Chapter 11: The Blue Spirit & The Rogue Ninja
Itachi and Zuko were preparing for war, they were about to head into Fire Nation territory and assassinate the Fire Lord. It shouldn't be too hard though, they were a two man army, Itachi alone could probably do it. Itachi pulled out a scroll and unsealed revealing his old Anbu clothes, the same ones he used to massacre the Uchiha clan. Zuko had an all black jumpsuit with a blue & white mask, the two figured if something went wrong they would at least hide their identities.
"So, what are you going to call yourself?" Itachi asked
"The Blue Spirit" Zuko responded staring at the mask
"Heh, you a vigilante now?" Itachi remarked
"Well what about you?" Zuko asked
Itachi was silent for a moment, "...The Rogue Ninja..." Itachi said staring up into the ceiling. Zuko just put a hand on his shoulder showing his sympathy understanding what he meant by that. Just as the two were getting ready to head out they were greeted by Uncle Iroh.
"You two look like you're going to make a big mistake." Iroh said
"He deserves to die, you know that better than anyone uncle. We're going to put an end to this war, once and for all." Zuko stated
"I just have a bad feeling about this, like something's going to go terribly wrong." Iroh responded showing concern
"We'll be fine uncle, you don't need to keep worrying." Zuko said
"I know...I'm just glad you're not chasing after the Avatar anymore"
"No one to thank but Itachi for that." Zuko said but Itachi seemed troubled
'What if Iroh is right, what if something does go wrong' Itachi thought
"Itachi, you ready?" Zuko said putting on his mask
"Let's go" He responded putting on his mask as well.
'Please be careful you too' Iroh thought
An hour later
"No"
"What the hell do you mean no?!"
"I will not allow you to use my Yuyan Archers for your own personal gain."
Commander Zhao and Colonel Shinu were arguing because Zhao wanted to use them in his hunt to capture the Avatar, but Shinu refused as he saw it as some sort of vanity project of Zhao's. Just then a messenger hawk flew in and landed on Zhao's arm with a scroll.
"Well well, looks like the Fire Lord has promoted me to admiral." Zhao said reading the scroll, "This is no longer a request, I demand you give your archers to me." Zhao commanded
sigh "Yes sir" Shinu said as he bowed but when he did a man in all black clothes with a red and white mask was revealed to be standing behind him. Before Zhao could react he felt a sword pressed against his throat and watched helplessly as the other figure stabbed Shinu through the heart, killing him.
"Remember me Zhao?" said the figure behind him holding the sword to his throat.
"Zuko? You treacherous bastard, you will die for your actions!" Zhao screamed
"You first" Zuko said coldly as he sliced Zhao's throat. Just then a group of fire nation soldiers heard the commotion and ran to see what was going on, they were shocked to see commander Zhao and Colonel Shinu lying dead beneath these two figures.
"Let's work" Zuko, The Blue Spirit, said as he and Itachi made quick work of the soldiers and even the Yuyan Archers who were no match for them. There was only one survivor
"The Blue Spirit and The Rogue Ninja" Was all Zuko said letting go of the man and throwing him overboard. They then burned down the ship and continued on their way to the Fire Nation.
In the ruins of Taku Katara was awaiting Aang's return as he had gone out hunting, she had gotten a little sick so he went to go get the ginger root that was said to help her feel better. When he came back, he failed to find the ginger root but he did find a map to a herbalist institute on a nearby mountain.
"I'll go, you should lay here and rest" Aang said
"Aang I'm-COUGH COUGH COUGH-fine" Katara said sickly
"Yeah, sure..." Aang said
"Alright fine, I'll stay here and get some sleep. Just be careful out there."
"Don't worry about me Katara I'll be fine, Appa will watch over you."
Aang then headed out into the strom deciding not to glide and to move on foot he used his airbending to help him go faster.
Word had reached the Fire Nation of Zhao and Shinu's assassination as well as the downfall of the Yuyan Archers, the last survivor who was thrown off swan for hours and was about to pass out and drown before being picked up from a fellow fire navy ship. He told them everything, and how one of them just said The Blue Spirit & The Rogue Ninja, he guesse that's what the duo were called. The Fire Nation was now on high alert expecting an attack, but what they saw was (I just realized saw backwards is was...) even more terrifyng, a giant red armored skeleton like creature with fucking wings and two swords made of some sort of energy rained down on them. The soldiers all tried but it was all in vain, they could do nothing to the creature and inside the creature they saw two masked figures who resembled the ones who attacked Zhao and Shinu. After a while, the creature disappeared and it was just the two guys, but they were a two man army. Taking out soldiers left and right like it was nothing, there was bloodshed everywhere and there were some civilians so they were left alive but the soldiers were all brutally murdered. What scared them all the most though, these two men were only using firebending, well at least one of them the other guy for some reason did handsigns to use it, but this meant that these two men were once Fire Nation. Oh how they could have missed such an opportunity to use them in this war, now they're against them.
"Men! Retreat! Evacuate immediately!" One general yelled as they all began running for their lives. Soon the two monsters of men stood before him
"Where is my father?" One said with a dead tone
"P-Prince Zuko?" the man asked now terrified
"He asked you a question" Itachi stated grabbing the man by the throat
He then pointed towards a large building which would contain the throne room, where the Fire Lord always was and held his meetings. The general was then impaled through the stomach and they made their way to the building.
"Hey did you hear there's an attack at the Fire Nation?"
"What?! Then what are we standing around for, we have to go now!"
These were two Fire Nation soldiers on lookout in a concealed structure deep in the forest. Just then they saw the Avatar zoom past them.
"It's the Avatar!"
"No time to worry about him, we have to go protect our home!"
"Dude relax, we're two random soldiers what difference could we make? Besides anyone crazy enough to attack the Fire Nation headquarters is dead already."
"You're right, you're right. We should still alert them that we have spotted the Avatar."
Aang made it to the herbalist institute and explained to the elder herbalist woman his situation and that he needs to heal his friend Katara.
"It's all right child, your friend will be just fine." She said calmly
"I know, I'm sorry for rushing it's I'm really worried and I kind of lik-"
"I lived on this mountain for over forty years. I remember the institute used to be a lively place, though now, only me and my cat, Miyuki, were the only ones left. It gets kind of lonely sometimes." She said interrupting Aang
"Yeah..That's great and all but can we focus on-"
"Wounded Earth Kingdom soldiers still frequently visit the institute and it is because of my remedies that they are all able to recover quickly." She said interupting her again
"Are you done yet?" Aang asked impatient. She them smacked him
"Back in my day we didn't disrespect our elders boy!"
"Ow! I-I apologize ma'am" Aang said rubbing his cheek
She then finds the final ingredient for her concoction and drops the plum blossom in the bowl, Aang grabs it expectantly and thanks her for the potion, only to be swatted away from it by the wooden-spoon-wielding herbalist.
"Why would you try to take my soup?!" She asks angrily
"I was gonna bring it to cure my friend." Aang said as she then laughs
"Child, what I made was dinner for Miyuki, not a cure. All your friend needs to do is suck on some frozen wood frogs where you can find in the swamp below, their skin has medicinal properties but only when they are frozen." She calmly explained
"...Lady, are you insane?" Aang asks her
"Insane in the membrane!" She cheerfully confirms
Aang then thanked her anyway and went to retrieve the frozen wood frog and returned to Katara
"Katara I'm back! Here, suck on this."
"Aang that's inappropriate!" She said sickly while blushing a little
"...I meant the frog, the lady said it would cure your sickness..." Aang said handing it to her
"Oh...Right..." Katara said now embarrased.
A while later, she began to feel better and they were beginning to head out again
"So, nothing eventful happened today?" Katara asked
"Actually, no. It's kinda weird." Aang responded
"Yeah, usually something's always happening. Something's going on here..." Katara said
"Yeah well let's not worry about it too much and just be glad we got a break for once. Appa yip yip." Aang said as Appa took off and they made their way to their next destination.
Meanwhile...
The Fire Nation had been decimated, The Blue Spirit and The Rogue Ninja killed every soldier who didn't escape and every civilian was shipped somewhere else. They were now outside two large doors which would lead to the throne room, where the Fire Lord was.
"You know, it's weird. I didn't see my sister Azula or her minions Mai and Ty Lee." Zuko said
"Maybe their on a different island, you did say the Fire Nation has multiple bases." Itachi said
"Yeah but this is the main base, either way let's get this done." Zuko responded
They then blew off the doors and barged into the room to see a shadowy figure
"Welcome Prince Zuko and Itachi Uchiha, it's pretty obvious who you were. Nobody else on this damned world can posses the Susano and Itachi has no reason to attack the Fire Nation unless he was aiding someone." He said
Zuko was confused as he didn't recognize his voice but Itachi's eyes grew wide and he immediately activated his mangekyo sharingan.
"You, you're not my father...Who are you?" Zuko demanded
"That is correct I surely am not the Fire Lord, your father has made base elsewhere with your sister. Me however, some may call me...The Ghost of The Uchiha..." He said as he revealed one red eye that had a similar pattern to Itachi's mangekyo.
Low key I'm about to start speeding things up, I don't think I'm a get through every damn episode of ATLA.