Dream Guardian King Allen: Hello everyone and happy Fourth of July weekend! I am back with the longest chapter to date. I hope all of you enjoy it as this takes place in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Sorry it took so long to make with summer session, writer's block and finally playing Team Fortress 2, I finally managed to finish the episode and hooray for this story having 21 reviews, let's see if we can't get it up to 25 with this one. I would like to thank Kristen Verne, NoSignalBlueScreen, KHLegacy, and JR Blackbird for reviewing and supporting my story, especially you JR Blackbird you gave me a really nice review. Now a few more announcements I would like to say before we get started, first off is that….
Cast of Ajax Nobody: GET ON WITH IT!
Dream Guardian King Allen: ALRIGHT DANG! Roll the episode.
Episode 5: Fiery Sibling Rivalry
Stan Lee as the Announcer: Last time, Ajax and his friends met up with a penguin named Opus and helped a flock of birds recover their eggs from a gluttonous pig. Then the captured princesses try to figure out the Villain Society's plans and find a way to contact their friends but were captured once again and now wait for whatever the villains have up their sleeve. We now join our band of misfits as they find themselves in the Fire Nation. What adventures will they find themselves, and what dangers await them let's find out.
We come to Bowser's Castle into the main throne room; we see Mario, Luigi, Sora, Buzz Lightyear, Flynn Rider, and Kristoff catching their breath after an intense battle with Bowser who was on the floor after getting his butt kicked by the heroes again. The whole room was in shambles as squads of koopas and goombas lay littered throughout the room. Mario walked up to Bowser and held his head up so he could look him in the eye and say, "Ok-a Bowser, we beat you again, now-a tell us where are the princesses, where is Peach?"
Bowser looked at his nemesis before smiling and saying, "Sorry Mario, you princess is in another castle," then he pasted out.
Mario was angry at the news he had received and punched the ground before Luigi came over and put a supportive hand onto his brother's shoulder. "Come on-a guys, let's go. We need to continue on our search," said Luigi as he picked Mario and headed out.
Buzz noticed that Sora was a little down, "Hey cadet, are you alright?"
Sora looked up to the space ranger and answered, "Yeah, I'm alright, I'm just worried about Kairi, I try to protect her but she somehow ends up getting taken away from me, so that's what bothers me."
"Don't worry Sora, with the Hero Alliance looking for them, there are so many worlds that they can hide the princesses at, so we'll find them soon," said Buzz with confidence in his voice." Sora smiled at this and continued to exit out of the castle with the others.
They soon pass by a koopa who had a bucket, mop, and broom and he started to clean up the castle. Mario then addressed the turtle, "Hey Frank, how are you?"
"Oh, I'm fine just earning my pay as usual, how about?" asked Frank.
"Same old, same old but with a twist this time," said Mario.
"Ok, good luck with that, I'll just clean up as usual," said Frank as he continued to clean the fight.
As the heroes exited out of the castle Flynn stated, "At this rate, nobody's going to find the princesses anytime soon."
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Ajax and his friends found themselves on the outskirts of a village that took a style of an old Japanese village. A flag flapped in the wind with the symbol of the Fire Nation blazed upon it. People were out and about going along their normal routine. Ajax and the group stood there for a moment with their mouths open as they all thought that now they might be in trouble.
"Well this is just great; we are standing in the middle of the home turf of the people who started a hundred year war. Just perfect," complained Woody as he summed up the situation they were in.
"Uh, guys," said Opus but no one seemed to hear him.
"Yeah, you're right Woody. The Fire Nation is not a safe to be especially with a war going on," said Sam.
"Guys," said Opus only slightly louder.
"We'll just have to find a way to avoid towns and try and not be seen by anyone while we are heading to our destination," suggested Ajax as he was about to take a look at the scroll.
"GUYS!" yelled Opus finally getting the attention of the group.
They turned around and Ajax asked, "Yes Opus, what is it?"
"Didn't the Avatar defeat the Fire Lord thus ending the war and restore peace?" asked Opus.
The three other members of the group thought about what Opus had said for a moment before their eyes went wide with realization and then doing a group face palm.
"How in the universe did we forget that?" asked Ajax.
"We are not from around here so we probably just forgot; on account of we don't pay attention to any events that are happening here on this world," replied Sam.
"Although I find it hard to believe that most of us forgot the end of a really long war," groaned Woody.
"At least we don't have to worry about sneaking around anymore, right guys?" asked Opus while the rest of the group just gave him a dead pan look.
After a moment of silence Ajax put the scroll back into his pack and proceeded forward, "Well, let's just head for town and find a place to sleep in order to plan our next move…" Before Ajax could finish his sentence his tripped over something and looked to see what it was. It looked like an orb the size of a baseball with the picture of a flame and a snowball in a yin yang formation.
"Nice work Ajax. You found a summon gem," exclaimed Woody as he saw what Ajax held in his hand.
"Summon gem?" asked Ajax.
"Summon gems are basically orbs that contain either people or creatures with strong hearts that help heroes in battle. One shows up whenever the Heartless destroy the inhabitant's world, they end up like this waiting for someone to free them or the original person gives you a summon gem as a sign of gratitude. Funny thing is that I thought the Hero Alliance gathered up every single one of these things to keep them from falling in the wrong hands," explained Sam.
"Must of missed this one, well let's see who is in here," said Ajax as he is about to use the summon.
"I probably wouldn't bother, you would need a really powerful magical item to activate it, or a hero-level strong heart, which I don't think any of us have," said Sam as he stopped Ajax from continuing.
"Look on the bright side Sam, at least we got one so who knows, maybe we'll find out who's in there," suggested Woody.
"We'll worry about it later. Right now let's just get find a place to rest, okay," suggested Ajax and the others agreed. Ajax placed the orb in his pack and the group headed toward the village.
The group found themselves within the village and had managed to find an inn that would allow them to stay for the night, and it allowed pets. The five of them were just chilling out in the room they had booked for the evening doing various things. Woody and Opus were playing checkers. Sophia was sleeping on the bed next to Ajax who was trying to take in a quick nap. Sam came in with a newspaper with stories about what was going on throughout the worlds. Ajax opens his eyes to look over to where Sam sat down and started reading then closed his eyes back again.
"So where do we exactly need to go this time?" asked Woody as he thought about his next move.
"I don't know, haven't check the map yet so, yeah I don't know yet," replied Ajax.
"Hey guys take a listen to this: Perplexing Puzzle of Kidnapped Princesses Continues. Villain Society continues to kidnap princesses from all over the worlds following the events of losing the mysterious scroll a few days ago. At first they started with the princesses who were attending the event at the Gotham Museum show casing the scroll. Soon after they started kidnapping princesses from the Land of Ooo to Equestria, they also manage to kidnap a queen and some of the members of the Hero Alliance. Which brings the total princesses kidnapped to a whopping sixty-one," read Sam.
"Why would the villains need that many princesses for anyway?" asks Opus.
"I don't know, but kidnapping princesses seems to be the fall back plan a lot of times. They seem to use it every other week," replies Woody.
"There's more, Confusion of Day and Night for Equestria. With the princesses Celestia and Luna kidnapped, the kingdom of Equestria is without someone who can effectively raise the sun and the moon in order to keep balance," read Sam.
"So, how are they going to survive without someone to raise sun and moon?" asked Ajax.
"Hold on, I am getting to that," then Sam continued reading the article, "As a last minute fix to the situation, Princess Twilight Sparkle has called upon her old foe turned ally Discord, who has been known for causing all sorts on chaos has agreed to help raise the sun and the moon. However, with Discord the sun and the moon raise about every few minutes. Hopefully this issue will be resolved soon."
"Hey look, there's a picture of Discord right there," said Woody. The group looked at the picture in the paper of Discord, who was a creature with a long body that was made up of different animals. Woody looked at the picture and said, "So that is Discord, doesn't really look like an ally to me."
The picture of Discord then moved and spoke with a smooth voice, "Ally, please. I prefer friend when it comes to Twilight Sparkle and her friends, especially my dear friend Fluttershy."
The four just stood there wide eyed as their brains shorted out trying to comprehend what they just saw. They then shook their heads getting back to reality. "Did we just see what I think we just see," asked Opus.
"To be quite honest Opus, I have no flipping clue," responded Ajax.
"Well, I don't know about you guys but I'm going to bed. Who's with me?" said Sam as he put down the newspaper, but not before Woody saw something on the front page.
"Hey Ajax, look, your scroll is one the front page on that newspaper," exclaimed Woody.
"No it isn't, the scroll is in my backpack," replied Ajax.
"No, not that, look," Woody pointed to a picture of the scroll that was on the front page of the newspaper Sam had put down.
"Dang it Woody, you are right," exclaimed Ajax as he picked up the newspaper and started to read the front article to the rest of his friends. "Ancient Scroll Still Missing! A few days ago, an ancient scroll found at an archeological dig sight was fought over between the Hero Alliance and Villain Society, but was lost to an orange portal when two bumbling villains went after it and slipped from their hands."
"What's the big deal, couldn't they just went down the portal and followed the scroll to where ever it went?" asked Woody.
"Orange portals don't work that way, anything or anyone that goes into one of those things will be transported to anywhere in the universe at random. So, even if you went after something you dropped in the portal, it is not a guarantee that you'll end up in the same place the item you were after is," explained Sam.
Ajax continued reading the article, "Not much is known about the artifact since its initial discovery, but the Hero Alliance can confirm that the scroll is an object of interest since the Villains were so desperate to find it. It is unknown as to what is contained within the scroll. The heroes have divided their forces into finding the kidnapped princess, while also locating the scroll, but as always the safety of the people is one of their top priorities. Any information regarding the location to the scroll, please contact the Hero Alliance."
The group stood there in silence contemplating on the news they have read. Then Sam said, "Okay that settles it. We are turning this scroll to the heroes and head home."
Ajax was surprised at this statement, "What are you talking? Just because the heroes and villains are after this, doesn't mean we just give up."
"With all due respect Ajax, we are just a kid, a who, a woodpecker, a penguin, and a dog. We are not fit to fight an army of bad guys to follow a map that could lead to nowhere," said Opus.
"I understand that you are on a quest to get some respect, Ajax, but it is not worth getting killed over a scroll we have no idea where it will leads us. So we are better off just giving the scroll to the heroes and going home," said Sam as he got the scroll out of Ajax's bag.
"Wait just a minute guys, what is this is a good thing?" asked Ajax.
"What do you mean?" asked Woody.
"Just hear me out guys. The heroes are looking for the princess as well as this scroll right?" asked Ajax earning a nod from the group. "And as far as we know, we are the only ones that have ever opened the scroll and know that it is a map, right? So, here is what I think we should do: we should do the heroes' job of following the map for them."
"ARE YOU NUTS!?" asked the group at Ajax's plan.
"Just listen, as far as we know I am the only one who can actually see the map, so if we just follow the map to where ever the big 'X' is, then contact the heroes, which will lead them to us and boom, another win for the heroes and respect for us. It saves them the work of protecting the scroll since if they don't know where it is, then the villains don't know where it is, and that means less focus on us," explained Ajax.
"As much sense as that sounds, you do realize that we have to go through who knows how many worlds there are in the universe that we know about, and nearly every one of those worlds has at least one hero and at least three villains. So forgive me for saying this but we don't stand a chance against an army of darkness if, no when they find us, and torture us to lead them to whatever the map leads you, so I'm going home after we give this to the heroes," said Sam as he lays down on one of the beds.
Woody and Opus start to agree with Sam's logic and went over to their own beds, Ajax however had a look of disbelief on his face and said, "Come on guys, we should at least try. You guys may have a home to go back to but I don't, so if you guys don't want to come that's fine. I just want some respect for once, and I'd like you guys to come with me."
There was a moment of silence as the others thought about what Ajax said, then Woody went over to Ajax, and Ajax knelt down to Woody's level as he said, "Ajax, you can count me in." Ajax was happy to hear this and Woody explained his answer, "When I first met you, I was fleeing for my life, but now after a few days with you, I've had more fun than I could imagine: fighting Woozles, ghouls, and pigs while saving an entire forest, and nest of eggs. You have given me my cartoony spark back and I am not going to abandon you after all that."
"I'm coming too," said Opus as he went over to Ajax and Woody, "You helped me to find the last friend I had left after the heartless came to my world when he chased after the pigs, and you promised to help me find him from where ever he is on and I am grateful for that. I plan on repaying that kindness, with helping you earn your home back, I lost my home, I don't want anyone else to lose theirs as well."
Sam looked at the group and thought about what the others had said and went over to them and knelt down as well, "I still say this is a bad idea, but you are right. We should at least try; we might just survive this crazy venture of yours Ajax. We should stick together, we sort of have become quite the team, plus you guys probably won't last long without my cooking." The group laughed at Sam's joke.
"Now that that's over with, let's get this epic road trip started," exclaimed Woody as he went over to Ajax's bag and got out the scroll and held it out toward Ajax and asked, "Care to do the honors?"
Ajax looked at Woody surprised and then asked, "You mean it?"
"Yeah, you started this whole thing, so you should be the one who carries the map. Besides none of us can actually read the map, all we can see is a spinning compass and you seem to be the only one who can read it, so take it and tell us which way to go," answered Woody.
"Well if you say so, now let's see where we need to go to," said Ajax as he opened up the scroll to see where it may lead them to. The scroll showed a map of the Fire Nation, Ajax saw where they were in perspective to the rest of the nation and a dotted line lead to a spot north of where they were. "Well according to this we need to go north toward a coastline of a large land indent."
"Hold on a sec, let me get a map of the Fire Nation so you can show us," said Sam as he grabbed a map and unfolded it for everyone to see.
Ajax looked at both the map and the scroll in order to find the right spot they needed, then at last he found it, "I got it! We need to go right here." Then Ajax noticed the spot he pointed at was in fact, "To the Fire Nation Capitol."
"Good thing I don't have anything else on my calendar because this looks to be a long trip," said Opus after hearing this news.
Ajax just sighed and stated, "Look let's just go to bed and then we can head towards the Fire Nation Capital in the morning," and with that said, the group went to bed in order to be ready for tomorrow.
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Meanwhile, on a far off island, there stood a mental institution, and within its walls contained a very dangerous patient. The halls of the asylum were empty save for the occasional guard or nurse. However, within the shadows scurried a small creature that sprinted like a ninja through the halls of the asylum, soon the creature made it to a door that was being protected by two guards. The creature brought out a wooden staff and proceeded to knock out the guards with it, with the guards unconscious, the creature entered the room.
The creature entered the room to see it was a padded cell with a lone figure lying against the wall in the corner. The figure was a fifteen year old girl with black hair and amber eyes, and she was confined in a strait jacket. She looked at her visitor and found its form to be quite interesting.
The figure spotted the girl and then spoke to her with the voice of an old man filled with wisdom, "Princess Azula, I presume?"
"And who, may I ask, is it that wants to know if I am the princess or not?" asked Azula.
The creature came out into the light allowing Azula to get a better look at him. He is two and a half feet tall, had a blue head with a black body, has three long wisps of white hair one on his head and two that make up his mustache, and carried a club like staff that was a few inches taller than he was. "My name is Master Zik, founder of the Deadly Six," said Zik as he introduced himself.
"To be quite honest, I did not expect a visitor like you," said Azula.
"Well, during your time here the world has gotten a lot bigger," explained Zik.
"I have heard the stories of other worlds, as well as that each world has its own special inhabitants," said Azula.
"Then you must have also heard of the Hero Alliance and the Villain Society, correct?"
"Yes, but what does that have to do with me?"
"What if I were to tell you, that there might be a way for you to rid yourself of your brother, so that you can reclaim your place on the throne," explained Zik.
"I'm listening," answered Azula.
"Good, a colleague and I have a plan to kill Fire Lord Zuko but we need your help to do it. We will help you escape and make to where it looks like you are heading far away from the Fire Nation. We will tell you the rest of the plan once we get you out."
"What's the catch?" asked Azula uncertain of trusting this strange creature.
"All that I ask is that once this is all said and done, is that you join our society. If you are allied with us then you could be granted power strong enough to rival the Avatar, and win the war that your family had fought so long for, and wipe out the other benders leaving only fire. So, do we have a deal?"
Azula thought about Zik's proposal before a wicked smile appeared on her face, "Where do we begin?"
"Right now," was all Zik said before moving at wicked speed and undoing the strait jacket freeing Azula, once this was done Zik brought out a whistle and blew on it. A growl was heard before the sound of charging electricity filled the air. Zik looked at Azula and warned, "You may want to stand back from the wall just little," and Azula complied with this warning.
Soon the wall was blasted open with lightning shooting some debris into the cell, Azula flinched a little but Zik stood his ground unmoving. Azula then looked to see what caused the lightning and saw an interesting sight. It was a yellow-orange tiger with purple strips, white eyebrows and face, a spiked ball tail, glowing green eyes, and his left fang was made of a dark purple crystal; the most interesting thing about this tiger was that it was about twenty feet high and looked as if was made of wood.
"Princess Azula, meet General Tiger," said Zik as he introduced Tiger.
Tiger looked at Azula and performed a small bow before saying, "Charmed."
"We should make out escape now, you coming or not?" asked Zik as he got on top of Tiger, Azula followed suit as she climbed Tiger in order to get on his back. Once she was on Zik command, "Now then let's make our escape. Now Tiger," and Tiger made a bolt for it away from the asylum.
Azula had a murderous look on her face as her thoughts went toward her brother, "Soon brother, your pathetic reign as Fire Lord shall end and I will be the one who ends it."
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Azula's last words echo as Ajax wakes from his sleep in fright shivering as if the temperature dropped to a sudden thirty degrees. Ajax looked over to see the others still sleeping, but something bothered him: why was he the only one cold? This was not the first time he felt this cold either, he had first felt it was he met Mr. Burns in the Hundred Acre Wood, then again when the Grinch was evil, and again only slightly back on Pig Island. He did not know why this happened but he decided to brush it off and go back to sleep.
The next day, the group got up and had breakfast before checking out. Once they had done this they asked the lady at the desk about the fastest way to the Fire Nation Capital. The lady at the desk said to them, "I'm sorry but the fastest way to get to the Fire Nation Capitol is either by boat or caravan and those have been temporarily closed down due to a big patch of storms that is heading toward the city. You can get there on foot, but that could take you weeks, while the boat will only last for five days, but hopefully you can get there as soon as possible, good day."
The group was now currently sitting on the doorstep of the hotel trying to figure out what to do next. They sat in silence until Opus said, "Well, this stinks. Any more brilliant plans on getting the Fire Nation Capital, Ajax?"
"Why are you asking me for," asked Ajax.
"Because it was your idea to follow the map in the first place," replied Sam.
"Well we need to get there fast, who knows how much damage the villains can do if we don't hurry," said Ajax.
Just then a newspaper boy comes by yelling, "EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! ROBOT MASTERS STOLEN IN THE NIGHT! MAIN SUSPECT TO BE DR. WILY."
"You just had to say something didn't you?" asked Sam with an annoyed expression on his face.
"How was I supposed to know that was going to happen, nobody could have predicted that," answered Ajax.
"Then you should have predicted that," said Opus.
"What are you talking about Op…?" Ajax began before realizing what Opus meant. Then he groaned and said to Opus, "Not funny dude, not funny."
Sam got up and went through his stuff and said, "Well, better start walking; all we need is the map so we can plan a safe route to the capital, and hopefully we have enough supplies till the next town."
Woody's eyes lit up at the word map and came up with an idea and said, "Hey guys, I just came up with an idea. We shall travel by map."
After they heard Woody's idea, the group looked confused at the very concept of the idea. "What do you even mean by that statement?" asked Sam.
"Just give me the map and I'll show you all what I mean," said Woody, however the rest of the group was still unsure at what Woody was getting at but Sam handed over the map to Woody all the same. Woody was messing with the map and said, "Now watch as I defy the laws of physics."
Then Woody threw the map to make it the background of the scene. Soon the other saw this and are wondered just what just happened. "Now let's head on over to the Fire Nation Capitol dot this way," said Woody as he started walking up a 2-d landscape and the others followed trying to figure out how they are doing it. They made it to where the map said Fire Nation Capital then Woody ripped the map from the background showing that they were in a totally different city, "And viola we are in the Fire Nation Capital."
"Alright two questions: one how did you do that? And two, can you do it again?" asked Ajax after seeing what Woody just did.
"Answer: one, I am a toon, we can do this sort of thing. Two: only when it's funny," answered Woody.
"Well now that we are here let's find a place where no one will spot us looking at the scroll, so we can find out where to go next," said Sam.
The group headed toward an alleyway, and then Ajax brought out the scroll, opened it and saw that it had changed from a map to another riddle that read:
War saw this family torn.
Hatred and desire nearly brought them down.
Beware the fire princess's scorn.
Driven mad by the power of the crown.
Locate the last battle for the throne.
"Okay, so what does mean?" asked Woody after Ajax was finished reading the riddle.
Ajax put the scroll back into his pack before answering, "I don't know, but my best guess is that it pertains to a certain historical event that happened here. We need to find out more information about it and find the portal."
"Let's start with the library since we need to know about history, it would be a good place to start," suggested Opus.
"We could stop by the palace, ask one of the guards and see what they know, since it talks about a princess," suggested Sam.
"Sounds like a good plan, best way to do this is to split up, two of us goes to the library and the other two goes to the palace," said Ajax as he started to think. Then he said, "Woody and I will go to the palace and see what we find, while Sam and Opus go to the library sound good?" The other nodded, then Ajax got up and started running back to the street yelling to his friends, "Okay let's head to our destinations, and meet back here in about an hour… ohf," Ajax didn't see where he was going and pumped into someone and fall back on to the ground, "Sorry about that are you okay?"
Ajax looked up and saw an old man with a grey goatee and beard, a balding head with a samurai's hair tail. "Not at all me dear boy, but mind telling me where you are off to?" asked the man who spoke with a kind voice.
The rest of Ajax's group caught up with Ajax and the old man when Ajax started saying, "My friends and I are heading to some places to solve a riddle."
"What kind of riddle?" asked the old man.
"A riddle concerning the last battle for the throne, so we were going to go to places where we might find some information, like the library or the palace," explained Ajax.
"Battle for the throne, ehh, I may know something about that. I could help you out, just as soon as I finish some errands of my own," said the old man.
"We'll be happy to help you if you can help us answer this riddle. I'm Ajax Nobody by the way, and this is Sam I Am, Woody, and Opus," said Ajax as he introduced the gang before kneeling down and petting Sophia, "and his is my pet and friend Sophia."
Sophia barked and jumped playfully at the old man who replied, "What a cute little doggie," Sophia licked the old man which caused him to laugh, "and friendly too." The old man then introduced himself, "My name is Iroh, and it is a pleasure to meet all of you. I also appreciate the help you have offered me, now follow me." Iroh went in one direction and the rest followed him to help him with his errands.
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Meanwhile, at the Fire Nation Palace, the Fire Lord was at his study working on official documents in order to help the nations recover after the war. The Fire Lord is a seventeen year old young man with black hair reaching to the back of his neck, wearing regal robes; he also has a scar that covers nearly half of his left side of his face.
While the Fire Lord was working on finishing up the documents, a guard came in and spoke to the young man, "Fire Lord Zuko, you have a visitor, shall I let him in?"
Zuko looked up from his documents and said, "Let him in, I am almost done with these documents, so I shall meet with him shortly." The guard followed Zuko's orders and then proceeded to bow to him before leaving in order to tend to their guest.
Once Zuko had finish with his work, he made he was to the foyer of the palace and saw who his guest was and immediately recognized him, "Keyblade Master Riku, what a pleasure to see you again. To what do I own the pleasure of this visit?" asked Zuko.
The person who Zuko referred to as Riku was a young man about his age with silver hair that barely reached his shoulders, light blue eyes, a black shirt, and white jacket with yellow trim and blue pants. Riku bowed to Zuko before saying, "Greetings Fire Lord Zuko, I hope that I am not interrupting anything. I have come here to see if any activity relating to the Villain Society had surfaced here."
"I'm afraid not, things have been quite peaceful here as of late, so there is not cause for alarm," replied Zuko.
"That is good news to hear, I was also hoping to find a lead as to where the princesses are, but if there are no villains then I won't find much here," said Riku.
"How is Sora taking all of this?" asked Zuko.
"He is very worried about Kairi since she was one of the princesses that were kidnapped during the scroll heist. He is with one of the hero groups that have been assigned to the matter, hopefully we get some good news soon," answered Riku.
"I hope for that too my friend," said Zuko. Just then a guard came into the room out of breath.
"Sire, I must inform you on some grave news. Princess Azula has escaped from the asylum and is quite possibly on her way to the Earth Kingdom," said the Guard.
Shock and fear appeared on the face of the Fire Lord after hearing this news, after a moment of thinking Zuko said this, "Tell the rest of the guards to be on high alert, keep your eye out for anything suspicious." The guard did a quick bow before leaving the room, "I just hope we can find her before she causes any real trouble."
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Back with our heroes, we see them and Iroh had completed their errands and were heading toward another part of town with Ajax and friends carrying a bunch of stuff. Ajax and Sam were carrying crates of tea leaves, Opus was carrying a box of liuqin strings, and Woody was carrying some folded Pai Sho boards and game pieces.
Sam was trying his best to hold the box of tea while trying to keep up with Ajax and Iroh. "Tell me again, why are we doing this, exactly?" asked Sam.
Ajax looked behind him and answered, "Because, Iroh said he'll help us solve our riddle and plus it is the least we can do for bumping into him in the first place."
"Okay, I get that but what is with all the items he has gotten over the course of this shopping adventure," stated Sam as he pointed to the various objects they were carrying.
"I don't know, I'll ask him real quick," said Ajax as he went up to Iroh and asked, "Iroh, if you don't mind me asking, what is all this stuff for anyway?"
Iroh looked at Ajax and said, "The items are for my tea shop in Ba Sing Se. I am just here to visit my nephew for a few days, but once I had heard that a certain tea leaf was being sold here I just had to see it for myself. I also had to get some Pai Sho games so that my customers could enjoy a nice game while they enjoyed their tea. The strings are for my liquin, a good musician needs to care of his instruments." The group nodded at this explanation, one can't have a tea shop without tea.
Opus was behind Ajax and Sam while Woody was behind Opus due to the Woody had to carry more stuff than Opus. "I guess that makes sense, I just hope you have a plan to transport this stuff to where ever you need it because I am not carrying it," grumbled Woody.
Opus looked behind him and said, "At least you are not missing a best friend, that you have no idea where he is."
Woody cringed for a moment before saying, "Sorry about that."
Opus simply sighed and said, "You're fine, it's just that I worry about him since we lost our home okay. A common saying will me and Bill back home was that: 'I need cats, like I need butt implants.'" Clank!
"What does that even mean?" asked Woody before he stubbed his foot on something. "Ouch! What did I just bump into?" Woody looked down and saw a disc like object with a pink flat side and a black curved side, he then looked to Opus and said, "Hey Opus, I think you dropped your," Woody saw what Opus had dropped since here Opus's behind usually is was a pink circle, "butt."
"Oh, did I? I'm sorry about that, hold on just a second," replied Opus before turning and then butt stomping on his butt and then shaking it to see if it was on straight. "There that ought to do it," said Opus before he dashed in order to catch up with the rest of the group.
Woody just stood there in utter disbelieve of what he just saw, then he shook it off and caught back up with Opus and asked, "Is this going to be a regular thing with you?"
"Probably," answered Opus.
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A few minutes later the group found themselves at a tall wall with a single gate and two guards posted at it. It looked like Iroh was about to walk into the gate the guards were at but Ajax stated, "Uh, Iroh I don't think we are allowed in there," but Iroh must've not heard him since he went right through the guards. Ajax and friends just shrugged at this and proceeded to follow Iroh inside but were stopped by the guards.
"Sorry, but no civilians are allowed into the palace," stated the guard.
"It is okay soldier, they are with me, they are to be my honored guests for this evening while the storm passes by," said Iroh when he came back around to see what was up. "They helped me with some errands today so I would repay their kindness by giving them a place to stay for the night."
"As you wish, General Iroh," said the guard and allowed Ajax and his friends to go through.
As Ajax and his friends followed Iroh, Ajax walked there wondering about what just happened until it dawned on him, "Wait, General Iroh as in the same Iroh that once laid siege to the Earth Kingdom capitol then liberated it? The same Iroh that went traitor against the Fire Nation, and brother to Fire Lord Ozi, who is also a member of the High Hero Council, and fire bending teacher to the now Fire Lord Zuko?"
Iroh turned around to see their shocked faces and just said, "Yes."
Ajax freaked out for a moment saying, "Dude, you are a legend. You are one of the wisest and skilled people the worlds have ever known. Why didn't you tell us that?"
"I didn't want to make a big deal out of it," answered Iroh.
"NO BIG DEAL! YOU ARE PART OF THE BADASS CIRCLE!" yelled Woody.
"The what?" asked Iroh.
"Nickname for the High Hero Council since its members consists of the most powerful people both in skilled and influence from all over the worlds. Heroes come to you guys for advice whenever troubles arises and plus the villains try their best to avoid you since it would bring the wrath of the whole Hero Alliance down upon them," answered Sam.
"Yes, I heard something about that, though I thought that it was just a joke, but now that I think about it, it does sound like a cool name. I should see if we could make it an unofficial title since people call us that anyway. But enough of that, how about I get some of the guards to take this stuff off your hands so that I can treat you all to my special jasmine tea while we wait for the storm to pass," said Iroh as he walked toward that palace.
"Sounds good to me," said Opus.
Ajax was about to say something before he felt the same shiver he felt just earlier that day but he had no idea why it was eighty something degrees out and yet he was shivering, he simply shrugged and said, "Weird." However Ajax and he group were unaware of the plot against the Fire Lord that was being concocted.
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On one of the rooftops of the palace, stood Azula and Zik who were watching the coming storm to approach. Azula was getting impatient with all the waiting so she turned to Zik and asked, "Why are we just standing here and waiting for a storm? This is my chance to rid myself of Zu-zu before he sends a full out hunt on me."
Zik just shook his head and replied, "You younger folk need to learn the value and patience. The reason why we are waiting for the storm is so we can use it to our advantage. Once the storm makes it way on top of the palace you will use your lightning to cause a part of the palace to set on fire, with Zuko will come out to contain the damage. That is when you will strike, by using one of your lightning bolts to strike down Zuko thus making it look like an act of nature that killed him not a murder. And when they crown you Fire Lord we will gain a powerful ally that will come in handy when the time is right. Do you understand now why the timing is so crucial?"
Azula raised an eyebrow as she heard of this plan and said, "At first I was unsure as to whether or not you would be useful, but after hearing all that I couldn't see any reason for doubt."
Zik smiled at the response and said, "Excellent, no we must wait for the storm before we can begin."
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We come back to our heroes and Iroh, who are enjoying themselves recalling stories from their adventures so far. They were currently recalling their tale on Pig Island. "So, I press the self-destruct button on the Throne-inator and the villains to begin act like they are panicking. All of a sudden the machine loses it legs and replaces it with four more electrified flaming saw blades, we were scared out of our wits," explained Ajax as he was laughing.
"Then in all the confusion, a can of sardines fell out of Sam's pack so I throw Ajax my slingshot and tell him to grab the sardines. Then he aimed for the Pig King and said, oh what was it that you said?" continued Opus.
"Eat sardines you overstuffed pig," answered Ajax.
"Yeah that, and after that the sardine can landed on King Pig and soon after that a giant eagle comes and the entire castle is destroyed," finished Sam as the rest of the gang continued to laugh their heads off.
"It was the most awesome thing we ever seen in our lives," said Woody.
"By the sound of things you four have had quite the adventure so far," said Iroh.
"Don't forget about Sophia and your right we had quite the road trip, I even have it all recorded it my journal," said Ajax as he brought out a brown leather book, "Here it is."
"Mind if I take a look it?" asked Iroh, Ajax agreed and handed Iroh the book. After looking through it Iroh said, "This is a very detailed journal, I can't wait to see what other sights you will see. However you should not forget to enjoy the journey that all of you share, the destination is important sure, but getting to your goal is pointless if one does not learn something about oneself along the way."
"So what you're saying is that we are going to learn an important life lesson on our road trip," concluded Ajax.
"I don't know it is just some winsomely thought to think about on your journey, now who wants another cup of tea?" answered Iroh before everyone brought out their cups. After refilling their cups, Iroh looked at the journal once more before asking Ajax, "I suppose you would like an autograph from since you were not expecting to meet someone like me, hmm?"
Ajax looked at Iroh and said, "It would be great if you could, I mean it is not every day that you get to meet one of the members if the High Hero Council."
"Wonderful, I'll sign your journal, a little something to remember me by," Iroh got out a brush and ink and began to sigh Ajax's journal. "If it is not too much trouble to ask, but why are you running around the city to find a specific place?"
Ajax went wide eyed for a moment, looking at his friends who had the same look on their faces; Ajax tried to think of a logical explanation for their trip. Then he thought of an idea and said, "Well, it is for a contest to find the most interesting places in the worlds where great battles took place. We are given a set of riddles each take place on a different world. We need to find the place the riddle talks about and take a picture of it to prove that we were there."
"Interesting," stated Iroh as he finished signing the journal he came around and put the journal next to Ajax, "But something doesn't quite add up, for example why the scroll that everyone is after is in your backpack?"
Ajax turned around to look at Iroh, "What do you mean? We don't have the scroll with us."
"Oh no?" then Iroh kicked Ajax's bag into the air, then grabbed into the bag and brought out the scroll while the bag fell onto the floor with a thud. "Tell me how you got ahold of this, when our greatest protectors fail to find it themselves. Also you are a terrible liar"
"Look I don't know how it got to my home; a few nights ago I heard a noise coming from a pipe that was sticking out in my treehouse. This pops out of it and hits me in the head, I open it and start on my quest for respect and I met these guys who are now helping me to do that. All I know is that I am the only one who can read the map, so it is up to me to find out where it goes," explained Ajax.
"Really?" asked Iroh as he raises an eyebrow, then he tries to open it but is unable to, so he tries again and the same result occurs. Ajax's friends looked at this with confused expressions before they try it themselves but are also unable to open the scroll. Finally Ajax is handed the scroll and he opens it with ease. "It appears as you are also the only one who can open the scroll," concluded Iroh.
"Seems that way, but please don't mention this to the other heroes. We are only trying to help, really we are, all we ask is that you give us a chance," pleaded Ajax.
Iroh looked at the group before nodding his head and said, "I understand that you wish to do well and help the heroes, but you must also be wary that the road ahead will not be easy. The other heroes' chapters in bring balance to the worlds is done, but yours is just beginning."
Ajax and the group looked confused at what Iroh had said before Ajax asked, "So you're not going to tell the Hero Alliance on us, or that we have the scroll?"
"Scroll, what scroll? All I see is a gaggle of friends traveling through the universe," replied Iroh and the gang smiled, "Now what is this riddle that you told me about." Ajax read the riddle once again to Iroh, Iroh thought for a moment before saying, "I know where that is, it's the courtyard the Zuko and Azula fought when Azula was being crowned Fire Lord but Zuko and Katara defeated her before she was crowned."
"Azula? Isn't she Zuko's evil sister that went totally crazy towards the end of the war?" asked Sam.
"Yep that's her, now let's get to the courtyard so you can find out where you need to go next," said Iroh as they left for the courtyard.
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Zik looked at the sky and then turn to Azula, "The storm is nearly upon us, are you ready to execute our plan?"
"Yes, I am ready to finally rid myself of Zuko and take my rightful place on the throne, and finally claim the victory that was rightfully the Fire Nation's," answered Azula.
"Excellent, now we just need to wait for the right moment to strike Zuko once we lure him out here," said Zik as he surveyed the palace grounds. Then he noticed Ajax and his friends exiting the palace, "Well, what an unexpected twist. The boy with the scroll and his friends are here as well."
"You mentioned them on the way here, should we take them out as well and take the scroll?" asked Azula.
"No we already have a plan for them, just focus on the task at hand," responded Zik.
Ajax's group and Iroh were out in the courtyard where the riddle was talking about, "Okay everyone, start looking for the portal so we can continue on our journey," said Ajax.
"You might want to take a picture so you can keep your cover story up," suggested Iroh.
"Good idea, good thing I brought my camera with me," said Ajax as he brought out a camera from his pack.
"Uncle," the group heard a voice and saw Zuko and Riku standing there with a few guards, "What are you doing out here, the storm is going to hit us any second now. We need to get inside and out of the storm." Zuko then looked at Ajax and his friends and asked, "Uncle, who are these people you are with?"
"These are my guests for the evening since they helped me with some errands earlier so I am repaying them for their kindness by giving them shelter and assistance with their journey," answered Iroh.
Ajax and the gang introduced themselves to Zuko and Riku, and then Ajax spoke to the two heroes, "It is a pleasure to meet two great heroes such as yourself, if it is not too much trouble could you sign my journal?" The two heroes signed the journal and handed back to Ajax.
"Now that introduces have been made let's get your picture before the worst of the storm comes right on top of us," said Iroh and with that Ajax's group and Iroh went down into the courtyard.
Rain was already coming down on top of the group as the made their way into the center of the courtyard in order to take a picture and hopefully see where the portal is. Ajax brought out his camera, readied it, and then took the picture but no portal had appeared. Seeing that there was no portal, they decided to back inside.
"The moment to strike is nearly upon us, get ready," said Zik. With confirmation that it was now time to strike Azula brought out a hand, pointed two fingers into the air towards the sky and concentrated hard.
Clank! Opus felt his hind quarters fall off of him again, "Oh no, not again, Ajax watch where you step." But it was too late, Ajax step on Opus's butt and it made him slip like he stepped on a banana peel and he fell on top of his bag but he heard something shatter. Opus's backside was however sent flying like a Frisbee towards Zuko and Riku.
Sam saw this and yelled out, "INCOMING FLYING PENGUIN BUTT COMING YOUR WAY LORD ZUKO, LOOK OUT."
Azula fired the lightning bolt and it headed straight toward Zuko. Zuko however heard Sam's call and dodged the flying butt; however the lightning struck the penguin hindquarters frying it to a crisp. "Fried penguin butt anyone?" Woody joked.
Ajax got up and checks to see what made the cracking sound. He looked in his bag and found the lenses of the telescope had become cracked, "Aw man, there goes our magic telescope," then he saw the lenses repairing itself, "Oh, right, magic," and the he chuckled a little. Then Ajax saw Azula and Zik on the roof of the palace thanks to the telescope, "HEY, WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING ON THE ROOF DURING A STORM, ARE YOU INSANE?"
Iroh heard what Ajax had said and followed Ajax's eyesight to find whoever he saw on the roof and spotted two figures. Iroh saw who one of the figures was and ran towards Ajax. Azula shot another lightning bolt and this one was heading straight towards Ajax. Iroh managed to get in front of Ajax, took out two of his fingers and directed the lightning bolt any from them, a crash was heard along with, "MY CABBAGES!"
"Azula come down here and face us," Iroh demanded. Iroh used his fire bending to make his way to Zuko and Riku.
Azula and Zik made their way down, Zik turned on a com link and said, "Tiger, get in here, we need you to keep the keyblade master busy. I'll take care of the elder."
General Tiger leapt into the courtyard with a thunderous thud and growl ferociously at Ajax and his friends. Zuko saw this and said to Riku, "Protect Ajax and his friends, and take care of that tiger. I'll take care of Azula." Riku than ran to Ajax and the other while taking Opus's behind with him, Zuko took off a few of his royal robes allowing him more movement.
Zuko leapt down into the courtyard and met face to face with Azula. Iroh came up beside and was across from Azula. Zik came up beside Azula and threw a silver device into the air, the device came to life and created a force field around the whole courtyard leaving the guards totally useless. Zik formed a smile on his face, "Now no one can interfere with our battle."
"What do you want Azula?" asked Zuko.
"Isn't obvious what I want Zu-zu? I want to reclaim my throne and bring the Fire Nation back to its rightful glory as the supreme it once was before you and the avatar started to erase all that our forefathers worked to accomplish," answered Azula.
"So the Villainous Society broke you out so they could have the support of an entire nation to help satisfy their goals using the storm to kill Zuko," deduced Iroh.
"Very perceptive Iroh, I can see why you are a member of the High Hero Council," said Zik.
"You won't be able to beat the both of us Azul. Surrender and we won't have to fight and no one will be harmed," said Zuko.
"You're right which is why I call an Agni Kai against you Zuko for the crown of the Fire Lord, and this time there will be no one to interfere with the battle," stated Azula.
"Very well," agreed Zuko, Zik and Iroh backed off from the pair as they prepared for their dual. Soon the dual began, both sides launching blasts of fire and lightning at each other but neither of them landing a hit.
Iroh looked at Zik and asked him, "I heard that you wisdom very highly, is that true?"
"That is correct, and I will also be your opponent since the others are busy," replied Zik.
"Then let's make this more interesting, a battle of wits instead of brawn. I challenge you to a game of Pai Sho," said Iroh as he held up a Pai Sho tile.
Back with Ajax and co, Riku had arrived in between them and Tiger, while handing Opus his butt back. "We shall never speak of this to anyone, is that understood," asked Riku and the others just nodded, "Now get yourselves to safety; I'll take care of the big cat."
While Ajax and co ran to find somewhere to hide, Tiger raised his paw and tried to squash Riku with it but the keyblade master leapt out of the way and swiped his keyblade at his paw. Tiger recoiled in pain as his paw beat red, and then he snarled and attempted to bite Riku. Riku just swiped at Tiger as he came in, which caused Tiger yelp in pain, he then swiped his tail at Riku which the iron ball at the end of it, managed to hit its mark and send Riku into a pillar.
Tiger was about to finish Riku before Ajax and co came in to fight Tiger. Ajax was hitting the tiger with his staff, Sam was using his frying pan, Opus was launching rocks at the Tiger, but none of this was affecting the giant cat. The only one making any real damage was Woody who was busy pecking at Tiger's legs. "Iroh, please some assistance please. We are slowly losing to a giant tiger here," yelled Ajax.
"You are doing fine, I am in a battle of my own right now," answered Iroh as he moved a tile on the game board. Zik moved a game piece, "That is a good move," said Iroh before saying, "but this one is better," as then move another piece that was better than Zik's move.
Ajax saw what Iroh was doing and yelled, "OH, FOR THE LOVE OF PETE. THIS IS NO TIME FOR GAMES. AND ANOTHER THING, ah crap," Ajax didn't get to finish his statement before he saw Tiger's tail coming towards him and he ducked just in time. Ajax brought his attention back towards the battle and saw his friends underneath Tiger's paw and Riku was still down trying to get back up but had some difficulty.
Tiger set his sights on Ajax now that the others were taken care of, "Now it's just you and me boy, why don't you just give up, there's no way you can win." Ajax shook his head, "No? Very well then, taste the power of my lightning," then Tiger summoned lightning into his paw and then proceed to wind up his fist as if he was charging an attack. Ajax went through his bag trying to find something that would help them, then he found the summon gem he got the day before and put his pack back on his back. "A summon gem? I doubt you have a strong enough heart to use that little boy. Now be a good boy and give up."
Ajax looked at the orb once more before saying, "I don't care if I don't have a strong enough to use you, but right now my friends need all the help they can get so I am begging you to please help!" Tiger then brought down his paw ready to hit Ajax with his lightning. Ajax put the orb in front of him and something unbelievable happened. The orb activated to a blast of snow and fire came out coating half the field in snow while the other was coated in scorch marks, the blast was powerful enough to topple Tiger and release his friends as well. The fighting stopped for a moment as the dust settled to see just what came out of the summon gem.
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Two figures stood in front of Ajax, one was tall and thin with an icicle like hair, blue gloves, coat and shoes, white pants, and a blue striped scarf. The other was shorter the than the other with orange yellow hair, red ears, nose, long sleeved shirt, and shoes, and yellow pants. Both of them were wearing carnie hats.
"Hello my name is Snow Miser and his is my step-brother Heat Miser, and we are you temporary help for the evening," said the guy blue who was now known as Snow Miser.
After introductions were made, Azula took this distraction to launch another bolt of lightning at Zuko, but Zuko saw this and dodged out of the way and bending more fire toward Azula. Heat Miser then asked, "What do you need us to do?"
Ajax surveyed the area and saw Riku was up and about, "Heat Miser I need you to help him," he pointed to Riku, "Snow Miser I need you to help the guy shooting fire beat the girl who is shooting lightning."
"Can do," said Snow Miser as he went over to where Zuko and Azula were. Zuko and Azula were duking out neither one giving an inch. Then Azula is hit with a snowball, she turned to see Snow Miser skating toward her by freezing the ground and launching snowballs at her. Azula launched a stream of flame at Snow Miser, but he just put up a wall of snow so that when the fire hit it is became just water. Zuko went up behind Azula and fired a blast of fire but she leapt out of the way before blasting more fire at Zuko. Snow Miser launched more snowballs at Azula once more but she managed to dodge them all. The fight continued on like this, with it not ending anytime soon.
Ajax and his friends, along with Riku and Heat Miser had continued their fight with General Tiger. Tiger was swiping his paws at the group but Heat Miser launched fireballs at the general which caused him to burn when they touch his wooden fur. Tiger swung his iron ball tail end at Heat Miser who manages to catch it and hold on to it, then the iron ball started to melt in Heat Miser's clutches, this caused Tiger to howl in pain as the end of his tail was literally melted off. Riku swiped at the big cat's head a couple of times before being swatted away by Tiger's paw. Ajax and his friends continued to help anyway they could be with little success.
Iroh and Zik were busy playing their game dodging any stray attacks that came their way. A few minutes into the fight Ajax had noticed that they were getting nowhere fast so a new plan was need. He then noticed Tiger's dark crystal tooth and how it glowed slightly when he called down lightning. He also noticed that General Tiger was made of wood and was burning every time it was hit with a fireball, just then Woody landed right beside Ajax as he had been swatted by one of Tiger's paws. Ajax then looked at Tiger then to Woody and then back to Tiger, at that moment the metaphorical light bulb pinged in his mind and a plan came together.
"Woody, I need to use you beak real quick," said Ajax as Woody just gave a confused look, "No time to explain just trust me." Ajax grabbed Woody and yelled, "HEY TIGER, YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A BIG PUSSY CAT, AND YOUR STRIPES MAKE YOU LOOK FAT."
Tiger looked very angrily at Ajax and Woody, "Now you have gone and crossed the line boy. Let's see how you like the digestive juices of my belly." Tiger than ran over to them, open his mouth and ate them both. Riku saw this and ran over in order to let them out, but Tiger was ready and landed his paw on top of him so he couldn't fight back. Sam and Opus were about to charge but Tiger just shook his head called on more lightning as a warning of not to try anything, Sam and Opus lowered their weapons as Tiger just grinned.
Then they heard a noise similar to chainsaw, then Tiger's head started to shake violently and he yelled in pain as one of his teeth started to shake and then fell out. Looking inside the hole the tooth used to be was Ajax using Woody like a jackhammer to peck out the tiger's teeth, "Peck man, peck. Peck for your life." One by one, Ajax and Woody pecked out the huge tiger's teeth as Tiger was grasping is mouth in pain as he lost each tooth by a woodpecker.
Soon enough Ajax and Woody dislodged the dark crystal tooth from Tiger's mouth, Ajax then yelled to Riku, "Shoot the tooth!" Riku saw what Ajax was talking about and fired a blast of ultima at the tooth which caused it to be destroyed. Ajax and Woody managed to get on top of Tiger's head away from the mouth were they would be safe.
Tiger tried to summon lightning again but without the tooth giving him power he couldn't. The tiger started to back up slowly as he saw Riku and Heat Miser prepare a big fireball for him, "Now let's be reasonable, I'm sure we can talk this out." Snow Miser noticed Tiger backing up toward them so he froze the ground. Once Tiger placed his back paws on the icy patch he started to slip and slide nearly causing Ajax and Woody to fall off luckily Woody brought out his jetpack and flew the both of them to safety. General Tiger was not so lucky, once he had slipped up enough to lower his defense Riku and Heat Miser threw their fireballs at him causing him to tumble over. Zuko and Azula were still fighting during this and Zuko saw Tiger falling towards them as Tiger was right behind Azula. Zuko leaped out of the way while Azula was oblivious to what was going on as she turn around to see Tiger's falling form before she was crushed by him thus ending the fight. With the fight over Snow Miser and Heat Miser faded away returning to the orb from whence they came.
Iroh and Zik looked up from their game to see that the fight had ended, "It would appear as though we have lost this battle," said Zik.
"That's not all you lost," said Iroh as Zik looked at him, "You also lost the Pai Sho game."
"Well that was certainly a different kind of battle, it was good to have a battle of wits rather than of brute strength," said Zik.
"Yes it was, I look forward to having another like this in the near future," said Iroh.
"It may be a while before that happens."
Ajax and Woody landed on the ground next to Tiger, who appeared to be just knocked out at the moment. Ajax look at Woody before smiling, "I can't believe what we just pulled off. You were amazing Woody, you pecked this guy down like a pro. You deserve some form of an award, because that was just awesome."
"What about you, huh? If you didn't come with that crazy plan of yours we would still be fighting for our lives right now. Using me to peck out that cat's teeth after finding out that he was just wood was brilliant, nice job man, nice job," responded Woody as the others came over to them.
"Ajax, that was the craziest thing you have ever come up with, and it was awesome," said Sam.
"High fives all around guys what do you say?" asked Ajax. The others just shrugged and started high fiving one another, however the failed to see Azula come out from underneath Tiger and make her way towards Ajax.
Opus saw Azula and yelled, "AJAX! CRAZY FIRE LADY AT TWELVE O' CLOCK!"
Ajax turned around just in time to use his staff to try and hit Azula but she caught it in midair and was struggling to rip it out of Ajax's hands. Ajax gripped the staff tightly before he thrust it forward and painfully poked Azula in the face a few times before she let go. Azula then looked at Ajax with rage and hated, and fire started to dance around her hands and she started to speak and with each word Ajax started to step back as Azula approached him, "I don't know you managed to do it, but you somehow lasted longer in this battle than I thought you would. But you have cost my honor and for that I will make you burn slowly as I reduce you to a pile of ash. I will make you wish that you never left whatever little hole you came from as I kill you, I may not have my crown back but I can still make you PAY." She then shot a stream of fire towards Ajax.
However the blast was deflected by another stream of fire. Azula and Ajax looked to see the source of the fire, the saw Zuko there with a smoking fist in front of him, "It's over Azula, you lost. Now STAND DOWN." Azula didn't say anything as she looked all around for a way out of this.
All of a sudden, Zik came running down the courtyard, leapt on to Ajax's back, then his head making Ajax fall over as well as make the scroll fall out of his bag, but no one noticed this quite yet. "Sorry to disappoint you Fire Lord, but we have other places to be, so we will be taking over leave now," Zik then brought over a small device with a button and then pressed the button and the three villains started phasing out like they were being teleported away. Before they left Zik turned to Ajax and said, "I'll be seeing you again soon boy," and the disappeared along with the device the held up the force field. With the force field came the storm and the rain that came with it came crashing down on them.
"I wondered where that went when we were fighting," deadpanned Opus.
Ajax got himself off the ground and closed his pack but not before noticing that the scroll was missing, "Guys, where's the scroll," the gang then started to look around before Ajax saw Sophia with the scroll in her mouth, Ajax then patted Sophia on the head, "Good girl."
Zuko and Riku saw what Ajax was talking about when he said scroll and it was the scroll they were looking for, "Guards, surround them," Zuko ordered. Then a group of soldiers surround Ajax's group as Ajax picked up Sophia and the scroll and held onto them while keeping his staff at a defensive position. "Just hand over the scroll and you and your friends will not be harmed."
It was quite for a moment before Ajax said, "Why does the ground feel like pudding all of a sudden?"
The rest of the group looked down at their feet before Sam said, "Ajax, don't look down." Ajax looked down to see that they were standing on the portal, "Works every time," was all Sam said before they fell down the portal screaming all the way.
"Quick after them," ordered Zuko.
The guards were ready to jump before Iroh shouted, "No Zuko, we are not going to follow them. Out parts have been played now it is time for them to play theirs."
"But Uncle we just can't let them go, they are running around with the scroll that the society is after and we can't let it fall into the wrong hands."
"I agree with you Zuko, but fate has chosen them to protect the scroll and right now we need to make sure that the other villains don't find out they have it and keep them safe," said Iroh.
"Alright Uncle, I understand, I may not fully agree to this course of action, but I trust your judgment," Zuko then turned to Riku, "Send a message to the rest of the Hero Alliance to keep an eye out for them so that they can at least have someone watching over them." Riku nodded at this decision.
"A wise choice Fire Lord, now let's get ourselves out of this storm," began Iroh before a bolt of lightning lit up the sky, "so that Azula plan doesn't happen without her doing it." Zuko and Riku agreed to this and headed inside, but Iroh's mind was worried about the destinies of our band of misfits.
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From the Journal of Ajax Nobody:
Discord: A creature that puts even the best reality bender to shame and delights in all things chaotic. A little while after being defeated by Twilight Sparkle and her friends, he became friends with the ponies but still causes trouble from time to time. (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic 2010)
Princess Azula: The only words that can be used in order to sum up just who she is: IT'S THE CRAZY FIRE BENDING DEMON LADY! RRRRUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN! She is the sister of Fire Lord Zuko and is a fire bending prodigy even being able to bend LIGHTNING. She went nuts soon after being crown Fire Lord during the war and was brought down by Zuko and sent to an asylum. Only advice to give if you see her: run, just run. (Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005)
Zik: The founder of the Deadly Six, Zik is known for holding wisdom is the highest regard over strength. Though retired, Zik still fights alongside the Deadly Six with his student Zavok. (Sonic Lost World 2013)
General Tiger: One of the Moon Bear King's Generals that have been brought back to life thanks to members of the Villain Society, he is as tall as a building and able to shoot lightning, he may act tough but in the presence of a more powerful foe he is a coward. (Puppeteer 2013)
General Iroh: A Fire Nation General who fought in the Hundred Year War. Uncle to Fire Lord Zuko, he is laid back and enjoys tea and Pai Sho. He is a member of the High Hero Council also known as the Badass Circle, a group of the wisest and most powerful individuals the heroes has ever known. Iroh was a blast to hang out with, one of the best guys I have met on this road trip. (Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005)
Fire Lord Zuko: The newly appointed leader of the Fire Nation, Zuko seeks to repair the damage the Hundred Year War that his forefathers have started to the rest of the nations. At one point an enemy to Avatar Aang, he is now one of his best friends and is responsible for teaching him how to fire bend. (Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005)
Riku: A keyblade master from Destiny Islands, he once fell into darkness but later was freed from it thanks to his best friend Sora. After being freed from the darkness he has used his abilities to help his friends. His keyblade is known as the Way to the Dawn. (Kingdom Hearts 2002)
Snow Miser: Heat Miser's half-brother, he has control over all cold weather on his world and is able to freeze objects at will. (The Year Without a Santa Claus 1974)
Heat Miser: Snow Miser's half-brother, he has control over all of the warm weather on his world and is able to melt anything he touches. (The Year Without a Santa Claus 1974)
Dream Guardian King Allen: That was a long chapter but I hope it was good for all of you. Now for the announcements, the finale Pokémon poll has been posted on my profile to fill out and I would like to have at least 10 votes before a decision is make. Second, we are only one episode away from the Pokémon arc so stay tuned for that. Also be excited for any other characters that might show up you just never know who might show up.
Ajax: Yeah, especially since you have so many characters in it already. Just make sure that the next chapter isn't thirty pages long.
Dream Guardian King Allen: Oh would you quit complaining at you got a new chapter in a month instead of…
[Dream Guardian King Allen drops dead]
Ajax: Uh, Dream, you there. Ugh
[Ajax drops dead]
[Spy uncloaks himself holding a knife]
Spy: I dominate you, nerds, ah hahahahahaha.
[Dream Guardian King Allen re spawn]
[Ajax re spawn]
Dream Guardian King Allen: We just got backstabbed by a spy didn't we?
Ajax: Yep.
Dream Guardian King Allen: PYRO! Need to borrow your flamethrower got a spy to roast.
