Author's Note: I will be skipping Zuko Alone seeing as it doesn't have anything to do with Team Avatar. But while Zuko was alone he figured out his feelings towards Kida, and by the end of the chapter you will know what those feelings are.
We are preparing to set up the campsite. Aang hands Sokka a sleeping bag, Toph stands on the ground near Appa.
"Hey! You guys picked a great campsite." Toph said
We all look at Toph to see her wriggling her toes in the thick mat of fur covering the ground around Appa.
"The grass is so soft." Toph said
"That's not grass. Appa's shedding." I said
"Oh, gross!" Katara said
Aang is sitting on Appa, a bluebird is perched on his head and a yellow butterfly past. Momo jumps up in an attempt to catch the butterfly.
"That's not gross, it's just a part of spring! You know, rebirth, flowers blooming and Appa gets a new coat." Aang said
"Ah, the beauty of spring." Katara said
Appa who had currently been grooming himself, sneezes, releasing a thick cloud of fur. Katara waves her arms about, now coated in fur.
"Stop! Appa, stop! Ugh!" Katara yells
"It's not that bad, guys." Sokka said
He turns to reveal a wig made of fur, done up in a towering beehive.
"It makes a great wig!" Sokka said
Aang moves over to the pile of fur and quickly makes a beard of fur.
"And a great beard!" Aang said
Aang and Sokka laugh while pointing at each other. Katara and I share a look. I quickly freeze the beard and wig to their face and head. Katara wipes the fur off her clothing.
"I'm just glad we finally have another girl in the group, because you two are disgusting." Katara asked
Toph walks up behind the two boys.
"Excuse me, does anyone have a razor? Because I've got some hairy pits!" Toph said
She raises her arms, revealing that she had stuffed fur in her sleeves. The three laugh, Katara and I just shake our heads. Aang sneezes, sending himself flying backward. The big sneeze causes him to crash against Appa's leg and for fur to blow off Toph's armpit hair. The impact leaves some fur on his back. They continue to laugh joyfully, Sokka tries to pull his hair off but can't, Aang tries to pull his bread off but it is also stuck. This cause Katara and I to laugh a little bit.
"Why won't it come off?" Sokka asked
"I don't know." Aang said
"Why don't you try and pull harder." I said
"Okay." Aang said
Both Aang and Sokka try to pull Appa's fur off, but it doesn't budge. Katara and I start to laugh.
"What did you guys do?" Sokka yelled
"I didn't do anything what about you Kida?" Katara asked
"I might have." I said
"Well undo it." Sokka said
"Nope, it will come off in a second or a few hours." I said
"Okay." Aang said
Sokka just glared.
- - - - - Time Skip To That Night - - - - -
I had unfrozen Appa's hair from Aang and Sokka. We are setting up camp. Aang and I sent up tents while Sokka throws down a pile of firewood he collected. Katara, is stirring around water in a pot, she notices Toph slumped lazily against a rock, chewing a piece of wheat. Katara gets up and walks over to Toph.
"So Toph, usually setting up camp, we try to divide up the work." Katara said
"Hey, don't worry about me. I'm good to go." Toph said
"Well, actually I'm trying to say is, some of us might fetch water, while someone else might set up the fire pit, or put up the tent." Katara said
Momo flies over to Katara, and drops several berries he had collected into her hands.
"Even Momo does his fair share." Katara said
"Katara, I'm fine. I can carry my own weight. I don't need a fire, I've already collected my own food and look, (earthbend a rock tent over her) my tent's all set up." Toph said
"Well, that's great for you, but we still need to finish- " Katara said a little irritated
"I don't understand what's the problem here!" Toph said angered
Katara waves her hands dismissively and walks away.
"Never mind." Katara said
Toph earthbends herself into her tent. Later that day, we are still setting up. Aang is standing on top of Appa, he uses airbending to lift the saddle. He mistakenly causes it to land directly on top of Sokka, who had been standing on the ground beside the bison. I laugh and Aang helps move the saddle off him.
"Sorry." Aang said
I stop laughing and help Sokka stand up. I look over to see Katara walking over to Toph's earth tent. She rubs the back of her neck sheepishly.
"Hey Toph, I wanted to apologize for earlier. I think we're all just a little tired and getting on each other nerves." Katara said
"Yeah, you do seem pretty tired." Toph said
"I meant all of us." Katara said
Toph lazily tosses the food item onto the ground and lays her head down to rest.
"Well, good night." Toph said
"Good night." Katara said slighty irked
Katara turns around and walks away from Toph's tent.
- - - - - Night Fall Hours Later - - - - -
We were all fast asleep when Toph starts yelling.
"There's something coming toward us." Toph yells
"What is it?" Aang asked
Toph presses her hand to the ground.
"It feels like an avalanche, but also not an avalanche." Toph said
"Your powers of perception are frightening." Sokka said sarcastically
"Should we leave?" Katara asked
"We should." I said
We quickly pack up camp, and climb onto Appa. We take off and see a cloud of smoke billowing toward where we once were.
"What us that thing?" Katara asked
The moon is partly obscured by clouds. Aang yawns sleepily, dark circles are beginning to form under everyone's eyes. Sokka has started to fall sleep as he leans his head on his hand. We fly for a few more minutes before landing. Toph leaps off Appa and lies on the ground.
"Ah, land sweet land! See you guys in the morning!" Toph said
"Actually, can you help us unload?" Katara asked
"Katara can we just go to sleep and unloaded later?" I asked
Katara ignored me as did Toph.
"Really? You need me to help unload Sokka's funky-smelling sleeping bag?" Toph asked
Aang hands Sokka his sleeping bag which he proceeds to smell. Sokka turns away, his disgusted face growing red, and fall backward, passing out.
"Well, yeah. That and everything else. You're part of our team now, and -" Katara is cut off
Toph points a finger at Katara in irritation.
"Look! I didn't ask you to help unload my stuff! I'm carrying my own weight." Toph said
"That's not the point. Ever since you joined us, you've been nothing but selfish and unhelpful." Katara said
"What? Look here, sugar queen, I gave up everything I had so that I could teach Aang earthbending. So don't you talk to me about being selfish!" Toph said
While she is saying this, a fuming Katara is seen tensing her muscles in frustration and raising her hand in an attempt to speak. After finished speaking, Toph sits down on the ground and earthbend an earth tent over her.
""Sugar queen"?!" Katara yells
Toph uses earthbending to close the door of the tent.
"D-did you just slam the door in my face?! How can you be so infuriating?!" Katara said
Sokka, Aang, and I are standing several feet away. Katara angrily bangs her fists against the door of the wall and kicks the tent's wall with her feet.
"Should we do something?" Aang asked
"Hey, I'm just enjoying the show." Sokka said
"I'm too tired to much of anything." I said
Aang shakes his head, and walk over to Katara.
"Okay, okay, you both need to calm down." Aang said
"Both?!" Katara yelled
Katara rapidly turns to face Aang, her expression crazed and her eyes bloodshot.
"I'm completely calm!" Katara yells
"I…can see that." Aang said
Night:
We are all laying down, I have my eyes closed.
"The stars sure are beautiful tonight. Too bad you can't see them, Toph!" Katara yells
I open eyes to glare at Katara when she flies into the air. She lands on top of Sokka, startling him. Sokka pushes Katara off to the side.
"Hey, how's a guy supposed to sleep with all this yelling, and earthquaking," Sokka yelled
Toph earth tent comes down and she runs out.
"That thing is back!" Toph yelled
"Well, how far away is it?" Sokka asked
He lies down and pulls covers of his sleeping bag over his head; says in a muffled voice.
"Maybe we can close our eyes just for a few minutes." Sokka said
I look over to the trees to see the smoke billowing from behind the treetops.
"I don't think so, Sokka." I said
We once again quickly pack up camp and climb on Appa and take off.
"Seriously, what is that thing?" Katara asked
"And how does it keep finding us?" Toph asked
"I don't know. But this time, I'm going to make sure we lose it." Aang said
We fly past mountains, we fly between two mountain ridges. The bison lands on his side on a flat-surfaced tock bed, throwing all of us onto the ground along with our belongings.
"Okay, forget about setting up camp. (crawls along the ground in his sleeping bag) I'm finding the softest pile of dirt and going to sleep.
Katara angrily pulls her sleeping bag under her head as a pillow.
"That's good because Toph wasn't going to help anyway!" Katara said
"Oh, I didn't realize the baby still needed someone to tuck her in bed." Toph said
"Comes on guys, there's something after us and we don't even know what or who it is." Aang said
"It could be Zuko. We haven't seen him since the North Pole." Katara said
"It's not Zuko. He wouldn't have access to a machine like that." I said
"Who's Zuko?" Toph asked
"Oh, just some angry freak with a ponytail who's tracked us all over the world." Sokka said
"What's wrong with ponytails, Ponytail?" Katara asked
Sokka points to his top-knot.
"This is a warrior's wolf tail." Sokka said
"Well, it certainly tells the other warriors that you're fun and perky." I said
"Anyway, whoever's chasing us couldn't have followed us here, so, now would everyone just shhh?" Sokka said
Momo hops onto Sokka's sleeping bag and chitters excitedly.
"No Momo, shh. Sleepy time." Sokka said
Momo hops off Sokka and over to the ledge of the rock. He continues to chitter and raises his ears up in alert. Aang rises, followed by Toph, Katara, and I.
"Oh, don't tell me…" Sokka said
"That's impossible. There's no way they could have tracked us." Aang said
"I can feel it with my own two feet!" Toph said
Aang runs to the edge of the cliff next to Momo and notices smoke rising from the far end of the rocky pathway. The tank train as it rumbles up a slope and onto level ground.
"Let's get out of here." Katara said
"Maybe we should face them. Find out who they are. Who know, maybe they're friendly." Aang said
"Always the optimist…" Sokka trailed off
"This is not going to be good." I said
The tank train comes to a halt. The door to one compartment opens, releasing a burst of steam. From the mist emerges three Mongoose Lizards. Ty Lee appears from the steam, followed by Mai and Azula. Azula has a determined look on her face. The three girls begin racing towards us.
"It's those three girls from Omashu!" Katara said alarmed.
We all get into fighting stances.
"We can take them. Four on three." Toph said
"Actually Toph, there's five of us." Sokka said
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't count you. You know, no bending and all." Toph said
"I can still fight!" Sokka said
"Okay, four on three plus Sokka." Toph said
"Errgh!" Sokka said
"Can we please focus on the three girls coming towards us." I said
Toph earthbends three columns in an attempt to hinder the girls, however, the Mongoose Lizards merely leap over the pillars and continues towards us.
"Well, we wanted to find out who they were and we found out. Now let's get out of here." Sokka said
Toph earthbends a huge rock wall in front of the trio, I reinforce the wall with my ice. A hole is blown through the wall, but didn't break through my ice. I smirked Azula glared and blasted the wall with her fire, but it didn't melt. She was pissed and they went around it. Mai swings her arm, releasing a flurry of stilettos. Toph grabs my arm and launches herself and me off a pillar. The darts strike the pillar she and I land on Appa.
"Appa, yip yip." Aang said
We manage to escape successfully, narrowly avoiding a blue fire blast. Azula lowers her arm and looks up at the retreating group.
"I can't believe those girls followed us all the way from Omashu." Katara said
"I still think we could have taken them. What was the thing that was blocking them?" Toph asked
"My ice, it won't melt." I said
"Are you kidding me? The crazy blue firebending and the flying daggers are bad enough, but last time we saw them, one of those girls did something that took my bending away. That's scary." Katara said
"She's is Zuko's sister. She is crazy, and dangerous." I said
They kind of just looked at me but nodded. We look out at the landscape, a prairie below, mountains in the distance. The sun is seen rising over the horizon as Appa soars past.
"Oh no, the sun is rising. We've been up all night with no sleep!" Sokka said
"Sokka, we'll be okay." Aang said
"Are you sure? I've never not slept before! What if I fall asleep now and something happens? And something always happens!" Sokka said
"Every time we land, those girls are there. So we'll just have to keep flying." Katara said
Appa flys past the sun.
"We can't keep flying forever." Aang said
Some unknown time skip:
"So what's our plan?" Aang asked
"Don't know…too tired to think." Toph said
"I'm sure we'll come up with something after a short nap." Katara said
"Yes… sleep." Sokka said
I start to fall asleep. I am woken up by Toph yelling. I sit up and look around to see Toph holding on to Appa's saddle as we drive towards the ground. I grab hold of Toph and pull her back onto the saddle.
"Appa fell asleep!" Aang yelled
Appa has his eyes closed and legs are sprawled out, as he falls through a cloud toward the ground. Katara hangs on to Sokka tightly, and I hold onto Toph. Aang crawls over to Appa's head and leans over to face the bison.
"Wake up, buddy!" Aang said
Appa's eyes slowly creak open and widen in realization of the current situation. Having awakened, he resumes his normal flight, soaring just above the treetops. Toph, Sokka, Katara, and I sway to the side still tightly gripping the saddle. Appa soars through the trees, colliding into and snapping several branches. We brace for impact. Appa is once again sleeping, Aang slides off his head and onto the ground.
"Appa's exhausted." Aang said
Sokka is truding across the ground, carrying his sleeping bag.
"Okay, we've put in a lot of distance between us and them. The plan right now is to follow Appa's lead and get some sleep." Sokka said
"Of course, we could've gotten some sleep earlier, if Toph didn't have such issues." Katara said irritated
Toph who had been starting to fall asleep, shot up and slammed the ground.
"What!?" Toph yelled
"All right, all right, everyone's exhausted! Let's just get some rest." Aang said
Toph stands up and looks at Katara.
"No, I want to hear what Katara has to say. You think I have issues?" Toph asked
"I'm just saying. Maybe if you helped out earlier, we could have set up out camp faster and gotten some sleep and then maybe we wouldn't be in this situation." Katara yelled
Katara, Toph, Aang and I are standing by Appa, while Sokka lies sleepily on his sleeping bag several yards away.
"You're blaming me for this?" Toph asked
Katara tosses aside her sleeping bag and gestures with her hands, challenging Toph to come closer. Aang and I stand in between the two.
"No! No, she's not blaming you." Aang said
"No, I'm blaming her!" Katara yelled
"Katara how can you blame all of this on Toph." I said
Toph shoves Aang and I out of the way.
"Hey, I never asked you for diddly-doo-dah. I carry my own weight. Besides, if there's anyone to blame, it's Sheddy over here!" Toph said
Aang and I who are sitting on Appa kind of just look from Appa to Toph.
"What? You're blaming Appa?" Aang asked
"Yeah, you want to know how they keep finding us?" Toph asked
She grabs a handful of Appa's fur and lets the fur blow away with the wind.
"He's leaving a trail everywhere we go!" Toph yelled
Aang jumps off Appa to stand in front of her.
"How dare you blame Appa! He saved your lift three times today! If there's anyone to blame it's you! You're always talking about how you carry your own weight, but you're not. He is! Appa's carrying your weight. He never had a problem flying when it was just the four of us!" Aang said
"Aang. Toph has a point, Appa is shedding. He very well could be leaving a trail." I said
"No he isn't." Aang yelled
Toph stomps the ground, launching her pack into the air which she catches.
"I'm out of here." Toph said
Sokka who had at some point woke up moves in front of Toph his arms outstretched to halt her.
"Wait!" Sokka said
Toph uses earthbending to shift Sokka off to the side, leaving him surprised. I glared at my sister and Aang. I grabbed my bag off the ground and went after Toph. I heard Aang, Sokka, and Katara yelling my name but ignored them. I quickly caught up to Toph.
"Wait up." I yelled
She slowed down so I could walk next to her.
"I would have thought you would stay with them." Toph said
"I might have if, they were making a valid argument but neither my sister or Aang were making sense." I said
"So what's the plan?" Toph asked
"Walk around for a while and wait from them to come find us and apologies to you." I said
"Sounds good to me." Toph said
Sokka's Pov:
"What did I just do? I can't believe I yelled at my earthbending teacher, and Kida. Now they are both gone." Aang said
"I know. We're all just trying to get used to each other. And I was so mean to her." Katara said
I was standing away from them, drinking from a cup.
"Yeah, you two were pretty much jerks." I said
"Thanks, Sokka." Katara said
"No problem." I said
"We need to find Toph and Kida and apologize." Katara said
"Okay, but what are we going to do about the tank full of dangerous ladies chasing us?" I asked
Aang grabs a handful of fur and watches as it blow away in the wind.
"I have a plan." Aang said
Time Skip One Hour:
Appa lies in the water, two arched streams of water showering him on either side. Clumps of fur collected in the water. Momo is sitting on Appa's head, holding a brush. He scrubs the bison's head and is forced to hastily take flight when a stream of water is bent his way. I am standing in the river several feet away, holding a brush. I groan as I am drenched by the stream of water.
Another Time Skip of an Hour:
Appa stands on the ground, his fur still wet from the bath. I stand by the riverbank wringing out his shirt.
"Toph was right, so was Kida. The fur was leaving a trail right to us. But now that he's clean, no more trail." Aang said
"Are you sure he's okay to fly?" Katara asked
"He'll be fine as long as we leave his saddle and all our stuff here. I'm going to use Appa's fur to make a fake trail to lead the tank off-course." Aang said
On looker's Pov:
Appa grunts and takes off with Sokka and Katara riding atop him. As he flies away, his body accidentally brushes against the treetops, snapping the topmost limbs off and causing them to fall to the ground. Aang watches as the bison flies away and turns. Aang takes a running starts, and fly way, releasing patches of fur from the bag along the way, creating a misleading trail.
Scene change:
Toph and Kida are walking slowly along a pathway. Toph halts causing Kida to run into her. Kida looks up knowing that Toph sensed something. Toph's foot shifts abruptly in the opposite direction. She turns her head swiftly. Toph uses earthbending to send a stream of earth toward the unknow source. The stream of earth travels its way to a large rock ahead and a dust cloud erupts in the air from the impact. A grunt of pain is heard from behind the rock. Toph and Kida approaches the rock still assuming a fighting stance. Kida gets out of her fighting stance once she sees that it is Iroh.
"Ow…that really hurt my tailbone." Iroh said
"Iroh." Kida said
Iroh turned around and smiles at Kida.
"Well hello little one." Iroh said
Scene change:
A cluster of trees growing on a rocky ledge overlooking the rest of the forest, the river channeling right through the landscape. Aang is flying on his glider, releasing the fur from his satchel. He leaves the lush green landscape area and soars over a more arid, rugged terrain. Aang heads towards an abandoned town, still dropping fur. He lands on the ground. Aang twirls his glider staff closed. He walks towards the middle of the town casually dropping fur. He holds the satchel upside down, the remaining fur dropping onto the ground. He opens his glider, turns to face the horizon, he looks into the distance, he looks down. He twirls the glider close, and sits down on the ground cross-legged.
Scene change:
Sokka and Katara are on Appa looking for Toph and Kida.
"Toph and Kida couldn't have made it too far. What is it, Momo? Ooooh, no! Katara!" Sokka yelled
Katara looks down to see Mai and TyLee following the bison in hot pursuit, mounted on mongoose lizards. Katara is shocked and urges Appa forward.
"How did they find us?" Katara asked
Appa flies dangerously close to the tree line, growing more and more tired.
"Appa, come on, we need to go faster." Sokka said
"He's too tired!" Katara said
"Not good, not good." Sokka said
Appa grunts, Mai and TyLee chasing after us, Appa heads towards the river.
"We just need to make it across that river!" Sokka yelled
"Come on Appa, just a little further…" Katara said
Appa continues his descent, snapping off several treetops in the process. Mai and TyLee are still chasing after them. Mai swings her arm, firing a flurry of stilettos. Sokka narrowly avoids the weapons by ducking, Appa is skimming the surface of the river, before crashing into the ground on the opposite side of the river.
"We made it! We're safe." Sokka said
"You did it Appa!" Katara said
The siblings embrace. Katara opens her eyes and gasps. Sokka turns around and becomes horrified. The mongoose lizards paddling the water rapidly, allowing for them to walk over the surface of the river. Katara steps forward and spins around, sending a wave of water crashing into Ty Lee's mongoose lizard. Ty Lee leaps off the beast just in time and emerges from the water. She lands near the treetops where she gracefully dodges from tree trunk to tree trunk in pursuit of Katara, who opens her water skin.
Ty Lee somersaults onto the ground. Katara attempts to lash a water whip in her direction, however, is forced to quickly dodge several of the acrobat's blows. She narrowly avoids having her chi blocked and fires several sharp discs of water at her enemy, who cartwheels repeatedly to escape. Mai still mounted on her lizard. She turns around and fires several stilettos from uploaded holsters in her sleeves. One of the stilettos is headed towards Katara who is still fending off Ty Lee, her back to the stiletto. Sokka steps in and knocks the stilettos off-target with his machete and boomerang.
He throws his boomerang in Mai's direction, however, the knife thrower merely leaps off her lizard, avoiding the attack. She spins around and fires stilettos from a holster in her leg. Sokka knocks them away again with his machete. Mai, runs forward. Katara turns around and is forced on the run when Mai comes charging toward her. Ty Lee, runs toward the them. She somersaults and leaps into the air where she flips and lands on the ground near Sokka.
She lands several quick blows on Sokka, using chi blocking to incapacitate Sokka's right arm. Sokka drops his boomerang as a result of this. He swings his left arm toward Ty Lee who merely incapacitates that arm, resulting in him dropping his machete. Sokka looks about him nervously and resorts to kicking his leg in order to fend off the acrobat who proceeds to render his leg useless. Sokka proceeds to use his forehead as a shield. Ty Lee strikes his skull and injures her hand in the process. She backs away and shakes her fist in pain before turning to glare at Sokka.
"Good try, but no." Sokka said
Katara halts in front of a tree. She begins to draw a stream of water with which to attack Mai, however, the knife thrower hurls two shuriken knives her way. Each of the two knives pins her wrists to the tree trunk. Katara gasps in horror. The stream of water falls into the river again and Sokka hobbles towards Katara as a result of the paralysis. He falls to the ground.
"How are you doing?" Sokka asked
"Well, you know…" Katara said
"I thought when TyLee and I finally caught you guys, it would be more exciting. Oh well, victory is boring." Mai said
"Where is the girl with white hair?" TyLee asked
The two are suddenly swept off their feet by a powerful gust of wind conjured by Appa's tail. They incidentally somersault into the air and land several yards away in the water. Appa shakes his tail, his back facing them. Sokka is still lying on the ground.
"Thanks Appa, I don't know what we'd do without you." Sokka said
Appa sweeps his large tongue over Sokka's face, covering him in drool. Sokka expresses irritation at this, his eyebrow twitching.
Scene Change:
Aang is still sitting at the end of the village. Azula walks up. The ground is covered in fur, where Azula's feet land as she dismount the lizard.
"All right, you've caught up with me. Now, who are you and what do you want?" Aang asked
"You mean you haven't guessed? You don't see the family resemblance? Here's a hint." Azula said
She covers her eye and deepens her voice.
"I must find the Avatar to restore my honor! It's okay, you can laugh. It's funny." Azula said
"Kida was right. So what now?" Aang asked
"Now? Now, it's over you're tired and you have no place to go. You can run, but I'll catch you." Azula said
"I'm not running." Aang said
Scene Change:
Toph, Kida, and Iroh are sitting in a rocky outcrop. A tea kettle heating over a fire. Iroh can be seen in the background, sitting next to it. He pours tea into three tin cups. Iroh hands one cup to Kida, and another to Toph.
"Here is your tea. I would say you seem a little too young to be traveling alone, but since your with Kida here, I think you were with the young Avatar." Iroh said
"You seem a little too old." Toph said
"She has a point, Iroh." Kida said
"Perhaps I am." Iroh said
"I know what you're thinking…I look like I can't handle anything." Toph said
"I wasn't thinking that." Iroh said
"You wouldn't even let me pour my own cup of tea." Toph said
"That's just who he is Toph." I said
"Kida's right. I poured your tea because I wanted to and for no other reason." Iroh said
"People see me and think I'm weak. They want to take care of me, but I can take care of myself, by myself." Toph said
"You sound like my nephew, always thinking you need to do thing on your own, without anyone's support. There is nothing wrong with letting the people who love you help you. Not that I love you, I just met you. Unlike Kida who I do care for." Iroh said
"I was going to ask where he went?" Kida asked
"He wanted to be alone, said he needed to think." Iroh said
"So where is your nephew?" Toph asked
"I've been tracking him actually." Iroh said
"Is he lost?" Toph asked
"Yes, a little bit. His life has recently changed and he's going through very difficult times. He's trying to figure out who he is and he went away. The only time he wasn't lost was when he is with you, Kida." Iroh said
"So now you're following him." Toph said
"I know he doesn't want me around him right now, but if he needs me, I'll be there." Iroh said
"Your nephew is very lucky, even if he doesn't know it." Toph said
Toph stands up, as does Kida.
"Thank you." Toph said
"My pleasure. Sharing tea with a fascinating stranger is one of life's true delights." Iroh said
"No, thank you for what you said. It helped me." Toph said
"I'm glad." Iroh said
"Oh, and about your nephew, maybe you should tell him that you need him, too." Toph said
Kida moves over to Iroh and gives him a hug.
"If you see him before we do will you give him a hug for me?" Kida asked
"Of course, little one." Iroh said
Scene change:
Back at the abandoned town Azula is standing on the opposite side of town as Aang.
"Do you really want to fight me?" Azula asked
Zuko suddenly appears from an alleyway, leaping off his ostrich horse onto the ground, creating a cloud of dust. He stands up straight and throws his conical hat aside.
"Yes, I really do." Zuko said
"Zuko." Aang said alarmed
"I was wondering when you'd show up, Zuzu." Azula said
"Zuzu?" Aang asked
"Back off, Azula! He's mine!" Zuko said
"I'm not going anywhere." Azula said
The three opponents stand, prepared for battle. Azula, confident as ever. Zuko averts his gaze first to Azula before looking toward Aang. Aang assumes a fighting stance, pointing his glider at Zuko in fright. Zuko shifts the position of his fingers a bit. Aang looks about him nervously. Azula continues to smirk in confidence. Azula smile widens.
Azula moves her arm forward, firing a blast of blue fire at Zuko, who conjures up a fire shield to deflect it. He falls backward onto a front porch. Aang, upon seeing this, expresses horror and attempts to flee the town on his glider. He begins soaring toward the back end of Tu Zin. Azula swings her arm downward, sending a stream of fire at Aang, who turns over mid-air and closes his glider, twirling the object to deflect the flames. Aang lands on the ground, still deflecting the flames. He stops twirling his glider.
Azula runs along the beam of a rooftop, prepared to strike him. Aang rolls over, grabbing hold of his glider just as Azula lands nimbly on the ground, sweeping around, sending a stream of fire his way. Azula rises and turns around, Zuko seen standing in the background. Aang leaps and lands on the ground, in between the other two. Zuko fires a blast at Aang who steps to the side, managing to avoid the attack. Azula fires at the Avatar and misses.
After the three perform several unsuccessful attempts to land a blow, Aang runs past Azula, who sends another sweep of fire his way. Aang is trying to escape toward the back end of town, Azula turning to face him and Zuko firing blasts of his own. Aang rounds a bend and runs past Azula once more, this time heading toward the front of town. Azula fires another blast at him, only to miss. Azula fires several more blows, one of which Zuko manages to deflect. He fires a shot at Azula and misses.
Azula swings her arms about, sending attacks at her opponents. Zuko appears leaping into the air directly behind her and striking the ground, unleashing a firebending attack in the process. Two siblings as two walls of fire, one blue and one orange are created as a result of the impact. Azula fires a blast at Zuko, who ducks and attempts to knock her off her feet. He fires a blast her only for the princess to duck. She sweeps her arm upward, sending a stream of fire his way. Zuko leaps into the air to avoid the attack. Azula turns around and fires at Aang. Aang leaps into the air and lands onto an upper outdoors level of a nearby building.
Azula runs up the stairwell leading to the upper level, forcing Aang to run through the open doorway. Azula appears and her expression suddenly grows alarmed. She halts in her tracks and nearly stumbles. The entire inside of the building, revealing that there is no floor, merely some jagged wooden paneling lining the edges of the wall. She windmills in an attempt to steady herself. Aang is perched atop an air ball, smiling gleefully and waving to her. After leaping about a few times, Azula manages to prop herself against the wall and regains her balance. Zuko suddenly appears in the doorway. He has the misfortune of inaccurate timing and falls roughly onto the first level floor with a yell, sending up a cloud of dust. Aang grimaces in sympathy.
The air ball Aang is riding suddenly begins to dissipates. Azula nimbly sends a blast of fire at him. Aang leaps out of the way just as the air ball is terminated. He runs along the edges along the thin floor paneling and knocks Azula onto the first floor in the process. Azula lands nimbly onto the ground near Zuko, who is still recovering from his fall. Outside of the building as Aang exits through the doorway, narrowly avoiding a blue fire blast sent by Azula.
He lands onto the ground just as Azula bursts through the wall of the building through the use of firebending. Zuko lands on the ground unconscious. Aang looks at Zuko before turning around and seeing Azula heading straight toward him. He flees and leaps out of the way just as Azula sends another blast at him. Aang begins alternately jumping between two buildings, with Azula firing blasts at each spot he lands on. Aang finally reaches the rooftop of the left building and scrambles to prop himself up.
Azula sends a blast of fire, slicing a portion of the rooftop off. Aang leaps off the crumbling portion onto another spot on the roof, only for Azula to repeat the same action. Aang scrambles to prop himself up only for the ceiling to cave in. He lands on the ground inside the building, trapped beneath a pile of wooden planks. Azula enters the building through the doorway and sends two streams of fire along the sides of the wall. The blue fire spreads around the perimeter of the room and turns an orange hue. Aang looks horrified and attempts to break free.
Azula smirks and holds up one hand, two fingers pointing outward, her typical lightning generation pose. Katara suddenly appears in the doorway and sends a water whip at Azula, guiding her hand off course. Katara bends the stream of water around her and slices the wooden planks, thus freeing Aang.
"Katara." Aang said thrilled
Azula swiftly turns around and fires a blast at the waterbender, who races out of the building along the porch. Azula follows her in hot pursuit, only to be halted by Sokka, who emerges from another doorway and swings his machete her way. Katara runs off, while Azula is forced to duck. Sokka begins chasing her. Azula in now being cornered by him, Katara and Aang. Zuko is still lying on the ground as he regains consciousness. Iroh and Kida standing over him.
"Uncle…Kida…" Zuko said
"Not now." I said
"Get up." Iroh said
Iroh and Kida help Zuko get up. Aang runs straight toward Azula. Azula turns around and blocks a water whip Katara sends at her. She fires a blast at Sokka and swings her arm outward to prolong the blast. Aang appears behind her. She turns around and nearly manages to strike him with another blast. Azula stands, poised for attack. She suddenly falls over to the side; Toph appears from an alleyway, having just shifted the ground beneath her feet.
"I thought you guys could use a little help." Toph said
"Thanks." Katara said
"Where's Kida?" Sokka asked
"She here somewhere." Toph said
Kida's Pov:
Azula rises to her feet and begins running away. She runs through a alley. She leaps over some crates and tries to escape, however, Iroh intervenes using his rotund belly to knock her off her feet. Zuko appears with Kida. Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Iroh, and I are all cornering Azula against the ruins of a stone wall.
Azula is coolly backing up as her enemies surround her.
"Well, look at this. Enemies and traitors, all working together. I'm done. I know when I'm beaten. You got me. A princess surrenders with honor" Azula said
She raises her hands in surrender, I see Iroh avert his gaze towards the others who remain on high alert. I see Azula smirk, I feel the air shift, and the air get hotter. Azula takes a step forward and sends a blast at Iroh, I push Iroh out of the way. Making so that the blast hit me instead. I heard some scream as I landed on the ground. I turn my head to see the remaining six fire at Azula, five of them bending their respective elements and Sokka throwing his boomerang straight for her. The impact of the elements create a minor explosion, sending a thick cloud of smoke everywhere. The smoke clears, revealing that Azula has vanished from the scene without a trace. Zuko and Iroh both keel down next to me.
Zuko's Pov:
"Kida." I said
The Avatar's group steps toward us.
"Get away from us!" I yelled
"Zuko, she is my sister and I can help." Katara said
"Leave!" I yelled
"I'm not leaving my sister with you." Sokka yelled
"Sokka, he'll take care of her." Aang said
"He will, they both will." the blind one said
They walked away. I looked down at Kida. I picked her up she moaned out in pain. I carried her out of the burning town followed by Uncle.
"It will be okay, Kida. Uncle and I will take care of you." I said
We found a small house I laid her down inside the house.
"I'm going to go our things." Uncle said
I nodded my head. I looked down at Kida, I pushed her hair off her face.
"You'll be okay, and when you wake up I'm not letting you out of my sight. Because I love you."
