This will be one of the most epic battles in the story, so please excuse it's length. Here you are guys, Aang's first encounter with Nianzu since he and his friends released the Sunachi, or the Manarki Kings I guess. I hope you all enjoy the next few chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar.

Last Time on Dawning of Darkness:

Nianzu feels guilty about his previous struggle with the Avatar.
The gang gains the support of the Earth King to find and arrest Nianzu.
Nianzu and his friends open a portal to the Spirit World, freeing the Manarki Kings.
Aang leaves Katara at home to finally bring an end to Nianzu's crimes.

Chapter 20:
The Last Air Nomad

"Where is the Avatar?" Nianzu shouted loudly before sending a large blast of air towards a tea shop, causing it to fall completely apart.

"Looking for me?" A voice asked.

Nianzu turned around to see Aang walking over to him, his eyes filled with determination. Nianzu smiled sinisterly as he tilted his head to the side, causing a gentle crack. Aang took an airbending stance, slowly moving to his left while Nianzu did the same but to his right.

"This time...we will see how much of a fighter you really are." Nianzu said venomously.

"We don't have to fight, Nianzu. You have a gift...a gift which you can use for good." Aang told him. As always he didn't want to fight unless it was necessary.

The Sunachi are inside him. He has been presented with their enormous power and strength, said a voice inside Aang's head.

Aang now knew what it was Nianzu was after: The Sunachi. Aang didn't know how or why but Nianzu had found out about the Sunachi and now they were inside his body. He didn't know how strong or how dangerous they could be, but he knew he had to find a way to get Nianzu to make the right choice.

"Don't destroy yourself with the strength of the Sunachi, it will only end badly for you and the world." Aang continued.

Nianzu laughed arrogantly,"You think the Sunachi gave me this power?" he asked questionably, "The Manarki gave me this power. It was my destiny to free them." Nianzu told him.

Manarki? What are Manarki? Aang asked himself, When this is over, I'm going to go speak to Roku. I'm sure he'll know what Manarki are, Aang told himself. He brought his attention back to Nianzu, who continued to speak.

"And now, it is my destiny to rid the world of you. The Late Avatar who disappeared for 100 years because he was 'afraid' of being the Avatar." Nianzu said, hoping his words would weaken the Avatar's attention on him.

Aang moved his head slightly away from Nianzu's gaze. He did disappear and it was because he was afraid. Aang couldn't help but feel a great flow of guilt run through him. Aang shook his head, trying to get these thoughts out of his head. He needed to stay focused on Nianzu, not dwell on the past.

"Nianzu, you have the power to stop this right now. We don't have to fight, we can handle this peacefully." Aang urged him.

Nianzu looked away from the Avatar before looking back at him with a large grin, "You're right, we can handle this peacefully." Nianzu said as he stopped moving and exited his stance.

Aang did the same, but they stayed in their spots. Nianzu's eyes gazed around the area, looking for his friends. A few feet away to his left, Lu Ten was hiding in a building and was peeking his head out the window. And not far from his right Varun was hiding next to a building where there were many vases filled with water. Nianzu looked around, unable to find Shin and he assumed that he was in his directed place as well.

"But I don't think my friend Shin wants to do so as well." Nianzu said with a menacing grin.

All of a sudden Shin came out from underneath the ground behind Aang, kicking the Avatar strongly in the back. Aang was kicked a few feet away before falling face down on the ground. Aang quickly got up, ignoring the slight pain in his back and turning his attention to Shin who was charging towards him. Shin began sending large punches at Aang, but luckily for Aang he was a master at evading attacks.

Shin continued to attempt to punch the Avatar, and as Shin attempted to sucker-punch him, Aang ducked down. This gave Shin his clearing and he shot his knee up, hitting the Avatar sternly in the jaw. Aang stumbled backwards, slightly dazed from the attack. Once again Shin came charging forward, sending strong blows but hitting nothing but air. When Shin attempted to kick Aang's side, Aang reacted quickly by jumping into the air, sending a strong blast of fire out of his hand, knocking Shin to the ground.

Aang landed and turned around to face Nianzu, "Nianzu, please listen. We don't have to do this! Are you really going to risk your friends' lives just to get rid of me?"

Nianzu smiled, "Trust me Avatar, I believe we have the advantage." Nianzu said menacingly.

Suddenly Aang could hear the crackling sound of lightning and moments later a building beside him was destroyed. Aang looked around, trying to find the source of the lightning. Aang heard the sound of lightning being formed again as he looked around. Aang was unable to find the source, but luckily had moved on instinct and the ground where he had been moments ago had a large chunk taken out of it and was surrounded by fire.

The force of the explosion knocked Aang to the ground, his ears ringing intensely. Aang closed his eyes, feeling the vibrations in the earth to feel where the attacker was. It took Aang a while, but he was able to identify the location just as the attacker began forming another streak. Aang quickly opened his eyes and he sent a large fire ball to his left. Lu Ten reacted quickly, releasing the lightning into another building and moving his hands swiftly in front of the fire causing it to vanish.

Lu Ten ran out of the building he had been hiding in and began fiercely launching large fire jabs at the Avatar, running to his left as he did this. Aang made an earth wall around him, blocking the fire until the wall exploded from yet another lightning blast. Aang stumbled backwards before bumping into someone. He turned to see Varun, and Aang ducked quickly as a sharp current of water nearly took his head off. Aang quickly moved away from the waterbender, moving swiftly to his left and right, dodging the ice daggers that were being thrown at him.

Katara sat on the couch in the living room with her legs held against her chest, trying to ignore the sounds of explosions that were being formed outside. Katara couldn't stand listening. She couldn't bare thinking about what might be happening to Aang right now. Was he putting up a good fight or were all the explosions she was hearing from the sound of his attempts to stay alive? Katara pushed these thoughts out of her head, imagining Aang being the one that was defeating them.

Katara couldn't help but think she needed to do something. He had told her to stay here, but Katara knew he needed her. And she needed him. She thought about it for several moments before finally getting up and leaving the house.

She ran through the streets, following the sounds of explosions that were being formed. Katara suddenly heard a group of people scream in terror as many people began running past her.

I must be getting closer, she thought and continued walking.

Katara heard yet another explosion and saw a large wall of fire raising high in the sky. Water began to drip out of her eyes. It seemed that whatever kind of battle Aang was in at the moment, it was surely a very destructive battle. Katara could see dozens of buildings nearly destroyed, and many carriages that were completely torn apart. She tried not to pay attention as she continued running towards the battle that many were running away from.

It took a few more minutes for her to get there, when she did, she saw Aang get thrown into the wall of a shop, causing the wall the crack slightly. She gasped in horror, watching as the firebender charged towards him. Katara reacted quickly, bending water from the air and grabbing the man with the water. She slammed the man against the ground before throwing him away from Aang. She dropped the water and began running towards Aang. She helped him up when she finally got to him and he stared at her in appreciation.

"Thanks for the help," He began before his face turned serious, "but you need to get out of here." he told her sternly.

"I'm not going to leave you here to fight these men by yourself." She told him. She wasn't going to leave him, not when he was getting hurt so badly. She could see cuts and bruises all over his body, his clothes had already been slightly torn apart.

Aang took her hand, "Go, I'll be alright. I need to face these men by myself, before they-" Aang was cut off when an ice dagger cut along the back of Katara's green robe. Luckily she was unhurt and the couple turned their attention at Varun who began charged towards them, bringing a large amount of water with him.

"Katara, get out of here." Aang told her, keeping his eye on the waterbender that was closing in on them.

Katara tightened her grip on his hand, "Aang, I'm not-" but before she was finished Aang sent a current of air at her, blowing her away just before Varun had attacked them. Aang had luckily managed to dodge the attack as he made his way behind Varun. Varun tried turning around but Aang stuck with him, keeping his hands on Varun's back as he turned with him.

Suddenly something grabbed the back of Aang's shirt and he was pulled away from Varun. Aang was pulled towards Shin with one of his earth gloves, who welcomed Aang with a strong blow to the stomach. Shin's earth glove had let go of Aang's shirt as he let the Avatar fall to the ground. Shin smiled and was about to kick the defenseless Avatar when something stopped him.

Shin looked down to see that a current of water had wrapped around his leg. Shin stomped his free leg against the ground, producing a rock that broke apart the water's grip. Shin turned to see Katara and he smiled menacingly before running towards the waterbender.

Aang managed to finally get up, his stomach aching in pain. His vision was slightly blurry and once it had finally returned to he was able to clearly see Shin running towards Katara. Aang reacted quickly, bringing his hands up to create an earth wall which Shin slammed into. Shin was dizzy from the head on ram with the wall but he managed to keep his balance.

Katara figured this was her time to act as she quickly ran around the wall, bringing water from the air and slamming it into Shin. She repeated this several times until he fell to the ground. She gathered more water and was about to freeze him to the ground when a blast of air suddenly knocked her down. At first Katara thought that Aang had accidentally hit her, at least until she saw the man that stood before her; Nianzu

Nianzu bent down, picking up the waterbender by her shirt collar and he pushed her against the earth wall that Aang had created.

"My, my, you really are beautiful. I see why the Avatar has a thing for you...although who wouldn't for such a beautiful, young girl." Nianzu said, gazing into her eyes.

"Let go of me!" Katara ordered, kicking her legs in the air to try to kick Nianzu.

"I'll let go of you after you give me something." Nianzu said, now glaring at her lips.

"What do you want?" she demanded, "As if I'd even give it to you!" she told him.

"Your lips." he told her. He suddenly pressed his lips against hers and Katara let out a surprised gasp. Katara held her lips together, preventing the man from gaining entrance with his tongue. She kicked her legs more frantically before she was finally able to hit Nianzu. Luckily she had managed to kick him in the groin. He shrieked loudly as he slowly fell to the ground, covering his groin his hands.

Katara wiped her lips, spitting out onto the ground. She walked over to Nianzu, "If you ever, and I mean ever do that again, I swear to the spirits I will do more than kick your groin!" Katara threatened.

The man just looked up at her in pain before dropping his head. Katara gathered water from the air and she froze Nianzu to the ground before walking away slowly.

She wiped her lips once more, spitting out into the dirt. She couldn't believe what Nianzu just did, now she felt she should have done more than just freeze him. She felt that she should do something that would make him regret doing that, something more than hitting his one true weak spot. The waterbender shook her head. Now wasn't the time to face personal problems, now was the time to help her boyfriend.

Aang was fighting off Lu Ten once more, using his airbending to take out his fires as they approached him. Lu Ten was growing tired of this constant routine and spotted a little girl at least a dozen feet away from Aang, and above her was part of a damaged building that looked ready to fall. Lu Ten calculated that if he hit the building in the right spot it would surely fall, making Aang attend to her rescue and thus giving them an opportunity.

Lu Ten immediately sent a wave of fire at the building. Aang watched as the fire intentionally missed him and he spotted the fire's target. The airbender reacted quickly, using his airbending to make his running faster. The fire struck the building and it began to fall. Just before the debris fell on the little girl, Aang had swiftly removed her out of the path of danger. He held her in his arms until he knew it was safe to set her down.

"Go find your mom. Be careful though, okay." Aang told the little girl.

The little girl nodded and thanked the monk for saving her, giving him a hug before running off. Aang smiled and while he was off guard, Nianzu had broken out of his icy jacket. Nianzu had quickly caught on to Lu Ten's intentions as he took out a dagger from his pocket. He shook it once in the air to reveal the extra blades as he sent the dagger towards Aang.

Aang stood up as he watched the little girl run to her mom and he suddenly felt a great deal of pain in his back. He shouted in agonizing pain as his knees fell to the ground, followed by the rest of his body. His head lay against the ground as he breathed heavily. He could barely move. He knew the object had hit him somewhere in the middle of his back. He was able to bring one of his arms up to his back, trying to remove the object that had struck him. Once he had found where the dagger had struck him he gasped silently. It had struck him right where his scar was from Azula's lightning.

He groaned in pain as he attempted to pull the dagger out of his back. He was still too weak. He could barely feel anything but the pain in his back. After a few moments he regained enough strength to remove it and he picked himself up enough so that he wasn't lying on the ground. He gazed at the dagger as a drop of blood dripped down it. He simply just threw it away, trying to regain enough strength. He was still feeling pain in his back. That scar was one of his only weak spots, and Nianzu had hit it perfectly in the middle. He struggled to stand back up, but he didn't have the strength to do so.

Nianzu watched in awe as the Avatar struggled to get up. Nianzu looked over at Shin who had finally regained his strength and was now standing up.

"Shin, go play." Nianzu said simply, nudging his head towards Aang.

Shin smiled and cracked his knuckles, "With pleasure." he said as he began walking over to the Avatar. It had only taken him a few minutes and once he had reached the Avatar, he kicked him roughly in the chest. Aang grunted as his body flopped to the ground. The earthbender smiled as he began kicking Aang's sides as hard as he could, without using earthbending. Aang grunted in pain while Shin pressed his foot against his side to push him over so that he was lying on his back.

"It's strange how the cards play, isn't it Avatar? One minute your the most powerful human in the world, and the next your nothing but a practice dummy." Shin mocked, smiling menacingly down at the Avatar.

Aang didn't have the strength to say anything. He could barely move right now, and he was struggling to remain conscious. Suddenly Shin began stomping his foot against Aang's chest, attempting to break his ribs.

Back over at Nianzu's airship, the same man who had escaped the Spirit World with the Manarki Kings jumped out of the ship. He looked down at the Avatar and waterbender fighting the four powerful men. His mask was still on, like he was the Blue Spirit. He just watched as the two benders fought off the four men. He turned his head away and began running into the city. He knew they could handle the four men. He didn't have a doubt in his mind.

Katara was fending off Lu Ten and Varun. Luckily for her she was quick at avoiding Lu Ten's fires and she could use Varun's waterbending to her advantage. Katara surfed on ice, avoiding Lu Ten's fire while Varun was flinging ice daggers at her.

"Would you hit her already!" Varun shouted at Lu Ten, becoming frustrated that their advanced bending skills couldn't even take out a Southern Water Tribe peasant.

"I'm trying! This isn't easy you know; it's like trying to hit a frigging bird!" Lu Ten stated, becoming more furious with the girl's tactics.

Katara couldn't help but feel self-appreciated that she was causing a problem for these two powerful benders. She continued what she was doing, amazed at how powerful the firebender's bending was. It was like Sozin's Comet was inside of him; yet it wasn't that strong, and this had recently worked on Azula during the comet three years ago so she was glad it was still working and causing problems for these two.

"Where is Nianzu?" Varun asked Lu Ten, expecting him to answer. Lu Ten just shrugged and suddenly the girl was thrown off her ice wave and she slid across the ground, her chest slamming into a street pole. The girl struggled to remain conscious, but the fall had mashed her head and when she had slammed into the pole she was sure that she had cracked a rib.

Varun and Lu Ten exchanged looks, "Did you do that?" Varun asked Lu Ten.

"I thought you did." Lu Ten confessed.

"I did it." a voice said. Varun and Lu Ten turned to see Nianzu standing before the Water Tribe girl. Varun and Lu Ten walked over to Nianzu as they stared down at the unconscious teenager. She moaned in pain and her eyes slowly closed.

"What are you going to do with her?" Lu Ten asked Nianzu.

"Nothing," Nianzu began before smiling menacingly, "except cause her a great deal of pain." he finished.

"What do you want us to do?" Varun asked, not understanding Nianzu's meaning.

"I don't want you to do anything except make sure she doesn't get in our way." Nianzu said before walking towards Shin, who was still stomping on Aang's chest.

Aang let out shrieks of pain as Shin continued stomping on his chest. He didn't know how much longer he could take this. With the continuous attacks that Shin was giving him, Aang didn't even have enough energy to unleash the Avatar State. If he only had a few moments to recover, he may have enough strength to unleash his only hope for survival. Though, that was only one thing that was filling his mind, while Katara was also the only thing he could think about that mattered most. He couldn't even imagine how much they must be torturing her.

Shin ceased his stomping to regain his breath, but unfortunately for Aang it wasn't enough time for him to unleash the Avatar State. Shin was just about to continue when Nianzu placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I believe he's had enough. It's time to finish him." Nianzu said, watching as the Avatar rolled over to his side as he attempted to get up. Aang coughed loudly, spitting up a great deal of blood. Shin leaned down and grabbed Aang by his collar, producing an earth wall in front of them. Shin picked Aang up and pushed him against the wall.

"I do enjoy these battles of ours Avatar. You are such a great practice dummy." Shin mocked before roughly punching Aang across the face. Aang breathed heavily, spitting out some blood that was filling his mouth. He had a large cut that ran across his cheek, and drops of blood were dripping out of it.

"Any last words?" Shin asked, holding his fist back, ready to deliver to final blow. Aang's breathing was ragged and his clothes were torn up. He was finally able to bring his head up to meet Shin's gaze.

"Yeah," Aang began before grinning softly, "Avatar State. Yip, yip." he joked. Suddenly his eyes and tattoos glowed momentarily. Shin groaned in pain as the light shined in his eyes. For some reason he didn't know he was feeling a great deal of weakness surge through his body. Aang made his move and blasted Shin with air, sending him dozens of feet away and smashing into a building.

Nianzu stared in awe before his expression returned to it's normal menacing look, "At least now this will be a fair fight." Nianzu said.

Nianzu sent a sharp, large current of air at Aang. Aang reacted quickly, creating a large and very thick earth wall that stopped the air. Aang then shot the wall forward towards Nianzu. The airbender gasped as he began blasting air out of his palms, attempting to stop the wall. Nianzu was only able to slow it down and the wall smashed into him, knocking him dozens of feet away until he smashed into a building.

Varun and Lu Ten watched as their friend was thrown into a building and they turned to look at his attacker. At first they just thought Aang had just gotten the upper-hand, but what he did next disproved that theory.

The airbender stomped his foot on the ground, creating an earth wave that rose up at least eighteen feet. Lu Ten gasped silently and looked at Varun.

"Give me your hand!" Lu Ten ordered.

Varun raised his eyebrows, "Why?" he demanded.

"Just do it!" Lu Ten shouted. Varun then grabbed Lu Ten's hand. Lu Ten jumped into the air and created fire jets that rose them higher so that they avoided the earth wave. Once it had ended Lu Ten brought them back down. Varun glanced across the street where the waterbender was still unconscious, but while he was doing this Aang had been unleashing another powerful attack.

Aang had taken a large amount of water from the air and he charged it at Varun and Lu Ten. Lu Ten attempted to turn the water into steam, but there was too much for the fire and they were rammed by the force of the water. Varun's side had been cut by the water's force and Lu Ten had a large cut on his shoulder. Both of their wounds were bleeding slightly as they stared up at the Avatar, fearing that their lives had now come to an end.

Aang's eyes and tattoos flashed once more and his Avatar State power had left. He moaned in pain as he fell to the ground. Using the Avatar State had only given him enough strength to harm the enemies, but due to his injuries he was now feeling the pain once more.

Varun and Lu Ten exchanged glances, figuring that now would be the time to strike the Avatar. But just as they were about to get up, they heard something moving from the collapsed building behind them. They turned to see large pieces of wood and stone being moved away and after a few moments they could see Shin clearly. He was covered in dirt and small pieces of glass and other debris.

"Dang man." Lu Ten exclaimed, "Those muscles aren't just for the ladies are they? How did you even survive that?" Lu Ten asked curiously.

"Earth Shield." Shin said simply, limping on his left leg away from the rubble.

Varun looked around, noticing that Nianzu still couldn't be seen, "Wait. Where's Nianzu?" Varun exclaimed. There was a building that had collapsed a few feet away from where they were now and Varun immediately knew that Nianzu was in there.

"We have to get him out of there!" Varun yelled as he ran towards the building. He had to help his friend, that meant more than finishing the Avatar at the moment.

Shin put a hand on Varun's shoulder, "Let me do it. We don't have much time before the Avatar gets up." Shin said, glancing over at Aang who had now regained enough strength to attempt to get up.

Unknown to them, Katara had finally regained consciousness. She stood up, slightly dizzy from the fall. She could barely see a thing right now, but her vision was clearing up fast. She was able to make out the three men that were walking towards a collapsed shop, and she knew they were the men they were fighting. She looked around, trying to find Aang. When she finally did, she was glad to see him struggling to get up. It meant he was still alive, and that counted for something. Katara tried to get over to him, but after her recent fall she was still unable to run.

Shin stomped his foot on the ground, then pushed his hands out in front of him. All the stone from the building moved away and now there was only wood, and whatever was in the building. They all ran over to the building where Nianzu was trapped under a large piece of wood.

Nianzu looked up at them, "Please...help me." he pleaded weakly. The wood was lying on his chest, making it hard for him to breathe. Varun gathered water from the air and used it to cut the wood that was crushing him. They helped Nianzu up as they headed for their Air Ship that wasn't too far away.

Nianzu looked back at Aang as he boarded the airship, watching him struggle to get up. He smiled sinisterly, taking one of his daggers out of his pocket. He shook it in the air, revealing two blades that were once within the center blade.

"Hey Avatar!" Nianzu shouted. Aang looked up at Nianzu as he revealed the dagger, "Let's play catch."

Nianzu threw the dagger, sending a sharp current of air behind it. It headed for Katara, her eyes widened and she froze. Aang instantly realized the dagger's intended target, and only one thing filled his mind.

I'm not going to let you take the fall. Never will I let you take the fall.

The words he had told her a month ago echoed in his head as he quickly got up, running as fast as he could. He was at least a dozen feet away from her, but it didn't matter. He used his airbending to make himself run faster. All the pain he had been feeling before vanished, and the only thing he could think about was reaching Katara before she was taken from him.

"No!" he shouted. The dagger was just inches away from striking Katara when Aang jumped in the direction of it. It cut deep into his chest and he fell a few feet away, striking the ground hard.

Nianzu smiled, "He's finished. Get us out of here Varun." Nianzu ordered as the man helped him into the airship.

Lu Ten and Shin attended to Nianzu's aid as they helped him to his room. Once Lu Ten and Shin had taken over, Varun quickly made his way to the control room, grunting in pain as he held his side. They were all hurt badly, thanks to Aang. Varun quickly started up the airship, taking off immediately and leaving the city. They were surprised the Earth Kingdom Guards hadn't done anything to stop them, but they figured they were more focused on the Avatar, rather than his attackers.

"Aang!" Katara shouted, running towards him. The pain she had been feeling before vanished, it was as if they had never even happened. She knelt down, placing a hand behind his head so that he looked at her.

He groaned softly, "Are-are you okay?" he asked weakly. He brought his hand up to cup her cheek, stroking it gently with his thumb.

Katara's eyes began watering, and she nodded, "I'm okay." she said simply.

"Is-is everybody else o-okay?" he asked, continuing to stroke her cheek gently.

"We're all safe...thanks to you." she told him. She stared into his eyes, now noticing that tears were beginning to form in hers that he wiped away with his thumb.

He quirked his lip up in a half smile, "G-Good, that's-that's all that m-matters..." he said, his voice quivering.

Katara quirked her lip up in a half smile, "You're gonna be okay, Aang." she told him, "We're gonna get you some help."

"Ka-Katara..." he began, struggling to keep his eyes open, "I-I will...always...l-l-love -y-you..."

He exhaled deeply before his eyes closed slowly and his head fell to the side. His hand left her cheek and fell to his side. Katara's eyes widened. She shook him gently, hoping he had just gone unconscious. She placed to fingers on his neck, trying to find his pulse. She let out a silent gasp, pulling him closer and pressing her lips against his. She wasn't going to let him leave her without one last kiss. It would tear her apart. Especially after what Nianzu had done to her earlier. She broke away moments after and buried her head in his shirt, letting her emotions flow out through her eyes.

Sokka pushed through the crowd, with Suki following behind him. They had just been told moments ago that Aang was in an epic battle between four men, and Sokka and Suki knew immediately that they were friends of Nianzu so they rushed over as quickly as they could. They both looked around, before seeing Katara holding Aang against her shoulder. They both gasped as they began running over to them.

"Katara!" he shouted in shock, "What happened?" Sokka demanded, falling to his knees when he reached them.

"Nianzu." she said simply, holding her soul mate tighter against her shoulder. A few tears escaped her eyes as she began crying softly. Sokka noticed the dagger in Aang's chest, and his heart dropped into his stomach. He wrapped his arms around his sister and Aang, followed by Suki. Katara was feeling completely empty. She felt like a part of her had just been torn out. She held him tighter, bringing up her head.

"Aang, I promise I will never let you go. I will never find love again for as long as I live." Katara whispered into his ear, still crying softly.

Iroh and Zuko pushed through the crowd, "Where is he?" Zuko asked. Just as Sokka and Suki had been told, Zuko and Iroh had been too. Zuko certainly had to help his friend, no matter how strong those men were. He finally got out of the crowd as he watched Sokka and Suki kneeling down on the ground. He looked around, he could only see Katara, Sokka, and Suki. His heart immediately dropped into his stomach as he looked over to his uncle.

"Uncle, where's Aang?" Zuko asked, afraid that he knew the answer.

Iroh glanced over at the Katara, Sokka and Suki, "I-I believe he is with them." Iroh said simply, a tear rolling down his cheek. Zuko quickly glanced at his uncle before running over to the others.

"What happened?" Zuko asked curiously. Katara looked up at Zuko, and just the look on her face told him the answer. He fell to his knees, letting his head fall. All of a sudden it began raining, and many people began walking over to the group. They all stared at the group, tears rolling down all of their cheeks.

The crowd was shocked that they had just witnessed the impossible. It had never been done before; never so violently or so sadly. The entire intersection of the street had been destroyed. Homes, shops, markets, even a few carriages had been destroyed. But no one paid attention to this. They were more focused on the group that was embracing the Avatar.

I hope this battle was very entertaining and I hope you all are enjoying the story. This is why I say this is the first epic battle in the entire story.

I just got my 112th review and you know what that tells me? It tells me you all really like Aang. I just made that up because of the coincidence. Also...Happy Halloween!

Please read and review and I hope you all are enjoying the story.

P.S. The reason I didn't put a "Next Time on Dawning of Darkness" in this chapter is because I want the next one to be a surprise.