Kalo and Jun where sitting in a cell on the bottom of the ship, when they heard a loud explosion from the deck. Kalo stood up and stretched. "That's our queue to leave." He lit a green flame in his right hand and punched the lock on the cell door, shattering it. They left and made their way to the deck, when they got to the deck, Kalo frowned at the sight. "This is unexpected."
Jun looked around Kalo and they saw Kain and Mai destroying the pirate fleet in the bright moonlight. Rosa picked up Mai and brought her over to Kalo. "Hey, big bro."
Kalo sighs. "What are you doing?"
"Rescuing you two." Mai replies.
"Did you, by any chance , see any fire navy ships coming this way?"
"Ya, they are coming in. I estimate they will be here in about five minutes."
"Good." Kalo turns to Rosa. "Dragon, I need you to take Jun, Mai and Kain away from here. The navy doesn't need to see you or Kain, and I want my sister out of danger." Rosa nods. She picks up Mai and Jun and flies off to find Kain. Kalo sits on the deck. In a few minutes the navy shows up and block the ports exit. A ship pulls up next to the Emerald Fire and a young admiral steps off.
"Are you General Kalo?"
"Yes, my I ask your name?"
"I am Admiral Zung Lee. I am here to congratulate you for helping us capture Sun Gan and his fleet." The Admiral bowed and pulled out a small bag of coins. "Here is your reward. Five hundred gold, that's three hundred coins for Sun Gan and two hundred for his fleet."
Kalo takes the bag of gold and bows. "Thank you. I must leave now, and check up on my crew." The admiral bowed and left for his ship.
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A young boy was walking through the frozen tundra of the south, trying to hunt. He didn't have any luck so far. As he walked on he saw a black figure on the horizon. He ran to the figure and found an odd sight. It was a white animal in black clothing. He wasn't sure what the animal was. "Help...me..." it whispered.
The boy backed up in shock. "What are you?" he asked.
"Please...help...m..." it tried to say before passing out. The boy walked forward and picked the figure up.
"We will be in my village in a few minutes. Hold on." he whispered to the figure. It took him about fifteen minutes to reach the village. It was small, with only about nine huts and about twenty people, mostly small children and four adult women. "Gran Gran! I found someone out in the snow!" he yelled out.
An older woman came out of the hut closest him. "Sokka, what are you screaming about?" she asked him. She then noticed the figure draped over his shoulders. "Take her into the hut. Tell Katara to start heating up some water and get her some cloths." Sokka nodded and rushed into the hut.
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Zuko and Seph lead the others to a small camp Iroh had set up. "Uncle, we have Toph, and a few other people."
Iroh looked up and smiles. "Anyone want tea?" he asks holding out a cup.
Seifer sat next to the old man and took the cup. "I'll take some." He sipped the tea and smiled. "This is really good."
Iroh smiles. "So are you going to introduce your new friends?" he asked turning to Zuko.
"The one next to you is Seifer, he is a very powerful earth bender. The quiet girl is Fujin, the water bender. And finally the small one is Toph, master earth bender and metal bender."
"Metal bender?" Iroh inquired.
"Seifer's idea. I just mastered it." Toph replied, sitting next to the old man.
"Ahh, you want some tea?"
"Yes that would be nice...what was your name again?" Toph asked taking a cup of tea.
"I am General Iroh, the Dragon of the West, but you three can call me Uncle Iroh." he replied, sipping his tea. "So do you know why you are here, Toph?"
"Not really, could you explain?"
"Most certainly, but you might not believe all of it. I don't believe half of it myself." he replied, chuckling.
"Don't worry, I will believe you. I can tell if people are lying through my earth bending."
"What else can you do?" Zuko asks\ed sitting next to Iroh.
"I can see through my earth bending. Not 'see' like you, but I can tell where people are and what they are doing, by using the vibrations in the earth." Toph replied.
"Amazing, on top of metal bending, that makes you the most powerful earth bender since avatar Kyoshi." Iroh replied, amazed.
Toph blushes at the complement. "Ya, I guess so. So are you going to tell your story or not?"
Zuko looked up and sighed. "It all started when I had a dream, about talking to myself. But the other me was older. He warned me about my father and told me a few details about my destiny. I woke up and went to uncle, and he said he had a similar dream. After that we decided to try and contact the other me. We did and he told us a few details about a journey we needed to take. He told me to find you and then to travel to the Southern Water Tribe."
Toph nodded. "OK, that is a pretty far fetched story, but you where telling the truth the entire time"
Seifer looked at Zuko and frowned. "Do you know why Toph is needed?"
"No, we were just told to get her. We have no idea why we needed to find Toph." Zuko replies, turning around. "Seph, Seifer can you help me set up tents?"
"No problem." Sephiroth and Seifer replied together.
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Jee and Balthier were sitting in the bar, waiting for Kalo to show up. Balthier looked over at Lee and smiled. "So, do you think Kalo's plan worked?"
"Of course it did. I know the base he sent the message to. I bet you ten gold that Kalo will be walking in that door in about a minuet." Jee replied.
"I'll take you up on that offer." Balthier smiled as he put ten gold on the table. Jee laughed and set ten gold out. They both looked to the door and saw Kalo walk in. Balthier frowned. "You win."
Kalo and Jun sat down. "Hey, two flaming shirshus over here." Kalo ordered. He turned to Jee and smiled. "We finally put a stop to Sun Gan."
The bartender handed Jun and Kalo their drinks. Jee held up his cup and smiled. "A toast to you two. We are free of the number one pirate and his army." Kalo, Balthier and Jun raised their glasses and toasted. Jee took a drink. "So, what are we going to do about a ship? Sun destroyed ours."
Kalo tossed a bag of gold onto the table. "There is five hundred gold in this bag. Me and Jun are leaving when Zuko and them get back."
"Why?" Jee asked.
"We have some business in the earth kingdom. Some friends to meet up with, some people to kill, the usual."
"Mai won't be very happy." Balthier pipes in.
"I know." Kalo replies.
"We should finish talking about this when we have everyone together" Jun says.
"Do you know when they will return?"
Jun smiles. "They will be here tomorrow morning."
"And you know this how?" Jee asks.
"I have my sources."
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Azula was pacing around her room, when she heard a knock on the door. "Enter." Ozai entered her room and Azula bowed. "Greetings father, what brings you here."
"Rise, my child. I cam here to ask you weather you have seen your followers, Mai and Ty Lee. There families are worried."
"No father, I have not seen them. I thought they where on vacation with their parents. When did they go missing?"
"About two weeks ago, around the same time your brothers and uncle left."
Azula sat on her bed and thought for a second. "Do you think they went with Zuko and them? That would explain why Mai's brother Kalo is missing."
Ozai's eyebrow raises. "Why has nobody told me this?"
Azula smiles. "I just learned today. I was thinking of a way to tell you. The doctor told me Kalo was checked out before Zuko left."
Ozai's nostrils flare and his fists burst into flames. "GOD DAMN IT!!! Why does nobody tell me anything?"
Azula backs up. "Calm down father. We can still find them. We just need to send out a search party."
Ozai's fist glow a bright orange. "You failed me, Azula." Azula backed up a few feet, at his show of anger, and ran into a wall. "You are banished from this day forward from the Fire Nation." he turned his back to Azula. "The only way for you to restore your honor is to either bring back Kalo and your brothers in chains, or bring me the Avatar."
"But father, the avatar vanished over a hundred years ago. How am I suppose to find him?"
Ozai turned and glared at Azula. "Never question my orders." he whispered before rushing towards Azula and striking her left eye with a flaming fist. He turned away from his weaping daughter. "You will find the avatar, Zuko, Sephiroth, and Kalo." he orders before leaving.
here is chapter 13. please review and tell me what you think of the twist. i love the whole Ozai is willing to attack his own childern insanity point, so i decided to change it up a bit.