Author notes: So, noticing Tons of you are reading and yet not following or reviewing... that breaks my heart and destroys me. *Sniffles*

Nah i'm just messing with you all. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the massive amount of support I've received so far in the story. I'm only five chapters in and did not expect this amount already. And the more support I get the faster I can crank these chapters out. remember, I plan to do this weekly, and every time I pass a hundred followers or favorites, I drop the next chapter early as well. So, without further hold ups, lets do this.

So after last week, its time for a little more positive feel. Enjoy!

The alarm next to Tensei's bed stirred him up from his slumber. He forced his eyes open and mumbled to himself. "Ugh, I don't know why I set it so early this morning. I don't have much set for the day." He rolled over to slap the alarm off and stared at the time. "it's only six. Great job, Tensei."

He rubbed his face for a few seconds to wake himself up, huffing out and sitting upright. He walked out of his bed and slipped his shirt on over his body. He grabbed his phone and scrolled through his messages to look back to what he had sent last night to remind himself, seeing all he had planned was a day of paperwork he was slacking on lately. But now that he was up, he knew he couldn't simply fall back asleep. "Might as well do some of that work now…" he sighed to himself and slipped on a pair of socks.

Walking out of his room, he made his way to the left and turned to open his office, but was confused when he saw the door open and the lights already on. "Huh? I know those were off last night and…" His voice slowly trailed off when he saw the sight before him, bringing a large grin to his face. "...Ah, I see."

Katara was leaned over the side desk that he had in the room, multiple books spread out across the top of it. The young girl was face flat against one of the open encyclopedias, obviously exhaustion took over her body from reading. Her hanging hair was strewn out everywhere, some of it blowing in and out from her open mouth breathing. The sight of her in this position brought a chuckle to the turbo hero, walking over to the couch and grabbing a spare blanket and carrying it over to the young girl. He draped it over her shoulders and glanced to the pages she was reading before she passed out.

"What do we have here, huh?" He pulled one of the books up and raised an eyebrow. "Refrigerator… Hm, I see you weren't joking last night."

He set the book back down and walked out of the room to the kitchen. He pulled out a bowl from the cabinet and reached for the cereal as well. He was about to open it up before he sat and thought for a few moments. His eyes drifted back towards the office and he felt a little guilty having her stay here alone while he went into the agency for the day. If she really was new to this city, lifestyle and world, maybe leaving her alone her first day wouldn't turn out the best.

"I'd come home, and she burned the place messing with the stove." He shivered at the thought before picking his phone up and dialing it real quick. He waited a few moments before he heard it answer. "Yes, can you cancel my appointments for the day? Some stuff came up… family emergency? Uh… you can say something like that."

He waited a few moments before nodding. "Perfect, I'll see you Monday. Goodbye."

He clicked it closed and smiled. "Well, since I am here too, might as well introduce her to them."

Katara slowly felt her mind stirring awake, forcing her eyes to slide open. She mumbled to herself as she sat up from the desk and gave a small wince. "Ow!"

She reached up and rubbed the back of her neck and felt a tight kink. "Great, falling asleep like this wasn't the best idea." She grunted to herself and tried to stand up, shocked when she felt a blanket fall down from her back. "Huh?"

Looking down at it, she remembered she never put one on last night, meaning someone placed it on her at some point. A small smile crept on her face at the act, appreciating her host even more. A big yawn left her mouth and she stretched out her back feeling a few pops escape. Sighing in relief, she looked back down to the books before her and rubbed her head. "I guess I overdid it last night."

Her mind began replaying the random assortment of things she attempted to take in the night before.

Cars.

Fridges.

Countries.

She lost count of how many things she read last night, and after a while they began to blur in a giant mess as her exhaustion crept up and took over her mind. Trying to learn as much as she could in one night was definitely far too much for her to process and understand, now knowing she should pace herself a bit better if she were to get a true feel of this place. She turned around and took notice of her water tribe robes folded on top of the main desk.

"Wait, how did those…?" Katara question stopped when she noticed a note on top of the clothes.

"Katara, I took the liberty of washing your clothes for you. I hope you don't mind. I have guests you should meet and would look better with you in these than the ones I loaned you.

Breakfast will be waiting for you."

While she was extremely grateful, Katara took note of what he had said halfway in the note. "Guests?" Her ears suddenly picked up light chatter on the other side of the now closed office door. She looked down to the baggy clothes she sported and felt her face grow a light red. "If his brother thought of dating last night, I don't want to know what they think of me in his clothes."

After a few minutes of stripping her current set off and redressing in her standard look, Katara gave a small huff of satisfaction being back to what she knew. She straightened her hair and took a breath before reaching for the handle. "Here goes nothing, I guess."

Pushing it open, she was met with a wonderful aroma of scents from the kitchen. Her stomach immediately growled in anticipation to what it had coming its way, but then her eyes met not just Tensei, but two other adults in the kitchen with him all turning in unison to the new guest.

"Ah, so you are awake now…" Tensei smiled as he walked over towards her. "… I hope the desk wasn't too uncomfortable for you."

Katara blushed and rubbed her head. "Sorry, I was reading and kinda lost track of time."

"It's okay, it happens to all of us. Come in, I'd like to introduce you." He guided her over towards the other two there in his place. "Katara, these are my parents. Mom and Dad, this is Katara that I told you about."

The two adults were around fifty or so, the man with short dark blue hair and a slight line of stubble on his chin. His mother had shoulder length hair of the same color, along with glasses over her eyes like her other son. Deciding to be polite, Katara smiled and gave a bow to the two of them. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Iida."

Mrs. Iida had a large smile on her face and walked forward. "Well it's good to meet you too. Tensei didn't tell me you were so pretty."

"Really mom?" Tensei sighed as he saw Katara blush.

Miss Iida giggled at their embarrasment and waved her hand. "I'm just teasing you, Tensei. It's a pleasure to meet you too. I am Madoka Iida, and this is my husband, Toki."

Katara looked up to the older man and smiled. "Pleasure to meet you, sir."

"The honor is all mine." Toki answered with a grin. "I heard from Tenya that there was a new guest staying here and wanted to meet her."

Katara sweat dropped at that statement. "He did now, did he?"

'Did he tell them he thought I was some new girl Tensei was dating?' she mentally moaned.

Luckily, the mother Madoka grabbed her husbands arm. "Oh come now, lets grab our food and not make her wait eating."

As she watched the family gather food together, Katara felt a nice warmth flow over her body from the positive energy here. She followed them to the table and sat down across from Madoka. She was leaned back as Tensei came in and slid a glass of water and a plate of food in front of her. She looked down and felt her eyes widen in excitement. "Wow."

The plate was loaded with several eggs, a few pieces of ham and what seemed to be chunks of potatoes grilled up and covered with seasoning. She felt her mouth water and her stomach growl as the wonderful scents reached her nose. She would have scarfed it down with her hands then and there if she was alone, the only thing stopping her was the his parents sitting there. Holding back her urges, she waited until Tensei delivered the other plates to his parents and sat down himself.

"So I didn't know how you like your eggs. If you prefer a different style I can make you new ones." He asked as he sat down in the chair between Katara and his mother.

"No no, these are perfect. Thank you." Katara responded and grabbed the utensils next to her. She grabbed a few potato chunks and brought them up and took a bite. It took all of her will power to hold back the moan of pleasure she wanted to let out from the amazing taste. "This is really good!"

Tensei chuckled at her response. "I'm glad you enjoy it. I've always been a potato fan myself."

The family ate quietly for the first two minutes as they enjoyed the breakfast before Madoka broke the silence. "So Katara. I hear you are here to study japanese culture."

Katara finished chewing the eggs she had before responding. "Y-Yes, I was given the chance to come and experience Japan, so I took the opportunity."

'Okay, that answer is seeming to work.' Katara grinned internally as she took another bite.

Toki took a sip of coffee and nodded in agreement. "That is nice. So how did you get to stay with my son?"

Katara froze mid bite. 'Crap, we didn't talk about that!'

"It was through my agency actually…" Tensei interrupted, "… one of my associates was talking about a fundraising event to bring in people from outside Japan to come and experience life here. There was a mistake in her paperwork and she was stuck with no place to go. So I told him I could offer my service."

"Really? Aww I'm sorry to hear that." Madoka said.

Katara simply brought the water up and took a sip. "Mhm…" She mumbled, trying to hide her awkward glances. 'Nice save, I was screwed there!'

Toki accepted the story and smiled. "Wow Tensei, that is very kind of you. You have always been sp generous with others."

"It's the least I can do, father…" Tensei answered. "I learned this from you both."

His mother couldn't help but smile to the compliment. "Aww thank you sweetie. So, Katara, what have you liked so far about your stay in Japan?"

Finishing her plate, Katara sat up and wiped her mouth. "It's only been a day, but I am really surprised by how different it is than my village."

"Oh, how so?"

"Well, it is much more different than any cities I have been to, and I am very shocked by the quirks here."

Both parents gave questionable looks to what she said. "What do you mean?"

Katara suddenly felt her neck sweat, thinking she shouldn't have opened up this conversation. She however kept her cool and decided to go with it. "You see, uhh.. where I'm from we only really have ben- I mean quirks that involve elements like water, earth or fire. We don't have quirks like your son's."

Toki sat back curiously to this. "That is very interesting. What is your quirk?"

Sitting silently for a few moments, Katara decided the best way to play along was to demonstrate. "Well, my quirk is waterbending." She placed her hand above the glass and lifted it, pulling the water out of the cup in a single fluid stream that began flowing through her open fingers. "I can manipulate water and control it however I want."

"Oh, I see. That is a very nice quirk." Toki watched as the water flowed through her hand like a graceful snake. "It seems you have great control of it as well, you must have trained a lot."

"Yeah… you can say that." Katara nodded as she placed the water back into her cup, deciding not to go in depth what she could really do with her power.

"And I must say, Katara, I love your outfit you have on." Madoka said as she leaned in looking towards the young girl. "Tell me, is this from your village?"

"Oh, this?" Katara looked down to her robes. "Yes, this came from my home."

"Oh I love the colors! They are so pretty! It makes me want to see what other designs you brought."

Katara felt extremely awkward at the request, once again having to think on the spot. "Oh… uh funny thing. I… lost my clothes on the train ride here. Hehe."

Madoka's mouth dropped at hearing the situation. "You lost your luggage!? That's terrible!" She quickly stood up and marched over to the waterbender and placed her hands on her shoulders. "You can't be here without anything else to wear. Let's go."

Now the gears were cranking in Katara's head as the elder woman gripped her shoulders. "Uhhhhhh… go where?"

"We are taking you shopping!"

Tensei sat frozen mid bite as he stared at his mother. "Crap…"

Katara really couldn't tell what was more awkward.

First, there was the situation that they were told by the chief that they were supposed to lay low after the entire predicament she caused when she came here. Damage, disturbing the peace, and using a quirk (well technically bending) without a license were all charges that he was allowing to push aside due to her unforeseen arrival. They didn't want to cause any more problems until they were settled. Not to mention the fact an enraged Endeavor might have just burnt her to a crisp if she ran into him on the street again.

Second, there was getting into the car. Not that she had never been inside of a moving metal vehicle before, in fact she had been in multiple different kind of machines in the last year. And yet getting into this small… Sushuki? Shuzuka? Whatever they called it, and it's open windows exposing her to everything outside just felt odd. And she had to put this strange belt over her body, locking her in place and rubbing against her neck irritated her.

And then third… was Tensei's mother.

"Ohh this is going to be so fun! I have always had to shop for two boys! I always wanted to take a girl to get new outfits! Eeeeeeeeee!"

Tensei just rubbed his temple as he sat next to his mother while she drove them down the road. He didn't want to take Katara outside, but he knew if he tried to dissuade her she would have got suspicious. All he could do was go along with the two of them and keep an eye on her.

"So, there are several places I know you must go to if you need a new wardrobe set!" Madoka continued on her excited tangent as merged down the road. "We need shirts, obviously for day to day use. Then shoes. And dresses. Ohhh, a beautiful blue one for you! OHH! I know the perfect store! And then-

"Uhh, I think I'll get just new things…" Katara attempted to calm down the eccentric woman in the front, but she obviously had other plans.

"Oh darling, please! You are to experience a new place from your village, yes? Than you will experience what we have to offer! There is a wonderful store that has great jackets and wondrous designs you will adore!"

The excited mom continued as Katara shook her head. She glanced outside the window as she took in the many passing buildings. Now that it was the day, everything looked so different to her from before. The dazzling lights from the night were gone, leaving her to take in the structures for what they were. She was also shocked to see it was winter here, and yet where she came from it was summer. "Something to do with how I got here?" She said quietly.

She stared at the people passing by, all of them so different from everyone else. Her mind began imagining new powers that some of them may have had. She saw a man with a bush for a head. Did he grow leaves? Or fruit?

"Quirks are something else." She whispered under her breath.

"Aaand here we are!" Madoka cheered as she pulled into the desired parking lot.

Katara snapped out of her thoughts as she looked ahead to see an immense shopping center spreading out across the size of what she guessed was the entire northern water tribe. She sat in awe at the sheer mass of the place, not believing there was a way this place simply sold things.

"This is where you go shopping!? How is one store this big!?"

"Oh no no no!" Madoka giggled at her question. "There are many stores here in this mall. Come on, lets get to it!" she quickly unbuckled and seemingly danced her way out of the car, leaving the other two in awkward silence.

Twiddling her thumbs, Katara looked to her host and blew out her mouth. "Sooooo… we should get out now, right?"

Tensei sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Yes, lets do this. Just… don't go wandering off, promise?"

"Yes, I promise."

Nodding, both got out of the car and caught up to the giddy mother walking up the steps.

Once up the stairs, Katara's mouth nearly dropped to the floor when her eyes set sight on the monstrous mall. Multiple floors stacked on top of each other, each one packed with stores of every variety of things she could imagine. Along with the immense number of stores were the droves of people walking through the center. It felt like Ba Sing Se all over again for the young waterbender.

"This… place is enormous. This is where all of your stores are?"

Tensei gave a small shrug. "Well… for this mall, yes."

Her eyes bugged out of her head hearing that. "How… many malls do you ha- Wha, hey!?"

"Come on, miss! So much to do today!" Madoka excitingly pulled Katara by her wrist towards the first stop on her list. "Let's start with the basics!"

As she was tugged along, Katara simply moaned and let the woman lead her. "Well, it can't be that bad, can't it?"

"So, how do you like them?" Madoka wiggled back and forth in anticipation as she waited for the young girl outside the changing room.

"Uhhhh, I'm not sure. It seems… fitting." Katara awkwardly answered from behind the door.

"Oh come out, let me see!" the happy mother watched as the door opened up and revealed the waterbender, earning an exasperated gasp from the blue haired woman. "Oh. My. Gosh, You are gorgeous!"

Katara was in a blue crop top revealing the lower half of her tanned abs. She wasn't bothered by that part, but felt covered and yet very exposed with the tight leggings she had on. "Ehh… this goes under other things, right?"

"Well you can yes. But many wear just those. And you have the shape to show off, darling!" the giddy mother gave a big wink to her.

"Just these?" Katara turned to the side and felt her face burn red when she saw every curve of her lower half in the mirror. "Yeah… that is NOT happening!"

"You sure these are what people wear here?" Katara questioned as she eyed the giant round sun hat in her hands. She placed it on top of her head and frowned when the large bill drooped in front of her face.

"Well this is for special occasions!"

"Special for what? Being blind?" Her mind suddenly smacked herself. 'Sorry Toph.'

"OHH! Those are perfect for you!"

Trying to stand up in the skinny stilettos was already hard enough for Katara, but moving in them were another story. "These are… woah!" her ankles wobbled between steps as she tried to balance on the tiny spike under her heel. "How are people supposed to-AHH!"

SNAP!

Madoka winced as she watched the girl fall sideways and the bottom of the shoe break off. "Yeah… maybe a shorter size for your first time." She quickly glanced around seeing they weren't being watched. "Just put those away quickly and lets hit another store."

After nearly three hours of shopping, Katara had to admit she was actually enjoying herself more than she expected. She was now wearing a gray T-shirt and blue pants along with new footwear. Sure there were stores she wished she could have skipped (She was never a fan of fancy shoes) but she was blown away by some of the things that were here. Sure the basics like shirts and shorts were picked out, along with other things she was familiar with like sandals for basic use around when she was relaxing. But there were several things that she discovered that blew her mind.

The first thing were the type of pants called Jeans. The strange material seemed like it would be rough to her legs, but they were surprisingly comfortable once they hugged her skin. She wanted only one, but her host was adamant that she grabbed others to change colors. Blue of course, but then black and tan to go with other shirts she bought. She wasn't too big of a fan of the short skirts or leggings, but of course Madoka had to grab a few of each for her.

Another thing she was taken back by were the strange shoes in this world called sneakers. The odd, rubbery shoes were incredibly soft and gave amazing cushion to her soles that it felt like she was walking on a pillow. She loved one of these green pairs she found so much, she almost didn't want to take them off out of the store. She then figured she was already in new clothes so she decided why not wear new shoes to go with them too. Wearing them out, along with the two other pairs chosen, she assumed they were done with their day.

Looking down, Katara now counted four bags in her hands as they walked through the center of the mall. "Wow, I didn't realize how many things we got."

"I know, isn't this great!?" Madoka cheered as she wiggled in glee. "After shopping for Tensei and Tenya for so long, I never knew helping a young girl shop would be so fun!"

Katara suddenly remembered the one she originally came with, turning around to see Tensei carrying most of the shopping bags and boxes with a giant frown on his face. Evidently being the pack mule for the ladies wasn't what he thought fun was.

"Ohh yes. Jolly fun time." He sighed as he trotted along.

Seeing him flustered made Katara giggle. She couldn't believe the situation she had found herself in. Just the night before she was thrown into this strange world with nothing but the clothes on her back and no place to go. And now, she was here with several new people offering her everything she needed and more. There was no way to describe how much this meant to her, the happy feelings it brought up inside her chest, she didn't even realize the haziness forming in her vision.

"Katara?"

"Huh? What?" She snapped out of her thoughts to Tensei's voice and noticed both him and his mother staring at her. "What's wrong?"

"Well, we should be asking you that…" he asked with a hint of worry.

Before she could say anything, the feeling of a tear rolling down her cheek gave her the answer she was looking for. She reached up and wiped away the wet streaks from her face and smiled. "I'm alright. It's just…. I can't tell you how much I appreciate what you are doing for me. You are giving me much more than I need."

Madoka clenched her chest hearing that. "Aww, sweetie… you don't need to feel bad, This is the least we can do to help you."

"Yes, but I feel really bad. I promise I can pay you back for this stuff and-

"You won't be needing to do that…" Tensei walked up to her, his face warm and caring. "I told you I'd help you with your situation, and I am happy to do this for you. You don't need to pay a thing right now."

Drying the rest of her face off, Katara nodded to both of them and smiled. Happy with what she had done, Madoka decided to call their shopping spree. "Well perhaps that is good for your first mall trip. Perhaps we could head back and get home now."

Katara gave a small nod in approval as Tensei adjusted his many boxes he carried.

'Thank god… moms finally done shopping.' he yelled internally.

The car ride home was surprisingly quiet compared to the drive over. Katara stared out to the blue sky as they cruised down the road. Her mind drifted calmly as she listened to the music that came out of the doors around her. She had no idea how it worked, but somehow there was music being played with no band around and yet it sounded right there. The guitar strings plucked reverberated around her, almost as if the band was directly in front of her. She would eventually ask what this was, but at the moment it felt good to just relax and listen.

After they pulled into the driveway, the trio unloaded the bags and boxes of clothes and carried them up the steps. After getting them into the house they walking them to Tensei's place, they dropped them all off into her room. As they walked back towards the car for the remaining bags, Katara's eyes wandered into one of the rooms she had passed the night before. She couldn't help but stare inside at the strange metal room. Her legs seemed to move on their own as she was drawn into it before a hand fell onto her shoulder making her gasp. She looked up and saw Tensei standing behind her. "I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't be going into other rooms without your permission."

To her surprise he just looked down to her. "So you took notice of this room, huh?"

She was confused by his statement as he walked by her into the strange room, signaling her to follow. She was hesitant at first, but decided to stay with him and entered. The entire room was a light blue color but almost entirely made of metal several work benches were lined against the sides of the wall littered with pieces of metal fragments ranging in all shapes and sizes. And on one of the tables she noticed something very familiar to her from the night before, walking up to it and staring intensely at it.

"Is that… your armor?"

Tensei nodded and walked over to the disasembled set of pieces set in front of the waterbender. "I needed a few adjustments to the joints in the shoulders, so I take it here. This Is where the family keeps their hero costumes."

Katara couldn't help but notice several large patch spots under the chest portion where the ribs sit. She reached out and ran her hand over the area, feeling where there were deep gashes from before. "So something nearly cut through, didn't it?"

Tensei raised an eyebrow in surprise at her guess. "Yeah, a villain with a scythe quirk almost got to the skin a year back. How could you tell?"

"I've seen my share of repaired armor in the past."

He couldn't help but get a small shiver when she responded so naturally with that statement. Last night she had told him about her home being ravaged by war. Judging by how easily she came to that assumption meant she must have been telling the truth. Before he could say anything, she continued.

"So you're job is to go out and save people from others who try to hurt others, right?" She asked, the tone in her voice different from before.

"Not every time, but there are times when there are people who want to hurt others using their quirks. That is why there are those like me who do what they can to help others. Those are heroes."

Katara took her hand off the armor and looked down to her own hand, thinking back to what he told her the night before. "You said what I did last night when I tried to save that boy… that I reminded you of what a real hero would do. But I just did what was right."

"You seem to have a good heart, and I respect that. But unfortunately here, the government requires those who want to use their powers to get a license to use them for use against others." He picked up his helmet and brushed off the dust. "That is why the police chief was so upset when you used your ability in the public like that."

She clenched her fist and remembered the many times she saw how the fire nation would restrict the bending of the villages they conquered. While this place obviously was not as bad, she felt annoyed that people didn't have the freedom to defend themselves if they needed to. She almost felt… responsible wanting to be there to help others if she could.

"Hello, I'm home!"

The two of them in the workshop turned to see Tenya standing in the doorway in his gray school uniform. Tensei raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Tenya? Why are you back from school?"

"The school had a water break in the main building, so classes were cancelled for the day." Tenya responded with his usual stiff movements. He noticed Katara standing there. "Oh, Katara, hello! I see you here with my brother as well."

Katara gave a nod his direction. "Yes, him and your mother took me to the mall to get clothes since I lost my other ones."

'This lie is coming pretty natural.' she mumbled internally.

"Well that is wondrous you have new things now! I am pleased that they helped you!" Tenya happily exclaimed and gave a small bow. "Well I shall leave you and cease my disturbance to finish my studying."

Tensei suddenly came up with an idea and grinned. "Hey Tenya, how about you take Katara with you and let her study as well."

"Huh?" Katara looked up to him in confusion. "study?"

"Brother, that is a wonderful idea." Tenya answered excitingly. "you said you wanted to learn about Japan, and I would be honored to help you study new things!"

At first Katara was very hesitant at the offer, but realized if she was to learn anything of this place, help would be amazing. Trying to read and figure everything out herself was an option, but would probably take so much longer than having someone to be her teacher. Perhaps this was actually a great idea.

"That would be amazing, Thank you." she said with a large smile.

"Excellent, if you would like, we can go and study by the pool. calm sounds of water always helps with the mind."

"Pool?" Katara asked before she frowned, realizing why their mom kept insisting they go to the swimwear store.

As they walked out of the room together, Tensei couldn't help but smile. He walked over to the printer on the desk and lifted up the two sheets he made earlier. "Tenya, you already have your mind set on what you want to do and who you will become." He paused as he read the UA high school application for his brother before flipping to the second page; another application sheet that had a blank name spot.

"As for you Katara, I can see you have interest and the drive to do what is right. I however won't say anything. If you want to become a hero, you must make that choice yourself."

Through the back hall of the house, Katara stared at the large indoor pool with a small sparkle in her eye. She just felt good having a large source of water close by as she sat at the patio set near the edge. She looked over to Iida as he quickly set his books on the table, giggling as he already had a giant grin on his face.

"So Katara, today I am learning the fundamentals of economics of Japanese history. I shall happily help you get this subject figured out!"

"Uhh… sure. Sounds fun." She answered with sarcasm as she grabbed the sheet Iida handed her.

While she didn't understand a word about what he was studying, she knew she would have to learn anything and everything she could about this place. She smiled and grabbed the pen and leaned down towards the page in front of her.

"Let's do this."

"Studying Sucks."

Katara mumbled as she fell onto her bed late that evening. Her brain felt like it was pulsing in her head from the overload of information she was trying to cram into one day. Not to mention Tenya was not a slow teacher for her.

"He acts like this stuff is as basic as breathing." She chuckled to herself and rubbed her forehead.

She looked out the window to the dark sky, noting how the sun had already been down for several hours. After Tenya said he needed to go to sleep for school the next day, she ran into his parents who were going out for a date together. Tensei also mentioned that he was going to be working in the office doing work the rest of the night. She figured she would just go back to the room and try to sleep. On the bed however, her mind was racing so fast there was no way she was going to be able to relax for sometime.

"And now I'm here alone and can't sleep." She sighed to herself as she sat back up. She needed to do something relaxing to calm her mind, something she was more comfortable with than anything at the moment. She needed water.

Thinking back to earlier, she walked out of her room and looked over and noticed Tensei deep in thought on his desk. His face was buried in the paperwork stacked on top, not noticing her peeking inside. Not wanting to bother him, Katara made her way to the entry door and silently pushed it open. She closed it behind her and walked through the empty home back towards where she was earlier. Once inside the pool room, she gave a small smile at the sight of the dark water sitting still in front of her. The light from the moon illuminated the surface, casting beautiful reflections across the ceiling of the dark room.

Katara took her shoes off and sat on the edge of the water, letting her feet fall into the refreshing pool. Just three seconds in and her mind already ceased its throbbing sensation she had been experiencing. "Now I would just sleep in here if I could." She chuckled to herself.

She kicked her feet several times , letting the water splash out and make little waves. Her hand reached out and bended up a small ball of water. the wet orb gently spun in the air above her fingers, bringing a smile to Katara's face. Then, her mind clicked again.

"If I am here in the place, I do need a place to practice my bending." She said as she stood up. knowing she was alone at the moment, she knew it was the perfect time to do this. She reached her foot onto the water surface, but it didn't sink through. instead, the water pushed back up against her to support her weight. She slowly walked out the pools rippling surface until she was in the center. she stood still for several seconds, taking a deep breath before raising her hands from her sides and pulling up two streams of water with her.

Taking slow spins, she pulled the water around her body like two flowing paper streamers, not letting a single drop fall out of place. The columns of liquid crawled up her arms and slowly encased her shoulders as well, almost as if a large serpent sat on top of her body. she lowered her arms along with what she bended, the water reaching down and lifting herself above the surface. She hovered there for a few moments as her eyes stared at the ceiling, her mind finally at ease from before. Now she had truly made her decision.

She would continue to practice her bending here when she could, and she would learn the new ways of this world from her new friends here.

From here on out… this was her new starting line.

Author notes: And done! so I am excited to say that now I am here, things will really pick up in pace.

next chapter there will be small time skip to catch up to the story.

Also, I hate to spoil it, but I will say. this will not be a Tenya x Katara story. I just feel like Tenya Is a great brother figure and not a romance interest. And in two chapters, character tags will change to those playing larger roles in the future of the story.

Now she has a stable place and someone to teach her, She will begin to understand this place easier. There is still much more to experience before the entrance exams. so stay tuned!