Disclaimer: Don't own Avatar... you get the picture. Infact, why am I even repeating myself!
Anyways, this is the last chapter. Sorry to finish it so soon (unless if you want me to do a sequel).
YoungGrasshopper7: You asked why Sokka's nose was bleeding. Well if you must know, in Japanese culture and in a lot of anime, nosebleeding is sometimes said to be caused by thinking some hentai (perverted) thoughts.I know, its sick, but hey! Its anime... sorta. /
Prince Zuko could hear shrills of the Avatar echoing across the halls. He could hear there was a struggle going on and that there was much destruction as well inside the building. Zuko quickly ran as his heart did.
He couldn't believe his eyes. Rera, the girl he once knew and love, was strangling and trying to bite into the Avatar's neck. She had become much more aggressive and monstrous than the timid and childlike girl he fell in love with. A black aura had surrounded her body and stains of blood turned her white robe red. But the most shocking think that stuck him, was that her eyes had more focus than before and that she turned he head towards him as if she heard him coming.
An evil chuckled escaped her bloody lips and her hand let the unconscious Avatar slip from her and fall onto the ground.
"Prince Zuko, so wonderful for you to come."
Zuko flinched back in fear as she approached. Indeed she both saw and heard him and obviously, this was not Rera, but some evil demon in disguise.
"What's the matter? Afraid to hurt the one you love by killing me? The Avatar is no match for me, so why waist my energy on a pathetic firebender like you? You can't even face your own father without getting half of your face burnt off."
"…Give her back." Zuko growled in a low voice.
The Avijja smirked and with the strong grip of her hand, sent Zuko flying head first towards the wall. Zuko's head spun and he could feel a deep gash bleeding on the back of his head. Once again, the pain of a thousand flames and sludge-like worms had touched his pale skin once more and unable to scream from the pain. His vision blurred and his will to live was weakening as he thought to himself he couldn't defeat this demon even if he tried.
Then all of a sudden, he remembered a familiar voice playing in his head that he heard long ago.
'STHZUAKOO! HIIRP MI!'
He realized then on that he couldn't just give up without a fight. He had to avenge Rera and the Avatar in some way… even if it meant he had to hurt Rera's physical being in the process (and possibly killing her).
Zuko quickly rose to his feet and singed the worms off of with his firebending. Tears of sadness and anger came streaming down his face as he let out flames and scorched the Avijja's left side of her face (the same place that Zuko received his own scar). But all of a sudden, the demon called upon her little sludge worms to restore her face back to what it was.
The Avijja smirked as she watched Zuko's disfigured face go into shock as her beautiful face was finally restored. Then the fighting began. It was as if they were dancing a fierce duet to decide the fate of the world. No matter how much the poor love-stricken prince tried though, he always seemed to have been bested by the demon's powers and it only a few minutes that everything went black.
Rera woke up as she felt a little paper phoenix drop into the palm of her hands. She also could smell blood near this soft body that was next to her. As she reached over to feel what it was, her body trembled and her eyes watered as she felt the familiar face that she felt not long ago no longer had any life to it. She didn't have to guess what happened for this very thing happened to her once before.
As she quietly wept to herself, she could sense the Avijja laughing sadistically at her own grief.
'Don't feel sad. It's only what had to be done. The prophecy must be fulfilled and a weakling like you can't do a thing about it.'
Rera couldn't take any more of it. Though she could not see nor hear the demon that caused her so much grief, she finally rose on her own 2 feet and used her airbending to knock down the Avijja on the floor. The Avijja was surprised that such a mere child was such a powerful bender and a bit scared of her as well.
'I don't need you! The world doesn't need an Avijja! I won't let anyone else get hurt or die because of you! This is for my parents, Zuko, and the world!'
With all of her strength, Rera let out a huge zephyr, blowing away the Avijja and everything else near by.
Outside, the soldier were struck with fear as the temple exploded by a gust of wind from inside. Debris scattered around in one huge circle. Zuko slowly woke up wondering what had happened. Then a small breeze turned his attention to Rera's unconscious body lying not to far where he lay. Zuko struggled to get up and ran over worryingly to Rera's body. Though he knew the Avijja had to be defeated in some way, he never wanted to kill off the blind girl who truly saw for who he was behind his scar and borish temperament.
Turning her over, he could see that her eyes were streaming of tears and that they had lost its demonic focus that the Avijja had inflicted on her. Though she was quite weak, she was back to her old self. Zuko ordered his men not to come any closer as he held her in his arms.
"Weila suree, Tskoo." She said holding him close to her sniffling body. "Nu miin tu bi bed."
"Its not your fault, Rera. I know you wouldn't cause pain on others on purpose."
Rera touched Zuko's scar and the open wound on the back of his head, letting his hair-band fall from his hair. Zuko then took her delicate hand, placed it on his lips, and spoke.
"I love you."
Then after a moment of silence, he softly kissed her on the lips. It was a sweet sensation that Rera never experienced before and she willingly gave in.
Meanwhile, nearly everyone had forgotten about Aang. The little boy rose up all bruised, but undefeated. Seeing Zuko and Rera together both sad and lovingly, he knew that the Avijja was no longer a problem and that he probably shouldn't interfere. So sighing sadly, Aang got out his glider and took off.
It wasn't after Zuko saw the Avatar in the air had he realized that he almost forgot about him, but he decided to let him go. He made a promise to let him go after helping him out and besides, right now, he had something more important to take care of now.
I know, lame chapter and ending. I'm not really good at writing action scenes as you can tell. Anyways, please R&R.
