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Avatar: The Last Airbender
Even the Great Fall Down Sometime: Chapter Four
When she was first snatched, she had thought they'd come for her. Then she remembered Aang's duty as the Avatar which was far more important. She was only one person compared to the millions of others out there. She had never blamed her friends for that.
"I'm here to save you. You see, " Sokka pulled out his knife, the same old knife, and cut the chains that strung her hands together. " we decided that we'd come for you as soon as Aang got rid of Ozai. But after Zuko heard that Aang did that, he went into hiding—that coward. Since then, we've tried to find you and just recently we got a tip of where you were so I ''borrowed'' Appa and here I am."
Suddenly, Kisa remembered what she said to herself four, five years ago. She pushed past Sokka and threw open two doors. Sokka, still a little child at heart, threw his hands in the air and said they should be leaving.
"Not yet, " she stated clearly with her head outstretched into another room, "they took my bow and I want it back."
Before Sokka could lay a hand on a door knob, Kisa found her weapon. Though dusty it was, it was in the same good condition. She gripped it tightly in her hand. Men poured into the hallway from the left. Kisa raised a hand to stop Sokka.
"Hold this, " she requested handing him her bow and then stretching her taught muscles.
The men took one stiff step back.
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"Don't you think you over did that just a little?" Sokka twitched at the sight of the well beaten men. "But I'm not saying that they didn't deserve it."
"I was venting out my anger besides, I needed a warm up, " she replied simply.
"Uh huh, a warm up." Sokka repeated incredulously.
Kisa rubbed her wrists since they cuffs were still there. Sokka stooped over and took a ring of keys from a moaning soldier("Ooh…She's vicious…"). The jingle of keys made Kisa think that there was another soldier. She automatically turned around and threw out a fist. It stopped when she saw who it was and not a second to late. Sokka had to suck in his stomach to save it. He relieved Kisa of her unwanted accessories and the two of them raced for the deck.
The brisk ocean breeze sprayed mist into their faces when they set foot on deck. All thoughts except for the lull of water left Kisa's mind. That feeling like taking a warm shower on a cold day washed over her, hypnotizing her. She use her bow like a bat, whacking anyone in her way, and went straight for the edge. Poor Sokka was left to fend off the oncoming men. Though his skill had improved significantly, it was useless against firebending.
"Kiiisa, this would be a great time for some waterbending!" Sokka shrieked.
Kisa stuck a hand over the railing and then threw it over her back. A wave of water over swept the deck. Arrows were another thing that Sokka could not take head on. Using the water on the deck, she brought forth an ice wall. Arrow sunk into the soft ice and remained there. But there was one archer who climbed up the ladder where the captain steered.
He drew his shot and let it go.
"Unnh!"
Sokka yanked the arrow out of his left shoulder. Kisa turned around and there he was. If Sokka hadn't taken that arrow, it would've pierced her heart from the back.
"Sokka, you idiot, what were you thinking?"
"I was thinking about your safety, " he grinned foolishly.
"You can't die, you have Katara to go back to. Me, I have no one."
"There's always me." Sokka said quietly, looking her in the eye.
Kisa seemed to lose her voice for a moment. She sighed, "Augh, let's go now; call Appa." And she pushed away some more men with a water whip.
As soon as Sokka called, Appa came swooping down. He insisted for Kisa to get on first, but she practically chucked him into the saddle. He grabbed the reins and waited for Kisa to finish them off. She stood with her right leg in front of the left. Her palms were positioned, palms facing each other, at her chest. She shifted her weight from her right foot to the left and swung it in a half circle with her toe still touching the ground. Her palms slide across one another, each making a half circle to form a whole, and then she pushed her palms upward with force.
A giant wave thundered as it rose in the air. Zuko arrived on deck at this point with his uncle. Both of them froze up with surprise and a stupid expression plastered on their faces. It flooded the ship and with an added breath, the water became ice. Kisa quickly ran to Appa and began to climb on. An archer, the same one that shot Sokka, was only frozen from the waist down. He drew an arrow, aimed, and let it fly.
"Kisa!"
The last words of her mother rang in her ears, "Even the great fall down sometime."
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"Sweetie, you have to hide, right now, " said a man with dark brown hair.
"Listen to you father Kisa, you have to hide, " added a woman whose eyes were a blue that almost looked purple.
Kisa hugged the two adults then an elderly couple who were her grandparents and then a boy, who had a face so similar to hers.
"I love you Kisa, " he told her.
"I love you to Kyo."
Then her parents set her in a water jug half full of water with a hole for air. Through the hole, she saw everything. She covered her eyes but she could still hear the killing. She covered her ears but the voices kept screaming in her head. She knew know that all these people, her people, were protecting her with their lives. She was the one the Fire Nation army had come for.
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Kisa, a twelve year old girl, climbed out of the jug only to step in a puddle of blood. All around her was the scent of murder. Lying on the floor was her father, grandma, grandpa, and her identical twin brother Kyo. The situation would not sink into reality. Walking out of her home she saw everyone that she knew dead. She saw her best friends soaking in their own blood, her relatives, her pets, the owner of the candy shop; everyone was dead. She ran back into her house.
"Daddy, wake up!" she cried as she shook her father's lifeless arm.
She ran over to her brother who had an arrow stabbed into his chest. She sobbed, "You're a liar! You said you'd take me to the ocean someday! You promised me! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEAD?"
She sat there crying until she remembered what her parents had told her. She was the Extinguisher. Her job was to help the Avatar save the world from the Fire Lord. She can not die, she can not and will not give up till she has done exactly that. Kisa wasn't going to let her people's sacrifice go to a waste. She walked back and into her room. She changed robes, from red and black to black and white. She did not belong to any nation, tribe, kingdom or temple. She was on her own from here on out.
"Kisa…" called a dying voice.
"Mother!" Kisa ran to her mom's dying side.
"You have to…go find the Avatar…If not do it for… yourself…do it for everyone who…has died here today."
"Why? You didn't use your firebending!"
"I will not use my bending to kill. The Fire Lord may think he's all-powerful but that won't last forever. Even…the great fall…down…sometime…"
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The arrow buried itself deepbetween Kisa's shoulder blades, but more to the right than left. Sokka had caught her wrist just in time. He pulled her up, leaving a trail of blood on Appa's fur. Sensing the urgency, Appa flew.
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"Will she be okay? I healed her as best as I could but I've never done anything so major." Katara asked the doctor.
"To be honest, I don't know. The arrow missed her heart but may have pierced a lung. Right now, her survival is depending on her will for life but besides that, it'd take a miracle."
"Come on Kisa, you have to wake up. " Sokka whispered, pressing a hand to his cheek, "Wake up so I can tell you something I've wanted to say for years. It's hard to tell you when you're not even listening…"
2 years later…
"So this is Kisa?"
"Yeah. " Sokka replied indifferently. "The arrow punctured her right lung and she choked to death on her own blood."
"This must be really hard for you, " Suki sighed compassionately.
Sokka knelt down and said quietly, "I loved her but I never told her. Before I could tell her she—I thought she knew... If I had been more persistant, she'd be here now..."
Suki crouched beside Sokka and put her arm around his shoulder. He let his tears slide down his face and drip onto the dirt. Kisa never lived to enjoy her freedom. Her last words will forever linger in Sokka's heart and mind.
"Thank you…Sokka...Thank you..for..your love..."
The End