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A/N: I really thought I was gonna update faster than this but hey, it's here!

dcsonic10: Well this is surprisingly horrifying for the water bender and what is the secret that Goku kept from his son anyway keep up the good work. Thanks for the support man!

dcsonic 10: Have You Heard Of The Dragonball Raging Blast 3 Project If You Have or Haven't I Recommend Watching On Youtube. I think I vaguely remember hearing something like that but I'll check it out to make sure!

Chapter 15: Rescue: Part 2

"Really are you sure? What if I told you that I was there that day and I killed your MOTHER!"

The reaction was almost instantaneous. Katara launched herself towards Inferno while forcing the water around her to launch towards him and turn into spikes as well. All of the ice spikes hit their target but shattered on impact. Katara, in anger, threw a punch at Inferno which he caught. "You know Katara, were not all that different...we both love to kill," said Inferno. If Katara was angry before she was boiling with rage now!

"I'M NOTHING LIKE YOU...YOU MURDERER!"

"Are you sure because last time I checked, when pelted me with those ice spikes I could've sworn you had this mad, insatiable gleam in your eyes. It looked like you wanted nothing more than to see my blood spill at your feet. You wanted to see my skull crack open and watch the blood slowly drip out. Maybe even watch my head fall off with a sickening crack. It would be music to your, no our, ears!

So you see were completely alike, we both have that hunger for blood that will never be satisfied. We're so haunted by our past that we almost completely lose all our morals! To the point where we kill, cracking open the skulls of those around us and watch the blood spill hoping that we will be free of this curse only for it to only grow worse!" Inferno eyes held a gleam of such madness that many had to look away, for fear that if they looked into those orbs of insanity they'd drive themselves insane.

"S-stop i-it p-please!" stuttered Katara, breaking Aang out of his daze. "What's your problem man?!" shouted Aang even getting in Inferno's face a little. Inferno didn't even bother looking at Aang when he responded still focused on Katara. "My problem is that all of you are over sensitive and unwilling to kill because of both of those reasons you will never free your friend or this world!...Let's just go." Inferno was already flying away so the gang hurriedly climbed on Appa and flew away.

When they caught up to Inferno they all glared at him like he was the most vile man on the planet...well in their opinion, anyway. Inferno just chuckled. "I guess I should tell you guys about the truth of your mother." Katara and Sokka eyes widened in shock. "What do you mean the truth about my mother?" asked Katara, suspiciously. "Whoops did I say that out loud, ah well then, I'll tell you. It all started when..."

Flashback Start

"So waterbender, do you know what's happen to you?" sneered Yon Rha. Kya didn't respond she just awaited her cruel fate. "What, you're not even gonna give your pathetic last words?!" shouted Yon Rha. Again, his outburst was met with silence. "Very well then waterbender, prepare to die!" Yon Rha shouted setting his hands ablaze.

"Commander Rha, I was hoping I could carry out the execution!"

Yon Rha turned to find a young boy with short midnight black hair and golden eyes. The boy was also equipped with golden armor with a red helmet and a black dragon in the center of his chest. Yon Rha just stared at him for a moment before a large smile graced his face. "You see this is why you're my favorite IW. You know how to show respect. Very well then, you may get your first kill."

Once Yon Rha left the room, Kya spoke. "It's a shame. The Fire Nation is now making kids do their dirty work..." The boy just scowled at Kya before responding. "I don't belong to those weaklings. In fact, I don't belong to anyone. By the way, if you don't mind me asking, you're not even a waterbender are you?" When Kya's eyes widened that was all the proof he needed.

"Please little one, if you really aren't with the Fire Nation then please leave my daughter out of this!" Kya begged. "Alright, I'll leave her alone...now to deal with you..." The boy charged an energy blast and released creating a large shockwave, shaking the tent. When the smoke cleared, Kya was surprised she was still alive but the boy spoke first.

"Yes, you're still alive in case you were wondering. Anyway, you have to leave for now. I'll bring you back when it's safe." The boy reassured. Kya was to shocked to speak until she finally said, "T-thank you..."

"Inferno."

Flashback End

"So that's what really happened," finished Inferno. Katara and Sokka were shocked. The entire time they were mourning her death, she was alive...somewhere. Katara and Sokka would probably have been in shock longer had it not been for Inferno speaking. "Now is not the time to lose yourself in your thoughts! We have to find your friend!" Katara immediately felt guilty and she wanted to make it up to him somehow. She knew Inferno was right about saving for another time but she still wanted to do something.

"Hey Inferno!" shouted Katara.

"What?!"

"Thank you..."

Inferno just huffed and scowled but Katara thought she saw him smile the tiniest of smiles.

Gohan's P.O.V

I was having a pretty bad week. I had to fight a war and then an assassin. I also had a vague memory of fighting a dragon, but then the next thing I knew, I woke up in jail! Now, I'm going to a trial, which is going to be completely rigged against Zuko and I so I really don't see the point of it, where they will decide my punishment.

The guards escorted us into the courtroom. As soon as the doors opened, I scanned every edge of the room, looking for an area of escape. The room was set up in the shape of a dome so that the room curved outward with huge wooden bleachers flanking either side, all of them holding hundreds of Fire Nation soldiers who were currently jeering at Zuko and I. There was a small circle of open space with a judge's chair in front of it. The judge himself looked weak and frail or in other words, a potential hostage.

"I could probably use him as leverage...nah there's no guarantee that the soldiers will care about his life! Plus, they might get me even before that. So all I can do is wait..." I must have been thinking for a very long time because when I started paying attention the judge was speaking and the two IW's that escorted us were standing on either side of the judge.

"So we are here today to decide the fate of the Avatar and the Banished Prince!" A loud chorus of boos rung out in the courtroom with some people going so far as to throw stuff at us. "So how do you guys want them executed?" asked the judge. Multiple answers could be heard all of which I would prefer didn't happen to me.

"Ok, ok the jury has decided that the Avatar shall be dropped in a pit of fire!" Cheers began to ring out all throughout the coliseum. I just simply raised a brow at this while I was being pushed to the pit. They tied my hands together behind my back with steel handcuffs to render them immobile, the flames dancing dangerously close to my skin causing an uncomfortable amount of warmth. However, I sensed something that made me grin.

"Any last words, Avatar!" mocked the judge. My grin only grew bigger.

"Uh yeah, I do! Take cover!"

That's when all hell broke lose!

The doors blasted inward and broke into millions of pieces, smoke obscuring the attackers. When the smoke finally parted it revealed Team Avatar and Inferno, who was sporting a cocky smirk. "Ah man, you guys threw a party without me! Oh well, now we get to crash this party!" At this, the courtroom broke out in chaos. The firebenders attempted to fry the Team but they expertly dodged the flames.

The Team seemed to have already made their plan: Inferno would get Gohan and Zuko while Katara and Aang would take one side of the room with Sokka taking the other. Anyway, Aang used his airbending to carry Katara and himself to the top of the stands and they started their work.

Aang kneed one soldier in the stomach while punching one in the head. He leaned to the right of a punch while jumping over a sweep kick behind him at the same time. Aang spun around like a tornado, knocking soldiers out of the stands, landing them on their heads. Meanwhile, Katara was using the water from the water fountains, seriously convenient, to make her own octopus whacking Fire Nations soldiers fall of the stands in the dozens. Sokka was making quick work of his opponents. Using quick and efficient strikes allowed him to easily incapacitate his opponents.

Meanwhile, Inferno had already made quick work of the IW guards and freed Zuko and I. "Ok guys, let's get the heck out of here!" Before any of them could even move, an ear-splitting shriek cut through the chaos followed by light so bright, it was blinding.

"Ugh, what the heck! It looks like a bomb went off in here!"

When the light died down, Inferno, Zuko, and I took notice of their surroundings. The bleachers were in shambles and the Fire Nation soldiers that were once on them were either buried underneath it or impaled by them. Fortunately, all of the soldiers were unconscious and Katara and Aang were making their way towards Zuko, Inferno, and I. The weird thing was though was that they were running and it was only then that Zuko, Inferno, and I realized what they were running from.

There was a tall girl with naturally tan skin and midnight black hair that ran slightly past her shoulders along with bright, intoxicating golden eyes under thick eyelashes. The girl wore a red GI with a with the kanji for dragon on her chest. She also had a...not trying to sound like a pervert here but she had an amazing body but I could tell by her KI signature that she had a lot of power. However, the person next to her was also strong but wore a plain black cloak that concealed his appearance. The weirdest thing though was that the two new opponents allowed Katara and Aang to get to our side.

I knew that with both of them fighting together, I'd be in the fight of my life!

No one's P.O.V

"Well...I should've seen this coming. Oh well, now I get to kill two birds with one stone! Opal, how about you finish these lowly insects for me?"

"It would be my pleasure!"

The girl immediately went after Inferno attempting to get a punch to Inferno's gut but ended up unsuccessful. Inferno caught the punch and twisted her arm, eliciting a grimace of pain from her. Inferno raised his knee with a huge amount of force intending to break her arm but Opal swept Inferno's leg out from under him, knocking him over and freeing her arm in the process. Inferno used his left hand his left hand to stop his fall and balance himself as he used his right leg to try and knock Opal over but she jumped over it and kicked out at Inferno's face but he let his hand fall slack allowing him to fall under the kick. Inferno rolled away from Opal as she shot KI blasts at him. Inferno used his momentum to gain even more distance with a handspring landing on his feet. Opal smirked. "You've gotten better, brother."

To say Team Avatar was shocked was a serious understatement. Inferno eyes glowed a brighter shade of gold as he snarled. "You're no sister of mine! You still work for that bastard after everything he's done!" Opal just ignored him and charged Inferno again.

"Katara, how much longer until you're finished?" Gohan whined.

"Have some patience Gohan you've only got a couple more minutes."

While Inferno and Opal had been fighting, Katara was healing Gohan's injuries with her 'magic water healing powers' as Sokka called them. Aang and Sokka had been standing guard to keep the healing process go smoothly without any cloaked man kept fidgeting as if itching for action, making Sokka and Aang on edge.

Inferno dodged a punch to his right, ducked under a kick, and grabbed Opal's leg. He began to spin around and around over and over again before releasing her and allowing her to fly straight through a wall, caving it in. The cloaked man huffed impatiently wanting to get this fight over with but still sat anyways. Opal slowly got up as both Opal and Inferno charged up blood red and golden energy blasts.

"Hell Blazer!"

"Destruction Wave!"

The two blasts clashed battling for dominance as the courtroom started falling further and further apart. The two combatants put more and more energy into their attacks until the attacks couldn't take it and they exploded in a large, magnificent flash of light. The entire courtroom was disintegrated so were the rooms near by it. Inferno and Opal were panting from the force of their attacks and were nearly on their last legs even so Inferno still made a cocky declaration.

"You...are...going...dow-"

Inferno collapsed with a hole through his chest revealing the cloaked man standing behind him. The cloaked man dusted his pale looking hands off before turning to Opal. "When I say I want you to finish them off, I meant like that and THIS!" The cloaked man shot a red beam that went straight through the chest of Opal as she hit the ground.

Team Avatar was once again shocked. This guy, this monster, just killed what was probably his best soldier. Gohan was pissed. He saw it as all his fault. If he were up to one hundred percent he could have saved her, saved her from the terrible fate she suffered. At least, he could avenge her death. "Hello, misplaced aggression!"

The cloaked man just chuckled but Katara, on the other hand, was not as amused. "Gohan, where do you think you're going?! You still haven't completely healed!" Gohan didn't even look back when he replied. "Thanks for the concern but I can do the rest myself!" Before Katara could ask what he meant, Gohan transformed into his Super Saiyan state. Gohan's injuries almost instantly began to close up until there wasn't even a scar!

"His injuries! They're...gone!"

The cloaked man cackled almost silently to himself causing Gohan to glare at him. "Is something funny?" The cloaked man shook his head quickly before replying. "Oh, I just find it amusing that you think you could be me when you couldn't even beat Inferno!" That did it. Gohan snapped and rushed at the cloaked man with a glowing fist cocked back only to have the wind knocked out of him. He looked down to see he had been stopped by the cloaked man's pinky!

"What strength!"

"I'm disappointed! I thought you'd be more of a challenge. I guess I'll have to leave you alive for a bit longer," the cloaked man mused to himself. "Go ahead take your friends and leave my sight now before I change my mind!" Gohan snarled in uncontrollable anger. The two sides of himself were at war with each other. His primal Saiyan side was urging him to fight but his rational human side was telling him to live and fight another day.

A soft hand gripped my shoulder causing him to spin around and glare at the person. It turned out to be Katara and she looked frightened. That managed to get him to calm down and drop out of Super Saiyan. "You won't be so lucky next time! I'll show you should've killed me while you had the chance!" And with that Team Avatar along with Zuko and an unconscious Inferno walked away from the cackling cloaked man.

A/N: I wonder who the cloaked man is...

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