Alright here's the next chapter. This is the last town they're going to before they hit Fire Nation territory. So, the next chapter it will probably get more interesting again.

Yeah….So I hope you're enjoying it.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Avatar the Last Airbender or any of the characters except the ones I created.

Knelt in front of her father's throne was the only time Azula felt just (even if it was the slightest) a little bit frightened. She knew that, even though she did everything her father asked her to do and was his favorite child, that he still reluctantly trusted her. She was a girl after all, not a man.

But he had to do with what he got. That's how it was in her father's eyes. Azula was just a clone of himself, someone who to do his dirty work.

"Why have you bothered me, Azula?" Oazi sneered.

"Father, I've brought news that the Avatar has taken back Ba Sing Se and"—

"WHAT!!" Oazi screamed. The fire blared as he spoke, enraged that his good daughter had let him down. "I TOLD YOU TO TAKE OVER BA SING SE!! AND YOU LOSE IT TO A TWELVE YEAR OLD CHILD!!"

"Yes Father, because I had to come here as soon as possible," she said calmly and quietly. "The Avatar…he's found a firebending teacher."

"What?" her father replied his voice suddenly very low. The fire that surrounded his chair went back down to its normal level. "Who is it?"

"I don't know, father. I left before I could find out. But when Zuko went missing so did three rebels and Iroh. I believe that Iroh went to Kyoshi Island to where the Avatar and his friends were hiding out and I believe that he joined them."

"But you're not sure?" her father asked.

Azula shook her head slowly. "I didn't have time to find out. The Dai Lee were already losing the battle. There was nothing I could have done."

"Leave," was all her father said next.

Azula nodded and then stood up and walked out of the room. When she reached the hallway she sighed deeply. Sometimes her father could be very intimidating. Being Azula, she would never admit, but sometimes she would have nightmares of her father and they would leave her without sleep and a cold sweat.

Sometimes her father could be terrifying.

And Azula walked away from the throne room her fists clutched together. Her shoes made a soft patter on the metal flooring. She rounded a corner and headed off to the room that she had left at the beginning of spring.

How dare he talk to me like that! She wanted to scream. I'm the daughter he loves, the child he wants. How dare he speak to me like Zuko, my stupid brother!

I'll show him, she thought opening the door where Ty Lee and Mai were waiting to help set plans for when the Avatar would attack.

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It was only a few weeks until the comet was supposed to arrive. Sokka trotted ahead of his very large rebel keeping an eye out for any firebenders and of course the town that they were to get to next.

Aang trotted along behind him along with the rest of the group, talking to Kuzon about what had happened since the last time they were in Omashu. Kuzon talked about how he had grown up, finished school, met his wife, had two wonderful children, and took over his father's throne, becoming the king.

Katara and Suki talked about several different things, like hair and makeup and different people.

Sokka attempted to flirt with Song, which wasn't working in the slightest bit (That player, Suki thought).

Iroh and Lien talked about what had happened to her and what had happened to Iroh since she left and Au walked quietly behind everyone keeping to herself, Toph doing the same.

"Katara, Katara!" Katara along with the rest of the gang heard. The waterbender turned around to see a very familiar man run through the crowd waving his arm madly in the air. He was with two other people and they were all wearing bits and pieces of several different pieces of clothing that looked as if it was sown together.

She stopped as people kept walking. The man reached her and it was none other than Jet, the man she thought died at Lake Loagai. "Jet?" she questioned not quite believing the words that were coming out of her mouth.

He reached and stopped to breathe trying to catch his breath. "Jet!" Katara yelped throwing her arms around his neck. "I so glad you're okay!" she said tears slowly filling her eyes.

Jet winced. His injuries that he received still hurt some when girls thrust themselves on him (the other being Smellerbee when he had saved her life in Lake Loagai despite the fact that they were being "escorted" by a Dai Lee officer to Ba Sing Se and to a jail cell where they would spend the next few weeks).

"I thought you were…dead…" the waterbender said to the Freedom Fighter in front of her.

He laughed. "I'm not that easy to kill," he said giving her a small smile.

"Jet, I'm so glad you're okay!" Katara said excitement returning in her voice from the concern that had just been there.

They turned around and started walking. Jet talked about what had happened to him and his two comrades since Katara had left them in the lake. Katara spoke briefly of the fall of Ba Sing Se and Zuko, who Jet had said he had met before, until they heard the sound of Sokka's yelling.

"The town's right up ahead!" they heard, and they immediately stopped their conversation to get to the front of the group, Smellerbee and Longshot following close behind them.

In a matter of minutes the waterbender and three Freedom Fighters had reached the rest of the gang, and, after a brief pause to acknowledge that Jet was alive, (Aang of course, immediately wanted to attack him. But after some reassuring that Jet had indeed turned for the better, he calmed down) the Fire Nation town came into view.

It was much like the other town with tall white buildings and dark colored doors. The only difference was that, there seemed to not be anyone out. The streets were deserted.

They approached a sign that read "Garsai." Iroh commented that this town had been taken over by the Fire Nation a long time ago, along with the city that Kuzon ruled over in which was called, Han Tui.

Garsai was a very peaceful town. As the rebel group came to it, they saw that voices of people were heard from, everywhere actually. People looked from their windows and their doors. The few selected people were outside whispered comments under their breath about the rebel group as the passed. "Such bad taste in clothes" they would say or, "Who are they, anyway? Coming in here like they're actually going to do something…"

"Sokka, do you really think was a good idea?" Aang whispered just loud enough for Sokka to hear.

"Of course, people like this just take…um, time," he replied simply.

The continued walking until a very impressive castle came into view. Like the houses, it was completely white. This place was surrounded by a moat with a rickety bridge and several guards posted.

"What are we going to do here?" Toph asked crossing her arms. "I'm sure that Aang doesn't know the leader of this town, that is willing to give up everything to help stop the war….How are we going to convince these people to help us."

Sokka smirked. "A little negotiating," was all he replied, making Katara and Suki pass glances at each other. This plan that Sokka had thought of, was going to go very, very wrong.

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The king of the town was very short. He was very pale, with soft skin and two glowing hazel colored eyes. He was bathed in jewels of ruby and emerald. He was snotty and very, very short.

And he was eight.

Yep, an eight year old, Sokka thought as he bowed to the king. The snotty, pale, short king was only a little kid. But then again, Aang was the Avatar along with being the last airbender and he was only twelve.

"What do you little pests?" the young king, Kyung, said crossing his skinny little arms across his chest.

"Your highness," Sokka started, "we would like to negotiate the possibility of having some of your soldiers join our rebel group to defeat the Fire Lord."

Sokka kept his head down like all the rest of the group. The other rebels had stayed outside of the town to wait for their leaders to return.

"Ha!" Kyung replied, "Don't make me laugh. A negotiation?! You want me, the king of Garsai, to give you little peasants my officers for what? To take over my own Nation?! You've all got to be crazy!"

The young boy laughed as the Avatar's group passed glances. "What about a deal?" Aang spoke next. "We could give you something in exchange for your officers….What is it that you want?"

The young king put a finger to his chin. "Stand up," he commanded. Aang, Katara, Toph, Sokka, Suki, and Iroh all stood and looked at the boy.

"What are you offering?" the boy asked, locking his eyes with Aang's.

"Anything we have," he said. "Just name what you want."

Kyung smiled and looked at all of the warriors and benders. "A wife," he replied looking at Aang. "That is what I want."

The gang looked at one another completely confused. A wife? Why would an eight year old want a wife, need a wife for that matter?

Before any of them could protest the young king pointed to Suki. "I want her to be my wife."

Suki drew her hand to her chest and replied, "Me?"

"Yes," Kyung replied. "You're pretty, and not full of yourself. You're a Kyoshi Warrior judging by the fans on your belt and I like you."

Her eyes were wide.

"Wait!" Sokka said. "Can't we think of a deal or something"—

"You want me to be your wife," Suki asked interrupting Sokka. She grinned then and started to walk to him. "Well, how 'bout I make you a deal. Me and one of my comrades against any number of your soldiers,"—she was walking up the few stairs to reach the king—"If we beat them," she continued. "Then we get to take all of the soldiers that we defeated with us and you will get nothing in return. If we lose, then you can take me as your wife and let the Avatar be on his way."

"Suki…" Sokka whispered.

"Mmm," the king replied thinking. "If you lose, then I'll have you as my wife. If you win you get my soldiers. And you get to fight with a comrade? I'll choose that person."

"Of course," Suki said.

"No Suki there has to be another way!" Sokka piped in. "Please, there has to be." He wasn't speaking to the king, but to her. "Suki…" She looked over to him her eyes sad yet very determined.

"Quiet, peasant!" King Kyung yelled to Sokka. "It is the girl's decision what she wants to do. Yes," he went on after Suki had looked away from Sokka and Sokka had looked down at the ground. "I will accept your little game. As for the person you'll fight alongside, that'll be you."

He pointed to Sokka.

Both young warriors' heads shot up. "Me?" Sokka asked.

"Yes," Kyung replied. "The games will begin at noon tomorrow. I want only you two to be here. The Avatar and all the rest of you will not be. Just, my soon to be wife and the Baboon are to be here."

Sokka glared at the boy.

"Alright your highness," Suki said bowing quickly. "Noon tomorrow, got it. Have a good night."

They all turned around to walk out. As soon as the two large doors that led out of the room were closed King Kyung turned to one of the soldiers by his throne, "All of the officers are going to be used," he said.

"But sir, that's over five hundred soldiers!" the man tried to protest.

"Don't talk back!" the young king replied. "All of them. That girl, Suki, will be my wife no matter what."

And the child laughed, his voice ringing in all of the soldiers ears.

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"Suki, what were you thinking!?" Sokka yelled as the group walked back to their campsite. The sunset was setting in the distance and the trees cast a shadow across her face, hiding her eyes.

"I've met people like him before," she snapped. "I know that he would never agree to anything else. And besides this way you have a graduating test from the long time that we've been sparring and studying."

"But Suki"—

"Sokka! Drop the subject. We have to defeat them tomorrow no matter what. And even if we don't," she looked up at him, tears like glass over her gray eyes. "I know that you'll go and defeat the Fire Lord by yourself. You're stronger than what you give yourself credit for."

He looked away from her yet he could still feel her gaze boring in to him. "Sokka," she said quietly. "We'll be fine. We defeated all those Dai Lee officers back at Ba Sing Se, how bad could this be?"

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"Oh. This bad," Suki said the next day at noon. Over five hundred officers dressed in Fire Navy uniforms came out of the ring.

"You think?" Sokka replied. "I told you that there would be another way."

"Shut up."

That morning they left very earlier from the camp despite the fact that they didn't have to be there until noon that day. They had practiced by the river most of the morning and then rested until they had to be at the town.

There, they had met with the king who said to meet at this huge coliseum behind his castle. When they reached it, hundreds of people filled up the seats watching the two warriors enter the ring.

And that's how they got in this situation.

"Sokka," Suki replied. "It's not that bad. I'm sure that other people have been one to two hundred and fifty before."

"Humph," Sokka replied. "Suki this is going to be impossible."

The soldiers were nearing only thirty feet away.

"Nothing's impossible for you," she said with a wink. "After all, you're the only man alive who's ever kissed the moon."

He chuckled lightly and they drew there weapons. "True and I'm also the only man that's kissed a Kyoshi Warrior."

"You don't know that!" she shouted looking over to him blushing madly. "You don't know if I've kissed someone else or not!"

He really laughed this time.

Twenty feet.

"Oh, I'm sure," he replied. She glared at him.

"Then you must be a very lucky man," she replied.

Ten feet.

Silence.

They both crouched in a fighting stance ready to attack the charging men that carried spears and swords.

Five feet.

"I am," was all Sokka said as the army and the two warriors clashed. The battle had begun.

Several minutes later, Suki had sweat dripping down her back; her hands were so sweaty that her fans kept slipping. The sun had been covered by a small cloud in the sky making Suki sigh at the sudden shade.

She dodged another attack and knocked the man in the back of the neck causing him to go unconscious as he fell to the ground. She the knocked another man in the face and one more in the stomach as the sun came out from the cloud.

It was going to be a long day.

Sokka's sword pushed harder against the man in front of him. He gave it one last thrust before dodging it and slicing the man in the arm. The man staggered backwards clutching to his wound.

He grinned before turning to another man, disarming him and then punch him in the face; he also fell to the ground.

Sokka looked over to the Kyoshi Warrior who was also defeating several men. She turned her head and their eyes locked for only a brief second. Both of them smirked to one another before turning back to the men that they were fighting.

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By the time the sun had left the center of the sky for several hours Suki and Sokka were nearing complete exhaustion. Only thirty or forty men surrounded them now. All the men that they had defeated were lying on the ground unconscious.

Sokka and Suki walked next to each other. "You passed," she whispered before coming over with a fit of coughing.

"Thanks," he said. "Now let's finish this. We have a rebel group waiting." She smiled up at him and they charged.

The men were caught off guard to say the least. These two kids no older than fifteen or sixteen were running toward them after nearly defeating four hundred and twenty others.

They moved with such speed after being near to the point of passing out from the heat and the amount of energy that they must have burned.

Some of the men then realized how determined that these two children were to defeat the leader of their Nation. Some of them had been dogs of the army and, at times, wanted to kill their Fire Lord as well. But they never had the guts to even speak up. These two children along with however many rebels were outside of their city had the courage they never had.

Some of them wanted to throw themselves in front of the teenagers and beg them to let them join their army. They were tired of fighting a war where only the people that they used to call brothers die in battle.

And one brave soul in the front of the small army dropped his sword and knelt in front of Sokka and Suki. "Please," he said staring at the ground, "let me join you. I'm tired of this fight. I've lost too many friends in this war. Please."

Sokka and Suki passed glances.

And then another man bent down. "Yes," he said. "Let me join too." Several more bent down in front of them and soon not one soldier was standing.

King Kyung stood up from his chair and yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!! STAND UP! FIGHT THEM!!"

"It seems," the old, retired queen that was standing behind him said, "that these two people have defeated the whole army."

"But mommy!" the boy whined. "They were supposed to be defeated and then the girl was going to be my wife!" He continued whimpering as the old queen shook her head.

"That's what you get young king," she replied, "for betting your whole army on two rebels against the Fire Nation. Now," she spoke to the people next. "THE TWO REBELS WILL TAKE ALL THE MEN IN THE ARENA WITH THEM TO THE FIRE NATION!! THEY'VE WON."

And shockingly the people in the stands started yelling and cheering, throwing their arms up in the arm and waving their hands. Sokka and Suki both blushed and waved up at them. "We did it," Suki sighed.

"Yes we did," he replied taking her hand in his. She looked up at him, surprised at his action but she didn't let go. Instead she squeezed it and continued to look up at the people.

"We're going to need to heal them before we continue on to the Fire Nation. How are we gonna get Katara here?" Suki asked.

A tap on Sokka's shoulder kept him from answering the Kyoshi girl. He turned around to see a man in a blue mask; the Blue Spirit.

The man pointed to himself and then to the exit of the arena. "You'll get Katara?" Sokka thought and said immediately.

The man replied and took off running toward the entrance. "Can we trust him?" Suki asked following the man, Sokka doing the same.

"I think," Sokka replied.

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Katara awoke with a fright. She had fallen asleep. It was now sunset and something tapping her had awaked her from her dream of dreaming of what her brother and Suki could be doing at this moment.

She looked up to see the Blue Spirit running into the woods. She went to call him before she looked down at what he had written, not in code, in the dirt by her head. She looked at it and read:

Your brother and the Kyoshi girl need your assistance at the coliseum behind the king's castle. They defeated an army of five hundred people and now they need to get them healed so you can continue your journey.

That's all he wrote. She stood up right away, told Toph, Aang, and Iroh where she was going and headed that way.

They did it, she thought relive spilling over her face. Oh thank the spirits that they did it.

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"Geez, Sokka," Katara said running to the next soldier that had just woken up. "What did you two do to them?"

"Defeated them," Sokka replied looking over to Suki who was tending another soldier. Her hair was falling in front of her face covering it up. Sweat stains were down her back and front, under the arm holes and behind the crease in between her thigh and lower leg. She was no where near beautiful like Yue was. But she was beautiful in her own tough, caring, not—gonna—get—away—with—anything way.

He smiled.

She looked up suddenly and caught his. She smiled at him and waved slightly before returning to the soldier.

He looked down to the ground the slightest blush coming across his cheeks.

"You're gonna be fine," Suki told the soldier that was lying in front of her. "I healed you."

"Why?" the man replied holding his head, not bothering to sit up.

"Because that's the way I am," she replied. "And besides, I can't have injured men on my rebel group."

"I'm taking it that means we lost," he said.

She nodded slightly. "But soon, you won't have to fight any longer. Just one more battle with the Fire Lord and this war will come to an end."

He nodded and mumbled what sounded like a "good" until he closed his head and went back to sleep.

She smiled.

A tap on her shoulder made her stop to look up at a small boy behind her. He wasn't wearing the jewelry that he was earlier. He was in just a simple pair of pajamas. It was the small King Kyung.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, avoiding eye contact.

"It's alright," Suki said turning around to face him. She still sat on her knees so she was just looking at him at eye level. "You gave us all these soldiers after all."

"But I—I—…" he trailed off.

"Don't worry 'bout it," she said and then smiled. "Besides I was quite flattered that you wanted me to be your wife. Any other man would have chosen the other two girls with us. But you chose me. Thank you."

The little boy locked eyes at her and rubbed a finger across his nose and smiled brightly. "No problem."

She kissed on the cheek and then whispered, before the little boy skipped off toward his waiting mother, "You know you're not that bad of a kid if you're just a little nicer to people. And one day, I'm sure that you'll find a girl because she'll want to be with you, not because you forced her to be."

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They were walking back to the campsite when Sokka suddenly stopped. They had left the soldiers there that night to rest up for the next day. Katara had gone long before Sokka and Suki had. They had stayed behind to make sure all the soldiers were comfortable and to thank them for joining their group.

"What's wrong, Sokka?" she said stopping as well. The moon was bright overhead, the spirit girl watching over them.

"Oh nothing," he replied. "I was just wondering something…"

"What is it?" Suki asked looking at him concern written over her tanned facial features.

"Am I the only boy you've ever kissed? You know besides Kyung…" he asked.

Suki blushed slightly and looked away. "Maybe…" Was her reply, before she turned off and ran. "Come on Sokka," she yelled behind her shoulder. "I'll tell you if you can beat me back to the campsite!"

And despite being hardly able to even move his legs he took off after her. He did have a natural curiosity after all.

Okay that's it. There's your Sokka/Suki kinda fluff there at the end. But don't think that's it! In a couple chapters they'll be even more.

So, now that they've got five hundred more rebels, Suki's almost been married to an eight year old, and the Blue Spirit as openly helped the Avatar, what do you think?

Tell me in a review!!

Thanks so much. Oh! And if you're wondering when Toph is going to put her swimming abilities to the test I'll give you a hint: (cough) in (cough) the (cough) next (cough) chapter.

See ya!