Here we go, And with a contest for all my readers! Whoever comments first after this chapter will earn a fanart totally free! And about what? It can be about anything you want (With some personal restrictions of course)

Anyway, welcome to mcdn11, rocktarsgalaxy and Snow596 to this story, I hope you enjoy it!

And here it is the cap, what is going to happen after our heroes defeat on River's town? Enjoy!

Warning: Major character dies

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Chapter 9: The Aftermath

The ship was on a state of emergency due to the attention of the injured ones, as Suki asked, Katara went first to help Toph, with the help of some soldiers, she was able to sewer and join the arms back to the earth master body, and finally started to heal her with water, Toph was absolutely exhausted, but even then her face was showing the pain she was enduring, the whole process was lasting hours and, on another room Sokka was helping other group of soldiers to heal Suki as much as possible

"Come on baby, you will do it…"

At one moment, one fire bender was using his power in order to cauterize the injury, that while necessary was a huge pain to deal with for the Kyoshi warrior who for that moment was totally weak

"Sokka…I don't think that I will do it…"

"Don't say that Suki, don't do it!"

"That's why I asked Katara to heal Toph first… she is stronger and will be more helpful than anything that I can do…" hearing that made Sokka to cry "Don't feel bad Sokka, you did nothing wrong…"

"I know but still, this is just so unfair, please resist more Suki, Katara will come…" a kiss was enough for him to become silent, but still frustrated and feeling even worse as he was sensing her loved one becoming weaker…"

Just for moments later for Katara to finally arrive to Suki's room "Toph healing is over for now, the injuries are now cauterized…" but then looked at her brother, who was with his girlfriend on his arms, meaning one thing only "Oh… no…"

"Is gone… she is gone…"

Receiving the news still being on water was specially heart crushing for everyone, Aang, Zuko and Jin were waiting outside, and while hearing that Toph would survive from Katara's lips…

"Suki… no… If only I attacked" Aang felt especially guilty for that and tears started to appear on his eyes as his friends and girlfriend hugged him for some seconds "No, I don't need this, but Sokka for sure…"

It was days later that, on opposite as Iroh, all of her friends would be alongside her on her last home, coming from the Kyoshi Island, and leader of the Kyoshi warriors, Suki turned into the 2nd fallen one on the hands of the cruel avatar Shaina

Only Toph for obvious reasons was not there, but being surrounded by the citizens, all the group gave their last goodbye to a friend, and a courageous warrior, her last home would be on the backyard of the fire nation palace…

5 days after the lost fight, inside of the palace, in front of his throne, Zuko was waiting his friends, Sokka came first

"Are you better?" the warrior negated with the head "I see, still you came, shows your compromise with this situation."

"I will try to cope with that as much as we can."

But as Aang arrived to the chamber, Sokka just took seat

"Only the three of us?" the avatar said

"Yes, for now, fortunately the original war chamber did a good job dealing with the problems on this place until we arrived, but we need to make a plan to counter attack."

The water tribe warrior answered "We had a plan and still we failed."

The fire lord had to answer "Sokka, we received a surprise attack."

"And still we were winning… until someone again doubted on killing the enemy."

"Sokka, but you knew why, I didn't even kill Ozai and…"

"That's your problem, you are so obnoxious Aang, if you killed Ozai before he wouldn't be causing problems by now!

The avatar was just silent, Zuko had to come to his aid "Ok Sokka you need to calm down a little"

But to no avail "And if you attacked that monster, Toph would have never lost her arms and Suki would still be alive!"

The flames near the throne almost exploded on that moment "Enough!" and Zuko sighed as the flames started to dispel "Damn, 2 days after arriving and we are still not on our best, having this reunion was a bad idea after all"

"It was, now excuse me."

As Sokka left the war chamber, Aang then asked to Zuko "What about you?"

"Me?"

"Yes, you're not as angry as Sokka and well… since the battle even Katara didn't said anything to me, aside of giving us the news about Toph and Suki"

"What can I say? You coming to my life was the best thing that ever happened to me so, I guess that I have no reasons to be mad at you, what could have happened to me if you stayed on your time?" and sighed again "And probably that evil avatar was lying after all."

"Somehow, I knew that not… I failed to my people, to the world and got rid of a gold chance for Katara, maybe she could have been a better avatar than me."

"Maybe, or maybe not, again, we are only sure of what happened, but not what could have really been if something was different, probably Katara could have been better or worse but we don't know about that, and probably will never be… is she with Toph now?"

"Fortunately, but those healing sessions are taking even more hours a day than on her eyes, Katara must be exhausted by now."

"Maybe today you can talk to her."

"Yeah, I should, what about you?"

"After I deal with the typical things of a fire lord, I'm going to walk with Jin, the nation needs its fire lord."

"And you also need to rest after that" Aang stood up "Later, Zuko."

On a building who looked like a hospital, on the infirmary, the ex-blind bandit was dealing with the pain, this time near to her shoulders in which the scars of the cuts were forming,

"Don't force your arms now Toph, the sewers on your arms are still delicate" Katara finally finished "I will be back on some hours."

But Toph was still feeling bad "Suki gave me a chance to live, if you attended her first maybe I wouldn't be alive"

"Probably, we are not sure about that"

Then she remember that line of Suki, when asking if the earth bender loved Sokka, that was itching her mind even now, but on a moment something else would invade her mind, Toph looked a tea cup near to her and tried to use her bending to take it, but no reaction at all, that surprised her on a horrible way

"Why… why I can't manipulate it?"

"Toph…"

"Answer me Katara, why after 5 days I'm not able to manipulate that cup? It is made of ceramic which is earth, so why?"

It was hard to tell her, but here she goes "Toph, it is possible that it would not happen anymore."

If any type of bender would hear that it would be already heart crushin, but for Toph…"…What?"

"You lost your 2 arms on that battle, the nervous system who connects and helps on bending was cut off so… it is possible that you will never be able to bend earth anymore"

It had to be worse than dying itself "No… you're lying, YOU'RE LYING!" As that, Toph went out of her bed and escaped

"Toph, come back now!"

Desperate, she ran away from the room and then, with tears starting to appear on her eyes, went out of the hospital and tried to manipulate the earth outside, but no movement, not even a little quake, not even a little dust moving.

"Why, why I can't do it, WHY?!"

As that, she started to cry, with her knees on the ground, not even noticing when Katara hugged her from the back

"My eyes… my powers were my eyes when I was blind…"

"I know its hard Toph, please come back to the bed"

"Katara…" and Toph hugged her back "I feel blind again…"

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Moments later, Katara gave the news to Zuko who was getting ready to go out with Jin, the second one started to cry

"No way, Toph"

"I'm sorry for telling that Jin, I knew how much you wanted to become an earth bender."

"I don't care about that Katara, I can find another master but… It was my fault, my master and friend is like that because I didn't pay attention to her advice" she felt a hand on one of her shoulders "Katara?"

"If you didn't do that, my brother could have been dead by now, sometimes the hardest decisions must be made."

As Jin was starting to calm down, Zuko asked to Katara "Speaking about that, Aang was trying to talk with you since the morning."

"I was on the hospital all day… but still, is pretty hard after what the evil avatar said that day."

Then Zuko took Katara's line "Sometimes the hardest decisions must be made."

As that, the water master smiled

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Moments later, both Zuko and Jin were walking on the streets at night, it was a fresh day on the market of the city, but the novice earth bender was still sad

"What Katara told to you didn't made too much of an effect."

"Sorry Zuko, it's just that is still so hard for me."

"Jin, realize that you just started your training just less than two weeks ago, little you were able to do on that moment."

She clinched her teeth "But still, if only I wouldn't be so weak."

"Calm down, we can find another teacher for you later."

Moments of silence after that was said, but then Jin broke it "Sorry, I think I bothered you a little.

"Is ok Jin…- then he went silent, maybe because of something he saw "Oh no."

"What, is something wrong…? Oh, so that's why."

Jin also looked in front of her, Zuko's ex-girlfriend, Mai, alongside her little brother, Tom Tom were walking from the other side of the road, as that, both stopped looking to the other

"Zuko"

"Mai"

Silence for some seconds, broken by the little child "Nice to see you again Zuko."

He smiled back, the big sister then said, after looking at Jin "Is the same girl from the earth kingdom?"

"Hello" Jin said trying to not look at her too much

"Is with you now?" He just nodded "It is nice for you."

"Hey Zuko, why were you missing so much time from the city?"

"Problems, lots of problems Tom Tom."

"Had to do something with the battle on River's town?"

Zuko was surprised by hearing that "How did you…? Right, your father is now part of the war chamber"

"Thanks for helping him with that, by the way" Mai added immediately "I suppose that's not the only thing that made you feel bad"

He sighed "Well yes, and sorry to tell you, but you're now the only good one of all your friends."

"What? I know about Azula but, what happened with Ty Lee?"

"She is a traitor now, we have to deal with her later" Mai looked a little sad "Don't worry, we will try to guess what happened with her."

"Hopefully, bye Zuko, let's go Tom Tom."

"Bye."

As the siblings were leaving, Jin said something to her boyfriend "It is very hard for you also."

"It is, but is not important now."

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While at night, Katara was looking to the sky while on her bed, she was really tired after being on the hospital, but somehow that was not what was on her mind, despite helping Toph all day, but the battle, the words that the evil avatar told to both her and Aang

"Avatar Katara… could that be possible?"

On her imagination was her on the top of a mountain, with the sun rays hitting her even if she was closing her eyes, then she opened, shinning in clear blue and started to manipulate the elements: water, earth, fire and then air…

"That could have been amazing but…" the door of room was being knocked

As outside the person who was knocking the door was obvious, Aang was alongside Momo

"I don't know Momo, she probably is still angry with me" But Katara opened the door "Thank you."

"Come in."

Once inside, the avatar spoke "Look, over what happened on River's town… I don't how to start… I guess that I should have been faster on my decision, not killing the other avatar costed Suki's life"

"And Toph earth bending."

"What, even that?!" His girlfriend nodded "Oh no, Toph must hate me also for that!"

"She doesn't hate you, she already know how you are, at least that's what I suspect"

Aang was starting to cry "That just makes even more sense not, I don't know if what she said is totally true but it absolutely makes sense, Katara, my escape 100 years ago not only costed my fellow air nomads life, but a birth right that you deserved, and during those three years that we knew each other I was able to see it, the greatest water bender in the world, you could have been a better avatar than me…

But then the water bender would say something that would surprise him "I don't think so." The avatar was just on silence "Aang, there is a reason why something happens, you escaped that day and that cannot be undone, but just look at me, at the moment when the war was on its peak I was the last water bender on a destroyed southern tribe, still so affected by my mom's death, compared on what you suffered with your entire nation… I think that mentally you're far stronger than me, is a miracle that you came, you changed all our lives for the best and I'm so grateful for that."

"Katara…"

"I don't care what that fake avatar said, what I care is about the present now" as she hugged him back, Katara finished with these words "Besides, no matter what, my destiny was always connected with the avatar…"

As both kissed each other, the camera went to another angle…

At night, while sleeping, Aang had another meeting with his previous life and master, Roku

"Did you enjoy the night?" he said, making Aang giggle "Don't worry, but please be responsible."

"I am, nice to meet you again Roku."

"The pleasure is mine Aang, as all times we meet each other, is to share my knowledge to you, but tell me, after what happened on your last battle, have you learned something?"

"Not really, I still think that killing is not the way to do things, something that apparently the other avatar doesn't agree."

"Maybe you have to start to see this from other direction, why is the other avatar stronger than you?"

Aang started to think "Well she has that powerful armor as I guess she knows how to metal bend if she comes from the future, then there is the lightning bending, probably energy bending if she returned Ozai his power, and apparently had some resistance to blood bending, but didn't show abilities with it."

"Exactly, while not perfect, your rival has strengths that you currently don't have with the sub arts of each element, metal from earth, blood from water and lightning from fire."

"I suppose that there is no sub art from air" both laughed

"Maybe you can find one on the future, but look at this Aang, while your opponent doesn't have all of the sub arts, she has some, and you need that in order to be on the same level."

"Well, it makes sense, she is specially amazing with the lightning… but wait, there is no lightning bender right now, Ozai is evil, Iroh is gone and Zuko just knows how to deflect, not to create lightning."

"Isn't there anyone else that you can ask for help?"

While he knew someone else, of course would be such as a bad idea as asking Ozai

"Well there is, but if I ask her, my head will be sliced in half."

"Aang, against someone as another avatar you have no room to think on other options, take the first one you have in order to earn as much time as needed, who is she?"

"Zuko's demented sister, Azula, but she will never help me, she hates me."

"Think about what can make her to change plans, maybe that will be your chance to start your journey on the elements sub arts…"

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As he woke up, Aang took his head with the hands, at one side, his lover was still sleeping so he decided to get out of bed, as he was dressing up, Katara woke up

"Uaaahhhh, yesterday was amazing… hello Aang."

"Hello Katara."

"Did you sleep well?"

"Kind of… I had another meeting with Roku on my dreams."

"Really? What did he tell you?"

"Well, in order to beat the evil avatar, I need to dominate a sub art from the four elements, I have the energy bending but with that armor it doesn't work."

"Sub art… what do you have in mind?"

"Well, in order to start things… maybe you can teach me blood bending" But Katara negated with her head "Katara…"

"It is a horrendous art Aang, I only use it as a last resource, damn that day that Hama taught me that damned skill."

"But it will be helpful against our new enemy…" as Katara didn't answer, Aang sighed "Well, my other option is to start with lightning bending."

"But there is no one who can teach you that technique as Iroh is gone…" but Katara realized it "No, don't tell me that you're thinking about that."

"Well, there is no one left, in order to learn lightning bending, I need to talk with Azula."

"Aang don't do that!" as she stood up, realized that she had to cover with the blankets "She is crazy and could try to kill you if you only approach to her!"

"But what can I do?! You don't want to teach me blood bending because is a cursed technique, and as Toph lost her powers I cannot learn metal bending, so give me an option!" no answers coming from his girlfriend "Fine, I'm going to eat breakfast, I think you should leave early to continue helping Toph."

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But on the dining room of the palace, Zuko and Jin were talking

"I hope the meeting with the Earth King and the chief of the north water tribe comes near, we need a strategy in order to join forces to take the evil avatar army down.

"Sounds fine Zuko, I think that your plan will be successful."

"Thanks"

Again, some silence, but Jin spoke "So, speaking about my earth bending teacher..."

"Well, you can talk to Aang to help you."

"Right… wait, it means that you didn't really helped me to find a teacher."

"Jin calm down."

To no avail, Jin was showing her angry side again "But Aang has his own problems now, you even said that to me!"

"Jin please, there are more important things to think about than your earth bending."

Something that pissed of the novice, making her angry "As before, you didn't support me on my decision, you lied to me!"

"Yeah, I did, Jin realize for once that you're not able to fight on this war, without Toph you can't do anything else!"

A slap crossed his face, then the lady left the place "I'm now realizing why the other girl left you!"

Now that he was alone, Zuko punched the table "Damn, why can't anything go according to my plans!... now everyone is angry or sad after that stupid battle, Why I didn't go all out with my entire army?!"

"Maybe because the earth kingdom would feel it like an attack."

Aang approached to Zuko on that moment

"Right, and we felt that the group we gathered alone was enough, still, we lost 50 soldiers that day, caught or dead… I feel pathetic."

"Yeah, this new challenge is far more difficult than we expected to be" and sighed "I really want Iroh and Suki's sacrifice to not be in vein."

"Me too…" then he looked at Aang's expression "You have an idea on your mind, tell me."

"You will tell me that it is a stupid idea."

"I don't know unless you tell me."

At least gave Aang some confidence -Well, in order to defeat the evil avatar I realized that I need to dominate at least one sub art from the elements, as Toph has no powers now and Katara doesn't want to teach me blood bending, my only option is to learn lightning bending, and the only person that could help with that well… is Azula.

"It is the stupidest idea ever, don't approach to her Aang."

"But Zuko, is the only way, you don't know how to shot lightnings, otherwise and without a doubt I would have asked to you."

"Yes, but now the situation is different, convince Katara to teach you blood bending, approaching to Azula is dangerous now!"

"But she is in prison, and I can deal with her."

"Not dangerous for you, but for others" Again silence "Please Aang, understand."

That made the avatar a little depressed "I do, don't worry Zuko."

Something that gave Zuko some necessary relief "Thanks, finally something comes right after so much wrong."

Sadly, later that day, more specifically at late night, Zuko guess would go so wrong, as Aang was preparing Appa for the travel, alongside Momo

"I have to take the risk for myself" Appa gave a little sound "Ssshhhhh, calm down Appa, or everyone else will notice it."

"I did it already."

Aang's luck was put on test as Jin appeared on scene "Jin, jaja, nice to see you… what are you doing?"

"You're trying to escape to Ba Sing Se, don't you?"

"How did you…?"

"I heard everything that you talked with Zuko, I wasn't that far."

"Well, so I believe that you're going to stop me."

Jin nodded "I need a teacher to help me with my earth bending and you're the best option after Toph, so stopping you only makes sense for me."

"But I can't, I need to learn the sub arts as soon as possible."

"Then maybe I have to tell Zuko about your plans."

Something that gave Aang an idea "Wait, what if I tell you that there is another amazing earth bender, in Omashu?"

"… Ok, you got me there."

"King Bumi is my friend, and of course he will be glad to help you, if we go there first you will have all the time you want to practice there."

"Hold your horses… or in this case your bison, I could just tell Zuko that I want to go to Omashu, in order to avoid any type of problems I could have…" something that made Aang pretty sad "But on the other hand, I understand that you have a mission as an avatar, and your needing on learning to help the others, even if they don't want to, so I'm coming with you."

Great, but don't you need some luggage?"

And Jin showed her backpack with a huge smile "I was ready."

"How?"

"Girls 6th sense, even your girlfriend has it."

As she was getting up on Appa's loin, Aang just looked at his bison, before getting on his head and flying towards his new mission, now, how stupid would be to ask Azula such a thing to help to beat her own father and the evil avatar?

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Again I know, just after 4 chapters another character dies, I promise she will be the last one on a good period and no, I don't hate the character, remember that the spirit world is still out there and those characters who died are still potentially useful on the future