I got a request for a story introducing Kai. I thought it was a really great idea so here it is. By the way, Aang does not exist in my stories because Kai is the main character. The second chapter of this will be up as soon as I can get it written. Enjoy!
The angry prince's shouting voice sent a jolt of pain deep into Kai's heart. For the hundredth time she wondered how she could have fallen so madly in love with this young man who hated her so much.
No, she thought, not now. Focus! Shoving all thoughts of love aside, she whipped around in a circular motion and smiled as the blast of air blew Zuko backward a good twenty feet. He made a satisfying crunchy sound as he skipped off of the ground and finally came to rest near the edge of the cliff. Kai's smug mood didn't last long, for in an instant he was back on his feet, the fire of hatred in his eyes.
He noticed Katara before she did. The waterbender rushed up to help, and Zuko turned his fire blast on her instead. Without even a thought as to the safety of her own life, Kai leapt in front of Katara and blew her swiftly out of the line of fire. Katara was safe, but it was then that Kai realized that she had landed with her back to her enemy in the path of Zuko's fireball hurtling toward her, crackling with anger and energy.
Before she could even turn, Kai was struck by a pain so intense it sent her to her knees. The true agony overwhelmed every sense. It was the feeling of all of the skin on her back being peeled off slowly. It was the sound of the flames licking her skin with their wild fury that drowned out all other sounds. It was a scent so bitter, it stung her nose as well. It was the taste of bile and acid and blood all mixed together. And it was the red haze that blinded her to all other sights.
And then, just as quickly as her world had exploded, it disappeared.
Huh, that's strange, she thought. I feel…good. The first thing she noticed about her sudden change of surroundings was the fact that she didn't feel any pain. Shouldn't she be in mind numbing agony? Surely what Zuko had done had nearly killed her. Perhaps she was dead. Was this the afterlife? Had she already been reborn as a waterbender? If she had, she probably wouldn't be thinking right now, so that theory was out. Reluctantly, she opened her eyes to find out exactly where she was.
The fact that she was watching a memory was obvious immediately due to the fact that she was looking at herself run across the yard of her old house. Right away, tears began to flow freely down her cheeks, but she found she could not look away and she was soon lost in the memory of what her life used to be.