DISCLAIMER: don't own AVATAR.

Kk, every1 (except lopchop) was super sad about Kellie dying. Lopchop says Kellie didn't die because of what was in the sneak peek, hehe, well, THAT INFORMATION WAS INACCURATE! KELLIE DID DIE!

Chapter 9: Alive

Aaron fell to his knees, his sister's body still in his arms. He started to shake as the tears fell from his eyes in torrents. They all fell onto Kellie's cheeks harmlessly.

He set his sister down on the ground gently, then looked up to the Heavens.

"GOD! HELP ME!" Was heard throughout the forest, although there was nobody around to hear it.

The Master of the Worlds and Kierra grinned first at the window, then at each other.

"Shall we?" Kierra asked, holding out her hand.

"Let's." And the Master took Kierra's hand, and they both began to sing a chant older than Time, to bring someone home.

Zuko tossed and turned in the hotel bed. And then, he was gone.

Zuko opened his eyes, and found himself in a neon blue tunnel. In front of him stood a man in an old dark blue robe, and next to him, a Water goddess. He recognized her as the one Kellie called Kierra.

"Zuko, help your brother-in-law." Kierra said.

"Why should I?" Zuko snapped.

"Because, Zuko, he needs your special skills. And if you help him, you'll find your wife." The Master explained. Zuko's golden eyes widened, and then he bowed.

"Yes, I will help." Zuko whispered solemnly. Kierra, smiled.

"Thank you, now, go!" The Mater yelled.

For a millisecond, Zuko felt as if he was being torn apart, and then, his feet hit solid ground.

Zuko looked around, he recognized this place! But his attention was quickly averted away from his surroundings to the young man huddled over a figure. Zuko heard the man quietly sobbing about the figure, and Zuko guessed that whoever the figure was, they had just died, or died some time ago, and the man had just found them.

Zuko crept quietly up behind the young man, and peered over his shoulder. The figure he had seen was a young woman, and appeared to be about 17. Her face was smudged with dirt, grime, mud, blood, and sweat, making her unrecognizable. So how did this man recognize her? Who was she, anyways? Zuko also noticed that her red hair, thanks to the sweat and water from the well, was stuck to her skin.

Zuko quietly tapped the man on the shoulder, and he whirled around. Zuko found himself staring into the harsh, and tear-filled, gray eyes of Aaron.

"What do you want?" Aaron asked harshly. Zuko sneered.

"I was told you need help. And I came to help." Aaron surveyed Zuko head to foot, then turned back to his sister.

"I'm sorry, but unless you can bring her back to life, there's nothing you can do." Zuko folded his arms over his chest.

"Actually, was this girl a firebender?" Aaron thought back, his sister had shown him some firebending tricks when he came home for the holidays.

"Yah. So what?" Zuko smiled.

"How long has she been dead?" Aaron sighed.

"About 2 minutes." Zuko's smiled got bigger.

"I can help." Aaron whirled around, and grabbed Zuko by the shoulders.

"Really? How? You can? Tell me!" Aaron demanded. Zuko brushed Aaron's hands of him.

"Only a firebender can do it, so sit back and watch." Aaron obeyed.

"Firebenders get their fire from something called a life fire. Most of the times, when they die, the fire doesn't go out. But sometimes, when purely exhausted from something like starvation, their life fire goes out. Making them cold, and it can't be reborn to the earth. But, with a very special firebending technique, the life fire can be reborn, and bring life back to the dead body, as if nothing had ever happened to the person." Aaron's eyes grew wide.

"Can you do this technique?" Zuko bit his lip.

"It takes a master firebender to do it right, and I've only just began to learn how to do this move. Everything must go in my favor, or this girl, she'll remain dead, and more." Aaron's eyes widened.

"More?" Zuko nodded gravely, his eyes never off Kellie's body.

"Yes, if one thing goes wrong, her body goes up in smoke. Literally." Aaron nodded.

"I don't care. Just bring her back." Zuko nodded. Then placed one hand on Kellie's forehead, and the other over her heart. Zuko took deep, and completely even breaths, and focused on the life fire in his chest, trying to send some of it to the girl lying at his feet.

Zuko felt the warmth of his life fire flowing from his chest, down his arms, and through each of his fingers. The heat raced through Kellie's heart and mind, kicking start to everything. The life fire in Kellie suddenly roared to life, starting everything in her back up. The blood was flowing, her chest rising and falling, her heart beating, but beating too fast.

Zuko quickly crawled away from Kellie. Her chest was rising and falling convulsively. This wasn't suppose to happen! Her mouth was acting like she was coughing, but no sound, or anything else, came out. Zuko's golden eyes widened when he saw a small dot of red spurt out of the girl's mouth. Blood.

"What's going on? Is this normal?" Aaron asked, crawling up beside Zuko. Zuko shook his head once.

"No, this isn't normal. I, this isn't in any of my books, or teachings, what's happening to her, is something totally new to firebenders." Aaron nearly screamed, then crawled over to his sister, and took her hand.

Now, you're probably wondering what was wrong with Kellie. The answer is very simple. During Kellie's two year reign as Fire Lady, she was injured several times, all assassination attempts. Kellie survived every time thanks to the fact that she was the Goddess of Healing. But the thing is, her body was so used to the way healing was preformed by the Goddess, that when Zuko brought her back her life fire, her system had to work out the old accustoms to get used to the new.

Kellie's eyes snapped opened in the middle of her seizure, and both men screamed. Neither of them had ever seen the horror of seeing only the whites of one's eyes, up until Kellie opened her eyes at that moment.

And then, it stopped. Her chest rose and fell as if she were asleep, which she was. Her heart was beating at a normal pace, and when she blinked, both men found green eyes staring at them.

"Kellie!" Aaron yelled, and hugged his sister tightly. While Zuko stared in shock. Had he, just revived his wife from death? Had his wife been dead? What if the two people in the blue tunnel hadn't sent him? Would Kellie still be alive? Would-

But Zuko's question were silenced when he saw Kellie, snug and safe, and now very much asleep, in her brother's arms.

All that mattered now, was that Kellie was alive.

I'm liking this chapter. next chapter, we pay a visit 2 Rymeku!

INSANITY AT ITS FINEST
LONG LIVE THE HIPPIES!

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