AN: So this hasn't been updated in ages, whoops. enjoy.

I rolled over as the bomb went off, waking Kila up in the process. Her eyes were instantly alert and she sat up within a second. I looked up and saw Azula stood atop one of the ships, Kila took in a breath and stood up as Aang closed the doors, sealing us in darkness. Kila lit her hands as I saw the ceiling baulk under the barrage of bombs. I stood up and jumped to push Katara out of the way as the ceiling gave.

She squirmed under me as we fell onto the floor.

"Get off of me." I let her go and she stood up and walked towards Aang.

"You're welcome." I called to no one in particular. Kila heard and smiled slightly as the group walked to a wall and Toph and Haru earth bent a tunnel in the wall. I caught a glimpse of Azula and the airships and Aang must have noticed because I saw him nod out of the corner of my eye.

"I'll hold them off." I didn't give him much choice and I ran out into the line of fire. I heard Kila yell after me but she didn't run after me, I was glad.

"Why are you here?" I asked Azula who smiled down at me. Something was wrong, something had happened and it was setting off all my warnings, this wasn't my little sister anymore.

"Haven't you heard? I'm becoming an only child." She sent a blast of her blue fire at me and I jumped onto a crumbling pillar to avoid it. I tried to jump onto Azula's ship but I missed and all I could hear was the sound of wind whipping around me. It reminded me of when we nearly got killed by the dragons, the feeling of awe and fear.

My feet slammed onto another ship and I fall to the floor from the sudden impact. I stood quickly and jumped onto my sister's ship as the one I was on rose out of the mist that hugged the temple. As soon as I stood up she launched an attack at me and I was glad that I had been training with Kila since our last fight or I probably wouldn't have stopped the blast. With every hit she threw it confirmed that something had happened since the boiling rock. That something was off. I aimed a hit at her and the resulting blast knocked us both backwards into the air.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Aang steer Appa to catch me, I closed my eyes for a second as the wind started to hurt, then I was being pulled onto Appa by Katara. I opened my eyes and sat down, glancing at Azula who was still falling.

"She's not going to make it." Kila turned to look at her as she used her fire bending to propel her to the cliff side. She used her hairpin to slow her down.

"Of course she did." I sighed and leant forward into my seat. Kila seemed to understand the turmoil and she hugged me gently as we steered away from the temple.

"You okay? You're not burnt or anything?" I shook my head and watched as they shot a last fire ball at us. Kila jumped up and reached for it before either Aang or I could react, and she quickly dissipated it. She stumbled slightly with the sudden movement and I reached to catch her when she fell back into the seat next to me.

"Are you alright?" She nodded and shivered slightly at the temperature change as we moved up. I pulled my roll from my bag and placed it over her shoulders causing her to look at me with a weird frown which turned into a smile.

"Thank you." I shrugged and turned back to Aang and the others.

"Where are we going to go then?" I asked as I sat with my back to the rail, gently holding Kila who seemed to be scared of the water below us, which didn't really surprise me any more.

"I don't know, I don't know these waters very well." Aang replied as Kila shifted beside me.

"There is a small island, not that far from here, it's mainly uninhabited." Kila offered.

"I know how to get there, it's probably the safest place for us at the moment." she continued as she stood up sheepishly and walked towards Aang. Aang went to hand her the reins but she shook her head.

"I can guide you but I would not be able to steer us there." she said," you need to turn towards the north though." she said as she sat down behind Aang. Aang turned towards north looked back at Kila.

"How long this way?" he asked.

"A while. Sorry." she said before sitting back down just behind Aang, pulling the roll tighter around her shoulders.

"That's alright." Aang replied with a smile.

It felt like forever before anyone spoke again. Kila tapped Aang's shoulder and spoke quietly into his ear. The others were asleep as we turned west and I started to recognise the small islands below us.

"Here. This was my family's favourite island. There are so few people on here I think it's practically abandoned." she said louder this time. Aang started to land and the others slowly woke up. Kila and I got off first, the others were still half asleep, and I started to un load the stuff that we had hastily grabbed. Kila didn't though. She walked over to the old house nearby, starting to ascend the stone steps to the house. I watched her as she pushed open the door gently, it creaking under the pressure.

"Go after her, I've got it." Suki said. I turned to look at her before nodding and going after Kila.

The old house was large and lavish, though it didn't feel like a home. She was stood at the other end of the house, looking out from the back door. She held something in her hand, it was then I realised that she was crying.

"Are you alright?" I asked as I walked up behind her and wrapped my arms around her. She rested her head against my chest and held it up. It was a picture of her birth family. Her father and mother were sat at the back, her mother pregnant with Kila, I knew enough about her family to know that her mother had died in child birth. Her sister, Luka, was sat on her fathers knee. They looked happy.

"They were happy, then I was born."

"They would be so proud of you, helping the avatar to save the world." I replied. She shook her head.

"Two of them are dead because of me." she said quietly. She may be right, but her mothers death was out of her control. And she had only been doing what she believed to be right when she was sparring with her father.

"There's blood on my hands Zuzu."

"Mine aren't exactly clean." I replied as I turned her around to face me. She put the picture down and hugged me back, crying into my shoulder. I'd seen her break before, but this was different. This was admitting that she was floored, this was depressive instead of rage. This was self hate. This was so much more me than it was her.

"Oi, are you two going to set up your tents or what?" Katara yelled. I turned and glared at her and she shrugged. "We need to set up, I doubt Kila will want to sleep in here."

"She's right, we should set up." Kila said, moving away from me and picking up the photo, taking it out of the frame and putting it in her pocket.

We set up together, knowing that we would have to share because we only had one tent. Kila sat down in the slowly forming circle and I joined them once I tied off the tent.

"It feels just like old times." Aang said.

"If you really want it to feel like old times, I could chase you again." I said with a smile as I sat down. They laughed, I was glad, but then I noticed that Katara didn't.

"I propose a toast, to Zuko for saving us from Azula."

"Come on I don't deserve that." I said, I could feel myself blushing.

"You're right about that." Katara said before getting up and walking away. I looked over at Sokka who shrugged. I stood up and followed after her.

"It's not fair that you don't trust me, everyone else does." I said when I reached her. She turned and glared at me.

"I was the first one to trust you, back in Ba Sing Se. You betrayed my trust." I flinched at how loud she yelled.

"What can I do to make it up to you?"

"Reconquer Ba Sing Se, bring my mother back."

"Kata-" she walked off back to her tent and I was left stood there like an idiot. I couldn't do either of those things, at least not on my own. No, even with others conquering Ba Sing Se was a feat. Finding her mother. I was already walking towards Sokka's tent.

"Sokka-" I stopped when I saw him lying on the floor surrounded by candles and petals. I decided I didn't want to know. He promptly choked on the flower he had in his mouth and sat up.

"Zuko, what's up?"

"How did your mother die?" I asked as I sat down. He quickly sobered up and looked at me.

"Why?"

"Katara is angry at me, I wanted to know how I could make it up to her."

"Oh. Our mother was killed in a fire nation raid. The black snow had started to fall and the older people, father, they knew what it meant. One of them was already in our house. I don't know what they wanted but they killed mum."

"Do you remember anything about the raiders? Anything specific?"

Sokka paused.

" The lead ship hoisted flags with sea ravens." Sokka said. The southern raiders were the only ones that hoisted sea ravens.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome, now go." he said as I got up. He practically pushed me out of the door before beckoning for Suki to come in. I rolled my eyes and walked over to Katara's tent, knowing that she would be the first one up. I saw Kila extinguish the fire and walk p to me.

"You alright?"

"I'm fine." I replied before she walked to our tent and stepped inside. She came back out holding my roll. I smiled as she placed it over my shoulders.

"Don't get too cold. Try not to get killed doing whatever you're planning."

"Thanks." I said before she went back into our tent and stayed there.

It was just after dawn when Katara came out of her tent.

"What do you want?" she snapped.

"I know who killed your mother." I replied. She paused and turned to face me.

"You do?"

"I can help you find him." I offered.