Chapter 15: Jelly~

"Wooooo!" Fei let out a scream filled with pure joy as she slid down a hill on the back of a penguin. Kanuk followed behind her with a smile, Katara sitting on his shoulder.

"She seems to be enjoying herself," Katara mutters with a smile as she watches Fei. Kanuk nods in agreement, a smile on his face. It has been a long time since he enjoyed himself. No training, just fun.

"Yeah... I am having quite the fun too. It has been ages since we have done this." Katara smiled as she looked down at Kanuk. With a smile, she kissed him on the cheek.

"Maybe we should do this more often?" Katara said, seeing how much Kanuk enjoyed it. She liked seeing him happy, and she enjoyed penguin riding as well.

Fei looked back with a smile. That smile quickly turned smaller as she noticed Katara sitting on Kanuk's shoulder. Her shoulders sagged a bit before the smile came back.

'They seem close...What is this feeling in my chest?' Fei watched with conflicted feelings in her chest. She did not know, but what she did know was that she did not like it.

"Hey, Fei! How about you come and see our tribe?" Katara and Kanuk came closer, and Kanuk invited Fei to come with them. He knows she has nowhere else to go.

"O-oh, sure! I would love to go." Fei is caught off guard and blushes as she quickly hides her awkward look. She looks at Kanuk and smiles as his deep blue eyes catch her attention.

"Wow... Your eyes are beautiful!" Katara raises an eyebrow as she looks at Fei. Kanuk chuckles as he rubs the back of his head. He does not know how to reply to that.

'I don't know if Katra liked that... Though I don't hate it either... Am I a bad person?' Kanuk stops chuckling and looks down at the white snow in thought. Katara looks at Kanuk with worry.

'I never saw him this deep in thought. And what is up with that girl?!' Katara huffs in anger as she looks at Fei, who does not understand as she's looking at Kanuk.

"Kanuk. Is something the problem? You seem deep in thought." Katara's worried voice catches Kanuk out of his thoughts, and Kanuk nods with an awkward smile.

"Yeah. I was thinking about training." Katara sighs as she rubs her head. Kanuk chuckles in embarrassment at his lame excuse. Turning away from Katara, he looks at Fei.

"Well. Let's get back to the village. You must be hungry." Fei nods with pink cheeks. Fei follows after Kanuk and Katara. Her excitement shows as she talks to them about everything.

The three and the Bison make their way back to the tribe, and upon arriving, they are swarmed with children who run towards Appa with smiles.

"Woah! He looks so fluffy!" The children jump at Appa. They smile as they ruffle his fur. Appa lets out a comfortable sound as he smiles. Kanuk smiled as he watched the kids play.

'I will find out in the future what kind of person I am. For now, I will do what I think is right...' Kanuk turned around and smiled as he walked towards the villagers.

"Hey, everyone. This is Fei, she is an airbender. She needs a place to stay for now. Don't worry, she is not an enemy." Kanuk introduced Fei, who jumped next to him.

"Oh yeah? Well, from that big light beam, I think she is trying to tell the fire nation where we are!" Sokka walked out with an angry look and a spear in his hand. Kanuk sighed at the trouble.

"Listen, Sokka. She is not a danger. I am here. I can take care of her if the need arises." Sokka glares at Kanuk. Fei looks at him in surprise and also in appreciation. 

"Yeah? Well, don't come crying to me when the fire nation pulls up!" Kanuk narrowed his eyes. If the fire nation pulls up, then he will exterminate every single one of them. He is not weak anymore. He can protect his family.

"I don't need you to tell me that. I can protect the tribe since I can actually fight." Sokka looked back at Kanuk with anger. Sokka knew he lost the argument.

"Tch! Whatever... We will see." Fei looked at Kanuk with worry. She did not mean to start an argument. Maybe she should leave since she does not seem to be welcomed...

"Kanuk, it's fine. I can leave if I am causing problems." Fei said as she looked at the ground. Katara and Kanuk looked at each other before reassuring Fei.

"Don't worry, Fei. My stupid brother is just a big idiot. He did not mean anything by it." katara said as she glared at Sokka. Sokka shrugged his shoulders with a huff.

"She could stay in my and Katara's igloo. That way, I can have my eyes on her. So don't get your panties in a twist." Kanuk said as he looked at Sokka. With a nod, Sokka walked away.

"Don't worry, Fei. You can stay as long as you like." Kanuk knows they won't be staying for long anyway since Zuko must have seen the light. So he was saying that to make her comfortable.

"Really? Awesome! Thanks Kanuk." Fei jumped on Kanuk and wrapped her arms around his shoulder. kanuk opened his eyes wide, but with an awkward pat on the back, he hugged her back.

Katara narrowed her eyes as she saw this, and an aura of anger radiated off her body in waves. Kanuk felt his back turn cold as he felt Katara's gaze on him.

"Ok, Fei. You can do anything you like. You can talk with Katara while I make you some food." Fei nodded, and she turned to Katara. Taking the chance, Kanuk slipped away.

Finally making his way, Kanuk let out a sigh of relief. He does not know why Katara looked at him like that. Fei just gave him a hug in appreciation.

'Maybe she is jealous? Yeah, I think she jelly~' Kanuk smiled as she looked back. He made his way into his igloo and started to make some food.

Collecting the water from the atmosphere. Kanuk put it into a pot before putting seasonings and some fish pieces. The water in the pot started to heat up as he lit the fire under it.

"Now I have to wait a few minutes." Kanuk smiled as he looked at his creation. It was definitely not at Gran Gran's level, but it was good enough for a hearty meal.

While the pot was heating up, Kanuk exited the igloo and noticed that Katara and Fei were having fun with the kids. They had smiles on their faces as Fei jumped over another kid.

"I can't wait to go on the adventure to defeat Ozai. This time, I will ensure he does not get away with just his bending being taken." Ozai and the previous Fire Lords have been exterminating people in the masses.

They don't deserve any pity. Kanuk does not get why Aang only took the bending of Ozai. He deserved much worse than that. He deserved death, like the terrorist he is.

"Kanuk! Come and play with us!" Kanuk woke up from his thoughts as he noticed Fei and Katara calling him to play.

"Coming!"

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