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52 - I am home
🕑 Added 2024-06-03 13:03:00 +0000 UTCAn: Yon Rha pictures above
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Of course things rarely go as planned in this world. Levi didn't know that yet though, all he saw was a flash of light before he found himself in a dimly lit underground cave.
The walls and ground were all lined up with carefully drawn runes and symbols, it would make anyone’s head dizzy just looking at them.
‘This must be Tobirama’s work, but why isn't he here?.’
As he was slowly observing his surroundings and wondering where Tobirama went Levi suddenly felt suffocated, he couldn't even breathe and he felt as if his entire being was being destroyed, it barely took him a second to figure out why, and the system notifications that came immediately after confirmed it.
[Ding]
[Warning! The user is advised to switch to physical form immediately, failure to do so will result in irreparable damage]
[Warning!...]
Seeing these notifications, instead of feeling apprehensive, Levi couldn't help but laugh out loud, “HAHAHAHA, FINALLY I AM BACK.” he laughed not caring about the unbearable pain assaulting him.
These notifications meant that he was back in the physical world, he could barely contain his joy as he used his spirit body ability using a huge chunk of chi and switched into physical form, taking huge inhales of air before exhaling.
“How I've missed this feeling.” Levi said as he closed his eyes and savoured the feeling of his physical body, even feeling the blood coursing through his veins was like the best pleasure he ever felt.
One doesn't appreciate the little things in life until they lose them, and Levi was the same, he had never appreciated his body as much as he did at that moment.
Just the inhales and exhales of air were so pleasurable to him that if he didn't have Gamer’s mind he would have been lost in it.
Regaining his senses soon after he directed his attention inwards, he could still feel Acnologia, Koh, the blue eagle, and the red dragon inside of him, nothing had changed.
Acnologia was sending constant telepathic messages, spamming him until almost his head hurt, to let him out, leaving him helpless.
Levi had a theory before that when he switched back to physical form with his bonded spirits inside him they would also be affected and gain physical form with him, but he couldn't confirm it and thus was hesitant to let Acnologia out, but it seemed he had no choice but to relent to the dragon's requests.
‘In any case, if something goes wrong I can just quickly merge with him again, it shouldn't be that dangerous.’ thought Levi as Acnologia exited his body in a burst of light before solidifying into a big black dragon.
The first thing Acnologia did after he got out of Levi's body was shake his body like a dog would do when it got out of the water before he started observing his surroundings curiously.
It was almost completely dark with only vague sources of lights around that Tobirama must have arranged but it wasn't a problem for the due.
While Acnologia was observing his surroundings Levi heaved a sigh of relief as his eyes shone, it seemed that his gamble had worked, Acnologia along with his other bonded spirits had all gained physical form alongside him after he used his spirit body ability.
He had been worried about not being able to get access to them, without them his battle strength would take a huge dive, and even with his bending back he would still not be as strong, but now with them Around, and with his bending powers also recovered he was stronger than ever.
Smiling in satisfaction, Levi was about to urge Acnologia to merge back together, at least for now so people wouldn't see a dragon running around, when a faint earthquake shook the place.
‘What is happening?.’ questioned Levi as his eyes hardened, he had also noticed something strange now, Tobirama was supposed to be waiting for him but now he was nowhere to be seen, ‘Something is wrong.’ thought Levi as he quickly retrieved Acnologia and activating Limit breaker for a fraction of a second he jumped breaking through the hard roof and underground chamber.
***
Southern water tribe
It was a massacre, dead bodies were everywhere, some belonged to the fire nation but most of them were Southern Water tribe members, some were burned beyond recognition, some had wounds on their bodies that were still bleeding, and some were still alive but it was obvious that if they didn't receive medical treatment soon they won't last for long.
Helpless Screams of women and children filled the air as explosions occurred everywhere, along with the angry and indignant shouting of the southern water tribe warriors and benders, but what could they do? Not to mention the fact that they were vastly outnumbered, the fire nation seemed to have come prepared.
They were helpless in this situation, three Fire Nation warships docked not far away from the southern water tribe as Fire Nation soldiers guarded them, not caring the least bit about the miserable screams coming their way.
On one particular side of the battlefield, water and firebenders were engaging in a death battle, but the Fire Nation soldiers still had the upper hand and the advantage in numbers, they had specifically planned and prepared to attack the southern water tribe for months so how could they come unprepared?
Only three small sections of the battlefield were different, those were the sections Tobirama, Tenzin, and Kato were at, with Tobirama and Tenzin being the most eye-catching, holding against a group of at least ten fire benders by their own, and in fact having aj advantage!
Tenzin was no surprise, but Tobirama caught a lot of people off guard with his water-bending proficiency, especially the fire nation. They had made plans to deal with Tenzin and other troublesome water benders but they didn't expect there to be two water-bending masters in the tribe, Tenzin and Tobirama.
Of course Tobirama was still holding back, if he wanted to end this he could eliminate all of the Fire Nation soldiers by himself, they were well trained but compared to the average ninja they were like kids welding sticks, but why would he?
Levi had only instructed him to keep his family and master safe, so unless it was them in danger or the tribe facing complete annihilation which would lead to them being in danger he wouldn't expose himself.
For now, he was more concerned about Levi not showing up, it had been more than a month since Levi had left the spirit realm but he still hadn't shown up, Tobirama had waited for him for days in the underground chamber but with no results he could only leave while feeling helpless.
Of course Tenzin, Tobirama and Kato weren't the only significant characters present here.
On the deck of the Fire Nation middle battleship, protected by two other ships on both sides and hundreds of Fire Nation soldiers in every direction, sat a young child on a throne, she had an arrogant look on her face as she supported her head with one hand on the throne, she was the princess of the fire nation, Azula! And standing beside her was none other than her loyal commander Ronan.
“He hasn't appeared yet!?” asked Azula in a bored tone as she observed the situation.
“He hasn't your highness, there doesn't appear to be any sign of him.” replied Ronan with a neutral tone, making Azula frown but she didn't say anything.
Ronan could only Sigh inwardly, ever since her first encounter with that monster of a child the princess have never been the same again.
In fact Ronan couldn't complain much, the princess had indeed changed but it was mostly for the better, she was even more focused on her training and growth and it was showing, and even better still her cruel and unhinged nature seemed to have reduced by a lot. Ronan didn't know if he should be grateful to that monster or wary of him.
Remembering his first meeting with him years ago and how it ended he couldn't help but shudder, he could only imagine how much stronger he was now, he just hoped that their luck was good and he wasn't in the tribe currently, he didn't think the princess could take another blow to her ego. He knew she was way stronger now but he still had little faith in her defeating him, even if he didn't dare to say it out loud.
***
Levi’s house
Kya, Sokka, and Katara were all hiding inside while Hakoda along with two benders and five warriors of the tribe were outside fighting the fire nation soldiers and benders.
They were barely holding on, there were way more of them at first but now only these few remained, and their situation was getting worse by the second.
One major reason for that was one fire bender, he was wearing superior armor compared to the other fire benders around, it was extremely well decorated and seemed to provide better protection.
He obviously had a higher rank. If Levi was here he might have even recognised him as Yon Rha, the person who had killed his mother in the show.
Slowly the Southern water tribe benders and warriors couldn't hold on anymore as they were killed one by one, they fought with all they could until the last minute but they were already tired and overwhelmed, in the end only Hakoda remained standing, covered in wounds protecting his family behind him.
The only reason he was the final one to survive was because he was the tribe chief and the others had sacrificed themselves to protect him.
“Hehehe, If it isn't the chief himself, I wonder what reward I would get if I brought your head over.” laughed Yon Rha Menacingly as he approached Hakoda.
Of course he was only doing that to scare them, he couldn't kill the enemy chief, it was fine to kill normal soldiers and benders but the higher-ups were different, whether it was to use him as a negotiation chip or to extract any kind of useful Intel he might have, he needed to bring him back alive.
But it worked nonetheless in scaring Sokka and Katara who were peeking from the door of their house, “STAY AWAY FROM MY FATHER.” screamed Sokka at the top of his lungs as he wanted to rush out of the house with Kya holding him, Katara could only cry her eyes out, helpless to do anything.
Seeing them like this Yon Rha felt even more pleased inside as he started laughing even more and moving towards them with a cruel smile on his face, stretching his hand and conjuring a ball of fire on it.
Seeing this scene Tobirama started to sneakily mix hand signs with his bending movements with no one noticing, he of course wasn't going to let anything happen to them, but suddenly he stopped weaving hand signs as a smile covered his face.
Just as Yon rah was only a few steps away from Hakoda and his family he felt a vague sense of danger as he looked up, the moment he did so his pupils shrank as he tried to move out of the way but it was already too late.
Spears of ice came too quickly for anybody to react to them directly piercing him in the middle of his head and on both his arms pinning him to the ground.
Whether it was Azula who just got up in shock or her commander Ronan who was frozen in place, nobody expected that to happen, it was so fast that nobody had the time to react to it, a commander of the fire nation was dead just like that, it was fine if it was a normal fire nation soldier but losing a commander dealt a heavy blow to the moral of the fire nation soldiers.
By the time anyone managed to react, a ten-year-old boy with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing southern water tribe clothes with a well-proportioned body was standing in front of Yon Rha's corpse.
Seeing the boy in front of them no one could believe their eyes. Especially Hakoda and his family.
Turning his head back to look at the shocked faces of his family Levi couldn't help but feel tears welling up in his eyes, but he still held them up nonetheless before he finally spoke, “I'm home”
[Ding]
[Quest completed]
[Quest: Stranded
You have been thrown into the spirit realm by an unknown force.
Objective 1: Uncover the secret behind who summoned you there - Completed.
Objective 2: Find your way back home - Completed.
Reward 1: 100 Stat points.
Reward 2: 100.000 system points.]
