Finding a Mother
Chapter Thirteen
Zuko took a step back as Aang lowered his head in sadness.
"Aang; why are you upset?" Sokka asked. "We won! Wait a second, where's Toph?"
"Ozai killed her." Tears fell from Aang's eyes as he spoke. "And I killed him…"
"He was too dangerous to be kept alive." Zuko spoke. "Trust me. There is no way he could have been kept alive without putting the world in even more danger. He was my father, and I think that it's for the best that he's gone."
"It's over Aang." Katara put a comforting arm over his shoulder. "The Fire Lord has been defeated. Now there is nothing left to do except for all the Nations to do except recover from these past hundred years. You saved the world, Aang."
"Yeah; it's over." Sokka smiled. "Now there's nothing but smooth sailing…"
Sokka suddenly toppled to the ground as Long Feng landed on top of him. From behind Zuko, General Mung appeared, holding a blade made of fire to his throat. Long Feng grabbed Sokka by the throat.
"The war may be over, but my business with you kids is far from!" Long Feng roared. "You ruined my utopia that was once Ba Sing Se and you got me arrested! You shall all pay!"
Long Feng angrily tossed Sokka aside and bended a pillar of earth and fired it at Aang, while Mung forced zuko back.
"Well my Prince," Mung said. "I'm going to kill you. Even though Ozai has been defeated, I still intend to follow his orders. Maybe with the whole Royal Family dead, I can step up to the plate of Fire Lord."
"Hey…" came a voice from behind Mung. Zuko took this time to slam his foot down on Mung's shin, and was able to escape from the general's grasp. Mung painfully turned to see the angry face of Ursa.
"No one threatens my son." Ursa growled as she punched him in the face. Dazed, the general stepped back; however, Ursa grabbed hold of his shoulders and butted him in the head. Mung fell to the ground unconscious.
Meanwhile, Aang dodged Long Feng's attack and responded with a blast of air. Long Feng flew a couple feet backwards, but again attacked, firing pillar after pillar of earth. Aang dodged each one of them.
Enraged, Long Feng was about to attack again until he felt a presence behind him. He turned around to face Appa.
"You again?" Long Feng raged. "You will not make a fool out of me this time!" Long Feng attempted to bend at the bison, but once again the bison's jaw bit down on his foot, only this time much stronger. Long Feng let out a pained yell as blood flooded down his leg. The angered bison then tossed Long Feng away, causing the earthbender to crash through the palace doors and shattering through the window, before he finally landed right besides Azula's body.
Appa turned and blew Long Feng's bloodied shoe out of his mouth. The kids (except Zuko) cheered and rushed in for a group hug around the bison. Ursa put her arm around Zuko's shoulder.
"Zuko!" Katara called out. "Come on! Get in on the hug!"
Katara rushed forward and pulled Zuko in. Zuko felt his heart lift as Aang and the other hugged him back. For the first time in years, Zuko finally felt like he had everything he had always wanted…
A/N- No this is not the end. I'm thinking two more chapters. One more for the story and then an epilogue, only I will absolutely not update again until I get 5 reviews. 2 reviews is just not enough feed back.