Avatar 03
Author Notes: I dont know why I decided to continue this out of all my other dead fics. I think after reading through so many fan fiction whether theyre related to Avatar or not, it just drove me to this. Not to mention, I have a lot of things going on school-wise thats keeping me busy. I started typing this chapter up as soon as I was done with Episode 5, two years ago, but never finished. Now, itll be sent through and be done with on the net! (My writing style mightve changed again after all these years. Ack.) Oh yeah, since Avatar has been over with for awhile, Im also one of those who wish there was a Book 4. It just annoys me that we got worked up over Ursa for nothing!! =_=
Disclaimer: All Avatar: The Last Airbender characters belong to Bryan and Mike, Nickelodeon, and (sighs) Viacom. All Rights Are Reserved.
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Episode 6 - Sky and Land
The Aang gang spent nearly the entire day at the Northern Air Temple. They helped out with certain activities such as lifting up heavy stones all the way to simple chores like cleaning up some dust that was covering parts of the temple's basement.
Aang is feeling pretty happy as he is now dressed in a new long sleeve yellow shirt and dark red pants. The Mechanist and his people were able to find some well preserved air nomad clothing among some of the abandoned rooms of the temple. Meanwhile, Toph refused any clothing from the women settlers no matter how many times they pleaded. They eventually left her alone, to her relief, but that made her stand more on her toes in worry that they were going to plan a sneak dress up attack on her.
Soon, the cloudy daylight was fading. Everyone felt tired and exhausted. Sokka, Aang, and Katara all agreed to call it quits and went to find to find Toph. By the time they did find her, she was in one of the tower rooms thrusting chipped stones into holes. A semi-scrawny looking boy was standing on the side of the room watching silently. Apparently, he was there to supervise Toph. Katara instantly recognized him as one of the two boys who were on the ladder earlier that day.
"Why do I feel like I'm being used a lot more than you guys!?" Toph annoyingly asked more to herself as she felt her friends coming close. Aang raised an eyebrow at the blind girl.
"Uh, Toph? You can stop now. We're leaving."
"Wait, not yet!" Toph exclaimed as she stepped forward again to make sure the stone was fitted in right.
"Toph, let them take care of it. It's almost dark outside and we need to go now," Katara explained with a brief hand motion. She could clearly see that the younger girl was ignoring her. After a few more stone shifting attempts, Toph finally let her shoulders relax and arms drop to her sides.
"Alright! I'm done," Toph calmly ended her sentence as she turned to face the boy supervisor. "Thanks for helping me out."
"No problem," the boy said without much expression. He turned to face where the rest of the Aang gang were standing and quietly passed them in order to exit the room. Sokka watched the boy disappear around the door's corner with a pensive look before eyeing Toph with a grin.
"I think he has a crush on you."
"What!?" Toph glared looking straight at where Sokka is standing. "What gave you that kind of idea?"
"Ohhh, just wondering. I mean, if only you could see his face when he was watching you when you were---" CLUNK!! Sokka felt something hit his head so hard, he nearly fell down. Aang watched with surprise while Katara simply shook her head at the scene.
"Let's go. This place is giving me a nightmare," Toph stated as she stomped past her friends. Katara and Aang exchanged looks before slowly gazing their eyes onto Sokka. The Water Tribe boy was simply standing root at his spot with his palms raised up towards his chest.
"I was only kidding!!!!!"
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Once the Aang gang had all of their supplies and personal items in check, it was officially time to go. They had a small farewell gathering outside the temple.
"Are you sure you guys can't stay for the night? We have plenty of empty rooms here," the Mechanist asked with anxiety as he watched the Aang gang board Appa. Teo was by his side with a sad expression. Several of their people were also behind them; waiting with similar concerns.
"I'm sorry, but we need to make time if we want to go according to plan," Sokka sternly said as he leaned over Appa's saddle. Suddenly, Aang's eyes lit up from his position at the front side of Appa's back.
"That's right! I completely forgot about it! Sokka, what's the plan?"
"Told you already. Later!"
"Yeah, but….nevermind," Aang grumbled with a dejected look. He already tried to pry some info from everyone earlier, but to no avail, they all refused to tell him the plan. He couldn't understand why it was so secretive.
"Thank you for the food provisions! It was more than we asked but we greatly appreciate it!" Katara beamed as she held up a small leather bag. The Mechanist tried to make a small movement with his mouth but couldn't make it into a smile. He wished to do something more. Something that could benefit the group of youngsters. He began to brainstorm for what he felt was a long time before it suddenly hit him.
"Of course! Hold on a second! I'll be right back!"
"Huh?" Everyone watched the Mechanist dash off towards the temple's entrance. Katara and Sokka exchanged glances with each other. Aang, still with his dejected look, let himself fall back onto Appa so he can comfortably stare up at the sky. Toph had her arms crossed while wiggling her toes into the snow. Teo, feeling a bit nervous with the sudden silence, was about to strike up a conversation when his father came running back enthusiastically. He was holding onto an oddly shaped medium size brown parcel.
"This is something that I've been dying to test out for awhile now. I was inspired by the power of air, and so, I worked on this day and night."
"Oh, THAT thing. Dad, are you sure? I thought it wasn't working properly a few days ago?" Teo piped up with concern.
"Oh hush now! I managed to work out the bugs after you left," the Mechanist said in a matter-of-fact tone of voice. His son could only sigh with growing worry. The Mechanist handed the parcel to Sokka but didn't let go until he said his final advice, "A non-airbender should use this device well."
"So, you mean me?" Sokka grinned in thought as he hugged the parcel to his chest. He then felt a jab in his shoulder so he looked down to see…
"Nah, he meant me!" Toph jabbed her left thumb at herself.
"Argh!! Just share!! Please! Both of you!" Katara angrily grabbed Sokka and Toph's shirt collars and dragged them towards Appa.
Once the entire Aang gang is seated on Appa, the flying bison lifted off from the temple. They mustered a wave back at the area where they once were with deep gratitude.
"I wish you, children, the best of luck! We appreciate the support that you've given us and we'll hopefully repay the favor when that day comes! See you later!!" the Mechanist shouted back waving vigorously. Teo and the onlookers followed suit in waving good-bye to their guests.
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Everything around him was different this time, but it was getting worse. All he could see was red leaking from a dead body on the floor. There were people all around him. Who were they? Who is this? And then, he turned to stare at someone who was laughing at the body. Until he, himself, couldn't take it anymore and then…
"Doesn't this scene look despicable to you?" asked his playful counterpart who quickly replaced the person he was staring at. The counterpart's disembodied voice echoed into his ears. Zuko had to jump a foot away in surprise. The setting around them began to change in an instant to pure white. The body was no longer there.
"What is this!?" Zuko had to cover a portion of his mouth since he was starting to feel nauseous.
"It's the other part of your mind."
"Wha…? My mind doesn't think of sick stuff like this!"
"I don't mean fantasy, silly. I mean, what you locked up in there," the counterpart pointed to his forehead.
"What I locked up?"
"Oh, poor Zuko… You'll never be free if you can't…," his counterpart's voice faded just like his body, which was beginning to vanish into the whiteness of wherever they are.
"Wait!!" Zuko shouted as he shot up from his bed with one hand reaching for empty air. Was it all a dream? A nightmare? That doppelganger of his appeared again. Zuko gripped his out-stretched hand tightly into a fist. Things haven't been going smoothly for him as of late. He slowly brought his out-stretched arm and hand down until they were resting against his right side of his body. Sighing, he got out of bed and headed towards a desk tucked away at one corner of his room.
Upon reaching the desk, he pulled out a side drawer and carefully took out the crown that his uncle gave him. He held it close to the front of his face. Then, began to examine it at different angles. There wasn't anything extraordinary about it as far as he could see. After giving the crown one last good stare, he placed it back into the drawer. He felt very uneasy about going back to sleep so he tried to stay awake as much as possible.
In the end though, he found himself back on his bed exhausted. When he wakes up again, his night experience will be nothing more than a trickle of blurs.
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The sun has completely set as Appa floated gently through the sky. The passengers, on its back, are laying around in different areas. Aang is the only one who kept his distance from everyone else as he laid on one side on top of Appa's head. His back is facing his friends and appeared to be dead stiff.
"Aang?" Katara glanced at the monk furrowing her brows. "You haven't said a single word since we left the temple." There was nothing but silence in response as the air whipped all around them.
"Aw, leave him alone, Katara. He's upset over us not telling him anything about our plan which we're going to explain soon," Sokka said in a dreamy state as he watched the clouds pass over their heads. The brown parcel was used as his pillow. Toph glowered at the older boy trying to think of ways to obtain the parcel. It was a bit tricky though as she couldn't feel on Appa's body so she had to resort to using her hands as guides. "Hey.. HEY!!" Sokka exclaimed as he felt small hands trying to grab the parcel out from under his head.
"I wanna see what it is!" Toph anxiously said as she began to tug on the parcel with all her might.
"You're kidding me, right? How can you see what it is!?" Sokka lifted the parcel up into the air and shook it trying to get the girl's hands off of it.
"Because, I know I can. Somehow!" Toph insisted as she refuse to let go.
"You two….," Katara held one hand on her head letting a deep sigh go and turned her attention back to Aang. She understood his frustration but he didn't have to hold it all in. After another minute of staring at the airbender, Katara had enough and crawled her way to Aang's limp form. "Ok! This has to stop now. Aang, you're 112 years old! Act more responsible!"
"I'm still 12 inside!" Aang finally spoke as he rolled over to face Katara, who was only two inches away from him. Anger can be seen seeping in through his eyes. The waterbender froze as she realized that her words could mean major consequences towards their trip. She was only trying to lighten up the mood with the age joke. Biting back her lip, Katara sat back to give some more space between her and Aang. Aang rolled himself over to face the other way again with his back facing Katara.
"Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you in any way. I'm just trying to cheer you up."
"Cheer me up? Just tell me what you guys planned up so I'll be my normal hyper self again! Is it that bad? Sokka said that as soon as we're on Appa, you guys will spill everything! But nooooo… It's been hours now!!"
"Actually, just one hour."
"Same thing!!"
"Well, it has something to do with our next stop. We'll be using that place as a base for our plan."
"…….…"
"Just be patient a little more. Everything will make sense when we get there."
"………."
"Fine, stay quiet. I'll stop bothering you." Katara crawled away back to where everyone else is. As soon as she was sitting next to Sokka, she grabbed his shirt collar with both of her hands and immediately shook him like crazy. "Why did you tell him we'll explain the plan here!? You could've at least hinted the island!!"
"K-Ka-Katara!!" Sokka barely got his voice out through the shaking.
"Instead, you teased him into thinking it was a big mystery! Now, look at what you've done!!" Katara tilted her head towards Aang's depressed form.
"So?" Sokka eyed Aang with wide eyes.
"So, I think you should apologize! This is getting ridiculous if this keeps up."
"What? Why? You didn't tell him the plan either, did you?" Sokka kept his big eyes as his attention went back to Katara's angry face. Katara didn't say anything for a couple of seconds, but loosened her grip on his collar. She lowered her head until her eyesight was at Sokka's chest.
"……..You're right. I couldn't bring up the plan."
"I don't believe it! Hah! I'm with a bunch of sissies!" Toph interrupted with a side puff of air. The Water Tribe siblings almost forgot she was there as they turned their heads to look at her. "Anyways, thank you for this. I'll treasure it forever." Toph grinned as she held up the brown parcel in a teasing manner. Sokka's eyes popped out of his skull.
"Wait! How did you---!?" Sokka couldn't believe Toph was able to grab the parcel from underneath his blue coat.
"As the Blind Bandit, I proudly announce my victory over boomerang guy! Mwahhahaha!!" Toph let out her evil fit of laughter. Katara and Sokka could only groan at Toph's exaggerated behavior. Aang made no motion to move or even look at the activity that was behind his back. He just didn't care…
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"Good morning, your Highness. How may we be of service?"
"May we wash your feet?"
"Need a fresh towel?"
A fully clothed Prince Zuko glanced at all the servants who were eagerly waiting on him. For some reason, he just didn't feel like being served. It was the same ritual every morning, yet, the whole process started to feel empty. But why?
The young prince politely waved all of his servants away and headed towards the main hallway. There was no one in sight which was a relief. He quietly took his time to go to the banquet hall so he can think as much as he can. Where did they take Uncle?
Five minutes passed before Zuko reached two huge double doors leading to the hall. The two guards at the door gave a curt bow before opening the doors. Zuko walked in like usual but stopped dead in his tracks once the doors closed behind him. Azula was seated on the left hand side of a long table smirking as usual at her older brother. The person to her left though, was of greater importance. A tall imposing man, with long dark hair that goes to his back and snake-like golden eyes. He was dressed in a velvet red robe from head to toe. Fire Lord Ozai was staring hard at his only son. These occasions are very rare. Normally, the Fire Lord would eat in his throne room.
"Prince Zuko, come. Have a seat." Ozai motioned with one hand towards the empty seat on his left hand side. Zuko complied without staring at his father. As soon as he took his seat, the servants came in full force to serve the royal family breakfast. The room was almost dead quiet though. If it wasn't for Ozai's presence, Zuko and Azula would usually squabble right away over what they were going to do later. Other squabbles would be over the servants and how they should be treated. Zuko was rather nervous about this, because there was one particular servant who wasn't too good in his job. There was no sign of this servant, yet, so this gave Zuko a sign of relief. Wait. Zuko paused in the midst of his thoughts staring at his quartered filled plate with big eyes. Why am I worrying over a servant!?
Then, as if on cue, it happened. The loud sounds of two plates crashing to the floor echoed throughout the room. Pieces of fruit were strewn all over the carpet staining it in an instant. Zuko's huge eyes didn't change at all as he looked up from his plate to stare at the source of the sound. The servant had both of his hands planted firmly on the floor with his head looking down in embarrassment. He didn't stay that way for long as he then tried to quickly clean up his mess with a thick cloth. Zuko then shifted his attention to his father and sister. His sister was giving off a menacing glare, while his father was staring calmly at the servant. The other servants in the room could only watch with fear. They were specifically ordered not to help others who made blunders in front of the royal family.
"Dad," said Azula, not taking her eyes off the servant, "that is the same servant who caused trouble two days in a row. He needs to be punished for being a disgrace in our presence!" She held up a fist which slowly got engulfed in her blue flame. Ozai didn't stand up or make any indication that he was going to move from his seat. He simply took his eyes off of the servant and proceeded to drink his morning tea as if nothing happened.
"Now now Azula… Let's not get carried away on a weakling. There are plenty of others who you should focus your attention on. Which reminds me, Zuko. I want to speak to you concerning the Ava----" Ozai stopped mid-sentence as he was turning to where his son is seated. Apparently, he was speaking to empty air. Zuko was no where to be found in his seat.
"That idiot Zuzu. What does he think he's doing?" Azula's voice floated into Ozai's ears. The Fire Lord swerved back to focus his attention on the servant, who was still cleaning up his mess. Zuko was walking towards the servant with calm even steps. The servant didn't notice the prince until the boy was kneeling right beside him, which gave him quite a surprise. He nearly jumped back a foot.
"You-your Highness?" the servant gave a confuse look at Zuko, who was looking down in silence picking up pieces of the spilled fruit. As soon as there were no other fruit pieces left on his side, Zuko deposited his collection into one of the plates that were intended to be served. The servant continued to watch in awe until the prince moved towards another area where there were other fruit pieces. A small smile crept onto the servant's face for a second before he shook his head to quickly bring him back to reality. He then went back to his own search for more fruit pieces. The servant was pleased by the boy's generosity to help him and wondered whether the past few days were a trigger to all of this.
Minutes passed until the all the fruit pieces were back on the two plates. The servant sighed in relief as he looked at Zuko. The prince was standing dead still across from him with very little expression. His hands were at his sides and his feet were semi-apart from each other. The servant quickly stood up and gave a bow towards the prince. "Thank you so much for your help, your Highness! I'm truly in your debt!" The servant beamed a smile at Zuko, but the boy still didn't give any response. He stayed that way for another minute before collapsing onto the floor. This led to the other servants come running to his aid.
"Take him back to his room," Ozai ordered staying put at his seat. Azula had ignored the entire scene altogether by eating her food. Both of them had varying thoughts running through their heads. Once Zuko was gone, Ozai motioned for the clumsy servant to come towards the breakfast table. The servant expressed great anxiety but tried to suppress that as he got closer to the Fire Lord. Upon reaching the table, the servant did another bow, but this time, it was the crouching type.
"I apologize for the incident earlier, my Lord! It was foolish of me to display such an inexcusable act," the servant kept his body bended over and his vision focused on the floor.
"You may stand," Ozai said in a tense tone of voice. His daughter had an amused expression on her face as if, she couldn't wait to see what would happen to the servant. The servant stood up upon hearing the order. "I heard that you caused quite a show in these past few days in the presence of my children. This must be why my son snapped. May this be the last time you have any of these so-called accidents? You will not have a second chance."
"Yes, my Lord!" the servant performed a quick bow. He almost felt a second wave of relief until Ozai motioned for the royal guards to come over to the table.
"Take this man to the tower and make sure that he never comes near me again." The servant's eyes widened in fear as he felt the strong arms of the guards take him away.
"No! Wait…!!" the servant's cry fell onto deaf ears as everyone in the room stopped paying attention to him. He was no longer part of any existence.
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"Here we are. Our new home!" Sokka cheerfully expressed from Appa's head as he guided the flying bison towards an island covered fifty percent with trees. The island wasn't very large but it wasn't small either. Sokka continued to grin at their future location before realizing that there were no one responding to his reaction. He looked back with a disappointed gaze as all the other party members were still sleeping. "Aw , c'mon! For once, I'm up early and I have no chance to lecture anyone for sleeping in!" Minutes passed before Appa could safely descend onto the island. After Appa landed safely, he immediately fell sleepily onto his side.
"AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Appa, what are you doing!?" Sokka yelled as he grabbed tightly onto the rein. Behind him, he could hear the thuds of the rest of the Aang gang falling onto the ground. Following the thuds were groans and yawns as everyone was waking up.
"That, was….really rough. Are we there…yet….?" Toph said in a drowsy tone of voice as she was the first one to try to stand up. Her toes started to wiggle trying to adjust to their new environment.
"I think so," Katara was wiping her eyes trying to make sense of their situation. She was sitting up but made no attempt to stand. Aang was sitting up as well but didn't say anything. He had on an expressionless face.
"Um," came Sokka's voice from somewhere above the Aang gang's heads, "could someone please give me a hand? I really REALLY don't want to be here the entire day." Katara looked up to see Sokka still holding onto Appa's rein with both of his hands. He was dangling over the huge animal's side but only one foot off the ground.
"Sokka, just let go. You're not going to die if you fall from that height." Katara chuckled a little. Her brother stared at her as if she was crazy before letting go of the rein. His eyes were closed the entire way down which was rather quick. He felt his feet touch the ground before he knew it.
"I'm alive!!" Sokka hastily got onto his knees and hugged the ground.
"You're stupid!!" Toph retorted as she walked pass Sokka on her way to where Aang is. Sokka glanced up to stick his tongue out at the younger girl before going back to hugging the ground.
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"Hey twinkletoes!" Toph greeted the Avatar with a small punch to his arm as she sat down beside him. "You've been depressed since yesterday so I want to cheer you up." Aang was still sitting up right with his legs tucked under his arm.
"Thanks Toph, but all I want are some answers," Aang flatly stated. "I'm sure you're not allowed to tell me either."
"Well….," Toph was about to start but stopped short on her sentence. She made a promise to wait, and to break that promise now was going to delay their mission. As much as she wants to tell Aang, now wasn't the best time to spill everything. "You'll get your answer when the Day of Black Sun approaches."
"What!? That late!? Tell me that's the truth and not another lie!"
"That's the truth. Do you think I'm Sokka, who keeps joking around?"
"But what am I suppose to do now?"
"Train."
"Huh?"
"I said you have to continue training your bending! You can't be slacking off now. You'll be fighting the Fire Lord soon. Even your earthbending could use some work."
"………"
"Aang, everything's going to be alright. Don't worry about the plan. Worry about what you have to do on your part," Katara's voice was a new addition to the current discussion. The waterbender walked up to her younger peers and sat down between Aang and Toph. "We're deeply sorry if we hurt you in any way, but this is the only way we can do it without scaring you even further."
"Scaring me?"
"We need you to improve as much as you can so that when we finally tell you, you won't be nervous. Do you understand?"
"Yeah, but…"
"What sugar queen is trying to say is that we're your friends, Aang. We care deeply for your safety not just because you're some almighty powerful bender." Toph's words caused Aang to blush a little in embarrassment.
"Thanks. I think I get you now. So, whatever the plan is is something you guys think I'm not able to handle now? What if I can handle it though?"
"Aang," there is no way you'll like it the first time you hear it. Trust me," Katara stared hard at Aang. The airbender let his mouth open just a little bit before lowering his head.
"Ok. Well… I…. I'm sorry too for acting this way towards you guys. I was angry for selfish reasons," Aang said as he let his legs stretch out in front of him and his two hands to go behind his back to support his body. "I hope you guys continue to make me see reason. No matter how disagreeable I can get, please stop me. You guys are all I have left for a family." Aang finally broke into a smile as he looked back at Toph and Katara.
"Aang…." Katara smiled back at him. She was pleased that Aang was sounding more like his old self.
"Alright! This cause for another group hug!!" Sokka excitedly yelled scaring Katara and Aang out of their skins. Toph was the only one who didn't budge since she could feel him coming minutes ago. In response to Sokka popping out of nowhere, he was given several blank stares from the people who could see him. "Er, guys?" Sokka watched as everyone stood up and walked away in different directions without a word. Soon, he was the only one left standing in that area. "Sure, leave me out of the fun. It was great chatting with you too!!" he shouted to no one in particular.
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Another night fell on the Fire Nation. Yet, not everyone was sleeping as Fire Nation guards were busy chasing their most wanted criminal.
"Tch! Just who in the world is this guy!? Thinks he can out-run all of us!?" one guard angrily yelled. The mysterious cloaked masked man was only several feet ahead of his group. The Blue Spirit apparently had a specific target in mind which were the prison tower keys. As soon as the Blue Spirit reached the tower, the tower guards tried their best to ward him off with firebending. Of course, to no avail, the Blue Spirit was able to evade their attacks with ease by blocking them with his twin dagger swords. He was already able to steal a copy of the outer door key and swiftly got himself inside with no trouble.
After knocking the inner prison guards unconscious, the Blue Spirit made his way into the room full of caged cells with the newly obtained set of prison keys. In one lowly corner of the room sat the servant who was timidly listening to the outside noises. The Blue Spirit made his way to the servant's cage and jammed a random key into the cage's keyhole. The key wouldn't budge though, thus indicating that it was the wrong key.
"Hey! What are you doing!? Do you want both of us to be killed!?" the servant asked nervously. "Or, are you here to kill me?"
"Shhh!!" hushed a voice behind the mask. "Keep quiet!" The servant blinked. He thought the muffled voice sounded familiar. The servant obeyed the masked man's order though and watched in silence. He took that time to observe the masked man's features such as his clothing and detailed markings on the mask itself. Repeated sounds of the outer door trying to be banged open could easily be heard. "Even though I locked that door from the inside, that won't be enough to stop them," whispered the Blue Spirit. He worked rapidly key after key trying to find the right one. A few seconds later, the door did eventually open with a loud creek. "Come on!" the Blue Spirited whispered louder as he grabbed the servant by the hand. The servant realized at that moment that his rescuer was shorter than him.
Both men rushed up the stairs with fierce speed. As soon as they got to the surface level of the prison, the Blue Spirit instantly halted their running causing the servant to bump into him.
"Ah! Sorry!" the servant whispered loudly upon impact.
"No time for that!" the Blue Spirit whispered back as he looked for alternative ways out of the tower. Seeing as there were no other ways out, he had no choice but to unlock the main door. "Ok, once I open the door, you must not stop no matter what. Make sure you have your eyes on me at all times. You got that?"
"I think so," the servant answered with a bead of sweat trickling down his cheek. Entrusting a teenager to protect your safety was one thing, he would never expect at all in his life. Let alone….
"Alright!" the Blue Spirit clicked the key into the main door and turned it to the right. The door swung open in an instant. Both men sprinted out of the door, and into the foray of soldiers and guards all gathered in front of the prison. Standing in the front of that opposing force was Azula, herself.
"Hello Blue Spirit, or should I say, Zuzu." She had on a smirk with one hand at her hip. The servant was sure his rescuer would stop upon seeing all these people going up against him. Yet, his rescuer didn't stop. Not once. The servant started to panic thinking they were going to die.
"Grab my hand!" hissed the Blue Spirit as he looked back at the servant.
"Huh!?" the servant had barely any time to think as he felt the Blue Spirit grab a hold of his left hand. As soon as they were within range of Azula, the Blue Spirit kneeled down and created a long barrier of fire by slicing his leg through the air. This sent several of the soldiers and guards running in the opposite direction. Azula, on the other hand, jumped high into the air to avoid getting smacked by the wall of fire. By the time she reached the ground, her prey were already a good distance away from her but not quite far yet. She brought her two hands to her side and made them become fists. She then burst fire out from them allowing her body to be propelled by her fists in order to increase her speed.
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The servant was beyond shock at everything that was happening around him. Here he was running for his life from the very people he use to serve. Above all, he was guided by an unexpected person.
"Hold on!" the Blue Spirit's muffled voice came floating out. They were pretty far from the tower area but they were still in the middle of palace territory. "I need you to wait behind that building over there." The Blue Spirit pointed towards a dingy old looking building sitting across from them. "She's coming so you better hide…NOW!" The servant felt himself being pushed towards the building before his legs could regain control. He decided then to keep running towards it without looking back. Only when he got there did he do so. The Blue Spirit took out his twin swords and waited patiently for Azula to come. It didn't take long for the girl's figure to get bigger and bigger.
"Zuzu, ready to dance!?" Azula shouted once she was less than ten feet away. She jumped into the air sending long chains of blue fire onto the Blue Spirit. The Blue Spirit used his swords to block some of it but had to dodge other portions of the raining fire. As soon as she landed on the ground, Azula gave a menacing fit of glee, "It's a shame that you couldn't stay long to have father question you on your failure. I would've enjoyed the moment very very much!!" She sent another streak of fire at the Blue Spirit making sure its agility stayed in tact. Little did she know that the Blue Spirit had a surprise attack waiting for her. Instead of using one of his swords to block the attack, he quickly got into a waterbender's receiving pose and let the fire come at him.
The blue fire instantly slowed down as soon as it reached the Blue Spirit and shot back at Azula in an instant.
"What!?" Azula dodged the blue flame with ease, but did it really go away? She noticed the blue flame making a slight u-turn curve in the air before coming straight at her still. "Impossible!" The Fire Nation's only princess started to run back towards the prison tower with her own blue flame tailing her.
As soon as Azula was out of sight, the Blue Spirit made a quick motion for the servant to come out of his hiding spot.
"That was truly amazing!" the servant ecstatically said as he looked down at his rescuer. "I never seen a firebending move like that before. Who taught you that?" The servant got no answer as the Blue Spirit grabbed a hold of his hand again and lead him further away into the darkness of the night.
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To Be Continued.
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A.N: A lot of this ending portion became the Blue Spirits story once again. It continues on like that into Episode 7, where some more stuff is revealed. You see, Episode 6 was going beyond 8 pages so I decided to cut it short. ^^;