Greetings my loyal readers! First off, I would like to apologize. It has been brought to my attention that there are a few errors in my chapters sometimes. I do not notice them either due to the fact that my Open Office usually fixes everything. Apparently it hasn't been working right so I'll have to look in to that. I apologize for any errors if there have been though. Anyways, I'll let you get to the chapter. I hope you enjoy the chapter and remember to review!
Kama growled as she was sent up through the earth onto a road. "You'll find a Ostrich horse nearby, take it and head to the nearest town." The earthbending White Lotus explained before he had shot Kama up.
Kama had only barely hit the surface when she was almost struck by a carriage with a few Fire Nation soldiers. "Halt!" A Fire Nation soldier ordered as he and the other man hopped from the reigns of the ostrich horse.
"Come with us, earthbender." The other soldier ordered before Kama growled, not in the mood as she attacked with a strong gust of wind that sent the two men flying into a tree and knocking the carriage over.
"Ugh, that figures." A voice spoke up from inside the carriage as Kama recognized it for being a prisoner transport. She went to the door and broke the chain with her staff, opening it and stumbling back in shock.
"Jet?" Kama gasped in shock as she saw the man she thought had died in Ba Sing Se and his two Freedom Fighters.
"Kama!" Jet exclaimed in shock and happiness to see that she had been their rescuer.
Kama quickly got the three out of their restraints by breaking the rocks with her staff. "How did you live through that?" Kama questioned the Freedom Fighter leader.
"Someone obviously should let Ummi heal more often." Jet said with a thankful smile as Kama looked up at him, smiling to see familiar faces. "What are you doing in the Fire Nation? What happened?" Jet questioned as he looked over the Vala's many injuries.
"I can explain later. Let's get out of here first." Kama stated as she turned to Smellerbee and Longshot, seeing them heading off into the trees.
"Come on, I'll help you." Jet stated as he went to the reigns and grabbed his swords quickly from where they had been confiscated before he grabbed the Vala and dragged her off towards the trees.
Aang groaned sadly as he and the rest of the group flew off on Appa. "Aang, don't worry, we'll find her." Katara assured as she sat beside him, Kage on her lap.
"She didn't even say what village Kama was sent to, and I don't know what the White Lotus is." Aang grumbled in defeat as he rubbed his eyes, tired of being separated from the women he loved so much.
"Well we can search the closest village. It's some fishing village." Sokka explained as he leaned back in the saddle.
"Hopefully there's some mountains nearby. You and I need to practice Twinkle Toes." Toph stated as Aang looked down at the ground beneath them, seeing a river before he dropped down, Appa sinking into the water.
"Let's just rest tonight. Appa can float along the river while we sleep." Aang stated before laying back in defeat, his heart pulsing dread through him over having come to close to getting his Vala back and then having her taken again.
Kama groaned slightly as she sat on a platform in a tree, Smellerbee behind her trying to change her bandages. "I'm glad we didn't see the Fire Lord yet." Smellerbee commented as Jet shot up into the branches, already having set up his zip line system.
"Glad we found a few allies." Jet commented as he looked down at the injured Vala.
"We can stay here for a little while. The others are just as glad to see Jet alive as we are." Longshot stated, looking towards the Freedom Fighters in the area.
"I still need to thank you for helping me Kama. If it weren't for you...I wouldn't have made it." Jet stated as he sat down in front of the girl. "Also considering you rescued us from those soldiers, I owe you twice." Jet said with a small smile at the younger Air Nomad.
"It was nothing." Kama replied simply as Smellerbee finished changing the bandages on her back.
"You want to tell us what happened in Ba Sing Se? We heard Aang went down." Smellerbee stated as Kama shrunk back, heart sinking further.
"Uh guys, can you give us a few?" Jet questioned before the two Freedom Fighters left them alone.
"Aang is dead." Kama grumbled, obviously depressed and not having wanted to say it.
Jet's eyes widened at the news. "Oh no." Jet mumbled, rubbing his hands over his face from the shocking news that had been presented.
"Princess Azula shot him down. I...I tried everything...I told Katara to heal him...I gave myself..." Kama cut short as the sobs began to rack her body again from the idea of her best friend and the only other airbender that had been alive being killed by the Fire Nation Princess.
Jet wrapped an arm around Kama and pulled her to him, letting the Vala sob into his chest.
Two Days Later
Aang woke in a cold sweat, his heart pounding heavily as though it were shattering, tears already streaming down his face from the dream he had. He quickly leaned over the side of Appa's saddle and splashed some of the water in his face, not wanting to go back to sleep for fear of another nightmare.
Aang sat back down as the dream replayed in his mind. He dreamed that it was Kama who went down instead of him, but not by the hands of the Princess, the hands of the Fire Lord had killed his Vala. The poster Katara had showed him came to life in his mind.
Aang shuddered as he moved back a bit into his blankets, wishing his Vala was with him more than anything so he could keep her with him forever, tell her he loved her more than anything and no amount of Cosmic power would ever make him stop loving her. He looked up as he heard some bird calls, curious since they sounded familiar even for it being the middle of the night.
"You feel up for a little raid?" Jet questioned the Vala, the girl being beside him, eyes trained on the people floating down river.
"No, send the others. I don't want you or I to do it tonight." Kama replied, turning to head back up towards the hut she shared with Jet for the past two nights.
It was announced a few hours after they found the other Freedom Fighters that Jet wanted to give co-leadership to Kama, since he trusted her enough to make the right decisions. The Vala was healing much quicker now thanks to Smellerbee helping her. "Are you sure? It might help take your mind off..." Kama cut Jet off by holding up her hand.
"Don't. I don't need to be reminded of my mistakes tonight Jet." Kama stated before Jet reluctantly followed her back to the hut, sitting down on her bed.
"We'll be like fire nation royalty tonight." Jet mused with a sarcastic smile as Kama rolled her eyes at him, shrugging off her robes to examine the burn scars.
"I want nothing in common with the Fire Nation, and you know that." Kama growled before the teen wrapped his arms around her waist, his chin going to her shoulder.
"Then we'll be like free misfit kids." Jet replied simply as Kama melted back into the embrace, needing the feel of someone wanting to comfort her.
Aang had been trying to sleep again when he noticed someone fly past the moon, then seeing the zip line. He quickly stood up and it was then that a flaming arrow shot down at them, earning a yelp from him and waking the others in the process. "What's going on? Are we under attack?" Sokka questioned before seeing the flaming arrows.
"We're under attack!" Aang exclaimed before he sent a gust of wind to stop the arrows, a few teens dropping from the trees.
"You can give us what you have easily, or we'll take it." A voice spoke up as the person took out a pair of swords.
"Or we can just kick your butts until you leave." Toph snapped back before remembering that they were in the middle of a river and she had no earth to use.
Sokka lit a torch to see the Fire Nation scum before his eyes widened. "Smellerbee!" Aang announced excitedly as the girl looked at them shocked.
"Aang? We thought you were dead!" Smellerbee stated as Longshot dropped down beside her.
"We thought you two were!" Katara replied as Appa began to swim towards shore.
"No, we got captured with Jet and were on our way to the Fire Lord." Smellerbee stated before the many other Freedom fighters became visible in the tree.
"Jet? He's alive?" Katara exclaimed in shock at the news.
"Yeah! Kama apparently kept him alive when she tried to heal him back in Ba Sing Se." Smellerbee explained as the mere mention of the Vala's name made Aang's heart pound in pain.
Kama gasped slightly as she moved back further into Jet, the mans' lips on her neck as he held Kama to him, trying his best to comfort the Vala. "Jet...wait." Kama grumbled as she pushed him back a bit.
"What? I thought..." Kama silenced him as she pushed her lips to his, needing the comfort more than anything as Jet's arms wrapped back around her waist.
"I need comfort." Kama grumbled as her head rested on Jet's chest, eyes drooping from the pain shooting from the chest at the idea of betraying Aang like this, but knowing that he would want her to move on.
"Come on." Jet grumbled quietly before he pulled her out of the hut, leading her off somewhere else.
Kama frowned slightly as Jet began to lead her through the trees on the zip lines.
"Wait...Kama's here?" Aang questioned in shock and excitement after Longshot explained how they got free.
"Yeah. She refused to come on the raid with us tonight. I've been helping her with her injuries." Smellerbee explained before she and Longshot began to go back up into the trees.
"I'm going to get her." Aang stated quickly before he took off into the trees after the two freedom fighters.
"Aang! Wait for us!" Katara called after the excited airbender before she began going up into the trees with the zip line, Sokka taking Toph up on Appa.
"Hey Jet..." Smellerbee cut short when she saw the hut was empty, the leaders no where to be seen. "Huh, wonder where they went." Smellerbee stated as Aang appeared behind her, looking into the hut.
"Where's Kama?" Aang questioned as he looked back at Smellerbee.
"I don't know, probably with Jet." Smellerbee said with a shrug as Aang felt a pulse of jealousy at the idea before he went off to search for his Vala.
Kama smiled slightly as she and Jet came to a stop near a waterfall. "Why here?" Kama questioned quietly as she looked around.
"You like nature, it's secluded and beautiful." Jet said with a shrug, a smile on his lips at the idea of helping the Vala feel better.
"Where was this Jet back when you tried to wipe out a village?" Kama questioned with a teasing smile at the co-leader beside her.
"I've changed. Nothing wrong with it." Jet said with another shrug before laughing as Kama stripped down to her wraps and jumped into the water.
"Ah, cool water feels great on burns." Kama stated as she floated on her back, loving how the water felt.
"Mind if I join?" Jet questioned as Kama looked towards him.
"You led me here, who cares if you join." Kama stated before going under, missing the sight of the Freedom fighter stripping down to his own undergarments to join the Vala in the water.
Aang zoomed through the trees on the zip lines in search of his Vala, excitement pulsing through him at the idea of seeing his Vala again after so long and letting her know he was very much alive. "Come on, where are you?" Aang questioned aloud as he looked around for any signs of his Vala.
"Aang, you should come back to the huts and lay down. It can wait." Katara stated from a nearby platform.
"No it cant." Aang replied simply as he zoomed past Katara.
Katara sighed before going back to the hut the group was going to share. "Just let him search, he's excited." Sokka stated to his waterbending sister.
"Yeah, excited to get her back to a hu..." Toph was cut short by Sokka throwing a blanket in her face.
"He'll come back when he gets tired or when he finds her." Sokka assured before laying back, feeling ready to go back to sleep.
"Let's just hope they get a separate room." Toph stated before laying down, narrowly dodging a thrown pillow.
"Stop that! I don't think Aang plans on doing something that stupid." Katara stated as she laid down as well. "He's only twelve." Katara stated as Sokka snickered at her.
"Technically they're both a hundred and twelve." Sokka corrected before deciding to go to sleep.
Kama chuckled, feeling happy for once as Jet grabbed her by the waist and lifted her, throwing her into the water. "Ooh, look who can lift finally." Kama teased with a smirk before diving under the water to swim away from the teen.
"Look who's actually smiling." Jet pointed out as Kama resurfaced, yelping as Jet caught her again. "Feeling better?" Jet questioned as Kama chuckled slightly.
"For the first time in weeks, yes. A bit." Kama stated as she moved back into Jet's arms a bit, a devious smile played out on her lips.
"Well that's the best news I've heard since you rescued us." Jet whispered into the Vala's ear as she began to move with the current of the water, smirking as Jet stiffened a bit.
"I'm tired. I think it's time we go back to the hut Jet." Kama stated as she broke from his grasp and began to swim towards shore. "You coming?" Kama questioned as she looked back at the freedom fighter, who was still waist deep in the water.
"In a minute." Jet stated as he sunk further into the water, watching as Kama laughed at him. "You're evil, you know that?" Jet questioned as Kama slipped her robes on.
"I've been told." Kama replied as she leaned against a tree, waiting for him to walk out.
Aang groaned sadly as he got back to the hut that he would be staying in with his friends for the next few days, wanting so badly to see his Vala that night, but unable to find her. "Aang?" Katara questioned tiredly as he walked in, collapsing on his bed.
"Yeah? I'm going to bed." Aang mumbled before he let sleep retake him again.
Kama smirked as she zoomed through the trees on the zip lines, Jet a bit behind her. "Look who's gotten better than a Freedom Fighter at zip lining!" Kama called back to him as she laughed, wondering where all the happiness finally came from.
"I'm still the better fighter." Jet stated before Kama landed on the landing of their hut, running in before Jet could catch her and diving into her bed.
"I'm the better fighter, don't forget that." Kama replied as Jet walked in, looking towards her with a smirk before he moved over to the Vala.
"Oh really? Prove it." Jet growled playfully as he slid into the bed with the Vala, confusing the Vala slightly.
"Fine, I will tomorrow." Kama stated with a yawn as she settled in to sleep, gasping as Jet's lips found their way to her neck. "Jet...I don't think that..." Kama cut short as the Freedom fighter co-leader pulled her closer to him so they were snuggling.
"What's wrong with a bit of snuggling?" Jet questioned with a smirk before Kama rested her head on his chest.
"Try anything and I'll hurt you." Kama grumbled before settling in to sleep, not minding the idea of a man comforting her like this.
Jet smirked before he wrapped an arm around the Vala and closed his eyes to sleep.
Smellerbee walked into the leaders hut the next morning to get the two for a meeting before running back out at the sight. "Never going in there again." Smellerbee commented before she retreated to go to the meeting.
Kama woke not too long after that and got up, pulling from Jet's arms slowly so as not to wake him, writing a note and putting it beside him before she slipped from the hut to go train.
Aang woke early as excitement overtook him over getting to see his Vala again, running from the hut to go to the leaders hut and see his Vala. "Was that Aang?" Sokka questioned tiredly at the strong gust of wind.
"Yep." Toph grumbled as she sat up, hating that it was so early.
Aang got to the leaders hut and waited for one of them to answer, not feeling like running right in. He wasn't too happy though when a half naked Jet appeared in the door. "Aang?" Jet questioned in shock at the sight of the supposedly dead Avatar. "You're alive?" Jet stated as Aang ignored the questions.
"Yeah I'm alive. Where's Kama?" Aang questioned excitedly before Jet moved out of the way to go see if the Vala left him a note, Aang following him inside.
"She's training." Jet stated after he found the note and read it. He grabbed a piece of wheat from his bed and popped it into his mouth. "I'll go get her." Jet stated as he quickly dressed to go find Kama.
"I'm coming with you." Aang stated as he followed behind Jet to see the love of his life.
Kama grunted as she dodged a slash with a sword, striking back with her own sword. "You're getting better." Longshot commented as he continued attacking. "But you know you have airbending, right?" Longshot questioned as Kama attacked with her own broadswords.
"I refuse to use it, remember." Kama growled as she ducked under a thrown blade, spinning around Longshot before she put the swords to his neck. "I win." Kama stated with a victorious smirk before the boy turned to her.
"You're in a much better mood today." Longshot commented as Kama slashed at a nearby tree branch with her sword in a victorious way.
Jet arrived to see the Vala slashing at a tree branch. "You're challenging the tree now? Well, it is the only thing you could win against." Jet commented with a teasing smirk, pulling his hooked swords from his back to challenge Kama.
"I just beat Longshot, what are you talking about I cant win against...who is this?" Kama questioned as she saw the boy beside Jet, who still had a bandana over his forehead.
"What You don't recognize him?" Jet questioned as Kama put her swords back down on a nearby table, walking over to the two.
"Looks like you brought Fire Nation scum into the trees." Kama growled before the boy grabbed her in a tight hug.
"Would fire nation scum hug you like an airbender?" Aang questioned as he knocked his bandana off, the Vala gasping in shock as she stumbled back, falling off the platform before she grabbed a zip line, climbing back up.
"Aang!" Kama gasped in pure shock before she tackled her fellow airbender to the floor, hugging him just as tight as he had her. "I...I thought you were dead." Kama grumbled as Jet and Longshot left them alone to talk.
"I thought you were! Until I saw you at that school..." Kama cut him off by holding up her hand.
"What are you talking about?" Kama questioned as she got off of the Avatar's lap.
"That Fire Nation school. That was me Kama, that's why I took off after you after the dance." Aang explained as Kama's eyes widened in shock as to not knowing it had been Aang the whole time.
"So...my healer sent me away from you?" Kama questioned as Aang wrapped his arms around her tightly, pulling her to him once more.
"She didn't know it was me either. She told us you were on your way to a healer, not to rescue Jet and his Freedom Fighters." Aang stated as Kama's body began to convulse, sobs racking her body as the tears bean to flow into Aang's shoulder.
"I've...I've thought you were dead...this whole time. I thought...Azula killed you." Kama sobbed as Aang let his own tears fall as well, just glad to have Kama back as he held her tightly to his body.
"I thought you were dead." Aang grumbled sadly as Kama's arms wrapped around him tighter as her sobs began to stop slightly.
"I wished I were for a while." Kama grumbled as she looked up at Aang, then taking in the fact that he had hair now. "When did you get hair?" Kama questioned with a teasing smile as Aang smiled back slightly, wiping away her tears with his thumb.
"I was in a coma for a few weeks. I couldn't shave." Aang replied before Kama buried her face in his chest again, overjoyed to see her best friend was alive.
"You look different with hair. I like it. It's original for an airbender." Kama stated as Aang chuckled slightly before looking over all the burns and scars on her body.
"Kama...what happened?" Aang questioned as he ran his index over the scar over her left eye, the Vala turning her face away as a blush played out on her face from the gesture.
"Aang...I gave myself up to the Fire Nation for you guys to get away." Kama began as Aang kept his arms wrapped around her, not wanting to let his Vala go for even a second.
"They captures me and Iroh, they took us to the Fire Nation Capital, and Fire Lord Ozai attacked me. I told them I was the Avatar so they would leave you guys alone." Kama explained as Aang looked down at her sadly, not having wanted the Vala to do something like this for him. "Zuko, he told Ozai I was no threat, and that he would keep an eye on me so I wouldn't be sent to prison with Iroh." Kama continued as she kept her eyes on something in the distance, the painful memories replaying in her mind.
"Zuko kept me locked up in a house or on his ship all the time, he was always reminding me of the mistake I made in Ba Sing Se, of how they killed you, everything he could to hurt me." Kama snarled sadly as Aang's anger sparked at the Fire Nation Prince. "But he let me go." Kama stated as Aang looked at her in surprise.
"Why?" Aang questioned as Kama looked back at him.
"I don't know. He said I was no threat to the fire nation, I was nothing more than a broken bender. He told me leave, and I fled into the sea, washing up in the Fire Nation." Kama stated before she began to explain how she met up with Jet and the freedom fighters.
"Kama, I'm so sorry." Aang grumbled as the Vala buried her face in his shoulder again, tears flowing down both airbenders faces at what all has happened.
"I'm just glad to see you're alive." Kama muttered as she looked up, their eyes locking.
"I'm glad to see you're alive and not in the hands of the Fire Nation." Aang stated as his eyes drifted from Kama's eyes to her lips, feeling a slight blush come to his face.
"I wished I were dead there for a while." Kama muttered as Aang wrapped his arms tighter around her, the Vala practically in his lap now.
"What're they doing?" Toph questioned Sokka as the warrior watched from a nearby platform.
"It looks like they're just snuggling." Sokka stated back to the blind earthbender, laying on his stomach so he wouldn't be spotted.
"I knew it!" Toph announced in a whisper before Sokka grumbled, pulling out a few copper pieces and handing them to Toph.
"There, happy?" Sokka questioned as Toph smiled at him.
"I am now that I got your money." Toph stated before jumping up to leave him, before forgetting they were in a tree and she couldn't see.
Aang looked over towards where Sokka and Toph had been, letting the Vala continue to snuggle into his chest as he frowned at them before seeing Sokka give him a thumbs up. "Uh Kama?" Aang began as he looked back down at the airbending female on his leg.
"Hmm?" Kama grumbled tiredly, the crying and reuniting having worn her out.
"There...there's something I've gotta tell you." Aang muttered shyly as his face turned a slight red, knowing now was better than never.
"What is it Aang?" Kama questioned as she looked up at him, her heart wishing that it would be something about her relationship for a moment before she caught her thoughts.
Aang took a few breaths to calm himself before he tried to begin. "Kama...I..." Aang was cut short by the sound of a crash, looking over to see Toph and Sokka had fallen out of a tree and frowning since the moment had been ruined.
"I better help them. I'll be right back." Kama stated as she pulled from Aang's grip, the Avatar frowning at the loss of his Vala's body pressed against his own.
"Smooth move, Sokka." Toph snarled as she sat up, the warrior having knocked them both from the tree.
"You pushed me. It wasn't my fault." Sokka grumbled before Kama dropped down on a zip line, Jet coming down on the other side.
"Gotta be careful up here. It's easy to fall." Jet stated with a chuckle as Kama helped Sokka up, Jet grabbing Toph to haul them back up to the platforms.
"Next time, stay away from the sides." Kama commented before the two people who fell from the tree hugged her tightly, glad to see the Vala alive. "Okay, okay, I get it. I was missed." Kama stated as she hugged them back, surprised that Sokka of anyone had hugged her.
"Hey Kama, you wanna go on a raid? A few Fire Nation Carriages are going through the forest. We could use the supplies." Jet stated as Kama shrugged at the idea.
"Sure, why not." Kama stated as Aang frowned, having been listening from a nearby branch. Kama felt a spark of jealousy but ignored it, moving to go raid the carriages with Jet and the other Freedom Fighters.
"Hey Aang, did you find Kama?" Katara questioned as the airbender walked into their shared hut.
"Yeah, she's going on a raid with Jet right now." Aang muttered as his jealousy surged, having wanted to tell Kama how he felt but the move being ruined by Sokka and Toph.
"Well I'm sure they won't be gone long. You can hang out with her afterwards." Katara stated as she continued trying to sew Sokka's pants, the warrior having torn them on the way up to the platforms the night before.
"Yeah I guess." Aang muttered before walking back out to go have fun on the zip lines that went around the trees.
"Hey Kage, I bet you're excited to see Kama." Katara commented to the grown Armadillo Lion who was now much bigger than Momo, almost full grown.
Kama laughed as she and Jet shot back up into the trees, each carrying a bag of spoils. "I didn't think they'd scream like girls." Kama stated through her laughter, Jet laughing with her.
"They're Fire Nation. What do you expect." Jet replied through his own laughter as they moved to drop off the supplies.
"I would at least expect them to put up a fight." Kama stated once they dropped everything off, looking around for any signs of Aang.
"Like I said, they're Fire Nation. So, what are you up to now?" Jet questioned curiously as Kama's eyes drifted back to him.
"I don't know. Maybe hang out with the team since they just got here." Kama stated with a shrug before Aang dropped down, landing beside her.
"Hey Kama, you want to hang out for a bit?" Aang questioned curiously, looking towards Jet.
"Sure Aang. Let's go." Kama stated before they took off on the zip lines.
"Well, that figures." Jet mumbled before going to see about any other raids.
Ah, reunited once more and with a friend they thought was gone. I hope you enjoyed my little twist there. I decided, it's my story, so why did he have to die in Ba Sing Se. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, the next one's going to be a big one since someone gave a request, not saying who, and I followed through and wrote it. Thank you all for reading as usual, and please do me the favor of reviewing!