This one is shorter then the others. But the next chapter will make up for it.

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She drew in a painful gasp as she sat up. She shook her head and opened her eyes groggily. She jumped backwards when she came nose to nose with a face she knew all too well. Katara stumbled to her feet and stood up, staring at the taller woman. Katara felt her chest puff up as she stared up at Kuiodio.

"What do you want now?" Katara hissed. Kuiodio smiled and her eyes narrowed.

"Welcome to the after life, beautiful." She smiled and gave Katara a swift slap on the back. Katara frowned and looked down at her hands. She hadn't even realized that her heart wasn't beating. She looked after the demon with wide eyes.

"I'm dead." Kuiodio smiled as she sat down on her rock throne. She smiled and threw her legs over the arm rest.

"Yes. Dead as dust. Too bad. Zuko and Aang will have to raise the babies all by themselves. Ah. Isn't that sad." Kuiodio mock whined as she bit a fingernail. She threw her head back and let out a deep throated laugh. Katara frowned and felt her teeth grit. She bent down and picked up the largest rock she could find and hurled it as hard as she could toward the demon. Kuiodio's head snapped to the side as the rock hit her dead on. The demon's face turned primal as she roared out of her chair. She came within inches of Katara, but the girl just stared at her with hate filled eyes.

"What are you going to do kill me?" Katara hissed at the demon. Kuiodio lips bared back bringing a more animalistic side out of the women.

"I guess you didn't know even the dead can suffer." Katara snarled her nose and slammed her head forward into Kuiodio's nose. She straightened up and rolled her shoulders. She had always wanted to do that. Kuiodio let out a shriek and back handed the girl with one hand while grabbing her face with the other. Katara got to her feet, still amazed that Kuiodio's blow hadn't hurt. Could the dead hurt? She said they could suffer?

Zuko held the small child in his hand and stared at the demon's. Aang held the other and shook his head. Sokka had come around just in time to hear that his sister was dead.

"Are you kidding me?!" Sokka screamed. He grabbed his head as he paced the ground outside the shed. He forced back tears and anger as he tried to keep his head about him. Zuko watched the boy pace with wide eyes. He looked down at the tiny child in his hands. A head full of black hair covered the small child's small crown. His heart was thudding hard in his chest as he pulled the baby close to his chest.

"She's gone Sokka. I don't know what we are going to do, but we can't change that." Zuko said gruffly. Aang shook his head.

"No. I got her from the spirit world before I can do it again."

"Foolish child." Saidon said as he covered the girl's body in a black cloak he had pulled from the shadows. "You can enter the spirit world. You could even see her and talk with her. But she was taken by the gate keeper. You could not bring her back."

"But maybe one of you could." Toph chimed up. Her face was stone hard as the three demons turned to look at her, the three men looking as well. Sliyar cocked an eyebrow as he fastened his cloak around him.

"Oh?" Toph frowned and narrowed her eyes for effect.

"You three knew that Kuiodio had meant to kill her." Zuko hissed. Sokka frowned his clenched hands trembling on the verge of rage.

"You fucking demons." Aang stood just shaking his head as he looked at the three.

"No..." The one word brought all the others' attention to him. Aang blinked as if he hadn't known he had spoken. He moved his eyes slowly to look at Zuko.

"He wouldn't have tried to save her, if he did what you said." Zuko looked to the baby air bender in his arms. The demons stood with their arms crossed listening intently to the bantering, but their eyes settled on the small blind girl. She was still 'staring' at them. Had she had sight she would have burned a hole straight through the center of each of them. Shurinere stepped forward and squatted down looking at the girl closely.

"So, what is it kitten? What is it that you are thinking so intently on." Toph clenched her hands into the fabric of her clothes.

"Not one of you answered my question." Shurinere stood up and looked back over his shoulder at Saidon, with a nod of approval, he turned back to look at Toph.

"We can." Toph nodded. She moved her head to look in Sliyar's direction. She had gotten a good feel of their energies. Each had a distinct flare of energy.

"Bring her back." Sliyar laughed.

"We can, but we won't." Toph stood up with a jerk. The earth trembled beneath her feet causing the three mortal men to silence their bickering and stare at her.

"Then kill Kuiodio." She growled her knuckles cracking with the strain in her fist. The three demons let out a ringing laugh. With a blink they disappeared into the shadows, and were gone. Toph felt her jaw strain as she fought back the torrent of emotions that were pressing down on her. The earth buckled under her feet and sent pebbles away from her. She covered her eyes and fell to her knees. Sokka walked over and hesitated before he set his hand on her shoulder. She latched onto his legs in a vice like grip. He felt panic surge through him. She was shaking, but no tears fell. A tear burned his eye as he looked to the other guys in question. He felt his knee pop and he frowned. He pushed on Toph's shoulder's gently.

"Toph...uh Toph you're going to break my legs." Toph let go of him and let her head fall back. She shook her head as she felt the darkness lingering. She stood up.

"We made a deal! If both parts aren't filled on your part, I will not fill mine!" She said hotly crossing her arms. Sliyar walked out of the shadows and stood inches away from her.

"You cannot do that, chaton." Toph stood her ground even though the darkness was wrapping itself around her. Sliyar brought a metal claw up and tilted her chin up. She snarled her nose and turned her head away.

"I do not keep deals if they are broken." Sliyar laughed and bent down kissing her lightly on the forehead. She froze as a cold rush ran over her brain.

Silly silly girl. Katara is with Kuiodio at this very moment.

She can't kill the demon.

No. Not alone. But you must understand..

Understand what!?

Temper chaton. It isn't becoming of you.

Get to the point and get out of my head!

The demon is only part demon. Her mother was mortal.

With that Sliyar broke the kiss. He blinked down at her as she took in the information. A thought washed over her face instantly. Sliyar smiled and sunk into the darkness.

"Twinkletoes!" Aang's head snapped up from inspecting the tiny firebender. "That demon thing, the bitch!" Aang nodded then shook his head.

"Ok..?" Toph took a deep breath and gathered her thoughts.

"She is part people." Zuko frowned at the blind girl.

"You are starting to sound like Sokka." Toph growled and stomped her foot, a pebble hit each of the boy's in the head, professionally missing the infants. Sokka rubbed his head.

"What did I SAY?!" Toph shook her head.

"Just listen. Katara is in the spirit world with Kuiodio at this very moment." She stopped as if she had suddenly gotten a bad taste in her mouth. She didn't like saying it how the demon had. She frowned and continued. "She can't beat Kuiodio by herself. And Aang is the only one that can freely pass between the worlds." Aang frowned then nodded his head.

"Yes?"

"Oh my SPIRITS!" She growled in exasperation. "Look. Take your floaty ass into the spirit world, whammy-zammy the demon and bring Katara back!" Aang sighed and let out a low chuckle.

"It isn't that easy Toph." Toph waked over to Aang and plopped down on the ground next to him.

"Why not?"

"Full or not, the demon is still a demon." Toph shivered as she felt the darkness wrap around her again. She forced back a smile.

"I think you'll have more help than you think."

Katara flew into the rock wall with a thud. She scrambled to her feet and tackled Kuiodio to the ground. The demon snapped her jaws at her like a rabid snow wolf. Katara grabbed Kuiodio's wrists as the demon clawed at her. She slammed the demon's wrist to the ground, shattering three of the glass blood beads. Kuiodio arched off the ground and let out a screaming shriek. Katara jumped to her feet as the demon turned to blood underneath her. She stared down at a bright red puddle of nothing but blood. Katara rubbed the back of her head.

"That was too easy."

"You are right!" Katara whirled around to see the demon perched on top of her rock throne. She rolled over onto her back letting her long hair fall over the seat. She relaxed her arms and stared at Katara, with her large orange eyes. "We can do this all night, pretty. I never get tired."

Okay I didn't want to put to much in this chapter, that's why it is short. And yes Toph did say whammy-zammy. dd I thought it was cute.