"We're here!" Aang yelled settleing down Appa in the forest next to a town.
"Wow! Even though its small I have'nt been away from the temple in 100 yrs." Akida said her eyes shining.
"Yea well lets get some supplies and go. We don't know if firebenders are here or not." Sokka said.
"Firebenders..." Akida spat with a scowl. "If they do come they are going to get some air bending on their sorry hids!"
"Not all firebenders are bad Akida, remember Shuni? Your ex-boyfriend?"
"For the last time Aang he is not my BOYFRIEND! and Shuni was their when the fire nation attacked. He died helping us out."
"Oh, so what exactly happened?"
"I'll tell you later." was Aang's sad reply.
"Come on you two your falling behind!" Katara yelled.
"Coming Katara!" Aang yelled happily. "Come on Akida!" said.
"Aang! I don't think we should..." Akida stopped seeing her brother out of hearing range. 'Great, Just great.' she thought running to catch up with the group.
"Oh look Katara! Those people are putting on a puppet show." Aang exclaimed running up to the stand.
"You and your games!" Akida laughed following him with Katara and Sokka close behind.
FFhalf an hour later
"Well that was a complete waste of time!" Sokka grumbled.
"Oh cheer up Sokka, I thought it was rather funny." Katara put in.
"Yea! I liked the part were the airbender punched the firebender's lights out!" Akida giggled.
"Yea well, lets get started on supplies. I'll go with Akida, Aang Sokka you go together and take this list of things to get."
"Okay Katara, we'll meet up by that cabbage stand over there in two hours." Sokka said pointing to a bearded man lovingly stroking his cabbages. Sokka made a face. "Okay thats just wrong." he said.
"Alright, see ya guys later!" Katara and Akida yelled running off to get what their list demanded.
FF1 hour and a half later.
"Whew thats everything" Akida said.
"Yea, wonder how the boys are doing." Katara asked.
"Katara look at that necklace!" Akida said.
"Yea it looks pretty old."
"It is old! It used to be my mother's! The firebenders took it from my body after they killed me!" Akida exclaimed.
"Really? Excuse me how much is that?" Katara asked the shopkeeper, a very old looking fellow.
"That me dear is 100 gold pieces." The shopkeeper replied.
"100 hundred gold pieces!" Aang yelled coming up behind the two making them jump.
"Thats what I said." the shopkeeper replied.
"We don't have that much money!" Katara said.
"Then tough luck! I had a early buyer today, a very powerful man, who offered me 100 gold pieces for this necklace." he snarled.
"One second please. Katara come with me." Akida said bending the girl into an alley.
"What are you doing?" Katara asked.
"Getting my mom's necklace back. The buyer is a firebender, I could sense it on the necklace, and I won't let him have it."
"How are you suppose to get the money needed for it?" Katara whispered.
"Like this. Hold out your hand."
Akida held out her hand over Katara's and her hand started to glow. Soon 110 gold pieces dropped into Katara's hand.
"How did you do that?" Katara said in awe.
"I made some money using my ghost powers. Its actually quite easy. All you have to do is find a bit of gold, duplicate it, and vola! I added extra money to make sure we get it. Now lets get that necklace!"
"Yes of course! One question, How you going to wear it, it will fall right through you!"
Akida smiled, "I'm not going to wear it, Aang is. I'm dead so he can have it."
So they went back and bought the necklace, much to the shopkeeper's disgust and Katara put it around Aang's neck.
"Are you sure you don't want it Akida? Couldn't you go solid and put it on?" Aang asked looking at her.
"No Aang I'm fine, the minute I go back to see through it will fall off." Akida explained. "You should have it to remember me by when I go."
"Yahoo! I got the necklace!" Aang yelled jumping up and down making everyone laugh.
"Aang! We need to go now! Firebenders!" Akida yelled disappearing into thin air.
and now to Zuko
"Uncle we came here to find the Avatar! Not shop all day!" The 16 year old complained.
"I just need to see if a old airbender's necklace I spotted today is still avalible." The old man said walking towards a shop.
"Oh dear it looks like I'm to late and have lost it to another customer." The old man said spotting the both.
"Good lets go!" Zuko said turning around to head back to the ship.
"But Prince Zuko, you might want to see who I've lost it to."
"Yahoo! I got the necklace!" A familiar voice reached Zuko's ears.
"The Avatar!" Zuko yelled spinning around.
Somehow the Avatar knew he was coming because the trio turned and ran.
"Get them!" Zuko yelled at his men as the army ran after them. 'I won't let him get away this time!'
When he got to the scene the avatar and his two friends were fighting off his men.
"Get the water lackies! The avatar is mine!" Zuko comanded. He then knocked Aang unconscious with a bolt of flame.
"Aang!" the waterbender's voice rang out.
'Your mine' he thought sending a fire ball at the now defensless Aang.
"What?" Zuko yelled as the fire ball hit an arm that appeared out of now where.
A girl of 15 with red hair stood protectivly over the Avatar. What amazed Zuko was she was an airbender as well.
She didn't even seem to care that blood was dripping down from her now burnt skin.
"Your his great grandson arn't you? I can tell from your eyes." she said in a voice that sent chills up his spine. Her silver eyes were boring into his gold ones.
"Akida! Your bleeding! Get out of solid form!" the avatar yelled in a worried voice as he woke up.
"Okay Aang" the girl said her voice gaining an echo and she became transparent.
Zuko gasped noticing three fingers were missing now from one of her hands, and of the burn he had given her there was no sign.
"Who's he?" Iroh asked the girl Zuko now knew as Akida.
"The fire lord of a century ago. The one who killed Akida!" The avatar yelled at the firebenders.
"Ah yes, my grandfather told me of you." Iroh put in. "Quiet the little spitfire he said, fought to the end to escape."
Zuko looked at his uncle before yelling. "You know about this girl? Who is she? Why is another airbender alive?"
"He knows me because I'm in your nation's history books, My names Akida, I'm Aang's older sister, and as to me being alive,
I'm not."
Zuko just gaped at her.
(Aang! Get Katara and Sokka and ride away on Appa, I'll catch up) Akida's voice sounded in Aang's head.
(How come I can her you inside my head?) Aang asked back.
(I'll explain later just go!) was all he got in return.
"What do you mean Your not alive?" Zuko demanded.
"I'm not" Akida replied smoothly. She looked down and her fingers faded back on to her hand.
"So what are you?"
"I'm a ghost."
"Your lying."
"I don't lie."
"How did you die then?"
"Your great grandfather killed me after slaying everyone in the southern air temple."
"Yea right."
"I'll prove it."
Instantly Zuko's head was filled with pictures of fire, corpse and his great grandfather staring down at him.
"So shes the last one?" Sounded off in his head.
The scene changed to a huge fire ball coming straight at him.
"Zuko!" Iroh roared.
The prince sat up panting hard.
He looked over to were the girl had been and found nothing, his men lay around him.
"What happened?"
"You just passed out and that girl airbended all the men into things except me. She asked me to give you a message."
"Well out with it Uncle."
"Give me a minute, ehm..."
Zuko's eyes opened wide as Akida's voice came out of his uncle's mouth.
"I've waited 100 years as a ghost for my brother to come back. You ancestor killed me, but I will not, WILL NOT,let you harm my brother or my new friends."
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Vola! I'll try to get the next chapter up soon! Adios!
Aqua Sky