"What do you mean he can firebend and earthbend?" I questioned. "That's impossible; only the Avatar can bend more than one element."

"Apparently not," Ling said. "I've run into him a few times when trying to take their bases; he can bend both at once, and trust me…it ain't pretty."

I closed my eyes and lowered my head. "No, that can't be right; you people must've been seeing things."

"Hey, if you can fly and I can bend sound, then why can't you believe someone can bend more than one element?" Ling questioned.

"I just…I need to medi-"

The doors burst open, and Kanon came running in. "Grandpa!" she cried, running into open arms. The two embraced each other. "I haven't seen you in so long!"

"Oh, hello there Kanon; it has been a while, hasn't it? It's been what? Four years? Where've you been all of this time?"

"I've been on Kyoshi Island," she answered, the two separating.

"Strange, I didn't see you when I visited."

"Well I was…kinda hiding," she admitted, scratching the back of her head. "It would've been really awkward anyway. But I promise that I missed you the most."

Iroh flicked her on the back of the head. "Thanks a lot, little sis."

"Oh please; you're old enough to be my dad!" she argued. "I can't love you like a brother anymore; you're forty!"

"Almost," he reminded her. "It's getting late; we should start preparing for dinner. I'll go let the chefs know to cook extra tonight," he said as he left, closing the doors behind him.

Izumi cautiously eyed Kanon and vice-versa, the two silently wishing the other to go away. I sighed. "Can't you two just work this out?" I whined.

"I don't have anything to work out," Kanon said stubbornly. Izumi didn't respond, simply going over the bases and members of the Red Lotus.

A while later, at dinner, no words were spoken, giving me vibes like I had two years ago when I first moved to the Southern Water Tribe. I was tempted to act the same way too, but I figured that it wouldn't work out so perfectly this time.

"So, Kanon," Zuko spoke up, apparently not enjoying the silence as much as I wasn't. "Would you like to resume your firebending training?"

"I'll pass, but thank you," Kanon said politely. "I'm perfectly happy with what I know," it was like venom was put into her words, subtly directing them at her mother.

Izumi's eye twitched, but otherwise no one stirred. Zuko elected to ignore it as he turned to me. "Yuuto, we haven't talked in so long; how has the Southern Water Tribe been?"

"It's been good, though nothing as impressive as this," I motioned to the building. "Still, I do miss their cuisine a bit; I fell in love with their seafood; the best I've ever had!"

"You'll have to set me up sometime," he said, enjoying the conversation. "And how has Korra been doing?"

"A lot better actually; it was rough at first, but she's slowly getting to be the Avatar we know and love," I explained. "Though, because she's not here, she's not at 100% yet."

"I see. That's unfortunate. Give her my regards when you leave."

"I will. Hey, that reminds me; how long do you think this will take?"

"Oh yes; you would be worried as you are solely devoted to Avatar Korra, wouldn't you?" he reminded himself.

"If I would guess; I'd say a couple of months, but you may leave whenever you feel you've done enough. I'm not your ruler; I won't control you," Izumi said. "And that goes for you too, Kanon."

"…" Kanon looked down, nibbling on her food. "…The meal is great; you'll have to praise the chefs, Iroh."

"Right, I'll be sure to do that, though it was mother's idea to have this tonight," he mentioned, to which he got no response from either of them, leaving the rest of dinner in silence.

I took my leave early, not wanting to be bothered during meditation. I needed to ask Wan about a few things.

I was enveloped in the darkness as Wan appeared before me. "Yo! Haven't seen you in a while!" he greeted. We both gave each other a rough handshake. "What's up? Need to ask something?"

"Yeah, I need to know if it's possible to bend more than one element, like fire and earth at the same time."

"Well, if you're the Avatar…otherwise, it shouldn't be possible, unless…no, never mind."

"What?"

"Before I was joined with Raava, when I asked the Air Lion Turtle to give me his power while I was controlling fire, he said that I wouldn't be able to handle it, that my body wouldn't anyway. Maybe…this person…hmm…" he lowered his head to think.

"Do you think it's possible, but if they do use it, that it causes them pain?"

"That's most likely the case; when Raava entered my body during the fight with Vaatu, the pain was nigh unbearable, but I was given power unlike any other, so I guess it was a double-edged sword."

I nodded. "Right, thank you…so, you wanna talk about anything else?"

He chuckled. "I'm a voice inside your head; I don't really get much to talk about," he joked. "But whenever you need me, I'll be here. Sayonara!" he did a little salute with his pointer and middle fingers before his image faded, and I was back in actual reality, only to have someone poking my cheek.

I opened my eyes and I looked to find Kanon rearing her hand back, surprised that I was aware of her annoyances. "Yes?" I asked.

"Well, you've been sitting here for hours, and it was freaking me out."

"I was meditating," I said as I leaned back and falling onto my back. "It helps me learn things that I wouldn't know otherwise."

"Right, got it. Anyway, Iroh is already getting ready for tomorrow for an attack; I thought I'd let you know."

"An honest-to-goodness soldier, eh?"

"I guess so."

I hopped up. "Alright, I'm gonna go help him. You coming?"

She nodded and followed me, where we helped to load everything up to the battle tomorrow.

So it turns out that our main strategy was to spread out forces outward gradually, beginning with the nearest base to the palace and making our way to the shoreline.

This particular base was disguised as a simple tea shop which, according to Zuko, made a mockery of his uncle's work, whatever that meant.

We started with Ling and me simply scouting the place out, looking for any holes in their disguise. After all, if it did just turn out to be a tea shop, then it would be stupid to attack it. Soon, we pinpointed several loose floorboards in the shape of a kind of trapdoor or emergency escape which led underground, as well as getting glimpses on behind the cloth separating the serving area with the tea-making area, but instead of that second area, it was just a dark hallway.

"I think it's safe to say that they're something wrong here," Ling said, to which I nodded. We both stood and approached the exit, only to be blocked by two of the employees.

"Please, sit down," they said as they cracked their knuckles. "Your tea will be out momentarily."

Ling and I exchanged a glance before both shooting air at the two to propel them outside, sending a signal to attack. Soon, we were ambushed by the other customers, spies I should say, as they began bending mostly fire at us, but some earth was also thrown in.

Soon, the others joined the brawl, Kanon deftly flipped through a window and began incapacitating the fighters, and Iroh and his man blasted the entire front wall open with a cannon blast of a fireball before taking down the Red Lotus members as well.

In a very short amount of time, the fight was over, leaving several prisoners to be taken back. Meanwhile, I was examining those loose floorboards, trying to get them up. Soon, I got sick of using force and simply shot concentrated blasts at them to split them and allow me to lift them up quite easily.

"Hey! Down here," I called Iroh over. He gave some orders to some of his men before following me down.

We arrived in a tunnel far underground. Soon, we entered a larger area, where we were met by a wall of Red Lotus members, who soon surrounded us. Iroh and I stood back to back, ready to fight. "You mind flying us out of here?" he asked.

"Something tells me they would shoot us down," I said. "Quick, make a big fireball."

He soon obeyed, holding it in the air as they enemy started closing in. I soon took action as began spinning the fireball, faster and faster before Iroh caused it to burst, spraying flames everywhere. That took all of the non firebenders out, leaving only about ten to fifteen people to get, and soon they were down as well.

Iroh and I waited for the other to get down here, and when they did, Ling and I continued on ahead through the passage. This one was nearly as long, but it certainly was worse on my nose, becoming that of a sewer.

Eventually, we heard footsteps ahead of us. "Why is it that I always have to clean up their messes?" a female voice questioned, soon revealing herself as Kaito. "Oh, hello there, little soundbender."

"Oh, it's you," Ling feigned disinterest. "You should surrender now, save yourself the embarrassment."

"We'll see," she said as she enveloped her arms in water from below us. I got into a stance.

"No way, Yuuto, she's mine."

I shrugged and stepped back, taking mild interest in the fight. Ling shot his sound at her, but I soon saw what he meant about changing the medium. Kaito simply pulled up a wall of water out of her rather large water satchel on her back, stopping the sound without evaporating the water, allowing her to use it again to block the next sound wave.

Kaito then dashed forward, dodging Ling's attacks and getting right up into his face, swatting him past me. Kaito looked to me. "Are you next?"

"Nope, I was told to stay out of this."

Just then Ling came out from under me, shooting rapid blasts of both air and sound at Kaito, all of which were blocked by her water. She might just have been the best waterbender I'd ever seen, better than Tonraq even.

Once again, Ling was knocked past me, but by then, rapid footsteps came from behind us. "And here comes the cavalry," I said as I took charge, flying past her and knocking her off her feet and then away from me with a blast of air before she could get up.

Now several yards away, I didn't have enough time to get to her before she ran off. Soon Iroh and Kanon appeared. I pointed down the passage.

"Kaito was here, she ran off that way. I'll try and find her outside," I said before flying off, leaving Ling in the dust.

As I flew out of the fake tea shop, I scoured every corner of the godforsaken town, but it was like she just disappeared off the face of the planet. After a while of searching the outskirts and coming up with nothing, I went back to Iroh and the others. I shook my head.

"Nothing; she escaped," I said regretfully.

"Don't feel so down," Kanon assured me, shaking me a little.

"Yeah, one base down and several prisoners. I'd say that's a victory," Iroh added.

I nodded. "Alright, let's get back and plan the next attack."

Author's Note:

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