Chapter Four: To the Rescue
"Kai gonna get the surprise of his life isn't he Azula" said Jet while hiding behind the bushes with Azula out side of the Ke Farm house.
"This is his and my lucky Jett my friend". She headed back to the barn where a big wedding ceremony was taking place, All was missing was the Groom,
Azula cleared her throat for attention "I like to thank you all for coming to my wedding, First I just need to go in there and propose to the boy HAHA"
Azula laughed along with everybody else accept the boys who where sad that she was choosing Kai for her Husband.
"Alright Jet you know what to do when we come out the front door" Azula explained,
Jet stood proudly and said "once you two walk out I strike up the band" he answered
"Good" Azula replied and then she stared heading to the farm house.
While Kai was reading he heard a knock on the door. He put his book down then headed for the door, What he saw through the window made him roll his eyes. But being a gentlemen he opened the door
"Azula what a surprise" he said backing away as fast as he could
"Isn't it tho I'm just full of them today" she said with chest puffed out "you know Kai theres not a boy in town who would love to be in you shoes right now"
Azula paused and looked in the mirror to check her face, She then smiled at what she saw and continued "this is the day your dreams come true".
Kai was a bit confused by that statement "What do you know about my dreams Azula?" he asked,
Azula then put her feet on the table not knowing Kai's book was now underneath them
"I know them all picture this, My kill roasting on the fire, My hubby rubbing my feet then rubbing my shoulders and little ones playing with the dogs, If we can have six or seven" she said with a huge smile
"Dogs?" Kai answered then grabbing his book from off the table and putting back on the shelf, Azula laughed
"No Kai strapping young girls like me" Azula corrected him.
Kai threw up a little bit in his mouth "How charming" He complemented.
Then Azula asked "And do know who that hubby would be"
Kai thought for a moment and said "let me think" he did but the dreaded he answered "me"
Azula nodded then starting getting closer to him. Kai then put his back to the door "Azula I'm… Uh speechless I really don't know what to say"
Azula put both arms on door next to Kai's head
"Say I do" Azula answered then almost leaded in to his face
"I'm sorry Azula but…..but" Kai was busy reaching for the door knob, he caught it then turned "I just don't deserve you"
the door then opened and Azula fell out face first in slushy snow.
Jet walked over to Azula and helped her up "I take it thats a No" he jokingly asked,
Azula growled "I'll have Kai for my Husband make no mistake about that" she then pushed Jet into the slushy snow and walked away.
Kai waited for a hour before going out side. He poked his head out of the door to see that she was gone "Can you believe it she asked me to marry her, Me the husband of the boorish, brainless, bigheaded psycho" Kai thought out load.
If he was ever going to get married it wasn't going to be to a women like Azula. He wanted some one who's full of life and adventure, who wanted to see the world and what it has to offer. And maybe just maybe he could share his secret with that person and show her his world and maybe feel what it's like to truly care for another. Not secret's and no lies and know what it's like to be in love. Kai decided to spend the rest of the afternoon lying on the snow and looking at the clouds and try and make them out to be outrageous things. He used to do all the time with father, When ever he had a hard time in town or when was just feeling lonely. Good thing for Kai he couldn't feel the cold so lying on the snow was like lying on a big flowery heap. Living in the north pole all his life Kai wish he was a water bender not just because of it ability to heal but also of it's grace and beauty it made when a bender was controlling it. Thinking all these things made Kai a little tired so he shut his eyes just for a while. He had a very strange dream, He dreamt that he was in meadow but like any meadow's he'd seen in books, This meadow was more like a fast jungle crossed with a meadow and strange creatures we're flying around and the plants turned into insects when the wind blew or when Kai tried to touch them
"Where am I" he though
his question was answered by a strange voice of women "you are in the spirit world young Kryptonian"
Kai spun around to where the voice was coming from. Looking to the south he found one part of the spirit world that was covered in ice and snow. Among that was an Icy fortresses holding what appeared to be a light spirit.
"Who are you?" Kai asked as he approached the spirit
"I am Raava and I need your help" She answered, Kai then came up the fortresses and tried punching it with his super strength but had absolutely no effect.
"Mere force can not break me free young one, Only true love can set me free and reunite me with my human half"
Kai was confused, then in accrued to him "are you the avatars light spirit" he asked.
Raava responded "yes, you might have already know how I ended up here" she asked Kai. He was familiar with the story but he just thought it was myth.
"How can true love set you free Raava" Kai asked her.
She told Kai that if her human half could learn to love another and understand that true strength come from with in then she would be free and be able to reunite with the Avatar. She started to glow very bright, So bright Kai had to cover his face.
Kai then awoke still lying on the snow but now it was sunset "how long was asleep, was it all a dream or a vision" he wondered.
Suddenly he heard a very panic whiny and the galloping of hooves'. He got up to see Comet run towards him
"Comet what are you doing here" then he knottiest his mother was not where to be seen.
"Oh god what happened, we got to find her" Kai then unhitched Comet from the wagon and got on his back.
It was over an hour since they had started searching for Mai. There was not trail to follow but lucky Comet remembered where he last saw Mai. Kai used his ex-ray vision to see if there was a trail under the snow. Just when the thought that he'd never find her his vision landed on the entrance to a small gorge. He in stinks where telling him to take this path my be it might lead him some where. Riding Comet through the gorge he came to this small opening to the green forest
"green forest in the north?" Kai wondered.
He continued through the forest until he can to the ice gates
"What is this place?" Kai asked Comet, He then jumped off opened the gates a step inside. He ran to front door wondering wether it would be locked.
Luckily it wasn't he then stepped in to great hall and called "Hello is some one home?, Hello. Mom are you here?"
For hours Kai wondered from hall way to hall way. Up stairs and down but still nothing lead him to his mother. Then from behind he heard a door open, it looked like it opened by it self. He through that door that lead in to a place that looked like a tower, He also saw a light that was going up a stair case.
"Wait I'm looking for my mother I" when Kai turned the corner no one was there,
"Thats strange I'm shore there was someone, is anybody here?" Kai called.
He was now in room filled with chains on the wall and doors with small bar windows.
"Kai?" called a weak voice coming from one of the cells,
"Mom" Kai ran and grabbed a torch so he could see her. "How did you find me?" Mai asked in a weakly happy voice.
Kai grasped her hand, they where icy cold. "I've have to get you out of there" Kai said determined,
Mai protested "Kai please I want you to leave this place, Don't ask me why"
Kai was surprised she wanted him to leave with out her
"Mom who did this to you, I'm not going to leave you" Kai told her with a little anger in his voice,
"KAI DUCK" Mai shouted a fire ball came right at them out of no where
"What are you doing here" came a gruff voice from the shadows.
Kai stood up and looked around "who's there who are you, I warn you your making a mistake with me pale".
Then the earth shook beneath his feet and created a tail wave of earth. He punch right through it
"Who are you" he called again,
A figure a merged from the shadow "the master of this palace" it replied then shot icicles at Kai along with a gust of air.
Kai avoid all of them but the wind blew him off his feet and into the wall, But he got up unharmed.
"I've come for my mother please let her out" Kai begged "Can't you see she's sick" All the while dogging another fire ball,
The figure shouted "Then She Shouldn't Have Trespass Here" it said angrily.
Kai tried again to reason with this person "She could die please I'll do anything"
The figure stopped bending and turned away "there's nothing you can do, she's my prisoner"
Kai then ran to the person and grabbed it's hand. It felt like hand of women but also felt like a clawed hand. The figure tried to through a fiery punch but Kai stopped it before she could.
"Take me instead" He offered, he let go and the figure staggered back
"You would take her place?" She asked bewildered.
These words made Mai really scared "Kai stop you don't know what your saying or doing" Mai said in fear. Kai ignored her and said to the figure
"If I did would let her go" Kai asked to make shore this person could keep her word.
The figure turned, thought for a moment and said "yes, but you must promise me to stay here for as long as I allow"
Kai was willing to do it even when it meant the cost of his freedom, but when it was for the freedom of his mother the only parent he ever had, he was ready to accept the consciences.
Before he step forward to give his word he asked "come into the light".
The figure hesitated but step forward. First Kai saw brown furred clawed feet, Clawed hands, Black wings and horns on the four head. The figure's body looked like a women of seventeen, she was wearing water tribe cloths of blue pans, a blue sleeveless shirt and arm bands. Her hair was brown and in a high pony tail and to side tails on the left and right side of her head. Kai was terrified at what he saw,
"Come on Kai this for your mother. You got to do this" he thought.
He walked up to her eyes closed she was smaller then him but only by a head, but didn't stop him form shaking
"You have my word" he said almost lazily
"DONE" the Beast said.
She then walked over opened Mai's cell and dragged her out.
"Wait" Kai begged,
But the Beast wouldn't listen. Out side in the court yard the Beast pulled Mai on to a Snow tiger and strapped her to it,
Mai was still crying "please Kai my son, please don't take him from me"
the Beast just growled and said "he's not longer your concern, take her to the village"
The Beast demanded. The snow tiger ran as fast as it could with Mai still crying out her sons name.
As the Beast was making her way back tower she was stop by Iz'lee and Asami
"uh Korra" Asami asked.
She (Korra/Beast) turned and said "What" with a growl.
"Well since the boy is going to be with us for quit some time, Iz'lee and I we're thinking you might want to offer him a more comfortable room" She asked,
There answer was growl and Korra walked away to Kai's cell. His eyes where red with tears
"Why didn't you let me say goodbye I'll never see her again" he sobbed.
Korra rubbed her neck in pity and said "I'll show you to your room" then exited out of the cell.
Kai was a bit confused by this "but I thought.. Uh" he asked.
Korra rolled her eyes and said "do you want to stay in the tower?" Kai shock his head
"good then follow me" Korra gestured her hand for him to leave the cell.
On the way to Kai's room being lead by Iz'lee with fire burning to light the way, they said nothing to each other.
Kai then cleared his throat then asked "may I have your name",
Korra kept walking in front of him and said "It's Korra".
Kai thought "Thats a nice name".
"Keep the conversation going" Iz'lee whispered to Korra.
Korra cleared her throat and said "I…uh..hope you like it here" she looked back at Iz'lee and she gestured Korra to keep talking
"The Palace is your home now, so can go any you like accept the south the wing" she instructed Kai.
"What's in the south?" Kai asked,
"It's FORBIDDEN" Korra said loud enough echo through the palace.
At last they reached the room, Korra then opened the door and gestured Kai inside,
"Now if you need anything. My servants will attend to you" she explained,
Then Iz'lee whispered "dinner invite him to dinner".
Korra then rolled her eye's and said "you will join me for dinner, That's NOT A REQUEST"
she yelled and slammed the door behind her. That Kai really got angry, so angry he eye got hot and shot fire out of an open window. He ran over to window and closed it, Then he broke down completely on the bed and started crying.