Ok, here's the third chapter of Spirit! Yay! Though I am a bit sad with the amount of reviews I have for this story… oh well! Here you go!

Spirit

Chapter 3 - Blind Bandit and Zuko's Plan

Danny felt his neon eyes bulge at the sight of the 13 year-old girl taking down the outrageously strong Earth Bender. He truly had never seen such a bizarre sight. She moved with such grace, even though she couldn't see.

Will anyone take on the Blind Bandit!?" called a snobby voice. "There will be a prize for whoever can bring her down!" Both Danny and Aang approached the arena.

When the announcer saw this, he was about to comment on not allowing a tag-team match when the Blind Bandit shook her head 'no'.

'She seems mighty cocky.' Thought Danny to himself. He shrugged and walked down in front of the girl.

"Oh, this is interesting, the son of the Ghost Demon has challenged me." At the name of the Demon, everyone evacuated the arena except for the gang. 'How the heck did she know that?' he thought to himself. He once again shrugged it off and motioned Aang to come forward as well. They both shook the girl's hand, and went back to their side of the arena.

The bell rang, and the match began.

Danny flew into the air, and turned invisible. Aang ran strait at her. ' That's not a good idea.' Thought Danny to himself right before the Blind Bandit slammed Aang into the outer wall with a sickening crack just as he shot a gust of air at her, knocking the Air Bender out cold. Danny grimaced at the sound. She only skidded backwards when the Air Bending move struck her. She only seemed slightly surprised.

'Looks like I'll have to do things my way.' Thought Danny. He sighed and flew down towards the Earth Bender. As long as he made no sound, or touched the ground, she wouldn't be able to detect him. He quickly grabbed her by the arms and pulled them behind her back.

"Nice try, but I have the advantage of the sky." He whispered in her ear. She shot a glare at the now visible Halfa, but smiled after a second.

"Well played." She shook his hand, smiling brightly. "I'm Togh."

"My name's Danny. The reason our group came here is to ask you to teach the Avatar Earth Bending." Togh widened her eyes.

"The Avatar is here?" she asked, bewildered.

Danny nodded, and pointed to the unconscious figure of Aang leaning on the wall. "He's the one you pounded into the wall."

"Oh…" said Togh. "That explains the Air Bending." Danny nodded.

Katara, Sam, and Sokka ran up to them with worried expressions.

"Is Aang alright?" asked Katara as she bent down to shake his shoulder. Togh nodded, and Katara sighed in relief. Just as that was said, the young teen came-to, cradling his head in his arms. He looked around, and saw everyone looking at him. He quickly got to his feet, shaking off the head ach.

"I'm Tucker." Said Tucker with a dreamy voice as he slowly and unconsciously walked towards Togh. Togh just nodded and backed away, slightly freaked out. She then turned to Danny with a stern expression.

"I will teach him Earth Bending. Besides, it will be refreshing to not have my parents in my business every five seconds." She smiled innocently, and Danny sighed with relief. Aang was practically jumping with excitement. Tucker was, well, being the crazed flirt he had always been, tried to hug the girl, but she side stepped his advance with ease.

They stopped outside by Appa, who was waiting patiently with Momo, and they all climbed on, not even slightly aware of the eyes watching their every move.

Yes, it would seem that Zuko, the Fire Nation prince in exile who has been after the Avatar for years, was now aware that the Halfa, son of the Ghost Demon, had joined up with their gang of Benders.

How interesting.

Behind him however, was Iroh, his uncle. The elder man sighed in defeat. His nephew was engrossed with capturing the Avatar and restoring his honor. He just wished that Zuko would calm down and think about how good his life without power was.

But it was useless. He knew this, but he had to keep trying.

"Uncle, looks like we have some Demon Slayers to recruit." He said with a slightly evil smirk on his face. Iroh gasped. He couldn't mean-

"We have a Ghost with the Avatar." He said. "And not just any Ghost." He looked at his uncle, who was holding a horrified look on his face. "The Spirit."

Iroh had heard the grim tales of the Ghost Demon, and how he had slaughtered countless villages all over the Nations. How his son exiled from the Northern Water Tribe, and forced to live on the streets because of his power, and the danger he put people in.

Though he wasn't sure if the boy was evil or not, he didn't want to find out.

Sorry for the hold up on the update! I had some personal business to attend to! Please REVIEW!