Yon Rha knew we were following him. Years of military training served him well. But his hearing must have faltered with age because we were able to slip by him and run several paces ahead without him noticing. Zuko pulled a long wire across the road and tied it securely just three inches above the ground. He said that making Yon Rha trip before we strike would confuse him and catch him by surprise. This way he would be on the ground and not up and ready to throw fire at us.

I could hear his footsteps climbing the hill and we quickly ducked behind a large tree. Just seconds later, I could feel raindrops tapping against my shoulders and head before the thunder roared and it began to pour. I let myself smile. Perfect.

When Yon Rha came into view, Zuko quietly leaned down and picked up a few pebbles and threw one at a large bush right behind the man. Yon Rha quickly jerked and looked behind him, but when he saw nothing, he immediately turned and continued. Frustrated, Zuko threw three at the same time and they landed perfectly making the leaves rustle.

"Nobody sneaks up on me without getting burned!" Yon Rha shouted as he dropped his basket, turned into a stance and sent a powerful strike at the poor bush. It caught ablaze quickly, but slowly simmered in the rain as he slowly began to pick up his spilled fruit.

I watched him with hatred burning in my eyes. What kind of man just throws flames around and kills living things without a care? He was ruthless and evil. He was a monster and I had to fight back the urge to jump at him and choke him to death.

Katara…

Just a split second after he stood up, he was back on the ground, except this time, his face was in the mud and Zuko was springing into action. I watched as Zuko sent a small flame at the ground right in front of Yon Rha and the man recoiled back on his behind in surprise.

"We weren't behind the bush," Zuko told him, his stance firm and intimidating. He swiftly moved into another to scare him even more. "And I wouldn't try firebending again."

"Whoever your are, take my money. Take whatever you want. I'll cooperate," Yon Rha pleaded and I wanted to spit in disgust. He was pathetic. I quickly got up and made my way over to Zuko's side. Yon Rha's eyes flashed towards me and I pulled down my mask to show my face and the glare pinned to it.

"Do you know who I am?" I asked him, venom in my voice.

"No? I'm not sure," he said slowly, looking me over. I felt my temper flare. How dare he not remember!

"Oh, you better remember me like your life depends on it!" I shouted at him. "Why don't you take a closer look." I could see realization cross his face and he paled as if he'd seen a ghost.

"Yes," he said slowly. "Yes! I remember you now. You're the little Water Tribe girl." My glare deepened and he slowly sat up a bit.

"You're the daughter of the chieftain. You ran into the tent while I was confronting your mother."

"What did you even want with her!" I screamed. "Why were you monsters even there!"

Katara…

"We were ordered to find the last waterbender," he whimpered as he hid behind his arms. "I was interrogating her. I promised her that in exchange for the information, we would leave the rest of your village in peace. She told me it was her and I…the orders were to exterminate! No prisoners! I did what I was told!"

I could hear him gulp in fear. He knew justice was coming. I was shaking at his words. I never knew why she died and now…

"She lied to you! She was protecting the last waterbender," I told him.

"What? Who!" he asked surprise and I slowly slid my eyes in his direction. I couldn't hold in all these emotions any longer.

"ME!"

With that, I spread my arms and concentrated on every single drop falling from the sky. They immediately stopped and floated in midair. As I tensed my muscles, the water above us began to collect and form a dome. With deep concentration and every emotion I had, I sent every last bit of water at Yon Rha, freezing it in jagged blades as it went.

KATARA, DON'T!

I stopped the blades just centimeters from his face and they hovered at my command around him.

He's not worth it, sweetheart. Don't become like him. It's okay.

I sat there in my stance and listened to my mother for a moment, just mulling over her words. She was right. This man meant nothing. I let my muscles relax and the ice turned back into water and spilled onto him in one big splash. He quickly rolled over onto his knees and bowed his head at me.

"I did a bad thing! I know I did. And you deserve revenge. So why don't you take my mother! That would be fair," he said and I looked down at him in disgust. He would even put his own mother's life on the line to save himself. I would kill to have my mother back. I almost did…

"I always wondered what kind of person could do such a thing. But now that I see you, I think I understand. There's just nothing inside you. Nothing at all. You're pathetic and sad and empty."

"Please, spare me!" he whimpered as he started to weep.

"But as much as I hate you…I just can't do it."

I could feel the tears start and was thankful for the rain. The last person I ever wanted to see me cry was this man. So I turned and left. I just walked away and left the man crying in the mud and rain and I didn't look back. I promised myself I would never look back at him again.

A/N: Wow. I finally got it out of me. I finally just made a new outline and redownloaded my videos and stopped procrastinating, and it just, happened. Also the weather is wonderful. It's chilly and cloudy where I am so it was perfect for writing. I'm so sorry for not uploading when I should. I pomise to try and fix that. Also, to those that reviewed on my letter, thank you so much for the support. I'm truly sorry for not replying personally because my computer doesn't do tabs and has to open another window to reply and well...it refuses to load most of the time. Moral of story? Don't by HP computers.

Also, this is replacing the content in chapter 10, which is the letter, so I don't know how it'll work towards reviews if you already reviewed on the letter. Sorry guys...And if you're still reading this story, thanks so much for sticking it out with me. And if updates still seem lengthy, it's because I have rehearsals most of the time. We're doing The Skriker and I got the part of Josie XD So very exciting!

So for the chapter... This was rather epic. I feel like this was my strongest and best so far. Solely because my writing has improved in my opinion. Also, that means that my previous chapters will be getting lots of love and should have a lot of changes to them. Some minor, some major. I have learned the art of detail and I feel like sometimes I get too wordy with that. So keep your eye out for that. I'm almost done with chapter one. And keep a look out for a summary edit.

I noticed at the end of The Southern Raiders there is a house in the distance when Katara is sitting on the dock. And then Zuko just shows up on Appa with everyone else. Then at the beginning of Ember Island Players you see the house again and then it shows Aang and Zuko practicing. I realized that Zuko and Katara totally spent the night/day at his beach house before everyone else showed up and I'm totally looking forward to writing about that ;) Epiphanies. Gotta love 'em. Until next time everyone!