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Katara couldn't have asked for a prettier day. It had been about a week, maybe more, since they got the letter and every day that passed let her nerves calm a bit. There hadn't been a ship at all since they got it, which eased her mind more. The sun was high and there wasn't a cloud in the sky as she and her father walked through the city.

"Are you nervous?"

"Not a bit."

"Then I'll be nervous for you."

"What is there to be nervous about? I'm not sure if I told you, Dad, but I'm a waterbending master now. I'm completely confident in our ability to beat her."

Katara started shuffling through the clothes in a small shop she found. She wanted to get the babies some more cute little outfits. Since the war had ended, there was a bigger variety of colors to choose from other than the normal red, black and gold. She mainly stuck with blues and reds, but stuck in a green and purple here and there.

"I didn't say I doubted your abilities, Katara. I'm just worried about you. What if something goes wrong and you get hurt?"

"Trust me, I've been through everything now. I'm not worred a bit. I was killed and came back fine from that! More than fine, actually. Pregnant! Don't worry, the spirits are watching over me. Sokka, too."

Hakoda sighed in defeat. "I'm still your father and I'm still going to worry whether you want me to or not."

"Okay," she laughed.

He looked out over the little bit of ocean that they could see from where they were in the city and saw a small black dot on the horizon. "Katara, let's get back. Someone's coming."

Her head shot up and she saw the same dot. She grabbed her father's hand and took off running back towards the palace to find her husband.

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"Princess Azula, we're approaching the capitol."

"Thank you, Li. Prepare your men, my friend and I have to hide in case they come aboard. Let them know you have come in peace and say something along the lines of.. maybe you being a messenger for the Earth Kingdom to discuss a treaty of sorts. Something like that."

"I know exactly what to do, Princess. Don't worry."

Li stayed out on deck and watched Azula go below with Mai at her heels. He turned to face the city with a smirk on his face. And no one suspects a thing, he thought. He felt a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth but held it back. He knew who would win this battle and he was hoping for a quick one at that. He couldn't help wonder what would happen if his side lost..

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"Zuko!" she screamed as she ran through the halls of the palace. "Zuko, where are you!"

Not two seconds later, she was sprawled across the floor in a heap of blue. "Katara, are you okay? What's wrong?"

"They're here! We have to get ready, now! Go get Zuko and our men!"

Sokka helped her up before taking off down the hall to where he hoped Zuko would be. Katara ran off in the other direction, towards the nursery. Kana was inside playing with the babies.

"Gran Gran, you have to stay here with them. I'll keep two guards outside just in case they somehow get past, but stay here and keep them calm. There's a ship on the ocean and we're pretty sure it's them."

Kana watched her granddaughter's nervous state before finally replying, "Good luck out there today. Be the best waterbender you can be for them. I'll keep them safe here with me."

Katara smiled and hugged Kana, then Echo and Eryx. "I love all of you and I promise I'll be back." With those final words, she left the room to find her brother and husband.

Her first instinct was to go to the old war chamber. She opened the big doors and sure enough they were all in there. She noticed that even Kiatoh, with his new position as Admiral, and a couple other Fire Nation soldiers were in there. Zuko saw her and waved her in and continued talking to everyone.

"Admiral Kiatoh, I want you to take a ship and your two best men here and search the ship as thoroughly as possible. If you find them, don't hesitate to use whatever force is necessary to bring them in but be careful. Surely you've heard stories about her power, approach her with much caution. Everyone else, we'll be waiting on the ship just in case they find something. If they do, make sure your weapons are ready when we get on their ship. I'm sure their crew will try to stop us somehow from getting to them. Is everyone ready?"

Everyone nodded. Hakoda stood and faced his warriors. "Fight with everything you've got today men. And Sokka," he paused to look upon his son. "Be careful."

"I've been fighting these people for years, Dad, I can handle myself. Now, let's go kick some butt!"

Everyone stood up and yelled in approval. Zuko waved them out of the room and they all started out of the palace and down to the docks. They went to the nearest ship and boarded, everyone going below except Zuko, Kiatoh, and the two soldiers. Sokka readied his boomerang and machete, both sharper than they needed to be but he didn't want to take any chances. Katara stood beside him, mentally preparing herself for the battle that may be coming. She hoped that Kiatoh would find them on that ship so it could be done and over with and she wouldn't have to keep watching for them every single day. She wanted to bring Azula down again, this time on her own. Hakoda watched as his children prepared themselves. He silently prayed to the spirits to watch over them. He didn't know that they were already being taken care of, each guarded by one of the two spirits that watched over the Water Tribes.

I'll always be with you.

Sokka's grip on reality disappeared as he fell into darkness. Katara looked to her brother and noticed that his eyes were clouded over and his body was frozen in his fighting stance.

"Sokka?" She touched his hand but jerked back when she felt how cold his skin was. "What's going on? Sokka?"

Hakoda noticed and rushed towards them. "What happened?"

"I don't know. His skin is freezing, but he can't be dead because I still felt a pulse."

Iroh had approached them unnoticed. "He's in the spirit world," he gasped.

"I thought only the Avatar could go to the spirit world."

Iroh shook his head. "I have been before. That's how I knew that Aang was going to the Temple of the Avatar on the solstice and how I knew that Yue had been touched by the moon spirit. She must've called him there."

Katara looked back to her brother, worried. "Will he be okay?"

"As long as he's not there too long, yes."

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Sokka landed in a big swamp that looked similar to the one they had met the other waterbenders in. He got up, choking on the water. He looked around and saw a strange monkey meditating on a small piece of dry land.

"Hello? Where am I? What happened?"

The monkey's eye popped open, then closed again. "Why must all of you insist on interrupting my meditation? Go away."

"Where? I don't even know where I am now! Last thing I remember was standing on a ship, then I heard Yue's voice and now I'm here."

This time, the monkey opened both eyes and looked down at him. "Yue? She must've called you here. She is the moon spirit, how do you know her?"

"Because she was human before she became the moon. I loved her, I still do. Where can I find her?"

He closed his eyes again and pointed off to his left. "I would try that way. She knows you are here, she will find you there."

Sokka trudged through the water and looked around for her. "Yue?" he called. "Yue, I'm here!"

A white cloud formed in front of him, making him stop instantly. Yue's form appeared in the cloud before the cloud disappeared, making her look as real as she had before she died.

"Sokka!" she yelled as she jumped into his arms.

"Yue," he whispered as he held her. "Why am I here?"

"To warn you. Your men will not find the people they are looking for on that ship, but they are there. If you do not stop them in time, they will take away forever the gift we have given to your sister. If the battle happens to last until nightfall, I will help as much as a moon can help a waterbender. You must stop them."

"Can you see where they are?"

"No, but I can tell you this: they are hidden in a place you wouldn't expect them to be. You have to go now."

"I don't want to leave you yet."

"Your time is up, Sokka. You can't stay here any longer or you won't be able to leave."

Sokka pulled her back into his arms and hugged her tight. "I love you, Yue."

"I love you too, Sokka. I'll always be with you. Now go."

A bright light flashed in front of his eyes as he fell back into darkness. Suddenly, he was on the ground with his sister, father, and Iroh standing over him.

"Are you okay? How are you feeling?"

He looked up at Iroh, who had his hand on his forehead. "I'm fine now."

"You were almost gone too long. You wouldn't have come back from that if you had stayed any longer."

"How do you know where I went?"

Iroh smiled. "I've been there myself. Of course, I wasn't standing when I went so your fall back to reality was rougher."

Katara helped him stand up and he picked up his weapons. "What did she say to you?"

He looked at her confused, then realized they must've already guessed how he got there. "They're on the ship, but Kiatoh's men won't find them. We have to look in a place that you wouldn't expect them to be. She said if the battle lasts until nightfall, she would help your powers, being the moon and all." He wasn't about to tell his sister the other part. He didn't want her to worry over something that he wasn't going to allow to happen.

"Well, Kiatoh and his men are already on the ship searching it."

"We have to get on there and find them before they agree that it's safe to dock."

"Let's go."

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"Li?"

"Kiatoh?"

"Actually, Admiral Kiatoh now. What're you doing here?"

"I'm, um, here with word from.. the Earth Kingdom-"

"Li, tell me the truth. You hate the Earth Kingdom."

"Why are you working for that man?"

"Lord Zuko? My father hated him and I hated my father. Lord Zuko is the greatest firelord there's ever been and he treats everyone, even peasants, with respect. You would be considered lucky to work as close to him as I do. What are you here for?"

Li sighed. He knew his cousin was right. As much as he liked Zhao, Kiatoh was a lot more reasonable, which was one of the reasons Zhao didn't like him. His own son reminded him of his enemy. "They're on the ship," he whispered so only Kiatoh could hear.

"Where are they?"

"I don't know, all I know is that they're hiding below somewhere."

Kiatoh's men had already been searching the ship and found nothing. He turned around to go back to the ship when Zuko appeared. Li immediately bowed to him, as did Kiatoh.

"Where are they!" he demanded, fireball lit in his hand.

"He said they were hiding below," Kiatoh said before Li could say anything.

"I know that much. Do you know where though?"

Li stood upright from his bow and faced the firelord. "I know not, my lord."

Zuko's eyebrow lifted as he got a good look at the man. "Zhao?"

"No, my lord. My name is Li."

"He's a cousin of mine and my father's, Lord Zuko."

"If you are harboring the enemy, why are you cooperating?" he asked, extinguishing the fireball in his hand.

"Kiatoh is the only family I have left and I dare not defy my own family. If he trusts you, then so do I," he stated firmly, bowing his head again.

Katara and Sokka appeared at Zuko's side, followed by all the Water Tribe warriors and other volunteers. Ty Lee made her way to the front to stand on the other side of Zuko.

"Where are Azula and Mai?"

"They're below somewhere."

"I know how to find them." Ty Lee went down the stairs to greet the inner workings of the ship. "Azula! Mai! I know you're in here, come out! I'm almost positive that I'm part of the reason you came back. You want revenge because I left. Well, I'm glad I left! I wanted nothing to do with the war and I'm glad I helped end it. In fact, I was the one who immobilized your father so that Sokka could slit his throat. What are you going to do? Come on, Azula! If you want to kill me, I'm right here! Unless you're afraid, that is." She continued to walk all through the ship, even making it down to the engine room. "Come out, Zula!" She was glancing around the engine room, keeping in mind Sokka's words.

They are hidden in a place you wouldn't expect them to be.

Azula stepped out from behind the large inferno that was the main engine. "You're braver than I thought, Ty Lee. Or maybe just stupider."

"Call it what you want, Azula. I'm not afraid of you anymore."

Azula kept stepping closer to her until their faces were inches apart. "Are you sure?"

"Get away from her!"

Azula and Ty Lee's heads shot to the side towards the voice. "Sokka, don't! Go back up!"

"Oh, you have a boyfriend? How sweet. And it just happens to be that stupid waterbender's brother. That's so.. predictable."

"Leave him out of this. Sokka, go!"

"No." He walked closer and drew his boomerang and machete. "We should kill her the same way we teamed up to kill her father. You immobilize her with a pressure point and I'll slit her throat. She's just as evil, she deserves to die the same way."

Azula's fists unconciously lit up in her silent fury as she glared at the warrior. "You mother-"

"AH!"

Ty Lee turned around to see Sokka standing over Mai, a trace of blood on his machete. She was on her knees holding her stomach, blood dripping to the floor. She slowly lifted her head to look into Sokka's eyes and whispered, "You bastard."

"Don't EVER try that again!" he yelled at her.

Ty Lee looked back to her former friend. "Why don't you come out on the deck? I'm sure you're just dying to see your favorite brother! I thought you might want to see him again before you really do die."

Azula smiled. "Yes. Let's go see my brother." Let's see if he's man enough to fight me himself instead of sending his weirdo glowey-eyed wife to fight his battles.

They walked back to the deck, Ty Lee and Sokka walking behind Azula in case she tried something. As soon as they got out on the deck, Azula was on her back. Her eyesight went black briefly as she landed. When her eyes cleared, she was staring into the golden eyes of her brother.

"Zuzu! And there for a while I thought you didn't care."

"Why aren't you dead?"

"See, the thing is that I'm strong. You never would've survived out there like that. That's why I came back, you see? I know I'm stronger than you and I intend to prove it. And let's control your little whore over there," she nodded towards Katara. "I don't want her fighting your battles again."

Katara started towards them, water coming over the side of the deck and following her fists. "Only because you know I could kick your ass again!"

Zuko looked back at her. "Katara, don't. This is between me and her. We already know you can beat her easily."

"Agni Kai then?"

"Fine." Zuko climbed off of his sister, unpinning her from the deck. He started back towards his ship and turned before he got on. "It will be held here on your ship. You will anchor here, I don't want you docking in my city. I will have three of my strongest ships and all of my strongest men guarding you so don't try anything stupid because if I order it, they won't hesitate to kill you. I'll see you in the morning."

"Aw, you don't want to do it today?"

"I have things to attend to before we battle. If you don't like it, you can go back to whatever hole you climbed out of before you came here. Men, let's go."

Azula hadn't even noticed all the Water Tribe warriors on her deck. Her eyes flitted through them as they boarded the other ship to go back to the docks. She picked one and fired. Her evil grin spread wide across her face when she heard the high-pitched scream. Then before she realized what was happening, she had a splitting headache and her eyesight went red, then black.

Zuko saw it all happen. He saw Azula's lightening and saw where it was aimed. Before he could do anything, Katara had fled back to her ship screaming. She landed next to the limp warrior. Her eyes were on fire as she glared at Azula and her evil grin. Katara moved faster than she ever had before. She jumped up and flung her arms around almost frantically and as her hands clapped together, two large balls of ice smashed into Azula's head on both sides.

"You bitch!" she screamed. She was about to throw more when Zuko grabbed her around the waist and pinned her arms to her sides. "Let me go! Let me go! Zuko, I swear to all the gods if you don't let me go I'll kill you too!"

"Leave her and try to heal him."

"I can't! She killed him," she sobbed. "She killed him.."

Her body gave up the fighting and she fell back into his arms crying. Sokka was over the body and felt for a pulse to make sure. She was right. He's dead. Bato is dead. He went to Azula's limp body and saw the blood pouring from her deformed, smashed head. He didn't even bother checking hers, he knew she was gone for good this time. He stood over her body and smirked. "Welcome back, princess."

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Oh, what did I tell you! That was the greatest one so far, right? Heck yes! I'm excited now lol. I'll have the next one up soon, I promise. It doesn't take me long to write these things. R&R!

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