Old Art: For a Friend in Need

Made a year ago. I have Original Characters named Itara (bottom) and Aris (top) that I made a long time ago. Itara and Aris are friends that go on adventures and fight evil and stuff, then Aris fell victim to some evil group I haven't named. Years laters, Itara and his friend Shan (not shown) attempt to save him. I know it seems like Naruto, and it's probably not cooler, but it's just an imaginary story so far. The story has some Chinese mythology references like the north dragon, south phoenix, west turtle and east tiger, the Bagua, the Taijitu (yin yang symbol) etc.