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Authors note: Well here's chapter ten. I hope you enjoy and review :( I haven't gotten any reviews since like chapter seven which makes me very sad…. Anywho I will try to make this chapter long, and I hope you enjoy it.
MHZutaraFanGirl: 1st review I see: Lol thanks about me keeping them in character, Its Extremely hard for me to do that since I Absolutely HATE writing season 1 it's really hard for me, I'm more of a season 2 or season 3 Kinda gal for that kind of writing Lol.
2nd review I see: The fight between Pakku and Katara, difficult to write somewhat. Not the best at writing fighting scenes, but I attempt to. Did you like how I made Arnook Ursa's Uncle? :D
3rd review I see and 1st one: Yes they made it to the North Pole. Did you like the fight between Zuko and Zhao? And yes I was planning on adding Ursa to the story, and I'm thinking of adding/ giving back to life characters that are dead/missing in the story, aka maybe another, or two character will be in the story *hint *hint. :D And I LOVE giving reunions. And I know, I love how I made Katara a double bender, I have like the ENTIRE story planned in my head, and Azula is going to be….. (hahaha u cant find out until later!) Another hand: OMG someone reviewed -hugs tightly- Omg I finally had someone review…. I've been so sad because only one other person reviewed and the one before that was for Ch 7 and I've been a sad birdie :(….. Also, IF I do bring a character or two back, who do you think it is?
Cassie: its ok… Thanks for the review :)
Anon: no need to dis my story. If you didn't like it why read the next chapter and review?
The next morning, the Gaang returned to the palace and were greeted with an angry group of warriors.
"You betrayed us!" A warrior spat.
"Insufferable fire nation firebenders trying to destroy the Northern Water Tribe!" Most of the warriors nodded their head in agreement.
"Take them to Chief Arnook. He wanted to speak with as soon as we found them." A warrior nodded his head in agreement and asked them to follow him to the throne room. He walked in to let Arnook know of their presence and walked out a few moments later. The two guards that were standing opened the doors and allowed the group to go in. They closed the doors silently as they walked into the room. They all found Chief Arnook scowling.
"Why did betray my trust Princess?" Arnook questioned as he got up from his seat and walked up to Katara.
"What do you mean Chief?" Katara question, truly confused at what he was asking.
"There is a fleet of Fire Nation ships heading towards the Northern Water Tribe." Everybody's eyes in the room widened in surprise.
"The—y what?" Katara managed to utter out.
"There is a fleet of Fire Nation Ships heading towards the Tribe!" Chief Arnook yelled in frustration.
"The best time to attack is at night. We can create small rafts and to allow the water benders to attack. They won't expect Fire Benders attacking them either. We have an advantage." Ursa spoke quietly. Everyone looked at her shocked, mostly being Katara and Zuko since they knew her since they were children, and she was their mother, well Katara's other mom. Arnook looked at her and gave her a thoughtful expression.
"Are you sure we would have an advantage?" Arnook finally stated. Ursa nodded her head silently.
"Then it's set. We are to attack at night. We will have an advantage with it being the full moon and they won't hopefully expect it."
"Get on the rafts! Yes you, njo over there. Now is everyone that's a water bender on a raft." Everyone nodded their heads. Katara and Ursa had full control of the operation, and gave out orders.
"Zuko and I, we will ride ahead on a raft, and create a shield of steam; when you see it, that's your signal to start attacking. Zuko and I, we will help create a diversion. Head out!" Katara exclaimed, raising her fist high in the air. She heard a roar from the crowd and saw a fleu of hands rise up along with hers. Zuko and Katara rode ahead of them on a small raft, and soon saw the first ship come into view.
"Now Zuko!" Katara exclaimed as she met his inferno with a large pillar of water, a large cloud of steam as the result. A loud horn was ringed, and Katara and Zuko created another, larger steam cloud. The water benders saw the signal and boarded the rafts for that attack.
"ATTACK!" Katara and Zuko yelled in unison. The water benders attacked ship after ship, but did not see a small boat sneak in. They have defeated a small portion of the fleet, but not enough. The bright blue sky, turned a bright red making every water bender kneel over in pain.
"The moon spirit," Katara weezed. Zuko looked at her with wide eyes as she doubled over in pain.
"Take me to the Oasis. Ursa said that's where the moon and ocean spirit are kept." Katara said quietly as Zuko rowed them back to shore.
"Don't do this Zhao. This will affect us fire benders too. If you do this, the four nations will not be at peace." Iroh threatened as he stood in a defensive stance. Zhao grinned at him mercilessly as he held the moon spirit in his hands. Zhao let go of the fish and flung it into the Oasis and Iroh let his guard down slightly. With that Zhao attacked the fish, burning it. The beautiful blue sky, now a blood red; screams being heard from outside. Iroh saw Yue behind him, holding her hand to her head, with Sokka following her.
"The moon spirit," Yue wheezed sadly, holding her head. "I must help. They gave me life as a child, now I must return it. It is my duty to save my tribe."
"Sokka I must. It's my duty. They gave me life, now I must return it. If I don't, then there won't be a water tribe any more. I'm sorry Sokka." Yue said as she turned towards the water oasis. She knelt down quietly, and pressed her hand against the dead koi fish. A bright light emerged, and Yue's body soon faded away, leaving a grieving Sokka to look at her, once been body. Iroh shook his head sadly, grieving for the Princess as well.
"She's a brave women for doing that," Was all Iroh said as he walked away from Sokka.
"Sokka, what happened?" Katara said as she ran towards her brother. She looked at him sadly, seeing tears falling from his eyes.
"She sacrificed herself," Sokka said sobbing silently. Katara looked around wondering who he was talking about.
"Who?" Katara asked confused.
"Princess Yue. The moon gave her life as a baby, she had to return it. Zhao shot the fish and it killed it, but Yue had a part of the moon in her so she gave up her life so the moon spirit could live. Zhao escaped but the ocean spirit didn't leave him unscathed. The ocean spirit went on a rampage and attacked off all of the Fire Nation ships and found Zhao." Sokka said quietly. Zuko patted his shoulder quietly, knowing the feeling of the loss he felt.
"I did it for my tribe Sokka," a voice whispered quietly, behind him.
"Yue?" Sokka asked breathlessly, eyes widening in shock. Yue nodded her head silently.
"As I child, I was born extremely sick. I wouldn't cry and I was silent. My mother and father came to the Water Oasis and begged the Moon and Ocean spirit to bless me. The spirits blessed me and gave me life. My brown hair turned white, and I soon began crying. The moon spirit gave me life as a baby, so I had to return it. If I didn't the Water Tribes would have been slaughtered." Sokka walked up to her and whispered in her ear. She mumbled in his ear that she would always too and the kissed silently, pleasuring the only kiss they ever shared. Katara and Zuko looked at the two sadly, casting the eyes aside when the kissed.
"Sokka, I know you did your best and you protected her. Don't blame her death on yourself. She knew if something of that nature occurred that she would have to sacrifice herself. Do not blame her death on yourself." Arnook stated as he stood next to Sokka.
"Chief Arnook, I know we've only been here a few weeks, but we must travel to the Earth Kingdom. Aang needs to find an earth bending master." Katara interrupted. Arnook nodded his head silently.
"Who would be his water bending master?" Pakku interrupted, look at Katara.
"I was thinking Ursa could finish training us. She has been a master for a very long time, as you have as well." Katara explained. Pakku shook his head no.
"I was thinking more of the lines of you doing it," Pakkua said smiling slightly. Katara's eyes lit up instantly, and started to deny the thought of that.
"The way I've heard you progressing in fire bending, incorporate your fire bending into your water bending. The moves are very similar." Pakku explained as she nodded her head. Pakku walked over to Zuko, who was standing next to her.
"Take care of her."
Pakku then walked over to Iroh and bowed. "We meet again Grand Master. Let it be peaceful and have a safe trip." Pakku stopped at Ursa and bowed, head nearly touching the ground.
"Princess Ursa. It is such a wonder to be in your presence. I hope we meet again, just not in these circumstances."
"No need to bow to me Master Pakku. It is an honor to finally meet you, hearing all about you is music to my ears."
"Aang what do you mean Bumi said that you had to find a girl who listens to the earth, whatever that is supposed to mean?" Sokka whined. Katara and Zuko just rolled their eyes and kept their eyes focused on everything except those two. Iroh and Ursa laughed at their antics and kept chatting amongst themselves.
"We need to land and set up camp. Appa's been flying way too long without any rest." Katara said to Aang as they were flying. They group slowly started to descend, and they came near an open field.
"This seems like a good place." Everyone murmured in agreement and grabbed their belongings from the saddle and took them down to the campsite.
"Sokka, Aang go collect some fire wood, Zuko set the tents up for me please, Uh Iroh Ursa, I don't know what you should do so I guess stay put. I'll go catch some fish for dinner." Katara directed as everyone went in different directions. She walked in the opposite direction, seeing a waterfall as they flew past. As she soon neared the waterfall, she smiled finally happy to be around her element again. She saw plenty of fish in the river and bended them into the shore, and froze them so they couldn't escape. She bent the water into different forms and shapes to see what she could create. After a while, she got bored of creating shapes and walked back to the shore. She bent the water out of her hair and collected the frozen fish and started to head back to the campsite. When Katara reached the campsite, a fire greeted her and Sokka, Zuko, Aang, Iroh, and Ursa sat in a circle around the fire chatting.
"Guys, dinner," Katara said quietly. Ursa looked up at her and looked down at the fish.
"How are we suppose to cook it?" Sokka questioned, staring at the food wearily.
"Put it on a stick, roast it?" Zuko said as if it were obvious. Aang cleared his throat awkwardly.
"What am I suppose to eat?" Katara's eyes widened, as she forgot that Aang was a vegetarian.
"Uh, I'll go get some fruit. Does anyone want to come with to help me look for them?" Ursa stood up and walked towards her. Katara smiled and the two started to walk in the other direction. They walked to the same area that Katara was at a few moments ago, and went to the river bed. They both saw a bush filled with berries and bent down to pick them.
"So, Katara how have you been?" Ursa asked quietly. Katara shrugged, not really answering her question. Ursa sighed and set down the berries beside her and looked towards Katara.
"Katara, you should know better than not to lie. I helped raised you to and I know when something is wrong." Ursa said quietly. Katara just stared at her and sighed.
"I just miss my mother." Katara said quietly, Ursa's eyes shot up instantly, sympathy in them.
"I know, you're like my other mother too, since Dad and I lived in the Fire Nation, but I still miss her. It was Yon Rah who killed her and took her body." Ursa continued to look at her silently. She slow rose from where she was kneeling and walked over to Katara and hugged her. Katara stilled for a moment then wrapped her arms around her, wanting a mother's comfort, only receiving it from her actual mother and Ursa. Ursa silently let go of her, and they both stood up, returning back to the campsite. Katara once again saw the group chatting and cleared her throat again to get their attention. Aang's eyes lit up as he saw the fruit and ran over to Katara, thanking her for the berries. Katara smiled at his eagerness and walked over to Zuko and Sokka, sitting between the two.
Ok, so the beginning was written like a week ago . I had so many tests to study for and I was spasing out majorly. Anywho I just finished this. Happy April Fool's Day my Lovelies. I will try to start on the next chapter tonight, but I have a lot of studying to do, so be aware. Also for updating, I will TRY to update every 2-3 weeks if not sooner, depending on my schedule. I will probably end up writing a bit on Friday since there is no school, so POSSIBLY expect a chapter up by then, I don't know yet.