The bitter cold from the icy wind started to sink into Ai, it's been a few hours since she thawed, and she as yet to find civilization. The ice and snow was well past Ai's knees yet she pushed onwards.
Ai stopped and shiver as the gusting wind chilled her… she looked forward with a shiver, and saw a cave far in the distants. Ai closed her eyes, and concentrated… deep in her brain, something sparked, then again. Her eyes shot open, a burst of energy pushed al the snow within 5 feet away from her, as well as crack the ice under her.
Ai sprinted forward with blazing speed, leaving a trail of snow flying 30 feet into the air. Ai came up to the cave and slowed herself down to a normal sprint. Ai soon came to a walk, panting slightly after reaching the entrance.
'That took a lot out of me' thought Ai, holding her chest 'But it was necessary… i have shelter now'
A low growl got Ai to look over… her eyes widened.
'W-What is that thing' thought Ai
A large animal came out of the shadows, blood dripping down its maul and onto its flipper with extended claws. Its fur was white, except for where the blood was… and its shell was sleek and smooth, going down to its tiny back legs.
'It's a polar bear… but… a sea turtle?' thought Ai, she grit her teeth 'Ok, seriously… how much has changed'
A 2nd growl got Ai's attention, this time it was her stomach making the noise. Ai reached down and held it… the poor girl was starving. Ai looked up at the… Polar Bear Turtle, and licked her lips.
Ai pulled out a kunai, that was still in amazing shape for how long she's been frozen, and charged forward. The beast growled at her and attempted to bite her, but she vanished and all it bite was air.
The beast blinked in confusion, glancing around for her… then met its end as the blade was driven into the back of its skull. Ai stood up on the back of the shell and cracked her knuckles, and got to work… to use everything she could of this beast, for everything she can. Food, warm, and protection from the elements.
=== Water Tribe ===
"I can't believe Katara is taking a walk with that… air maker person" growled Sokka "What if he's dangerous"
"Now now, i know you're worried… but Katara can't be shelter from everyone that happens to come by the village" said the elderly lady
"No offence Gran-Gran... but every time someone 'happens' to come by the village… it's a raid, and people die" said Sokka "So excuse me, if i'm overly suspicious"
Gran-Gran nodded her head, but still smiled.
"I understand… you're her brother, and you want to keep her safe. But you have to give that boy a chance… Airbender are very peaceful, even when corner and threaten, they try to find the peaceful way out of it" said Gran-Gran
Sokka sighed, he rubbed his head.
"Yeah… i guess you're right" said Sokka, then crossed his arms "But i don't like that he doesn't like meat… i mean, come on"
=== Ai ===
Ai cover herself in the small about of fur the creature had given her. In front of her, the shell held some of the meat from the creature… after stress testing it, she figured it was about like steel. Ai reached out and took a bite of the small meat, the small fire under it spent from cooking it.
Ai moved the shell from the fire, then threw a small amount of meat on it. The fire blaze from the large amount of fat on the beast… one that gave Ai worry that she'd not get much nutrients from it.
But that wasn't on her mind at the moment, just straight up food was what she wanted. Ai plop some meat in her mouth and chew for moment. Her body trembled at the foulness of it, it was the most disgusting thing she ever ate..
Hell, Ai's been held captive by bandits before as some ransom, and the week old, maggot infested meat they gave her was much better than this. Ai shook her head, gagging in disgust… she didn't have a choice at the moment.
Ai resumed eating until she couldn't take the taste any longer… then threw the rest into the fire to keep her warm for the night. She looked out the cave entrance to see the storm raging on… she turned her back to it.
She closed her eyes… she opened them one last time, wondering to herself. Did they look for her? How long did they search. How did mother handle the news. How did the other handle it.
"Heh heh heh" came a laugh "What's wrong, do you miss your mommy"
Ai frowned, she let out a sigh.
"What do you want Fox?" said Ai
"Oh nothing, just thought I'd kick you while you're down" said the Fox
"Whatever" said Ai "I'm surprise you didn't interfere with my fight earlier. You could have really screw me over"
"As much as i'd love too, i told you… if you die, so do I" said the Fox "So i'm stuck with you" the fox chuckled "least till the seal weakens, and i break free"
"Never gonna happen" said Ai "My father will…"
"Will what? He's dead… and you're alone. I will break the seal and without someone there to fix it, it's just a matter of time" said the Fox laughing
Ai moved her hand to her stomach, dripping it as was where her seal was held. She gave it a small twist, a little twist her father added to the seal. The fox scream in pain as Ai's chakra chain wrapped around his neck and body, slamming him down.
"I'm gonna enjoy killing you" roared the Fox, the chains wrapped around his muzzle to silence him
"Goodnight" said Ai
=== Southern Tribe, Next Day ===
"Whoa! What is that?" said Aang
"Thats a fire nation war ship… And a very bad memory for my people" said Katara, holding her chest.
She glanced over to see Aang walking up to it without a care, she reached out and grabbed his shoulder.
"We're not allowed to go in there, we shouldn't even be this close to it" said Katara
"A bender has to let go of fear to succeed" said Aang
Katara froze for a moment, she tremble at the thought of what's in there.
"F-fine… but we have to be careful, there might still be traps in there" said Katara
Aang waved it off, not really listening
"Yeah yeah, carefull… carefull is my middle name." said Aang
The two venture closer toward the ship. Aang helping Katara to climb some of the blocks of ice that lay beside the ship and they crawl through a hole in the hull of the ship. The two walk through the silent rooms of the shipwreck. Some white hamsters roam the otherwise deserted ship. Aang enters a room stocked with weapons in various places.
Another room held a map of the world, sever area's circled and x'ed out on it. Katara held her hand to her mouth, as from what she could depicted from the map… it was a search for the avatar, ultimately leading to the death of so many southern waterbenders.
"I… I don't like this, i wanna leave" said Katara
"Aww come on, where's your sense of adventure" said Aang, looking back with a smile "This is fun"
"No it's not, I'm leaving… stay if you want" said Katara, turning to leave
"But Katara" wined Aang, grabbing her hand
"NO" said Katara "We shouldn't be in here" she held her head "I… I can't believe I let you talk me into it. My people have died because of the fire nation's attack, and now i'm in there ship… because you think it's fun"
Aang let go of Katara, shocked by what he had heard.
"Wait… why did the fire nation attack?" asked Aang
"Because they started a war" snapped Katara glaring at Aang
"War!? Wait… since when?" asked Aang
Katara let out a disgusted sigh, she turned away from Aang
"How freakin long were you in there… the war started over 100 years ago" said Katara "Same time the avatar went missiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii…."
Katara slowly looked back at Aang, who grinned sheepishly and waved.
"You" said Katara, pointing "Your the"
"Huh… surprise?" said Aang with shrugged.
Katara face twisted into anger.
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN" yelled Katara
"Uh… in ice i guess" said Aang
"HOW" yelled Katara, getting up in his face
"I… uh, ran away from home. Heh Heh… i didn't really want to be the avatar" said Aang
If her face could show anymore rage, it would. Katara growled as multiple veins bulge from her forehead. Her eyes twitched as her whole body show with unyielding rage.
"Now now, there no need to get angry" said Aang
"I'M NOT ANGRY… I'M PISSED" yelled Katara, she turned away and huffed "TAKE. ME. HOME. NOOOOOW"
Aang went to say something more, but Katara stormed off and exited the ship. Aang rubbed the back of his head, then looked down the hall… then were Katara went. Then looked back in the opposite direction, he figured she's already mad at him… so he might as well explore some more.
The moment Aang took a step, he tripped over a rope and hit the floor. Aang picked himself up and shook, clanking metal echo'd in the ship as the engines started. Aang sweat nervously and ran back to the exit, to which was locked.
Aang franticly banged on the door as the sounds grew loud.
"Uh… Katara, you still there?" asked Aang
"WHAT DID YOU DO" came Katara's voice
"Uh… i think i sprang a trap" said Aang
"What was that about your middle name being careful?" mocked Katara
"Yeah, ok, you're mad i get it" said Aang
"You could never 'GET' how mad i am" said Katara
"Ok, ok. Can you unlock the door" said Aang
"How? I'm on the outside" said Katara
A hissing got Aang to look back, his eyes nearly burst from his skull at the large about of explosive, that was slowly starting to get lit by the grinding gears.
"Uh-oh" said Aang
=== Ai ===
Ai draped the fur coat over her body, shell on her back, the wind was blowing again… but not as bad as the other night… or was it day. So hard to tell in the arctic.
FOOOOSH
KABOOOOOOM
Ai looked over to see a large flare and a cloud of smoke off in the distance. Ai perked up slightly, she moved forward till she rest the edge of a cliff not far from the cave. From there she could see the village and the ocean, but more importantly the village… people.
=== Village ===
Aang and Katara returned to the village, Aang slightly burnt from the explosion. Greeting them were the kids Aang made friends with… and there angry mothers, and Sokka.
"Can someone tell me what the hell that was" said Sokka
"Ask him" snapped Katara, walking towards her brother
"Whoa… whats got you worked up" said Sokka
"Ask. Him" said Katara gritting her teeth
"Uh… ok" said Sokka, turning to Aang, he pointed at Katara, then looked back "What's got her so upset"
Aang just grinned, trying to act innocent
"Huh… she's… on her period" said Aang
A snowball pelted Aang in the face, hard.
"Hey, that had a rock in it" cried Aang
"Aang and I ended up near the old war ship… i told him we should leave, but he used my dream of being a bender to trick me in. A bender has no fear, spirits why did i fall for that" said Katara holding her head "Anyway, after i left, after figuring out who he was… i guess he tripped a trap, sent up a flare, and nearly blew himself up"
"I knew it, i knew we should have kicked him out" said Sokka
"You were right… we should have" said Korra
"But no, you thought that was bad… that was cruel. He's another bender, he could teach me so much, he could... Wait." said Sokka, quickly turning to his sister "Did… did you just, did you say I was right?"
"Yeah… i did" said Katara
Sokka looked back at Aang, his face stone cold serious. He reached down and pulled out his machete.
"Ok, seriously… what happened" said Sokka, holding up the blade "Katara only agree with me when she's really pissed"
"Uh… heh, ha ha… uh" said Aang, stepping back "She… might have, figured out… that i'm Avatar"
"And" said Katara
"And… i ran from my duty" said Aang
"Because" said Katara
"I… didn't want to be… the avatar" said Aang, hanging his head
=== Ai ===
Ai scaled down the cliff slowly, careful to not slip and fall… or start a rock slide. Or in this case ice slide… avalanche?
GU GU GU KYURURU KU KU KU
Ai's hand shot to her mouth, her stomach let out another gurgle. Ai slide down the cliff as fast as she could, she got to the ground and took off running to a ice boulder.
"BLEEEEEEEEEEEECH" vomited Ai, then began to whimper "Mommy, it burns… it, BLEEEEEEEEEEECH"
=== Village ===
"Get out of the village" spat Katara
"Isn't that my line?" said Sokka
"Katara, please… i'm sorry" said Aang
Katara turned her head, letting out a humpth.
"Yeah, i don't think she want to see you, let alone talk to you" said Sokka "Now get out of here, go back to your temple"
Katara opened her eyes slightly, then reached over and tapped her brother shoulder.
"Uh… Sokka" said Katara
"To late to change your mind Katara" said Sokka
"Not what i wanted" said Katara
"Then what do you" started Sokka, turning to see Zuko and his small battalion "Crap baskets"
"I am prince Zuko… and i am looking for the avatar" said Zuko "Any info would be"
"Right here" said Katara, pointing at Aang "Take him and be on your way"
Zuko blinked, he looked over at Aang… who just waved back, he glance over at Katara.
"You take me for a fool" said Zuko "That's not the avatar"
Katara blinked in confusion
"What, but… he has to be" said Katara "The light he admitted after being freed from his icy prison was prove of his strength" she looked at her brother "Tell them Sokka"
"It's true.. Big pillar of light, you didn't see it?" said Sokka
"No" said Zuko "Stop stalling, where is she… where is the avatar"
"HE is right here… he's been frozen for a 100 years, before the war, about the time the avatar went missing" said Katara
"Do you take me for a fool, he is not the avatar" said Zuko
"YES HE IS YOU JACKASS" screamed Katara
Zuko grit his teeth, he trusted his fist forward, sending out a fireball. The fireball bared forward and past Aang. Sokka pushed his sister out of the way, sadly putting him in harm's way without any means to dodge.
Sokka closed his eyes, awaiting either a nasty burn, or his death… and be it death, least he was able to protect his sister. Katara swung out her arm, tears in her eyes.
"SOKKA" cried Katara
The fireball hit, creating an explosion, smoking filled the area. Katara fell to her knees crying, morning… she turned to Aang in rage.
"This is all your fault" yelled Katara "My brother is dead because of you"
"I… I'm sorry" said Aang
"Uh… actually, i'm ok… somehow" said Sokka from the smoke screen
Katara looked over, the smoke fade revealing Sokka on his feet… and in front of him a figure draped in a white fur, holding up a large turtle shell as a shield.
"Hmm, i was right… i does make a good shield" said Ai, lowering the shield
"We found her" yelled Zuko
"Hmm?" said Ai, looking up… her eyes widened, throwing the shield down "Aagh! Son of a... That burns!"
Ai swung her arms back and forth through the air to cool them down.
Finally realizing exactly what was all around her, she crouched down and plopped her hands down into the snow, a relaxed sigh escaping her lips as her hands went from their previously blazing red to a cooled down, normal hue for her skin.
As steam rose from the melted snow beneath Ai's fingertips, the banished Prince of the Fire Nation sat there, his scarred eye twitching as he watched Ai's comical expressions.
"Are you done?" asked Zuko.
"One moment." said Ai as she let her hands soak, pulling them out before sighing again. "Okay, all better."
"Good. You're coming with me Avatar!" shouted Zuko.
But before Ai could reply, a snowball pelted him in the face, covering his scarred eye. A silent way of saying 'Screw you, what did they just say?!' from one of the village children. Needless to say, Zuko was not amused. The snow melted off of his eye almost instantly as he growled. Finding that he had said enough, Zuko shot a ball of fire towards Ai, who stomped on the edge of the shell from earlier, getting it to flip in the air before blocking the fire blast.
"Someone's on their period." said Ai said, getting a snicker from Aang, who received a deathly glare from Katara.
Ai kicked the inside of the shell, sending it towards Zuko and the battalion of Fire nation soldiers. The young prince jumped over the shell, while the soldiers who seemed unable to move just sat there, being knocked over like bowling pins to a flying bowling ball. Zuko landed on the snow as his lackeys either remained on the ground, or stood up for more cannon fodder punishment.
Zuko took a deep breath and got ready for what was in store, only for a loud chomp to be heard, getting the attention of everyone in both the Fire Nation Battalion, and the Southern Water Tribe. The meat shields known as foot soldiers stood to the side to reveal an elder man sitting at table that he pulled off of the Fire Nation's fleet ship. In front of that man was a roast duck, which he tore into without any worries. It wasn't until he felt the eyes of everyone else on him that he looked up, in the middle of taking another bite out of the roast duck.
"What? It's really good duck!" came the voice of Iroh, the uncle of Zuko.
The smell of Roast Duck soon traveled to Ai's nose. Under any other circumstances, it would have smelled like heaven. However, after the 'food' that she had to resort to eating earlier…Not so much. A loud growl came from Ai's stomach as she hunched over, running behind one of the Water Tribe houses. Iroh looked to Zuko, taking another bite and talking with his mouth full.
"Zuko, you aren't ready to face the avatar. Fighting here will only end badly for you, trust me." warned Iroh. "There's an old saying. Picking a tea leaf before it's ready to bloom will only get you bad tea."
"Uncle, what could that possibly have to do with the avatar?" asked Zuko, his good eye twitching.
"I never said it had to deal with the avatar, did I?" said Iroh, only for Zuko to turn around to look at his uncle.
"Maybe if you got off your lazy ass and helped me train more you wouldn't be so blind old man! I'm more than ready to take down the avatar!" shouted Zuko, getting a sigh from Iroh.
Seemed he already forgot the beating that he had from earlier. Said man simply waved his hand to Zuko, as if saying 'Go ahead'. And with no one stopping him, that's exactly what Zuko did. Or would have done. There was still one problem.
"BLEEEEECH! Ah…oh god…mommy make it sto-BLEEEEECH! AUCK!" came Ai's shouts from behind one of the houses.
"My house!" shouted one of the locals before they passed out.
Zuko growled to himself before he saw Ai walk back over to the crowd.
"Okay. Okay I'm good." said Ai, holding her hand up as to say that she would be fine.
Something that they all doubted at this point in time. But none of them were gonna try and see if she was better. And risk getting puked on.
With no words, Zuko cracked his knuckles and popped his neck, a sign that he had enough of everyone's shit.
"Boy that sounded good." said One of the foot soldiers. "Now I have to do my neck." The foot soldier then tried popping his neck, but a large 'crack' was heard instead. "GAHAAH! MY NECK!" And with that, there was one less usable meat shield in Zuko's battalion.
With no regards for his own safety or the safety of those around him, Zuko charged at Ai, war cry out in the open as he jumped into the air. A few quick punches towards Ai and there were fire bullets coming at her from all angles. Being the skilled fighter she was, Ai kicked the turtle shell aside for the moment and jumped back to avoid being roast duck. She narrowed her eyes and observed the way Zuko sent his flames out towards her.
Ai jumped back to avoid the initial wave of fireballs, then jumped away from the village to dodge the rest. Once she saw that he was simply throwing whatever he had at her, she started thinking of a strategy to fight him. She started weaving a few hand signs and took a deep breath, only for her stomach to remind her how much pain she was in, getting the avatar to groan and hunch over.
"Why couldn't I have just had the maggot mystery meat instead?" she asked herself before jumping again to dodge Zuko's bursts of fire.
Once she decided that enough was enough, she went on the offensive, slamming her hands into the ground after weaving a few hand signs. A trail of ice spikes erupted from in front of Ai, making its way towards Zuko.
The prince sent arcs of fire towards the ice, but it did little to nothing. Soon, Zuko found himself jumping out of the way of getting skewered by the ice. The rigid frozen pillars continued to follow Zuko wherever he went. He decided to stop jumping away and ran straight towards the ice, jumping over it. He landed on the soft edges of the ice, sliding down towards Ai.
Ai slammed her hand against one of the smooth edges of one of the ice spikes in front of her, and the ice started changing direction, shooting out of the already standing ice. Zuko had to spin himself in midair to keep from being injured from the ice, continuing his assault towards Ai. Even though he was angrier than ever, he seemed to be a bit more cautious of Ai this time around. Just a bit though.
Ai jumped back as Zuko slammed into the ground where she used to be. Zuko then went in towards Ai, thrusting his fists forward to try and at least singe her at this point in time. Ai was nimble enough to dodge all of the punches that Zuko threw at her, or simply deflect them using Taijutsu. She was doing pretty well, until she started to actually feel some of the heat from Zuko's fire. That didn't bode well.
Ai gulped to try and keep down the feeling that was slowly crawling its way out of her stomach to her gag reflex. However, she just couldn't keep it from stopping. She made one misstep and gave Zuko an opening, which he took without hesitation. Zuko swung his legs from one roundhouse kick to another, streams of fire leaving his body.
Ai was in such pain that she had to concentrate solely on dodging Zuko's arcs of fire. Normally not a hard task, and still not incredibly difficult, but having a stomach that felt like a smelter did bring her down a bit.
Once Zuko saw Ai jump to her side, he ran at her, his arm pulled back to strike. Within seconds, Zuko had nailed Ai in the stomach, something that no one, not even Iroh, was expecting. Zuko was so caught up in his triumph at gaining a single hit in that he was about to start ranting again. And then…it happened.
"BLEEEEEECH!" Ai had projectile vomit shoot out of her mouth, and directly onto the prince. There were chunks of Polar Bear-Turtle meat along the thick sludge that was a mixture of Ai's stomach acids, fat, saliva, and god only knows what else. In mere seconds, Zuko's entire head, front back and sides, was covered to the point where he looked like some sort of deformed mannequin. The Prince froze as Ai let out her stream of puke, stopping after a few seconds before she groaned and stumbled away from the scarred teenager.
"I told you it wouldn't end well for you!" said Iroh with a heartily laugh. "You should learn to listen to your uncle once in a lifetime."
"I kind of feel bad for the guy. And that's a first for me. Eh, I'll get over it." said Sokka as he watched Ai walk a few meters back.
"HEEEHEHELP MEEEE!" Came the voice of the one guard who was still hunched over with a snapped neck.
Ai groaned a bit and wiped some of the snow onto her lips to cleanse her lips from any leftover vomit that might have stuck around, looking over to Zuko.
"That slightly, SLIGHTLY made this stomach pain a little better. Slightly." said Ai, who couldn't stress that word enough.
Steam started to rise from the puke on Zuko's head, and it started to harden before becoming sort of a chrysalis around his head. The hardened amalgamation shell then started to crack before it fell off of Zuko in hardened chunks, hitting the snow beneath him.
Zuko's eyes were full of two things. Embarrassment, and rage. And that was definitely not a good combo for the prince of fire at the moment. With shit thrown to the fan, Zuko ran at Ai, twisting his body before throwing his fist forward. Whether it was from rage or determination, his flames became larger than normal. They shot towards Ai like small meteorites, faster than they were a second ago.
Ai started to weave her hand signs before slamming them into the ground. A small rumble made itself present in the snow before four bursts of snow and ice stopped the fire from coming any closer. Four wolves of ice landed in front of Ai, while said avatar slowly stood to her feet again. The wolves all charged at Zuko, who was able to keep his cool for once, despite being angrier than ever.
Zuko summoned two knives of fire to his hands as he side-stepped to avoid being torn to shreds by the ice wolves. He swung his arms to slice his blades of fire into the ice wolves, though it didn't do a lot. It kept the wolves at bay enough to let him catch his breath, which was more than Ai could say. After seeing an opening, Zuko dashed at Ai, dissipating his blades of fire and pulling his fist back before punching the air towards Ai, a swathe of flame wrapping around his arm like a snake before charging towards Ai.
The Avatar stepped to the side to avoid the fire, and landed on the inside of the shell from earlier. She connected small, barely visible chakra strings to the wolves, having them run circles around Zuko, effectively pulling her like a sleigh. Ai kept her balance as she used the Polar Bear-Turtle shell as a sort of snowboard.
Zuko started to fire at Ai, thrusting his hands towards her as he repeatedly tried to strike her. Whether he was aiming at the wolves or Ai herself, he couldn't land a hit.
"I don't understand, why can't he hit her?" asked Aang, sitting in the snow as he watched the fight.
Sokka opened his mouth to answer, only to be interrupted by Katara.
"Because he keeps aiming where she is, instead of where she's gonna be. Dumbass." growled Katara, getting Aang to effectively go quiet.
Ai severed her chakra strings from the wolves and slid towards Zuko on the large shell. Zuko raised his leg and kicked towards Ai, sending a horizontal pillar of fire towards her. Ai stomped on the shell, flipping both herself and it through the air so that the outer portion blocked the fire, both of them flying forward for a few seconds. Ai spun in the air and kicked the shell forward, making Zuko dodge the heated shell.
It was then that the bowling pins were knocked over by the shell, and another crack was heard. Once the soldiers got up, one of them started jumping around. "I can move again! I CAN MOVE AGAIN!"
The wolves had been waiting for a chance to jump at Zuko, and that chance was after he dodged the shell, throwing his footing off. The wolves moved in and bit Zuko in multiple places, his legs, and arms mostly, in an attempt to pull him to the snow. Zuko fell to a knee as the sharp ice pierced his skin, but didn't give in. Instead, he swung his arms and flung the wolves off as if they were puppies, doing the same with his legs.
After the wolves hit the snow, they shattered into piles of ice, leaving Ai on her own again, not that she would be in incredible danger. She smirked at Zuko, rolling her shoulders.
"That all you got, ponyboy?" asked Ai.
However, she soon fell to her knees when a very loud rumble was heard from her stomach. Before she had time to let out another splatter of puke, Zuko charged, and took the opportunity of weakness to kick Ai in the face, sending her flying a few feet back.
Zuko gave Ai no time to calm down however. Once she hit the ground, he followed up by blasting the ground around her with strong punches of fire. Luckily his aim was off when he was as angry as he was, so while he missed Ai's body, the kinetic force of the fire hitting so close was still enough to push her back, like a kick to keep her rolling.
Ai pushed herself up from the snowy ground only for Zuko to swing at her. However, she caught his palm with her own, and grabbed Zuko's arms before she jumped up and kneed him in the chin. Being the nimble person she was, Ai quickly flipped in the air, and double-kicked Zuko's chest, sending the prince rolling a few yards out of her way.
Zuko quickly bounced off of the snow to charge at Ai again, who went on the defensive and started blocking the strikes that he sent her way, deflecting the fire that he shot at close range, or simply stepping to the side to avoid it. Ai weaved a few hand signs of her own before she took a breath, not extremely deep like last time, but a strong breath nonetheless. She tilted her head back before breathing a wave of fire towards Zuko, who growled at the large wave heading towards him.
Seeing that he could do nothing to dodge the fire, Zuko turned and ran, but not in a random direction. He ran towards the large ice spikes that were still present from where Ai had tried to repeatedly stab him. Zuko ran up the spikes, jumping from one to another, higher and higher, as the flame wave approached. Once he was high enough, Zuko jumped directly over the flame, which soon dissipated once it missed its target.
Jumping high into the air above Ai, Zuko threw his arms down at the avatar, a blast of fire shooting from his palms and towards the incredible avatar beneath. Ai narrowed her eyes and slammed her hands into the ground as a pillar of ice shot up, protecting her from the blast of fire. Zuko landed on top of the ice pillar and jumped in an arc over Ai, repeatedly sending fireball after fireball towards her. Ai was able to easily deflect the fire, keeping her ground as her back was against the pillar of ice.
Zuko landed on the snow and spun, swinging his leg in an arc to send a wave of fire at Ai, who ducked and jumped out of the way. Zuko chased after Ai, repeatedly sending arcs of fire towards her with each spin of his legs, something that Ai took note of. She took a few deep breaths and wiped her brow before she ducked under one of Zuko's kicks, tripping his leg from under him before she grabbed the other, throwing him over her shoulder.
Ai had enough time to gather her bearings, putting her stomach pain aside for a second, not wanting it to bring her down any longer, not that she could really help that. Ai weaved a few more hand signs before slapping her hands together. Lightning coursed around her palms before she pulled them apart, both of her hands swathed in lightning chakra.
Iroh widened his eyes at this. The Avatar was shown to be proficient, hell advanced in two of the elements already, and the fact that she could immediately use lightning without trying was a feat to be fearful of.
"Zuko!" shouted Iroh as he stood to his feet quickly. "Get out of there! You aren't ready to face the Avatar!"
Iroh sounded much more serious than normal. However, Zuko just wasn't having it. After the embarrassment that he had just experienced, he wasn't walking away without the avatar.
"Zuko! Lightning is a master's form of Fire! You do not stand a chance against it at this time!" said Iroh as he looked on in concern.
Zuko propped himself up out of the snow, wiping some of the cold substance from his armor before he ran at Ai, ignoring his uncle's warnings as he sent waves of fire towards the avatar. Ai stepped repeatedly to the side as she came closer and closer to Zuko. Once they were close enough, Zuko swung his leg towards Ai, who blocked with one of the lightning-cloaked palms, and effectively stopped Zuko from throwing another kick.
"I think we're about done here." said Ai as she suddenly knelt down.
Zuko widened his eyes as Ai brought her foot up to Zuko's chin, strong enough to send the teenager flying into the sky. Ai weaved her hands together again and summoned nine clones of ice, all of which jumped into the air around Zuko, each one jumping higher than the last.
Ai joined her clones by jumping up as well, the first clone caught Ai before tossing her towards Zuko. Ai's hands left a trail of lightning behind her as she struck Zuko, and was caught by her second clone. Said clone did exactly the same thing, tossing Ai towards the prince again, and another trail of lightning following the avatar. With each strike, Zuko was knocked higher and higher, until the last clone threw Ai higher than the rest, so that she was directly above Zuko, both hands pulled back.
"Lightning Blade: Twin Lightning Shiver!" shouted Ai as she shot down towards Zuko, slamming her palms into his gut, dashing down towards the snow with Zuko taking the blunt force of hitting the ground. As she did this, the final streak of lightning cut the rest down the middle, effectively making the lightning dissipate, as the clones returned to ice.
Ai smirked as she removed her hands from Zuko's gut, standing triumphantly over him. Thanks to the snow, Zuko's body hadn't exploded upon contact with the ground, but he was stuck pretty deep inside. However, Ai couldn't enjoy her victory for too long. Seconds later, there was another loud growl coming from her stomach.
Ai hunched over as if someone had just punched her in the gut. Zuko groaned and opened his eyes, only to widen them. Before he could even say something, Ai let her acidic floodgates open. In other words, she puked, once again, over Zuko. This time, there was no form of fighting.
Once Ai was finished puking her guts out, she groaned and looked over to the only other useful member of the Fire Nation Battalion.
"Uh…this is yours, right?" asked Ai, pointing down at Zuko.
Iroh sighed and rubbed his temple.
"I'm going to need more roast duck." said Iroh as he stroked his beard.
With a movement of his hand the soldiers ran up, sealed his wound by burning it close, then lifted him away to the ship. Iroh glance over at Ai, who just gave him a blanket stare.
"I warned you" said Ai
Iroh turned away and board the ship, the door closed an sailed away. Cheering soon erupted from the water tribe, getting Ai to look over.
"Hooray, the avatar has returned" cheer Gran-Gran
"But… i am the avatar" said Aang
"Only the avatar can bend more than one element, she was using… Ice and Lightning?" said Katara, rubbing her chin "That old man said Lightning was a master form of fire… so ice, would be water"
"Makes sense" said Sokka
"Ok, yes… i know, but i'm telling you i'm the avatar" said Aang
"Stop it already, she's the avatar" said Katara gesturing to Ai, who was next to Katara
"Uh… question" said Ai, holding up a finger
Katara looked over at Ai, well… more like slightly down as Ai was younger then her… younger then Aang.
"Yes?" asked Katara
"The fucks a Avatar?" asked Ai