Yin And Yang: Book 1.10

Yin and Yang: Book 1.10

Balance is a key aspect in the world, so why shouldn’t the Avatar have an opposite?

In a world where Raava and Vaatu merge with humans, the Avatar and the Daimon try to keep the peace between the four nations.

Aang and Hua are the current incarnations, but wake up 100 years in the future.

How will these two learn all four elements in one year and defeat the Fire Lord?

Who is Veda? You can read the story, and you will know if you want to see her look at my Deviantart Account. ^^

Book 1.10: Jet and Veda

Water. 

Earth. 

Fire. 

Air. 

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. 

Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. 

Only the Avatar and Daimon, masters of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed them most, they vanished. 

A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar and Daimon, an airbender named Aang and an earthbender named Hua. 

And although his airbending and her earthbending skills are great they have a lot to learn before they’re ready to save anyone. 

But I believe Aang and Hua can save the world.

After a nice breakfast, it was time for team Avatar-Daimon to hit the road again.

Only someone was missing…

“Where's Momo?”, asked Aang his friends, hoping they had seen where the lemur had flown off.

It was like he heard them since Momo’s screeches echoed through the forest.

“Jaiyi, girl, find Momo!”, command Hua her ninetails.

Not wasting time Jaiyi did as she was told, finding Momo's smell and leading the humans.

They found the poor lemur and two hog monkeys in cage traps hanging by rope on tree limbs.

Aang uses his airbending to fly to the top of the tree, jumping from trunk to trunk to get higher. He finds the traps' mechanisms, undoes them, and carefully lowers Momo to the ground where Hua, Katara and Sokka are waiting. They open the trap together and the lemur runs out with one of the lychee nuts in his mouth. 

The watertribe siblings and the Daimon look on as Momo gets on his hind legs and eats it as though nothing has happened. 

Jaiyi sist down beside him and licks his head, which makes Momo purr.

Sokka grunts in frustration and facepalms. 

When Aang lands, he looks up to see the other two animals seemingly crying out to him for help.

So he jumps up to them, but Sokka say how this will take forever and just uses his boomerang to cut the hog monkey free.

While the free animals run off into the forest, Team Avatar-Daimon study the trap together.

“These are Fire Nation traps.”, concludes Sokka. “You can tell from the metalwork. We'd better pack up camp and get moving.”

They return to their camp. Gathering their things they begin to pack them onto Appa's saddle.

Suddenly Sokka proclaims: “Uh-uh! No flying this time.”

The others are confused.

“What? Why wouldn't we fly?”, wonders Aang.

“Think about it: Somehow Prince Zuko and the Fire Nation keep finding us. It's because they spot Appa, he's just too noticeable.”

“What? Appa's not too noticeable!”, comes Katara to the bison defense.

“He's a gigantic fluffy monster with an arrow on his head! It's kinda hard to miss him!”

Appa seems offended, which makes Aang coo at him how Sokka was just jealous he doesn’t have an arrow.

“Well, then we can all ride on Jaiyi. Four humans and our supplies are nothing for her.”, offers Hua, as her Kyuubi yips in agreement.

But Sokka shakes his head.

“No, same problem with Appa. When Jaiyi is in her big form you can’t miss her, when she is little you could confuse her for a normal fox cub…I mean till you see the tails.”

This makes everyone deadpan at Sokka. He really doesn’t want to make their journey comfortable for them.

“I know you all wanna fly or ride, but my instincts tell me we should play it safe this time and walk.”, explains Sokka.

“Instincts?”, mumbles Hua confused, while Katara leans forward to her brother: “Who made you the boss?”

“I'm not the boss, I'm the leader.”

“Since when and where was I when this was decided?”, questions Hua, getting more confused by the second.

What’s up with Sokka all of a sudden?

“I agree with Hua, you're the leader? But your voice still cracks!”, sass Katara her brother.

“I'm the oldest, and I'm a warrior!”, retorts Sokka. “So I'm the leader!”

“If anyone's are our leaders, it's Aang and Hua. I mean, he is the Avatar and she is the Daimon.”

“Are you kidding? He's just a goofy kid! And she is just a little girl.”

“I’m not that little!”, mumbles Hua angrily, while Aang proves Sokka's point hanging upside-down from Appa's right horn with feet sticking out in the air and agreeing.

“Why do boys always think someone has to be the leader?”, ponders Katara. “I bet you wouldn't be so bossy if you kissed a girl.”

This makes Hua snort, which in turn makes Sokka blush embarrassed.

Great, even the youngest laughs at him!

“I've kissed a girl, you just haven't met her.”, defends the water tribe boy his manly honour.

“Who? Gran-Gran? I've met Gran-Gran.”, roasts his sister further.

Now Hua has picked up Jaiyi and hides her laughing face in the pelt of her ninetails.

She can’t!

Katara was just too good at dishing out!

Angry Sokka throws his arms into the air. Katara's sass and Hua's laughter go on his nerves and hurt his manly ego.

“No! Besides Gran-Gran. Look, my instincts tell me we have a better chance of slipping through on foot, and a leader has to trust his instincts.”

“Okay, we'll try it your way, oh wise leader.”, says Katara sarcastically.

“Oh guide us, wise leader.”, can’t Hua help herself to add.

The girls laugh together, as Sokka sends them an offended look.

Why were girls such smart-asses?

Now Aang steps over, wearing a backpack. Momo is sitting on the top.

Always the optimist he says that walking might be fun.

Words he would soon regret.

“Walking stinks!”, decides the Avatar. “How do people go anywhere without a flying bison or a kyuubi?”

“Well I don't know, Aang.”, answer him Katara “Why don't you ask Sokka's instincts? They seem to know everything.”

“Yes, our wise leader will lead us to the holy land of the Nothern Water Tribe on foot.”, adds Hua cheeky.

Jaiyi, who walks beside her, laughs her fox laugh.

“Ha ha, very funny, guys.”, deadpans Sokka.

Ungrateful brats! He was just looking out for them and this was the thanks?!

“I'm tired of carrying this pack.”, complains the Avatar.

“You know who you should ask to carry it for a while?”, begins Katara.

“Oh, oh, let me guess!”, calls Hua, raising her hand like in school. “Sokka’s instincts?”

“Right on, Hua!”

“That's a great idea.”, agrees Aang. “Hey, Sokka's instincts, would you mind–”

Annoyed Sokka calls out: “Okay, okay, I get it! Look, guys, I'm tired too. But the important thing is that we're safe from the Fire ... Nation.”

He trails off because they stepped right into a big camp of Fire Nations Soldiers.

“Sokka, your instincts, suck!”, hisses Hua.

The oldest tells them all to run, but a Fire Nation soldier blocks them off by setting the bushes behind them on fire.

The four go into battle positions.

Seems like the only way to get out of this mess was by fighting.

“If you let us pass, we promise not to hurt you.”, tells Sokka the soldiers with fake bravado.

His sister asked what he was doing and admitted he was just bluffing. 

A Firebender with an eyepatch laughs at them.

“You, promise not to hurt us?”

A whooshing sound was heard and the soldier was knocked out by an unseen tranquillizer dart on his back.

“Nice work, Sokka!”, praises Aang. “How'd you do that?”

“Uh, instinct?”

That’s when Katara draws their attention to a nearby tree. On it, a young man tosses his blowpipe and unsheathes two hook swords. He jumps and takes down two soldiers on landing. He runs forward and takes down two more using his hook swords.

“Down you go.”

Katara looks amazed, Hua admiring, Aang shocked, and Sokka confused.

Another soldier charges at Jet, but he is defeated. Then a soldier points out how more people are in the tree, but it’s too late.

A young boy lands on top of the soldier and turns his helmet around to blind him, before riding him around while laughing. Another boy launches arrows at the soldiers while more boys and girls come out of the trees. 

Hua, Aang and Katara aid them in fighting the soldiers with their primary bendings. 

Sokka holds up his boomerang and yells as one approaches him, but stops when the young man with the hook swords takes him down first.

The watertribe boy bemoans that he was his, but the young man just says he has to be faster next time.

Sokka looks dismayed and a huge boy falls out of the trees and easily takes down two soldiers as the hook sword boy skilfully takes down one more, causing this soldier's spear to hit another soldier, who was going to battle Sokka, in the head, making that soldier also fall down.

Again no points for Sokka.

Currently, Hua was launching rocks at two soldiers, as she felt that someone was approaching.

Another Soldier!

Before she can react, a pretty girl, not older than herself, attacks the soldier with her whip. She bonds him in it and throws him against a tree, knocking him out cold.

The Daimon's mouth claps open and a hot blush forms on her cheeks.

This was one of the hottest things she had ever seen!

She feels all tingly inside, it only gets worse as the pretty girls walk over to her.

“Hi.”, the pretty girl greets. She has beautiful grey eyes, and mid-length black hair and wears a green kimono-styled top with bandages, brown pants and black boots. 

“Hello.”, croaks Hua nervous out.

“Your earthbending is amazing.”, praises her pretty girl. “I’m Veda and who are you cutie?”

Being called cutie by this beautiful Veda makes Hua's brain short-circuit.

The last time she felt this way was 100 years ago when she had a crush on her neighbor Ai. The one who had also stolen her first kiss.

So she does something, which will make her wish to die on the spot.

Babbling nonsense.

“Me, me, Hua, I mean-I’m Hua. Hua, like, like flower. Only flower, just flower not any specific kind of flower, I don’t know why my parents didn’t specify. Sakura or Sayuri would have been nice, they are specify flowers. You know? Sakura is cherry blossom and Sayuri Lily. But, but, I think you know that…”

Amused Veda wipes away some ash from her cheek and Hua swerves she will melt.

“You are a cutie pie, Hua. Don’t be nervous, I don’t bite…unless you want me to.”

Then Veda winks.

And Hua makes a sound like a dying whale.

Oh Spirits, kill her now!

“Veda, are you done flirting?”, calls over the hook sword boy, who was standing beside an equally besotted Katara. 

“Sure, Jet.”, calls Veda back, but stays beside Hua, winking at her again.

The now-known Jet shakes bemused his head and then starts to introduce himself and his friends: “My name is Jet, and these are my Freedom Fighters. Sneers, Longshot, Smellerbee, Veda, The Duke, and Pipsqueak.”

The Daimon has trouble following along with how Aang tells Pipsqueak how his name is funny, only to be revealed that the biggest boy was named so and not the little one. It seems like Aang will get hit, but Pipssqueak laughs and pats him friendly on the back though the hit is hard enough to knock Aang flat on the ground. 

The Duke stops laughing and looks down at Aang sprawled on the ground before his feet, face flat in the dirt, though when Aang raises his head and continues laughing, so does The Duke.

The Freedom Fighters ransack the camp, while Sokka looks on a little uncomfortable.

Katara thanks Jet for his help and Hua and Veda are talking with each other.

Well, Veda talks and Hua babbles nonsense, however, the other girl doesn’t seem to mind.

Aang watches how both his female friends seem cosy with their new friends and…well…he feels strangely strange.

Does it make sense?

Seeing Katara with Jet was not making him feel funny, but Hua and Veda made his stomach twist.

He didn’t get it.

What was up with him?

Why was there a voice in his head, who practically growled mine, stay away.

Aang doesn’t have this kind of feeling for Hua, they were friends, also he liked Katara.

But this strange voice in him or let’s say a thousand voices in him hissed and snarled.

Mine!

Soulmate!

My Yang!

Stay away from them!

To think he shakes fast his head. This was all so confusing.

Were these voices of his past lives, where he and Hua were couples?

It made the most sense.

Nonetheless, he never reacted like that…

Maybe because someone was showing interest in Hua and he saw it?

And his past lives didn’t like that?

Well, he would ignore it!

He liked Katara, he knew she was his forever girl, and his past lives should get used to the Daimon having another partner.

There!

That’s when Aang hears how The Duke tells Jet how they will bring the things from the ransacked camp to their hide-out.

So his little episode was forgotten as he asked excitedly if they had a hideout.

Jet offers them to show it and both Katara and Hua yell how they want to see it.

So they follow the Freedom Fighter for a while through the forest, till they stop.

“We're here.”, proclaims Jet.

Confused Sokka says that nothing is there, so Jet gives him a rope and the watertribe boy pulled up into the branches.

Jet offers one to Aang, but he uses his airbending to climb the tree.

“Now you Hua.”, calls her Jet.

A bit nervous the Daimon steps forward, as she feels a hand on her shoulder.

Veda.

“The first time can be a bit wild, want to travel with me?”, she asked with a pretty smile.

Not trusting her voice, Hua nods.

So Veda wraps an arm around her hips, while Hua wraps her arms around the other girl's shoulder, as the Freedom Fighter girl grips the rope.

They get pulled up and all seems to go in slow motion.

Romantic light shines down on them, making Veda look like a goddess, which turns Hua into a pepperoni.

When she feels Veda's hand and where she is holding on, Hua swerves it burning her.

She never wants to let go of the other girl.

Sadly they land on a wooden platform.

For a second Hua admired the awesome hideout of the Freedom Fighter, which was a couple of treehouses, connected with zip lines as Veda whispered in her air: “Hey, you wanna ditch the other till dinner? I want to show you my favourite place.”

Butterflies are in Hua's stomach and she nods in agreement.

Giving her a pretty smile Veda takes her hand, Hua may or not may make again a dying whale sound, and leads her to her favourite place.

On the way there they talk.

Veda tells her how she came to the Freedom Fighter. She and Jet were neighbour, as one day the Fire Nation burned down the village, killing their parents. She would be dead too, if Jet hadn’t saved her that night.

He was eight and she was six.

“I’m so sorry, Veda.”, tells her Hua, squeezing her hand. “I wish I could do more to help you with your pain.”

“It’s okay Hua. Even if I miss my family I have a new family in Jet and the Freedom Fighter. Jet is like my big brother, I would do anything for him.”

Suddenly Hua Daimon-Radar goes off. How Veda said she would do anything for Jet…it has a dark note in it.

Hua can’t think anymore as Veda leads her to a platform, from where you can see all the forest.

“It’s so beautiful!”, shouts Hua.

“I love it here.”, confesses Veda, sitting down. “You can see anything from her and when the stars are out it's quite romantic.”

This makes Hua blush again, as she sits down beside Veda. The other girl grips her hand caressing it.

“It’s even better when you share it with someone.”, whispered the Freedom Fighter in her ear, making Hua shiver.

Then she feels a little kiss on her cheek.

Surprised she gasp and looks with wide eyes at Veda.

The other girl has a cheeky smile, which makes Hua's stomach do somersaults.

“I know we just met, but you are so sweet Hua, I could eat you up.”

“Then do it.”, whispers Hua back, she feels the attraction too and wants to bathe in it.

With another grin, Veda kisses her on the mouth.

And for a long time, both girls don’t say anything, getting lost in each other.

***

It’s now dinner time in the Freedom Fighter hide-out. 

Hua sits beside Veda and Katara as she enjoys her meal with her friends, new friends and…girlfriend?

She and Veda didn’t really specify what they were after their romantic escape, they just enjoyed each other.

Maybe they didn’t need a label.

Just being together was nice.

For however long it may be.

Jet stands on the table raising his glass and starts his speech: “Today, we struck another blow against the Fire Nation swine.”

Everyone cheers. 

Katara, Hua and Aang smile while Sokka cops an attitude and a scowling face.

“I got a special joy from the look on one soldier's face when The Duke dropped down on his helmet and rode him like a wild hog monkey.”

The Duke, without his helmet, climbs up the table. He marches on the table with his arms in the air.

“Now, the Fire Nation thinks they don't have to worry about a couple of kids hiding in the trees. Maybe they're right.”

A very loud and long boo is heard all around. 

“Or maybe ... they're dead wrong.”

Loud and long cheering happens.

“Hey, Jet, nice speech.”, praise Katara with twinkling eyes.

“Thanks.”, says Jet as he sits down beside her. “By the way, I was really impressed with you, Hua and Aang. That was some great bending I saw out there today.”

“Well, they are great. He's the Avatar and she’s the Daimon. I could use some more training.”, admins Katara blushing.

“Avatar, Daimon huh? Very nice.”

“Thanks, Jet.”, chorus Aang and Hua together.

“So I might know a way that you, Hua and Aang can help in our struggle.”

That’s when Sokka states: “Unfortunately, we have to leave tonight.”

Both Katara and Hua looked devastated, they didn’t want to leave Jet and Veda already and Aang pounts, he liked it here!

Fortunately for them, Jet has a mission for Sokka, which makes him curious.

They will stay another day.

Puh, thank the spirits.

After dinner and dishes were finished, Veda showed the girls of Team Avatar-Daimon where they could get cleaned up.

With a blown kiss to Hua the Freedom Fighter girl left them.

Like a besotted fool, Hua waved at her till she was away.

“Ah is someone in love?”, cooed Katara at her best friend, as she started to undress.

Hua follows her and blushes to her breast.

“Not love, but hard crushing. I love girls who can kick my ass.”, she confesses. “Also what is with you and Jet?”

With a washcloth, Katara starts to clean herself and starts blushing too.

“I like him, alright, but we only talked. That hickey on your breast tells me another story.”, says Katara with a grin.

Shocked Hua looked down and there it was.

A hickey.

Okay, she and Veda got a bit wild.

“We may have gotten carried away.”, she admins to her best friend and starts to clean herself too.

This makes Katara frown a bit.

“Hua, please don’t take this bad, but aren’t you both only twelve? I don’t think you should be doing that already.”

It takes the Daimon a second before she understands what Katara is implying. She turns crimson red.

“No, no, Katara, we didn’t do anything like that, we are just a bit handsy, Nothing more.”

“Oh.”, makes Katara the sound long and then grins cheeky. “So like did you touch her breasts or something?!”

For that Hua throws a towel at her face.

“None of your business.”

“So you did cup a feel!”

“I never knew you could be this pervy!”

“I’m not pervy, just couriers and worried for my best friend.”

Together the girls laugh and change the subject.

After they were done washing, it was time for bed.

***

The next day Katara and Hua made presents for their crushes, while they waited for them to return with Sokka from their mission.

Katara made Jet a hat and Hua made for Veda a necklace.

Aang was somewhere goofing off with The Duke if they understood correctly.

They hear how Aang talks to Sokka and little explosion.

Ah, so they probably returned.

The girls walk up to Sokka and Aang.

“Hey, Sokka.”, greets Katara. “Are Jet and Veda back?”

Her brother was sitting with his back to the trunk and staring at the ground, glaring.

Whatever happened now?

“Yeah, they’re back. But we're leaving.”, decides Sokka.

“What?”, shouts Aang disappointed.

The girls are right with him.

“But I made him this hat.”, whines Katara.

Hua whines too: “I made Veda this necklace.”

“Your boyfriend Jet and your girlfriend Veda are thugs.”, makes Sokka clear.

Of course, Katara and Hua are shocked and won’t believe it.

Sokka insists that the Freedom Fighters are messed up, while Aang takes partei for them and says to Sokka they just have a different kind of life.

“They beat and robbed a harmless old man!”, shouts Sokka angrily.

Why won’t they understand?

Stupid Jet and stupid Veda with their stupid charming personalities.

Katara and Hua felt for it, hook, line and sinker!

His sister crosses her arms and demands that they talk with Jet and Veda about it, she wants to hear their side of the story.

Meanwhile, Hua’s bad feelings about Veda from yesterday's return.

Could she really misunderstand Veda's true self?

Her Daimon-Radar had tried to warn her…but she couldn’t believe how the girl who was so sweet to her, had such a side on her.

Her stomach in a twist she followed the other to Jet cabin.

To their luck, Veda was there too.

Both seemed to talk in secret.

This didn’t help the doubt which was forming in Hua.

Not wasting time Katara asked them about the mission they had with Sokka and what happened. Did they really beat up and robbed an old man?

“Sokka, you told them what happened, but you didn't mention that the guy was Fire Nation?”, asked Jet back.

Veda stood beside him, emotionless, even as Hua tried to look into her grey eyes.

It was like the other girl closed her off.

The Daimon didn’t like it.

“No, he conveniently left that part out.”, huffed Katara at her brother.

He groaned. “Fine! But even if he was Fire Nation, he was a harmless civilian!”

“He was an assassin, Sokka.”, corrected him Jet.

The leader of the Freedom Fighter pulls out a knife and thrusts it into a nearby stump. It is a sinister-looking curved blade. There are four spikes evenly spaced along the grip, with enough space for fingers to go between them. There is a ring on the butt of the knife.

“See? There's a compartment for poison in the knife.”

He pulls on the ring and removes a small glass tube filled with red liquid.

“He was sent to eliminate me. You helped save my life, Sokka.”

Relieved Katara says she knows there was an explanation, but Sokka insists that he didn’t see a knife.

Jet rebukes that the man hid it and Katara agrees.

The watertribe boy makes clear how he was sure there was no knife and they would go now!

Dramatically he leaves Jet cabin.

“Tell me you guys aren't leaving yet.”, turns Jet to the remaining three. “I really need your help.”

Aang asks what they can do.

Jet explains how the Fire Nation plans to burn down the whole forest and them with it, however, if the three use their waterbending to fill the reservoir they could put the fire out.

“Please, you would do us a great favour.”, begs them Veda and bows.

Still, she won’t look at Hua.

She doesn’t like it.

“We will talk with Sokka and then tell you what we decide.”, the Daimon tells Jet and Veda.

She takes Katara and Aang by the hands and walks with them to their cabin.

Sokka was already packing their things.

“We can't leave now with the Fire Nation about to burn down a forest!”, was the first thing Katara said to her brother.

“I'm sorry, Katara. Jet's very smooth and his lackey like Veda do anything for him, we can't trust them.”, answered Sokka calmly.

“You know what I think? You're jealous that he's a better warrior and a better leader!”, accuses him Katara.

“Katara, I'm not jealous of Jet. It's just that my instinct–”

“Well, my instincts tell me we need to stay here a little longer and help Jet. Come on, Aang and Hua.”

The Avatar say sorry and leaves with Katara.

Hua stays a moment longer, unsure and then tells Sokka: “Find evidence.”

Surprised Sokka looks up.

“I don’t want to believe that Veda is so heartless, but my instincts, my Daimon ones are haywire, but without proof, it’s only a feeling. So look for one. I hope you are wrong though, I really like Veda.”

With that, she follows after Katara and Aang.

***

The next day Jet leads the three benders to the damn upriver along its west bank. Geysires are everywhere.

“Jet, I'm sorry about how Sokka's been acting.”, apologies Katara.

“No worries, he already apologized.”, says Jet.

This shocks the other three and they look at each other.

Sokka?

Apologizing?

“Yeah, I was surprised too.”, admins the Freedom Fighter. “I got the sense that maybe you talked to him or something.”

“Yeah, I did.”, confirms the watertribe girl.

“I guess something you said got through to him. Anyhow, he went out on a scouting mission with Pipsqueak, Veda and Smellerbee.”

“I'm glad he cooled off. He's so stubborn sometimes.”

Meanwhile, Hua can’t help but bite her lips nervous. Her Daimon-Radar was going crazy, something was wrong, but she couldn’t pinpoint what.

Also, she said to Sokka he should look for proof, maybe he found nothing and that’s why he said sorry.

Or…she doesn’t want to think about the other possibility.

They are now walking in the gully, beside the 'river'. Aang pauses after noticing something strange and is launched into the air by a blast from the geyser he is standing on.

“All right, we're here. Underground water's trying to escape through these vents. I need you guys to help it along.”, explains Jet.

Unsure Katara tells him she never benden water she can’t see and doesn’t know if she can do it. 

However Jet was right behind her putting his hands on her shoulder and encouraging her.

A bit sad he was left out Aang asks what about him.

“I know the Avatar can do this, just like the Daimon.”

Jet sends Hua a smile and she has trouble copying him.

Her brain tells her to listen to her instincts, but her heart wants to believe that Jet and mostly of course Veda are good people.

With a heavy heart, she joins Aang and Katara at one of many Geysir in the gully. While Jet looks on, they bend the water up. After a few minutes, a stream of water emerges from the hole. They pull it to their height and send it toward the river where it continues to flow like a waterfall. The water quickly joins the river.

Jet congratulated them on a job well done and informed them with another few more Geysir the reservoir would be full.

Excited Aang points at the next Geysier.

The benders walk up to it, as Jet tells them he has some business to attend to and will see them later.

Katara says they would join in at the reservoir, but Jet says it’s better to meet up in the hide-out.

So he leaves them at their bending.

Since they are three waterbenders they finish pretty soon.

“I bet that's enough, and I'm not just saying that to be lazy.”, states Aang, as the three look at all the streaming water fountains.

“Let's catch up with Jet at the reservoir.”, announced Katara.

“Didn’t he say we should meet at the hide-out?”, points Hua out.

“Well, we finished early. I'm sure he'll be happy to see us.”

Well, nothing to say against it.

So they make their way over.

They reach the edge of the cliff. 

At the base of the dam, they see, four of Jet's people unloading barrels from the wagon and arranging them.

“What are they doing?”, wonders Katara.

Surprised Aang notes that these are the blasting jelly barrels the Freedom Fighter got from the Fire Nation.

Before Katara can say anything Hua lets out such a dirty curse, that both she and Aang gasp surprised.

They didn’t know Hua could curse like that.

“They gonna blow up the dam!”, screams Hua, tears springing into her eyes. “Oh, why didn’t I listen to my Daimon Instincts? I felt the darkness in both Jet and Veda, I’m the worst Daimon ever!”

“No, Jet wouldn’t do it, calm down Hua.”, said Katara, wrapping an arm around the distressed girl.

“He would and he is! Katara stop lying to yourself.”

“I've gotta stop him.”, tells them Aang.

The Avatar opens his glider but before he can reach the edge, Jet crosses his path from behind and snatches the glider. Aang is left wobbling precariously on the edge and uses airbending to get himself back on stable footing.

“Yes, I would.”, confessed Jet the true.

Now Hua has to hold Katara by her shoulders.

“Jet, why?”

“Katara, you would too if you just stopped to think. Think about what the Fire Nation did to your mother. We can't let them do that to anyone else ever again.”

“This isn't the answer!”

“I want you to understand me, Katara. I thought your brother would understand, but–”

“Where's Sokka?”

Tears fall from her eyes, as Jet reaches out and touches her face.

“Katara.”

She lowers her head, and with an angry shout, sends Jet flying with the water from her waterskin. She draws it back into the skin when she's done.

Faster then he can react, Jet gets enclosed into a coffin of stone plates, only his face free.

Hua looks at him in anger, her eyes switch from her natural green to her bright orange ones in Daimon State.

“You disgust me!”, she shouts with a thousand voices. “You and Veda are terrible people who act like heroes! You would-be murderers!”

A birdcall is heard. 

Katara and Aang are startled, Hua gets out of Daimon State and looks to the valley beyond where it's coming from. 

Jet gives an answering birdcall.

“What are you doing?”, demands Katara to know.

“You're too late.”, the leader of the Freedom Fighter simply states.

Horrified Katara and Hua shout No.

The centre of the dam explodes in a cloud of smoke and fire. 

Katara, Hua and Aang watch a massive wall of water go to the town the water rushes through the open gate, as a cresting wave dwarfs it. The wall and gate are swallowed as the wave strikes the town.

“All those people …”, cries Katara and turns full hatred towards Jet. “Jet, you monster!”

“This was a victory, Katara. Remember that. The Fire Nation is gone and this valley will be safe.”

“It will be safe, without you.”, they hear suddenly Sokka's voice.

He appears on Appa, with Jaiyi and Momo on the saddle.

His sister and friends are so glad to see him.

Sokka explains how he managed to warn the village in time, so no one died.

Of course, Jet was angry.

This was his chance to ride and free the valley from the Fire Nation and Sokka thwarted him.

Hua shakes her head in disgust at Jet's madness and earthbends herself on Appa's saddle. Jaiyi jumps in her arms, licking her cheeks. She hugs her ninetails tight.

“Who would be free?”, asked Sokka rhetoric “Everyone would be dead.”

“You traitor!”

“No, Jet. You became the traitor when you stopped protecting innocent people.”

Jet begs Katara to help him, but she just says goodbye to him.

Hua earthbends her best friend into the saddle and Jaiyi gives now Katara licks.

Both girls smile at the ninetails in thanks.

With a Yip-Yip from Sokka, Appa flies away from Jet.

They are soaring through the sky for a while till Aang says to Sokka: “We hoped you were going to the dam. How come you went to the town instead?”

“Let me guess, your instincts told you.”, speculated Katara.

“Hey, sometimes they're right.”, says Sokka with a shoulder shrug.

“Mmh, you do know we are flying in the wrong direction?”, asks Hua with a little smile.

“And sometimes they're wrong.”, admits Sokka and stears them back on the right course.

***

Late at night while anyone was sleeping Hua looked at the moon and cried silent tears.

She didn’t see Veda, so she couldn’t tell her how disgusted and disappointed she was in her.

Veda seemed so good, so perfect…in the future Hua decided to listen to her instincts more.

For Sokka, it worked as it showed.

That’s when she hears how someone stands up and walks over to her.

Without a word a warm hand grips her and she squeezes back.

The black-haired girl lays her head on Katara's shoulder and the older girl her over the younger.

The two don’t need words to understand each other.

They have both crushed on people who in the end were terrible.

In the future, they will be more careful with their hearts.

But for now, they were happy they had each other.

And this was enough.

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Infinity Hiatus

Hello, my loves.

I know I said I would be back in February and now it's March, but I have decided to go on a Hiatus.

I don't find any joy in writing right now or interacting with fandom.

I won't answer your messages, reviews etc.

Please accept this.

If something changes, I will post it here.

So, goodbye, for now.

Yin and Yang: Book 1.11

Balance is a key aspect in the world, so why shouldn’t the Avatar have an opposite?

In a world where Raava and Vaatu merge with humans, the Avatar and the Daimon try to keep the peace between the four nations.

Aang and Hua are the current incarnations, but wake up 100 years in the future.

How will these two learn all four elements in one year and defeat the Fire Lord?

This is an episode I really struggled with since I hate it.

I think most of the fandom isn’t a fan of it XD

I just wanted to get it over, so there you have it now :D

Enjoy it!

Also another chapter The Storm and we will reach The Blue Spirit…

I wonder what will happen ;D

Book 1.11: The Great Divide

Water. 

Earth. 

Fire. 

Air. 

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. 

Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. 

Only the Avatar and Daimon, masters of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed them most, they vanished. 

A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar and Daimon, an airbender named Aang and an earthbender named Hua. 

And although his airbending and her earthbending skills are great they have a lot to learn before they’re ready to save anyone. 

But I believe Aang and Hua can save the world.

Concentrate Hua performed the steps to bend water into their pots as Jaiyi caught the fish in the river.

Already a nice pile of fish the ninetails had gathered.

Going into the bending end pose, the Daimon smiled happily.

“Nice work, Jaiyi.”, she praised her kyuubi. “I think this is enough fish for us.”

Jaiyi yipped in agreement and stepped out of the water. She shook herself free from the water, making her fur fluffy.

Hua cooed at her, giving Jaiyi a nice rub between the ears, which the ninetails enjoyed.

Then the Kyuubi turned into her riding form, as Hua took the pots and fish and then mounted her.

Together they raced back to their camp.

“Hey guys, we are back!”, Hua called out to her friends.

Only Sokka and Katara were angrily staring at each other.

Confused Hua slide down from Jaiyi.

What was going on?

That’s when Aang with Momo joined up with them.

“Okay, I got the grub if you guys got the-”, the Avatar didn’t even finish his sentence as he stared bamboozled at siblings turning away from each other in anger with their arms folded and the unfinished campsite. “Hey, where's the campfire? And what happened to the tent?”

“Beats me, I just turned up now.”, answers Hua with a shrug.

“Why don't you guys ask Miss Know-It-All, Queen of the Twigs.”, growled Sokka angrily.

“Oh yeah? Well, you're Mister Lazy Bum, King of the Tents!”, hissed Katara and threw a twig at Sokka's head.

Pissed he turned to his sister.

The Avatar and the Daimon looked at each other out of the corners of their eyes.

“You wanna take this.”, began Hua, waving at their friends. “Or shall I?”

“Nah, I got it.”, told her Aang before he turned the word to Katara and Sokka. “Okay, listen, guys, harsh words won't solve problems, action will. Why don't you just switch jobs?”

After a moment the siblings agreed.

“You see that? Settling feuds and making peace, all in a day's work for the Avatar.”

Notable Hua coughed.

“And of course, the Daimon would have solved the problem without breaking a sweat too.”

This earned Aang a smile from Hua, which he returned.

It was nice how they were friends now.

Of course, they butted heads sometimes, but it was so much better than a few weeks ago.

Hearing suddenly how Momo, Jaiyi and Appa made noise, Aang turned his head to see the three animals fighting over a watermelon. Momo continuously tries to fly away with it, Jaiyi has bitten down on it, while Appa pins it down. 

The Avatar takes the melon and uses airbending to slice it. Momo and Jaiyi seem to be complaining about how they got the much smaller halves and Appa got the bigger half.

“Come on, Momo and Jaiyi, that's fair. Appa's got five stomachs.”

Appa eats his half of the melon.

Amused Hua shakes her head and proclaims how she will start cooking the fish.

***

The next day Team Avatar-Daimon stands before one of the wonders of nature in their world.

“There it is, guys, The Great Divide.”, presents Aang his friends the biggest canyon in the world.

Hua makes a long Wow sound, while Katara states how she could stare at it forever.

Of course, Sokka has to ruin the magical moment.

“Okay, I've seen enough.”

“How can you not be fascinated Sokka? This is the largest canyon in the entire world.”, wondered Katara.

“Then I'm sure we'll be able to see it very clearly from the air while we fly away.”

Suddenly Sokka gets roughly shown away by a young man in fine white clothing.

“If you're looking for the canyon guide, I was here first!”

This pans Katara's interest.

“Ooh, canyon guide? Sounds informative.”

“Believe me, he's more than a tour guide, he's an earthbender.”, explains the finely dressed young man, totally not seeing how Sokka was mocking him behind his back. Hua has to bite down on her fist to not laugh out loud. “And the only way in and out of the canyon is with his help, and he's taking my tribe across next.”

“Calm down, we know you're next.”, muttered Sokka done with this guy.

The fine-dressed young man heard him anyway.

“You wouldn't be so calm if the Fire Nation destroyed your home and forced you to flee! My whole tribe has to walk thousands of miles to the capital city of Ba Sing Se.”

“You're a refugee!”, exclaimed Katara.

“Huh, tell me something I don't know.”

A large group of poorly dressed people was walking toward them.

Katara asks if this is the tribe of the young man, to which he reacts with disgust.

That’s the Zhang tribe, a bunch of low-life thieves. They've been the enemies of his tribe for a hundred years.

“Hey, Zhangs!”, calls out the young man to them. “I'm saving a spot for my tribe so don't even think about stealing it!”

A chubby woman in a bear pelt with two little buns on her head answers him: “Where are the rest of the Gan Jin? Still tidying up their campsite?”

“Yes, but they sent me ahead of them to hold a spot.”

“I didn't know the canyon guide took reservations.”

“Ha, of course, you didn't! That's the ignorance I'd expect from a messy Zhang. So unorganized and ill-prepared for a journey.”

The Zhang tribe members yell out in protest behind them. Katara, Hua and Aang look at each other worriedly but turn around to see a large pile of rocks being levitated up and thrown away. 

The canyon guide stands behind where the rocks used to be.

“Sorry about the wait, youngsters.”, greets them the Canyon Guide. “Who's ready to cross this here canyon?”

Helpful Katara points at the Gan Jin scout and the Zhang, telling him one of them is it.

The Gan Jin scout races over to the Guide demanding: “I was here first, my party's on their way.”

“I can't guide people who aren't here.”, makes the Guide clear.

Hearing this the Zhang filed past the four kids and the fuming Gan Jin scout.

“Guess you guys will have to make the trip tomorrow.”, mocks the Zhang woman in the bear pelt.

The scout's eyes twitch in anger, however, he sees a group of finely dressed people arrive.

His tribe!

“Wait, here they come!”

This angers the Zhang woman, who was the leader, telling the Guide he can’t consider taking the Gan Jin, also they have sick people!

The Guide was lost for words.

A Gan Jin tribesman with a long elegant beard, the leader steps to them.

“We've got old people who are weary from travelling.”

“Sick people get priority over old people.”, tells the Zhang leader.

“Maybe you Zhangs wouldn't have so many sick people if you weren't such slobs.”

“If you Gan Jins weren't so clean, you wouldn't live to be so old.”

Now all members of the two tribes shout insults at each other.

“Well Aang and Hua ready to put your peace-making skills to the test?”, asked Katara her friends over the loud voices.

“I don't know, a fight over chores is one thing, but these people have been feuding for a hundred years.”, says Aang truthful.

“We don’t have a choice.”, reminds Hua. “First it is our job and second these two tribes seem ready to slaughter each other and making people slaughter each other goes against anything we stand for.”

After a short moment, Aang nods.

Hua was right.

“Everybody listen up!”, shouts Katara and points to Aang and Hua. “These are the Avatar and Daimon, and if you give them a chance, I'm sure they can come up with a compromise that will make everyone happy.”

Expectant the two tribes looked at Aang and Hua.

Both twelve-year-olds started to sweat a bit.

Well, they have to get this over with.

So they mumble to each other what they could do.

“Uh, you could share the earthbender and travel together?”, shares Aang their first idea.

It crashes and burns faster than a cheap firework. 

No Zhang and none Gan Jin want that.

Annoyed Hua bends herself up in a high earth pillar and shouts: “Alright, alright! Here's the deal, you're all going down together and Appa, our bison, here will fly your sick and elderly across! Jaiyi, our ninetails, will protect them if something dares to attack. Can you live with that?!”

After a moment the two leaders nod.

So the sick and elderly get on on Appa with Jaiyi as their guard.

“Sorry, Appa, you'll have to do this on your own.”, said Aang to him, while Hua whispered to Jaiyi: “You make sure that they don’t kill each other alright?”

Her ninetails yip in agreement.

This was the main reason why Hua let Jaiyi travel with Appa and the sick and old. 

She had a feeling the two tribes would start a fight if someone didn’t have an eye on them.

“Aang, Hua, this feuding tribe stuff is serious business. Are you sure it's a good idea to get involved in this?”, asks Sokka.

The Avatar grinned broadly.”To tell you the truth, I'm not sure. But when have I ever been?”

“This was the best we came up with in the short time, hopeful it won’t bite us in the behind.”, added Hua.

“He's the Avatar, and she is the Daimon Sokka, making peace between people is their job.”, reminds Katara.

“Their job is gonna make us cross this whole thing on foot, isn't it?”, bemoans Sokka his destiny.

Why him?

Why always him?

He never asked for all this!

They hear then how the Guide tells them that no food is allowed in the canyon since it lures in dangerous predators.

This makes both tribes whine like babies.

The Guide mocks them telling them how they can’t stay a day without food like babies. They better eat now or throw it into the garbage, because they would move in ten minutes.

So the Zhang eat like hungry wolfs and the Gan Jin like some sort of royalty with chopsticks and all.

Team Avatar-Daimon eats also what they have, then with a yip yip from Aang Appa flow away.

After ten minutes the big group makes their way down the canyon, the Guide with Aang and Hua at the forefront.

The tour guide earthbends to form a bridge in a gap in the path.

“Nice bending!”, complimentes Aang, while Hua studied the move carefully.

She can’t wait to try it too!

“The job's much more than bending, kid. Folks want information.”, explains the Guide and then turns to the big group. “Many of you are probably wondering how canyons are formed. Experts tell us this canyon was most likely carved into the ground by earth spirits who were angry at local farmers for not offering them a proper sacrifice.”

Katara and Sokka look up in fear as an avalanche of rocks comes falling toward them, and the canyon guide earthbends it away from them.

“He he he, guess the spirits are still angry! Hope you all brought sacrifices.”

No one found this funny.

After a few minutes, they reached the canyon floor.

The guide stands in front of the two tribes and the kids beside a huge boulder.

“Okay, everyone stands clear of the wall.”, warns the Guide before he throws the boulder and destroys the bridge he had made earlier.

Aang wonders why he did this.

It’s Hua who answers him: “Think about it Aang. These tribes are fleeing from the Fire Nation. Like this, they can’t follow us.”

“The little lady is right.”, confirmed the Guide. “We'll be safe now.”

Out of nowhere, he is picked up by a huge animal. Aang blows away the dust to reveal a canyon crawler.

“We gotta help him!”, shouts Sokka throwing his boomerang at the crawler, which drops the canyon guide and comes after him instead. “Okay, now we gotta help me!”

Katara comes to his aid and does a water whip on the crawler, but she is quickly thrown aside.

The Hua runs up to the crawler and bends a platform under it. She throws it with the crawler as far away as she can.

It’s only a little point in the distance now.

“What was that?”, asks Aang the Guide.

The poor man lay on the ground, beside him Katara and Hua, who check for injuries.

“Canyon crawler. And there's sure to be more!”

“Your arms, they're broken!”, tells him Katara worried.

“Without my arms, I got no bending. In other words-”

“Calm down Mister Guide.”, replied Hua calmly. “I’m an earthbender. I can get us out of the Canyon. Just explain the moves to me and we will be out in no time.”

The Guide, who was ready to freak out, calmed down.

“Oh thank the Spirits.”

“I thought the whole point of ditching our food was so we wouldn't have to deal with things like canyon crawlers.”, thought Sokka out loud.

With Hua, they had still a way out, but it didn’t mean that the crawler wouldn’t attack them again.

“It's the Zhangs!”, accused the Gan Jin leader. “They took food down here even after the canyon guide told them not to.”

“What?”, screeched the Zhang leader offended. “If there's anyone who can't go without food for a day, it's you pampered Gan Jins!”

“I hope you're happy. We could get attacked by this canyon crawler again, without warning!”

“Why don't you thank yourself, food hider?”

The Avatar calls in between: “Look, sticking together is the only way to-”

“I'm not walking another step with the likes of them!”, shouts the Zhang leader.

“Now there's something we can agree on.”, murmurs the Gan Jin leader.

“Any ideas?”, ask Aang Hua.

“They are not gonna work together that’s clear.”, states the Daimon. “I have a solution.”

“By all means, Hua, tell us. I’m starting to get a headache.”, he mumbles the last part to her.

Friendly she pats his shoulder before she bends herself on a huge stone pillar so anybody can hear her.

“Alright, Zhang’s and Gan Jins since you are incapable of cooperating we will split up, till we reach the end of the canyon. Gan Jins on this side and Zhangs on that side. Is this alright with you?”

The two leaders nod at each other and start walking. Hua jumps down to Aang, Sokka and Katara.

“Sokka, you go with the Zhangs and Katara, you go with the Gan Jins. See if you can find out why they hate each other so much. Aang and I will stay with the canyon guide. If we choose a side I fear the tribes will kill each other in seconds.”

All nod in agreement with Hua's plan.

***

Nightfalls over the canyon.

In the distance, the Avatar and Daimon can see the two camps of the tribes.

Hua was petting Momo, while Aang mused out loud: “Sure would be nice to be sitting around one of those campfires, telling stories and laughing. It's okay Momo and Hua, we'll be out of here soon enough, and then we can eat our weight in leechi nuts!”

Momo jumps out of Hua's arms and up. He snatches a bug out of the air, he eats part of it before offering the rest to two kids.

Hua makes a face.

“Thanks, Momo, I’m still not desperate enough for bugs.”

“Nah, I'll wait for the leechi nuts.”, says Aang.

The Guide, with both his arms and a leg bandage, limps towards the little campfire Hua and Aang made.

It was practical how good Hua had become in firebending.

“Lonely isn't it, being impartial?”, the Guide musses.

The Daimon nods, as the Avatar says for them: “We wish we could help these people get along, but it just seems impossible.”

“At least tomorrow they won’t be our problem anymore.”, adds Hua dry.

Aang tutts at her, while the Guide laughs.

“Get some rest, kids, you will need it.”

With this, the Guide lays down and not even a few seconds later he has fallen asleep.

Astonished Aang and Hua stare at him.

“Wow, I wish I could sleep like this.”, confesses Hua.

Momo chirps and makes himself comfy on Hua's lap. She starts to pet the lemur.

“I hope Appa and Jaiyi are okay.”, muttered Aang.

“Yeah, I hope Jaiyi didn’t need to kill someone of the Zhnag or the Gan Jin.”

“You are joking, Jaiyi wouldn’t do it.”

“Meh.”

It’s still between the two, only Momo's purr interrupts the silence.

“So.”, begins Aang arkweird. “You wanna talk?”

Hua shrugs her shoulder.

“Sure, we can talk a bit. We don’t have much time to talk only we two when we train in airbending and earthbending.”

This makes Aang groan and Hua hits him friendly on the shoulder.

“You will get earthbending. Don’t forget, be the rock!”

“That’s simple for you to say.”, whines Aang. “After you learned firebending it seems like you got airbending.”

“Did you forget, last time, I threw myself against a stone wall?”

“Oh, right.”

Again it is still between them.

“So… your favourite food?”, asks now Hua.

This makes Aang smile.

“We are really doing this friendship thing, heh?”

“Mah, don’t get me wrong, sometimes I still wanna bury you, but it’s stupid to act like I hate you still when we grow out of it.”

In agreement, Aang nods.

“I rather have us be friends too.”

This makes Hua smile before she frowns.

“Why didn’t you like me before?”, wondered Hua. “I hated your guts because after being told how Avatar and Daimon end up mostly together, I felt like I couldn’t choose anymore over my life. Also, you are an airhead.”

A short snort comes from Aang before he answers: “My reasons were similar. When I looked at you I was reminded how I was the Avatar and how the world expected us to fall in love like we did it a thousand and more times. I felt trapped too. Also, you can be really stubborn.”

Now Hua snorts.

“It seems so silly now. Like we are the only ones left of time of peace. We understand each other like no one can understand us.”

“I agree. Also, we are the Avatar and Daimon, our job is the restore peace and keep it then. Working together is better than fighting each other.”

“Aang, let’s make a promise.”, began Hua with a smile. “We will never fall in love with each other but be best friends like Kyoshi and Tian Kuo.”

“I promise!”

He holds his hand out to her and she shakes it.

“I promised too.”

Both ignored the voices inside them who cried out in outrage.

“Also my favourite food is Egg custard tart.”, told Aang.

“Nice! I love Mochi’s. In the Lower Ring where I lived in Ba Sing Se, there was this little bakery owned by an old lady we kids only called Granny. Granny sometimes gave us free mochi’s.”

“Aww, that’s so sweet. What was it like in the Lower Rings? I met your family after you had moved to the Upper Rings.”

So Hua told him about her hard childhood consisting of working, going hungry for days, never having fitting clothes and sometimes not being sure to survive the next day.

But she told also how her parents loved her and Bai so deeply and would always make sure they got what they needed.

When it really wasn't possible, her parents seemed to suffer more than them.

She had heard one time how her mother had said to her father what a failure they were since they couldn’t provide for their children and Hua had to work already.

“I never blamed my parents. It’s difficult to raise in ranks in Ba Sing Se.”, explained Hua. “I know they did anything for us. I wonder if Ba Sing Se is still the same?”

“I’m sure after we have learned waterbending at the North Pole, we can go to Ba Sing Se. I’m sure Bumi has nothing against it if we visit it for a few days.”

“Heh, I can’t wait to learn more crazy moves from Bumi!”

They two giggled quietly and then signed.

“I wish Kuzon was still alive.”, said Aang sadly. “I miss him and he could teach us firebending  .”

“I miss Kuzon too. I love Katara and Sokka, but the hole of our old friends in my chest hurts sometimes when I think about it.”

“This makes two of us.”

“Okay, now tell me some things about Airnomad culture I don’t know!”

And Aang just did this.

“Wait, wait, wait, you are telling me your people were fine with same-sex relationships and even support transgender and non-binary people?!”, whisper-shouted Hua. “How did I never notice it?!”

This made Aang laugh.

“I think you were more occupied to hate my guts than to learn.”

“Touche Avatar.”

They talked about a lot of random things till they got so tired they fell asleep.

In their sleep, they rolled over facing each other and cuddling.

Both children felt closer than ever and felt how their relationship changed again.

It becomes a deeper friendship.

Maybe falling in love with each other would be a promise they couldn’t hold, which one Daimon Lixue in the Spirit World took bets from her follow Daimons and Avatars at when Aang and Hua would realise they were made for each other.

Roku just shook amused his head at his wife.

Oh, how he loved this little gambling side of her.

***

Morning came and they would soon reach the other side of the canyon.

Aang and Hua meet up with Katara and Sokka, to see if they found out something.

“Katara, Sokka, will these people cooperate long enough to get out of the canyon?”, asks Aang.

“I don't think so, Aang, the Zhangs really wronged the Gan Jins. They ambushed Jin Wei and stole the sacred orb.”, explains Katara.

Erm, what?

“What are you talking about?”, wondered Hua.

“Yeah Katara, what are you talking about?”, agreed Sokka. “Wei Jin didn't steal the orb, he was returning it to their village gate and was wrongfully punished by the Gan Jin.”

“Not punished enough if you ask me.”

The Avatar and Daimon find each other eyes, both totally lost about what was going on.

“You know what, we can talk about this later.”, decides Hua and makes her way over to the canyon wall. “I have to earthbend us a way out of here now.”

The Guide was already waiting for her to give her the first instruction.

So she doesn’t get why suddenly the Zhangs and Gan Jin’s beginning to fight again.

Aang tells them how harsh words won't solve problems, action will!

This was the wrong thing to say because both leaders drew their swords to combat each other.

“You know, I take it back. Harsh words aren't so bad!”,

yells Aang.

The two leaders ignore him as they begin to fight. They are evenly matched and continue until Aang blows them apart with a strong gust of air. The two tribes go flying backwards, revealing a large amount of hidden food.

“Is that ... food? Everyone smuggled food down here? Unbelievable! You guys put our lives in danger because you couldn't go without a snack for a day? You're all awful!”, scolds Aang, while Hua makes a facepalm in the background. She fully heartily agrees with Aang and can’t take this stupidity anymore. Suddenly Aang whippers: “So hungry. Is that an egg custard in that tart?”

That’s when everyone notes how the canyon crawlers are back!

First, they fight them, but Aang notes how the canyon crawlers eat the food backs and shows anyone how to capture this the creepy animals.

Zhang and Gan Jin work together and all ride on the backs of the Canyon Crawler out of the Canyon.

As soon as all the people have made it up the cliff, Aang throws the bag, which he used to lure the crawler upwards, and back down, and the crawlers follow.

“I never thought a Gan Jin could get his hands dirty like that.”, compliments the Zhang leader.

“And I never knew you Zhangs were so reliable in a pinch.”, compliments the Gan Jin leader back.

“Perhaps we're not so different after all.”

They both smile at each other and Aang and Hua sigh in relief.

“Too bad we can't rewrite history. You thieves stole our sacred orb from Jin Wei!”, accused the Gan Jin leader, drawing his sword.

The Zhang leader draws her sword too. “You tyrants unjustly imprisoned Wei Jin for twenty long years!”

Again Hua facepalm and feels a headache forming, that’s when she remembers something.

“Wait a second did you say Jin Wei? Wei Jin? I know those guys!”

“Yes, yes, we're all aware of the story.”, says the Gan Jin leader annoyed.

“No you don’t understand, I might not look like it but I’m 112 years old, I was there when it happened.”, begins Hua. “There seems to be a lot of confusion about what happened. First of all, Jin Wei and Wei Jin weren't enemies. They were brothers, twins in fact, and they were eight; and most importantly, they were just playing a game! The sacred orb from the legend, that was the ball! And the eastern and western gates were the goalposts. Jin Wei had the ball and was running toward the goal when he fell and fumbled it. Wei Jin didn't steal the ball, he picked it up and started running it toward the other goal, but he stepped out of bounds, so the official put him in the penalty box. Not for twenty long years but for two short minutes. There was no stealing and no putting anyone in imprisonment, it was just a game.”

“You're saying the sacred orb was actually a sacred ball?”, asks the Zhnag leader in astonishment.

“No, just a normal ball.”

“What about our tribe's redemption ritual?” wondered the Gan Jin leader.

“It was the name of the game: Redemption. As soon as you got the ball from one end to the other, everyone would yell "Redemption"!”

The tribe leaders look at each other sceptically.

“Don't get me wrong, Wei Jin was kind of a slob and Jin Wei was a little stuffy, that much is true. But they respected each other's differences enough to share the same playing field.”, ends Hua.

Finally, it seems the two tribes will get along with each other since both leaders bow before the other and wish to begin a new future together.

Soon Appa lands with the rest of the Zhnag, Gan Jin and Jaiyi and Hua cuddles her kyuubi to her heart's content, while the Gan Jin leader thanks her and Aang for their help.

He stumbles backwards when he sees how Aang is covered in Appa's saliva.

The two tribes start to make their way to Ba Sing Se together as one and are followed by the canyon guide, who has enough of his job.

“That's some luck you knew Jin Wei and Wei Jin.”, tells Sokka Hua.

This makes Hua and Aang laugh.

“You could call it luck.”, begins the Avatar

“Or clever lying!”, ends Hua.

Sokka was in disbelief.

“Yesterday night, me and Aang brainstormed a few ideas on how to get the tribes to work together. We decided that we had to be a bit… manipulative.”, grinned Hua with a little wink to her friends.

“You did not!”, gasped Katara shocked and then smiled in devilish admiration. “That is so wrong.”

Shrugging her shoulders Hua just states: “Maybe, let’s just hope it won’t bite us in the behind later.”

“Nah, don’t worry.”, reassured Aang. “Now where is that custard tart? I'm starving!”

This made his friends laugh heartfully.

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Yin and Yang: Gallery

Here you will find all the pictures of the fanfiction.

I will make them as spoiler-free as possible.

Section: Daimon Hua

Outfit one: Winter

Outfit two: Winter without the jacket

Outfit three: Fire Nation Festival Disguise

Section: Hua's bonds

Hua's Family: From left to right: Haruka (mother, nonbender), Bai (younger brother, earthbender) and Kun (father, earthbender)

Jaiyi the ninetailed fox: Hua's animal guide and companion. Has the power to change sizes. Proabaly the last kyuubi.

Ai of Ba Sing Se: Hua's first kiss and first girlfriend. She was the beauty of the Lower Rings but her heart belonged only to Hua. She was devasted to never see Hua again. Later she married and had two children.

Veda the Freedom Fighter ( 13 years old, nonbender), a fling

Earth Sage De: One of the sages who told Hua her destiny as Daimon. He became her earthbending teacher and moved with her to the Southern Air Tempel. He dies in the Air Nomad Genocide, fighting the invading Fire Benders.

Previous Incarnations of the Daimon:

The Daimon Cyle, Fire-Air-Water-Earth

Daimon Qi, Water Lion Turtle, first Daimon, partner and married Avatar Wan and had a daughter with him.

Daimon Guo, Earth Kingdom/Omashu, creator of the Way of Enlightment, partner and husband of Avatar Yangchan. They had 10 children, 5 earthbenders and 5 airbenders.

Daimon Longmei, Fire Nation Capital, noblewoman, betrothed to Avatar Kuruk and Ummi. Died young in the quest to kill Koh the Facestealer for killing Ummi.

Daimon Tian Kuo, Northern Water Tribe/Northern Air Tempel, Avatar Kyoshi life long best friend and "brother". Never married or had children since he was aro/ace.

Daimon Lixue, Souther Water Tribe, Avatar Roku's partner and wife, grandmother of Ursa and great-grandmother of Zuko and Azula.

Daimon Tai, Hua's next life. Non-binary, goes by they/them, born on Ember Island. Omnisexual and polyamoures.  In a relantenship with Avatar Korra and Asami Sato.

Section Mainship: Huaang

Avatar Aang (18 years) and Daimon Hua (18 years) a moment in Book 4: Air

Coverart of Aang and Hua

hii! thank you so much for your hiccup stories. Your ideas are so unique & lovely to read! It's so nice to see someone else doesn't quite fall for the hiccstrid trope, I mean they work, but do they really? Lol I have so many thoughts they might erupt into a fanfic. Been taking a long break but maybeeee....👀🤣 heeh I'd love to see your take on Hiccup falling for someone else tho. Thank you again for your writings💙 let me know if you need to brainstorm ideas for anything httyd! My head is full of them rn. OH and I haven't watched 3 yet (so I might not be amaaaazing help) but I've watched httyd, rtte & httyd2!

Thank you for your kind words ^^

Well, Leandra was my OC for Hiccup but she clearly showed me that she was done with him.

Everyone who says OCs don't have their own will is lying XD

So I don't think I will write a new love interest for Hic ^^u

I'm currently on Hiatus, lost my passion for writing, I did try to come back with a new story, but it seems like no one likes my well thought stories and only stupid ideas I had at 3 a.m. *side eyes Iseakai'd as Chloe hard*

So it's nice to see that a few people like the story I worked hard for, like you with To Belong ^^

Maybe I will re-post Together, we map the world, an AU of To Belong if Hiccup left with Leandra Berk. There is where they both would become canon ^^

We will see :)

Have a nice day :D

Yin and Yang: Book 1.13

Balance is a key aspect in the world, so why shouldn’t the Avatar have an opposite?

In a world where Raava and Vaatu merge with humans, the Avatar and the Daimon try to keep the peace between the four nations.

Aang and Hua are the current incarnations, but wake up 100 years in the future.

How will these two learn all four elements in one year and defeat the Fire Lord?

Book 1.13: The Blue Spirit

Water. 

Earth. 

Fire. 

Air. 

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. 

Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. 

Only the Avatar and Daimon, masters of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed them most, they vanished. 

A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar and Daimon, an airbender named Aang and an earthbender named Hua. 

And although his airbending and her earthbending skills are great they have a lot to learn before they’re ready to save anyone. 

But I believe Aang and Hua can save the world.

***

A pot with vegetable soup was sitting on the fire pit Hua made.

The Daimon stirred the soup and tasted it.

“Mmh, a bit more salt.”, she mumbled to herself.

She added the spice, as Katara called out to her: “How is the soup going, Hua?”

“Nearly done, Katara, how is our patient?”

Together they looked at poor sick Sokka. He was lying against Appa, coughing and sweaty, huddled in his sleeping bag. 

Thank the spirits they had found this old ruin to make camp or Sokka would suffer more.

At least here they were safe from the weather and it was cosy warm.

Katara pressed a wet rag onto Sokka's forehead.

“This should bring your fever down.”, she cooed at her brother.

Hua put the soup in a bowl and joined them.

“Here Sokka, something to eat. It will help you too.”

But the older boy was so delirious from his fever that he just said: “You know what I love about Appa the most? His sense of humour.”

“That's nice. I'll tell him.”, said Katara a bit amused.

Appa growls.

Sokka laughs. “Classic Appa.”

“Come Sokka, eat a bit of the soup.”, pleaded Hua and raised the spoon towards his mouth. “It will help.”

“I want meat soupy.”, he whined like a child.

The Daimon signed so Katara shovelled the soup down her brother's throat. 

At least he eats it like that.

That’s when Aang returns from his little scavenger trip.

“How's Sokka doing?”

“Not so good.”, tells Hua with crossed arms.

“Being out in that storm really did a number on him.”, adds Katara, shovelling the last bit of soup down his throat.

The sick Sokka gulps down his soup but starts sniffing pitifully.

“I couldn't find any ginger root for the tea, but I found a map.”, explained Aang, putting said map on the floor. “There's an herbalist institute on top of that mountain. We could probably find a cure for Sokka there.”

“Aang, he's in no condition for travel. Sokka just needs more rest. I'm sure he'll be better by tomorrow.”, says Katara, however suddenly she starts coughing too.

This alarms Hua and Aang.

“Not you, too!”, they shout together.

“Relax, it was just a little cough. I'm fi-”

She coughs again, this time with greater force, and lightly groans after.

“It’s like how Sokka started yesterday.”, reminds Hua. “Now look at him, he thinks he is an earthbender like me.”

“Take that, you rock!”

“See?!”, waves Hua to Sokka as flails his arms as if he is hitting something.

“A few more hours and you'll be talking nonsense, too. I'm going to go find some medicine.”, decides Aang. He grabs his glider and begins to head out just as a flash of lightning strikes. “Uh, maybe it's safer if I go on foot.”

The black-haired girl steps towards him and holds him by the shoulder.

“Wait a second Aang.”

“Mmh?”

Hua gives him a big hug, which makes both blush, as she whispers in his ear: “I take care of Sokka and Katara, you be careful. You will be all alone, the last we need is you getting captured by Prince Zuko or somebody else.”

Aang hugs her back, nodding.

“I promise.”

They let go of each other and with a last smile, Aang runs out of the ruin.

The girl signs, wondering why her stomach feels all flattery before she turns to the water tribe siblings.

“Don’t worry guys, I will take care of you.”, she promises.

From her friends came only pitiful groans.

A sweatdrop runs down Hua's forehead.

Well, better start caring for them.

So Hua helps Katara into her sleeping back and feeds her then with the soup.

Then she rotatory wipes away the sweat on her friends faces and entertains Sokka's hallucinations.

This goes on for a while, with wiping their face and giving them food and entertaining them, till Hua notes they are out of water.

“So thirsty.”, croaks Sokka.

“I know Sokka.”, coos Hua at him. “I will take a quick trip to the river and fill our water skins, okay?”

“Be careful”, coughs Katara, even sick she still worries for her.

“I promise, maybe Aang will be back then. He is taking his sweet time.”, grumbles Hua a bit.

She really hoped he was just taking his time and not something terrible happened to him.

With a sign, she slugs the water skins to herself, gets out of the ruin and earthbends an avalanche under her with it she surfes down to the river.

As she reaches the river and starts to fill the first water skin, she feels eyes on her.

Fast she twirles around and creates a whole of ice between her and the unknown danger.

“An arrow?”, she mumbles stupified.

More arrows struck the wall before two more landed in the same spot and sliced the arrows that came before it. 

The ice cracks and another set of arrows pin the green sleeves of her kimono top to a fallen tree in the water.

Before she can react a net is launched at her.

Scary Hua looks into the face of the archer who captures her.

Who are this?

And what are they gonna do to her?

***

As it turns out they cart her into a Fire Nation fortress and lock her up in a cell.

Hua was bound at her legs and arms with chains, barely able to move. 

Angrily she struggles against the chains.

Oh, whoever did this to her will pay?!

Her cell door opens and Commander Zhao enters with a smug look on his stupid face.

She growls at him.

“Feisty aren’t we?”, he musses and stands before her. “So this is the great Daimon. One of the two masters of all the elements. I don't know how you've managed to elude the Fire Nation for a hundred years, but your little game of hide and seek is over.”

“I will show you who is feisty!”, she growls back. “Untie me and I will make you pay for implying that I hide from cowards like you!”

“Uhh, no. Tell me, how is it to find yourself in a world where all your loved ones are dead?”

Anraged Hua shows him her teeth. How she wants to bite this asshole!

“Don't worry, you won't be killed. See, if you die you will just be reborn and the Fire Nation would have to start searching all over again. Even if you would be reborn in the Fire Nation. We simply don’t have time for this. So I'll keep you alive, but just barely.”

The arrogant asshole turns his back on her to step out of the cell, as Hua takes a deep breath and spits a fire stream after him.

Sadly he can bend it away.

“Nice little trick, who taught you this?”

“I learned it myself!”

Strangely Zhao laughs and the next words make Hua shiver all over. “You are indeed a feist one, the Avatar just attacked me with an airblast, but you…you were going for the kill.”

“Avatar…”, she repeats shocked. “You have Aang?!”

“We caught him before you. Sadly you won’t be seeing him, who knows what you two would do together.”

With a last arrogant smirk Zhao leaves, leaving a panicked Hua behind.

Oh no.

Oh no!

OH NO!

This was so bad you needed a new word for bad!

The Fire Nation had both of them.

Oh spirits!

Angry tears fall from Hua’s green eyes as she tries to free herself.

She needs to get out and find Aang!

How long she tries to free herself she can’t tell, only how out of nowhere she hears battle sounds.

Surprised she looks up and that’s when Aang steps into the room!

“Aang!”

“Hua!”

He runs up to her and hugs her the best he can.

“Did they hurt you?”, he asked worried, taking her face in his hands.

“No, No. Did you get hurt?”, she asked back, looking him up and down.

“No, I’m fine too.”

Both signs relieved, then Aang steps away, Hua misses his hands on her face, and a tall man in all black with a blue spirit mask steps towards her.

“Aang, who is this?!”, she asked scared.

“A friend. He released me.”, he explains. “He will do the same for you. Don’t get scared of his swords.”

Hua does haven’t the time as Blue (she will call him this in her head) takes out Duo-Swords and frees her from her bindings.

She thanked her saviour with a bow, and then she and Aang embraced each other again, happy the other was okay and that they were together again.

The Daimon can’t explain since when she craved so much Aang touch, she just knows she felt safe and happy in his arms.

“Yeah, you are right, we should go.”, says Aang to Blue, who had pointed at the cell door.

The Avatar and Daimon take each other hand and follow Blue through the fortress.

They managed to reach the innermost wall of the fortress, scaling it on a rope as they got spotted!

A soldier appears at the top of the wall they are climbing. He cuts the rope and the trio falls down the wall.

Thankful Aang airbends them to a soft landing. 

When the dust clears, the Blue Spirit unsheathes his swords and they run.

A wild prison breaks take place, where they have to fight and climb up the walls of the fortress.

Thanks that Hua was an earthbender, she just smashed holes into the walls, where they could escape.

They are nearing the last wall, however, four firebenders unleash their flame on them, but Aang and Hua put the masked man behind them and he airbends and she firebends the flames away.

“Hold your fire!”, commands Zhao. “The Avatar and Daimon must be captured alive!”

The Blue Spirit instantly comes up behind the two children and crosses his swords in front of their throats, surprising Aang and Hua.

A stand-off takes place, in which Zhao gives in and commands to open the gates.

The gate is opened and the Blue Spirit backs out with his captives, swords still at their throats.

The Blue Spirit continues backing away from the fortress. Zhao now looks on from the top of the main gate.

Then all happens fast.

Hua recognizes the archers who capture her and tries to warn Blue and Aang.

“Get down!”

Blue takes the swords from their troats and wants like them to drop down to the floor, but the arrow hits him in the shoulder!

With a pained groan, their silent ally falls down on the floor.

“No!”. scream Hua and Aang together.

Aang creates a huge dusty cloud as Hua checks for Blue.

“This is bad Aang.”, she tells him. “The arrow pierced his whole shoulder, if we don’t help him, he will bleed to death.”

“Alright, let’s take him with us!”

Hua grips Blue's arms and Aang his legs, together they airbend away from the scene.

***

Luck was on their side and they reached their campsite with Blue without any more problems.

Hua and Aang put Blue on Hua's sleeping back, as Katara called out to them: “Aang, Hua, where were you, who is this?”

She coughs pititful.

“Ah, I forgot the frogs, I will be back soon, okay!”, proclaims Aang and races out.

Hua deadpan after him.

“Sure, I will try alone to save the life of our saviour.”

She signs at gets to work.

As she collected the things she needed, she explained to Katara what happened. 

Thankful her best friend was lucid enough to understand, other than Sokka who said Blue was a Demon and here to eat his heart.

Sitting beside Blue, Hua checks their supplies. Bandages and some salves. Thankful she had one full water skin before she got captured so she could clean his wound.

Careful with her knife she opened his black shirt up where the arrow had gone through and checked it.

Okay, it seemed no bone was hit, this was good and the arrow had gone through nicely.

Alright, she could do it.

First, she slowly cleaned the wounds in front and in the back with water and put the antiinfection salve on it.

Then she cut the rest of the arrow with her knife away.

Only the little bit who looked out of his back remained.

Now she needed to carefully slip it out and pray he didn’t bleed to death.

Taking a deep breath she pulled the arrow out.

Blue screamed in pain.

Katara gasped.

Sokka shrieked about how the demon hoards would come for them.

And a blood fountain gushes out from Blue wounds.

OH NO!

Shit, shit, shit!

Hua let out some really creative curses, which made Katara even more gasp, as she tried to stop the bleeding with the bandages.

They get soaked in seconds.

She tries with water to wash it out and then bandaids over.

It bleeds and bleeds and bleeds!

“Oh come on please!”, she cried, holding her wet hand on the wound. “Stop please.”

Then something unexpected happened.

Her hand and the water started to glow blue and like a miracle closed the wound!

Unellegant Hua's chin meets the floor.

What happened?

What had she done?!

Whatever it was, it had probably saved Blue life.

***

“So let me get this straight you get captured by Zhao, Blue Mask over there saves you and you manage to get him wounded and then you bring him here without knowing who he is?!”

“Sokka, he saved mine and Aang's lives he can’t be bad.”

“I don’t trust masked vigilante! They always have something to hide.”

“What done is, is done. I’m with Hua and Aang. He can’t be that bad if he saved them.”

“Katara, you are too trusting.”

Zuko woke up to loud voices squabbling over him. 

He blinked behind his mask the black dots away and turned his head.

There were the Avatar and Daimon together with the two teens of the watertribe and their three animals.

The humans were sitting around a fire, eating something which looked and smelled like soup, which made him notice how hungry he was himself.

What should he do now?

His prizes were before him, but also a bison, a kyuubi, a waterbender and a guy with a club.

He couldn’t just snatch them up.

Also, his shoulder still hurt.

No, he had to analyse the sitation before he did something stupid.

“Ah, I think our guest woke up.”, said the water tribe girl and walked over to him. With a friendly smile, she kneeled beside him, offering him a bowl of soup. “I don’t know who you are, but you saved Aang and Hua. This makes you in my eyes a friend.”

The water tribe boy groaned behind her.

Zuko just said nothing.

He wasn’t used to people who treated him nicely, well besides his uncle.

So he better stay still.

“Not a talker are ya?”, giggled the girl. She put the bowl and a spoon beside him. “You have your reason to hide your face, so no one will look when you eat. Enjoy it.”

“I still think this is stupid.”, grumbled the water tribe boy.

“Sokka, people have a right to their privacy.”, scolded the water tribe girl.

With that, she stood up and joined her friends again.

Incredibly they really turned their backs on him and talked just with each other, even if he could see how the water tribe boy fought with turning around.

Slowly Zuko got an idea.

If they already trusted him for saving the Avatar and Daimon…maybe if he stayed a few days with them, and played their ally, they would leave him eventually alone with the two youngest and he could take them to his ship and then the Fire Nation.

Yes!

He could play a few days being nice, he just hoped his uncle wouldn’t worry so much.

Maybe he could send him a message?

Whatever one thing after another.

He ate the soup, which was after years on the sea with a cook with a bad temper, really tasty and enjoyable.

Soon, he would get his honour back.

He just had to be patient.

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