Wow, today was a really boring day. Almost absolutely nothing happened. My solo went alright it guess. I used my black violin because my green one broke (sob). And I made myself a really good meat pie from scratch, but that was about it. Hmm. I ate a reeces cup. And...yeah. Oh! I actually had help on this chapter!I drew stuff from many of your ideas that you gave me, but I actually grabbed my brother, Tony, and had him come up with pretty much this entire chapter. But I still won't let him or anyone else in my family read this. I don't know what it is, but I just don't like people I know to read my stuff. Especially when it's as personal as this. So, thanx Tony even though I locked you out of the office soon after snarfing your ideas! As for the title of this chapter. I just watched Mony Python and the Holy Grail today, so I wanted it to be "Come see the violence inherit in the system!" But it was toooo long. So I just took the next thing Dennis said.

Plutobaby494: Hey there! Did you have fun in california?

Lovergal1227: I'm really sorry if my 'evil Ozai' comment in my last shoutout seemed snipety. I didn't mean it to be and I really appreciate all of your comments. I don't know why people keep bringing up the 'Sokka's instincts' comment, and I really think it's getting old. That is why I put that line in there. And who said anything about Aang killing Ozai? (Evil grin. Now I know you really want to read this chapter!)

Elenea Galad: That's a really good idea, but I'm sorry that I won't be using it. I kinda took a little something from it. There won't be converted guards, but there may be an ally among them. Thanx for your support!

Zukoscute2: Glad you likey.

O-dragon: Don't worry, it seems like everyone is hyper right now. I'm glad you liked all that stuff and thanx for your suggestions.

Titan09: Thank you for giving him back. (Inspects for further signs of ill-usage). But he's overdue! ten cents please. I just love Spongebob. I think I'm gonna marry Patrick someday too. He's just so adorable. The parenthesis thing actually did make sense. I'm just weird that way. Yay! Rhymes!

ILoveSoraandAangMuhahaha: Wow, that's quite the mouthfull. Thanx for your lol. I'll add it to my collection and someday I will rule the world with their power!

Petitio Principii: Wow, them are some good idears! I think you'll be glad to see that I used some of them. Thanx a bunch!

Randomwriter88: Aw, I'm glad I've made you so happy.

Khazia: I'm glad you liked that firebending description. And you have nothing to be concerned about. If you'll remember correctly, earlier I was afraid that I was ripping stuff off of you. And I'm glad to be and inspiration, but it's weird because you're an inspiration to me. So where does the root inspiration come from? AAH! IT'S A NEVERENDING LOOP! SOMEBODY SMACK ME OUT OF THIS! Ow, thankyou Jeffrey (he's my poltergeist).

"Everything is going according to plan."
THREE HOURS BEFORE BANQUET

"Are you sure that this is the only way?" Sokka asked grumpily trying to adjust the heavy armor on his shoulders.

"Yes. The palace is too heavily guarded for you to get in any other way." Iroh said, his concentration on the leather strap he was trying to adjust to fit Sokka's lithe form.

"Just quit complaining Sokka. You don't have it nearly as bad as Aang." Katara said jabbing a thumb over at Aang who was unrecognizable. Stilts had been strapped to his feet to make him a foot taller. His face was covered with a fake beard and bushy eyebrows. A long red robe fell down around his 'ankles' and he was wearing a hat that Momo had stolen from a sage at Roku's temple. Aang was oddly quiet. This was the night he had been dreading for the past six months.

"I have something for you as well my dear." Iroh said once he was satisfied with Sokka. Katara stepped forward curiously as Iroh pulled a beautiful silk gown from the sack he had brought to their clearing. It was red, but had blue ocean scenery stamped around the bottom of the skirt. Katara was shocked. She stroked the silk reverently. "Well, aren't you going to put it on?" Iroh asked placing it in her hands. Katara grinned and dashed behind Appa to change.

THE BANQUET

Katie felt her sanity drifting away as she listened to the ramblings of a "scientist" as he told her and a few others all he knew about astronomy. Of course every bit of it was wrong. Katie was having the hardest time not saying anything to correct him, but after half an hour it was just getting too much. She began looking over his shoulder to scan the crowd. It took her a while, but she finally spotted Katara. She actually had to do a double take. She wouldn't have recognized the girl if it hadn't been for her necklace.

"Yes yes. And that's how we know the earth to be banana shaped. Please excuse me." Katie said, interrupting the young man and sidestepping away. (A/N: that banana-shaped thing was from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which I love but don't own.)

"Katara?" Katie asked quietly, approaching the girl. It was definitely her; she was glancing around the room nervously. But it didn't look like her. Her hair had been let to hang loose around her shoulders and was curly. Her skin had also been powdered or something to make her look as pale as any firebender.

"Oh Katie, thank goodness. I was starting to get worried that nothing would work out." Katara said in relief. Katie widened her eyes at Katara as a signal to keep her voice down.

"Where are the others?" Katie asked quietly, making sure nobody was close enough to overhear.

"Um, Aang is still outside the palace. Sokka should be letting him in at any second." Katara said just as quietly.

"Are you ready?" Katie asked.

"Yes." Katara said nervously.

"Don't worry, you'll do great. We should probably take our places, just pretend to mingle. You're kind of obvious just standing here." Katie said. She glanced over her shoulder and spotted at least one familiar face over by the fountain. "Come on." She grabbed Katara's arm and steered her over to Anomen.

"Anomen, how good to see you! Are you enjoying the banquet?" She called out to the young man. He waved back cheerfully.

"I'm always enjoying myself, princess." He said tipping his wine glass when saying her title. Katara on the other hand looked slightly confused. She didn't know all that much about what had happened with Katie since the last time she saw her on the ship.

"That's wonderful. I was wondering if you could do me a large favor. I need to go speak with my uncle, could you keep my friend Katana company until I get back? She's a bit shy."

"It would be my honor." Anomen said, sweeping down graciously and kissing Katara's hand. She blushed slightly.

"Thank you so much. I will be back in a few minutes, could you just make sure to stay by the fountain so I can find you?"

"There's no need to rush." Anomen said, gazing into Katara's face with a soft smile. "So, Katana? That's a lovely name. Are you from the capitol?"

"Um. No, I'm a friend of Katie's. I'm visiting from Yew-ta." She said hoping to get everything Iroh had told her straight. Katie smiled and walked over to stand beneath a dragon sculpture. She pretended to retie the strap around her ankles until Iroh came to stand next to her.

"Alright. How is everything going?" She asked smiling at him and standing back up.

"Perfectly. We should receive the signal within a few minutes." Iroh said. Katie looked extremely calm and confident until he looked down at her hand, which was shaking uncontrollably. He smiled and took the hand, holding it tightly in his own. She gave him a small grateful smile and took a deep breath. Suddenly several windows on the east side shattered as a concentrated gust of wind hit them. People jumped and screamed, trying to get out of the way of the flying glass shards. Iroh nodded at Katie and went to get in his place. Katie glanced over at the fountain to make sure Katara was still there. Thankfully she was. A murmuring began arising among the guests as they looked around in confusion. A few doors burst open and a group of fire sages came running in. Katie noticed that one of the last ones to enter was walking somewhat stiffly.

"THE AVATAR HAS BEEN SPOTTED! WE WILL BE BARRING THE HALL!" One of the men cried out. This started a whole chain of whispers. Katie took a deep breath and waited as all the doors and windows were locked. A few guards managed to sneak in; she saw a flash of blue eyes beneath one of the helmets as they began spreading throughout the room to stand next to the windows. Katie kept her eyes on the blue-eyed one, watching him take a place beside the firelord's throne. The sages all stood in a line around the firelord like a bunch of bodyguards. The one with a gimp made sure to stay as far away from the soldier as possible. After a few minutes more of confusion, things began settling down.

"THE AVATAR! IT'S HIM!" The soldier cried out pointing at one of the sages close to him. Everyone sprang at the man, wrestling him to the ground. Katie glanced over at Katara; she was slowly reaching out and gaining control of the water in the fountain. The gimpy sage was now standing at the very base of the throne, he nodded at Katie. Katie gave a little wave to Iroh and they both reached out, smoldering the flame curtain around Ozai. There were general screams from the crowd as the majority of the room's light source was extinguished. Ozai was on his feet immediately but Katara used her bending to blast him with water, knocking him back against the wall. Aang was in front of him in an instant. The long robe and stilts left and forgotten at the base of the steps. Aang froze the water dripping from Ozai. Katara sent him another stream of water and he froze that in a shell around the firelord as well. The people all ran to the back of the room to get out of the way of any violence while guards began rushing forward. Katie shot a flame down across the floor and lifted it up into a curtain, blocking the advancing soldiers. It took all her concentration to keep it up as the benders on the other side worked against her, but she could feel that she was drawing energy already from the approaching comet and was able to hold the barrier. She heard the sound of an explosion behind her and glanced over her shoulder. Ozai had burst free from the ice.

Ozai sent a fireblast at Aang. Aang created an air shield around himself and repelled the attack. A water whip came out of nowhere and smacked Ozai in the back of the neck causing him to fall to his knees momentarily. Aang dropped the air shield and called out to the earth foundation beneath the metal flooring. He yanked it through and pulled it at Ozai with all the force he could muster. Ozai rolled out of the way as it crashed down on the throne. Fire sages and the few guards that had been in this half of the room were advancing forward, but Iroh stepped up and began taking them all down easily. Katara held her own, freezing their feet and legs in ice and whipping like crazy with her water source that kept replenishing itself. Sokka had also taken out his club and was also fighting off several people. Katie turned her attention back to her barrier. It was beginning to get harder to manage. She could still feel soldiers on the other side working against her. She sent out a blast at the points where she could sense these soldiers and heard a few satisfying cries. But it had taken too much to do this little trick and the wall dropped substantially. Katie was forced to her knees in the attempt to keep it from dropping completely. Then she heard a wild shriek to her left. She turned and watched as a sage began running towards her with a drawn sword. Time froze for a second as she watched him advance. She was helpless where she was, she couldn't do anything to stop him. Then out of nowhere another sword dropped, biting deeply into the man's neck. Katie turned and saw the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Her prince. Zuko gave her a slightly confused look, she was, after all pulling off a very advanced firebending move. But a clock somewhere began chiming that it was nine o'clock. The comet was supposed to be directly above the tower. Ozai froze, listening to the chimes. He threw one last major blast at the avatar, knocking him against the wall. Then he turned tail and ran from the room.

"YOU HAVE TO GO AFTER HIM!" Katie yelled at the others. Aang stumbled to his feet and rushed to Katie's side. He pulled more earth from beneath the flooring making a more substantial wall to replace the fire one. Katie almost wanted to yell at him for wasting time, but it had only taken two seconds for him to pull off and she realized that he was going to need all the help he could get. Together they all ran after Ozai. Iroh and Zuko led the way to a spiraling staircase. Zuko started up the stairs first, but Iroh held back not wanting to slow down the others. They took the steps three at a time, Aang used his airbending to pass everyone up and reached the landing before the others. The room they came to was much like the room the Roku statue was kept in the fire temple. Murals were painted all around sporting the faces and histories of various firelords. But Katie had no time to admire the artwork. Standing in the very middle of the floor was Ozai. Right above his head was an opening and the comet was beginning to come within sight. Ozai created a barrier of fire around himself. Aang, Katie and Zuko reached out and tried to stop the flames, but it was no use. Iroh finally made it to the top of the stairs and helped out but the firelord was just too powerful.

"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?" Katara asked helplessly.

"We need to get him out of that circle." Iroh said.

"Thank you captain obvious!" Katie snapped. Zuko began running towards the center of the room. He took a flying leap, doing his best to shield himself from the flames and landed in the ring of fire next to his father. The two began to struggle; both were too close to each other to do any firebending. Ozai's grip on his barrier dropped and Aang, Iroh and Katie were able to rip it down easily. Aang sent a funnel of wind at Ozai, knocking him out of the center. Then, a light and energy filled the room that caused them all to stop moving. It wasn't that they were in awe of it, but the energy was actually constraining their movements. Katie could feel the power of the comet stronger than ever. It was at the zenith point in the sky. A pillar of fire came down through the opening of the ceiling and surrounded the center point of the room. The center point where Zuko was still standing. Everyone was thrown backwards with the force of that fire. It burned at them, licking their clothes. Both Katie and Iroh managed to block the flames from actually hitting them and Aang had created a sort of bubble around himself and his friends. For nearly ten minutes the pillar remained over Zuko. Katie was praying to anybody listening to keep him safe. Her hold on her shield was beginning to wear. Any power she had drawn from the comet before was now pulled away, it was all centered on Zuko now. Her skin and clothing were beginning to burn. She began wondering if the comet would remain over the tower forever. Then it passed and the world returned to normal. Katie dropped to her hands and knees, trying to readjust. But Ozai was already making his next move. Katie glanced quickly over at Zuko who was directly in Ozai's path. He was in the same position she was, on the floor gasping with exhaustion. When he finally opened his eyes flames were actually emitting from them. He turned to his father and was on his feet in an instant. Ozai made a powerful attack towards his son, but Zuko pushed it away easily. He continued walking towards his father, forcing the older man backwards until his back was against the wall. For the first time there was actual fear in his face. But it was only a small amount and could barely be seen beneath the mask of hatred. Zuko placed his hand at his father's throat, pinning him to the wall.

"You have the power to kill me prince Zuko. But you don't have the strength. You have always been so weak, could you really bring yourself to kill me? You are nothing but an honorless worm. I should have killed you years ago, I've seen since the moment you were born that you would only bring our entire lineage down around us."

"No father. You loved me once." Zuko said, his grip tightening on Ozai's throat. "I know you did. But it wasn't enough." He reached inside and simply extinguished a flame. That was all it took to kill the great firelord Ozai. Everyone stood in stunned silence as the body dropped to the ground. Zuko turned and his gaze landed on Katie. She scrambled to her feet and ran to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. His skin was burning hot, but she could barely feel anything right now and even if she could, she wouldn't have really cared. Her prince had just saved the day.

Oh squee, Zuko's back! Don't worry all y'all who like this story or whatever. There's a few more chapters left. As I sang before: It is the fic that never ends (bum bum) yes it goes on and on my friend...

Little side note, I was looking at a phone number today and I thought it looked like Ozai's name. It was really weird. The last four digits were: 0741. I don't know. It just looks like his name to me, but I'm weird and see weird stuff everywhere. Like that smudge on the screen! It looks like captain hook! Don't worry, I don't think it's contagious. It's safe to review.