2 months later
In the underground cave in the spirit realm, light filled the place, coming from some strange rocks strewn all over the place, glowing with no source of energy.
A modern king-size bed was on one corner of the cave, a table was beside it with a modern pc on it, an Xbox controller was beside the keyboard on the table, the pc was plugged into some futuristic looking battery, as for where the energy was coming from even Levi didn't know.
He was lying on the modern bed, his eyes moving all around in front of him as if he was looking at something only he could see, Acnologia sleeping beside him.
He was currently browsing through his system shop looking for anything else to buy, if it was not abilities or some broken technology he had found out that he could buy most things for basically nothing.
Before long something interesting caught his eye and Levi bought it immediately, "Hey buddy you should come to check this out, it's called Pizza." said Levi as he held a cardboard box with a steaming white sauce Pizza inside of it.
Hearing him Acnologia woke up from his sleep and got closer inspecting the dish in front of him, he seemed skeptical at first before he got closer and smelled it, immediately the pupil of his eyes expanded so much it dwarfed his red irises as he opened his mouth wide and swallowed the pizza whole leaving Levi's hand dripping with his droll.
"Hey! That was for me too." said Levi, his tone reluctant, sadly for him Acnologia seemed to have lost all his senses as he jumped on top of Levi and kept pestering him for more, almost making his head explode from all the telepathic messages.
"Alright, alright, geez." said Levi as he waved his hand and hundreds of pizzas, with all flavors and toppings appeared all around the cave.
If a dragon could get a heart attack then Acnologia would have had one right now as he rushed at them, expanding into his big form and filling half the cave so he could eat more with one gulp.
Seeing this Levi couldn't help but shake his head at his uncultured friend as he picked up a slice of pizza of his own to eat.
Of course, most physical objects and beings would disintegrate to dust once they enter the spirit realm so Levi had to specify in the system shop search that he wanted things that could survive in the spirit world, it was a convenient function.
'I should go back now.' thought Levi as he picked up another slice of pizza after finishing the first.
'Wonder how they're doing now.' he thought as he picked up another slice, before he knew it he had already finished a whole pizza and started eating another, 'Well at least I can't get fat with Gamer's body.' he thought.
The cave was now empty, devoid of any and all pizza, the only indication of what had been here before was the faint smell lingering in the air, Acnologia lay beside him on the king-sized bed, his stomach bulging and his eyes closed in bliss.
'Well, when he finishes digesting all that food we'll move.' thought Levi as he looked at his friend shaking his head.
He didn't want to go back before today, he has spent two whole months avoiding it. He wasn't confident enough that he could hide his pain and sorrow from his siblings and he didn't want them to see him like that, he only wanted them to see the strong and invincible Levi.
But now he was finally back in good shape to go back, he had mourned enough, 'When mom died I had spent almost a year in sorrow, only focusing on training and missions, this time it only took two months, I'd say that's an improvement.' thought Levi, a smile coming into his face, not the fake one he'd been giving Acnologia these past two months to comfort him but a genuine one, and for the first time in two months, he activated Gamer's mind back on.
He had tried searching for his master's soul two months ago, he had scoured the entire spirit realm, used every ability at his disposal and even asked for help from Sage but it was all in vain, it was the same when his mother died, it was as if their souls just disappeared, even Sage said that wasn't normal but he provided no further comment.
That was also part of the reason why he had spent two months down here, aside from grief he was also searching all the time and he was angry, angry at himself for not being strong enough to save his master and mother, and angry at himself at not even being able to find their souls, in the end he could only bury that anger deep down and wait for the moment where he could unleash it.
He got off the bed and went all around the cave to check for the seals he had put in place, some prevented detection, some prevented intrusion, and others were mixed with his Void monarch ability to reinforce the space and prevent teleportation, all in all, there was every seal he could think of in mind.
He was going to be gone for a long while but he didn't want anyone to intrude here, and he especially didn't want anyone to touch his pc and mess up his progress.
***
Kyoshi Island
The people of the Kyoshi island were enjoying their everyday lives, away from the war, away from the cruelty and hardships of the world.
Kids were running around and happily playing, kids that had never known real suffering or known the taste of war, adults were either tending to their farms or fishing, Unagi not bothering the people of the island.
And lastly, there were the Kyoshi warriors, the protectors and warriors of the island, its first and last line of defense against every outside threat, they were in the Kyoshi Dojo, huddled in groups practicing their martial arts and sometimes sparring among themselves, although nothing serious.
And finally, there was a stranger to this island, someone who was watching them from high above the clouds, his eagle eyes picking up on every detail.
'Is this right?' he couldn't help but wonder, he had come back to pay a visit to Tala as he had promised, he thought he would never come back but now with Void Monarch distance meant very little to him, he could come and go as he pleases, but if he was more honest with himself he was also here for himself, he wanted something to get his mind off things and forget., and maybe he also wanted someone to ease his pain and a shoulder to lean on, even he didn't know.
But he couldn't help but have an inner struggle, he couldn't help but wonder if this was right, eventually he would leave for other words and he didn't know how long that would take, he wondered if it was right to let the girl get attached to him when he knew that he would leave her in the end, perhaps he would come back but what woman could stand being away from her significant other for years on end.
Maybe she had forgotten about him by now, and if he visited now he would only make things worse, he should go away now while he can, while there wasn't that much of an attachment between them. And so he floated towards Kyoshi island to meet the girl he had only spent one night with.
'It seems that while I was afraid that she would get attached to me I had ended up getting attached to her instead, ha-ah what a drag.' he thought as he disabled his Gamer's mind again and teleported inside her room to wait for her there, he had it off for two whole months, another day wouldn't hurt.
***
'Ha-ah, I should have known.' thought Levi sighing, he had been waiting in her room for almost ten hours now and she was still nowhere in sight, he had thought about leaving multiple times before deciding that if he did so it would be a waste of all the hours he had waited, and like that the more he waited the more it was harder to leave until he reached this point, he felt like a gambler that wanted to quit but he couldn't due to how much money he had already put in.
Thankfully he had released Acnologia to play a while ago or else he would have been pestering him endlessly, instead, he was now pestering poor Unagi, almost driving him crazy but that wasn't his problem.
It wasn't until it was late in the night that Levi finally heard footsteps coming towards him from outside the room.
Floating in the air Levi used stealth to kill his presence as he watched a beautiful auburn-haired girl enter the room, her hair reached all the way to her lower back making Levi raise his eyebrow, The last time he had seen her it was barely below her shoulders, she was wearing a one-piece red lace night blouse ending above her knees and wrapped tightly around her body accentuating her curves and athletic body.
Seeing her Levi was so mesmerized that his breathing quickened, it wouldn't have been the case had Gamer's mind been on but sadly for him, it was off, and it wouldn't have mattered any other time, but sadly for him the girl below him was a trained Kyoshi warrior with keen senses that can pick up on the slightest of sounds and disturbances.
Her ears pricked up as she dashed towards her bed and gripped a pair of iron folding fans from below her pillow, turning behind her she searched all around the room, but there was nothing there!
"Geez girl, and I thought I was paranoid, but keeping weapons by your bed? You've surpassed me by far" a voice came from behind her sending a chill down her spine, but for some strange reason there was also a sense of comfort and security in it, something that urged her to drop her weapons and all her defenses and walk towards it, it was as if her body and mind realized something she didn't yet.
Before she could scream, a hand clasped her mouth shut as another moved so quickly for her to react, striking her hands lightly but in the right spot as her hands relaxed and dropped her fans to the ground, before she knew it that hand was behind her, holding her by the waist and bringing her closer.
Before she could do anything to resist she saw the face of her assailant and her entire body went limp in his arms, she tried to open her mouth and speak but she was lost for words.
Seeing her like that Levi didn't know what to do but in the end he did the only thing that felt natural to him, he brought her closer removed his hand from her mouth and planted a deep passionate kiss on her lips, a kiss that lasted for longer than he had intended and before he knew it their clothes were strewn all around the place as they were on her bed locked in combat.
Levi put a seal in the surroundings to isolate sound and to stop someone from suddenly barging in, he had watched enough cliche TV shows and anime in his past life to take that into consideration.
***
It wasn't until hours later that the action finally stopped, Levi lay below the sheets with Tala on his chest panting trying to recover her breath.
She looked at him lovingly but the words that came out of her mouth stunned Levi, "So you're now into the habit of sneaking into girls' bedrooms at night huh?" she said, her tone harsh and reprimanding, he didn't see any hint of this being a joke making him lost for words.
'This is the first words she says after we met and she says that?' he couldn't help but groan inwardly.
"I…you know that's not how it is." he said, scrambling for words to defend himself.
"Humph." The only response he got was a cold reply before she turned and lay on the other side of the bed, sleeping away from him.
He was speechless, he didn't know what he had done wrong, but he knew better than to try and justify it any further as it may only make things worse, maybe in the morning they will talk it out.
Just as he closed his eyes he felt a weight fall on his chest as his arm was suffocated between two lumps of soft skin, opening his eyes and looking at his side he saw Tala lying there and hugging him with a big smile on her face.
'Ha-ah women.' he couldn't help but think as he also fell asleep, a smile also spreading across his face.
***
"I am starving." Sokka's pained screams echoed on top of the flying Appa as he lay on his back.
"You're always starving Sokka, this is nothing new." Katara's straight voice came from the back of the sky bison as she sewed through some clothes.
"No this time is different, I feel as if I am about to die." said Sokka holding his stomach.
"You say that every time hehe." said Aang with a laugh from the front of the sky bison.
"HEY!! Whose side are you on? Plus this time is different." complained Sokka almost crying, "If Levi was here he'll understand."
"WELL HE ISN'T, HE LEFT AND LET US FEND FOR OUR OWN." Katara snapped at Sokka, surprising everyone, even Appa swayed a little in his flight and Momo hid beneath Aang's clothes.
Sokka didn't know what to say, he had only mentioned Levi offhandedly not thinking much of it, he wasn't expecting the sudden outburst from his sister.
"I am, I am sorry." said Sokka as he laid on his back, this time not saying anything, Aang still at the front wisely chose not to speak.
"Ha-ah, I am sorry Sokka it's not your fault, it's just been so hard without him here." said Katara in a low voice sighing, hearing her all of them understood, it's been hard on all of them.
Before they felt invincible, whatever obstacle they came across Levi was always there to make sure everything was fine, they felt safe and protected, they felt like they could take on the whole world, but now they felt like warriors on a battlefield naked and without even a sword to fight back, it wasn't that extreme of course as Sokka's training and Aang and katara's bending always got them out of the toughest of spots but it was still hard.
"You know what could make me feel better and forget Levi ?" asked Sokka, drawing everyone's attention.
No one replied.
Katara, feeling she might regret it, decided to Humor him anyway, "Ha-ah, what?"
"Some darn food to fill my stomach." he almost yelled as he sat up.
"Ha-ah, Alright, Aang can we land somewhere? I could use a bite too and Appa could rest." Asked katara.
"Of course." said Aang as he stirred Appa down towards a lone small island
"Finally I am going to fill my poor empty stomach." said Sokka, tears running down his face, he felt as if he had won a long and hard battle.
"Tell me about it. I thought we were never going to eat." Said Levi from beside him as he rubbed his stomach.
"Right? You get me…." Sokka replied instinctively before his skin started crawling and his hair stood on end as he jumped towards Katara in the back hugging her, Katara too was no better as she tried to bend water from her water bottle and attack this person who appeared with them all of a sudden but in her fright and shock she couldn't even take control of the water.
Only Aang managed to react as he twisted around with his staff ready to smash whoever it was out of Appa's back, but that was before he noticed who it was, "LEVI!!." he shouted as he ran and hugged him.
"Levi?" came Sokka's startled and uncertain voice before it was followed by a happy shout, "LEVI." he screamed as he also ran and hugged Levi alongside Aang leaving only Katara staring at him in shock and disbelief.
Extricating himself from them Levi looked at Katara before speaking, "What? Do I have to beg for a hug from my dear sister." he said in a joking manner.
It took a while for Katara to process his words, Levi and the others even thought she was going to lash at him, but tears started falling down her eyes as she rushed at him tackling him to the ground, her sobs audible for all those around to hear.
Even Aang and Sokka were shocked, she had been fine all this time, she hadn't even shown the slightest of signs that she missed him, she only appeared to be angry at him, even Aang talked about him more than she had, but right now they realized how deeply mistaken they were, she had been missing him and suffering more than any of them, she had just been too good at hiding it.
***
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