Chapter 2! Zuko's Challenge
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The fight has begun, Aang and Sokka are forced to join the Shadow Bending female to help Katara before Zuko kills her off to regain his place within the Fire Nation. Has Ozai gone completely crazy! Is Zuko leading Aang into a trap again? Pairings..AxK hints of SxZ if you take it that way xDDDDDDDD. But for the most part we're still Stickin' with AxK cuteness!
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Characters in this Chapter..
Aang
Katara
Sokka
My OC the shadow bending female
Prince Zuko
Iroh (OMFG YAAAAAAAY!)
Pirates
People who lived in the village began to flee and panic. If Aang and his group were going to win anything they had to focus. In that huge smoke cloud Sokka flailed a bit and yelled out in an annoyed tone, "Hey! Watch where you guys are running!" As another citizen ran into Sokka he fell over then muttered "I'm just going to enjoy the view down here for now..Oh look...a rock." His hand moved toward the rock that he was looking at but then he heard a very familiar voice.
Sokka had a guess in his mind as to who it was, his heart raced at the thought of what would happen if he was to run into that person he suspected it was. So many 'what if's had cluttered his mind that he was just searching for the rest of the group..he felt he had to warn them. Even after three years...it was still too risky to run into him. Sokka then finally made his way to Aang, amazingly enough Aang wasn't getting attacked or attacking any pirates. Katara's voice was then recognized by the two as she yelled out, "AANG! SOKKA!"
Aangs eyes widened as it registered through his mind. Before he knew it he yelled out, "KATARA!" His eyes began to glow along with the multiple arrows which were all connected...his anger did indeed trigger the spirits within him. The sharp winds began to clear the smoke and blow away most of the pirates, the shadow bending female and Sokka were both holding onto different structures. The shadow bending female quickly glanced over to Sokka then began yelling out to him in an annoyed tone, "Let me guess, the Avatar's pissed off and his waterbending girlfriend is the only one who can help us is gone..right?"
Sokka then looked over and yelled out to her, "You can say that." The shadow bending female glanced toward Aang and that exposed eye of hers narrowed, I don't have time for this... she thought. The shadow bending female then yelled out to Aang "Listen kid! I know I'm not your little girlfriend but hear me out, she's gone now and you have to snap out of it and use your anger to help you get her back!" Nothing seemed to happen, Aang was still in the air with the wind whisping about the area. Sokka then yelled out, "It isn't working, this is just great, AANG I DON'T NEED TO DIE LIKE THIS!" The shadow bending female then snapped out in a yell, "It's not about you, self-centered waterbender!"
After those words the female shadow bender quickly let go of the structure she was holding onto for a moment just to use a very swift movement of the arms and then she extended her fingers and grit her teeth. Many shadows from a dark alley way just flowed and encased Aang in nothing but a big shadow. The soon as the wind went down, the shadows stopped encasing Aangs body and flowed back to the dark alley as the shadow bending female calmly rested her hands at her sides as she glanced down to Aang. Sokka let go of the structure he was holding onto and then he went to Aang and picked him up resting him upon his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Sokka frowned as he looked toward the shadow bending female as he said with a sad tone linked with his voice, "What now? Aang's out cold and Katara's gone."
The shadow bending female blinked once just before she said, "Well, you figure it out..I need to get the damn pirates before they leave. I've traveled all this way and I'm not going to let them go easily, you got that?" Sokka then laughed for a moment just before saying, "You're a girl, you can't fight pirates alone. You're dumber than you look, I mean look at that patch on your face.." The shadow bending female then clenched her fists as anger swelled within her and then said very sharply to Sokka, "You sexist bastard! You underestimate girls way too much, you know that? If I wasn't so set on getting.." Aang then muttered softly in his sleep, "K-katara..I'm sorry..I'm...sorry..." The shadow bending female blinked once and frowned, she knew what it was like to be the reason why someone went missing, why they left your side, why they left you in the cold, why they got taken away. Sokka then grit his teeth then he muttered, "Help us out and we'll help you get the pirates...and take Aang...the guy ain't exactly light."
"Fine, but you have to keep your end of the deal. Well even if you don't, this is to help the Avatar. Let's start brainstorming right now so that we can get this figured out.. who in their right mind would kidnap the Avatar's girlfriend?" those words were spoken by the shadow bending female who glanced toward Sokka but then as she was taking Aang from him, she managed to catch a glimpse of Sokka's expression. That exposed eye of hers widened just before she spoke the words, "Sokka, you know who did this...don't you!" Sokka blinked shaking off his look of guilt and then he narrowed his eyes as he said, "What makes you think that! How would I know who took Katara? The place was covered in sm-it was Zuko." The shadow bending female blinked a few times and quirked her exposed eyebrow before she said, "Uh...gee..mister waterbender, who the hell is Zuko? Sounds like a name someone out of the Fire Nation would have a name like that." Sokka looked a little worried as he said, "Zuko's the banished prince of the Fire Nation. He's after Aang since he wants to get back into the Fire Nation-" Aang then softly spoke, "Sokka, Appa...said it's enough information." Appa who was completely silent that whole time yawned as Momo was trying to straighten his fur which got completely frizzed out from the whole Aang situation.
Sokka snickered and then he glanced toward Aang, "Well, Aang, we're gonna save your girlfriend...once you stop understanding what Appa's saying." After Sokka smiled and nodded for a moment he then said, "Yeah.." The shadow bending female then quirked the exposed eyebrow once again as she spoke in a confused and completely weirded out tone, "Right..ok...freak." Sokka then glanced over all quick like and narrowed his eyes, "I'm not a freak!" Next Sokka pointed at her all accusingly like just before saying, "You're the one with the freaky face patch!"
The female shadow bender just looked off for a moment just as she muttered, "How observant." Sokka did a thumbs up sign and nodded once. He knew he was observant, so then he said, "Yeah, I am, that's why I'm so helpful." After those words Aang used Airbending to get himself out of the grasp of the female shadow bender. Once Aang was on his feet he looked up at her and blinked just before saying, "My name's Aang, I'm the Avatar! Since you're helping us, what's your name?"
The shadow bending female straightened up her clothes just before she glanced down to him saying, "My name is Magnolia, it's best if you just don't ask why." Aang canted his head to the side for a moment and blinked once before saying, "I wasn't going to but ok! We gotta find Katara now." Magnolia slightly smiled then kindly spoke the words, "Yeah..none of us have any idea as to what type of danger Katara is in."
At Zuko's Fire Nation ship...
Zuko looked over to his uncle then narrowed his eyes as he said sternly, "Uncle Iroh..we've got the walrus." Iroh blinked and had the most confused look upon his face and a tone to match as he said, "Prince Zuko, that's the Avatar's female companion." Katara then narrowed her eyes and sharply said,"I'M NOT A WALRUS! Why didn't you jump in a river already!" Zuko then blinked once then said, "Well walrus, I don't listen to annoying waterbending peasants such as your fat walrus self." Iroh then chuckled softly and then said in his normal happy tone, "Prince Zuko, I just had a funny idea, you see, we could ..never mind. What else was it that your father needed for you to be allowed into the Fire Nation?" Zuko glanced over to his uncle and grinned evilly, "Uncle Iroh, we just have to kill this pesky walrus. Father said he...I mean..she poses a threat in getting the Avatar."
Iroh then narrowed his eyes slightly, "Prince Zuko, that's not right, we can't just kill her." Zuko slightly frowned, "Listen uncle, you know that I don't like killing anyone, but I want my honor back and I want father to accept me again." Iroh closed his eyes for a moment as he said, "If you need anything I'll be playing pai sho.." As Iroh walked off Zuko frowned for a short moment then glanced back to Katara before saying, "This is your fault, walrus." Katara grit her teeth and tried to get free as she snapped out, "Go jump in an ocean!"
As Zuko walked off scowling not able to take another minute of Katara, he began to wonder if his honor would truly be restored if all went according to plan. Perhaps things would be better. Maybe he could take over the Fire Nation. Maybe he could prove to Iroh that it was all worth it in the end. He wanted his honor and acceptance once again. This was top priority to him. He knew one thing for sure...he could hit two bisons in one shot...kill the waterbender and get the Avatar within his reach.
With Aang, Sokka, and Magnolia who took an abandoned ship from the now empty village. Magnolia blinked and glanced over to Aang and quirked an eyebrow and she said with a confused tone in her voice, "Penguin boy, why didn't we just take the bison, please enlighten me again." Aang smiled all big like and pointed at Sokka who was currently trying to steer the ship. Aang quickly spoke with his as usual happy tone, "Sokka's instincts!" Sokka narrowed his eyes as he said, "Well! I think we should use a boat today, we'll be just fine...and besides, Appa needs a rest once in a while." Appa made one of his usual bison noises as Aang smiled and said, "Yeah boy, you're always helping us, thanks Appa!" Magnolia slightly grinned as she looked around and placed one hand upon her hip, "We should be glad, the waterbender found us a big toy boat." Sokka continued to steer the boat has he ignored Magnolia's comment.
This adventure is becoming a bit of a twist to these three. They had no idea as to what happened to Katara and they don't know what will happen. All they know is that they feel the same about one thing...the fact that they need to hurry. If they didn't hurry they didn't know what would happen to Katara. Aang then blurted out, "Hey Sokka! I'm gonna show Katara that I can talk like Appa when we see her again!" Sokka rolled his eyes at Aang's optimism, "That's great Aang, I'm sure Katara would love to hear the second Appa..."
Will there be more? You know what...I got no idea. It depends if I'm asked to continue this crazy thing. Wooooo!