Avatar - chapter 102 (Patreon)

Time within the mind was an intricate thing, hours seemed like seconds, seconds seemed like hours… in short nothing made sense.

But I suppose not everything is bad, my mind apparently has arcades, movie theaters, and many bookstores.

—You are about to woke up,— Vaatu commented, stopping the matrix marathon he was forcing me to watch, —Be careful…. we don’t know who did this to us, so we must be alert at all times, I fixed your fragile human mind… so that you don’t lose consciousness every time you hear that name,—-

“Got it,” I nodded.

—And if you want, I’m opening a new arcade next week, so hit yourself and have some fun,— Vaatu smirked, —Now begone, this is private property after all,—

“Haha,” I laughed, “Don’t trash the place too much, I need it,”

As I said my goodbyes I felt something pulling me out of my mind, like a tug to something I couldn’t point out directly but I was sure was within me.

“Akira!” With my eyes closed I felt the concerned tone Sakura was carrying within her voice.

“I’m up,” I muttered.

“Oh thank the spirits,” Yue breathed out, hugging the crap out of me.

I blinked away the lingering haze of my sleep away, groggily sitting up, it felt like I had slept for days, “How long was I out?”

“Three days,” Agni chuckled, “Almost like a princess, I almost kissed you twice, but these two didn’t let me,” he pointed to Yue and Sakura.

“Thank god you didn’t let him,” I chuckled.

“Your lost… I’m a great kisser,” Agni said, feigning to be hurt by words.

“I’m sure you are,” I chuckled.

“So… are you okay now?” Yue inquired, a worried frown coming to life on her face.

“Yes,” I nodded, “Well, kinda… Vaatu helped me notice the problem, apparently, I have a chunk of my memory missing,”

“And that part you're missing is your time with Azula…” Sakura pointed out, “The question is… who did this, I doubt you got this condition naturally… and considering amnesia doesn’t affect a singular topic it almost seems like an attack,”

“It was an attack,” I confirmed, “Vaatu and I are operating under the assumption it was one of the primordials, as they are the only ones capable of doing such thing without Vaatu noticing right away,”

“You pissed a primordial mate?” Agni laughed, “And here I thought things were going to get boring with ya,”

“Glad to exceed your expectations,” I chuckled.

“And… can you beat them?” Sakura inquired.

“I… don’t know?” I said unsure, “I mean… they are supposed to be the strongest beings in creation, so not sure I can… but I’ll figure something out,”

“Maybe you can get moon girl to help you,” Agni offered, “The primordials are indeed the strongest among us, but they are not unbeatable…. if you destroy their realms or mess with them… they get weaker, let’s say… you threaten to kill half of humanity with something… that would highly affect Life and her power, but it would boost Kindred on power, you get me?” Agni asked.

So… if I couldn’t beat them, I could attack their realms… brilliant, “I see what you mean and I like it,”

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[Azula POV]

The northern water tribe… a place I would rather die than to live in, I might not be interested in the stupid war my ancestors started, but a girl has to have some standards, and snow everywhere doesn’t fit mine.

But then again, I suppose I could be more lenient with the place, I wasn’t here for vacation purposes, I was here to retrieve the idiot of an ex I have, so that we could both kill Life with Fire, lots of it.

“Hi, honorable guard,” I said, as I approached a guard in the city with my most innocent face, “I am looking for a friend of mine,”

The guard looked at me and smiled, gullible idiot, “Sure, do you have his name?”

I said he was my friend, what kind of idiot doesn’t know the name of his own friends, “Akira,” as I said that the guard tensed up, and moved to apprehend me, big mistake, that earned him a broken arm, “I will assume that was an ill-advised attempt to knock me out, and I will also assume you know about Akira, so I’ll be brief, tell me where he is, or I will gouge your eyes with the icicles forming on the wall behind you, your choice,”

It took the guard a few seconds to register my threat before he willingly opened up about the information I required, apparently, Akira was now deemed a traitor for the fact he dated me, a bit of harsh punishment if you ask, if anything dating me proved he had superior taste when it came to women.

“Thanks,” I smiled at the guard, knocking him out with a kick to his throat, “So… you are a fugitive now, I always knew I would end up dating a bad boy, what I’d didn’t know was that I would be the one to make him a bad boy,” I giggled, “I wonder how Zuzu is taking my death… a very stupid question, he is probably dancing on my grave,”

“Stop right there young lady,” A man demanded, he was old, almost like my uncle, probably more… I can’t never tell when they reach a certain age.

“While I would love to humor you, I have things to do… and none of them is wasting my time with you,” I winked at the old man, analyzing the threat in front of me, his posture, the air he gave… there was no doubt he was a bender, even now the position of his feet were supporting a defensive stand against any attack.

“What is your name young lady,” the old man asked with a frown, showing he was not about to let me go.

“It's a bit rude to ask that when I don’t even know who you are,” I pointed out.

“My name is Pakku, and you nameless lady, are under arrest,” Pakku stated.

“That’s if… you manage to keep up, old man,” I smirked.