Disclaimers: I do NOT own ATLA! Mike and Bryan do ^^' This is just fanmade. I do own Urso, Taisha, Kyra and Jaden.
Chapter nine: The fight
Katara:
I watched my only son, walking towards the entrance of the Southern Air Temple. The black haired girl next to me tensed up and her mother was controlling every move he made.
After about two minutes no one but Toph saw where he was going and sometimes she frowned a little which caused everyone to get into their positions but she just raised her hand, telling us everything was still okay.
Ten minutes later she still hadn't spoken and Zuko was getting impatient. He didn't like it that Urso was all alone in that building, neither did I.
"So, what's happening?" he finally asked.
"Nothing," Toph answered. "There's no one in there, no one but him…" She blinked once and her head turned the opposite direction, looking at the sea behind us.
"They're near the water," she said. "Taisha, go and get Urso, now!" she ordered her daughter who jumped over the boulders and ran as fast as she could, screaming my son's name.
"How many of them are there?" Zuko asked.
"About three hundred," Toph murmured.
I looked from left to right and saw the worried expressions of my family. There were only nine of us, Taisha and Urso excluded. This was going to be a rough fight…
Urso:
I had spent almost fifteen minutes, walking through the temple when I suddenly heard Taisha screaming my name. My head turned slightly, scanning my surroundings so I would know which direction she was coming from and she was running through the main hall as fast as she could, breathing loudly.
"They're outside!" she shouted and I quickly took her by the arm, using my airbending to get out of there as quickly as possible.
Zuko:
I could see my mother, protecting my uncle after he got hit by an electric shock. At my right Katara and Kyra were having trouble getting water from the ocean beneath us, we were too far from their element, something that worked in our disadvantage. Taisha and Toph managed to hold their ground using their metalbending and Sokka and Suki were using their fighting techniques together with Jaden. I managed to block a fire attack when suddenly I heard a crazy laughter behind me. Everyone stopped fighting and turned to see my sister, Azula.
"Well well Zuzu," she laughed hysterically, two fireballs in her hands. "It's so nice to meet you again."
"What are you doing here?" Katara shouted and my sister grinned at her evily.
"Water peasant," she bowed slightly before hitting my wife with one of her fireballs which caused all of us to battle again.
I ran and ran, trying to get to her but I had to fight walls of earth and fire, trying to get to her when I heard Azula's hysterical laughter again.
"Let's give her a scar as well," she said while smirking to me and I could see how the fire went over Katara's entire arm, her body trembling when she screamed my name in pain.
Urso:
I could see my father, trying to get to my mother and I was doing the same thing, breaking down the walls of earth and running through the walls of fire using my air bending when suddenly I could hear my mother, screaming my father's name. Another wall of earth crumbled down and I could see my father, sitting at my mother's side which was completely burned.
My aunt was looking down at them, making electricity in her hands and aiming for my father when suddenly something inside of me snapped. I could feel my power grow and when I growled I could hear five other growls.
Everyone turned and looked at me in shock and when I turned from left to right I could see the former Avatars, standing next to me. Aang was standing at my right, looking at Azula as if he was shooting daggers at her. Next to him were avatar Kyoshi and Kuruk. On my left my ancestor, Avatar Roku, and Yangchen were looking at all the other warriors and when someone attacked my grandmother, Roku rushed over to her, using his air bending to keep the fire bender away from her. Soon hell broke loose and Aang was rushing to my father's side, so was I while Kyoshi joined Sokka and Suko. Kuruk ran to Kyra's side and Yangchen followed me and Aang, a worried expression on her face.
"This isn't good," the air bender murmured while she examined my mother's side. "Aang, Urso, go and get Azula. I've learned healing at the Northern Water Tribe, I'll take care of her."
We both nodded and stood up before we launched ourselves at Azula, both angry for hurting the one we loved.
Katara:
I opened my eyes and could see a woman leaning over me, her long hairs behind her ears to get a better look at me. I traveled up her face and gasped, seeing the air bender tattoo.
"You're an air bender?" I managed to say when I felt the pain going away, slowly.
"Originally, yes," she answered, a smile onto her face.
"Is she going to be okay?" Zuko asked, still holding my hand in his.
"She'll be fine, Fire Lord Zuko," she assured him before she stood up again. "I'll go and help Aang and Urso now, your sister is a tough one."
"AANG?" I shouted and when Zuko helped me sit up I could see Avatar Kuruk and Roku fighting the others off. "What happened?" I whispered.
"I'm not really sure… When you got hit, Urso seemed to have lost control and suddenly there were six Avatars instead of one," he answered, getting me back onto my feet.
Urso:
Aang and I were running after Azula, who was now protected by a lot of earth and fire benders. How she got out of prison and no one noticed was the first question that came into my mind but after seeing her, hurting my mother, I couldn't think about things like that anymore, all I felt was hatred. I could hear footsteps getting closer and turned around, prepared to attack when I saw Yangchen, walking towards us.
"She's going to be okay," she assured both me and Aang and we nodded, running after Azula who was now close to getting cornered.
Zuko:
I looked down at my family and friends, some of them hurt during the fight and soon the Avatars started to disappear, one by one. A thud caught my attention and I could see my sister's body lying down in front of me, soaked from top to bottom.
"She jumped off the cliff, trying to escape us," Urso muttered, looking down at the lifeless woman. "I'm sorry dad, I never wanted her to die, I just wanted to capture her so Aang could take her powers from her, you know that right?"
I looked down at my son and laid my hand upon his shoulder, assuring him that I understood.
"Katara, could you heal the others?" Yangchen asked and my wife nodded, the former Avatar disappearing as well.
Everyone was now looking at Aang, some of them tears in their eyes and no one knew what to do before Toph broke the ice.
"Hey there twinkletoes, I thought I would get a hug from you after all these years," she teased him and soon Aang started to laugh, ruffling the earth bender through her hair before giving her a hug.
"You know, not that I mind, but what exactly are you doing here?" Sokka asked, punching him against the shoulder lightly.
"I'm always here, Sokka," Aang answered. "I'm in Urso, I always am, and so are the other Avatars. That's why we were here, when he saw Katara, getting hurt there was something inside of him that broke. He learned the last state of becoming an Avatar, something I never achieved. I don't think anyone ever achieved it except for him."
"What do you mean?" my son asked.
"You've looked into your soul, trying to save your mother and your family. Most Avatars never had a family, except for the last ones of course, like Roku and I had, well, at least for a while I had one," he said. "An Avatar is not only supposed to bring balance in the world, but also in his mind. Whenever you or your friends are in danger, we will be there to help you but you must always remember, that it is your power that fought with all of these men."
"I understand," my son nodded and soon Aang left us too, after giving everyone a hug, for the last time.
Katara:
Another year had passed and I found my husband and son somewhere in the garden, fighting each other as always. Once they saw me they stopped, my husband walking over to me to give me a kiss. I stretched our my arm, taking my son with us and hugged them both in a tight embrace.
"I love the three of you," I whispered. "You, because you've taken care of me and because you love me and I love you, no matter what," I said while caressing Zuko's face. "My son, because you are the most wonderful gift I ever got," I said to Urso, placing a kiss on his forehead. "And you," I whispered, laying my hand upon his heart. "Because you protect us, Aang."