I think this is gonna be my last chapter, so here you go. Oh, by the way, I want to thank all of you reveiwers. Without you, this story would have never gotten finished.

"Let's go back to camp, Aang, I think the others will miss us." Katara told Aang.

"Sure. I think I'm ready to start Fire Bending again. I'm really psyched to beat that stupid Fire Lord." They laughed as they made their way back to camp. When they walked through the entrance, Sokka spun around angrily.

"Where have you been? I was worried sick!"

"Let them be, Sokka. I think it is time Aang continued his training." Iroh cut in.

"Yes, that sounds good." Aang agreed. They all went outside and Iroh stood before the desert. He demonstrated a simple Fire bending move which created a strip of fire that you can control using your hands. Aang imitated his movements and was getting better and better. He could now complete more complex moves.

"I think he is ready." Iroh concluded after 6 long, harsh days of training.

"Really? You think so?" Aang asked excitedly.

"I'm unsure, Uncle." Zuko questioned. "I don't know if he's ready to give the effort needed. Azula is quite the competitor." He looked doubtfully at Aang, who smiled back sweetly.

"I think he is ready. With you by his side, he will prevail." Iroh answered. Aang beamed. The next day, Aang, Katara, Zuko, Sokka and Iroh set out toward the Fire Nation in search of Aang's newest foe. All were thinking along the same lines.

I can't wait to fight Azula!

I hope the young Avatar is ready to take on Azula.

Aang will never be ready to fight Azula. Why are we helping him?

Aang will do so well in the fight against Azula! Though I am also sort of worried about him.

I'll bet the Fire Nation doesn't even have any trees. I'll bet they burned them all to the ground. What idiots.

(Well, maybe not everyone. LOL Can you guess whose thoughts were whose? It's pretty simple.)

Soon they reached the outskirts of the Fire Nation.

"Are we just gonna go in there with the Avatar and two banished Fire Benders?" Sokka asked.

"Yeah. We don't wanna hide, Sokka, we wanna fight." Katara pointed out. Sokka said nothing.

"Well, we'd better get going." Zuko said, leading them into streets of crowded people. There were guards everywhere; they stood at the entrance to every shop, and were also placed randomly around the streets, keeping a watchful eye on all of the bustling people. Zuko kept himself hidden among the people, while Aang just walked out into the open. Before long, a guard had spotted him and Katara and had begun to chase after him.

"It's the Avatar!" One guard said to another. "Get him!" Aang hardly put up a fight. His plan was to get him and Zuko captured, and when the time came, talk Azula into fighting them. The others would wait outside, and if things got bad, go in to help them out. It wasn't really very difficult, or so he thought.

"If you're going to take him, you'll have to take me too!" Katara burst out suddenly.

"Katara, that wasn't part of the plan!" Aang whispered.

"Aang, I can't just sit here while you face your ultimate doom! I love, you, Aang."

"I love you, too, Katara. But that's just it! If you really loved me, you would let Zuko and I do this alone. I don't want you to get hurt. Please. Only come if things get bad. That will really get my spirits up." He smiled at her as he let her hand go. She was lost in the crowd once more.

"Come on Avatar." The guard said.

"Hey, Randolph! Look what I found!" A guard came up to them with Zuko in his clutches.

"I thought I told you to call me Eric!" Randolph shouted. The other guard shrugged. "Come on; let's take them to see Azula." The boys smiled at each other secretly as the guards shoved them to the palace. (I have no idea if it was a palace or w/e) Once there they were taken to a hug room with only one huge chair in the center. Sitting in it was the one and only Azula. She smiled when she saw what the guards were holding.

"Well done, my minions. Leave us!" She waved her hand and they disappeared out the door. "Well, well, well, what do we have here? The Avatar? And, oh no, Zuko? Is that you? I thought you were banished. What are you doing back here?" She had a nasty tone.

"You think you're so great, huh?" Aang said to her, unafraid.

"Oh my, you really don't know who you're talking to, do you?" Azula said, almost laughing.

"Fight us, and prove that you're as great as you say you are!" Aang said, advancing on her. She arose from her chair and stepped toward them.

"Very well." She sent a blast of fire toward them, but they both easily blocked it some with Fire bending of their own. In turn, Aang created a whip of fire that he was able to control with his hands and feet. He moved it around Azula and finally sent it flying at her. She was too quick. She easily dodged the whip and threw an enormous ball of fire at Aang and then Zuko. Zuko got hit and fell to the floor. Aang went down to him.

"It's alright. I'll be fine. Aang," He began. His breaths were short.

"Yeah?"

"Finish her off." He said, and his head fell to the floor in pain. He held his chest as Aang stood up with an angry look on his face. He sent blast after blast of hot fire towards Azula, who was starting to get scared. Suddenly, he surprised her with a fierce Air Bending move in which he pounded his staff to the ground and sent a huge wave of air all around him, leaving nothing undisturbed. The chair behind Azula had toppled over, and when she moved backwards, she tripped on it and fell over. Aang stood, towering above her, and with a sweep of his arm, he performed a simple Fire bending move that took Azula's life from her. He stood there, looking at her lifeless body, and smiled. Suddenly, he remembered Zuko. He raced over and knelt down beside him.

"Zuko, Zuko!" He shook Zuko until his eyes opened the slightest bit.

"Is she gone?" Zuko asked him faintly.

"Yeah, she's…gone." He answered, sadly looking at his mangled body.

"It's gonna be okay, now. You have to go on, Aang. I can't do this to my father, but I know you can."

Just then Sokka, Katara and Iroh burst through the doors. They thought there was trouble when the palace shook because of Aang's air wave. They ran to Zuko and Aang and knelt down beside them.

"Is he okay?" Katara asked.

"I don't know." Aang replied.

"We need to get him out of here." Sokka said, rising to his feet. They others nodded. Katara and Iroh stood up and talked about where they were going to take Zuko to get him cleaned up. Aang stayed crouched down and softly spoke to Zuko.

"It's gonna be okay, Zuko. We're going to take you somewhere to make you feel better. It'll be okay." Aang told him over and over. Zuko smiled.

"Thank you, Avatar."

THE END!

Happy birthday to me! Finally done. That last chapter was kinda sucky, but, w/e. Now I can work more on my other newer ideas.