Days had past scene Ai had gone 4 tails, and she had be very quiet since then. She only spoke when needed, or if spoken too.
The group were on the ground as of now, riding Appa… with Sokka on Balto, much to his disliking, traveling towards Omashu. Of course Aang complained the whole time, but everyone tuned it out.
The desert air was hot, not the sand was hotter. Appa refused to fly due to the heat in the air, but wasn't much happier about the burning sand, nor was Balto.
"How long before we reach the next town, I'm getting sleepy?" asked Sokka.
Balto retorted with a growl
"Sleepy is different from lazy!" snapped Sokka
Ai was trying to concentrate reading the map they had, though reality she was caught in her thoughts about what happened at Fong's base, she went out of control due to his trick and would have mowed down everyone if Katara hadn't stopped her, she might have even killed the others too.
She decided not to dwell on it, but it that memory kept creeping back from the dark, She looked over at Katara and sees the bandages around where she bit her and feels bile rise up within her.
Ai looks up at Katara and gets her attention.
"Katara." said Ai
Katara immediately snapped out of her own thoughts to answer Ai.
"Yeah Ai, something wrong?" asked Katara. Ai wanted to shake her head but she believed she'd be lying if she did and just answered.
"It's been a few days since I bit you, is the mark healing okay, does it hurt?" asked Ai. Katara blushed a little seeing Ai's concern for her, the memory of her biting caused her to quickly touch her neck.
"No I'm fine, it stopped hurting." said Katara.
"Good, I'm happy your okay." said Ai almost desperately.
Katara wondered if Ai was okay, she seemed to act a bit more distant, she could quickly surmise that it was due to her biting her. As much as Katara would believe giving Ai space would help she couldn't help but gravitate toward her. The memory of her kissing Ai wasn't helpful either.
"Does-Does she remember me kissing her?" thought Katara blushing as red as a tomato.
She looked down at Ai and saw her putting the map away and tried to hold her hand but Ai quickly pointed a head of then causing Katara to see they were coming up on a small town at the end of the path.
"Over there." said Ai loud enough for the whole group to hear. They all saw the town up ahead and each of them sighed in relief
"Thank god!" said Sokka who starts to jog so to reach the town faster.
"I wonder if they have somewhere we can stay for the night." said Suki, walking faster with Smellerbee following behind her, the three run past Katara and Ai and going on ahead.
Soon they found themself just outside the village of Ishval, needing supplies, they planned to stock up on some. From some rumors they got from travelers and merchants leaving the village, it was still returning to its former glory.
As the gang entered the market, Aang looked around. Noting how different it looked… stone building everywhere… the other went to stand that had something the peaked their interest. As Katara was talking to the merchant, buying various foods... Ai's eyes wander around the market place… soon seeing something that peak her interest.
Sokka was also in search of food… meat to be precise, lots of meat. Stopping at the butcher he was buying what he could with what they had. Balto right behind him, drooling at the smell of the meat getting slightly baked in the sun. Balto nudged Sokka, getting him to glance back… seeing his hungry eyes.
Sokka looked forward to the merchant.
"I noticed your meats all boneless… what do you do with them?" asked Sokka
The merchant looked up as his butchers knife came down on a slab of meat, noticing the drooling Polar Bear Wolf, inching closer to the stand. He reached down and pulled out a massive bone… getting Balto to drool more, then tossed it at him.
Balto teeth sank into it and he dropped down, gnawing at it.
"I keep them for just this case… no charge" said the butcher.
Suki was getting needed tools for hunting, Smellerbee not far from her. Suki smiled as she just haggled the price down… as she put away her tool she noticed Smellerbee, licking her crotch.
Oh come on, Smellerbee. Stop licking your crotch out in public." yelled Suki.
"Crotch itchy. Wet Crotch. Lick crotch." said Smellerbee.
Aang too was looking around for his own odds and ends. Soon finding Ai, holding a red rubber ball… staring at group of dolls. Aang stopped and looked at them… counting nine in total, each with a different number of tails… or wings in the case of one, and tentical for the other.
One seemed to draw Aang's eye… a sandy yellow, with blue stripes… Raccoon-Dog. Aang picked up the fat little toy and looked at it.
"It feels… rough, like they used a strang fabric for it." said Aang, turning it to face him, his thumb poking its eye
"GAHHHHHHHHHH" screamed the Raccoon-Dog
"AHHHHHH" screamed Aang
"GRAAAAAHAAAAHAAAA" screamed the Raccoon-Dog
"GAWWWAHHAAAAAAA" screamed Aang
"..." said the Raccoon-Dog
"..." said Aang
"GWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" screamed the Raccoon-Dog
"AHHHHHHHHH" screamed Aang, throwing the 'creature' into the air
"AIR BULLET" screamed the beast, slamming its chest
A pressure bullet hit Aang, knocking him to the ground, and into another stand as the creature ran off into the desert. The group had all turned when they heard the scream… and witnessed what had happened.
Sokka scratched his head
"Did Aang… just get beat by a Air… Dog-Raccoon" said Sokka
Aang looked up with a groin, as a large cabbage fell on his head and shattered
"MY CABBAGES" cried the merchant
When Ai and the others make it further into Ishval they notice that some of the buildings and properties were recently destroyed and were now being fixed, somehow no one was deterred by this. Kids were playing in the streets laughing and staring in awe at the groups animals, some adults as well glanced over thought out there shopping.
"What's happened here, a tornado?" asked Suki.
"Nobody seems upset about it, but... somehow I don't feel as safe here." said Katara.
As they walked around looking for a place to stay, a person pushed through the group with a sword at zim side.
"'Scuse me." grunted zie annoyed
The group looked at zim not because zie had angered them, it was because of zis abnormal appearance; zie had long spiky hair that seemed to spread out in a somewhat tidy fashion. Jet-black small leather shirt that only covered zis torso and left the belly exposed, tight black shorts that failed to conceal zir thighs and zie had a feminine yet muscular structure. When the stranger walked off Katara took not of zim.
"He seemed rude." said Katara annoyed.
"Ass." said Suki.
Smellerbee tugged on Katara and Suki's clothes
"'Scuse me, 'scuse me!" said Smellerbee.
Katara and Suki noted that zie did ask them to move but zie was still rude. For some reason a group of kids ran past them laughing and giggling not caring who they ran over and crowd the stranger.
"Apparently popular too." said Suki.
As the group were about to walk away they noticed that Ai and Sokka were both still looking at zim. Balto bit and Sokka's hind leg making him jump.
"Ouch, what was that for!" yelled Sokka.
"Whats wrong with you, your staring that the punk who bumped us and your fucking drooling." said Suki.
"What's wrong, look at her, she's gorgeous!" yelled Sokka, like and idiot.
Smellerbee looks at Sokka strangely and points that the stranger.
"Gorgeous?" repeated Smellerbee.
Sokka picked Smellerbee up and shook her.
"YES, INCREDIBLY SEDUCTIVELY GORGEOUS!" yelled Sokka.
Balto shook his head at this.
Katara groaned at her older brother's screaming and looked at Ai as she stared at this person who they didn't know and taps her shoulder. Ai snapped out of her thoughts.
"That one, the one with the sword." said Ai pointing at the stranger now surrounded by a group of fan.
"Someone you know?" asked Katara.
"I-I think." said Ai unsure.
They found a small hotel where they could stay, they didn't have a large room for them so they would have to squeeze in together. They had all put their large items in the room and had paid for it, but AI needed something else, the name of the person they saw. Ai was currently speaking with the hotel's owner with everyone nearby due to her concern.
"Sir, can I ask you something?" asked Ai
"Huh what is it?" he asked.
"There's someone who dressing weirdly, has spike hair-" started Ai
The owner interrupts knowing who Ai was speaking of,
"Oh, curious about Hohenheim aren't you little girl." said the owner Heartily.
"Hohenheim?" asked Katara.
"That can't be right." uttered Ai.
"That's zir name" he points at Katara and Suki "assume you two are fangirls, sending your little sister to see if zie's married." said the Owner jokingly.
Before Katara could express her disgust Sokka pushes her and Suki to the side.
"I-Is she married or anything, Hohenheim?" asked Sokka.
"Nope, haven't seen zir around anyone's arm." said the owner.
"Yes!" yelled Sokka, He then looked at the group and felt a little embarrassed.
Ai moves him aside to get more information.
"Okay so what does Hohenheim do and where is Hohenheim from. " asked AI.
"Ah, never asked, where Hohenheim is from, but what zie does if be a hero!" said the owner with pride.
"Hero?" asked Suki.
"Yep, some fire nation soldiers tried to make a base here, nasty bunch!" said the owner.
"Hohenheim took them all on alone, didn't zie?" asked Ai
Everyone was a bit perplexed and worried that Ai would come to this conclusion. The owner however smiles hearing this and points at AI.
"Smart tike, took them on all on zir own, zie was like a hurricane!" said the owner.
Not wanting to keep anything in Katara immediately asks.
"Ai, do you know Hohemheim?" asked Katara.
Ai was about to answer, when someone violent and stupid interrupts with their loud voice.
"Hey, give us your money!"
"What the hell" uttered AI annoyed
They go outside and see a large group of two-bit thugs, armed to the teeth, some of them holding people hostage.
"Unless you want a blood bath, give up all the money you have in this town!" yelled the big burly leader.
However rather than feeling urgency and tenseness in the situation Ai, Katara, Suki, Smellerbee, Sokka and Balto were merely annoyed with all of this.
"Bullshit, put them down." said Ai exhausted.
She then quickly moved around snatching the hostages away from the bandits, in a flash she and half of the hostages were safely by the motel. The bandits are all shocked and frightened by this and even more shocking was that Hohenheim had taken the other half of the hostages and the thug's weapons.
"N-No way!" yelled the leader.
"Take them out." said Ai to the others.
=== minutes later ===
In a matter of moments the entire band of bandits were driven out with little to no effort, so much little effort that the author decided not to write it. All of the villagers cheered and thanked the others for saving them.
"Thank you so much!"
"Your all heroes!"
"What a nice doggy."
"Your weird!"
Ai and the others had to beat the admirers off with a stick, but as they did Ai noticed that Hohenheim was ignoring zis and coming over to talk to them.
"Hey, Hohenheim is walking over here." said Ai.
The group noticed this and Sokka braced himself and began to tidy his body up.
"What's zie want, another 'scuse me?" asked Suki.
"Well zie did help and is a hero." said Katara.
When the crown finally dispersed Hohenheim reached them and spoke to Ai.
"Not bad pipsqueak, you and your crew are stronger than you look." said Hohenheim.
Ai felt a bit strange being called pipsqueak… it seemed, familiar. Before she could ask anything Sokka snuck up in front of Ai much to her annoyance.
"Thanks, I train a lot so guys like these are chumps." said Sokka who was almost flexing his bar arms.
"Right, you brag but it looks deserved, your a better hand to hand fighter than most of the guys I know." said Hohenheim a bit uncomfortable.
Sokka blushed, but before he could babble like an idiot Suki pushed him out of the way and introduced herself.
"Don't mind him, or speak to him when he's like that." said Suki.
She then put her hand to her chest.
"I'm Suki, former leader of Kyoshi warrior." said Suki.
"I can tell, your fans are usually made there." said Hohenheim. "Also, former? Something happen"
"No no, temporary leave of absence… to travel and grow" said Suki
Smellerbee then comes from behind Suki and begins sniffing Hohenheim and to no one's surprise zie was a bit
"W-What the hell." uttered zie.
Smellerbee stopped sniffing and nodded her head.
"Hello, Hello!" said Smellerbee.
Katara and Suki both pulled Smellerbee back and began patting her head.
"T-Thats how Smellerbee says hi." said Katara. "She… was raised by Gorilla-Wolfs"
"You mean those werewolf looking…" started Hohenhiem, then stopped "Those things raised her?"
Katara nodded, then courtesy bowed
"I'm Katara by the way." said Katara introducing herself.
Hohenheim returned the jesture, then looked at Katara and looked at Sokka who tried to look cool.
"Your both water nation, South pole right?" zie asked.
Katara was a bit shocked to hear someone guess their lineage so correctly.
"T-Thats correct, most don't remember the Southern tribe." said Katara with a grin. Hohenheim shrugged.
"I've been to both, you two look pretty good for your kin." said Hohenheim, shaking his hand in the air "The giveaway is the cloth… Southern Tribe cloth are a little tacky compared to the Northern, no offence"
"No taken" said Katara
Sokka then began to blush hearing that and stammered like an idiot. Balto went over to Hohenheim and allowed zim to pet him.
"I was actually hoping to talk to you all at my home, I'll fix you a hot meal." said Hohenheim. Ai and Sokka immediately open their mouths.
"Yes." they both said.
Katara found this strange, well from Ai not Sokka, but Ai who would usually be more careful in trusting strangers.
"Perfect, my Hut is just a couple miles back, I'll walk you there." said Hohenheim as zie walked away. Sokka followed closely behind zir with Balto trailing.
"Fine with me if Ai is up to it." said Suki as she and Smellerbee went with them.
As Ai was about to go Katara stopped her.
"Ai what's going on, you trust this guy already?" asked Katara. Ai looked up at Katara.
"It'll be fine, I swear, we'll come back for our things and Aang later." said Ai. Katara decided to trust Ai and the two followed Hohenheim back to his home.
"Wait, what happened to Aang" said Katara
=== Aang ===
Aang held up the plank and hammered away, fixing the cabbage stand he destroyed when he was blasted by air from that Raccoon-Dog. He put up and new nail and readyed to hammer it in…
WHAP
Aang's eyes water as his finger swelled from getting hit.
=== Hohenheim's hut ===
"AHHHHHHHHHH AHHHH AHHHHHHH AHHHH" came a cry, heard by all
Inside of Hohenheim's hut they see that zie doesn't have a lot of things, zie has some food, water, some clothes and a single sword, there's straw for a bed and a place for the fire. Though Hohenheim was a little embarrassed by zis living condition.
"Yeah this is it, pretty crappy or pretty good pipsqueak?" asked Hohenheim.
"Fine with us" said Ai.
"Yeah we travel around a lot so this is like a hotel to us." said Suki.
Sokka then pulls Katara over to him.
"And anything not made from ice blocks is a miracle to me and my sister." said Sokka in a friendly manner. Katara nodded.
"It's a nice place if its comfortable, and its spacious too." said Katara.
Over by Hohenheim's straw bed they noticed that Balto and Smellerbee were nestled up on the hay beds relaxed. Hohenheim shrugs.
"You guys are kind of weird, but okay." said Hohenheim.
Hohenheim uses zis sword to spark a flame and getting the fire started.
"Wait here while I cook." zie said.
As Hohenheim was getting the meat ready and everyone else was getting comfortable Ai immediately asked questions.
"So where are you from?" asked Ai.
"All over." said Hohenheim curtly.
"We'd say where were from but you kind of nailed us down." said Sokka with a smile.
"Not the pipsqueak, where's she from?" asked Hohenheim. Ai didn't answer and no one else did as well since she didn't mention it.
"Around too." said Ai.
"We've been around everywhere too, fought off the fire nation members on our own too." said Sokka.
Hohenheim continues to prepare the meat and kept talking.
"I can expect that out of all most of you, the water nation's have their own way fighting and weapons" zie puts one of the prepared meat on two small plates and give them to Katara and Sokka," here its done." said Hohenheim.
Sokka immediately at it while Katara just gave him her piece. Hohenheim then gives a piece to Suki who hands it to Smellerbee to eat who chews it furiously.
"Your a Kyoshi warrior, I probably visited your islands before, quiet place." said Hohenheim.
"Thanks, but I've never seen you there." said Suki.
"How long ago did you visit?" asked Ai.
"A while ago pipsqueak." said Hohenheim.
'Damn it!' thought Ai
As all the sain people began to avoid to half cooked meat aside from Sokka, Smellerbee and Balto. As they talk Ai could tell that zie was dodging her questions so she decides on a clencher.
"So... do you have any family?" asked Ai.
"Maybe, I don't know." said Hohenheim.
"Maybe a brother, a mom or a dad?" asked Ai.
The others were a bit worried by what Ai was doing but decided to let her talk. They prepared to fight if Ai had figured out something about Hohenheim.
"All three so what." said Hohenheim.
"I'm still confused by something, because I never heard the answer to it" asked Ai "Its about Orochimaru"
"Hmm, what about him?" asked Hohenheim
"Was he your mother, or father" asked Ai
Said question got the group to stop and look at each other, how could a man… be a mom?
"I don't see how that really matters" started Hohenheim, zis eyes widened, covered zis mouth recognizing the slip up.
"Wait who- wait you two know each other?" asked Sokka.
"So that's why you were okay with coming here." said Katara.
"Yes, zie was a Anbu from a neighboring village to the leaf, the Village hidden in sound" said Ai
Hohenheim sighed, rubbing his head
"What gave me away?" asked Hohenheim
"You called me pipsqueak… That was the nickname you gave me" said Ai
Another sigh, zie turned to the group
"Names Envy." said Envy, giving a bow
"Envy, what kind of name is that?" asked Katara.
"Kind of sexy." said Sokka.
Envy eats some of zis meat and swallows.
"Yeah its my real name, after a long while my name kind of didn't age well so had to change it." said Envy.
"So what do you do living so long?" asked Suki prepared for the worst though to her annoyance Smellerbee didn't share the same enthusiasm toward violence.
"I just go around, fighting asshats like what we dealt with earlier, repaying old sins." Said Envy sadly.
The entire group could feel the weight in Evny's words, weight of dissain, sadness and self loathing. None of them wanted to hear this from someone, but Ai was too familiar to this to let it stop her.
"What sins?" asked Ai.
"The kind that led to my curse I guess, I can't die." said Envy.
Ai tried to stop it, but snorted at hearing it… quick to the beat Envy responded
"Yes, the irony isn't lost on me… i got the one thing my father wanted more in the world. Immortality" said Envy
"Immortal, how, for how long?" asked Sokka.
"I don't know, back when people could wield multiple elements. Time become irrelevant to one that is ageless." said Envy. "I made a foolish agreement with some spirits, I asked to be an unstoppable ninja, to aid during the 5th Ninja War… and they gave me what I wanted, but I never saw the war"
"What spirits could do that?" asked Katara.
"Most can, the ones that did it to me were Koume and Kotake." said Envy.
"Every hundred years or so they wake up and summon me, to do acts of evil… to spread fear. Once they return to their slumber, I go out and repent. All the while inserch of a way to end my curse… to final die" said Envy pitiably.
AI took no time in responding to all that she heard.
"What if we kill then, will you be set free?" asked Ai.
"I think so… its there magic that keep me cursed" said Envy.
"Ok, so lets go kill them" said Ai.
"Don't you think i've tried that… I can't come at them, they'd just take full control and send me on my way" sad Envy
"True… but they don't have control over the rest of us" said Ai "So, we kill them… then i shall free you of your pain"
"What?" uttered Envy.
"I'm in!" yelled Sokka.
Envy was a bit shocked to hear this but zie looked on at the others and saw that there were no objections.
"Were with her anyway." said Katara.
Envy smiled a little hearing that.
"Fine, I can take you there." said Envy. "Gather supplize, it'll take a day or so"
The group nodded and left, to gather there stuff… as they did Katara turned to Ai
"Should we get Aang?" asked Katara
"Hell no, he'd bitch about the plan every step" said Ai
=== 2 days later ===
Envy showed them the way to a very large old stone temple ways in the dessert, it seemed to have to statues of old women with brooms.
"Ugly place, who are the croons?" asked Ai.
"Those are the ones that cursed me, Koume and Kotake, they're sisters." said Envy.
"Are they strong?" asked Katara.
"They are versed in magic, I'm not sure how strong there other skills are, be on guard." said Envy
"On guard." said Smellerbee.
"We'll end them both!" said Sokka blushing and enthusiastic, he then runs inside with Balto following after him.
"Sokka wait!" yelled Katara.
"There are traps in there!" yelled Envy with concern.
'Just wait Envy, you'll think I'm so hot!' thought Sokka
"Time to go." said Suki with a smile.
The rest of the group then runs inside , when they do they see no sign of Sokka or Balto.
"Where'd they go?!" asked Katara.
Smellerbee sniffing for a moment and she pointed down below them.
"Huh, down?" uttered Suki.
3 trap doors then began to open below their feet. Before they fell down Ai made several hand signs and slammed her hand on Envy's back, effectively pushing zim down zir own hole, before falling into her hole with Katara. Smellerbee and Suki fall into their trapdoor.
Damn it!" yelled Katara.
When they were gone a pair of witches appeared and began laughing surrounded by a horde of dark spirits.
"What loons, I can't believe that Envy punk brought back a group of new meat!" said Kotake.
"Were eating good tonight boys, go get em!" yelled Koume.
The evil spirits then began to fly throughout the temple after their prey.
"Wait what about Envy, eating him ain't gonna do no good." said Koume.
"Relax sis, remember we can do that thing." said Kotake.
"Oh yeah, he's all alone let's go for it!" yelled Koume. The two then high-fived and flew with Envy as their target.
===
Sokka and Balto were running as fast as they possibly could down a long narrow hallway, as they ran Sokka used quick attacks to cut down a subset of evil spirits that tried to block their way. What were they running from, it was giant spherical temple of doom style boulder that was chasing after them after Sokka stepped on a pressure plate.
"Where did these freaks come from!" yelled Sokka.
"WOOF!" barked Balto as he clawed away of the Dark spirits while simultaneously running away.
"SHUT UP!" yelled Sokka as he ran for his life.
===
Suki and Smellerbee had fallen into a very strange room, there was sparkling stones on the floor and strange holes in the walls. Aside from that there were dark spirits trying to chop them to pieces. So naturally they fought back.
"Earth style: mud wall!" yelled Suki.
She stomped on the ground making several stone walls from the temple floor, she then hits them breaking them into pieces and she then uses her fans to make them fly into the spirits piercing their bodies.
Smellerbee tears through several of the evil beasts tearing at their necks causing them to disappear. One of the larger ones tries to grab her but she strikes it hands with quick and powerful strikes destroying them. Suki then launches a large boulder at its head killing it.
After clearing the room Suki looked around and saw that there was no door leading out.
"Great how do we leave this hole?" asked Suki.
She felt the side of the walls to see if she could move them, but some strange seal appeared every-time she tried to do so she even tried putting her hand inside of one of the holes but there was no switch.
"I can't make a way out!" said Suki panicking.
"Sign" said Smellerbee.
Suki looked over and saw Smellerbee pointing at a sign on the wall. Suki runs over to it and reads it.
"Set the stones to that of the wise, find the fakes where they lie or here you'll stay where the bile will rise" read Suki looks over at the ground seeing the sparkling stones.
"OH, put them in the wall!" said Suki.
She quickly picks up as many stones as she could carry and tried to put them into the holes, but none of them would fit. As Suki scrambled to do this Smellerbee picked up one of the stone and looked at it.
"Shiny" said Smellerbee.
Smellerbee looked at each of them and saw that one of them had a strange key end to it, she picked it up and saw that some of these were cut rather than natural like the others. She looked at the holes that Suki was trying to force the stones in and counted them.
She sorted the stones on the floor and got all of the ones that were cut at the ends and walked over to Suki and the holes.
"Stupid lying sign its no working!" yelled Suki
"Look, Look!" said Smellerbee excited.
Suki saw that Smellerbee had some stones and dropped hers on the ground.
"W-What are you-" started Suki
Smellerbee interrupts by putting each of the "fakes" into the holes perfectly into the holes and when she was finished it spelled out "Moka" and the door opened. Sukie was shocked to see that Smellerbee had found a way to escape.
"Open." said Smellerbee as she walked out.
"O-Open." said Suki as she walked after her.
===
Ai and Katara were trapped in a room had no exits, spikes where on the floor and when they fell inside they had to avoid them to stay alive. The spirits weren't lucky as they dove straight in and all got stabbed.
"That was close, we need to get back up." said Ai looking back at the hole they fell down.
Katara looked up and saw how incredibly high it was, she was shocked at how she didn't die from the fall.
"Just use chakra." said Katara.
Just as she and Ai were about to cling to the walls a certain rumbling sound was made stopping them both. In a matter of moments the walls about them slowly began to close in on them.
"Well this is old." said Ai calmly.
Ai then focused chakra into her hands and tried to break the wall open and shattered it to pieces creating another exit out.
"Go!" yelled Ai.
Ai and Katara then jump through it but when they do they end up in another room. This room was spacious but there statues that were spitting fire.
"Into the fire." said Ai.
"INDEED!" yelled Koume.
Katara and Ai immediately prepared for anything to happen. Koume flew into the room on her broom and began to cackle.
"HA HA HA HA, I can't believe that you broke our wall, couldn't you be polite and just become human jelly!?" said Koume.
"That's the spirit." said Ai.
"She looks like a witch." pointed out Katara.
"Witch, a witch that can do this!" yelled Koume.
She snapped her fingers and the statues pointed their fiery maws at Ai and Katara.
"FIRE!" yelled Koume.
Katara quickly formed hand-signs and took in a deep breath.
"Water-style; water wall!" said Katara
She fires a large amount of water from her mouth creating a giant wave that dosed the flames creating a large amount of steam in the room. The myriad of fireballs flew toward Ai and Katara. Ai quickly moves out of the was and Katara follows suit. Katara creates water from her chakra and counters the next oncoming fireballs.
Ai quickly maneuvers past them and until she can see Koume in the steam. She throws several kunai at her and cuts her shoulder and the side of her cheek. Before Koume could do anything else Katara launches a water bullet and hits her.
"Ahh you little bitch!" yelled Koume soaked and damaged.
She flew out of the room as fast as she could closing her way out behind her.
"Crazy old crow." said Ai.
"Lets chase her." said Katara.
Ai and Katara tried to force an exit the same way as before but end up in a room filled with pendulums with no sign of the spirit.
===
Suki and Smellerbee were running down a hall, so far no traps had been sprung yet and they were trying to keep it that way. However Kotake flew in from behind them startling them both, they stop in their tracks and Smellerbee recognizes her from the statue.
"Spirit rock." said Smellerbee.
Suki looked at Kotake and remembered the statues.
"Oh yeah your right!" she said surprised.
Kotake got angry hearing that and got hopping mad.
"Rock? Rock! I"m a powerful spirit!" yelled Kotake with pride.
"And old I think, wait why do you look like a weird animal?" asked Suki.
Kotake then got angrier and fired a white beam from her hand at the girls. Suki puts up a mud wall to protect them but it gets immediately encased in Ice.
"Freezing!" said Suki.
"Freezing." said Smellerbee.
Kotake then began to use her powers to cover the walls the floor and the ceiling in ice to the point they were reflective as glass.
"Uh oh." uttered Suki, as she slipped a little on the floor.
Smellerbee was fairing no better as she was already on the floor.
"Slippy." uttered Smellerbee.
"That's what you deserve, you and that little Envy brat." said Kotake.
She tried to shoot a giant sphere of ice at the girls, but Suki used all of her might to smash the ice on the floor to break some away, she made some hand-signs and yelled.
"Earth-style: mud-spear!" yelled Suki
She then fired a large sharp ended pillar from the temple floor and aims straight at the ice sphere, the attack pierces it shattering it into pieces leaving Kotake exposed. Smellerbee sees this chance and jumps on the pillar and climbs up it faster than normal and jumps, striking Kotake in the head nearly knocking her off her broom.
"Ahh, dirty monkey girl!" yelled Kotake, she then flees down the hall until she was out of Suki and Smellerbee sight.
"Don't let her get away!" yelled Suki
Though as they tried to chase after her they slipped on the icy floor.
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Sokka and Balto had finally gotten away from the boulder that was chasing them and killed the spirits that tried to harm them.
"T-Thank god we got away!" said Sokka panting exhausted.
Balto on the other hand was just fine and was biting on the bone of a dead adventurer.
"WOOF!" uttered Balto.
"I'm not getting fat, I ran for what seemed like 20 miles." said Sokka.
He looked around and saw that they were in the clear, there was a door leading out of where they were and hopefully back to the others.
"Alright let's try and find everyone, Envy m-might need help." said Sokka while blushing.
Balto shook his head hearing this. His ears then prick up hearing something from the direction from where they were running.
"BARK!"
Sokka turned around to Balto, but before he could question what was going on a boulder smashed into the room from the direction they had entered, and attached to the exposed side was Koume and Kotake flattened like pancakes.
"S-Stupid trap, why did you put a second boulder?" asked Koume.
"I thought it would be funny." said Kotake.
The two slowly peeled off of the boulder and as they fall to the ground Balto and Sokka are completely confused by this.
"T-Those two are the spirit right?" asked Sokka.
"Bark" said Balto.
"Can't say how Envy didn't kill these two before." said Sokka as he drew some kunai.
Balto prepared to bit their necks off but neither got the chance. Koume and Kotate got back up and began to fly away.
"L-Lets go mend out heads, we can get then later now that we got ENVY!" said Kotake.
"To the puppet!" yelled Koume.
The two flew away with Sokka having a realization that they were going to do something horrible to Envy.
"Get the fuck back here!" yelled Sokka angrily as he chased after.
Balto runs after Sokka a bit embarrassed that he has to keep up with him at the moment.
After running though the rooms Ai, Katara, Suki, Smellerbee, Sokka and Balto meet up, they are tired from the traps, from fighting spirits and from chasing those two dumb bitches.
"D-Did anyone find Envy?!" asked Sokka desperately.
"No one's seen zim, those weird spirit witches caught us off guard!" said Suki.
"Should we look through the rest of the temple or should we try a jutsu to help?" asked Katara looking at Ai.
Ai was about to answer, but she and the others heard a set of footsteps walking into the room. They all look and see Envy walking into the room
"Hey Envy!" yelled Sokka happily.
Everyone has happy to see zim, but Ai stops Katara by taking her hand.
"No, Everyone stop!" yelled Ai.
The others stop walking toward Envy, but in a flash Envy dashes over to Sokka and Balto and strike their necks with the handle of zis blade knocking them down and out.
"Envy what the hell!" yelled Katara.
Envy swung zis blade at Suki but before she could block or counter zie sweeps Suki's legs and grabs her leg, quickly throwing her at Smellerbee who catches her. Envy takes the opportunity to throw all zis weight into a quick kick strong enough to breath Suki's back and Smellerbee's ribs.
They fall to the ground with Envy readying zis sword to kill then but Katara quickly forms hand signs and recreates water that surrounds Envy.
"Water-style: water prison jutsu!" yelled Katara
Envy tried to break out of the prison but continued to fail.
"Hey, hands off our puppet!" yelled Koume.
Koume and Kotake then appear out of nowhere and fired ice and fire at Katara knocking her back, freeing Envy from zis prison who falls on the ground wet.
"Hey, no slacking off!" yelled Kotake.
The two spirits then put up their hands and focuses their elemental magic into them. When they did a mark appeared on Evny's back making zim get back up.
"S-Stop me." uttered Envy as zie struggled to fight back against the control.
Envy then charged at Katara with zis sword ready to be brought down but Ai catches the sword and tries to kick Envy in the stomach but zie grabs her leg with zis other hand. Envy then throws Ai around like a ragdoll nearly hitting Katara, who jumped out of the way, and seemed as if though zie wanted to tear Ai's leg off.
Ai twists around to get Envy to let go of her, when she's free she tried to form some hand-signs but when she did no jutsu occurred.
"W-What's happening?" uttered Ai.
Envy tries to cut her chest but Ai dodges so the attack grazes her.
Katara molds water chakra creating water tentacles that she began to bend, she quickly wiped them around to try and hit Envy who dodges the attacks by jumping away from Ai.
AI looked up at Koume and Kotake and they watched gleefully as Envy was no trying to kill Katara. She then dashes toward them with a kunai in each hand, they fly away as fast as they could Ai manages to cut them.
"LITTLE TWAT!" yelled both as they fire Ice and flame at Ai.
Ai jumps out of the way avoiding the attack and begins throwing kunai at them only for them to either burn up or freeze missing her target.
Katara on the other hand was fairing no better, when she tried to put Envy back into a prison zie avoided it and nearly cut Katara's neck. Tried to ust taijutsu but Envy trips her being superior in fighting. As Katara is on the floor Envy tries to stab her head but Katara rolls out of the way. Katara then get up and forms hand-signs, she inhales and spits out a large water ball.
Envy jumps to the ceiling and jumps back down at a shot arrow's pace toward Suki and Smellerbee as they were knocked out. Before Envy was forced into killing them Katara moves their bodies out of the way by spewing a wave of water in their direction. When Envy failed the sisters made zim attack Balto and Sokka.
"Water style: water barrier!" yelled Katara as she formed the hand-signs. Then a giant bubble appeared around Sokka and Balto protecting them attacks.
"Stupid little cheater." yelled Kotake.
As she and her sister avoided Ai's attacks, Koume then creates a ring of fire attempting to incinerating Ai, but her target ducks.
"KILL HER, KILL THE WATER GIRL!" yelled Koume.
Envy then rushed toward Katara, blade in hand. Katara does everything in her power to stop Envy, but zie simply avoids it all. Just as Envy was about to swing zis blade as zie closed in on Katara. Ai rushes past the sisters and blocks the attack with her kunai only for Envy's blade to crack them.
"T-The spirit, I'll distract Envy, you take out the spirits!" ordered Ai.
"Right!" said Katara. She then ran over to Koume and Kotake already changing her chakra to water nature.
Koume and Kotake had gotten fed up with Katara and Ai, it was clear they wouldn't go down easily.
"Time to go on full power, Koume." said Kotake.
"About time, Kotake." said Koume.
Kotake's hair then began to turn to ice while Kotake's hair turned to fire. The two then began to spin around faster then the eye could see leaving trails of fire and ice in their wake, they continued until they converge creating a small tonado of Ice and Fire.
As this happened Sokka, Balto, Suki and Smellerbee were about coming too when they witnessed this.
"Okay this is happening." uttered Sokka.
As he looked around in the Water bubble.
He looked over and saw Envy fighting AI.
"Oh No!" yelled Sokka, he tried to get out of the bubble but he couldn't destroy it. "DAMN!"
He kept trying to break out but nothing he did worked. When Balto helping didn't work it was only made it clear they weren't getting out.
Suki and Smellerbee tried to get up but they were still injured from Envy's attack.
The tornado imploded and from it it a younger larger woman appeared, she had Kotake and Koume's brooms as wands, one flaming one engulfed in ice, large pigtails with one on fire and the other one made of Ice.
"Ravishing isn't it, I'm called Twinrova." said Twinrova
She then swings both of the brooms like wants at Suki and Smellerbee firing a combination of d ice that joint to become a larger, more deadly attack. Katara rushed in front of them and creates a water wall to block the attack but Twinrova's blast quickly destroy's Katara's means of defense and when she fires again she hit Katara sending her flying back and hitting the wall so hard it made a cracking noise.
Ai noticed this as she was fending off Envy and desperately wanted to help, but if she ran over to her it would leave her open.
'Okay, kurama, any time now!' thought Ai.
Envy swings harder and faster chipping away at Ai's kunai and defenses. Zie tries to stab her but AI avoids the attack only to get a roundhouse kick to the face forcing her to hit the floor.
"Come on, come out!" yelled Ai.
But nothing, no red chakra, no animosity, no power to save her. She then tried to summon her chakra and use a jutsu but it wouldn't work.
"W-What's wrong with me!?" asked Ai.
She then noticed that Envy was now standing over her, zis shadow consumed her body, zis blade was raised and ready to stab her. Twinrova flew over to Envy poked zis head with her finger.
"Good little puppet, now do what I want and Kill her, I'll suck out her soul the moment her life fades from this world." said Twinrova.
Ai quickly forms a hand-sign and nothing happens. Twinrova laughs seeing this and quickly kicks Ai in the face.
"Stupid girl, no amount of what you do will put down our immortal monster." said Twinrova with pride.
She points at Ai and smacks the back of Envy's head.
"Now Kill her!" yelled Twinrova.
Envy grip zis blade with both hands, zie breathed in and out. As everyone watched this they were helpless to stop this, but Katara tried to crawl over to them in an attempt to stop .
"SHUT UP!" yelled Envy.
Zie then spun around and sliced open Twinrova's chest.
"W-What?!" she yelled in pain.
She falls to the ground bleeding, Envy plants zis foot on her head and looks down at her satisfied.
"I wanted to do that for ages!" said Envy.
"B-But how!" yelled Twinrova in pain.
She looks up at Envy's shoulder and sees a strange mark there. Ai gets up and stands next to Envy.
"A counter-seal, I thought something like this would happen, but I wasn't sure how long it would work." said Ai.
Envy brought up zis blade.
"Lets not wait to test that." said Envy.
Envy kills Twinrova killing both spirits at once. With a bloody scream Twinrova trash for the last few moment of there joint life… then burst into a flames, only for it to then turn to ice, and shatter into dust
Floating above them, now sporting halo's where the twins… both slightly confused, unaware of their situation.
"Shoot, what a fresh kid, this time, let's get serious, eh Kotake" said Kuome
"What?" said Kotake "Hey sis… what's that above your head?"
Kuome looked up, then over at her sister, then tilted her head
"I don't know, but you have one too Kotake" said Kuome
Both look at each other, then noticed they were flying without there broom… then at the group, then the ground, and back at each other. Kuome started the throw a tantrum, pumping her fist in the air in anger, fulled by her sister
"I cant be dead, i'm only 40 Million years old, i'm still a young flower" cried Kuome
"I'm only 35 Million years old, i never had sex" cried Kotake
"We're twins, don't try lying about your age you bitch" said Kuome
"Are you sinial you old croon" said Kotake
"How dare you speak to me like that, i'm your big sister" said Kuome
"How can you be older than me, were twins stupid" said Kotake
"Stupid? How dare you call me that ungrateful shrew" said Kuome
"Heartless wench" said Kotake
Soon a light enveloped them both… and they floated to the next life, awaiting there judgment. The moment they faded from existence, zis body begins to have this heavenly glow, from zis body the light flew into the air and dissipated into nothing. All Envy could do was look down at zis hands and smile while ziz eyes teared up.
"I'm free." cried Envy.
After everyone was patched up they all rested after everything they had been through. They weren't perfect but enough to the point where they could walk and breath on their own. Katara was holding Ai in her arms happy she didn't die, Sokka was teary eyed at Envy having to die while resting on Balto and Suki and Smellerbee were sitting against the wall, though while everyone sat down they were all waiting for the moment that Ai would fulfill her promise.
Envy stood over Ai and Katara and Ai got up.
"Ready?" asked Ai.
Envy nodded.
"I was born to die." said Envy.
Ai then took one of the kunai that weren't broken and Envy drew zis blade. The two then walk to the center of the room. Both of them slowly got into their respective fight stances. No noise was made, the spectators were silent, the wind was silent and every living thing knew to shut the hell up while this was happening.
"GO!" thought Ai
She and Envy charge toward each other, Envy tries to swing her blade and Ai blocks the attack, she quickly uses what might she has to move the blade away for a moment and tries to cut Envy only for zim evade the attacks.
She tries to get in close again, but Envy ,swiftly, circles around Ai and tries to stab her from behind . Ai ducks down and touches her free hand to the ground, she kicks up at Envy's sword hand launching zis sword into the air, disarming zim. She then jumps from the floor and spin kicks Envy who blocks the attack.
As Envy's blade flew into the air Ai continued to attack Envy who blocked and parried her attacks. When the blade fell back down Envy kicked Ai back and caught zis sword, zie then charges at Ai as she tries to recover. Zie swiftly swings zis blade at Ai though she was cut in her left arm forcing her to switch her kunai to her other hand and when she did she quickly cut Envy's chest causing zim to bleed.
She then dashes forward and sweeps her leg behind Envy's, she to keep zim still, she then forces her other hand to grab Envy's sword arm and tries to stab only for zim to grab the hand the kunai was holding. She then drops it and used her other foot to kick it deep into zis sword arm's writst. In and instant everyone felt a harsh pang on their hearts seeing this.
AI then wrestles Envy's sword from his hand and takes it, she then quickly stabs Envy in the heart, she take it out and backs away from Envy. Envy feels zis blood coming from zis wound in zis heart. Zie looks down at it and actually laughs.
"So this is pain" coughs up blood," I forgot how that felt." said Envy.
Zie falls back on the ground causing everyone to rush over to Zim. Envy looks up at everyone and sees their forlorn faces, zie smirks
"Wow, this is actually cold, really cold." said Envy.
"Envy." said Ai sadly.
"Don't do that, I asked for this." said Envy. Ai then fought whatever tears that came. Sokka began to hug Envy's body crying, no one else could say a word against this as their eyes were watering. Sokka, then taken the only chance he could… pushed his lips to Envy's, givin zim a farewell kiss. Envy's eyes somewhat widend at that, as did everyone else's. Sokka parted and gave a sad, yet goofy smile
"Sorry about that." uttered Sokka sadly.
"Its fine... but, you see… i don't swing that way." said Envy.
With there magic now barely in Envy's system, Envy started to become dust from the legs up, slowly crawling upwards, marking how long zie has until true death
"W-What, you mean your a lesbian?" asked Sokka
"Lesbian?" said Envy, shaking 'her?' head "No, I'm a boy"
"What?" said Sokka
Envy's chest began to turn to dust, as Envy laughed without lungs.
"Yeah… I'm a boy, heh… take after my mother in looks" said Envy, signifying Orochimaru must done… however Envy was brought into this world, while in a female form
"But, that doesnt make since… your body, that voice" said Sokka
Envy's neck started to become dust, with one last smile he spoke.
"Just how I was born… if it didn't turn to dust, I'd show you my penis… but, say la ve" said Envy with a laugh, then went full blown with his last few seconds "You and me… sitting in a tree, F. U C. K. I. N."
And with that… his mouth faded, his eyes still showed some joy, still singing in his head. And then, he was gone… just dust in the wind.
"HE WAS A MAN, I WANTED TO HAVE SEX WITH MAN!?" he asked
"He's just figuring this out now?" asked Ai.
"I'm… a little confused, I kinda fought Envy was a girl too" said Suki
"He was a trap" said Ai "He look like a girl, but he was a boy… and he used that to his advantage while on the field."
"I got a boner for A DUDE?!" yelled Sokka, his eyes widen, letting out a scream "I KISS A BOY, AND I LIKE IT"
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Once again, sorry for slow updates...