A/N: Hey peeps! I am so sorry I didn't update sooner! I was trying to find a way to make Avatar mine. No such luck. I still only own Shaiya, Onya, Nalif, the kiwikania and the sujios. Oh, and the memory in here. Just keep reading and you'll figure it out. Here's the long-anticipated story!

Chapter XVI: Secrets Revealed

Recap:

"Shaiya, will you marry me?" Nalif asked as he knelt in front of her, showing her a beautiful silver ring with an amethyst stone set in the middle.

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"Oh… uh, oh shitake. Look, Nalif. I don't mean to hurt you, but my heart belongs to another."

"Oh. I see now. I'll just be going." Nalif said sullenly as he left Shaiya standing in her own puddle of guilt.

"Well now, that went well. NOT!" she yelled to herself.

"What'd you do now?" Onya asked her.

"Nalif just proposed to me, and I not-too-kindly stood him up. And ya know what! He's the kinda guy to seek revenge. Crapootika!"

"Crapootika?"

"Impulse curse substitute."

"Ah. Well, there's lots of food, so now would be the time to gorge yourself. Also, they've got Chasta Champagne!"

"OOH! They do! Move it peeps! Champagne, here I come!" Shaiya yelled, the sudden pool of guilt she stood in melted into nothingness.

(Some seriously long time later, about two weeks, maybe. Let's just work with that.)

It had been about two weeks since Shaiya and Onya left, and dawn was approaching. Far off in the distance, a Fire Nation messenger atop a komodo rhino came thundering through the forest surrounding Shiroh Nagiyan. He rode his rhino up to the doorstep of a small two story house with a porch and pillars covered in flowering vines. It was run-down, but it was pretty. The messenger ran up to the doorstep and knocked. Onya answered. Quickly noticing the soldier, Onya put on her soldier's face.

"Can I help you, soldier?" she asked professionally.

"Fire Lord Ozai sent this for Sehara and Orelana." he answered.

"Thank you, soldier." Onya replied as she tipped him a gold coin. He bowed, jumped onto his rhino and rode away. Onya ripped the letter open, scanned it, and then looked up, looking as if she had just seen a ghost. She knew she had to show this letter to Shaiya. She stuffed the letter into her bra, jumped on her sujio with nothing but a rope around her neck and took off down the street for the dock where Shaiya would be helping unload the latest supply ship.

Upon reaching the dock, Onya spotted her friend, ran up to her and yelled, "Shai! SHAI! We've got a letter from Fire Lord Ozai!" At that, her friend grabbed the letter, sat down on the barrel nearest her and read aloud:

Dear Sehara and Orelana

I have a meager proposition. I have ten prisoners that await the death penalty. They are: Katara and Sokka, siblings of the Southern Water Tribe, my foolish brother Iroh, many numerous rebels, their leader, Jet, and my son, Prince Zuko. All have committed high treason against the Fire Nation. All will be punished by the death penalty. Your bounty, apiece: 100,000 gold pieces for the head of my brother and son, 50,000 per water tribe sibling, and 10,000 per rebel. Accounting I have six rebels, both of you would receive 360,000 gold pieces apiece. I hope you will be able to make it, for I shall be too busy to kill all of them myself. If you do not make it to the Fire Capital by the last quarter, I will send for another assassin pair. Best wishes girls.

Yours truly

Fire Lord Ozai

P.S. The Avatar has been accompanying the water tribe siblings, but when we caught them, the Avatar was not around. I will double your reward if you bring him to me before the deadline I set. He will not be killed, merely locked up in chains in my prison hold until I have complete control over the rest of the world. Good luck ladies.

When Shaiya finished the letter, she exclaimed excitedly, "We're to kill Katara, Sokka, Zuko, Iroh, and six other rebels! We'd get three hundred sixty thousand gold pieces each, IF we complete the task. WE are to kill them!"

"That's not a good thing, Shai. We're to kill them, not have a tea party." her friend countered.

"I know, but at least Fire Lord Ozai asked us to do it and not some other stupid assassins. Besides, I always wanted to kill the Fire lord." Shaiya ended her statement with a smile of evil etched on her glorious features. "How long to the Fire capital by the wings of a sujio?" she asked, her friend finally catching on.

"Four, and we're to be there by the last quarter, a week and a half away. Plenty of time." Both girls began to cackle evilly. Then, they marched off to prepare for the trip they would depart for the very next day.

The next morning, both girls woke eager to fly for the Fire Nation. Silently and grinning, the girls packed all the stuff they'd need for the next week and a half, since Ozai was somewhat a procrastinator. He preferred to put off, as he called them, humane killings, until the assassins, or whomever he happened to hire, began to get restless, and then he would hold the 'humane killing'.

After packing all they needed, the girls saddled up their sujios. They bode farewell to the town and took off for the job everyone thought they would be carrying out, except they weren't going to carry out the mentioned killing. They had another in mind.

(Four days later)

Zuko sat in his cell alone, trying to remember Shaiya's face. She was all he could think about for the past week. For all he knew, she could be completely oblivious to the fact that he was about to be killed. He just hoped that Sehara and Orelana were going to be doing the killing, because they always made sure it was quick. A quick swipe of their swords right above the shoulders and the prisoners were dead. Zuko just hoped that Ozai wouldn't suggest the painful, slow way. He wasn't looking forward to being fixed and having all his limbs cut off and then beheaded in front of the entire Fire Council. It wouldn't make his father look bad, however, because Zuko's great grandfather had done the same thing to his daughter who had gone off under cover to become a concubine for the king of the earth nation city of Kalinuahal, who was one to go do it with every concubine every night, which probably explained why he slept so much during the day.

He had her chained up to a chair where she was forced to sit still while multiple guys came up and stuffed their 'things' down her throat, then her breasts and limbs were cut off, all while the royal council watched. She was then set in a cell where she bled to death.

Zuko was praying he didn't end up dying in close to the same way she did.

Aang was sitting on a hilltop just outside the Fire Nation capital, thinking of a way to get in there and save Katara and Sokka. He couldn't think of a thing that might help him. It had been a week and a half since they had been captured. Then he saw it. Two specs in the sky that looked like people on… sujios? No, it couldn't be. As they got closer, Aang immediately recognized them. Shaiya, Onya, Kagouya and Vei. Did they know about Katara, Sokka, Zuko and Iroh's capture? As far as Aang knew, who didn't? He also knew that if he didn't save Katara and Sokka at least, they would be killed. Not just by anyone, either. By the two most famous Fire Nation assassins, Sehara and Orelana.

Just then, the two assassins passed up the Fire Nation capital and began to head straight for him. Oh, no. What do they want? he thought. The girls landed beside him, smiling.

"Whoa. You two are… but wait, that can't be. You lead double lives!" Aang asked, shocked.

"Yup, we sure do. It wasn't our doing, though." Shaiya started. "Well, you see, it started as an innocent prank. The Fire Lord wanted a very capable assassin to carry out the task of killing one of the less competent generals. Long story short, my father put Onya and me in the place of the one assassin the Fire Lord requested, we carried out the task quite well, and if I hadn't stepped in right when I did, my father could've lost his position. And now, well, we're assassins. The Fire Lord has no idea who we are. All he knows is our skill, our names, what we look like and what port-of-call we live in. And that's all he'll ever find out."

"Anyway," Onya started, "We need you, Aang. You are going to be a very crucial person in our plan to save Katara, Sokka, Zuko and Iroh. The rebels, I could care less about, though they could come in handy. Anyway, here's the plan. What we're gonna do is: Aang, we're gonna need to tie you up and act like you're our prisoner. Do you know our assassin names?"

Aang nodded.

"Okay, good. When we handle you, we're gonna be rough about it, so suck it up, 'kay. We'll take you in and give you to the Fire Lord. We'll request that you are tied up near us to watch us 'kill'" Onya used air quotes to accentuate kill. "your friends. We won't actually kill them, we'll just play along. Then, Shai will go to kill Zuko first, but she'll accidentally slip and lose grip on her sword, causing it to go clean through Ozai's neck. Hopefully he'll suffer. After that, we expect an uproar. I'll rush to unlock everyone while Shai keeps 'em at bay. Then, if they're as bad as we think they're gonna be, we'll need to fly off. And chances are, Zula will inherit the throne. We'll then have to overthrow her. But if the spectators take this as easily as we highly doubt they will, well, then that'll just rock. Got it?"

Aang nodded again. For the most part, everything was explained rather well. Shaiya walked over to Kagouya, grabbed a coil of rope and tied Aang's hands together behind his back. Then she mounted. Onya tossed Aang gently as possible up behind her. Shaiya sat sidesaddle so she could keep a good hold on both Aang and her sujio, just to make it convincing. Onya mounted her sujio and the trio took off for the Fire Nation capital building.

"Fire Lord Ozai! Fire Lord Ozai! The assassins you hired have arrived, and with the Avatar!" a messenger yelled as he ran into the grand hall where the Fire Lord was sure to be. Ozai looked up with keen interest as the three came in. Katara, Sokka, Zuko, Iroh, and the six rebels were tied up waiting their punishment off to the side.

"Good evening, ladies. I see you brought me the ultimate gift." Ozai purred.

"Yes, milord. And a wonderful guten abend to you, as well." Shaiya answered.

"I'm pleased you were able to make it, ladies. And you look as beautiful as ever." The girls giggled and blushed.

"Why thank you, milord. We try." Shaiya responded sweetly.

Zuko looked up from his personal black hole of depression he had sunk into. He looked at the assassins and noticed something he hadn't seen before. They look different than they did three years ago. They looked… familiar. He had seen them not long ago. If Orelana had blonde hair, rather than black, she would look just like Onya. And if Sehara had red hair, rather than blonde, she would look just like Shaiya. She had Shaiya's eyes. Oh, my gosh. My girlfriend is gonna be my executioner. Zuko thought to himself. Realization dawned on him. That was the other secret she was always talking about! She was an assassin! And not just any assassin, either, but a dang good one at that.

"Well, ladies, shall we get this execution started?" Ozai asked.

A/N: Okay, guys! I know it was really short, but I barely had any time to work on it lately. Same thing with my other story, Star Fire. I haven't even begun the third chapter of that story, so I'm really far behind. Please review! Tanx! And I'm sorry if the font is whack, but I just could'nt get it larger. Or it just might be my chapter editing thing. So yeah.

Love Much all my peeps,

Raaon Teisha a.k.a. Rhinestone Cowgirl a.k.a. the insane smilie face

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