Chapter 13: GIRL FIGHT
Quick A/N: Yes, people. The moment you've all been waiting for! The GIRL FIGHTS! Yes, I said FIGHTS; as in more than one.
Oh, and it's a good idea to listen to the song 'Girl Fight' by Brooke Valentine while reading this chapter. If you don't have that song, go to www. youtube. com (without the spaces, of course) type in 'Avatar GIRL FIGHT' in the Search Videos column, go until you see this title: "GIRL FIGHT" and click on it. It takes time for it to load, but it's worth it; promise.
PS: There are some T rated scenes in the Girl Fights. Proceed with caution. But no swear words.
The silence in the air was so thick that if you tried to cut through it with a knife, the blade would be permanently dented.
Both Zuko and Rose/Katara were sitting on the hard wooden floor of Long Shu's shop.
"I marry you." Rose, or in this case, Katara said.
"I don't believe this." Zuko said back.
"You're Fire Lord?" Rose, or Katara, finally asked.
"I was going to be. Zuko said.
"Was?" Katara/Rose asked.
"I got banished." Zuko replied bitterly; remembering the day.
"How?" Katara asked; curious.
"It was when I was 14…" Zuko began.
He watched as Katara's, or Rose's, eyes widen at each word he said. When he was finished, her face was etched with worry.
"Zuko…" The girl, Katara, murmured; lightly touching his face.
"Please." Zuko said; trying to pull away, but failing.
Her touch was gentle and soothing; relaxing him for the first time in the 2 years he was banished from his home. As hard as he tried, Zuko found himself sliding into her touch.
"It was so lonely." He mumbled into her hand.
Katara was the first one who had ever been like this to him, save his uncle, and it felt good. For 2 years, it felt like he was trapped in the cold with no light and no warmth; only darkness. Her hand felt warm; like the sun on his face when he was still back in his home.
But now, he sees that he has been oblivious; not seeing that his father and sister despised him. There was no true way back home. Even if he did capture the Avatar, he would never regain himself in his father's eyes.
"Why was I so blind?" Zuko murmured; taking the girl's hand and looking into her cerulean eyes.
They showed no disgust, shame, nor pity. Just kindness and hope for him.
"There's no shame in saving lives." Katara, Rose, whatever her name was; it didn't matter right now, whispered to him.
Zuko smiled; the first genuine smile with no regrets since, nearly forever.
Unexpectedly, he pulled her close and held her in an embrace.
Without hesitation, he felt Katara return it as a single serene moment blossomed between the 2.
The door to the shop swung open.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" A shrill and demanding voice shouted.
Ooh. Calm before the storm.
Turning, Katara saw that girl who had spat at her to leave 'Jake' or, as she just found out, Zuko, alone.
She looked very mad and extremely violent in this case.
Before either of them could say a word, the other girl lunged at Katara.
Using the reflexes and fighting skills she had learned from the Huntsmaster, Katara flipped up; defending herself and trying to hit as little as possible.
"You think you can just waltz on back into Jake's life and wreck it AGAIN? Girl, you got another thing coming..." the girl spat as her hands came, nails first, at her face.
Katara grabbed both of her wrists; trying to keep her away when the girl's foot suddenly came up and kicked her in the stomach.
Katara herself lost it; if that girl wanted a fight, then she was more than ready.
Both girls ran for each other; attacking each other in the most intense of cases.
Katara slapped the girl and she responded by pulling at her hair.
Somehow, the girl pinned her to the ground.
With her strength, Katara, shifted her legs and kicked the girl in the stomach; knocking her off of her.
The girl seemed unflappable; she dove at Katara again and tackled her.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zuko and that other boy staring as she and the other girl were trying to somewhat tear each other's faces out.
A slash of sharp claws on her face turned her attention back to the girl.
In return, Katara balled her hands and punched the dark skinned girl as hard as she could.
The girl refused to give up, but before either of them could damage each other any worse, a red tail struck out; grabbing the dark skinned girl as Zuko, or Jake, picked her up and inspected her to see if she was hurt or not.
Zuko rounded on the girl.
"What do you think you're doing?" He snapped as he dropped the girl onto a box.
Then, the girl did something Katara had never thought she would do; burst into tears.
Wow.
Zuko/Jake, Katara/Rose, and Spud watched at Trixie sobbed into her hands. When she looked up, she saw the trio staring at her.
"Stop staring at me!" she shouted.
"It's kind of hard to do that." Spud inquired and then turned to Jake/Zuko.
"Dude, you've got women fighting over you." He said; amazed.
Zuko/Jake didn't pay attention to his words; he was too taken in by Trixie's sobbing.
"Why?" Trixie mumbled.
"What?" Katara/Rose asked.
Trixie looked up; her dark face red with anger.
"YOU!" she shrieked; lunging for her again, but Zuko/Jake grabbed her wrists and staring her down until she seemingly collapsed on the ground.
"Why are you doing this?" Zuko/Jake spat at her with disgust bared out in his tone.
Though his nation had attacked the others without warning, they had a good reason. The Western Air Temple had begun to raid the Fire Nation coasts of their riches. Fire Lord Sozun had tried to make peace, but they didn't listen. So, they began to attack the Air Temple. The world saw it and, jumping to conclusion, declared war on the Fire Nation. With no other choice, the Fire Nation began to attack and conquer the land.
This girl had just jumped at Katara and began to fight and scream at her.
"You don't see it?" Trixie asked in a soft voice.
"What do I not see?" Zuko/Jake snapped at her.
He had just seen this girl scream at Katara, who hadn't done anything.
"When you liked Rose and then began dating her, I tried to be happy for you, but—." Trixie broke off; beginning to cry.
Katara/Rose instantly knew the answer.
"You like him, don't you?" she asked her.
Trixie, hearing the reality for the first time, nodded.
"And then you broke up with her, I thought maybe there was a chance to be with you. And then, you got that body." Trixie continued; staring at his body again.
Zuko/Jake felt sorry for the girl; if only she knew.
"But you just get back with her again and you both act like nothing happened! I was jealous of Rose. I couldn't help it! You get back together with her while I liked you all along!" Trixie shouted deliriously.
The 3 stared at Trixie and taking in her newfound confession. Suddenly, she stood up to match them.
"That's it! You two, I want the truth!" she declared to Zuko/Jake and Katara/Rose.
Both hesitated; looking at each other for a moment, then facing her.
"You want the truth?" both asked at the same time.
Confession time...
Did any of you think that maybe it wasn't REALLY the Fire Nation who started the war?
Or maybe that Trixie had secret feelings for Jake?
Scritch, scritch. Scritch, scritch.
"Come on, Rose." Jake said with a laugh.
"I can't help it." Rose replied; giggling.
"But do you have to keep feeling the hair that I've grown out every time we're near each other?" Jake asked as he felt her hand tickling his scalp.
"It feels good." Rose mock-protested.
Jake smiled at her, but then thought of something.
"But what about your duty for your Huntsclan?" he asked; arising many bitter old memories.
He saw Rose look away to the sea with a small sigh before she turned back to him. He gazed into the eyes where he found the girl he had known for the few months they were together. No Huntsgirl, no secrets, just Rose.
"I'll leave it." Rose finally decided.
Jake's eyes widened; if she left, then it would be, on some branch, his fault that her family broke apart.
"But Rose—." Jake began; cupping a side of her face with his hand.
He felt Rose sink into his hand and pulled her closer; knowing that this was a huge decision for her.
"It's alright, Rose. Don't worry about it." Jake murmured into her hair.
"I wish that—." Rose whispered into his chest.
"What?" Jake asked; stroking her back.
"That we weren't born on different sides. And that it wasn't my so called 'destiny' to slay dragons." Rose whispered.
"Your destiny is yours to control, Rose. It's your decision." Jake reassured her.
The people of the town stared on; they had never seen a Firebender comforting another person in public; much less to a Waterbender. Their elements and sides were opposites, so shouldn't they be?
Just then, a familiar, but not familiar to Jake and Rose, face to Zuko stepped forth from the crowd.
"And who is this, Zuko?" a voice asked from behind them.
And who can that be?
Turning, Rose saw a woman dressed in various shades of red and black sewn together with gold thread.
She was pretty in some way.
She was small and thin with a delicate face, soft-looking hands, and curves in the right places. She was pale, with dark hair and brown, yet somewhat red eyes and white teeth as she sauntered forth to them.
Rose could tell that Jake was just as confused on who this person was as she was.
"Who are you?" Jake asked; his left hand around Rose's waist.
"Zuko. I'm shocked." The girl said in a falsetto voice.
Whoever this girl was, both Jake and Rose liked her less by the second.
"You don't even remember that I'm your fiancé?" she asked. Rose felt Jake falter; seeing that he had no idea about this either.
"And who is this?" she asked; eyeing Rose.
"My girlfriend." Jake replied as he drew Rose slightly closer.
"Her?" the girl sneered.
Rose's eyes narrowed; what was wrong with her?
"Yeah. Why?" Jake retorted.
"Because she's trash. A barbarian." The girl spat at the both of them.
Anger welled up in both Jake and Rose's emotions; how dare that girl insult them?
"And I thought you had some actual common sense—." The girl began, but Rose lost it.
Breaking away from Jake, she ran at the girl; tackling her to the ground.
In an instant, the other girl's claws came out as she began to slap Rose's face and grab her hair.
Rose fought back with her training; standing the both of them up as she punched the girl in the chest and sweep-kicking the girl as often as she could.
The girl slapped her on the face; Rose reeling back a little, but regaining her posture and lunged at the girl; tackling her on the ground as they both were rolling in the dirt; tearing and scratching each other as much as they could.
Jake began trying to stop them.
"Both of you, stop! You're causing a scene!" he shouted; trying to grab one of them, but that was like catching a minnow with your bare hand. Both girls kept going at it like crazy. By then, many people had started to stare; 2 girls fighting over a guy.
"Folks, there is nothing to see here." Jake announced to them.
Just then, a splash was heard.
Turning, he saw that the 2 girls had taken their fighting to the water.
"That is whack." Jake said as the girls returned to land; their clothes sopping wet and continuing to catfight.
With their clothes clinging to each other, the girls began to use another element; their teeth.
"He's mine!" the other girl shouted at Rose.
"He doesn't belong to anyone!" Rose protested as she grabbed the girl's bun and pulled hard.
"You two—." Jake began to shout; coming forward when he saw that Rose was on top of the girl; twisting both of the girl's hands in a hammerlock and pinned her to the ground.
"Say it." Rose snapped at her.
"Fine! He's yours." The girl said; struggling against him.
Rose got up; strolling casually over to Jake and smiling.
Jake also grinned at her; at least his girlfriend wasn't weak like that girl.
Rose was a girl he could respect and one he could train with without her acting all delicate and a girl whom he had a lot in common with and could easily talk to.
"Gotta give you your props on the moves." Jake complimented. Rose smiled.
"Thanks." She replied.
Go Rose!
True Fact: I read somewhere that Zuko might have had a fiance before he was banished. WE MUST SAVE ZUTARA!
"If he was really yours, you two would have kissed by now." The girl stingily commented.
Jake and Rose glared at the girl; facing each other and leaning in close.
The kiss was all-too familiar to them, but this time there was a taste of triumph in it and the kiss was all the sweeter.
"Let's go back." Jake murmured to her.
Rose nodded; taking his hand and following him.
The people looked on as the unusual 2 walked away; never before had they seen an inter-bending relationship, much less with 2 opposite benders of 2 opposite sides in this war and born of 2 different elements.
Jake and Rose were talking and laughing away; entertaining each other with stories of what happened to them the first time they woke up in these strange bodies. As they were approaching the deck of his small ship, both saw a much larger one towering over it.
Fear edging into their minds, both held onto each other as they approached the edge of the ship.
There, Jake saw the person Iroh had told him about; the one who had scarred him and was supposed to hate. His father.
"Father." Jake said stiffly.
His entire crew, his uncle, his sister, and the girl Rose fought with earlier were on board; staring at him and Rose. Jake saw that his 'father's' eyes were cold; fixating on him and Rose.
"Keiko told me that the girl over there attacked her earlier today." His father said coldly.
"It was self-defense." Jake said back; fearlessly looking back into his eyes.
Ozai wasn't used to his son acting like this in his presence. When was he going to bow before him and beg for entry back into his home or not be able to look him in the eye? But all his son did was stare back at him with no fear; just anger and resentment.
"You cannot call what it was, but she still attacked your fiancé and the price of attacking the Fire Lady is death." Ozai replied.
"She isn't my fiancé. She never was and never will be. She's nothing but a gold-digger; she only wants power and wealth." Jake said in a tone Ozai had never heard his son respond in before.
"You will come back to the Fire Nation when you are 18 and you will marry her." Ozai told him.
Jake was furious; first that girl now his own father? This boy whose body he was in was dysfunctional in many ways he couldn't even claim.
"And if I say no?" Jake replied.
"You will. I'm sick of your constant whining and mistakes." Ozai spat at his son.
Jake lost it.
"And I'm sick of you!" He shouted at him.
He had only asked him a question and his father called it whining? He scarred and banished his own son and had no second feelings, he had done heinous and unforgivable crimes to his own flesh and blood and now he was demanding that he come back and marry some greedy floozy?
"All you've ever done in my life was cause me absoludacris misery and now you expect me to repay you for some solid that you've never given first? I accipurpodentally did the right thing and you say I made a 'stake? I am your son and you treat me like I'm a slave! I begged for mercy and you respond with this!" Jake shrieked at him; pointing to the left eye of his body.
"That was my mistake, but now I've corrected it. You can renounce me, you can disinherit me, you can never want see my scarred face ever again for all I care! You may have a huge army and navy, you may have more wealth than anyone in this world has ever dreamed, you may have all the women you want, but I still know that my life was, is, and always will be better than yours! If you rank yourself on the ABS, you'd shoot well above a thousand." Jake snapped at his father.
Ozai opened his mouth to begin, but Jake cut him off.
"Shut yo' mouth for once in your absoludicrous life! I don't even KNOW why I wasted my life on you! Uncle has been more of a father to me in a short time span than you have EVER been! I bet you don't know anything but my name! The only reason I was hunting for that Avatar was because I, for one, cared about my country and people! But I guess that was a lie too! If they don't want me, I won't care. Let them ram head-first into death! If that's the way you want to be, fine. Just leave me a-lion." Jake finished; feeling a huge burden being lifted from his back.
Everyone stared at father and son with amazement.
None of them had ever heard Zuko speak this way to his father, or even speak this way. Most of them didn't even understand what he was saying.
What's 'a 'stake'? Or 'a-lion'? What did he mean by a 'solid'? What was the ABS? What were the other words he said?
Ozai himself was confused; not only did his son turn against him so quickly, but what was he even saying?
It didn't matter now.
"You have disgraced me, Zuko. Agni Kai, sundown. I won't hesitate this time." He said coldly; his hands forming fire.
Jake stared fearlessly back at him.
"I'm ready when you are." He hissed; fire erupting from his own fists.
Zuko/Jake talks in slang! XD
Slang list (to all of you non-speakers)
Absoludacris: something absolutely ludacris
Absoludicrous: Something that is on the peak of ridiculousness
Solid: favor
a 'stake: A mistake
a-lion: Alone
Accipurpodentally: Accidentally on Purpose
ABS: A-hole Behavior Scale
You know the next chapter. Chaku, chaku, chaku...AGNI KAI!