Book 1: Water
Chapter 4
The Warriors of Kyoshi
Zuko's ship is moving through the water and Zuko himself is in his quarters sitting in a lotus position in front of an alter with his eyes closed and is meditating and four white candles that are burning are in front of him and the candles' light are increasing and decreasing due to Zuko's breathing and while Zuko is meditating and concentrating the door opens showing Iroh.
"The only reason you should be interrupting me is if you have any news about the Avatar or the Arte user." Zuko said with his eyes still closed as he heard Iroh come in.
"Well, there is news, Prince Zuko, but you might not like it. Do not get upset when I say this." Iroh said.
"Uncle, you taught me that having a level head is a sign of a good leader. Whatever it is you have to say, I can take it." Zuko said.
"Okay then...we don't know where we are." Iroh said.
"WHAT?!" Zuko asked in rage as the four candles flare to the ceiling and he stands up and faces Iroh with an angry face while Iroh turns away from the flames and protects himself with a fan in one hand and a map in the other.
"You should open a window in here." Iroh said.
"Let me see the map!" Zuko said and Iroh gives the map to him and he looks at it.
"There have been multiple sightings on the Avatar and the Arte user, but they're impossible to track down." Iroh said.
"How are we supposed to track them down?" Zuko asked as he keeps looking at the map showing red Xs and dotted lines connecting to the sightings and the lines zigzag all over the landmass. "They are masters of evasive maneuvering."
Meanwhile Appa is flying through the sky again and Katara is sewing a garment while Sokka sits back and Velvet reading the Celestial Record. Sokka sighed
"You have no idea where we're going, do you?" Sokka asked Aang who is holding Appa's reins.
"Well, I know it's near water." Aang said and sees an endless body of water.
"I guess we're getting close then." Sokka said sarcastically.
As they keep flying Aang looks at Katara who is still sewing and Aang smiles.
"Momo, marbles please." Aang said, Momo searches into Aang's clothes and he gets marbles for Aang. "Katara, check this out!" Aang said as he suspends the marbles between his two hands and they whirl around in midair and grinning but Katara who is still sewing doesn't look at it.
"That's great, Aang." Katara said still sewing.
"You didn't look." Aang said as he stops and Katara looks at him now.
"That's great!" Katara said.
"But I'm not doing it now." Aang said.
"Stop bugging Katara, Airhead. You need to give girls space when they do their sewing." Sokka said, making Katara stop sewing and Velvet slammed her book shut before the two look at Sokka annoyed.
"What does Katara being a girl have to do with sewing?" Velvet asked, trying to maintain calm.
"Simple, girls are better at sewing and fixing stuff than guys and guys are better at fighting and hunting. It's a natural order of things." Sokka said.
"For your information, I was one of the strongest in my team and able to fight without breaking a sweat." Velvet said becoming more irritated by the minute.
"You doesn't count! Only girls from our lands does." Sokka said and Velvet became more angry, making her arm slowly blaze with crimson and black energy scaring Sokka a bit.
"Hey, Sokka! I'm all done with your pants! Look what a great job I did!" Katara said sarcastically as she throws Sokka's pants at him.
"Wait! I was actually kidding! I can't wear these!" Sokka said as he sticks his arm through the hole in the bottom of his pants.
"Don't worry, Sokka. Where we're going, you won't need any pants." Aang said.
Aang then pulls the reins and makes Appa go downward to a crescent shaped island and Appa lands on the beach and everyone gets off.
"Aang, we just made a pit stop yesterday. Should we get a little more flying done before we camp out?" Sokka asked.
"For once, I agree with Sokka. At this rate, we won't be able to get to the North Pole until spring." Velvet said.
"What do you mean you agree with me FOR ONCE?" Sokka asked.
"Because I don't like your attitude and you irritate me." Velvet said pissed.
"But Appa's tired already, aren't you, boy?" Aang asked but Appa doesn't respond. "I said aren't you, boy?" Aang asked again nudging Appa who yawns even though he's not tired.
"Yeah. That was REAL convincing." Sokka said. "Still, hard to argue with a ten ton magical monster."
"Whatever." Velvet said, Aang looks at something and gets excited.
"LOOK!" Aang said pointing at a giant koi fish jumping out of the water. "That's why we're here!" Aang said as he strips off his clothes and is now in his underwear. "That's an elephant koi and I'm gonna ride it. Katara, you gotta watch me!" Aang said as he dives into the water but then he jumps out with a shocked face. "COLD!" Aang said making the others look at each other.
Aang is then swimming out to the bay and he dives underwater and manages to catch an elephant koi and the giant fish jumps out of the water while Aang starts riding it on its back while he holds onto its dorsal fin and the elephant koi dives back into the water taking Aang with it and Katara is watching Aang and she's both interested and excited.
"Woooo!" Katara called.
"Yeeeeaaaah! WOOOOOO!" Aang said laughing as he keeps riding the koi fish.
Two more koi fish follow the koi fish Aang is still riding on and they all leap out of the water and dive underwater and everyone is still watching this and Momo is jumping up and down.
"He's pretty good out there." Velvet said.
"Are you kidding? The fish is doing all the work." Sokka said.
"I don't see YOU riding on the koi fish, Mister Guys-Are-Better-Than-Girls." Velvet said earning a glare from Sokka and Katara giggles at Velvet's comment but then she turns to see Appa.
"No, Appa! Don't eat that!" Katara said running to Appa.
Aang who is still riding on the elephant koi smiles at Katara who is running to Appa and then Aang's smile turns into a frown noticing that Katara isn't watching him.
"Aw, man." Aang said sadly.
The three elephant koi fish are swimming on the surface of the water and go to the right but then a shadow appears underneath them and Velvet notices this happening.
"There's something in the water!" Velvet said.
The two koi fish try to leap out of the water but they were pulled under while Aang is still riding on his koi fish something appears behind him and everyone sees this and are distressed.
"Oh, no! It's gonna get Aang!" Sokka said.
"Aang! Watch out!" Velvet called.
"What's going on?" Katara asked coming back.
"Aang's in trouble! AANG!" Sokka called.
"COME BACK HERE, AANG!" Katara called.
While Aang is still riding on his fish he sees everyone still on the shore waving at him and yelling but Aang waves back not aware of their warnings but just then his koi fish bucks and sends Aang to the bay and he comes out after being in the water and is gasping for air and then a giant fin rises to the surface behind him and as Aang was swimming back to the others he turns slowly to see what's following him and he panics and screams and so he keeps going back to the shore but the giant fin follows after him and it gains up but Aang manages to reach the shore running headfirst at full force into the sand. Everyone sees the giant fin going back into the water losing interest in Aang and they run to where Aang was. Aang was putting his clothes back on.
"What was that thing?" Katara asked.
"I don't know." Aang said.
"It didn't look like a Hellion at least." Velvet proclaimed.
"We'd best not stay here and find out. We must continue with our objective." Sokka said and everyone nods.
Just then green clad warriors fall on Aang, Katara and Sokka. The first warrior grabs Sokka from behind while the second warrior pulls Katara's hood over her head. The third warrior grabs Aang's shirt while the forth warrior trap Momo in a sack. When Velvet got into her battle stance to fight them but she noticed they didn't pay attention to her like if she was invisible, she looked at herself and didn't noticed anything strange on her. Everyone else was thrown to the ground while being bound and blindfolded and the green clothed warriors that attacked them circle around them and captured them. As they walked away, Velvet followed them but to be sure they couldn't see her, she hide behind trees every now and then.
"Or we could stay a while..." Sokka said in defeat.
In a village the green clothed warriors tie the gang against a pole and they are still blindfolded while Momo was still in a sack by Aang's feet.
"You three have some explaining to do." Someone said and it's a white haired man.
"And if you don't answer all our questions, we're throwing you back to the water with the unagi." A female voice said.
"Show yourselves, cowards!" Sokka said.
"We're blindfolded, you idiot." Katara said.
The warriors remove the gang's blindfolds and they see green clothed females with white and red face paint and carrying fans around their waists at the man's side.
"Who are you and where are all the men who ambushed us?" Sokka asked.
"There are no men. WE ambushed you. Now tell us who you are and what you're doing here." The female that talked before said.
"Wait...there's NO way a bunch of girls ambushed us!" Sokka said laughing. The first female grabs Sokka's shirt.
"A bunch of girls, huh? The unagi's gonna eat well tonight." The first female said.
"No! Don't hurt him! He didn't mean that! My brother's just an idiot sometimes." Katara said.
"It's my fault. I'm sorry we came here. I just wanted to ride the elephant koi." Aang said.
"How do we know you're not Fire Nations spies? Kyoshi stayed out of war so far and we intend to keep it that way!" The man said.
"This island is named after Kyoshi? I know Kyoshi!" Aang said but the man scoffs.
"How can you possibly know her? Avatar Kyoshi was born here four hundred years ago. She's been dead for centuries." The man said.
Everyone then notices the pole they are still tied against is actually the base of Avatar Kyoshi's statue and she's dressed just how the female warriors are dressed and has the same face paint on.
"Aang knows her because he's the Avatar." Katara said shocking the villagers, the warriors, and the man.
"Impossible! The last Avatar was an Airbender who disappeared a hundred years ago." Someone said among the villagers and it's a girl with red hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a midriff blue shirt and shorts, Aang smiles widely.
"That's me." Aang said.
"And Velvet is an Arte user." Sokka pointed out before noticing she wasn't there. "Wait, where is she?"
"An Arte user here in our lands, that's impossible!" The first female exclaimed. "Those people don't care about us. They only believe there own legends and for a thousand years ago those people invaded this island to just get the Seraphim that protected us and gave there blessing." Aang noticed Velvet standing right in front of the female without even noticing.
"But they're not like that anymore, we know someone from that very time and stopped it." Katara said.
"Suki, throw the impostors to the unagi!" The man said and the first female named Suki and the other warriors ready their fans and walk over to group.
"Aang, do some Airbending." Katara said.
Aang breaks free of his bonds and shoots himself in the air and back flips over to the top of Avatar Kyoshi's statue and then he floats gently down to the ground and the villagers watch him in amazement and Suki and the other warriors see this in awe as well and same for the man.
"It is true. You ARE the Avatar!" The man said.
"Velvet, how come they can not notice you?" Aang asked her.
"Finally can someone see me, it's probably because of being startled when they attacked." Velvet said flustered. She walked to where Sokka and Katara was, unknowing that she made herself visible.
Suki dashed to attack Velvet, who dodged out of the way but got kicked back to the ground with the fan in front of her. Suki made a triumph smile but it slowly disappeared when Velvet smirked.
"War tactic No.4:..." Velvet whispered and got up on her hands, kicking Suki herself down. As Suki was getting up on her knees, Velvet had her gauntlet blade at her. "'Don't drop your guard even if you're confident of your victory'." Velvet took in the blade and holds out her hand, which Suki takes and gets helped up.
"Thank you, wait you're an Arte user?" Suki questioned. Velvet crossed her arms.
"I should let you know that I stopped those people to ever do that again, my people is not what they used to be." Velvet said.
"Then can you teach us those war tactics of yours as an apology?" Suki asked and Velvet nodded.
"Do you now believe us?" Sokka asked and everyone nods.
"Great. Now check THIS out!" Aang said taking his marbles from before and he does the same spinning marbles in the air trick he did for Katara and Sokka face palms at this but the villagers cheer at this and jump for joy and a villager screams like a girl and gets too excited and starts having foam in his mouth and he faints. Velvet giggled over Aang's childish behavior.
Later on a small girl runs eagerly to a fisherman who is lifting his catch.
"Did you hear? The Avatar and an Arte user are on Kyoshi Island." The little girl said and the fisherman is shocked to hear this.
The fisherman then gives the information to a merchant while handing him the basket of fish and the merchant goes to his shop and tells a man who is wearing Fire Nation clothing the same information while selling him a fish and the man who turns out to be Zuko's cook arrives at Zuko's ship and arrives at his quarters and serves him and Iroh the cooked fish and he tells Zuko the same information while serving him and Zuko stands up.
"The Avatar and the Arte user are on Kyoshi Island?! Uncle, ready the rhinos. They're not getting away from me this time." Zuko said as he walks away.
"Are you going to finish that?" Iroh asked pointing at the fish and Zuko comes back.
"I was just saving it for later!" Zuko answered as he takes the fish and leaves, Iroh crosses his arms and pouts like a four-year-old.
Meanwhile it's morning in the village of Kyoshi island and two villagers are attending to the statue of Avatar Kyoshi and one villager is painting a fresh coat of paint while the other villager is scrubbing dirt off and everything is being quiet and peaceful in the village with the villagers enjoying their day on the main street and a house is shown with Appa outside and he's being cared for by two other villagers by cleaning his fur and he's grunting happily and inside the house are Aang, Katara and Momo being seated on a long wooden table next to a large window showing the statue of Avatar Kyoshi being cleaned and the table has different eighteen plates of food and it was the villagers who places them on the table.
"Alright! Dessert for breakfast!" Aang cheered as he start eating. "Man, these people sure know how to treat the Avatar! Mmm... Katara you've got to try these!" Aang hands Katara a pastry.
"Well, I guess just one bite." Katara said as she take the pastry and Momo quickly takes the other one Aang had.
"Hey, Sokka, what's your problem? Eat!" Aang said looking at Sokka who is sitting against a wall with an angry face.
"I'm not hungry." Sokka said.
"But you're always hungry!" Aang said.
"He's just mad because a bunch of GIRLS kicked his butt yesterday." Katara said.
"They snuck up on me!" Sokka said.
"Right and THEN they kicked your butt." Katara said smugly.
"Sneak attacks don't count! Tie me up with ropes! I'll show 'em a thing or two! I'm not scared of any girls!" Sokka said. "Tie me up with ropes! I'll show them a thing or two. I'm not scared of any girls." He has paced around to the breakfast table and is ferociously grabbing sweets off it. He begins to lower his voice and talks to himself. "Who do they think they are anyway?" Sokka grunts and shoves a sweet into his mouth. He walks out of the room. "Mmm... this is tasty."
"What's he so angry about? It's great here." Aang said taking another sweet. "They're giving us the royal treatment."
"Hey, don't get too comfortable." Katara said. "It's too risky for us to stay in one place for very long."
"I'm sure we'll be fine. Besides, did you see how happy I'm making this town?" Aang said, giving Momo another treat before turning to look at the statue. "They're even cleaning up that statue in my honor!"
"Well, it's nice to see you excited about being the Avatar. I just hope it doesn't all go to your head." Katara asked.
"Come on, you know me better than that. I'm just a simple monk." Aang said. He then walks over to the window and he looks down with shock and confusion that ground is full of fangirls screaming and cheering at him and he smiles at this and blushes while Katara crosses her arms and sticks her tongue out.
Meanwhile, Velvet was walking through the village looking around. A few children was running and playing around her. One of the kids was running in the direction where Velvet was and tripped, the fall was stopped by Velvet catching him.
"Be careful or else you'll hurt yourself." She said and the boy nodded. The boy took out an apple and handed it to her.
"Thank you, miss. This is for you!" The boy said before running to his friends. Velvet could only stare on the apple smiling.
"This is just like back then..." She whispered and walked away to where Suki and her warriors trains.
On a large red bridge over a small stream Aang runs back and forth over the bridge while being chased by his fangirls and after running back and forth he stops in the middle of the bridge and he jumps high into the air and the fangirls are on the bridge as well and wait for Aang to come back down but wondering what's taking so long they look up and see that Aang is on air scooter in the air but it then dissipates and he falls to the fangirls who hold him.
Aang is later standing with a little in front of a painter who puts his paintbrush up next to them to get their painting scene and he lifts his paper and start painting while blocking where Aang and the little girl are and when he puts his paper down to look again only to see two girls with Aang and o he decides to paint that and when he gets another look at them he see four more girls with Aang and he decides to paint that but when he looks again he sees every single girl around Aang and they laugh, the painter make an irritated look as he gets up and leaves and the girls fall on top of Aang and it's a pile of laughter.
Aang is now doing push ups with six girls watching him and Momo is sitting on his back while the girls watch with admiration, Aang later does one handed push ups and he later puts both his hands behind his back and uses his air breath to push himself up and down making the girls giggle while Aang is still doing Airbending push ups, Katara rolls her eyes as she walk past them carrying a basket.
Meanwhile Velvet arrived at the small building where the warriors trained, she leaned against one of the walls outside and took a bite of the apple. Velvet suddenly got shocked and brought her hand to her mouth.
'How is it possible! I can feel how it taste now.' Velvet exclaimed in her head. 'Maybe being in that sphere was a good thing, it made me more human now.' Velvet then noticed that Sokka was walking towards her.
"Are you still trying to prove that boys are better than girls?" Velvet said, Sokka was muttering to himself about 'girls'. The two walk up to the door and both look inside. The fan warriors are drilling. Sokka grins, puts up his hands, and enters the dojo.
"Sorry ladies! Didn't mean to interrupt your dance lesson." Sokka said in an arrogant manner that made Velvet a little angry as she walked in. "I was just looking for somewhere to get a little workout?" Sokka bends over and grabs his knees with his hands.
"Well, you're in the right place." Suki said and walked over to Velvet. "Listen, I'm sorry we attacked you guys the other day. We didn't know you were an Arte user and that you were traveling with the Avatar."
"There's no need to apologize." Velvet said.
"May I ask you something, how come we didn't see you back there?" Suki asked and this made Velvet nervous.
"It's very complicated." Velvet said unsure.
"Okay, Arte-" Suki was cut off by Velvet.
"Velvet, please call me that." She said and Suki nodded. Suki then turned to Sokka.
"Can we help you?" Suki asked irritated.
"Well, normally I was gonna hold a grudge against you about yesterday, but seeing as you guys are a bunch of girls, I'll make an exception." Sokka said.
"I'm sorry for his irritated behavior." Velvet said.
"That's okay. I should watch out for him. I mean a big strong man like him? We probably wouldn't stand a chance." Suki said.
"That's true, but don't feel bad. I'm just a better warrior in my village." Sokka said.
"Wow. The best warrior in your WHOLE village? Give us a demonstration." Suki said.
"Oh...well...I...uh..." Sokka stops.
"Go ahead, Sokka. Show them how YOU'RE better than THEM." Velvet said amused.
"What do you girls say? Would you like to see his moves?" Suki asked, the female warriors giggle and nod.
"Okay. I will. Just stand right there and I'll strike, but TRY to block." Sokka said as he tries to punch but Suki blocks with her fan and thrusts at his shoulder making Velvet smirk. "Of course, I was going easy on you." Sokka said rubbing his shoulder.
"OF COURSE you were." Suki said sarcastically.
"See if you can handle THIS!" Sokka said as he tries to lunge at her but Suki catches him under his leg and tosses him backwards toward the door and he lands on his butt. "That's it!" Sokka said as he tries to lunge at her again but Suki grabs his arm and spins him around in circles until she ties his arm to his foot with his belt and she throws him to ground.
"Anything else you'd like to 'teach' us?" Suki asked laughing.
"Have you learned your lesson now?" Velvet said, placing a foot on Sokka's back. "If you don't, I going to make sure you do by devouring you."
"Yes...ma'am..." Sokka said with fear in his voice.
"You know how to scare people." Suki said.
"Being a person to be feared by the world a millennia ago and tried to make people avoid me." Velvet explained. "I know how to make people do what I told them. After all, I can fight without breaking a sweat."
"Without breaking a sweat? That's amazing. You can teach us how you fight." Suki said.
"Maybe but I use Artes so it will be a little harder, so I can only give you a few tips and tactics." Velvet said, she takes Sokka outside and when they're outside, Velvet unties Sokka and she hits him hard in the head. "Stay were you are until you're ready to apologize to Suki for insulting her." Velvet goes back inside the dojo and Sokka sighs as he sits down.
Meanwhile Aang is still with his fangirls and they're at the base of the statue of Avatar Kyoshi and they look at it.
"There she is. My past life." Aang said.
"Wow. You were pretty." One of the little girls said.
"I'll be right back." Aang said as he finds the others.
Katara was in the market place filling a basket with vegetables. Aang approaches her and taps her on the shoulder.
"Oh, good. You're here. Can you help us carry this back to the room? It's a little heavy." Katara said.
"I can't right now." Aang said.
"What do you mean you can't?" Katara asked.
"I promised the girls I'd give them a ride on Appa. Do you guys wanna come? It'll be fun." Aang said.
"Watching you show off for a bunch of girls doesn't sound fun to me." Katara said still picking up vegetables.
"Well, neither is carrying your basket." Aang replied.
"This isn't my basket. These supplies are for our trip. I told you, we have to leave Kyoshi soon." Katara said.
"I don't want to leave Kyoshi yet. I can't put my finger on it, but there's something I like about this place." Aang said and one of the little girls comes to Aang.
"What's taking so long, Aangy?" The little girl impatiently.
Aangy?" Katara asked flatly.
"Just a second, Koko." Aang said and the girl named Koko walks away.
"'Simple monk', huh? Didn't you promise you wouldn't let this stuff go to your head?" Katara asked.
"It didn't go to my head. I just think you're just jealous." Aang said.
"JEALOUS? Of what?" Katara asked annoyed.
"Jealous that I'm having much fun without you." Aang said.
"That's ridiculous!" Katara said.
"It is a little ridiculous, but I understand." Aang said. Katara looks angrily at Aang as they stand framed by the vegetable stand. She groans loudly, picks up the basket, and walks away from him.
Meanwhile Sokka is still outside kicking a stone and he walks over to the door and he sees Suki and the other female warriors training again while Velvet is watching this and giving them tips how they fight. Sokka sighs and decides to sallow his pride and enters the dojo and female warriors stop as they him enter making Suki disappointed.
"Hi, Suki." Sokka said.
"Here for another dance lesson?" Suki asked mocking Sokka.
"No...I...let me explain." Sokka said hesitantly.
"What?! Spit it out!" Suki said and Sokka looks at Velvet, who glares at him again making Sokka shake in fear again and he kneels to Suki.
"Will you teach me?" Sokka asked.
"Even if I'm a GIRL?" Suki asked.
"I'm sorry I insulted you earlier. It was wrong of me." Sokka said.
"We don't teach outsiders, let alone boys." Suki said.
"Please make an exception. I won't let you down." Sokka said.
"What do you think, Velvet?" Suki asked.
"I think he's learned his lesson about it doesn't matter what gender you are to be better at something." Velvet said. "Have you, Sokka?"
"Yes. I have." Sokka said.
"All right then, but you'll have to follow ALL our traditions." Suki said.
"Of course!" Sokka said.
"And she means ALL of them." Velvet said and Suki smirks.
Sokka is later wearing the green outfit and has the white face paint.
"Do I really have to wear this?" Sokka asked.
"Why? Does it make you feel girly?" Velvet asked and Sokka nods.
"It's a warrior's uniform. You should be proud. The silk threads symbolizes the brave blood that flows through our veins and the golden insignia represents the honor of the warrior's heart." Suki said.
"Bravery and honor." Sokka said.
"I'm going back to the others. See yah." Velvet said and walked away.
Meanwhile at the house where the gang are staying, Katara practices her Waterbending. Aang comes in the room.
"Hey, Katara, remember that unagi thing that almost got me yesterday?" Aang asked.
"Yeah." Katara answered not bothering to look at Aang after their first argument earlier.
"Well, I'm gonna ride it now. It's gonna be REAL dangerous." Aang said.
"Good for you." Katara said still not looking at Aang.
"You're not gonna stop me?" Aang asked.
"Nope. Have fun." Katara said.
"I will." Aang replied crossing his arms.
"Great." Katara said.
"I know it's great." Aang replied.
"I'm glad you know." Katara replied back.
"I'm glad you're glad." Aang replied back.
"Good!" Katara said.
"Fine!" Aang replied as he storms out of the room but he stops for a second to look at Katara who still isn't looking at him and is focusing on her Waterbending and he just walks out and Katara stops Waterbending and crosses her arms.
Meanwhile at the dojo Sokka and Suki circle each other with their fans in their hands.
"You're not gonna master it in one day. Even I'm not that good." Suki said as Sokka is losing his balance.
"I think I'm starting to get the hang of it." Sokka said as he's still training his moves and at the end of his set he accidentally throws his fan out of the window and it hits the tree and Suki sees the fans on the tree and then the snow from the tree branch falls and buries it.
"It's not about strength. Our technique is about using your opponents' force against them. Loosen up. Think of the fan as an extension of your arm." Suki said as she assumes her battle stance and Sokka makes a determined face. "Wait for an opening and then..." Suki lunges at Sokka who parries the thrust and knocks her off her feet and Suki is surprised and embarrassed while Sokka crosses his arms.
"Hmm." Sokka said as Suki gets back up.
"I fell on purpose to make you feel better!" Suki said and Sokka laughs.
"Admit it! I got you!" Sokka said pointing his finger at Suki who grabs his hand and bends it back painfully.
"It was a lucky shot. Do it again." Suki said and the two circle each other again.
"I'll go back to Aang and Katara, see yah." Velvet said and walked away.
Meanwhile Aang is in the water looking at his fangirls on the shore who are now waiting impatiently and are bored.
"What's taking so long?" Koko asked.
"It will come any second." Aang said. "Oh, I know. How about this?" Aang asked as he takes out his marbles and does the marbles spinning in the air trick again.
"Not that again. BORING!" One of the little girl said.
"Where's the unagi? It's getting late." Koko said as they get up and leave.
"Wait! Don't leave!" Aang said.
"Sorry, Aang. Maybe next time." Koko said as they leave the disappointed Aang but then he sees Katara arriving at the beach.
"Guys! You came!" Aang said.
"We wanted to see if you were alright. You had us worried." Katara said.
"I thought you didn't care back there." Aang said.
"I'm sorry." Katara said.
"Me too. I did let that attention go to my head. I was being a jerk." Aang said.
"Well, get out of the water before you catch a cold, ya big jerk!" Katara called smiling.
As Aang was on his way back to land the unagi appears behind him and catches him and while the unagi was rising Aang is kneeling on its tail and the unagi raises its head and starts spewing powerful water at Aang who leaps out of the way and gets one of the whiskers but the unagi shakes its head back and forth to try and get rid of Aang but Aang holds on as he's swinging back and forth in front of its mouth.
"Aang!" Katara said as Velvet arrive.
"What's happening?" Velvet asked.
"The unagi from before is getting Aang again." Katara answered.
The unagi keeps shaking its head and throws Aang into the water and he's now unconscious as he reaches the surface and the unagi rushes for him but Velvet rushes for him as well, she gets to Aang first and takes him to her arms as the unagi raises itself from the water and Velvet protects him with herself from the unagi but a ball of fire hits it, making the unagi dive back into the water with enough force to send the two flying to a small cavern and the unagi angrily shoots its water from its mouth and it sinks back into the water. Katara came running to them.
"You two okay?" Katara asked.
"That Arte..." Velvet said in a hushed voice. "That Arte was Seres'...how is that possible?"
"What's that?" Katara asked and Velvet looks up to see a ship coming to the island and she knows what that ship is.
"Zuko." Velvet growled.
The ship lands on the island and the prow opens showing Zuko on komodo-rhinos and his men are on others as well.
"I want the Avatar and the Arte user alive." Zuko said as he and the soldiers march to the island while the group hides in the cave.
"Aang, wake up." Katara said as she bends water out of Aang's mouth and he coughs.
"Guys...don't ride the unagi. Not...fun." Aang said.
"I'll keep that in mind." Velvet mumbled.
Back at the dojo Suki and Sokka are sparring and Sokka parries a thrust.
"Not bad." Suki said and Oyagi rushes to the dojo.
"Fire Nation has invaded our shores! Girls, come quickly!" Oyagi said and Suki and the other Kyoshi Warriors head out of the dojo.
"But I'm not a..." Sokka cut off and sighed. "Okay, fine." Sokka followed them.
Zuko and Aiko enter the town and the streets are empty and they search for who they're looking for.
"Come out, Avatar and Arte user! Neither of you can hide from me forever!" Zuko said. "Men, find them!" Zuko ordered and the soldiers start searching for the two.
As three rhinos move down the street of the village Suki and the other Kyoshi Warriors appear and attack Zuko's soldiers and Suki goes for Zuko and is about to land on him but makes his rhino swipe at Suki with its tail knocking her down and Zuko was about bend fire at her but Sokka gets in front of her and uses his fan to deflect the fire attack making Zuko fall off.
"I guess training's over." Sokka said.
Sokka, Suki, and the other Kyoshi Warriors approach Zuko but he spins around in a break dance fashion while sending out flames from his feet at the warriors and they successfully knock the warriors to the ground as Zuko gets back on his feet.
"Nice try, you two, but these little girls can't save you!" Zuko said.
"Who're you calling a little girl?" A voice asked, Zuko turns to see Velvet standing there, her eyes once again burning with fire.
"Finally." Zuko said.
Velvet charged to him with her gauntlet blade but had to get it back in because Zuko blasted fire at her which she dodged to the side. Velvet glides like if she was gliding in water as water appeared and wet Zuko and his troop.
"You're annoying me!" Zuko said. But then Aang arrive in a nick of time and unleashed a whirlwind at Zuko.
"Thanks." Velvet said a little tired.
"No problem." Aang said as he looks around the now burning town and he sees the statue of Avatar Kyoshi engulfed in flames and they see Katara coming to them. "Look at what I brought to this place."
"It's not your fault, Aang." Velvet said.
"Yes it is. These people got their town destroyed trying to protect you and me." Aang said.
"Then let's get out of here. Zuko will follow us if we leave Kyoshi Island. I know it's hard to run, but it's the only option." Katara said.
"I'll call Appa." Aang said.
Meanwhile the Kyoshi Warriors are still fighting against Firebenders and one of them throws her fan at a Firebender and knocks him out and during the fight Sokka and Suki are hiding behind a building.
"There's no time to say goodbye." Suki said.
"What about 'I'm sorry'?" Sokka asked.
"For what?" Suki asked.
"I treated you like a girl when I should've treated you like a warrior." Sokka said.
"I am a warrior, but I'm a girl too." Suki replied as she kisses Sokka on the cheek making Sokka blush. "Now go. We'll hold them off." Suki said as she runs back to battle and Sokka sees Appa waiting for him and so Sokka gets on board.
"Appa, yip yip!" Aang said and Appa flies into the air, Zuko sees them leaving.
"Men! Back to the ship! Don't lose them!" Zuko said.
Appa is flying through the sky and Aang looks back at the burning village still upset that he had to leave and Velvet and Katara lean over to him.
"I know it's hard, but you did the right thing." Katara said.
"She's right. Zuko would have destroyed the whole village if we stayed for too long." Sokka said.
"They will be okay, Aang. We know it." Velvet said, Aang looks back at the village and he jumps off of Appa.
"Aang, what're you doing?!" Sokka asked as Aang is falling shocking all of them.
"AANG!" Katara shouted.
They watch in horror as Aang disappears into the water and several seconds later the unagi rises from the water, Aang is riding it while holding onto its whiskers and forces the unagi to head toward the burning village and Aang pulls the unagi's whiskers making it spew water over the village and the water starts to get rid of the fires Zuko and the soldiers had started including the statue of Avatar Kyoshi. Zuko and the Firebenders are now very wet from the water being unleashed and Zuko is very unhappy. Aang is on the back of the unagi seeing that Kyoshi Island is safe once again and Aang lets go of the unagi's whiskers and as the unagi rears its head Aang jumps off into the air and Appa swoops down just in time to grab Aang with his front paw and he continues to fly off. Oyagi watches the bison fly away and he smiles gratefully.
"Thank you, Avatar and Arte user Velvet." Oyagi said.
While Appa is still flying Aang climbs back on the saddle where the group was sitting waiting for him to come back.
"Now THAT'S how you ride an unagi." Aang said.
"Show off." Katara said.
"At least you saved the village like that. Good job, Aang." Katara said.
"Thanks." Aang said, he sees Velvet giving her a look that's about to give Aang a lecture. "I know what you're gonna say, Velvet. That was dangerous and stupid."
"Yes it was, but you still saved the village from burning to the ground. I'm glad you did it." Velvet said and Aang nods.
"I hope you don't do any crazy stunts as much as Aang does." Katara said.
"I can't promise that after all, I have done some crazy stuff already." Velvet said and noticed that Sokka was still wearing the warrior garments. "You can take off that outfit now, Sokka. You already realized that women can be strong as men."
"I'll take it off later." Sokka said.
"Why's he dressed like that anyway?" Katara asked.
"That's something you wouldn't understand." Velvet said.
"She's got ya there." Aang said.
While Appa is still flying off the fin of the unagi is shown still swimming around the water and everything is peaceful and calm again.
Preview skit.
Sokka: I got to admit that girls are as strong as guys, but guys like me won't stop.
Katara: Really? Don't you want to find out how strong Velvet's daemon arm is?
Sokka: I take that back!
Velvet: You sure?
Sokka: You have to be crazy to do it!
Aang: I know someone that might do it. Next time: King of Omashu!
Katara: Wait! We're meeting a king!
I was planning to make Bienfu get into the story but remembered that almost everyone in Velvet's team has died under the time Velvet was gone. Also, how does he sound in English, that's something I need to know before he can be in the story!