You know what I hate? When people wanna talk shit about your story and claim you don't know how to write when they haven't even made it past the first chapter and haven't written a story themselves. I mean, I'll take criticism but don't be a bitch about it. At least skim through the chapters to see if the story gets better and also if you wanna talk shit to me, don't do it as a fucking guest...
Chapter 9: New & Improved
"I just don't get it, how did you lose to a 12 year old who's weaker than the 9 tails jinchuuriki and a teenage girl when you're supposed an s-class ninja?" Obito asked
"The girl could manipulate water, I let my guard down and she got the best of me." Kisame replied
"The Avatar is very powerful" the Fire Lord added
"But even so he should be nowhere near Kisame, Zetsu reports that he only knows airbending at the moment." Madara said
"Yeah Kisame didn't go all out, that's the only reason they managed to live." Obito said
"Yes, next time I will not hesitate to immediately kill the girl and then bring down Aang."
"Zetsu, what's their current location?" Madara asked
"It's impossible to tell Lord Madara, the Avatar is almost always in the air and so I can't really trace him. As for the other jinchuuriki though, the only ones I can't track is the nine tails because him and the Sanin Jiraiya are always on the move, the one tails because he's off in the middle of nowhere and I can't find him, and the two & eight tails because it's as if they just vanished." Zetsu said
"Well what about the others?" Obito asked
"The 4 & 5 tails are located in the Earth Kingdom with dome girl and the 3 and 6 tails are located in the Northern Water Tribe and the 7 tails is newly located in Ba Sing Se." Zetsu responded
"Hey what about Itachi?" Kisame asked
"Itachi Uchiha is currently with Prince Zuko."
"Zuko? The boy is a traitor to the Fire Nation, so I guess that makes this Itachi Uchiha a traitor to the Akatsuki as well." the Fire Lord said
"Wait I thought you said he was just banished?" Madara said
"Yes but Commander Zaho said he entered Fire Nation territory while banished so now he is branded as a traitor."
"It doesn't matter, Itachi was never actually working for the Akatsuki anyway." Obito said
"What are you talking about?" Kisame asked
"Itachi was forced to slaughter the Uchiha and flee the village, he was really just a spy in the Akatsuki."
"So how come you never said anything?" Konan now said
"Because I helped him, plus he's come down with a terminal illness so he's goimg to die eventually." Obito replied
"Alright we need to start preparing to find the jinchuuriki and since the Avatar is always in the air, Deidara and Sasori will go after him." Madara said
"Awesome! Now I get to show off my art!" Deidara said with excitement
"Come on, let's hurry up and get going you know I'm very impatient." Sasori said
As Aang & Katara were walking through the woods looking for somewhere to camp, Momo stepped into a hunter's trap and got stuck in a cage. Aang had to use airbending to free him, when he did he noticed a number of animals in the same predicament so he freed them as well.
"Aang these traps, they look like Fire Nation." Katara said
"Alright, to be careful we'll continue on foot since Appa is too big and can easily spotted." Aang replied
Katara agrees and they continue walking, soon they would walk right into a Fire Nation camp.
"Aang run!" Katara shouts as they both try to make their getaway but another soldier cuts them off with firebending.
"Its over, you're coming with us Avatar!" a soldier with an eye patch shouted. But before he could do anything else he was knocked unconscious. Katara then spotted a boy with dual hook swords standing in the tress and then he jumped down with a gang of other people attacking the Fire Nation soldiers and rescuing Aang & Katara.
"Hey, I'm Jet and these are my friends we call ourselves Freedom Fighters. There's Sneers, a sturdy hand-to-hand combatant; Longshot, an archer; Smellerbee, a slim-bodied blade expert; The Duke, a shorter and younger fighter than the others; and, lastly, the tall, log-wielding Pipsqueak."
"Hehe that's a funny name." Aang comments
"You think my name is funny?" Pipsqueak says
"It's hilarious!" Aang replies
Pipsqueak looks for a second and then laughs as he slaps Aang on the back accidentally knocking him over.
After raiding the Fire Nation camp they went into a forest and ziplined into their base, Katara blushed deeply as she and jet were in close contact while going up. Jet explains the Freedom Fighters' mission. He says that several years earlier, the Fire Nation took over a nearby Earth Kingdom village, Gaipan. The Freedom Fighters had since ambushed Fire Nation troops and done everything in their power to cut off the town's supply lines, their ultimate goal being to force the Fire Nation from the town permanently. He then says how none of them have families, like how Longshot's village was burned to the ground, while The Duke was found on his own. Jet says he lost his parents' lives at the hands of the Fire Nation when he was eight years old, was Katara then says how she also lost her mother to the Fire Nation.
"I also want to thank you two as well for aiding us with your bending." Jet says
Katara blushes then says "Well Aang is the Avatar."
"Jeez could we not tell EVERY person in the world that I'm the Avatar? I already have the Fire Nation AND the Akatsuki after me."
"Wait, what are the Akatsuki?" Jet asks
"Oh yeah, Jet listen the Akatsuki are people in black cloaks with red clouds. If you see one, immediately run they are incredibly strong trust me, Aang & I just recently encountered one snd had he not have been a water user like me, I would be dead right now and Aang would've been captured." Katara said
"They're that dangerous huh? I assume they're working with the Fire Nation?"
"Yeah but remember to stay away from them, especially if you're going after the Fire Nation." Aang says
"Well how do you guys suppose we take them on then?" Jet asks
"We have pretty strong friends." Katara said smiling
"I'll take your word for it. Anyways I'm going on an important mission tomorrow so I won't be back for a while." Jet says
"I can come with you." Aang says
"Sorry Aang, but we can't risk you getting caught, you'll just have to stay here."
"Alright fine."
With that they all went to sleep and woke up the next day to find Jet already out for the mission. By the time he came back Aang had been hanging out with The Duke & Katara made him hat. Jet tells Katara & Aang that the Fire Nation are planing to burn down the forest, so he needs the two to use waterbending to fill the nearby reservoir to allow the Freedom Fighters to quench the fires. They agree and prepare to get started. Later the night, Jet and the Freedom Fighters are having a conversation.
"Alright so the plan is to blow up these barrels beneath the dam which will flood the village and wipe out the Fire Nation Soldiers." Jet said
"But what about the innocent Earth Kingdom citizens living there?" The Duke asks
"Those are just sacrifices that we have to make." Jet replies, "So that's the plan, understood?"
They all shook their heads and then headed back to sleep. The next day, Jet leads Aang and Katara a shallow river that leads into the reservoir.
"Alright so what you guys need to do is bend the water that resides beneath the vents. Upon release, the built-up pressure beneath the geysers will keep the flow of water going, thus filling up the river leading into the reservoir." Jet explains
"I'm not sure I can handle this..." Katara says with doubt.
"Don't worry Katara, you've got this." Jet said placing his hands on her shoulders.
Jet's encouragement seemed to work as Aang & Katara soon got to work and successfully release the water from one of the vents.
"Alright I'll leave you two to finish, I'll be at the reservoir and will meet you back at the hideout." Jet says as he leaves the sight. Sometime later Katara and Aang finish sooner than expected...
"Phew! We're finally done." Katara said
"Yeah I thought it was gonna be a little longer though. Since we finished early, let's go meet up with Jet." Aang said
"Right"
So the two come across the edge of a cliff overlooking the dam, where they would see the barrels of blasting jelly already set to blow.
Aang grew wide eyes, "Jet's going to blow up the dam!"
"What?! That's insane Jet would never do something like this!" Katara said still in denial.
"I've got to stop him!" Aang says ignoring Katara and pulling out his new and improved glider.
"Hey how did you glider get fixed and how is it made out of metal now?" Katara asks
"The Duke fixed it for me and reinforced it so it wouldn't break again." Aang responded as he got ready to take off but Jet stopped him by snagging his hook into one of the glider's wings.
"Jet, what's going on here!?" Katara asks with sadness amd anger in her voice.
"Alright I'll confess, my plan is to blow up the dam and flood the village which will wipe out the Fire Nation soldiers stationed there."
"Have you forgotten about the innocent men, women, and children living there!" Katara shouts
"We have to be willing to make these sacrifices Katara. The Fire Nation took our loved ones away from us and so many others! We can't let that happen again, we have to be ruthless!" Jet said
"Jet just because the Fire Nation took from us doesn't mean we have to take from them! Stop this now!" Katara said with fury in her eyes.
"I thought you would understand but, I guess it's hopeless." Jet responds
Just then they heard a whistling and the barrels blew, causing thewater from the dam to head straight towards the village.
"Jet you monster! I'll never forgive you for this!" Katara said with rage. Just as she was about to attack, Aang stopped her.
"Wait Katara, look." Aang said pointing towards the village. Katara looks and see that an earth wall blocked off the water from the village, protecting it.
"What the?! There should be no earthbenders there!" Jet says with anger in his voice.
"There isn't, that was me." said voice from up in the trees. As everyone look towards the voice's direction, Aang & Katara grew wide eyes, "Kakashi!" they both shouted simultaneously.
"Yo Aang, Katara!" shouted another voice from behind them.
"Sokka!" Katara shouted as she turned and ran towards her brother, hugging him tightly.
"You...you tried to murder all those people, your just like him." said a third voice from behind Jet which was none other than Sasuke Uchiha.
"Guys! I need help!" Jet yelled as all the Freedom Fighters came to attack.
"Chidori Stream!" Sasuke shouted as lighting shot from all over him, striking all the Freedom Fighters and rendering them unconscious.
"Woah, that's so awesome!" Aang said admiring Sasuke's new ability.
Sasuke started to engage Jet but Sokka jumped in front of him. "Let me handle this." he said and pulled out a sword A/N: it's the same sword Kakashi had as a kid.
Katara & Aang landed next to Kakashi & Sasuke while Sokka was having a battling Jet.
"So has Sokka gotten much better?" Katara asks
"Oh he's definitely new & improved. He's gotten much better at his hand to hand combat and I gave him the sword I had when I was younger, He even made a shadow clone." Kakashi said
"Wow really!? How many can he make?" Aang asks
"Well the Shadow Clone Jutsu took way too much of his chakra so instead-
Just then Jet had managed to cut Sokka's head clean off with his hook sword but as Aang and Katara stared in shock, Sokka suddenly turned into water.
-he mastered the Water Clone Jutsu." Kakashi finished
"Up here!" shouted a voice from above Jet. Jet looked up to see Sokka making a number of handsigns.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!" Sokka yelled as he thrusts his hands towards Jet and a giant dragon made of water shot at Jet, striking him head on and knocking him down. After that everyone begins to surround Jet and tie him up.
"How did you guys know we were here anyway?" Katara asks
"We didn't, we were looking for a town to get food and water before we went back to training. When we came across this town we stayed there for a few days when suddenly the dam blew and Kakashi-sensei had to use his Mud Wall Jutsu to stop it from striking the village." Sokka said
"You are all traitors! You must be working for the Fire Nation because those guys were controlling the village!" Jet shouted
"The Fire Nation? Oh yeah, when we arrived we saw that the Fire Nation was controlling the village so we quickly diposed of them. The village has been free for about 3 days now." Sasuke said
"What? I-I never knew that." Jet said now sad that he almost destroyed a village full of innocents.
"Yeah but even if there were still Fire Nation soldiers there, the fact is you still would have killed innocents. Goodbye Jet, I hope I never see you again." Katara said as she & the others began to walk away.
"Well we're about to head out, We've got to get to a different location now." Kakashi said
"Wait before you go, Sasuke I need to tell you something." Katara said
"What is it?" he responded
"Me and Aang we...we met your brother." All three of the boys grew wide eyes hearing this.
"W-What?" Sasuke said with shock
"We met Itachi Uchiha and he really needs to talk to you." Aang continued
"What could he possibly-"
"It's about your clan Sasuke, Itachi needs to talk to you about what happened to the Uchiha clan. If you want to find him he is most likely on a Fire Navy ship with Prince Zuko." Katara said as she cut Sasuke off.
"Well...Alright then, I'll try to look for him now but I will still continue my training in case it's a trap. Thanks for telling me this." Sasuke said as he began to walk off.
"Well, you guys take care of yourselfs. See you soon." Kakashi said as he followed Sasuke.
"It was great seeing you guys, and don't worry soon Team Avatar will be reunited. Until then, take care!" Sokka said as he followed the others.
"The same goes to you guys!" Katara shouted
"Alright Katara, Let's leave." Aang said as he used his bison whistle to call Appa and they hoped on and flew off into the sky.
Later that night there could be seen two men with black cloaks with red clouds standing on top of a giant white bird, which was floating over an enormous crater.
"Yes! You see that Sasori!" Art is an explosion!" Deidara said
"Now what if you killed the Avatar? Didn't Zetsu report him to be here?" Sasori said
"To hell with him! The Fire Nation wants him dead anyway and plus our goal is the jinchuuriki."
"So what if a jinchuuriki was there?"
"...Aw crap. Look! There's one survivor let's ask him"
They flew down and hoped off the bird and approached the young man.
"You, you killed my friends! You destroyed my home! I'll kill you!" he said running towards the two with his hook swords but was impaled through the stomach with Sasori's tail.
"Was there a jinchuuriki here?" Sasori asked
"N-No"
"Then where is the Avatar?"
"G-Go t-to h-hell." the boy responded coughing up blood.
"I admire your loyalty to your comrades, tell me your name so I can remember you." Sasori says
"M- My name...is...Jet." Jet says as he finally passes out, dead.
"Jet...I will forever remember you." Sasori said as he let Jet's lifeless body limp to the ground where his home used to be.
"Alright Sasori, let's go this way to look for the Avatar." Deidara says and they both get back on the giant bird, leaving the sight.
Yep...this story just got dark. This was the first death in the story and there will be more but later on in the story. By the way sorry about that little rant in the beginning but it just kinda pissed me off when that guest said I didn't know how to write a story and he was talking about my writing style way back on chapter 1. One the the reviews on chapter 3 said he didn't like how I wrote the story but he wasn't an asshole about it. In fact he was so damn nice about it that's what made me change my writing style from chapter 4 onwards. It pissed me off even more that he was a guest and so I couldn't even respond but that doesn't matter anymore because if he doesn't even wanna read past the first chapter then so be it, he can find another story to read. Anyways see you guys next time!
