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Okay, my sis was trying on a pair of pants at home, after mom had bought them, and she reached into the pocket and pulled out something green. I said in a country accent, "Somebody put a skittles wrapper in my baby's pocket!" It was hilarious! But I'm not her mom. I'm her sis. Ah well! Oh, and this week's Red Ribbon Week! Today was "Sock it to drugs" day, and everyone wore crazy socks. It was cool. Tomorrow's the day where we wear our clothes inside out, I forgot what Thursday is, but then Friday is the day where we get to dress up for Halloween! (It's not part of RRW.) It's awesome. So, that's my week. How about ya'lls?
ALSO! When you see the "..." then a line, then the dots again, just changing POV. If you don't see another set of dots or a line, it doesn't change POV's, just perspectives. If you don't get it, read on my minions, and you'll get it. If not, just ask. I'm always open. Well, most of the time!
Sesshomaru's woman- I'm so excited you like it! Welcome! One Day is the sequel of this story, where Kabira goes back home, and the adventures there. I hope that clears up everything.
Elf of rohan- MAKE HIM BE IN THE NEXT EPISODE! And we'll attack the creators if he isn't. Who's with me? (No one responds). Hello! It's Zuko we're talking abouthere! (Everyone cheers) That's better. Glad you liked the chapter. Lots of drama in this one; my definition of drama anyway.
Monkaybrains127- I'm sure your story doesn't stink like that. Wow, you ride horses? That's cool. My sis used to ride as well, but she fell off and Mom won't let her back on. Thanks for reviewing RIGHT after your show! I hope you get a goodnight's sleep then.
SeethingxShadows- Yea, that is a really strange dream…how'd you come up with that? Anyway, I had a dream the next day that would out shadow anyone else's dream. You were in it, so was Zuko'scute2, Khazia, and Lin13. It was defiantly different, and we were all benders. You were earth since you live in California, and you had blonde hair with bangs. Prolly didn't get it right, did I? Anyway, I was asleep, and I've never met you, so how would I know besides your profile?
Men are strange like that. Even if they're not drunk, they still don't receive the hints we give 'em, like if you like a guy, and you keep flirting, and keep flirting, they eventually get it, but after you've moved on. (The hidden meaning was about the war.) "AHHH! SHE'S MAKING ME GET OUT OF HER HEAD! And it was fun, too." Lol. I was also thinking on making this story's title: Behind These Hazel Eyes. Anywho, hope you like this chapter!
Lensgirlfriend- Yes, that song is very good. I like it a lot.
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE NEW EPISODE! Anyone know when it is? Anywho, on to the chapter!
Chapter 17- Breakdown
Dearest Journal,
It should be about the end of October. Iroh thinks it's the 30th. Tomorrow's Halloween! Yay! But, no yay. Zuko found Aang's trail again, and I think we're less than a mile away. He's gotten a big head so far today, and completely ignored me, so I'm about to go out on the ocean and get away for a while. I find it so relaxing, and I can get into my own world there, while getting my exercise! So, I'll be out there, being ignored by Zuko for the next…well, I don't know how long I'll be out there, but it should be awhile. The crew has now come to deck every time I'm out there as well, and so it gets pretty annoying when you're really trying to get something down, and you hear a wolf-call. So, I'll be out there for a while, and until next time, don't give up on yourself, or myself for that reason, Kabira
I was skating alongside the boat, clutching my stone necklace, just thinking in my ownworld. I was enclosed in my mind, not daring to come out in fear of being yelled at, and being reminded of whom I was. Sometimes I felt so alone, and this was one of those times, plus, with Zuko hot on Aang's tail, and what happened last time, I didn't really want to get in his way. He didn't need somebody, a nobody like me, in his way. This was another chance to redeem himself in his father's eyes…
I sighed, finally coming out of my shell and looking around. The sky was almost cloudless, well, then again, not quite. It was covered in clouds, more of a cover for Aang, which would make Zuko into an even worse mood. They were all white, like the ice I was skating on, but some of the undersides were grey. The sea was a clear blue, a very rare change for me, but we were near the Earth and Water Kingdoms, so I guess it just depends on location.
I heard yelling on deck, and looking up thinking the men were back to whistle at me, I saw the giant catapult coming up above deck. "Ready the catapult, men!" Prince Zuko was yelling. We were passing an area without any clouds, and the gang in the sky, uncovered with nowhere to run.
I covered my hands to my mouth, and gasped. I have to help them! I thought, and moved my feet faster and away from the ship with the now flaming ball of doom. I could hear metal against ice as I made myself go faster, my necklace swinging against my chest. Go! Go! Go! I yelled to myself as the ball was shot into the air.
Isloweddown a little, but keeping going forward as the flame ball barely missed them and Katara screamed. I looked towards the ship that was behind me a little, and at the next one being lit. Before it was launched, though, I pulled up all of my energy and shot a stream of ice between Appa and the flaming mass of stench. It hit it on full target, making the ice shatter…
…Zuko looked up at the ball was launched, but something got in the way of his victory: a shield of ice. He looked towards the sea, to his right, and saw the unworthy girl out there, trying to destroy him. He cursed under his breath as he yelled, "DON'T LOSE THEM!" and another ball was placed on the holder. It was lit, and stench filledthe air around the ship.
Zuko could see the girl out there, keeping up with the rate they were going, which was very fast, working herself to death trying to protectpeople she barely knew.
"FIRE!" he yelled, loud enough for Kabira to hear him, but instead of looking at him and trying to stop him, she kept up her routine with the ice shield, each time it breaking into a million little pieces. Once, a bit flew into Appa, and he roared in pain, but that didn't stop the attacks, or the defense from the girl who rode on his ship. Finally, he'd had enough.
"Lieutenant Ji!" The man stood straight as the prince said his name.
"Sir?"
"I want you to take half of your men, and begin attacking her." He pointed out on the ice. Ji looked confused, but nevertheless, did as he was told.
"Prince Zuko!" Iroh said, flabbergasted at this act of his nephew's.
"Uncle, whoever gets in my way goes down." Prince Zuko said sternly, looking through his telescope, back and forth from Kabby to the Avatar. All Iroh could do was nod his understanding.
Ji began barking orders to the part of the crew who was excellent at Fire Bending from a distance, telling them to line up at the railing, and only to fire when he said to. About 20 men were soon lined up there. (A/N I'm just guessing here that there are more than 1 set of men under a lieutenant on Zuko's ship.)
"FIRE!" Both Zuko and Ji yelled at the same time, and the flame ball was launched at the same time dozens of miniature flame balls were sent hurtling towards the girl on the ocean.
Katara saw this, and yelled, "KABIRA!" right in the nick of time. Kabira looked up, and swerved the fire, then put on a burst of speed, away but forwardfrom the ship. Appa was hit on his tail a little, but roared anyway.
Kabby did some Water Bending, freezing it halfway up, and blocking another flame ball once more, but was hit on her left arm by a stray flame from the Fire Benders on board the ship. She screamed in agony. I thought I was far enough from the ship that I wouldn't get hit! She clutched her arm as she aimed one last defense attack with her mind to Aang, Katara, and Sokka.
It went up, and blocked the next fireball without shattering, and then once that obstacle was gone, it curved inwards towards the ship. Once it hit it's destination, it froze the entire catapult, and so much that not even General Iroh could unfreeze it. Zuko cursed louder than before, but still under his breath as the Avatar got away once more, and cloud cover returned.
Kabira on the other hand, still skating out in the middle of the ocean, though closer to the ship than she wasbefore she was hit, and was clutching her arm as blood ran down her hands and onto the ice below her, but she wasn't crying. Pain was only imaginary, or was it? She whimpered as a chilled breeze hit her, moving her hair around in her face. She knew she was going to get it this time, interfering with the capture of his precious Avatar and all, but she wasn't afraid. No. She wasn't afraid of death, but she was of him.
Kabira slowly looked up into the faces of all of the men who hated her most in the world right now. They didn't hate Ozai; they hated her, the one who was trying to protect the world. Lieutenant Ji looked really angry, and so did the men (the ones who'd be going through Zuko's wrath that night). Iroh looked almost sad, and Zuko looked like the devil himself. A chill ran down her spine at the sight of him, and she shrunk back a little, but she remembered where her courage was hidden.
"Go ahead! Start screaming at me! I know what I did was right, and nothing you say or do to me can change that!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, or at least loud enough for the entire crew to hear.
Zuko was silent, while the rage that he had felt towards the girl, his once friend, pulsed through his veins. The crew was silent towards her, goingback to work, and soon, only Zuko and Iroh were left facing her.
"WHY DID YOU DO IT? DO YOU NOT REALIZE WITHIN THAT 2 MONTHS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE, THAT THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME, AND THAT YOU LET HIM SLIP RIGHT THROUGH MY FINGERS! RIGHT BEFORE I HAD HIM!" Zuko had finally exploded.
"Do you not understand that there are other things in this world to care about other than the Avatar?" she screamed at him, removing her hand from her arm, totally forgetting about the burn and blood dripping down it.
"LIKE WHAT? LIKE FRIENDS? FRIENDS HAVE GOTTEN ME NOWHERE IN LIFE!" He yelled back, and tears began to cloud her eyes. They both felt rage in their hearts but neither one for the same reason. Iroh was standing away from the fight, just watching, knowing enough not to get involved in this.
"NO! LIKE FAMILY! EVEN THOUGH YOUR FATHER GAVE YOU THAT SCAR, HE STILL LOVES YOU BECAUSE HE'LL AT LEAST LET YOU RETURN HOME! My father left me on a front porch in the middle of the night with no thoughts of letting me return into his life!" She yelled, tears streaming down her face now. "I've always thought he'd return, but no! My wish, my one wish in life, even with my back, has been denied so many times over and over again! He doesn't love me; he doesn't want to see me ever again! Your father still loves you and believes in you, but mine, he doesn't love me…"
Her voice trailed off, and her face softened as realization dawned on her. My father doesn't love me, and never will. She thought as she dropped to the ground, covering her face with her hands, even her bad hand and arm, and when she looked up, her eyes were glowing a light blue…
Zuko could only watch as this happened from his boat. She was losing control, again, but this time, she had no means of returning.
Ice swirled around Kabira, creating a spiral shape around her as it froze in place, then spread in all directions around her. It only took 30 seconds for the ice to reach halfway to the ship, but still coming, it swerved around the boat so no one would be harmed, and came together again on the other side. Still sitting with her legs folded at her sides, just like they were when she first arrived at this world, her powers were released. Ice flowed around the ship, then created a giant iceberg in front of them. So large and close that the ship couldn't swerve around it, and anyway the ice was all around them, so Zuko had to yell at the helms man to cut the engines. Once they were standing as still as possible, Zuko yelled, "Bring her to me!" over the crackling of ice, and the wind screaming around them.
The men jumped onto the ice, but as soon as they did, Kabira straightenedher back and bodylike she was in pain, looking up to the sky. The ice began to contract a little, and form a swirling ball of ice around her body, still looking to the sky. The ball that she was enclosing herself in looked a lot like the one that Aang had imprisoned himself in, but this one was much smaller. Once it was formed, there was a small flash of light as the ice began to grow outward again, only faster this time. It'll reach land in no time! Zuko thought as he watched his men stumble upon the slippery and moving ice. He had only one choice: go after her himself. She'd kill herself and the world if she kept this up.
Zuko, in an instant, jumped off of the 30-foot tall ship, and hit the ice with a "Thud". He slipped around, but never fell except when he first hit the ice. Zuko had soon passed his men, still trying to reach the girl and sliping around. Losing his footing heslammed head first into the miniature iceberg. Thankfully I have this armor on. He thought as he tried to figure out a way to get her out of there. He tried his Fire Bending, but with no avail.
Iroh watched from the ship, a worried look on his face, then looked up at the now clear sky knowingly…
...There was some pounding around me; I heard it very softly, as if I was in a dream. I couldn't see anything, butI could hear my name being said over and over;I still couldn't tell who was saying it, or where they were. I could feel my power draining, and I remembered what had happened before I heard the soft pounding.
I can't do this! I'm my own person! …
… "Kabira! Kabira!" Zuko was now trying to break the ice with his bare hands, the crew still stumbling around awkwardly. "Kabira!" he yelled again, worried for his friend, all the rage he'd felt earlier still there, but not as strong as before. "Stop it!" …
…I have to gain control! I cannot let my power control me like this. Pain is real. It's the realest thing in the world, butI cannot let it get the better of me…
…Zuko was still pounding and yelling, managing to get some of the ice chipped off…
My mind was telling me "NO! It has to be this way. No one loves you!" It was yelling this to me, over and over again, but I kept trying to convince myself that it shouldn't and couldn't be like this. I had to control my own power.
Zuko is trying to help me, and a minute ago he was furious at me. He's my friend, and in this way he loves me! …
… "Kabira!"…
Mosho and Sean and Honda and Navid and Randy, and everyone else I know loves me, and they don't want to see me go!
My mind, the part that wanted me out of this hole, then went to what I'd written in my journal earlier that day…
Don't give up on yourself…
I could hear myself yelling as my mind finally gave in, and ice shattered around me, going in all directions. Before I did this though, I heard Zuko say, "Kabira." And it was like him saying my name like that, as well as what I had said last, triggered my mind to stop all of this.
I slumped down on the ice, losing my grip on the world…
"Kabira." I heard Zuko say, and then everything went black.
And that's the end! Nah, we still have got 2 more chapters and at least 2 more stories to tell, so it can't be over yet! On with the rest!
I opened my eyes slowly, to someone like an angel looking down on me, his hair hanging in his face, and a scar on his left eye. He smiled as he looked down on me. I couldn't smile back. Every muscle in my body was sore and numb. All I could do was shut my eyes, and everything went black once again, but before I fell asleep, I could feel the boat moving underneath me again...
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