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Chapter 2-
The three benders made it back to the Village where they saw everyone was waiting for them. When the children saw them approaching, they cheered, "Yay! Aang and Gohan are back!" as they ran up and gathered around the brothers. Although the kids were glad to see them, Sokka was not. "I knew it, you signaled the Fire Nation with that flare! You're leading them straight to us, aren't you?" Sokka accused Aang and Gohan.
"Aang and Gohan didn't do anything," said Katara as she tried to defend them. "It was an accident."
"Yeah, we were on the ship and there was this booby trap and well...we boobied right into it," explained the young monk as he placed his hand on his head in embarrassment. "We didn't mean for that to happen; we're sorry," said Gohan. "Katara, you shouldn't have gone on that ship. Now we could all be in danger!" said Gran Gran in disappointment. "Don't blame Katara, we brought her there," defended Aang as he looked down. "Yeah. It's our fault, not hers," Gohan admitted.
"Aha! The traitors confess! Warriors, away from the enemy!" said Sokka. The children obeyed and returned to the villagers, leaving Gohan and Aang. "The foreigners are banished from our village!"
"Sokka, you're making a mistake!" Katara shouted at her older brother.
"No! I'm keeping my promise to Dad," Sokka argued back as he pointed at the two boys. "I'm protecting you from threats like those two!"
"Aang and Gohan are not our enemies!" Katara continued to argue as she gestured to her friends. "Don't you see? They brought us something we haven't had in a long time: fun."
"Fun? We can't fight firebenders with fun!"said Sokka.
"You should try it sometime," suggested Aang.
"I fight while having fun a lot, and I'm sure fun would make a much better weapon to fight with than a tooth on a bone,"Gohan commented.
No longer wishing to see the foreigners anymore, Sokka spoke with a demanding tone. "Get out of our Village, now!"
"Grandmother, please don't let Sokka do this." Katara begged her Grandmother in an attempt to keep the boys around.
"Katara, you knew going on that ship was forbidden. I'm afraid Sokka is right; I think it'd be best if the Airbender and the Energybender leave," said Gran of the other adult villagers spoke but it was pretty clear by their looks and their silence that they weren't going to support Katara or defend theforeigners.
Feeling betrayed by her Tribe, Katara replied, "Fine! Then I'm banished too!" before she grabbed Aang's wrist and stormed off towardAppa, who was standing a few feet away from the Village. "Come on guys,let's go!" said Katara. Gohan turned to follow her as he said with uncertainty, "Uh Katara..."
"Where do you think you're going?!" asked Sokka.
Katara continued to walk away without turning back as she answered her brother. "To find a Waterbender; Aang and Gohan are taking me to the North Pole!"
"We are?" asked the confused Airbender before his expression became happy again."Great!"
"This isn't how I imagined you leaving with us to the North Pole," said Gohan.
"Katara!" Sokkacalled out to his sister. "Would you really choose them over your tribe? Your own family?" asked the water tribe warrior which made the trio stop walking, Katara didn't answer but she was thinking about her brother's question. She wasn't sure if she was ready to leave her family like this. Seeing the waterbender's state of incertitude, Aang and Gohanwalked up to her.
"Katara," said Aang, getting her attention. "We don't want to come between you and your family."
"Don't worry about us, we'll be fine. Your family still needs you; you should stay with them for now," advised Gohan as he and his brother walked past Katara, feeling a bit sad.
"So, you guys are leaving the South Pole? This is goodbye?" asked the sad water tribe girl.
"Thanks for penguin sledding with us," said the bald monk.
"It was the best fun we had in a while, you know, technically speaking," said Gohan.
"Where will you both go?" asked Katara with concern.
"Guess we'll head back home and look for the Airbenders," said Aang as he patted his Sky bison before he realized something. "Wow, we haven't cleaned our room in a hundred years. Not looking forward to that." He then turned to his brother and asked. "Hey Gohan, do you think you could clean it up for me this time?"
"Nice try buddy, but Gyasto would never allow me to do that, especially after a hundred years," said the spiky haired boy before he backflipped onto Appa's saddle,. He landed beside Icarus and patted him as he smiled, which Icarus returned by licking him. Aang then hoisted himself onto Appa's head and grabbed the reins. He and Gohan looked toward the village as they prepared to go.
"Sorry for any trouble we caused," said Gohan.
"It was nice meeting everyone," said Aang.
"Let's see your beasts fly now, air boys,"mocked Sokka.
"Come on Appa, you can do it!" Aang said, trying to motivate his sky bison. "Yip yap!" Appa just gave his usual groan as he arose to his feet and turned to walk away.
"Yeah, I thought so," said Sokka.
Suddenly, a little girl with pig tails ran up where Katara was standing. She looked up at the boys with sad eyesand pleaded, "Aang, Gohan, don't go! We'll miss you."
The boys looked back at the girl in sadness. "We'll miss you too," said Aang before he turned to look at Katara. Gohan looked over to the little boys he taught and smiled. "Remember what I taught you guys; you're going to make great warriors one day. I know it!" said Gohan which made the boys even sadder that he was leaving.
"Come on, boy." said Aang as he shook the reins, ordering the bison to move. Appa slowly walked away from the Village as the little girl and Katara watched in sorrow. Soon the foreigners were out of sight and the little girl returned to the village in sadness while Katara still stared off into space. Her grandmother approached her and tried to comfort her by saying, "Katara, you'll feel better after you-"but she was interrupted by her angry grandchild.
"You happy now? There goes my one chance of becoming a Waterbender!"Katara stormed off angrily as her grandmother stared at her in sadness. Meanwhile, Sokka was ordering the little boys to prepare them for an enemy invasion. "All right men, ready our defenses! The Fire Nation could be on our shores any moment now!" One of the boys stopped and raised as he started to say, "But I gotta-"
"And no potty breaks!" shouted the annoyed leader.
Not too far away from the Village, Aang, Gohan, Appa, and Icarus were camping out while waiting for the flying beasts to fully recover so that they could fly them back to the Southern Air Temple. Appa was resting beside a snow hill with Aang lying on top of the hill, while Gohan was resting against Icarus, who was lying on his stomach asleep. Everyone was quietly waiting, although Gohan was a bit depressed to say much and Aang was a little more depressed. Eventually, Appa growled that Aang responded to, "Yeah, I liked her too."Gohan suddenly jumpedonto the hill and sat next to his brother. "I knew it." He taunted. He smiled at Aang, who looked down in depression.
"Don't be so sad, we'll see her again," said Gohan, trying to comfort his bald companion.
"You really think so?" asked a curious Aang.
"Trust me. Katara is smart, caring, determined, and a nice girl; that's the kind of friend who you don't just meet once and leave behind forever. She's a lifetime friend," said Gohan. Aang smiled before his brother said, "Of course, she might have her brother with her, which means we also have a lifetime enemy." The two boys laughed at Gohan's joke. "Thanks, Gohan," said Aang. "No problem,squirt."replied Gohan.
"You're not that much taller than me," said Aang.
"Spiky hair counts as extra height, so I am," joked Gohan.
Suddenly they heard the sound of a foghorn; they got up and jumped to the top of an ice pillar where they saw a Fire Nation Ship sailing towards the Village. "The Village!" gasped Aang as he and Gohan slid down. Aang grabbed his staff and said, "Appa, wait here!" as he started to run towards the Village. Gohan grabbed his wrist and asked, "Where do you think you're going?"
"Back to the Village," said Aang.
"We're banished; we're not wanted there," Gohan reminded his brother.
"I don't care, I have to help them. I'm the reason they're being invaded!"replied Aang as he took his wrist back. "I'm going back there and you can't stop me!"
"Then I guess I'll have to go with you!" said Gohan as he strapped his sword to his back.
"You don't have to; it could be dangerous," warned Aang.
"Katara's my friend and you're my brother! I'm not letting you leave me behind again!" said Gohan as he tightened his headband and smirked. "Besides, where there's danger, there's also a challenge and I haven't had a good fight in a hundred years! Literally!"
Icarus ran up to Gohan and pulled on his shirt to show his worry for his friend. "Don't worry Icarus, we'll be fine. Stay here with Appa and get some rest; we'll be back soon,"assured Gohan. The magic Dragon let go of his owner's shirt and walked over to Appa. "Alright then, let's go!" said Aang. "But how will we get there in time?" asked Gohan. The boys saw some penguins nearby and smiled. "I have an idea," said the Airbender.
Back at the Village, Sokka was gathering his weapons and putting on war paint, while on the ship the Fire Princes were putting on their armor as they prepare for battle. Trunks strapped his sword to his back and looked at his friend. "When we get there, let me handle the diplomacy," suggested Trunks. "Fine, as long as I get what I camefor," agreed Zuko.
Sokka stood outside the village entrance, paitently waiting for the fire nation to appear, when the ground started to rumble. Eventually, Sokka's last watch tower collapsed, much to his dismay. "Oh man!" moaned the water tribe warrior. All the villagers started panicking as the fire navy ship came into view, much to Sokka's surprise. "Oh man." The ship started to crack the ice as it got closer to the village. Sokka stood directly in it's path with his war club ready. "Sokka, get out of the way!" yelled Katara as the ship was about to ram into her brother.
The place where Sokka was standing started to crumble causing him to be moved backwarda bit. The ship stopped directly in front of the village before letting out some steam. Everyone watched anxiously as the tip of the ship that was facing upward started to descend towards the ground, revealing stairs. Soon, Zuko started to exit the ship, followed by Trunks and five fire nation soldiers.
Sokka charged at Zuko in an attempt to hit him with his war club but the fire prince just kicked him aside into the snow.
The fire nation stopped directly in front of the water tribe villagers and waited as Zuko started to look among the villagers. "Where are you hiding him?" asked Zuko as he continued to look through the villagers. His gaze finally stopped at Katara and her grandmother before he grabbed Gran Gran from Katara. "He's about this age, master of all elements!"said Zuko as he held Gran Gran. The villagers just looked at Zuko in confusion, making him release Gran Gran. Zuko's fist started to smoke as he grew angry; just as he was about to unleash a blast of fire at the villagers, his wrist was grabbed by Trunks.
"I thought we agreed that I would handle the diplomacy," said Trunks.
"Fine, whatever gets me what I want!"said Zuko as he took his hand back.
Trunks approached the villagers and spoke with a calm, gentle tone. "Sorry about that, my friends here has poor people skills," said Trunks making his fellow Prince growl. "Anyway, we're looking for someone who could be a threat to our nations conquest. He should be about over a hundred years old and the master of all elements."
"The Avatar?" said a random villager.
"So you are hiding him here! Where is he?!"Zuko demanded. Trunks held up his hand, signaling that he had this under control. "Exactly. Now please tell us where he is and we won't hurt any of you,"said thelavender haired Prince. "We don't know what you're talking about! Leave us alone!" shouted Katara. Trunks looked towards the waterbender and said,"Lying won't do you any good, you know,"
"I'm not lying; there's no one like that here! Now get lost, pretty boy!"demanded Katara.
"That's not very nice,"said Trunks.
"And neither is this!"said Sokka as he grabbed his war club and swung it at Trunks, only for it to be blocked by the fire prince's sword. Sokka started swinging his war club violenty at Trunks, but the lavender haired prince blocked every strike. "You're not bad,"said Trunks before swinging his sword and knocking the water tribe warrior's weapon from his hand. "But you're not good enough to take me yet." Trunks then struck Sokka with his palm, pushing him back a bit."I'm losing paitence,"growled Zuko as he shot a fireball at Sokka, whoquickly dodged.
Sokka then tossed his boomerang at the fire princes, but they easily dodged it. "Show no fear!"one of Sokka's students cheered as he tossed him his spear. Sokka grabbed it and charged at Zuko, but he proved his superior skills by snapping the spear with his wrist and jabbing Sokka with it. Sokka fell to the ground and rubbed his forehead as Zuko broke his spear to pieces. "Hey, was that a boomerang he threw at us?" Trunks asked Zuko.
"Yeah, so what?"asked Zuko ignorantly.
His question was soon answered when he was struck in the back of his head by Sokka's boomerang; although he was wearing a helmet, it still hurt."So they always come back," said Trunks. Now furious, Zuko created two fire daggers as he stared angrily at Sokka. Suddenly, the fire princes were knocked off their feet by two speedy creatures. Trunks quickly did a backflip and landed on his feet and saw that the sneaky attackers were a bald monk and a spiky haired teen on penguins, while Zuko landed face down, butt up where his helmet landed. The penguin sledders swerved past some cheering children, accidentally dunping snow on them but they didn't seem to mind as they still cheered.
Gohan and Aang stopped in front of the water tribe siblings before being pushed off their penguins. "Hey Katara, hey Sokka." greeted the Airbender. "Hi...Aang, hi...Gohan, thanks for coming."Sokka greeted dryly."What are friends for?"said Gohan. Their reunion ended there as Zuko rose to his feet and signaled his soldiers to surround the newcomers. Aang and Gohan stood together as they were surrounded before unleashing powerful gusts of wind that blew snow onto the fire soldiers and princes. Zuko glared at Aang as the airbender asked,"Looking for me?"
"You're the Airbender? You're the Avatar?!"asked the surprised fire prince.
"Aang?"whispered a shocked Katara.
"No way," said a surprised Sokka.
Zuko and Aang started circling each as they prepared to fight. "I've spent years preparing for this encounter,"said the fire prince as he looked at the purpose of his training."Training. Meditating. You're just a child!" Although he wasn't offended the young monk replied,"Well, you're just a teenager."Before Zuko could attack, Gohan stepped in front of his brother and grabbed the hilt of his sword. "He maybe a child, but he's still the Avatar! You shouldn't underestimate him just because he's a kid!"warned Gohan. "Oh, and just who are you?" asked the fire prince. "I'm his brother! So if you want him, you'll have to go through me!"said Gohan as he jumped into the air.
The spiky haired teen pulled out his sword as he descended onto the fire prince, ready to strike. But at the last second, Trunks suddenly appeared in front of Zuko with his sword held horizontally and blocked Gohan's attack. Gohan and Trunks glared at each other as Trunks said,"I will be your opponent!"
"I guess so," said Gohan as he jumped back.
The two energybenders stared at each other for sometime before they charged at each other. Their swords met as the two stared each other down. "What strength this boy has; I'll have to really watch it when fighting him,"thought Trunks. "This guy's strong. He managed to counter both of my strikes. I've got to be careful,"thought Gohan. The two continued to swing at each other while everyone watched. Eventually, Trunks knocked Gohan onto his back and tried to stab him but thespiky haired teen quickly kicked his opponent away and got back on his feet before jumping up and thrusting his blade at the lavender haired prince, who blocked the attack.
The fighters finally clashed with such force that everyone around them felt their energies. They eventually jumped away from each other. "You're pretty good. I didn't think I'd have this much fun,"said Gohan. "You're not bad either,"said Trunks."But can you do this?" Trunks started channeling energyinto his hand before firing it at Gohan's hands, knockinghis swordaway andinto the ground vertically.
The Water Tribe Village stared with wide eyes and open jaws after witnessing Trunks' attack. "He's an energybender too?!" asked Katara. "And he's with the Fire Nation; not good." said Sokka. Aang watched with worry and concern for his brother and friend. "Be careful Gohan, please!"thought Aang.
Gohan looked at his opponent in shock as he grasped his right hand. "No,"he replied as he positoned his hands back and said, "But I can do this!" He thrust his hands at Trunks, sending a giant gale force attack at the prince that made him drop his sword as he was thrown into a snow hill.
Everyone cheered at that but the cheering died down when Trunks walked right out of the the snow pile. Trunks dusted the snow off his armor and gazed at Gohan. "You're pretty good, but let's your skills in hand to hand combat,"said Trunks as he entered a fighting stance. Gohan entered his own fighting stance as he prepared to resume their battle.
Gohan charged at Trunks and tried to punch him, but the prince blocked it. Trunks tried to counteraatack with his own punch, but Gohan dodged it before throwing another punch; the two combatants started trading blows until Trunks managed to land the first blow by punching Gohan in the left cheek. Gohan staggered and Trunks tried to punch him again, but Gohan ducked and punched Trunks in the chin. Trunks backflipped and landed on his feet before rushing toward his opponent and elbow bashing his face.
Gohan quickly recovered and kicked Trunks'stomach; the prince flinched before hitting Gohan across the face with a hand chop. Gohan retaliated by skull bashing Trunks; the prince struck Gohan's chest with his palm, making the young boy staggerback a bit. Trunks tried to punch his foe again but Gohan bent backward onto his hands, evading the attack, and kicked Trunks' face while doing a handstand. Trunks growled as he rushed at his opponent; Gohan quickly got on his feet and charged at Trunks. The two energybenders ended up punching each other in the facebut Trunks, being the bigger and better fighter of the two, managed to put more power into his attack and knocked Gohan a few feetaway.
Gohan slid to a stop and started breathing heavily while staring at Trunks. Trunks just took a few deep breathes as he glanced at his foe.
Everyone watched anxiously as the battle took a pause. "This isn't good. They may both be energybenders, but it looks Gohan's not going to last much longer,"said Gran Gran.
"Do you think he can still win?" asked Katara.
"I...don't know," answered the old woman without looking at her granddaughter.
Gohan glared at his opponent as blood slid from his mouth. The spiky haired fighter pulled back his arms as he started channeling a lot of energy that caused great winds to form and swirl around him. Trunks saw this and smirked. "Hit me with your best shot!" challenged the fire prince. Gohan thrust his hands at Trunks, sending a massive gale force attack at him. Trunks crossed his arms in front of his face as he was struck by the wind attack.
The attack tore off pieces of Trunks' armor as he was blown back a bit. Trunks' feet dug deeper into the snow as he tried to withstand Gohan's attack. When the attack finally died down, the sleeves of Trunks' armor were torn off from shoulders to eblows. His battle jacket was cracked and missing one strap. Trunks lowered his arms and looked at Gohan in disappointment. Gohan was breathing even heavier from his last attack.
"Damn it! I barely shook him! He's tougher than I thought, I don't how much longer I can keep this up! What'll I do?"thought Gohan.
"What a letdown you turned out to be! I expected better from you, but now it's my turn!"said Prince Trunks as he channeled energy into right hand. "Take this!" cried Trunks as he fired a big energy blast at his opponent; in panic, Gohan quickly jumped into the air to avoid the attack. The blast missed its target and crashedinto a snow pile, where it harmlessly exploded.
"Phew, close one,"said Gohan while focusing on where the blast had crashed.
"Gohan, look out!"Aang called out in warning. Gohan looked back to his opponent who had his arms extended towards the spiky haired teen andhis hands in the shape of a diamond."Now I've got you! BURNING ATTACK!"shouted Trunks as he fired another big energy blast at Gohan. With no time to dodge, the young energybender crossed his arms in an attempt to endure the attack. The blast hit Gohan head-on and the explosion consumed him. "It's over," said Trunks.
When the smoke from theexplosion cleared, Gohan was still in the same defensive position. His arms were a little singed and blood slid from the side of his face and his mouth. His clothes were burned a bit and he had bruises on his arms. His headband slowly slid off his head and descended towards the ground seconds before Gohan started to fall towards the ground. "Gohan!"cried Katara in fear. Aang acted quickly and created a gust of wind to cushion his brother's fall. Gohan landed safely on the snow, but he was still too hurt to move.
Aang started to run to aid his brother, but he was stopped by a blast of fire intercepting his path. The Airbender turned and saw Zuko with his hand extended towardhim. "Forget him, you've got your own problems to deal with!" said the fire prince as he launched another fireball at the Avatar. Aang started to twirl his staff, deflecting the fire blasts that Zuko was throwing at him. However, as the flames diminshed, the sparks flew close enough for the villagers to feel the wave of heat, which caused them to flinch in fear. Aang looked behind himself and saw the looks of fear on the faces of the villagers; he then turned and looked at his brother, who was struggling to try and stand, before he closed and reopened his eyes as he realized what he had to do in order to protect those he cared about.
Aang quickly defleted the remaining fire blasts and asked, "If I go with you, do you promise to leave everyone alone?"
Zuko maintained his fighting position as he thought about Aang's offer; he finally straightened up and nodded in agreement. "We agree to your terms, Avatar," said Trunks. Two soldiers came behind Aang, one grabbing his staff while the other grabbed him. The villagers watched as the fire nation marched the young Airbender towards the ship. "No, Aang! Don't do this!"cried Katara as she stepped forward a bit."Don't worry Katara; it'll be okay." Aang assured his friend. The fire soldiers pushed Aang forward as Katara watched in despair."Take care of Appa until I get back!"instructed the young monk.
"Aang, no!"said Gohan weakly.
Aang looked at his brother and said,"I'm sorry, Gohan."
The fire princes and soldiers took Aang onto the ship while Zuko ordered,"Set a course for the fire nation. I'm going home!" As the ship stared to close, Aang smiled, trying to comfort his friends, but his face turned into a frown when he saw the looks of sadness on Gohan and Katara's face. The ship eventually closed up and left.
A few hours later,women and children were doing what they could to repair their damaged home. Whether it was tending to fires or putting up tents, the water tribe was hard at work. Although it didn't look like anyone was happy. In fact, everyone was in a down mood; mostly due to the fact that Aang gave up his life for them even after the way they treated him and Gohan. Speaking of Gohan, the young fighter was in one of the tents getting his injuries treated by Gran Gran. She put ointment on his wounds and bandaged his arms.
"There, that should do it,"said the old woman.
"Thank you,"said Gohan as he stood up and put on his clothes and started to exit the tent; he staggereda bit as he tried to walk. "You should take it easy, give yourself time to heal," advised Gran Gran. "I'm fine. I can't stay here any longer, I've got to save Aang!"said Gohan. "I'm sure he can handle himself, he is the Avatar,"said the old woman, trying to calm down the boy. "True, but I'm not gonna let the fire nation take him from me," said Gohan as he exited the tent.
The spiky haired boy walked outside with his hand on his gut; he looked onward and saw his sword sticking out of the snow with his headband hanging from it. His expression changed into determination as he approached his weapon.
He grabbed his blade and put it into the sheath before he tied the headband around his forehead. "Gohan?"said a voice from behind the energybender. Gohan turned and saw Katara standing behind. "I wanted to see if you were alright,"explained the waterbender. "I'm alright, I was just about to leave, "said Gohan before he winced in pain and staggered to his knee. Katara helped him back to his feet. "You should be careful, you're still recovering,"said Katara. "Thank you Katara, but I can't wait to heal! I've got to rescue Aang!"urged Gohan as he started to walk away.
Katara grabbed his shoulder, getting his attention. "Sokka and I are going with you!"said the water tribe girl. Gohan looked back at her and said,"You don't have to do that." Katara looked at him with a determined expression. "Yes we do! Aang saved the southern water tribe by giving himself up, now we need to save him!"said Katara. "What about your brother?"asked Gohan. "I'llconvince Sokka with us,"assured Katara. Gohan smiled and said,"Thanks! I'll come back after a little while once I've gathered all our things. So be ready by then."He then walked away to where Appa and Icarus were waiting.
Moments later, Katara was standing at the edge of the ice where the fire navy ship docked while Sokka was moving back and forth carrying things. "We have to go after that ship, Sokka! Aang saved our tribe, now we need to save him!"said Katara.
"Katara, I..."Sokka started to say before he was interrupted.
"Why can't you realize that he's on our side?!"argued Katara. "If we don't help him, no one will! I know you don't like Aang or his brother but we owe him..."
"Katara!" shouted Sokka, getting her to stop talking as he gestured to the canoe. "Are yougonna talk all day or are you coming with me?""Sokka!"said Katara as she ran and hugged him. "Get in, we're going to save your boyfriend," said Sokka. "He's not my..."said Katara before Sokka stopped her and said, "Whatever."
"What do you two think you're doing?!"asked GranGran who suddenly came behind them. The two teens turned to their grandmother with nervous looks, but she just smiled and said,"You'll need these. You have a long journey ahead of you," as she held up their sleeping bags. The siblings looked at each in surprise before looking back at their grandmother."It's been so long since I 've had hope,"said Gran Gran as she faced Katara. "But you brought it back to life, my little waterbender." Katara and her grandmother shared a goodbye hug, after which Gran Gran turned to Sokka."And you, my brave warrior, be nice to your sister."
"Yeah, ok Gran,"replied Sokka as he hugged his grandmother.
"Aang is the Avatar, he's the world's only chance. You both found him for a reason. Now your destinies are intertwined with his,"said Gran Gran which made the siblings glance at each other.
"There's no way we're gonna catch a warship in a canoe,"Katara pointed out.
Suddenly the three heard a growl in the distance; they looked over and saw Appa coming toward them with Icarus on the saddle and Gohan sitting on his the bison's head, pulling the reins. "Hey guys! Are you ready to go?!"asked Gohan as he waved to the siblings."Gohan! You brought Appa!"said Katara excitedly as she ran toward the sky bison."You just love taking me out of my comfort zone, don't you?"Sokka complained as he followed hissister.
Meanwhile, on the fire navy ship, the Avatar, the fire prince, general Iroh, and the fire soldiers were standing on deck as the ship sailed through the icy waters towardthe fire nation. Aang's hands were tied behind his back while his staffwas in the hands of Prince Zuko. "This staff will make an excellent gift for my father,"said the prince as he examined the craftsmanship of Aang's weapon. "I suppose you wouldn't know of fathers, being raised by monks." The prince then turned to address his men. "Take the Avatar to the prison hold, and take this to my quarters!"ordered Zuko as he handed the staff to his uncle.
Iroh quickly turned to the nearest guard and asked,"Hey, you mind taking this to his quarters for me?" Trunks took the staff and said,"I'll do it. I'm going to take a nap afterwards; don't bother me unless it's absolutely necessary."
The two guards marched Aang down the ship towards the prison hold, one walking in front of him and the other behind him. "So...I'm guessing you never fought an airbender before,"said Aang as they walked."I bet I could take you both with my hands tied behind my back."
"Silence!" replied the guard in three finally stopped at the door of the prison hold and the front guard brought the key to open the door. Suddenly, Aang inhaled deeply and delivered a strong lung punch attack that blew him and the guard behind him backwardwhile the front guard was slammed into the door, which knocked him out. The two were blown into the stairs and the guard was knocked out while Aang bounced off the guard and landed on deck before creating another air blast to force the door on the deck open. The young monk ran through a dark hall as he searched for his staff. One of the guards eventually got back up and shouted to the bridge guard,"The Avatar's escaped!"
Elsewhere, Appa was slowly swimming after the fire navy ship with Gohan, Katara, Sokka, and Icarus on his back. Sokka was resting against Icarus while speaking a few words in disbelief, trying to get Appa to fly."Go. Fly. Soar,"said Sokka halfheartedly. "They'll fly in time! You just need to have faith in them!"said Gohan. Katara and Gohan were sitting on Appa's head as he swam through the water. "Please Appa. We need your help, Aang needs your help!"said Katara to the bison."Come on guys, we need you both to fly again!"said Gohan.
"Up. Ascend. Elevate,"Sokka continued to command the beasts in disbelief.
"You're not helping Sokka,"said Gohan.
"Levitate?"said Sokka, shrugging his shoulders.
"Sokka doesn't believe you guys can fly, but Gohan and I do! Come on!Don't you wanna save Aang?"the waterbender tried to encourage the flying beasts as she rubbed Appa's head. Gohan turned to Icarus and said,"Come on buddy. I know you and Appa can do it! Just dig deep, find your inner strength! Don't be afraid; let your instincts take over!" Appa and Icarus groaned as if to show determination as the bison swam a bit faster and the dragon started flapping a bit."What was it that kid said?"askedSokka as he tried to remember Aang's command to get Appa to fly. "Yeehah? Wahoo? Hup-hup? Uh...Yip yap?"
The moment Sokka said that, Appa patted his massive tail against the water. The bison jumped into the sky and stayed there as it started to move through the air. "You did it, Sokka!"Katara said to her brother. "Yes! Appa's flying again!" cheered Gohan. Sokka stood at the edge of Appa's saddle as he looked down at the sea in excitement. "He's flying! He's flying! Katara, Gohan, he's..."the water tribe warrior stopped stating the obvious when he saw his companions' smug looks."I mean...big deal, he's flying."said Sokka before he returned to enjoyingthe view.
"Alright, Icarus! Now it's your turn! Let's see you fly again!"Gohan motivated his animal friend. Right on cue, Icarus started flapping his wings rapidly. The Dragon suddenly ascended into the air and flew right off Appa, appearing right next to the sky bison. "Way to go, Icarus!"cheered Katara. "He's flying too!"cried Sokka. "Alright Icarus! I knew you could do it!"said Gohan as he jumped onto Icarus' back."Icarus can fly faster than Appa, so we'll head off to the warship and help Aang! Catch up when you can!"said Gohan as Icarus flew ahead of Appa.
Back on the ship, Aang was running with great speed as he searched the ship for his staff. Upon searching, he accidentally ran into three fire soldiers who all had swords, ready to strike the Avatar. "You haven't seen my staff around, have you?"asked the airbender to the soldiers. They responded by advancing on Aang, buthe quickly evaded them by running on the walls and ceiling before saying,"Thanks anyway!" and running off, leaving the soldiers in a surprised state. Aang continued to run until he entered another hallway that was occupied by one fire soldier. The soldier immediately launched a fireball at the Avatar, who jumped over the soldier's head and used his pointy helmet to cut the ropes that bound his hands while pulling his attacker to the ground and leaving to continue looking for his staff.
Aang started opening doors, hoping to find his staff in one of the rooms. He eventually opened a door that was to the room of Zuko's uncle, which had General Iroh soundly asleep and snoring, even with all the commotion on board. "Sorry..."whispered Aang as he slowly closed the door. Aang continued to run through the halls until he passed an open door; he immediately stopped and looked inside, finally finding what he was after. "My staff!"cried Aang as he stepped into the room to retrieve his weapon. Suddenly, the door closed behind the monk, making him turn around. Soon the Avatar was face to face with the leader of the ship: Prince Zuko.
"Looks like I underestimated you,"said Zuko as he realized the boy he captured was more than just a boy.
Zuko started shooting fireballs at the Airbender but Aang quickly dodged the flaming projectiles. Aang began breathing heavily in fear as Zuko continued to strike. Using his swift moving skills, Aang managed to evade the attacks. Aang then rolled in between Zuko's legs and appeared behind him, making it harder for the fire prince to strike him. After Zuko started firing wildy at Aang, the young monk used his airbending to escape Zuko's fire blasts and create his signature air scooter. Using the air scooter for speed, Aang was now riding all around the room and moving to fast for Zuko. The fire Prince somehow managed to knock his opponent off course, causing him to crash into the wall.
Aang quickly jumped to grab the fabric on the wall and used it to wrap up Prince Zuko, binding his arms so that he couldn't firebend and allowing the monk to reclaim his staff. Zuko finally freed himself by burning off the fabric bind. Now with his staff in his hand, Aang was prepared to fight Zuko at full strength. Aang surprised Zuko by using his airbending to push Zuko and a mattress against the wall and then into the ceiling. Zuko groaned as he looked up, only to find that the Avatar had escaped him.
Aang used his airbending to open the hatch that led to the bridge. He looked around and saw the navigator at the wheel. Aang quickly ran past him and jumped out the observation deck; he joyfully threw his staff forward, making it open up and turn into his bald monk grabbed onto his glider as he attempted to flee by air.
"Aaaaah!"cried Zuko as he suddenly appeared on the bridge and jumped after the Avatar. He grabbed Aang's ankle, which unbalanced him due to Zuko's wieght adding to his own. The two benders eventually crash-landed onto the ship's deck. Now irritated, Zuko growled as both he and Aang rose to their feet. Aang grew a little afraid when he saw Zuko's look of frustration."And here I thought you'd be easy to capture!"said a sudden voice from on top of the bridge. The two looked upand saw Trunks standing at the edge; he jumped down and landed next to Zuko.
"But you're clearly not gonna make this easy, so we'll justhave to use brute force," said the prince as he entered a fighting position.
Just as the fire princes were about to attack, someone landed in front of Aang and threw his hands in the princes' direction, creating a massive airwave that pushed them back a bit. Trunks and Zuko stared in surprise when they saw the spiky haired energy bender from before. "You again!"said Trunks. "Yeah, it's me. The name's Gohan and I'm taking my brother back!"exclaimed Gohan. "Gohan! Man, am I glad to see you!"said Aang. "Likewise, Aang," said Gohan."How'd you get here?" asked Aang."Icuras started flying again, and so did Appa! The others shouldn't be too far behind!"answered Gohan. Right on cue, a loud growling sound came from behind Aang.
Looking behind himself, Aang saw his pet sky bison heading towards the ship. "What is that?"asked Zuko as he gazed at the flying animal. "A flying bison?"said Trunks. "Appa!"shouted Aang with suddenly attacked his distracted foe by launching a fireball at him. Aang twirled his staff in defense, but he was blown onto the edge of the ship. Zuko launched three more fire blasts that Aang blocked with his staff. After firing several more fireballs, Zuko managed to knock Aang's staff out of his hands. The fire prince threw a few more fireballs, which Aang dodged but he came close to falling off the side of the ship.
"Aang!" cried Gohan as his brother struggled to keep his balance. "Don't let your guard down!"yelled Trunks as he charged at Gohan and kicked him in the gut. Gohan grasped his stomach in pain as the lavender haired prince looked down at him.
Zuko threw one last fireball at the Avatar which knocked him off the ship and into the ocean, unconscious. "Aang! No!"cried Katara from on top of Appa's head. Gohan tried to get up and save his brother, but Trunks punched him in the face, causing him to fall on his back. Trunks walked over to his opponent and smirked. "You haven't fully recovered from our last fight, which means you'll be easier to beat than the last time,"said the prince. The spiky haired teen slowly rose to his feet and growled. Trunks threw another punch at him, only this time Gohan blocked it by grabbing Trunks' fist.
Katara started shouting Aang's name as Gohan continued his confrontation with Trunks. Aang sank deeper into the ocean as Katara continued to call him. "Aang! Aang! AANG!"Suddenly, Aang's eyes and tattoos started to glow as he regained consciousness.
Meanwhile on the ship, Gohan held onto Trunks' fist as his body suddenly started channeling yellow aura."What the?"asked the prince as he freed his hand and backed away from Gohan. The younger energybender's aura swarmed around his body as he stared at Trunks angrily. "I'M GONNA MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MY BROTHER!"shouted Gohan. "We'll see about that!"said Trunks as he stretched his hands at Gohan. "Take this, BURNING ATTACK!"shouted the prince as he fired an energy blast at his foe.
To his surprise though, Gohan just swatted the blast into an iceberg like it was nothing. "How'd he do that?"asked the lavender haired prince. Gohan looked at the prince enraged as he said,"My turn!" The spkiy haired teen roared as he released a massive yellow dome of energy that condensed itself and flew right at prince Trunks.
The prince took the attack head-on and was knocked offthe ship by the impact. Thinking fast, Trunks grabbed his sword and stuck it into the ship before he came close to the ocean.
Gohan turned to prince Zuko, still enraged, and said. "You're next!"Just as Gohan was about to attack Zuko, he sensed something. Gohan looked behind himself and saw a big water vortex that was responding to Aang's bending while he was riding stared in shock and fear as the Avatar landed on deck. The water swirled around him before it hit Zuko and knocked him off the boat.
"Did you see what he just did?!"asked Katara to her brother about what they witnessed.
"Now that was some waterbending!"replied Sokka in amazement.
The glow on Aang's tattoos and eyes faded as he collasped; Gohan quickly caught him and helped him up. "That was incredible, Aang!" complimented Gohan, but his brother didn't responded due to exhaustion. Appa finally landed on the ship and Katara and Sokka came down to help their friends. "Aang, are you okay?!"asked the waterbender. Aang soon opened his eyes and saw his water tribe friends beside him and his brother.
"Hey Katara, hey Sokka. Thanks for coming,"Aang said weakly.
"Well I couldn't let you have all the glory," joked Sokka.
"Dropped my staff,"said the bald monk. "Got it!" said Sokka as he rushed to retrieve Aang's staff. Just as he grabbed it, Zuko grabbed the other end and tried to pull himself back on deck. Sokka pulled on the staff before jabbing Zuko in the head three times, taking his revenge and knocking the prince off the staff and onto the anchor. "Ha! That's from the water tribe!"cried Sokka before he left. Katara and Gohan helped Aang onto Appa's saddle before fire soldiers approached them. Katara started waterbending, making them stop in fear. She threw the water at them but ended up throwing it backwards and freezing her brother's legs due to lack of control.
"Katara!"complained the immoble warrior before he started beating the ice with his boomerang.
Katara quickly turned around and threw the water at the soldiers that were now behind her. When she turned back around, she saw the fire soldiers completely frozen; one of the soldier's hands was inches away from grabbing her. Katara started climbing onto Appa's saddle where Gohan and Aang were waiting as she shouted,"Hurry up Sokka!" to her still frozen brother.
"I'm just a guy with a boomerang! I didn't ask for all this flying and magic!"complained Sokka as he finally freed himself and climbed onto the bison. "Yip yap! Yip yap!"yelled Sokka, getting Appa to ascend into the air.
While this was happening, Iroh finally woke up and came on deck, where he saw the flying bison. "Huh?"said the old man as he rubbed his eyes while Appa continued to flee. He then helped Prince Zuko get back on deckas Trunks finally climbed back with his sword. When the three saw the Avatar and his friends leaving, Zuko ordered, "Shoot them down!" The General and his nephew fired a big blast of flames at the bison while Trunks shot his own energy blast at the bison. As the three attacks got closer, Aang and Gohan jumped to the back of Appa's saddle and grabbed Aang's staff. They swung it together, creating a big air wave that redirected the three attacks into the side of an ice cliff. A small avalanche was created and collasped onto the ship. Zuko and Trunks stared in shock as their ship was now stuck in ice.
The four teens laughed as they smoothly flew away from the fire nation crew.
Moments later, Zuko and Trunks stared off where their enemies had escaped. Iroh soon appeared behind them and said,"Good news for the Fire Lord. The Fire Nation's greatest threat is just a little kid." Zuko turned to face his uncle and said,"That kid,Uncle, just did this," as he gestured to his damaged ship. "He's clearly more powerful than he looks," said Trunks. "We can't underestimste him again."
"And we won't!"Zuko said before he addressed his soldiers."Dig the ship out and follow them!"The fire prince turned and saw his soldiers trying to defrost their frozen comrades. "As soon as you're done with that,"Zuko quickly added. Trunks stared into the horizon withonly one thought in his head. "You've got a lot of power, I hope we fight again...Gohan."
Back with the gang, Aang, Katara and Sokka were flying on Appa while Gohan flew right next to them on Icarus. Aang looked saddened while Katara was full of energy and questions. "How'd you do that? With thewater? It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen!"asked theWater Tribe girl.
"I don't know. I just, did it,"replied theairbender.
"And Gohan, what was that thing you did to Trunks?"asked Katara as she turned towardthe spiky haired boy.
"I'm not sure. I just got angry, I felt a boost in power, and I used it," answered the energybender.
Katara looked back toward Aang and asked, "Why didn't you tell us you were the Avatar, Aang?" The Avatar looked away in sadness as he replied,"Because...I never wanted to be."Gohan flew right next to Aang and placed his hand on his brother's shoulder, tryng to comfort him. "When Aang became the Avatar, things started to change. Now things have changed even more than we know; it's not easy to accept,"said Gohan.
"But Aang, the world's been waiting for the Avatar to return and put an end to this war," said Katara.
"How am I going to do that?"asked the airbender.
"According to legend, you need to master water, then earth, then fire, right?" asked Katara.
"That's what the monks told me,"replied Aang.
"Well, if we go to the North Pole, you can master waterbending,"said Katara.
"We can learn it together,"encouraged Aang as his mood lightened.
"And Sokka, I'm sure you'll get to knock some firebender heads along the way,"said Katara, hoping to include her brother. "I'd like that. I'd really like that," said Sokka. Katara then turned to Gohan and asked, "What about you, Gohan? What do you want out of this journey?""A quest like this is bound to get us into plenty of fights along the way, and the more I'm in, the stronger I'll get. Strong enough to protect my friends. I'm in!"replied Gohan.
"Then we're in this together,"said Katara.
"Okay. But before I learn waterbending, we have some serious business to attendto!" said Aang with his spirits now lifted. He opened a scroll to show a mapof the world and laid it across the saddle for everyone to see. "Before we make it to the North Pole, we have to make a few stops. Here, here and here," said Aang as he pointed to three islands on the map.
"What's there?" asked Katara.
"Here, we'll ride the happy llamas," explained Aang as he pointed to the islands on the map. His excitement grew with each point, as did Gohan's. "Then way over here, we'll surf on the backs of the giant koi-fish. Then back over here, we'll ride the hog-monkeys. They don't like people riding on them, but that's what makes it fun!"
"This is going to be one wild journey,"said Gohan as the gang flew into the sunset.
A/N:Phew! Finally finished the 2nd chapter. I've had a lot of fun writing this chapter, so I hope you'll enjoy reading it. I'm sorry to say that I can't post my chapters weekly or monthly due to some circumstances, but I'll still post my chapters, just randomly. To all those who followed or favorited this fanfic, thank you for your support. I already have a pairing in mind for Gohan and even Trunks but I'll let that be a surprise. Try to guess if you want, it'll be what you least expect. Also Gohan and Trunks aren't the only DBZ characters I'll use, there are others like Baba and Pigoro and...(oops, spoilers!) Anyway keep reading, it'll only get more interesting!
In the meantime, I recommend these fanfics:
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Until then, TTFN! AntiHero out!