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The moon glowed a sickly yellow behind the swirling black clouds. Soon, the flashing lightning was providing more light in the black night.
Katara could barely see Azula standing defiantly, just like her father had.
Aang's fist was clenched.
In the flashing light Azula slowly took her deadliest stance.
Aang and Katara moved into their's.
Katara was on the defensive while Aang was nothing but pure aggression. He would have no mercy for this woman. She didn't need any nor did she deserve any.
Azula suddenly lashed out at them with a streak of blue fire.
Aang airbended himself away while Katara swept herself aside.
Aang sent boulders flying at Azula.
Azula replied by smashing through them with explosive force and rushing at Aang with shifting blades of blue fire in her hands.
Aang dodged narrowly then swept his leg beneath her, knocking her down.
Katara heard someone rushing at her from behind. She turned just in time to see Admiral Zhao coming at her with a sword. She encases it in ice from the ground up, his hands frozen along with it.
Meanwhile, Azula is back on her feet after dodging what would have been a finishing blow from Aang. She flips away to regain her composure but Aang stays with her. He delivers an airbending punch to her stomach, the force of which blows her backward.
Admiral Zhao's fire is melting through the ice as Katara brings up a water whip. He's freed himself and ducks as she whips the water over his scalp, missing all but the tied knot of hair. Sliced off, it falls to the ground. Abandoning his sword, he comes charging at her. His shoulder collides with her ribs and pain pierces through her side. She is sent sprawling backwards.
Azula is getting up, but not in time. Aang is above her, poised for the final stroke.
Admiral Zhao sends jets of red hot flame at him and Aang has to jump away.
Katara stops Admiral Zhao's barrage by water whipping his feat out from under him. He falls to the ground. Aiming at his heart, she forms an ice dagger above him. He rolls away in time to save his life. But she catches his arm. He growls in pain and rage.
Azula seems to be focusing calmly as Aang rushes towards her. Suddenly she is wielding whips of lightning. Aang spins in the air to dodge what would have surely meant death. She advances on him, whipping the crackling heartless flame.
Admiral Zhao is up and coming at Katara with an explosion of fire. He swings punches that fling fire. She dodges and redirects his attacks with her water. Soon he's burned himself and he howls like a mad dog. Katara advances. I have to do this. She creates thin blades if ice and send them flying at the stumbling admiral. He falls to the ground and does not get up.
Katara tries to push Admiral Zhao's tortured face from her mind as she runs toward Azula who is mercilessly striking at Aang. He blocks with walls of rock, but they explode quickly and he is continually forced back step by step.
Katara throws ice daggers. Azula's whips dissipate as she loses concentration and she barely manages to dodge. Her skin has been sliced to the left of her nose.
Aang takes advantage of the situation and gathers up flames around his clenched fists.
Katara watches as the master firebenders do battle. Their movements are a glow of blue and red fire in the dark. The flames dance together violently. For some moments they are illuminated in a flash of lightning.
Katara glances up at the sky. The moon is no longer visible through the black. Thunder rumbles from somewhere far away. The wind roars like a wild creature in her ears. A cold drop of water falls on her cheek.
It feels like the end of the world.
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