"I thought you said you needed a teacher?" Aaron laughed.

"I do!" Kaia lied.

"Uh-huh." He just looked at her.

"Fine. We'll strategize." She gave in.

Susie stood off to the side. Watching Kaia and Aaron practice fire bending. They laughing and having a good time. It wasn't fair. Kaia got everything. She was famous; she was the avatar's daughter! She was treated like a princess by most commoners. She could bend all four elements somehow, she had even learned how to time bend- but she wouldn't disclose that information to her friends. She was going to be a heroine, she always got the guy…it wasn't right.

"Susie!"

Susie looked up towards Aaron.

"We're strategizing. C'mon!" Aaron motioned his arm for her to come over and join them. She pushed herself off Appa and walked over.

Aaron stood in between the two girls, explaining battle tactics, but the girls just looked at him. They didn't hear a word he said, just admiring him. The way his black hair seemed a medium brown in the sunlight, his sparkling eyes, his authority and power, how he spoke…Aaron knew how they felt about them and he thought it was entertaining. But if they ever fought over him, he'd be gone in an instant. They were running out of time. They had to stop his grandfather and aunt from trying to take over and they had to all save their parents.

"Girls!" Aaron told them. "Are you listening?"

"Yes. Most definitely." Susie told him, nodding.

"No- uh- sorry Aaron. I kind of zoned out."

Point for Kaia for honesty.

"This is really important girls." he told them. "Okay- so we'll head here, and go around the peninsulas and then end there." The girls' followed his finger.

"Hey Aaron- wouldn't it be better if you headed here and then went straight and snuck around the island?"

"Yes! Kaia you're a genius!" He hugged her from the side with one arm.

Susie scowled. "Um, hey , Aaron. I think we should go here than then there,." she said as flirty as she could.

Kais stifled a giggle and Aaron had to work to not burst out laughing. "Uh- that's the middle of the desert…in the Earth Kingdom…but if we needed to attack the Earth King- we'd go there." We tried to make it up to her.

Susie felt stupid. The middle of the Earth Kingdom to attack? Yeah right. One it was the center and two it was the most open space in the whole area!

She could only watch and keep her mouth shut as she watched Aaron and Kaia plan the battle tactics. His hand on hers, guiding eachother with their visions of the invasion.

Later, when Aaron went to go get supplies and Kaia brushed Appa and was putting water in jugs for the three of them, Susie stepped out of the shadows and crossed her arms.

"It's nor right. You get everything you want don't you? It's so hard being you. Not."

"What? What are you talking about?" Kaia arched up, leaving the full jug of water on the ground.

"How is it being able to manipulate people into doing whatever you want to happen?"

"What?" Fire blazed in Kaia's blue-gray eyes. "I do no such thing. You don't have the constant pressure of having to save everybody, of controlling all the elements and not knowing if you're a mistake since that's not supposed to happen! You have no idea what it's like being me."

"Aw- poor Kaia. Was that the sob story you used to wrap Aaron around your little finger?"

"I know what's going on here. You're jealous." Kaia snickered.

With her arms crossed, Susie stepped closer. "I'm tired of you winning. You won't get Aaron too." and she launched herself at her younger cousin.

Kaia dodged it easily, being an air-bender. "You really don't want to fight me do you? I'd beat you easy."

Susie got angry and pulled out her fans and ran at Kaia who at the last second, flung herself up into the air.

Kaia, behind Susie then shot water from the jug at her cousin.

Susie became drenched and her fans were useless. She dropped them and held out her fists. "Bring it."

And Kaia breathed in and closed her eyes. Susie ran towards her and Kaia sensed exactly where everything was. She then, with one swift movement made a jut of rock come up from under Susie and she was flung into the air.

Kaia gasped for a second, ready to use her power to help, but Susie straightened herself out and ran towards Kaia and managed one blow before Kaia pulled out her fire and shot the gust of energy in Susie's direction. Susie avoided it by getting on Appa.

Kaia stopped. She'd never strike Appa.

"What? Too tired?" Kaia smiled evilly.

Susie scowled. "I quit." And she took off with Appa and all their gear.

Kaia stood there in the ruins of their battle and Aaron came back with the supplies.

"Kaia? What happened? Where's everyone? Where is everything?"

He ran over and hugged her, seeing Kaia crying. "It's alright. Tell me what happened."

"Susie quit. We got in a fight…" Kaia shut her eyes fiercely as she shook her head.

"Why?"

Kaia didn't answer.

Aaron then understood.

"You stranded us here. Because of your selfishness." He stepped away from her.

"No- Aaron." She tried to reach for him but he leaned away.

He shot fire at her and she leaned backwards, it singing the ends of her hair.

He was coming at her now, ready to fight.

To buy time she made a life-size box of pure rock to keep him busy for a minute.

She jumped on the roof of it and she could feel the vibrations of him punching through the wall. She got water ready from the rest of jug.

And then there was a rumble and Aaron appeared. He looked around and looked up and shot the fire at her.

She blocked it with the water. And then she put it back into the jug and she got out her fire.

The rest of their fight was a mixture of colors and energy. Playing with fire. Finally, Kaia struck him in the back and he fell to the ground. His eyes closed- defeated. She turned to walk away when she felt him get up and charge.

And before she could do a thing, a burst of burning flames licked at her and she fell to the tiled ground of the air temple.

"I win Kaia." Aaron ripped the bison whistle off her neck and used it. A while later, Kaia still unconscious, just as Aaron was checking to see that he hadn't actually killed her- Appa came by and Susie was perched on top, with Momo on her shoulder.

"Coming?" she raised an eyebrow.

"I quit too." he smiled and climbed aboard.

She took them to the fire nation palace.

And they stood before Aaron's grandfather and aunt.

"So you will be joining us…" Ozai laughed.

"Let's hope you're better at sticking to his word than Zu-Zu." Azula smirked.

"Trust me. Kaia has been defeated. We just want our parents to go free."

"They will in good time," Azula lied.

"We will join you." Aaron and Susie exchanged evil smiles as they welcomed to the dark side.