Chu was sitting on a bench smoking his long pipe and looking at a map of his now fragmented nation. It seemed only yesterday that his Aunt had been murdered by Zaheer and his Red Lotus acolytes had plunged the kingdom into chaos. Now they were close, so close, according to the latest report 90% of the nation had been reunited. "Sir, we have great news", Chu was pulled out of his thoughts by a soldier that was standing next to him. "What great news is that Commander" asked Chu as he took his pipe out. "our messenger has just gotten back from Kyoshi Island."
"And?"
"They said they are with us and will do what they can to help our cause." Excellent thought Chu, now they could focus on the coastline. "Excellent work soldier get some rest" Chu replied. Just as the soldier left, another came in with a more urgent look on his face. "Sir the Warlords of the coast are coming to us with their armies, they can't be more than a half mile out!" Chu let out a smile and got up from his stool "Excellent!" he exclaimed. The soldier was confused; had the general not heard him? There was a coalition of warlords coming to destroy them! Chu could see the confused look on his face and gave him a reassuring smile, "get some food and rest soldier I will meet our guests personally by myself." And with that Chu walked off. About an hour later, Chu saw the large armies before him, and in front of them standing together were the seven warlords. "Welcome guests." Said Chu "I thank you for saving me the trouble of visiting you individually, now we can all meet at once. I am ready to discuss terms of surrender." One of the warlords, a fat man with a long thin beard came up and read out a scroll. "We want you and your army to leave and never comeback, we want an annual tribute and…" "I'm going to stop you right there. You seem to misunderstand, I am talking about your surrender." Chu said. The Warlords looked at each other and then burst out laughing. "You think you alone can stop us together?! Ha! You are but one we are but seven." Said the warlord. "Well sir you must be terrible at math because I only see one" Chu said with a smile. "One? What are you talking abo…" suddenly five of the warlords found themselves trapped in rock up to their heads. The sixth one, an Earth Bender, began to fling rocks at his attacker. Chu bob and weaved as well as blocked, shooting rocks at his equally skilled opponent. Finally Chu flung a huge rock at the earthbending warlord who blocked it but before he could do anything else he was hit in the gut and face by two earth pillars that had come up from the ground. As the man fell unconscious Chu walked passed the final scared Warlord and addressed the armies "soldiers, your commanders are defeated and like this kingdom you are without leadership, luckily you have a choice, you can either disperse and go home or you can join me and help me reunite this country and make it great again." The armies cheered and shouted his name. Chu then turned to the remaining warlord, lit his pipe and sat down on a the pillar he lifted. "now sir, I will discuss your surrender."