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A/N: Hello, Readers! Just to let you know, the first chapter focuses on a few OCs in the Spirit World, and the Gaang shows up in the next chapter. And the Straw Hats don't show up until a few chapters in.

Please enjoy the story! X~

Chapter One: In which the Spirits are bored

A Spirit named Pukje sat on his pedestal and sighed deeply. He was quite bored, and had annoyed Ko for a while, but that could only last so long. Pukje couldn't get his full enjoyment out of tormenting that Face-Stealer, because he was putting himself at risk as well. He didn't want his face stolen and wasn't able to express himself to his heart's content, so he only left Ko alone due to his own inability to react (although he was sure that Ko thought he himself had driven the trouble-making Spirit away).

Pukje had darkly tanned skin, pointed ears, a pointy hat and a pointy beard. His clothes did not match the normal Eastern clothing the Spirits of this part of the Spirit World wore. Out of boredom, Pukje had made his way to this area of the Spirit World, and was fascinated by who and what he saw. Quite certainly, he could have some fun here. But the majority of the Spirits here were old and rather stingy in his opinion, and the only other Spirit that was young (and beautiful) was the Moon Spirit, but she didn't seem to want to have anything to do with the trouble-making Spirit that had come from a faraway land. She was mean and stingy too.

Pukje decided to get up and go for a walk, determining that if he was unable to find some form of entertainment, he would return to his section of the Spirit World and find some sort of chaos he could cause there. He walked through thick branches, vines, and trees, before he heard voices. He decided to follow these voices, and came upon a clearing.

Rays of light poked through the holes in the forest ceiling, showering light into a circular pond that had green-tinted water, but it was so clear that one could see the bottom, and it was impressive at how deep the water was. Giant lily pads floated across the surface, and numerous giant koi and catfish swam in circles in the water. Pukje shuddered momentarily at the realization that those fish could easily swallow him in one bite.

He looked up and noticed hundreds, if not thousands of glassy-looking bubbles floated about in the clearing, just above the water. The bubbles were different colors, and had numerous symbols and people that shuffled through them at a rapid pace. He also noticed odd threads that seemed to allow the bubbles to float about freely, but also keep them in place high above the water.

Pukje was so enamored by the sight before him; he didn't even realize the other Spirits that were sitting on the roots of the trees, the rocks jutting out of the pond, and the ones sitting on the lily pads.

"What do you want?" asked a woman's voice, Pukje looked and saw a strange, Cat-like woman sitting on a rock, her feet soaking in the pond.

"Perhaps he is a type of food," a Weasel smoking a long pipe replied, puffing out wisps of smoke.

A large and rather fat Dragon of the North was coiled on the roots of the trees, steam rising from his body from the coolness of the pond, and smoke coming from his nostrils clouded his face, but his glowing yellow eyes peered through the smoke, making him look very threatening.

"He looks too chewy to be a delectable morsel…" the Dragon said with a toothy grin. "He might give whoever eats him a stomach ache. It wouldn't be worth it."

"Perhaps he is lost," a very small child-like Spirit chipped in; her red cloak ruffled as she shook drops of water from it.

Another Spirit that looked just like the red-cloaked one (except her cloak was blue) spoke up, "If he is lost, will he ever be found?"

"Well, what if he doesn't want to be found?" Red-Cloak questioned.

"Then this place is perfect," Blue-Cloak replied, "No one who wants to be found ever ends up here on accident."

The two continued talking to each other in riddles and whispers, so the other Spirits turned their attention back to Pukje.

A Kelpie-looking Spirit rose up out of the water, and Pukje jumped back in surprise accompanied by an "Aahhh!" as he could have sworn with how clear the water was, the Kelpie-Spirit should have been visible.

"Who are you?" the Kelpie-Spirit questioned in a deep voice of authority.

"I'm Pukje, a Spirit of trouble making, and chaos, (I very well deserve that title mind you, unlike that misshapen Discord Spirit)" Pukje said, quickly managing to find his tongue. (Although he did this quite literally by removing his cap, reaching in, and pulling out a tongue so he could stuff it into his mouth.)

The other Spirits made faces at Pukje's little joke, and each rolled their eyes.

The others introduced themselves as well; the Cat-Spirit was called Neko-Mi, the Weasel-Spirit was called Fuko, the Dragon was called Sever, the Kelpie-Spirit was called Cyprus, and was the Guardian of the Pond. The two little Spirits were called Van and Ish, two little creatures that caused things to be misplaced.

"What is this place?" Pukje asked, genuinely fascinated. Cyprus could see this and felt a sense of pride and a need to explain what this place was, especially to newcomers willing to listen.

Cyprus explained that this was the Wood between the Worlds. Each bubble was a different World, with cultures and languages that were nearly endless. Each world of course, had its own door, if Cyprus allowed it to be opened, but there were certain terms and conditions that had to take place before he could open any doors in any world that he pleased. Rules that stated those doors had to be in water, on nights with a full moon on certain months and seasons of the year depending on the rule, of course when Cyprus started talking about these rules, Pukje felt that he was falling asleep. So he quickly changed the subject to something else.

"Can you open a World now?"

"From a select few hundred, yes I can," Cyprus responded with a sense of pride.

"Cyprus, why must you tell your guests everything about this place," Sever said with a sigh, "It holds them hostage you know, and isn't very polite."

"Oh, but I'm interested," Pukje insisted. "You see, I was trying to think of a good trick to play on a few of the Spirits here (they're so uptight, you know) and a thought has occurred to me. I haven't played a decent joke or had some fun with humans in quite a while. So I'm very bored, yes, quite bored."

The other Spirits eyed Pukje curiously as he talked. Pukje continued, "I imagine you are quite bored too, after all it seems that I am the most interesting thing that has happened to any of you in a good while, seeing as how the good Cyprus is more than happy to tell me of how his Guardianship works."

The other Spirits looked at each other, and then back at the Troublemaker.

"What are you getting at?" Neko-Mi said with a stretch and a sigh. "Hurry up and make your point."

Pukje couldn't help but smile. "I propose a lovely, most naughty proposition. Choose a small group of humans from one world, and thrust them into another. Of course, the first group must be able to find their way back home, but not without having to traverse the second world in order to find their way back. Hopefully whoever they run into first will be willing to help them."

Pukje hadn't played a prank of this level on any human or human groups before. He rubbed his hands together in the hopes that these Spirits would play along.

Fuko breathed deeply and smiled, "It certainly sounds interesting," he said, releasing a plume of smoke. "I haven't seen anything of the sort before in all my years; it could be fun to watch."

Sever let out a growling snicker, and he grinned a very wide grin, showing his silvery teeth. "Why not, Cyprus?" Sever's eyes glistened with the excitement that this chaos could potentially bring. "What's the harm?"

Cyprus cocked his head as if he were thinking, and brought up a hoof to his chin. "It's not like I'm going to crush any of the worlds if I were to pull a few residents from one to the other."

Pukje's grin was now mixed with a sense of mischievousness, glad that these fellow Spirits were willing to play along with his game.

"May I be so bold as to request choosing the two worlds with which we will be playing our little game?" Pukje asked, his eyes glistening.

"Since it was your idea, Troublemaker, I don't see why not." Cyprus replied. He then turned to the other Spirits saying, "What say the rest of you?"

"I agree that the Troublemaker gets to choose," Fuko said, "he's been the only interesting thing to happen these last few centuries."

Neko-Mi only nodded, and Sever smiled his agreement. Van and Ish ran in circles singing, "Let's play a game! A funny, fun type of game! Who and what and where will they all go?"

Numerous bubbles floated down towards them, and Cyprus said, "These are the select few hundred that I am able to traverse right now, and those that I can traverse in a few weeks in their timelines. The Lunar and Solar Solstices are aligned in order for me to do so."

Pukje studied each of the bubbles, and pointed out one of the bubbles. "What about that one? What is it?"

"It is a World of Ocean; Four Oceans with hundreds, if not thousands of islands…," answered Cyprus.

Neko-Mi interrupted the process when she asked, "What about the World of Four Nations, is that one open?"

Cyprus nodded yes, and Neko-Mi then said to Pukje, "You should pick that one as the first world. Send some people from there to the one you just picked."

"That one will do as well," Pukje said, agreeing with Neko-Mi, "and now I will go to the Land of Four Nations and find our players."

"I may know some people you can pick, but if you do, you will have to let help come to them in the World of Ocean." Neko-Mi stated. "It makes your job easy and things very interesting, although finding people who will help the players in the World of Oceans will be a challenge."

"I'll find someone for that job," said Cyprus, who was getting eager to get the game started. "Who did you have in mind as the players, Neko-Mi?"

The Cat-Spirit grinned, much like a Cheshire cat and replied, "Why, the five heroes of the Land of Four Nations. This is why you have to help them in the World of Four Oceans—that silly Moon Spirit will never let me or any of us hear the end of it if something were to happen to any one of them."

Fuko and Sever both laughed, and their laughing echoed through the trees. Fuko was the first of the two to recover, "This will be ever so interesting!"

"So they will be able to get back, right?" questioned Neko-Mi, once the laughter had died down. She did not express any concern, only mild curiosity.

Cyprus nodded, "There is an island that will allow them access back to their world. It is simply a matter of finding it. Once I find the right people to hand the five heroes over to, Troublemaker can explain everything to them; the rules and what not, and will be able to give them what they need in order to find the island to get back home."

"Then it should be quite easy," said Neko-Mi. "It is just around the time that they are celebrating the first anniversary of the end of the 100 year war. It will be the perfect distraction and the perfect excuse to get them alone."

She pulled out a glass ball from her robes, and let it float from her hand to hover in front of Pukje. The images of five people flashed in the ball, showing him who he was looking for.

"Their names are as follows; Avatar Aang, Fire Lord Zuko, Toph Beifong, and the siblings Katara and Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe."

Pukje's eyes glistened with all the maliciousness that was in his body. He wasn't sure who or what this Avatar person was, but that didn't matter. He sounded important, and playing cruel pranks on important people made his job all the more fun. Important people always thought themselves to be high-and-mighty, untouchable, and undeserving of whatever he dished out. To play pranks on these types of people made Pukje laugh, because quite often, these important people had their titles stripped away and were left with nothing.

"Why them?" questioned Fuko. "I mean, it's the Avatar; I don't think we want to be messing with him…"

Neko-Mi's hair bristled, and she replied with a hint of a hiss, "It matters not! Let's just say one of the Avatar's past lives and myself have a very nasty history. I swore that I would make that giant witch pay for what she did to me. I say it's about time I keep that promise."

Cyprus considered this information carefully; this was the Avatar and his fellow heroes they were talking about displacing. Why not? The Avatar had disappeared before. Why not again? Besides, this was quite interesting, and Cyprus wanted to see what would happen with the Avatar and his friends. This was going to be fun.

Cyprus then whinnied, and dove into the water for a few minutes, and literally disappeared when his full body was covered by the water. When he came back up, a giant catfish and a giant koi were with him. The two fish were the biggest of all of the catfish and koi fish in the pond, and both wore jinbei, also making them the only fish to wear any clothing. Cyprus explained to them what they were doing, and they nodded their understanding.

The catfish was called, "Nyuryoku Suru" (to enter) while the koi fish was called, "Shuryo Suru" (to exit).

"It shouldn't take me too long," Pukje said with an affirmative nod. "I'm able to get back and forth quite easily on my own. I just can't transport people with me."

Nyuryoku and Shuryo handed Pukje strange tags with symbols on them, and Nyuryoku explained, "Once you have them in water, these tags will exit them out of one world, in order to enter into the other."

After nodding his understanding, Pukje put the tags into his jacket, took off his hat and pulled something out that looked like a ring. He then stepped through the ring and into the Land of Four Nations.

So, what do you think? The Gaang will be showing up next chapter. Please wait for it! X~