Hes not my friend

[blueayes]

In the realm of the gods, a war was occurring several gods and goddess fought against a goddess of chaos, that is until the king himself stepped in and put an end to all of the chaos.

"No" he said to her, the goddess for her part didn't care for his order Aqua had been sent down to earth and live her life until her time on earth ended.

"Perhaps she will die sooner " Adrestia said to herself as she looked at the chaos around her, but from that chaos, order had come and everything ruined by all of the fighting would be rebuilt soon enough.

She had origenally gone to ask permission to see her daughter and judge the hero that had claimed her for himself, but the king had just rejected her petition without even giving her a chance to say anything.

Granted, perhaps she shouldn't have caused so much destruction, but that didn't matter, not now anyway.

She was forced back to her realm, but at least she could now see into the earth and she felt her anger swell.

"I see.....my daughter allowed another woman to challenge her, to say. I had him first and your only getting my leftovers"

She couldn't help but draw her sword.

"Aqua, you could have drowned her, turned her blood into water and yet you didn't"

She snapped her fingers and an angel stepped forward.

"Burn my daughter's paintings......no, have all of the paintings that show her performing acts of healing and showing people the arts, changed to her punishing those that insult her."

The angel dint obey the order, she would have killed the disobedient girl, however, the king's presence made her stop.

"You are not permitted to interfere, do you understand?"

The king looked at her, his eyes bore into her very being.

"I don't want to hear you argue, nor say the word No, I just want to hear Yes"

They looked at one another and for the first time in ayes, she understood the king would throw her out of heaven if she disobeyed him

"Yes"

"Good, now Adrestia, you can send a copy of yourself to visit Aqua when your done repairing everything, and that copy will have to be on the same level as Aqua," the King said to her before vanishing.

She sat on her throne and took a deep breath, before standing up and cutting the angel's wings off.

The angel screamed in pain, but her poorly shaped wings had heald themselves and regrown into perfect copies of each other.

"Aqua, mom is coming to visit, so wait for me. Okay"

 

[blueayes]

[ Yukino ]
'Kazuma, the computer looks better here, no put the wardrove on the left"

I can hear the two of them talking to one another and from what I can hear they are just moving in, I can't help but hesitate.

Knock, knock, knock.

Aqua opens the door, she looks at my suitcase and her eyes seem to harden just a little, perhaps I'm not welcomed here.

A gentle smile forms and her eyes soften "Come in" she says to me.

"Aqua " I start to say, but she just places a finger on my lips.

"We don't have any other beds, so if it's okay with you, you can sleep in the other room" she says to me before pointing at a set of blankets set aside, did my butler speak to them before I arrived.

No, Kazuma is looking at me with confusion written all over his face, however, Aqua just looks at him and the two have a silent conversation.

"You're going to have to get used to running and sleeping on the floor or sofa." Kazuma says to me before he carries a bag filled with clothes into one of the rooms.

"Yukino, two rules, unless you don't want us eating something you bought or made put your name on it."

"Next, lock the bathroom door, you're you" she says to me as she moves her hands up and down, as she points at my body "And Kazuma is still a guy"

"Aqua thankyou, it's only until" for some reason, her smile silences me.

"Stay as long as you have to" her face begins to change and a look begins to form itself in her eyes.

"Now if Kazuma walks in your room, scream or kick him out because if you don't, I want the girl to have my name and if its a boy we will name him together"

I can feel my face turn red as I realize what she just said.

"Here, this room is empty, you can use it" she said to me as she opened the door to the empty room, there is a small closet but it's big enough for me to hang my clothes.

I walk in and she closes the door behind me, even as I open my suitcase, I can't stop my self from crying.

 

[blueayes]

[Point of view change Avatar]
We had to leave Appa behind the flying Bison was too big to enter the town, not because of the animal's size, but the bisons' appetite, there were plenty of stalls selling fruits and vegetables, and the bison would be too tempted not to fill himself with everything in sight.

We had failed to rescue the elders two weeks ago, so we needed something to lighten our spirits, one good thing that came out of it, however, was that at least we now knew that the elders were being well taken care of.

The townspeople were friendly and luckily the prices for everything weren't too out of hand, so they could at least afford to buy some things for their journey.

We stopped to pick up some oranges and the voices of the nearby men reached their ears.

"Did you hear, ships from the fire nation were seen coming this way?" One man said to another while the two drank at anear by table.

"Then shouldn't we leave, like now?"

"No its all good, the one in the front has a green flame on its side, you know what that means"

"Yeah, the ex-prince is coming. So are you bringing your mom or is she already here."

The two lifted their cups and loudly drank their beer.

"Excuse me, can you tell me about the Fire Prince" Katara said to the two men as she walked up to them.

Both men looked at her, their faces were beginning to show that they were either already drunk or starting to get drunk.

"Sure."

"The merchants all know about it, he was exiled by his father, wandered around and became a merchant. That's it" one of the men said to her before finishing his drink.

"The truth is miss, we don't know, but from what people have seen he's a good guy. He shows up sells somethings and if you're lucky you won't get charged for getting medical attention"

The first man slams his cup on the table and points at Katara.

"Remember he's still Fire Nation, so don't attack him or anyone with him" he said to her before lowering his head and falling asleep, it was less than a second but he was already snoring.

"Man you need to build up your resistance to alcohol, anyway, listen from what the stories say he will defend himself, so don't attack him. If you need something or have someone sick or injured, just get inline and wait your turn"

She left them behind after that.

Ash began to fall from the sky, which meant that in a few hours ships from the fire nation would arrive soon.

None of us said anything we just continued to shop for what we needed, the cold wind blew and after an hour, we could see the metal ships of the fire nation arriving.

It's amazing how fast ships move and when they finally stopped, the black metal ships stopped in front of the docks, the cold metal seemed to take away any warmth that the sun might have given and when the red armored soldiers of the fire nation began to walk off the ship, they looked more like demons, instead of men.

Ship after ship, soldier after soldier and a line had been set up, finally, they made themselves known the cruel prince, the old man that accompanied him, the bender that stood next to him and the woman that, well she was the only woman on board the main ship.

We could see people looking from the corner of buildings and even from some windows, trying to see who had arrived, there were no stalls, no merchandise being sold nothing, only the cold stare of the soldiers.

Slowly, yet somehow quickly a red ball rolled down and it stopped in front of the prince, a little boy no older than two ran up to it but he stopped the moment he noticed the fire prince looking at him, the man just graved the ball and handed it to the boy, who took it and ran back to his parents.

"Come on, we came here to relax didn't we" Kazuma said to Zuko as he began to walk into the town.

"There has to bee a bar or something here for us to pass the time" he aded, however, he stopped walking and looked around.

"If anyone is sick or needs to see a doctor, your going to have to get on the ship!" he yelled.

Immediately an old woman that could barely walk stepped out from where she was hiding and one of the soldiers walked up to her the moment he noticed her.

"Are you looking for a healer?' he asked the woman, the moment she said yes, was the moment the man carried her onto the ship.

It was like seeing a herd of animals walking, people began to pour out, some had sick children or were sick themselves, others were injured and some were merchants just waiting their turn.

"Are you going to sell any of the trinkets today?" a man asked done of the soldiers.

"No, today most of us are relaxing only the medics are working, a bunch of idiots attacked us and so the boss needs to cool off" the soldier answered the man.

There was a long silence after that.

"I'll spread the word, there might be more of them still lingering," the man said before walking off.

 

[blueayes]

"Let's get inline," Me said to Katara and Aang the avatar, as he [pulled out different sets of clothes.

"We can use these to sneak in and see everyone, without alerting any of the soldiers."

We immediately changed and walked up tot he line of people, in all honesty, we could have just sneaked on board like last time, but we didn't want to cause a sean.

When not if, but when the soldiers find out we are on board we would be putting everyone in danger and none of us want to repeat what happened the last time.

Minutes became hours and the black metal of the fire nation ships only became darker, colder with each passing second.

"Mommy look" a little boy said as he made two rocks float in his hands, his voice was filled with excitement as he showed his mother what he could do, however, the woman immediately took the rocks from his hands and tried to hide the boy.

I watched as a soldier walked up to the two and graved the rocked from the woman's hands and burned them to ash.

'If he does that again, we won't be able to say we didn't see anything and we will have to take him in. Do it when we aren't around" the soldier said to the two before returning to his spot and continued to watch the people.

The woman thanked the soldier repeatedly before starting to scold the boy for doping something like earth bending in front of fire nation soldiers.

I stepped forward and I noticed the soldier's cold eyes, the men were like statues, whose eyes didn't have any life in them.

It's finally my turn and even as I walk onto the ship I can't help but feel that this is all wrong.

Still, nothing is happening, one moment someone walks out and at the same time, someone walks into the ship.

"Waite here we cant have the line inside" a soldier says to me and I just wait my turn.

"Welcome back miss, but where is the prince?" a soldier says and when I turn around to see who walked onboard, I notice its the woman that left with the prince, she had come back alone.

"He decided to explore by himself and he ordered me to come back. Kazuma is with him, but you know him, he'll just wander off" she answered the soldier.

"I guess I should find something to do while I wait, so do you have any ideas," she asked the man.

"How about playing some music" the soldier suggested.

She left the soldiers side and walked passed everyone and entered the ship, she never bothered to look at me, soon the sound of a shamisen being played reached my ears.

It's finally my turn and as I walk into the ship, I notice how craped it is, the metal creaks as the waves make the ship move and as I'm escorted deeper into the ship, I can't help but feel like if I'm never going to leave this place.

I stop in front of a cell, it has everything needed for a person to be comfortable, but there's no one inside, the soldier that escorted me, just points at the bed and I do the only thing I can do.

I sit down and wait.

After a few minutes, one of the elders walked in and closed the door of the cell.

"You shouldn't have come here" the old woman said to me, her voice was only a whisper.

"I saw your sister and the boy you two found. Leave as soon as you can" she said to me before she left me and opened the cell door.

 

[blueayes]

"We have to get out of here" I said to the elder but the woman didn't move, she just smiled at me.

"You've grown so much in this short amount of time, I have no we have seen many things since we arrived on this ship."

"A man that can control many elements, a prince caught between duty and a path that has opened and the female side of the sea," she said to m, before giving me a warm hug.

"We can't leave at least not yet, in front of us is a crossroads, even if the Avatar defeats the Fire Lord, the world will be in chaos, because of the power vacuum"

"The other nations will want revenge and the aggressors will become the victims, but what if he's replaced by someone loved by the people"

I can't believe what I'm hearing, she continues to hold on to me tightly.

"Go and never come back onto this ship unless we call you because the path ahead will only become harder for all of us" she said to me before finally letting go and walking out of the cell.

Immediately after a soldier signaled to me, that I should leave and as I followed him, I soon heard the sound of music playing, I can't let my guard down even if the elders say that things aren't so bad here, these people are still Fire Nation.

I walk past the woman playing her music and as I begin to walk off the ship a soldier hands me something.

"This is your only chance, never come here again," he said to me as I look at the object wrapped in cloth. I felt the cold touch of death spread threw my chest, as I looked at the object, it was my boomerang, they knew who I was.

The world seemed to go quiet as I walked past the people, I ignored the children playing with one another and the parents that tried to calm them down, I walked past the people that were arriving until I found my sister and the avatar waiting for me.

"Let's get out of here" I said to them

As the day past, I finally told them what the elder had said to me, as it turned out the elders they had encountered had said to them the same thing, none of us knew exactly what was going on, but one thing was certain things were changing in more ways than one.

[change Prince]
It was time to put the information in maps to good use, amongst the maps was the seal of the Earth Nation, something used by merchants when traveling between lands.

That's some good news for a change, unfortunately, we encountered the circus fleet again and they asked to join us as they never performed in front of anyone from the Earth Kingdom.

Having them around has made Kazuma stay away from me, so that's some more good news unfortunately my room has somehow become the gathering spot for two troublesome women who for some reason don't understand the meaning of the words leave me alone.

 

[blueayes]

][]I played with names and finally settled with the name Line for the woman traveling on the ship]]]

A knock on the door made me look up for a moment and a soldier walked in apparently we ware about to cross into enemy territory, it's now that I have to rely on luck and hope that the sailor's gossip managed to reach all the way into enemy territory or else we are going to have to fight for our lives.

I have no other choice but to see everything myself, normally I would be standing next to the captain, but under the circumstances namely the two idiots, I have no other choice but to be on deck.

So I rise from my seat and walk out the door leaving the two women to talk amongst themselves, unfortunately, they both decide its better for them to be at my side and follow me instead.

The woman remains four steps behind be but Ty lee walks right next to m, she should know her place just like Line.

...Why did I call her that? no, she is just that, that woman and nothing else, calling her in any other way is unacceptable, she is just onboard, for the time being, meaning her name is meaningless.

As I open the door I feel the ocean breeze and I notice that a lot of the sailors are on edge.

The fleet began to slow down as we neared the borders of the Earth Kingdom, a few ships were guarding the ports but they didn't try to stop us from getting closer to the docs.

The Earth Kingdoms seems to do things differently, unlike the ports in the Fire Nation, that have houses made of wood or whatever people find useful for everyday lives.

The houses here are all made of rock, typical for a bunch of earth benders but not very useful for an ordinary person.

The houses in the fire nation were made of wood or had a large part of them made of wood for emergencies, f for whatever reason the place flooded the people could use the wood as a makeshift boat, but ordinary people cant bend earth so what good was it, when a storm occurred or when the area flooded.

Regardless I now understand why no one tried to stop us from coming here the place is less than a mess, there's nothing here, its, by all means, nothing more than a fishing village.

Some people are looking at us with the rightful amount of fear, but that's it, the land around this place is quiet meaning there must not be a lot of animal life nearby so...

I have to stop thinking the men are starting to leave the ship.

"Come one come all! bring your sic and your injured we have the best healers in the world!"

I heard Kazuma begin his speech, still, no matter how much shame it brings me to admit it, I've memorized the man's words.

I notice some of the few guards talking to one of my men and I hand the closest soldier thew paper that has the mark of approval, the soldier immediately runs off the ship and hand the guard the pice of paper.

The guard signals to a few more guards and they inspect everything we brought, before shaking hands with my soldiers.

I let out a small breath, its over, by the time they manage to call for help we will be long gone.

Ty lee has run off, no doubt she has gone back to the circus ship, and judging by the sounds of clapping, they are already performing for the people her.

If this works for them regardless of the profits with time they will be allowed to return and in time be able to go deeper into Earth Nation territory, without worrying about being killed.

I notice several girls of varying ages looking at Line, no the woman with wide eyes before saying something that sounds like.

Your so pretty and wow.

Those same girls look at me with fear befoe that woman says to them how I'm not scary at all.

For some reason it irritates me how those girls listen to her instead of coming to speak to me directly, everything is so different yet for some reason it all feels s normal.

When did the world around me change and why do I feel like if it was still chang.

I can't help but exhale as I watch some of the water tribe elders walk off the ship and begin to bend water out of the ocean and dink it in front of the people.

All of the villagers or are they townspeople begin to run back into their houses before running out with buckets and things to carry water.

I can't help but feel irritated by all of this, those elders are supposed to be prisoners, hostages, but they even have my men guarding them against the people here.

Not to mention they can just walk off my ship whenever they want.....no doubt this is all Kazumas doing.

"The seasons are changing Price Zuko"

"It feels like we went threw a long isolating winter and we are just entering spring"

I heard my uncle say to me but winter hasn't passed yet and spring is still a long time from, I exhale again, it's better if I just enjoy this peace.

I close my eyes before turning to look at Kazuma making bubbles that somehow begin to join together and form an animal, that acts as if it was walking before landing on the ground and bursting.

[change]

 

[blueayes]

Kazuma laid down and listened to the people go about their lives, this village was on the border of the Fire Nation and the Earth Nation, meaning that the people here knew that they could die at any moment.

He could hear the village girls talking with Line and from the corner of his eye, he could see the prince playing with his uncle.

Kazuma smiled, the prince has really lightened up, before he would have completely ignored his uncle, but now he even played with the old man.

He heard a coin fall next to his ear and realized that Eris was suddenly sitting next to him.

"Enjoying your vacation?" the goddess asked him

"I can't complain, so how much longer?' he asked Eris and noticed the goddess lose her smile.

"That bad?" he asked her but again the goddess didn't answer

"So how is your little kingdom going?" Eris asked him as she looked at the ships

"It's growing" he answered the goddess of fortune

"I wonder if he will hate you when he realizes what you did" she said as the ocean breeze moved her hair.

"What make a prince that was thrown away into the king of the sea" he answered the goddess

He listened to the goddess giggle and begin to laugh.

"Honestly you're still as dense as ever. Fine I'll tell you just this once"

"What are you going to do, when you finally have to go home and say goodbye to him?"

"How do you think he will react, when he realizes you've become his friend, instead of a nuisance that won't leave him alone?' the goddess said to him before she stood up stretched, and killed a lizard spirit in front of Kazuma

Kazuma just smiled, again he was alone, in the past he would have panicked because of this, but after being sent to the other world and going on adventures with his wives

"It's like I'm a completely different person," Kazuma said to himself as he let himself remember the times that had gone.

"She was a lovely spirit" he heard one of the water tribe elders say to him

"I know right, she's the perfect person to call when you need good luck" he answered the old woman

"....Lord Kazuma, will you be traveling to all of the nations?" the old woman asked him

"If Zuko wants to" he answered her

"...If you don't mind me asking why? you have already mastered all of the elements at least that's what it seems to me" she asked him

Kazuma just smiles and lifted his hand "Create golem" he said as a small doll was formed out of rock.

He summoned fire and made the wind blow on the small doll before he created water and cooled it off.

"I don't care about the element, I'm more worried about something else" he answered the old woman and turned to look at Zuko and Kazuma noticed that the prince was glaring at him.

"Looks like he noticed," Kazuma said with a smile on his face, and he noticed that the old woman closed her mouth and smile

'So are you going to hide all day or are you going to come out and join us?!" Kazuma said to someone who he noticed had been hiding nearby

"I wasn't hiding, I just saw so many soldiers and decided not to be seen" the girl answered Kazuma

"That what we call hiding, I'm Kazuma what's your name?" he asked the girl

"I'm Toph and I'm a wondering Earth Bender" the girl answered Kazuma

"There's food on the ship, let's go get something to eat," Kazuma said to Toph before he turned to ook at the old woman.

"Do you want to join us?' he asked the old woman

"I'd be delighted to" the old woman answered Kazuma

Kazuma got up and began to walk back to the ship and he noticed that the girl didn't follow him.

"Well?" he asked her

"I didn't say I was going with you" Toph answered Kazuma before her stomach began to grow

"Suit yourself," Kazuma said to the girl before he started walking again

 

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They walked back onto the ship and Kazuma noticed when Line saw the girl behind him, the girl was dressed was dressed in green a undersuit, that seemed loose despite her covering it with some sort of beige apron that had pockets on it.

She didn't wear any shoes or socks for that matter, just some sort of cloth that covered her ankles, the same cloth covered her wrists, keeping all of this together was a pair of brown belts that the girl had tied to her waist hands and ankles.

The girl's long black hair was kept in a bun, and her white eyes along with her pale skin made the girl quite the beauty and despite her eyes showing that she was blind, the girl didn't show any signs of not knowing where everything around her was.

He watched as the girl hesitated as she walked closer to the ships and nearly stopped walking when Line walked up to her.

"Hie, Ime Line, so are you coming with us?' Line said to Toph with an excited voice

"...." Toph didn't answer Line

"It's nice having another girl around, Ty lee is good company but I just can't keep up with that girl's energy," Line said as Toph started walking again.

He noticed the girl's ears moving as she listened to the village's children playing and the soldiers moving around, the girl shook as she walked onto the ship and felt the cold metal touch her feet.

"You don't talk much do you?" Line asked Toph

"You smell nice are you a noble?" Toph asked line

Line immediately smelled her sleeve but, stopped when Toph started talking again.

"You smell like someone that's a noble but you walk like a commoner, so are you a pleasure girl?" Toph said to Line causing the woman to jump in shock

"No I'm just traveling on the ship until I'm kicked off, that's all" Line said to Toph as she tried to clear any misunderstanding the girl must have come to

There was already a table set for them on the deck of the ship and so all four of them sat down and started to eat.

"So you're a traveling Earth Bender," the old woman said to Toph as she ate quietly

"Yeah, I'm traveling the world and I'm going to see what it has to show me" Toph answered the old woman as she graved a drumstick and bit into it.

"So you're an earth bender, I guess that makes both Ty lee and me the only none benders on the ship" Line said as she drank a glass of grape juice

"Kazuma!" they heard Zuko call out to Kazuma

"What is that girl doing on my ship?!" the prince said to Kazuma as he stood next to Kazuma

"We're having lunch" Kazuma answered Zuko

"..... What's this about her being an Earth Bender?" Zuko asked Kazuma

"What's the big deal, all of the old people on the ship are water benders, and Line can move air to protect herself" Kazuma answered Zuko, who immediately turned to look at Line

"That's not the point, why is an earth bender on my ship while we are in the earth nations borders?" Zuko said to Kazuma

"Hey, you coming with us?" Kazuma asked Toph

"No, I'm good" Toph answered Kazuma

"You sure, we are going to see a lot of cool places?' Kazuma asked Toph, and Toph put down the bones of what was once her meal and stood up.

"Unless you guys are going to fight powerful enemies I'm not interested," Toph said to Kazuma as she began to walk Zuko

"If you are looking for strong opponents then why not train with the prince?" Iroh, said to Toph as she walked past him, the girl immediately stopped walking

"I'm not looking for a training partner, but if he's strong," Toph said as she immediately took up a fighting stance

"You won't be able to use your earth bending on the ship," Iroh said to Toph.

"You challenge me on my ship," Zuko said to Toph as he took up his own position

The two didn't bother saying anything and charged at each other, Zuko immediately used his fire bending to end the fight, but Toph sensed his movements change and immediately moved out of the way, but she never stopped running toward Zuko.

She used her smaller size to get underneath the prince and hit him on the stomach and the chest.

Zuko realized he was in trouble and picked up Toph with both hands and slammed her onto the ship, Toph graved Zuko's head and bit him, but Zuko punched her forcing her to let go.

Toph ran up to Zuko and kicked him between the legs and made all of the men jump in pain, however, Toph stood above Zuko victorious.

"Alright I'm coming with you guys," Toph said to Zuko who could only glare at her.

"Zuko, she is going to be your training partner," Kazuma said to Zuko

 

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[Line]
The ocean isn't any different from one place or another, it's just water and I'm in a giant ship, I wonder if I've changed somehow.

Toph is sitting down quietly with her eyes closed and Ty lee is upsidedown as she practices her act, Zuko is being Zuko, so he is ignoring all of us.

"Why aren't you playing your instrument? I thought you liked it" Zuko suddenly asks me

I start to play and I listen to the sound of my instrument mix with the sounds of the ocean and the ship, I can feel the wind move with every string I pull, it's like if I can feel the wind around the ship mix with the waves and the strings I'm holding.

Again the prince goes back to writing and looking at his papers, he suddenly stops writing and I can see his eyes narrowing, but it's not just him, both Toph and Ty lee open their eyes like if they sensed something bad had just happened.

I can feel the ship slowing down and pull itself as the ankers are dropped, the door opens and a soldier walks in.

"Prince Zuko, you need to come look at this"
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The six of them walked out of Zuko's room and when they all stood on the deck of the ship, none of them could believe their eyes every direction there were pieces of ships belonging to every nation.

"Sir," the soldier asked Zuk who just looked at the wrecks

"Kazuma get down there and rescue anything useful!" Zuko orders Kazuma who didn't wait for him to finish giving his orders.

"These aren't military ships, these are pirate ships, something happened here, something that shouldn't have happened," Iroh said to Zuko as he walked up to him

"There's nothing to save," Kazuma said to Zuko

"I went underwater and even looked around, but whoever did this took everything. The ships were torn apart, but there's nothing here, no bodies, no merchandise nothing" Kazuma said to Zuko

"How long until we arrive at the next island or reach the nearest port?" Zuko asked the soldier

"Five maybe seven days" the soldier immediately answers Zuko

Unbeknownst to all of them, something watched the fleet of ships move.

"The oceans are not your playgrounds," it said, the creatures massive form made the fleet look like pebbles next to a mountain

"And you don't have any right to kill people," Aqua said to the creature as she graved it and tore its head before draining the energy of the spirit from existence

"Kazuma," Aqua said as she watched her old friend that had become her family slowly sail away from her location around her dozens of spirit glared at her, their eyes were filled with rage.