The earth chakra, related to survival and blocked by fear.
Unlocked.
The water chakra, related to pleasure and blocked by guilt.
Unlocked.
The fire chakra, related to willpower and blocked by shame.
Unlocked.
The air chakra, related to love and blocked by pain.
Unlocked.
The sound chakra, related to truth and blocked by lies.
Unlocked.
The chakra of light, related to discernment and blocked by illusions.
Unlocked.
The chakra of thought, related to Pure Cosmic Energy and blocked by Mundane Ties.
Unlocking all the other chakras wasn't as difficult as the impossible decision he now had to make.
Aang had already spent two days with the guru of the Eastern Air Temple, and the time had come for the final test at the top of the mountain, the highest of all.
"Aang, your worldly ties are what limit your full potential." The guru knew it wasn't an easy decision he was asking of the young Avatar.
But that's the way it is.
To achieve enlightenment, to perfectly control a power like the Avatar State, which made him the most powerful person on the planet, a difficult decision had to be made.
"..." Aang stared into space.
Breaking ties with the people closest to him?
He… couldn't do it.
Sokka.
Toph.
Naruto.
Katara.
They were people too special to him to just leave them aside.
"I see doubt in your eyes, young Avatar." Without moving a muscle, the old man looked the boy in the eyes with a penetrating gaze. "Are these ties more important than your destiny? Will you put the lives of a few above the rest of the world?"
"They..."
"I'm sorry to say this, young Avatar, but it's time for you to make a decision."
The last airbender looked around; not a single sound could be heard in the empty temple. He remembered this place. He had grown up in one like this for the first few years of his life, and he remembered what had once been a place full of life and color.
Now, it had been reduced to a desolate, empty, and gray place.
"I'm sorry..." With the full weight of his heart and the image of all his friends in mind, Aang slowly closed his eyes, and the tattoos on his body began to glow. Time and reality warped, and when he opened his eyes, the monk found himself in nothingness.
There was literally nothing.
Only infinite darkness.
Until, in a blinding white flash, the monk found himself surrounded by hundreds of people.
All of his ancestors were here.
Masters of water, wind, earth, and fire.
"You are in the final steps of fulfilling your destiny, young Avatar," their voices were synchronized and soft, their bright eyes focused on him. "It is time to bring peace and balance to the world. With our help, you will never be defeated."
"..." Aang watched all those silhouettes move aside, clearing the way for a giant, cosmic version of himself, who was waiting for him with open arms. With every step he took, he felt that cosmic energy strengthening him.
But he also saw visions that made him stop.
Before his eyes, he saw a vision of himself facing Naruto in a tough battle where both were bleeding and exhausted. The fight would drag on until he, in his Avatar State, ended up piercing his friend's chest with his own hands.
The sight of his bloodied hands made him recoil in horror, something that did not go unnoticed by the other Avatars.
"Destiny is inevitable, young Avatar; the fight between you and him will happen sooner or later."
"No!" Aang refused to do something so atrocious. "He's my friend!"
"Aang, you don't understand," said Avatar Roku, the only entity to become aware, for now. "A world is fragile. It has its own rules and limits, so that everything works as it should, like a house of cards; if you put something that isn't a card on it, everything will end up collapsing."
"..." Aang remained silent, looking into his predecessor's eyes, processing what he was hearing.
"Even if Naruto defeats Shòukǔ, it will only replace one evil with another. It doesn't matter who wins between them; as long as either of them lives, they will bring this world to ruin..."
"How do you know?!"
"Because he is not the first of his kind to set foot in this world."
Aang opened his eyes in shock when one of the oldest Avatars made her appearance.
Avatar Roo.
A legendary air master, raised in the temples of the west, remembered for achieving control over the elements at a very early age and even mastering the sub-arts of those elements.
She was a true prodigy, one born only once in a millennium.
Unfortunately, she died at only 25 years old.
And now, in all her glory, she made her appearance before the last airbender. With a movement of her hand, she made all the other Avatars disappear, leaving only herself and the child.
Aang watched as the scene before his eyes changed. The entire white and peaceful environment transformed into an apocalyptic scene, with a red sky and a forest ablaze.
On the ground lay a defeated Roo, having lost her right arm, with several black bars stuck in her chest, causing her body to slowly begin crumbling into dust.
High in the sky, illuminated by the full moon, red as blood, a silhouette appeared. It was a woman in a long dress as white as snow, beautiful as a princess, with skin as pale as her dress and long hair that reached beyond her own body.
That divine image of beauty was ruined by the dark expression on her face and the large red eye on her forehead, which reflected its strange pattern onto the moon.
She barely had any visible scratches, and her gaze was one of boredom. Raising her right hand, she fired one of those peculiar black bars.
Aang looked away so as not to see his ancestor's head pierced so brutally that it was reduced to dust, which was then scattered by the wind.
That entire apocalyptic scene disappeared, making way for a much more peaceful one.
At the dawn of a new day, among the mountains, a curious Kaguya could be seen, having just arrived in a new world, being greeted by an equally curious Roo.
"She came out of nowhere. At first, she just seemed like a curious animal in a new world. I interacted with her and even considered her my friend..."
Several images flashed around them, showing the time the two most powerful women in the world had spent together.
"What happened?" Aang whispered, staring at the scene of the strange woman and his ancestor sitting on the beach sand, facing the vast sea and witnessing the beautiful sunset.
"She told me she was looking for something, the answer to a question I didn't know how to answer: 'Can you escape the past?' She was fleeing from one world to another, searching for the answer to that question, and she asked me for an answer that I couldn't give."
"…"
"Kaguya said she was tired of running, that she wanted to settle down and prepare to face her pursuers. I wanted to help her... but when she told me what she would do, I was horrified. She wanted to transform everyone into her own army. I couldn't let her do something so atrocious... I fought and lost."
"..." Aang saw the ground he was standing on begin to tremble, and in the middle of the burning forest, a huge tree was born, rising beyond the clouds.
Kaguya stood high in the sky with a gaze as cold as ice, and it was only a matter of time before the divine tree would bloom and the end of the world would arrive.
The world's last hope made his appearance.
The last airbender looked in amazement at a young man with a serene and peaceful expression, carrying a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.
He was the strongest warrior in humanity.
The sky darkened with storm clouds, the seas churned, and the earth shook in the greatest earthquake that had ever existed.
All of it was caused by the battle that would decide the fate of the world.
In the end, it ended with the spear warrior, wounded and exhausted, pointing his weapon at the face of an equally exhausted and wounded Kaguya, who faced the bitter taste of defeat.
She had to flee, with one last portal saving her from certain death at the hands of the warrior, who, as soon as he saw that the threat was gone, fell to his knees on the ground.
With a victorious and tired smile on his face.
"That day, the world was saved by the strongest warrior in history, and although his legend was forgotten over the centuries, we will never forget what he did..."
Finally, the nomad had finished her story, and all the Avatars reappeared around Aang, who was still processing everything he had just heard.
"We sense the same spiritual signature of Kaguya in Uzumaki Naruto. He is one of her descendants. He must be stopped before he becomes too strong and—"
"Stop!" Aang interrupted all the Avatars. The look in his eyes was one of disgust and fury at the unfair comparison they were making. "Just because she did that doesn't mean Naruto will."
"You don't know that. This world was on the brink of extinction. Even the Avatar was no match for her, and the ultimate warrior is on the wrong side..."
"...we know it's a difficult decision, Avatar, but you must do it. Destroy those who threaten the peace and lives of innocents..."
"You have to kill Uzumaki Naruto."
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