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She was in a small wooden chamber, unable to see a thing. She wanted to know where she was, who kidnapped her, and more importantly, why kidnap her? Was it her parents? Everyone knew she wasn't into being rich, so that couldn't be it. Could it be to get Aang to save her? No, everyone knew Katara would be a better target for that. Then… why her?
Suddenly, she heard two people walk into the wooden room.
"Who are you? What do you want with me?"
Suddenly, she felt a metal object touch her, and then quickly bend so that it tied her up.
'T-That's impossible… I-I'm the only one who can…'
"So… I heard you tell people you were the only one to use metalbending…" Say a low, dark voice.
Toph froze in fear.
"W-Who are you?" Asked Toph.
"We'll ask the questions." Said the low, dark voice.
"Now, let's be careful, she needs to give us the information first, then you can do what you wish…" Said an older, more serious voice.
"Shut up. I know what I'm doing, I'm the master earthbender in the group!" Said the dark voice.
"And you know what I can do, which is why I'm on the mission with you. Do you not remember the last one who messed with me?" Asked the older voice.
"Grr… Fine…" Said the dark voice.
"What's going on?" Asked Toph.
"Your friends got involved in a conflict, a conflict that they weren't suppose to be involved with. See, your four nations weren't even supposed to be involved in this. All we were going to do was kill our target, but then your stupid friends went to the spirit world, the fire nation, and teamed up with our target…" Said the older voice.
"W-what are you talking about? They are all here in Ba…"
Toph was cut off as the metal started to squeeze into her. It was getting harder to breathe.
"W-Why can't I bend?" Said Toph.
"We drugged you. You won't be able to bend for about 2 hours. You want to survive the next two hours? Then you answer our questions carefully. Your friends Zuko and Mai are in the fire nation, our master was able to give us info that they are fighting Azula." Said the dark voice.
"But… they were here yesterday…" Said Toph
"They traveled by boat, and arrived at the Fire Nation hours ago." Said the Dark Voice.
"Then how did you get the information so fast?" Asked Toph.
"We've been using portals through the spirit world. Messages and people can travel through the spirit world faster than the physical world if you know how to do it right… Oh, and by the way, we've spotted your friends Sokka, Suki and Iroh in the spirit world also." Said the Older Voice.
"What about…?"
"Your friends Katara and Aang? Aang chased after our target to warn him about our plans to kill him, not that our target wasn't aware of the plan… And then his stupid girlfriend chased after him, and now the three of them are together. Now our question for you is very simple…" Said the older voice
There was a pause, followed by a man breathing heavily on Toph.
"The way I could see it, I could kill you, and that Sokka guy you like. Yes, I know you had a crush on him, we have our information…"
Toph began to breathe heavily. How on earth did they find out?
"Unless you want me to kill you, and leave your body rotting in front of his home, and then make sure he's the first to die in the spirit world, your going to tell me one thing. If we kept you alive, and held you ransom… would Sokka come running to your rescue?" Said the dark voice.
Toph breathed in slowly.
"Y-You want to separate everyone… and kill each of us one at a time, don't you?"
"Very smart little girl… now then… answer the question, and maybe… you and your crush get to live… and all the girls standing in the way of you being with Sokka vanish…" said the Dark Voice.
Toph's heart was beating fast. She was afraid for all of her friend's lives, especially Sokka's. As much as she wanted to be with him… she just couldn't do it.
"I'd rather drown…" Said Toph.
"That can be arranged…" Said the dark voice.
She was suddenly grabbed and thrown into a wooden box, which was carried by the bald, brown-cloaked man, and the bearded, gray-cloaked man.
Chapter 8: My Heart is yours, and yours alone (Part 1 of 3).
Written by TheHiddenWriter
For his many fans, thanks for your reviews and praise for the story!
"As I sit here and watch the ocean waves, I look out towards the horizon, wondering what the future has planned for me. Love, just like the ocean, seems to keep on going forever. It has no end…" A quote made specifically for this chapter by TheHiddenWriter.
"So wait… there are two other guys helping out this dark, evil bender, as well?" Asked Aang.
"Yep." Said the mysterious man.
"But, then where could they be?" Asked Katara.
"It's possible that they could be going after one of your friends…" Said the mysterious man.
"Well, it's not Sokka. He's in the spirit world…" Said Katara.
"Why?" Asked Aang.
"Yue was kidnapped. Sokka is going after her." Said Katara.
"No doubt that the guy we're going after did that…" Said the mysterious man.
"Zuko and Mai are out also. They left to chase Azula." Said Aang.
"She's probably working with him…" Said the mysterious man.
"Then that leaves Toph…" Said Katara.
"Toph will be able to sense if someone is going after her. She should be safe." Said Aang.
"Then I suggest we head to the Fire Nation now. I must confront my rival now, or all of our lands are in jeopardy." Said the mysterious man.
The trio got onto Appa. The mysterious man pulled out a small whistle and blew a tune into it, causing the Ostrich-Horse to run off.
"If we need him, I'll be able to call him back." Said the mysterious man.
"Ok, I'll start flying Appa to the Fire Nation capital." Said Aang.
"No. I sense you and Katara need to work something out before we get there. I'll fly Appa."
Appa roared happily, as if he knew this man.
"Appa… you know him?" Aang asked.
"Let's just say, we've had an interesting friendship…" Said the man.
And so, he hopped onto Appa's head, and Appa flew up into the air. Katara and Aang were left sitting in Appa's saddle.
"Katara, I see now why you wanted to break up with me. You were right, I wasn't ready for a relationship…"
"No Aang. I was wrong. I know you'll always be ready to do your duty, but now I know that wherever you go, I'm going to be right there with you, by your side. Because… you're my world Aang, and as your girlfriend, I'm going to want to explore everything in life with you." Said Katara.
Aang smiled.
"So…we're back together again?" Asked Aang.
Katara smiled. She kissed him for a minute, and then stopped.
"I'll take that as a yes." Said Aang.
Katara giggled.
"Aww, that's nice." Said the man.
Katara and Aang looked back towards him and blushed.
"Thank you, for giving me that advice before." Said Aang.
"Hey, what are friends for?" Said the man.
And with that, Appa went full speed towards the Fire Nation, as the trio prepared for an epic battle.
Meanwhile, Sokka and Suki were hanging on for dear life on the edge of cliff. They suddenly noticed that Sokka's sword has beginning to slip out of the cliff.
"Oh no…" Said Sokka.
It fell out and the couple began to fall once more. Suddenly, a spirit flew under them, and the couple landed on them. It was Hai Bei, the spirit who befriended Aang. He jumped onto a near by rocky platform, and then jumped back up to where Iroh was.
"Are you all right?" Asked Iroh.
"Yeah. Hai Bei, Aang's friend, saved us." Said Sokka.
"Hai Bei, can you take us to the spirit who captured all the other spirits?" Asked Suki.
Hai Bei roared, and layed down so that Iroh could get on. He then got up and started to charge in one direction.
"Prepare yourselves, guys. This spirit may be tough to fight." Said Sokka.
Hai Bei stopped in front of a few spirits. They were all lying down, tied up by a mysterious force. And all of their faces were missing.
"Who did this to you all?" Asked Suki.
One spirit drew three letters into the ground: K… O…. H. Iroh gasped when he saw these letters.
"Quickly! Put on blank faces! Now!" Ordered Iroh.
"What? Why?" Asked Sokka.
"Just do it!" Ordered Iroh.
The trio quickly put on emotionless faces. They all began to speak calmly.
"Why… are… we… acting… like… this?" Asked Sokka.
"Sokka, you don't have to speak slowly, just emotionless." Said Suki.
"This… is… emotionless… for… me…" Said Sokka.
"Koh is the face stealing spirit. If he catches you using any bit of emotion, he will take away your face." Said Iroh.
"That must have been what happened to Yue…" Said Sokka.
"I suspect the other avatar lives have been affected by Koh as well." Said Iroh.
"Not all of them…"
The trio spun around and saw Avatar Kuruk behind them. He still had a face on.
"Need some help?" Asked Kuruk.
Back in the Fire Nation, Azula, Zuko, and Mai were in a standoff.
"Why does this guy want?" Asked Zuko.
"He wants to kill a rival of his, a man who is the only one who can stop his plans." Said Azula.
"What makes this man so special?" Asked Zuko.
"Two things. One, he's the only one left to stop my master from his plans of taking over some lands far away from here, and Two, this man has a… special property."
"What special property?" Asked Mai.
"Remember how I told you that my master could use Red Lightning, which is based of rage and senseless killing? Well, his rival has a special skill similar to that… He can use yellow lightning." Said Azula.
"What do you mean?" Asked Zuko.
"There are three kinds of lightning, each one is a primary color, and each one can only be used by someone with a horrible past. One is for those who have done wrong in their life, one is used by my master, and the yellow lightning, one that is used by a man who has suffered pain and loss through out his life." Said Azula.
She smiled evilly. "He lost everything in his life, and was in so much pain, that he was able to discover how to use Yellow Lightning. It is a lightning that requires the use of skill, and speed. But un-like red lightning, its not as powerful. It's just faster."
"So this rival… He's…"
"Yes, he's similar to Aang. He's lost most of his people."
"What's his name?" Asked Zuko.
"You know what? I'll tell you. His name is…"
Suddenly, red lightning struck her in the heart. She looked back towards the black-cloaked man.
"No one… is suppose to talk about my past… The penalty for that is… death…"
Azula fell down onto the ground. She took her last breaths… and then died.
Zuko and Mai looked at the fallen Azula sadly then looked at the Dark Cloaked man. They got into battle stances.
"No… my battle is not with you two. You two will be facing one of my loyal ones. He has mastered Firebending more than Azula and your father. He will be the one to take you on."
Suddenly, a red-cloaked man appeared behind the dark-cloaked man.
"Sorry for the delay. While traveling across the sprit world is quick and easy, it does take a little bit of time." Said the red-cloaked man.
The dark-cloaked man pointed at Zuko and Mai.
"Kill them…"
He walked away, leaving the Red-Cloaked man and Zuko and Mai to prepare to duel each other….
To Be Continued…
Ok, so I wrote these two chapters over the weekend. Now, I need to work on getting two more chapters up for Missing Link, so there may be a short 2-4 day break. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know it's not the 3,000 word chapter you guys like, but I can only write so much for one chapter. I hope you guys liked it. Thanks for reading and reviewing, and special thanks to those have alerts on this story. Chapter 9 is on it's way...