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Aang and Sokka were in no hurry as they made their way towards the dock. Khoisan was such an exciting place, and Aang couldn't wait to explore all the fun facilities of the city. He remembered stories about the place from his days before the war, but he had never got to see it for himself.

"We definitely have to try he "rock 'a' road" later!" He beamed at Sokka. The "rock 'a' road" was a kind of roller coaster inside a huge mountain at the top point of the town.

"It's thrill guaranteed or your money back. I can't wait. You think Katara would want to go too?"

Sokka was too busy munching in some deep fried sealshrimps to register him being spoken to.

"Sokka?" Aang looked at him questionably.

"Myeah..schure,..mph...you know, Katara lovsch that schtuff.."

He swallowed. "But I don't know Aang...driving some little wagon down a small tunnel. -Inside a mountain... I get enough thrills riding Appa!"

"Sounds to me like your scared.." Aang shot him a devilish smile

"Me? I'm a warrior. I'm not afraid of anything. Nu-uh.. not me!

–Did I mention it was INSIDE a mountain?"

"Yeah, I know. But hey. It can't be worse than riding the Unagi!"

"True, true... Do you want any of these? They are really good!" Sokka shoved some sealshrimps in Aangs face.

"No thanks.. I'm good. You know I don't eat meat." Sokka shrugged and shoved three more in his mouth.

Walking in the midday sun was really hot, but a cool breeze coming from the north made the temperature just right. It was a lazy day. Aang kicked a pebble as he walked as to amuse himself. Alot of people were out in the streets today, and it got really crowded as they neared the harbor. The airbender raised to his toes trying to see if he could spot Katara somewhere.

"Do you see her anywhere Sokka? She should be done with the supplies by now."

"Nah... you know, she's probably off somewhere down there. Bending some water or something." Sokka replied, not giving it too much thought.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Aang smiled. But deep down he was a bit worried. The fire nation had been following them everywhere, and he was never completely relaxed once they stopped in towns or cities. They had gotten into a lot of trouble the past weeks. Actually, make that since day one. He nodded to himself. But Sokka was probably right. Besides, Katara had really became a master waterbender after their stay at the North pole. She was perfectly capable to handle herself in a dangerous situation.

They kept walking when suddenly Aang heard someone shout his name. He turned towards the sound to see who was calling him, and saw Katara running towards them some hundred yards away.

"Hey, there she is." Aang smiled and waved at her. But she didn't smile back. She just kept waving her arms and pointing in different directions.

"What's Katara doing?" Aang turned towards Sokka as a dagger suddenly came flying past him, hitting the seal-shrimp Sokka was holding, knocking it out of his hand.

"Hey! I was about to eat that!"

Zuko was running. He made sure to keep a low profile, not bumping into anyone, but rather sliding through the crowd. The last thing he wanted was to make the Avatar aware of his presence. He was so close. And this time he wouldn't get away.

Too many times had he underestimated the monk and his peasant friends. At the south pole, Kioshi island, avatar Roku's temple, that time with the pirates, the North pole... The list was long. Too long. And he sure as hell wasn't about to put another mark on it.

Close, closer. The two boys hadn't noticed him yet and he was gaining on them, fast. For a moment he wondered where the girl was, but didn't give it a second thought. She was of no importance. Only the Avatar mattered, and besides, the fewer benders to fight, the better. The watertribe boy was of no actual threat. He did however make a silent note to break that stupid boomerang of his if he got the chance. In his mind he debated if the best way would be to melt it or simply just break it in half. Weighing the pro's and con's he got lost in his own mind for a second, but quickly snapped out of it as a seal-shrimp came flying past his right ear.

Aang turned around to see where the dagger had came from just in time to register the blue fireball hurling towards him. He spun his staff like a drill stick and managed to stop the ball in mid air. When he putt he staff down there were three more daggers attached to it. What was going on? Sure, Zuko had been chasing them for a long time, but daggers and blue fire? Now, that was something new.

The airbender looked up and saw a young fire girl approaching. Walking towards him with a smirk on her face. She was pretty enough, but something about her sent chills down his spine. She had this certain aura of malice to her. Standing right in front of him now he could see all her features. Clearly firenation he thought. The jet- black hair and the golden eyes was not to be mistaken. Plus, the firenation uniform was a dead give away.

"Why don't you just surrender, Avatar. And no one needs to get hurt." Her tongue was honeyed and the tone pleasant. Still, he could detect the poison behind it all.

"Eh.. no thanks. I'm fine right where I am." Aang shot back with a hint of sarcasm. The girl didn't even flinch.

"Fine, if that's the way you want it.. All the more fun for me." With a movement of her arm she made an arc of fire come in his direction. He dodged it just as a she sent a new one. This time lower so he had to jump to avoid it. He really hated fighting firebenders. Their bending was so aggressive, and his peaceful nature and own bending couldn't really mach the ferocity.

The girl shot a fire blast from her fingertips and he whirled around. Deam, this girl was good.

Katara ran all she could up the small slope. They were to far away. Aang had already started fighting one of the girls and the two others she couldn't see at the moment. Mentally she cursed herself for being so caught up in her own bending earlier to even notice the firenation ship making dock a mere twenty yards from where she sat. If something happened to her brother and friend she would never forgive herself. She drew some water from her pouch as she closed the distance between herself and her friends. With a swift movement she formed a whip and lashed out at the girl shooting fire towards Aang.
The whip hit her in the back of her head, causing her to stumble a few steps forward before she could whirl around to see who did it. The water peasant in front of her had a look of challenge on her face as she readied her whip for another attack. Oh, great.Another one. The waterbender was clearly a friend of the Avatar. Who else in their right mind would have a go at her like that. She felt her temper rise with the stinging pain on her back and was almost about to give up the avatar and rather take out the peasant in front of her when Ty Lee appeared behind the other girl. Good timing she thought to her self. She smirked and turned back to the Avatar.
Katara saw the dismay in her eyes and knew the whip had probably hurt like hell. Sure, water was a soothing element compared to fire, but it had a sting to it as well.

That was why the fire nation girl couldn't have surprised her more than she did by turning her back on her. –And did she just smirk at her? At first she felt offended, and then just plain angry. Maybe she hadn't had years of warrior training, but she surely was more of a threat than that! To late she realised it could be for some other reason and fell to the ground. Not able to move.

The girl who had disabled her, Katara recognised as the one jumping over the rooftops. She had a long braid down her back and surprisingly enough looked kind of friendly. At least compared to the one with the blue flames, that is. She definitely had a mean streak. The girl crouched down close by and it looked like she was just watching it all.

From where she lay the waterbender could see the whole street. Including Aang and Sokka. Sokka!

"Sokka, I can't move! You've got to help Aang!" She shouted at her brother who was fighting the girl with the daggers.

"I'm kinda busy here Katara. You know, surviving and all." He shouted back, deflecting some more daggers. Katara wondered for a second if the girl ever ran out. She had been throwing a lot of them at her brother the past minute.

"Sokka, huh?" The girl with the braid looked down at her before she stood up, jumped high into the air, and did a multiple salto, before landing behind her friend.

"Oh,no"

Aang caught a glimpse of Sokka in his parietal vision and saw he was okay, for now at least. He clearly had his hands full with the crazy knife girl. Katara he couldn't see anywhere. Not that he had too much time to think about it. He was pretty busy with his own opponent. But without Katara present and her bending abilities to help them out they were struggling. He reached down in his pocked, pulling out the bison whistle. Appa would come and blow these girls away. Aang dodged another fireball and put the whistle to his lips, but before he could even inhale he felt a series of punches to his back and dropped to his knees. The whistle fell out of his mouth and landed at the fire blasting girls feet.

From his new position he could see Katara laying on the ground in a very similar way to his a few feet away.

"Yeah, that kinda happened to me too." She smiled a sad smile, and Aang knew she was trying to keep a light tone because of what to come. And he loved her for it.

"Thanks Ty Lee. I almost had him there, but you're right. We are on a tight schedule, and there is no time for fuzzing around." Azula smiled down at Aang. "Mai, come here and help Ty Lee pick up the avatar. And never mind the watertribe boy. He is of no importance to us. Or threat." She added the lat part with a gloating sneer. Mai sent a final dagger at Sokka before she was at Aangs side. She and Ty Lee efficiently picked him up and held him between them.

"No threat? What do you mean no threat? I'm a trained warrior you know! I'm threatening!" Sokka was positively angry and waving his arms around behind Azula's back. "A club, and a boomerang.. These are weapons you know. Which actually makes me armed and dangerous. Where are your weapons by the way? I can't see them. Maybe your the one who's not dangerous."

Azula snapped her head halfway around and glared at him out the corner of her eye. She did a punch like motion and shot three blasts of fire at him. One of which hit him in his chest and sent him flying into the brick wall of a house a few yards behind him.

"Oh... right." Sokka coughed and tried to catch his breath.

"Enough of this. Let's go ladies."

"I can't let you do that Azula."

Azula turned towards her brother. "Oh, great. It's Zuzu. How have you been my dear brother? I haven't seen you in a while. You know, with you being banished and all." She smiled and made no effort to hide the mocking in her tone.

"Don't call me that Azula."

"What are you gonna do? Tell Mummy on me? Zuko flinched and the pain shone brightly in his eyes before it spread throughout his features.

"Oh, Zuzu is going to cry. Go ahead. Daddy thinks your weak as it is. Why not add another reason to his list." Zuko frowned. He wasn't aware he had dropped his mask like that and made sure to put it back on. His face once again showing no expression. Deam Azula. She knew how to push his buttons too well, and he fell for it over and over again, but not this time.

"Give me the avatar Azula." He growled and stepped closer to his sister.

"And give up the prize I fought so hard to get? I don't think so." Her voice still light and pleasant.

"Then I guess I'll just have to fight you for him."

Do you really think that wisely, brother? She added the last part with distaste. Not that it mattered. He was used to it anyway. Had it always been like this? He remembered when they were kids. Sure, she had always been sort of a bitch, but they had hade their fun too. Running around in the gardens, chasing eachother. Well, most of the time it had been Azula chasing him, much like now actually. He almost smiled at the irony of it all.

"We're heading back to the ship. Let's get the avatar locked up before he recovers." Azula comanded the girls who turned towards the ship, dragging Aang behind them.

"It'll be okay Katara. I'll be fine." Aang gave the watertribe girl what he thought would be a brave smile as Mai and Ty Lee pulled him past her. She still lay unmovable on the ground and Aang couldn't help but wonder if this was gonna be the last time he saw her.

"We'll get you Aang. Don't worry." She smiled back, and Aang saw the look of pure determination on her face. She didn't even have to act brave. She simply was.

"Zuko, why don't you come with us. I'm sure father would be glad to see you home now that he has the Avatar. Oh, wait, i forgot. You're not the one bringing him. Maybe you should just stay here. Father will never accept you now." Azula smirked and her amusement was obvious.

The banished prince threw himself at his sister, but something held him back.

"Now is not the time, prince Zuko." His Uncle had finally caught up and held him by the back of his shirt. The young prince was panting and his fists were ablaze.

"Now is as good a time as any, uncle. Let me go."

"No. Do you remember the kameleonsnake? The one that waits until the opportune moment. We must all wait for our opportune moment in life."

"So you've been trying to be like a kameleonsnake all this time. I thought you were imitating a snoozlesheep. You know, the fat and lazy one." The fire princess tilted her head and smirked at the old general.

"Just walk away princess Azula. You've captured the avatar. Don't taint your victory with petty talk." Iroh's voice was superior and showed no sign of defeat. He was growing old and tired from the siblings constant bickering. What was wrong with their family? It wasn't just the young prince and princess. He himself and his brother too.. It was like the whole family were divided, they were... fire. He remembered what his old friend Jeong Jeong used to say about fire. Those burdened with it's care are forced to walk a line between humanity and savagery. Til eventually they are torn apart. Just like their family...torn.

The young girl watched her uncle and furrowed her brows in matter that would have scared the old general if it wasn't for the fact that he knew she was her fathers daughter. She had too much pride to act on such a statement, and thereby making it all the more accurate. Instead she gave him a polite smile, although her eyes showed nothing but hatred.

"It was nice to see you again Uncle." And with that she turned and walked away.

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