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Kozilek: The Golden Avatar

Chapter 5: Learning Moments

"Alright Raava! You've got some questions to answer!" I yelled into the endless dark abyss as I floated around within my dreamscape.

A melodic voice chuckled softly as Raava shimmered into existence in front of me, her white and blue kite-like spirit form pulsing as she spoke. "Ah, so the chosen champion returns from the battle victorious. How are you little one?" She asked, sounding almost mother-like.

"Well aside from a couple things I'm doing rather alright," I answered calmly. "Where's Zarat? I have some questions for the two of you," I said, wondering where the ancient Lion Turtle was. As if to answer my question, Zarat's massive, island-sized form materialized behind Raava, his golden glow masking Raava's form for a brief moment before subsiding.

"I am here Kozilek. What is it that you seek the answers to?" Zarat answered, his booming voice reverberating throughout my dreamscape.

"Ok firstly, why didn't you guys tell me about the violence of this world? I could've used at least a warning before the benders went total gung ho with the killing."

"Well we didn't tell you because we simply did not know," Raava explained simply, surprising me.

"How did you not know? I thought you could see the future? Isn't that why you brought me to this world in the first place? You saw Aang losing to the Firelord?"

"Well, not exactly," Raava began.

"We cannot see the future, merely catch glimpses of the possibilities. Many of the outcomes did indeed result in the death of the Avatar, and of the destruction of this world." Zarat continued.

"We could only see the big picture, large details about the possible futures. We weren't able to see all of the details. We had assumed that history and continuity would simply stay the same after your arrival. The way you saw the world in your television show is indeed how it has played out in our world for tens of thousands of years," Raava said.

"But it seems that your arrival to the world has changed everything. The world has altered itself to become closer to what you would have considered real. But it does bring up the question of: What else has been changed?" Zarat rumbled out questioningly.

"Wait so you mean more things could change?" I asked.

"Or have changed," Raava said. "Think about the world you have seen thus far. Is it the same world you remember from the show? Or are things a little different?" She asked.

I thought silently for a few moments before answering. "Everything seems bigger. We travel for days before reaching the next notable location. Haru's village seemed at least five times larger than the show made it seem. And on the prison, there were so many more guards and prisoners. It looks like the world has been scaled up to a "realistic" level." I concluded.

"Exactly. And it won't just be the size of the locations or the number of people you encounter or the level of violence that will increase either. Each person you meet and interact with will have been affected by this change. I'm sure you've already realized it?" Raava asked.

"Yeah, I have," I realized. "On the prison, while we were all fighting, Katara and Sokka seemed almost used to that level of violence, as if they had been raised up around it. Aang as well, though he still seemed a little more shaken up than the other two. So they must have all had their memories or lives altered to accommodate this new world structure they now live in."

"Precisely. Your appearance in this world has changed many things, and our glimpses into the future have become even more hazy than they were. We cannot see how things will play out." Zarat said.

"So I'm basically going into this with no confirmation that we will win this war or even whether I will survive it?" I asked, slightly taken aback.

"Unfortunately, that is correct," Raava said with sadness in her voice.

"Wonderful." I commented, running my hands through my hair.

"Is that the only question for us young one?"

"Pffft, if only." I said, before jumping into my second question. "So you told me that I had the ability to bend all of the elements, assuming that I had observed someone bending them prior. Up until recently, I had assumed I was in a situation like Aang, where I can technically bend all four elements right away, but it takes time and training to learn how to. I have only been waterbending for about a week, and I'm getting better for sure, but it's a slow process. And yet, when that firebender attacked me, I instinctively could earthbend. How? If I was the Avatar I'd say it's because of my past lives, and that they give me the knowledge of how to bend, but you said that wasn't the case, that I don't have access to the Avatar State. Unless that has changed as well?" I asked hopefuly.

"No, unfortunately that hasn't been changed. I am bound to the Avatar, and only to the Avatar, as I have been for ten thousand years. And you are correct, Aang is able to learn the bending as fast as he is able to because he has done it before. His past live's memories subconsciously assist him. However, something different is happening with you."

"When we gave you the ability to bend the elements, I gave you the same blessing that we Lion Turtles had given Wan and the other original benders all those years ago. However, unlike my younger brethren, I did not have the set limit of only being able to give you one element. In actuality, I didn't give you any element. Instead, I gave you the ability to bend the very energy within you and others," Zarat explained.

"Energybending. You gave me the ability to energybend?" I asked. "I thought when you gave Aang that ability it just enabled him to take bending away or..."

"To give that ability back," Zarat finished for me. "Aang had already learned how to bend all four of the elements, and because of that I did not, or rather I won't, give him the full blessing. He can block and unblock the chi passageways within others, allowing him to strip away another's bending, or to give it back. You have that ability as well. However, I gave you the ability to use your chi to its full potential, with complete control and sensual awareness over it."

"Is that why I can sense when other benders are activating and using their chi? Because of your blessing?" I asked Zarat.

"Yes. You are uniquely in tune with the flow of chi not only within yourself, but within others and within the world around you. Because of this awareness and control, you are able to easily manipulate it as you need, allowing for you to learn and master the bending arts at an increased rate." Said Zarat.

"I think I'm starting to understand. All benders have the ability to control their chi, that's what allows them to bend right? So why can't they bend more than just the one element?" I asked, genuinely curious.

"Benders are only able to bend one because of a form of lock set on their chi at birth, a lock that can only be unlocked by the Lion Turtles themselves, that's how Wan gained his bending abilities all those years ago. But even if they had their lock unlocked, the immense toll it would take on their chi reserves to bend more than one element would deplete nearly anyone completely. If a mortal had the kind of control over their chi that you have, they could in theory extend their chi past their natural element. However, almost no one has the level of ability to do so." Raava said, finally joining back into the conversation.

"Almost no one? Who is that "almost" person?" I questioned.

"There is only one mortal, outside of the Avatar, who has ever developed a high enough chi awareness to sense the flow of energy throughout the universe, and enough control to allow him to bend more than one element. He was born hundreds of years ago without the ability to bend any of the elements naturally, and spent his entire life learning all he could, in a desperate attempt to gain any bending ability. However, what he found deemed far more useful to him than merely bending the elements. He gained immortality."

"He what?! He gained immortality? How could he do that? Who is this guy?" I asked, my mind jumbled and confused by the information that had been presented to me.

"You already know of him, Kozilek. He was the one who helped the Avatar realign his chakras after they had been forcefully unbalanced," Raava hinted.

"Guru Pathik?! He's immortal? How?" I exclaimed, surprised that the guru was much more powerful than I had originally given him credit for being.

"Yes. This Guru Pathik as you call him. When he discovered his affinity for chi sensing, he picked up on a trail of immensely potent and powerful chi. He followed the chi trail, which led him to Zarat," Ravva explained.

"When Pathik found me, I was surprised and impressed by his chi abilities. Sometimes the universe likes to surprise even it's most ancient inhabitants," Zarat said, his voice twinged with amusement. "I gave Pathik an option. Either I would unlock the ability for him to target his chi towards the elements, or I could increase his control and sensing abilities over his own chi to a level even the Avatar was incapable of doing. He chose the second. He gained the ability to sense and feel the energy of the world, feel it flowing and shifting, interacting with the chi within every living thing on the physical and spiritual world, as well as perfect the flow of his own chi within himself."

"That still doesn't explain his immortality. How does control over your chi make you live forever?" I questioned.

"What you humans call chi is in reality just another form of cosmic energy, the same energy that powers the Avatar State and the same energy that flows through us," Raava said, gesturing to all three of us. "Due to its extreme potency and power, chi can only be used properly if the conduit, the person harnessing it, is physically strong enough to. That is the reason, young one, that you witnessed Tyro transform when he activated his chi. His own energy forcefully morphed his body into a usable conduit. Now in most cases, one would never really see such a drastic and rapid transformation, as most benders use their abilities and tap into their chi reserves on a regular basis. However, those earthbenders were seasoned and powerful benders when they were imprisoned, and thus had massive amounts of chi bottled up within themselves that was never used. When they began bending, excess amounts of their chi was unknowingly expended by themselves to "heal" their bodies. But it must be understood that just because you are a bender does not mean you will always be physically fit. There are many smaller or larger benders, and it all comes down to skill, control, and life habits outside of bending. Generally however, stronger the bender is, the better suited their body will be for the type of bending they are performing. Air and water benders will be fluid and lithe in their movements and appearance, while fire and earth benders will be stronger and more aggressive looking."

"So what you're telling me is that we can use our chi to change our appearance?" I asked, thoughts of possible applications already forming in my head.

"Yes and no. Only someone with masterful control over their chi would be able to consciously alter their appearance, and even so, it would be slow and only applicable as assistance paired with standard physical exercise. As of now, only four individuals are capable of such a feat," Zarat explained. "The Avatars, yourself and Aang, Guru Pathik, and General Iroh."

"So that's how Guru Pathik is keeping himself alive? He is using his own chi to become immortal? And Iroh? How is he using his chi like that? He isn't exactly physically intimidating," I questioned.

"You are correct on both points. Through meditation taught to him by the air nomads, and consumption of his own chi, Guru Pathik is capable of extending his own life to near-immortality. When we met, he understood his place in the universe, and how small of a role he realistically plays within it. And yet, he loved the world, and desired above all else to become as one with the world as he could. He traded the opportunity to gain bending for his control over chi, and for most of his life traveled the world in secrecy and peace, listening to the energy of nature and the world around him," Said Zarat.

"As for Iroh, ever since the death of his son, he has gained a heightened sense of spirituality. He already had a greater grasp on the bending arts from his time learning under the dragons Ran and Shaw, but his glimpse into the spirit world in search of his son multiplied his understanding tenfold. He began to understand the world and of the connections everyone shares on an even greater level, and through these inner discoveries, gained mastery over his own chi. However, he kept these discoveries a secret, knowing that if the knowledge of the true power and versatility of chi reached the wrong hands, disaster would soon follow. For years he practiced and learned in secret, increasing his control over his own chi to such a point that he was able to keep his body at a seemingly "weakened state", while maintaining his bending ability at peak performance," Raava said. "Is all of this making sense to you? You look deep in thought."

And she was correct. I thought deeply over everything Raava and Zarat had told me, or rather unloaded on me. All of this information on chi, how it works, how bending works, why everyone in the avatar universe looks so athletic and healthy regardless of location or situation. It all makes sense now, or at least more sense, but I still wanted just a little more clarification. "Let's just rewind everything one last time, and recap everything because to be honest, there's a lot to take in. Firstly, my presence has changed the world and the flow of everything within, even if only slightly, which is why violence is so much more real, the cities are bigger, there are more people populating the world, and who knows how many more small changes?"

"That would be correct," Raava said with affirmation.

"Secondly," I continued, "I can bend earth already, even though I just learned waterbending, because of my heightened control and sense over my own chi and the worldly chi around me. Also, presuming that previous statement is true, I will have an easier time learning and mastering bending than any other bender other than Aang, since he has similar abilities to what I have?"

"Correct again," Zarat said, nodding his massive head.

"Finally, benders or anyone with control over their own chi can use that energy to change or alter their physical appearance and amp up their physical abilities, but the speed and degree of change depends on the amount and control of the chi?"

"Correct. Now, do you have any more questions for us today?" she said with a light chuckle, amusement hinted in her voice.

I floated silently for a few moments, racking my brain for any more questions that seemed urgent enough to ask today. To be honest, I could ask questions for hours on end, but I knew that if I tried to take in too much new knowledge I would be overwhelmed and forget something important. While Raava and Zarat fixed my physical form, they changed little in regards to my mental prowess (or my lack thereof). "Um, I think for now I'm pretty good. I have a lot to digest and try out for myself," I said after some consideration.

"Good, because I believe you still have a promise to uphold with a pretty little lady. You don't want to keep ladies waiting too long for their expected payments," Raava said with a "wink" (I'm not sure how she could wink, considering she doesn't have eyes, but I got the feeling that she did).

"Yes and try not to make a fool of yourself. We didn't give you the assets that we did just for you to misuse them." Zarat said, his voice getting softer as he slowly faded away, disappearing from sight.

"Good luck Kozilek, we'll talk to you soon," Raava said, her voice and form slowly fading away as well. "And don't worry about whatever happens, we'll be here watching and ready to help."

I paused for a moment, replaying what Raava had just said. "Wait what do you mean watching!" I yelled out into the empty void before quickly slipping out of consciousness.

My eyes quickly snapped open and I found myself lying in my bedroll back at camp. Sitting up quietly, I took in the presence of camp. A small fire crackled in the hastily made fire ring in the center of a small clearing in the woods. I could see Katara and Sokka lying in their respective bedrolls on the opposite side of the fire from where I sat, and judging from Katara's slow and even breathing, and Sokka's slightly louder snoring, I confirmed that they were indeed asleep. Appa was laying down immediately to my right, his large head resting on the ground and his eyes closed. I could see Aang sprawled out on top of Appa's head, fast asleep as well. Knowing that all three of my companions were asleep, I quietly slipped out of my bedroll and crept out of camp.

I made my way through the trees of the forest, winding my way back in the direction that I knew Haru's village to be. As I strode through the forest, I tried to tap into my chi and reach it out to the world around me, to see if I could sense anything different. I stopped walking for a moment and closed my eyes, reaching within myself to activate my chi. I smiled as I felt it ignite and begin to work its way through my body. I instinctively let it flow out of me, and I felt as it reacted to my surroundings. I was taken off guard for a moment as I felt it attached itself to not only the earth beneath me, but also the trees, bushes, and grass all around me.

'It's attaching itself to the water within the plants' I thought to myself, surprised at how easy it has become to sense these things. I refocused myself after the brief distraction and pulled my chi out away from the elements, and instead tried to have it focus on reaching out for other pools of chi instead of bendable elements. After a minute or two of heavy concentration, I finally sensed something. It was a small and weak chi pool, but it was nevertheless alive and active. I narrowed the focus of my chi on that stop and tried to get a better sense of what I was seeing. What once was a small fuzzy feeling blob of chi soon refined itself, gaining physical features and traits until the fully made form of a tiny mouse-like creature appeared within my mind, scampering and scavenging throughout the forest. I could feel it's chi pump throughout its body, unused but still very much present.

I smiled as I pulled my chi back, cutting off the scanning that I had been using. Walking over to a nearby bush, I knelt down and pulled back some of the branches, and much to my amusement, found a small meadow vole sitting on the dirt ground, staring up at me. Its nose twitched as it smelt me, trying to decide whether or not I was a threat. I slowly reached out with my hand, willing a small amount of chi to slowly flow out of it, letting it flow and interact with the vole before me. I felt a sudden connection as my chi made contact with the vole, and I could feel my chi interacting with the vole's own tiny pool of unused chi. Smiling, I attempted to relay a sense of calm and easiness, and to my joy, the meadow vole slowly walked towards my hand, gave it a sniff, and climbed up onto it. I lifted my arm back and looked down at the tiny creature, noticing how calm and at peace it seemed. Slowly, I pulled back my chi, detaching the connection that I had with the tiny creature. For a moment, nothing changed. Then suddenly, the vole's nose began twitching fast before it quickly jumped off my hand and darted off, disappearing into the brush.

I stood and brushed the dirt off my pants. The whole chi sensing thing was still new to me, and something that I would have to spend more time learning and practicing in the future. But for now, I had a woman to satisfy. Or, I mean, at least try to.

I continued my way through the forest, this time not making any stops or testing out any new powers. Eventually I made it to the edge of the forest and emerged on top of a small hill overlooking the village. Now that I was out in the open, I could see that the sun had not fully set yet, and was casting the sky of the valley in a wide spectrum of warm colors. Down in the village, singing and cheering could be heard echoing out into the valley as people celebrated their victory.

After breaking out of the prison, it took a large portion of the day just for us all to get back to the mainland. During that time, the earthbenders healed and rested, and when we had finally got to shore, they made quick work of liberating their town from Fire Nation control. With a large majority of their forces either dead, injured, or stranded at the prison, the remaining Fire Nation soldiers didn't stand a chance. The Gaang and I did not to take part in the battle or the celebration afterwards, of course not by our choice. On the ride home Tyro assured us that they were more than capable of taking the village back, and that we should rest up and get ready to continue our journey north early in the morning. Although Katara argued that we could be of help, even she couldn't convince the rock-headed old earthbender to change his mind.

The village, while it seemed lively enough from up on the hill, was a totally different scene up close. Every shop was open, serving every kind of food and drink available. People crowded the streets talking, singing, laughing, dancing and playing games. As I passed by a rather large pavilion, a large and strong hand clasped itself on my shoulder.

"Kozilek my boy! Here to celebrate the victory I see!" Tyro yelled, his face flushed and a large pitcher containing what smelled to be ale in his hand.

"Actually I'm here to see…" I started to say, only to be cut off by Tyro yelling out to all of his fellow earthbenders and their families in the pavilion.

"Attention everyone! I have an announcement to make!" Tyro marched over to a wooden table and clambered up on top of it, dragging me up along with him. "This young man is Kozilek! He was one of the brave young warriors who flew out with the Avatar to rescue us! I witnessed first hand as he and his fellow waterbender Katara pushed back dozens of firebenders with their water blasts!"

"Slight exaggeration," I mumbled under my breath, quiet enough that nobody heard me.

"And without them, many of us would have perished under the flames of those bastards!" Tyro continued, yelling out loudly into the growing crowd of people. He turned towards me and held up his pitcher. "From myself and all of the earthbenders here, I give you my thanks and my life. If you, the Avatar, or your friends are ever in the area, or need our assistance in any battles that may come up, you have my word that I will stand by your side. Earthbenders!" A roar rose up as seemingly every earthbender in the village rose their glasses and cheered loudly before slowly quieting down. Suddenly, I felt all eyes on me as hundreds of people turned to me. I realized that they expected me to give some kind of speech or toast. Sure enough, Tyro held out another pitcher of ale to me, with a nod and a strong smile.

I took the drink hesitantly and turned to the large crowd before me. Panic rose up within me. In my previous life, I was not a very social person, and public speaking was never my strong suit. But this was not that life, this was a new one, and I would not let fears and weaknesses of the old me corrupt and hold down the new me. I stood up straight, spreading out my shoulders and puffing out my chest slightly, before smirking confidently and raising the mug high above my head.

"Earthbenders and humble people of this village!" I spoke loudly and clearly, my voice thick with confidence and power. "For too long you suffered and feared, stuck within the burning grasp of the Fire Nation. For too long you were beaten, battered, and pushed back! Your rightful earnings were stripped from you! Your families separated! Your lives were twisted and forcefully changed to abide by the rules of a dick head bastard half a world away in the Fire Nation, his pompous ass seated in that stupid throne of his!" I climbed down off the table, and now I was walking among the people of the village. They cleared a small circle within the heart of the crowd, everyone's eyes still on me as I now strood among the numbers.

"And sadly, it wasn't only you who have suffered. The Water Tribes have been fighting a similar battle, as had the Air Nomads before them! For 100 years you have all suffered under the Fire Nation, but no more! Today was a sign, a sign of change! The Avatar has returned! And together, we will make a difference! We fight with you! Proud and powerful earthbenders, it is time to fight back! The Fire Nation will rue the day they tried to oppose your great nation!" Another roar echoed through the town as the town cheered at my short speech. I ran back to the table and jumped up on top, raising the glass above my head, the crowd following my action.

"To the Earth Kingdom! To the Avatar! To Freedom!" I yelled. The crowd echoed my toast as everyone yelled and cheered at the top of their lungs. I brought the mug to my mouth and began chugging the ale inside of it. I chugged… and chugged… and chugged, until I had drained the entire pitcher. I heard Tyro bellowing laugh as he clapped me on my back.

"Nice speech my boy!" He laughed again before suddenly pushing me off the table. I lost balance as I fell, and for a moment panicked as I tried to turn myself in the air to try and stick a landing, but found it unnecessary as a dozen hands caught me, as the crowd began passing me around above their heads, cheering loudly all the while. I noticed a band setup in the corner of the pavilion and loud, upbeat music soon began playing loudly throughout the town center. The crowd eventually let me down, and I laughed as the party began once again.

All thoughts of the reason I came to town left my mind as I partied with the village. I danced to the music, chatted and laughed with some earthbenders and villagers, ate food, drank ale, and had a good time. By the time I made my way out of the town center, the sky had been dark for well over an hour. I strode through the roads of the town aimlessly, my mind racing with the alcohol running through my system. While I wasn't drunk enough to be totally helpless, there was definitely a little sway to my stride.

As I walked through the town, still humming along to the music playing in the distance, I heard a whisper and giggling from behind me. I stopped and turned my head towards the sound. A group of young girls were hastily hidden behind some crates, peeking out over the top. I smile shyly to them before momentarily losing my balance, stumbling on my steps. I quickly regained control over my steps, but it was enough to set the girls into another set of giggles. One of them stood up fully from behind the crates and raised her little hand up, beckoning me closer with one of her fingers. She was dressed sparingly, her top stopping just below her small yet perky breasts, leaving her toned stomach bare. Even with the short distance between us, I could see the lust that sparkled in her eyes. I smiled softly and went to take a step towards them, but a voice cut me out of my lust-filled-trance that I had succumbed to.

"Nice try ladies, but he's all mine tonight." My head swiveled to my right to find a beautiful young lady standing next to me. Her brown hair was pulled back into a loose bun on top of her head, with only a couple strands escaping, framing her soft round face. Her slightly upturned nose was scrunched up as her warm golden eyes narrowed at the girls standing before us. Even though she stood a few inches shorter than me, she radiated a sense of control and power, like all confident women can. Her hands were clenched in fists on her hips, before she lifted them and folded them underneath her own well-developed breasts. "I'm only going to say this one more time, back off!"

Thankfully, the three girls understood her message, and the underlying threat that went with it, and quickly left the area. I turned to lock eyes with the beautiful woman, a smile already forming on my lips. "Oh hey Mia!"

She turned to me and laughed. "Hey to you too, Kozilek. What brings you into town tonight? Here to celebrate? Or did something else bring you here?" She questioned innocently, although her fingers not-so-innocently traced across my chest and down my torso.

"Um I was celebrating, but I actually came into town to see you," I said, the smirk growing larger on my face. "I believe that I have some payment to fulfill."

"Hm, yes I do believe I remember something about a payment. Although, if I'm being honest," Mia began as she took a step closer to me. "I expected your payment to come a little bit sooner. I'm afraid your tardiness is going to cost you a little…" She took another step closer, so that her breasts were pressed up against me. She reached up and pulled my head down so that she could whisper in my ear. "Extra," she whispered seductively, her hand finally making its way down to my crotch.

I shivered at her touch, and a light groan escaped my lips as I could feel my blood traveling south. I pulled back and looked into her eyes, seeing the lust and excitement that was rapidly filling them. I don't know if it was the alcohol in my system, or if she was just that intoxicating, but I didn't waste another minute talking. I reached forward and grabbed the back of her head with one hand, the other wrapping around her back to pull her even closer as I smashed my lips against hers, kissing her deeply. Mia wasted no time in returning the kiss and we were soon in a heated make out session in the middle of the streets.

As our makeout session began heating up, my hand left her face to join my other one on her back, before they both descended to grab her firm ass. Getting a soft moan from her in return was all the confirmation I needed. I bent down just a little before standing up straight again, my hands firmly on her ass lifting her off the ground. Mia broke the kiss for just a second as she gasped in surprise before locking her lips back on mine. Her hands wrapped around my neck, keeping her close to me as I walked forward, pressing her up against the wall of some random shop as we continued our makeout session. As her hands moved up to my hair, grabbing and pulling on it, I removed my lips from hers, and planted them on her neck, kissing and suckling the tender flesh there.

I heard Mia moan louder as I kissed the sensitive skin above her collarbone. "Kozilek," she moaned. "We should… take this back to my place… I need you now."

I moved my hand back and looked her in the eyes, her hair now a complete mess and red hickies already forming on her neck. "Well what are we waiting for then?" I let her down as she said this, and she grabbed my hand and dragged me through the alleyways and streets to the other side of town. We didn't stop when we reached her shop, instead she dragged me inside and to the back room, where we climbed up a short flight of stairs into what I assumed to be here home.

I stopped to admire the place, but before I could register anything Mia grabbed my shirt and lifted it above my head, hastily taking it off. She pushed me backwards and I fell onto the mattress behind me. Mia wasted no time in straddling my waist and bringing her lips down to mine again. As fun as kissing her was, there was more to do. My hands moved to her hips and grabbed the hem of her shirt, pulling it upwards and over her head. She sat up straight and pulled her shirt off the rest of the way, giving me a nice view of what she had to offer upstairs.

Her stomach was toned and tight, as were her arms and shoulders. They weren't huge or muscular, but it was clear that Mia had done some form of exercise or athletics in the past. Her perky breasts were still wrapped tightly in a cloth chest wrap, keeping the desired goods from my eyes. Not that it lasted that way for long of course. No sooner had she pulled her shirt over her head did she reach behind her back, unclipping the small clasp that kept the cloth wrapping together. Hesitantly, she unraveled the wrap, letting her beautiful breasts to finally be exposed to me.

My breath caught as I saw them. They were perfectly shaped, large enough to be handfuls but still tight enough to stay perky on her chest. Dark nipples contrasting beautifully with the pale smoothness of her skin. My eyes devoured the sight before them, before flickering up to her face. A light blush was forming across her cheeks, and she wouldn't meet my eyes. This may have been my first sexual experience with a girl, but I was smart enough to decipher the emotions that she was feeling at the time. I reached up and cupped her face, turning it softly to face me. I could see hesitation and slight embarrassment in her eyes.

"You're perfect," I whispered softly, my eyes never breaking contact with hers. A soft smile formed on her face, as lust, happiness, and another emotion filled her face. She grabbed my face and lunged in for another heavy kiss. I grabbed her waist and rolled us over so that I was on top, and scooted us backwards so that I was kneeling off the bed, while she was still partially on it.

I planted one final kiss on her lips before detaching my face from hers. I began placing soft kisses all over her face and neck, slowly working my way downwards. I passed over her sensitive collarbone, giving the tender flesh one more soft nibble. Eventually I made it to her breasts, where I paid extra attention to. I placed kisses all around them, careful not to miss any spot. My hands had a mind of their own, gliding up and down Mia's side and legs, gently kneading and massaging the breast that my mouth was on, and squeezing (and occasionally lightly slapping) her firm ass. When I felt that her breast had received attention, I continued downwards, leaving a trail of kisses down her toned stomach, before reaching the top of her skirt.

I slowly slipped a finger into the waistband of her skirt and looked up towards her eyes, silently asking for her permission to continue. Mia looked down at me and, with lust clouding her eyes and biting her lower lip, gave me a soft nod of permission. I smiled coyly as I continued, slowly pulling her skirt and underwear off all in one fluid motion. She was finally complete bare and exposed to me. Without missing a beat, I moved my head lower, getting into place between her legs. Although she spread her legs open farther, she looked down at me with slight confusion.

"Kozilek what are you doing? Aren't you gonna fuck me?"

"I plan on it, yeah," I laughed at her bluntness. "There's just something I wanna try first."

"Well ok. I don't like waiting so don't take to loooo… oooohhh," she started, her words turning into a surprised moan as I planted a soft kiss on her sex. My hands moved around her legs and gripped her ass as I pulled her hips closer to my head, my kisses getting faster. I tentatively gave her a long and slow lick, watching as she writhed beneath me. I smiled, pleased to find that she not only tasted good, but rather intoxicating as well. With one hand still holding her ass firmly, my other hand moved around to the front. I slowly traced my middle finger along her folds, enjoying the moment as she twitched and moaned under my touch. I positioned my finger after opening and slowly slipped it in. My mouth moved its way to the top of her folds, finding her sweet sensitive spot, and began working at it.

"Kozilek," Mia managed to say in between her light moans. "I don't know what you're doing, hmmmm, but don't stop!"

"I wasn't planning to princess," I said with a wink. I slowly added a second finger to join the first, and I sped up the pace. I curled my fingers inside her, rubbing my fingertips up against the smooth roof of her pussy, eliciting a louder moan from Mia. Minutes passed as I continued working away at Mia, licking and finger-fucking her. An idea started to form in my head as I continued working. Without stopping, I began concentrating, activating a small amount of my chi and allowing it to flow upwards to my fingers and to my mouth. I felt the slight tingle as the chi flowed out of my finger tips and tongue, and I felt a sudden connection as my chi interacted with Mia. I could feel a surge of emotions flow through me. Lust, happiness, need, love, all hitting me at the same time. Pushing those emotions away, I concentrated on my chi, trying to have it connect to something other than emotions, and sure enough, it did. I felt my chi attach itself to the liquid inside Mia. With a smile hidden from Mia by her own crotch, I began bending, making it swirl and move around inside her with my fingers. And I guess it worked.

She grabbed my head with both her hands, tightly gripping my hair. Her back arched and her legs tightened up around my head as she screamed out, an orgasm hitting her hard and fast.

"Oh spirits!" She moaned loudly as her orgasm flooded over her, covering my lower face and hand in her juices as she squirted out, her body tensing and thriving on the bed. When it had finally passed over her, I removed myself and sat up looking her in the eyes. They were half closed and her face was flushed, sweating beading her forehead lightly.

"How was that?" I asked innocently.

Her eyes creaked open as she looked at me. "Pants off. Lay down. Now!" She demanded breathlessly. I laughed as I followed her orders without retort. I grabbed the hem of my pants and pulled them down, allowing my enlarged state to finally be free. I laid down on my back on the mattress and Mia rolled over, once again straddling me, this time on my upper thighs.

"Oh spirits," she whispered, grabbing my member and lifting it up. "I don't even know if this will fit." Now back in my other life I had seen plenty of dicks in porn, and while mine wasn't to the level of those freaky 10+ inch monster dicks, it definitely would've turned heads in the adult industry.

'Thank you Zarat,' I thought in my head as I watched her gaze entranced at my impressive dick. The thought of what he and Raava had said about watching me briefly floated through my mind, but I pushed that thought away quickly. 'If they wanna watch, let them. Sick perverts.'

"Are you just going to stare at it or is there something else you wanna do?" I chuckled, snapping Mia out of her trance. Instead of apologizing or saying anything, she simply smiled softly. She scooted forward and began grinding on me, her wetness allowing her to smoothly glide back and forth on me. I groaned in pleasure as she teased me, slowing down and speeding up as she grinded. After a few agonizing minutes of teasing, she finally brought her legs up in front of her and squated up, positioning my hard length at her entrance. With a deep breath, she slowly began dropping herself on me.

We both groaned in pleasure as the first couple inches slid in smoothly, and her back arched as I got deeper inside her. When I finally bottomed out in her, she screamed unexpectedly, and I felt her insides flood with her own cum as she came for the second time that night. I could feel her walls clenched tightly around me as she doubled over, resting her forehead on mine as I gazed into her eyes, which when they weren't rolled into the back of her head, were staring lovingly back at me. As her orgasm subsided, she began moving up and down, riding me slowly.

The following minutes (hours?) of my life went by in a blur of sweet passion. Mia rode me with passion and love, kissing me, feeling me, loving me. I gave all that I could back to her as well, kissing her back, gripping her hips and ass as she rode, and gave her breasts all the attention they could want. At some point in the night we rolled over, and I continued taking her from my position on top. Mia wrapped her legs around me and pulled me even closer, allowing me to penetrate deeply and fully. It was then that Mia got her third orgasm of the night, screaming out my name as she rode it. As I heard her scream out my name, I finally reached the end.

"Mia," I moaned as I picked up the pace. "I'm going to… to…" I never finished my sentence, as I pulled myself out of her and allowed myself to finish all over her beautiful, hickey covered chest and stomach. I collapsed on the bed next to her, and we both laid there in silence for a few minutes catching our breath. Finally I decided to break the silence.

"Well that was…"

"Amazing!" Mia said, still slightly winded.

"I was going to say fucktastic but yeah, amazing works too," I laughed.

She turned her towards me and met my eyes. Her eyes were something I never truly admired by themselves until now. I had always been distracted by her other, ahem, features to notice the true beauty of them. They were soft and almond shaped, perfectly spaced from her dainty, slightly upturned nose. Instead of having green or grey irises like the average Earth Kingdom citizen, hers were of a shining bronze hue, reflecting her love in the candlelight of the room. I smiled lovingly, truly admiring her for the beauty she held.

"What are you looking at?" Mia asked. "Did you get some on my face?" She brought a hand up to touch her face, checking to see if any of me had landed on her face without her knowing. I laughed at her adorable reaction.

"No, no, no. I'm just looking at you."

"Why?"

"Because you're beautiful," I smiled. She returned the smile, and I could see a few tears forming in her eyes from the tre honesty in my voice. She leaned forward, cupping my face and kissing me softly on the lips.

"Thank you," she whispered before pulling away. "Do you have anywhere to be tonight? Are you going back to your camp?"

I thought for a moment before answering. "Um no I don't think so. Actually, I planned on staying here tonight if that's alright with you."

"I'd love that," she said with another smile. "Hey, since you're not the one completely covered in cum, do you think you can grab me a towel from my drawer so I can get cleaned up?"

"Of course not," I said as I sat up and got off the bed. I strode over to the opposite side of the flat, where a large dresser was pushed up against the wall. I opened up the drawer that Mia had pointed to, and grabbed the first towel in there and tossed it to Mia, who then began cleaning herself up.

Feeling a little snoopy, I walked around the flat, analyzing all of the decor and furniture in the room. For it being a relatively small apartment, it was decorated with some very expensive looking furniture. Elegant chairs of golden wood, with red and green cushions decorated one corner of the room, with an equally elegant bookshelf standing next to them filled with all sorts of scrolls and books. The bed itself, a simple mattress with green and brown sheets, dominated the corner furthest from the stairway leading to the shop below us. A table was situated in the center of the room, covered in a wide variety of fabrics and sheets, each with varying patterns and colors. Along the walls were paintings of different landscapes from around the world. I saw one that looked to be a large city with a towering wall in the distance (Ba Sing Se I guessed). Another depicted a lush green forest on the edge of a large valley, with a sparkling sapphire river cutting its way through the green valley. All of the paintings were of different yet beautiful landscapes, except for one.

It was a smaller one compared to the others, only being about a foot and a half wide. In the painting were ten people, all smiling and posing for the portrait. A man and woman stood in the center, arms wrapped around each other and smiling brightly. Around them were eight kids, all girls. Seven of them seemed to be around the age of five or six, judging by their size in comparison to the two adults in the center, who I assumed to be their parents. The seven younger girls were all nearly identical, sporting long brown hair tied back in a single long braid tumbling down their back. All of the girls were dressed in the same dress, each with a different color fabric. There was yellow, and orange, and pink, and red. Some of the girls were laughing, some were playing a card game on the ground, and one was even doing a handstand. The eighth child was the only one that stood out on her own, as she was the only one that was identical to her other sisters. She was a couple years older, and stood a few inches taller than the others, and she wore a school uniform of dark red and pink in exchange for the dresses of her sisters. Although she was many years younger, I recognized the soft features and beautiful bronze eyes immediately.

I felt Mia's arms snake around my waist as she rested her chin on my shoulder. Her naked breasts pressed into my back as her hands danced mindlessly around my torso, tracing lines across my chest and abs. "That's my family right there. My parents," she pointed to the couple in the middle. "My seven younger sisters," as she gestured to the little girls. "And me," she said, finally pointing to the younger version of her. "This portrait was painted eleven years ago, on my eighth birthday. I had just gotten back from school and we were going to go out for dinner as a family, but my parents wanted to get this picture painted of us as a gift for me."

Something about the image before me triggered something in my head. Something seemed familiar. Something didn't feel quite right… "I didn't know you had so many sisters," I said. "Actually, I know almost nothing about you. What are their names?" I asked gently, pulling Mia around so she was now standing in front of me, her ass rubbing up against my crotch.

Mia giggled lightly as I nuzzled her neck. She raised her hand and began pointing to her sisters as she named them. "There's Lin, Lat, Lao, Liu, Lum, Woo, and Lee," she said, finally pointing to the young girl doing a handstand. My eyes widened as it finally clicked why everything felt familiar. Mia's face shape, her body features, her upturned nose, they were all the same features that her younger sister possesses, the same younger sister who would later join the circus, and team up with her friend to hunt down Aang. Mia's younger sister was none other than Ty Lee. Which meant that...

"You're Fire Nation," I whispered, almost more of a question than a statement. Mia did not respond, but I could feel her tense up in my arms. I turned her around gently in my arms, so that she was facing me. I analyzed her face once more, now with a more open mind. I don't know how I didn't see it before. Other than a few minor differences and their age, Mia and Ty Lee looked VERY similar. The same small nose, the same chocolate brown hair, and the same large, almond shaped eyes. Although instead of the confidence that normally shone in Mia's eyes, there was fear. I realized suddenly that Mia was afraid, afraid of me and how I might react to finding out that she was Fire Nation, and not Earth Kingdom like she had previously said. Her eyes were looking anywhere but mine, and she had begun to shake a little.

"Mia, look at me," I whispered as I gently cupped her face and turned it to me. With one hand still on her face, I pulled her close and kissed her. I closed my eyes and focused, tapping into my chi pool. I let my chi flow out of me and into Mia freely, trying to elicit as much comfort and love as I could. When I pulled away from her and detached our chi connection, the fear had disappeared from her eyes, and she looked much calmer than she previously did.

"Mia, I don't care that you're Fire Nation. I don't care that you lied to me. All I care about is that you feel happy and comfortable with me. I would never hurt you just because of who you are. Who you were born as, or where you were raised does not define who you are to me. What makes you, you, are the choices you make, the things you say and do, and how you treat those around you. And although I only met you like, what was it, yesterday? I can tell that you are kind, caring, and loving. Or at least I think you are. Maybe you were just acting that way to get in my pants eh?" I said that last part with a chuckle and a wink, nudging her on the shoulder.

"Well I'll admit, I didn't give you that shirt for free out of the kindness of my heart. I definitely gave it to you because you were, I mean are, fucking hot. I mean…" She paused for a moment to step back and admire my naked form before her, trailing her hands down my muscled chest and abs, and giving my softened dick a light squeeze. "Who could resist this?" She and I both laughed at this.

"Come here," I said, grabbing her hand and dragging her over to the bed. We both sat on the edge and faced each other. "I want you to tell me who you are. Who you really are. But before you do that, just so you trust me, I'm going to tell you about me." She looked at me with curiosity and shock, I guess it's not everyday that a random stranger will just tell you their life story.

And so I did, I told her everything. Well, the fake everything. I told her the same story of my upbringing that I told Aang, Katara and Sokka. I told her how I met them in the forest by the river, how I discovered I was a waterbender, our travels to this village, us meeting Haru, and how we assisted in the breakout of the earthbending prisoners. When I finished my story, Mia was leaning back on her hands, sitting silently as she processed the story.

"Sooo, you traveled all that way from your village, and yet you still didn't have a shirt?" She finally asked.

I laughed at her response. "Really? That whole story and that's what you ask? Not about me being a waterbender, or the prison breakout, or the fact that I'm traveling with the Avatar?"

She laughed too. "I already knew that you dork." When she saw my puzzled face, she quickly clarified. "I heard the speech you gave in the pavilion down at the party. That's why I was afraid of you learning I was Fire Nation."

"You said 'was', does that mean you're not scared of me anymore?" I asked optimistically.

Mia laughed again. "Yes, that means I'm not afraid of you dummy. Besides," she started with a sly look on her face. "If you started doing anything I could always do this." With three quick jabs to my chest and arms, I flopped back onto the bed. I couldn't feel or move my arms anymore, rendering me helpless.

"Woah! How and what did you just do?!" I asked, surprised by her ability. I obviously knew about Ty Lee's ability to block chi and to utilize pressure points to immobilize her opponents, but I was not expecting Mia to be able to do the same thing.

"It's a special little trick that my mom taught me and my sisters when we were girls. I can hit special little pressure points on your body to make you lose feeling and control in that part of your body. It also blocks off your chi paths so that you can't bend anymore. My mom taught us this trick just in case we were ever corned or pursued by boys. She faced similar problems in school due to her, ahem, assets, which we inherited," she explained, cupping the underside of her boobs and giving them a little jiggle.

I laughed as I watched her jiggle her own boobs, the sight both arousing and amusing. "Hey, as cool as your moves are, and as much fun as it is to watch you play with your own boobs, it would be nice to have control over my own hands again," I said between my laughs.

Mia chuckled before delivering three more jabs, allowing feeling and control to flood back into my arms. "Thank you," I said. "Now, I believe it is your turn to tell me your story. I don't need to know too much, but just some basics. I wanna get to know you a little. Why is a beautiful little Fire Nation girl like yourself hiding away in the Earth Kingdom selling fabric and clothing?"

And so, Mia told me her story. She grew up in the Fire Nation capital, eldest daughter of a noble and wealthy Fire Nation couple. She and her younger sisters all attended a private all girl academy. While there, she secretly joined an Anti-war club, where they learned the truth of the beginnings of the war and how the Fire Nation was wrongfully forcing it's control upon the rest of the world. Since her father was a noble, and her younger sister was close friends with the princess, she kept her participation in the club a secret from everybody. After graduating from the academy, she told her parents that she wanted to "spread her wings" and "travel around the Fire Nation". Her parents being the oblivious nobles they were, gave her a large sum of money and she was off. A month later she arrived in one of the Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom, where she exchanged all of her Fire Nation accessories for Earth Kingdom ones, and has since been living a peaceful merchant life. She travels to a new village or town every couple weeks or months, keeping her stock fresh and updated, meeting as many people as she can, and trying to live as happy and peaceful a life as she can.

"So, is there a guy back home that you were going to go back to or… ?" I asked playfully.

Mia laughed cutely. "No Kozilek, there is no guy back home waiting for me. Even if there was, I wouldn't go back. What about you? I'm sure you have all sorts of girls fawning over you back at your village."

I scratched the back of my head. "Um actually no. Believe it or not, you're the first girl I've ever been with. First kiss too actually," I said embarrassingly. That was true. Although I don't like to admit it, my previous self in my old life was not very blessed when it came to female interactions, of any kind.

"Shut up," Mia said disbelievingly. "There's no way that I was your first. Not the way that you performed. I mean, not that I have much experience, I've only had like two boyfriends back when I was younger. But from what my friend used to talk about all of their sexual encounters, and the few I've had… you are something very special. Especially if that was your first time."

I didn't really know how to respond to that. "Uh, beginners luck?"

Mia eyed me hungrily, lust once again filling her eyes as one of her hands slipped between her legs. "Hm, maybe. I guess we'll just have to find out won't we?" She said with a wink before quickly giving me a jab at the top of my thigh, right at the base of my dick. Suddenly, without any warning, I felt myself grow hard once again.

"Woah," I said, shocked at my sudden "awakening". "That's new."

Mia looked at me, biting her lower lip softly, her hands going to work on herself already, getting her nether region nice and warmed up for me. She crawled onto the bed facing away from me, sticking her bare ass up in the air towards me. She looked over her shoulder and locked eyes with me. "I hope you're ready for a long night. Cause I wanna see just how long this 'beginners luck' holds out for."

"Yes ma'am," I laughed as I followed her onto the bed, ready to have the best night of my life.

To Be Continued…

AN:

Phew! 10k words later and I'm finally done with this chapter. I initially figured this would be a shorter chapter, just a quick dream sequence and then the lemon but NOOOO. As I started writing, more and more story just kept coming to my head and this became the longest chapter yet. Nevertheless, here it is! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I know that the first half of it was a lot of info dumping but I hope that I explained it all in a way that's easy to understand.

Couple things I wanna touch on:

1: Some of you said in the comments that lemons aren't your favorite things, but I hope that I managed to write it in a way that doesn't turn you off from the story too much. (man, if I write a sex scene that turns OFF my readers… yeesh). Let me know what ya'll think!

2: How do you all feel about my expansion of the Avatar lore on how chi and bending works? I hope I cleared up some questions on those topics that some of you may have had.

3: What do you guys feel of the story so far? What do you think of Mia? Did any of you guess that she would be related to a character that you knew?

4: Finally, thank you all for over 130 followers and nearly 100 favorites on this story! That's crazy! Don't be afraid to leave reviews, comments, questions, suggestions, and/or predictions. I read all of them and I love hearing some of the things you guys have to say! Also, if there's something that you hate about the story, or something that you are not totally a fan of, tell me. Odds are I won't change anything but I like the criticism anyways! ;)

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