I don't own Avatar the last Airbender just My Oc.
Chapter 5
Liling woke up early in the morning, she saw katara, sokka and Aang still sleeping in their sleeping bag. She glanced at Appa and Momo still sleeping, the lemur looked like it was running in his sleep while Appa was relaxing.
'I guess I woke up too early...Well I better find some stuff to eat for breakfast before we head out.' Liling thought
Liling let her hair Loose for a while and she already had her things ready when they leave, she picked up her green haori and put it on over her white shirt, she took her brown sash and wrapped it around her waist put on her shoes and picked up the basket to start looking for things to eat.
She walked further away from the camp, the sun slowly shining brightly and a few birds flew around Looking for food to feed their little ones. Liling smiled at the calming atmosphere and started to gather a few edible herbs that she found. Slowly plucking the edible blueberries that she found in the bush, she was lucky that both her parents and grandparents taught her how to identify which plants were edible and which were poisonous.
A small bird perched up on her shoulder, Liling smiled and held out her hand that had a few blueberries the small bird ate, soon a few more birds gathered on her hand eating the berries chirping happily at the dark haired girl.
"You'll need your energy for the day, Such sweet birds." Liling said to them. " I better find some nuts, we're running low on those. "
The small bird chirp on her shoulder, Liling smiled softly. 'This is really is a relaxing day.' She thought
Liling gathered the edible plants and nuts. She held the basket smiling happily while going back to the camp.
Meanwhile with Zuko
Zuko was in his room sitting in front of a low table with four burning candles on it, slowly breathing in and out as he meditated while the candle flames grew and shrank with each breath. The door creaked open and Iroh poked his head inside, causing Zuko's eyes to open.
"The only reason you should be interrupting me is if you have news about the Avatar." Zuko said softly.
Iron opened the door further and stepped in the room, pulling a scroll from his sleeve he entered.
"Well there is news, Prince Zuko," Iroh stated, looking at the scroll in his hands, "But you might not like it. Don't get too upset."
"Uncle, you taught me that keeping a level head is a sign of a great leader." Zuko said, voice still calm, "Now whatever you have to say, I'm sure I can take it."
"Okay then." Iroh muttered rubbing his bearded chin with one hand, "We have no idea where he is."
The candle flames exploded upward suddenly and Zuko whirled around to face his uncle, who had lifted his arm to shield his eyes from the light of the flames.
"What!" Zuko demand as he leapt to his feet, towering over his uncle.
"You really should open a window in here." Iroh commented flippantly as he pulled a fan from his robes' sleeve and fanned his face, the scroll clutched in his other hand.
"Give me the map." The banished prince snapped, snatching the rolled up scroll from his uncle's hand.
"Uh, there have been multiple sightings of the Avatar," Iroh reported, still fanning his face, "but he is impossible to track down."
Zuko looked over the map in his hands, "How am I going to find him, Uncle? He is clearly a master evasive maneuvering."
Iroh shrugged slightly and looked at his nephew with a slight quirk to his lips, "Maybe it's because of that dark haired girl That he's traveling with, she looks like she's the clever one."
Zuko felt his eye twitch when his uncle mentioned Liling, He knew that she wasn't his priority it's capturing the Avatar that's important, he didn't have time for whatever his uncle had planned.
Meanwhile with Liling and the others
"You have no idea where you're going, do you?" Sokka asked turning his gaze from the map in his hands to where Aang was sitting on Appa's head.
"Well," Aang said, looking over his shoulder at his friends sitting in the saddle, "I know it's near water."
A small laugh was heard by Liling, her lips quirked in amusement as she shook her head and Looked out at the Ocean.
"I guess we're getting close then." Sokka muttered drily, also looking over the edge of the saddle.
Aang looked up at Katara sitting at the front of the saddle, stitching the hole in Sokka's pants.
"Momo, marbles please."
Liling watched as Momo dove into Aang's shirt then popped back out and sitting on the young boy's shoulder, placing the marbles in the boy's hand.
"Hey, Katara," Aang called out to katara "Check out this Airbending trick."
The marble in his hand began spinning rapidly in a circular motion between his hands, and Aang grinned up Katara but she seemed too busy concentrating at what she's doing.
Liling let out a small chuckle looking at Aang trying to impress Katara.
'Is this what boys do?' Liling thought
"That's great, Aang." Katara muttered, too focused on fixing Sokka's pants to pay attention to him.
"You didn't even look." Aang said he closed his hands over the marble which stopped spinning.
"That's great!" Katara said enthusiastically as she turned to look at Aang.
"But I'm not doing it now." Aang muttered.
"I think that was a good trick Aang."Liling said "Have some blueberries." She said reaching in her bag taking out a jar full of the small fruit.
"Thanks, want some Katara?" Aang asked holding out a handful of the small berries.
"Stop bugging her, Airhead," Sokka commented as he leaned back at the saddle, "You need to give girls space when they do their sewing."
"What was that?" Liling said her ears perked up at what Sokka said.
She glanced at Katara and Apparently She was just as irritated with Sokka's comment.
"What does me being a girl have to do with sewing?" Katara asked
"Yeah, Sokka?"Liling asked
"Simple." Sokka said completely oblivious to the two girls annoyed tone taking a handful of blueberries that Liling had, "Girls are better at fixing pants than guys and guys are better at hunting and fighting and stuff like that. It's just the natural order of things."
Katara's face suddenly turned into a cheerful one, a smile on her face.
"All done with your pants and look what a great job I did!" Katara exclaimed, tossing Sokka's pants at his face, the rather large hole in the back still not completely stitched.
"Wait!" Sokka yelped, pulling the pants off his face, "I was just kidding! I can't wear these! Katara please!" He then looked at Liling. "So...uh Liling..."
"Nope, like she said look at what a great job she did!" Liling exclaimed sarcastically and stuck her tongue out at Sokka, who had his arm sticking out of the hole in his pants.
"Relax Sokka," Aang called out with a bright smile as he held Appa's reins shifting it to the right, "Where we're going, you won't need any pants!"
The blank expression on Sokka's face caused Liling to laugh lightly.
After Aang landed the large flying bison on the shore of a small Island. Liling got off and started stretched Sure it's fun flying up high but sometimes it's good to be at the ground sometimes. Aang and Katara soon joined her on the ground, Aang was happy and energetic causing the girls to look at him curiously.
"We just made a pit stop yesterday." Sokka said as he jumped from Appa's back, "Shouldn't we get a little more flying done before we camp out?"
"He's right." Katara said and turned to Aang who was looking out at the water."At this rate, we won't get to the North Pole until spring."
"Yeah Katara's right, we should go now." Liling said
"But Appa's tired already. Aren't you, boy?" Aang stated, looking up at the sky bison, then nudged the bison when all Appa did was snort, "I said, aren't you boy?"
Appa yawned loudly and Aang turned to look at Sokka, Katara, and Liling.
'Not very convincing Aang...just what are you up to?' Liling thought
"Yeah, that was really convincing." Sokka said drily "Still, hard to argue with a ten-ton magical monster."
"I guess since we're here I could get some fish and other stuff to restock." Liling said then looked over at Aang who had run towards the water, "What are you doing, Aang?"
"Look!" Aang gasped excitedly, looking at the ocean as a giant yellow and red koi fish leapt out of the water.
"That's a big koi fish!" Liling exclaimed while Sokka and Katara looked at the water with wide eyes. "Is that why we're here?"
"Yep!" Aang said excitedly as he started to take off his pants and shirt, leaving him in his underwear you could see his airbending tattoos, "I'm gonna ride 'em. Katara, you gotta watch me."
"Be careful! I don't want it to happen like last time." Liling called out walking back looking for a place to sit and watch Aang.
Aang ran and dove into the cold, water only to jump up a moment later with a shout.
Liling giggled while Katara and Sokka stared at the boy for a moment with blank expressions before glancing at each. Sokka lifted a finger and twirled it near his temple a clear sign saying that is crazy, Liling just shook her head and smacked the back of Sokka's head.
"Aang! " Liling cheered as Aang rode on the back of the elephant koi, "Go Aang!"
Liling giggled happily she felt like this was the kind of thing that they needed to do before continuing their journey. when she glanced up at the siblings and saw Katara watching Aang with wide eyes and an awed smile on her face while Sokka had a unimpressed look.
Aang laughed, clutching onto the back fin of the elephant koi and waved at the trio on the beach, smiling at them.
"Whoo!" Katara waved back at him as she and Liling continued to cheer him on, Momo jumping up and down between the two girls.
"He looks pretty good out there." Katara said "Is he always like this?"
"Yeah, back then we'd ride them together and had a ton of fun with our friends." Liling explained "Go Aang! "
"Are you kidding? The fish is doing all the work." Sokka muttered.
"Meanie."Liling muttered sticking her tongue out at sokka.
"No, Appa!" Katara cried out suddenly, pulling her attention away from Aang.
"Huh? Appa! Don't eat that! It's not food!" Liling yelled out she followed katara racing toward Appa.
Aang grinned widely over at the beach, hoping to catch a certain waterbenders attention only to pout when he saw her and Liling running around a small bend, while Sokka and Momo are on the beach to watch him ride the elephant koi.
"Aw, man."he said
Sokka's eyes widened and he saw a large shadow coming right up behind Aang and the elephant koi he was riding.
"There's something in the water!" He exclaimed, catching girls attention.
"What's wrong?" Katara asked as she and Liling ran to a stop beside sokka.
"Aang's in trouble."Sokka said
"AANG!" Liling screamed, rushing towards the edge of the shore. "AANG!"
"GET OUT OF THERE!" She and Katara yelled at the same time, both watching in horror as one of the other koi was suddenly dragged under the water.
"COME BACK HERE, AANG!" Sokka shouted, the three teens gesturing widely for Aang to come back to the shore.
"AANG, COME BACK RIGHT NOW YOU AIRHEAD!"Liling shouted waving at him to come back.
Aang lifted his hand to wave back only to be thrown from the koi when it suddenly flung backwards and was dragged into the water.
"AANG!" Liling screamed again as she watched him thrown into the water and then a massive grayish-purple fin appeared behind him, "GET OUT OF THE WATER RIGHT NOW! DON'T MAKE ME GO THERE!"
The trio watched as Aang turned to look at the thing casting a shadow over him, then he screamed and leapt up, practically running across the water as he darted towards the beach, the giant creature was just behind him.
Sokka yelled when Aang crashed into him, knocking him back into a tree. Liling and Katara exchanged worried looks and hurried to where Aang was pulling on his pants and Sokka was sprawled out in the snow against the tree they had crashed into.
"Holy smokes, Aang!" Liling gasped, immediately checking at him to see if he was okay, her eyes still wide with slightly panic, "Are you okay, Aang? You don't look hurt."
"I'm fine, Liling." Aang said
Liling looked him over one last time, she let out a sigh of relief then lightly smacked the back of his head.
"Ow!"Aang said clutching his head.
"That's for scaring me." Liling said
"What was that thing?" Katara asked
"I don't know." Aang said, pulling his shirt over his head.
"Well, let's not stick around to find out." Sokka muttered "Time to hit the road."
Liling yelped and raised her hands when a group of warriors suddenly surrounded them, one grabbing Sokka under his arms while another pulled Katara's hood over her face which distracted Aang enough for a third warrior to grab him by the collar of his shirt and another caught Momo in a drawstring sack. Liling reacted quickly dodging the hands that tried to grab her but she ran.
"Ah!" Liling grunted when one of the Warriors snuck up behind her.
Then they were tossed on the ground blindfolded, with their hands tied behind their backs and ropes keeping their arms trapped by their sides. Liling sigh and growled slightly, thinking of a way to get out.
"Or we could stay awhile." Sokka remarked with faint sarcasm.
"Yeah and they've even put on a warm welcome for us." Liling said sarcastically
"You three have some explaining to do." An old male voice said
"And if you don't answer our questions, we're throwing you back in the water with the unagi." A younger, female voice finished for the older man.
"Show yourselves cowards!" Sokka cried out.
"Who are you?" Sokka demanded once the blindfolds had been removed, "Where are the men who ambushed us?"
"There were no men," A girl with short auburn hair said Liling guessed that she was clearly the leader of the group pointing her finger at Sokka's face, "We ambushed you. Now tell us, who are you and what are you doing here?"
"Wait a second." Sokka snarked "There's no way a bunch of girls took us down."
"Sokka keep your big mouth shut." Liling mumbled as the leader of group stepped forward and grabbed the front of Sokka's parka.
"A bunch of girls, huh?" The girl snapped, "The unagi's going to eat well tonight."
"No, don't hurt him!" Katara quickly intervened "He didn't mean it. My brother's just an idiot sometimes."
"More like all the time, don't listen to him."Liling said "He's nuts."
Sokka frowned at the girl in front of him as she let him go, her expression flat and annoyed.
"It's my fault." Aang suddenly spoke up "I'm sorry we came here. I wanted to ride the elephant koi."
"How do we know you're not Fire Nation spies." The old man from before accused angrily and pointed his finger at the four, "Kyoshi stayed out of the war so far and we intend to keep it that way."
"This island is named for Kyoshi?" Aang asked looking over at the man, "I know Kyoshi!"
The old man scoffed, "How could you possibly know her? Avatar Kyoshi was born here four hundred years ago. She's been dead for centuries."
Aang looked up at the top of the pole they were tied to, you could see a wooden statue of Avatar Kyoshi was on top. Aang looked at the ground with a serene and he look at the old man.
"I know her because I'm the Avatar." He said
"That's impossible!" The redheaded girl snapped "The last Avatar was an Airbender who disappeared a hundred years ago."
"That's me." Aang stated, grinning slightly.
"Throw the imposter to the unagi." The old man ordered angrily then walked away.
The warriors advanced on the group, opening their metal fans as they surrounded the four.
"Aang, do some Airbending…" Katara muttered from the corner of her mouth.
Aang frowned for a moment then used Airbending to propel himself upward, snapping the rope on one arms of the Kyoshi statue, which he then flipped over and floated to the ground in front of Sokka, Katara, and Liling. The warriors and the old man, plus the villagers gasped and began murmuring to each other in awe as they all stared at Aang.
"It's true." The old man said in amazement, "You are the Avatar."
"Now, check this out." Aang said with a smirk as he whipped out his marbles and used his Airbending to make them spin between his hands, grinning over at the villagers.
The villagers cheered and laughed, one man going completely nuts and starting to foam at the mouth before passing out. Liling laughed lightly and moved her fingers making water appear and cutting the rope breaking free of the rope tying her, Katara, and Sokka to the pole.
Liling smiling at him happily while the villagers cheered and began running around, spreading the news that the Avatar was on Kyoshi Island.
Meanwhile with Zuko
"The Avatar is on Kyoshi Island?!" Zuko demanded as one of the crew members placed the fish he and his uncle were going to eat on the table, "Uncle, ready the rhinos. He's not getting away from me this time."
Iroh watched his nephew walk out of the room then he pointed to the fish in front of him, "Are you going to finish that?"
"I was going to save it for later!" Zuko snapped, snatching the dish and walking away, leaving Iroh to cross his arms and pout at the table.
Back with Aang and the others
"Alright, dessert for breakfast!" Aang cheered as he stuffed a pastry in his mouth, "These people sure know how to treat an Avatar."
"Um I shouldn't have sweets for breakfast...but it does look good." Liling said as she picked up one of the treats at the table.
Aang grinned at Liling before looking over at Katara and holding out one of the desserts he'd been eating, "Mm, Katara, you gotta try these."
Katara smiled and put the treat she'd been looking at down and took the dessert Aang held out to her, "Well, maybe just a bite."
Katara's eyes widening slightly and grinned, she picked up another treat from the table, while Momo stole another. Liling grinned happily, taking another treat.
"Sokka, what's your problem?" Aang asked, looking over at sokka, who was sitting on the floor with his back against the wall and his arms crossed over his chest, "Eat."
"Not hungry." Sokka snapped, pouting at the floor.
"But you're always hungry." Aang said
"He's just upset because a bunch of girls kicked his butt yesterday." Katara explained with a smug smile on her face.
"They totally whoop his butt."Liling said
"They snuck up on me!" Sokka protested
"Right." Katara said looking at her brother "And then they kicked your butt."
"Sneak attacks don't count!" Sokka snapped, jumping to his feet and walking out of the room, "Tie me up with rope, I'll show them a thing or two."
Liling snickered when he came back standing next to her and grabbed a couple of the desserts from the table.
"I'm not scared of any girls. Who do they think they are anyway?" He mumbled, then shoved one of the pastries in his mouth, "Mm, this is tasty."
'He's angry and hungry...hehe.' Liling thought 'Reminds me of Kuzon...'
"What's he so angry about?" Aang asked looking over at Katara as Sokka left the room, "It's great here. They're giving us the royal treatment."
"Hey, don't get too comfortable." Katara advised, "It's risky for us to stay in one place for very long."
"Yeah, I agree with Katara."Liling said
Aang pouted for a moment then grabbed another treat, a smile on his face, "I'm sure we'll be fine. Besides did you see how happy I'm making this town? They're even clean off that statue in my honor."
"Well, it's nice to see you excited about being the Avatar." Katara commented, looking off to the side, "I just hope it doesn't all go to your head."
"Katara's right, Don't let all of this go to your head." Liling said
"Come on, you two know me better than that. I'm just a simple monk." Aang stated with a serene smile as he got to his feet and leaned against the window.
Then the shrill girlish shouts of a group of the village girls came through the window, cheering for Aang. Aang blushed and a wide smile spread across his face while Katara crossed her arms and rolled her eyes in exasperation, then blew a raspberry when the screams got louder. Liling shook her head.
"Why do I feel like it's already happen..." Liling muttered and got up grabbing a few treats. "I'm gonna go out for a bit."
"Be careful."Katara said
Liling walked around the village trying to find a peaceful place to relax a bit, all day she saw Aang running around with the village girls and just as she feared, he started to show off in front of them, she didn't want to see it so she just left, she decided to see if she could earn some money for the day to buy the supplies they need. Most of the day she helped the villagers gather berries and vegetables that they grew. In exchange for her work they gave her some money or supplies for the journey.
"Thank you for helping me today." A kind old woman said
"No problem ma'am."Liling said carrying a giant basket in her back.
"I haven't seen anyone as enthusiastic for picking that much fruit before." She said
"I just got in the zone in the work, plush that fruit look really tasty."Liling said
"Just place it right here."The kind old woman said pointing at the empty spot.
"Yes, ma'am."Liling said placing the basket.
"Thank you again, now for your payment." Th elderly woman said taking out a small pouch giving it to Liling.
Liling smiled. "Thank you!" She said
After that she met up with katara to stock up for their journey. Aang appeared next to the two girls.
"Oh good!" Katara said with a smile as she picked up the jug full of vegetables and fruits, "Could you help me carry this back to the room? It's a little heavy."
Liling glanced at them while picking out a few more things.
"Actually, I can't right now." Aang said,
"What do you mean you can't?" Katara asked giving him a curious look.
"I promised the girls I'd give them a ride on Appa." Aang explained, smiling slightly, "Why don't you and Liling come with us? It'll be fun."
Katara turned back to the table of vegetables, picking up some cucumbers and placing them in the jug, "Watching you show off for a bunch of girls does not sound like fun. Right, Liling?"
"I don't wanna get involve in this."Liling said picking up a few oranges.
Katara huffed and picked up a couple of eggplants, dropping them in the jug. Aang looked at Liling in confusion for a moment before looking back at Katara.
"Well, neither does carrying your basket." Aang stated, pointing at the basket.
"It's not my basket." Katara snapped "These supplies are for our trip. I told you we have to leave Kyoshi soon."
"She's right, we can't stay here, we've gotta go."Liling said
"I don't wanna leave Kyoshi yet." Aang protested, "I can't put my finger on it but there's something I really like about this place."
Liling looked over at the group of giggling girls waiting a few feet behind Aang and face palmed at the situation, she looked Katara and Aang.
"What's taking you so long, Aangy?" One of the girls demanded, stomping her foot.
"Aangy?" Liling and Katara chorused, looking at Aang in disbelief as he smiled and waved at the girls behind him.
"Just a second, Coco." He called over to her then turned to face Katara again.
"Simple monk, huh?" Katara asked sarcastically, giving Aang an annoyed look, "I thought you promised Liling and me this Avatar stuff wouldn't go to your head."
"It didn't." Aang denied then a smug expression appeared on his young face, "You know what I think? You just don't want to come because you're jealous."
'Aang...you just dug yourself a grave...' Liling thought she groaned quietly and picked out a few apples.
"Jealous!?" Katara snapped indignantly, "Of what?"
"Jealous that we're having so much fun without you." Aang answered, ignoring that Liling was signaling him to shut up.
"That's ridiculous." Katara said as she placed more vegetables and fruits in the jug.
"It is a little ridiculous, but I understand." Aang agreed his hands clasped behind his back.
"Ugh!" Katara growled and hefted the basket into her arms." Come on, Liling how about you show me a few waterbending moves!"
Katara stomp away then looked back at Aang only to shake her head, when she saw the village girls pull him away. Liling sweatdropped at the situation and just let out a sigh and left to follow Katara.
Liling placed two bowls one in front of katara and one in front of herself, katara moved the small bowl with her hand while Liling moved the water shaping it in a ball of water then turning it into ice then back to a water ball. Katara watched closely at Lilings movements and tried to copy her actions.
"Katara, remember how the unagi almost got me yesterday?" Aang asked suddenly as he stepped into the room and rocked back and forth on his heels.
'I have a bad feeling about this...'Liling thought not liking how Aang started the conversation.
"Yeah." Katara answered without looking at him.
"Well, I'm gonna go ride it now." Aang said confidently, "It's gonna be real dangerous."
Liling stayed quiet and Looked at their reactions.
"Good for you." Katara commented as if she didn't care at all.
"I don't think it's a good idea Aang." Liling said
"You're not gonna stop me?" Aang asked confusedly.
"Nope. Have fun."Katara said
"I will." Aang said as he crossed his arms.
Liling just kept on playing with the water slightly glancing at her two friends.
"Great."she said
"I know it's great."he said
"Well I'm glad you know." She said
"I'm glad, you're glad." He said
"Good!"
"Fine!"
Liling watched as Aang paused in the doorway and look back at Katara then walked out. Katara wrapped her arms around herself and looked at the empty doorway, her expression concerned and full of worry.
'Seriously? Just gonna let him go?'Liling thought
She let out a sigh and got up. Katara looked at Liling giving her a curious look.
"Where are you going ?" Katara asked
"I'm gonna go and make sure that Aang doesn't become fish food and you're coming with me if you want to or not." Liling said, she dragged Katara out of the house and towards the beach.
"Man you guys acted just like I was with Kuzon."Liling said
"Who?"Katara asked
"He was one of our friends."Liling said "He acted like Aang when he wanted someone's attention, he's from the firenation whenever we visit him he'd give me some fireflakes and man those are good. One day he did the same thing that Aang did when I wasn't paying attention to him or when I was too busy doing chores, only instead of the koi fish it was on the back of a hogmonkey in the end He and I had to run across the village trying to get those hogmonkey's off out of there, course we got grounded for that."
Katara didn't say anything after what Liling said.
"Katara! Liling!" He exclaimed happily, "You guys showed up!"
"We wanted to make sure you were safe." Katara called back to him, her hands folded in front of her, "You really had me worried."
'Me? I thought it was we? Interesting...'Liling thought
"But back there you acted like you didn't care." Aang said with confusion
"I'm sorry," Katara apologized softly.
"Me too." Aang said "I did let all that attention go to my head. I was being a jerk."
"Well get out of the water before you catch a cold, you big jerk!" Katara shouted teasingly, causing Aang to grin at Katara.
"On my way!" He called back as he started swimming to shore.
'Yep it's almost like how me and Kuzon made up.'Liling thought 'Only difference is he's not being chased by a hogmonkey while I laughed.' She looked at aang then saw the unagi's huge fin heading straight for him. 'I think I jinxed it.'
"AANG! GET OUT OF THERE!" Liling shouted
"What?" Aang questioned only to yell as the water began to churn around him and he was suddenly lifted from the ocean on the back of unagi.
He screamed again when the head of giant eel appeared in front of him, looking down at where he was perched on its back. The unagi suddenly shot a jet of water from his mouth right at Aang, who was able to grab onto one of the spines on the unagi's back to keep from being blown back into the water.
"AANG!" The girls shrieked as the giant eel lunged at Aang who grabbed onto one its whiskers.
The unagi began to swing Aang around in an attempt to get him off.
"Hang on, Aang!" Katara cried out as she watched, Liling had a worried look and winced when the giant eel managed to fling Aang off his whisker and back into the water a few feet from shore.
"Aang!" Katara shouted, the two girls ran into the water.
The unagi dove under the water and swam towards the barely conscious Aang, appearing just as Katara and Liling reached him. Taking a deep breath, Katara and Liling shoved her hands forward and used their Waterbending to propel the teens back to the shore.
Liling groaned and slowly got up, watching the unagi blasts the rocks with water before swimming away.
Katara and Liling peeked over the rocks they were hiding behind and their eyes widened.
"Zuko!" Katara gasped when she saw the familiar warship.
"Not him again! I thought we lost him." Liling groaned then leapt to her feet she gathered her hair up in a bun, "Katara, try to wake up Aang, I'll go deal with Mr. Flames for brains."
"Wait!" Katara protested but it was useless, Liling used her bending to quickly surf through the water, getting to the village.
'I'm getting tired of this guy!'Liling thought hiding peering through her hiding place.
"I want the Avatar alive." Zuko ordered as he and some of his men leaving the ship on their rhinos, following the path that lead to the village.
'I gotta think fast on this.'Liling thought
"Come out, Avatar, you can't hide from me forever." Zuko shouted as he and his men stood in front of the main path into the village on their rhinos.
He narrowed his gold eyes as the villagers that had been peeking out of their windows ducked down out of site.
"Find him." The banished prince ordered and his soldiers rode into the quiet village.
Liling raced across the rooftops and found the Kyoshi Warriors, one of the Warriors tossed Liling a few fans, She ignored the other Fire Nation soldiers that the girls quickly ambushed, instead she focusing on their leader, who had hung back near the front of the village.
'I was having such a relaxing day until you came along!'Liling thought
Her eyes widened when she saw Suki leap towards Zuko after dodging his fire blasts only for her to be knocked by his rhino's tail after he had spun it around. Zuko sent a blast of fire at the downed girl and Liling cried out in relief when she saw Sokka dressed as a Kyoshi Warrior use a metal fan to block the fire sent at Suki.
Liling reacted fast by gathering the water from a nearby barrel blasting Zuko which knocked him off his rhino before he could shoot another fire blast at Sokka and Suki. She jumped landed on the roof again, she swiftly moved her hands around the air gathering water to put out the flames around the village.
"Argh!" Zuko snarled, pushing himself up onto his hands and swinging his feet around, sending an arc of fire from his feet at the three warriors surrounding him.
Suki was knocked back into one of the support beams of the house's overhanging and the second Kyoshi Warrior was thrown into the house, which was catching on fire. Zuko snarled again and began attacking the third warrior, kicking fire at her before swiping her feet out from under her.
"Nice try, Avatar, but these little girls can't save you!" Zuko shouted.
"Hey, you hot headed jerk!"Liling snapped
Zuko turned around and sneered when he saw the dark haired girl standing in front of him, "You again."
"You're a real jerk! You want the Avatar! You'll have to go through me!" The girl sneered as she shifted into a fighting stance.
"Fine." Zuko growled with a scowl and executed a spinning kick, a crescent of fire shooting from the bottom of his foot and right at Liling.
Liling jumped and flipped over the flames, she immediately shot water from her canteen at him.
Zuko snarled and placed his hands above his shoulders, pushing himself to his feet then he proceeded to launch fire blasts from his fists at Liling. He attacked relentlessly, barely giving her enough time to retaliate. She kept dodging his flames.
Liling yelped as she tripped and fell on her back after the scarred prince had sent a particularly powerful fire blast at her.
Zuko towered over her and sneered down at her, pulling his arm back to launch another volley of fire at her prone form. Liling stared up at him glaring at him. Zuko's eyes narrowed and grabbed Liling pulling her up. His eyes glanced at her head to toe, she struggled agaisnt him eventually pushing her against the wall his body pressing under hers.
"You're a real piece of work, you know that?"Zuko muttered
"So are you."Liling snapped both of then stared at eachother for a minute.
A voice suddenly rang out.
"Hey, Leave my friend alone!" Aang shouted from the end of the street, glaring at the older teen.
"Finally." Zuko hissed, turning away from Liling and sending to powerful fire blasts from his fists at Aang.
"Aang!" Liling shouted
Aang dodged the first fire blast and dispersed the second with his staff. Then Aang twirled his staff above his head and used it to carry him straight to Zuko.
Aang dodged the next blast of fire but his staff was knocked out of his hands in the process. Thinking quickly, Liling tossed the metal fans at Aang, he jumped away from the prince Using Airbending, Aang lifted the fans into his hands then straightened and began twisting his body in an intricate move which ended when he swung the two fans and sent a powerful gust of air at Zuko, causing him to go flying through the wall of the house behind him.
Seeing the destruction the fight was causing, Aang grabbed his staff and ran towards Liling.
"We gotta find Katara and Sokka." Aang said
Liling nodded the two raced down the street, Aang then used his staff gliding while Liling ran and held onto the glider carefully balancing him.
Liling felt tears gather in her eyes, she couldn't believe that the firenation soldiers did so much damage to the village, the nation that her father was proud of turned into this, she knew if he was alive he would feel ashamed about this as she and Aang flew over the burning village. She noticed Aang glance backwards and when she followed his gaze, She winced when she saw the statue of Kyoshi was on fire.
The two swooped back down to the street when they saw Katara entering into one of the houses that wasn't on fire. Liling snapped was keeping an eye out for Zuko and his soldiers.
"Look what I brought to this place." Aang said quietly
"It's not your fault." Katara said but Aang just shook his head.
"Yes, it is. These people got their town destroyed trying to protect me." He said
"Then let's get out of here." Katara suggested, "Zuko will leave Kyoshi to follow us. I know it feels wrong to run, but I think it's the only way."
"Katara's right, Aang." Liling piped in, glancing over her shoulder, "The Hot head jerk seems pretty obsessed with capturing you. If you go then he goes leaving the village alone."
Aang bowed his head and despondently agreed, "I'll call Appa."
After that Liling ran trying to look for Sokka and praying that she doesn't run into Zuko again. She ran until she finally found him. She saw Sokka kissing Suki and saying they're goodbyes.
"Come on, Loverboy! We gotta go!" Liling said grabbing the boy's hand and pulling him to where Aang and Katara were waiting on Appa.
The two climbed up the large sky bison's tail.
"Let's go!" Liling said she looked over the back of the saddle.
"Appa, yip-yip!" Aang called out, snapping Appa's reins and with a rumbling growl the sky bison jumped into the air, flying away from Kyoshi Island.
Zuko looked up and saw the Avatar's bison flying away and he whirled around, running back to his warship.
"Back to the ship!" He shouted his command to his soldiers over his shoulder, "Don't lose sight of them!
"I know it's hard, but you did the right thing." Katara said softly to Aang, comforting him the best she could, "Zuko would have destroyed the whole place if we stayed. They're gonna be okay, Aang."
Liling peered over the edge of ship, only listening to Katara's word with half an ear until the other girl's voice suddenly rose in pitch and she demanded what Aang was doing. Liling turned just as Aang jumped out, Liling mentally cursed herself as Aang dove into the water below them.
"Aang! I swear if you drown I'll bring you back to life and smack the living spirits out of you!" Liling shouted, getting ready to dive in after him but Sokka's arms wrapping around his middle kept her in the saddle.
"Sokka! Let me go!"Liling said
The three watched in disbelief and amazement as the unagi's head appeared above the water with hang clutching its whiskers like they were reins.
"Holy smokes Aang..…" Liling muttered, feeling awe, and disbelief as she watched Aang direct the unagi to shoot a jet of water from its mouth at the burning village, successfully putting out the fires and soaking the Fire Nation soldiers.
Liling, Katara, and Sokka watched as the unagi tossed his head back and Aang let go of its whiskers, flying through the air and back onto Appa's side.
"I know, I know that was stupid and dangerous." Aang said as he climbed in Appa's saddle.
"Yes, it was." Katara agreed with a slight smile on her face before she threw her arms around Aang and hugged him to her.
Aang gave a happy sigh and closed his eyes happily. A wide grin was on his face when the dark-haired girl pulled away, but the grin was quickly wiped from his face was Liling suddenly smacked the back of hishead.
"Ow!" The young boy yelped, turning to look at Liling with a pout, "What was that for?"
"That was for scaring me and doing something stupid." Liling snapped she then hugged him. "You did good Aang."
Aang chuckled.
"Yeah don't scare me ever again."Liling said "If not you'll end up like Kuzon."
"Not that! He had a hard time getting that sticky jelly off of him."Aang said
"I've still got those just in case."Liling said "But the important thing is that we're all okay and that you weren't fish food."
Katara, Sokka, Aang, and Liling looked at each other for a moment before they all simultaneously started laughing quietly as Appa flew towards the setting sun.
There you have it guys! Sorry it took so long I was super busy! Please leave a review and tell me what you think!