I was about 7 when I first met him.

Dad took John and I shopping, and I spotted a beautiful leaf. But it was almost as if it was taunting me. Telling me that no matter how hard I tried, I could never catch it. I eventually found that I had chased that pretty leaf all the way to a park.

Turns out, a little brunette was manipulating the wind, to pull the leaf back to him.

He was about my age.

He was shorter than me, and less developed.

He had brown hair, almost red. He had beautiful red eyes. But something was off. He looked as if he had been crying.

I walk over to the sad looking boy.

"Is something wrong?"

He looked startled when he first noticed me.

He doesn't say anything.

"I saw how you manipulated the wind. Is that your ability? Wind manipulation?"

He shakes his head.

He opens his fist, and a fireball appears. He then stomps and the earth shakes a bit.

And finally he pulls water out of thin air.

"Element Manipulation!"

"Yes!"

"You can talk!"

"Yes I can. What is your ability?"

I laugh and scratch the back of my head.

"I haven't found out mine yet. But I have a feeling that I will find out soon!"

"I hope so!"

We both smile.

"Hey, would you like to be my friend?" I ask.

The red head nods.

"That would be fun!"

We play in the park all day, telling each other about life problems. I told him how I was lost, and he told me how he just recently moved here. We got to know each other and just as the sun was setting, John and Dad found me.

Before I left I said goodbye.

"Goodbye. I'm sure I'll see you again."

I start to walk away when he grabs my wrist.

"Whats your name?"

"(Y/N)? What about you?"

"I'm Akita."

The next day, Mom told John and I to bring some cookies over the our new neighbors. Apparently the a woman living there works with her.

"Why do I have to come too? I have homework I need to catch up on." John whines.

"Mom told us to come. You know what happens when we don't listen to her."

"Yeah..."

"Here hold this for me." I hand him the cookies.

We walk up to their door and ring the doorbell.

The boy who answers the door, was the same boy who played with me all day yesterday.

"Akita!"

"(Y/N)?" I hug him.

"Can't...Breathe."

"Oh, sorry." I let him go and hand him the box of cookies out of John's hand.

"This is for you and your family."

"Thanks."

"Who is this?"

John asks.

"This is the friend I was telling you about yesterday."

"Oh."

"Hey Akita!"

"Yeah?"

"You wanna hang out with John and I today? We don't have training today, so we can go to the park."

"Sure, let me ask my mom." He runs off.

"He seems nice." John says.

"Yeah."

After that, Akita, John and I were insuperable. We went to the same school, trained together, and our families would eat dinner together.

When I found out about my ability, Akita was so happy for me, and our we trained even more together.

When Mom took me away, she took Akita with us.

Eventually we fell in love.

But thats a story for another time.