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Everyone knew that training Aang was the most important thing right now, but just a little part of each and everyone of them, couldn't help but feel, bringing Zuko back was the most important thing.

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Katara was packing in her sleeping bag and loading up the equipments on Appa's saddle. That's when she thought of him again.

"Stop it Katara...you can't. You have a mission and that's to train Aang as much as possible on waterbending. Nothing else." She quickly snapped her eyes shut, trying to get the image of him out of her head.

She rolled up Sokka and Aang's sleeping bag and finally, the last one was Zuko's. Katara grabbed the edge of the soft, dark green material and hugged it close to her. She buried her face it, taking in the intoxicating scent of burnt wood and cinnamon. Finally, after a few moments, she gently rolled it up and put it with the others.

I can't help it. I miss you...alot...

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Zuko grunted as he made contact with the rough bark of a tree. He was losing it. The surrounding looked fuzzy and blurry, all the colors of the forest mixing together as one.

"Damn it..." He slid down the length of the bark, until he sat down on the cold, stony ground. His eyelids dropped down, then snapped back up. "I can't lose it now...no..."

Then, he stood up, willing himself to go forth once more.

The cold night before wasn't doing his body any good. Frankly, to him, it seemed colder last night, than his experience at the North Pole.

Finally, he slumped down next to another tree.

"I guess...I could just go to sleep...for a while..."

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"Did it go well Azula?" Ty Lee asked, cheerfully.

"Does it look like it went well!?" Azula snapped out, taking off the white cloth over her forehead and throwing it in rage towards the ground.

The angry, red, bloody gash across her forehead was now caked with blood.

Ty Lee whimpered and cringed slightly. Mai showed no emotion as always, only a short, "You shouldn't have gone by yourself."

Azula brushed off the statement and breathed out heavily. "Listen up ladies, so far, my dear brother has gotten defense from the Avatar and that annoying waterbender, but now, as of what I've heard, he's separated himself form the group. We can use this to our advantage."

"So, what do you want us to do?"

"Take hold of any building anywhere in the area...by force if you have to."

Mai and Ty Lee both looked at each other and cringed slightly. They didn't like where this plan was going.

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"I can sense Azula's lost it now Mai...I fear for her." Ty Lee clamped her hands together in front of her figure.

"Seriously, I could sense it too...the way I see it, she's probably thinking this is the end of her rope."

"She's our friend, that I know...but I can't help but feel she's completely changed ever since her conquest over Ba Sing Se has failed."

Mai stopped walking and pointed over towards the distance. "There, a house...it seems empty too."

Ty Lee sighed out in relief. "Good, I really don't want to take out anyone right now..."

"Same here." Mai dully said, her dark eyes darting around the location.

"Let's go tell Azula."

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Zuko opened his eyes, realizing it was nightfall. He groaned and rubbed his forehead.

I slept until nightfall? Damn...

He blinked a few times and stood up, stretching. Just as he was about to pick up his pack, a burst of fire came out of nowhere and hit it, bursting into flames.

"Azula." He muttered, looking around him for his deranged sister.

He saw a flash of green clothes and he ran after it, just knowing it was her.

Short of breath, he darted his eyes around the scenery. Panting heavily, he brushed away his sweaty lock of hair from his face.

"Over here Zuzu..."

Zuko whipped around and saw her, smirking devilishly. She ran once more into the dense wilderness.

He chased after her once more, careful not to stumble upon any rocks, tree roots, or bushes in general.

Finally, he came to a clearing and saw her run into a fairly large, but very bleak house.

He stopped and gazed at it. The exterior was blackened, a fire probably made the civilians who were living here flee. Slowly, he walked towards it, coming to the blackened front doorframe. He stepped silently into the room. Indeed, the house did burn down because of a fire.

The rough furniture was blackened and some were almost a heap of crumbling ashes.

Zuko walked further into the room, the dusty floors littered with black specks of ask and debris.

Finally, the door behind him closed shut. Azula was behind him, grinning evilly.

"So, looks like you didn't chicken out this time, Zuko."

Zuko turned around to face her.

"Ready?" Azula smirked, getting in her battle stance.

He glared at her as he slowly got into form.

Immediately, she shot out blue flames.

Zuko quickly blocked it, unaware that Azula was now flying down above him.

Without warning, she kicked him down from above. Zuko fell face down on the blacken ground, coughing. Blood dripped from his mouth steadily as he pushed himself up.

"Is little Zuzu ready to give up yet?"

"Not chance..." He pulled out his metal dagger and held it so that the sharp edge was on the right side of his right hand. Breathing out heavily, he charged forth, letting out a battle cry. Zuko swung the dagger sharply, the sound of the metal cutting the air was heard.

"Is that all you really got?" Azula questioned.

Zuko narrowed his eyes dangerously, his gold eyes glinting dangerously, filled with hatred and blood. He ran towards her again, dagger poised at slashing her vital spots.

Azula quickly and easily dodged them and kicked the dagger out of his hand.

"Do you really think you could actually beat me? The firebending prodigy of the Fire Nation?" Azula mocked him, loving the raw reaction he was giving her.

"Shut...up...I'm not...through yet!" He shouted, sweep kicking her.

She fell down flat on her back. Angrily, she growled, quickly picking up the dagger next to her and getting back on her feet.

Before Zuko could get up, she jumped right on him and plunged the dagger down.

The night air was filled with a pained cry.

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"Did you hear that?" Katara whispered, panicked at the sound of a cry.

"Yeah...it sounded like..." Toph knew she shouldn't say anymore.

"Aang! Faster! We need to get to Zuko before Azula does anymore damage!" Katara yelled out frantically. "There! Land there!" She shouted out, pointing to a clearing of trees.

"But how do we actually know that Azula and her friends are he—" Sokka was cut off as dozens of daggers shot across the air. "She's here alright!" Sokka shouted, ducking for cover.

Appa groaned as some hit him on the legs and tail, bringing the huge beast down on the ground with a powerful thud.

"Me and Toph will go and try to find Azula." Katara shouted, grabbing Toph briefly on her wrist and running away.

"Be careful!" Aang shouted back to them.

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Katara panted as she struggled to run faster.

"Sugar queen, no way you could go anymore than this with your broken leg." Toph responded to her hard breathing.

"No...I have to...I have to..."

"Stay here, come when you want to, but I'll be ahead." Toph ran off.

"Good luck."

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Zuko yelled out as Azula painfully pulled out the dagger from his shoulder.

"How does it feel Zuko? The pain...the pain that father wants you to feel in the first place."

He glared at her as he made a motion to push her off.

Azula struck the dagger in the same wound she had did, making it bleed more and grow deeper.

Zuko let out a pained yell and clenched his fists at his sides.

"Why don't just accept the fact that father never liked you, hell, he never even wanted to see you." Azula dragged the dagger along his gash, making it bigger.

A sharp in take of breath was all she needed.

"He banished you for a reason..." She pulled the dagger out sharply, earning a gasp from Zuko. "He banished you so that I could take the throne...not some weak prince that can't even hold down his honor..." She swiftly cut his cheek, a long, red gash formed on his pale cheek.

"You don't know hell about honor!" Zuko yelled, feeling the blood from his cheek injury flow down slowly and hit the ashy floor.

Azula laughed, cackled at the statement. "I don't? I wouldn't be talking if I was in your position Zuko..." She cut his upper arm, creating another deep gash.

Zuko yelled out once more, clenching his fists.

"That's right...you don't know crap about honor...you never had to work for anything in your life. You earn honor...not be born with it..." He panted out, sweat now lining his forehead and wetting his black hair.

"I should just kill you right here shouldn't I?" Azula stood up and brought her foot down onto his neck, choking him.

Zuko groaned as he tightly held her ankle, in an effort to lessen the weight.

"I'll give you your so well deserved death nice and slow...just like father's mercenary's did to mother..." Azula grinned.

"Shut up! Mom didn't die!" Zuko gasped out.

Azula smirked and stepped harder onto his neck, earning a gasp of pain from him. "Of course she did. After she killed our grandfather in order to protect you, father sent out mercenary's from foreign lands to track her down and kill her. He would have hired assassins, but they kill off their prey swiftly...he wanted mother's death to be painful and slow. Ironic how you should die the same too, right Zuko?" Azula grinned evilly as she looked down at him.

He gritted his teeth as he tightened the hold on her ankle.

"Now die!" She brought the glinting dagger, coated in red blood up.

Before she could bring it down, Azula was knock down by a rumble of earth.

"I don't think so." Toph swung her hand around, her form precise and clear. Immediately, two walls trapped Azula, making her unable to move.

"How are you doin' Angry boy?" She asked casually as she helped him up.

"Is everyone else here too?" Zuko asked, grunting as he held his shoulder in pain.

A burst of fire prevented Toph from responding as she was thrown back from the force of the fire. The small blind girl crashed into a wall, she slumped to the ground.

"She actually thought she could defeat me?"

Zuko turned around and saw his sister out of the earth prison and grinning like a mad woman.

Azula poised to throw a fireball at Toph's unconscious form, when Zuko, with the last of his strength, blasted Azula out of the building with the help of his firebending.

He panted as he slumped down, sweat lining his face and hair. The building was on fire, the wood from the ceiling was steadily crumbling down. Zuko stood up and walked over to Toph and picked her up, carefully navigating out of the burning house.

Zuko walked out and looked up onto the dirt path. There was Azula, still deranged and crazy. She giggled and grinned. "Zuko, this is the end of your line. You die here today!" She shot out a sharp flame and it seared through his eye.

Holding his scarred eyes, he fell down, face first onto the ground. Toph tumbling out of his arms.

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Katara panted as she readied two kunai knives in her hand. Her leg wasn't cooperating at all.

She limped all the way until she spotted a burning building. Quickly she tried her best to run over there.

Over the small hill, she saw Azula standing there, her back turned to her.

Katara swiftly shot out the two kunai and it hit Azula square on the back. The firebender fell quickly to the ground, gasping for breath. She shot one more to Azula, delivering the final blow. The girl was now dead.

Frantically, Katara ran towards the house, stopping abruptly as she spotted two figures in front of the house, down.

"Zuko!" She shouted out, running towards his body. She trembled slightly as she saw the blood in a puddle under him and blood on his clothes. Frightening images flashed across her mind, the day the South Pole was raided and when Dai died right in front of her.

Katara shook those thoughts out of her head and quickly kneeled down next him. She placed both of her hands on his shoulder and cried. Tears formed at the base of her eyes and she immediately brought her head down, crying into his shoulder.

"Z...Zuko..." She choked out, clutching his brown, bloodied clothes.

You promised you wouldn't die...as long as I was still here...

"Keep your...promises, you bastard..." Hot tears flowed down even harder as Katara clenched his clothes even tighter.

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"Come on, faster!" Sokka shouted as he blazed through the forest, the faintest smell of smoke and burning wood in the distance.

Aang and Iroh both ran as fast as they could, all three of them sensing danger in the air.

They all stopped suddenly as they saw the building in flames, now crashing down gradually.

Sokka ran more and saw his sister kneeled down, crying over a body. Panic struck him and he rushed up to her.

"Katara!" He yelled out, coming up to her.

"He's dead...he's dead...there's no doubt about it..." Katara sobbed out, her shoulders shaking violently.

Aang went to Toph's side and shook her, wanting her to wake up.

"Wake up Toph! ...Wake up! You can't die!" Aang broke off and on, his voice unstable. Tears made his eyes shine in the moonlight.

With all the sobs and anguish around him, Sokka looked up at the bright moon and silently prayed.

Yue...please...help.

A/N Yes...but I assure you.

Toph and Zuko didn't die. xD

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