A/N: Well it has been a little while. My bad. But I am back. :-D

Reviews:

Shadow'sAngel818: Ok Zuko knows because he just knows. Lol. You will find out towards the end. And I doubt you are going to be right about what Azula is doing. :-P And if I had to guesstimate I would say maybe two or three. Depends on how many chapters I turn the fight into.

Jelllybean530: Well thanks :-D And I know there are countless mistakes. :-/ But most of the time I just write them and then put them out there because I don't have time to reread them. Lol. Like this update for example. :-P I am thinking about updating less often next time and maybe getting someone to proof it for me since I don't have time.

Cream-Pie13: Its hilarious! You'll love it.

Patty Cake Rocks: Thanks. This one is more my style. :-D

So there we have it. :-)

I know I haven't been updating as normal as I use to but 4 reviews. :-( That is just sad I think. So I would like at least 10 before I put the next chapter out. You all know I will put it out no matter what. But we have so few chapters left I want to go out with a bang. :-P So if you can find it in your heart to write me a little review that would be awesome. Thanks :-D

Now this chapter is back up to the 4,000 word count I normally shoot for so its back to non short chapters.

Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Avatar.


Jee rounded the doorway and looked into the meeting room. His jaw hung slightly at the sight in front of him as well.

Azula sat in the middle of Patty Cake Rocks and Kammi a frustrated look on her face.

"I couldn't get them to stop." Azula said with frustration. "Please tell them to stop."

Katara couldn't help but let a laugh escape her mouth. It began to overflow out her lips the more she looked around the room. This had to be one of the funniest things she had ever seen in her entire life.

Jee couldn't contain himself for very long either. He started to laugh just as hard as Katara. Looking at Katara the two began to laugh even harder. Katara began to cry she was laughing so hard.

Zuko came around the corner of the hall with a confused look on his face. "Did you find Azula?"

Another loud burst of laughter erupted from Katara and Jee as Jee began to hold his side from the pain of laughing so hard.

"What is so funny? Did you find her or not?" Zuko asked as he got closer to the door entrance.

Katara just sat there pointing into the room and laughing.

Zuko slowly made his way to the door. As he turned the corner his mouth fell open at the sight in front of him.

"Zuko please them to stop." Azula said practically begging her brother.

Zuko couldn't believe what was happening in front of him. Azula was sitting in between Patty Cake Rocks and Kammi. The three of them were sitting in the middle of the room. Neikan, Mazarine, Kiwi, Mika, Pixie Minx, Sarah, Avril, Char, Samanya, Kom'rk, Carmen, Tearay, Dean, Suki, Sokka, Toph, Aang, Iroh and Ursa all sat around the meeting room all slightly giggling to themselves as well.

"What is going on in here?" Zuko asked as he looked around the room at other people.

"We wanted to braid Azula's hair." Kammi said as she pulled on her hair again.

"We didn't like the first way we did it so we started over." Patty Cake Rocks spoke as she watched another braid fall and she let out a grunt in frustration.

Zuko looked at his sister's depressed face. He smiled slightly at her. Her depressed look at him broke for a moment as a smile graced her face as well. There were braids sticking out of her head in every direction. Zuko didn't really know how the two girls made them stick that way but he knew they would be able to do it if anyone could.

"Char gave us this cool sticky stuff that helps make it stick up." Kammi said as she showed them the bottle.

Zuko gave Char a look. "I got it from a friend last time I did his hair. " Char said with a smile and a shrug.

Zuko just laughed slightly. "At least you can have a little fun. But if you don't mind I need to borrow my sister for a moment."

Patty Cake Rocks and Kammi gave a frown but let their friend get up to talk with her brother. They slowly walked past Katara and Jee who were still laughing and crying at Azula's appearance.

As Zuko and Azula walked away Katara and Jee finally caught their breath and asked if Iroh and Toph had told everyone the plan.

Azula stopped in the corner with her brother as she attempted to get the tanglement of her hair down. "What do you need me to do?"

"How did you know I was going to ask you to do something?"Zuko asked as he grimaced as she pulled at her hair.

"There would be no other reason for you to pull me away unless you wanted me to do something that you didn't want the others to know about." Azula said as she finally released a braid from her head.

"True. Well you see Kurai had a son that he sent here. His name was Kleio. When we figured out he was here to help his dad get to Katara we sent him packing. We thought he would lead us to his father which he did, but we have no idea where he is now." Zuko said as another braid fell from her hair. "I want you to find him. I need to know if he is planning on doing anything like his father. Don't kill him or hurt him. Just find him and watch what he is doing."

"Why what do you think he is doing?" Azula questioned as another braid fell from her hair.

Zuko leaned against the wall next to him. "I don't know but he has been too low on the radar for too long. I just need to know. He was last seen at Kiwi's inn. I'll give you two days to find him then come home."

The last braid finally fell from her hair as she spoke. "But won't people recognize me?"

"I have no idea." Zuko said as he looked at his sisters weirdly now done hair. "If you want you can talk to Avril to get some makeup to look different."

Azula attempted to run her fingers through her hair but about an inch in her hand just got tangled in it. "I think I might want to talk to Char too. This stuff is ridiculous."

Zuko let out a slight laugh as he stood from the wall. "Ok but they have somewhere to be in two hours so I would ask them quick."

"I will." Azula said with a smile.

"When did you change so much? Smiles? Messing around? You are so different." Zuko said looking at his sister.

Azula turned her full attention to her brother. "When your bending is gone and you spend almost 5 years in a small padded room then we will talk. There isn't much left to fight about. Everything I once had is gone. The only place to go from here is up. So I am starting over and trying to do it as best I can."

Zuko watched her face as she spoke. There were emotions across her face. He had never seen anything there before and now there was so much emotion there. I think she might really have change. "But you still have the skills you always had right?"

"Phh. Are you kidding how could I forget how to fight?" Azula said with a smile. "Why do you want me to kill someone too?"

Zuko's smile grew slightly. "No. Not at this moment."

Azula smiled at her brother. "Ok you just let me know if anything comes up. But I am going to go talk to Avril and Char really fast before they have to leave."

"Good luck." Zuko said as he watched his sister walk back towards the others. "I think she might just end up be normal. Well as normal as anyone we know is." As he finished he heard an eruption of laughter coming from area of the meeting room.


A short hour and a half later Ursa and Iroh sat on Appa floating over a forest. Glancing over the saddle Ursa began to speak.

"I really can't believe these children put this together in less than two hours. I thought they wouldn't make it and they are all here early." She said with a slightly proud smile on her face.

Iroh moved from his spot on the flying bison to look over the edge next to Ursa. Below in a half mile radius stood the children. They were far enough apart that the 21 of them covered the entire circle but close enough that if something happened they could yell to each other.

"They are quiet smart young children are they not." Iroh began. "But should we really be calling them children. They youngest of them is 18 and is currently going to have a child. Zuko is 22 almost 23. Do you consider that a child?"

"While the world may think they are no longer children they will always be children to me. I missed so much of their lives that at this point they are still the little 5 year olds I left." Ursa said as she looked to her son.

Zuko and Katara stood in the center with Kwan tied to a tree. They were talking to each other as she could see but she didn't know about what. She thought to herself again as she looked around the area below. "Iroh how do these children mange to pull off as many things as they do?"

"Like I said before Ursa, no one asks questions with these children. When one is in trouble the others coming running to their aid. But if Katara asks for help they come at amazing speeds. The only thing you never want to ask is how. Normally it involves something that you don't want to know. Killing, robbing, mugging, locking someone somewhere, etc. You just don't ask. But once they are here they will do nothing but help, even if it costs them their lives." Iroh spoke to his friend next to him.

"Killing someone?" Ursa questioned slightly shocked.

"Yes. That is why I don't ask anymore." Iroh said looking at her. "They are good children. But nothing comes between them. Although most of the time the person they kill is someone who is doing something wrong but still I wouldn't ask."

"Who has killed someone out of the children?" Ursa asked now looking down at the small images.

"To be honest every one of them." Iroh said flatly. Ursa's head spun as Iroh continued. "Yes even Zuko. A lot has happened since you left. And A lot has happened since Zuko took power. They do what they have to do to protect each other."

Ursa looked back to the children. Thinking back to what Iroh had said not but moments ago, the youngest was not more than 18, and they had already been through so much in their life. They were forced to grow up so quickly. Did her son even get to have a childhood? Did he get to goof off with his friends? Did he get to learn how to be a leader? What had happened to these small children while she was gone?

From what Iroh had told her, she wasn't sure if she wanted to know what had happened during her absence. But she wanted to know at the same time. She wanted to be someone they could trust with their secrets. She wanted to be the person they could rely on as well. She wanted to be the mother she wished she could have been.

"It is going to start soon. We should move higher so that he cannot appear up here." Iroh said as he moved towards Appa's head.

"Agreed." Ursa said as she set a last glance downward. "Good luck!"


"He is going to be here soon." Katara said starting to get nervous.

Zuko glanced over his shoulder at her. "It will be fine. We have this down. We know what we have to do to beat him. We just have to believe that we can do it. We have everyone else backing us up."

Katara gave a slight nod to his comment. She was starting to get even more nervous.

"What happened to the little girl who not even 24 hours ago wanted to fight more than anything else in this world and who I thought should get to train more with me." Zuko said as he took another step closer to her.

"That was when I knew we could win. Zuko we are talking about a spirit here. No one has ever stopped a spirit before. NO ONE! I don't know if you understand the kind of pressure we are under here. If we lose then they have to start all over with new people. Not to mention we die!" Katara said as she began to walk from Zuko to the closest tree.

Zuko let a small smile grace his face. "Feeling stressed?"

"Only a lot!" Katara yelled back at him. "And why are you smiling? There is nothing to be smiling about."

Zuko let a small laugh through his lips. "Because of how different we are." Katara gave him a weird confused look. "I was worried this much about the last battle with the actual men. And you made it seem like it was nothing and were relaxed because you knew we could do it. Now you are freaking out while I am calm because I know we can do it."

Katara stopped and looked at him. "That does not mean we are different that just means we know where we are confident."

"So then are you saying you are not confident about your fighting skills using my fire?" Zuko questioned her.

"I didn't say that. And I believe I am very skilled using your fire." Katara said as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"But not confident." Zuko said crossing his arms as well.

"I think very skilled means confident.." Katara said as she threw her arms to her side in frustration.

"But not confident that you can use those skills to win at something." Zuko said with his arms still crossed.

"I am more than confident I can win using those skills. I did it earlier." Katara said as she closed the distance between them in seconds shoving her finger in his face. "I can beat anyone or anything with these skills you just watch and see."

Katara sat there for a minute looking angrily at Zuko's smiling face. Then it sank in. "You did it again didn't you."

"Yulp."

"You tricked me into thinking I can do something." Katara said as her head fell and her arms dropped.

"I just reassured you that you had faith in yourself." Zuko said as he pulled her into a hug. "Just try to relax. You do better when you are relaxed."

Katara hugged him in return as he kissed her head. "I will try." She turned her head up to his and they shared a quick but loving kiss. Both sharing how much they believed in the other in that one kiss.

"Now let's kick some serious ass!" Zuko said as he turned to Kwan's unconscious body. "We are waiting dad."


Yue sat on her couch looking at her hour glass.

"It is going to start soon." Yue said as she watched the sand slowly fall.

Kyle looked up from his hands to Yue. "Are you going to watch?"

"I have no idea. I want to but I am afraid to watch it play out. But at the same time I want to know how it is going in case we need to help." Yue said as she stood and started to pace the room.

Kyle watched her walk the room for a short time before he spoke. "Well I want to watch. They are our friends. We need to be able to help if they need help. And if they don't make it we need to be there when they arrive."

Yue spun on her heels. "They will not come here. It is not there time yet."

"You don't know that. I don't know that." Kyle said as he stood and walked to her. "All we can do is believe in there."

Yue looked at him as he placed his hands on her shoulders. He was right. And she did believe in her friends.

"Then we are watching." Yue said as she looked him in the eye. "Get out the ball."

Kyle smiled and released her to get the ball. Yue headed to the table to make room. A knock came from the front door. Yue and Kyle both looked at each other. Neither were expecting anyone. It was however entirely possible that Ozai had found where Yue lived. She was a great spirit and many other spirits came to her for guidance and to find out how their loved ones were doing.

Slowly Kyle began to make his way toward the door. Slowly he made a fireball behind him. Sure he couldn't kill Ozai but he could knock him out. Which would make it easy for him to be taken to the court and have his ability to go to the living world taken.

Yue brought ice daggers up to her sides. She stood in front of the door in the middle of the room waiting for Kyle to open the door.

Kyle began to speak. "Hello? Who is it?"

"Me. Is it ok that I am visiting or am I interrupting something."

Both people dropped their guard and let out the breath they were holding.

Kyle opened the door. "Agni what are you doing here?"

"We thought that you were Ozai." Yue said as Agni walked into her house.

Agni smiled and let out a slight laugh. "You thought I was Ozai. He is suppose to appear shortly. I doubt that he would be here."

"He is crazy. You never know what he would do." Kyle said as he closed the door and took his seat back in the chair.

"True. But I came to watch things unfold with you." Agni said as he took a seat on the couch.

Yue gave the back of his head a strange look before looking confused towards Kyle. "Umm. What about when they beat him. Shouldn't you be with the others so that they can make sure to take away his ability to travel?"

"I doubt that anything I say will help. They seem to think that things like this need to happen. If there is not a common enemy then the world will begin to start among themselves. I believe they will take it away for a time. But then they will send him back so that they can keep the fighting among the living down." Agni said as he attempted many different positions to be comfortable on the couch.

"Wait. So all the people who have died thus far to stop him are pointless because in a few years he will be able to go back and do it again." Kyle said slightly angry at what Agni was telling them.

"Possibly." Agni said with a smile.

"Possibly?" Yue asked as she moved to sit on the arm of Kyle's chair.

"Well I did choose you two for a reason to handle this. And I did tell you to choose Katara and Zuko for a reason." Agni said as he finally stopped moving to look at them. "I don't do things for the fun of them you know."

Yue and Kyle sat there for a moment looking at him as if he had grown three arms.

"Wait." Yue began. "Are you saying there is a way to make it so that he doesn't come back?"

"I didn't say that." Agni said with a smile. "I just said I chose you for a reason. Because I believe in you. And know that you can accomplish the impossible."

Yue smiled at him. "So we can!"

Kyle looked at him and spoke more serious than he normally did. "But how?"

"Oh I think Katara and Zuko know everything they need to know for this mission to end well." Agni said with a smile. "Now I suggest we bring it up because it is going to start shortly."

Yue shot up and began to jump up and down behind her couch while Kyle started up the ball.

"She does this often?" Agni asked Kyle as he zeroed in on the battle.

"Only when she is really happy." Kyle said with a small smile on his face.

"I remember when you came here and you wouldn't even smile. She has changed you." Agni whispered to his friends.

Kyle turned to look at the man behind him. "She has. Do you not like it?"

"No my friend I love it!" Agni said in a little louder whisper.

Kyle smiled at his friend. "So do I."

"What are you two whispering about? Let's get this started I want to watch this end!" Yue said as she began to run at the couch.

The boys just smiled as she started to bounce on the couch in anticipation.


"Two hours up." Jee yelled as loud as he could.

"Here we go!" May said as she entered a fighting stance.

"Make sure you are on your toes." Neikan said as he glanced to his right looking at Mazarine. Be safe.

Mazarine nodded in his direction. "This is ending now."

"This bastard is dead." Avril said with a smile like she was having fun.

"He is more than dead he is fucking obliterated." Char said with just as much of a smile on her face.

"He should know better than to mess with us." Kammi said as she began to stretch out her limbs.

"This is finally it." Mika said with a small jump of excitement.

"Get it guys!" Pixie Minx yelled hopeful that it would reach Katara and Zuko.

"We can do this." Sarah also yelled to her friends.

"We better make sure this is the end." Tearay said as she looked toward Dean. "I want to be normal for once."

"I want to finally relax again." Dean said looking at her as well. "Well as normal as a friend of Zuko's can be."

"I think it is a fine day for a swim. Would you like to go for a swim?" Samanya asked as she looked to Kom'rk.

He smiled in return. "I think swimming would be a marvelous plan."

"Those two are so weird. But they love each other in their own way." Carmen said with a smile. "And they are damn good fighters. Plus I could use a good swim."

"Swim? I think we should have a party. With some kind of meat of cores." Sokka yelled towards Suki loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Why am I married to him again?" Suki asked with a smile. "But I need this to end. I cannot raise a child in this environment."

Aang stood listening to his friends speak to one another. He loved his friends. And they were right. They could do this. And it needed to end. Toph was carrying his child. There wasn't much time left. It needed to end.

Katara and Zuko sat listening to their friends speak around them. It gave them courage they their friends believed in them enough so to start planning a party afterwards.

Katara spun to look at Zuko as he yelled at the top of his lungs. "Beach party when this is over! Suki is making some kind of meat!"

She let out a light chuckle as she heard Suki yell why me in return but knew her friend was smiling and already planning what she needed. It was good to relax before this started. It almost felt like it wasn't going to be that big of a deal.

"We got this, just like they said." Zuko said smiling at her.

"Yes we can." Katara said with a smile.

A silence then pasted in the forest. Everyone stood at the ready looking for any sign of Ozai.

A light began to come from Kwan's left shoulder.

"I am guessing he is showing up somewhere. Listen for if you hear someone yell?" Zuko said as he looked around the area.

"Over here!"

"And we begin!" Katara yelled as she ran off towards the yell.


A/N: And there we go. I know. I know. I have spent a lot of time leading up to this fight. Well it was all suppose to be in one or maybe two chapters, but I haven't had time to write them all into long chapters. So you got a bunch of small ones. Sorry.

What did you think? I am taking suggestions about how it should end. I know what I want to happen but if someone throws in something pretty freaking cool I might just put it in. :-D