I was the first to wake up. I left my room and walked out to see that everyone was asleep in the courtyard. Chit Sang was snoring. Teo, The Duke, and Haru were sleeping next to each other. Hakoda was in-between Sokka and Katara. Toph was under one of her earth tents. Zuko was off to the side. Aang was sleeping on Appa. I hear something be launched, I turn just in time to see a bomb come flying toward us. I throw up an ice wall just in time. the sound of it exploding causes everyone to wake up.

"What's going on?" Haru asked

"Were under attack." I said

I hear two more bombs, and I reinforce the wall. I can feel it trying to give way.

"Kida drop it." Katara yells

"Not yet." I said

Aang quickly does something that cause metal doors to close around the temple. I drop the ice wall. I bend over and breath hard. Bombs contiue to be sent towards the temple.

"Watch out." Zuko yells

I'm then pushed out of the way as a piece of the ceiling land where I was once standing.

"Thanks." I said

"This way." Haur yells

I turn to see that Toph and he had created a way out

"Come on! We can get out through here." Toph yells

We all run over to the passageway. Aang is trying to get Appa to leave but he won't budge. Zuko is standing looking at the metal doors.

"What are you doing?" I asked

"Go ahead! I'll hold them off. I think this is family visit." Zuko said

He then runs off.

"Zuko!" I yell

I go to run after him, but Sokka stops me.

"Come on the sooner we get out the sooner we can help him." Sokka said

I nod. We try to pull Appa into the passageway but he won't budge.

"I can't get him to go in there. Appa hates tunnels." Aang said

"Aang, there's no way we can fly out of here." Katara said

"We'll have to find a way." Aang said

"We need to spilt up." I said

Sokka nods and turns to look at, Hakoda, Suki, Haru, Teo, Chit Sang and The Duke.

"Take the tunnel and get to the stolen airship." Sokka said

"No. The Fire Nation can't separate out family again." Katara said

"It'll be okay. It's not forever." Hakoda said

"I'm coming with you guys." Suki said

Katara hesitates before hugging her dad and running back to us. We all climb on to Appa. Toph is on the ground still, she has her hand on a wall.

"I can clear that away and we can fly out through there." Toph said

"Um, there's an awful lot of fire in that general direction…" Suki trails off

"We'll get through. Let's go." Aang said

Appa flies out through to the outside of the temple, covered by a shield of rock and ice. I can feel the fire trying to get through, but Appa escapes and the shield disintegrates. I see Zuko onto of another airship. They start to face off. Zuko makes the first move. He jumps toward Azula, who sends columns of fire at him, which he responds to with more blasts. The two attack each other several times. We continue to dodge bombs and fire blasts. Katara and I deflect several large whips of fire with our firebending. We rise above the airship to avoid more fire. There is a explosion I turn to see Zuko and Azula being launched several different ways. Katara catches Zuko but Azula is left falling.

"She's…not gonna make it…" Zuko trails off

Azula uses her firebending to propel herself toward the wall, stopping her fall with her hair pin and saving herself.

"Of course she did." Zuko said

Azula who stands on the side of the cliff, smiling evilly.

Time Skip to some unknown location…

We are now camping on an island.

"Wow, camping…it really seems like old times again, doesn't it?" Aang asked

"If you really want it to feel like old times, I could, uh…chase you around a while and try to capture you." Zuko said

He smiles and the rest of the group laughs, expect for Katara and I who simply glare.

"Ha, Ha." Katara said

Sokka holds up his cup.

"To Zuko! Who knew after all those times he tried to snuff us out, today he'd be out hero?" Sokka asked

Everybody except Katara holds up their cups. Aang nudges him with his elbow, before Toph lightly punches him.

"I'm touched. I don't deserve this." Zuko said

"Yeah, no kidding." Katara said

She then gets up and walks away.

"What's with her?" Sokka asked

"I wish I knew." Zuko said

Zuko gets up and follow after him.

"What's with him?" Sokka asked

I get up and follow them, I see Katara sitting on a rock overlooking a rocky cliff. Zuko approaches her from behind. She catches sight of him, immediately grows antagonistic, and rises to walk farther away toward the cliff.

"This isn't fair. Everyone else seems to trust me now. What is it with you?" Zuko asked

"Oh, everyone trusts you now! I was the first person to trust you. Remember, back in Ba Sing Se. And you turned around and betrayed me, betrayed all of us, betrayed my sister." Katara said

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

They are both standing by the cliff now, she snaps at him angrily.

"You really want to know? Hmm, maybe you could reconquer Ba Sing Se in the name of the earth King. Or I know! You could bring my mother back!" Katara yelled

Katara storms away, slightly hitting his left shoulder with her right one as she passes Zuko, leaving him disappointed. He walks toward me.

"I'm sorry about her, she never took her death well." I said

"Do you know who they were?" Zuko asked

"No, only the man's eyes." I said

I headed back to my tent.

Next Morning…

I walked out of my tent to see that Zuko was sitting outside Katara's tent. I head over to him, just as Katara exits her tent.

"You look terrible." Katara said

"I waited out here all night." Zuko said

"What do you want?" Katara asked

"I know who killed you mother, and I'm going to help you find him." Zuko said

I just look at them, Katara goes up into her tent and then comes out dressed in her battle outfit. She then heads towards Appa who is being fed by Aang. Sokka is fiddling around with a flower necklace. Katara and Zuko approach the bison, I'm chasing after them.

"I need to borrow Appa." Katara said

"Why? Is it your turn to take a little field trip with Zuko?" Aang asked

"Yes, it is." Katara said

"Oh. What's going on?" Aang asked

"We're going to find the man who took my mother from me." Katara said

Sokka pauses and stands up, surprised.

"Sokka told me the story of what happened. I know who did it and I know how to find him." Zuko said

"Um…and what exactly do you think this will accomplish?" Aang asked

"Ugh, I knew you wouldn't understand." Katara said

"Wait! Stop! I do understand. You're feeling unbelievable pain and rage. How do think I felt about the sandbenders when they stole Appa? How do you think I felt about the Fire Nation when I found out what happened to my people?" Aang asked

"She needs this, Aang. This about getting closure and justice." Zuko said

"I don't think so. I think it's about getting revenge." Aang said

"Fine, maybe it is. Maybe that's what I need. Maybe that's what he deserves." Katara said

"Katara, you sound like Jet." Aang said

"It's not the same. Jet attacked the innocent. This man, he's a monster." Katara said

"Katara, she was my mother, too. She was killed right in front of Kida. But I think Aang might be right." Sokka said

"Then you didn't love her the way I did." Katara said

"Katara." Sokka said hurt

"The monks used to say that revenge is like a two-headed rat viper. While you watch your enemy go down, you're being poisoned yourself." Aang said

"That's cute, but this isn't air temple preschool. It's the real world." Zuko said

"Now that I know he's out there…now that I know we can find him, I feel like I have no choice." Katara said

"Katara, you do have a choice: forgiveness." Aang said

"That's the same as doing nothing." Zuko said

"No, it's not. It's easy to do nothing, but it's hard to forgive." Aang said

"It's not just hard, it's impossible." Katara said

"What about me. If anyone has the right to want justice it's me or revenge. I was there when it happened. But you don't see me wanting to go get revenge." I said

"Well maybe that's because you didn't do anything you just stood there. It's your fault she's gone." Katara yelled

I stepped back.

"I didn't know that's how you felt." I said

I turn and ran back to my tent. I sat down and curled in on myself. Someone opened my tent door. I didn't bother looking up.

"Get out." I said

"Kida…" Katara starts.

I looked up at her.

"I said. Get. Out." I said

I sent my hand out sending ice out the hit her and sent her flying. I then pulled it back so the ice blocked my door. I laid back and laid my hand on my stomach. I stayed in my tent the rest of the day, I heard arguing so I took the ice down and stepped out. Katara is dressed in a black cloak, tying her hair in a ponytail.

"So you were just gonna take Appa anyway?" Aang asked

"Yes." Katara said

"It's okay, because I forgive you… that give you any ideas?" Aang asked

"Don't try to stop us." Katara said

"I wasn't planning to. This is a journey you need to take. You need to face this man. But when you do, please don't choose revenge. Let your anger out, and then let it go. Forgive him." Aang said

"Okay, we'll be sure to do that, guru goody-goody." Zuko said

"So you're going?" I asked

They all turned to look at me.

"Yes we are." Katara said

"What do you hope to achieve by facing him?" I asked

"I don't know." Katara said

I nod and go to head back towards my tent.

"Do you want to come? You have every right to face this man." Katara said

"Sure." I said

I moved and climbed onto Appa.

"Appa, yip-yip." Katara said

Appa takes flight, Aang and Sokka look up at us as we depart.

"We need to find the Fire Navy communication tower. All the navy's movements are coordinated by messenger hawk. And every tower has to be up to date on where everyone is deployed." Zuko said

"So once we find the communication tower, we bust in and take the information we need." Katara said

"Not exactly. We need to be stealthy and make sure no one spots us, otherwise they'll warn the Southern Raiders long before we reach them." Zuko said

Communication Tower…

We hid behind a mass of rocks. I create a raft like thing out of ice so we could get to the island. We watch as two guards walk out a door. After the guards have passed, they stealthily run through the open door. We make it inside, and into the vents. We peer down at a female guard through overhead grating. Katara waterbends the ink onto the guard's hands. She rises from the desk and walks away. Katara, Zuko, and I climb down into the room and look through the files stored in the drawers..

"Okay, Southern Raider…Bam…On patrol near Whaletail Island." Zuko said

"Whaletail Island, here we come." Katara

Next Morning…

I wake up to see that Katara is steering Appa. She has dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep.

"You should get some rest. We'll be there in a few hours. You'll need all your strength." Zuko said

"Oh, don't you worry about my strength. I have plenty, I'm not the helpless little girl I was when they came." Katara said

I can tell Katara is having a flashback, she talks as she has it.

"But we were too late. When we got there, the man was gone. And so was she. Kida was in that corner crying." Katara said

"Your mother was a brave woman." Zuko said

"I know." Katara said

Later That Night…

"You never gave me your story about what happened." Zuko said

"That's because I don't remember. I remember what Katara said but after she left it's all blurry. What I do know is that I could have saved her, all I had to do is bend and I didn't. Katara and Hakoda are right I didn't do anything." I said

"I was wrong, Kida. What I said before it wasn't your fault. I was wrong and I was mad and I took it out on you." Katara said

"I know it just hurt." I said

"There. See those sea raven flags? It's the Southern Raiders." Zuko said

"Let's do this." Katara said determined

Appa submerges underwater, Katara waterbending an air bubble around his head so we can breather. We move through the water and come out. We hear a group of guards talking.

"So there I was, and I was like, 'You know…'" the soldier said

Katara sends out a water whip up and wraps the water around him and pulls him into the water. We hear then running towards the edge. We completely surface and Katara and I water bend waves at the ship. The others turn around to the torrent of water flood the ship, washing them overboard. Appa lands on the deck. One soldier, who has managed to stay aboard the ship, attacks Katara, but I send my hand put and freeze him sold. We make our way through the corridors of the ship, Katara's arms are covered in water for defense. One soldier bursts from the cabin, a sword in hand only to be attacked and locked back inside by Zuko. Katara and I follow him to a large doorway, where we abruptly halt.

"This is it, Katara, Kida. Are you ready to face him?" Zuko asked

Katara pulls down her face mask and lets out a cry as she sends a powerful stream of water towards the door. We move into the room. The Southern Raiders commander attempts to attack Zuko, who only deflects his firebending attacks.

"Who are you?" the commander asked

"You don't remember them? You will soon, trust me." Zuko said

The Commander prepares to strike once more, however, his hands fails to move and begins trembling. I turn to look at Katara with a look of horror.

"What's…happening to me?" the commander asked

Katara moves with swift motions, she forces him to the ground. I continue to look at her with horror.

"Think back. Think back to your last raid on the Southern Water Tribe." Zuko said

"I don't know what you're talking about. Please, I don't know." the commander said

Zuko bends down closer to the commander.

"Don't lie! Look her in the eye and you tell me you don't remember what you did." Zuko said

He points at us. Katara bloodbends him, fixing him into a position where the Southern Raiders commander looks right into my eye.

"He's not the guy." I said

"What? What do you mean he's not? He's the leader of the Southern Raiders. He has to be the guy." Zuko said

Katara turns to walk away, letting the commander go. He slumps to the floor.

"If you're not the man we're looking for, who is?" Zuko asked

"You must be looking for Yon Rha. He retired four years ago." the commander said

I turn to see that Katara eyes are filled with tears. I move and pull into a hug.

"We'll find him okay." I said

Time Skip to Spying On Yon Rha…

We hid behind a bush, and spied on Yon Rha and his mother. Yon Rha is tending to a garden.

"Yon Rha! You lazy piece of work, I need something." Yon Rha's mother yelled

"Yes, Mother. What is it?" Yon Rha asked

"The tomato-carrots from your garden are too hard for my gums. I need something soft and juicy!" Yon Rha's mother yelled

"Would you like something else from the garden? I would be happy to…" Yon Rha said

"Forget your stupid garden. Get your grimy hind to the market and buy me some real food!" Yon Rha's mother yelled

Yon Rha stands up. We follow him around he goes into the village and buys some vegetables. Katara bumps into a stand making windchimes play. We move out of the way just as he whips around.

"Hello? Did you see someone?" Yon Rha asked

"No." the man said

He buys some vegetables and leaves we follow after him. Zuko steps on a twig causing a twig to snap. Yon Rha turns around.

"Hello? Is someone there?" Yon Rha asked

He then resumes walking again. We also resume following him.

"That was him." I said

"That was the monster that killed my mother." Katara said

We continued after him. It begins to rain. He turns and stops once more.

"Nobody sneaks up on me without getting burned." Yon Rha said

He drops the basket of vegetables and firebends at a nearby bush. He looks around, then he picks up the fallen vegetables and continues on his way. While his back was turned we had set up a wire, he trips and falls into the mud. He tries to get up to sees Zuko's fire blast and moves out of the way.

"We weren't behind the bush. And I wouldn't try firebending again." Zuko said

He takes a threatening step towards Yon Rha. Katara and I walk towards him.

"Whoever you are, take my money. Take whatever you want. I'll cooperate." Yon Rha said

Yon Rha is on the ground with his arm shielding his face. Katara and I look down at him.

"Do you know who we are?" Katara asked

"No. I'm not sure." Yon Rha said

"Oh, you better remember us like your life depends on it. Why don't you take a closer look?" Katara asked

"Yes, yes, I remember her now. (points at me) You're that little Water Tribe girl. (to Katara) I remember you as well." Yon Rha said

FLASHBACK

Kida, Katara, and Kya are in their igloo. Kida is standing behind her Kya and Katara is at the door.

"Just let her go and I'll give you the information you want." Kya said

"You heard your mother. Get out of here." Yon Rha said

"Mommy, I'm scared." Katara said

"Go find your dad, sweetie. I'll handle this." Kya said

Katara runs from the igloo. Yon Rha faces Kya and Kida.

"Now tell me, who is it? Who's the waterbender?" Ron Rha asked

"There are no waterbenders here. The Fire Nation took them all away a long time ago." Kya said

"You're lying. My source says there's one waterbender left in the Southern Water Tribe. We're not leaving until we find the waterbender." Ron Rha said

"If I tell you, do you promise to leave the rest of the village alone?" Kya asked

Yon Rha nods his head, Kya's hand around me tightens.

"It's me. Take me as your prisoner." Kya said

"Mommy what are you doing?" I asked

"It's okay, Kida." Kya said

"I'm afraid I'm not taking prisoners today…" Yon Rha said

He moves to send a fire blast at her, but a young Kida blocks it with her fire.

"White fire." Yon Rha said

A young Kida grabs her mom's arm and tries to pull her away, but Yon Rha moves faster and kills Kya. Kida turns around and bends down to her mom.

"Mommy. Wake up. Mommy." Kida said

She shakes Kya trying to get her to wake up. Not knowing that she dead, and not just sleeping.

END OF FLASHBACK…

I just looked at Yon Rha.

"I did do something." I whispered

"She lied to you!" Katara said

Katara turns around from Yon Rha as she closes her eyes sadly.

"She was protecting the last two waterbenders." Katara said

"What? Who?" Yon Rha asked

"Me and my sister." Katara said

Katara holds both her arms out, halting the falling raindrops and creating a shield above the four of us. After a few moments, she send a forceful stream of water at Yon Rha, transforming the stream into a flurry of ice daggers midway through her attack. Yon Rha crouches in fear, preparing to be hit. When he doesn't feel anything he looks up to see the ice daggers floating in midair. Katara's expression softens and she allows for the daggers to liquefy and drops to the ground. Yon Rha moves to his knees.

"I did a bad thing. I know I did and you deserve revenge, so why don't you take my mother? That would be fair." Yon Rha said

"I always wondered what kind of person could do such a thing, but now that I see you, I think I understand. There's just nothing inside you, nothing at all. You're pathetic and sad and empty." Katara said

"Please, spare me." Yon Rha cries

"But as much as I hate you… I just can't do it." Katara said

"And by the way our revenge is letting your mother live, I mean she is such a bundle of joy and love." I said

I walked over and grabbed Katara's hand.

"Come on lets go back." I said

Katara nods and we head to where we left Appa. Once we find him we climb on and fly back to the others.

"I like what you said back there." Katara said

I just shrugged.

Time Skip to the dock…

Katara and I are sitting on a dock. Katara is crying and I'm just looking down at the water. I hear two people walking towards us. I turn to see Zuko and Aang walking towards us.

"Katara? Kida? Are you two okay?" Aang asked

"We're doing fine." Katara said

"Zuko told me what you did. Or what you didn't do, I guess. I'm proud of you." Aang said

I got up and left and Aang took my spot. I walked over to Zuko.

"I have to tell you something. Zuko I'm…" I started

I was cut off by Aang waling up to us. Aang stopes in front of us.

"You were right about what Katara needed. Violence wasn't the answer." Zuko said

"It never is." Aang said

"Then I have question for you. What are you gonna do when you face my father?" Zuko asked

Aang has a worried expression on his face.

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Zuko finds out about Kida being pregnant in the next chapter.