Two weeks passed and Haru was back on his feet. He discovered some interesting things about himself over the course of the two weeks. He didn't have a high metabolism for some reason like he used to. He was still strong but most of his power was still gone. He hoped that it would come back but he was saddened by the fact that it didn't. He was healing at a very slow rate so he waited for them to give him some space so he could get a Senzu Bean from his capsule.
He was currently sitting on the floor in Sokka's igloo waiting for the older boy to wake up and or Katara to enter like she normally did.
He didn't have to wait long because Katara soon popped her head into the igloo." Oh, you're up," she said when she noticed his eyes scanning the room.
He looked from a weird mask to her. She was in his face with big blue eyes. He moved back a little from the shock of her being so close.
"If you don't mind me asking, this was on my mind for some time," she started hesitantly "What was that cloud thing that was with you when you came into our world?" she asked.
Haru's eyes widened in realization as he remembered that the cloud was indeed with him when he got transported here. "It's called the Nimbus cloud and it will allow anyone with a pure heart to ride on it," he told her.
"You can ride it?" she asked skeptically.
"Yeah, I'll let you do it yourself some time," he told her.
"Really?" she asked.
"Katara, can't you leave the man alone?" Sokka asked as he got out of his bed and scratched his face. "Haru and I are going to be going on a manly hunting trip later and he doesn't need your girly talk ruining it," he said.
She huffed as she stormed out of the igloo. Haru began to wonder why he even stuck around this long. He could've left at any second after finding out his predicament. He raised an amused eyebrow before sighing. He didn't know why Sokka had just volunteered him to go on a hunting trip.
Later that day, Haru and Sokka were on a small boat out at sea. Haru was sitting while Sokka stood with a spear in hand. Sokka was attempting to to instruct Haru on how to catch fish.
"The most important thing to remember is that it's all about your timing. These fish like to move around a lot so you also gotta make sure you're fast," Sokka instructed as he saw a fish.
He lined up the spear with the fish and thrusted the spear, missing and scaring the fish away.
Sokka grumbled something inaudible before handing Haru the spear.
Haru took it and held it the same way Sokka had. He saw three fish swimming in a clump and thrusted down and up three times, successfully skewering all three fish separately.
"H-how…?" Sokka gaped.
"It wasn't that hard. And I use to fish a lot," Haru answered as it was the most simple thing in the world as he handed Sokka the spear.
Sokka growled as he was trumped in what was supposed to be one of his specialties.
They spent another hour out hunting. Haru had successfully caught several dozen fishes. Ninety-four in total. Sokka, on the other hand, only caught three. They put their catches into a basket.
"Beginners luck," Sokka grumbled as they started to return to the village.
"I guess you can call it that," Haru said, arriving at the village shores. He picked up the basket with ease, not noticing the stare of disbelief from Sokka." Where do we take this?" he asked.
"Put it by my igloo," Sokka said as he snapped out of his stupor. It would've taken him at least ten minutes to carry that many fishes in that basket. But Haru did it in twenty seconds. And it looked like he wasn't even trying.
Later that day, Haru and Sokka were descaling all the fish that were caught. Sitting there, Sokka was only reminded of his failing at the hunting trip by the sight of Haru descaling the fish at a much faster rate.
"You know, it took forever to clean your blood from my boomerang," Sokka told him.
"Oh yeah? How'd that even happen?" the half-Saiyan asked.
"You landed on it," Sokka answered simply." It looked like it hurt but you healed fast," he said.
"Yeah, it stung a lot," Haru told him as he finished the last fish.
"You know, I think your an 'ok' guy," Sokka let him know as they put all the fish back into the basket.
"Thanks," Haru accepted the compliment.
When it was time to eat, Haru didn't have to because he had eaten a Senzu. It would soon become a daily schedule for him. Hunting, eating, and helping out whenever and wherever he could.
Each day he'd wake up and be greeted by Katara and, go and hunt with Sokka, then descale/prepare the food/fish. The time he had after lunch and before dinner was for just hanging out with the teen siblings or mingling with the other villagers.
Meanwhile…
Bulma had been hard at work ever since she returned to her home. If Magic wasn't going to bring her Godson back, then science was. Currently, she was trying to figure out what took Haru. She figured out that there was some sort of radiation and was going to try to create a way to mimic it and get to wherever Haru was.
Haru has adjusted to life quite well in the Southern Water Tribe. He had become great friends with both Sokka and Katara. The latter was now fourteen and the former was fifteen. Haru was fourteen.
But he'd had gotten tired of living there. He didn't like the constant cold. How could these people be use to it? Just living in the snowy icy landscape day in and day out. He should know, he's been here for the last four months.
He didn't mean to seem ungrateful but a cold climate wasn't exactly the ideal place to live for him. He wanted to go explore the rest of the world too. Especially if he was going to be stuck here for the rest of his life.
There wasn't much to do in the Southern Water Tribe but fish and mingle with the villagers. So one day, he helped Sokka build a tower of snow that was actually sculpted amazingly. Most of the work was done by him but he let Sokka share the fame.
That was after a few weeks of him being there. After that, two months passed and he and Sokka made the villagers igloos bigger.
They were currently making the outer walls of the village sturdier.
"Who needs Water-Bending?" Sokka mumbled while patting down a piece of the wall.
"Water-bending?" Haru repeated, this being the first time he heard that phrase since he got here, he was genuinely curious.
"Yeah, Water-bending. You know, moving the water on command. Stuff like that. They're called Water-benders. There's also Earth-benders and Fire-Benders. There used to be Air-Benders but the Fire Nation killed them all at the start of the hundred year war," Sokka told him with a frown.
Haru took in the knowledge he received. Water-bender, Earth-bender, Fire-Bender, Air-Bender. It all sounded a bit far-fetched. Making elements bend on command? But then again, so did blowing up planets and fighting Green bug-like androids.
He just nodded and continued to pay the wall. But then he got curious. "You mentioned something about a war?" He questioned.
"Yeah, but you don't want to hear about it," Sokka shrugged. Haru also shrugged and returned to work.
They continued working for a few more hours before they stopped. Sokka went to his igloo to sleep while Haru went to his own.
Entering, he walked over to his bed and sat on it. He planned on leaving that night. He knew that he might be hurting his friends, but it wasn't like he'd be gone for good. He knew there energy signatures and could find them whenever he wanted.
He gathered some spare clothing and put them into a bag. Being here for so long, he managed to earn a handful of items.
"Haru?" Katara spoke into the room.
"Come in."
Katara walked in and he put his bag over to the side. She sat on his bed. "You did a good job on the wall," she complimented.
"You think?" he asked." Sokka helped, you know," he told her.
"Why are you so modest?" she asked." You should know that you did most of the work," she said.
"But it was all Sokka's idea," he countered.
"I guess you're right," she huffed. She, like so many others, wanted to know where he came from. But every time someone asked, he'd either change the subject or say "A different world" which caused everyone to believe he was a spirit from the spirit world. They'd witnessed his feats of strength on separate occasions but never spoke on it.
"So, Katara, what brings you here?" he asked." To my igloo, I mean," he corrected himself.
Katara blushed." I just wanted to let you know that you are truly appreciated here," she told him, diverting away.
"Why are you blushing?" Haru asked, obliviousness kicking in.
"Huh? Oh, no reason," she lied, turning away.
Haru rubbed his head before laying back on his bed. He wondered what other things this world could offer. I wonder if the entire planet is as cold as it is here. He thought.
"What year is it?" he asked while sitting back up to look to her.
"One-hundred years After Sozins Comet," she told him.
Haru nodded his head. Guess they didn't have the same dates and times as his world did. "What month is it?" he asked.
"It's the middle of January," she told him.
The middle of January and it's been four months since I've gotten here. Which means that I arrived in the middle of September. It was only May in my world. He mused as he laid back down.
Katara had a liking for Haru. He was nice, respectful, strong, understanding, and Good-looking. But most of all, the only boy her age that wasn't her brother. And she really hoped that he felt the same way about her.
But of course, he was completely oblivious to her. Even when she made pretty obvious that she liked him, the only two that seemed to not see that were Sokka and Haru.
Sokka liked Haru the way a brother liked a brother. The two formed a pretty close bond, being the only two older males in the village.
In fact, everyone in the village liked Haru. With his strength that he displayed every so often, they assumed that he was sent to protect them in case the Fire Nation attacked.
But of course, he wasn't.
Katara left the room after she noticed that the conversation was going nowhere.
Soon, nightfall came and Haru found himself staring at his igloo from the outside. He was ready to leave the village.
He turned to the front of the village. He could see the sea shore between the exit in the wall he and Sokka created and began walking towards it. He stopped in between them and took one last look before leaving the village. He wanted to make sure he was a good distance away before he summoned Nimbus.
He only called for the yellow cloud once before to show people that it was safe to ride on. However, he never got around to showing Katara how to ride it.
"Nimbus!" he shouted once he was sure to be a good distance away.
He smiled as the cloud zoomed in in front of him. He jumped onto it and the two took to the air. His first destination would definitely be somewhere a little more warm. So he flew until he reached an island with a statue at the edge of a village.