Chapter 16 Blood and Water
"Vanish in a roar of thunder!" stated Sasuke as his ultimate attack the lightening strike Karin moved at the speed of light toward the Northern Water Tribe defenses. A mass of smoke and steam rose up hiding the defenses for a bit, when the smoke cleared the fire nation's soldiers and Commanders eyes widened. The entire massive wall which would have taken hours to break though was gone and the secondary defense lines in front of the main wall was also gone.
"Order all forces to attack!" yelled the general on the Royal airship "That Sasuke opened the door for us time to walk though."
Instantly fire nation ships started moving toward the opening, meanwhile on top of the airship Azula was busy looking at Sasuke. After the attack he had fallen to one knee his breathing heavy.
"So he does have limits." thought Azula before looking at the damage done by the single attack "Then again if this is his limits then he is by far the strongest warrior in this world."
As if he had heard her thoughts question his strength Sasuke stood up and pulled his sword.
"I'll meet you on the ground." stated Sasuke as he jumped off the airship and started to fall to the water below.
The water tribe warrior and Earth Kingdom soldiers were in a state of confusion and panic the walls which had taken weeks to put up were gone in a second. Dozens of fighters were killed by the blast but most had jumped off the walls just in time, however most of those who jumped now were either nursing broken bones or buried under the remains of the wall.
"Is everyone alright!" yelled Pakku as he moved though the remains of the wall. Already the warriors who had been forming up behind the walls were moving in to fill gap created by the massive hole in the defensives.
"What happened?" asked the General Yu as he got back onto his feet.
"I don't know." stated Pakku as he looked up at the figure which had sent the attack, his eyes widened as the figure jumped off the airship. Pakku watched the figure drop from the airship before landing on top of the water in front of where the wall used to be. Everyone watched as the figure stood up he had to be fifteen or sixteen years old with jet black hair. He turned his cold dark eyes toward the warriors as he held a long sword in his hand. He wasn't dressed in fire nation armor and he didn't have the hair bun like all fire nation members.
"Where is Naruto and the Avatar?" demanded the young man as he took a few steps toward them. The water didn't even move under him as the tip of his sword hovered inches above the water.
Before anyone could say something dozens of water benders used the open itself as a weapon to attack the stranger on all side. Four giant waves each over twenty five feet tall smashed Sasuke from all sides.
"We got him." Stated a water bender as the water started returned to normal and the stranger was gone however people's celebrating ended when the figure appeared again in the same spot without a drop of water one him.
"I will only say this one more time were is Naruto and the Avatar?" asked Sasuke as raised his sword
"The avatar isn't here and I don't know who this Naruto is." said Pakku
"Well that is too bad." said Sasuke as lightening started to dance around his sword as his Sharingan activated "I may have been able to let you go if you surrendered and handed over the Avatar."
"By the sprits." stated a water tribe warrior as suddenly Sasuke disappeared.
"Where did he go?" asked the same warrior a second before a sword went though his back and into his heart.
"Behind you." answered Sasuke as he pulled the sword out ending the water tribe warroir's life.
"Attack!" yelled General Yu as the water tribe warriors and Earth Kingdom soldiers began their attack on Sasuke.
Above the battlefield Azula watched Sasuke did battle with the entire united armies of the Northern water tribe and Earth Kingdom. On the water below hundreds of the new assault landing crafts where moving toward the hole he had happened. The landing crafts were simple in their design but very effective; they were simple rectangle shaped boats with a droppable ramp on the front for soldiers to quickly get off the boat. (Think of the Higgin's landing crafts from D-day)
"He is amazing." stated the general
"Lower the airship to the top of what remains of the main wall I am getting off this ship and into the fight." ordered Azula
"Princess I do not feel that is wise, we don't want to risk your life." stated the general
"Do you want me to throw you off this airship?" asked Azula as she glared at the general.
"Very well." said the general as the airships began to lower itself toward the edge of the still standing part of the wall. All over different fire nation ships were moving toward landing areas where they would deploy their soldiers.
On the ground Sasuke jumped over three flying disk of stone with ease before pulling out three kunais, the Earth Kingdom soldiers died before they hit the ground as all three kunai flew straight between their eyes.
"Keep at it!" yelled General Yu as another fresh unite of soldiers came in to replace those who had fallen to Sasuke.
"Fire style, giant fireball justu!" yelled Sasuke as he sent another fireball toward the enemy. The fireball consumed the enemy. Sasuke could already feel his chakra level lowering as he looked out over the thousands of enemies which was coming toward him.
"I can't last down here forever." thought Sasuke the Kirin and the thousands of soldiers he was now fighting was burring though his chakra supply fast. He looked up to see the large airship he had jumped from, he paused for a moment as he watched Azula get off the airship and start fighting the remaining forces on the wall.
"I got you!" yelled a voice as a water tribe warrior tried to cut Sasuke's back only to have a chidori go though his chest. Sasuke said nothing as he moved out to take care of the next person in his way, the white snow was already stained red with blood and soon it would be worst.
Far away from the battlefield Katara looked up at the full moon, she closed her eyes as she felt the power of the moon it felt like her entire body was severing. Water benders got their power from the moon spirits and she was at her full power when the moon was full. The sound of footsteps caused her eyes to snap open as she turned toward the source only to see the Zuko walking toward her.
"What are you doing?" asked Katara
"I could ask you the same thing." said Zuko "I thought you would be asleep since we both got beaten badly by Sakura today."
Katara's eyes narrowed a bit if it wasn't so true she would have done something to the fire bending prince.
"But then again the moon is full tonight so I guess it makes sense why you can't sleep." Added Zuko as he moved up beside Katara and looked at the full moon high above their heads. "You know I never really stopped and looked at the moon, it is beautiful."
"How could you not look at the moon?" asked Katara
"I have looked at the moon but I have never looked at it." Explained Zuko "Fire bender rise with the sun and set with it, we are at our most powerful with the sun is new in the sky at dawn. We normally go to bed when the sun goes down. To most the moon is just a sign of our enemy whether it be the water tribe or our weakness from the lack of the sun."
"And what do you think it means?" asked Katara
"At first I felt the same as most of my nation but now I understand what my Uncle meant when he said everything has to be in balance." explained Zuko
"What?" asked Katara
"Most in the fire nation believe that fire is superior element that all others are weaker, my uncle believe that all elements are equal and balance each other out." explained Zuko "That every element can learn something from the others. I mean the technique my Uncle developed for redirecting lightening came from studying water benders."
"Well if your uncle learned something from studying water benders maybe I should study fire benders more." said Katara with a small laugh
"Well you have already been watching me train Aang you could almost fire bend if you wanted to." said Zuko "Well I am going to get some sleep unlike you I can't sleep in I have to train Aang in the morning."
"Alright Zuko, good night." said Katara with a smile as she watched Zuko walk away before looking back up at the moon, a sense of peace came over her whether it be from the full moon above her or the conversation with the man she just had she didn't know.
The main battlefield of the Northern water Tribe was far from peaceful, the snow covered area was covered with blood as a single man tore though the combined armies of water and Earth. The main body of the fire nation force including their tanks were just hitting the beaches and already over half the enemy forces opposing them was gone.
"How can we beat this guy?" asked Pakku as General Yu sent another attack at the strange guy. Who ducked under the attack.
"He is slowing down." stated General Yu as Sasuke cut down another Earth Kingdom soldier "We can beat him in time."
On the remains of the wall Azula sent a Water Tribe warrior over the edge into the ice cold water below. She looked out to see her army heading out into the Northern water Tribe capital already the buildings were burning from the attack however her attention was drawn to the main battlefield was Sasuke was fighting the entire army. Thousands of bodies lied in the snow, most were dead while a handful moved with whatever limbs they had left. She could see maybe another hundred plus benders standing in Sasuke's way but she could also see that he was moving slower than normal.
"He is in trouble." thought Azula as she moved down the staircase using her fire bending to move her across the snow as fast as possible as rage built up within herself along with some fear.
Sasuke's breathing was heavy as his chakra neared the end and if he didn't stop soon his body would start shutting down which could kill him. Sasuke was so tired that he couldn't even dodge as a rock disk that him in the chest. Sasuke fell back into the snow as he struggled to get up; blood was coming out of his mouth.
"Take him now." yelled General Yu as he sent a large rock disk toward Sasuke. The ninja struggled to move as the disk neared him. A second before impact a jet of blue flames shot forward moving the disk off course. General Yu, Pakku along with the remaining part of the army turned only to Azula standing there.
"Did you think I was going to let you hurt him?" asked Azula as she moved in front of Sasuke who struggled to his feet using his own sword to hold himself up.
"There is only one of you and your army can't help you in time." stated General Yu "We may lose the Northern Water Tribe but we will kill this warrior and the Fire Nation Princess."
"I don't think so." stated Azula
"Azula….get out of the way." stated Sasuke
"What?" asked Azula as she turned to see Sasuke just standing there with his eyes close.
"I will handle this just move to the side, I don't want this to hit you." explained Sasuke as blood began to flow from one of his eyes.
"Alright." stated Azula as she moved aside, the moment she did Sasuke's eyes opened only they had changed once again to a different pattern. Azula was transfixed as suddenly General Yu was consumed in black fire. Slowly Sasuke's head started to turn as everyone he looked at was engulfed in black fire. A few jumped into the water but the fire kept burning.
"Run!" yelled Pakku as he and the remaining forces began to run as fast as possible away from Sasuke. Azula watched the enemy run; however her attention changed as Sasuke fell to the ground with his hand over his bleeding eye.
"Sasuke?" asked Azula as she placed her arm on Sasuke's back.
"I am alright." said Sasuke as he got back onto his feet "Just used too much chakra."
"What was that?" asked Azula as the black fire faded away from the dead bodies.
"Amaterasu, the fire of hells." explained Sasuke "It can only be put out by the person who makes it, you can dive into the water and it will still burn you."
"And your eye?" asked Azula
"Mangekyo Sharingan one of the highest forms of Sharingan." explained Sasuke as he held his side as fire nation tanks and troops.
"Come on let's get you to a healer." stated Azula as she offered Sasuke her shoulder to help him move over the dead bodies of the thousands of enemy warriors and benders that he had defeated.
"Thank you for dealing with my weakness." admitted Sasuke
"If this is your only weakness." Stated Azula as a white flag was raised by the remaining water tribe warriors as the two of them moved toward the healers "Then you are good in my books. Without you it would have taken days to defeat this city, with you we did it in half a night."
Well I hope you liked this chapter and the fall of the Northern Water Tribe. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75