A/N: well enjoy this is my first fanfic ever, I can write, this is for my little brother Jake who's in hospital right now after pushing me out the way from a speeding car. God damn drunks, they just piss me off soooooooo bad!

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Chapter 1

This was pain, pure and utter pain, he couldn't move, the heavy strain in his chest burnt like a wild bushfire, the commander stood above him grinning broadly, "pathetic!" he spat kicking him so he semi flipped in the air landing hard on the back, the fire nation commander watched the teenager squirm in agony,

"get up!" he shouted walking over his weak body, blood dripped off his lips and nose, the commander raised a fist and pulled back a ball of fire sparked, the weak boy stared into the flame as if in a trance,

'I need more power!' he thought angrily, his family needed this badly, his father killed by his own nation, his mother having cancer, his little sister, he thought about her struggling.

Tears came down his eyes and fell on the ground, the commander used his free hand to grab the teenager's brown hair, watching him crying in agony, his blue eyes stormed with rage and anger, he could easily see it,

"admit defeat and I'll spare you!" he shouted,

"err… never!" exclaimed the boy with his teeth clenched, the fire nation commander scowled and kicked him hard once more in the stomach and threw him by the hair into the steel ground, the boy screamed as fire managed contact with his leg, the fire caused an explosion sending him flying,

'this boy doesn't give up' thought the fire nation commander, suddenly the boy arose in fury towards him, blue flames surrounded him in a circle, the flames stepped aside as he strode through, he raised two fingers towards his opponent, what looked like fire, no it was lightning, the boy grinned evilly, his eyes focused on his opponent.

He was paralyzed with fear. The lightning spread out, the fire nation commander cried out in pain as he rose into the air, lightning still destroying his insides, the pain inside his chest, teleported around his body, different feelings inside his body was too much to handle for him, he landed hard on the steel ground, smoke lightly rose from his limp body,

the spectators looked from the body to the boy, gasps erupted from the crowd, before some guards checked his pulse, he was still alive, the boy stood there breathing heavily before his friend came up,

"Karr, what did you just do?" he asked shocked,

the boy turned, "I… I… I don't know" he stuttered taking a final breath watching the doctors taking the fire nation commander away on a stretcher,

"its okay… everyone hated Zhao anyway" he said patting him on the back.

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Karr stood there at the docks, even though he had won, he was being shipped off to Ba Sing Se to join princess Azula in capture of the avatar, it was a big task, he just wants his family to be okay.

Karr stood at the main deck, the other soldiers in their mid-twenties to nearly thirties kept their distance from him, yet all of them were shocked from his display of power that had got him here in the first place.

After two straight days of sailing they docked off at Ba Sing Se, he stared around at the enormous wall that surrounded the area, before finally passing through, it was clearly abandoned only fire nation soldiers patrolled the streets, Karr kept in line making sure he didn't step out, 'there's no way I'm making out of here alive' he thought to himself bitterly,

"Karr Shima! Princess Azula wishes to greet you at the palace" announced a fire nation leader from a scroll,

Karr instinctively stepped forward, the fire nation leader nodded,

"follow me" said the leader turning down a passageway; Karr caught up and marched obediently behind him,

"I'm surprised to see a young boy like you here… how old are you?" he asked curiously,

"fifteen sir" replied Karr not daring to turn his attention away,

"hmmm… you impress me kid" said the leader, Karr looked at the enormous palace, it was placed in the middle of Ba Sing Se for a reason, "whoa…" Karr muttered staring at the enormous earthen building.

Karr found his way into the throne room, "at ease" said Azula, the leader nodded and bowed before turning to leave Karr standing silently,

"who's this pipsqueak?" asked a stern looking teenager, a scar was placed over his left eye, short black hair and in traditional fire nation armour,

"this is kid Zuko, is the one who nearly killed commander Zhao" replied Azula,

Karr stood before the throne, "and we need him… why?" Zuko asked, his sister grunted impatiently, Zuko got the picture and immediately shut his mouth.

"welcome" announced Azula, Karr got the instinct feeling that it was a trap of some sort before hearing a shouted and some crashing, Karr immediately turned to see at least twenty fire nation soldiers tagging along a girl in a metal cage,

"we've managed to capture her" announced the general,

"excellent, now we can get to the avatar through his heart" said Azula, she acted pleased before turning back to her normal angry and dull self,

"let me go!" she shouted, Azula and Zuko merely gave a smile, Karr focused his attention on the girl in the cage, she wore a blue kimono with white outlining, had dark brown hair that turned from a small bun to a short ponytail, she had perfectly tanned skin, she had cerulean blue eyes, and had a heirloom choker wrapped around her neck with a symbol of the water tribe on it,

"now why would we do that?" Azula asked mockingly,

"now we attend to business… how would you feel about helping us capture the avatar?" she asked,

Karr was thinking patiently, considering his possibilities: if he helped the avatar, he could train him and stop the war. Or he could work with Azula and destroy the avatar and continue the war when war shattered his hopes, dreams and his life from start.

Karr scowled under his breath, "well?" she asked impatiently,

"why would I work with you, when this war brought all my pain in the first place!" he explained raising a fist, a blue fire erupted off the edge of his hands,

Zuko and Azula jumped in shock, they were paralyzed with fear, 'what would he do next' was what everyone in the room thought,

"why bother, you can't escape" said Zuko, "I wouldn't say that" said a wheezy voice, Zuko stared bleakly at his uncle who sighed in shame, "he can escape" he said going over to the cage and breaking the lock with a blast of fire, the smoke cleared, "quick!" he shouted,

Karr hesitated before acrobatically jumping backward and equalling the playing field before turning to run.