Chapter - 5 Talks..

The moon light shined down after the fog slowly moved away, the wind picking up as it howled passing through the trees. Xue who laid on the cloth for a while lifted his body up, the heat from his eyes still remained as he thought about what happened.

"I should have been there.. I should have just come home, instead me and Zaheer left for our grand mission. To save the world right? Wasn't that what you said Zaheer? Instead our sister was almost killed and mother died. All for the sake of balance?!" Xue spoke slowly to himself as he clenched his fist, bringing them both up and slamming his hands on the ground. The earth below cracked a little as he looked up slowly.

"10 years.. 10 years! 5 years of being trapped in my own mind and the rest trapped in that cell. So much time has passed, my lover, my family.. lost to the will of time. No, not this time Zaheer.. I have always followed you but I can not.. I do not want to fight you or her but I will if I have to. For now, I need to move." Xue words were full of mixed emotions but he was sure of what he needed to do, for now he needs to confirm things but sooner or later him and Zaheer must face each other. Xue knew that there was no other way, if there was he would do so without a second thought.

"Mother said she was in the fire nation? I can't head to the earth kingdom for now.. I would say I have other things to do.. but it would be a lie. I'm just a coward.. isn't that right? ..Kuvira?" Standing up Xue looked at his wrist, where a bracelet was and smiled slightly.

After a moment of remembering the past, he shook his head and picked up the cloth his mother left. Wrapping his body as he moved forward and headed to the north, ready for his journey. While he walked into the dark, behind him the trees who once stood tall and proud. They all were now twisted and dying, every tree and 10 or so meters were he slammed his fist. The sides were he had broken down, had large Trenches that scarred the earth.

*meanwhile*

Far away from were Xue was, in the snow filled land, where the snow drifted over endless hills. The frozen water that seemed to never melt and the lights of houses, that filled this area could be seen ever so slightly. The snow that rained down like hell, trying to block all sight. With in this frozen cold storm, a light flickered as two silhouettes made there way towards the lights of the houses in the distance.

The figures moved within the snow for a while, finally coming to a wall of ice. Standing below it as lights from lanterns above pointed down on the two figures.

On the wall a man in armor spoke, "what is your business here!? Uncover your.." the guard wanted to continue but quickly stopped, watching one of the figures reach into there cloaks and held up a pendent of some kind.

Soon the wall of ice split at its center, opening like a door as the two people walked inside. The storm could be seen passing above but the walls blocked most of the snow. The two figures walked forward on to an arena like area, their faces covered by the night and their hoods. They didn't stop, their legs carrying them to a building larger then the rest outside. At the center of this compound, when moving towards it they made a turn and rather then the front, they moved to the side as they disappeared.

"What the heck was that about? The guards just let these two shady people in?" Walking out of the dark, a woman in warm clothes spoke. Her face confused as she watched the two cloaked men disappear. "Something has to be going on.. I mean it's my job to know about the worlds problems right?" The girl once again spoke in a low voice, talking herself in to it as she used ice to launch herself over two guards.

She landed on the roof that was above the entrance, moving in the shadows as she moved around to were the men disappeared. After a few minutes and not seeing anything, she dropped to the ground.

'They just disappeared? What's..' the girl couldn't understand how but they disappeared, making her Scratch her head as she was about to search somewhere else. She only came to a stop when she saw the light from a window above, hearing voices coming from a room that was never used.

"Are you sure?! You confirmed it with your own two eyes?" In side the room, three figures could be seen. One older woman sat by a fire burning while the other two sat at a table of ice.

"There is no mistaking it, when we went to confirm ourselves.. the men stationed there were in a panic about what happened.." A deep voice came from one of the men, he leaned forward slightly as he looked at the older woman.

"Even for him, I don't think it would be that easy.. 50 or so men were stationed there so how.." the older woman asked, having a pained feeling in her chest about what was happening.

Sighing the other man spoke, his voice still deep but younger. "Everyone there said, he somehow learned to bend.. water.." the man shook his head at how it sounded, still if 50 men say they saw it, and from the damage there's no way.

'What are they talking about with..' up above the girl was looking down at the three figures, confused at what was going on.

"Zuko.. what about the others?" The older woman could only looked down, her eyes sad as she asked the man who finally took of his hood.

"For right now, they are all still locked away. We visited them, just in case but it's only been a day. We have no idea where he is.. more worrying though, we don't know what he plans to do katara.." Zuko, who removed his hood, showing his long white beard and burn scar spoke up. Rubbing his hands together as he thought on what was happening.

"What do you think, he will do.. after all this time?" Katara spoke, her voice full of care as she looked at Zuko's face. She could tell that he knew what was in her heart.

"It doesn't matter at this point.. I know how you must feel Katara but this is my daughters life we are talking about. No matter the past, I must do what I can to protect her!" The man who looked at the two peoples faces understood but he couldn't help but get angry. Standing up and pulling his hood down, stating how he felt.

'FATHER?!' Up above, korra who looked at the mans, tan skin, black hair and serious look. Her face turned into a surprised one as she looked at her father.

'Just what is going on here....' while thinking her foot slipped and ice broke from the window, falling inside as the three who were in the room, looked up to the window above.

"Uhh, hey dad..haha"