Things are getting tough for Aang here, now Zuko tries to kill him again. But Zhao is a terrible man: can he be trusted? Zuko can't just kill Aang, there has to be an other way. An other way, demanding a much bigger sacrifice…
Chapter 9
Never hurt you
The deck of the ship was colored bright red by the flames Zuko shot at Aang, and Aang was getting troubles with avoiding. The flames became more powerful by the second, but Aang didn't.
The Avatar fled from the left side of the deck to the right side, over and over, and after a few minutes he became tired.
Zuko was driving Aang in a corner, so he couldn't escape anymore. Zuko's eyes were glittering with tears when he had Aang trapped, he couldn't possibly miss the next shot.
Aang swallowed and the fear in his eyes grew bigger.
'Zuko, please don't do this!' he begged.
Zuko doubted. He stared at Katara, trapped by Zhao, and shook his head.
'If I have to choose between you and Katara…'
He looked Aang in the eyes.
'…I'd choose Katara.'
As he shot, the time went slow. He saw flashes of Aang being scared to death, Katara with tears streaming down her face, Sokka lying on the floor and Zhao losing grip on Katara.
He turned around and the shot meant for Aang hit Zhao badly.
Zhao screamed and dropped Katara. Zuko wanted to help Aang, when he saw Zhao aiming for Katara.
The fire went straight to the innocent girl, and Zuko was too late to help her.
Just in time, Sokka woke up and pushed Katara away from the path of the flames, and Zuko was furious.
'You tried to kill her!' he yelled, and he attacked Zhao.
Zhao jumped, so the flames only hit his legs. He shouted in pain, and Zuko ran to him.
He wanted to grab him by the troath, to strangle him, but Zhao pulled his knife immediately. He stabbed in Zuko's arm, and Zuko automatically shouted in pain and grabbed his arm to cover the wound, and he saw the knife was still in his arm.
Zhao ran to Zuko to kill him, but Zuko pulled the knife out of his arm, and when Zhao held him by his troath, Zuko held the knife by Zhao's heart.
They stood there a while, staring each other in the eyes.
And than, Zhao laughed.
'You're making this too simple, Zuko…'
He pulled the knife out of Zuko's hands quickly, and Zuko tried to escape. But Zhao held him too hard, he was stuck.
Zuko felt Zhao's hary hands strangle him slowly, and he felt his strength weaken by the second.
Zhao enjoyed his pain, and laughed again.
'Watch your girlfriend carefully before you choke, you'll never see her again, and you won't be there when I'll kill everyone here!'
Sokka and Aang couldn't help, Aang was too frightened and Sokka was taking care of his sister.
Katara released herself from Sokka's grip and ran to Zuko, but suddenly a firewall raise in front of her, bended by Zhao.
She screamed, and stared at Zuko.
'Zuko! Zuko!' she yelled.
Zuko heard his lover crying, and he felt weak. He couldn't breath anymore, and once he would be dead, Zhao would kill Katara. He didn't want that to happen, never of his life.
He stared at Katara and a tear dripped of his chin.
'I'll never hurt you…' he whispered.
He tried to breath at least a bit, and used all he had left of energy to bend lightning.
He shot it to Zhao, and they both had a electric shock.
The lightning lighted the entire ship, and Katara screamed. She stared at Zuko, and the light reflected in her eyes.
When the powerful lightning stopped, Zhao and Zuko both fell on the floor, without moving a muscle.
The firewall was gone, and Katara ran to Zuko. She turned his face to her and cried.
'Zuko… Zuko, please, say something…'
But Zuko didn't answer. His body was moving less and his eyes were closed. She held her ear by his chest, and her heart missed a few beats.
No more pulse.
Katara completely crushed and tears kept filling her eyes. Sokka sat next to her, trying to make her feel better.
But nothing could make this better. Zuko was dead. He gave his life for her, and she couldn't help him with anything, never again.
She was all alone.
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A few days after Zuko died, Katara was standing on the deck, right where Zuko died.
She was still crying, it felt like the pain would last forever.
She listened to the wind, which spoke to her every day since his dead, saying the same words.
'I'm here. I'm everywhere. I'll do anything for you, but…'
She sighed and close her eyes by the last part of the sentence.
'I'll never hurt you.'
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(Sob... I'm a horrible person for letting Zuko die... But anyway, life goes on! I have much happier fics, maybe you'll like those better! REVIEW!:D)