Oh! I'm so happy! I now have five reviewers. That's the most reviews I've EVER had! I sososososososososo happy! So, like i said, reviews make me type, and I got reviews, so that means i'm gonna type! Here it is, technically the fourth chapter of Not So Bad! Oh, right! Zuko!
Zuko: grumbles Blueflame17528 does not own ATLA. If she did... I'm scared of what would happen if she did!
Goddess
"KATARA, RUN!" Zuko motioned for her to leave with everyone else, but Katara glared up at him in defiance.
"ZUKO, NO!" They had to shout over all of the screaming. "I'M A WATER BENDER, I HAVE TO HELP!" And with that she followed Kianna and the group of benders to fend off the approaching danger. Zuko growled, quietly or not it wouldn'tve been heard either way. He followed Katara, intent on helping as much as he could, as well. This city was ancient, sacred to all of the nations. Nobody wanted to see it destroyed; even OZAI had demanded that this city was to be left alone... so how did this wave get here all of a sudden?
Kianna waved Katara over and pointed Zuko to where a huge group of firebenders were ready to evapporate as much water as they could. Another group of earth benders were making little rivers and runways to have the water run through, so it wouldn't destroy the city. And guess what the water benders were doing?
Katara took a deep breath, closing her eyes and concentrating on the water. It was a method used to find water close by, and Katara almost cried out with the power the wave was giving off. She grit her teeth slightly, then relaxed, moving into position. Suddenly Katara felt someone grip her shoulder and lean in to whisper in her ear. "Katara, are you wearing the necklace Zuko gave you?" Katara nodded, reconizing Kianna's voice. "Good, come with us!" She turned and ran after Kianna and two other girls, the small group climbing up the giant wall that the earth benders had created. They could tell right away that it wouldn't hold, not against that wave. They could also tell that the wave had been created by a bender...
Kianna grasped her own necklace, looking almost identical(ALMOST, there's a difference) to Katara's, and suddenly she began to glow a dark blue. Her dress was replaced with a black shirt and pants, blue flames sewn into the bottom hems. Her hazel eyes now gleamed sapphire, hair whipping around and then tying itself back. A black pole with a crescent moon/half a sun appered in her hands, glowing as well. Katara noticed that other girls were doing the same thing, but she didn't think it would work for her. Suddenly she felt Kianna's presence, seeming to guide her. This frightened the young waterbender even more, as she could see Kianna a few feet away.
Sh, calm down, Katara! It's gonna be alright... there, look, you see Zuko? He's holding his chain necklace... now, look at yours... Katara looked down and gasped. It was glowing! Just hold onto the pendant and breath, Zuko will help you with the rest... And then Kianna's voice was gone, and Katara took the shinnning hawk into her hand. The metal was warm to her touch, and she was instantly enveloped in a bright azure light. A light blue halter top and white pants appeared in place of her dress, her hair pulling back into the way she used to wear it. Katara felt something in her hands. A white pole with a dark blue crescent moon had appeared, and seemed to tug towards the wave. Katara breathed, feeling the power both inside her own body and all around her. In her mind, she felt her spirit push at the wave, sensing Kianna and the other girls doing the same thing. The water benders had been trying to stop the wave, but it was drawing on them. Full moon that night or not, their power was beginning to run low. They wouldn't last much longer. That must've been why Kianna had wanted to switch to goddess form (A/N okay, two things. Zuko reconizes, I spell that wrong, i kno it, Kianna's goddess form, as he's seen it before... this is her water one. And I'm not ripping this off from Kamichama Karin! Kianna can change whenever she wants, and she could use her power for evil if she wanted to) , so that there would be back up if the water benders couldn't hold it.
Zuko looked up at Katara, and couldn't help but worry. This was only her first time in goddess form. What if she got hurt?
Katara heard Kianna and the other girls yelling at the water. (sweatdrop... okay, this just reminds me of Momiji, furuba yelling at the wind) Katara decided to go along with it. Hey, it's worth a shot, right?
STOP! And, it stopped. The wave stopped, and with a motion from the goddesses, it died down, running through the canals that the earth benders had made. It actually looked really pretty. (Think Venice, only there are some streets... so, more like the northern water tribe without snow)
Katara didn't even notice that she had been falling until she was in Zuko's arms, hearing him plead with her to wake up...
You kno, If i was really evil, I'd end the chapter there. But, I'm not... well, I am, but I don't want the chapter to be that short.
"Is she going to be alright?" Zuko asked the second Kianna walked out of his fiance's bedroom.
"Yes, Zuko. She's going to be fine. I'm not really surprised she fainted, but I do feel kinda bad not keeping an eye on her. It was a good thing that you were and had caught her, or..." Zuko glared at Kianna, seriously ready to ring his big sister's neck. That didn't happen very often at all, mind you.
"Can I go see her?" Kianna smiled, crossing her arms.
"She won't wake up for awhile, at least, not fully. She may drift in and out of consciousness (yay for sucky spelling!), and start talking nonsense, but it'll sound like sleep talk, or like she's drunk or something." Zuko glared yet again at the last statement.
"So I can see her, then?" He practically flew(like fast kind of flew) through the door when Kianna nodded. His sister, ever the nosy one, decided to stay in the hall and spy on her little brother. (she can see what he's doing without peeking through the door, ty to her magic power. Is she TOO powerful?)
Zuko walked across the room and sat on the chair next to the bed, stroking Katara's cheek gently. "You scared me..."
It was a whisper, meant only for Katara's sleeping form to hear. (not really, she wasn't supposed to hear it.. Aw wat the hell am I sayin! i confusing myself...) Kianna smirked, leaning against the wall. Awww, he cares about her.
Zuko just sat there, staring at Katara. Most boys would pour out their feelings, blah blah blah, but Zuko wasn't like that... or, at least, he didn't want Katara to drift into conscienceness and hear him. That would be embarrassing...
But Kianna didn't need to hear the words come out of his mouth. She heard everything in her mind. The young goddess slid down the wall, sitting on the floor, eyes closed, clutching her stomach, which was knotting itself over and over again. Love, worry, panic, sadness, hope, stress, care... "Love..." Kianna whispered it, so quietly she could hardly hear it. "He loves her... my baby brother..." She smiled, a tear rolling down her cheek. "is in love..." She got up, careful to not make any noise, and walked out onto the deck. Resting against the railing she leaned into the wind, savoring the feel of it through her hair and against her skin (outfit, the same, but not in goddess form ne more. Katara either, yet she still in her dress). "Oh, Odette, he's finally in love!" It wasn't a whisper, but it was quiet. Spoken only for her divine sister to hear.
So it would seem... Kianna smiled and laughed, looking to her side. Odette had appeared next to her, yet only Kianna and those with divine blood (and Zuko) could see her. (A/N Odette looks like the same Odette from Barbie of Swan Lake... I kno it's lame, but I had to watch it when I was babysitting this little girl, and I thought I could make her into a goddess for my story. Yeah, she's called Signus, too. And her dress looks the same, only black and red.)
"Are you worried?" Signus(easier to type) shook her head, also leaning against the railing.
"No, I trust this girl. I believe it will take Zuko a while to admit to her how he feels, but when he does, I think she will accept him. I also think she feels for him herself, but she's still young, and a bit naive..(I couldn't find the special A with two dots, so sue me) it will take some time for her to see that these 'strange' feelings she has for Zuko are in fact love." Kianna nodded, agreeing. Katara may be sixteen, but she was just as oblivious to love as Zuko had been when he was her age.
"We'll have to explain the whole goddess thing to her, you know..." Kianna said, her voice grim. She had never liked explaining to a young girl that they had the powers of a goddess. It usually took hours...
"We? Kianna, neither you nor I are going to be the ones to explain this to her. Yue will be speaking with her." Kianna blinked, then blinked again.
"Yue? But, Odette, Yue..."
"Has been the spirit of the moon for over two years now. I believe she can handle it."
"Well, at least somebody has faith in me." Kianna started, whipping around and seeing the young goddess on her other side. Kianna clutched her heart, gasping.
"Must you sneak up on me!" Both Yue and Signus laughed, attention on the ocean.
"You weren't so startled when I appeared..."
"Yes, well I had been speaking to you and had expected that you would show up."
"Katara is the princess of the nation I once was princess to, only two years ago. She is my responsibility, and I shall be the one to speak about the goddess situation to her. I believe she will take it rather well, actually."
"Well, if you're here expecting to talk to her now, don't hold your breath. Katara probably won't be able to really get a grasp on what you tell her for another few days. It'll be shock enough to see you." Yue nodded, understanding Kianna's words.
She stared sadly at the water, then looked down, forcing herself not to cry. Signus, sensing her despair, walked over to the newbie goddess (heheh, newbie goddess...) and rested a hand on her shoulder. "Her brother... he prays to me, every night... several times, usually. He worries about her... and... last night, he prayed for someone else, too..." Tears were welling up in Yue's eyes, and Kianna and her sister both understood that she was talking about Sokka. Kianna guessed why Yue was upset. So did Signus.
"He...found another... didn't he?" Yue nodded, trying to control herself.
"I should've expected this, I mean... it's not like he can marry the moon, right?" Yue sobbed even harder.
"Oh, Yue..." Kianna hugged the teenager, trying to comfort her. They were now kneeling, both goddesses trying to calm the third. "Don't get to yourself over it... Sokka's just a teenager, afterall. I mean, I bet he still thinks about you every day..." Signus nodded.
"She's right, Yue. I mean, he was only fifteen, and to have someone he loved turn into the moon... Sokka was depressed for a long time, I remember Zuko noticing it and deciding to back off a bit..."
"That's... that's not why I backed off..." Everybody turned at Zuko's voice.
"I backed off because I knew what had happened. I didn't want to make it even worse. Losing somebody like that... I had imagined what I would feel like if it had happened to me... and that's why I backed off. I noticed after that he was really, really depressed. He was hardly talking..."
Yue looked at the teen, nodding. She had sensed Sokka's sadness, and, for some twisted reason, it made her feel better.
"I should stop being selfish... I should be happy that he's found love again..." Everybody else nodded, smiling.
Yes, I'm going to stop it there. The chapter was a decent length, and there's no way I can concentrate with my mom blaring the stupid football game and yelling and cheering and stuff. She said it's the last one of the year, and I pointed out the playoffs and super bowl. So she says it's the last normal game... and she's still talking to it. Like they can actually hear her... Agni, help me!
Zuko: Why do people like that game so much?
Katara: YAY! He's not into football, I'M SAVED!
BF: Heh, my bf isn't into football either... he's into anime and manga and stuff... I'm so lucky!
Katara: yea, me too! WOOHOO!
Zuko: smile good, I made her happy... uh, exactly wat did I do, again?
Katara: Oh! I'll say it for you blueflame, cuz i happy! Please review! Reviews are wat gives BF the energy to write, which means when she gets reviews, u guys get updates! WOO!
Zuko: Wow, u really are happy! tackled
BF: O great, they makin out again...
