The Evil Thing: By Mokona Rulez
DO NOT READ ALOUD! (Isn't it obvious that I don't own Avatar?)
Sokka noticed that Aang was upset and asked him what was wrong,
"Don't worry about it," Aang responded coldly.
"Whoa, Twinkle Toes! Never heard you act so cold!" Toph said.
"…," Aang didn't react at all. He sat there with his head down.
Katara didn't bother say anything, for she knew exactly why he was angry. What she did not realize was that his anger would not simply go. It would be there for a long time and inspire him to do something life changing.
"Aang…I'm sorry…," Katara said.
"Hmph,"
"Well, I, however, am grateful for what you did, Katara. And as for you…aren't you supposed to be knowledgeable and accepting of all things?" Zuko asked, a bit of indignation in his voice.
"NO! That's not what I'm supposed to be! People always have a stereotypical mindset! That the avatar is wise or understanding or forgiving! That's not what the Avatar does! He keeps the Nations in balance! That's all! Wherever I go, people always want me to help them or do something! But, if I could get to the Fire Nation, I'd be able to stop all of this! If you want to kill a plant, you have to cut it from the center root, and not all the side- roots! If people understood THAT, then all of these other thing would fade away!" Everyone was shocked to hear that Aang didn't like helping others, for he was always the first to leap off cliffs to help someone.
"So what if you don't like it? These people need YOUR help! YOU are the only one who can help them! And you're just going to shrug-off you're duties, simply so you can get to the Fire Nation faster? What's the point of defeating Ozai, if the war has already been won? Ba Sing Se has fallen, so there's no doubt everywhere else has, too! The Air Nomads have all been killed off, except you. The Water Tribes cannot hope to stand much longer, and frankly, I'm surprised that they've made it this far! Don't you understand? If the entire land has been conquered, then there is no point in defeating Ozai! The Fire Nation will have already won the war, and Ozai will be replaced by someone younger and stronger! You have to free most of the land, first, or you're entire journey will have been in vain!" Iroh didn't care about Aang's feelings. He told him like it was.
"Don't lecture ME on MY job! The Fire Nation hasn't won, yet, and I can get there before they do! If you believe so strongly in free the land, then why haven't you been doing anything? The hypocrites are always the first ones to criticize someone! YOU shouldn't be lecturing me! YOU should be out there, defeating the Fire Nation! You think it's easy being the Avatar? Well, it's not! Having to defeat a whole nation by yourself is not easy!"
"Yes! I will admit that defeating the Fire Nation by yourself is difficult. But, you aren't by yourself. You have others here, who are willing to help you! To give their lives, so that the world may be at peace! You aren't alone!"
"He's right, Aang. We're here for you. I can understand why you're upset, but you have to realize that people DO need your help! We all will be here to help you. You don't have to do this by yourself," Sokka reasoned.
In truth, Aang was not angry because of his duties as the Avatar. That was merely a smokescreen, created when Zuko asked him if he wasn't supposed to be knowledgeable and accepting of all things. No, he was still angry over the scar removal incident. He was smiling purposely when he created the cyclone. He did go into the Avatar State because he was angry, but, thanks to his training, he quickly got control over his power. Yes, indeed. He was smiling not because of Azula or the Dai Li or Iroh. No. In his mind, they weren't even there. He was smiling because Katara and Zuko were being harmed. In the minutes between them regrouping and them confronting Azula, Aang had come to hate Zuko and Katara with a passion. Zuko was already their enemy and Katara was now a traitor (in his eyes). So he enjoyed making them suffer. He was snapped out of it, though, when he was struck by lightning. And he couldn't really explain this to himself logically, but somehow, he had come to have some kind of feelings for Azula. Her cruelty and willingness to harm others somehow sparked some kind of feelings in him (for her).
And it was obvious that she had feelings for him, too. He could tell, for when their eyes connected, they were not filled with hate, or anger, or fury. If anything, longing. But Aang could only feel disappointment. Her beautiful, golden eyes against his dull, grayish ones showed only how much love between them could never be. Still, he wanted her. He couldn't help it.
After a while they landed in rocky area. As he got off Appa, he heard Katara and Zuko talking, as if they had been friends all their life. A sudden heat wave spread through his body. He got so angry, seeing those two talk so familiarly.
"Wait! Zuko! You're scar's gone!" Sokka exclaimed, genuinely surprised.
"I know," he said.
"What? Has you're scar been gone this whole time?!?!?!?!?!?"
"Yes,"
"I can't believe it!!!"
"Idiots…woah…what am I doing?"
It felt weird to Aang. He had never felt so strongly about his companions. Now, all of a sudden, it feels like he hates them all (except for Toph, who he doesn't have any feeling for and Appa, being his spirit animal). It just felt too weird to Aang. He had to get out of there. He was getting madder and madder by the moment. His body felt like it in a pool of fire. He couldn't stand it. So, he ran. Ran from it all, confused and disoriented. He didn't understand why he was so angry. I mean, he didn't hate his companions that much…did he? With his airbending abilities, he ran super fast, so it was no surprise when the others couldn't catch up. Eyes welling up, he thought of a great many different and random things. Such as, life if he weren't the Avatar. Life if this war had never started. Life…with Azula. All these things and more played through his mind at once, but he saw each one perfectly. Suddenly, his mind flashed to Azula. Almost instantaneously, his mind was flooded with thought of Azula. She was all he could thing about. Now fully crying, Aang slowed down and came to a halt…somewhere. He had his eyes open, but he really didn't know where he was going. He subconsciously used his earthbending powers to "see" objects. He laid down and sobbed loudly. His anger, his crying, his attraction to Azula…all three were irrational. They came out of nowhere, he couldn't explain them and he couldn't control them. However, he embraced his feelings and simply let them happen. They had to be there for a reason, right? So after he got done sobbing, he made a tent out of earthbending and fell asleep immediately, his body tired like you wouldn't believe.
"HERE HE IS!"
Aang heard someone outside the tent shout.
"Ugh…not these guys…" Aang groaned, not wanting to meet up with the rest of the group for fear of I.E.O. (irrational emotions overload).
"Aang! Why did you run off? We were so worried about you!" Katara scolded mother-like.
It took a few moments for Aang to take in everything that was happening. It was daytime, now. Everyone including Appa and Momo were circled around him, so that he wouldn't be able to run off again. They all looked really irritated.
They began to scold him one-by-one. However, Aang paid them no mind. He was thinking about what he would do, because he knew for certain that he didn't want to be around these guys.
"I'll go to Azula, and then…well, I guess I just have to wait and see what happens then!" Aang decided.
He was eager and ready, but he knew that he couldn't juts go back to Ba Sing Se and just start talking, no. He had to have some sort of reason. And it had to be very convincing. He would have to come up with a detailed reason, a reason for his reason, and then a reason for his reason for his reason (reasonx3). He'd better get started now, he thought.
"AANG! WERE YOU LISTENING TO A WORD WE JUST SAID?!?!?!" Katara asked, furiously.
"No," Aang replied bluntly.
"Gah!" Katara yelled out in frustration as she stormed away.
"Calm down, Katara," Zuko soothed, "It'll be okay."
He put one hand's fingers through her hair, and used the other hand's fingers to slide down her cheek, down her neck, and across her collar bone.
"mmm…" Katara couldn't help but softly moan in pleasure. You'd think this kid had been doing this all his life from the way he her made moan. He then put his fingers above where her cleavage would be and slid them down so that they pushed against the top of her shirt. No need to say, they were not in plain view. Zuko began to plant soft kisses on her neck after pushing her hair to the side. He then took three fingers and pulled her shirt down her right shoulder, exposing the top part of her right breast. He did the same with the other side and then let his fingers glide from breast to breast (the top part/ no nipples just yet).
"Ohhh…Zuko…" Katara began to breathe only partly, and released small moans, not wanting this pleasure to end.
"Katara!" Sokka shouted, apparently looking for her.
Katara snapped her head up and took a deep breath, as if she was drowning in pleasure. She hurriedly pulled her shirt back over her shoulders. She put on a strict face as Zuko said, "Pretend like I was calming you down."
They both walked out from behind Appa, Katara still looking upset and Zuko looking pretty relaxed.
"What were you doing with my little sister back there?!?!!?" Sokka asked cynically.
"I was calming her down," Zuko replied…calmly.
"Don't pretend!" Toph said, trademark grin on her face, "You were doing somethingnaughty! It's obvious that you two like each other!"
The two blushed slightly. But Aang got wide- eyed and stood up.
"That's it!" He said quietly, but with exhilaration. It all made sense now. The reason why Aang had I.E.O. was because…(I'm ending it there!)
Ending A.N.:
Hello all. Wasn't this a good chapter? I had a lot of fun (despite my tiredness) writing this. You can probably guess why Aang has I.E.O. And if you can't then either wait for the next the chapter or read over all the information provided when I wrote about the I.E.O. and you'll probably figure it out! Mokona Rulez, signing out.
