Hmmmm I don't think any of you were right on who would be killed hehe. Unless you replied just recently and I haven't read it yet. Thanks for replying!

Chapter 7

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The sky cried endlessly as the scene before it unfolded. Lightning illuminated the pictures in black and white, creating photographs of weeping figures and muddy earth.

She raced the arrow, determined. Her feet grew heavier as she ran, pounding into the earth and splashing the fallen rain around her ankles and legs. Her hair had practically fallen out of its braid; her long brown waves lay all around her, swinging freely as they dripped soft rain down their lengths. Her breath became easier and easier to hear as it grew louder and louder, her lungs struggling to keep up with her running body as she gasped for air.

'I will not let him die in front of me again.'

Her steps shortened as she came closer toward her destination, she watched as the man she had come to love slowly turned his head towards her, locking eyes. She kept moving forward, unable to break the gaze until she had reached her spot before him, she slowly caught her breath.

Aang saw her stop in front of him, her face showing so many emotions at once, her body shaking from running to him. She looked weak, and she looked up to him, sadly. He quickly dropped the now dying man in his hands on the ground, not listening to his unsettled gasps for air and he opened his arms, taking his young love in.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, slowly.

He held her tightly to him, still unknowing to the deed she was about to perform. He whispered comforting words into her ear as he rested his head on her shoulder, giving in to her soothing warmth.

Her eyes started to water, feeling the familiar clear warmth leave her body, she started to shake. Almost immediately, she let him go. She opened her hands, lifting them to his chest, and pushed him backwards. She closed her eyes for a moment; pleading to the Gods he would forgive her for what she was about to do.

He watched her as he stumbled backwards, slowly. His eyes widened as he saw her body tense up. Her body lurched forward, her eyes practically screaming to come out of their sockets and her lips slowly parted as she let out a last breath. She began to fall forward, letting the weight of the rain take a toll on her body, pushing her down.

The lightning flashed, and Aang was shocked with realization.

He jumped forward, catching her body before it was swallowed by the damp earth, his fingers wrapping themselves tightly around her side.

"Katara?" He questioned lightly. He pulled her closer, and it was then he noticed the sharp tip of an arrow pierced in her back. Steady tears found their ways down his darkened face, descending to the ground with the rain.

"KATARA!"

The rain came faster, saddened by the fate of a young woman in love.

She opened her eyes slightly, hearing her name through the unrelenting downpour they had been trapped in. She looked up to him, smiling weakly, tears still running down her face.

He caught her gaze, looking deeply into her blue orbs as she lay in his arms silently. He quickly brought her body up, pressing it to his own, holding her tightly. He hugged her to him, pushing his face into her soaked hair and shaking body. He too, was shaking, as he opened his mouth to speak, still burying his face into her.

"Why did you do that…"

She replied, finally. "Because, I love you Aang…" she let his name linger in her mind as she slowly slipped away, her lips still open.

Aang tightened his grip on her, and those walls he had built up inside of him for years, crumbled mercilessly and the lightning flashed in triumph.

"You IDIOT Katara!" he sobbed now, broken, as he held the woman in his arms as she died, slowly.

He felt her arm tighten, he let go of her slightly, and watched as she lifted her hand, obviously wanting him to lift his own. He lifted his hand, shaking, as he choked out her name.

"Stop…" She commanded, her tone deep and determined as she pressed her palm to his, feeling his fingers link with her own. He gasped, surprised at how she spoke.

"They are jealous… of our love…" she began, looking into his saddened, gray eyes. "Let us give them…" she continued, getting closer to his face, "something to be jealous of." She smiled, bringing her lips to his slowly.

He looked at her, and managed a sad smile to cross his lips, as he deepened the kiss, entering her. His tears rolled down his face and onto hers, meeting her own tears as they connected together, finally rolling of her wet cheek as they hit the ground.

She broke off, her fingers slowly leaving his own to rest on her now slow rising chest, and her eyes closed, her head tilting sideways as she moved on. Her body relaxed and went limp in his arms, and he looked down to her.

His lips quivered as he set her down, closing his eyes. His eyebrows wrinkled together as he looked to the earth, so cold and unforgiving, it was.

Her words lingered inside of him, burning. "Let us give them… something to be jealous of"

'Yes, my love,' he thought, 'we will.'

And he looked towards the sky as he lifted himself, standing above her broken form. He raised his hands to the unforgiving sky, calling upon the spirits to help him find his revenge, for her. His eyes glowed and the tattoos along his arms, back, and legs all started to glow as well. His lips were pursed in a frown, and the rage inside him built itself up.

Jet saw the light from where he stood, and he ran toward the spot, pulling out his hookswords as he ran. 'There's no way even the avatar survived that, I was aiming straight for his heart!' He kept running forward until he reached the sight of the Avatar, standing in his godly pose before a crumpled heap on the ground.

'My arrow!' he thought, finding the projectile in the body in front of him. 'But who is that… oh shit!' his body froze, now realizing he hadn't hit his target at all, but the girl he had planned on stealing in the first place. 'Katara!' His bow dropped to the ground, and his body slumped forward just a little as he stared, realizing there was no chance he was getting away. His eyes grew wide as he noticed the malevolent, blue glow of the avatars eyes rest upon him, and the bow next to his feet.

Aang's teeth clenched together as all the muscles in his face turned inexplicably evil. His hands clenched together into fists at his sides, and he charged to Jet.

The lightning flashed again, and the thunder roared violently through the sound of broken bones.

Jet didn't even have time to raise his swords in defense. His body was thrown backwards by Aangs fist, and he felt a few of his teeth get knocked out of his mouth, and the blood filled, seeping through the corners. His eyes grew wide as the blue light flashed before him.

Before another second had passed, he was picked up by the collar of his shirt, for a split second seeing the flash of another arrow tattoo, and violently thrown into an area of jagged rocks- the water of the lake lapping brutally against their edges. The rocks, slippery with the falling rain, lost none of their sharpness. He screamed out in pain, the tips of the rocks sliding into him and grinding his bones.

"AAAARRGHH!" he heard Aang yell in rage as the lightning struck again, louder this time.

Another figment of strength had picked him up already, thrusting him toward the rain covered ground, such ferocity causing the ground to shake with the impact. His body landed into the earth, smashing the mud and dirt out of the way, his eyes closed tightly to absorb some of the pain. A decent sized crater surrounded the now almost unconscious man, he lay sprawled out, bleeding and gasping for air, face-first in the ground.

Aang stepped toward him again, his rage seething through his fists and a simple, unmoving frown occupied his face. He watched as the older man started to go unconscious, and he leapt forward, clutching his neck and bringing him forward.

His eyes flickered and thinned into slits, and he smiled spitefully, talking hoarsely to the man he held in his hand.

"No, I don't think I want you to go unconscious." He spoke, "I'm not through with you yet!"

The lightning flashed again at the Avatars words.

Jet could only gasp for air as he was held high into the night, the rain dripping down onto his body, and leaving him, red.

"Katara and I! We will GIVE you something to be jealous of!" Aang snarled, his voice booming and mixing with those of the past avatars. He spun Jet above him, letting the wind whip in his face, and released him in the air, letting his body smack into a tree and land with a sickening thud on the ground. Aang watched as the man before him grew breathless, his eyes rolled behind his head and his body ultimately stopped.

"You will never… get in the way of us again." The avatar spoke, letting the tension leave him as he continued to glow vigorously through the night and the rain. Silent, salty rivers left his eyes, rolling down his face as he stood, alone.

The cold rain softly landed onto him, his fingertips dripping as the sky's life lent him its comfort. He walked, slowly, towards his purpose, letting the spirits of the rain and trees mourn for him as he passed. He walked over to the body that no longer held a spirit, no happiness, no joy. The body that once held home to a pair of beautiful, soft cerulean eyes. The body that held him when he had nowhere to go but down. The body that suppressed his hate and bitterness toward the world, was now an empty shell.

She was cold, dark, and empty. Just like him.

He kneeled by her side, promising he would never leave. Promising- to ears that would not listen. His shoulders gave in as they shook, and his silent tears spoke for him through the rain. That cold, comforting, darkening rain.

The rain, he swore, would never stop to him, as he held her soft hand.

He would never let it stop.

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A/N- ….. very solemn day in the avatar world, is it not? Sorry for a little longer wait, I had a rough day yesterday lol. R&R please. Thanks!

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