A/N: Hi again! Sorry for the long wait, but suddenly I was just out of ideas… But don't leave yet 'cause the story is not over yet! At least one chapter more… Maybe more if you can give me some ideas and a lot of reviews of course ;) Straight to the disclaimer!

Disclaimer:…Do I have to? You all know it anyway… Ok you win! I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender. Yes life is cruel :'(

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The door closed behind them with a loud thud. In front of them he was. Be was sitting in a throne like chair. He was higher up than they were. It was like they were standing in some kind of arena. Next to the throne two staircases started and led down to the arena. Between the ends of the stairs there was another tall door with the Fire Nation insignia on. Zuko just smiled. A banished prince, a young firebender, a murderer. Zuko. Prince Zuko it seemed to be again. His hair had continued to grow and was pretty long. It was tied behind his head in a new, a bit shorter ponytail than the first. He stood up. He didn't look surprised by their presence. It looked like he had been waiting for then to arrive.

"Welcome dear enemies. As you can see, I've been given my honor back. Yet again im a prince worthy to my throne. Expected to be the next Firelord.

"You are not worthy of anything!" Katara hissed and clutched her hands.

"Oh I forgot. You are still mad at me because I killed your little friend. The Avatar. Aang. Yes how terrible." he said with a mocking voice. He walked down in the arena and towards the gang. There was a pretty long distance between him and the throne. "But he was just a kid. A little weak boy."

Katara couldn't get a hold on herself. Screamed and jumped towards Zuko. He dodged her and shot a fireball towards her, but she easily took out the fire with the water from her pouch. She shot some ice sickles against him. He smelted the most of them, but some of them hit his arms and made a few deep wounds. Katara made a water whip and aimed at him. He backed away. He didn't look afraid. He somewhat looked amused and pleased.

"Halt there. There is someone who would like to meet you. Though I don't suppose you would enjoy him." he said and gave them a sinister smile. There was a dark spark in his eyes.

"Who is it?" Sokka asked and stepped closer.

"Someone I found lying on the shore. With no memories or spirit. A ruthless boy. The greatest firebender in the world. A mad killing machine. And my loyal servant." his smile became wider and more cruel. "Bring in… The Sorcerer."

Then suddenly the tall door behind Zuko slammed open. A low figure walked in with determined steps. It was a boy. A young boy. About a centimetre higher than Katara. His whole body was covered by a long dark red cowl, closed around the neck with the Fire Nation insignia. His head was bowed down and the large hood concealed his face almost entirely. Eyes, nose mouth and head shape, all hidden. Only an emotionless mouth was visible. As he walked the cowl revealed his underneath clothes. A Fire Nation uniform. Then he was next to Zuko. A little behind him. With his arms hanging down, the cowl covered his body entirely. He looked rather spooky, but still he showed no emotions.

"Who is that?!" Katara asked quietly and looked at the newly arrived firebender.

"I have no idea." Sokka replied.

"Me neither." Toph said.

"Really? Im surprised you don't recognise him yet. Tell me Sorcerer, who are you?" Zuko said and looked at the emotionless boy.

"Sey Jii. I am Sey Jii, the war chief of the Fire Nation. And you loyal servant, Milord." he answered and bowed.

The gang's eyes widened at the sound of the voice.

"Aang?" Katara asked questionably.

The boy looked up a little. His storm grey eyes became visible, though there were shadows all around them and his nose were not visible. Only his eyes and mouth. They looked cruel and evil. An emotion they had never seen before and neither wished to. Though his eyes had the colour of storm clouds they didn't look like his former eyes at all. These eyes look more like dark hurricanes ready to consume and extinguish their victim. His mouth were frowning slightly now and a wrinkle of anger could faintly be seen on his nose. He stepped a little closer.

"I believe you are mistaking me with the last Avatar. Then im sorry to disappoint you, but Lord Zuko has killed him a long time ago, as he deserved. He was just a weak and unenlightened little kid. He didn't even know how to control his great powers."

"WHAT!? How can you say that about yourself? Please Aang. You're the Avatar!" Katara pleaded.

"My name is Sey Jii and im here to attack and kill you. That is my duty and my order." he said a bit more angrily and stepped closer to them.

"You can't kill us. Aang would never do that. You would never do that." Katara said desperately. There was a slight emotion of fear in her voice.

Aang (A/N: I still call him Aang.) began to laugh maniacally and lifted his hand and spread his fingers slightly. A fireball began to form, hovering right over his palm. The fireball began to grow in size.

"Then I suppose you won't see this coming!" As he said it he shot the fireball towards the gang. They all jumped away with a surprised scream. He shot a few more fireballs at his old friends. There was no sign of hesitation in his eyes. He looked angry. And it felt like he wasangry, too. Toph widened her eyes. What Katara had said might have touched something inside deep him. She moved closer to her waterbending friend and whispered so only Katara could hear her.

"Katara, look at his eyes. Doesn't he look angry or something?" she asked and dodged a fireball that came flying towards them.

"Y-yes he actually does! What do you mean with this?" Katara asked while she reluctantly made a water whip. She used it to execute some of the fireballs. She clutched her eyes and whipped Aang with it. He fell on his back but quickly got up again.

"Good, I thought so, too. It must have been what you said. It has touched something inside him.…" Toph said and tried to look at Katara as much as she could with her blind eyes.

Sokka, who seemed to have been listening to their conversation, replied and continued on Tophs sentence. "He is maybe still inside. He might be Sey Jii outside, but I think there is still a little bit of Aang deep, deep inside him. Just wait and see im sure the hood is covering his arrow. Try and talk him to show it."

"Ok I'll try." Katara answered and carefully moved closer to the "Sorcerer". "Aang please. You are the Avatar. You are the last airbender. And you are Aang. It's true. No matter what Zuko says." she pleaded.

Aang just laughed maniacally. Louder than before. He sounded cruel and scary.

"HAHAHA you still think im the Avatar, huh? I suppose you believe I have an airbender tattoo running down my head to my feet and arms, too." he said and grabbed the hood of his long cowl. "It seems that I keep disappointing you." he said and pulled the hood off his head. They all gasped. Zuko smiled in satisfaction of their expressions. Aang certainly still had his bald head, but there was no tattoo. He raised his hands and first turned his palm against them and then showed the backs of his hands. There were no tattoos on his hands either. He placed the hood over his head again. This time his eyes were not visible and his mouth could hardly be seen. The shadow of the hood covered him.

But Kataras eyes widened when he had shown his palms before turning them around. There was a bad burn mark on his right palm. She closed her eyes a little. A quick flashback crossed her mind in a second. The day he died. Before they were attacked. The forest. The trees were burned and still hot. He was devastated. His hand. He burned his hand. Then her eyes fluttered open again. A strange feeling rose in her. Like when the first time she found out he was the Avatar. Hope, happiness. And a faint feeling of comfortable bliss. But this time there was another feeling, too. The same feeling she always felt when she looked into the statue's eyes. "Hope is the only thing I have back Aang. And hope is what I'll use to get you back."

The boy shot more fireballs and every time Katara dodged one she moved closer on him. First when she was two metres away from him Sokka realised what was going on.

"Katara what are you doing!? He won't hesitate to kill you! You saw he didn't have his tattoos anymore! He is not the Avatar. And he is not Aang. Now he is only Sey Jii." Sokka yelled at his sister to make her stop her dangerous task.

But she didn't stop. When she had come even closer she suddenly grabbed his wrists and locked him in a position with his arm behind his back. He was strong. Very strong. And he was hard to hold, but Katara was determined. If Aang still had his memories he would know that whatever he tried to do, there was no way to get out of her grip once she was determined of holding him. Her left hand grazed his chest a bit under his heart. He mourned. It seemed like it had caused him pain. Both Sokka and Katara widened their eyes. Sokka hadn't seen the burn mark back in the forest but the wound in his chest couldn't be mistaken, even though it was strange that he still had the wound after all that time ha had actually been alive. Katara placed her hand on the, apparently not entirely healed, wound. He mourned again and struggled. She felt something moving inside her. Even though the one she was hurting wasn't really Aang it still hurt to hear him mourn in pain. She removed her hand.

"Look! He still has the wound! I think you were right Katara. There is maybe still hope." Sokka said loudly to his sister.

She quickly glanced at him. "I'll never loose hope Sokka. Not for Aang. He is the one who gives me hope. If I abandon him, I abandon hope. And just like in the Serpents Pass, it was hope that helped us out. It will always be hope that will guide us and tell us that everything will be alright. So please Aang. Don't abandon hope once again."she thought. "Please Aang. I know you are in there. Please. Fight the one who is inside you, tearing the last bit of you apart. You have returned for a reason. And the reason is not to fight for the Fire Nation!" she pleaded the boy in front of her. He stopped struggling, eyes widened a little.

"Don't listen to that little Water Tribe peasant. She is lying. You can never trust a waterbender. Don't you remember what I taught you? Waterbenders are evil and they will destroy the whole Fire Nation. Kill whole families and children…" Zuko yelled from the bottom of the stairs to his throne, at his subordinated. While Zuko continued yelling the reasons why waterbenders were enemies, Katara kept pleading him to listen.

"Your master is the one who is lying. The nation you are fighting for has killed thousands of innocent people. His nation has killed my mother. Your guardian, Gyatso. And your people. The airbenders. You are the only one back. But if you refuse there will be no airbenders left. The Fire Nation is ruthless. Zuko is ruthless. He killed the Avatar. He killed the world's only hope for peace. He killed you!"

At this Aangs eyes widened and he tensed. His body was totally stiff and he looked up, his mouth a little open. Then Katara let go of him. She didn't really know why, but somehow she felt that he wasn't going to attack her again. And he didn't. He walked away from Katara, with a confused, but yet determined look on his face. He walked a bit closer towards Zuko. Zuko raised an eyebrow. "What is he doing?" he asked himself.

Then Aang stopped. He brought his hands down in front of him, as if he was stretching them. Then he swung an arm around, electricity sparking from his left hand. He brought it around in a circle, and then began to mimic the motion with his right hand, electricity shooting from his index and middle fingers. He brought his fingers together, and then lunged forward, launching a lightning bolt from his left hand. The lighting arced towards Zuko.

With horror written all over his face Zuko jumped out of range for the lightning. "He can shoot…"

Katara looked at Aang with a scared and surprised expression on her face. "…lightning?!" She turned around and looked at her brother and her blind friend. They seemed to be thinking exactly the same as she was thinking. "He really is the most powerful firebender"

Aang continued shooting lightnings at Zuko while Katara walked closer to him. She stood next to him and looked in his eyes. They were filled with hatred and anguish. An emotion that didn't fit Aang sweet boyish face. She frowned. He was still not Aang. Instead he was just Sey Jii who had finally realised that the nation he fought for and the prince he served were something he should fight and destroy.

Suddenly a loud scream could be heard. It was Zuko. One of the lightnings had struck him in the stomach and now he fell to the ground with a thud. After that Aang just stood and watched Zuko lie on the floor, hardly breathing. The boy had a fierce look in his eyes and his loud gasping breaths made Katara lay a hand on his shoulder. He quickly turned around and hissed angrily at her. He stepped back, with fire in his hands. Katara looked somewhat disappointed. "No, he is still not Aang." she thought and looked down. Then she looked up. An expression of determination on her face. "But doesn't matter. If you won't come on your own, I'll just have to make you!" And with that she jumped at the unknowing firebender. They both fell to the ground, struggling to be the one on top. Unfortunately Aang ended on the top. He smiled a sinister smile in satisfaction.

"Don't even try to fight against me with your bare hands. Im stronger than I look."

At that Katara raised an eyebrow. "Look? No you, too, look stronger" she thought. She had her hands grabbed around his arms and she could feel his muscles behind the rough cloth. He had oblivious been training in the three months she had been missing him.

The boy raised his hand and a tiny cinder appeared, lying in his palm. Then it lit on fire and began to hover. Soon the flame had grown huge and he pointed his hand against Katara, who were struggling against his hard grip, but to no use.

"Is this really my faith? To be killed by the one I love? WHAT DID I DO WRONG!?" she asked the spirits.

Aang aimed at Katara and his face changed from sinister to determine.

"No! No way im going to just stand and look while he roasts Katara!" And by that a big pillar popped up from the earth and hit the firebender in the ribs. He was thrown away along with a small cracking sound. It seemed like she had broke his rib. He lied on the opposite side of where the pillar hit him and coughed up a bit of blood. He kept lying on the ground and slowly closed his eyes with knitted brows, growling.

Katara looked startled at the injured boy. He panted. Every time she heard his troubled breaths she winced slightly. Sokka went to her and offered a hand. She took it and he helped her up. They looked at Aang. He glared at them

"My, it seems like we have an earthbender in our presence." he said and slowly got up. She caught him off guard as she shoved behind him and placed one hand around his neck and another around his chest. He began to struggle again while wondering how many times she was going to try and lock him in a position where he couldn't move. But this time it was different. This time he was injured. And the arm around his chest hurt horribly and made him careful not to move too much. He let the hood cover more of his face to cover his pain stricken face. "Stop...Stop it girl!"

"Please Aang. I can't let you turn to the Fire Nation. Not after all this time. You make me strong. When you, despite you young age, show tremendous power. You make me smile. Like when you smile at me with that boyish smile you know I like so much. You give me hope. When you time after time keep getting up after been knocked down several times, still as determined as always. You give me courage. When you abandon fear when you are fighting. You make me whole. That's what I have realised while missing you. I have just been an empty shell. A dummy without emotions. All these things, Aang, have made me realise something." she said and released him a bit. She removed her arm from his chest and placed it on his cheek. "I love you."

Aang flinched. These words. There was something about them. They woke something inside him. He had heard them before. Though no one had told them to him. And this girl. Her soft speech. Her warm breath. Her tender skin. Her lovingly caresses. And those eyes. So blue. Like a vast ocean that was too easy to flop in. A warm ocean of strength and fondness. This girl that now brought a forgotten feeling back. But was it true? After months of malice and hatred how could he suddenly feel this sensation for an unknown, but yet familiar, girl? And how could she love him. She had never known him. He had tried to kill her. But still she stayed determined and strong. Then she started talking again, assuring him that she meant it.

"Yes, Aang. I, Master Katara of the Southern Watertribe, love you, Avatar Aang of the Southern Airtemple. By my whole heart!" she said and lightly kissed his cheek.

By this his body tensed. Katara felt it and released him as he slightly began to hover. An expression of shock, surprise and hope. She also felt a warm feeling in her cheeks. She looked at the boy in awe. She quickly glanced at her friends. They also looked at Aang in awe and surprise. Sokkas eyes quickly met with Kataras and the look in his eyes said everything and nothing. She looked back at the boy she had just confessed her feelings for. He was hovering almost a metre in the air. The three had no idea what was going to happen and just looked while a faint white aura appeared around the young boy. Then suddenly a beam of light shot out from his eyes and mouth. Then he started to scream and they all looked at his forehead in surprise. His arrow was practically burned back in his skin. He clutched his eyes in pain and tried to clench his teeth, but the energy was too strong and short after he couldn't keep his eyes closed, either. Light began to shine out from his sleeves and from the bottom of his cowl. Soon there was nothing back of his body and he was covered in a strong white light brighter than the sun. His screams had stopped when the arrow was back.

Awe had been replaced with horror as she realised what was happening. He was about to be consumed in the light. Disappear into the oblivion. She couldn't allow that. Then she ran towards him and fearlessly jumped into the light. She heard her brother scream her name, but she didn't care. In months she had only been an empty shell. She couldn't live a life like that again. If she would never see that airbender again, she found no reason to stay in this scarred world. Then she entered the light and everything became white. The light blinded her. There was not sound. Seconds felt like hours as she flew through the light. Suddenly she heard faint breathing. Then a silhouette. It approached fast and she realised who it was. The boy was still hovering in a suffering position with his eyes closed, brows knitted and half open mouth. Strangely he was wearing his airbending clothes. She couldn't stop and she slammed into him. Then they both exited the light and they landed on the ground, Katara on top. The light vanished behind them. Sokka and Toph ran towards them. Katara got up on her knees and looked at the young boy in front of her. He was breathing, though it was hardly audible. His eyes and mouth were closed. He was without doubt unconscious. Toph helped Katara up and laid a hand on her shoulder.

"That was so cool!" she said coolly. They looked at Sokka. He was kneeling down next to the unconscious boy. He was taking his pulse and smiled. Then he picked Aang up and stood up. He smiled warmly at his little sister.

"You just keep surprising me little sister!"

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A/N: So how do you like this new chapter? Good huh? Or not? I don't know, im not psychic (wish I was) I don't know if that with the light was a bit too much, but I thought it sounded cool… And it was entertaining to write too ;) I guess this was not the continuing you expected… And it became Aang who kicked Zukos butt instead of Katara, but does that matter as long as he get his butt kicked? Well see ya in the chapter and don't loose hope, it will come! Man, im lazy XD

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