GW: Where we last left off, The Valley was under attack by the mysterious ships
GW: Where we last left off, The Valley was under attack by the mysterious ships. Hope all goes well.
Invasion
The Valley was in a total panic as the ships collided with the windmills. What was worse was the fact that more ships of the same kind had invaded the area and they were landing in the Valley.
Katara and Jason had arrived on the scene as Katara yelled, "Fire Nation airships!"
"What!? Again!" Jason yelled as he followed his friend to the scene of chaos. "Get everyone to the castle," Katara informed Sora and Riku. "Everyone, get out of the way!" she screamed as people ducked for cover from the ships that were landing.
"This is why you should build walls so things can't get in!!" Kangaroo shouted as she hopped away with Rudy in her pouch. "Mom, can you be any louder?" Rudy snapped at his mother before he resumed panicking.
"Everyone, to the castle, hurry!" Katara and Jason instructed to the people as the airships landed. Katara gasped when she saw an airship fly near the castle. "No, they're after father!" Katara said with fear as she took off for the castle.
"Katara, wait for me!!" Jason yelled as Fire Nation soldiers came out of the ships, ready to attack. Even tanks were coming out of the ships. It was an invasion!
Toons were battling the invaders as Tails Powers was knocked to the ground by the vulture Vlad Vladikoff. "Say your prayers, little fox," he said evilly when suddenly he was bonked on the head and knocked out. Tails looked to see Cosmo the Seedrian Girl holding a frying pan.
"Thanks, Cosmo," Tail smiled as Cosmo helped him up and lead him to the castle.
In the castle, the bedridden Hakoda unsheathed his sword, ready to fight even though he was sick. Gran-Gran was sitting in the corner. "Gran-Gran, quickly hide yourself," Hakoda instructed the old woman.
"I think I'll stay here, thank you very much," she said stubbornly. Hakoda looked out the window to see an approaching airship with troops ready for action.
Katara and Jason were running at breakneck speed towards the castle as the Fire Nation troops invaded the castle.
The troops climbed up the stairs towards Hakoda's room. Before the troops entered, Hakoda was ready to fight, even if he might die.
The door opened and the guns fired.
Katara and Jason gasped when they heard the shots and ran into the castle and towards Hakoda's room.
As they entered, they gasped in fear when they saw Fire Nation troops surrounding the dead body of Hakoda.
Momo growled as Jason backed up and covered his mouth. Katara, however, became very furious.
"I'll kill you!!" she screamed in fury as Momo jumped off her shoulder and she ran towards the invaders, knocking them out with the cane she was holding.
After getting the troops, she focused her attention on a figure with silver hair and wearing a black robe with a zanpaku-to sheathed on his belt. The strange thing about him was that his eyes were closed and he was smiling maliciously.
He pulled out his weapon as Katara dueled with him. Katara, however, was quicker as she smacked the man with her cane in the gut, knocking him down.
More troops came in, this time they were covered with armor that couldn't be damaged. As she tried to hit the metal, the cane spilt in half as she back-flipped from the troops. She grabbed her father's sword from the blood-soaked ground and was about to kill them all.
"Katara, stop!" Gran-Gran pleaded, but Katara rushed towards the troops.
But, before anyone could kill anyone, Izumi stepped in. After transmuting a spear, she came between the guards and Katara, using a small wooden shield to block the attack and placing the spear inside the helmet, threatening to kill the troop inside of it.
"Don't move. I can kill you, even if you do have that armor on," Izumi warned as she winced in pain from Katara's sword. Sig, with Jason next to him, came in as well and stood next to his wife while Jason went to his friend.
"That's Izumi Curtis, the world renowned alchemist," a troop said to a person clad in Fire Nation armor.
"Fire Nation, listen to me," Izumi started. "Last night, the people of this village risked their lives to protect your airship and this morning they gave your people proper burials. There must be some reason why you are attacking this place."
As Izumi spoke, Katara noticed blood dripping from the sword. The blood of her father. Jason looked down as Katara was ready to burst into tears.
"Katara, be calm," Sig told the girl. "The people of the Valley will be slaughtered if you make a wrong move, so wait until the time comes. I know you are upset, but don't do something rash."
Outside, the villagers were being rounded up by the Fire Nation soldiers. Tanks were leading some townsfolk as the three Eds were among them.
"We're like fluffy sheep, you guys!" Ed said stupidly. "And they are the shepards."
"Ed, just shut up or I'm going to punch your lights out," Eddy grumbled as Edd put his lips to his mouth to shush his pals up.
The man who was hit in the gut by Katara got up, groaning but still managing a smirk. When he saw Katara, he pulled out his zanpaku-to again and said, "I'm going to kill this brat."
"Put your weapon down, Ichimaru," the Fire Nation cloaked person, who was a female, ordered the man, now known as Gin Ichimaru.
Gin sighed as he sheathed his weapon. "Whatever. But now I have to find new men. What a mess."
"So, you are Izumi Curtis, the world renowned alchemist," the woman said to Izumi. "I'm offended that you reprimand us."
The woman took off her helmet to reveal a girl about 14 years old with black hair in a bun and red eyes. "We are not savages who are here to massacre your people. We're here to talk. So, put your spear away."
Izumi hesitated for a second, then she dropped her spear and backed off.
Katara was so shocked from her experience that she collapsed on the ground. "Katara!" Jason said with worry as Izumi caught the girl.
"Secure the room," the troop said as Momo watched the scene from a peephole and shook from anger.
The Valley had been taken over by the Fire Nation as the Fire Nation's flag waved in the breeze.
The Valley people were made to drop their weapons in front of the Fire Nation as they gathered around to hear what the Fire Nation girl had to say.
"Katara!" Sokka said as he spotted his sister come up to the podium where the Fire Nation girl and Ichimaru stood. Paige and Peter were also relieved to see Jason by her side.
"Listen now; you shall listen to Princess Azula, ruler of the Fire Nation army," Gin ordered the captured people.
"Villagers," Azula, the Fire Nation girl, said. "We have come to your land in the name of peace. Our goal is to unify the countries surrounding the Fire Nation and build a world of prosperity. You now live at the edge of the jungle, on the verge of extinction. Follow us and join our enterprise! We shall put the toxic jungle to the torch and resurrect this land together."
Shocked murmurs radiated from the crowd. "Torch the jungle? Is there actually a way?" Ash Ketchum murmured to his pals.
"Pika," Pikachu murmured from Ash's shoulder.
"I have in my power mankind's greatest tool. The awesome force which allowed human beings to rule the Earth," Azula explained. "I guarantee that those who join me will live without fear of the insects or the jungles poisons ever again."
Murmurs still came from the ground as Azula stood there, waiting from a response.
"Stop! Stop, you fools!" Gran-Gran protested as she came forward. "You must not touch the toxic jungles!"
"What are you babbling about, woman? Guards, take her away," Gin ordered, but Azula said, "No. Let her speak."
"Since the origin of the toxic jungle 1,000 years ago, people tried time and again to burn it. But, time and again, their attempts did nothing but enrage the Ohmu. And swarms of them spilled from the jungle and stampeded across the lands. They toppled cities, destroyed kingdoms, and killed thousands. The Ohmu could not be stopped. Such rage did they feel the Ohmu fought until they died of starvation. Then, spores took root in their corpses. And the land soon became part of the toxic jungles. That's why you must not interfere."
"What a cute, little story. But we will have none of your raving," Ichimaru said.
"Oh, really? How will you silence me then!? Will you kill me as well!!" Gran-Gran shouted.
"Hmmm…just shut up," Ichimaru, his smile going down a bit.
Gran-Gran's eyes opened up as she explained furiously, "Go ahead and kill me, then! It'll be easier to kill an old, blind woman than it was for you to murder our king Hakoda!!"
The Valley people gasped as they heard about how these invaders killed their beloved king. "What!? He was bed-ridden!" Sora shouted as more furious shouts came from the crowd.
"That was father!! My father's dead!!" Sokka shouted with rage and sadness.
"Silence them, and show no mercy to those who disobey," Gin ordered. Before the troops could attack, Katara told her people, "Everyone, please calm down I need everyone to listen to me."
The angry mob clamed down as their princess was about to speak. "I can't bear to have someone else die. I beg of you," Katara pleaded.
"Katara…" Sokka said as Katara turned to her grandmother, saying, "Gran-Gran, please understand. We have to do as they say."
The villagers wept for their sorrow as Katara and Jason walked away from the podium.
The Fire Nation troops were trying to pull the giant heart out of the ditch. The villagers were trying to pull it out with all their might while tanks were used to pull it out.
Azula and Ichimaru watched the scene from on top of a cliff. "This is a nice valley…I think we should keep it," Azula said with a smirk.
"I must object, Your Highness," Ichimaru said. "Our orders were to bring this back to the Fire Nation immediately.
"The order cannot be carried out," Azula said. "The giant warrior is so heavy not even our biggest ship can carry it."
Gin looked at you, smiling that grin of his, as he told her, "You can't be serious that you want to stay here and start a new kingdom?"
"Then what should I do?" Azula said sternly to her lieutenant. ""You really think I should give this to be a plaything to those fools back home."
"Ah, I do see your point," Gin said slyly. "But I'm just a mere Shinigami, who is in no position of having a say in your judgment."
Azula chuckled a bit. "Spineless weasel," she said cruelly as she walked away. Gin smiled. He then followed her.
"I'm reporting back to Amestris," Azula told her second-in-command. "While I'm away, begin to awaken the worry."
"Right," Ichimaru said.
"They have a gunship?" Azula asked as they passed the vehicle on their way inside.
"Yes. An amazing find in this quaint village," Ichimaru commented.
In the throne room, Azula sat as she conferred with Katara, Jason, Sokka, and the Fox siblings.
"Those are my orders," Azula told the outraged villagers. "I'll leave for Amestris first thing in the morning."
"But, Azula, why does Katara have to come with you?" Sokka asked the woman. "You better have a good excuse, young lady!" When Azula death-glared at him, he backed down.
"Yeah, all five hostages, food, and the gunship are yours already," Paige said.
"Select your five hostages," the girl continued, ignoring Paige, "and load up the cargo on the barge before tomorrow's departure."
Katara both looked grim at the news of leaving the Valley in its time of need. But she had to obey Azula's orders or innocent lives will be lost.
Meanwhile, the troops were loading their ships with the gunship and supplies for the trip tomorrow.
Izumi, Sig, the Fox teens, and Sokka approached one of the vessels where people were loading the cargo. Inside one of them were three teens. The first had short silver hair and amber eyes. She wore a blue hoodie, jeans, white sneakers, a flower-shaped necklace, and a silver bracelet. The strange thing about her was her sharp teeth, claws, and the grey wolf ears on her head.
The second was a monkey-boy with shaggy brown hair on his cheeks, hands and feet and a tail out of his back.
The last was a rabbit girl with white, rabbit ears and tail. She wore a neon green headband and blue bandanna.
"Glowworm, WinterLoveSong, and Monkeyboy thanks for accompanying my sister and Jason," Sokka told the girl. "Paige, Peter, and I would go ourselves, but we got to make sure those Fire Nation troops don't do anything funny to the villagers."
"It's fine, really," Glowworm, the wolf, smiled. "We're actually glad to get out of this mess," MB, the monkey, laughed nervously.
"But, look at those greedy Fire Nation," Winter, the rabbit, said angrily. "They're practically taking everything we have. They're probably going to take all of Japan if they could!!"
"Never mind about that," Izumi said, lowering her voice. "Our concern is that the warrior stays dormant." Earlier on, she had told the three hybrids about the weapon the Fire Nation had.
"Sig and I will leave the Valley, and then we'll slip back in and wait for the opportune moment."
"Good luck, to all of you," Glowworm said as everyone nodded. As Sokka and the Foxes' left to help their friends, Izumi and Sig went to see who Katara and Jason were taking the situation.
GW: Poor Katara!
Sokka: That's twice someone has died in this story!! Are you into the macabre or something!?
GW: (laughs evilly)
Sokka: I'm scared now. Hope you liked the chapter and remember that Glowworm posted a poll on her page if you hadn't taken it already. Read & Review!