Disclamer: Don't own Naruto or Avatar: The last Airbender.
AN: The update took a little longer this time then before because I've been a little sick, so I've had trouble finding the energy to write. Also I have something that I need to focus on the next couple of months so my writing time will be minimized, so the next chapter might not be up for some time.
"I've figured out exactly why you being a waterbender effects your clone technique"Aang said after they had landed to rest for the first time since leaving Omashu. "Basically you instinctively had the water element to your chakra when you mould it. I found it out when I tried to make a rasengan only to create a low-level rasenshuriken, also known as a wind rasengan."
"Was that explanation suppose to make sense" Sokka asked.
"I'll show you a rasengan" Aang said "Just give me a moment."
Aang closed his eyes while holding his hand out in front of him. He concentrated on creating a normal rasengan, though it was almost as hard to do as it was when he first started learning it, because he needed to concentrate on not adding wind element to it. After two minutes he finally succeeded creating it.
"This is a rasengan" He said while folding it up for the two others to see.
"It just looks like a handheld version of you scooter." Sokka said. Then Aang smashed it into a nearby tree, splintering the wood "But it seems a bit more dangerous" Sokka added.
"It is." Aang said "depending on where it hits and how powerful a person is it can be deadly. The rasenshuriken is even more dangerous, in that it basically will create billions of tiny holes in a persons body, even damaging the chakra system. It is also more likely to do recoil damage, which is why I only use it when in sage mode because I then I can actually throw it."
"So while the rasengan you just made would be what you usually do, now you create these rasenshuriken instead because you instinctively add air to it." Katara stated "What happens if you add other elements?"
"Never tried learning other elements, though I might test it out at some point" Aang said. "Anyway, to get back to what I was saying; Because you instinctively add water to your techniques it creates special effects like making you clone into a mist-clone."
"Ok, so nothing can be done to change this?" Katara asked.
"Well, with training you might be able to do what I just did, completely remove the element when using a technique" Aang said, "but I think that in most cases it would be more trouble then it's worth"
"Ok, so now that we know what will you teach me next?" Katara asked.
"First I want to know how Sokka is progressing." Aang stated as he turned to Sokka "Show me what you've got" He then activated his byakugan (he still needed to concentrate a lot to do it, so he couldn't effectively use it in a fight).
"Um, okaay" Sokka said. He then put his hands in the standard chakra moulding position and started to try to mould his chakra.
"Hmm, it's almost there" Aang said. "For someone with no training in this beforehand you are quite good. Usually it take almost four months to get this down, so you're making great progress".
"Thanks, I guess." Sokka said.
"Anyway, back to the next thing I want to teach you." Aang said, turning back to Katara. "I think that the next thing I should teach you is a substitute, since it's a great way to get out of the line of fire"
"Sounds useful" Katara agreed.
Later, after both training and sleeping, Aang and Katara are packing up their camp while Sokka is looking for food. After Aang and Katara are done they sit down and relax while waiting for Sokka to return.
"How long does it usually take to master the substitute technique." Katara asked.
"Well, for most it's actually the hardest technique to master so the academy actually has a year where all technique training is dedicated to it, though most get it within 4 to 6 months." Aang said. "But based on your progress already you probably won't take that long"
At that point Sokka back, walking along the nearby stream with his food collecting sack.
"Great, you're back! What's for dinner?" Aang asked happily.
"We've got a few options." Sokka stated "First, round nuts and some kind of oval shaped nuts, and some rock shaped nuts that might just be rocks. Dig in!"
Sokka threw one of the nuts that might be a rock over his shoulder. It lands near Momo. Aang and Katara look at each other then back at Sokka.
"Seriously, what else ya got?" Katara said.
Sokka peers with one eye into the bag, hoping to find something else. Meanwhile Momo is eyeing the 'rock nut' with suspicion. He chitters and picks it up. He taps it on a nearby stone to no effect. The he cocks back and raps it hard on the stone. At that moment, a huge, startling noise disrupts the forest's calm. The group and Appa look up at the noise.
"What was that!" Sokka asked while Momo looks first at Sokka and then at the 'rock nut'. Momo drops the nut onto the stone again and another huge sound echoes through the forest, startling Momo again and causing him to jump away from the.
Aang points to the right "It's coming from over there!" He states.
Aang and Katara rush off in the direction of the noise, leaving Sokka waving his arms at them.
"Shouldn't we run away from huge booms, not toward them?" He yells after them before following them.
They soon arrive to a fallen three. They take cover behind it and look down at a river bed, that has been reduced to a small stream. They see a young earthbender is practicing his art in the river bed, and the three watch him move around a huge boulder.
"An earthbender!" Katara stated in fascination.
"Let's go meet him!" Aang said happily.
"He looks dangerous, so we better approach cautiously." Sokka said.
Katara ignored her brother's warning and started running out into the river bed to address the young earthbender.
"Hello there, I'm Katara!" Katara said to him "What's your name?"
The young earthbender looks over at Katara in surprise, drops his rock and runs back down the river bed. As he runs, he earthbends a load of rock into the riverbed, blocking pursuit.
"Nice to meet you!" Aang yelled after him.
"We just wanted to say hi." Katara stated sadly.
"Hey, that guy's gotta be running somewhere, maybe we're near a village and I bet that village has a market!" Aang said after a moment.
"Which means no nuts for dinner!" Katara said excitedly before she and Aang run in the same direction of the boy.
"Hey! I worked hard to get those nuts!" Sokka yells after them. Momo flies past him to join the others, making Sokka look downcast "Yeh, I hate'em too."
Aang, Katara and Sokka reached a city and entered the market-place. Aang went to a stall to try out a hat.
"Great hat." Aang said to the merchant "I'll trade you some nuts for it."
Aang turns around to look at Soka and Katara while laughing. He sees Katara look at the earthbender they saw earlier walk into a house. Aang quickly hands the hat back to the merchant.
"Hey!" Katara says as she runs towards the door with Aang and Sokka.
Katara opens door and enters to see the boy stand in front of the counter while a woman is standing on the other side.
"Hey, you're that kid!" Katara said "Why did you run away before?"
"Uh, you must have me confused with some other kid." The kid states.
Just then Aang and Sokka enter.
"No she doesn't, we saw you earthbending." Aang stated causing both the boy and the woman to gasp.
The Woman quickly goes to close the door and window.
"They saw you doing what?" She asked the boy while her hands are still on the window she just closed.
"They're crazy, mom, I mean, look at how they're dressed!" The boy said while pointing at their clothing and causing them to look down at it.
"You know how dangerous that is!" She continues, ignoring the boys feeble attempt to divert the focus of the conversation "You know what would happen if they caught you earthbending!"
Just then there was a heavy knock on the door is heard and Sokka quickly parts the window blinds to identify the intruders.
"Open up!" Came a voice from the outside.
"Fire Nation!" Sokka stated "Act natural!"
Aang quickly jumps behind the counter, henging into a pot just encase the soldiers check. Before he ducks down he had taken a quick look at the others and felt like face-palming at their abnormal positions.
The boys mother opens the door and a Fire Nation soldier enters. He looks around the room seeing the people in some very unconvincing normal poses, but decided to not give it to much thought.
"What do you want?" The mother asked "I've already paid you this week."
"The tax just doubled." The soldier stated "Wouldn't want an accident, would we?"
The soldier produces a fireball in his hands and smiles causing everyone (the hidden Aang excluded) to takes a step back from the soldier.
"Fire is sometimes so hard to control." The soldier continued.
The mother's expression melts from defiance to fear and resignation. She goes around the counter to get a chest, and is slightly surprised that she can't see Aang, but decides to save it for walks back around the counter and places the chest on it. She opens it to reveal a few miserable coins. She takes most of them out and gives them to the soldier. The soldier dumps the small ones on the ground.
"You can keep the copper ones." He said as he left the house.
The mother picks up the copper coins.
"Nice guy." Sokka said sarcastically "How long has the Fire Nation been here?"
"Five years." The mother stated "Fire Lord Ozai uses our town's coal mines to fuel his ships."
"They're thugs;" The boy stated "they steal from us, and everyone here is too much of a coward to do anything about it."
"Quiet, Haru." The mother said "Don't talk like that."
At that point Aang got up from behind the counter which shocked the mother, but before she could ask questions she was interrupted.
"But, Haru's an earthbender, he can help." Katara said.
"Earthbending is forbidden." The mother stated "It's caused nothing but misery for this village. He must never use his abilities."
"How can you say that?" Katara asked in shock "Haru has a gift. Asking him not to earthbend is like asking me not to waterbend. It's a part of who we are."
"You don't understand." The mother stated sadly.
"I understand that Haru can help you fight back." Katara stated "What can the Fire Nation do to you that they haven't done already?"
"They could take Haru away!" The mother stated "Like they took his father." she adds. Both Katara and Haru get a sad expression upon hearing that. "Anyway" The mother continues while turning to Aang "Where did you come from, when I got the chest you weren't back there".
"I was, you just didn't notice me" Aang states.
"How could I not notice you, there are barely any room to hide there." The mother says.
"That is a secret" Aang said with a kind smile. "I don't want to risk knowledge of my abilities to spread."
"And why is that?" The mother asked.
"Because I'm the Avatar" Aang stated shocking both Haru and his mother.
In the evening Haru lead Aang and his friends into a barn near his mothers farm.
"My mom said you can sleep here tonight, but you should leave in the morning." Haru told them after they entered.
"Thanks." Aang said "I'll make sure Appa doesn't eat all your hay."
Meanwhile Appa is stuffing his mouth with hay. He looks over at Aang and stops chewing for a few seconds before continuing.
After Aang, Katara and Sokka got their sleeping spaces ready, Haru and Katara leave the group to go for a walk.
"I'm sorry about what I said earlier." Katara said "I didn't know about your father."
"That's ok." Haru said sadly "It's funny, the way you were talking back in the store, it reminded me of him."
"Thanks." Katara said shyly.
"My father was very courageous." Haru told Katara "When the Fire Nation invaded, he and the other earthbenders were outnumbered ten to one, but they fought back anyway."
"He sounds like a great man." Katara said with a small smile.
"After the attack, they rounded up my father every other earthbender and took them away." Haru continues his story "We haven't seen them since."
At this point Katara and Haru had walked up onto the crest of a small hill that overlooks the surrounding countryside.
"So, that's why you hide your earthbending?" Katara concluded.
"Yeh. The problem is that the only way I can feel close to my father now is when I practice my bending." Haru admitted. "He taught me everything I know."
Haru knelt down and begun twirling some small stones while he spoke about his father. When he is done, he turned the stones to sand, which falls through his fingers. Katara comes up and sits next to him.
"See this necklace?" She said while she points to her necklace "My mother gave it to me."
"It's beautiful." Haru said.
"I lost my mother in a Fire Nation raid." Katara explained "This necklace is all I have left of her."
"It's not enough, is it?" Haru asked, though it was clear that he already knew the answer.
"No." Katara admitted sadly.
Katara and Haru sit on the hill looking at the fading glory of the setting sun for a while.
After some time they start to walk down a path that goes past some mines when a boom is heard and rocks and dust come out of the mine entrance. The sound of an old man can be heard.
"Help!" He yells in a pained voice.
"The mine!" Haru yells and he and Katara run towards it.
They arrive at the mine entrance to find it blocked with an old man mostly buried in the blockage.
"Help me!" He yells out to them.
Just then the ground shakes a bit, and more earth threatens to fall on and crush the old man. Haru tries to prevent any more earth falling on the old man by bracing the collapsed mine entrance frame, while Katara tries to get the old man free.
"It's not working, we have to get help." Katara said while she struggled.
"There's no time pull harder." Haru replied.
"Haru, there's a way you can help him." Katara stated.
"I can't." Haru replied
"Please, there's no one around to see you, it's the only way." Katara pleaded.
Indecision dominates Haru's face for a few moments, but then he moves in front of the old man and turns to look back into the mine entrance. He concentrates and with a quick move of his hands and feet he pushes the obstruction of earth and stone back deep into the mine, freeing the old man, whom they help get up.
"Haru, you did it!" Katara stated happily.
Soon thereafter Katara and Haru returned to the farm where Katara joined the others in the barn where she told the others what had happened. Aang was laying on Appa, Sokka laying on top a hay bale and Momo was looking out the window.
"It was so brave of Haru to use his earthbending to help that old man." Katara said in obvious admiration.
"You must have really inspired him." Aang said, ignoring the jealousy he felt.
"I guess so." Katara said shyly.
"Everyone should get some sleep." Sokka said "We're leaving at dawn."
"Dawn?" Katara asked "Can't we sleep in for once?"
"Absolutely not! This village is crawling with Fire Nation troops." Sokka replied "If they discover you're here, Aang, we'll be eating fireballs for breakfast. Good night."
"I'd rather eat fireballs than nuts." Katara said with a smile on her face.
"Good night." Sokka said with finality.
Aang and Katara laugh, then Katara blows out their lamp.
Later that night Fire Nation troops walk along a path leading to Haru's farm. Lamps on polls swing back and forth as they march. The soldier who extorted the money from the previous day leads the column. Aang get's woken by the sound of people approaching and quickly jumps up to see what is going on.
He watches as the soldier knocks on Haru's house's door three times. The door opens to reveal Haru who gasps in surprise. At this point Aang notices the old man standing between the soldiers.
"That's him! That's the earthbender!" The old man says while pointing at Haru.
The soldiers quickly step forward and grab Haru and pulling him away. Meanwhile Aang jumps back inside and quietly runs to the others and shake them awake, while making sure that they don't scream.
"Fire nation soldiers where just here" He whispers to them. "They took Haru, seems the old man snitched on him."
"Oh no" Katara says "We have to save him."
"For now we should probably stick to tracking them." Sokka said.
"Why?" Both Katara and Aang asked.
"Because if we free him while on route they will just assume his mother is involved and go for her" Sokka stated.
"Still we need to go now if we want to be able to follow" Aang stated. "Katara go tell Haru's mother while me and Sokka get Appa ready.
After half an hour they had overtaken the group that was leading Haru.
"So what do we do now" Aang asked.
"We should probably just keep following them" Sokka said. "It's not like we can infiltrate the base any other way"
"We could just get me arrested for earthbending" Katara said.
"First of; how do you even going to earth bend?" Sokka asked, "And anyway it wouldn't achieve that much more so I don't know whether it would be worth it."
"I think I would have a better chance of faking earthbending" Aang added.
"Given time you wouldn't need to fake it" Sokka added "Though I don't think we should wait for that."
"Of cause not" Katara said "But we do need to get someone on the inside just to gather more information."
"In that case I'll do it" Aang said "while information gathering and infiltration where never my speciality I do have the basic understanding that any ninja must have."
After that he made a simple henge which was basically his normal looks just with hair and different clothing, and without the airbending tattoos.
"Shouldn't you change yourself a little more?" Sokka asked.
"Still need to keep my abilities secret, with this I can claim it to be a wig and some different clothing."
The soldiers where getting close to the harbour where they where to take a ship when they heard screaming from the woods on their left.
"I told you to get out of here, you lazy bum" One voice yelled.
"As if, I was here first you good for nothing thief" Another yelled back.
"Go in and find out what this is about" The leading soldier said to two of his men.
The two soldiers quickly arrived in a clearing where Sokka and an disguised Aang where in the middle of an argument.
"I was the one who found this clearing, so it's mine" Aang yelled and then used air to lift a fist-sized stone and hurl it at Sokka's shoulder, though Sokka barely managed to dodge.
"Your an earth bender" Sokka screamed and launched himself at Aang, knocking him to the ground "You've got 18 hours to get information, we'll be right behind you." He then whispered as the soldiers rushed forward to help restrain Aang.
"Thank you for your help in capturing one of the evil earthbenders" The soldier told Sokka before leading Aang back to the group.
After they left Sokka quickly made his way to another clearing where Appa, Momo and Katara where waiting.
"Well it worked" Sokka said as he arrived "For a happy-go-lucky kind of person he still has some planning skill".
"Yeah, though I think that what we just did is considered a pretty basic tactic where he comes from." Katara said "He said he was told of this tactic in his first year at the academy, so I think the only reason it was though was so that they wouldn't fall for it."
"True." Sokka admitted.
After a boat ride Aang, Haru and the other earthbenders arrived at a prison rig, seemingly made completely out of metal.
They can place in a line, standing side by side. After that the Warden shows up and starts addressing them.
"Earthbenders, it is my pleasure to welcome you aboard my modest shipyard." He began "I am your warden. I prefer to think of you not as prisoners, but as honored guests, and I hope you come to think of me as your humble and caring host." Aang had a hard time stopping himself from yelling out that what the warden was saying was bull shit, but managed to keep it in "You will succeed here if you simply abide by the rules. Simply treat me with the courtesy I give you and we'll get along famously. You will notice earthbenders, that this rig is made entirely of metal. You are miles away from any rock or earth, so if you have any illusions about employing that brutish savagery that passes for bending among you people, forget them. It is impossible. Good day."
When the Warden is done talking, he turns and walks towards his office as the prisoners are led away. The prisoners are lead to an open area on the rig where hopeless and forlorn looking prisoners roam around.
When they enter Haru starts looking around at the other people there seemingly trying to find someone. Aang discretely follows him, waiting for the right point to talk to him.
Soon Haru ran up to a old man who was currently eating.
"Dad" He said as he reached him.
"Haru, you shouldn't be here." The man said sadly.
"I got caught earthbending" Haru said.
"More like you where sold out by a person whose life you saved" Aang said from behind him, startling him.
"Is that you Aang?" He asked, confused by the hair and clothing.
"Yep" Aang said with a smile.
"How did you get here." Haru asked.
"The same way you did, I got added to your group shortly before we reached the boat." Aang said.
"Your the guy that got found earthbending in a clearing?" Haru asked. "But I didn't know you could earthbend."
"I can't but lifting a stone and sending it another person is something I can do" Aang said, "It looks like earthbending to those who doesn't have the necessary understanding."
"Who is this?" The man asked Haru
"This is Aang, he and his friends found me earthbending and we became friends." Haru said. "Aang, this is my father, Tyro."
"Glad to meet you" Aang said with a smile.
"Have some lunch, Aang" Tyro said, handing Aang a bowl.
Aang looks at it, slightly disgusted, but then says "Oh well, better then nuts" causing both Tyro and Haru to look at him weirdly.
After eating some of the food Aang puts aside his bowl.
"So, do you have any escape plans in the making?" Aang asked.
"Excuse me?" Tyro said suspiciously.
"You know, a plan to get everyone off the rig?" Aang said "Assassination, sabotage or attempting to get access to materials you can bend to take the guards out by force.
"The plan? The plan is to survive - wait out this war." Tyro responded "Hope that one day some of us can get back home and forget this ever happened."
"That sounds like you've already given up" Aang said, annoyed. This was Wave all over again except they didn't even have one person in which they placed their hope.
"Aang, I admire your courage and I envy your youth, but people's lives are at stake here." Tyro said "The Warden is a ruthless man, and he won't stand for any rebellion. I'm sorry, but we're powerless."
"You aren't powerless, merely cowardly and broken" Aang stated. "you outnumber the guards 5 to 1, the only thing they have on you is that they can bend. Even so, if I were to place a mountain of earth in front of you, you would still be to afraid to but up a resistance. With how lax the safety of this place it I could probably defeat all the guards on this base in one night, but it wouldn't be worth it to free a bunch of cowards who would lay down and die if the fire nation attacks your village again."
"What do you know" Tyro growled at Aang "You have no idea what we've been through."
"Maybe not, but I know that waiting and hoping someone else will come along and solve your problems for you is a cowards choice" Aang stated, "I can help you fight back, but if you don't help it will be meaningless. Unlike me many of you still have your families, some of whom are suffering under the fire nation far more then you are. Do you think you are doing them a favour by sitting here and saying that the only important thing is that you survive until the war ends."
"Stubborn brat." Tyro said "Your all talk anyway, there is no earth here anyway"
"I'll get you something to earthbend with" Aang stated, then stood up and started exploring the rig, leaving a clone behind so that he could explore it in depth without anyone noticing.
That night Aang is woken when he fells Appa approaching from the air.
"Your 18 hours are up, where's Haru?" Sokka asks from Appa's back when he sees that Aang is awake "We've got to get out of here."
"Change of plans" Aang said. "Get down here so Appa can get outside the range of the searchlight."
"What do you mean by a change of plans" Katara asked.
"We're going to help the earthbenders help themselves rather then just help Haru." Aang stated "I hate seeing people with broken spirits so I have to help them. Now get down here before you get us caught".
Katara immediately jump down followed by Sokka at a much slower pace. Aang told Appa to hide after which Appa left. Aang leads the others away knowing that guards should come by this point fairly soon.
"So do you have a plan?" Sokka asked.
"Well, I know what I want to archive, just not sure how to best get it done" Aang said "They have coal here which can be used for earthbending, the only problem is that I don't know how to get it down to the area where the earthbenders are. Well, I've brought down a few handfuls, but not enough to be really helpful in a fight."
"Hmm," Sokka said, while eyeing a nearby vent "I have an idea that might work."
Katara and Sokka back in the prisoner deck area looking down into an enormous ventilation shaft which is capped by a grate.
"It's almost dawn, we're running out of time!" Katara said nervously "Are you sure this is gonna work?"
"It should." Sokka said, "Though if it fails we still have Aangs clones transporting smaller amounts of coal as an alternative if it should fail. In other words; if this plan fails it just means less coal, not no coal." Sokka takes a breath, then starts elaborating the plan while he and Katara look down into the vent "There's a huge deposit of coal at the base of the silo, and the whole system is ventilated. Aang closed off all the vents except one. When he does his airbending, the coal only has one place to go; right back here."
Just as he finishes his explanation he and Katara look up to find themselves surrounded by fire nation soldiers while the prisoners stand a little behind the soldiers.
"There are the intruders!" One of the soldiers yell.
"Stay back, I'm warning you!" Sokka says while drawing his boomerang.
"Kids stop!" Tyro yelled at them. "You can't win this fight!"
Haru looks stunned at his father's pronouncement. A moment later the warden arrives.
"Listen to him well, children." The warden said "You're one mistake away from dying where you stand."
Just then the guards and warden got knocked back by pieces of coal flying at them from different directions. A moment later an undisguised Aang jumped up as well, making Sokka and Katara realize that his clones threw the coal before dispelling.
Then air begins to rush out of the went closely followed by dust and pebbles. Then a living river of coal erupts from the grate, eventually tearing it away. The coal shoots high into the air over the deck. The Warden is clearly shocked and dismayed by this event. The coal lands in a massive pile between the earthbenders and the firebenders, The prisoners look at the pile of earth that has just appeared. Aang drops from from his previous position onto the pile of coal.
"See, I kept my word" Aang said, mostly to Tyro, "I got you something to earthbend with. Now the only thing holding you back is your own cowardice. If you don't start fighting back your families will be doomed to poverty at best, rape and murder at worst. Is that really what you want? A hundred years ago the earthbenders where known for their unyielding spirit, show me that that hasn't changed"
Before the earthbenders had time to think on what was said another voice sounded "Hahaha! Foolish child!" The warden exclaimed "Unyielding spirit, what a joke. The earthbenders spirits were broken a long time ago. Oh? But you still believe in them? They're a waste of your energy, You've fai" He was interrupted by a small pile of coal smashing into his face, courtesy of Tyro. This is followed by a piece of coal to his stomach by Haru.
"Seems you underestimated our spirit" Tyro said. "You may have suppressed it, but it isn't broken."
"Now it's my turn" Aang stated, taking out his staff and creating a powerful wind sending the soldiers backwards shocking everyone except Katara, Sokka and Haru who all knew he was an airbender.
The warden manages to get back to his feet along with the other soldiers.
"Show no mercy!" The warden yells to the soldiers.
The Fire Nation line charges forward, unleashing a wall of flame. Tyro and the three nearest earthbenders, including Haru block it with a huge wall of coal, making the coal absorb the flames.)
"For the Earth Kingdom, attack!" Tyro yells.
He then slams the palms of his fists on the deck of the rig, throwing the wall of coal forward towards the Fire Nation line. The Fire Soldiers deflect some of the rocks with flame. At this point all of the prisoners have joined the rebellion and have assumed earthbending stances.
One on one the earthbenders block fire attacks with coal shields and knock out firebender by striking them huge lumps of coal thrown at high speed.
"I'll take care of the enemies on the catwalk, you should be able to take the one's down here" Aang yells and runs to the wall and airbends himself up. He then runs along the catwalk blowing soldiers into the water, quickly approaching the top of the door out of the holding area where the mechanism to open it was located.
Katara and Sokka rush forward. Sokka runs at some soldiers holding spears and cuts off the head of the spears with his boomerang and throws the spearheads to Momo who is flying close overhead . meanwhile Tyro and Haru stand in front of the coal dump. They raise a huge amount of coal, and then mash it between them to create a boulder. Haru and Tyro are about to throw the boulder when the doors start to open. They look up to see Aang standing at the lever to open the door.
"Get to the ship!" Tyro yells to his fellow earthbenders "We'll hold them off!"
"Do not let them escape!" The warden yells, quickly rallying some soldiers around him and they begin to barrage the exit with flame.
Aang jumps down from the wall between Katara and Sokka and is about to try and stop the fire benders when Tyro and Haru launch the 'coal boulder' at the warden which also momentarily stops the fire benders standing with him. Before they can recover Aang airbends a small tornado into existence, the end of which is aimed at the firebenders.
"Guys, throw me some coal!" He tells Katara and Sokka.
They quickly start dropping chunks of coal into the top of the little whirlwind, which accelerate down the wind tube and exit at high speed towards the firebenders and knocks them down.
While Aang, Katara and Sokka do this Tyro and some other earthbenders are bending more coal towards the warden and his men. The use the coal to create a platform underneath the warden and his men and then levitate the platform over the side of the rig, out of over the open water.
"No, please!" The warden yells "I can't swim!"
"Don't worry, I hear cowards float." Tyro responded before causing the platform to crumple, depositing the fire benders into the water.
Aang and the others start running to run towards the fire nations ships only getting into a few minor skirmishes along the way, though unknown to them during one of these skirmishes Katara loses her necklace.
Soon they are on-board the ships and steaming away from the rig. Appa with Sokka and Katara swim next to the point ship. Meanwhile Aang is with Tyro and Haru on the deck of the point ship.
"I want to thank you for saving us." Haru said to Aang.
"I merely helped you help yourself." Aang stated "It's part of the Avatars job, after all."
"Thank you for helping me find my courage, Avatar Aang." Tyro said, quickly recovering from the shock that Aang is the Avatar "My family and everyone here owes you much."
"So what do you intend to do now?" Aang asked.
"Take back my village." Tyro exclaims, then raises his voice "To take back ALL of our villages! The Fire Nation will regret the day they set foot on our land!"
The earthbenders on all of the ships start cheering at those words.
AN:
Poll:
For those who haven't already aware of it the poll is up.
As Jiopaba points out in a review I had misspelled Toph's name, but I have already fixed that.
Rasengan alternatives:
I have been thinking of the effects I want the other rasengans to have, but I am having trouble with names and looks of them.
Fire rasengan: incinerator, turns whatever it touches to as, including potentially the person creating it.
Water rasengan: attracts water near it, including that which is inside the body.
Earth rasengan: creates powerful vibrations within whatever it touches. If used on a person it turns their bones to dust, if you on the ground it creates an earthquake and could potentially damage the tectonic plates.
If someone has suggestions, whether it be name, looks or change of effect I would be happy to receives it. Don't bother with lightning rasengan, since it isn't a main bending element.
Story note:
Kinda sad that Katara didn't get to be the hero here, but I just couldn't see Aang allowing her to do the infiltration when his own abilities where more suited for it.