Here is Return of the Legend (Naruto x Avatar Crossover, Which I will be rewriting later on in the future so keep a eye out for it ok I promise I have not given up on this one yet)
Hello this is a idea that suddenly sprung up in my head. I got the idea after reading Monster of Ember Island by XXX-Rated. Well I hope you enjoy it. This will be a Naruto harem story. But Aang will be with Katara so don't think that I will change my mind about this even if you beg me to.
The people in the Harem will be:
Azula
Toph
Mai
Ty Lee
Summary: Trapped... how long has it been since he was put in this rocky tomb... to long to remember. He hasn't seen the sun nor the moon in countless eons. But now he is free. Free to do what he want's and no one can say shit. With the return of the savior Naruto will team up with a teen that would rather play than stop a war. Aang sure makes things fun, but the war needs to be stopped.
Chapter 1-The Return
Location: Ember Island one year before canon
How long had he been here trapped within this desolate cave. He couldn't remember anything besides what his own memories would allow him to and his name. He had been alive for countless millennia now, and these days all he could do was look to the past within his memories. He was known by many names that only he could remember... but then again there was nobody like him anymore. He could feel the hatred in the air thanks to certain abilities he had gained long ago. He was once known as the savior of the world... and now here he was sealed within this tomb. He could feel someone approaching his home for the past... whatever amount of time had passed home.
It felt like a female, young at least fifteen, and at most seventeen, high spirited like he was when he was but a boy, and he felt she had lithe form to her figure just as his long dead wives from a forgotten era. He had been meditating and becoming one with nature by drawing in the surrounding energy into his body creating a ability known by few, but to him it was a way of feeling the world around him, and now the world was nothing but a rock of life filled with hatred, but somehow this young girl was so full of pure thoughts. It made him smile... at least there were the few like her still left here in this war torn world.
But then he drew on the power of the planet he felt something other than her... it was a male this time, a little older possibly twenty at his youngest twenty-two at the oldest, greedy... oh this last one did not feel right to him... horny... for the young woman, then felt the anxiousness within his heart for what he was about to do to this younger woman... he was going to rape her... he would not allow this to happen to the unwilling participant. And yet he could almost feel the younger woman's thought's... she was curious about something... no someone... him... What the hell? Why would she be curious about- son of a bitch.
He had spoken to only one person in the last three hundred years but he knew that he was long dead now and his body was now turned to either bones or dust... it was a descendant if the feel of his energy was anything to feel. But this was a rather selfish one if there was nothing but greed in his heart. He then felt the girls surprise when she found the entrance to his prison... a prison that only someone else could free him from. He had asked one of the people who had been ordered by him to trap him in this cave long ago to chain him to the wall with a combination of the worlds strongest metal's in the form of a chain so that he wouldn't be tempted to break free. The man had granted him his wish and created a nigh unbreakable chain that was made of ten different metals'.
Metal's such as Steel, Iron, Iridium, Titanium, Chromium, Tungsten, Inconel, Platinum, Rhodium, and Ruthenium to create a new type of metal he called Osmium, but his wife Ten-chan had called Unobtainium, and it had taken nearly ten years to create this particular metal, and another five to create the chain as long as it was now. Oh don't get the wrong idea he could break the chain anytime he wanted, after all he had helped create the damned thing, but it wouldn't be easy. Of course there was also the release switch that his second wife Samui had installed just in case he wanted to get away for awhile.
He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard the girl call out to him "Hello is there anyone in there?" in a curious voice.
He cupped his hands over his mouth before calling out to her "Yes and I'm quite comfortable here so go away." he responded to the call.
She replied to him almost instantly "But why would anyone be comfortable in some dark cave. Surely you want to be out right?" she asked him.
It seemed that this was a persistent one, and wouldn't give in so easy. "No I'm fine right here. Now if you would be so kind as to leave- he couldn't finish as he suddenly heard her scream.
The first was that it seemed the man that was with her had finally gotten tired of waiting to claim the girl, and that disgusted him to no end, and he couldn't get free from his chain in time to reach the passage that blocked him in the cave. The second was the release switch was located on the other side of the room... where he couldn't reach. It seemed his wife wanted to give him a challenge when she made the damn thing. Curse the name of Tenten, even though he loved her til the day she died, but still the other side of the room where he couldn't reach... seriously that was just a cruel joke on her part.
His wife Hinata had laughed when Tenten had done that, just like his other wives that had been there, Temari, Kurotsuchi, Ino, Samui, and of course Mei his redheaded vixen. With a sigh he stood up. Even though it had been a long time since he had used any of his abilities they were still there, but he would be rusty as hell since he couldn't train to keep in shape with the chain around his ankle. Clasping his hands together he drew upon a long forgotten energy that suddenly surged around him in a blue halo, and then out of his shoulder grew... a stump of wood. The stump then grew into a large clump where it then extended from his body and turned into a exact replica of himself.
Already knowing what it's creator wanted the copy went over to the switch and pulled the lever. Upon being pulled the chain connected to the wall fell off his ankle allowing him full mobility. He then rushed to the entrance where he saw the two people. Then he saw the girl do something he had expected since she was lying on the ground with him atop her form. She kneed him in the nuts causing him to roll up into a ball groaning in pain. She then stood up and this allowed him to get a good look at her now. Good god it was like he was seeing a ghost from his past nearly. She was almost identical to his wife Kurotsuchi, but with his attitude which was rather sexy in his opinion.
She stood up to dust off her clothes quickly before she kicked the man in the head knocking him out. She huffed before she looked up at him, and then gained the biggest smile he had seen since he had on as big as her current one when he held his children when they were born. "Oh hi I didn't see you there." she said.
"Huh well you seem to be alright. Well goodbye." he said turning around the other way to go back to his chain.
"WAIT." she exclaimed causing him to halt. "What's your name? I'm Ty Lee." she introduced herself.
"Naruto. Now leave me." the now introduced Naruto told her. She had a raised eyebrow, but understood.
She then turned to leave but before she left she called out to him. "I'll be back. Ok Naruto." she told him and he answered with a whatever.
Later that night she had returned with some food and snacks to the place where the man named Nicodemus had taken her to see this mysterious man had been for longer than even him being alive. The reason she was coming back was because she wanted to talk to him some more. She had once sensed his aura and she had nearly gasped out in surprise. His aura was almost like a rainbow to her senses, but there was one color that stood above the rest... a golden light that was full of energy and tranquility that she couldn't comprehend beyond words. So much so that she wouldn't forget the sight of it. She entered the cave once more and begun the long walk towards the place where the man resided at. It took the better part of an hour to reach the cave in, but she made it there.
The food she carried had long since gone cold, but she was sure they would be able to heat it up with some gentle heat from a fire. "Hello. Are you there" she called out to the darkness.
She heard a huff from him that showed he was still awake before his voice called out to the darkness. "What do you want this time?" Naruto called to her.
"I brought some snacks for us to eat as we had a conversation." she answered him.
"What kinds of snacks you got?" he asked with a genuinely curious voice.
"Uh I several different kinds. I have Pocky, Crepes, Dango, and something that's been part of my family for many, many generations called Onigiri." she told him honestly.
While it was not known to the world but the snacks she had just mentioned were snacks commonly found in the Elemental Nations, but over time and the changes to the land the names had changed til they were forgotten. But most importantly was the last snack she said. Onigiri was a snack his wife Hinata always made for him, and the first time he tasted it he was in love with it as much as he was with ramen noodles from Ichiraku Ramen before he was imprisoned in his current residence.
It was a soft spot for him since he hadn't eaten it in Kami knew how long, and he missed the taste of it big time. So when Ty lee mentioned Onigiri he couldn't help but suddenly appear at the entrance. "I'll take a little bit of all please." he said to the young woman. She giggled before she brought some of the bundles she had placed the snacks she had made for the two of them and gave him the goodies. Gingerly taking the wrapped bundle he then unwound it to see the snacks. He held back some tears as he picked up the first snack, which was the Pocky stick and bit down on it where his mouth was then filled with a abundance of flavor's that made him remember forgotten times.
He quickly ate the rest of it before he moved onto the next one and ate it. It just so happened that each time he ate one he tasted it the way his wives cooked them... well almost like the way they cooked them or maybe it was the fact that he hadn't ate these snacks in many years. When he was done with his snacks he thanked her for the snacks and told her they were delicious and she had done a good job with cooking them. She thanked him before they finished up where he told her that it was time for her to leave causing the girl to pout as she knew it was true. "Will I see you tomorrow Naruto?" Ty Lee asked.
"No I think you should do what you need to do. I'll be gone by tomorrow anyways now that I'm free." he told her slightly confusing her.
"Well ok if that's what you really want I guess I'll leave you alone. Goodbye Naruto." Ty Lee said a little upset that he didn't want to talk anymore and left the cave. Naruto sighed. He didn't want anyone to get attached to him. He would keep his promise and would be gone well before dawn rose. It would be many a moon before the two met again, and by then he would be long free to do his duty as the savior of this world. When the sound of her footsteps had faded Naruto went back to his chamber where he had been to collect the chain that had once bound him before he collected a scroll and with a puff of smoke sealed it away.
He then called upon one of his many abilities causing his energy to turn into both fire and earth before he spewed a river of lava from his mouth melting the entrance to his former prison. He then super-cooled it to below freezing temperatures before he spit another element of water and air... ice. When the frozen water landed on the molten earth it immediately cooled in a cloud of warm steam allowing him to walk through unharmed. He then followed the way he felt Ty Lee went and within a hour he found himself on a beach when he exited the cave. Looking up Naruto for the first time in countless years saw the moon and stars. He then begun to lightly shed tears at a sight he thought he would never see again, but yet here he was looking at the nighttime sky, and boy was it beautiful.
When he calmed down enough to dry his tears he quickly set off in a random direction without looking back. He soon found a old fisher sitting on a dock with a fishing rod in his hands with a bucket of fish to his right. When he heard Naruto approach he turned to him before he saw nothing but a purple eye with a ripple pattern and nine magatama marks within the first three ripples. "Tell me everything of the current era." and then everything went black. He would not remember the encounter except for the fact that they had a conversation about the greatest times before the war begun.
The next morning Ty Lee went back to the cave to check and see if Naruto had in fact left, but when she arrived at the place where she had first met him she saw the entrance to the cave that had once held the man had been opened with super heated fire that had melted the rock. But she then noticed the water that had gathered in tiny puddles showing water had been poured on the hot rocks. She released a small sigh. It seemed that he had been telling the truth and would be gone by morning, or in this case well before the day begun. It would be many a moon before the two met again, and she knew that she would harbor feelings for the mysterious man she had met in the near future.
Location: Southern pole-home of the southern water tribe
Arriving three days after a swift run across the vast ocean with the cost of most of his energy, which had been dubbed Chi for the common era instead of chakra, he had finally arrived at his destination... the southern pole. He had heard from the old man that the fire kingdom of the Fire Nation had struck the more docile south pole water tribe to wipe them out so that there wouldn't be any skirmishes between the two peoples. Naruto knew that those captured were most likely either tortured and imprisoned, or dead, and that made him mad. What had happened to the peace that he had helped create all those eons ago, where had people gone wrong?
Earth was once a very peaceful planet until the last Fire lord named Sozin, the very name of this man made Naruto seethe in rage for what he had done, wanted to spread the greatness that is the Fire Nation which said philosophy had then passed down to the now current Fire Lord Ozai. Naruto had heard that the current fire lord had a brother named Iroh who was a rather passive man and disliked war. This bit of information made him smile a little... there were still those who disliked the current regiment. Naruto had also found out that Ozai had banished his son for speaking out a a conference where one of the generals had suggested sacrificing freshly recruited soldiers.
He then learned that the boy's father told him to participate in a ritual called Agni Kai a duel where ones' honor was put on the line the winner would keep their honor while the loser was disgraced. Upon hearing the order from his father the prince accepted,but when he saw his opponent was his father he begged for repentance, but ended up being scarred and then banished with the orders to bring back the avatar back to reclaim his honor or never return at all. That made him livid enough to almost go straight to the fire lords palace and kill him and end the war while in a Henge of the fire lord, but he had other pressing matters to attend at the current moment.
Stepping onto the soft snow Naruto remembered when he had ran all the way to Tetsu no kuni to get the Raikage at the time to agree to leave Sasuke alone before the war happened. Banishing the memories from his thoughts he started walking to where he sensed the energies of people were located. After walking for a couple hours Naruto arrived at a small village of people, and what he saw made him a little sad. He saw a young man at the age fifteen 'training' troops, which were actually little kids, how to fight against fire nation troops. He saw people with fishing poles trying to fish for dinner through ice holes that were freezing over quickly. He was brought out of his thoughts when one of the 'troops' spotted him and their 'commander' walked over with a suspicious look on his face as if he were asking 'Are you here to harm us or here to help us?' in a dark tone.
Raising a hand in a nonthreatening manner to show that he was not a enemy the young man placed his weapon at his side before he walked up to him. "Uh hi." Naruto started lamely.
"Uh hi. Names Sokka, and you are?" the now introduced Sokka asked.
"Oh my name is Naruto, and I have come to help. I uh don't know if you need a skilled warrior or not since it seems you have a filled regimen already, or if you needed a decent hunter. I can help with either, but if you need crops I have the ability to grow them at a fast rate." Naruto offered to the young man.
This made the young man super suspicious of this visitor. He begun to think of all the possibilities of why he was at this southern pole with the main reason was him being a fire nation spy. Before he could voice any of this however one of the troops came over when he heard that he had the ability to grow plants. "You have the ability to bend plants really that's cool. Can you show us?" the young boy asked and was soon joined by the others.
"Oi get back in formation." Sokka said, but was ignored by his 'men'. Naruto in the other hand was smiling at the children's enthusiasm. Looking down at the children he motioned for them to back up a little bit for a little space. When they had stepped back a little he placed his hand on the ground confusing the children before they saw flowers start blooming around them causing the children to jump in surprise while Sokka just looked at the flowers in minor awe. Naruto stood up a little to look at the looks on the faces of those that had just arrived.
"It would have been easier to bend the plants if your village wasn't standing over a frozen lake." Naruto told him confusing the teenager and the children.
"What do you mean by that?" Sokka asked.
"Oh when I utilize my... bending I can sense the layout of the land and the topography. What I seen was that the area where your village resides is over a deep hole ergo a lake. There are some fertile lands a few miles east of here, and will allow you to eat more than just fish or seals if used." Naruto informed the surprised tribe.
"Well what are we waiting for land of plenty here we come." one of the kids said as they ran to tell their parents the news.
They begun to pack up their bags and tents to begin their move, and Naruto had helped a lot by making his 'plant clones' that he had created from some of the flowers he had grew. They then traveled East for six hours to reach the fertile land that Naruto spoke of, but it was still covered in ice. "Does anyone here know any water-bending so we can melt the ice?" Naruto asked.
"I-I do." a voice said.
'I had high hopes that there would be more, but even with one it is better than having none. It just shows that even in the darkest of places there will be light.' Naruto thought to himself. Nodding to himself he called the person forward. "Ok what I need you to do is stand here and when I have broken the ice enough you can melt it with your bending. Can you do that... What's your name?" Naruto asked.
"I-i'm Katara." she introduced herself. Nodding again he repeated the question.
"Well do you think you can melt the ice when it's broken down enough Katara?" Naruto asked her.
"I don't know. I never had a teacher to learn how to bend so I can't tell you if I can or not." Katara said.
*sigh* 'guess I have no other option.' Naruto thought as he walked forward confusing the large tribe of people. Clapping his hands together as if he was about to pray he then surged his energy. When he began to fully release his energy he was then coated in a blue glow from his own dense energy so much so he begun to crack the ground.
With his hands still clasped together he then combined the energies of Earth and Water. He then intertwined his fingers before he sent his energy into the ground to bring forth new life. "Mokuton: Jukai Kotan (Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence.)" Naruto called in his mind. Then ground started to shake and before their very eyes a new forest bloomed into existence as it crushed the ice into small pieces. Growing on and on it didn't stop growing for ten miles to provide enough space for the tribe to build their homes.
Naturally when the technique was finished Naruto collapsed to his knees breathing hard enough to look as if he had run a marathon. Then again he hadn't used a single technique from his time as a ninja in ten-thousand some odd years, give or take a hundred years, and this had caused his ability to use them wane more and more over the years, until he used them again in the present era. He could already see the looks of shock and awe from his powerful 'bending' ability.
"Wow did you see that?" one villager said in awe.
"Yeah he grew an entire forest." another stated equally shocked.
"That's some powerful bending he has" a third stated.
"Do you think he has anymore techniques like that?" the first asked curiously.
"Don't know until we see them." the second responded.
"I'm os glad he's on our side." the third said to himself.
These were just a few of the whispers that were spoken after he had collapsed to his knees. He knew that they would be wowed by the Shodai's technique. And who wouldn't be it was a technique that could turn even the harshest of deserts into a fertile valley of trees and green grass that fed off of Nature Energy until it was a guarantee that the forest wouldn't dry away from the high level temperature's given off by the sun.
Gaining his breath back he stood up tall once again. "Alright Katara I did the hard part now it' up to you to finish the job." Naruto said. He was still panting with a bit of sweat running down his face, but he stood through the fatigue to show them that he was alright, but was a bit tired from doing his technique. Nodding the girl walked forward to do her part, but after several minutes she looked towards him and shook her head no showing that she couldn't turn the ice back into water.
Naruto motioned for her to move out of the way, but when she did instead of there being less ice she had ended up making more showing that she had never learned to control her abilities as a Water-bender from the great water-bending tribe of the south pole. Sighing Naruto motioned for the young water tribe woman to stand behind him. What he was about to do would surely scare them, but with enough reassurance they would welcome him to their tribe so he could help them get back on their feet.
Sliding his feet around like he had seen some of the Earth-bender's do as he traveled south through the Earth Kingdom when they were in the middle of a fight against the Fire nation troops he surged his energy, but not to the point that it cracked the ground under his feet, and called upon the power of the planet's core turning the earth from its solid state to it molten self by superheating the temperature of the earth.
"Yoton: Goyo Mekkyaku (Lava Style: Great Lava Erupting Devastation)" Naruto thought. When he called upon the molten heat of the core of the planet instead of the ground shaking it started to glow red hot causing the ice chunks inside the forest that he had created, made, start to melt and then turn into steam. It was made a bit worse when a strong wind blew it's way towards the people of the southern water tribe.
Then the lava burst upward from the ground in multiple eruptions that shot into the air destroying the ten miles of forest he had created from nothing and turned them into ash and dust. Stopping the flow of his energy the eruptions soon stopped, but there was still a problem... what would they think of him now. Time to see. Naruto turned towards the crowd with clear exhaustion on his face, but he didn't let it bother him, but clearly the people he had offered help to were a bit apprehensive now.
"D-did he just Lavabend? How is that even possible?" somebody stated in shock.
"Is he an Earthbender or a Firebender with special abilities?" another questioned.
"I thought he was a plant bender." the first responded.
"Let's not give him the bad eye's just yet ok guys?" another stated
"What the hell? Is this a joke of some kind?" Sokka stated.
Releasing a sigh Naruto raised his hand to get them to shut up. "I know what you just seen may have made you ask some question whether I mean to either help you or hurt you." Naruto said and got a few nods from them. "Ok then I guess I should explain myself then. Well were do I start..." Naruto begun, "I was born into a normal family from the Earth-bending kingdom in a small and remote village that so far hasn't been affected by the war." Naruto begun to 'explain' to the people.
"I found out I was a Earth-bender when I was little and then I learned that I could bend plants and trees to my will. A couple of years ago I learned that I could bend Lava. I don't actually know if it is possible for me to bend metal yet, but there is no reason for me to say I lied to you about being a earth-bender. I found that I have family from the fire nation and the water tribe. I don't know which tribe specifically but a water tribe nevertheless." Naruto said. "This lineage allows me to bend the Earth the trees and of course the lava. I hope this changes nothing between us because unlike the Avatar I plan on helping end this war while he hides like a coward." Naruto said with a conviction.
"So I ask of you let me help you with your problems here, and when the time comes let me head my way and help do my part to end this long conflict." Naruto told them. The men and women just looked at each other, and then back at him. As one they came over and begun to thank him for his generosity for helping them out. Yes the Avatar was gone, but soon he would return to the world. And when the two immortals teamed up their wouldn't be anything to stop them... Not even Ozai.
Naruto was walking through one of the many cornfields he had helped grow and smiled as he watched some of the children run past him while laughing. Yes... the peace and tranquility he had helped forge here in the southern pole was perfect as could be... How he wished that the women he loved were here, but time would not allow for that happen... they were gone, and there was no bringing them back. His mixed matched eye's watched as the community bustled about their business without a care in the world. He had vowed to protect these kind people from any harm, but so far there haven't been any things to protect them from.
"Hay Naruto..." a voice called out to him. Turning Naruto saw Sokka and Katara running up to him with smiles on their faces. Sooka had grown into a fine young man of sixteen and was shaping up to be a fine warrior. Having taken all the children willing to learn under his wings he made teaching the ways of combat not only worth learning but he made it fun for all of them. Sokka just happened to have more potential than most of the boys there... but he didn't tell the boy that lest his ego swell. Katara had grown to be a beautiful young woman in her own rights, and had also learned under his training. She was easily one of their finest upcoming joys for the southern tribe as she was the only bender.
While he only used his advanced 'bending' powers to some extent he somehow managed to teach her in water bending. He was able to teach her techniques that were long forgotten, and it was like watching a female Sasuke train to her heart's content. "Hey Katara... Sokka how's it goin?" Naruto asked them.
"Oh it's fine... listen we were wondering if you wanted to go do some hunting with us?" Sokka asked.
"I'm always down for a bit of hunting." Naruto replied smiling.
"See I told you he'd come." Sokka boasted with a large grin on his face.
"Yeah just rub it in why don't ya." Katara grumbled out.
"Well what are we waiting for let's go." Sokka exclaimed as he ran towards the sea.
"Oi Sokka be careful." Katara yelled at her brother.
"Oh come on lighten up... boy's will be boy's..." Naruto said with a laugh.
"Shut it Naruto... and don't encourage him." Katara told the blonde.
"Oh come on it ain't that bad." Naruto said waving her off as he jogged to catch up with the eccentric teenager. When they reached the sea Naruto grabbed one of the canoes and told the two teens to jump in before he pushed them off and climbed into a single seat canoe and followed quickly after them. "So what are we hunting today?" Naruto asked them.
"I don't know Sokka just asked me to tag along." Katara replied.
He gave a flat look to the two "Seriously..." Naruto said with a raised eyebrow.
"Eh heh heh heh." Sokka laughed as he scratched the back of his head.
"Wow..." Katara grumbled. As time passed they spotted nothing to hunt. It seemed that every year that passed the animals became more and more scarce, but yet the tribe hadn't relied on the animals as much as they normally had to with Naruto able to grow crops with his amazing abilities. The sound of moving water caught Naruto's attention. Looking over he saw Katara bending the water with a captured fish in it before he heard Sokka yell at his sister.
"Why is it that every time you play with your magic water I get soaked." Sokka said.
"It's not magic it's bending get it right." Katara retorted.
"She's right Sokka... if you're going to speak of the bending arts then call them what they are and don't insult them." Naruto said to the grumbling teen.
"But- Sokka went to complain but Naruto held up a hand telling the teen to shut his trap.
"No buts Sokka... either call what Katara is able to do what it is meant to be or don't say anything." Naruto told the warrior boy.
"Tch fine... you win again..." Sokka grumbled out a bit displeased that the only other bender would take Katara's side... again.
Suddenly the current sped up which Naruto noticed immediately "SOKKA, KATARA TIE THE CANOES TOGETHER NOW!" Naruto roared out to the two teenagers. Sokka threw a rope to the blonde where he tied his canoe to the teens' canoe quickly. Naruto then pulled himself into the other canoe and then cut the rope tying his own to the other where it crashed into an iceberg and was crushed to small splinters. Naruto then grabbed a oar and began steering along with Sokka and Katara slipping and squeezing through more icebergs. "Sokka turn left." Naruto ordered as he placed his oar in the water to try and slow them down.
Doing as he was told Sokka started to make the canoe turn where it bounced off several icebergs and flipped the trio onto another ice floe before it careened over their heads and crashed back into the water where it quickly sank to the bottom of the sea. "Well... now we're stranded... thanks genius." Katara berated her brother.
"Hey don't yell at me I was just doing as I was told." Sokka yelled.
"Actually you turned to the right when I said to turn left..." Naruto said.
"No I did turn left." Sokka replied.
"If you had turned left we would have been pushed to open water Sokka. Now we're stranded with no way home." Naruto replied to the teen.
"No I turned left I remember doing as I was told." Sokka said sticking to his claim.
"Sokka... when you put the oar in the water on the right side of the canoe then the canoe turns to the right. If you put it into the water on the left then it turns left. You put it in on the right I know what I saw." Naruto told Sokka as he walked to the edge of the floe. Katara started to yell at her brother which caused Naruto to tune them out. He would need to call on his Mokuton to build them a new canoe, but he couldn't sense any nutrients in the ice... it was as lifeless as the moon his ancestor had created long ago.
Hearing a loud cracking sound Naruto looked up and saw that a large iceberg had cracked from the noise. Turning Naruto walked over to the two bickering siblings "Alright that's enough." Naruto said trying to break them apart, but they were to into their argument to listen to their mentor and friend. Another crack in the iceberg notified Naruto that it would soon break and send them into the water, but they continued to get louder and louder. With a final crack the iceberg broke apart immediately settling the argument as a large chunk of it fell towards them.
Clasping his hands together Naruto called upon a technique to save them "Mokuton: Daijurin (Wood Style: Giant Forest)" Naruto yelled out as he thrust his hand forward. Large branches of wood sprouted from the blonde's arm where they wrapped around the iceberg stopping it from collapsing on top of the. He then yanked his arm where the large chunk of ice crashed into the water with a large splash soaking the trio in water. "Now you know that it could be dangerous when surrounded by icebergs." Naruto said grumpily as the two teens nodded their heads showing they understood.
Suddenly the water under the floe they stood on began to glow gaining their attention. "Katara bend the water and get us out of here now." Naruto said to the young girl. Doing as she was told. Katara worked the water to save them. Suddenly the water started to surge and a large iceberg rose from the water. Naruto stood calmly while looking at the smooth chunk of glowing ice. Noticing something Naruto started to jump from one small chunk of ice to another while he in turn was followed by the siblings. "You guys see that?" Naruto asked the two of them.
"Yeah... what is it?" Sokka asked.
"I don't know." Katara replied. Walking forward Naruto called upon his Mokuton once more and shoved the unbreakable wood into the ice where it sought out the tiniest of cracks before expanding out even more, where the iceberg burst releasing a pillar of light into the air.
On a ship several miles away a scarred teen saw this "Finally. Uncle do you know what this means?" the teen asked the man sitting at what resembled a shogi board.
The old man looked confused for a moment "Uh that I won't get to finish my game." the old man replied.
"No... my search is finally over." the teen said.
Naruto had covered both Katara and Sokka with his body while raising a wall of wood from the ground to stop the two getting blown into the cold waters. when he felt the energy die down Naruto lowered the wall and was surprised by what he saw. "Well I'll be..." the blond said. The steam had finally cleared, allowing the siblings to see the broken part of the iceberg where Naruto saw what he spotted. As they looked at each other then back to the iceberg, Sokka raised his spear as if waiting for something or someone to suddenly come out and attack them, but he didn't have to wait long for a young boy with a glowing arrow on his head rose out the iceberg.
Raising his spear higher, pointing at the kid, he yelled "Stop!" the kid stood fully up looking very intimidating as he focused his eyes at the trio. The glow slowly disappeared and he collapsed onto the ground, heading head first, but luckily, Katara was able to catch him before he hit the ground and gently held him in her arms. Sokka scooted near the kid that lay on his sister's arms and began to poke him on the head with his spear. Katara getting annoyed with her brother's antics swatted the spear away as she glared at him.
"Stop it," Katara told her brother before she gently laid him down on the snow.
"Keep calm... remember this kid could use help." Naruto said. The bald one slowly started to awaken.
Opening his storm grey eyes and groggily looked at Katara before gasping softly. 'Beautiful.' he thought. "I need to ask you something." he said weakly.
"What?" she asked the kid.
"Please come closer." he urged.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Will you go penguin sledding with me?" he asked excitedly as his eyes went wide open Katara raised an eyebrow at his sudden burst of energy, not sure of what to do or say
"Uh, sure, I guess." she said.
Naruto slapped his forehead at the kids childish ways while Sokka was studying him, the kid was bald with an arrow going from his forehead and down his neck to most likely his back, arms and legs. His attire consisted of yellow clothing, 'Earth Kingdom?' thought Sokka, but the lack of green clothing told him that wasn't the case and made him scratch that theory out, 'Orange and yellow? Hmmm, why does that sound familiar?' finished his thoughts as he started to scratched his chin as he watched the bald kid float to his feet, causing Sokka to jump back in surprise with his mouth open and spear in front
"What's going on here?" asked the kid.
"You tell us! How did you get in the ice?" Naruto asked the kid.
"Yeah and why aren't you frozen!" demanded Sokka as he began poking him with his spear, but the kid swatted his spear away as he looked around. A deep growl startled both Sokka and Katara, but the kid just climbed back into the glacier and jumped down to land on a giant ball of white fur.
"Appa! Are you alright? Wake up buddy" said the bald kid as he lifted the creature's eye lid, but he got no response, so he tried waking it up by trying to lift his face.
The trio came around the corner of the iceberg and saw the kid messing with the creature and gasped when the furry animal licked the kid, raising him from the ground as he laughed. "You're ok!" said the kid as he hugged the snout of the furry beast.
"What is that?" asked Sokka.
"This is Appa, my flying bison," replied the kid as he turned around, but Sokka just had a deadpanned look in his face, clearly not believing him
"Riigghhht... and this is Katara, my flying sister," said Sokka sarcastically as he pointed with his thumb towards the girl next to him.
Naruto smacked the teen on the back of his head "OW!" Sokka exclaimed.
"Not now Sokka." Naruto said to the teen. The bison suddenly started make faces as his nose started to itch, and sneezed hard as green snot shot out of his nose. The Katara, Naruto, and the kid managed to dodge just in time as they dodged, but Sokka wasn't as fortunate as he got covered in mucus, and stood there grimacing as he rolled on the ground, trying to scrub off the snot off of him he ran his face through the snow.
"Don't worry it'll wash off," the kid told Sokka as he pulled his hand away from his face, filled with snot while Katara covered her mouth with her hand as she giggled. Naruto smirked as he shook his head.
"Gross!" was all Sokka said.
"So do you guys live around here?" the bald boy asked.
Suddenly, Katara's brother jumped in between them with his spear pointed at him menacingly "Don't answer that! Did you see that crazy beam of light? He was probably trying to signal the Fire Nation," Said Sokka as he eyed the kid cautiously. Naruto smacked his forehead at his student's actions while Katara walked forward.
Further annoyed with her brother's stupidity, she just rolled her eyes as she pushed her brother back, "Oh yeah. . . He's a Fire Nation spy, you can tell by his appearance and the evil look in his eyes," Said Katara as she gestured toward the kid and baldy just grinned innocently while the blond tilted his head, eyes squinted, causing Sokka's eyebrow to twitch "The paranoid one is my brother Sokka, and the blond guy is Naruto, you never told us your name." Katara said.
"I'm A-ah-ACHOO!" but before he could properly introduce himself, the bald kid sneezed, blowing a small cloud of snow as he flew into the sky, landing softly into the ground as he sniffed. "I'm Aang." the boy said.
"You just sneezed and flew ten feet in the air." Sokka stated as he lazily pointed at Aang.
"Really? It looked higher than that." Naruto said.
"Not... helping... Naruto..." Sokka ground out through grit teeth.
Katara gasped, eyes squinted in surprise "You're an airbender!" Katara exclaimed.
"Sure am!" grinned Aang.
"Huh... that's neat..." Naruto said nodding.
"Giant light beams… flying bison… airbenders… think I've got Midnight Sun Madness. I'm going home where things make sense," Sokka said and turned around and realized that there was no way off the iceberg as he stupidly glazed into the distance.
"Uh Sokka... we don't have a canoe." Naruto said.
"Thanks for stating the obvious Naruto... very helpful..." Sokka said to the blond.
"Well if you guys are stuck, Appa and I can give you a lift." Aang airbent himself onto Appa's head.
"We'd love a ride thanks," Katara bowed.
"Appreciate it kid." Naruto said to the child.
"Oh no, I am not getting on that fluffy snot monster," Sokka protested.
"Are you hoping some other kind of monster will come along and give you a ride? You know…before you freeze to death." Katara said to Sokka, but before he started to say something, he suddenly stopped for he had no argument and gave up, stubbornly climbed on top of the bison.
"That makes how much for Katara and how much for you now?" Naruto asked.
"I believe it's a even three hundred eighty seven for me and two for Sokka." Katara said with a laugh.
Crossing his arms in annoyance while Katara seemed excited, "Okay! First time flyers hold on tight!" Aang called, "Appa, yip yip!" Appa flapped his tail and jumped into the air . . . and only to lazily jump into the water, and started to swim.
"Wow . . . That was truly amazing," Sokka says full of sarcasm, rolling his eyes.
"Sokka... not everything appears as it looks. Remember to look underneath the underneath." Naruto said giving his sagely wisdom.
"Nobody asked you Naruto." Sokka retorted to the 'plant bender' while the man's eyebrow twitched in annoyance.
"Appa's just tired. A little rest and he'll be soaring through the sky." Aang said as he made a soaring motion with his head. "You'll see," he said as he smiled back at them, particularly at Katara, staring at her brown hair, tanned skin, and ocean blue eyes.
"Why are you smiling at me like that?" she asked, noticing his stare.
"Oh, I was smiling?" Aang asked, trying to play it off making Sokka groan while Katara turned around and glared at her brother. Naruto said nothing as he took the moment to sit back and take a moment to relax. They swam for a while till it finally turned dusk, and everyone had gone to sleep as they rest till they had reached the tribe.
* Dream*
Everything was gray and pale browns. Thunder clashed as Aang woke up on top of Appa, struggling against Appa's reigns as the heavy rain crashing down. ''Aaahhh!'' Aang yelled as they plummeted into the raging water. They come up briefly for air, Appa groans as he struggled to get out of the water, but they are once again driven under the water by the massive waves caused by the storm. As they drift downward, Aang drops Appa's reigns and begins to lose consciousness. Suddenly, Aang's eyes and markings glow white and puts his hands together and the water around him and Appa starts to freeze.
*End Dream*
"Aang! Aang, wake up!" Katara's voice sounds through his mind. "Come on, get ready. We're in the village and everyone wants to meet you two." Katara said as she was about to walk out of the tent, but stopped as she looked at Aang, while pulling on his clothes Katara looked at his tattoos running almost all over his body, from the arms and head down his back and legs. Getting impatient, she grabbed Aang's hand and dragged him out of the tent and into the middle of the tribe. Naruto looked at the two and smiled as he could see himself and one of his wives running through the snow so long ago.
"Aang, this is the village, entire village, Aang," Katara introduced him to the village while Aang simply bowed, but the villagers backed away a bit in small fright as the children scooted close to their mothers as they hugged their children close.
Leaning closer to Katara, he whispered "Why are they looking at me like that? Did Appa sneeze on me?" as he looked around himself to see find any snot that may have been there on his body.
An old woman stepped up from the group, "No young one, we're just surprised surprised, for no one has seen an airbender in a hundred years. We thought they were extinct until my our friend my granddaughter and grandson found you." she said.
"Extinct!" Aang exclaimed in surprise.
"Yeah... extinct... your people were wiped out over a century ago... I'm sorry..." Naruto said grasping the boy's shoulder in a sympathetic grasp to the shocked teen.
"I... I see..." Aang said quietly.
"This is my grandmother," Katara introduced the old woman.
"Call me Gran Gran," she simply said.
Aang gave a small wave "Uh hi Gran Gran." he told the elderly lady.
Naruto sighed and left them to their talk. He wouldn't admit it but he had a feeling like something was about to happen. He then walked towards the fluffy air bison and it gave a short huff when seeing him. To be honest Naruto didn't ever expect to see hybrid animals in his lifetime, however long it lasted, but he didn't complain as some of them were actually pretty cool. The only exception to this were the dragon's. He remembered saving a group around the time he left his cave from being slaughtered by those pesky fire-benders and had gained their trust. He even recreated a summoning contract with them so he could call upon them if he ever needed.
Several minutes later Aang came walking out with a somber expression on his face. He must have been told that his people had been wiped out... But then again his people had also succumbed to the sands of time and had gradually faded with time itself as well. Naruto walked up to the kid "It's alright... I know what it feels like to lose everything- Aang ignored him and bolted towards Appa. With a whip of the reins Appa took to the skies. Naruto turned to see Katara and Sokka walk quicly out of the tent with wide eye's. He had seen that Appa hadn't gotten far and had landed next to the abandoned Fire Nation ship.
Naruto then looked at the two "Sokka, Katara go after him and bring him back that's an order." Naruto said. If the brat messed around and set off one of the ships signal flares then they were in trouble. The two teens ran off to top the boy from messing up and potentially calling a Fire Nation patrol. Several minutes later a large flash illuminated the village. Naruto seeing the light go into the sky shook his head as the feeling of dread grew in his stomach more so. This wasn't good... A minute later Aang, Appa, Sokka, and Katara landed in the center of the village with Sokka starting to yell at Aang stating he was a possible spy.
Naruto stepped in between the teens and pushed them apart "Enough of this nonsense. Sokka I've told you time and time again that not everyone that we meet or know is from the Fire Nation. And if Aang was stupid enough to accidentally trip a signal flare then oh fucking well it was an accident. And if there is anyone to blame here it's probably you since you told him to probably not do it." Naruto growled out as he held the two teens apart as they tried to rip the other's throat out. Sokka looked at Naruto and growled at the blonde. Seeing Sokka do that Naruto growled back in a deeper growl that didn't sound human forcing the teen to stand down.
Naruto then looked to Aang with a saddened expression "Sorry Aang but it's best you leave now. However you are always free to visit." Naruto said to the bald teen. Naruto then looked to Sokka and Katara "You two go with him." he ordered the two teens.
"What! why do have to go with him?" Sokka asked.
Naruto looed to Sokka and sighed "Well for one he's alone and is going to need all the help he can get. Two you were always one for adventure so go have some fun. And three, I need Katara to look after you because knowing you, you'd probably get arrested for talking." Naruto said as some of the villagers laughed while Sokka blushed in embarrassment.
Then it clicked... "Hey what's that supposed to mean?" he wailed causing them to laugh harder.
Naruto patted Sokka on his shoulder "You'll learn when you start acting your age. However... keep the childish tendencies down to a minimum cause I'll know alright. Farewell." he told the two teens as he and Gran Gran handed them bundles of clothing and rations for their journey ahead. Seeing them board Appa Naruto could hear faint traces of their conversation before Appa took to the sky. He nodded in satisfaction before he felt Gran Grans hand on his shoulder causing him to look at the elderly woman.
"Yes Gran Gran?" he asked her.
She smiled softly "You know as well as I do who that young boy is don't you?" she asked softly.
Naruto gave the elderly woman a soft nod "Of course I did the second we met. His power was not that of one his age and therefore I set him onto the path his destiny was meant to be on. That and I also wanted Sokka out of my hair for the time being until Katara sent him back here to annoy us once more." Naruto said as Gran Gran gave a soft chuckle as she kind of agreed with the blond man.
"While that may be true your own destiny has written itself into their lives as well." she said softly.
Naruto nodded as he had felt s small connection with Aang during his short stay, and although he had fulfilled his own destiny long ago it seemed that life always had more in store for him down the line. Well no time to look at this there was work that needed to be done. With that Naruto walked to the cornfield to ready some of the crops for dinner. A couple hours passed and it began snowing black. Confused Naruto went over to Gran Gran and gave a whistle to the elder. Gran Gran turned and saw the black puffs and gasped... they were back... This was bad... really really bad...
She then began issuing orders for the people to hide the children and all sorts of other demands. Seeing the elderly woman as scared as she was held out his hand and caught some of the black stuff in his hand and sniffed. This wasn't snow... this was soot. Narrowing his eyes Naruto set out to begin some reinforcing of his own. Raising several trees he had them wrap around the homes that were hiding the children and made them sink under the ground. With another wave of his hand a wall of earth rose from the ground around the perimeter of the village's crops protecting them from the possible burning of the Fire Nation soldiers.
A couple minutes later a group of Fire Nation soldiers came to the village and had them line up. "Where is he?" one of the men demanded.
"Where is who?" Naruto asked back. He would not act like some cowardly dog that obeyed all the whims of his master, however he would speak diplomatically. The man walked up to Naruto and leaned in closely.
"You are not of the Water Tribe... who are you?" he growled.
Naruto looked down at the teen with his own narrowed eye's "I am nobody important. Therefor I am nobody that is in need of demands." Naruto answered the teen. The boy growled as he ripped his helmet off to show a scarred face.
He then walked back several feet and handed the helmet to one of the soldiers. He then looked at the whole tribe "My name is Prince Zuko, heir to the throne of the Fire Nation" the teen yelled. "There is but one thing I need to know and I shall let you be. Where is the Avatar?" he asked the tribe.
"My prince we do not know, because we haven't seen him." Naruto said stepping forward. He really didn't want to have to fight, but if he had to he would. Zuko looked to him
"And just where do you hail from?" Zuko asked him sarcastically.
"I hail from Onibus sir. Earth Kingdom." Naruto said to the prince.
This caused Zuko to gain a thoughtful expression. He hadn't heard from the troops around Onibus except that they were close to capturing the city... maybe using one of their own would make them surrender. However... he had other priorities to deal with. With a snap of his fingers Zuko ordered the soldiers to burn the village and walked away. With that the soldiers did as they were ordered and set all the houses aflame and walked away. Naruto was actually surprised they didn't go after the crops, but then again he didn't wanna have to regrow all of them again.
On the ship Zuko looked at one of the men "Kill them all with one blast." he ordered. The soldiers nodded and went to work and lit a explosive and had the ship hurl it. Naruto seeing the incoming projectile spread his legs apart and thrust his hands forward before raising them into the air. His Rinnegan flashed and sudenly a lage wall of earth several meters thick was raised out of the ground blocking the explosive. Naruto lowered the wall and growled. They wanted to play dirty did they... alright time to play dirty. Naruto balled his fist and slammed it into the ground forming a large fissure.
Raising himself Naruto then lifted both his hands into the air causing the snow around the fissure to melt as boiling hot lava erupted out of the fissure. With a roar he sent it out towards the sea, only to be stopped by the water where it turned solid and turned to rock by Naruto's will. Naruto nodded to himself in satisfaction. Although he didn't kill them he knew he had put a bit of fear in their hearts by showing them he could use Lava as a weapon. He needed to leave, before anything else happened to the village. With a wave the houses he had took underground rose and released the children and Naruto went to pack.
After packing Naruto left his house and bid farewell to the villagers who in the end begged him not to leave. However it was Gran Gran that came to his rescue stating that his destiny was not meant to be with him staying forever. He had paved the way for them to have a better diet and he had fulfilled that part of his destiny, now it was time for him to move on once again. With one last farewell Naruto took a canoe and set sail to chase after Aang and the others. However it seemed as if destiny would have a plan in mind for Naruto because he would have to make a short stop on his journey during his chase of the others.
When he was far enough away from the shore Naruto's Rinnegan glowed purple before a replica reminiscent of his own Rinnegan appeared in front of him. Naruto's hand was then covered in black flame where he then brought the flame down onto the canoe and began burning it. He stood up as the flame spread across the hull of the canoe quickly consuming it, however Naruto stepped through the portal he had conjured up and it vanished just as the canoe sunk under the water. Naruto reappeared at an outpost used a lot for the Fire Nation during their recruiting and he winced... this wasn't good. At least he didn't appear in front of anybody though.
Naruto walked out of the alley only to bump into somebody. The young woman hit the ground with a grunt before she looked up at the one that caused her to fall down. She could see that the one that ran into her was a young man, he looked about 17, maybe 18. He stood about 6'2, golden blond locks that stopped at his shoulders was tied in a ponytail, three whisker marks on each cheek, tan skin, and a body that looked as if it was chiseled by the gods themselves as he was wearing no top shirt revealing all the muscles that literally defined perfection. He however had enough modesty to wear traditional Fire Nation pants so he didn't flash unwanted flesh.
His body is cut, defined, toned, he was built but he was very lean his muscle mass not being a whole lot. His biceps, triceps all defined and visible, as well as his eight pack. He wore a red gem around his neck that was shaped in that of a dragon's head. He didn't wear no shoes showing he didn't care about what he stepped on... was he a commoner or something? She growled as she stood up and glared at the man "Who do you think you are?" she demanded. Forget the godly good looks if this idiot had the decency to push her down then he should have the decency to cower before her.
"Menma Uzumaki ma'am." Naruto said as he gave a small salute to her. Huh he was in the military... he could be useful. He then gave a deep cough to clear his throat "May I ask the name of the young woman that I knocked down?" he asked her politely.
"Mai and that's all you'll get." she said with an emotionless facade. She kinda reminded him of Samui and Tenten combined. Samui for the emotionless look and Tenten if the dozens of hidden blades and stilettoes were anything to go by. All in all... a very sexy combination to say the least. And if was possible she was as beautiful as the two of them put together in one body.
"Well don't let it happen again you hear. Also are you in the military by chance?" she asked.
Naruto seeing as he had no reason to, partially, deceive her, as he was a ninja, spoke "Yes ma'am forty-second lightning brigade." he answered her. Oh he was capable of redirecting lightning he was real useful now.
"Well you're being reassigned. You are to come with me so gather your stuff and head to Omashu at once." she ordered. Why did she say that? She didn't know this guy and yet she had done that so carelessly.
"May I ask why?" he asked. She wasn't a military type of woman was she.
"As daughter to one of Fire Lord Ozai's head general's I have every right to order troops around. Also the next time I see you best wear proper attire or there will be punishment." she ordered. Naruto nodded and with that Mai left. Naruto slapped his forehead in annoyance and then formed the rat seal. A small sapling grew from the ground where it shaped itself into a perfect version of him and since it already knew what Naruto knew it was off. Once again Naruto's Rinnegan flashed and he disappeared into thin air where he reappeared in the city he knew Aang and the others were in.
He reappeared in front of a weapons shop that stood in the middle of a deserted town. Seeing as he needed some things he walked in. Once inside, he went straight at the wall that held the swords, analyzing them till his eyes caught sight of a certain blade. A longer than normal katana, whose blade was on the opposite side of the blade, while the dull part was where the blade it should be, a ray-skin handle with dual bamboo pegs holding the handle together. On the blade, there were some words engraved-
"(Don't waver, Swing true)"
"Hmm, a sakabato huh? This blade looks perfect, I don't have to worry about holding back and by adding my wind affinity, I can make the dull part sharp when needed," thought Naruto as he kept staring at the blade while he reached out for it, but once his hand was a couple of centimeters away he could not shake off the feeling of something ominous coming from the blade, "What the..." he thought as he felt something akin to rage come from the blade.
"Hey young lad," a gruff voice snapped him out of his thoughts as he looked towards the source of the voice, finding that it was an old weapon smith that stood behind the counter had gained his attention. "If I were you, I would not dare to purchase that blade, my boy" said the old man grimly to him.
Raising an eyebrow, he walked towards the counter to talk to the old man, "Let me guess, it's a cursed sword, correct?" he asked the man.
Raising his eyebrows in mild surprise, "You knew?" the man asked surprised.
"No, but I could feel something off coming from the blade." replied the blond as he turned back looking at the blades.
Nodding his head the old gave a sigh as he told about the blades "According to the tales, since the time of Chin the Great, every famous swordsman that used that reversed sword always ended up dead." the old smith said as he took out a pipe and inserted some tobacco in it before lighting a match, puffing from the tip to inhale the smoke. "And to this date, there has been no one in this world who could wield it." finished the old man, exhaling the smoke from his lungs
"That's interesting,." muttered Naruto before he turned to the old man with a grin, "I'll take it." he said shocking the old as he dropped the pipe from his mouth. "Are you nuts! Haven't you listened to a word I have said! I can't sell them to you, for if you died then it would be my fault! Besides you cannot kill anyone with that!" shouted the old geezer in disbelief as he watched the stupid blond walk back towards the sword and dropped his bag. Reaching for the reverse blade as he grasped it with his hand, the lunatic turned back at the old man again with the same grin.
"How about a deal then?" challenged the blond. "Let's try to see what is better between my luck and their curse." he said and chunked into the air, shocking the old man even more. "If I lose, my destiny will end here." said Naruto with finality as he stretched both his arms out with his eyes closed. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING! DO YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR ARM!" shouted the old man with fear evident for the youngster. "THAT SWORD IS VERY SHARP EVEN IF IT'S A REVERSE BLADE!" he yelled out.
And in slow motion, the sakabato came down as gravity took its course, getting closer towards the arm of the blond avatar, but to the shocking surprise of the shop owner, the blade just danced around his arms without harming him or leaving a scratch on him, embedding itself into the wooden floor. After a period of silence, Naruto just grinned "I'll take it." he said again causing the old man to fall onto the ground in shock and watched as how the blond just placed the blade into his bag, and was about to lift his bag till the old man got out of his stupor.
"Wait!" yelled the shop owner, gaining Naruto's full attention as he watched the owner go into the back, searching for something as he could hear the sounds of items being moved around, and after a few minutes later, he saw the old man walk out with a regular black sheath, and he just stared back confusedly "Eh what is this?" asked Naruto looking at the old man. "I want you to have it, that way you don't have to worry about stabbing yourself while carrying the blade on your bag." explained the man.
"Not only that," the merchant grabs the sheath and taps it against the wooden floor, causing a loud tapping noise when hitting the floor, surprising Naruto lightly, "the sheath is made of a special metal that's light but hard as a diamond, perfect for use in case you lose or get the sword taken away to defend against bandits." he told Naruto.
"Are you sure?" asked Naruto unsure, but the old man just simply nodded his head.
"I can't explain it, but you, my boy, I feel that you're gonna need them in the coming future," said the old geezer
Not sure as to what to say Naruto just politely bowed in gratefulness and gave his thanks. He grabbed the sheath and placed the sword inside, making an audible click when placed. Placing the sword on his side under his sash, he picked up his bag and walked out of the store. Once outside, the blond continued his merry way through town as he walked down the streets of the market, till he heard the whispers of a small group of traders while they were gathered around next to a stall that held cabbages.
Curious as to what they were talking about, he walked towards them to get a better hearing "Did you hear about the village that is being occupied by the fire nation?" said one of the merchants. "Another one? No place is safe from those monsters," cried out cabbage stand owner "That's not even the worst part, I hear that they took every earthbender that resided in the village and no one knows where they were taken. Some believe that were killed off to stop the uprising of revolt against them," informs the same merchant, causing most of them to lower their heads in hopelessness.
"But there's still hope, right? I mean the Avatar has come back." said another merchant with hope laced on his voice.
"The Avatar? Humph," scoffed an old merchant while he held a smoking pipe in his hand.
"It's the Avatar's fault to begin with, if he hadn't disappeared a hundred years ago and stopped this war from happening; we wouldn't be in this damned mess to begin with." he growled out. He hated the fact that all this shit happened and he stood by and did nothing.
"Excuse me gentleman," interrupted Naruto as he chose to step in, catching their attention as they turned towards him, "but I was wondering if you point out where this village is located at?" he asked. He really needed to find Sokka and Katara first, but if he could free a village in the process then it was just a change in course.
"And what business do you have there, boy?" asked the old man as he took a puff from his pipe, blowing some smoke at Naruto's face.
"Asshole..." thought Naruto as he swatted away the smoke, "I'm just a wanderer that raids fire nation camps to help others, sir." he answered the man.
"So . . . you're just a foolish daredevil, aren't ya lad," replied the old man who shrugged his shoulders, "Oh well, it's your funeral, son," pulling out a map from under his coat, he spread it out in front of Naruto, pointing out where they were located, "The trading village is located here, this is where we are located," then pointing his finger down south from where he first pointed at, "The village that is being occupied by firebenders is located south of here, " to a small dot that was close to the ocean, "If you run fast you'll at the village in three days time lad." he told Naruto.
Pulling out his own map, Naruto scribed down the points where old chain smoker pointed at and put it away once he was finished. Turning to the old man, Naruto simply bowed in gratitude, "I appreciate your help sir." he said and turned to leave, however something else happened.
"WATCH OUT!" A voice shot out suddenly out of nowhere, causing Naruto and the merchants to look back down the road, only to find three kids, two boys, one bald kid with a blue arrow and dark skinned teen with blue eyes with a young girl equally as dark skin with same shade of blue eyes, with a flying lemur running straight at them while being chased by some men.
The merchants sidestepped to the sides as one the boys and the girl ran around the cabbage cart, while the bald kid just jumped through the small space of the cart and turned twirling his staff till he swatted it, causing a gust of wind to send the cart back crashing at the men that were chasing them. "MY CABBAGES!" shouted the cabbage merchant, "this place is worse than Omashu!" he whined out. Naruto tried not to groan but in the end it escaped. How did he know that Sokka, Katara, and Aang wold be the cause of such problems, and it hadn't even been two weeks since they departed.
It had been almost two weeks since the Avatar and his friends had left the Southern Tribe and made their journey towards the North Pole, but not before making a few pit stops along the way. Looking for a short break from their travels, their first stop was the Earth Kingdom's Kyoshi Island, where Aang brings the gang to the island on order to ride "Elephant Koi" large fish that inhabits the surrounding waters, without realizing that there was a bigger fish under the sea prowling at its prey, as it tried to make a meal out of Aang, but he managed to escape without harm.
Before they were able to leave, the gang was captured by a group of female warriors who live on the island. Believing that they were Fire Nation spies, Aang was able to convince them to trust him by using air bending, for Kyoshi was a past Avatar and he is the current Avatar. In the mean while, Sokka was taught a lesson in humility and equality by the Kyoshi Warrior Suki, who trains him after giving him a humiliating defeat and manages to change his sexist attitude while Aang lets the village's reverence of him go to his head.
Unfortunately, Zuko hears the rumors of the avatar being on Kyoshi Island and catches up to them, causing mayhem as the scarred fire prince burns, causing Aang to feel guilty as he saw the damage that was done to the village until the group draws him off the island. After they left the island of Kyoshi, the group's next stop on their trip around the world was the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu. There, Aang, disguised as an old man, shows Katara and Sokka the Omashu chute mail delivery system, which he and his friend Bumi used to ride for fun a hundred years ago.
The trio gives the chutes a try but runs into trouble after it destroys a cabbage merchant's cart. Put in front of the crazy King of the city, the gang is given a feast, to which the king suspects that Aang is the Avatar and throws him a piece of chicken to which Aang holds in mid air using his bending skills. The old king puts him through three deadly challenges to test his skills, each hidden with a secret meaning, while holding his friends captive. After challenging the king and defeating him as the final challenge, Aang is forced to figure out the King's name, and based on the nature of the challenges, he realizes that the King is his old friend Bumi.
Bumi informs Aang of what his task as the current Avatar entails and that hopefully, he would think like a mad genius in order to prevail on the hardships ahead of him. At this realization, the blond quickly dashes after them by jumping to the roofs and ran in hopes of catching up to them before those men they were being chased by did first. Try to find them, he did, but just as easily, he lost them till he heard a shout and ran towards where it came, and landed on the roof as he stood at the edge, only to find the girl being held hostage by a guy holding a knife at her neck while the boys looked ready to surrender.
Not letting it stand by, Naruto jumped onto the scene just as he landed between them. It was time to work, and he was ready to get sweaty... that sounded to much like Kirabi... ugh he really needed to rethink how he did some things...
Well there you go, Return of the Legend. See you soon