HEy guys, here is the sequel to my previous Avatar story, "A Legend return". Considering it had been nearly half a year since i had finished with the previous story, but here you go.

Chapter Cover: Zula seating down upon The ground with a small smile upon her face.

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Rise of the White Phoenix

Book 2

Chapter One

Five Months Later

Zula stood alone in the middle of a large arena. The young woman was dressed in battle outfit with both of her hands raised toward the front, as a soft wind blew through the area in front of her. The theme of her clothes were still Airbender themed through some of the clothes had golden strings run through her form as well as the Air Nomads circular symbols upon her shoulders.

Then she moved forward launching out an large blast of air toward her opponents who moved out of the way, but the girl didn't pause as her eyes were fixed with concentration at what she was doing as she launched another arc of air at her opponent, forcing the young man to create a large wave of air as the wind suddenly roared around them.

Using her circle movement, Zula tunneled another large gust of air throwing him backward and landing upon the ground upon his back and sliding away. Then from behind Zula, another person came forward and the young woman glanced behind her as the person launched a large blast of fire straight toward her.

Zula smirked to herself before facing the blast head-on and with her own flames, she nullified the attack with her own before retaliating with a swift punch followed by a kick, flames launching from her fist and feet. Her opponent avoided the two attacks before launching his own flames at her and Zula ran straight at him, using her firebending to propel her forward almost like a rocket and when she reached the distance she was aiming for, the young Avatar spun herself around bending a large wave of fire into a large inferno, aiming it straight toward her opponent causing the young man to be thrown backward and sliding upon his back.

Then a blast of air came at Zula from the side forcing the girl to jump backward from the attack as she turned her attention toward her opponent, observing before charging forward.

Observing the training session was Sifu Katara and her husband Seraph. The two were watching the young woman on the training ground and how precise and decisive each of her movements were. Seraph was a man with bear and his Airbender blue tattoo upon his forehead. He was observing the duel and he was impressed with how skilled Zula had become.

"She has gotten good," he said, addressing his wife, "She has come a long way from her first day of training."

Sifu Katara chuckled a little.

"That`s true," she said, "and she had accomplished a deed that was on Aang`s level."

"It was good that the incident with Shen had been resolved," Seraph told her, "It`s been a quiet five months since then."

Sifu Katara didn`t say anything as she observed Zula moving through the field facing against her two opponents switching between elements in a breathless natural form.

"The investigation that the Metal Bending Police had been doing about the Equalists who kidnapped Zula…?"

"Chief Lazhar had been taking care of that investigation with a team of his own," Sifu Katara said, "Thought I am sure that it will turn up with something soon."

Seraph gave her a glance.

"You don't sound quite confident that it will turn up anything," he told her.

"Sixteen years ago, the Equalists murdered Avatar Bhu in his own home along with most of his family," Sifu Katara said as she continue to observe Zula fight in the training grounds in front of her, "And through all of that, no arrest were ever made. We believed that they had disbanded when Avatar Korra defeated Amon…I don't think anyone expected such an enemy to see the light of day again."

She glanced at her husband.

"It`s not over yet, Seraph," she said, "Them kidnapping Zula was just the start."

An Air Acolyte ran up toward the two, before giving them a light bow.

"Lady Katara," he said, "The Chief of Police is here…and he will like to talk to you immediately."

"Thank you Ihva," the woman told the man, "I`ll go see him. I`ll see you at diner."

She gave her husband a peck on the cheek before following after the Air Acolyte leaving the man standing there observing them go for a few seconds before turning his attention back toward the battle that was taking place right in front of him.

Then he moved forward.

"All right that`s enough," he called out.

Zula turned toward at the voice after she had blocked the fire bending attack. The young girl turned toward where Seraph was approaching them.

"That was a good match," he said, "I`m glad that you have improved that well Zula."

"Thanks," Zula said glancing at her sparring partners, "Couldn`t have done it without these two right guys."

The firebender removed his helmet, showing his features to be Zhou. The young man glanced at her with a smirk.

"I`m actually quite impressed with how strong that you have gotten by just learning Airbending," he said.

"I`m pretty sure that Zula will continue to impress us by her skills," Emi said approaching with her helmet under her shoulder, revealing herself to be the second fighter that had been facing Zula in battle, "But I almost got you with that last move."

"Did not," Zula said removing her own helmet, "You missed."

"I don't miss," Emi told her with a smirk.

"As if I`ll believe that," the golden eyed girl told her with a laugh, "But it was a good match. I feel like my mastery over Airbending is growing each and every day and even my firebending is getting better."

Zhou nodded.

"Yeah, I am pretty amazed that you were able to fight toe-to-toe with the Dragon King and come out alive with how much of a novice you where at Firebending."

"I was running on luck and adrenaline," Zula told him.

"Whether it was luck or fate," Seraph spoke out, drawing the attention of the trio toward him, "You have done a great deed by saving both the Fire Nation and Shen from their dark past."

Zula smiled.

"Dad," Emi asked, "Where did mom go?"

"The Chief of Police had come to the island for a meeting," Seraph said.

Zula looked apprehensive.

"He had been coming over a lot recently," Zhou remarked.

"Well the business with the Equalists had left a lot of people shaken," the man told them, "With their attack upon the Fire Nation Royal Palace and the kidnapping of the Avatar, it had reopened their investigation again since Avatar Bhu was killed."

"In one of her letters, Natsuki did tell me that the United Nation was working on that very same subject."

Seraph gave her a glance.

"I wouldn`t be surprised If every Nation have those people on their most wanted lists," Seraph told them.

Zula frowned.

"But I am sure that the authorities have it under control," Seraph told her, "You just now focus on your Avatar training."

"I will," Zula told him with a nod.

Somewhere in the Earth Kingdom

It stood out like a desolate wasteland amid the jagged rocks that grew out of the ground. They were few guards moving about as they were all dressed in Earth Kingdom clothing, green and emerald. Their boots were echoing upon the metal path into the large building that stood within the large amount of the large rock column around it, almost as if it was within the Earth grasp.

The two soldiers moved together stepping inside the metal building, the architecture a wondrous marvel from the people of the Metal Clan. One of the soldiers was carrying a tray of food with him and they reached a large door with two soldiers standing right in front of it.

"Open it," the one without the food said.

The two sentries nodded and then moving as one, they opened the large door using metal bending. There was a light scurrying noise of metal moving against metal before the large door opened giving way toward the interior.

A barred prison door stood in front of the guards as they took their stance toward the interior of the room. A single figure was within it, seated in a lotus position with their back facing them. The person had long dark hair falling upon his back.

"It`s time for lunch Bunta," one of the guard said.

"You are seven minutes early Jana," the figure called Bunta answered without turning around, "I wonder why?"

"Just be lucky that the Earth King had allowed us to even give you food at all," Jana said, his eyes narrowing in anger.

Bunta chuckled.

"The Earth King and my father were old friends," he said, "I reckon that`s his way of repaying the debts he own him."

"I don't care of your history or your father`s history with the King," Jana said, "All I see in front of me is a murderer who deserve the death penalty."

Bunta stood up and turned to face the duo. He had a beard upon his face as he approached the bars, and the men tensed up, as if waiting for him to suddenly attack them from behind the iron bars. Jana slid the tray from underneath the door and it came to a stop in front of Bunta`s feet.

"Eat quickly," Jana said.

Bunta kneeled in front of the rice and slowly started to eat with his hand and then his finger came in contact with a piece of paper within the rice. Bunta frowned to himself before glancing toward the guards in front of him, noticing that they were talking about something, their eyes off of him so he choose this to slip the piece of paper within his sleeves. When he was done with his food, his slid the tray back toward the guards in front of him.

"A delight as always," Bunta told him, his dark eyes shining with amusement, "My compliment to the chef."

"Whatever psycho," Jana said turning away from him, "Close it."

The metal doors moved back into place, locking Bunta back in. The amusement within Bunta`s eyes disappeared as he returned to his previous seat. He slipped the paper back into his palm and slid it open. His dark eyes read it`s contents and light shone within the depth of his black eyes…

Then he slowly placed the paper back into his clothes.

"So they are finally on the move are they?" he said, "I guess it`s about time I stop wasting my time here in this prison. I`ll make sure to send out my thanks to the King for his hospitality."

Air Temple Island

Sifu Katara reached where the Chief of Police was waiting. The man was dressed in his uniform with both of his hands behind his back. His grayish dark hair was pulled back leaving a few strings of hair to fall on the left side of his face. The man was looking at the city in the distance as the afternoon sun slowly settled against the tall building, bathing the surroundings in a reddish orange glow.

"Chief Lazhar,"

The man turned toward her.

"Lady Katara," he greeted with a small smile.

"I presume that the Equalists investigation had brought you here," the woman told him.

"Straight to business as always," Chief Lazhar said, "Nice to see you still the same as ever…but yes, that is the reason I am here."

Sifu Katara observed him for a few seconds.

"From your expression, the investigation isn`t going as well as you hoped," she said.

Chief Lazhar shook his head.

"Our leads went cold," he said, "Unless someone actually come forward with new information, the investigation will go to the unsolved crimes."

Sifu Katara sighed, "Just like Avatar`s Bhu death…"

"I think we can count our luck that the Avatar survived this time around," Chief Lazhar told her.

"That we can Chief," she said, "What now?"

"Now we know that they are out there," the Chief said glancing toward the city, "we don't know how big their movements are compared to the time of their first appearance in Korra`s time…I am keeping all of my soldiers vigilant to this new threat."

A wind blew through the area and it was cool considering that it was approaching winter. The man gave her a glance for a few second.

"But you`re already aware of all of this aren`t you Sifu Katara?" he asked.

"I have had my suspicions," the older woman told him.

The Chief nodded.

"Well, I best be heading back," he said, "I can`t leave the station for too long…thank you for your hospitality Lady Katara."

"Chief Lazhar," she said.

The man turned away from where she was and walked down the path toward where the pier was. The woman observed him walk for a few seconds before turning her attention toward the Avatar Aang`s statue that stood in the Bay.

That night

Zula was lying upon her bed, looking toward the night sky. The half moon was shining quite well as the sky was slowly filling up with clouds. But the young woman had a smile upon her features. Her training had been going quite well so far ever since the end of the Shen crisis. With no large things happening in the world at the moment, Zula had completely focused herself upon her training to become stronger.

She knew that it would be any days now for Sifu Katara to tell her if she had mastered her Airbending and that she was going to start on her Waterbending training soon. She was a little anxious to start that training and a little worried after all, it was her opposing element.

Zula`s mind turned to Natsuki and a small smile grew upon her lips. Her relationship with the Princess had grown quite well despite them being far away from each other and the letters they`ve exchanged over the past months had been the highlights of her days and she even has all of the letters stuffed into one of her drawers. The Princess had been working a lot in repairing what had been damaged by Shen when it attacked the Fire Nation five months ago and not a day go by where Zula doesn`t see her in the newspaper.

The Avatar closed her eyes, remembering the beautiful silvery blue eyes that had drawn her attention since day one of their first meeting…

Zula…

The girl snapped her eyes open as she suddenly seated up in her bed, glancing around herself completely taken aback. Just for a moment, it was like she had heard a voice whisper her name. The girl stayed still in the darkened room listening to the sounds around her but Zula didn`t hears the voice again throughout the rest of the night…

A mysterious voice call out to Zula...

Next Time: The Dragon

Jacques0 out.

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