There are some aspects in this story that are funky but just go along with them for the sake of the story.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

Even the Great Fall Down Sometime: Chapter One

"The Extinguisher; over there men!" Prince Zuko pointed to a corner of black cloth that slipped behind a boulder.

Zuko's company lined themselves parallel to the rock. In complete unison they swirled their arms and took two steps forward, creating a combined burst of fire. It did not occur to the irrational prince that his prey could escape from behind.

"Prince Zuko, you may not have noticed but, "Uncle Iroh mused, "The Extinguisher has moved himself from our grasp and into the woods."

There were times, many times, when the young prince wished his uncle would operate at a faster pace. He jumped off his boat and ran after the disappearing shadow that was the hunted. He barked for his men to follow after.

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Katara held her hands in front of her with a complete look of concentration on her face. A fat string of water raised itself from the small pond. Slowly, it began to shape, by itself, into what looked like a worm.

"That's supposed to be a water serpent?" scoffed Sokka.

Katara's brow twitched a sign that she was annoyed. Her outstretched fingers curled in and as she did, the 'worm' began to grow more detailed. On the left, a head bulged and eyes were indented in. Aang, Katara, and Sokka didn't hear anything approaching when a cloaked figure burst from the brushes and landed in Katara's semi-serpent.

"What's going on!" Katara shrieked at her ruined waterbending. "I was so close!"

"Who are you?" Sokka demanded his hand on his boomerang.

The stranger put a finger to his hidden lips but that didn't stop Sokka or Aang. The Avatar floated himself in front of his friends and presumed a defensive pose. Aang barely heard him whisper, "The Avatar…"

"The Avatar's with him!" shouted one of Prince Zuko's soldiers.

In a split second, the four were surrounded by men decked in red and black armor and Appa was no where in sight. The men stepped back to let Zuko reveal himself. Zuko smirked and then let out a satisfied cackle.

"The Extinguisher and the Avatar; both within my grasp."

"The…Extinguisher…?" Aang echoed, looking at the person who stood in front of him.

Before Zuko could call or a command and Aang could airbend, the Extinguisher flicked and swiveled a wrist causing an explosion of the pond water. While everyone's vision was blurred with mist, the Extinguisher tried to run off. But Zuko dashed forward and grabbed hold of his coat, tearing it off.

There was only pure silence and surprise when the Extinguisher's identity was shown. The Fire Nation had always thought the Extinguisher to be a male but, he was a she. In fact, she was gorgeous. She wore a robe similar to Katara's but with some differences. Her robes were short-sleeved, no shirts or pants underneath, and the skirt was knee-length. Where Katara's robes were white, the Extinguisher's were black. Where the Extinguisher's robes were white, Katara's were blue. Bandages wrapped around her arm from beneath the elbow to her palm. Her white boots, high up her shins, were tightened by black ribbons. Her hair was a chestnut brown, falling below her shoulders and parted at the right making so you could only see her left eye.

"So where is the Extinguisher, "Uncle Iroh walked onto the scene, breaking the quietude, "and who is the stunning young lady?"

Her purple eyes glared at the perverted old man, "My name's Kisa, stop calling me the Extinguisher."

Everyone except Sokka, Katara, and Aang sweat-dropped. Iroh stepped up, slow in his steps, and sighed. A faraway look glazed over his eyes and he said, "It was prophesized that a child of the Fire Nation, a special child, would be born. That child would grow and become a powerful Waterbender and aid the Avatar. That child was also born with a special gift.

Before the child was even born, Zuko's father gave it the name, 'Extinguisher", assuming the child would be a boy. The Exting—Kisa, is almost as wanted as Aang. Ozai tried to track him, I mean her, down in her childhood but failed. Instead, he put up wanted ads and a bounty for her person."

"Enough with the life story Uncle, "Zuko growled, "Take her; take them both!"

To ward off the oncoming flames, Aang generated an air ball that shielded him, his friends, and Kisa. From a sling behind her, she pulled out a bow. This gained the full interest of the other three within the sphere.

"If you could please release me, " she said, "I could take out a few men."

"How are you going to do that without any arrows?" exclaimed Sokka.

"I have my ways. If I didn't, those incompetent fools would've captured me long ago, " she smiled lightly and rolled her eyes.

She left the safety of Aang's airbending while drawing back the string of her bow. As she did, an arrow of water formed exactly where an arrow should be. Every time she drew, an arrow would be there ready to go. The arrows struck with enough force to knock out whomever it hit.

"Arrows? From what I've heard, you use sheer force; hand to hand combat." Zuko was curious.

Kisa ignored the Firebender prince and continued to knock down his men like they were bowling pins. Zuko's hand flared in anger. Two arrows zipped his way but he dodged them, just barely. He shot some fireballs which Kisa dodged expertly and then doused with arrows.

"Dodging my arrows—not bad, " she smiled, "but trying to hit me—pathetic."

A vein on Zuko's forehead pounded. Though this girl didn't have Zhao's ego, she pissed him off just as well. There were more burst of flame but Kisa created a water wall right in front of her. Iroh, Sokka, Aang, Katara and Zuko's men merely watched in amazement.

"This robe was new." Kisa pouted when Zuko burned a corner.

The two teens began to bend again. The only mystery was, what was Kisa doing? She did not attack at all, she just evaded any and all of Zuko's attacks. Finally, she put away her bow and began to waterbend, sensing that Zuko was going to do some major move. He produced a fire dragon which was burning all plant life it touched. Zuko did notice Kisa was waterbending but he did not see that it was going to be big.

"How's this for pathetic?" Zuko boomed, drowning out his uncle's warnings. His eyes widened as a water serpent reared from what was left of the small pond, swallowed his dragon, and drenched him in water.

There was a loud roar meaning that Appa had arrived. Katara got on his head and grabbed the reins. Aang grabbed Sokka and Kisa the spun up onto the saddle. With another roar from Appa, they took flight.

"That was awesome!" Katara squealed.

"Thank you." Kisa replied. "I see you're a Waterbender too."

"Yes, but not as amazing as you."

"Not even a quarter of your skill, " chuckled Sokka, gaining yet another dirty look from Katara to add to the many he had already recieved.

"Kisa, what did Iroh mean when ''aid the Avatar''?" Aang asked.

"Exactly that; I'm here to teach you waterbending—I guess you could call me a master..."

"So you're telling me that all this time going to the North Pole was a complete waste?" Sokka pulled at the skin on his face. "Why didn't you show up earlier!"

"Pretty much, but if you hadn't left the South Pole, I would've found you guys much easier and the Avatar would be able to do that water serpent just now!"

Sokka couldn't say anything in return since it was their idea to leave the South Pole and journey to the north. Now they had to turn around and head back to Ba Sing Se to find an Earthbender master. They sped through the introductions and Kisa immediately began to demonstrate easy moves to Aang. Sokka and Katara watched intently as Kisa gracefully showed Aang how do to the water serpent move. Actually, Sokka was more focused on her face because, as Iroh had mentioned, she was beautiful.

"How old are you anyways?" Sokka blurted out after a few hours of Kisa showing Aang waterbending.

"Fifteen."

"Sokka is too!" Katara remarked.

"Yeah, that's great. I have another question." Sokka stated.

Kisa's heart pounded. Her body stiffened.

"What's the gift that Iroh was yakking about?"

Her heart and body relaxed.

"Actually there are a few things but I guess this is mostly it."

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