The Invasion Part 2: Azula's Last Face Off

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"Hello Avatar. Glad you could come." she said, smiling sinisterly.

"Shut up Azula, you're going down! Once and For all. There is no more running, no more tricks, no more stalling!" Aang shouted.

They all took their stances, ready to attack. Azula stood up, and jumped off her throne, taking her stance as she landed.

"I'm glad you came Avatar. Your last Invasion attempt failed miserably. This time we were totally caught off guard, I admire that your King wasn't so foolish this time." Azula said, an evil smile on her face.

"Shut up Azula." Zuko shouted.

"Well Zu-Zu, how is Mai doing? Is she still too injured to save you?" she said, pushing Zuko's buttons. Zuko growled, wanting to end her at that exact moment.

"And Uncle, how did you get out of Ba Sing Se? If you can't get in I don't see how you could get out." she said. Iroh remained calm on the outside, but inside he was bursting with rage.

Then Azula looked at Suki, as if she could see what she was thinking, "How's Oyaji?" she asked. Suki's eyes began to water, her sadness of Oyaji's heart attack filled her mind once more.

Then she looked at Sokka, "Maybe she'll leave you again, just as she did last time."

"SHUT UP AZULA, BEFORE WE KILL YOU!" Sokka shouted, trying not to show the sadness and fear in his voice.

Azula looked at Aang, "You still hate yourself for not protecting her don't you? When I shot her with lightning, you were nowhere to be found." she said, referring to Katara. Both Katara and Aang's eyes filled with anger. Azula knew that this was her moment to begin her plan. She cast an evil smile.

"Aang, Kill the Waterbender." she said. Suddenly Aang's eyes widened and his pupils shrunk. He looked to his left to see Katara, and he suddenly flung his staff at her, launching an air blast that knocked her to the ground.

"AANG, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Sokka shouted, grabbing Aang's arm. Aang turned his head and looked at him, he had anger in his eyes, he grabbed Sokka's arm and tightened his grip, moving it off his arm. Sokka was grunting in pain from the airbender's strength, and flipped Sokka over him.

"Aang, what is wrong with you! You just hurt Sokka, YOU JUST HURT KATARA!" Zuko shouted. Aang looked over at him and launched several fire jabs at him, knocking him to the ground. Iroh blocked the young Avatar's fireballs, until Aang bended water from the Air and used it to launch Iroh into the air, then smashing the old man to the ground. Suki ran over to him, trying to use her chi-blocking techniques Ty Lee taught her. Aang caught on to what she was trying to do, he sensed the vibrations in the earth at just the right moment when he launched a boulder at her, throwing her atleast ten feet away from him.

"Stop this Aang! I don't want to hurt you!" Toph told him, listening to the vibrations for a moment to strike. Aang shot an air blast at Toph, who drilled into the ground and came back up, launching a boulder at Aang.

"Then that's your mistake!" Aang jumped in the Air, avoiding the boulder and shot a fire-missile at her, which she couldn't sense. She heard the fire and tried to make a shield in time, but before she was able to do so the fire shot right in front of her. Toph yelled as she fell to the ground. When she hit the ground, it cracked, and she laid unconscious.

Katara was finally getting up, trying to figure out what had happened. She watched as Aang took out Toph, and turned to see the others struggling to get up. Katara gasped and began to think she was dreaming. Please tell me I'm dreaming! Aang would never hurt Toph, or any of his friends. Katara looked to see Azula on her throne, smiling as she watched the others be defeated by their friend.

Katara got up and bended water from the air and began running towards Azula, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" she shouted. She was about the attack Azula when Aang appeared in front of her.

"Aang, come on we have to stop her!" she said. Aang smiled sinisterly, Aang grabbed her collar, and bended air out of his hand, throwing her across the room. She yelled and grunted in pain as she hit the floor. Her eyes filled with tears as she got up. She didn't want to have to fight him, but from what he was doing, she felt she had no choice. She bended more water from the air and began running towards him. She wasn't trying to fight him, just to slow him down. She used a water whip to trip him, then froze his hands and feet to the floor. She walked over to him as he struggled. She thought of a way to make him get out of his trance, like Aang did to Jet. She walked over to him and leaned over him. She lowered her collar to reveal her betrothal necklace. He struggled not to look at her. She cupped her hands on his cheeks.

"Aang, look at this. Do you remember what this is?" she asked him, pointing at her betrothal necklace. He didn't look at her, struggling to break free. She leaned her head and kissed him. He stopped struggling, giving in to the kiss, and closed his eyes. Azula noticed what she was doing and launched a fire ball at her, knocking her off of Aang.

"KILL THE WATERBENDER!" Azula shouted. Aang's eyes widened again and he produced fire daggers in his fists, melting the ice. He jumped into the air and began launching fire jabs at Katara. She gasped and produced an ice wall. The fire burst a large hole in the ice, and Katara couldn't regain her balance as she tried to run away. She tripped and fell, then Aang launched a fire ball at her. Just as the fire was about to hit her, Zuko appeared in front of her and blocked the fire.

"GO NOW! IT'S YOUR ONLY HOPE, YOU CAN'T FIGHT HIM!" Zuko shouted, producing a fire wall to block all of Aang's attacks.

"You can't either. There's no way you can beat him without hurting him!" she stated, shouting.

Zuko looked at her with sadness in his eyes, "Exactly." he told her. Katara's couldn't believe what was happening, and she nodded in agreement.

"Toph, get her out of here, and protect her. You can't fight Aang, he's in the air too much." he stated.

Toph nodded, "Got it. Come on Katara." she said, grabbing Katara's hand and making a large earth dome around them, then covering it with the metal from the floor. "We should be safe in here." the blind girl said.

Katara was crying, "Why is he doing this? I thought we got him out of his trance a few weeks ago."

"Well, I don't know. Maybe when they were wiping his mind they did the same thing they did to Jet." Toph suggested referring to the phrase they used on Jet to make him attack Aang.

Katara began to stop crying, "You think so?"

"Yea, it's the most logical explanation." Toph said.

Sokka and Suki were trying to get close to Aang, while Iroh and Zuko tried to slow him down. Aang was using fierce firebending techniques, ones similar to Azula's.

"Kill them Avatar, and then you will have your prize." Azula said, smiling and watching as if it was one of the best plays she's ever seen.

"Yes, my lord. With pleasure." Aang said with a smile on his face. He then jumped into the air, launching air punches at them. Zuko was unable to dodge the attacks, nor was he able to avoid them.

"How are we supposed to stop this kid? He usually isn't this violent, and we can't hurt him." Zuko said as Uncle helped him up.

"Zuko, sometimes things we don't want to do, must be done. Sometimes there is no other way." Iroh told him. Zuko couldn't believe what he was hearing, he had swore to himself that he would never attack Aang again the same way he did in Ba Sing Se.

"I...I understand Uncle." Zuko said, admitting defeat. He had to use all his energy against Aang, to atleast knock him out. Aang made his way to the large dome, and began launching boulders at it.

"Aang, if you want to get to her, you gotta go through me first!" Zuko said, trying to get the airbender's attention. Aang turned around to look at him , his eyes filled with more anger.

"So be it." he said. Then he covered himself in a rock armor and began charging towards Zuko. Zuko made a flame in his palm and began making it larger as he threw his hand forward, producing flames continuously. Aang used his arms to cover his eyes from the flames. Zuko used all the fire he had produced and turned it into a large fire-missile. One Aang was close enough, he launched the fire towards him. Aang's armor busted open as he fell through the air, smashing into the wall. He grunted and fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Aang!" Zuko shouted as he ran towards him. Once he got to him he knelt down on the ground, "Aang, wake up." he told the boy, and Iroh walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder, "Uncle, I...I didn't mean to hurt him this bad." he said

Iroh nodded, "It's okay Zuko. It had to be done, he's not dead, and he's not in a coma. That's what matters." Iroh told the younger firebender.

Zuko nodded and Aang began to groan in pain. Zuko looked at the boy and then Aang's eyes shot open, "You fool." he said, then twisted around, launching a wave of fire at them. They were thrown to the ground, taking the attack by surprise. Aang got up and began walking away from them, towards the dome

Aang was making his way towards the large dome. He tried using earthbending to break the metal, but had no success. He brought four rocks from the floor, and rapidly shot tiny sharp pebbles at the metal, like he did to Ozai when he was in the Avatar State. When he was distracted, Suki knew this was her chance. She began running towards Aang, when she was behind him she looked for a weak point on him, that would block all his chi-paths. She began rapidly jabbing him in the back. His chest pressed forward as Suki jabbed him in the back. Aang turned around as Suki stopped. He looked her in the eyes before he fell to the ground, struggling to move.

"Good job Suki." Sokka said as he walked to her side.

Aang laid on the floor helpless, "How long until he will be able to move again?" Zuko asked.

Suki shrugged, "I don't know, a few minutes I suspect." she said.

"Toph, Katara, you guys can come out now." Iroh told them. With that, Toph bent the metal away to make an opening for them to crawl out.

Azula became angry, as the blue flames began to rise, "I'm still here Zu-Zu." she said, jumping off her thrown, kicking waves of Fire Towards them.

"Katara, help Aang get out of his trance, we'll cover you." Sokka said, before running towards Azula.

"Katara, get him into the dome." Toph said.

She nodded, and grabbed Aang's arms and began carrying him into the dome.

"Let go of me you killer!" Aang shouted as Katara pulled him. She looked at him in confusion. Killer? Why is he calling me a killer? What did they tell him to make him think I'm a killer?

Once they got him into the dome, Toph earthbended cuffs around his wrists and ankles. Katara took some water from the air and covered his hands in it. Then she put her hands over his ears, hoping to it would help him out of his trance. He began shaking his head, trying to resist her.

"Aang, why do you think I'm a killer?" she asked him.

He looked into her eyes, "You killed Katara." he said. The words struck her in the heart, as if he saw her as someone else. She began to think that Aang's mind was poisoned by the phrase that Azula would yell into his head

"Aang, who am I?" she asked him.

"You're Azula, princess of the Fire Nation. You killed Katara, and you tried to Kill me." he told her

"Aang, if I'm Azula, then what is this?" she asked, lowering her collar to reveal her betrothal necklace. He moved his head left and right, to avoid looking at it.

"Toph, can you make his head stop moving?" she asked. The blind girl nodded and produced an earth band that wrapped around Aang's forehead, making him unable to move his head. He had no choice but to stare at the necklace. He stared at the necklace for several moments, before he gasped. His eyes widened, and his pupils enlarged back to their normal size. He groaned and closed his eyes.

Katara nodded her head and Toph released the cuffs on his forehead, ankles and wrists. "Aang. Aang, can you hear me? Wake up Aang." Katara said, shaking his head.

He moaned in pain, opening his eyes slightly and producing a small smile on his face, then he closed his eyes and the smile faded away. Katara's eyes filled with tears of joy and sadness as she grasped Aang in her arms. She didn't let go him for several minutes. She let go of him and carefully laid him back on the ground.

"Toph, open the dome. It's time to stop Azula once and For all. Keep an eye on him, let me know if he wakes up."

Toph nodded in agreement before she bended the metal, allowing Katara to exit. Zuko and Iroh were doing their best to stop Azula.

"AZULA!" Katara shouted. Azula turned and her eyes stayed focused on Katara. "One more battle. Just you and me. No help, no interferences." Katara challenged

The Fire Lord nodded, "Alright peasant. Just you and me. A fight to the death."

"You're on Azula." Katara said in a challenging tone.

They made their way to the center of the room. Azula produced blue fire whips out of her hands. Katara bended the water from the air to make water whips. They stood a distance away from eachother. Ready for either one to strike.

"Katara, are you sure about this?" Sokka asked.

"Yes, I'm sure. I have to stop her, it's my destiny to do so. I've known it all along, I just didn't realize it, I thought it was my destiny intertwining with Aang's, but really this was my destiny all along. And I'm ready to fulfill it." She told her older brother. Sokka nodded in agreement and walked away towards Suki

"What about Aang?" Zuko asked.

"I'm doing this for everyone," she said, then looked at him, "even you Zuko." she said.

Outside, the Full Moon was shining brightly in the sky. Azula was ready, Katara was ready, for the last Face Off Between these two Women. One did it for Love, the other did it for Power.

Azula flung her whips towards Katara. Katara immediately used her water whips to block the fire, and produced a wave of water and launched it towards Azula. Azula produces a ball of fire around her, turning the water into steam. Then she used all the fire and turned it into a ball, then launched it at the waterbender. Katara produced a wall of ice in front of her, blocking the fire.

Aang was still lying on the floor inside the dome, with Toph next to him. "Come on Twinkletoes, wake up. You're okay, Katara needs your help." Toph whispered to the unconscious boy. Aang still didn't move, nor did he speak. The inside of him struggled to wake up, but another part of him told him not to. Inside he knew he shouldn't get up. Something inside him told him that something important was going on, and that he shouldn't get involved in it.

"She can do it." Aang whispered under his breath. Toph heard him, and tried to see if he was conscious, but he still was not.

Katara began using her water whips to prevent Azula from launching fire out of her fingertips. Katara used her whips to grab the Fire Lord's arms, then lifted her in the air. Azula grunted and threw her left leg up, throwing a streak of fire towards Katara. Katara let go of her grip on the woman to avoid the fire. Azula ran over to her throne and bended the blue fire and shot it towards the waterbender. Katara quickly bended the leftover water on the floor and made a small ice wall. The ice busted, and Katara quickly moved far to the left to avoid the fire. Katara began surfing around Azula, launching ice daggers as she shifted around the Fire Lord. Azula tried to stop her, but she was moving too fast for her. Azula turned and threw a streak of fire a few feet away from Katara. Katara was still surfing the ice and the fire struck her right as she turned.

Katara tripped off the ice and it turned back into water. She fell and slid across the floor.

"Now you peasant. It's time for you to die." Azula said. Azula threw her fists in the air. Fire formed around her fists as she threw her fists down. Katara reacted on instincts and quickly bended the water behind her and flung it towards Azula, knocking the firebender across the room. Katara quickly got up and turned the remaining water on the floor into ice, then turned them into shards and launched them above Azula's head. The shards trapped Azula so she couldn't move.

Katara walked over to Azula, who was struggling to break free of the ice.

"Azula, you're rein of terror is finally over. You will never be able to hurt or threaten anyone ever again." she told her.

"And how are you going to be able to stop me from doing so, peasant?"

Katara made the ice shards lower into the ground, making Azula kneel down on the ground. Then Azula put her hands on Azula's head and chest. Then looked up into the air. Katara's body became covered in a purple light, which shined into the sky. Azula's eyes widened and her pupils shrunk. Azula's body became covered in bloody red color, which also shined into the sky.

Aang eyes suddenly opened, and he sat up.

"Twinkletoes you're awake!" Toph exclaimed.

"Yes, Toph open the dome please." he said. Toph nodded and bended the metal away.

Aang watched as Katara energy bended Azula. He smiled. She can do it. I know she can.

Katara's energy began covering Azula's. Azula's energy struggled to resist, causing their energies to press against eachother. Katara brought her head down to look at Azula, then Katara's energy covered Azula's body. A bright purple light shined in the sky, and a purple beam shot into the sky. Then the colors disappeared and Katara turned the ice back into water.

Azula attempted to shoot fire out of her fingertips, but failed pathetically. "Wha-What did you do to me?" she asked.

"I did the same thing Aang did to your father. I took away your firebending.

"Katara!" a voice shouted. Katara spun around to see Aang. She smiled and ran towards him. He pulled her into a hug and kissed her passionately. Sokka and Suki hugged also and then kissed passionately as well. Zuko and Iroh hugged, relieved that Azula was finally defeated.

Aang broke away, "Katara, I knew you could do it. And you did it by yourself."

"Not all by myself, I had help along the way. You did more than come into my life, you showed me my true destiny."

They hugged again. Their worst enemy was now defeated, and the World would no longer have to worry about Fire Nation attacks, and peace would take over.

Azula was defeated, And Katara fulfilled

her destiny. Now Aang wasn't the only

only Protector of the world, and he

Never would be, thanks to her.

"Azula can never harm again."


I hope you all liked this chapter. Please review and send me your comments. There are more stories to come in the Avatar Saga, so if anyone has any requests for what they want to happen in the third story, please let me know.