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Chapter 8: Bato of the Water Tribe and The Northern Water Tribe

Kitty POV

"Bato" Sokka and Katara said excitedly.

"Sokka, and Katara too?" said the older man.

"Hi, I'm Aang and this is Kitty" says Aang. I wave.

He suggests we go back to the abbey to catch up. I watch them walk away completely forgetting about the fire. I call out to them and say "guys, I am going to stay here. Kokurai is big enough to make most people wary and we don't want to freak out the nuns."

They nod and continue to the abbey. I watch out over the waves falling into a light doze listening to the relaxing noise. Later I hear someone approaching and when I open my eyes its Aang, he looks depressed.

"What has got you all mopey?" I ask as he comes to lean against Kokurai.

"Sokka and Katara are going to leave me"

"You know, even if they are not with you physically they will always be with you in your heart. Just like the monks and old friends from 100 years ago"

"But, we will be alone again just like when the other airbenders found out we were avatars"

I hear something approach after I sent Kokurai to hide behind the boat I watched as the earth nation messenger on an ostrich-horse approached. Aang takes the map and looks even more upset.

"Think of it this way Aang. If they knew where Gyatso was and did not tell you, how would you feel? You would feel betrayed just like Katara and Sokka would feel if you don't give Bato that map." He looks like he understands. "Besides if they really want to visit their father they could take Appa with them and meet up with us and Kokurai after their visit."

He grabs my hand and pulls me towards the abbey. I use waterbending to put out the fire and roll my eyes as I follow him with Kali on my shoulder. Haki ran behind us. We make it to the abbey and after being introduced to the head nun, we head into Bato's house.

"The map you were waiting on is here. It just came when we were by the boat." Aang says cautiously. Everyone looked excited.

"If you two want to go visit your father, you could take Appa and meet up with us later." Katara and Sokka looked extremely happy.

"Before we head there, we need to take you guys ice-dodging. We can do it in the morning then head off" Bato said.

"With Appa we could make it there within a week" Sokka says excitedly.

[Time Skip]

"Katara and Kitty you secure the main sail so be brave. Aang you control the jiff your position is about trust."

"There is no way through" yells Katara to Sokka

"Aang, Kitty, I need air in that sail. Katara put as much water in between us and that rock as possible" yells Sokka back. We barely make it over the rock

"Sokka the mark of the brave, Katara and Kitty the mark of the wise and Aang yours is the mark of the trusted" said Bato as he put a mark on each of our foreheads. The others head off on Appa and Aang and I head to the forest we needed food before we could head anywhere. When we reached the boat after finding our food we saw a nun she warned us that a strange woman riding a shun-shin and a guy that sounded a lot like Zuko were looking for us.

We looked at each other and smirked, the monks had not called us 'the hell-twin pranksters' for nothing we had always loved pranks and now it was our way of remembering Gyatso, who had always encouraged us in our pranking streaks. I grabbed the bag full of pranking supplies and we headed off into the woods where we would have an advantage.

Zuko and the lady with a shun-shin appeared, I tossed a couple of perfumes right onto the shun-shins nose then I opened three bottles. I used waterbending and applied the first to the old man's hair and the second to his beard. He had noticed when it got into his beard and yelled out startled. The final glob of liquid I split in 3 and gave the prince some nice blood red-streaks through his ponytail. Personally I thought he looked good with streaks in his hair.

The old man, Iroh, started cracking up. Zuko turned to him and said "What the hell happened to your hair and beard." Just because I wanted to see their reactions I created an ice-mirror. Zuko started to smoke; Iroh kept staring at his reflection in disbelief.

I knew that shun-shin was going to be trouble if we didn't get it out of the way so I ran around it creating a tornado and to toss it into the air and just like planned Kokurai swooped down and carried it off.

"A Dragon?" all three asked startled as Kokurai flew towards the ocean to drop off the shun-shin. Aang attacked Zuko and I took on the lady. We managed to force them back into our earlier made net-traps. Zuko was in one by himself and Iroh was with the lady hunter in another. Before we left I grabbed Katara's necklace.

In the end Katara and Sokka decided to come with us and we took off on Appa. After giving Katara her necklace back she said "give Zuko a kiss for me when you see him next would you?"

After I nod she gives me a kiss on the cheek. I jump over to Kokurai to sit with Haki and Kali.

We finally made it to the North Pole. Everyone was tired and cranky, Appa was getting too tired to fly so I created a large ice island so both Appa and Kokurai could rest. Kokurai shrunk down to his smaller form, which was about the size of a large dog. We rested a little while and were just about to take off when ice suddenly surrounded us. We were taken to the northern water tribe.

[Midnight outskirts of N. Water Tribe]

I was annoyed the stupid master refused to teach Katara because she was a girl. He was only concerned about whether or not she was a man or a woman. My style incorporated all different bending styles and forms, I could look like I was going to hit you with water but I would be using air; it was a very unpredictable style especially since I was the avatar. My unconventional style had no set forms I just did what felt natural. The monks' theory was that I was more in tune with the elements so I could use them without the forms that most people needed to direct their element.

I was out near a small pond. I continued to practice using stronger and stronger moves, pushing myself past what I could previously control. I knew I was being watched but I did not care. I heard something head towards me I used an ice shield.

It was master Pakku. He said "you have dishonored our tribe's customs. Your brother has already dishonored these same customs just hours ago and suffered the consequences because of it."

[Morning Northern Water tribe meeting room]

Katara was begging the leader of the NWT to make master Pakku to take Aang back as his student. I was fed up with this stuffy master's sexist ways and challenged him at the same moment Katara did. We stalked out.

He walked past saying that even if he did fight us, it would be a waste of time. We both created a water whip, Katara's hit the back of his head and I used mine to grab his left leg and pull it out from under him. He turned back to us and the fight was on, even with both of us fighting we were steadily losing ground. I caught Katara's eye and she smirked understanding that I needed a distraction. She stepped up her fight with Pakku while I started concentrating on the ocean just feet below us. After 10 minutes Katara was trapped in an ice prison, Pakku turned to me and his eyes widened, he had recognized what I was going to try to do. I knew this was a move that usually only the highest ranking masters could control but I was not going to let this stuffy man ruin Katara's hopes and dreams; I couldn't teach her because the way I water bended was unconventional to say the least.

Water condensed around me taking on the form of a saber-tooth tiger. I ran at Pakku. He managed to throw me into a wall but I got back up. I could only take one more hit like that before I would lose the saber-tooth form. I ran at him again jumping over him at the last minute, I slammed one paw into his back and he crashed into Katara's ice prison. He got up and picked up Katara's necklace that had fallen during the fight. After a long talk about the past he decided to teach Katara along with Aang.

That night we were all sitting in the large dining area. We had all finished when I heard Aang approach.

"Kitty, will you play for us?" asks Aang.

"Ok, only if you go get the guitar." He nods and races off to get it. He returns a few seconds later and I start playing {Fighter – Christina Aguilera = I do not own}:

After all that you put me through,

You think I'd despise you,

But in the end I wanna thank you,

'Cause you've made me that much stronger

Well I thought I knew you, thinkin' that you were true

Guess I, I couldn't trust called your bluff time is up

'Cause I've had enough

You were there by my side, always down for the ride

But your joy ride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out in shame

After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think that I hold resentment for you

But uh uh, oh no, you're wrong

1`'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do, I wouldn't know

Just how capable I am to pull through

So I wanna say thank you

'Cause it

[Chorus:]

Makes me that much stronger

Makes me work a little bit harder

It makes me that much wiser

So thanks for making me a fighter

Made me learn a little bit faster

Made my skin a little bit thicker

Makes me that much smarter

So thanks for making me a fighter

Never saw it coming, all of your backstabbing

Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I'd realize your game

I heard you're going round playing the victim now

But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame

'Cause you dug your own grave

After all of the fights and the lies 'cause you're wanting to haunt me

But that won't work anymore, no more,

It's over

'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture

I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down

So I wanna say thank you

'Cause it

[Chorus]

How could this man I thought I knew

Turn out to be unjust so cruel

Could only see the good in you

Pretend not to see the truth

You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself

Through living in denial

But in the end you'll see

YOU-WON'T-STOP-ME

I am a fighter and I

I ain't gonna stop

There is no turning back

I've had enough

[Chorus]

You thought I would forget

But I remembered

'Cause I remembered

I remembered

You thought I would forget

I remembered

'Cause I remembered

I remembered

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