Chapter 62

“My husband wanted you to have a warm meal this morning, as a thank you” The chief’s wife said with a kind smile, a small child clinging to the back of her skirt.

The group had been sitting around their fire earlier that morning when the two approached.

“Do you want to give it to her?” The woman whispered, as the child nodded.

She pulled something small out of her pocket, it turned out to be a little fan charm carved out of driftwood.

For a second Kyoshi saw Koko’s eyes in the child’s, so hopeful and soft.

Taking it carefully she tucked it into her robes, “Thank you” She gave the girl a small bow of appreciation, as the two left. Snow starting to fall, causing the fire to flicker slightly.

“You guys should take some.” Kyoshi offered, opening the warm package of fish cakes.

“Not hungry?” The fire bender asked, adding a boost of flames to the fire.

“I’ll eat some,” Kyoshi added, taking a parcel before passing it to Lao Ge. 

Rangi nodded in approval, as Kirima took a cake.

Kyoshi looked around the group she ate, the snow starting to fall harder while the fox sat at her feet.

“So you really didn’t go crazy,” Kirima commented, taking a bite. “Did it tell you anything special then?”

“He doesn’t talk, just shows me things I guess,” Kyoshi shrugs, looking down at the creature. “So do we all have an understanding of the plan?”

“Just one of us needs to win to get into the group, and catch a glance at who’s really in charge,” Wong replied.

“And figure out their motive.” Rangi added. “You still good to be the first up?” She asked the water bender.

To which she gave a confident smirk, “Of course”

As Kyoshi went to pull her scarf higher up on her face in the cold, the fox suddenly took off into the forming blizzard.

“You’re not actually going to follow it are you?” Wong asked.

“Its not like you’re just full of answers,” Kyoshi called, hurrying after it. Leaving the group all staring at the fire bender, who was starting to stand. “Didn’t you hear her, we’re following the fox”

Now all rushing after the Avatar and her fox, they took off into the blizzard heading to the far side of town.

“I think your fox is broken,” Kirima yelled into the wind. “This is where we were yesterday” She exclaimed as the ship, and icy arena came into view.

But Kyoshi paid little mind to the comments, watching as the fox halted, then walking in a couple of circles.

“He’s not broken, I don’t know, I can’t exactly understand it” Kyoshi finally replied, looking back at her gang for a minute. But when she looked back the fox had seemingly disappeared.

Letting out a frustrated breath she kicked at a pile of snow, this felt like some cruel joke that would end up making her look insane.

“Hey, where did he go?” Rangi asked, appearing at her side.

Kyoshi just bit at the inside of her cheek, she had no clue where the fox went. There was only the arena, ship, and sea in front of them.

“Do you think he went for a swim, cause I don’t think he’d find the pirates very welcoming.” Wong asked.

“Did we confirm they were pirates?” Lao Ge chimed in.

“The guy said they wanted to conquer land, that may include other ships along the way.” Kirima shrugged. “So what now”

“Now-” Kyoshi took a breath trying to release her frustrations about losing sight of the fox. “Now we put our plan into motion.”

People were now making their way into the arena, various  shouts and cheers erupting. The gang split into two groups, Wong and Kyoshi slipping into the crowd, hoping to just blend into the audience. While Kirima, Lao Ge and Rangi would pose as hopeful new members.

“Would today’s first challenger please enter the arena” A man called, as Kirima stepped into the arena. Another man stepped into the opposite side, seeming more like a mountain.

After looking at him a little closer, Kirima realizes she had known this man. Or rather pulled a fast one on him a couple years ago. The scar that dragged across his chin where she had struck with an icy dagger of sorts.

I guess I did get him kicked out of his gang, but why’d he have to end up here?

“As per our rules of two different bending types this match will be fought with hand to hand only, no bending of any kind will be allowed.”

Kirima looked over to the larger man infront of her, this little side mission of Kyoshi’s is not worth it. He looks like he wants me dead already.

“Yeah no thanks, Topknot you’re up” She yelled.

Plus topknot looks like she itching for a fight.

Shouts started to erupt once more as the firebender stepped into the ring. Some people were protesting, others just wanted to fight to get started already.

“Bender?” A man asked who looked like an official of the fight. Rangi simply produced a small nearly pure white flame in her palm, whispers started to dance around the room.

“I guess the same rules apply then” The announcer called, seemingly a little off put by the quick change in fighters. “Well then, all then all exterior armor is to be-“

He was cut off by the lettering of Rangi’s chest plate falling to the ground, before she undid her wrist guards putting them off to the side with Kirima. “Anything else?” She asked through a dead stare.

“Win and you may be allotted a place” The man on the throning chair snipped back, Chin’s altered flag at his back. “Lose and it’s not our problem.”

She looks more excited than her opponent. Kyoshi thought as she settled into the back stands with Wong. Lao Ge had wandered off and sat about a quarter around the room to their left, while Kirima remained down by the edge of the ring.

“BEGIN” and cheers erupted.

The large man came running at the firebender, his first swing along with him. Rangi took a simple side step keeping herself just out of range. Sliding slightly as the ground shook with his steps.

A foot came flying through the air next, to which she pushed under as the chunky boot regained its place on the ground.

“Are you just going to run?” He yelled taking another swing when Rangi stepped close to him, taking the chance to jab at his ribs.

She was a little too slow to escape however or rather he had great range, as he threw an elbow to push her back a couple paces.

Kyoshi had nearly lept out of her seat, but Wong had held her back. “She’s fine,” He whispered.

That first match in Hujiang Rangi had quickly looked like the favored victor. But every time the man made a move at her, threw a punch or even looked at Rangi like she was the only thing between him a hot cooked meal Kyoshi had wanted to vomit.

Perhaps she had felt some kind of obligation to protect the fire bender that had been so adamant on tagging along when she fled.

“Where you go, I go” She had told her that night, and she had definitely meant it.

Kyoshi also had respect for the girl’s mother Hei ran, she had tried to help her after all. She would have even gone as far to say that the older fire bending master believed in her to some degree, and now she had her prized daughter running around with criminals.

When Rangi had looked at her before the man had nearly knocked her dead Kyoshi had never thought such rage was even possible, before the terror had time to sink in. 

“Your lessons are horrible you know” Kyoshi said as they laid back on the beach.

“Extremes seem to be the only thing that work with you” the fire bender replied looking over to her. “It’s not like it was my choice to grow this attached”

“You’re attached?” The thought still seemed so new to Kyoshi, so naive and quite frankly silly. She still couldn’t believe that the fire bender had kissed her back just a little earlier.

“I still don’t know why yet,” Rangi admitted. “Maybe it really is because you act like an empty vessel”

Rangi sighed, wrapping her arms around Kyoshi, pulling herself in. Like she was forcing herself to be hugged, like it was the only place that was safe.

Something about Kyoshi had always felt safe to Rangi, even when she couldn’t so much as bend a pebble. Or claimed she would be the first to run in the face of danger. To now being a fully realized Avatar who lacked all formal training, she was like a safe place. If a place could be a person.

Kyoshi was safe.

Kyoshi let out a short breath, “I do not act like an empty vessel”

Rangi couldn’t stop herself from letting out at least one suppressed laugh. “I hope that one day that changes”

Wong leaned over to speak once more “Plus it looks like she’s enjoying herself.

“And to think I thought this would be boring” Rangi taunted, and a small smile tugged at Kyoshi’s lips. She was having fun, of all places she’s definitely enjoying herself.

After all the one thing fire bender’s were known for was their pride, and Rangi was no exception.

With the man laughing Rangi made another advancement, ducking under a miscalculated swing and shifting behind him before kicking in the back of his knees causing him to fall forward.

For a split second Rangi found Kyoshi in the crowd, flashing a quick confident smirk.

As the man rose, he rushed at her once more. Trying to grab at her arms that guarded her ribs. He was at least a head taller than her, he could even look down on Kyoshi as he stood now, it would prove difficult to hit him over the head for a quick knockout.

The fight dragged on, much longer than Kyoshi had expected but the rest of the audience seemed to be holding onto the edge of their seats.

“Just finish this already Boras” The announcer shouted, he seemed to be the only one not enjoying himself. Kyoshi took a moment to look away from the fight and at him instead, he looks so uneasy. 

Cracking his neck once to each side a smear smile crossed the giant’s face. “You heard him, enough games.”

Rangi just raised her eyebrows, before cocking her head to the side just to mimic the man.

The man approached once more, swinging a strong right fist a new sense of rage behind it. Instead of avoiding as before Rangi caught it, twist the arm outward. But when she went to pull him over, her foot slipped on the icy ground.

As he attempted to counter, she used what momentum she had to swing under and through the man’s wide stance. I can’t pull him over on the ice.

He let out a frustrated grunt, as she had made maneuver. How can I get him down to my reach?

She got up from the icey floor, strengthening her stance, raising up her guard. This is going to end now.

When Boras turned to approach she swung a hard kick, once Kyoshi recognized it normally came with a burning flame.

But without the flames he caught it, before it hit his gut. Laughing as he yanked her forward, he seemed confident now that the firebender was in his grasp.

Only as he pulled her closer, Rangi leapt off the ground with her anchored leg, being able to pull him close enough to drive her knee into his jaw.

Her other leg was quickly released, as he staggered looking off balance.

The rest of the event crumbled for the man shortly after. Rangi shifting quickly around him to the side, to take a shot at his kidneys.

When the man finally buckled over to the floor as he fell in pain she hit him just over the back of the head, the mountain had finally lost consciousness.

Rangi had won.

Kyoshi had to stop herself from smiling like a damn idiot, or she’d look ridiculous.

Various shorts erupted once more, some cheers, others complaints. But despite them all Rangi had still won, proud as ever. Even if it was all just for the sake of a little bit of information.

But soon after all the yelling stopped, cheers and shouts a like. The arena fell silent.

The ring leader’s worried expression deepened as a woman with a cape of various furs entered the arena.

“So we have a new member?” The voice echoed around the icy walls.

Rangi had stepped over to the side to start putting back on her armor when the woman apprehend her. It felt like no one else there was breathing except the two of them.

“If you’ll have me” Rangi said as she finished, standing upright to face the woman.

She was older, maybe the age of her mother if not a little younger. She stood at about the same height as Rangi herself, with a narrow calculating glare.

“That was quite the feat, Boras was one of my best fighters”

Rangi had to stop the grin that tugged at her lips. “I happened to be well versed in hand to hand combat”

But the woman raised an eyebrow at the comment. “I must say I’m surprised that you’re willing to join us, considering your history”

“My history?” Rangi called flatly. “And what do you know about me exactly”

The look on the woman’s face told Rangi all she needed, this was not going to go as planned. She knew something,and Rangi sure as hell wasn’t joining.

“If you weren’t connected to her, to the root of my issues then I would have taken you without hesitation”

“But Kilan, she could have switched-” the man who had formerly been running the show suggested. 

“Shut it Rukker, you don’t know anything” Kilan snapped at the man. “So where is she?” She shouted. “Where are you Avatar?”

Kyoshi slouched in her seat, trying to shorten herself in the crowd. Without her normal signature pieces plus make up and sitting down it felt easier to blend into a crowd.

Rangi’s eyes widened briefly, but remained set on Kilan. Not daring to look anywhere near where Kyoshi sat. For now Kyoshi will stay hidden in the crowd, we’ll just make this up as we go. We still don’t exactly know what’s going on.

“Did you really not think I’d recognize the Avatar’s body guard? When you produced the white flame before the fight, I had only heard of that once before” She answered with the wide look on the fire bender’s face. “Plus what’s the likelihood of a fire bender showing up here of all places, if not to tail the Avatar like a pet”

“Touché” Rangi muttered. “You really hate her that much then?”

But that seemed to push her the writing way. “I know she’s here, where are you Avatar?”

When nobody moved, Kilan let out a long sigh. “Fine, surround her” She instructed, as men started the circle closer to Rangi. Covering her from all angles.

But the fire bender’s expression stayed neutral, finally glancing to the left of where Kyoshi was as she tugged on the collar of her tunic twice. Almost like she was nervous or hot.

From her spot Kyoshi watched the flying opera company pull to the back of the room. Wong leaned into her side, whispering over to her, “What are we supposed to do now?”

Though Kyoshi had seemed about as calm as Rangi, “Tell the others to slip out here”

Wong gave her a confused look but didn’t argue, and after catching both Kirma and Lao Ge’s gazes signaled for them to head out.

“What are we going to do then?” He whispered once more.

“We’re too far from the door now. Just watch, when she tugs on the collar of her shirt, duck.”

“Couldn’t we just deal with this?” He whispered once more.

Kyoshi smiled, whispering in an even lower tone.”One thing you should know about my wife, is she likes to put on a show”

“We’ll deal with her now then, assuming you decide to cooperate. I could trade information for a life” The woman said, turning back to face Rangi. At that moment Rangi reached up tug on her tunic’s collar, and Kyoshi rushed Wong to the floor.

Drawing her hands away from her neck the firebender extended her hand out and around her body, flames starting to expel from her fingertips.

Pushing the force down there was a bright ring of pure fire that blasted out from around the fire bender. Like she was the center of an explosion, the mere heat and size of the blast had pushed all the men who had once surrounded her back. Kilan’s furs singed as she fell back attempting to block the majority of the flames by a quickly formed icy wall.

As Kyoshi looked up at Rangi and the rest of the arena, men a skew, the walls were now scorched and melting quickly as men started to flee. Conveniently enough, making so many holes in the icy walls Kyoshi and Wong were able to slip out no problem.

In the hassle, Kyoshi had pulled off the hat and scarf that concealed most of her appearance. In the now fully developed blizzard she looked over to Rangi. Their plan had been completely derailed, and lost sight of the tracks entirely.

The next thing she knew it looked like they were in a multi person standoff. To the left stood Kilan, on the right was the man named Rukker.

“I knew you would be here” She cooed.

Rangi frowned at the Avatar’s side, as the rest of the flying opera company filtered out of the cluster of people.

“You’re not leaving” The woman shouted over the wind. “Not dead or alive”

“Then this is where we part Kilan” The other man shouted interrupting her, “With her here, I can reclaim claim the ashes of what Chin the conqueror started”

“That wasn’t part of the deal you pig, you are nothing without my people” She snapped.

Kyoshi looked over to Rangi, what the fuck is going on?

“Well then you’ll give us a head start” He called, starting to rush towards the ship, some of the scattered men dressed in earth kingdom colors following along.

But when Kyoshi tried to make a move at Chin’s follower the ice cracked at her feet. “You don’t get to leave after all the pain you’ve caused.”

More men had boarded the ship, the sails filing with the fast winds.

“We can’t let him leave” Kyoshi shouted back at her group.

“Well what the fuck do you suggest then, they’ve left the dock” Kirima yelled back.

The grin that crossed the order woman’s face pissed Kyoshi off, despite what she thought was once a partnership had just crumbled. She seemed perfectly content with the difficult situation she had put Kyoshi in instead.

“We may have to cut our losses with them-” Rangi and started to reason.

“Rangi, where are a bunch of Chin’s old men going to go first to restart their empire?”

Her words suddenly clicked in the fire bender’s mind. They would go to Yokoya, the last place they had failed to conquer. The place where their king had fallen, it was the perfect place to satisfy needs of revenge.

The new home they had worked so hard with others to rebuild could now be at risk, not to mention the townspeople who were still there, the Yokoya warriors, and Koko. Koko was still there too.

“Stop them” Rangi spoke firmly.

Kyoshi looked out to the sea. They were maybe 100 yards away at this point, closing in on 200 hundred.

“What do you want from me” Kyoshi started as more of Kilan’s men who had been left took formation behind her.

“For your corpse to freeze at the bottom of the sea” She said plainly.

“KYOSHI” Rangi cut in, the ship was still getting farther away. But what could she do to stop a ship from where she stood.

Stomping one of her feet down she tried to think of anything she could, but as her heel struck the earth she remembered something about the last time she was here.

There was earth here, she just had to pull hard enough to find it.

Hitting her foot on the ice once more she could feel it, freeing a single fan she could sense her eyes flicker to glow. She then swung it down, hitting it through the ice with such force that the ice began to crack down and out, heading for the shoreline.

“I should have known the Avatar wasn’t against stealing my methods, a little crack in the ice is all you can muster? It’s pathetic to claim yourself as a master of all elements if you can’t bend ice enough to hit a target 30 feet in front of you” Kilan sneered.

“I wasn’t bending the ice” Kyoshi said blankly, as the crack continued to move, the ground starting to shake until a huge earth spike shot up from the seafloor and through the center of the ship, halting its course.

She nodded for the flying opera to take care of the ship, “They don’t get to play coi, and make a cowardly escape” Kyoshi demanded. “And you, finally we take care of this business you seem so urgent to sort out.”

But as she finished her statement for a second, a split second she saw the fox, and it slipped into the water. I’ve hit my head is all, I can’t go chasing the spirits now.

“If they all come at us, we’re fucked” Rangi muttered. “You wouldn’t care to make another island now would you?”

Kyoshi looked over to the men behind Kilan. “If you want a fight with me, fight me yourself. It’s hardly a battle if your lackies overwhel your opponents without you”

“Why should I trust an Avatar, you’re all liars.”

“Then kill me yourself” Kyoshi shot plainly, sensing Rangi’s growing unease beside her. “If you have an issue with me, then that’s who’s fighting. There’s no need for excess blood to be spilled.” 

The woman motions for the men to leave her be, most then turning to leave to try to make an escape, others running to aid in the battle by the shore. “And her?” She asked, looking at Rangi.

“She won’t interfere”

As Kyoshi finished her statement Kilan seemed to had taken upon herself to start, launching a sharp and kick icy spike right at her. Barely stopping to the side in time to have only graced Kyoshi’s shoulder, a couple drops of blood falling into the snow.

“You don’t want me dead?” She raised an eyebrow, even if she hadn’t moved the spike still would have only hit her arm. Interesting.

“Well you deserve to be” the water bender retorted, sending a larger cluster of ice spikes in her direction.

Raising her arms up she summoned a large gust of wind to part the shards path. But Kilan had taken the opportunity to bend a snake of water to take Kyoshi off her feet.

Rangi observed in a soldier ready stance, watching as the two exchanged hits. Only she quickly realized that Kyoshi for whatever reason wasn’t trying to deal any fatal attacks.

She nearly just tried to menuvor, and evade.

That’s when Kilan had bent the water right out of Kyoshi’s grasp, freezing the water pulling her over once more. But when Kyoshi realized she had gotten yanked she embraced the momentum falling over the woman.

Rolling out from under the Avatar, Kilan got up hastily and with all her strength kicked her over.

When she went to kick her once more, Kyoshi had grabbed her ankle and pulled her down into the snow. “If you want me dead, kill me already,” Kyoshi huffed, as they started to tussle rolling towards the sea’s edge.

“You’re nothin but a brat, a murder” She yelled the wind picking up once more.

“And you’re innocent?” Kyoshi shouted back.

“I’m just taking a page from the Avatar’s book” She huffed, getting up to stand, as the two began to exchange various attacks. “Sadly we’re more alike than I would care to admit”

“I am nothing like you” Kyoshi shot catching her breath.

“You’re worse, you, your past lived and all the ones that follow”

“You can’t even tell me the reason for wanting me dead”

The wind whipped around them, they had reached a stalemate of sorts, with the shorter ice cliff just behind them.

“A deed that can never be forgiven, one that I vowed to seek revenge on”

They stood just barely two feet apart, the anger behind the water bender’s gaze was something Kyoshi could only explain as pure rage. Yet Kilan still hesitated.

“I’ve taken nothing from you I’ve-“

But Kyoshi’s sentence was stopped short, as she fell backwards off the icy ledge and into the sea.

She only felt herself hit the water.

Up, I need to get up.

Up, get up. Above the water.

But she remained floating in the water, like some force was keeping her there. She could sense it, something with her. When her eyes opened there was a new set of blue eyes on her.

“Hello Kyoshi”

“Kuruk” her words felt like they resalesd a breath she was holding for far too long as they floated in a middle entity.

“I thought I had severed our connection, when you know-” All her words were coming out too fast.

Because just like that all of that fear from opening the portal came back. “I didn’t mean for it to happen”

“It wasn’t the greatest,” the older Avatar admitted. “But then again neither was I”

“At least you had your mission of sorts, your great to cause to save” Kyoshi replied, talking as if they had spoken every day not years. “I just wander around the continents like a crazy person”

He rested a hand on her shoulder, “Well you’re doing a pretty good job so far”

Her brows furrowed, “I basically allowed for more bad spirits to run wild, I’ve done your work no justice”

But then he started laughing, a conversation that she had dreaded for years had suddenly melted to nothing.

“Your heart certainly is set on a sense of justice isn’t it?”

“And is that a bad thing, I thought Avatars were supposed to be about balance.”

“You do have a point, but try to remember not all things can be fair”

“Like this woman claiming she wants me to rot in the bottom of the sea? Because I’ve never even met her before. What’s that about?” She huffed. “I know not all things can be fair, but what’s this about then?”

He let out a long sigh. “You know how spirits can overtake humans?” He asked.

Kyoshi let out a small scoff, of course she knew about spirits overtaking people.

“Well there was this man, Keni or spirit however you’d like to put it, I had him in the spirit world but he- he escaped per say” Kuruk started. “And made it back to the southern water tribe, attempting to hide within his family. But he was gone Kyoshi, you have to understand that. There was nothing human left beside him beside the flesh mask he hid behind.” 

“So you dealt with him accordingly then?” Kyoshi asked carefully.

He nodded. “I had tried to explain this to the family, but his little sister was the most mad of all, she claimed she would put an end to the avatar cycle herself for his sake.” He sighed, “And I actually agreed with her, she was going through an indescribable pain.

I’ll never forget the yells as she tried to take off my head right then and there. I was lucky I suppose, I found myself frozen, I would have let myself take any hits she threw at me. But her father had stopped her” He spoke thoughtfully.

“Kilan” Kysohi said. “So that’s why she wants me dead, you took her brother’s life that was consumed by a spirit.”

Kuruk cocked his head at the younger Avatar, she seemed a lot less bothered than he’d thought she’d be.

“So this was my fault technically speaking,” Kyohsi sighed.

“Why haven’t I been able to speak with you, with anyone? Did I do something wrong?” She asked, changing the subject.

“We’re not mad at you Kyoshi, I wish I knew why our connection struggles so”

She offered him a sad smile, at least it wasn’t cause he was mad.

It felt like Rangi had watched Kyoshi fall into the cold water in slow motion. All previous agreements of staying out of the fight dissolved a second as she charged the woman.

Throwing herself on top of her as they fell into the snow, almost beating her half to death.

The way Kyoshi had fallen like there was no life in her, it had the fear of nothing short of the universe in the firebender, and this woman. She was the only possible cause. In the fire bender’s mind this woman had done something to her.

“She-she just fell” Kilan choked out, failing to push Rangi off. “Yanchen- please-please save me” Her voice was a horse whisper now.

By then the various battles had caught sight of the tribe’s warriors, some heading to the ship while a few ran to the other scene.

“Kyoshi-” Rangi called, Kilan’s shirt color still well in her hold. She should have come up by now, even if she was hurt. People are supposed to float, living one’s anyways. And Kyoshi wasn’t dead.

But Rangi swore from what she saw, that she hadn’t been knocked unconscious, right? But that fall.

“She’s in the water” The firebender spoke up, released the older woman and finally stood up as Kilan started gasping for air.

“The Avatar just fell in” Kilan tried to confirm between breaths.

When they pulled her up she was shaking violently, her nose bleeding.

Rangi felt a tear move down her face, what the fuck was going on?

“She-she’s having a seizure?” Rangi said, though it sounded like a question.

For what felt like the first time Rangi was scared to touch her, while two warriors stood beside her. A woman being down to place a rolled scarf under her head.

When Kyoshi woke she began to choke on water as she rolled over to her side. Blinking slowly, she looks up at Kilan. Who Kyoshi couldn’t tell if she was more upset that she had failed to kill herself or that Kyoshi was still alive.

“I’m sorry about your brother” Kyoshi said softly, choking on a bit more water.

Immediately the woman tried to lunge at her, but was held back by two water tribe men. Seemingly forgetting the fate the Avatar’s body guard just almost dealt her.

“But Keni was gone, as is Kuruk now, and killing me or the next Avatars won’t bring him back, no about of blood will fill the void”

“And how would you know?” She spat.

Slowly Kyoshi sat up, using Rangi as a brace taking in a long breath. “When people and spirits fuse there is no return, nothing you can do make their spirit whole.”

Yun, I wished I could have saved you. How things could have been different, we could have traveled the world togher. The three of us.

“They are vessel at that point, nothing human remains”

I don’t know if you would like that Yokoya is an island now, or if you would have tried to make an island of your own to outdo me. The people there are kinder now, and Koko, she would have loved you.

Kyoshi suddenly sat up straighter as Kilan was hauled off, and turned to Rangi.

Koko

“We need to get our kid”

Sorry for the wait but I wanted to try and make this chapter longer for its 3 year anniversary!

I still can’t believe I’ve been writing about Kyoshi and Rangi for that long, this story has honestly helped me so much to overcome various things throughout my life as a creative outlet. One of those gaining confidence in my own sexuality, speaking of which happy pride to all that celebrate! Whether you’re out to the whole world, a couple people, just yourself or anywhere in between please know you are loved 🫶

Hope you enjoyed the chapter, have a good day or night <3