Avatar: The New Era [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 9: The Xhu Fu

A/N: Hey guys! I currently changed the Zhu Fu's name to 'Xhu Fu' so that the 'X' on their masks represent the group's name :) anyways, thanks for reading! Stay tuned for more! ;)

"Ow!" Tokku groaned in pain. "Take it a bit lightly, please?" He begged. Kurana hesitated but, kept on checking his wounds. There were deep gashes and burns that only a healer could repair. Kurana's eyes filled with tears and pity clouded her thoughts. She gave out a small sniff, quiet enough for Tokku not to hear.

"Can you tell me what happened?" She stared at him with eyes full of sadness.

The young man sighed "We were going to make the biggest deal we had. 50 crates of solid metal sheets that we-....uhh...I stole from a Future Industries delivery truck. The Agni Kai trusted the Xhu Fu. Mr. Hakoro wasn't like that when I first met him. Somehow, he figured a way to betray us by blasting the whole Triad from inside the warehouse. All I ever saw was a flash and the others running away, being blasted with red shooting flames. I woke up and next thing I knew, my best friend died carrying me to a hospital. It was horrible but...they will pay." He clenched his fists and tears fell down to his cheeks.

Kurana held his hands as she felt her heart being shattered into a thousand pieces. With all the crying and sadness, she never noticed her hand crawling up towards Tokku's gash on his bicep. Her hand started to glow a light shade of blue. The waterbender noticed it and his eyes widened at the happening. Kurana felt Tokku loosen his grip on her hand as she gasped and pulled away from the gash.

She was healing him.

Tokku sat in disbelief and curiosity built up in his thoughts. "Wha-what just happened? Did y-you just...waterbend?! I thought you were an earthbender?!"

Kurana didn't notice how well she healed Tokku's gash, like it was never there before. Did I just waterbend?! she thought to herself as she stood up and tried to run away. She was stopped by a hand tugging her shirt.

"Oh spirits! A-are you the...are y-you the Avatar?!" The young woman gasped louder and a hint of panic painted her face.

"I uhhh...I was going to tell you...but I couldn't. The Chief and the others said that I should keep it to myself...well, until now." The Avatar spoke up with doubt in each passing second.

The waterbender's eyes grew wide and his mouth dropped "But I thought Avatar Korra was the last of the line?"

"I thought that as well." a voice cracked out of the room's door. Asami crossed her arms and the Chief stood behind her.

"ASAMI?! I'm so sorry! I jus-" The Avatar's mouth was covered by Asami's palm.

"Save it, kiddo. It's okay. Well, not entirely. We won't know how much this guy right here would tell the Agni Kai." the raven-haired woman glared at the young man.

Mako interrupted "Don't worry, he won't tell anything. In the past few weeks, my officers are telling me that several reports of masked men are trying to port on the docks. It's time we show them that you're here."

Kurana nervously looked at Mako "But I haven't mastered water and air!"

"I know, that's why we're going to find you a master. We'll hold the Xhu Fu here while you train in the South Pole."

"What?! The South?!" the Avatar growled.

"I'll do it." Tokku easily stood up. His hair grew slightly longer than before. There were now 4 braids that hung from the back of his head. A long white dyed braid and 3 short regular braids. He grabbed a bandage scissor from the side table and cut the one braid dyed in white.

"This is my honor for the Agni Kai. I am no longer a Triad without this. I'll be your waterbending master. Even though I'm still young, I got a few tricks up my sleeves." He smirked and formed an ice blade out of thin air.