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Chapter 8: Kiki-ippatsu (In the nick of time)

Kagome was wandering around the oasis, lost in thought. She had nothing else better to do since everyone was asleep. The full moon shined down on her and Kagome smiled. The Moon always comforted her, even as a child. Kagome climbed the branches of the Goshinboku and sighed. It was so peaceful and beautiful in the oasis. Kagome dug into the sleeve of her pink yukata and pulled out her steel flute. She couldn't think of a better time to play. Raising the flute up to her lips she began to play a nameless song off the top of her head. The wind blew the beautiful notes back to the shrine where the other other's where asleep.

In Toph and Katara's room, Toph stopped snoring and turned over on to her side. She could hear fain music in her sleep and it relaxed her. She was dreaming about her parents hating her for leaving and watched as her mother and father worried about her disappearance. But when she heard the music her dream shifted and instead her parents were hugging her and telling her how proud they were of her, and how much they loved her.

Katara was having the same reoccurring dream since she was 5. Her mother was being questioned by a fire nation solider. The fire nation raided her tribe, searching for a water bender. Her mother sent her away and she ran off to get help. When they came back, the only thing that remained of her mother was her chard body and her necklace. Then, she heard a small song playing her dreams altered to the many good time she and mother spent just by sitting by the fire and relaxing.

The music continued to flow through out the oasis and soon entered Jet and Sokka's room. Jet was sleeping, he wasn't dreaming of anything but then in his abyss of nothing, the haunting of camp Laogi. Him attacking Aang, the hurt on Katara's face, and the burning of his home and village with his parents still inside. A soothing, soft melody entered his dreams and they shifted. He now saw himself when he first started the freedom fighters, he saw the joy in teams eyes when he returned and then he saw visions of Kagome, when they first met with her dancing in Seoul, to her saving him twice. Turning over in his sleep he let out a soft sigh as he continued to dream about him and Kagome.

Sokka was dreaming terribly. He saw the loss of Yue, his first, true, girlfriend, his father leaving for the war, losing Suki and the death of his mother, which seemed to affect Katara more than him. Then he heard a song playing and his dreams warped. He dreamed of having all the food he could eat, he dreamed of performing his comedy and gaining fame for it, he dreamed of marrying Suki and finally he dreamed of the Water tribe with him as their new leader.

As the music continued to play and ease people's dreams, even Aang's conflicted one about the War to meeting his new family, there was one person whose dreams went from bad to worse. Thoughts of his mother, father, uncle and sister had Zuko's dreams cause a major turmoil in his sleep. He seen all the damage he caused as a bratty prince, he felt the pain of his father's banishing scar, and he could see his uncle's hurt face and the pain and hurt on Kagome's.

He heard music playing and his dreams shifted. It shifted to the very first time he seen Kagome. She had flown past him, her wings spread in all it's glory, flying into the sunrise. Then he seen the second time, she was getting ready to take a drink of water, then the third time at the festival when she sang so sweetly it made his chest ache , then when he was a tea server under the name of Lee.

Her smiling face soon disappeared, and was replaced with her face filled with pain and agony, and her falling after he burnt her wings, he could only imagine what pain he felt after his betrayal. Then, all went dark and he could here her singing. They were in a field, blossoms and Kagome smiled up at him and beckoned him to join her, but as he moved towards her, she seemed to get further away. Zuko started to run after her but she just seemed like she got further away. Finally, when he was able to reach her, she had tears in her eyes. "Why? Why did you betray me?" and before Zuko could answer her she disappeared in a burst of flames.

"You don't deserve to have love." Zuko turned to see Iroh standing holding Kagome whose wings were burnt and bleeding. "Not after what you've done to her, to me; your days of misery has yet to begin." "Uncle, why are you doing this to me? This doesn't sound like you." "Your right Zuzu," Zuko turned to see Azula and his father standing there. "You're too weak. You don't know how to control your emotions, you can't do anything right and you think you deserve happiness."

They started laughing and Zuko covered his ears to block out the noise, when he felt someone touch his shoulder. He looked up and saw his mother. "Mother." She smiled at him, reassuringly and disappeared. A scene played out for him and he couldn't help but feel amazed. Kagome was sitting out in the tree, the Goshinboku he believed she called it, playing a flute. The blossoms from the trees swirled around her and the field of the oasis. The full moon shinned brightly through the trees laminated her whole being. The pink in her yukata brought out the rich ivory of her skin. Her wings fluttered behind her and he could see the smile on her lips as she blew softly into her flute.

"You do deserve this happiness." Zuko turned to see a woman standing there. She was dressed in a warrior outfit and was holding a spear. "I am Midoriko. Introductions are not needed. I see that she isn't talking to you." He saw her smirk at him and her eyes narrow slightly. "This has caused a major turn in events. Kagome is supposed to merge with Souzen's comet, which will cause the comets power to take affect. From that point the comet must be destroyed and Kagome will return to us." Zuko looked at Midoriko for a minute before it began to sink in.

Destroy the comet?

With Kagome still merged with it?

"That would kill her!" he yelled. "She is an Angel, sent here on an assignment to protect the Avatar, when this is over, she will return to Heaven with the rest of us. Hatoko and I are already setting up her old room." Midoriko looked slightly wistful, ignoring Zuko's perplexed expression. "If she was to fall in love somehow, she would be able to stay here, but since you shattered any hopes of that, congrats by the way, you pretty much have no say in the matter." Another woman appeared. She had long blond hair and fox-like ears. She was taller than Midoriko and stood with a regal air about her. "We were just kidding by the way." Hatoko said. Zuko let out a sigh of relief.

"About the whole getting the room together thing, I mean. She is going to merge with the comet though. Will she survive? That's up to her and you." "Me?" "Yes you! Are you deaf? You pretty much damaged her heart and Jet is trying to woo her and she is slowly falling for his charms. Now, I put 50 ryo on you and I don't like to lose. You better win her heart brat or I will haunt your dreams until you kill yourself." And Hatoko disappeared. "Remember, it's up to you and her."

Zuko sprang up out his bed and gasped for air. Who were those women? Deciding to play the rest of the dream off, he lay back down and tried to back to sleep when he heard someone playing the flute. Jumping out of the bed and rushing outside, he saw the very vision of beauty he dreamt about.

Not that he would ever say that out loud.

Kagome had finished her serenade with her flute and moved on to another instrument: the ocarina.

While in the tree, Kagome thought about her little brother Souta and his passion for the Legend of Zelda. In remembrance of him, Kagome learned how to play all the songs from the game Ocarina of time and would play them when ever she felt lonely. Starting with Saria's song, Kagome began to rock back and forth to the tune. The Goshinboku's branches moved to the music as well. Zuko was impressed. When she stopped playing she decided to play The Bolero of Fire, one of her favorites. When she was finished Kagome started to play Zelda's Lullaby.

She loved this song because it was so relaxing and soothing. Zuko, still confused with his dream, moved closer to where she was located. Halfway through the song Kagome realized that she had an audience and stopped playing immediately. "Please, keep playing." Zuko asked her. Kagome rolled her eyes but continued with the song anyway.

Zuko sat against the tree; he was feeling tired and the music wasn't helping. Kagome finished the song and looked down at the sleeping Zuko and smiled. Climbing down the tree to head back inside Kagome miscalculated her steps and started falling. The space was limited so she couldn't spread her wings. Closing her eyes, bracing for contact, Kagome clenched her fist. When she didn't hit the ground Kagome opened her eyes to see Zuko staring at her with his molten gold eyes. 'What is up with this eye color?' Kagome thought while gazing up at him. "Thanks I guess." Kagome started to move away from him but he held on pretty tight. "I don't want to let you go." "And I care why?" Kagome said rolling her eyes.

"I said I was sorry." Zuko said. "Sorry isn't good enough. Try something else. Let's see how well you can beg." Now Kagome knew she was being a real bitch but he hurt her so bad, should he be forgiven so quickly? Kagome sighed and stopped Zuko from bowing. "I'll forgive you, because that's what my heart tells me to do. DON'T DO IT AGAIN!" Kagome yelled at him. Zuko nodded. Kagome walked over to him and ran her hand over his face. "Let's start over okay?" he nodded and held out his hand. "Hello, my name is Zuko and I am a banished fire nation prince with no sense of humor or manners." Kagome giggles and placed her hand in his. "My name is Kagome and I like banished fire nation prince with no sense of humor or manners."

Zuko smirked and the two of them stood and watched the sunrise together.

HOURS LATER

Kagome was busy making breakfast when the others finally woke up. "Good morning to you all!" Kagome said beaming; the other's just groaned and waved. "Eat up; we have a good long ways to the fire nation before the comet. Let's go all you guys." Leaving the room to bathe Kagome skipped down the hall merrily. "Why is she so perky in the morning?" Sokka asked taking a bit of his food. As soon as he did, he perked up immediately. "This is good!" and started stuffing his face with food. As the other's one by one, started to eat, they woke up as well.

When Kagome came back in a black and silver kimono with a white obi, her hair freshly washed and pulled back into a bun with chopsticks and matching sandals, The other's where just finishing breakfast. "Okay people, let's move out. We can't stay here any longer. Were killing time." The other's nodded in agreement and went to get their belongings. "Kagome, what are we going to do now?" Kagome smiled.

"Well, for starters were going to train. Aang need's it terribly." Kagome said shaking her head. "Why can't we just stay here and train?" Aang asked. "Because the closer we are to or target while we train the faster we can get his all over with." Jet said.

Kagome nodded. "He has a point. No more discussions, let's go." Aang pouted and headed out with them. Kagome realized yet another dilemma. "Okay, where going to have divide and conquer because everybody can't ride on Appa." Smellerbee stepped forward. "The gang and I are going to round up the rest of our troops; under Jet's instructions of course. "Okay! Well, that leaves Teo (the handicapped boy, yeah folks he has a name), Haru, Jet, Zuko, Myself, Aang, Sokka, Suki, Toph and Hakoda."

Kagome said ticking people off with her fingers. "Not quite. Haru and I have decided to head back to Omashu and see if King Bumi is alright. From there we will be catching up with some rouge water tribes men and earth bender's so we can build up are strength. We will be taking Teo with us." Hakoda said.

Kagome sighed and counted again. "Okay fine. Katara, Suki, Sokka, Toph, you ride Appa. Zuko and Jet, you get to ride with me. We will be riding on my feather." Taking a feather from her she flicked it out and it grew out. Hoping on it, Kagome pulled a bewildered Zuko and a confused Jet on and they took off to the skies. "Hang on!"

The ride was an amusing one, if not slightly annoying. Kagome had her eyes closed while steering the feather and Jet and Zuko were holding on the edge of the feather tightly. "Aw, loosen up you punks." Diving down to the next and final resting place until the comet, Kagome jumped of the feather and took a deep breath of air. "Ah! Ember Island; It's so beautiful here." Kagome sighed. "Were not here to relax you know." Sokka said. "I know that. But I am going to anyway." And Kagome walked into one of the huts to change into her bathing suit. Katara, Suki and Toph shrugged. If you can't beat them join them.

Kagome came back out with a frown. "I mean seriously, the comet isn't until the week after next. I mean, we've been training our asses off, and since I'm…tired, I need to relax. Do you see how worked up Aang gets when ever he over thinks. The Avatar needs to be lose and in tune with the elements before he can think about fighting anyone. If his mind and heart are not in tune and in great turmoil then there is no way we will win at all." Silence met her ears until a Aang cried out and flew towards the water on one of his air balls. "That's what I'm talking about!"

For the next few moments the group played around on the beach. Kagome taught Toph how to swim even though she can't see. Zuko and Jet spared and Suki and Katara sun bathed. It wasn't until later that evening did Sokka announced that there was a play going on about them. "Really? We should go!" Suki said.

And so they went.

And they were deeply disgusted.

Except for Toph.

Aang was played by a girl. Katara by a over weight actor that made her seem clingy and…well…a bitch. Jet was portrayed by some twig looking macho man and Zuko by some long haired weirdo. Well, that was funny, but still! Toph was played by a man and Suki was played by a guy.

Although these actors sucked, they did an okay job of portraying Kagome. They all had to admit it. The Actress portraying Kagome was pretty. She had brown eyes (but wore blue contacts…the brown in her eyes were so noticeable) and pure black hair that was slightly dyed to match hers. The scary thing was that the actress portrayed a little too well. Some what. But in the beginning only.

When they first meet her

"Boy am I tried!" Sokka said yawning. "Shut up and stop being so lazy, we have to go see Haru!!" she squealed. Toph cleared her (his) throat and shot a wad of spit tot eh other side of the stage. "I hope we meet some new people!" Aang cried. They walked until the heard a loud slam and smoke blew onto the stage. "What was that?" Aang cried getting on her tippy-toes in fear. "Ow! You didn't' have to hit me so hard Haru!" a voice cried out. From the smoke stepped out a weird version of Haru and the make shift Kagome. "Who are you?! Are you his girlfriend?" Katara cried out. "Um, no; I don't even like him like that." "Don't lie!" Katara fired (threw) some water at her but Kagome just stepped out of the way and Katara was sent flying away by a blast from a hose off stage.

With Zhao

"A celestial! This couldn't bring any better luck for the fire nation!" "Not on your life you pig. I don't like monkey smelling men with bad beards and bad breath." The audience laughed. "Insolence!" Zhao hurled a plastic ball of fire at her and she jumped out of the way and flew out of the dungeon via supporters and stopped in front of Zuko, winked, and flew off the stage. "Whoa, what a babe!" Zuko whispered to himself.

With Jet in Ba Sing Se (the Woods scene then skipping to underground Ba sing se)

"Oh Jet! You're so wild and carefree. What was I thinking actually associating with that Tea boy?" Kagome cried hugging Jet. "Come with me and join the freedom fighters against the battle that is against the fire nation!" Enter Zuko. "Not on your life you tree hugging, vermin infested retch! She's my woman!" Zuko grabbed her and pulled her away from Jet. "No she's mine!" and a small game of tug of war began until Azula and Ang entered the picture.

"Avatar spirit activate!" Azula shot him out of the sky and Kagome attacked her. Zuko turned and burned Kagome on the back and she promptly fainted.

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Kagome sat through the play in silence. Kagome was mad and that was all there was to it. If she wasn't fighting with Katara or something or the other she was always getting hurt.

And that wasn't fair because that was a grim reminder of her past with Inuyasha. She got up and left after a scene of her and Zuko started. She was fighting Azula when Zuko interrupted and fired at her. "Zuko, why are you doing this again?! I trusted you! Again!" Zuko snorted. "It doesn't matter how you felt about me. I have Mai and that's the only girl I need." Kagome faltered. "Mai? Who's Mai?" "My girlfriend; Ah, the kisses we used to share until I left of course. I will be retuning to her shortly but first I have to get rid of you." And he and Azula attacked her.

Zuko followed her. "Who's Mai?" she asked him. "Mai was my girlfriend. I mean, well, we haven't broken up but I left and things got complicated and I wasn't really dating her I just did it since I was in the fire nation." Kagome just nodded. "Are you mad?" he asked her. Kagome turned towards him with a hollow smile on her face. "I am not mad. I just guess that I am not meant to be loved in any world, not by you, no one." Kagome started to walk past him just as the others came out. "I'm going to bed now. Don't bother me." And Kagome left.

Sokka watched as she left and turned back to Zuko. "She found out didn't she?" He nodded and kicked the wall. "We where making progress! She forgave me and now this." Jet walked off to find Kagome sitting on the beach bending the waves making them higher and higher. "That's kind of cool." He said sitting down next to her. "Why are you here. I want to be left alone." "I kind of understand what you're saying, but I decided to come out anyway." Kagome looked at him weirdly before cracking a grin. "Don't make me laugh." But she was gigging anyway.

Jet couldn't help but join in and started to laugh with her. "Okay, okay. So I got you laughing that's good. I don't know what the fire jerk did or said but I just wanted to let you know that…I really like you. And I know you have feeling for that jerk; but all I ask for is a chance." Kagome frowned but smiled a little bit. "Yes, I'll admit I have feelings for Zuko but I do like you too. I mean, I did kiss you twice." She said with a small blush on her face. Jet pulled her closer and the two of them watched the waves together while Zuko, watching from afar, glared at Jet before heading off to bed.

OWARI

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