The figure in the snow rose and then looked at the trio that had gathered before him. He was dressed in a red sleeveless shirt and black pants. On his feet were some strange kind of shoes. His eyes narrowed. "Who are you? Where am I?"
Sokka took out his spear and held it in front of him. "I'll ask the questions here. Who are you and what are you doing here?" With the spear apparent, the mysterious man then moved into what looked like a fighting position.
"I don't know why I should tell you anything, kid." The young man said.
Aang was hugging close to Katara, still weeping at the fate of Gyatso. He was also not handling this new change to well either. So much was happening so fast that he was being overwhelmed. Katara knew that this wasn't good for Aang. "Sokka, maybe we shouldn't be threatening him. Right now." She asked her brother.
"Maybe you should listen to your girlfriend. She seems to have more sense than you do." The figure said as he continued to watch the boy with the spear.
"She isn't my girlfriend, she's my sister. Katara, don't you think that it is unusual for him to just suddenly appear out of nowhere. I bet that he's a Fire Nation spy. I think that he's been here all the time watching and waiting for the chance to attack us." Sokka said, keeping his spear up.
"What in the world is this Fire Nation? I have never heard of it." The figure said.
"So, he has to be a Fire Nation spy. Who else would be crazy enough to claim not to have heard of the Fire Nation?" Sokka asked.
"Perhaps someone who is not of this world." Came a voice that was behind the trio. The three young people turned their heads and looked at the figures that were behind them.
The first was a rather curvy young woman that was armed with two metal spheres on sticks. She was in a battle position, much like the young man that Sokka had been fighting with. She was dressed in a strange outfit of various colours including pinks, reds and purple. A tunic like shirt and a pair of pants. She wore the same strange shoes that the male wore. But here most striking features were the fact that she had a deep shade of purple hair and her eyes were an unusual shade of crimson.
The second was an old woman that looked like she had shrunk down. She was leaning on a wooden cane. Wild white hair flowed behind her as she wore a green robe. Her face was lined with wrinkles and looked a little sunk in. Then the old woman spoke.
"Ranma, Shampoo. I think that it would be best to stand down. That might make it easier for them to stand down as well." came the same voice that had spoke up before.
"Well, he started it." said the young man as he kept his eyes on Sokka.
"Shampoo only wants to help her beloved." Those words have an effect on the male who must have been named been Ranma. Both Shampoo and Ranma dropped out of their battle positions.
"Shampoo, why are you talking so well?" Ranma asked.
"Shampoo does not know why her speech is so much improved. Shampoo knows that she can speak perfect Chinese. But Shampoo had trouble with other languages like Japanese. But why is Shampoo speaking so well know." The girl asked.
"This has to be some kind of Fire Nation trick. Nothing else could be this weird." Sokka said as he waved his spear.
"Shampoo and Ranma, we can discuss Shampoo's improved language skills later. I think that we should try to discuss things with these youngsters. Perhaps find out what is going on." The old woman said as she sat down. "Perhaps you can put that spear away. We are not going to hurt you."
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