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Almost There
(Sozin's Comet Part 3)
Hours later, when it had become night, the three of us were so anxious. Katara and I joined Zuko in sitting in the very front. Although it was night, the sky was bright. The comet was skimming the surface of earth. As horrible as it is to admit, it looked beautiful. It's a shame it's power was used for destruction and evil.
The Fire Nation wasn't too far away. Every moment we were closer to our destination. It terrified me. But why? The three of us against Azula… I liked those odds. We were all stronger than her. Was I worried about fighting against a small army too? Not really. I felt we were prepared. The three of us tried to exchange conversation but finding topics were hard.
Despite my best efforts, my mind wondered to my home. How everyone was. I assumed they were safe and would remain that way. We'd stop Azula and her quest before it could be put into action. Then I began to think about after the war ended. What would I do? Would it make sense to keep traveling? I've been to most places already. Would I stay with Zuko, Aang, and the rest of the gang? I didn't even know how all of that was going to go. Would I go back home to my island? I didn't think I could go back to my old life now.
My thoughts were selfish but I couldn't stop them. Each possibility came with something I gained and something I'd lose. I desperately wanted to start a conversation and take my mind off this, but I didn't know what to say.
"Zuko, don't worry. We can take Azula," Katara speaks up.
I looked over at Zuko to see a worried expression on his face.
"I'm not worried about her. I'm worried about Aang. What if he doesn't have the guts to take out my father? What if he loses?" Zuko states anxiously.
"Aang won't lose. He's gonna come back," Katara replies somewhat confident. "He has to."
"Yeah," I agree. "We'll beat Azula. The others will stop the airship fleet. And Aang will stop your father. The war will finally be over."
They both slightly smile. Then there was silence. I bit my lip.
"So… I think we should talk about something. To clear our minds of the situation," Katara suggests.
"I thought you would want to stay focused," I say.
"Well I normally would, but I think this way would be better. Is that okay with you?" Katara says.
Zuko nods.
"Go ahead. I'd like the distraction," Zuko agrees.
"Alright, what should we talk about?" Katara asks.
"Aang!" I exclaim right away.
"How he's disappeared? I was thinking something off subject," Katara says.
"No, no. Not about that. About you and Aang," I say with a smirk.
Katara instantly goes red.
"Us? Wh-what are you talking about?" Katara asks trying to act casual.
"You know… you two kissing," I say resting my head in my hand and smiling widely.
"You guys kissed?" Zuko asks confused.
"Of course we have! Why wouldn't you think so?" Katara spits out offended.
I cover my mouth of giggles. Katara covers her face in embarrassment. Zuko and I burst into laughter. Katara becomes angered at us.
"Stop laughing!" Katara yells irritated before talking sadly. "It's complicated."
I place a hand on Katara's shoulder.
"Do you like him?" I ask seriously.
Katara slowly nods.
"Yes… I do. A lot. It's just, I don't want things to change between us. I like being his friend," Katara says.
"You can still be best friends and date. Those are the best relationships," Zuko says.
He looks directly at me as he says that. I open my mouth to say something, but the words die in my throat.
"Alright! Once we defeat the Fire Lord I'll do it! I'll tell Aang how I feel," Katara says.
I wrap my arm around her shoulder.
"Better yet, just kiss him," I wink.
Katara blushes again before smiling.
"Okay, time for me to ask you something," Katara says.
"What, are we taking turns?" I ask teasingly.
"Yeah, sounds good. We go around the circle and can ask the others anything we want," Zuko says.
"Perfect. I go first!" Katara states quickly.
Great. I hoped more than anything Zuko and me weren't brought up in this little game we had going on.
"So Mikaila, what was your favorite part about dating Zuko?" Katara asks.
My face goes red. So much for hoping! I hear Zuko laughing.
"Umm maybe you should ask me something else," I laugh nervously.
"We agreed we'd answer anything," Zuko smirks teasingly.
I frown. Fine. Dignity be damned.
"I don't know. I guess…" I say looking anywhere but Zuko. "My favorite part would be… how happy I was."
I notice that Zuko looks surprised.
"He was really romantic, we did all these great things, and I felt so… loved," I admit.
Zuko stares at me.
"Next question," I say clearing my throat.
"Fine, Zuko. After breaking Mikaila's heart in Ba Sing Se, you got together with Mai right away. Why?" Katara asks.
Zuko's eyes go wide and his cheeks turn a deep red. Katara, I love you.
"Uh… pass," Zuko says.
"No, no. You have to answer it. 'We agreed we'd answer anything'," I say mockingly with a huge smirk on my face.
Zuko clears his throat.
"Alright… Mai wanted to get back together, as if nothing happened between us. I thought she'd be a nice distraction. I wanted to forget Mikaila," Zuko answers brutally honest.
Any words I was about to speak, died in my throat. He wanted to forget me? It made a little sense, but it still hurt to hear that. While I was suffering Zuko was doing his best to forget me. Then why did he keep coming to see me? How did he change his mind to come find me? I knew why. He told me that no matter how hard he tried, Zuko couldn't stop his love for me. That made my heart beat faster. Not that I should have cared but I did. Maybe I could get back together with Zuko, but what about my home? I can't date Zuko if I go home. Isn't that still what I want?
I hate this game.
Despite the comet, the sky became dark again. According to Zuko, we would reach the palace about midmorning the following day. With tomorrow's events, it would be beneficial if we all got a good night's sleep.
"Alright," I say clearing my throat. "I think we should get some sleep for tomorrow. I'll keep watch first."
All we needed to watch was for Appa. To make sure he stayed awake and on course. Katara nodded as she yawned.
"Very well. Wake me when it's my shift," Katara says.
She walks over to the back of the saddle, lays down in a ball, and instantly falls asleep. I never understood how she could fall asleep so fast. I joined Zuko on Appa's head and sat right next to him.
"So, where am I heading?" I ask.
"Just fly straight. Find a spot in front of you and follow it," Zuko instructs.
"Sounds boring," I say jokingly.
"Are you sure you want first shift?" Zuko asks.
I take the reins from Zuko and grip them tightly in my hands. It felt so weird flying Appa, being in charge of where he went. I look down below and remember how weird it is to be flying at all. Weird and exciting.
"I'll be fine," I say.
A small yawn escapes my lips. I do my best to cover it up but Zuko notices.
"You're tired. Maybe you should sleep," Zuko suggests.
"No, I'm fine. Really. I want to stay awake," I say.
"Why? You have something against sleeping?" Zuko asks.
For a moment I don't reply, but it's not like I can pretend Zuko didn't ask me anything.
"I'm afraid of going to sleep," I state.
"Why?" Zuko asks.
"Nightmares. I don't want to have any. With the stress and situation we're flying into tomorrow, I'm sure I'll have plenty of nightmares. About my home, about all of us. I'm afraid something bad will happen, despite all my hope and confidence. I have faith Aang with come back and face the Fire Lord, and if he fights to his true capability I know he'll win," I say.
"Then why are you scared something bad will happen?" Zuko asks.
"I don't know. I just… feel like it. I'm dreading facing Azula tomorrow. I might freeze up or hold back unconsciously. What if something happens to you… or Katara, because I can't give it my all?" I state.
Zuko grips one of my hands tightly. He pulls me closer in a side hug so my head is a couple inches from his shoulder.
"You need to stop worrying. We'll get through tomorrow. I promise," Zuko says sweetly.
My eyes become sleepy and I know I'll drift off any moment now. My head is too heavy to hold up, so I rest it on Zuko's shoulders. I was too tired to know if Zuko tensed slightly or it was my imagination. Zuko gently takes the reins from my hands.
"Wait… I'm on… watch," I say slowly.
"Just go to sleep. I'll wake you for your shift," Zuko says.
I nod slightly, unable to speak anymore. My brain was screaming at me to get up, away from Zuko, and sleep in the saddle. Yet, my heart softly whispered to me to stay right here in Zuko's warmth. I listened to my heart.
ZUKO POV
The night was warmer than usual, due to the comet and extra heat my body was producing. It was almost too stuffy. And with Mikaila's head resting on my shoulder, I hope she doesn't overheat. Hearing her soft snores and feeling her so close to me, brought me this extra warmth. One that wasn't stuffy.
Having her next to me just felt so right. Maybe it was wrong to take advantage of our position, but I didn't care. I'd enjoy every moment I got like this. Which made me think even more on us. When I become Fire Lord that will complicate things even more. I'll be so busy cleaning up the war that I may not have much time to pursue Mikaila with as much freedom.
And then other doubts crept into my mind. What if she didn't even stay? The reason she left home in the first place was to travel and see the world. Between being captured by me, being on the run from the Fire Nation, being imprisoned, and hiding now, she never got the chance to follow her dream.
What if she went back home to her island? She always talked about going back when the war was over and telling her home that they were safe. Would she come back though? Would her family and friends believe her or force her to stay forever? How would I go check up on her? I didn't even know where her island even is. Near Kyoshi Island but it still was a lot of ocean to search.
What if Mikaila never wanted to get back together with me? She found someone else she… loved. Would I be able to accept that? What would I do? I couldn't find someone else. I knew that. Mikaila was the only one for me. Would it be wrong for me to not accept if she found someone else? To fight for her everyday till she was mine again.
I wanted so badly to hold her again close to me. To go on dates. To hold her hand. To show everyone I love her and she loves me. To make her smile the way she did. To kiss her sweet lips. To have us be an us.
It wasn't too much to ask for. I need her by my side. She's my everything. Maybe I haven't proved that to her yet. She needed some 'eye-opening-fall-into-my-arms' moment. How could I do that? I'd find a way. Careful not to wake her, I leaned down and kissed her forehead. She moved a little and buried her head deeper into my warmth. I smiled.
Appa groaned again, feeling tired of flying for so long. I petted his side encouragingly.
"Want to land and stretch a bit before we get to the ocean?" I ask.
Zuko, you're talking to an animal. Did you expect him to say yes or no? I shake my head. Then, I take the reins and motion to go down. Appa grunts and whips his head. The reins fall from my hands. I pick them up again.
"You don't have to rest?" I ask.
Appa snorts… in agreement? I smile and pet the side of his head again.
"Alright, we'll keep going. We'll keep each other up," I say.
So we keep flying. A few hours later, I wake Mikaila up to do her shift. She lifts her head and blinks a few times. Mikaila rubs her eyes and stretches her arms with a small yawn.
"How did you sleep? Any nightmares?" I ask.
"No. I slept well," Mikaila replies.
I smile before standing and climbing one foot into the saddle. Mikaila grabs my hand, which causes me to stop. I look down at her. She smiles softly.
"Thank you," Mikaila says having my hand a small squeeze.
"You're welcome," I say.
She releases my hand and I climb the rest of the way into the saddle. I lay down and fall asleep. Though not very well. Not that I was having bad dreams, I just had a hard time staying awake. After being asleep, I'd wake up for no reason missing something. Missing what though? For hours it seemed I struggled to stay asleep. I woke again when Mikaila climbed into the saddle and gently woke up Katara.
Without speaking, Katara went to her spot and disappeared from view onto Appa's head. Mikaila laid down a few feet from me. For me, it was enough to fall asleep.
It was like I was a little awake but not completely. I didn't want to open my eyes yet. I could feel warmth though, but I was always warm. This wasn't mine. What was this warmth? I pulled it closer to me. It also smelt sweetly. Does warmth smell sweet? Then I heard giggling. That disturbed me for some reason. I scrunched my eyebrows to stay asleep but the giggling wouldn't stop! Slowly, I opened my eyes… and nearly died.
Sometime during the night it seemed I had pulled Mikaila closer to me. She faced away from me, but my arms wrapped around her. She was still sound asleep. I looked up to see Katara looking down and smiling widely. She must have been the one giggling. My face turned red.
"You two are so cute," Katara compliments.
I pull away from Mikaila in a panic. She groans though and turns around to cling back to me. Katara laughs again. My face doesn't get any less red.
"W-What are you doing back here?" I ask annoyed she found us the way she did.
"I was getting some food. But I found you two like that and couldn't help myself," Katara answers.
Again, I pull away from Mikaila gently. She turns on her back and stretches. Her eyes blink open.
"It's morning already?" Mikaila asks.
"Yep. The sun just rose an hour or so ago," Katara replies.
"How from the palace?" Mikaila asks.
"Not too far away," I say looking down.
I see the Great Gates of Azulon. No alarms go off, so I know we're in the clear. It wouldn't be too long now. We were a little ahead of schedule than I believed we would be. The air becomes thick. It was becoming real. We all sat in the saddle in a circle and held hands. In complete silence and for once it didn't feel uncomfortable.
Once land was in sight, I hopped onto Appa's head to guide him to the palace. Surely Azula would be there somewhere. As we approach, I spot people in the plaza courtyard. One of them is Azula. She's kneeling down about to be crowned. Looks like we got here just in time.
I look back at the others. Katara looks determined and ready to kick Azula's ass. Mikaila has a brave face, but I can tell she's still a little nervous. Appa growls as we land in the courtyard. I stand.
"Sorry, but you're not gonna become Fire Lord today," I say jumping down to the ground. "I am."
Azula laughs.
"You're hilarious," Azula says.
Katara and Mikaila jump down next to me.
"And you're going down," Katara states.
"No way are we letting someone like you be Fire Lord," Mikaila says.
The Fire Sage, continues as though nothing happened, goes to put the crown on Azula. Azula signals him to stop. She stands and steps forward.
"Wait. You want to be Fire Lord? Fine. Let's settle this. Just you and me, brother. The showdown that was always meant to be. Agni Kai!" Azula offers.
"She's crazy," Mikaila says.
"You're on," I accept seriously.
Mikaila and Katara both turn to me surprised. Azula has a sly smile on her face.
"What are you doing? She's playing you. She knows she can't take us all on, so she's trying to separate us," Katara states quietly.
"Yeah, we can do this together," Mikaila says.
"I know. But I can take her this time," I say.
"But even you admitted to your uncle that you would need help facing Azula," Katara reminds me.
"Why are you doing this?" Mikaila asks.
"There's something off about her; I can't explain it but she's slipping. And this way, no one else has to get hurt," I say.
I can't help but look at Mikaila and deep in her eyes. Her mouth is slightly open. Did she know I agreed to fight an Agni Kai for her? If not, it was better not to say. Katara nods in agreement, whether she actually agreed or not. Mikaila did nothing except turn her head a little to the side.
The three of us walk over to the other side of the courtyard. They give me some last minute encouragements and cautions before stepping to the side. I knee facing away from Azula, ready to fight her. She got done as well. I take a deep breath. I can do this. I stand and turn around. She does the same.
"I'm sorry it has to end this way, brother," Azula says sarcastically.
And I can see it more. Something happened to her. It's like her mind isn't completely there. I almost feel bad for her.
"No you're not," I reply getting into stance.
Azula smiles and gets into an awkward fighting stance. After a spin, she sends an enormous blast of blue fire at me. I bend a flame from both hands and bring them together back towards Azula. The two massive flames hit, creating a wall at their meeting spot. Azula leaps up on a jet of fire, kicking her legs forward. She sends waves of fire with three spinning kicks.
We continue sending blast after blat at each other. Neither one of us is able to hit the other. Even with the extra powers from the comet. It's more intense than I ever imagined. Our fire is so strong that parts of town near the palace are caught up in our fire. I punch another powerful blast toward Azula, which hits her blue fire.
I continue shooting fire while being pushed back by her continuous blue flame. I adjust my feet to be more grounded. Both our flames die off. Azula looks back at the plaza, now on fire because of me, before turning back to me. She jumps forward, swinging a blast of fire at me from her foot. Before I get it, I thrust my palms outward and make a wall of fire, cutting our flames in half.
I can see Azula's heavily breathing from here. She looks frustrated before she narrows her eyes in determination. I've never seen her so angry and so lost. Not wanting to give her opportunity to recover, I create two large fireballs by punching and form one hugs massive blast as they fire towards Azula. For a moment, she looks panicked. She barely manages to dodge using a jet of blue fire. Then she flies forward in the air and creates fire from her feet and hands. Without delay, she shoots two blue fire blasts.
I crouch and build up enough fire to launch into the air over her blasts. I come down hard with another blast of fire. She swerves to dodge my next attack. Azula continues to shoot back as she circles me. I block them all easily. I have no time to send my own attack though. I spin and kick immensely powerful flames from my feet. Her efforts to stop are useless. Azula falls and rolls forward. She picks herself up. Her hair is all out and her angered face hasn't changed.
"No lightning today? What's the matter? Afraid I'll redirect it?" I ask mockingly and get into my stance.
It was time to end this. If I could get her to shoot lightning, I could redirect it and hit her. Ending this fighting.
"Oh, I'll show you lightning!" Azula threatens.
Azula waves her fingertips and generates lightning, even with her irregular stance. I breathe deeply to prepare myself. I get into my stance and wait for it to come my way. She continues to charge her lightning as much as she can. Her gaze looks back up but it's not at me. I turn to look behind me to my right. Were Katara and Mikaila standing there?
Katara was more on my left side, but Mikaila stood there. I see Mikaila and a million fears in her eyes. I turn back to Azula, hoping she only wanted to distract me. But when Azula's hand raise and point directly at Mikaila, my heart stops. Lightning shoots out of Azula's fingertips right toward Mikaila.
"No!" I yell as I ran in between Mikaila and the lightning.
I go to extend my fingers and redirect it but it's too late. The lightning hits my chest. With the greatest pain I've ever felt in my life, I crash into the ground. I lie on the ground, twitching from static from the lightning. I feel it everywhere. I groan and roll onto my back, holding my wounded chest. My eyes flutter but I try to keep them open.
MIKAILA POV
I can't breathe. Can't speak. Can't move. Can't process what just happened. One moment Zuko is fighting Azula and the next thing I know Zuko is shot with lightning. Because of me. He saved me. Azula was going to shoot me, but Zuko jumped in the way. Now he's lying on the ground in pain.
Something sucks me back into functioning mode. I ran with Katara toward Zuko to heal him. Please don't die Zuko! We're coming!
"Zuko!" Katara yells.
As we run towards him though, our path is blocked by a blast of lightning. We look over at Azula. She's crazed, hunched over and swaying. She begins to laugh manically and then runs towards us. She fires a blast but I block it with a wall of earth. I bended earth along the ground back at Azula. She flew back.
Zuko rolled onto his stomach and tried his best to get up. He was in too much pain to get up. Katara and I again ran towards Zuko. Azula launches another blast in front of us, blocking our way again to Zuko. She laughs crazily and shoots lightning at us. We both dodge it before it's able to hit us. Another lightning strike comes our way, Katara and I roll out of the way.
"We need a plan," I say.
"You fight Azula. I'll heal Zuko," Katara says.
"Got it. Don't let him die," I say seriously.
Tears threaten to leave my eyes. Katara nods. I bend water from my pouches and create more. Once I have enough supply, I create a shield in front of us. Katara takes this opportunity to run towards Zuko to heal him. Azula notices, growls, and shoots lightning at Katara. I bend a large enough wall of earth. The lightning shatters it upon impact but none hits Katara. I shot a large water beam at Azula.
She dodges it and jumps to the side. From this angle, Azula has a better advantage over hitting Katara. She fires multiple blasts. I block all of them with water except the last one. The last one was too quick. My defense grazes her attack, only changing the angle slightly. It hits the ground but the blast causes Katara to fly forward. She hits her head on the ground and is out cold. I clench my fists. It was all my fault.
Azula smirks and turns her attention directly at me again. She laughs.
"You think you can defeat me? You couldn't beat me in prison," Azula says.
"This time I'm not injured," I reply.
"Not yet," Azula says grounding her teeth. "I'll make sure the first act I do as Fire Lord is burn your precious island to the ground."
"You'll never be Fire Lord," I state.
Azula screams as she put her hands together to send a powerful fire blast. A huge one. I return an almost as big water blast. The two clash in the middle and send air back from the impact. I use earth bending to launch myself high in the air. Falling fast, my hand is surrounded in water, ready to come down and punch Azula. She creates a small fire shield above her.
Her efforts didn't slow me down. I came crashing through and hit her. The two of us rolled. She went further. With anger in her eyes, Azula stood and wiped some blood from her lip. I send water whip after water whip. Her dodges become slower and eventually I'm able to hit her. She flies back and hits the ground on her back.
I stop my attack to see if she can still fight. For a moment I thought she was out or incapable of fighting. But I was wrong. With an angry battle cry, fire dispersed all around her. At the last second I created a water bubble around me that protected me. Luckily it didn't go far enough to hit the others.
"Face it dual bender, you'll never win against me," Azula state with a wicked smile.
"I'm not letting you win. I can beat you," I say confidently.
She begins to laugh hysterically, cackling out of control. She's lost it, she's absolutely lost her mind. I stand ready to advance or block her next attack.
"I'm going to enjoy taking your life," Azula says darkly.
Despite my confidence in beating her, I tremble a little. I can do this. I'm strong! You may not have grown up knowing how to fight, but now you fight for what you love. Even if the odds were different than what we thought, it doesn't mean the situation is impossible. I took a deep breath and looked back at Azula, without showing fear.
"The war ends today. We will beat you," I say.
"The Avatar stands no chance against my father. Your friends don't stand a chance against our army. You don't stand a chance against me," Azula says.
"All of you don't stand a chance against us," I say more loudly. "As long as there are people we will keep fighting. This war has gone on a hundred years. And we've never given up to your Nation. The world will be free again and the Fire Nation will also be free from you."
Azula clenched her fists tighter and glared even harder. Anger and rage poured out of every speck on her body. She ignited her flames and it was like her whole body was on fire. Maybe angering her wasn't the way to go. She shot fire blast after fire blast, throwing them a faster speeds. I used water to block every shot, but I could still feel the heat and I was sweating.
Every step forward Azula took, I matched in stepping forward too. Once we were right on top of each other, we dispersed our elements and fought hand to hand. Her usual grace and strength were lacking. I managed to lay some hits on her. None were tough enough to weaken her, but at least she was taking the blows. I blocked one of her kicks with my own leg and rolled us over. For a second, Azula was dizzy and out of sync until I kicked her side.
Then she was very much into the fighting again. After a few more hits, Azula saw she wasn't faring well and flipped backwards to create some distance. With a hideous growl waiting on her lips, Azula moved her fingertips to generate lightning. I rose some earth slabs and sent them her way. She managed to hit everyone in an explosion before impact.
With no more earth coming her, she fired a shot of lighting at me. I ducked just in time. That's when I noticed my heavy breathing. I was getting tired. And I still hadn't come up with a way to stop her. And I had to do it fast, in order to keep enough energy to heal Zuko. Azula was about to strike again when a powerful water whip hit her and from her in a standing up positon. Everything was in ice except her head. The hit seemed to knock her out temporarily. Her head hung forward. I looked over to see Katara standing with a determined expression on her face.
I run up to her.
"Thank you," I say trying to catch my breath. "I was getting exhausted."
"No problem. Let's switch. I'll take on Azula. You see if you can get started on Zuko's injuries," Katara decides.
"How's your head?" I ask.
"It's fine," Katara answers.
Azula cries out in frustration before breaking free from her ice prison.
"Good luck," I say to Katara before running over to Zuko.
Zuko is groaning and his face is completely sweaty. I see his chest where Azula hit him. I wanted to throw up and cry. Now wasn't the time.
"M-Mikaila?" Zuko stutters weakly.
"I'm here. I'm right here," I say trying to fight the tears.
I gently pull Zuko's head into my lap and bend water around my hands. They glow as I begin to slowly heal him. I didn't have a lot of energy, not enough to completely heal him. Hopefully I had enough before Katara could come over and help. I watch Zuko's face. He seems to still be in a lot of pain.
"M-Mikaila," Zuko quietly speaks.
"Shhh, try to save your energy," I say.
"I have to tell you just in case," Zuko protests.
"Nothing is going to happen. I won't let you die," I choke on my words.
Small tears run down my face.
"I know you'll heal me, but I still want to tell you now," Zuko says.
"What is it?" I ask.
"I'm so, so sorry for everything I did that hurt you," Zuko says.
He looks like he's about to cry.
"You already apologized. I forgave you," I say.
"But we're not together. I'll fight every day for us. Till you can love me again, because Mikaila I… I love you, so much," Zuko says.
I begin to cry harder.
"Zuko…" I'm barely able to say.
Zuko smiles brightly despite his pain.
"I guess I've earned it back," Zuko says.
I grab one of his hands with one of my own.
"You have earned it a million times back over," I say.
"I'm glad. I'm really, really glad…" Zuko says slowly.
His eyes close and his breathing becomes more swallow. I start to panic. It feels like something is stuck in my throat and my heart will leap out of my chest. He can't die! He Just CAN'T!
"ZUKO!"
I am evil HAHAHA. But seriously, anyone thinking "oh my gosh! Is he going to die?!" Of course not! How cruel do you think I am? Goodness. Sorry, it's a little short but the scene with short in the episode, so I had to add my own. Hope you all enjoyed it. Next chapter will be posted early next week. Maybe Tuesday. Once again, please read the author's note at the end of the next chapter. Thank you. And PLEASEEE REVIEW! There's only one chapter left! *Cries*
