You're done here! Get out of my sight and don't come back, not unless you have some halfway decent produce to sell, or a decent excuse to be here!" The guard then audibly growled, his tone warning of great pain and humiliation if the merchant did not get out of his way.

Squeaking in terror at the threat, the cabbage monger didn't say a word as he was hurled backwards and on to the floor.

Instead he just scrambled to his feet and ran away as fast as he could, shooting past the column as he fled down the bridge.

Among the column, a number of those present started muttering in worry. The soldiers didn't sound friendly here, and some of them were beginning to worry that they themselves would not be allowed in.

"Percy," Suki muttered, leaning closer to the tall, dark haired man.

"It's fine," Percy replied quietly, though Suki noticed that his teeth were clenched and that the knuckles of his hand were white from how hard he was clenching the hilt of his sword. "For now our focus is to get these refugees into the city, we can't go causing too much trouble right now, not when we are so close."

Suki scowled at that but still nodded. It was a bitter pill to swallow, but Percy was right. Their goal right now was to get the people with them to safety, even if that meant standing by and doing nothing whilst a guard abused his power. If they tried to intervene it could make it so the entire column was not allowed into the city.

"That said, once they are safe and sound in the city…" Percy continued, his implied threat obvious.

That was another thing about Percy that she had noticed. The man blew hot and cold. Sometimes, like with her and the people of Kyoshi and the column, he was kind, gentle and supportive. He was loyal to a fault, and was always willing to help and protect those he had befriended, or that he was fond of.

But sometimes, when pushed, or when fighting, he became a different person. Lurking under all of his kindness, was a ruthless, merciless warrior. To his enemies he was like a demon, one that would brutally and ruthlessly cut down any who dared to threaten him or those close to him.

He wasn't cruel by any means. But to those that knew him, those that loved the softer gentler side of him, seeing the dark haired man filled with so much fury, it could sometimes be scary.

"Just don't do anything stupid." Suki muttered, reaching out and grabbing his hand.

In response Percy sent her a wry grin. "Would I?"

"I know you Percy…" Suki replied dryly, a strained smile playing across her face as she struggled to stay stern, especially when his sea green eyes locked with her own. In fact as she did that she could feel cheeks heating up and going a little pink, especially when she remembered what they had both done, both last night, and this morning too in fact.

Looking away quickly, her cheeks burning red, especially when she noticed his smile taking on a cheeky tone, almost like he knew what she was thinking, Suki instead, resolutely, looked forward.

Damn him and his stupid, charming, irritating, handsome face!

As she looked forward however, her sharp gaze soon fell on an odd sight. Both Katara and Sokka, from the Water Tribe, and a small boy in yellow and orange monk robes, who for some reason had tied a bunch of hay to the top of his head. It was Aang obviously, but for the life of her Suki didn't know just what the Avatar was doing.

"Ermm Percy?" Suki asked, looking over to the bemused looking Waterbender.

"I see it," Percy replied, a resigned look on his face as he dug his heels into his mount, urging it onwards as he started to push through the dozen or so other people at the gate.

His actions initially getting shouts of complaints from those around him, only for those complaints to fade away into nothingness when they saw the sword at his hip, the stump that was his arm, and the mismatch of heavy and light armour that covered his chest, arms and shoulders.

In times of war, like now, you don't fuck with armed and armoured people, not if you were a common farmer or merchant.

Soldiers and mercenaries always spelled trouble.

"Oi you, what are you doing?" One of the Earthbenders at the gate shouted, a scowl on his brutish face as he eyed Percy warily.

"Easy there, I'm not here to cause trouble. I am just seeing what the holdup is." Percy replied bluntly, his voice catching the attention of the trio at the front, all of whom turned and stared at Percy in shock and surprise. All of them clearly recognised him, just as he did them. "We've been waiting for a while, and some of us have things to do in the city!"

Behind Percy a number of the merchants and members of the column mumbled their agreement, even if they didn't cause too much of a fuss, instead letting Percy take the lead.

"Well you're going to have to wait aren't you, there's a protocol to these things!" The Earthbender snapped, an unimpressed look on his face as he looked Percy up and down.

Percy gave him a flat look at that, his green eyes cold as he used what he called his wolf stare on the guard.

"W-well, what I mean to say is…" The very same guard fumbled, his brow furrowing as he found himself taking an unconscious step back at the dangerous look on Percy's face. That was the thing with bullies, the moment someone stood up to them they tended to fold. Or at least the pettier, weak willed ones anyway.

Percy cocked his head to the side.

"Just get back in line!" The soldier finally snapped, deliberately turning away now as he instead nodded to his fellow soldier. "Open the gates."

In response the other guard nodded, after which they, and the guards at the top, then used Earthbending to open the massive wall, creating a gap big enough for a large wagon.

As the wall opened up, it revealed the massive, wealthy looking city within, as well as a score of other armed soldiers, all of whom were milling around near the entrance to the city.

"You three go in!" The same guard as before snapped at Aang, Katara and Sokka, gesturing for the trio to enter, even as they, and he, kept their gazes on the amused Percy. "You meanwhile can get back in line and wait to be processed like the rest!"

"As you say." Percy nodded obligingly, pulling on the reigns of his horse as he went back to where a resigned looking Suki, and a worried looking Hana and Hef were waiting.

"Starting bringing them in, enough messing about." The guard then snapped to his up till now silent companion, who in response scowled, before nodding. Both of them moving forwards now as they stopped harassing the newcomers and instead started rapidly waving people through. Including Percy and his column.

Though the main guard did scowl, even as he told Hef and Hana where they needed to go to apply for temporary accommodation and support. Not that he tried anything, or tried to throw his weight around. Instead he just searched the wagons, did a cursory check of those in the column and wave the refugees through.

Though noticeably as the last of the column entered the city, the man did mutter, somewhat audibly a single insult. "Fucking parasites."

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(Several miles from Omashu)

Standing just within the tree line, Azula's golden eyes narrowed as she watched the patrol of Earth Kingdom soldiers pass by her position.

There were three score of them, a third of which were mounted on ostrich horses and carrying spears and shields, their bodies clad in dark, rust coloured scale mail, with their heads being covered in those round disk like helmets the Earth Kingdom army favoured. With each of the rider's wearing cream coloured turncoats over their armour, the golden disk like symbol of the Earth Kingdom proudly displayed for all to see.

The infantry meanwhile were in two groups, ten of their number wore similar armour to the cavalry, only instead of boots these men went barefoot, and instead of spears they carried hammers, maces and axes. These she could tell in an instant were the Earthbenders, the Earth Kingdom's elite, shock troopers.

The other thirty meanwhile wore boiled leather armour, cheap and barely adequate protection, and clutched shields and spears in their hands. These were peasants, a militia made up of farmers, tradesmen and anyone else the army could press into volunteering. Poorly armed and untrained, these were the group, the conscripts that made up the majority of the Earth Kingdom's army.

They were also the reason why the Earth Kingdom were being hammered so badly by the Fire Nation. Untrained peasants would never be able to stand up to professional soldiers, and most of the Fire Nation's army and navy were well equipped, experienced, professional soldiers.

Shaking her head at that, the Crown Princess focused back on the matter at hand.

What she was looking at was a large column, one that was likely passing through the many small towns and villages in the region, in order to recruit more troops for the war effort, more meat for the grinder.

Azula was well aware that the war was slowly moving further north, especially with the Airbenders having been decimated, the Southern Water Tribe completely conquered, and now several regions in the western and southern part of the Earth Kingdom having been conquered and colonised.

Soon enough war would come to great city of Omashu and the region it lay in, and the King of the city and its residents knew that, and thus they had start to prepare.

If only they knew that the effort was futile. The Fire Nation wielded the greatest and most dangerous of the elements, they were technologically superior to the Earth Kingdom peasants, and had a massive, battle hardened army and navy.

Any resistance to the Fire Nation's conquest was doomed to fail.

This was a fact.

It was why so many of their enemies shouted and screamed about the Avatar, and how the Master of all four Elements and the keeper of balance would rise up and solve all their problems.

It was a childish thought.

The Avatar was just one man, a pathetic Waterbender, a murderer who killed her brother.

He couldn't save anyone, he wouldn't even be able to save himself.

With that thought in mind, Azula's lips curled upwards into a cruel smile, even as she raised her armoured arm, her pale hand clenched into a fist.

All around her, her twenty Firebenders, two Waterbenders, and Earthbender Captain all tensed, even as another thirty other Fire Nation soldiers, all of whom had swords sheathed at their hips and load bows in their hands, drew their bows.

The ambush was set, the column of Earth Kingdom soldiers were meandering along a dried riverbed heading to Quinlan in order to recruit more soldiers, their path taking them with in a league of Azula's camp.

None of these men would leave here alive, despite the garrison at the city probably already being aware of the Fire Nation's presence in the region.

The failed attack on the Avatar and his column of refugees would have alerted them of that much.

Azula curse internally at that thought. The fools, they had found the Avatar, the prize that the Fire Nation had long sought, ever since the fall of the Air Nomads, the prize they had thought had perished with the last of the Airbenders.

Yet despite this they had let him slip through their grasp.

An entire platoon of Fire Nation soldiers, and several prized Fire Benders, dead, or injured. Suffice to say she was displeased, and she had made that displeasure known.

Still, a part of her was glad about one thing. At least she now knew she was on the right track. She was close to the Avatar, her brother's killer, or at least the man she suspected was the Avatar.

Admittedly a small part of her had not yet quite dismissed the possibility that the merchants had lied or exaggerated the Waterbender's abilities, and that the Airbending child was actually the Avatar.

But no, she didn't want to second guess herself. If she was right and this Waterbender was indeed the Avatar, then she was close to him.

All she would need to do was send some agents into the city to find him and keep an eye on him. She wouldn't ask them to do any more than that, after all a couple of mere spies wouldn't stand a chance against the Avatar, nor would one of her lieutenants or captains. The Avatar after all had legendary powers, and the man she faced was not some run of the mill solider or rebel.

Zuko, as much as she hated to admit it, had been a powerful Firebender and fighter. Sure he didn't have her power or natural talent, he was not even on the same level as her, but he had not been lacking when compared to a Royal Firebender or even some of the higher ranked officers.

Her brother might have been a failure, but he was not weak.

This is why she knew to be wary of this Waterbender, especially since he not only killed Zuko and a number of other Firebenders, but he had done so in spite of her Uncle Iroh, who despite coming across as a dithering fool, was still perhaps one of the strongest Firebenders alive today.

No, the man was too dangerous for any save for her, and her elites to handle. As such she would use her spies to keep an eye on the man and to watch him, and when he leaves Omashu to trail him and keep her aware of his location and movements. After that she would then ambush him, kill those with him, and capture the man and take him back to her father.

Azula's golden eyes flashed gleefully at that thought, even as she brought her clenched hand down, her gaze not leaving the column of Earth Kingdom soldiers.

In response her archers unleashed their arrows, whilst she and her elite soldiers surged forward from the treeline, already using their respective elements.

Ignoring the hail of arrows, Azula dashed forward herself, her steps measured as she crossed the gap between the treeline and the dry riverbed in moments. Leaping up as she did so, scorching blue fire erupting from her hands as she brought them down, unleashing a wave of fire on the corps of shocked Earthbenders.

Her fire, far hotter than even the Royal Firebender's fire, melting flesh and charring bone as it consumed five of the Earthbenders in a single sweep. Her golden eyes flashing as her feet lightly touched down on the ground and her hands thrust out, controlling and enhancing the blue flames, expanding her fire outwards to consume the other shocked Earthbenders, even as those she had already caught in her flames, burned to death.

From beside her she saw her Waterbenders lashing out with blades of water, bringing down several more Earthbenders, even as the enemy started to respond, throwing up stone walls and sending spikes of earth their way as they did so.

Temujin though chose that moment to thunder forwards, the giant of a man slamming his hands down on the ground and disintegrating all of the earthen walls with a single powerful wave of force.

Smiling at this Azula danced forward and leapt off of the man's broad back, her booted foot flicking around as she flipped in mid-air and sent another wave of blue fire down on the beleaguered Earthbenders.

Her Firebender soldiers joining in on the assault now as they moved forwards as one, their movements swift and brutal as they sent blast after blast of condensed fire, like meteors, down on the mounted cavalry, killing and panicking both the mounts and the riders.

Her archers meanwhile continued to rain down arrows on the entire column, with the combined ferocity of the mid to long ranged assault, and the surprise of the attack, leading to a complete massacre of the enemy.

Folding her arms about ten or so minutes later, Azula decided to just sit back and watch as her forces continued cut down the last of the enemy, the archers now moving forwards among the fallen Earth Kingdom soldiers with knives in hand, putting an end to any who still lived.

The destruction of this group would be noticed sooner or later, there was no stopping that. But their sudden disappearance would not be directly linked to her current base, not yet. If they had managed to come across her camp and send back messengers, then yes, that would have been an issue.

But the entire column being ambushed and massacred somewhere between Omashu and Quinlan that was more palatable. It would throw the garrison at the city and the port into confusion, and it would take a week or so at the least, and probably a month at the most, to identify her position. By which point her allies, Ty lee and Mai, and some more reinforcements would be with her, and she would already be on the move again.

Azula smiled at that thought, brushing a bit of ash off of her beautifully crafted armour as she did so, her boots crunching as she walked up the side of the riverbed, her pet Waterbenders and Earthbender following after her. Their job here was done, she would entrust the incineration of the bodies to her loyal Firebender elites.

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(With Percy)

Upon entering the city, and saying their goodbyes to the grateful and thankful; Hef, Hana and the rest of their column, all of whom had been directed to a government building on the other side of the city for processing and rehoming.

Percy and Suki had soon found themselves blissfully alone once again, a certainly novel experience, especially due to them having spent the last couple of weeks in very close proximity to the men, women and children in the column.

It was an odd feeling, with it being just the two of them again. Despite that however both of them were still quite happy as they strolled together through the city, side by side. Both of them passing by the occasional patrol of soldiers as they walked through the busy, bustling streets. With Percy only pausing long enough to grab a bit of food from a passing vendor for his and Suki's lunch.

"I've never been to a city this busy before." Suki muttered to Percy as she looked around in awe, her eyes wide as she tried to take in all the sights, sounds and smells around her.

Coming from a small island, with just a single village on it where everyone knew everyone, the big city was a massive change for the Kyoshi Warrior. A very alien experience when compared to what she was used to, not only because of the variety of food and wares on sale, but also because of the sheer number of people, and the number of dialects she was hearing.

"I can imagine." Percy nodded, glancing sideways at Suki as they walked through the thronging streets, the crowd noticeably parting to let them passed.

No doubt this was due to the fact they were both armed.

"Have you ever been to a place this big before?" Suki asked, her eyes alight with wonder as she turned to look at her mysterious lover.

Percy smiled wryly at the question. "I've been to places this big before, and some places even bigger." New York, Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro all came to mind as he said that, his mind for the first time in what felt like years, drifting back to the life he had lived before he ended up washing up on the short of Kyoshi.

Suki's eyes widened in delight as she heard that, shifting closer to Percy as she did so. "Like where?"

Percy chuckled at her excitement for a moment before he paused for a moment, thinking of the best way to explain. "Well like you know Suki, I am not from around here. In fact I come from a land very, very far from here."

Suki nodded at that.

"Well, over in my homeland there are hundreds of cities as big as or even bigger than Omashu, though admittedly they are not quite as militant as this place." Percy muttered, looking around as he did so at a city readying itself for war.

"Really? That's amazing!" Suki muttered, drawing even closer still. It wasn't often that Percy shared bits and pieces of his origins, just the occasional comment or titbit. In fact Percy, to her, seemed to be deliberately avoiding his past and instead focusing on the here and now.

Percy smiled lightly at her words, before nodding, after which he began to tell her bits and pieces about the places he had visited and the world he had come from.

Of course he edited the bits and pieces he told her about like; the technology, the gods and the fact that it was in a different world. He didn't quite want to reveal any of that that yet, if at all.

Here in this world they mainly had spirits. Sure there were some gods, like the Fire Nation's Agni, but mostly the people worshipped or looked to the spirits. For him to identifying himself as a son of a god, well it would cause waves. Even if he told Suki, who he knew would believe him, it would cause her to look at him differently.

That was something he didn't want.

As for not telling her about the technology that was just for the simple reason that he didn't understand how any of it worked, and thus wouldn't be able to answer many of her questions about it. Which is why instead of saying something and then failing to appropriately explain it, he just edited it out of his explanations, it wasn't like it was particularly relevant or important to what he was saying anyway. Talking about it would just confuse matters.

The bit about it being another world though, that he kept quiet. Already quite a few people on Kyoshi believed he was from the Spirit world or had some connection to the Spirits, and at the moment he was happy to let people come to their own conclusions on that front. After all during his time here over the last three years he had decided that he would stay in this world, even if he did have a chance to go back, as such his actually origins weren't that important in the grand scheme of things.

Yes, he had decided to stay. He liked it here, despite the war. He liked the simplistic way of life, the people around him, the vastly different culture to his own, and the complete lack of technology.

It was a simple, yet very satisfying way of life.

That said he didn't begrudge telling Suki somethings about his home and about the places he had seen and the people he had once known. It was nice to share sometimes, especially with someone he cared very deeply for.

A few minutes later however, as he was talking with Suki, telling her about the massive skyscrapers and towers in New York City, their conversation was interrupted.

"Percy, Suki!" The familiar loud voice of Sokka called out, even as the Water Tribe boy, still in his faded blue garments and wearing his hair in a topknot, ran towards them. Both Katara and a now no longer disguised Aang running after him.

Coming to a stop in the middle of the street, Percy had to push back the desire to roll his eyes, even as the trio approached him.

A few minutes alone with Suki, that was all he had wanted, a few minutes in which they weren't training or fight, but instead just relaxing and talking, like they had done back on Kyoshi, before the Avatar had turned up and turned their lives upside down.

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AN: So what did you all think? All the groups are slowly converging, Percy and Suki have met back up with Team Avatar, Azula is up to no good and her minions Ty Lee and Mai are on the way to join her.

Next chapter will have a lot of interactions going on, some of which will be complicated as the Omashu arc, notably edited from canon, will start to take place.

Other than that I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and leave a comment or a review. If you have any questions please feel free to PM me, I'm usually quite good at answering those. If you have the time please do check out some of my other stories, there is quite the eclectic mix!

Thanks a lot for reading and I hope you all continue to support the story.

See you next time.

Greed720.