Ba Sing Se's Plan
A Two Days Later...
Sokka was guiding Appa towards the outer-wall of Ba Sing Se. They had flown for twelve hours straight, and were nearing Ba Sing Se.
"Alright you two, time to whiff up that cloud cover." Sokka said, referring to Aang and Katara. They began bending parts of the clouds and covering Appa, making him look like a normal cloud. They passed by the outer-wall a few minutes later. It only took a few minutes to pass the inner-wall and lower ring. Aang and Katara were nearing exhaustion as they began flying over middle ring.
"Sokka, can we stop now? If I have to keep doing this for two more minutes I'm gonna pass out." Aang said, exhausted, trying to catch his breath as he continued bending the clouds.
"No, we have to get to the Upper Ring first. Just try your best Team Avatar." Sokka said, sounding joyful.
Zuko looked over to Sokka surprised, "Since when are you this happy?"
"What? No reason, it's just that we are usually attacked by now or something."
"Or do you think that Suki is waiting for you?" Toph teased.
Sokka blushed before he turned back around, "Well, she did say she would go back to Ba Sing Se when she was ready, and it's been four years." he explained.
"Sure Snoozles." the earthbender replied.
"Would you guys be quiet? We are trying to concentrate before we pass out!" Katara shouted, her bending slowing down.
They entered the Middle Ring, "Alright, you guys can rest now." Sokka said, guiding the bison towards Iroh's Tea Shop.
Aang stopped bending the clouds and shot an air blast around the bison, making the clouds disappear. Aang and Katara fell to the ground, sweating from exhaustion, trying to catch their breath.
"Good work guys." Sokka said.
"Shut up, Sokka." Aang said, finally catching his breath thanks to his airbending.
"Kudos." Katara said, waterbending the sweat off of her. Sokka payed no attention, knowing they were just tired and exhausted. They made it to The Jasmine Dragon a few minutes later.
They landed Appa on the Balcony of the tea shop. Zuko began to grab his belongings when Aang grabbed his hand and shook his head.
"I am not going up and down to unload this stuff, lets just make this quick." Aang said. Then he used his airbending to unload the stuff off of Appa's saddle.
"Welcome!" Iroh said, walking towards the Balcony to greet his friends. Mai walked beside him, and Zuko walked over to her and pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly.
"I missed you, so much." She said, smiling from the feeling of his arms again, after four years.
"I missed you too." he said, bringing her head up to kiss her passionately.
Aang walked over to Iroh, shaking his hand. "How you been Iroh?" he asked.
"Good, how about you? I mean, other than being captured and missing four years." the old man asked, chuckling.
"Eh, I've been better." he said, looking over to Katara, who was walking towards him.
"So Iroh, you told us that The Earth King has a plan, do you know what it is?" Katara asked, putting her arm behind Aang's back, holding him closer to her.
He shook his head, "No, but he did tell me that once you guys arrived, to meet him at the Royal Palace." he said, giving them all cups of Jasmine tea.
"Alright, it's not too far from here, I guess me and Katara will walk there." Aang said, sipping his tea.
"Oh Aang, I forgot to give you something." Katara said, running over towards Appa. She climbed into Appa's saddle and looked in her bag. She pulled out an orange and blue staff, and climbed down and walked towards Aang.
"Here, the mechanist made this as a birthday present for you, three years ago. For your 17th birthday." she said, handing him the new staff. He opened the staff, its forward wings were orange, and the lower wings were blue. The left wing had a White Air Nomad Signal on it, and the right wing had a Blue Water Tribe symbol. Aang's eyes widened in amazement, as he looked at Katara.
"This new glider, it's...it's like a mix between the Air Nomads and Water Tribe! Just like you and me." he said, pulling her into a hug, and kissed her passionately.
They broke away after a few seconds, "I hope you like it, I sent the idea to the mechanist." Katara said, smiling from his excitement.
"Like it? I love it, it's one of the best presents ever." he said, pulling her into another hug.
"Wanna go for a little ride?" Aang asked, holding the glider over his head.
Katara blushed, "I would love to." She put her arms around his chest and held on tight.
"We'll meet you at the Palace okay, Sokka." Aang said. Sokka nodded and waved goodbye.
"Ready?" Katara nodded and Aang launched into the sky. Katara held on tighter, as she normally did. Her grip loosened as they began flying in the Air. Her hair blew in the wind, making her look like an angel to Aang. He looked at her and smiled, they blew around the Upper Ring for a few minutes, before heading towards the Royal Palace. Katara pulled herself closer to Aang, who leaned his head back to kiss her. After a few seconds they broke away, to see Appa landing at the entrance of the Palace.
Aang sighed dramatically, "I guess we're here." he said, disappointed he couldn't spend more time with her. They landed shortly, and walked into the Royal Palace, as all the guards bowed as they entered the Palace. They made it to the Earth King's chamber a few moments later. The guards bowed before using earthbending to open the doors. They walked in to see the Earth King sipping some tea.
"Welcome Avatar. I am so glad you are finally Here." said Earth King Kuei.
Aang and the others bowed, "Your Highness, General Iroh told me you had a plan to defeat the Fire Nation." Aang said, walking towards to Earth King.
"Yes, well I didn't make the plan. The Council of Five organized the Plan, but we had to wait for you to help." the King explained. General How walked up to Aang, and asked him to follow.
Aang and Katara followed him to the War Room, where the Council of Five plan all their actions.
"We have been planning this attack for over six months." the general said, sitting on the Other Side of the Map of The World. "In exactly two weeks, we will invade the Fire Nation, using all our armies and Navy teams to infiltrate the Fire Nation, using Tanks, and submarines. First, our ships will take us to the Great Gates of Azulon. That is where we will evacuate to the Submarines to prevent the Fire Nation from knowing we are there. Then, we will resurface until we get towards the Royal Palace. Once we get near the Palace, we will submerge until we land at the beaches. We will fight our way towards the Royal Palace, and that is where your Team will infiltrate the Palace, and defeat Fire Lord Azula." the general explained.
Aang looked as if this was just a rerun of their first Invasion, "What about an Eclipse? You are going to attack during an Eclipse Correct?" Aang asked.
The general shook his head, "No, we will be using all our armies to invade, so the Eclipse won't be needed."
Aang nodded, and looked at Katara, "You think this will work?" Aang asked
Katara shrugged, "It's our last chance Aang, and this time we won't have to worry about Azula knowing about the attack."
"Yes, no one but the Council of Five has been told of the Attack." The Earth King said, feeling stupid about telling Azula of the eclipse when she was dressed as a Kyoshi Warrior.
Aang nodded, "Alright, I say we do it. Our last Face off Against Azula, the Last Time we will have to worry about the Fire Nation." Aang said.
Sokka and the others were in the War Room as well, "Yea, we can do this Team Avatar. It's time to put Azula In her Place, once and for all." Sokka said, throwing his fist into the air.
The Gang Was Now Going To Stop Azula, Once and For all
Azula would be put in her place, But Aang Didn't want
Kill her, So he kept thinking of ways to stop her,
"Energy Bending, it's the Only way!"
Hope you like this chapter, next chapter is going to reveal a new specialty for one of the members of Team Avatar, but I won't tell who, you just have to find out yourself. Please continue reviewing.
