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Chapter 6: Jet Kitty POV
Late last night we had landed in the forest it was beautiful all the shades of red and orange. In the morning we found Momo had gotten trapped in a fire nation trap. Sokka insisted he was the leader and that we travel on foot I rolled my eyes but with Kokurai and Kali perched on my shoulders and Haki by my side we started walking. After we passed through a couple of bushes we walked right into a fire nation camp. One of the soldiers lit the bushes behind us on fire so we had no escape.
"Thanks Sokka's instincts." I say sarcastically as I unsheathed my naginata.
I stood in front of Aang and Katara pointing my naginata when the first warrior approached I spun my naginata and launched him into a tree. When he hit the tree a boy jumped from the tree and attacked two of the other soldiers. I was suspicious of him but as long as he didn't attack us I would not attack him. Several other people jumped from the trees and attacked the soldiers. We were down to the last 5 soldiers but I had just lost my naginata one of the firebenders had melted it into a useless heap of ash and metal. I opened my water skins and using the water from both of them picked up the remaining soldiers and bashed them into trees. The people who had ambushed the camp looked kind of stunned.
"My name is Jet and these are my freedom fighters" the first ambusher said. "Long-shot, Smeller-bee, the Duke and Pipsqueak"
Aang approaches Duke and Pipsqueak and says "Pipsqueak that is a funny name"
"You think my name is funny" says Pipsqueak
"It is hilarious" says Aang
I look around the camp to see if I can find anything that I could replace my naginata with, but I had no luck although I did find some gold pieces. I was annoyed. I hear some of the freedom fighters talk about blasting jelly and jelly candy. I heard Haki yip and went over to where he was there was some food supplies that would help us on our journey. I walked out to see everyone else packed up to leave. I walked over to where Katara was talking with Jet. "Jet, we are going to take this stuff back to the hideout."
"You have a hideout" asks Aang.
"Yeah, come on I'll show you" says Jet. We follow him for a while. "We are here."
"There is nothing here" says Sokka
"Here hold this" Jet hands him a rope with a loop at the end.
"Whaaaahhhhh" Sokka starts to ask but then screams when the rope suddenly pulls him up without warning.
"Aang, Kitty?" he asks offering us both a rope. I look at it and shrug I wanted to at least try it might be fun. It pulls me up at the same speed it had Sokka and was surprisingly fun. Kokurai flew up with Momo and Haki rode up on Appa. Kali was curled around my neck her tails wrapping around my throat.
I looked around the treehouse they had an amazing layout. After Jets speech on how the fire nation shouldn't underestimate kids in trees I walked up to him and asked "would you happen to have a guitar I could play for a bit?"
"Yeah follow me" he replies.
"Kitty, are you going to sing?" asks Aang with a hopeful smile. When I nod he jumps up cheering "you haven't played or sang since THAT event."
I shrugged and said "maybe it's time for me to start again" Jet hands me a guitar and I look around everyone seems curious to what I am going to sing. I find a comfortable place to sit and make sure the guitar is tuned. Then I start playing {Nickleback- If Everyone Cared}:
From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
[Chorus:]
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
And I'm singing
Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
(I'm alive)
[Chorus x2]
And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
When nobody died...
[Chorus]
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
we'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
we'd see the day when nobody died
When I finished everyone clapped and cheered. I smiled I had only played for enjoyment and to cheer people up I didn't play because I wanted recognition. Aang suddenly launched himself at me and I tossed the guitar up not wanting it to get crushed. As he landed in my laughed and gave him a one-armed hug the other hand was keeping the guitar in the air with airbending. I realized that when I had stopped playing I had slipped into a depression my only reason to keep going had been keeping Aang safe I had let the things and activities that kept me happy stop; I had been doing both Aang and myself harm by babying him which was going to stop. I laughed at Aang's antics it was the first time I had genuinely laughed in a long time; using airbending I gently set the guitar down.
"Oh Aang, you better run or I'm going to get you" I say as I give him a devilish smile. I give him five seconds head start then I start the chase we had both grabbed our gliders and jumped in the air.
The Freedom Fighters, Sokka and Katara all sat stunned. The fighters were stunned because there were two avatars. Sokka and Katara were shocked because they had never heard Kitty laugh or seen her act this playful. Kokurai and Momo chased after the two avatars intent on having some fun.
An hour later both Aang and Kitty had returned happy and exhausted, Kokurai and Momo had returned a while ago. We headed towards the hut Jet had said we could stay in, Sokka and Katara were already asleep so we both grabbed our bags and were quickly asleep.
Close to midnight I had heard a noise I saw Sokka following some of the freedom fighters. I was suspicious so I followed through the trees, being very quiet as I followed; when they reached a cliff overlooking the dam I realized what their plan was. They captured Sokka but I knew they wouldn't hurt him; I couldn't rescue him but I could warn Katara and Aang. I sent Haki to follow them and help Sokka if he got the chance.
I had just got back and pretended to be asleep when Jet stuck his head in the door, probably to make sure Sokka was the only one who followed them.
In the morning after Jet explained what he wanted us to do I helped with the first couple of vents to make sure he wasn't watching then stopped and said "Aang Katara stop. Jet wants us to fill the reservoir so when he blows the dam it drowns the fire nation no matter the children that get hurt in the process."
"How do you know this Kitty?" asks Katara
"Last night I was woken up when Sokka followed some of the freedom fighters. He was caught but they won't hurt him; Haki is following so when he gets the chance he can free Sokka. When they caught Sokka Jet said it was necessary to rid the valley of the fire nation." They both looked shocked and mad. "Let's go confront Jet pretending that we completed this and try to stop him." They nod and we head towards where Jet was.
We were in luck and he was where he couldn't see how full the reservoir was yet. When we confronted him Aang and Katara told me to stop them from blowing the dam I nodded and left. I had made it into the canyon near the village when I heard the barrels explode. My eyes widened we hadn't filled the reservoir but it would still wipe out the village. I was close enough to the village I could divert the water enough that it wouldn't destroy the village. I waited for the water to get close then I used waterbending to divert as much water as I could. I looked over to a hill when I heard cheering; I saw Sokka and the villagers on the hill well out of reach of the water. I nodded at Sokka glad he had got the villagers out of the way in case the reservoir had been full when it was blown. After the majority of the water had passed, I relaxed slightly exhausted from bending so much water. I walked/stumbled over to Sokka and said "Good job lets go get Katara and Aang, they kept Jet busy so he didn't realize that the reservoir wasn't full."
"Wait, please, take some supplies for saving our village" says an older gentleman who I thought might be the village leader. The rest of the village was nodding as he passed us some cured meats and a bag of fruit and vegetables.
"Thank you" I bow in respect to the elder and then Sokka and I leave. We found Appa halfway to Aang and Katara and jumped up on his back. All of our stuff and the guitar, Jet had said I could have, had been put in the saddle earlier and I grabbed my sleeping bag and using it as a pillow fell asleep.