Chapter 98: Identity Theft is Not a Joke (2)
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Chapter 98: Identity Theft is Not a Joke (2)Chapter 98: Identity Theft is Not a Joke (2)
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"You want to learn airbending?" Aang curiously inquired as he, Sokka, and Nik rode on Appa alongside Momo.
The boy suddenly jumped as Appa continued to move and before Aang could simply find himself without any Appa to land on, he flexed his back as a small burst of wind stopped him from falling off and made him sit accurately on the spot between Sokka and Nik.
"Just the moves," Nik nodded, "I want to learn the difference between Airbending and Waterbending including various meditative studies." Lying came easy to someone who had to compliment someone as a thin and beautiful individual when really she was... well, 'thicc.'
Aang blinked and fell into deep thought.
"Isn't the difference simple?" Sokka leaned back on the saddle, "A waterbender bends water. An Airbender bends air. See?"
"Fair point," Nik nodded, "Then what's the difference between a spear and a knife when both have pointed ends?"
"Range of attack," Sokka scoffed.
"What's the difference between a dumbass and a Sokka?" Nik smiled and added, "None. It's a rhetorical question."
"Hey, no need to get so defensive when I got the answers right." Sokka shrugged with a smirk but didn't interrupt anymore as Aang began with a smile, "For starters, airbending is freer, sometimes too free to be controlled easily and that is why we have gliders that also serve as staff for us. Other elements have form, weight, or inherent temperature that comes from within ourselves but airbending is based more on one's imagination. Of course, we have many sets of moves from basic to advance levels."
"Well, what are we waiting for then?" Nik smiled as he got Aang to land Appa while Sokka groaned, "Are you really going to train in the middle of nowhere?"
"Well, technically, the first human establishment would be considered in the middle of nowhere." Aang pointed out and Nik added, "Which wouldn't have been possible if someone whined like you then, too."
"I'm not whining. Just that we should be looking for the rhinos since they are our major mode of transportation," Sokka explained with a sigh but he slumped against Appa's soft fur to keep himself warm and watched the two get ready for their spar. He wasn't much interested in scouting and all he said was just perfunctory lip service anyway.
"So, do you expect me to only use airbending?" Aang inquired, already adept at understanding the basic underlying context behind sparring sessions. This session wasn't to test each other's strengths and weaknesses but figure out the difference between water and airbending.
"Yeah, thanks again," Nik nodded with a smile.
"Please, don't thank me," Aang shook his head, "You've helped me many times."
"I insist," Nik shrugged.
"I insist harder," Aang added.
"But I already insisted it," Nik hummed thoughtfully.
"But I already insisted harder—"
"You both are enjoying this aren't you? Wasting time, that is," Sokka caught on quick as he began to laugh loudly. His words finally broke Nik's and Aang's calm and dignified expression into mischievous snickers as they both bowed to each other and began almost instantly.
Aang began with a rather outstanding blow from his mouth onto the snowy field and caused snow and ice to instantly form a shroud around them.
Nik had already felt a few more changes. After going through inexplicable experiences for quite a few times already in this world, Nik now felt something once again after close contact with Aang. Taking a moment since Aang wasn't even in the shroud anyway, Nik opened his status screen once again.
[Name: Nik Faran
Age: 20 (80)
Code: GC—EHG—98034
Authority Rank: 1 (5.96/100)
Paradise: Transmigration
Title: Transmigration Intern
Bloodline: Adonis' Ember (Common)
Physique: 2.3
Mental: 1.9
Energy: 23→ 24.8]
For some reason, Nik felt connected to Aang way more than he felt connected with Katara or Suki last night and this worried him greatly. Not only that, as Aang proclaimed his hearing getting extraordinarily better, Nik felt the same with his sense of smell. It was as if the two were taking on each other's specialty and growing at the same time.
It was at this point Nik suddenly created another slope of ice and a shadow filtered through the shroud high from the sky, instantly sliding off the slope with a wooden staff stabbed into the ice while Nik felt his senses tingle.
*Bang*
A gust of wind hit the back of his head. His balance, of course, after so much training would require a lot to crumble yet as he stumbled forth, Aang had disappeared once again. Rubbing the back of his head, Nik looked around once again. He felt before that the shroud would help both of them yet Airbending was more effective in such a scenario. And Nik was beginning to understand why.
*Swoosh*
A wave of his hand dispersed the mist using waterbending only to see Aang standing far away with a frown.
"How did you do that?" Aang inquired quickly as Nik replied with a genuinely confused expression, "How did I do what?"
Not saying anything further, Aang suddenly stabbed his staff beside him and exhaled deeply, "Airbending is an expression of freedom. My glider is a way to focus my intent through my airbending but an external item also limits one's creativity in bending greatly. I believe the same is the case for other bending arts."
"Like a tradeoff. Versatility for direction," Nik nodded since he was more used to bending with his fans, "And what were you talking about before this?" Nik questioned again. Something weird was going on and if Aang had some answers, Nik would very much like to hear them.
Yet, Aang shook his head, "No, nothing. I was probably mistaken."
The very next second Aang created a curving whirlpool that reached the snowy ground and sucked the snow only to discharge it from the other end pointed at Nik. Seeing the large wave of snow gushing straight towards him, not enough to hurt but certainly hinder, Nik didn't move and instead tried to copy Aang's movements by committing them to waterbending.
Nik truly wanted to try Hama's suggestion of learning from and observing other elemental bending styles. Of course, training the same moves for airbending later down the line in his personal space is a given.
Just as Nik tried to achieve the same result, he found that the snow wasn't so easily turned into a whirlpool and pushed back onto the glacier. Nik had to move more in comparison to Aang and this caused the wave of snow to finally smother him down.
*Kcch*
"With horns that can stab an average adult to death but that's not the point," Nik raised alarm, "Something is definitely wrong here."
His words finally made Sokka a bit more serious. The youth grabbed the spear belted to his back while Aang jumped down with his staff clenched tightly in his fist.
"Where's the rest of them?" Sokka finally questioned.
The trio still didn't get closer to the lone beast with Appa and Momo acting weird. Not only that even Aang soon realized that the beast wasn't breathing.
"Is it dead?" Aang whispered softly.
*Swish*
The lone Komodo Rhino swung his tail sideways at this point.
"Oh, hell no," Nik was quick to make a decision, "I'm not going anywhere near that weird thing. I may be the Nut Cracking Messiah, but weird stuff isn't for me."
"You're a Nut Cracking— what now?" Sokka gasped.
"Long story. Actually, wait, didn't you pass through Makapu Village? I'm pretty popular there. You guys should head back once you have the chance and ask Warden Hara who the Nut Cracking Messiah is." Nik replied. He didn't blame Sokka for not having heard of his accomplishments since Nik didn't run after fame... but it would be pretty funny if the story of some stupid monicker such as a Nut Cracking Messiah managed to defeat a bunch of fire benders.
"We didn't stay there for more than a few hours," Aang replied and volunteered, "I can glide over there and see what's wrong."
"Be careful."
"I shall await your safe return, Young Avatar."
Nik's and Sokka's replies were snappily quick, being one of the rare occasions where they would rather let an evasive boy take charge instead of walking down to something strange themselves. After all, as the boy said, he can fly!
Aang nodded with a roll of his eyes and undid his staff with a tap of his foot the base for it to open into a glider in a blink of an eye.
Positioning himself in front of the glider, Aang kicked off with a large blow of snow suddenly covering Nik and Sokka.
'Hehe,' Aang smirked, clearly knowing what he did.
"Peh," Sokka spat a bit of snow while Nik swallowed his share as they both broke out of their layers of snow.
"I feel bad sending Aang there..." Sokka muttered.
"You shouldn't regret anything. Just go there," Nik offered with a grin.
"I'm fine," Sokka replied, "I don't regret anything."
As he said so, Sokka's eyes flickered for a moment and he didn't speak anymore. Meanwhile, Nik glanced in Aang's direction as the boy was almost upon the beast.
*Swish*
*Swish*
*Swish*
Ignoring the chilling gusts against his face, Aang finally reached above the Komodo Rhino. However, the moment Aang looked down, his heart was frozen with fear as he found the entire facial region of the beast... flat.
There were now eyes, nose, or lips. Nothing! There wasn't any blood that could indicate horrors needed to pull off a work of this nature as the beast's head continued to turn. sideways again and again as if lost.
It was at this point, Aang could feel a strange connection. He had felt this sensation before. While Aang expected to suddenly connect with Avatar Kyoshi all over again, what Aang heard was a cold voice that hid rage unknown to the boy in an acolyte's training habit.
"He's here."
This time, the message was extraordinarily clear and it wasn't due to Aang's own spirituality, the boy knew. This meant that the 'other' side went all out just to make it clear that someone is lurking nearby. Alert, Aang strained his senses but what happened next was simply too sudden.
*Pucchh!*
Aang looked back. He was quite a bit distance away from Nik and Sokka so it was hard to see what was happening yet he heard everything as if he was right next to them.
---
"R... un!"
A weak voice gasped within Nik the moment Aang overtook the beast. Nik had heard this voice enough times to know that it is related to whatever that is 'within' him. There was another thing Nik knew that this 'thing' wanted to survive greatly and if it said to run, Nik needed to run this instance!
*Pucchh!*
Nik looked down only to find a sharp, dark lance-like blade stabbed into his left knee. It was as if he never had a kneecap— that's how easily the blade tore into Nik's left knee.
"Huh?" Nik grew dazed.
*Graaaaghhhh*
He looked sideways to see Appa suddenly charging in his direction as his body was pulled 'into' the snow.
"Nik!" Sokka quickly rushed as he stretched out his spear instinctively and Nik grabbed it without a thought. The spear made from bones of beasts was sharp only towards the tip and quite blunt elsewhere so Nik didn't injure himself yet he and Sokka failed to estimate the strength of whoever was pulling Nik into the ice.
"Whoa!" Sokka gasped, his legs digging into the snow as Nik winced, "Let it go, Sokka! I'm gonna be fine!"
"Huh?" Sokka rolled his eyes but only pulled harder with his knuckles turning pale under the pressure, "Like hell I am!"
"I'm going to disappear, let go quickly!" Nik stated again. He truly would be fine yet Sokka shouted, "You've got a useless leg! Is that thing still attached?!"
Nik suddenly fell into a dilemma. Seeing that Sokka wasn't letting go, Nik quickly let go of the spear. He still didn't want to enter his personal space in front of Sokka so he would rather take his chances a few seconds later.
"Hold up!" Sokka jumped in as Nik's expression turned bleak yet for some reason... Nik continued to go deeper and deeper. Instead of darkness, the surroundings began to glow up while Sokka's eyes were wide, "What... is this?"
As Appa finally charged forth, its wide bell-like eyes cluelessly looked at the almost... perfect layer of ice with no indication of two men suddenly disappearing within. Not even a single mark could be viewed.
---
"Sokka! Nik!" Aang jumped down with a worried expression, "Hey!" He slammed his staff as his eyes flickered with a strange, literal glow for a moment with a sensation of unending rage filling his body. The strike instantly caused the snow to part as wide as five meters and as long as his eyes could see with depth surpassing 3 meters.
Nothing.
Nik and Sokka had simply... disappeared.
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Chapter 98: Identity Theft is Not a Joke (2)Chapter 98: Identity Theft is Not a Joke (2)
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***
"You want to learn airbending?" Aang curiously inquired as he, Sokka, and Nik rode on Appa alongside Momo.
The boy suddenly jumped as Appa continued to move and before Aang could simply find himself without any Appa to land on, he flexed his back as a small burst of wind stopped him from falling off and made him sit accurately on the spot between Sokka and Nik.
"Just the moves," Nik nodded, "I want to learn the difference between Airbending and Waterbending including various meditative studies." Lying came easy to someone who had to compliment someone as a thin and beautiful individual when really she was... well, 'thicc.'
Aang blinked and fell into deep thought.
"Isn't the difference simple?" Sokka leaned back on the saddle, "A waterbender bends water. An Airbender bends air. See?"
"Fair point," Nik nodded, "Then what's the difference between a spear and a knife when both have pointed ends?"
"Range of attack," Sokka scoffed.
"What's the difference between a dumbass and a Sokka?" Nik smiled and added, "None. It's a rhetorical question."
"Hey, no need to get so defensive when I got the answers right." Sokka shrugged with a smirk but didn't interrupt anymore as Aang began with a smile, "For starters, airbending is freer, sometimes too free to be controlled easily and that is why we have gliders that also serve as staff for us. Other elements have form, weight, or inherent temperature that comes from within ourselves but airbending is based more on one's imagination. Of course, we have many sets of moves from basic to advance levels."
"Well, what are we waiting for then?" Nik smiled as he got Aang to land Appa while Sokka groaned, "Are you really going to train in the middle of nowhere?"
"Well, technically, the first human establishment would be considered in the middle of nowhere." Aang pointed out and Nik added, "Which wouldn't have been possible if someone whined like you then, too."
"I'm not whining. Just that we should be looking for the rhinos since they are our major mode of transportation," Sokka explained with a sigh but he slumped against Appa's soft fur to keep himself warm and watched the two get ready for their spar. He wasn't much interested in scouting and all he said was just perfunctory lip service anyway.
"So, do you expect me to only use airbending?" Aang inquired, already adept at understanding the basic underlying context behind sparring sessions. This session wasn't to test each other's strengths and weaknesses but figure out the difference between water and airbending.
"Yeah, thanks again," Nik nodded with a smile.
"Please, don't thank me," Aang shook his head, "You've helped me many times."
"I insist," Nik shrugged.
"I insist harder," Aang added.
"But I already insisted it," Nik hummed thoughtfully.
"But I already insisted harder—"
"You both are enjoying this aren't you? Wasting time, that is," Sokka caught on quick as he began to laugh loudly. His words finally broke Nik's and Aang's calm and dignified expression into mischievous snickers as they both bowed to each other and began almost instantly.
Aang began with a rather outstanding blow from his mouth onto the snowy field and caused snow and ice to instantly form a shroud around them.
Nik had already felt a few more changes. After going through inexplicable experiences for quite a few times already in this world, Nik now felt something once again after close contact with Aang. Taking a moment since Aang wasn't even in the shroud anyway, Nik opened his status screen once again.
[Name: Nik Faran
Age: 20 (80)
Code: GC—EHG—98034
Authority Rank: 1 (5.96/100)
Paradise: Transmigration
Title: Transmigration Intern
Bloodline: Adonis' Ember (Common)
Physique: 2.3
Mental: 1.9
Energy: 23→ 24.8]
For some reason, Nik felt connected to Aang way more than he felt connected with Katara or Suki last night and this worried him greatly. Not only that, as Aang proclaimed his hearing getting extraordinarily better, Nik felt the same with his sense of smell. It was as if the two were taking on each other's specialty and growing at the same time.
It was at this point Nik suddenly created another slope of ice and a shadow filtered through the shroud high from the sky, instantly sliding off the slope with a wooden staff stabbed into the ice while Nik felt his senses tingle.
*Bang*
A gust of wind hit the back of his head. His balance, of course, after so much training would require a lot to crumble yet as he stumbled forth, Aang had disappeared once again. Rubbing the back of his head, Nik looked around once again. He felt before that the shroud would help both of them yet Airbending was more effective in such a scenario. And Nik was beginning to understand why.
*Swoosh*
A wave of his hand dispersed the mist using waterbending only to see Aang standing far away with a frown.
"How did you do that?" Aang inquired quickly as Nik replied with a genuinely confused expression, "How did I do what?"
Not saying anything further, Aang suddenly stabbed his staff beside him and exhaled deeply, "Airbending is an expression of freedom. My glider is a way to focus my intent through my airbending but an external item also limits one's creativity in bending greatly. I believe the same is the case for other bending arts."
"Like a tradeoff. Versatility for direction," Nik nodded since he was more used to bending with his fans, "And what were you talking about before this?" Nik questioned again. Something weird was going on and if Aang had some answers, Nik would very much like to hear them.
Yet, Aang shook his head, "No, nothing. I was probably mistaken."
The very next second Aang created a curving whirlpool that reached the snowy ground and sucked the snow only to discharge it from the other end pointed at Nik. Seeing the large wave of snow gushing straight towards him, not enough to hurt but certainly hinder, Nik didn't move and instead tried to copy Aang's movements by committing them to waterbending.
Nik truly wanted to try Hama's suggestion of learning from and observing other elemental bending styles. Of course, training the same moves for airbending later down the line in his personal space is a given.
Just as Nik tried to achieve the same result, he found that the snow wasn't so easily turned into a whirlpool and pushed back onto the glacier. Nik had to move more in comparison to Aang and this caused the wave of snow to finally smother him down.
*Kcch*
"With horns that can stab an average adult to death but that's not the point," Nik raised alarm, "Something is definitely wrong here."
His words finally made Sokka a bit more serious. The youth grabbed the spear belted to his back while Aang jumped down with his staff clenched tightly in his fist.
"Where's the rest of them?" Sokka finally questioned.
The trio still didn't get closer to the lone beast with Appa and Momo acting weird. Not only that even Aang soon realized that the beast wasn't breathing.
"Is it dead?" Aang whispered softly.
*Swish*
The lone Komodo Rhino swung his tail sideways at this point.
"Oh, hell no," Nik was quick to make a decision, "I'm not going anywhere near that weird thing. I may be the Nut Cracking Messiah, but weird stuff isn't for me."
"You're a Nut Cracking— what now?" Sokka gasped.
"Long story. Actually, wait, didn't you pass through Makapu Village? I'm pretty popular there. You guys should head back once you have the chance and ask Warden Hara who the Nut Cracking Messiah is." Nik replied. He didn't blame Sokka for not having heard of his accomplishments since Nik didn't run after fame... but it would be pretty funny if the story of some stupid monicker such as a Nut Cracking Messiah managed to defeat a bunch of fire benders.
"We didn't stay there for more than a few hours," Aang replied and volunteered, "I can glide over there and see what's wrong."
"Be careful."
"I shall await your safe return, Young Avatar."
Nik's and Sokka's replies were snappily quick, being one of the rare occasions where they would rather let an evasive boy take charge instead of walking down to something strange themselves. After all, as the boy said, he can fly!
Aang nodded with a roll of his eyes and undid his staff with a tap of his foot the base for it to open into a glider in a blink of an eye.
Positioning himself in front of the glider, Aang kicked off with a large blow of snow suddenly covering Nik and Sokka.
'Hehe,' Aang smirked, clearly knowing what he did.
"Peh," Sokka spat a bit of snow while Nik swallowed his share as they both broke out of their layers of snow.
"I feel bad sending Aang there..." Sokka muttered.
"You shouldn't regret anything. Just go there," Nik offered with a grin.
"I'm fine," Sokka replied, "I don't regret anything."
As he said so, Sokka's eyes flickered for a moment and he didn't speak anymore. Meanwhile, Nik glanced in Aang's direction as the boy was almost upon the beast.
*Swish*
*Swish*
*Swish*
Ignoring the chilling gusts against his face, Aang finally reached above the Komodo Rhino. However, the moment Aang looked down, his heart was frozen with fear as he found the entire facial region of the beast... flat.
There were now eyes, nose, or lips. Nothing! There wasn't any blood that could indicate horrors needed to pull off a work of this nature as the beast's head continued to turn. sideways again and again as if lost.
It was at this point, Aang could feel a strange connection. He had felt this sensation before. While Aang expected to suddenly connect with Avatar Kyoshi all over again, what Aang heard was a cold voice that hid rage unknown to the boy in an acolyte's training habit.
"He's here."
This time, the message was extraordinarily clear and it wasn't due to Aang's own spirituality, the boy knew. This meant that the 'other' side went all out just to make it clear that someone is lurking nearby. Alert, Aang strained his senses but what happened next was simply too sudden.
*Pucchh!*
Aang looked back. He was quite a bit distance away from Nik and Sokka so it was hard to see what was happening yet he heard everything as if he was right next to them.
---
"R... un!"
A weak voice gasped within Nik the moment Aang overtook the beast. Nik had heard this voice enough times to know that it is related to whatever that is 'within' him. There was another thing Nik knew that this 'thing' wanted to survive greatly and if it said to run, Nik needed to run this instance!
*Pucchh!*
Nik looked down only to find a sharp, dark lance-like blade stabbed into his left knee. It was as if he never had a kneecap— that's how easily the blade tore into Nik's left knee.
"Huh?" Nik grew dazed.
*Graaaaghhhh*
He looked sideways to see Appa suddenly charging in his direction as his body was pulled 'into' the snow.
"Nik!" Sokka quickly rushed as he stretched out his spear instinctively and Nik grabbed it without a thought. The spear made from bones of beasts was sharp only towards the tip and quite blunt elsewhere so Nik didn't injure himself yet he and Sokka failed to estimate the strength of whoever was pulling Nik into the ice.
"Whoa!" Sokka gasped, his legs digging into the snow as Nik winced, "Let it go, Sokka! I'm gonna be fine!"
"Huh?" Sokka rolled his eyes but only pulled harder with his knuckles turning pale under the pressure, "Like hell I am!"
"I'm going to disappear, let go quickly!" Nik stated again. He truly would be fine yet Sokka shouted, "You've got a useless leg! Is that thing still attached?!"
Nik suddenly fell into a dilemma. Seeing that Sokka wasn't letting go, Nik quickly let go of the spear. He still didn't want to enter his personal space in front of Sokka so he would rather take his chances a few seconds later.
"Hold up!" Sokka jumped in as Nik's expression turned bleak yet for some reason... Nik continued to go deeper and deeper. Instead of darkness, the surroundings began to glow up while Sokka's eyes were wide, "What... is this?"
As Appa finally charged forth, its wide bell-like eyes cluelessly looked at the almost... perfect layer of ice with no indication of two men suddenly disappearing within. Not even a single mark could be viewed.
---
"Sokka! Nik!" Aang jumped down with a worried expression, "Hey!" He slammed his staff as his eyes flickered with a strange, literal glow for a moment with a sensation of unending rage filling his body. The strike instantly caused the snow to part as wide as five meters and as long as his eyes could see with depth surpassing 3 meters.
Nothing.
Nik and Sokka had simply... disappeared.
Chapter 98: Identity Theft is Not a Joke 2Chapter 98: Identity Theft is Not a Joke 2 Support this fanfic and read 20 advance chapters here Patre /Fanharem You can also support the fanfic by donating powerstones~ *** "You want to learn airbending?" Aang curiously inquired as he, Sokka, and Nik rode on Appa alongside Momo. The boy suddenly jumped as Appa continued to move and before Aang could simply find himself without any Appa to land on, he flexed his back as a small burst of wind stopped him from falling off and made him sit accurately on the spot between Sokka and Nik. "Just the moves," Nik nodded, "I want to learn the difference between Airbending and Waterbending including various meditative studies." Lying came easy to someone who had to compliment someone as a thin and beautiful individual when really she was... well, 'thicc.' Aang blinked and fell into deep thought. "Isn't the difference simple?" Sokka leaned back on the saddle, "A waterbender bends water. An Airbender bends air. See?" "Fair point," Nik nodded, "Then what's the difference between a spear and a knife when both have pointed ends?" "Range of attack," Sokka scoffed. "What's the difference between a dumbass and a Sokka?" Nik smiled and added, "None. It's a rhetorical question." "Hey, no need to get so defensive when I got the answers right." Sokka shrugged with a smirk but didn't interrupt anymore as Aang began with a smile, "For starters, airbending is freer, sometimes too free to be controlled easily and that is why we have gliders that also serve as staff for us. Other elements have form, weight, or inherent temperature that comes from within ourselves but airbending is based more on one's imagination. Of course, we have many sets of moves from basic to advance levels." "Well, what are we waiting for then?" Nik smiled as he got Aang to land Appa while Sokka groaned, "Are you really going to train in the middle of nowhere?" "Well, technically, the first human establishment would be considered in the middle of nowhere." Aang pointed out and Nik added, "Which wouldn't have been possible if someone whined like you then, too." "I'm not whining. Just that we should be looking for the rhinos since they are our major mode of transportation," Sokka explained with a sigh but he slumped against Appa's soft fur to keep himself warm and watched the two get ready for their spar. He wasn't much interested in scouting and all he said was just perfunctory lip service anyway. "So, do you expect me to only use airbending?" Aang inquired, already adept at understanding the basic underlying context behind sparring sessions. This session wasn't to test each other's strengths and weaknesses but figure out the difference between water and airbending. "Yeah, thanks again," Nik nodded with a smile. "Please, don't thank me," Aang shook his head, "You've helped me many times." "I insist," Nik shrugged. "I insist harder," Aang added. "But I already insisted it," Nik hummed thoughtfully. "But I already insisted harder" "You both are enjoying this aren't you? Wasting time, that is," Sokka caught on quick as he began to laugh loudly. His words finally broke Nik's and Aang's calm and dignified expression into mischievous snickers as they both bowed to each other and began almost instantly. Aang began with a rather outstanding blow from his mouth onto the snowy field and caused snow and ice to instantly form a shroud around them. Nik had already felt a few more changes. After going through inexplicable experiences for quite a few times already in this world, Nik now felt something once again after close contact with Aang. Taking a moment since Aang wasn't even in the shroud anyway, Nik opened his status screen once again. Name: Nik Faran Age: 20 80 Code: GCEHG98034 Authority Rank: 1 5.96/100 Paradise: Transmigration Title: Transmigration Intern Bloodline: Adonis' Ember Common Physique: 2.3 Mental: 1.9 Energy: 23 24.8 For some reason, Nik felt connected to Aang way more than he felt connected with Katara or Suki last night and this worried him greatly. Not only that, as Aang proclaimed his hearing getting extraordinarily better, Nik felt the same with his sense of smell. It was as if the two were taking on each other's specialty and growing at the same time. It was at this point Nik suddenly created another slope of ice and a shadow filtered through the shroud high from the sky, instantly sliding off the slope with a wooden staff stabbed into the ice while Nik felt his senses tingle. *Bang* A gust of wind hit the back of his head. His balance, of course, after so much training would require a lot to crumble yet as he stumbled forth, Aang had disappeared once again. Rubbing the back of his head, Nik looked around once again. He felt before that the shroud would help both of them yet Airbending was more effective in such a scenario. And Nik was beginning to understand why. *Swoosh* A wave of his hand dispersed the mist using waterbending only to see Aang standing far away with a frown. "How did you do that?" Aang inquired quickly as Nik replied with a genuinely confused expression, "How did I do what?" Not saying anything further, Aang suddenly stabbed his staff beside him and exhaled deeply, "Airbending is an expression of freedom. My glider is a way to focus my intent through my airbending but an external item also limits one's creativity in bending greatly. I believe the same is the case for other bending arts." "Like a tradeoff. Versatility for direction," Nik nodded since he was more used to bending with his fans, "And what were you talking about before this?" Nik questioned again. Something weird was going on and if Aang had some answers, Nik would very much like to hear them. Yet, Aang shook his head, "No, nothing. I was probably mistaken." The very next second Aang created a curving whirlpool that reached the snowy ground and sucked the snow only to discharge it from the other end pointed at Nik. Seeing the large wave of snow gushing straight towards him, not enough to hurt but certainly hinder, Nik didn't move and instead tried to copy Aang's movements by committing them to waterbending. Nik truly wanted to try Hama's suggestion of learning from and observing other elemental bending styles. Of course, training the same moves for airbending later down the line in his personal space is a given. Just as Nik tried to achieve the same result, he found that the snow wasn't so easily turned into a whirlpool and pushed back onto the glacier. Nik had to move more in comparison to Aang and this caused the wave of snow to finally smother him down. *Kcch* "With horns that can stab an average adult to death but that's not the point," Nik raised alarm, "Something is definitely wrong here." His words finally made Sokka a bit more serious. The youth grabbed the spear belted to his back while Aang jumped down with his staff clenched tightly in his fist. "Where's the rest of them?" Sokka finally questioned. The trio still didn't get closer to the lone beast with Appa and Momo acting weird. Not only that even Aang soon realized that the beast wasn't breathing. "Is it dead?" Aang whispered softly. *Swish* The lone Komodo Rhino swung his tail sideways at this point. "Oh, hell no," Nik was quick to make a decision, "I'm not going anywhere near that weird thing. I may be the Nut Cracking Messiah, but weird stuff isn't for me." "You're a Nut Cracking what now?" Sokka gasped. "Long story. Actually, wait, didn't you pass through Makapu Village? I'm pretty popular there. You guys should head back once you have the chance and ask Warden Hara who the Nut Cracking Messiah is." Nik replied. He didn't blame Sokka for not having heard of his accomplishments since Nik didn't run after fame... but it would be pretty funny if the story of some stupid monicker such as a Nut Cracking Messiah managed to defeat a bunch of fire benders. "We didn't stay there for more than a few hours," Aang replied and volunteered, "I can glide over there and see what's wrong." "Be careful." "I shall await your safe return, Young Avatar." Nik's and Sokka's replies were snappily quick, being one of the rare occasions where they would rather let an evasive boy take charge instead of walking down to something strange themselves. After all, as the boy said, he can fly! Aang nodded with a roll of his eyes and undid his staff with a tap of his foot the base for it to open into a glider in a blink of an eye. Positioning himself in front of the glider, Aang kicked off with a large blow of snow suddenly covering Nik and Sokka. 'Hehe,' Aang smirked, clearly knowing what he did. "Peh," Sokka spat a bit of snow while Nik swallowed his share as they both broke out of their layers of snow. "I feel bad sending Aang there..." Sokka muttered. "You shouldn't regret anything. Just go there," Nik offered with a grin. "I'm fine," Sokka replied, "I don't regret anything." As he said so, Sokka's eyes flickered for a moment and he didn't speak anymore. Meanwhile, Nik glanced in Aang's direction as the boy was almost upon the beast. *Swish* *Swish* *Swish* Ignoring the chilling gusts against his face, Aang finally reached above the Komodo Rhino. However, the moment Aang looked down, his heart was frozen with fear as he found the entire facial region of the beast... flat. There were now eyes, nose, or lips. Nothing! There wasn't any blood that could indicate horrors needed to pull off a work of this nature as the beast's head continued to turn. sideways again and again as if lost. It was at this point, Aang could feel a strange connection. He had felt this sensation before. While Aang expected to suddenly connect with Avatar Kyoshi all over again, what Aang heard was a cold voice that hid rage unknown to the boy in an acolyte's training habit. "He's here." This time, the message was extraordinarily clear and it wasn't due to Aang's own spirituality, the boy knew. This meant that the 'other' side went all out just to make it clear that someone is lurking nearby. Alert, Aang strained his senses but what happened next was simply too sudden. *Pucchh!* Aang looked back. He was quite a bit distance away from Nik and Sokka so it was hard to see what was happening yet he heard everything as if he was right next to them. --- "R... un!" A weak voice gasped within Nik the moment Aang overtook the beast. Nik had heard this voice enough times to know that it is related to whatever that is 'within' him. There was another thing Nik knew that this 'thing' wanted to survive greatly and if it said to run, Nik needed to run this instance! *Pucchh!* Nik looked down only to find a sharp, dark lance-like blade stabbed into his left knee. It was as if he never had a kneecap that's how easily the blade tore into Nik's left knee. "Huh?" Nik grew dazed. *Graaaaghhhh* He looked sideways to see Appa suddenly charging in his direction as his body was pulled 'into' the snow. "Nik!" Sokka quickly rushed as he stretched out his spear instinctively and Nik grabbed it without a thought. The spear made from bones of beasts was sharp only towards the tip and quite blunt elsewhere so Nik didn't injure himself yet he and Sokka failed to estimate the strength of whoever was pulling Nik into the ice. "Whoa!" Sokka gasped, his legs digging into the snow as Nik winced, "Let it go, Sokka! I'm gonna be fine!" "Huh?" Sokka rolled his eyes but only pulled harder with his knuckles turning pale under the pressure, "Like hell I am!" "I'm going to disappear, let go quickly!" Nik stated again. He truly would be fine yet Sokka shouted, "You've got a useless leg! Is that thing still attached?!" Nik suddenly fell into a dilemma. Seeing that Sokka wasn't letting go, Nik quickly let go of the spear. He still didn't want to enter his personal space in front of Sokka so he would rather take his chances a few seconds later. "Hold up!" Sokka jumped in as Nik's expression turned bleak yet for some reason... Nik continued to go deeper and deeper. Instead of darkness, the surroundings began to glow up while Sokka's eyes were wide, "What... is this?" As Appa finally charged forth, its wide bell-like eyes cluelessly looked at the almost... perfect layer of ice with no indication of two men suddenly disappearing within. Not even a single mark could be viewed. --- "Sokka! Nik!" Aang jumped down with a worried expression, "Hey!" He slammed his staff as his eyes flickered with a strange, literal glow for a moment with a sensation of unending rage filling his body. The strike instantly caused the snow to part as wide as five meters and as long as his eyes could see with depth surpassing 3 meters. Nothing. Nik and Sokka had simply... disappeared.
