Chapter 12: The Blue Spirit

Hey guys! I am so sorry for such a long delay in the updates! I was in a slight writer's block and I also found some ideas for new fanfictions. A mixture of summer homework, music lessons, writer's block, and reading fanfiction made me plain lazy when it came to writing my own fanfiction… -_- so sorry. Anyways I'll try harder! Here's the 12th chapter of Legend of Kai! I hope you enjoy!

Okay so here's some news! I'm planning a new fanfiction called 'Life with Kai'. It'll basically be one shots featuring Kai in different situations. This is basically my apology to you guys for all the delays that I've had, so I want you guys to give me the prompts! PM me your ideas for different one shots and I'll post it. I might not get to all of them for a while depending on how many I get, but I will eventually write them all. Thanks for your patience with me!

Also I want to thank all my reviewers for their feedback! I'm glad that you all are enjoying the story! For those of you wondering about Avani don't worry. She will make another appearance, but not for a while. And for those that are wondering about Kai's dad, I'm not going to disagree or agree with any guesses so you'll just have to wait for the big reveal!

Disclaimer: I only own Kai


"Here, this should bring your fever down." Katara placed a wet cloth on Sokka's forehead. He was shaking with sweat covering his entire body. He lay in a sleeping bag as I lit a fire nearby for warmth. We were currently staying in some old ruins up in the mountains.

"You know what I love about Appa the most? His sense of humor." Sokka stated drowsily as he looked at the bison that he was lying on. I looked at him weirdly.

"Yeesh…and here I thought he couldn't get any weirder." I mumbled as I looked at my sick brother. Katara just smiled at him.

"That's nice. I'll tell him." She said as Appa groaned. Sokka broke out laughing.

"Ahaha! Classic Appa…" He mumbled. Aang and I walked over to them.

"How's Sokka doing?" Aang asked. Katara shook her head as she looked at our brother in concern.

"Not good, being out in that storm really did a number on him." We looked over at Sokka who was sniffling and looking around crazily as he shivered, sweat dripping off of his face. I took a step back. Ew…

"Uh, I couldn't find any gingerroot for the tea, but I did find a map." Aang stated as he pulled out the piece of parchment from behind his back.

"There's an herbalist's institute over on the top of that mountain. We could probably find a cure for Sokka there." He explained as he pointed at a spot on the map.

"Aang, he's in no condition to travel. Sokka just needs a little bit of rest. I'm sure he'll be better by tomorrow-*Cough*" Katara stopped talking as she began to cough. Aang and I looked up at her with wide eyes.

"Not you too." Aang groaned.

"Having one hallucinating sibling is enough, but two?!" I added as I threw my hands into the air. Katara waved us off.

"Relax, it was just a little cough. I'm fine-*Cough*" She was cut off by another coughing fit making me and Aang flinch back. When she was done she let out a groan as she slouched.

"That's how Sokka started yesterday! Now look at him, he thinks he's an earth bender!" Aang yelled as we all looked over at my brother.

"Take that you rock…" Sokka sat up and punched thin air lazily.

"He wishes he was as cool as us benders." I snorted. Aang ignored me.

"A few more hours and you'll be talking nonsense too. I'm going to find some medicine." He stated as he stood up with his staff. I stood up with him.

"I'm coming too." I stated. He looked over at me and shook his head.

"No, Kai. You should stay here to watch over Sokka and Katara." He said as he walked closer to the balcony. I groaned.

"But that's boring! We wouldn't be gone for long anyways." I insisted. He looked back at my siblings before turning towards me with a raised eyebrow.

"Katara would be too sick to look after them both, would you really trust Sokka to look after himself?" He questioned as he pointed back at my incapacitated brother.

"Momo you have to share! That looks tasty!" Sokka was currently trying to get Momo to share his meal with him. Momo's meal happened to be a very large insect.

"…Good point." I sighed. If I left them here alone I'm pretty sure that Sokka would somehow get poisoned, one way or another.

"Come back soon Aang. You can't leave me here with these sick people for too long." I stated as he smiled at me sympathetically before opening his glider. Suddenly Lightening flashed right in front of us making me flinch. Aang looked at his glider hesitantly before closing it.

"Uh…maybe it'd be safer if I went on foot." He said as he set the staff aside. I nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, no offense but I think you shouldn't go testing your Avatar strength by flying out into a lightning storm." I added as he glanced at my siblings.

"Take care of them." Aang stated as he jumped over the edge of the ruins to the ground below. He took off at top speeds, running like the wind. Turning back to the others I saw that Sokka had indeed gotten the bug from Momo. I sighed as I rubbed my temples.

"I think I'll just let him eat the bug…"


"Kai."

"…"

"Kai?"

"…"

"Kai?!"

"…"

"KAI?!"

"WHAT SOKKA?!"

"Can you tell me a bedtime story?" Sokka asked as he turned towards me in his sleeping bag. My eye twitched as I looked at him.

"There once was a water tribe boy who kept annoying his sister. One day he disappeared, never to be seen again. The end." I stated as I glowered at him. Aang had been gone for only a minute now and Sokka was just getting worse and worse.

"That's sad, tell me a good story!" Sokka whined like the 2 year old that he is. I promptly ignored him as I grabbed a blanket from Appa's saddle and covered Katara as she lay on the bison. She shot me a grateful smile as she pulled the blanket around her snugly.

"Why are you so nice to Katara and not me?" My brother interjected, complaining again.

"Because she's not annoying…most of the time." I muttered the second part under my breath.

"It's not fair! I want to be your favorite sibling!" He whined as tears poured down his face. Note to self: Sokka hallucinates and turns into a whiny kid when he's sick. I looked down at Katara and realized that she was smirking at the whole thing. Katara's very competitive when it comes to my brother, mostly because he's a sexist, pig-headed, annoying…where was I going with this?

"Sorry Sokka, but Kai likes me better." Katara stated smugly as she turned to face him. Huh, looks like Katara gets more smug about stuff when she's sick. I think that they switched personalities…

"I never said that I had a-."

"Not true!" Sokka interrupted me as he looked at Katara with his tearful face. He and Katara began going back and forth about who was my favorite, occasionally interrupting themselves with coughs.

"No, I'm Kai's favorite!"

"Agni?!"

"Agni, it's quite rude just to invade Kai's head like this."

"Vayu?! You hypocritical-!"

"You're just jealous because she likes me more!"

"You are delusional."

"Both of you get out of my head!" I cut off the link between the spirits and I as they continued to banter. Well, more like Agni states something random and Vayu just tries to correct her. I rubbed my temples as I looked back at my siblings who had somehow gotten on the topic of who was Appa's favorite.

"I cleaned his feet!" Sokka yelled, still crying might I add.

"I pet him all the time." Katara countered smugly. I suddenly placed a hand over both their mouths and pushed them away from each other.

"Ladies, ladies you're both beautiful. Can you let it go now?" I asked as I stood up and placed my hands on my hips. Katara's smugness seemed to fade as she coughed some more and lay down on Appa. Sokka snuggled back into his sleeping bag as I sighed in relief. Suddenly Momo flew back into the room carrying…a tiara? He flew over and placed it on Sokka's head.

"…I'm a pretty princess."

"Ugh, kill me now."


"Kai, please. Water." Sokka muttered pathetically with a dry voice. Hearing Katara cough I realized that she needed some too. Normally I would just tell my brother to get it himself, but he and my sister look like they're in pain. Contrary to how I act sometimes (…okay, most times) I do care about my siblings. I'm never telling Sokka that, it'd only inflate his ego.

I walked over to Katara's water skin and pulled the leather strap over my head.

"I'll be back in a little bit. There has to be some sort of river running through the valley." I stated as I also grabbed my sword before walking over to the edge of the balcony.

"Be careful Kai…" Katara murmured as she looked over at me. I smiled at her and gave a thumbs-up before jumping off the edge towards the ground below. I shot fire jets out of my hands as I got closer to the ground, slowing my fall so that I could land softly. Looking out into the distance I found where the valley was between two mountains. I groaned as I saw how far it was.

"I really wish that I could run as fast as Aang…"


"Ugh! Finally!" I shouted out in relief as I found a small swampy area at the bottom of the valley. The sun was beginning to set by the time I arrived. The water probably wasn't clean but I could boil it later. Katara could also bend out all the gunky stuff. Bending down to fill the water skin, a flash of color over on a log caught my eye. Lifting my head in confusion I walked over to it to get a better look. It was an arrow. But, what really caught my eye was what the arrow had pinned to the log. It was a ripped piece of familiar orange cloth.

"Aang…" I took the cloth in my hand. Who else wore this shade of orange? It was an air nation color. Something had happened to Aang, and it had to do with someone shooting arrows at him. I grabbed the arrow and pulled its shaft out of the log to look at it. It had red feathers on it symbolizing the fire nation.

"Great, just what we needed! More people after us and these ones shoot arrows!" I groaned as I dropped the arrow into the water. I began looking around the swamp for any signs of where they went. Arrows littered the fields around me and luckily enough there were fresh footprints in the mud. I quickly ran out of the water and began to follow the tracks.

"Agni, Vayu! Do you guys know where Aang went?!" I opened up our connection.

"Hah! She said my name first! I'm the favorite!"

"I do not believe that now is the time for such childish squabbles Agni. Please, be serious."

"Fiiinnneee…no fun."

"Uh, hello? Any info on Aang?"

"Not really, but Roku was throwing a hissy fit earlier about Aang being imprisoned somewhere…I dunno."

"I believe that he said that Aang was being held inside of a fire nation stronghold to the east nearby. You might be able to sneak in and find him."

"Thanks guys."

"Talk to us soon Kai, and-!" I quickly blocked off the connection before Agni could begin ranting. The footprints that I was following ended at the tree line, but thanks to Vayu I knew that I just had to head east. Using the sun to find the direction, I sped off.

Hold on Aang! I'm coming to save you from a heavily guarded fire nation stronghold all by myself; with absolutely no idea how to get in…it'll be great!


It got dark as the sun fully set in the horizon. The darkness made it harder to see in front of me, but it was also a big help. In the distance I could make out lights. I followed the light and it led me to a huge, walled off stronghold. I gulped audibly as I hid in the bushes and stared at the gates.

"Now how to get in…" I mumbled as I watched the guards at the front. Suddenly I squeaked as I felt the cold metal of swords touching my throat. I felt the body of someone behind me as they held me against them.

"Whoa! Whoa! Not cool man!" I whisper/yelled at the man (At least I think it's a guy) behind me. I felt their body stiffen at the sound of my voice before the swords were pulled away from my neck and a hand grabbed my shoulder, turning me around. I almost squeaked again as I came face to face with a very scary mask. The person was dressed in a completely black outfit with a blue mask. The mask had a gaping mouth with sharp teeth, white horn-like things coming out of the side, and white rings surrounding the holes for the eyes.

The man seemed to analyze me for a moment before he abruptly pointed at the fire nation stronghold. I cocked my head in confusion at the stranger. He huffed in annoyance before pointing more insistently and drawing a question mark in the dirt.

"Uh…you want to know if I'm going in there?" I asked unsurely. He nodded in affirmation.

"Oh, well yeah. I'm guessing you're not one of the bad guys since you haven't turned me in or anything, and you're mask is blue. So, I guess I can tell you what I'm doing. I have to save my friend. He was captured by some archers and I need to go in there to save him." I explained to the stranger. He seemed to stare at me for even longer before he nodded and grabbed my arm. I began to protest as he started to drag me off, but he merely put his finger in front of his mouth to shush me. He led us over to the side of a road that led to the front gates before pointing at an incoming carriage further down the road. I stared at him in surprise.

"You're coming too?" he merely nodded silently in response. I sighed in relief. Oh good, at least one of us knows what we're doing. He tapped me on the shoulder to get my attention. He suddenly pulled out another mask and a black cloak from who knows where. I stared at the objects before looking up at him.

"You just carry around another mask and cloak for no reason?" I questioned as I smirked at the man. Obviously I couldn't see his face, but I imagined that he was scowling. He forcefully shoved the objects into my arms before pointing at my face. I rolled my eyes before nodding. I took my sword off before tying the cloak around my neck and flipping the hood up to cover my head. I strapped on my mask before putting the sword back on. Ugh, how does he breathe in these things?!

I was broken out of my thoughts as the man pulled me down the side of the road until we were behind the carriage. He let go of my arm and pointed at me, then my eyes, and them at himself. I'm guessing that he wants me to watch him and do what he does. He quickly ran up to the carriage before diving under the thing on his knees. I could see him quickly reach his arms out, connecting to either side of the carriage, before lifting both his legs up in a little hop and connecting them too. He was now completely hidden under the carriage. I stared in disbelief. He expects me to do that? And not die by getting run over? Nope, forget that!

Instead of going under the carriage I climbed into the back with all the supplies. Looking for a good place to hide I saw a large box in the back. Opening it up, I saw that it was filled with clothes and armor. I grabbed the objects out of the box before dumping it all out the back. Eh, who needs clothes anyways? I climbed into the box and pulled the cover over my head, thanking my tiny body for once. The carriage traveled for a couple more minutes.

"Halt!" I heard a deep voice yell from outside. Footsteps approached the carriage and I could vaguely see firelight through the cracks of the box. I held my breath as I heard the man shift through some of the contents of the carriage. Please don't see me, please don't see me, please don't see me…The soldier's footprints approached the box. Please spirits; I'll do anything as long as he doesn't look inside this box!

I sighed in relief as I heard the footprints begin to leave. I thought about the promise I had just essentially made to the spirits, which Agni could abuse. You know, when I said I'd do anything I didn't mean anything.

"What's in those boxes?" I heard a voice outside as the soldier returned and began to approach the boxes in the back, one of which I was hiding in. Okay, okay! I'll do anything! I held my breath as he opened up the box right in front of me.

"Just armor and clothes…nothing looks out of order, sir." The man finally left the carriage and I collapsed in relief.

"I'll hold you to your promise Kai!" I could practically hear Agni's maniacal laugh in the background before I shivered and shook my head. Sometimes having a spirit in your head was not very fun. I hoped that my partner in crime hadn't gotten caught. The footsteps outside paused for a moment before continuing on.

"You're all clear!" I head the soldier say before the carriage moved again. Hearing someone in the carriage I quietly lifted the box. I relaxed as I realized that it was just the masked dude. He was facing me and I could practically feel the glare burning into my face.

"What? I'm not sharing my box with you." I narrowed my eyes at him. For some reason I got the feeling that he just rolled his eyes at me.


Once we were let through the gates, me and the masked dude stayed in the carriage until it had stopped near some soldiers. I quickly climbed out of the box and had to bite my tongue to hold back a squeak as the dude grabbed my arm and pulled me out the back. We hid behind boxes full of supplies until sneaking through a door into the walls.

The door led to a bunch of stairs. We quietly followed the stairs upwards until they lead us out onto the top of the wall. Once we got to the top I was able to hear a loud voice as a man gave some sort of speech.

"-today, only one thing has stood in our path to victory, the Avatar! I am here to tell you that he is now my prisoner!" I glared at the man standing on a balcony at the top of the tower as a cheer rang throughout the courtyard. He was holding Aang captive here, but not for long. The masked man and I quietly snuck behind the guards on the wall, staying in the shadows as we neared the main tower where I'm guessing was where Aang was being held. That guy looks like a monkey…I mused as I took another glance at the guy who was making the speech.

"This is the year that Sozin's comet returns to grant us its power! This is the year that we break through the walls of Ba Sing Se and burn the city to the ground!" More cheers rang out as the man continued to talk. My partner threw a line of rope down the wall once we reached the backside of the base. He attached it to a pole before carefully maneuvering his way down. Once he was on the ground, I grabbed a hold of the rope and followed suit.

We quickly ran over and jumped down into some kind of waterway system beneath the base. I kinda thought it was weird that this masked dude knew so much about this place, but I brushed it off. It was useful anyways. We slipped through some metal bars as we continued on underneath the tower. I groaned as we waded through the water. I really hope that this isn't some kind of sewage system…


My partner put his finger up in front of his face to signal for absolute quiet as we walked down the metal hallway. I was thinking about how much the people in the fire nation love the color red as I stared at all the red lights filling the hallways. Did all the different nations just choose colors based on their element and stick with it? What if someone in the fire nation liked the color blue? What then?

I was broken out of my thoughts as a soldier walked around the corner and turned, coming face to face with my masked friend. There was a second of shocked silence before his eyes widened and he opened his mouth to call out. He didn't get the chance to. The masked dude (You know what, I'm gonna call him Blue. I've always liked the color blue) swept his leg out, tripping the soldier and making him fall, before swiftly taking out one of his swords and using the hilt to knock the guy out. I stared at the scene in front of me before quietly clapping.

"Nice!" I whisper/cheered as I smiled behind my mask. Blue ignored me as he went down the hallway and turned down another short hallway to the right. Once we were at the end of the hallway we peeked out and saw four guards to our left guarding a large metal door. I'm guessing that Aang was in there. Blue drew his swords and was about to charge, but stopped as I held up a hand to his chest.

"Wait, I've got an idea." I quickly ran back to where the last soldier was and pulled off his helmet, bringing it back to where I was. I took the helmet in my hand and tossed it out into the hallway, bouncing it off the wall so that it landed in front of the four guards. I smiled as I saw one of the guards begin walking our way to investigate.

We hid at the end of the small hallway and when we heard him turn around the corner we went on the attack. We both charged at him, our weapons drawn. He fired out a burst of flame, but we both ducked under it. Blue swept his legs out from under him while I slammed the handle of my sword into his head, knocking him out. Blue pulled out some wire from his pocket and tied the man up to the ceiling quickly.

After a minute or two we heard a couple more guards coming over. Blue put me on his back before somehow getting up to the ceiling and hiding there as the soldiers entered the hallway. Once they noticed their tied up friend they walked over to him with wide eyes. When they were right below us, Blue immediately tossed me off his back at one of them while he jumped on the other. I squeaked in surprise before angling myself and tackling the guy to the right.

We hit the floor hard and he groaned in pain. I was okay though, cause I had a pillow. Before the man could get up, Blue tied him up just like he did with the other two. We ran charging out of the hallway, my partner throwing a knife in front of us to knock a horn out of the last guard's hands. He glared at us before shooting a wave of fire at us. I ducked down while Blue pulled out a small bucket full of water and tossed the water at the flames. Seriously, does he carry everything? He has the most random stuff in his pockets…

I tackled the soldier while Blue kicked his head. The poor man was down in seconds. Grabbing a key from the guard, we managed to get the metal door open. We walked inside and I smiled behind my mask as I saw Aang. He was shacked to two pillars on either side of him. I was about to go up to him, but Blue held me back. He began swinging his swords around as he approached Aang who began screaming like a little girl. I wasn't worried. I doubted that Blue would've helped me get in just to kill Aang.

Aang closed his eyes as my partner swung his swords a final time. He cautiously opened his eyes again when he saw that he was still unharmed. Looking at his wrists he saw that he had been cut free. After cutting the cuffs off of Aang, Blue walked back towards the door.

"What's going on? Who are you? Are you here to rescue me?" Aang called out as he stood there in surprise. I giggled and lifted my mask up a little bit.

"Yup! Hi Aang!" I waved with a smile. His eyes widened comically as he recognized my face.

"What?! KAI?!" He shouted in surprise. I nodded before walking over and pulling Aang over to the door.

"Yeah, but I'm being all secret like so don't say my name outside of this door." I stated as pulled down my mask again. Aang was still really confused.

"Wait, who's the other guy?" He asked as he pointed at Blue. I shrugged.

"Dunno, but I've been calling him Blue. He helped me get in here." I explained with a smile. Aang stared at me.

"You don't know him, and you went with him, not knowing why he's here?" I nodded in affirmation before pushing him out the door.

"Be grateful, we're saving your sorry butt."


Once we were out of the room we began walking down the hallway quickly. I was behind Aang, and Blue was in the front. I bumped into Aang as he stopped abruptly.

"My frogs, wait! Come back and stop thawing out!" He shouted as he picked up a half frozen frog that was crawling away. I stared at him weirdly. Okayyy…

Blue noticed him pause and quickly walked over to us before grabbing Aang by his shirt and pulling him away.

"Wait! My friends need to suck on those frogs!"

"Aang, are you sick too?"


We snuck back outside of the tower using the underground waterway again. We stayed closed to the walls as soldiers walked over head. Once we got to the end, Blue peeked his head out to check the area before motioning for us to climb out. We all pulled ourselves out of the water and back up onto the ground before running back over to the rope on the wall. Aang began climbing first with Blue and I below him. Suddenly a loud ringing noise filled the air. My eyes widened. I think that's the alarm. Great.

"Up there! On the wall!" A random guy yelled out as he pointed at us. Someone appeared above us and cut the rope, making us fall. Aang quickly formed an air sphere around us, protecting us before we hit the ground. Once we were all down safely, Blue pointed over to the gates in the wall to our right. We immediately ran towards it.

"The Avatar has escaped! Close all the gates immediately!" I heard the monkey guy shout again as soldiers began running around.

"Stay close to me!" Aang yelled out as he ran to the front of the group. A line of soldiers had gathered in front of the closing gates, blocking us off. Aang cleared them with a burst of air before he continued to run towards the gates. We were about to follow, but soldiers surrounded us from all directions quickly. Blue and I were back to back as we drew our swords and began blocking all the blows that came our way.

Suddenly the soldiers were all knocked away from us as Aang ran around with a stick. He ran up to us and then swung his staff upwards, launching us up and onto the wall. Aang jumped up to join us before launching me again, this sending me to the second wall. He could launch me because I was lighter, but not Blue. He held onto Blue with his legs before he began twirling his staff overhead at a fast pace, lifting them off of the ground. They began flying over to join me on the wall, but I could see that Aang was having trouble.

I jumped back as a spear stabbed where I had just been standing. Soldiers surrounded me and I began using me sword to protect myself. I didn't want to reveal myself as a fire bender, but this was getting difficult. Suddenly all the attention was drawn to Aang and Blue as they crash landed right in front of me. Everyone stared at them for a second before the attack continued. Aang air bending everyone off of the left side while Blue and I fought with the soldiers on the right.

Soldiers began running up the walls using ladder things to get to us. Blue began pushing people off while Aang air bended a whole group of people off the ladders.

"Here take this!" Aang yelled as he handed Blue and I a ladder each. We hefted them onto our shoulders as Aang jumped on the last remaining ladder and pushed off the wall.

"Jump on!" He shouted. We immediately jumped onto him, doing some sort of human totem pole with Aang on the bottom, Blue on his back, and me on Blue's back. We used the ladders as giant walking sticks.

"Give me the next one!" I handed Aang my ladder as we went up on the second one. We almost had reached the wall, but someone had lit the ladder on fire, making us jump off. I tried to grab onto the wall, but we all ended up falling to the ground again. Immediately soldiers shot streams of fire at us. I was about to step in, but Aang held me back and created a dome of air around us blocking the fire.

"Hold your fire! The Avatar must be captured alive!" The monkey general called out as he walked up to our group. Suddenly Blue put his swords around Aang's neck, not unlike what he did to me earlier. I was about to pull him off, but I realized what he was doing. The monkey dude needed Aang alive, so he wouldn't risk him getting hurt. I wasn't going to do anything, but the minute Blue's wrist even twitches, I'm gonna set a fire under his butt.

Blue and the monkey both stared each other down, before the monkey gave in. "Open the gates." He growled out.

"Admiral, what are you doing?" Another monkey dude, but this one was more chubby. Seriously! What's with the fire nation and those funky sideburns? Do they find that cool? The big ears don't help either.

"Let them out, now!" the monkey admiral shouted in command. The gated opened behind us and we began carefully walking through. Blue watching the admiral and me watching Blue. Aang just looked really freaked out.

We had gotten a good distance away from the walls, and I could see Blue's grip on Aang relaxing. Suddenly I saw a flash in the distance and Blue was hit, sending him flying to the ground. Aang and I gasped before he used his air bending to create a cloud of dirt for us. I ran over to Blue and put my fingers on his neck.

I sighed in relief once I felt a steady heartbeat. He was just knocked out. Aang walked over and kneeled next to Blue. He grabbed the mask and lifted it up. We both gasped in shock. It was Zuko. Blue was Zuko, the guy who was hunting us down. Aang backed up in horror while I just stared at his face. But, this doesn't make sense…

Our attention was drawn to the sound of approaching footsteps. Aang looked between Zuko and the soldiers in the distance before locking eyes with me. I nodded before pulling Zuko's arm over my shoulder. Aang grabbed the other side as we ran off into the distance.


We sat watch over Zuko until he finally began to wake up. He groaned as he looked around and took in his surroundings. Aang was sitting on a large tree root while I was leaning on the rock next to Zuko.

"You know what the worst thing about being born over a hundred years ago is? I miss all the friends I used to hang out with. Before the war started I used to always visit my friend Kuzon. The two of us, we used to get in and out of so much trouble together. He was one of the best friends I ever had and he was from the fire nation, just like you. If we knew each other back then, do you think we could've been friends too?" Aang smiled over At Zuko as he stared back at him. I just stood there, watching the conversation.

Suddenly Aang jumped as Zuko shot a blast of fire at him with a shout. Aang jumped up into the trees before glancing down at me, a question in his eyes. I shook my head before mouthing 'wait' and pointing a bit further down the trees. He nodded before jumping off.

Zuko turned to me with a glare. I had pulled off the mask and cloak that he gave me and I held it out to him. He looked at it for a second before turning away.

"Keep it, I don't want them anymore." He grumbled out. I nodded even though he couldn't see. Staring at him for a second, I crossed my arms.

"Why didn't you just get rid of me while you had the chance? You knew that I wouldn't just let you take Aang after we saved him, so why would you risk it?" I questioned with a raised eyebrow. Zuko didn't respond at first. I thought he would just shoot fire at me like Aang, but I was surprised when he answered.

"It's not like you would've just left and despite what people might think, I don't want blood on my hands. You couldn't have stopped me from taking the Avatar anyways, I'm stronger than you. Now leave before I prove it." He growled out as he began walking away. I stared at his retreating back. Maybe, deep inside, Zuko was a decent person.

With that thought I walked in the opposite direction and went to meet up with Aang.


Aang and I had walked back to the valley in silence. We stopped by the swamp to pick up some water and frogs. I looked at Aang in confusion as he stuck a few in his shirt. He noticed my look and explained that they were for Katara and Sokka. I nodded before we took off again. We arrived back at the ruins and Aang air bended us up. I noticed that it had been a full day since we left.

Aang walked up to my siblings as I began to boil the water over a fire. I used some cloth to strain some of the dirt out of the water and Katara could do better later.

"Here, suck on these. They'll make you feel better." Aang said as he placed a frog in their mouths. If it were a different time I would've laughed at how funny they looked. I looked around the room at all the junk, wondering where all this stuff came from.

"Hey Aang, how waz your twip? Did you make any new fwiends?" Sokka asked as he sucked on his frog. Aang plopped down on Appa's tail before curling up.

"No, I don't think I did." He sighed. I looked over at him, knowing that he was thinking about Zuko.

"How bout you Kai? You took weally long to gwab some wata." Sokka stated as he snuggled down into Appa more. I thought about it before shrugging.

"You know what they say; today's enemy may be tomorrow's friend."


I had almost fallen asleep when I heard Sokka talking again.

"Mmm, this is tasty!" He stated. A croak filled the air and I saw his eyebrow twitch as he looked down at the crawling legs that were sticking out of his mouth. He spit out the frog in horror as Katara's eye widened and she opened her mouth. The frog stood in her mouth before jumping out. They both began spitting comically and Sokka even began rubbing his tongue on Appa's leg as if that would make it better.

I smiled at the scene. After everything that happened today, this all made up for it. And with the serious mood around Aang and I, I almost didn't laugh. Almost.


That's a wrap on chapter 12! I want to thank you guys again for your patience. I'm so sorry for the month delay! I'm hoping to be able to post a new chapter every week from now on unless I have a valid excuse. Next chapter will be the Fortuneteller!