Okay, here is the first chapter of my newest story, Peace No More. There has been an uprising in the Fire Nation after ten years of peace. The Gaang is back along with Jelisa and Arawn. Same pairings as before. A few even have kids! Hope you enjoy it.
Winds swept the barren plains as Toph, Azula and Jelisa watched the small army Advance on their position. They knew this was bound to happen. It had taken ten years for the rebels to get their forces high enough to march onto the battle field.
"You know, this could be bad. I only could get a small battalion of troops from the Earth Kingdom." Toph felt the vibrations of the advancing army. "So, who did you bring, Ice Queen?"
Jelisa's eyes never left the horizon. "I have a few assassins on the inside, but none of them were able to get to the leader. They killed off a few, but they could not kill many or it would raise a few red flags that they were there." In the resent years, Jelisa was made the head of the assassins guild. It helped because she had stopped all the hits on Aang and Zuko. "I also have a few hidden within your men."
"Don't complain. I could only get a few bounty hunters. A lot of them still dislike the Fire Nation and is not willing to help. I did get Jun though." Azula pushed her bangs out of her eyes. She took to wearing her hair down these days.
The trio looked at each other and smiled. "Well, have you two picked out who you are going to haunt if we get our asses smashed or fried?" Toph grinned.
"Arawn, if he lives, or everyone in the Northern Water Tribe." Jelisa smiled.
"Zuzu, or my father. I know they will both live through this." Azula shook her head. "I would love just to mess with them every day and get away with it."
"I am going to haunt the Earth King for not listening to me in the first place." Toph laughed. "And when I get bored with him, I might move on to your brother, Azula."
The Princess snorted. "Whatever. So are we going to sit here all day and wait for them to come us, or are we going to take this battle to them?"
Jelisa looked over at Toph. The Earthbender was grinning like a Cheshire cat. "Let's get this over with."
The three female warriors charged ahead into the enemy, with their troops right behind them.
Six Months Ago
Toph lounged in the sunshine at the Fire Nation palace. She liked coming to visit Sparky and Sweetness. Their two kids were great. Having one of her own, she looked forward to letting Marcus play with the prince and princess.
"Hey you three, stay out of the pond." She yelled in the general direction
"Ah Mom, Malaya was going to just show me a new Waterbending move Aunt Katara showed her." Marcus looked over at his mother.
"Nope, sorry kiddos. You know what your parents said before they left for that meeting. No playing in the pond, no Waterbending and no Firebending. The same for you Marcus, no air bending. I will put you all in the box for awhile if you don't listen. " Toph smiled at them.
"You know, you shouldn't threaten then like that, Toph, you might scar them for life." A familiar voice reached her ears, but she did not here any footsteps.
"Ice Queen, get out of the tree and on solid ground where I can see you. I am going to kill your husband for teaching you the tricks of an airbender. That gets annoying when you guys sneak up on me." Toph sat up and 'looked' in the general direction of the tree.
"Fine." Jelisa jumped down out of the tree and landed on her feet. "Better?"
"Much." Toph grinned. "Hey shorties, Aunt Ice Queen's here."
The three children turned their heads and smiled at Jelisa. "Auntie Jelisa!" They ran up to greet the other Waterbender.
"Hey guys, what's going on? Are you having fun today?" Jelisa smiled at the children. She had found out a few years ago that she was no able to have children due to the beating she took many years ago. She took her roll as aunt very seriously and spoiled them all rotten.
"Aunt Toph won't let us play in the water, and neither will our mom and dad." Malaya pouted. She crossed her arms over her small chest.
"Well, you really should listen to your parents." Jelisa looked at the children. Toph rolled her eyes because she knew what was going to happen. "But, I don't have to." With that, she pulled a glob of water out of the pond and pushed it toward the kids. Malaya caught it and threw it back toward the other woman.
"Sweetness is going to get on your case about this." Toph smiled though. The children were having fun.
"Ah, she can bite me. I come here just for the shear pleasure of spoiling all of your guys children and making the Fire Lord and Lady mad. It is my right as aunt." Jelisa laughed and took the glob of water and made it snow for the children. "Come on Toph, you wanna spar? Give the kids something to watch?"
The idea was tempting. "I haven't spared you in a long time. What the hell, let's do it!" She stood up and the children cheered.
"We get to see Aunt Toph stomp Aunt Jelisa's bottom!" Five year old Matthias grinned at twin sister.
"Uh uh, Aunt Jelisa is going to get Aunt Toph this time." Malaya looked at her bother.
"My mom is the greatest Earthbender of all times. She is going to take her down." Marcus smiled at his friends.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, boys. See if I make it snow again for you two." Jelisa said smiling.
"Let's do this." Toph began to walk towards the ring where Zuko said they could spar.
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Zuko listened to the council talk about the outer providences and how they were prospering. There was also talk about a rebellion in the eastern part of the Fire Nation, but it was small and would be taken care of shortly, nothing to worry about. Trying to suppress a yawn, he looked over at his wife. The council was not happy when he told them Katara would be sitting in on the council meetings after they married.
All of them were old school and did not think is was a woman's place to be in on council meetings. Zuko then pointed out that if Aang had not won the war, Azula would have been Fire Lord and then they would have had to listen to her. They silenced them very quickly.
Just then, a servant entered the chambers. "My Lord, the Avatar has arrived." The man bowed low and backed out of the room.
Aang walked in followed by Arawn, another airbender and good friend. Zuko nodded at Aang and looked at the council. "This meeting is over. I have some rather pressing matters to take care of with the Avatar. You are all dismissed."
The six men stood up, bowed and walked out. Zuko stood up, walked over to Aang and gave him a hug. "Hey, where's my wife? She said she would be here."
Zuko released his best friend. "She's outside with the kids." He then turned to Arawn. "So, where's your other half?"
"She went off to harass Toph." The other man shrugged his shoulders and smiled. "That and to spoil your children."
Just then, there was a loud boom and a few curse words echoing through the hall. "Damn it Toph! Watch where you throw those things. What are you trying to do flatten me?"
The foursome laughed and knew then what was going on. "Think we should go watch?" Katara smiled at took her husband's arm.
Zuko smiled down at his wife. "Why not. Besides, they might need healing afterwards. They both get a little too competitive."
Aang rolled his eyes. "You have no idea. It's even worse when there are people watching. She still has not been defeated in Earth Rumble. One day, I might be able to."
Arawn turned an headed for the door. "Jelisa has been itching to try out some new moves on another human that could take them. Toph was the perfect person."
They walked towards the loud voices and booms. Toph and Jelisa were really going at it and from the jumping of the earth, the Earthbender was not holding back. They took seats next to the children and watched the two females.
Sweat poured off both women as they combated each other with their elements. Jelisa was skating across the area on ice while trying to blast Toph with large amounts of water. Toph on the other hand was playing it safe and waited till Jelisa stopped and started chucking large boulders at her. Ducking, dodging and weaving, Jelisa missed the majority of them, but the last one caught her in the stomach and chest, knocking the wind out of her.
"Do you yield yet, Ice Queen?" Toph smirked and pulled a rock out of the ground, getting her next attack ready.
Jelisa on the other hand, sucked in large amounts of air, trying too breathe again. When she was able to, she got up onto her knees and grinned at the other woman. "Not on your life, Toph."
"You are so stubborn, you know that?" Toph threw her boulder at the Waterbender. Jelisa proceeded to slice it on half with a well placed ice disc.
"Not as stubborn as you, rock head." Jelisa gathered up more water and began to throw ice daggers at her.
Zuko just smiled and looked at the other three sitting next to him. "That looks like fun and I haven't gone up against those two in ages. Wanna join them?"
Katara grinned. "Why not." She yelled down to Toph and Jelisa. "Hey, hold up. We're joining you." She began to take off her outer robe and Zuko did the same. They all four jumped into the sparring grounds and walked towards the two women.
Matthias turned to his sister and friend. "This is going to be soooo cool." He turned his head back around to watch the adults about to spar.
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Down in the ring, Jelisa and Toph were already a little winded. They stopped and waited for the others to walk over. Jelisa walked over to Arawn and gave him a peck on the lips. "I see you guys finally made it."
"Hey, if I knew you were going to spar as soon as we got here, I would have waited to go see Zuko and Katara." He returned Jelisa's kiss with one of his own.
"Okay, how are we going to do this? We have two waterbenders, one airbender, one firebender and the master of all four elements." Toph put her hand on her hip. "Someone is going to be at a disadvantage."
"I think we should pair off into couples. See which couple is the strongest." Katara took a hold of Zuko's arm.
Aang walked over to his wife's side and put his arm around her shoulder. "I think that is a wonderful idea. What do you think, Toph?"
"Doesn't matter to me, but a few quick rules. One, this one is for you Twinkle Toes, no glowing it up. You may be the master of all the elements, but we all only have one. Pick one and stay with it. Two, You can double team another group, but no weapons. Sparky, Sneaky, I'm talking to you. Third, anything goes. Got it?" Toph counted off the rules on her fingers.
Jelisa smiled. "You have a deal." She turned to her husband, ice blue eyes shining. "Let's do it to it"
The three couple retreated to different corners and waited.
Yeah, I did open up with them preparing for battle. Everything will lead up to the battle Azula, Jelisa and Toph are charging into here soon. Hopefully you liked the first chapter of Peace No More. I don't think I am going to name the chapters this time. See y'all next chapter. Remember, I like constructive criticism. I am always looking to improve my writing skills. Please let me know what you think. Click on that little box at the left of the screen and let me know.