Natsu vs Sokka

Natsu: "Last time on Fairy Tail Legend of Aang."
Natsu is glaring at Sokka for what he said to Aang
Lucy: "We wanted to have a little talk with Sokka about everything he said to Aang."
Virgo grabs Sokka and takes him underground. He emerges in front of Lucy, Levy and Katara.
Katara: "We hear that Sokka and Suki knew Aang was 'dead' when they saw the Fire Lord getting back on his airship."
Sokka explains to them what happened after the Fire Lord won and he was fighting Ping, while Toph was battling Chun.
Happy: "Aang felt guilty after he considered staying here forever."
Aang is then talking to Erza about his current situation. He notices that Erza is also hiding something.
Katara: "But can Sokka really find a way back home?"
Sokka leaves Lucy's apartment after the three girls had their talk with him.
Happy: "If he does can I come?"
Lucy and Katara both agree on how annoying Sokka was being.
----Sokka was walking through town and the end of the day was coming. He had already checked many stores and vendors that had anything to do with magic and so far he hadn't found any luck in finding a way back home. "This is bad, but I have to get back home. Every minute spent here, the Fire Nation gets stronger and stronger." Sokka thought as he was approaching one last store and he entered. He saw a person with a long mustache. He saw him enter after the door hit the silver bell just in front of the door frame. This man was quite old, average height and he had a bald head with small brown eyes, he wore a dark blue robe.
"Ah, a customer. How may I help you?" he asked.
"Well this is the last place, so I need help. I'm not... from here, so I need some sort of magic item that can create a way for me to travel back to my world, or something."
The old man walked to Sokka from behind the counter. "So, you say you're not from around here? I see, well I may have something for you." he said. "However, I'll need an entire night to create it."
"Oh okay, so how much will it cost?" Sokka asked. The old man held up three fingers. "So three... silver pieces?" Sokka guessed.
"What are you talking about. This potion I'm about to brew will cost you. Thirty thousand Jewel." the man said.
"Jewel? What is Jewel... Okay so all I have to do is come up with thirty thousand Jewel and you'll give me the item, or whatever it is you are going to make?" Sokka asked.
"I wouldn't lie to a customer."
"Okay, and how would I get this kind of money."
"I don't know, that is up to you? But once you find it, come find me." the old man said and he walked to the back room which was separated by plum coloured curtains.
Sokka walked out of the store and he sighed. "Thirty thousand Jewel? Where am I going to find that kind of money?" Sokka asked himself. "Hold on, Toph tricked people in the Fire Nation to make money. I just gotta find her. But how would I do that without encountering those wizards again?" 
----Erza and Aang had now exited the bakery in Magnolia and Erza was holding two boxes of cake.
"Thanks Erza, but you really didn't have to get two cakes for my friends and I?" Aang said.
"Who said one of them was for you? The strawberry one is all mine." Erza replied and Aang sweat dropped.
"How are you going to eat an entire ca... Actually never mind."
"So tell me, you're not from here. So how is it that you can use magic and control the elements?" Erza asked
"Oh, I still have to tell you about that huh? It was back on Galuna Island after you showed up. Since Grey's teacher, Ur was the water freezing Deliora and I had to use the water to fight, when I controlled it, it felt like Ur was another part of me. Apparently my body can absorb Etherano or something like that, but I can only use that absorbed magic when I enter the Avatar State. And you know I have trouble controlling the Avatar State."
"So why don't you control it?" Erza asked.
"Well, that's the problem actually?"
"I don't follow..."
"Well we may have to sit down for this." Aang said and they both found a bench in the town. "Back in my world, I met with this wise guru. He told me that if I unblocked these emotional blocks that are called Chakras, then I would be able to go in and out of the Avatar State at will."
"You haven't managed to unblock all of them?" Erza asked.
"I unblocked six out of the seven of them, but the seventh one was to much for me at the time."
"What did you have to do?"
"I had to let go of someone I love, and I wasn't ready to do that. When I tried, I found out that the person I was trying to let go of was in trouble, so I couldn't leave her. I left the guru and went to save her. In doing that I locked the Chakra, which meant I was locked out of the Avatar State."
"But we saw you go into the Avatar State against Phantom Lord."
"I'm not finished. I actually tried to let her go, in the middle of a battle, but just when I was about to release the full power of the Avatar State, I was shot in the back with lightining by a firebender, her name was Azula."
"Azula..." Erza said and she had stared out into the distance.
"Something wrong, Erza?" Aang asked
"N-no. I just spaced for a second." Erza said. "Anyway, go on."
"After that I couldn't go into the Avatar State at all. That was until the whole situation with Ur came up. At the moment, I am back to where I was before I unblocked my Chakras. I may have to unblock seven of them again before I can fully control the Avatar State."
"If that is the case, then I'll help you find another way to access the Avatar State and control it."
"N-no Erza, you don't have to do that." Aang said. "If I'm going to figure this thing, I'd want to try to do it myself."
"This girl that you love, is she still in your world right now?" Erza asked.
Aang didn't know what to say, a part of him wanted to tell Erza to tell him the truth but he knew if he did, this would narrow down Erza's search for his love to two girls; Katara and Toph and he wasn't ready for anyone amoung his friends and allies to know. "I- I'm not sure, with my friends getting teleported here too later than I did, I'm not sure if she would be here or not. People from my world would have been ending up in this world and no one would know." Aang lied.
"Very well, do you know how this girl felt about you?" Erza asked
"I think, she might, but not really, maybe, slightly likes me back, hopefully..." Aang stuttered.
"If she is that important to you, would you really give her up for ultimate power?"
"I don't want to, but what if I need to. If I need the Avatar State to be able to beat the Fire Lord, then I don't have much of a choice."
"Yes you do, at the end of the day. You make that choice, of your own will, this has to be a decision made by you. If you choose love, then you have a chance to be with the one you love, but you might lack the power to do what you have to do. On the other hand, if you choose power, you'll have vast quantities of power, but you risk losing touch with the person you love. Don't feel pressured into making a choice, you still have time to think about it."
Aang began to feel more at ease when he at least felt less pressure to make a desision about it. "Thanks Erza, I'm curious. What would you do if you were in the same situation?"
"Well..." she flashed back an image of the same boy with blue hair and the red markings on his face from her last flashback and he was surrounded by dark, eerie energy. "That is a difficult decision for anyone to make, even for me. All I can say is that I will gladly lay down my life so that my friends can live on. I know it is not much of an answer, but it is the best I have."
"I see. Erza?"
"Hmm, what is it?"
"Uh, no forget it." Aang said as he was about to ask Erza about the person she was thinking about but he decided to quickly change the topic. "What magics do you think I can learn, I figure since the Avatar State allows me to use magic, it would be useful to learn about them now."
"I see, you are an Airbender, so magic that is similar to that would be a good fit, but I can assume your body still isn't completly used to using magic, does your magic quickly drain after you use it."
Aang began to think. "Now that you mention it. I was never able to stay in the Avatar State for long, but I do feel slightly drained after I use magic."
"How many types of magic can you learn?" Erza asked.
"According to my Ur and my Past Lives, I can use three, but only in the Avatar State. At the moment I can use Ur's Ice Make magic."
"This is a long shot, but I think if you could learn Dragon Slayer magic. It would be great for you. Dragon Slayers can replenish their energy by eating their element. That is why you see Natsu eating fire."
"So you think there is an Air Dragon Slayer out there?" Aang asked with a hopeful tone.
"Hard to say. But if you can learn Dragon Slayer magic, then I suggest you learn Fire Dragon Slayer magic from Natsu."
"If I have to, I'll give it a try. But only if Natsu doesn't accidentally burn me to a crisp." Aang joked and Erza slightly chuckled. "C'mon I'll walk you back to Lucy's place." she said and she picked up the cakes and they both walked towards Lucy's place.
----Lucy and Katara was still in Lucy's apartment as night fell. "It's getting pretty late, maybe I should get going." Katara said.
"Wait, have you figured out where you are going to live yet?" Lucy asked
"Well, I was with Levy for that one time, but I was thinking of getting my own room at Fairy Hills."
"Okay, can you pay the monthly rent?" Lucy asked
"M-monthly rent?" Katara said. "I-I thought it was free, y'know since we are already in the guild. How much would the rent cost then?"
"100'000 Jewel." Lucy said and the top of Katara's face turned dark blue.
"I'm not going to see money like that anytime soon."
"It might be a tight fit, but maybe you could live with Aang and I."
"Wait, Aang lives here with you, now?"
"Trust me he was against the idea of him sleeping here, but I insisted."
"Oh if he lives here, I guess..." they both heard a sound in the apartment and they turned around.
"What was that, a burglar?" Lucy asked.
"If it is..." Katara bended some water from her water skin and made it float around her. "He'll be very sorry." They slowly walked to the window and they saw that Happy was on the kitchen counter.
"Hello there."
"Oh, its just you." Katara said as she forced her water back into her water skin.
They both heard someone climbing up the wall from outside they looked out the window and they saw Natsu climbing up to the window.
"Oh, Lucy, Katara can you help me up?" he asked with his trademark smile.
"Why should I, you don't even live here." Lucy said sounding annoyed.
"Cause I want to find out where Sukka is and knock some sense into him." he said still hanging on the wall.
"You're out of luck, Sokka just left hours ago." Katara said. "But why do you want to talk to him, he didn't do anything to you, did he?"
"Nah, but I want to teach him a lesson for what he said to Aang. At least this way I can get to him without Erza knowing."
"Erza? She's the girl with the red hair, and the one who with Aang stopped the Jupiter Cannon."
"The very same." Happy said
"Why would you want to disobey her?!" Katara asked with surprise. "Never mind, C'mon Lucy lets help him up. I mean he did come all this way."
Both girls helped him in and the second he got inside Natsu lied down on the floor. "Oh no, please don't..." Lucy started, fearing Natse would fall asleep, they all heard loud snoring coming from the open mouth of Natsu.
Katara facepalmed and Lucy sweatdropped. "You've got to be kidding me."
They heard the door open and Aang walked in. "Hello, I'm home." he said carring one of the cakes that Erza bought. "Katara, what are you doing here?"
"I was just hanging out with Lucy."
"Okay, but why is Natsu..."
"He's come for Sokka." Lucy said.
"Oh I see, do you guys know where he is right now?"
"We have no idea, all we know is that he said he is going to find a way back home since he claimed you don't want to save the world anymore." Katara said
"He's probably panicing out there, we should go and find him."
"What after what he said to you, why not just leave him out there for one night?" Lucy said.
"Maybe I don't need to remind you that there are people sent from the Fire Nation to kill me at all costs, if they find Sokka, who knows what they will do to him."
"Alright I guess you make a point. I'll wake Natsu." Katara walked to him and she plugged his nose with her fingers and Natsu's face began to turn purple and he took a breath from his mouth and he look up.
"Hey! What's the big idea!" the Dragon Slayer asked, angrily
"We're going to find Sokka. Are you in?"
"Yeah! Lets go!"
"Aye!" Happy exclaimed.
"But Magnolia is quite big, how will we find him?" Lucy asked.
"Don't worry. I have a solution." Aang said and he jumped out of Lucy's window and he manuvered to the top of her apartment and he blew on the bison whistle. A loud roar was heard and they he saw Appa speeding to him and Momo was on his head.
"Hey buddy!" Aang exclaimed and he rubbed his head and he jumped on him and he lowered Appa to Lucy's open window. "Well any takers?"
"Well what are we waiting for?" Katara asked as she jumped onto Appa from the window.
"How can something so big fly so easily?" Happy asked as he flew above Appa.
"Well, what is it Natsu." Lucy asked as he looked slightly nervous.
"He might make me sick."
"Appa is an animal, not transportation!" Lucy said with an annoying voice as she dragged him onto him. "So how do you make him go?"
"Like this. Appa yip-yip!" Appa began moving and he flew above the city of Magnolia. "Everyone start looking around for Sokka." He said they were all keeping an eye out for him.
Soon the night was getting into its deeper stage and they had no luck. "It's no use, we just can't see him right now." Happy said.
"Yeah, and Appa is getting tired and Sokka's resourceful, he should be able to take care of himself."
"Aang." Lucy called out.
"Oh, what's up Lucy?"
"There is something Katara wanted to ask you?"
"What! No there isn't!" she retorted and she then looked at Aang then sighed. "Actually there is, I know you're living with Lucy at the moment, but I still need a place to stay and..."
"So, you want to move in with Lucy and me?"
"Well sort of, you see I was hoping it would be just Lucy and I, you know it's kind of a girl thing."
Aang turned away and sadly looked downwards while he was flying Appa. "Oh, you don't want me around, is that it?"
Katara quickly regretted her words and quickly tried to make him understand. "N-no I don't mean it like that. I mean, I can't live anywhere else right now because my accommodations with Levy were temporary."
"Let her take it, Aang. That way you can live with me and Happy." Natsu said
"Aye." Happy replied
"Okay, if you really want to stay with Lucy then I'll let you take my space."
"Really? Thanks Aang."
Aang directed Appa back to Lucy's apartment, the bison landed the ground where Lucy and Katara got off, the Avatar followed to see them off. "Thanks for the lift, Aang." Lucy thanked.
"Anytime."
"Uh, Aang." Katara said and the Waterbender got his attention. "I know this is overdue especially since I've been here for some time. I'm really glad I get to see you again, when Sokka said you were gone, I-I didn't want to believe it, but here you are in front of me. I really missed you Aang." she said and she made sure Aang never saw her hot cheeks as she looked to the side away from him.
"Oh, really? I thought that... never mind, it's nothing. I'm really glad you're here too Katara, and that you're safe and sound. I-I even thought I was never going to see you again."
"But Aang, are you sure that you can live with Natsu and Happy."
"As long as I can make sure you're safe, then I can handle those two. Besides, I know Lucy. I know you two will get on just great."
"Well, this is a thank you from me." Katara walked to him she was about to peck him on the cheek.
"The only way. Is to let her go..." Aang heard inside his mind remembering the words of the guru and he held her back from kissing him on the cheek.
"I'm really sorry, believe me when I say I really want you to but there are still so many things in my head right now." he sadly said without making eye contact with her.
"Uh... okay, I'm sorry Aang. I guess I'll see you tomorrow." she walked inside the apartment and Aang climbed back on Appa and he clenched his fists on Appa's reins and he sighed.
"What's wrong with me?" he said to himself
"Something wrong Aang?" Natsu asked.
"Don't worry it's nothing."
"If you say so."
Aang whipped Appa's reins and he flew up into the air and towards where Natsu and Happy lived.
----It was the next day and Toph was walking to the Fairy Tail guild and she heard Sokka running up to her. "Hey Toph!" he exclaimed.
"What it is Sokka?" she asked not turning into his direction.
"I need some Jewel and I heard that you have kind of a lot of it."
Toph glared and pointed at his face. "Who told you!?" she yelled. "It was the cat wasn't it?"
"Actually it was that nice silver haired girl that told me." Sokka replied.
"Mira told you? Damn her." Toph sighed. "Okay, what do you need this money for?"
"I need to buy this thing from this guy I met. He is going to sell me something that can take us home." Sokka said.
"It's a scam, Sokka. Even I can see that."
"And how would you know that?" Sokka asked
"You go to him and he then somehow tells you that he can find a way to travel between worlds? Sokka, we could be stuck here for a while, so I'm choosing to live in the moment."
"You too now? We're not supposed to be here."
"Yeah, so what? I would definitely prefer this to being chased all over by the Fire Nation. Besides, remember I ran away from my family, so I'm not really missing anything. In any case we might as well make the best of our time here, unless you want to be a downer and complain about everything."
"I'm serious Toph, I think this guy can help us. Now are you going to help me find a way back to our home or not?" Sokka asked. Toph handed him a brown bag of that was full of notes.
"Take it, it should cover your expenses for your scheming friend. But remember, whether we are home or not, you owe me."
"Fine." Sokka said. "What do you want?"
Toph smirked and folded her arms. "I'll let you know later."
"There you are!" they both heard and they saw Natsu walking to them.
"Oh, what's up Flame Brain?" Toph said putting her hand up as if she was greeting him.
"Hey, you're one of those wizards, what make it quick. I'm a little busy here."
"I'm here, to knock some sense into ya." Natsu said
"Huh, weird coming from you." Toph said referring to Natsu.
"Look I had this conversation with my sister and that blond girl, so if you'll excuse me. I have to get finding a way back to our real home."
"You're not running away from me!" He said. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" he blasted a stream of fire through the circluar spaces he made with his hands through a magic circle and Sokka ducked under it.
"You're kidding me, you use fire!?" Sokka exclaimed.
"That's not all I can do!" Natsu sprinted to Sokka and his right fist was engulfed in flames. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" He was about to punch Sokka in the face but he missed and Sokka grabbed his arm and tried to throw him over but he couldn't mostly because he didn't possess the necessary strength to thrown the Dragon Slayer over him. 
"What are you doing?" Natsu asked.
"N-nothing…" he backed away from Natsu and he took a small bomb out of his pocket and ignited the fuse and he threw it to Natsu and it blew up in his face and his face was green and he fell to the ground and was holding his nose.
"AHH! That is disgusting!" He yelled
"Bombs made of skunk fish and seaweed! Ha!" he exclaimed and he ran down the street to get back to the shop that he met the merchant.
"My nose is burning!" Natsu yelled and Happy flew out and saw Natsu making a face like he was going to puke.
"The ground isn't transportation, Natsu." The cat said looking down at the Dragon Slayer.
"It's not that. Sokka threw a stink bomb at Natsu." Toph said holding her nose.
"And a Dragon Slayer's nose is much more sensitive that a regular nose, which means it must be worse for Natsu." Happy quickly realized something. "Wait, did you just lose to Sokka?" Happy began laughing out loud at the possibility of Natsu losing to someone like Sokka.
Suddenly both Zuko and Iroh were running towards the commotion. 
"Did something happen here? We heard an explosion." Iroh asked.
"Sokka threw a stink bomb at Natsu and he ran off to meet this guy who says he can take him back to our world."
"We have to check this out, which means we need to follow him." Zuko said.
Natsu quickly got back up. "Yeah. I have to teach that cheater a lesson!" He yelled as he looked angry that he went down so easily.
"Well you guys have fun, I have some business to attend to." Toph said and she began walking away from the gang.
"Well we need to find him, but how are we going to do that?" Zuko asked.
"We can use Natsu's nose." Happy said.
"Oh yes, I heard it mentioned to me that a Dragon Slayer can track down anyone if they have their scent." Iroh remembered.
"Well let's get to it, before Sokka does anything stupid." Zuko said and they all ran to find Sokka.
----Sokka meanwhile was at a magical weapons shop and he was looking at swords particularly so he could replace the one he lost. He was also able to get a new one because he saw Toph gave him more than he needed to pay the man for the magical artifact. 
"So anything to your liking?" The man asked.
"After holding them, they seem kind of heavy to me, I'm looking for something lightweight and easy to carry." Sokka said
"Then I suggest you get this. This is the first of its kind." He handed Sokka a long metallic cylinder with a hole on one side.
"What is it?" Sokka asked.
"Just swing it like a sword and find out." The owner said. Sokka then swung it out and suddenly a long yellow beam ejected out of the metallic item and it was a long blade made of nothing but light. "That I like to call a beam saber, it uses light magic to work and in order to recharge it draws light magic from…"
"Yeah, yeah. That's great and all, so I'll take it, and…" he saw a boomerang that was orange with grey bladed and was curvier than Sokka's old boomerang hanging on the wall behind the owner. "I'll take that too!"
"That is just a metal boomerang."
"Exactly." Later Sokka walked out of the store with his weapons and he then saw Happy up in the air looking around. "Ugh! I better hurry!" Sokka began running to the store he last saw the man once he entered the store, he put the bag of Jewel on the counter.
"Ah, the one from yesterday, I trust you have come for what I promised yesterday?"
"Gee, ya think?" Sokka asked sarcastically.
The man handed Sokka a peculiar spiked crystal with some inscriptions on it. "Just smash it on the ground and after it shatters, the crystal will cut a hole in space-time and it will take you back to the place of your origin."
"Great!" He took the spiked crystal and he ran out of the shop.
"Hahaha, what an idiot." The store owner said after Sokka left. "He'll be lucky if that crystal will take him anywhere." The man chuckled to himself. Suddenly two figures entered his shop and they were both wearing a clad, garish uniform and they were holding long metal staffs with crystal orbs and a cross on top of them. The man flinched as he saw the Rune Knights entering his shop.
"What did you just sell that person?" One of them asked.
"Listen, I can explain all of this if you just listen." One of the knight's staff's glowed and the man screamed in terror.
----Sokka was in a large grassy clearing and he took out the spiky crystal. "Ha I was right. If it was that easy to find a way back, Aang would have figured it out by now." Sokka thought.
"Sokka!" he heard and he saw Zuko, Iroh, Natsu and Happy standing behind him as they have managed to catch him. "Think about what you are doing?" Zuko said.
"There is nothing to think about. I'm doing this, and once I do find a way back I'll take my friends with me, whether they want to come with me or not is a different story."
"Since you won't listen them, maybe you'll listen to this!" Natsu yelled and he then charged towards Sokka and he engulfed his fist in fire and he rolled away from Natsu and the Dragon Slayer punched a boulder.
"Okay, if you wanna fight so badly?" Sokka pulled out his metal cylinder and a light yellow beam of light sped out of it and he got in his sword stance. He had the crystal in his other hand and he dropped it on the ground before it shattered, suddenly a black vortex began to form behind him and Sokka ran from it. "Ha, now I just have to wait until it will take me home."
"I don't know what you've done, but it doesn't look right! I'm going to stop it!" Natsu yelled.
"I won't let you get close!" Sokka said.
"Oh yeah? Fire Dragon's Roar!" he yelled and a huge stream of fire was speeding towards Sokka and he then put his light blade in front of the attack and it managed to stop the flames from engulfing him even though they sped past him.
"Now it's my turn!" Sokka yelled and he sprinted to Natsu and he managed to slice off a little of his salmon coloured hair and he Sokka then kicked him, this caused Natsu to back away and Sokka took a look at the black vortex as it began growing. "Uh, is that supposed to happen?"
"Something is coming out! Something very powerful!" Happy fearfully yelled and suddenly the face of a grey dragon like figure came out and the rest of its body was trying to get out from the portal. Eventually only half it's dragon like body was outside the rift."Is that a…"
"Dragon?" Natsu finished as he was stunned as to what he was seeing.
"Humans?! What am I doing here!?" He said as only half of his body was outside the vortex.
"Hey, there are no dragons like that in my world and they don't certainly talk!" Sokka exclaimed
"This vortex is preventing me from getting into your world easily, but maybe if I eat all of you, then it will give me the energy I need."
"Uh, did that dragon just say he was going to eat us?" Sokka asked.
"Yeah he did." Zuko simply said.
"Okay, just checking. Oh yeah, we'll you're out of luck. Because I don't plan on being eaten today."
Natsu walked closer to the towering figure. 
"Hey, you! Where is Igneel?!" he asked.
"I don't have to answer to food!"
"Then I'll beat it out of you!" He ran to the dragon and both his fists were engulfed in flames and he punched the grey dragon in the face and he laughed.
"Is that the best you got?"
"Hey! Don't forget about me!" Sokka yelled and he was about to slash the dragon's feet with his beam saber but before he could the light disappeared back into the cylinder and Sokka shook it several times and the light wouldn't come back. "Hey! What gives?!"
"That weapon must draw off the users Light Magic." Happy said. "Because you have no magic, it is completely useless."
"Maybe that's what the store owner was trying to tell me." Sokka realized and he dodged getting crushed by the dragon's feet as the huge beast was trying to get out of the vortex but he couldn't as it felt like it was pulling him back in."
"The vortex it pulling me back in!"
"Then how about he give it a hand!" Zuko yelled and he shot a stream of fire from his right hand and left foot and the streams hit the Dragon's face and he closed his eyes to brace himself for the attack and he roared out in pain.
"You will pay for that!" A black/purple beam was charging in his mouth.
"It's his breath attack!" Happy yelled.
Sokka was confused as to what Happy was saying. "His what!" the dragon shot a black beam of energy from his mouth.
Natsu puffed his cheeks preparing his Fire Breath attack. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" he shot flames a huge blast of flames. Iroh took a deep breath and he also blasted a powerful blast of fire from his mouth. Zuko blasted a stream of fire from his right fist. All three flames combined and they hit the black energy beam shot from the dragon and the black and fire energies were at battle but the black energy shot through the flames and the three were engulfed by the black beam and when it subsided they all got back up to their feet.
Sokka thought of an idea "Hey, Iroh. You've killed a dragon before. How can we beat this thing?"
"This is nothing like the dragon that I fought. For one thing they don't talk, secondly he's not attacking us with Fire."
"Well whatever this thing is, we have to stop it!" Sokka said and he took out his new boomerang and Natsu began laughing.
"What is that, tiny thing going to do?" Natsu asked while laughing.
"That thing looks like it is nothing more than a huge toothpick." Happy commented while holding back his laughter.
"Laugh all you want, but let's see if you are still laughing after this!" Sokka said and he threw it and it was swerved in the air and it slashed the dragon in the eye and he roared out in pain. Sokka caught the boomerang and he looked at Natsu. "Useless huh?"
"Foolish humans, you will die today if it is the last thing I do!" the dragon yelled and the energy of the rift suddenly shifted and a huge gust of wind was now drawing matter towards the rift and the dragon was being sucked in n but fought with all his might. "No! The vortex is sucking me back in!"
"Oh yeah, how do you like that you dragon!" Sokka mocked and he found out that he and the others were being dragged along with the dragon.
"And us along with it!" Zuko yelled.
Natsu was hanging onto Happy's tail to prevent him from being sucked into the vortex. "What are we going to do?!" Happy yelled.
Sokka quickly thought of a solution. "If the dragon goes back into the vortex, then it should disappear along with it." Sokka lost his footing for a moment and he then flew toward the vortex.
As the entire group screamed his name a huge figure appeared in the sky and a person jumped off he landed hard on the ground and made a huge slab of earth stop Sokka's momentum and he was saved from flying into the vortex.
"Aang!" Natsu exclaimed.
Aang looked up from where he was and took a view of the situation. "I came as soon as Toph told me what was going on, but I never expected to see this."
"Look, all we have to do is make this thing fly back into the vortex and it will disappear!" Sokka said.
"'This thing?!'" The dragon angrily repeated I'll have you know you are referring the great Night Shade!"
"Night Shade? I can think of better name than that. Then we'll go for its legs! That the only support he has for keeping here!"
"As if I'll let you!" he yelled.
"Sokka, Natsu and I will go for his left leg, can I trust you to attack his right leg?" Aang asked.
"What! Since when do you order me around?!"
"Are you going to help or not!?" Aang angrily exclaimed which shocked Sokka a little.
"Okay then!" He said and he took out his boomerang and readied to throw it.
"Zuko, Iroh. I need you to throw all the fire you can at him."
"Right!" they both exclaimed and both firebenders then shot huge streams of fire at him and this blocked his vision as the flames were right in front of him. Sokka threw his boomerang and this slashed through the dragon's three fingers and this made cuts in all of them and he screamed out in pain and he lifted his right leg and he couldn't use it to grip the ground anymore.
Aang was making slabs of rock come out of the ground and he was throwing them at Night Shade. The dragon however still had a lot to give out. "Don't toy with me kid!" he shot a huge dark purple blast from his mouth and Aang just avoided it and he made a huge pillar of rock underneath his leg rise up and the dragon let go of the ground.
"Now Natsu!"
"It's time for you to leave!" Natsu yelled. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" He punched the dragon in the face with flames around his right fist and the dragon was then being sucked back into the vortex and Natsu was about to follow him in but Aang made a water whip curl around Natsu's left leg and he threw him back away from the suction of the vortex. Night Shade was sucked in and the vortex collapsed on itself as it disappeared and they all sighed.
"Looks like it's over."
"I still can't believe it, a real dragon. How is that possible?" Happy asked. "I thought the dragons disappeared."
"Maybe it's not a dragon from this world or a dragon at all." Zuko said.
"Yeah, you could be right. He smelled and looked nothing like Igneel." Natsu said as he remembered his scent.
Aang looked as he saw Appa landing. "So what happened here?"
"This moron tried to find a way to your world, but instead Night Shade appeared." The Dragon Slayer said.
"I'm the moron!? You don't see me throwing around flames wildly like it's going out of style!"
"It's okay, Natsu. In fact, I need to talk to Sokka alone." Aang said.
Zuko walked alongside Natsu. "You heard him. Let's move. Natsu, Happy, Iroh and Zuko left Aang and Sokka alone."
"So I know you're going to say it's my fault, all of this is happening?" Aang guessed saying this in a monotonous voice.
"Yeah, I mean. We could be living peacefully if only you killed Ozai."
"So I didn't have it in me to kill Fire Lord Ozai, I already know I have to take responsibility for that but give me a break!? Can you honestly say I am to blame for everything here? I've decided that I'm going to face Fire Lord Ozai again, I don't know where or when that will happen."
"That's the problem! What if it is already too late! Fire Lord Ozai grows more powerful by the minute and you do nothing but play with a bunch of magic users!"
"At least I'm alive, at least I'm trying… trying to get stronger so I'll be more prepared when I have to face the Fire Lord again. I've already accepted that we will be stuck here for a while, but I'm beginning to think that we were brought here for a reason and until we figure that out, I'm going to do everything I can to protect my friends here, no matter what threat comes our way. I'm not going to complain about everything that happened! I'm moving on from my defeat, what are you doing!?" Aang asked while he yelled. Sokka remained quiet as he couldn't find an answer. "I thought so."
"So what happens now then?" Sokka asked with an irritated voice.
"You have two choices. You can come with me, so we can figure this out together with our friends, or you can just sulk here all you like." Aang began to walk to Appa where all of the others were waiting.
----Sokka who had not made his decision yet was walking through the streets of Magnolia, and he quickly turned around and he saw Natsu following him. "Oh not you again."
"We need to talk?"
"Sure why not?" Sokka replied expecting a lecture of sorts from Natsu.
"I wanna know something, why did you blame Aang for everything?" the Dragon Slayer asked.
"He's always had this attitude that 'everyone has some good in them'. He even said that about the Fire Lord, but I didn't believe him too much. But the world is in trouble because of him."
"It's not like he is a threat to the world or anything, besides. I don't see you doing anything!"
"What are you...?" Sokka began but Natsu continued
"You talk about how Aang allowed the Fire Lord to live, but ask yourself, were you powerful enough to stop them too?" Sokka quickly flashed back to his sword battle with Ping and how he had lost his space sword because of her. "Can you really compare yourself to him and say you had no wrong doing in this. Can you beat the Fire Lord!" Natsu yelled.
"No, in fact sometimes I think I can't do anything. When we were travelling, for a long time I was the only one in the group who couldn't bend, most times I didn't let it bother me, but sometimes it did kind of get to me, especially when they would use their bending on me. I guess sometimes I was really jealous of them."
"Don't let that anger you, Aang already feels bad about losing to the Fire Lord, yet he is still trying to get stronger to beat him when he gets the chance. I am trying to get stronger so that I can find Igneel."
"Your 'dragon'." Sokka said using air quotes.
"We are all trying to get stronger, and we have our reasons. That is why you should join us." Natsu said holding out his hand.
"You gotta be kidding me, I'm no wizard let alone a bender."
"So? We won't let that stop you. What is your reason to keep going right now?"
Sokka looked down and he quickly found his reason. "That's easy. To take back my home, our world from the clutches of the Fire Nation, if joining up with some wizard guild is going to help me accomplish that then so be it."
"So what will it be?" Natsu asked.
"Count me in." he reached to shake Natsu's hand but he quickly stopped it. "How do I know I won't burst into flames the second I touch you?" Sokka asked and Natsu glared at him.
"What did you say?" Natsu angrily asked
"Well, you're not like any Firebender I've seen and you are a bit of a hot head." Sokka said trying to pick his words.
"If you don't shake my hand I will burn you to a crisp!" Natsu threatened and Sokka quickly grabbed his hand.
"Noted, never mess with the Natsu." Sokka said to himself. With that Sokka had now established himself as a part of Fairy Tail, albeit through unusual circumstances, but for now he saw this as one step forward to eventually beating the Fire Nation and that is all that mattered.