Chapter Thirteen, so yeah the next story is the part where Anala's storyline meets up with the plot from the whole Avatar series. I'll try to do my best to make it accurate. And that is all I have to say this chapter, enjoy. Thanks again to all those who have reviewed, favourited and alerted, it means a lot. :D This is the second last chapter. I wanted everything to be up by the time I leave on Sunday for a week. I might have the first chapter of the next book up, I don't know, we'll see :)

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A cry of rage could be heard for miles. Anala, Kai and Fritz, who had spent the whole day looking around for any information about the Jewel and its current whereabouts, had come up with nothing. They felt lost as they wandered around looking for any signs of Shou or his little group of thugs only to find harmless Earth Kingdom people roaming the land. The cry of rage could possibly give them a lead, so the three of them and their new companion rode towards the noise and hoped they could gather some information, even if it was only a little bit.

The men from earlier stood in a circle, observing something in anger, each yelling at one other and shaking their dangerous weapons around the place, emphasising their harsh comments. "Excuse me," Anala called. They all turned and she flinched as she noticed their faces going a dark red but she did not back down or turn around to run away. She was on a mission and she would do whatever she had to so she could stop the plans of Fox-Rat Man. She couldn't help but blame him for the things that happened to her and as a result of this; she was more determined to bring him down. "I'm looking for an item. It's green, it glows and-"

"The Jade Jewel?" one questioned, glaring daggers. "He said he'd pay five hundred gold pieces and he gave us rocks!" He stepped aside to reveal a huge mound of tiny rocks and an empty bag beside the pile. "That cheating Shou!"

Fritz snorted. "His name is Shou?"

Everyone ignored him as he broke into a hysterical laughing fit."Could you tell us where he went? We'd like to have a word with him," Kai said, her face fixed in a glare that made even then men cringe. The men studied them for a moment before scoffing angrily.

"Last I checked, he was headed that way," one pointed to the sea. "But good luck, he's probably long gone."

"We'll catch him," Anala said in determination, turning the animal around. "Thank you!" she called back to them as they rode back towards the ocean.

"If you find him, stab him in the neck for us!" one of the men called after them, laughing madly and waving their fists in anger. The three looked determined towards the horizon and rode on, ready to kick Fox-Rat Man's ass, or Shou's ass as they discovered his real name to be. Though the tension between the three had been growing since they met up, they put their disagreements of the past behind them and worked together to save the world.

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They slinked through the trees and bushes, watching carefully as a few firebenders and Shou packed up their camp on a small beach that would appear to be non-existent to anyone who was looking down from the cliff above. The only reason they'd found it was because of the huge Fire Nation ship that was docked not far from the sandy shore.

The waterbender, the firebender and the earthbender hoped that the soldiers would go to the ship or at least leave to give them a chance at to grab the Jewel that had been placed in one of the many crates that was piled on top of one another in a huge stack. They'd seen where it had been placed and hoped that they wouldn't rearrange anything, otherwise it was lost to them.

"Are you completely sure you know which one it is in?" Kai whispered, motioning to the crates. "There is way too many for us to just walk over and idly search through them." They gasped as the crates were hauled away and taken onto the ship. Anala shook her head, now unsure whether the Jewel really was in there at all. "... Anyone got a better idea?"

"We have to get on that ship," Anala whispered, making her way around the trees and onto the beach. She crawled behind rocks, carefully edging closer and closer to the ship, motioning to the others when it as safe for them to follow behind her, hiding behind the same rocks she had.

Eventually, they'd gotten close enough to hear every word that the soldiers were saying and what Shou was ordering them to do. "We have to leave immediately," Shou yelled at the men, pushing one to the ground as he struggled with a crate. Shou was obviously in no mood to tolerate any muck-ups or ready to deal with his men being unproductive.

"Yes sir!" the others replied as they quickened their pace, trying not to show any signs of weakness or struggle because they did not want to end up like the soldier that was, at that point, being kicked around by Shou who simply smirked wickedly, his sharp teeth glinting in the sunlight. The look frightened Anala, reminding her more of an animal that an actual human being. All he needed was whiskers and a fur coat and he'd make the part of one.

Fritz smirked as he noticed one of the soldiers who appeared to be struggling a lot. To Anala's shock, he sandbended the soft earth right from beneath the soldier, making him fall to the ground instantly before Fritz covered his tracks. "My dad taught me," he whispered back. Anala shook her head to get out of her shocked trance, closed her mouth and looked to her companions.

"Let's go," Anala whispered, pushing Kai towards the ship. While Shou was busy yelling at the poor soldier that Fritz had framed while the other soldiers watched, the three snuck onto the ship and went straight downstairs where they found the whole bunch of crates. The room was practically filled with crates. "Spirits," Fritz breathed in horror.

"Kai, you start that side," Anala said, pointing to the left before pointing to the right, "Fritz, you do the left. Meet me in the middle." They rushed forward and began to check each crate, Anala focused on the five rows in the middle while the other two did their jobs. She left no crate unsearched and had managed to get a few splinters in the process of ripping the tops of the crates off without a second thought.

The two met Anala in the middle empty handed, Anala also had no luck in finding the Jewel. The three looked at each other in worry before agreeing they'd go on deck to see if there were any other crates that happened to be lying about. "Looking for this?" they turned in shock to see Shao standing on the ladder, waving the Jewel around on his index finger, grinning maliciously. "I thought so." He continued to climb up the ladder and shut metal the hatch. The three ran to it quickly, they pushed and shoved but the hatch did not give way. They were stuck down there. "Have a nice time in the Fire Nation!" they heard Shou call from the deck above them.

"We're going to die!" Fritz yelled, scared for his life.

"Hush, you're not dead yet." Anala moved around, trying to find a way out. She stumbled and fell onto the hard metal below her feet and looked at the explosives that had fallen out of a crate she'd tripped over. She grabbed some and turned to the other two. "I don't think so," Fritz said but Kai was already moving towards her and setting up some explosives on the side of the ship. "Absolutely crazy, you're both bonkers!"

"Kai, you need to bend the water to make a shield for us, otherwise we'll all die," Anala coached Kai, giving her a nod of encouragement as well as gripping her shoulder for reassurance. "Once there is a hole in the ship we'll need to swim out fast if we are going to catch him. Let's not think about what will happen if we don't." Kai got into place and made a small shield of ice to cover them while Anala set fire to the explosives. Fritz gritted his teeth and watched in worry as the spark of the fire travelled closer to the explosives they'd set up.

"Are you sure you know what you're-" Fritz was cut off as the bombs exploded, causing the ice to shatter and followed by the whole place being filled with water. Anala wasted no time in grabbing the two benders and swimming as hard as she could through the water. Kai helped by created pushing them along faster while Fritz just held his eyes closed in terror.

She gasped as she surfaced, followed by Kai and Fritz who coughed and spluttered. "Never do that again!" Fritz yelled making the two girls laugh at the fact they'd magically survived the explosion. Even though they'd escaped without any serious harm, they still had a few scratches on their skin as well as some bruises. Anala glanced up to see Shou moving along on his ostrich horse, abandoning his crew that were either sinking with the burning ship or running away from the beach in fear at the unknown cause of the explosion. "Fritz, give me a boast. I can take him."

"Are you sure?" he asked, his eyes wide with doubt.

"Positive. Get me to shore and get me up there." They were shot towards the shore thanks to Kai's bending and Fritz proceeded to create a catapult out of the earth and sent Anala flying into the air after Shou.

She landed on the ground in front of Shou with a thud and wasted no time getting up to stop him. She used her firebending to injure his animal so he couldn't get away. She sent a whip of fire at the animal's legs and made it wrap around. Shou and his companion went tumbling to the ground with a loud thud as the fire burned the poor animal's legs until it couldn't move them. She regretted it but it was something that had to be done.

Anala stood ready in a stance, watching him carefully to make sure he wasn't stupid enough to try anything. He rose slowly from the ground and stared at her before he jumped into a stance. "You don't want to fight me," he said, his eyes narrowing in fear as he noted her ability to bend fire.

"Oh but I do," she whispered to him. It was he who made the first move. He sent a large ball of fire her way, something she happily sent flying back towards him to his shock. She smirked at him and began to mercilessly send fire his way, making him stumble back before getting into a stance once more and defended himself. She was glad for her training and was careful to take in all of his apparent weaknesses and so that she could attack them, working it to her advantage.

The fight went on for only a few minutes before he pulled out a rope and managed to get close enough to wrap it around her neck. Instead of struggling, she reached behind and took the Jewel from his pocket where she could just see it sticking out, and threw it away without him seeming not to notice or probably not caring about it. Her world began to fade as the lack of oxygen started to affect her. She held the rope around her neck and burnt it, which burnt her neck in the process, before elbowing him in the crotch, sending him down.

She coughed and gasped for air, clutching at the burn around her neck in sheer agony. Her attention turned to the Jewel but as soon as she tried to reach for it, he swung out at her with a fist on fire. It collided with her side, sending her flying over the edge. He walked mockingly towards her; the Jewel lay behind, forgotten. "Well, well, well, not so tough now are we?" he asked as he stomped on her fingers. She cried out and was forced to let go; only holding on with her right hand. The burns on her neck and now in her side made tears slide from her eyes.

His smirk made her blood boil but as soon as he lifted his foot again, her eyes widened in fear and she glanced at the rocks below her. "Have a nice swim!" he yelled bringing his foot down but before it could come in contact with her fingers, he was sent flying over the edge. He managed to grab onto a small rock that was just below where she hung, and he looked up in fear.

She reached her hand down to him. "Grab my hand!" she yelled to him. He looked at her and reached out before he withdrew his hand and made to climb up on his own by grabbing onto her foot, smirking, but the rock did not support his weight. He cried out as the earth broke off and he was sent to his death below. Anala watched in horror as his body landed on the rocks with a sickening crack and he lay bloody, splattered and broken. She almost threw up.

Someone grabbed her hand and she looked up to see Kai smiling at her. She dragged the girl up with the help of Fritz and the three sat, panting and wet at the edge, looking down at the body on the rocks. "I can totally see you could take him," Fritz mocked after a moment, poking her forehead. She batted his hand away. He chuckled for a moment before he stopped. "We are quite the team," he laughed punching the air with a triumphant fist before he flopped backwards, panting and bleeding from small cuts he'd received from the explosion.

Anala and Kai glanced at each other awkwardly for a moment before they turned back to him. "We sure are," Anala said softly as she lay back on the ground and examined her sore fingers, enjoying the rest of having to not worry about Shou again. She ran her hands over her neck and then her side before sighing. There was no way Kai's healing would prevent the scars that would come from it.

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"My Lord, I've received news that Shou has failed... he's... dead," the servant said as he kneeled in front of the Fire Lord's throne, the glow of the fire flickering threateningly. For a while the Fire Lord said nothing, he just hummed and stroked his beard in thought.

"I knew he would," he said slowly, still looking off into the distance in thought. "I never truly believed the Jewel he was obsessed with would lead us to the Avatar. Though I doubt there still is one. Just leave the case, pretend it didn't happen. Leave." The servant quickly scurried away to leave the Fire Lord to his thoughts.