Here ya go! I'll have waited a day or two to post this, so that I could stretch the story out.
CHAPTER EIGHT- Flying Cats and Flying Bison
After her little cry, it had taken Tsuyosa no time to be back to her stubborn, laid-back self.
"To bad that thing killed your campsite, it was pretty good!" She laughed. Zuko, on the other hand, was having a harder time wrapping his mind around the idea he had just fought a DEMON. But as much as he asked the dragon to explain, she just ignored him.
This made him even angrier.
"What is so important that you have to keep that thing a secret?" he yelled.
"Bah, you worry too much! C'mon, I'm hungry!" fuming, the prince followed her, determined for answers.
"A ten ton DEMON just flew off to the Fire Nation, and you're worried about FOOD!" Tsuyosa turned to glare at him.
"Of course I'm worried about a demon being here, but unless you can fly, there's not much we can do."
"You're supposed to be a God or whatever, can't you do something other then fancy firebending?" Sighing, the girl picked some berries before continuing to walk.
"I'm in human form to blend in. If I unleashed my power on earth, it would cause more panic then that demon would. The best the Gods could do was to give me some of the most powerful Firebending. You saw me on that bastard's ship, and that was barely anything." A bit surprised at the memory, Zuko guessed they had to deal.
But, the Gods could've at least given her a guardian animal or something.
"We spent almost an hour searching, and we only got a handful of barriers." Zuko sighed. It was a few past Sunrise, and the two were sitting, exhausted, back at the beach.
"If you want to be poisoned, be my guest." Tsuyosa said, falling back.
"I'm beginning to wonder why I left my ship behind."
"Hey, why did you, anyway?" the girl asked, not moving.
"I figured if I DID go back to the Fire Nation, I didn't want my uncle to get in trouble, to. Not that I PLANNED to go back…" he explained, glaring. The dragon sighed.
"Are you still mad about that?"
"Yes." Grabbing a few of the barriers, he tossed a few onto the girls face and ate a couple of his own.
"Thanks." She replied flatly.
"No problem."
(5:24 pm)
"Scarface…"
"I told you…to lay off…the scar…" the two were sprawled out on the beach, quite a funny sight if you ignored the fact they were dehydrated and probably going to die.
"I don't know if I can die…"
"Well, good for you. Do me a favor, when I die, could you tell my dad he's a bastard…?"
"Can do…"
They didn't know how long the silence went on, but sometime before they passed out, a huge flying beast with an arrow on its head flew over them. Their eyes widened.
"You saw that, right?" Tsuyosa asked, wobbly standing. Zuko nodded as he stood, to. The two grinned, taking off in a dead run, a new found strength taking over. The Flying bison had landed maybe a mile away from what they could tell.
"They. Might. Not trust. Me. Ya know." Zuko panted.
"Then I'll send you a post card!"
"Aang, why are we here? This is Fire Nation waters, you know." Sokka asked, following his sister and the Avatar.
"I had a vision, remember? There are two people who I'm supposed to meet here, and I think I know both of them." Aang smiled. The people were friendly, he just knew it.
"If you're sure, but what are we going to do once we meet them?" Katara asked. The boy shrugged.
"Dunno, but something will come to me."
"Yeah, it's worked so well the other times." Sokka said sarcastically.
"HEY! OVER HERE!" the three turned at the yell. There, running towards them on the beach, were two teens. One was a girl with black hair in Fire Nation armor, and the other was defiantly Zuko.
"I knew coming here was a bad idea!" Sokka hissed, bracing himself for an attack. Katara and Aang did the same, but as the two slowed down to a walk as to not seem hostile, the Airbender suddenly relaxed.
"Guys, I think I'm supposed to meet them here." He said quietly.
"Are you insane? That's Zuko! As in, the guy that's been chasing us for months!" the worrier yelled, not letting his guard down.
"Think about it Sokka. We didn't see any ships around, and they both look tired. I think they're stuck here!" Aang tried to explain. Sighing, the siblings put away their weapons.
"Fine, but I still don't trust them."
"Yeah, I don't think they're going to help us." Zuko stated he and Tsuyosa slowing to a walk. The dragon looked saddened.
"He'll help us. He's the Avatar, and no matter what, the Avatar will trust the dragons. Besides, I have to see Yugasa again…"
The two stopped to see if they were going to be attacked or not, and to the prince's surprise, the Water Tribe kids put away their weapons.
"C'mon!" Tsuyosa smiled, pulling the teen forward. They ran to the others, out of breath and praying they had water.
"Stay Back!" the boy yelled, stopping them a few feet away. They stopped.
"Oh, come on!" the prince exclaimed, but Tsuyosa promptly hit him over the head.
"Why you little!" he hissed. Too annoyed to think straight, he hit back, right in the arm.
"Hey! Where are your manners, little rich boy!" the dragon yelled, punching back.
"You no for a fact I'm no snot-nosed spoiled snob!"
"Little-sissy-scarface!"
"STOP IT WITH THE-"
"HEY!" Aang yelled, having enough of their fighting. The two stopped and stared at the Avatar, just about to hit each other. Sokka was laughing out loud and Katara was giggling violently.
"My apologies. We…had an accident-"
"That was entirely your fault." Zuko cut in. Tsuyosa glared.
"And ended up stranded here. We couldn't find water and are a bit in need." The prince gave a little huff.
"Trust me, if we weren't, we wouldn't be talking to you."
"Shut it, scarface!" the dragon hissed. Zuko decided to ignore it.
"Umm, I had a vision earlier. I think I'm supposed to meet you two…" Aang said nervously. Tsuyosa grinned and gave a deep bow. The three were surprised. Zuko ignored it.
"My name is Tsuyosa, and I am one of the Four Elemental Dragons. I have come to help you with your mission, Avatar." The three stared at her.
"Wait, if you're here to help Aang, why is HE here?" Sokka asked, pointing to Zuko, who glared. Tsuyosa gave a small smile.
"Ah, right. Well, normally, the dragons just help the Avatar, but the Fire Nation is in trouble, to. So, being the Fire Dragon, it is my duty to put the true Fire Lord back on the throne!" she explained, putting her arm on the prince's shoulder.
"Remove your arm or I will kill you."
"Right, right. You have that 'No touchy' thing." Zuko glared.
"Soo…. Let me get this straight: You're the Fire Dragon sent to help me and Zuko."
"Yep."
"And you're also here to help me find the other Dragons and defeat the Fire Lord."
"Yep." There was silence around the campfire. The three had allowed Tsuyosa and Zuko to join them given the dragon keep and eye on the prince. This both annoyed and insulted Zuko, but he agreed.
"You see where I got confused." The prince said dryly. Aang nodded.
"So, where do I find the three other dragons?" the boy asked.
"Actually, we just need to find ONE dragon." Tsuyosa said matter-of-factly. They didn't catch on.
"Tsuyosa's one dragon, the air one's in you, and the girl's the water one." The prince explained flatly.
"What?" the three said. Tsuyosa sighed.
"I think I'll explain things. Mr. insensitive's not good with this stuff" Zuko ignored her.
"The Fire Dragon's easy, that's me. The Air dragon was born into you, Aang. Every Avatar is born with the soul of their nation's dragon, so Junsuisa is in you. Now, the Water Dragon…is complicated…" she turned to face Katara.
"You're name is Katara, right." She nodded, and the dragon smiled sadly.
"Your mother…was no human. Yugasa was the Dragon of Water sent to earth to find the Avatar almost twenty years before he would arrive. That way, we could become part of the human life. But your mother found a man she loved, and refused to return to the heavens when we learned about the Fire Nations attack on her tribe…" Katara and Sokkas eyes were wide. She stayed, and got killed.
"Later on, she told dragon girl not to worry, and blended her powers with your soul. So now, you are the new Water Dragon." Zuko finished. Sokka glared as his sister tried to soak all of that in.
"Hey, can't you even pretend to care?" he growled.
"What? You want me to cry or something? She should be happy! This sorta means her mom's been with her the whole time." The prince said defiantly. Tsuyosa nodded and Katara smiled a little.
"But, I've never done much that you could call me a god for." The waterbender said.
"That's because you don't know how. I'm sure once you learn the basics, the rest will come easy!" the camp went quiet again.
"What do I do?" Aang asked.
"We find Chikara, and stop the Fire Lord from summoning-" The dragon was cut off as a loud bang rang behind them. The five jumped to their feet, turning to the forest down a little ways.
Slowly, a huge black cat with bright red eyes crawled out and faced them, teeth bared. The demon was back for a rematch.
"- Sozen…"
Ah-ha! Try to guess who the demon REALLY is!
R&R!