Chang Ai [ENG] [zukaang/ zuko x aang fanfic]

Chapter XVIII: Sozin's comet [pt II: The Old Masters]

Elsewhere, far from where his friends were, Momo awakens Aang and he sees with great amazement that he is on a mysterious island in the middle of the sea. Everything around him moves strangely and the first thing that comes to mind was what happened the night before and the fight he had with his friends.

"Where are we, Momo?" Aang asked, the little lemur did not seem to hear him because he was very busy chasing a squirrel.

Upon deducing that they were not in the spirit world because he could still control the elements and Momo could see him, Aang ran to the highest point on the island to find out where he was. Everything was very confusing at the time and Aang could feel that he was about to have the greatest adventure of his life. Wandering around the island, the young Avatar soon found a large hexagonal symbol on the ground, seeing that he is not able to move it with his earthbending, he deduces that it is not made of stone or ordinary earth. Lost in thought, Aang decides to contact Avatar Roku, hoping he will tell him where he is.

"You're right, Aang. All the past Avatars, all their experience and wisdom are available to you. If you look deep inside yourself" Avatar Roku told him once he appeared in front of him.

"So where am I, Roku?" Aang asked looking around the mysterious forest "what is this place?"

"I don't know Aang. But I can see that you are lost in more ways than one right now."

"I am, I need to find out what I should do when I face the Fire Lord" Aang said, his voice sounded serious, his expression was serious and his face looked at the old Avatar "except that I don't want to end up killing the Fire Lord, I do not know if I can..."

Roku passed on his knowledge, discipline, and self-control but Aang stopped paying attention when he saw that in the end, Roku had the same opinion as the others, he should kill Fire Lord Ozai. When he finished passing on his learning, the spirit spoke again.

"I offer you this wisdom, Aang" and after saying that Avatar Roku disappears.

Aang invoked Avatar Kyoshi for advice, she remembered her encounter with Chin the Conqueror, causing his death without realizing it. Aang reasons by saying that technically she did not kill Chin, but Kyoshi tells Aang that she does not see the difference and that without hesitation she would have killed him to keep balance in the world.

"Only justice will bring peace" and after saying that, she disappears. Annoyed by her response, Aang wishes that he had never asked Avatar Kyoshi for advice, his hopes grew dimmer and he grew increasingly frustrated.

He spent another hour meditating and this time Avatar Kuruk appeared, he explained that during his time as Avatar he was a relaxed man and he let the four nations solve their problems by themselves; however, Koh, the face stealer, punished Kuruk for his laziness and took the face of his beloved, Ummi, to the spirit world. Kuruk regrets what happened to her and tells Aang that he must actively shape his own destiny, as well as the destiny of the world. After disappearing, the young Avatar despairs because three of his past lives were telling him that he should do what he did not want to do.

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Meanwhile, the Avatar team was sleeping next to Ba Sing Se outer walls, Toph was resting in a rock tent made with her earthbeding, when, suddenly, she woke up to feeling a strange vibration in the ground, after getting up a huge circle of fire surrounded the group awakening them all. They were ready to fight but the group was surprised because those who woke them up were not their enemies, but the great masters: Pakku, Jeong Jeong, Piandao and Bumi.

"Well, look what we have here" Bumi said standing on a rock while laughing, Katara and Sokka smiled as soon as they recognized them and looked at each other.