The Bond of Honor

Chapter 14 pasts revealed and plans devised

Authors notes I do not own avatar just my OC's. In addition, I want to thank my beta Half Jaw for helping me write this fic.

Also, I forgot to include this in the last chapter but the OC Su doesn't belong to me that OC belongs to one of my reviewers

Western air temple

Kalo felt the rays of sunlight hit him and knew instantly that it was a new day and 1 day closer to the end of Ozai Sozen's reign as Fire Lord and the end of the century long war that has gripped the entire world.

Kalo sat up quickly and got dressed before he turned and saw June wide-awake looking at the morning sky from their open window he stood next to her unsure what to say when she suddenly said, "Do you remember how we first met Kalo?"

Kalo smiled and said, "I remember it as clearly as if it was yesterday my love."

Flashback 9 months ago eastern Earth Kingdom

Kalo walked through the forest enjoying the sheer beauty of it when suddenly he heard noise growing louder and louder every second as he got into a bending stance he saw a Shirshu emerge from the trees trying to sting him with its tongue by the wasn't entirely focused on the animal his gaze was on the woman riding the creature.

She a beautiful woman with long black hair and eyes so beautiful Kalo felt as she was staring into him and looking right at his heart, however Kalo also knew and was avoiding all attempts by the creature to paralyse him when out of the blue the woman said "High General Kalo Tzhang the top general of the Fire Nation army, I never thought I would run into you, but it's my lucky day and you should know the Earth Kingdom as a bounty of 40 thousand gold pieces on you dead or alive and that's twice as much as the bounty on Iroh, you should be honored."

Kalo was about to reply when the woman continued by saying "And you should be grateful because I'm not going to turn you in for the bounty, there's no point everyone in the world thinks your dead and even if I did decide to bring you to Ba Sing Se to stand trial every bounty hunter in the Earth Kingdom would come after to take you there and get the money themselves."

Kalo nodded in gratitude and was about to continue walking when he said, "What is your name?"

The woman replied, "It's June and theres no need at all to thank me." June then left leaving Kalo alone in the forest staring in shock at the spot she was just at a minute.

After a few hours of walking Kalo found a local tavern and went in for a drink before he continued on his journey. As he entered the tavern, he immediately saw the woman he ran into earlier June at the counter drinking a beer.

Kalo then sat down next to her as no other seat was available and when June saw him she said "You again Kalo, what are you following me or something?"

Kalo shook his head and ordered a beer and shortly after he got it, Kalo felt someone tapping him on the shoulder, when he ignored it Kalo felt a dagger be pressed against his back and a voice whispered, "Party's over High General Kalo drink up, then come with me to face justice for your crimes."

Kalo turned and saw a group Earth Kingdom soldiers were present Kalo then noticed June was watching the incident out of the corner of her eye with interest waiting to see what he would do.

Kalo then held his drink and suddenly smashed it over the head of one soldier and suddenly June attacked two of the others and before they knew it a bar, fight broke out. As Kalo was battling the Earth Kingdom soldiers, he saw a large man enter the tavern he was tall, and had a strange tattoo on his head and was obviously Fire Nation.

The man then looked around the tavern and in an instant, he recognised Kalo and charged towards him determined to kill him. Kalo quickly dodged his attempt and grabbed a bar stool to use as a makeshift shield to block this man's attacks.

June then said, "Oh I see you met my ex-boyfriend Kenshou. Play nicely I'd hate to see either of you dead or kill each other in jealously."

Kalo kept on the defensive as Kenshou kept trying to punch him but was blocked by Kalo's shield and Kalo yelled out "This is insane!" June then replied, "Yeah isn't it great, much better then a walk in the forest right?"

Kalo then sarcastically replied "Oh much better". Kalo then attacked Kenshou with a quick blast of green fire, saw two people beating June down to the ground, and knocked them both off into a table. Kalo then said, "You ok?"

June then pointed behind him and yelled out "Don't let your guard down!" Kalo soon turned around and was punched in the face by Kenshou and the force of the punch knocked Kalo into June and sent them both flying into a wall.

As Kalo and June started to recover from the punch, they saw Kenshou charge at them. They both barley avoided his attack and he fell unconscious after crashing into the wall.

Kalo then looked around and saw that June was gone.

End of flashback

Kalo smiled as he remembered the past and then both Kalo and June left to go to get some breakfast.

Spirit world

Aang looked at Roku in shock and some confusion before he said "What exactly do we need to talk about Roku and you interrupted me just when I was about to master the Avatar State and be able to stop Ozai once and for all without killing him."

Roku suddenly said with some mockery, "Well Aang if you call arguing mastering the Avatar State then you mastered it already." Roku suddenly started being serious and said "Aang you can't defeat Ozai and let him live I made the same mistake with Sozin over 100 years ago and look how that turned out. A war has been waged for so long and so many have died due to the lust of Sozin, Azulon and Ozai for world conquest and their own personal greed. So don't you see Aang Ozai is to dangerous to be left alive he must be killed to restore to the world either by you or my great grandson or Kalo Tzhang with his plan of a coup against Ozai."

Aang was in shock and barley said, "You know of Kalo's plan to kill Ozai and stage a coup don't you? And who is your great grandson and why haven't you mentioned him before now?"

Roku then replied, "I know of Kalo's plan he told me when he came to the spirit world once before to find answers to some questions he had and as for my great grandson I will not tell you who he is I'll let you find for yourself. But now Aang I think I should show you what will happen to the world if you don't kill Ozai."

Suddenly a flash of light surrounded Aang and just as soon as it appeared it was gone and the young monk found himself on some beach near the sea when suddenly the sky turned red and Sozin's comet appeared in the sky above as Fire Nation Airships appeared and started to burn all the land around him as the fire surrounded him Aang noticed the flames weren't burning him at all.

Another flash appeared and Aang saw that was outside the city of Ba Sing Se when suddenly the entire city burst into flames and in a matter of minutes, the city was burned to the ground and reduced to a huge pile of ash.

Next Aang saw that he was in the Fire Nation and saw hundreds of Fire Nation soldiers rush into a manor and as he ran into the building Aang saw someone very familiar on the ground dead Sokka and not far away he saw the bodies of Iroh, Kalo, Zuko and June and Aang then saw other soldiers appear along with Ozai himself and the Fire Lord was talked to someone who Aang couldn't see fully and in an instant that person was dead it was only then Aang recognised who it was Katara and nearby were the bodies of Mai, oddly enough Azula and a woman he didn't recognise.

Another flash of light appeared and Aang saw that he was at the North Pole but all he saw was ruins and dead water benders as he looked ahead and saw the Spirit Oasis be completely destroyed.

Aang then looked to his right and saw Roku standing beside him Roku only looked at the scenes of destruction before them and said "Now Aang do you understand why Ozai must be killed?. Now do you understand why you must master the Avatar State to do it?"

Aang looked at ground and said "Yes I don't understand why I have to give up my feelings for Katara to do so cant I master the Avatar State but not fully give up my attachment to her?"

Roku suddenly yelled "Aang don't even try to do that! If you manage to master the Avatar State but somehow manage to keep hold of your earthly attachments then you will be breaking some very unbreakable rules in regards to the Avatar State and be punished appropriately and just what and how you would be punished is unkonwn to me. Just do what you must Aang for the sake of the world you have to scarifie your happiness."

Aang then said, "If it is my destiny to stop Ozai it doesn't mean I have to kill him and then you have to stop Kalo's coup attempt on Ozai if he kills Ozai then I wont be fulfilling my destiny wouldn't that put the world out of balance."

Roku only replied, "Destiny isn't always written in stone Aang anyone can kill Ozai and his death and the end of the war will bring balance back to the world and while that is important Kalo's plan is needed to restore trust in the Fire Nation in the eyes of the world. If Kalo's plan doesn't succeed at least the attempt will show the other nations 1 simple fact not all of the Fire Nation believe in the war and that they want the war to end just as much as they do. And Aang you need to understand this the only way to stop Ozai is to kill him if you don't understand this then maybe Jeong Jeong was right maybe you're not ready and maybe you are weak."

Suddenly Roku was gone and Aang found himself back in the eastern air temple and saw Guru Phathik looking at him in some confusion before he said "Aang are you alright? What happened to you?"

Aang only got into a meditation pose and said, "No nothing happened, aside from learning a few harsh truths, now let's unlock the Avatar State."

The Guru only smiled and got into a meditation pose as well happy that now Aang realised his destiny.

Western Air Temple

Katara walked through the hallway on her way to the corridor when she saw Mai ahead of her who said, "Katara we need to talk now in private it's urgent, follow me."

Katara then followed Mai to her room and Mai then told her what she overheard Sokka and her father say. Katara's reaction was obvious she stormed out of the room and went off to find her father and learn the truth of this betrayal.

She found her father in the courtyard and without saying a word she walked right up to her father and slapped him across the face and said angrily "How dare you, how dare you arrange for me to be married to some man from the north tribe I never even met and not even stop to consider that I would be unhappy about it and refuse to go through it."

Mai then said "And I thing you forget is that Katara took an oath of loyalty to the Fire Nation and officially according to our customs became a Fire Nation citizen for the rest of her life."

Hakoda then said, "Katara this marriage was arranged before you took this oath, so you have no choice but to go through with this marriage."

Katara then stormed off and only stopped walking when she was standing on the edge of the cliff. She then heard footsteps behind her; she turned around and saw Kalo and Mai.

Kalo then said "Katara we think there is a solution to this problem, it can ensure you get out of this arranged marriage, but it is a solution I'm only offer to you as a last resort."

Katara only stared back out over the cliff before she said, "What is this solution Kalo, I'll do it no matter what it is."

Mai then said, "Katara this solution is a tradition the noble families of the Fire Nation have had for a long time since you healed me after that attack from that vampire my family owe you a debt, which we want to pay back by allowing you to join our family. Now Katara are you sure you want to do this?"

Katara then nodded her head and Kalo said, "Very well then but to allow you to join the Tzhang family we have to see the head of the family and that means 1 thing, I have to see my father again for the first time in 2 years." Already Kalo was dreading that eventual meeting.

Katara then said "No offence Kalo but how are we going to get back in the Fire Nation they no doubt will be keeping an eye out for me and the other friends of the Avatar."

Kalo then said, "The Red Flame Organisation provided me documents to get myself, Mai and any number of people into the Fire Nation capital city no questions asked. We will be able to get to the capital met with our parents and get my father to allow you to join our family. And after that we can make sure the coup succeeds and Ozai dies."

Iroh then walked over to them with the latest letter from the Red Flame Organisation and Kalo read it before he said "There's going to be a meeting held in a week to discuss the final stages of the plan, all members must attend."

Kalo and the others then walked back to the temple and knew that they now had a busy week ahead of them.

Fire Nation royal palace

Fire Lord Ozai looked at the report from the Ember Guards that they had searched every house in the capital city and all the surrounding area but still hadn't found Azula much to his own growing frustration and anger.

Western Air Temple

Zuko and Azula sat down in the courtyard neither of they knew what to say as they were both too ashamed of what they did in the past to even think of what do aside from look at the sky.

Suddenly Azula said, "Zuko I never apologised for what I did, hunting you down all throughout the Earth Kingdom or nearly killing uncle. So I'm saying it now I'm sorry."

Zuko then looked at her and replied "I forgive you after all you were also I victim of Ozai and when this war ends he'll either be dead or wish he was when I'm finished with him. I promise you that."

Azula only smiled and said "Thank you brother."

Eastern Air Temple

After several hours of meditation Aang finally did it he had unlocked the last charka and learned to control the Avatar State, Aang then got on Appa while Haru said he wanted to return to his village to fight the Fire Nation, Aang knew where he was going back to the Western Air Temple to declare his love for Katara cause what the Guru didn't know was Aang kept hold onto a tiny potation of his earthly attachments and still managed to master the Avatar State and fool the Guru as well.

And as Appa soared off into the sky Guru Pathik felt something he never felt before in regards to the power of Avatar State and he knew what Aang had done but it was too late to stop him Aang had broken a very old unbreakable rule and now Aang would have to the pay the price for it, and the Guru just hoped the price to be paid wasn't the destruction of the world itself, but all he could do was hope.

Authors notes well that's chapter 14 completed let me know what you thought of it read and review and have a look at the fics written by these writers Appa Appa Away, Half Jaw, Kitsune Of Fate, LordRevanMandaloreofZutara, Gondshu Du and x-xMasqueradeAngelx-x as they are some of the best writers on the site in my opinion.