The White Assassin

Ch. 2 - Seeing Them Again

Its been a couple weeks since I last saw the Avatar and his friends. It seems that once his presence left so did the evil in the forest, so being myself I decided to take a little journey. I've been away from the forest for a couple of days now looking for a certain blue arrowed boy. For some reason, ever since I saw him I've grown a strong attraction to him. When I saw him for the first time I felt butterflies in my stomach and my face felt hot but that doesn't sound like me. I assumed I was just sick but now I don't know, it's like I long to see him. Honestly, I don't know what's wrong with me. Either I'm deadly sick and there's no treatment, or I'm going insane; both are highly possible.

Days and nights passed and still no sign of the bald headed boy or his friends. I'm starting to lose hope, why do I even bother? I was in the middle of a village, it seemed to be a non bending village. I walked through it looking for them however, just like my last attempts, they were nowhere to be found. I finally had enough and went up to a nice woman to see if she had seen them anywhere.

"I don't believe so deary. If your comrades were traveling I don't see why they would take this route. However, a group of four came into the village last week and have been staying ever since but they're not benders." She gave me a sad smile and I gave her a nod, thanking her for the info. I made my way to the front of the gates and I saw a group of four in brown clothing. Two looked like siblings and had tannish skin, another looked like a small child with faded eyes and soft features, the last was wearing a brown cloak so I couldn't see his face. They were discussing their travels as I passed, I couldn't help but feel like I knew the people. My curiosity got the best of me and I hid behind a tree until they had departed, once they did I quietly followed them.

I followed them for hours and they're only arguing about food. Seriously? Why do I do this to myself? I thought. I really needed to get to the Avatar, I wanted to see him again and better yet I wanted to travel with them. "How far do we have to go Katara?" The tan male cooed to his sister.

"I don't know! Toph's the one that's giving directions! It's not like I know where to find an air bender, they're gone remember?" The girl named Katara said. That's interesting, I thought. 'Why would they need to find an air bender?' I continued to follow them stealthily, hoping they wouldn't sense my presence.

"Don't look at me!" The small girl said, I assume she was Toph. "Just because I'm an earth bender doesn't mean I'm good with directions! I'm blind, remember?" She exclaimed. The two girls looked at each other with irking expressions and the tension between them grew. The boy in the brown cloak stepped between them and put his hands out trying to get them away from each other.

"Let's not get too hasty now. I'm sure we're almost there!" He said to them in a cheerful, familiar voice. Wait, I know that voice! I thought to myself and got an idea. Alright hooded figure, let's see who you really are. A smirk grew on my face and I gently commanded the wind to blow under the cloaked figures hood. The hood lifted up and it revealed the same blue arrowed boy I was looking for, I couldn't help but feel relief as I saw him. However, it was short lived when he looked surprised and his three friends surrounded him, blocking him from what could be an attacker.

"Show yourself!" Toph exclaimed. She looked rather mad and so did the two siblings, I sighed. Guess my fun was short lived. I chuckled to myself and blew the wind a little harder to show I was there. "Coward!" She said again. "Are you afraid of a blind bender?" So that's why her eyes are faded. Very impressive that she can sense her opponents attacks through the ground, quite an interesting way to fight.

"She said, show yourself! Or you'll have to mess with us!" The tanned man exclaimed holding up a spear. I earth bended so I was now in the ground to see just how good their reflexes were. I moved to under them and was about to create a pillar of dirt when Toph felt something.

"They're under us! Move!" She exclaimed and everyone except for her left the area. She punched the ground trying to attack me but missed. She tried to get me out of the dirt and I continued to dodge her attacks. She's good  I thought, but I'm better!  I threw my hands up and shot a column of dirt at her. It was too fast and she didn't dodge it in time, therefore she flew up and then landed back to the ground with a thud.

"Toph!" The Avatar yelped and tried to make his way over to her and I let him. He scooped up his friend and brought her back to them, apparently she had been injured. She was holding her ribs and her face contorted in pain. I didn't mean to really hurt her I thought. I raised myself from the ground and saw the four of them stare at me. The two siblings guarded Toph and the Avatar from me and I felt saddened.

"Who are you? Stay away from Aang!" The girl Katara exclaimed. My mask was still on my mouth and I moved my hand to remove it. As I did, the siblings grew more tense and strengthened their stances. I removed my mask and stared at them. I saw them all look at me confused except for the Avatar, He must recognize me.

I made the wind pick up and closed my eyes. I didn't care if the siblings made a move at me I was more worried for Toph. I used the wind to heal her wounds and her scratches. Once the wind died down her face was back to normal, well except for the shocked expression. "H-how?" She asked behind her friends and they looked at her. They were shocked to see that she was alright, that their friend's wounds were all healed. "How did you do that?" She asked and began to stand up.

I chuckled at her question and crossed my arms. "Only the best air benders know how to heal wounds with the wind." I said and that just made the group look more confused.

"But how?" Katara asked. I looked at her and her face showed that she was looking for answers. "All the air nomads were wiped out, how did you survive?" She asked again.

"I'm not an air nomad. I lived in the mountains where they taught classes and I learned by myself, however I'm from the earth kingdom." I answered.

"There's one question you still haven't answered," The male sibling stated. I looked at him, giving the expression for him to continue. "Who are you?" He responded.

"What a pity." I said and they looked at me with a hint of suspicion. "You would think that people would remember the hero that saved their lives from the fire nation." I responded and crossed my arms.

"The White Assassin.." Aang stated and I nodded. He got up and came over to me, his height was a lot shorter then my own but I didn't mind. "Teach me." I gave him a 'what' face, teach him what? I thought. "Teach me how to air bend!"