So I forgot the authors note on the last chapter. Whoops! Anyways, I have been thinking and I've decided to completely change this around. Before I was following boring predictable plotlines that would have ended quiet similar to the normal Avatar series. Now however I'm completely rearranging the entire thing (Besides what's written). And I have one warning. When I first started writing this I had a much tamer mindset with writing. Yes, I loved hurting characters but now I'm starting to go to extremes that I wouldn't have gone before. I will keep it rated T but be warned that this fic will be taking a bit of a darker turn. Okay, a lot of a darker turn. This chapter and the next will be calm fillerish chapters. But after that we will be taking a full 360. And I am planning this to be a lot longer of a fic than the last one, along with a third and final fic yet to come in the series that will take place in both the Avatar world and our world. It is different than I had originally intended but that's fine. Granted the third fic has always been planned but it was originally in just our world.

And finally, I do not own ATLA, Yori, or Kingdom Hearts.

I hope you enjoy this newer version of In My Arms.

The next morning had the group leaving bright and early. Unfortunately Danny had found out about the fair incident by weasling it out of Yori. "I'm sorry! He bribed me with a Kingdom Hearts key chain!" And so they decided to leave early before they were found out.

Luckily it didn't take long to leave. Riley didn't pack much, just a simple back pack while the rest of them just had to switch their stuff over from Appa to the van. After that Yori opened the portal to the avatar world and it was a good thing Danny could drive because she was out cold for a while after that. Unfortunately was the problem after words "So…where are we going to head to next?" Danny asked.

Kira flinched, looking around "I don't know. Does anyone have any idea where the next master would be?" she asked.

This time it was Riley's turn to flinch "We won't have to search across seas will we? I don't know how to speak any foreign languages." He said with a shiver.

Yori grumbled slightly, her eyes peeking opened "They are all in America. I know that much. Other than that, we're at a stand still. I just know we have one in California. I don't know age, gender, nothing. Nor do I know how to figure it out. I just know that they are an airbender. We're in northern Cali so the best I can suggest is that we head down, listening to rumors and basically winging it. Other than that if we fail we can always head back to our home town to regroup. I have several bases with some very high informed contacts. Either way we'll have to go there eventually though because we do have two more and that's even if we can find this one." She mumbled in frustration.

Kira sighed, hitting her head in annoyance"Great. Why can't this be straight foreward like back on the avatar world?" she muttered.

Zuko scoffed "That was straight foreward?" he muttered sarcastically.

Danny smirked at that "A lot more than here. It's called life. The fights did occur similar to what we know right?" he asked.

Kira nodded in confirmation "Slight difference but otherwise the same." She said calmly.

Zuko raised an eyebrow, looking at her carefully "What do you mean?" he asked.

Kira smiled gently "Later." She assured.

She then sighed, leaning her head back tiredly "So we're going to travel through Cali trying to find one person amongst millions. Great." She muttered.

Timidly Riley held up a hand "Well…if it helps I know of a Fire Regime prison in mid Cali. If we keep driving we should reach it by nightfall tomorrow. They keep any benders they find there." He explained.

Kira shot him a small look "What about the stronger benders? Are they in the same place?" she asked.

He shook his head in response "No. There is a second prison. But only two. The other one is kept pretty secret. I overheard some soldiers talking about them both. Where as the one in California is known by most Fire Regime soldiers this other one is so well hidden that only a handful know the name of it. I didn't hear very much, just one thing. It's called Volcano Island. I don't know anything else though. If we end up having to go there, I hope we're all prepared for death." He said solemnly.

Sokka frowned at that, his gaze hardening ever so slightly "But this other prison. What do you know about that one?" he asked.

Riley sighed "All benders in this world are given a classification on a scale of one through ten, and then you have the four masters and the avatar. They are a whole other level from the rest of us. The levels under seven are sent to this more common prison. Safe to say it's fairly large, most of it underground. It's this prison that the esteemed Admiral Sasha is in charge of. Granted that confuses me because she's the strongest I know of yet she is only in charge of the lower group?" he wondered.

Toph frowned, her eyes narrowing dangerously as she faced frontword "That just means that there is another person out there who is stronger. Someone you don't know. And if Sasha's as much of a threat as she seems to be, we won't stand a chance against this other person until we have all the masters." She said gravely.

Aang trembled "Sounds dangerous. It seems like the benders here are a lot stronger than those back home." He said.

This time Yori nodded, sitting up tiredly "Let's just put it this way. I'd rank Azula at six, Ozai at seven. Lower class benders. Even amongst our group, besides the obvious, you guys would probably only reach eight if your lucky. Sasha's a level nine. And as for the guy over Volcano Island? Let's just say I'm almost shocked he's not in charge. Then again, he's not a fire bender." She said.

For a moment silence fell on them all until Danny slammed on the brakes on the luckily empty road "What do you mean not a fire bender!" he asked in surprise and anger.

Yori sighed "My parents were high up, though only class eight so they only had limited information. But being that they were a high money maker they got the useful information. That's how I got good at sneaking. I liked to spy on them. This man…not much is known about him. All I know is that he's known as the Betrayer and he appeared a little less than a year ago. Only a handful know what element he is but even without he's apparently strong enough to defeat them all. His bending class is a level twelve." She whispered solemnly.

Katara's breath drew in sharply "I thought the scale was one to ten?" she asked.

Yori nodded "It is. A part of me has reason to believe that this betrayer…is one of the masters we need." She revealed.

Danny hit the steering wheel in frustration before turning to Aang "Well our worlds screwed can we join yours?" he asked.

Toph scoffed "Not even going to give it a chance?" she taunted.

Immediately he shook his head "Heck no. I still like living thank you very much." He said firmly.

Kira groaned and Zuko touched her hand reassuringly "Well. We'll have to get to that when it comes to it. In the mean time, where's this lower level prison? Something tells me we're going to be performing a jailbreak."

Line break

That night the gang stopped along side the road, laying out blankets and sleeping bags alongside a fire that Zuko and Danny made. Yori had voted they try and make it to a hotel but Danny shot her down, saying something about needing some sleep since nobody else could drive. The only other one with a liscence was Yori and she was having random dizzy spells from her little portal earlier. Safe to say driving wasn't safe. And as such they were under the stars. Luckily it was a nice night. Not to warm and not to cold. And the fire helped nicely. Instantly a good number of the group was asleep leaving Yori and Zuko awake.

They were sitting a little ways away from the group, watching quietly and ready to defend against anyone who might attack them. Both of them were quiet and solemn as they thought about their position. During the trip they had managed to force out of Yori their levels. Toph was a level eight, to her relief. Katara and Zuko were both seven. And Aang, to his dismay was a level nine. Yori explained that despite him being an avatar the two worlds were infinitly different. There had been an increase in power over the years and she theorized that in a few decades then their worlds would become more powerful.

Granted they could increase their power, that was true, but it would take a lot of work. However Zuko had to admit, Danny's expression was very amusing when he discovered he was only a level five. Riley wouldn't say his level, something that they weren't sure to be worried at or not. Either he was really high or ridiculously low. Danny voted lower though the rest figured he would be scary high. Probably nine or ten. Unfortunately he continued to remain silent.

Suddenly Yori blinked, turning to Zuko "Hey, Zuko? What exactly went on in…your world? I mean, how was it for Kira? She wasn't hurt to bad…was she?" she asked in concern.

Zuko sighed, looking down "To be honest it's hard to say. When I first met her she was…interesting. At one point she wouldn't shut up so I tied and gagged her, throwing her on the back of the ostrich horse. She wasn't very happy about that." He said with a chuckle.

Yori laughed "I can see why." She responded in amusement.

But then Zuko sighed, lowering his head "We separated at one point. My uncle got hurt and I pushed her away. Somehow she made her way towards Ba Sing Se and came across Aang and the others and got here with them. She had come looking for me. It was definitely the last thing I expected." He said solemnly.

Yori nodded, looking slightly nervous before she looked up fearfully "I…know about a bit of what happened but not quite. When Azula came to Ba Sing Se did you get captured?" she asked.

Zuko nodded sadly "Yes. Kira as well. She said she…she said she loved me." He whispered.

Yori sighed "So I'm guessing when Azula offered you the choice you didn't take it?" she asked casually.

At that Zuko went still, his breath catching slightly "That…was my biggest mistake." He whispered.

At that it was Yori's turn to tense up, her eyes flashing in rage "Wait what? No, no, no, no, no, no. You…did not betray my best friend. If you did I swear I'll kill you." She said harshly.

Kira groaned, looking up at them sleepily "Come on Ri(ree). He already apologized for it a thousand times over what he needed. Give him a break." She muttered tiredly.

Yori scowled "Hey, no using nicknames!" she said.

Zuko raised an eyebrow in her direction "Ri?" he asked.

Yori blushed "Well…once we used to work together and the rules were very lax. One time it was the two of us and we got a huge sugar rush off of soda. And somehow Kira came up with the nickname…Riri(ree-ree). Though after the rush wore off it changed to Ri. Kira was Kiki. It didn't stick as well." She muttered.

Kira smirked tiredly, rolling onto her stomach so she could face them "I'm still shocked we didn't get into trouble at work. After all, between the playing catch with the unused bread dough,"

"Sword fighting with the burnt bread,"

"Bubble fights in the back,"

"Water fights in the back,"

"And all around fun it's a wonder we kept our jobs!" Kira finished.

Yori smirked "Especially with the strictest boss ever. Then again, that boss you had at your last job was pretty strict." She said with a shiver.

Kira also shivered slightly "Slave driver." She muttered.

Zuko raised an eyebrow "Over exaggerating?" he asked.

Yori shook her head fervently "Not a chance. He really was a slave driver. I heard that not a single person could go without crying at least once while working there. Even if they worked for less than a week." She said fervently.

Kira nodded her head fervently "Yep. I'm actually lucky to say he only got me once. He kept telling me to go clean the dining room when I had already been in there three times to clean it! Turns out he had meant the wall. It had a spot that didn't even come off when I washed it. Stupid jerk." She muttered.

Yori chuckled before looking at her curiously "So what else happened?" she asked.

Kira sighed softly, moving to a kneeling position to get more comfortable "Well, after Zuko betrayed us Iroh and I were sent to prison. Of course Zuko then pulled some strings and made me his personal servent in the palace. And Ozai made it so difficult! I acted broken around Azula, Ozai, and Zuko though Mai and Ty Lee knew. They actually trained me a bit along with some members of the white lotus. But the members of the white lotus only stuck around a few days." She said with a chuckle.

She then sighed "It was almost…normal for a while. Then Ozai had me stand by at a dinner. He…said some stuff about me to Zuko and that's where I got hurt, defending him. After that he asked if I could forgive him. And I did." She said softly.

Yori scoffed "You shouldn't have. You could have at least gotten more than an apology out of him." She said, a smirk creeping up on her face.

Kira blushed bright red "Ri! You know I'm not that kind of girl! And besides, the way he apologized was so sweet. I'll have to give you the whole story sometime when we won't be at risk of waking up the others because I guarantee you'll go all scream mode on me." She said with a grin. Yori grinned while Zuko sat back, confused at what they were talking about.

Zuko then sighed "After that it was soon time for the eclipse and we joined the gang." He said.

Kira nodded "It was basically the same as how we knew it would be. Though I did join them when Zuko and Sokka raided the boiling rock. That was an adventure in and of itself. Hopefully this one we're headed to will be as easy." She said.

Yori nodded "So then what? Did you guys actually fight on the day of the comet?" she asked.

Kira flinched, nodding "That is something I'll have to talk to you later about." She muttered.

Yori nodded in understanding at that "And after the war?" she asked.

Kira stuck out her tongue in disgust "Extremely long and boring meetings. Iroh may have been crowned Fire Lord but as the Fire Nation ambassadors we still needed a lot of boringness. We were solving a problem in Omashu when Yue brought us back." She explained.

Yori rolled her eyes "heaven forbid the boring meetings." She muttered.

She then blinked "Wait…Iroh is the Fire Lord!" she shrieked.

Unfortunetly she was not as quite and this definitely woke up most of the group. Kira sighed, slapping her forehead. It was definitely going to be a long night.