Final Chapter The War Still Rages On

As the airships approached Republic City I felt a sharp sense of uncertainty in my stomach. Meng comforted me by laying on my lap. I picked her up, kissed her duck bill and rubbed her back while I thought about Chiharu. Even with the United Forces my chances against her are very slim. She's not only physically more powerful than I am, she doesn't have any emotions I can exploit. Amon wanted equality, Unalaq wanted spirits and humans to coexist, Zaheer wanted freedom, Kuvira wanted order but Chiharu wants destruction. She won't stop until only the strongest survive. I know that Korra and Aang would disagree with my methods but the way I see it Kyoshi was right. There's no other option but to kill Chiharu. It's the only way to ensure balance at this point.

I got out of my chair to look outside and I saw the majestic Republic City out of the windows. It just looks better than ever! I saw the memorial statue of Avatar Aang in the majestic Bay, I saw Avatar Korra Park which had her own statue and a ton of couples strolling around it, I saw new Satomobiles, Bi planes, The old Future Industries building that Asami used to own, Air Temple Island where I bet Jinora and her siblings are still training new Airbenders and the Pro Bending Arena where Korra really started to excel! But as I looked around the city limits Chiharu was nowhere to be found. Was she just lying about her location? This is unlike how I first met her in Shinbashi.

"Kirika. Try to call Chiharu. I'm getting a little anxious."

As Kirika attempted to call Chiharu I saw someone familiar on the tallest skyscraper of Republic City. She stared right at us and that's when I saw her third eye tattoo. Kirika noticed Chiharu getting ready to blast us. "It's Chiharu everyone! She's going to shoot down the airship! Everyone needs to evacuate immediately!" Everyone on the airship grabbed the nearest parachutes and opened the exit doors. I made sure to grab Meng and put her in my pocket so she would be safe. I grabbed my parachute, ran over to the exit door and jumped off of the airship right before it exploded! I saw that Yosuke and my mom didn't get parachutes and were falling to their deaths! Luckily I grabbed both of them and formed an air sphere around us so I could break the fall. The airship was completely decimated as it fell out if the sky and crashed right into one of the skyscrapers causing a citywide alarm to sound.

"Citizens of Republic City, this is President Manami. Our fair city is under attack by the woman who killed our beloved Avatar Korra. You must evacuate the city as I prepare to bring this conflict to a swift and complete conclusion."

I got up and saw Chiharu falling off of the building before she activated her own parachute to drop down safely. We were in the town square as several portions of the building she was previously on were crashing down on the ground. I had to get my friends out of her line of fire. "Mom, Yosuke this is between me and her. Find a way to escape Chiharu and her mercenaries. I don't want anyone else to die here."

My mother kissed me on the cheek and earthbended some of the rubble out of the way so she could escape with Yosuke. I also put Meng behind a fallen pillar so Chiharu wouldn't find her. "Stay here Meng. Try to keep out of sight."

Meng chirped in approval as she stayed in her place. I walked out of the rubble to see Chiharu practically foaming at the mouth. She was undoubtedly frustrated. "You're a stubborn one aren't you? After I tricked you, shot down your airship and brought down a building you survived?! You're going to suffer greatly Nami." Chiharu got into her fighting stance and cracked her neck to prepare for our final battle. "Let's go!"

"What are you thinking?" As soon as I asked that Chiharu sprinted over to be and hit me hard with a shoulder tackle! It knocked me flat on my back so she picked me up by the head and started to apply a tremendous amount of pressure to my skull! "I used to be a pro bender as a teenager you know."

What does that have to do with anything? I tried to act defiant against her cocky arrogance. "Yeah. At some minor league Fire Nation school." Chiharu gave me an excruciating headbutt and punched me right in the chin! I was knocked down again but I avoided her stomp, grabbed her right arm and avoided her punches from her left arm. Then she grabbed me by the throat and hoisted me up in the air. "Try the University of Capital City. I could've gone to the big leagues if I didn't become a terrorist. I'm not one of those Roku worshipping pansies. I could break President Manami in two! With my bare hands!" She threw me high into the air as I screamed for my life then she kicked me hard on my back when I was falling down! "Don't mess with this bender!" The kick was so strong that it launched me back first right into a piece of the rubble!

I struggled to get up after that. Chiharu isn't even using her full strength at this point, she's just toying with me! "How strong are you?!" Was all that I could yell after I recovered from her kick. Chiharu laughed at my question. "Why don't you stick around and find out?"

I attempted to fight back in any way that I could but this is the hardest battle of my entire life. I launched pieces of rubble at Chiharu but she blasted them all with her eye beam. Then I tried to bend the metal support beams that littered the area while turning them into metal arm bands to restrain Chiharu but she blocked and dodged every single one. Then I created an earth pillar of my own to get on the high ground before I shot gusts of air at Chiharu as well as streams of fire in an attempt to keep her guessing. Chiharu blasted the pillar down with one deadly combustion beam which sent me falling to the ground! To recover I created an air spout and continued to shoot air and fire at Chiharu. I missed half of the time and the times when I did hit her my attacks seemed to have no effect! Chiharu continued to shoot at me with almost pinpoint accuracy so I disabled the spout and as I fell down on Chiharu I conjured a fire bomb in my right hand and hit her on the right shoulder causing an explosive blast! But despite the power behind my attack Chiharu didn't even get knocked down! In fact all that my attack did was knock her a few feet backwards! I gathered the remaining metal and formed a blade with it. I tried to cut Chiharu to ribbons but as I swung my sword at her head she casually blocked my blade with her hand! "What? How are you doing that?"

Chiharu mockingly giggled as she didn't even flinch from my sharp sword. "Nice knife." Chiharu squeezed my sword until it broke off in my hand! This is unbelievable... How can she be doing this?! I broke the blade into multiple sharp daggers and bended them all at her but Chiharu swatted them all away like they were bees while she ran towards me! She covered her fist in flames as she attempted to uppercut me. I backflipped to dodge the punch but Chiharu hit me hard with a flaming right hook sending me flying away from her and landing hard on the pavement! I need to stop using my basic techniques and actually use some that inflict real damage otherwise Chiharu will be one eye beam away from killing me!

Chiharu tried to punch me right in my face but this time I was ready. I covered my arms in the earthly pavement below me so I could block her fist with makeshift armor. Chiharu looked stunned that I was able to block her attack, now's my chance to weaken her resolve! "Typical terrorist... Big prejudice but you're all talk."

Chiharu started to sweat and attempt to pull her right arm away from me but I wouldn't let it go... Not yet anyway. "Korras a muscle bound idiot? What a load of air bison excrement!" I pushed her arm back and started my own barrage of attacks. I started with a leaping fire punch to the face, an earth kick to the stomach a knee to the face with my metal covered leg, three air punches to the chest and finally an air sweep to her legs followed by a fire kick to knock her backwards! Finally I knocked her down! "All you care about is killing everyone to get your entertainment! Especially when you kill Avatars who actually care about people other than themselves! You've got no principles just like all the rest! If Republic City is going to die you're going to have to kill me with it you psychopath!"

Chiharu quickly got back up and dusted herself off. "Alright I'll tell you the truth then. You're right about one thing. I do love to kill and slaughter everyone in my path. But do you want to know why? It's because I have a dream! That one day everyone in every nation will be able to control their own destinies. When we'll have a land of the truly free Nami! Where everyone will be defined by actions, not words and ruled by personal strength, not idiotic councils!" Chiharu punched my arms rock armor forcing it to break and grabbed me by the throat again! "Where the law will change to suit the individual, not the other way around! Where power and prestige will be back where they belong! In the hands of the people!"

I kicked Chiharu in the side if her head to break her grip on my neck but she recovered immediately and locked up with me in a test of strength! Her muscles were too powerful for me to fight back so she forced me all the way back to another fallen pillar before knocking me senseless with another headbutt! "Where every person is free to think, to act for themselves!" Chiharu kicked my chest and delivered a hard right hook to the side of my head which knocked me to the ground again! "Screw all of these moronic Avatar worshipers and inbred politicians!" She then slammed my head repeatedly against the floor over and over! I could feel blood trickling down my face. "Screw this era of pointless and extravagant technology!" She lifted herself up with jet streams on her hands and feet as I barely picked myself up. "Screw Republic City Pride! Screw the media!" She charged into me, slamming my stomach against the pillar! I could feel my intestines getting ruptured! "Screw all of it!"

I fell to the ground as I clutched my injured stomach with both of my hands. I almost wanted to vomit at that point. "Republic City is diseased, rotten to the core, there's no saving it Avatar. We need to pull it out from the roots and burn it down!" Chiharu repeatedly stomped on my back as she continued to rant on about her plan. "From the ashes a new city will be born evolved but untamed! The weak will be killed and the strongest will survive free to live as they see fit, and I'll teach the new Avatar to be a paragon of justice!" I would've been brainwashed as a child if I wasn't hidden, now she's planning on brainwashing the next person Raava inhabits? This is beyond repugnant! "In my new world people will die and kill for what they believe! Not for money, not for pride! Not for what they're told is right. Every man and woman will be free to fight his or her own wars!"

Chiharu finally stopped stomping on my chest and pulled out a bottle of water to get a drink. I wanted to bend the water right in her face but I'm too damaged to do anything at this point. "So what do you think Nami?" Wait. Maybe I can use her question against her. Maybe she's gullible enough to fall for a lie. "Maybe I was wrong about you."

Chiharu turned her attention to me as I said that. "Am I finally getting through?" She walked over to me, picked me up and wiped all of the rocks and dust off of my clothes. "I'll rid this world of pointless excuses for Avatars Nami. After all that's what you wanted right?" I kept up my charade by shaking her hand. She's got another thing coming though.

"I was wrong. You're not sadistic... You're completely insane!" I bended one of the huge pillars at Chiharu from behind causing her to fly above me and crash right down to the ground with a sickening thud. Chiharu quickly got back up and gave me a frustrated frown. "I'm making a perfect world Nami. You can't fret over every person involved."

"Not when you're purging the weak huh? What do you know about the weak? You were never treated like a delicate snowflake by your parents. You never had to reconcile with your former worst enemy just to survive."

"But you did survive! Relying on your own strengths and experiences you took your life and made it matter!"

"Now I'll take your life as well." The two of us got back in our fighting stances and charged at each other. I tripped Chiharu up and smacked her in the face with some fire punches. I dodged her retaliatory punches before backflipping and firing rocks at her that I covered with flames so they could inflict extra damage! They barely affected her though! She fired her eye beam at me again but I dodged her deadly bending while retaliating with some more makeshift metal daggers and some air kicks. Again the attacks had little to no effect! Chiharu then blasted the ground below me sending a huge chunk of pavement my way. I encased myself in the earth around me to shield myself from the pavement. But Chiharu was ready for that, she blasted my earth shield sending me careening away from her and crashing to the ground on my back! I picked myself up and spat out the blood in my mouth. Alright, that's enough playing around. It's time to kill.

I covered one fist in fire and another fist in earth and I just let loose a barrage of punches to Chiharus chest! I punched her harder than anything I've punched in my entire life but Chiharu just lightly wiped her chest as I realized she felt no pain from that attack. Then I covered my fists in metal and continued to hit her with jabs and hooks and uppercuts untill I hit her with a jumping punch to her face! She only flinched from my last and most powerful punch! "Why won't you die?! Are you made of Iron?!"

Chiharu rolled up her sleeves and lifted up her shirt to show her six pack abs. "No. But I am at the peak of physical perfection. My muscles can withstand any physical trauma! You can't hurt me Nami!"

She can't be telling the truth. She just can't! I tried to punch her face one more time but my fist couldn't harm her at all. "What did I just say?" Chiharu lifted me over her head and slammed me on the ground! She mounted me and started to punch my heart repeatedly! Every punch felt like stones were being pounded into my vital organs. Basically it hurt a lot! "Die! Die! Die!" Chiharu shouted as she punched. Eventually she got off of me and prepared to fire her eye beam at my heart! "Die you waste of space!"

I conjured an air shield right before Chiharu fired the eye beam but the shot still hit me hard! How can my body take so much abuse? As my aching body laid down with barely any energy left Chiharu cracked her knuckles in what seemed like her victory. "Well I don't know how my mercenaries are doing bit I think we're about done here." I expected Chiharu to blast me one more time to finish me off but then I heard a familiar chirp. I looked around and I saw Meng hopping around trying to get my attention. Has she lost her mind?

Meng hopped over to a piece of rubble and dragged a pot over to me with her duck bill. She opened the pot and I saw that it was full of mercury! I get it. She wants me to use the mercury to poison Chiharu, that would finally weaken her! Chiharu noticed my pet and she put her palm to her face in response to Mengs actions. "Even animals are such a pain in my butt today. So you think that little bit of metal can save your master? Well let her try platypus bunny. But make no mistake, when I'm finished with her you're next."

Meng hopped over to Chiharu who just laughed at the sight of my cute little companion. She lifted her foot to try and step on her but Meng jumped out of the way, leaped to Chiharus head and punched her cheek! Chiharu tried to grab Meng but she was able to hop around Chiharus shoulders and her head to annoy her. Meng kicked Chiharus knees, ribs, thighs, elbows and her neck all while hopping around! I guess she's anything but nonthreatening. Eventually Meng poked Chiharus left eye with her duck bill which caused Chiharu to catch Meng and throw her to the ground! "You stupid rodent!" Chiharu was ready to step on Meng but then time slowed down again. It's just like how it slowed down when I needed to save those survivors in Shinbashi! I quickly ran over to Meng and picked her up before placing her away from the fight before time returned to normal. Maybe I should just call that skill of mine time bending. Chiharu looked around as she couldn't find Meng anywhere but I've had enough of this lady. Now she dies. "Chiharu! At the beginning of my journey I hated Korra more than anything else in the world. I said she was the worst Avatar ever, one who wasn't worthy of having Raava in her. But now... Now I see her as someone different. I see her as a true savior who became compassionate through her pain and torment. Just like me, which is something you'll never be. You'll never know compassion, you'll never know sacrifice. Besides I'm going to honor her by killing you."

Chiharu gave me a death glare and put her fists up. "Let's end this Nami!"

"Fine. Let's dance!" I instinctively entered the Avatar State, it's my only chance to kill her now. I punched the ground and bended the earth below to create mini earthquakes which knocked Chiharu down. I used that opportunity to fill the cracks in the earth with fire which blocked Chiharus movement on all sides there's no way she can escape! Chiharu tried to blast me again with her eye beam but I dodged and flew up and over the flames I conjured to shoot Chiharu with enhanced air strikes. The voices of Raava, Korra and myself came out of my mouth as I viciously attacked Chiharu. "Your powers have been growing for years but mine have been growing since time itself began!" Chiharu flew up with her jet streams and shot me in my metal shoulder forcing me down to the ground. Chiharu then tried to hit me with an elbow drop however thanks to the Avatar State I recovered, delivered a hard kick to her ribs and I rose up into the sky! I bended the huge burned chunks of pavement right at her which she blasted away with her eye beam but I rushed her from the side while I bended my last chunk of pavement at her! I caught Chiharu and slammed her into a wall. Then I finally bended the metal poison and inserted it into both of Chiharus muscular arms and into her stomach. I thought that would kill her for sure but even though Chiharu was writhing in agony she still tried to shoot me with her eye beam one last time! I formed an air sphere around her head and sucked the oxygen out of her lungs causing her to asphyxiate and I finished her off by punching through her chest with my metal arm with such force that the arm went right through her chest and I was able to grab onto her still beating heart!

"We're done here Chiharu. Your dream dies with you. You see much like Kyoshi I realize that sometimes you need to kill to achieve true justice. Balance must be achieved by any means necessary. This is about justice and it's also about getting my vengeance. So go in peace!" I ripped Chiharus heart right out of her chest and crushed it in my metal arm. Chiharu fell to the ground motionless and with no remaining life in her. I emerged from this battle victorious.

I picked up my pet Meng with my normal arm and got out of the Avatar State as I slowly walked away from Chiharus corpse. I saw that the remainder of Chiharus mercenaries were in shock once they saw me. I expected them to try and avenge their employer but they all cowered in fear as they saw my bloody, bruised and battered body. I'll spare them I just wanted Chiharu anyways. My friends were also shocked when I walked near them. My mother ran over to me and hugged me and Meng as I processed everything that I did.

"Nami. What happened? Is she?"

"Yes mother. Chiharu is dead. Korra has been avenged." My friends all cheered in joy that the psychopathic terrorist finally bit the dust. Honestly though. I just need some time for myself and Meng right about now. If it wasn't for her I would've been killed. I walked off into the distance as this time the citizens of Republic City bowed down to me. My vengeance is complete and I finally have a chance to have some peace in this world. But in my head I knew this wasn't the end of it. The names may change but new enemies will always rise. For now though I just need to be with my companion who proved to be as loyal as Naga was to Korra. In my brain the battles never end. They repeat reminding me of how important the role of an Avatar is. So as far as what comes next for me is concerned?

I've got my own war to fight.

The True End