Yes, well, since some people asked me to write about Aang's reaction when he found her, and since I decided it would be fun, here it is!
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Aang's POV
I was alone out there. Just a minute before, I had been fighting Mai, the Fire Nation assassin. I was tired then; she had been a fierce opponent. I had been using my best airbending and earthbending, but she was cunning. She was highly skilled, as most Fire Nation warriors are, it seems. I knocked her down a few times, but she was always right back up, with a few knives hidden in her sleeves. I was covered in cuts from knives that I couldn't quite dodge, but I would be fine.
I hoped Katara, Sokka, and Toph were okay. Sokka and Katara were fighting with Ty Lee, and Toph was taking on Azula. They might have been in danger. They could have fared worse in their fights than I did. I was especially worried about Toph. I knew she was an insanely powerful earthbender, but Azula was malicious. She wouldn't think twice about murdering anyone who stood in her way. I loved Toph, and I had barely even begun to have a relationship with her. If she had been injured badly by Azula's merciless rage, I don't know what I would do.
I couldn't just stand around by myself there. Just because Mai left our battle didn't mean she had left the city. She could have gone of and teamed up with Ty Lee, or worse; Azula. I wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. So I ran out of the clearing between the houses I was in. I ran down the streets, looking everywhere for any trace of the others. I could have used my glider to survey the deserted town from above, but if Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee were still there, I didn't want to give myself away. I looked everywhere but couldn't seem to find any trace of another living thing. Even Momo seemed to have disappeared.
I wondered if I should have risked calling out for my friends. On the positive side, if one of them heard me, I would have been able to see them again, to know that they were alive and well. Then, we would continue the search for the others with a friend by our side. It wouldn't be so lonely. But, if Azula, Mai, or Ty Lee were to hear me, I would have been done for. I was losing blood. Not to much, but enough to make me a little lightheaded. It hurt to walk more and more with each step I took. But I kept walking.
I soon came across the center of the town; A large empty circle, surrounded by buildings. But the buildings were no more than smoldering piles of ashes now. I let out a small sigh as I turned around, taking in every aspect of the once grand and lively city. Smoke poured into the sky from the destroyed homes. These were people's homes. It wasn't the first time I had seen the devastation caused by the Fire Nation, and it wouldn't be the last. Frail, twisted trees were broken and uprooted, scattered around in the dirt. The ground rose up in huge mounds, and pillars of rock jutted out at sharp angles. Toph had been there. So had Azula. But where were they?
As I scanned the ruins of the heart of the city once more, to be certain that I hadn't missed anything, my eyes stopped on something; A lump, lying in the dust. It was tan and green, with some red around it. I felt the soft whisper of a single word escape my lips.
"No…"
I ran to her side as fast as I could, leaving a large trail of dust blown up behind me, and I dropped down next to her. She was lying on her back, the cruel sun shining down on her, laughing at me. I reached down and grabbed her hand, holding it tightly in my own. It was cold.
I was too late. She was dead. I hadn't saved her. I wasn't good enough. Our future together, if there ever was one, had been destroyed.
I gazed down at her soft face. There was a cut on her cheek, and blood dripping out of her mouth. Two bloody knives laid a few feet away. As I took all of that in, I realized that Azula hadn't killed Toph. Mai had. My vision blurred as the tears began to fall. If I hadn't let Mai get away…if I had stopped her…Toph wouldn't have died. It was my fault.
"Why…?"
I laid my head down on Toph's chest, and cried for my fallen love.
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