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Chapter One - Kaitou

Avatar: The Last Airbender

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It has been two years since Katara left Aang and Sokka. The four girls didn't know if Aang had stopped the comet or not, but as their forest was still intact, they hoped it meant he did. However, since they didn't know for sure, they had started guarding their small fort at night.

During one of Tian's shifts, the soft alarm went off, notifying the other three girls that someone was near. Katara, now known as Kaitou, opened her eyes from her light slumber. She flipped up off the floor she slept on and ran to the front to meet up with Zhike, Ruifu, and Tian.

"What is it?" Zhike asked, her long braid still moving from her short sprint.

"Fire Nation ship. Just docked to the east." Tian answered.

During her training, Katara had learned that not only had Tian and Ruifu did come from an Earth town, but Zhike had also come from the Fire Nation. All three of them were masters in their elements as well. Zhike, though a firebender, had become Katara's best friend and had helped train her the hardest she could.

"Ruifu, Tian. As quietly as you can I want you to bring the ocean floor up so the boat wont move. Kaitou, put out their fires then go on board and take out any pansies too scared to sleep outside. If you need any help, sound your cry and I'll come." Katara nodded and began figuring out the plan within the plan.

Zhike turned to the two earthbenders. "Us three will give the camp a surprise attack. When your finished, bind the ones you can't knock out and cover their eyes to bring back here. Ready?" Everyone nodded. "Let's go."

Katara smiled. As much as the other three couldn't see it, Zhike had almost become their leader when they went to fight. Katara could see it though, but was grateful for the girl instead of having her tell them to just wing it. That was something she would never do again.

Silently running through the darkened trees, the small group made it to the waters edge in record time. Once the earth and firebenders were in place, Ruifu motioned to Katara to soak the flames the soldiers were sitting by, eating their dinner.

Once she had done that, she rushed to the boat, ignoring the cries of the men at the sudden darkness. She waited for the people still on the ship to come out. She didn't have to wait long, as the shouts of the men onshore were loud enough to wake the dead.

She had nearly all of them down when the doors flew open again. Using the distraction to her advantage, Katara put her current opponent with the others. Five figures could be seen in the doorway, making Katara sigh. She was sure she could take them, but she wanted to end this soon. She yelled her call.

Three seconds later, Zhike landed from a flip next to her. Taking battle position, the two girls waited for the other to attack. Katara guessed these guys were impatient, as just a few seconds passed by before four of the five rushed forward.

Something wasn't right. Three of them went to Zhike, but only one went for herself. She understood when the last of the group got up in her face. Katara easily swatted away the other one and focused on this new one. He was good, yes, but she could tell he was quick to temper.

Katara fought for a moment before learning his pattern. Getting into rhythm with him, she began to annoy, trying to tap into his anger. It worked after a few moments and he began using flames into his attacks.

This was what she wanted. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zhike shaking her head at the boy, already done with the other three. Three minutes later, Katara had him face flat on the deck. She quickly wrapped his arms up—high enough that he couldn't burn his way out of them, but low enough he couldn't move.

She splashed water on the unconscious people and with Zhike, marched them off the boat. After blind folding everyone, the girls walked back to their stone fort, compliments of Ruifu and Tian.

Ruifu asked one of the men who their leader was, and learned that he was the one Katara had fought. No sooner had the light brunette taken the cloth from the leader's face that Katara had to be restrained by the other two.

"Kaitou!" Tian exclaimed when she got hit in the stomach. The waterbender settled down, still glaring at the male firebender.

She snarled at him. "Zuko."

He looked at her in surprise. One could just take a glance at his face and know he was wondering how this girl knew his name. The others were staring at her as well, but only Zhike knew what she was talking about. "Are you sure that's him?"

"Of course I'm sure! He has the same personality, same hair style, and the same stupid scar!" She turned to go back to her room, ignoring Zhike's attempts to get her back.

"Kaitou! Kaitou!" No reaction. The firebender growled. "Katara of the Southern Water Tribe! You look at me this instant!"

"What!" Finally we get her attention. Of course, it also got the captured fire soldiers attention too.

"You don't even know what he's here for!"

"I'm sorry if I'm being rude! But having him chasing after me and my family for a half of a year can make you really not like someone!" Katara turned away again, only to be stopped by the soft voice of Tian.

"That family that you stalked out on?"

The air suddenly hang heavy with humidity as Katara attempted to reign her temper back in. She faced Zuko and in a low voice asked, "Why are you on this island?"

Zuko wasn't in the mood to be beaten up by a girl twice in an hour, so he answered as carefully as he could. "My crew and I were just on our way to bring in more allies to stop...Azula."

Ruifu stared at him. "Who is Azula?"

"She is the fire nation's princess and my sister. We are trying to stop her from stopping the Avatar."

Hope filled Katara's eyes. "So, he did it? Aang stopped the comet?"

Zuko's nod was all it took to have the four girl squealing and dancing around. "I told you he could do it!" Tian yelled.

"I had little doubt." Katara replied, hugging Zhike.

Iroh—yes he's still there, you can't off him—grinned. These girl were no more than teenagers, but they knew when to be serious enough to fight and capture a large group of firebenders.

Ruifu called out for attention. "This calls for a celebration!"

"Why? It was two years ago when he stopped it."

Zhike blinked at the fire prince. "Because we just heard about it. I'm sure there was a huge celebration when he really did it, but we haven't had any contact to the real world for so long. Last time we heard about anything was when Kaitou stumbled upon us."

"When exactly was that?" Iroh asked.

Tian smiled widely. "Two years ago!"

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So Aang has stopped the comet. Good for him…and Zuko's (partially) good. That great too! But HAHA! He got beat by a GIRL! What would Sokka say…?

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