Aang
"Get down!" The voice was unfamiliar, and a bit late for what they were warning against. I blocked the explosion with my air bending as the owner of the voice rounded the corner and threw up her hands. It was Kila. A wall of fire encased the walls, throwing light every which way. It was blue at the heart of the flame, meaning that she was definitely the prodigy she said she was.
The flames reached the ceiling I noticed as Katara ran forward and stood next to Kila.
"What are you doing?" I asked as the flames dipped and her hands moved.
"Saving your sorry asses. Move!" Katara heeded her warning and went to join Sokka and a still wounded Toph, as the flames vanished completely as she reached out with her chi. I could feel it, her hands moving in circular patterns to dispel the explosion.
Her eyebrows were furrowed in concentration over her mismatched eyes. They glinted almost murderously as she transferred her chi back to the wall of fire. Then Zuko appeared and jumped at combustion man. Kila's flames flared blue completely as Zuko and the man fought.
"Kila, he wont hold him long." I reached for her and she turned as combustion man threw Zuko off. Her eyes widened as she saw it in her peripheral vision, the flames turning white hot.
Watching her break like that made me realise that she had been right, she wouldn't be able to teach me. The flames contorted and grew sharper as her attention shifted. I grabbed her and pulled her out of the way of an explosion. She gasped and forced her attention back to the present, the flames dying down to blue.
Sokka stood up as Katara attacked him from around the corner, and seemed to be trying to figure something out with his boomerang. Kila paid this no attention and turned to Toph who was still blind from Zuko attacking her, and spoke to her.
"Toph, I can help with your feet, but I might need to touch them, is that okay?" She was asking for consent? Toph nodded and Kila put her hand next to Toph's badly burnt feet, and pointed the other away from her. I turned to see what Sokka was up to as an explosion sounded.
We all got up and ran, Kila picked Toph up and pulled her with us, as we rounded the corner we saw what was about to happen.
"Oh man." Sokka said as combustion man got up and shook his head, as though he was trying to rid himself of a daze. He focused as we all ran back to our hiding spot. An explosion sounded as Kila and Toph fell in behind us, making rubble fall. Then it was quiet.
"Guys. He's gone." Kila said as she looked around the corner. She stood up and lit her hands before she rounded the corner, myself and Katara following her.
Combustion man was nowhere to be seen. Kila walked towards the edge and looked over, she must have noticed the metal arm near it. Her head suddenly turned and she lit her palm.
"For Agni's sake, Zuko. Ashes I- I could kill you." She ran towards him and tackled him in a hug. They pulled apart and she looked him over. "Are you okay?" He nodded and she started to shake his shoulders before she let him go.
He smiled and looked at her then looked at me and the others.
"Thank you for saving us." I said as he walked closer, Kila following behind him.
"It's alright. It's the least I could do, as a way to apologise. I'll admit that I was wrong to chase you, and that I've learned from my mistakes. Maybe you'll accept me as your fire bending teacher so that I can help fulfil my destiny as to teach the avatar and help end the war." I looked over my shoulder at my friends.
"Only if I get to get payback for my feet." Toph grinned as she struggled up on her burnt feet.
"It would help to have a fire bender on the team. Especially one as close to the Fire lord." Sokka stated, Kila looked as though she wanted to say something but I turned to Katara who was looking at Zuko suspiciously.
"Katara?"
"If it's what you want Aang. If it's what you think is right then sure." Zuko smiled and Kila leant her elbow against his shoulder.
"Welcome to the group." A smile found a way onto my cheeks as Kila smirked.
"I wont let you down." He said, practically beaming with happiness. We bowed to each other and Kila went over to Toph, helping her off of her feet.
Sokka walked over and spoke briefly to Zuko, leading him to his room. I turned to face Kila.
"I see why you can't teach me." I said as I knelt down beside her as she controlled the heat around Toph's feet. She looked up, gold eye sparking as she realised what I said.
"Sorry, that must have been hard. To see it I mean." I shook my head and helped her up as Sokka returned. I looked around but couldn't see Katara.
"It feels weird having him around, like he's gonna betray us." I shook my head as Kila helped Toph onto the side of the fountain.
"He wont, he wouldn't dare. He's changed I'll give him that." Kila said as she stood up from helping Toph onto the fountain. I nodded and Sokka seemed to think what Kila had said over in his head, before he nodded. "Hey, for that matter, where am I sleeping?" I realised that Kila hadn't been with us either and that she didn't have a room.
"I'll show you, come with me." Sokka said. Kila walked away with him and I walked over to Toph whose feet were in the water.
"How's everyone taking Zuko joining us, Twinkle toes?" She turned to face me as I sat down next to her.
"Alright, Katara seems to have gone off, but Sokka only seems concerned for everyone's safety." Toph nodded at the comment.
"That's good. He really seemed sincere, and Kila wasn't lying. She truly believes that he's changed." I nodded and glanced at the sky, it was starting to get dark.
"Come on, we should go to our rooms." I said as I picked her up and carried her into the temple.
"Alright Twinkle toes." She let me pick her up and carry her to her room.
When I woke up the sun was just peeking over the temples. I stretched and walked out of my room, following the sounds of muffled conversation. The sun had probably been up for hours already, the floor already warm under my bare feet.
"You threw a better punch when you were 11." A voice from round the corner said, they were female and I didn't recognise it, probably Kila.
"You didn't dodge as well back then." There was laughter in Zuko's voice, I hadn't heard him like this before. Kila brought something out in him. I leant against the pillar that symbolised the small training area, and watched. They were circling each other, sparring, watching for a weak spot. Kila was on the further side and she froze when she noticed me.
"Aang!" She dropped her stance as Zuko turned around and dropped his fists. Kila's hair was down, I didn't know it was so long, and both her and Zuko wore red fire nation clothing, though hers covered her chest and he'd ditched his top.
"Don't mind me, carry on." Zuko stepped towards me and bent down to grab his shirt on the floor near me. A smile was on his face when he pulled it on.
"Sorry Aang, do you want to start now?"
"After breakfast, Katara won't like it if I miss it, she'll think I don't like her cooking." I said as I stretched. Kila smirked and gently jabbed Zuko underneath the ribcage. He turned and pulled a hurt expression as I walked back towards the others and the smell of Katara's cooking.
