Chapter Four – Fighting

Avatar: The Last Airbender

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A few days passed and Zuko was learning quickly. None of his soldiers were able to last even a few minutes against him, so each fight he was beaten by one of the girls. He was able to last a few minutes against them, but they always got the better of him. Iroh had gotten permission from Zhike to send one of his men and find out how things were doing.

When the man returned, he had urgent news. One of the spies in Zula's rebel army had warned that they were planning an attack on the Earth town where Aang was staying, thinking that Zuko would be there too. Zuko and Iroh had gone to the four girls and asked for their help, and the group set out in the night.

Zuko opened the doors to the Earth Kingdom palace, followed by Iroh and the crew. Aang and Sokka were eating with King Borong who exceeded Bumi when he died. (Sad, Bumi died. Sniffle sniffle.) The three stood while Zuko bowed to King Borong.

"Have you found allies?"

Zuko nodded. "Yes Sir, but they ask to stay hidden until the attack."

Aang looked at him with hopeful gray eyes and was about to speak when Sokka beat him to it. "Who are they? Are they on our side? Are they any good?"

Iroh chuckled. "They are very good, young warrior. And I should think they would be on our side after they nursed us back to health after they attacked our ship."

Zuko cut in before Sokka could assume why they had attacked. "They had thought we were from Azula's army and took caution. They didn't hurt us too badly, just to be able to interrogate us to find out the truth."

That left Sokka silent enough for Aang to speak. "So, who are they and how many are there?"

Zuko and Iroh glanced at each other before answering, both grinning. "Let's just say that they are extremely talented people and there's enough."

Sokka started ranting off of this until King Borong cut him off. "Sokka, I trust Prince Zuko and General Iroh's judgment. If he fells they are trust worthy, then I will have to agree." He turned from the fuming young man. "Thank you for sharing that with us, now join us if you will."

They sat to eat the feast while Zuko gave vague descriptions of the mysterious people, leaving out the fact that they are females and there is only four of them. They had just finished with desert when a loud explosion came from the outer gate. Iroh glanced down at his empty plate while the others hurried to get ready. "You have to agree that she makes good timing." He muttered to no one in particular.

He followed the younger men who were running out of the palace at a slower pace, stopping to get a cup of tea and a chair along the way. He was smiling, knowing there was going to be a great show between one of the fighters and Azula. He didn't know which one though, but they were all good, so he didn't care.

Iroh was setting up his chair while the earth kingdom army was battling Azula's. He had just sat down when rope came from seemingly no where and tied him to his chair, making him spill his tea onto the ground. He pouted while the other main people were being tied up.

Zuko, like his uncle and Aang, was tied with fireproof rope. Not that he cared any, the girls should be here anytime. Sokka and Aang were looking at him expectantly, as if asking where the warrior's he promised were.

Azula came up right into his face, taunting him with a smirk. "Well, my dear older brother. It seems that you have lost."

A black dot above him caught his eye. He smirked. "Are you sure?"

The ground beneath him and all the other tied up rose, letting them go up leaving the rebels below. Azula was gaping up at Zuko until a water whip hit her in the head, turning her attention away from him. A masked figure in black was calling back the water to spin around her like a snake while she glared at the fire princess.

Azula laughed. "You think a puny waterbender can defeat a firebending prodigy?" Waves of fire formed around her and they began to fight. The masked waterbender just dodged each ball that came to her, not even using the water still wrapped around her. Instead she used that to knock out the more well trained rebels along the way.

Up above, three more people landed on more platforms of earth that had grown. They untied Zuko, Aang, and Sokka before nodding to the prince and leaping down to the ground, taking out several people along the way. Zuko jumped over to Iroh and untied him. "Why didn't you bring me a chair, Uncle? I would have liked to see her beaten too."

"I'm sorry, Prince Zuko. I must have not been thinking." Zuko grinned slightly at him before jumping down and helping the three figures fight the rebels while the waterbender was still against Azula. Sokka and Aang looked at each other and were about to jump to help, but Iroh stopped them. "Leave it to them. They will have it done sooner if you do not interfere."

Sokka gaped at the old man. "What are you talking about? There's only four of them besides Zuko!"

"Exactly." Iroh took a sip of thetea one of the figures had kindly brought him. "You might as well just sit down and watch. There's not much more to do."

The two glanced down. Sure enough, the three masked warriors and Zuko had taken more than half the rebels out already. As they watched, they realized that one of the warriors was a firebender and the other two were earth. Turning their attention to the waterbender and Azula, they were amazed at how well she was.

It seems that the fire princess thought this as well. She was sent backwards a few feet and panted. "You know, if you joined me, I could give you the highest rank in my army."

The waterbender stopped for a split second before vanishing and turning up behind Azula. "I already am on he highest rank there is…" A female voice whispered. Azula turned around, almost fearfully, waiting for her to continue. "I am a ninja-bender."

Golden eyes widened before closing in unconsciousness from a powerful water whip. The rest of the rebels, noticing their leader fallen, retreated, grabbing Azula, but leaving the rest. The other three ninja's came up to the other one who was using some water to heal burns on herself. Once she had finished, she turned to the others and healed them as well.

When the earthbenders were healed fully, they brought the pillars back to the ground so the people atop could get down safely. Sokka was gaping at the four girls. He turned to Zuko, who was holding his stomach where a large burn was being shown. "Who are these guys!"

"Don't you mean girls, Sokka?" one of them asked while another went towards Zuko to help him over. The waterbender let the water surround her bare hand and healed Zuko before removing her hood along with the others. Her face was still turned away until the right moment.

Sokka was stunned to the core. "You guys are girls! I'm going to faint, I know I am."

"Don't faint yet, Sokka." The waterbender said before facing him. "I want to be able to at least say Hi to my brother."

Sokka gaped at her before collapsing to the ground unconscious. Aang was mouthing like a fish before being able to speak. "K-Katara?"

She smiled. "That's me. Though I go by Kaitou now."

It was then that Aang followed Sokka into the blissful world of nothingness.

Ok, I just wanted to let you know that Jet is coming in soon, but he has nothing to do with the plot. It's just a thing for Katara to get payback and to kill the writers block. That's all!