Here's another chapter by yours truly, Teen Warrior! You may also call me Mitchie.

So for a recap, Kuzon (as a nine year old) went for a walk but ran into this gang. He fought them off but then he spotted the gang leader, Daiki, threatening a little girl. Kuzon fought him, but accidentally killed him. This is part 2.

Chapter 10

"No! No! Leave me alone!" Kuzon screamed in his sleep.

Lin woke up immediately and ran to her son's room in her pajamas. Kuzon was thrashing in his sleep and screaming.

"Kuzon, calm down." she said wearily as he sat up. She sat down and hugged his shaking body.

He shook his head. "Oh spirits. Man, that was the worst nightmare ever."

"Shh, my little badgermole. " Lin murmured and stroked his ebony hair. "Do you want to talk about it?"

She sensed Kuzon's hesitation. "Uh, no thanks. Just a regular nightmare."

"Mmm." Lin said, not believing him at all. Something was definitely wrong. It must've had something to do with his walk yesterday. Kuzon rarely wanted to go to sleep early.

He sighed. "I'm fine Mom. Just go to sleep. You have work."

"Actually, you woke me up just in time." she said and kissed his forehead. "I'll see you for lunch."

"Okay. Bye Mom."

"Bye sweetie."

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Kuzon tried to meditate when his mother left. But Daiki's unseeing eyes was the only image in his mind that stayed there permanently. He shivered and hugged his knees, even though he wasn't even cold.

"I killed. I'm a horrible person." Kuzon whispered to himself. "I shouldn't have gone that far."

He was sure Daiki was haunting him. In his nightmares, his mind. Who knows, maybe he'd hallucinate about the late gang leader.

"Stupid guilt." he muttered. "Even meditating won't help."

Kuzon looked at the ceiling, wondering if Daiki was watching him from the Spirit World. Or worse, watching him in an invisible spirit form across the room.

"I'm sorry, okay?" he said. "I didn't mean to kill you."

There was no response, which relaxed him. If there was, that would freak him out.

"I'd better eat something." Kuzon said to himself. He made himself a cup of tea and ate toast in silence. After his small breakfast, he listened to the radio and practiced earthbending in the backyard. Once he finished, he took a relaxing hot bath to get his mind off of Daiki.

He heard the door open and changed into his clothes. Lin was in the kitchen with a bag of takeout.

"Hi." Kuzon said.

"Hello." Lin replied and served the fried rice and chicken. "Are you feeling better?"

"Yup." he lied. "So how was work?"

"The usual. Thugs robbing banks, gang fights, and I had to arrest two drunk men trying to seduce me."

He laughed. "Don't they always?"

"Yes." she chuckled. "I broke one of the men's wrists. His hand went too low for my taste."

Kuzon thought about what he had heard. Gang fights? He had to ask, but he couldn't be suspicious.

"More gang fights, huh?"

Lin nodded. "Apparently, some kid took out an entire gang and killed their leader. Crazy, right?"

He tried to ignore the pounding in his chest. "Yeah. What kid would be able to do that?" he said weakly.

"I know. I don't think a kid would be able to do that. We found a piece if sharp metal in the boy. I couldn't metalbend at that age. But the gang insists a young earthbender defeated them. And a little girl said the kid seemed innocent and scared when the gang leader was killed. She said it was an accident." she said and shrugged. "We can't look into it. Gang fights happen too much for the police to catch up."

Kuzon suddenly felt faint.

"Are you alright?" his mother asked. He felt a million miles away. "Kuzon, honey, you look flushed. Are you alright?"

He let out a shaky sigh. "I-I-I'm fine. Really Mom. Just...fine."

"I can tell you're lying." Lin said. "What's wrong?"

Kuzon's knees wobbled and he fell to the ground, tears spilling from his cheeks to the floor. His mother kneeled down and put his head on her chest. He clung tightly to her waist.

"What's wrong?" she asked quietly.

"I...I was walking yesterday. And they were there and they were going to hurt me and I won. But then I found him threatening the little girl, and I got mad and..." he gulped then forced out the words. "I killed the gang leader, D-Daiki."

Kuzon looked up at his mother, who remained silent and rubbed his back. "Why aren't you yelling at me? I killed someone! I'm a murderer! Lock me up forever!" he screamed and sobbed.

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She was shocked.

Kuzon, her sweet little boy, had accidentally killed someone. Killed. He looked so frail and frightened. His first kill.

Lin herself had killed criminals. Her first kill was when she was twenty-one. She had been shocked at first, but it was alright. It was for a good reason. But Kuzon was so young. Just nine.

"It's going to be alright, baby." she soothed and wiped his tears away. "It was just an accident."

"I didn't want to." he cried.

Lin held him tighter. "I know, I know. But I bet he's in the Spirit World, and he's forgiven you. You just got worked up, that's all. It won't happen again, as long as you be careful."

Kuzon sniffed.

"Hey kiddo. His gang told me they were going to give him a funeral where he was killed." she said and paused. "Do you want to go?"

"Yeah." he replied, his voice clearer than before. "I'll go. Thanks Mom."

"You're welcome." Lin said and kissed his hair. "I'm going back to work, okay? When I come back, you'd better be here."

He nodded and she gave him a small smile before leaving.

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Kuzon changed only changed his shirt and wore a black shirt. He washed his face. He wanted to bring something for Daiki. But what?

"Hmm." he muttered. Flowers seemed too tacky. The gang leader would've hated that.

The young earthbender walked outside and made a badgermole out of a rock. He would've appreciated that more than flowers.

He made his way down the alley and to the left, where his gang had their heads down and lowered Daiki into a deep hole. They looked at Kuzon suspiciously when they saw him.

"What do you want?" one of them said.

"I wanted to tell him I'm sorry and I wanted to pay my respects." Kuzon said sincerely.

The gang member blew his nose and nodded. Kuzon put the badgermole rock on Daiki's chest.

"Daiki," he began. "you seemed like you were lost when I met you. You weren't sure about where you belonged in the world so you did bad things. Maybe someone hurt you before-"

"Yeah. His drunk father abused 'im." another gang member interrupted.

The gang member who let Kuzon join hushed him. "Keep going, kid." the emotional gang member said.

"But eventually you found some of the greatest, most loyal friends that would have your back." Kuzon continued. "And you seemed happy, even though what you did was wrong. Then everything changed last night. I didn't want to kill you that night, and I'm sorry that I did. It wasn't my intention to take you away from your friends-your family-and the world. You would've been a good guy in time. Farewell, Daiki. I hope you finally find peace within."

The emotional gang member sobbed and clapped. The rest of the gang was silent with awe.

Daiki's second in command put his hand on Kuzon's shoulder. "Thank you. He would've really liked that."

He nodded and left, finally feeling better.

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