Kyoshi Warriors Part 3

Don't really have anything to say… except this is the last part of Kyoshi Warriors.

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Edit: New version! Changes in the chapter. Watch out for them. Some of them are subtle, but they're there.

After the rest of the Kyoshi Warriors training, I walked back to the house feeling pretty confident. I think I was almost skipping, if you can believe it. Several people stared at me, but it was most likely because I had won a pretty impressive fight in front of all of them.

As soon as I entered the house, I was met with the expressions of my three friends.

Katara looked furious. Aang looked shocked. Sokka looked a little jealous.

"Hey, guys!" I said cheerfully. "What's for dinner?"

"ARE YOU INSANE?" Katara yelled furiously at me. I didn't even blink. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? DID YOU ACTUALLY THINK YOU COULD WIN AGAINST A KYOSHI WARRIOR?"

"I did win, didn't I?"

"That's beside the point! You could have been hurt!"

"I wasn't."

"But you could have been!"

"But I wasn't."

"But you could have been!"

"But I wasn't!" I exclaimed. "Katara, I appreciate the concern and everything, but honestly, I wasn't too worried that I would lose."

Before Katara could say anything else, Aang interrupted. "Where'd you learn to fight like that?"

I pulled my hair out of its top knot and shook it furiously, so it hung in my face. "My dad's the best swordsman in the whole Fire Nation. Maybe the whole world even. He taught me since I could hold a sword without falling over."

"I can't believe it!" I looked over at Sokka, who was looking very upset. "We could've had another warrior in the village this entire time, and you ever said anything!"

"Whenever I tried to step in and teach the kids, you would say, 'oh, Tora, this is a man's lesson, it's not a girls place to fight!'" I said, imitating the tone he used whenever he said it.

"Well…" Sokka looked like he was struggling to find something to say. "How was I supposed to know you could fight?!"

"What did you think I had the sword for?"

"I thought-"

What exactly he had thought I never found out, because Aang suddenly interrupted, speaking for the first time. "Where'd you get that sword, anyway?" He looked very curious. "Did you get it from Sokka?"

I couldn't help but laugh at that. "No. In case you didn't notice, the sword was made in the Fire Nation – more specifically, it was made by me." Not a complete lie… I had helped make it… no need to tell them the truth. Not like it would matter.

"YOU MADE A SWORD?!" Sokka shrieked, looking like he was about to be sick. "AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME?!"

"Nope."

"WHY IN THE SPIRIT'S NAMES NOT?!"

"'cause I wanted to see your reaction if you ever found out."

Then for the rest of the day, the boys asked me about sword fighting and sword making. Katara just sat in the corner, looking very peeved. Later, when we had finished dinner and we went back to our rooms (the boys had a separate room from us girls), I asked Katara how Aang was doing with the little girls that kept following him everywhere.

"He's been showing off for them ever since we got here! The only time he wasn't was when you were fighting that girl, and even then, the girls kept crowding around him! It's like I don't even know him anymore!" Katara said in frustration, throwing her hands in the air.

"Katara, do you think he's doing it for the attention?" I asked her, watching her from my bed.

"Of course he's doing it for the attention, why else would he be doing it?"

"Well, I know if I were Aang, and if I found out my people had been completely wiped out just a few days ago, I know I probably would be doing the exact same thing." I said, propping myself up on my elbows. "I would want to feel needed by someone, and at best, needed by a bunch of girls who worship my every move."

Katara was silent for a moment. "I never thought of it that way. Now I feel guilty!"

"Don't feel guilty Katara. I don't know for sure if that's why he's doing it, but it's most likely the reason." I extinguished the candle with a flick of my hand, plunging the room into darkness. "Go to sleep Katara. We should leave tomorrow, and we'll need our sleep."

"Alright." I heard shuffling, then the sound of Katara pulling the blankets around her.

"Night, Katara."

"Goodnight, Tora."

~~Water~~

"Think of the fan as an extension of your arm."

"That's exactly what my dad told me about swords."

"So think of the fan as a short sword, but without the sharp end."

Suki and I were standing in the middle of the dojo, clad in our green warrior outfits. The rest of the warriors had the day off, leaving only Suki and me to practice. Suki was showing me their technique with the fans. It was almost exactly like sword fighting.

We both heard a noise, and turned our head to see Sokka standing awkwardly in the doorway. "Uh, hey, guys."

"Hoping for another dance lesson?" Suki said, mocking what he had said yesterday.

"No... I... well, let me explain." Sokka said, trying to figure out what to say.

"Well? What do you want?"

Sokka suddenly got to his knees and bowed his head. "I would be honored if you would teach me."

I blinked in surprise. I did not think that would happen.

"Even if I'm female?" Suki snapped.

"I'm sorry I disrespected you yesterday. I was wrong." Sokka said apologetically.

"We normally don't teach foreigners, let alone boys." Suki said snootily.

"Please make an exception. I won't let you down."

Suki suddenly straightened, like she had an idea. "All right."

Now I was even more surprised.

"But you have to follow all of our traditions." Suki finished. I realized what she was saying, and smiled evilly.

"Of course!" Sokka agreed.

"And I do mean ALL of our traditions."

A few minutes later, Sokka was standing in front of us, wearing the dress and the makeup. I think I might have cracked a rib or two from trying not to laugh, just to be nice. He just looked ridiculous!

"Do I really have to wear this?" He demanded, looking embarrassed. "It's not very… manly."

"It's a warriors uniform. You should be proud!" Suki said, smiling at him with me. "The silk thread symbolises the brave blood that flows through our veins. The gold insignia represents the honour of the warrior's heart."

Sokka straightened, looking proud, and I managed to stop my internal laughter. "Bravery. Honor. I could get used to this."

Aang suddenly appeared in the doorway with a mischievous look on his face. "Hey, Sokka! Nice dress." Then he ran off, Sokka slumped again, and I burst out laughing at the look on his face, nearly falling over as I just let it all out. Suki smirked at Sokka's discomfort, being too "honorable", for a lack of a better word, to fall over laughing like I did.

"Stupid Aang… Stupid Tora… stupid dress..." Sokka muttered under his breath as he pulled out a fan.

~~Water~~

Suki and the Water Tribe boy started circling each other with their fans out. I was watching from the sidelines with my chin resting in the palm of my hand.

"You're not going to master it all in one day." Suki said. "Even I'm not that good."

"I think I'm starting to get the hang of this." Sokka said, sort of losing his balance a little. He did a series of awkward and shaky movements, before thrusting the fan forward. It shot out of his hand, out the door, and hit a tree outside. I smiled.

"It's not a matter of strength." Suki said, walking back to Sokka. "Our technique is about using your enemies force against them. Loosen up. Think of the fan as an extension of your arm." Suki got into a fighting stance, and Sokka started to look really determined. "Wait for an opening; then you-"

Suki lunged at Sokka, and he suddenly made a move that looked like he slammed into her. Either way, Suki ended up on the floor. My mouth dropped open in shock, and Suki looked a little embarrassed. She quickly got to her feet. "I fell on purpose to make you feel better!"

"I got you! Admit it!" Sokka said, pointing at Suki with a huge smile on his face. Suki grabbed his finger and started bending it backwards, smirking as he started squealing in pain.

"Okay, I admit it - lucky shot." She said smiling. "Bet you can't do it again!" They started circling each other again, and I got to my feet. I walked out of the dojo, leaving the two little lovebirds by themselves.

The town's chief, I think his name was Oyagi or something, suddenly sprinted right past me and into the dojo. I heard him say something, and Sokka yell "I'm not a girl!" before Suki and the chief ran past me. I ran after them, managing not to trip up over the hemline of the long skirt.

"What's going on?" I asked Oyagi.

"Firebenders are here!"

Oh, just bloody fantastic.

~~Water~~

I was helping Katara round up all the people and get them back inside. Then I ran back to the house, and grabbed my sword. "There is no way I'm leaving you behind ever again."

I leaned out the window, and saw the Fire Nation ship landing on the shores. I narrowed my eyes and ran down the steps of the house, before hiding behind a building. I put the fans back in my green waistband and pulled out my sword.

"Come out, Avatar!" It was Zuko. Of course it was Zuko. "You can't hide from me forever!"

Silence.

"Find him."

Zuko's soldiers started down the streets, perched on Komodo Rhinos. I stood still, watching them.

A blur of green suddenly shot behind a building across the street from me. Suddenly, the Kyoshi Warriors leapt at Zuko's men, attacking them. I ran after them, sword in my right hand, and fire in the other. I dodged a spear that one girl had pulled from the soldiers grip, and aimed at Zuko. Fire burst from my hand, surprising Zuko, but he met the blast with his own fire. I was suddenly attacked by one of the soldiers, and he aimed his spear at me. I quickly spun around and sliced his wooden spear in half with my sword, before yanking it out of his hands and kicking him in the chest, knocking him the ground. Then I jumped onto the fence of a house's patio, and jumped onto another soldiers back. He started going crazy with his rhino, spinning it around, and forcing its tail to swipe back and forth so it would knock me off. But I held on like crazy, and brought the butt of my sword down onto the guy's helmet, knocking him unconscious. I pushed him off the rhino, leaving me with the reins to the animal.

"Hey!" I turned my head and saw Aang standing in the street. "Over here!"

"Finally." Zuko said. He threw three fire balls at Aang, which he dodged. He then started twirling his staff over his head and propelled himself into the air. Zuko shot another blast of fire, and knocked Aang's staff out of his hands. Aang fell to the ground, and Zuko rushed at him.

"Aang!" I yelled, pulling out the fans I had borrowed. He looked at me. "Here!" I tossed the fans to the airbender, and he caught them in his hands easily. Aang suddenly used the fans and bended a huge gust of wind at Zuko, knocking him off his feet and crashing through the wall of a house. Aang tossed the fans back to me, and grabbed his staff, flying into the air.

It was then that I noticed that almost every house in the village was on fire. Even the statue of Kyoshi. I stood on top of the komodo rhino and started to extinguish the flames, pointing one finger into the sky for the smoke to come through, and the fingers on my other hand pointed at the fires as I sucked the fire into my fingers and out my other hand. The fires soon started to recede, and I used water to extinguish the last of the flames. Then I turned to the statue, bended the water over it, and let it drop over Kyoshi. The flames in the village were gone.

"Tora, come on!" Sokka yelled at me, running past the rhino I was on. I jumped off the animal and ran after him, crawling onto Appa's tail. Aang gave him the signal to leave, and we left Kyoshi Island. Underneath us, Zuko and the soldiers saw us leaving, and promptly ran back to the ship.

"You did the right thing, Aang." Katara said to Aang, who looked upset. "Zuko would have destroyed the whole town if we stayed."

"I put out the fires, Aang." I told him. He looked at me. "There's nothing to worry about."

The Avatar gave a small smile. "You look good in green."

Then I realized I was still wearing the Kyoshi Warrior outfit. "It'll come in handy for disguises." I shrugged.

"Sokka… why are you in a dress?" Katara asked her brother. Both me and Aang started laughing as Sokka furiously started rubbing off his warrior makeup.

Not my best chapter. I thought the last fight seemed sort of forced.

Kyoshi Warriors is DONE! Now I can move onto Omashu! If I'm feeling up to it, I might be able to have it by tomorrow. Probably not though, so don't get your hopes up.

Edit: So, how'd you guys like the new version? Personally, I like this version better than the old version, and I'm not just saying that because the old version could help in getting my stories deleted.

Also, you guys – don't worry. If this story is deleted (and I'm working hard to make sure it isn't) I'll change some things around and repost it. So don't you guys worry, alright?

So my plan is to work on a chapter a day. First I'll work on this story, and then I'll move onto my other stories – but I'm going to work on working on both stories very fast.