Hello Again, I recently managed to find the time to write again and hope to be posting much more soon. I also have a nice surprise waiting for those who continue to read this story. After rereading my reviews I realized that many of you rather enjoyed the fight scenes so I have planned out several chapters for later, Chapters containing nonstop action and drama!
Let the tale Continue
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN Avatar: The Last Airbender
Chapter 12: Two Weeks Later…Give or Take a Few Days
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!??!" Came bursting from both Aang's and Zuko's mouths, the rest of the gang all stared blankly, they had thought him to be in terrible danger, however it was a false expression of Toph's face, as she was just playing for effect having known the whole story the moment she became away and felt the entire tower around her; Aang was quite adept at using earthbending to see, but he was still a long way off from being of Toph's level.
"Well that's a stupid question…Drinking tea of course," spoke Iroh as if they were just sitting around back in Ba Sing Se and not having been held captive in a fortress for the last few hours. 'Come sit, we have so much to discuss…"
Reluctantly, Zuko and Aang both sat down as did the others though they seemed to be a bit less concerned about the situation, Toph was completely relaxed knowing that they entirety of this monks guard lay unconscious outside. They each were handed a cup of tea by either Iroh or the old monk, each of them accepted them and took slurps of the fine brew (Soka had greatly enjoyed it by his gulping it down showed). However, Aang did not take the cup offered by Iroh, he kept his eyes trained on the monk; eye which where ablaze with discontent.
"Now then, children, this is Trio Shu the leader of the Airbenders of this temple…" Iroh said with a sweeping hand of introduction, "He is also a great tea master as well!" This was perhaps why Iroh like the strange monk so much as to not be agitated with his men attacking them earlier. Iroh let out a low chuckle at his wit, or so he thought it was wit (Obviously he and Soka have the same kind of humor…Bad).
"Why are you here?" Aang burst our suddenly, his eyes trained on the one called Trio Shu. He had a fierce look of hatred in his eyes. It was odd, and Katara had seen that look one too many times, every since the first time when Aang had found the body of his mentor and father figure Giatso (don't know how to spell this name honestly) or when he had discovered the Sandbenders had taken Appa. If he hadn't have finally mastered his Avatar State, this room would not still be in such finery.
"Aang… what's wrong? These people are Airbender aren't they? That means you're not alone…" Katara and the others truly didn't understand, only the other monk and Iroh seemed to grasp why Aang was so agitated.
"I understand why… It is because-"Trio Shu began.
"Because, they ARENT Airbenders…. They are assassins, no better than the Fire Nation's army…" Aang burst out standing and breathing heavily as he starred eyes wide at the monk before him. "You and your men… You're nothing but a bunch of renegades who disgrace the name of the Airbenders…" Aang shouted, his voice mixing slightly in tone as the building shook, his eyes began to shine and his tattoos began to become more and more prominent. "You don't deserve to have the gift of the art of men like Giatso…" he boomed, but as he did so a hand jutted from the robes of the old man, a force of air slamming into Aang and knocking him back, before the others had time to respond (and we all know how fast they can be) the monk already had Aang completely immobilized and his tattoos glowed massively at this. Trio Shu took this as no surprise and merely tapped Aang's neck with two fingers, suddenly shutting down his flow of power. This sent him back into his normal self, only slightly more agitated.
"You are correct young Avatar, we are not supposed to be here, we should not have survived the attack on this temple, and however we did. And yet you did not take heed of this places people? Did you not realize the truth?" Trio was speaking in riddles. He glanced about the room, and then looked to Aang. "This temple is the last group of Airbender, and we will not be here for long. Soon that black ship will return and burn us to the ground…" he paused allowing Aang to settle after realizing that struggling against this man was far too difficult. "This temple has survived for years, however our numbers dwindle. And now we have completely our task, saving you was that task. Soon that being will return and wipe us out."
"This is what we were discussing before you came in… the recent events over the past few weeks whilst you all slept and regained your strength." Iroh spoke between sips of tea, the others reacted with odd looks at him.
"Wait… How long have we been out?" Zuko asked with a glance to the others.
"Two weeks, three days…" Trio Shu answered, this stopped Aang form his wiggling as he had started up again a few minutes after Iroh had mentioned how they were out for some time.
"Wait, then, what HAS happened?" Sukki asked Iroh with a pleading glance.
"Ba Sing Se has been attacked… and the Earth King is now a prisoner onboard the airship." Iroh sighed and looked to the young earth nation girl. Her eyes were wider than the others, and that was very wide indeed."That's not the worse part," Iroh continued his face stern, "Long Feng has been crowned the new Earth King…"
Trio Shu let Aang go and stood to the side, looking out the only window in the room. "You must leave, the enemy will arrive soon, but before you go I have instructions for you all. You must head north to the Water Tribe, and you must stop the mad Arbiter before he takes that nation as well." Trio Shu crossed to a chest and opened it, reaching in he began to extract a great number of objects, which he placed one by one before those in the room. "These are items you will all need on your journey. Now then, please. Have a few more rounds of tea, then prepare for the journey, you have 3 days before you must leave here, in those three days I must train you young Avatar in something very important."
"What do you mean?" Aang asked with a scowl.
"I must teach you what you came here for…" he glanced over his shoulder to the avatar. "The secret of the Storm Scroll…"
Knoxium, Command Deck
"Your Grace... you summoned me…" Kei was not looking forward to this; he had been summoned to the command deck by the senior staff on duty there. If memory served, to be blunt, he was about to be killed.
"Yes… I did commander Kei…I have noticed something about you." Spoke the man in the command seat. "I have noticed that you seem to have taken a fancy to my daughter…" sounded the cold voice of Ozai.
"Yes, well… about that sir," Kei coughed and flinched as the chair suddenly turned about.
"Leave us…" Ozai commanded the crew on the deck, they all obeyed and hurriedly left.
"Um… you see my lord, how shall I put this?" Kei spoke in a rush, trying to save himself.
"Oh, there is no need to explain," Ozai had stood and was walking about the deck, then moved behind the boy and turned, grasping his shoulders tightly. "You have only just been seeing her alone and hidden, assuming I would be too foolish to notice your relationship!" He boomed. Kei cringed as he felt the man stand behind him at the ready to hurl a ball of fire at him. "But…"
Ozai moved to stand in front of him. "I have noticed that she truly does find you attractive… and so I have a proposition…" Ozai said as he glared at the man, his eyes softening. (They now where made of stone instead of something as hard as diamond, though a great deal less shiny.)
"What do you mean sir?" Kei asked, mainly just relived he had been sparred a few seconds more to live.
"I will give you my most precious thing in the world… my daughter, her hand in marriage. But first…" Ozai looked into Kei's eyes, noticing the sudden return on the fire of the man to beat his daughter in a sparring match. "You must travel into the desert… and find a hidden Library… there you will find a certain scroll, bring it to me, and you will be able to be with Azula."
"And what is this scroll exactly?" Kei asked, his voice back to the soldiery tone with a hint more devotion in it.
Ozai smiled…
Well, there you have it… another chapter in the Tail of Intrigue that I plan on continuing to write. What could the items the Monk had given the others be? What is the mysterious scroll that is worth Azula's hand in marriage? (Didn't see that coming did you lol) Well, Review and ill write more, plus I am starting a new little Easter egg here…
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Next chapter: 13- What Do We Do Now?
