In his dream, Haru saw two Dragons. One Red and one Blue. They were performing perfectly synchronized movements in the air.
He watched the display until it ended with both Dragons facing each other. They stayed in the air for a moment before noticing Haru.
They both charged at him with their mouths open before releasing a stream of colorful fire from their mouths. Haru saw red, orange, green, blue, yellow, and purple flames before it engulfed him completely.
He closed his eyes and felt warm all over and when he opened his eyes, he saw a single flame, and the dragons were gone. He looked at the flame. It was a small flame. The size of a walnut. But he soon began to hear a rhythmic thumping coming from all directions.
Whenever a thump thumped, the flame grew a little. It quickly became the size of a basketball and kept growing, becoming double the size and so forth until it was about five feet in diameter.
The orange flame suddenly became blue and warmer as it began to increase in size. It kept getting larger in size and he looked into the flame and could see, in the center, a dancing girl.
She was cream in skin color with raven colored hair. She was wearing a Red and Black uniform with a Gold lining.
Her movements were fluent and gracefully executed with skill only years of practice gained.
He walked closer to the flame and after closer examination, he discovered that she wasn't dancing. But in fact, doing some movements like in Martial Arts. He studied her form closely.
Suddenly, the image changed and he was suddenly looking at just the girl and no flames. She began moving her arms in a wide circular arch movements as her feet shuffled into position.
Haru watched as she shot lightning out of her fingertips at an imaginary opponent.
"Whoa," he whispered in awe.
Just then, the girl turned towards him and started the sequence again. He watched as lightning once again shot out of her fingertips.
But this time, it was aimed at him and it was traveling pretty fast. It got closer and closer until it was five feet away from him. Four feet… three feet… two feet… one feet…
Haru nearly jumped out of bed when the attack got that close to him. He sighed as he slid out of bed. That was one of the weirdest dreams he had ever had.
He looked over his shoulder at the forest he was in. He could still sense the island was alive.
What is this thing? he asked himself as he saw water streaks in the water. Which meant that the island was moving.
He decided to jump into the water. But first, he put his Capsule Case aside so it wouldn't get wet. He jumped into the water and started swimming towards the front of the island.
He was almost there when he noticed something rising below him. He looked down and saw a large meaty paw rising in the water.
He stared at it for a moment before continuing to the front of the creature. It… looked like a giant lion… turtle thing. A Lion-Turtle!
Just then, the creature moved its paw under him and moved it up to bring him to the surface.
Haru watched as the Lion-Turtle brought its head above the water. Was it going to try to eat him?
Haru braced himself really quick but was surprised when it started to talk.
"Greetings traveler," it greeted.
"H-hello," Haru greeted. It wasn't that much of a surprise to see a talking animal. In his world, there were quite a few that could talk. Take Turtle, Korin, Oolong, or Puar for example.
"What brings you here?" it asked.
"Well, it was an accident. I'm not from this world," Haru started.
"I see. So you are from the spirit world?" it asked him.
"No. I come from an alternate reality where none of this exist. In my world, there is no such thing as Waterbending, Earthbending, Firebending, or any kind of bending," Haru explained.
"Interesting. And you say that it was an accident that got you here?" it questioned him.
"Yeah," Haru sighed." And I doubt I'll ever return. I've been stuck here for four months now," he said.
"And what is it you have been doing during your stay here?" it questioned.
"Well, at first, I stayed at the Southern Water Tribe all the way until last night. I've now decided to go and travel the world," Haru explained.
"We are far from the Southern Water Tribe. How is it that you've gotten to this location in such a short amount of time?" it asked, hinting towards the fact that the sun had barely even come up.
"I have a flying cloud," Haru answered simply.
"That's an extraordinary thing that you claim to have. Can you demonstrate it?" it asked.
Haru nodded. "Nimbus!" he shouted. Seconds later, the yellow cloud came soaring in and stopped next to Haru.
This brightly colored cloud wasn't what the Lion-Turtle was expecting. There were flying clouds long ago but they dwindled out of existence. And even if they weren't extinct, a yellow cloud was unseen before.
Haru hopped onto the cloud and sat cross legged as it made a few laps around the Lion-Turtle before returning to the paw.
"To ride the Nimbus cloud, you must be pure of heart. Otherwise, you won't be able to ride it," Haru explained.
"You truly are from another world. And though it may be late, allow me to bestow a gift upon you as a welcoming. A gift that hasn't been given in ten-thousand years," the Lion-Turtle said as it lifted its other hand.
Haru hesitated for a moment. He was a little suspicious that the creature may have wanted to harm him. He could easily have done one of two things: he could smack the paw away and fly away, or he could see what was going to happen.
he watched as the Lion-Turtle's big meaty paw got closer to him and he decided to see what it would do.
And it then pressed its index and middle fingers to Haru's chest and forehead. Soon, a green light was being emitted from the tips of its fingertips as it gave Haru a "gift".
At the Southern Water Tribe, Katara had just woken up from a good night's rest. After getting ready for the day, she exited her igloo and wandered over to Haru's to greet him like she normally did.
Only, upon entering his igloo, she found that he was not in it. Hmm? Where could he be? She asked herself as she left the igloo in search for him.
He wasn't anywhere to be found in the village or out hunting. The canoes were still there. But there was one place she didn't look.
"Sokka?" Katara questioned from outside his room before she entered. Haru wasn't there either. She began to feel worried.
Sokka was in blissful sleep, ignoring her completely. He was having a dream about meat and sleeping.
"Sokka, Haru's missing," Katara told him in a panicked voice.
"Haru's a man, he'll be fine," Sokka grumbled.
"But I've looked everywhere for him. He's not in the village," she told him.
Sokka huffed as he got from his bed and looked at her." Alright. We'll go looking for him when I'm done getting ready."
He had said that and just moments later, they were out searching for the missing Half-Saiyan. Soon, most of the village joined in the search.
They looked all day before the others gave up hope and only Sokka and Katara were left.
"Katara, I don't know where he went, but I'm sure he'll turn up eventually," Sokka told her as he began walking away.
Katara looked out to the ocean and stared at it almost as if trying to channel him back. She stood there for minutes before returning to her igloo.
Her grandmother, Gran Gran, was waiting there for her. "I won't be long, Katara," she said as she stood from the bed.
"What do you think happened to him, Gran Gran?" Katara asked.
"I'm not sure I can answer that, Katara." Gran Gran answered." But I wanted to tell you that you shouldn't become stressed over this. Haru, wherever he is, will be back," she assured her granddaughter.
"You really think so?" Katara asked.
"Yes, because he left this." She held up the capsule containing his car. "Now, get to bed. It's getting late." Gran Gran smiled as she exited the igloo.
Katara sat on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Where are you, Haru? she asked herself