Alright heres the next one for your viewing pleasure i'm also going to be visiting family for a few days so no updates for a bit but i'll be back soon. Once again i want to thank Ibinix Rae for helping me with the betaing of this chapter. now..ON TO THE DISCLAIMER!!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender i only lay claim to my OC Beat

DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER: After this chapter i'm not doing the disclaimer anymore

Drunken Bender

As dawn shimmered on the horizon, life in Ba Sing Se was starting to rouse as well. The farmers in the Outer Ring were waking up to tend to their crops and livestock while the birds and other small animals shook off sleep and began their daily routine of finding food. Meanwhile, in the Upper Ring of Ba Sing Se a certain master of Drunken Kung Fu was practicing in the back yard of a modest-sized house his black shirt and red jacket hung on the railing of the back porch while he glided through the forms of his favorite martial art like quicksilver. It was entrancing, the way his muscles moved and coiled with a feline grace each move flowing seamlessly together in a pattern so ingrained his body required only the smallest bit of concentration on his part. As such Beat's mind began to wander as he thought back to their last battle, the giant drill, and of fire…

Flashback 1 week prior

As Aang came swooping back down to rejoin his friends Katara brought up the question on everyone's mind at his reappearance.

"Aang what are you doing back so soon?" Katara inquired. "I thought you were going to find Appa"

"Appa is going to have to wait for now," Aang said a grim note in his voice as he walked with them to the wall where he and Toph bent a chunk of earth out of the ground and had it rise up along the wall.

"Well what could possibly make Appa have to wait?" Sokka asked before Beat slung an arm around his shoulder.

"Call it a wild guess but I'm going to go with Option A" Beat said as he turned Sokka so he could see the huge drill flanked by Fire Nation tanks rumbling across the plains toward the Great Wall of Ba Sing Se.

Sokka's jaw dropped and he slapped his palm to his forehead "OH COME ON!!" he moaned out in frustration while Ying and the other refugees huddled together before Ying spoke her voice full of despair.

"We made it to Ba Sing Se but even here we are not safe" She said on the verge of tears as her husband tried to comfort her before an Earth Kingdom guard spotted them and walked over.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, "Civilians aren't allowed on the Wall"

"Take me to whoever's in charge" Aang said his voice laced with authority, "I'm the Avatar."

A few moments later after Ying, her husband, and the rest of the refugees were escorted into the city Aang and his friends were brought before the head of the attack against the drill.

"Ah Avatar Aang we are honored by your presence," He said his voice oozing arrogance and overconfidence, "But your assistance is not needed."

"What?" Aang said slightly taken aback at the quick brush off, "Not needed?"

"Yes not needed", He responded as he stood up and walked around his desk and past the group over to the edge of the wall. "You see no one can breach the walls of Ba Sing Se that is why it is called 'Ba Sing Se' it is The Impenetrable City after all we don't call it 'Na Sing Se'" He said with a chuckle before he stopped seeing as no one else laughed, "That means Penetrable City", He explained.

"What about the Dragon of the West?" Toph asked, "He made it through the wall"

"A-ah well yes, but he was quickly expunged," He said taken off guard at Toph's quick comeback before he turned back around and looked over at the incoming drill missing Beat bump his fist against Toph's with a snicker.

"You go girl" Beat murmured to her causing Toph to grin before they looked back at the General who had started speaking again.

"Anyway I have already dispatched our most powerful team of Earthbenders known as the Terra Team," The general said his voice oozing arrogance again as he watch his Earthbenders ride waves of earth over to the drill.

"Hey that's a catchy name" Sokka said while Beat rushed over to watch the benders a mischievous grin plaster on his face.

"Wait for it" Beat said as he watched the Terra Team slam pillars of earth into the side of the drill while other benders shot waves of earth at the tanks flipping them onto their sides rendering them immobile. "Here it comes~" Beat said in a singsong voice moments before the pillars of earth shattered and his team was dispatched by two people that had come out of the drill.

The general watched in horror as his best team was demolished in the blink of an eye and he fell to his knees, "WE'RE DOOMED!!" He yelled in horror while Beat roared with laughter before he wiped his eyes and looked at the almost sobbing man.

"Thank you and goodnight" Beat chuckled before Toph slugged him in the arm causing him to grumble and slide and a foot between her legs hooking his leg around hers before pulling back taking out her left leg causing her to fall on her ass with an indignant squeak before she leapt up and started chasing him around swearing at the top of her lungs and promising him bodily harm.

Later on after the Earth forces had recovered their wounded and Beat escaped an asswhupping by the skin of his teeth they discovered that Ty Lee was the one who had defeated some of the Earthbenders. As Katara explained Ty Lee's fighting style Beat looked interested and Sokka had an epiphany.

"So let me get this straight." Beat mused," You want us to go inside that thing and take it out from the inside?"

"That's right," Sokka said quite proud of himself.

"That's insane Sokka," Katara said, "We already know that Ty Lee is in there which means Azula and Mai are probably in there as well."

"It's the only plan we have Katara," Aang said, "We need to stop this thing before it gets through the wall or else Ba Sing Se is history and the Earth Kingdom as well."

"I love this plan," Beat crowed as he wrapped an arm around Toph and hugged her to his side while he thrust his other fist into the air, "I'm excited to be a part of it!"

"Get off me Beat" Toph growled

"Aww but your so cuddly!" Beat whined before Toph socked him in the crotch and he fell like a ton of bricks.

"Ok point taken," Beat wheezed from the ground.

"One question though," Beat asked as he popped back up as though he hadn't taken a shot to the beanbag "How do we get over there with no one noticing us a mile away," He elaborated while swinging his arm over the vast expanse of open ground between them and the drill.

"Ah see that's where Toph comes in," Sokka said while Beat simply looked confused.

Scene Break: Inside the Bridge of the Drill

"Soon Princess Azula our drill will pierce through the wall of Ba Sing Se and our troops will lay waste to the Earth Kingdom capital and you can finally claim victory for your father," A man with gray hair and a long beard in the clothes of a Fire Nation War Minister said smugly before he turned to look at the three women behind him,

"Of course War Minister Ching, after all if this attack fails we both know who will be held responsible don't we?" Azula said with a smirk causing Ching to gulp and turn back around.

"Y-yes of course princess," Ching stammered.

"When do we get to do something Azula those Earthbenders were hardly a challenge," Mai muttered dryly

"I don't know some of them were kind of cute!" Ty Lee chirped while she bounced in her seat.

"Soon Mai, soon" Azula answered her eyes steely as she watched the Wall of Ba Sing Se loom ever closer to the drill.

Scene Break: Underground en route to Drill

"Hurry up Toph its so dark I can't see down here, " Sokka groused as they made their way towards the drill via an underground tunnel Toph was bending for them.

"Oh no, what a nightmare," Toph shot back sarcastically before she popped a hole open right above them revealing the underside of the drill and the sounds of metal grinding and steam hissing.

"Ah heh…sorry Toph" Sokka said sheepishly

"Whatever," Toph mutter before they all climbed out and looked around before they located an access panel a few yards away.

"Ok so how do we open it?" Beat asked before Toph slammed her heel into the ground and a spike of earth shot up and destroyed the panel causing Beat to wipe a faux tear from his eye before he turned to Toph.

"Damn your violent," Beat said before he leaned over and smooched her cheek and leapt up into the drill before she could react his voice floating back, "I think I'm in love~~"

"BEAT I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS WHEN YOU GET BACK HERE!!" Toph said her face cherry red.

Aang shook his head and climbed in after him followed by Sokka leaving Katara with Toph.

"You sure you wanna stay out here Toph?" Katara asked as she watched the diminutive Earthbender seethe.

"Yeah I'll be fine besides I wouldn't be able to bend in there anyway," Toph said, "After all I can pass the time by thinking of ways to torture Beat when he gets back" Toph grinned evilly causing Katara to shake her head and climb in. Shortly there after Toph shot a pillar of earth into the opening and braced her feet trying to slow the drill as much as she could.

After the four companions wandered around for a moment Aang spoke up breaking the tense silence as they weaved their way through a maze of hissing pipes,

"Ok so we're inside, but how do we find our way around here this place is huge"

Sokka rubbed his chin with one hand as he gripped the hilt of his club with the other. "Well a place this big must have engineers and if it has engineers," He mused before Katara interrupted him

"They'd have schematics to the drill, Sokka you're a genius" Katara said smiling at her brother.

"Look at you with your big ol' brain" Beat teased good naturedly before Sokka unsheathed his club and knocked a pressure valve off a pipe before the group ducked down behind some pipes. Sure enough a few moments later a big burly engineer showed up and pulled out a piece of parchment when suddenly the steam surrounding him solidified into ice trapping him.

"Thanks for the plans" Sokka said as he jogged up and tugged them out of his hand before he and the others ran off to examine the plans. After that they discovered the drill was made up of an inner core and an outer shell held in place by large braces they concocted a plan. Heading towards the first brace they began the process of cutting through it while Beat listened to music on his MP3 player and Sokka cheered Aang and Katara on much to Katara's growing annoyance.

Meanwhile, back underneath the drill Toph was struggling to keep her place as sweat beaded on her forehead the drill continuing its inexorable march forward.

"Come on Twinkle Toes hurry up!" Toph grunted as she was pushed back ever further.

With a screech of metal the brace was sheered clean through and it slide forward only for nothing to happen. Suddenly, the whole drill began to shake much to Sokka's delight, "Alright we took it down now we need to get out of here" He said and they all began to run for the exit but froze as a voice rang out over the speaker system of the drill.

"Congratulations crew, our drill has just reached the wall of Ba Sing Se it is now the countdown to victory!" The voice on the speaker crackled before it went dead.

After brainstorming they came up with a new plan, they would attack multiple braces and then Aang would deliver the final blow from up top, quickly putting their new plan into effect they cut through multiple braces.

Scene Break: Bridge of the Drill

"Not much longer now Princess Azu-" War Minister Ching was cut off as a voice crackled over a speaker.

"War Minister an engineer was ambushed and his plans were stolen!" just as that one finished another came over the speaker.

"War Minister a brace on the west side has been cut clean through its sabotage sir!"

A panicked look crossed his face as he looked at Princess Azula who sneered at him before standing up." Mai, Ty Lee, lets go we have a visitor." with that the three women left the bridge and War Minister Ching's face fell.

Scene Break: Outer Shell of the Drill

As Katara and Aang worked on another brace they were interrupted when all of a sudden Beat appeared next to Katara and his hand snapped out and pulled a knife out of the air,

"Wow that was cool~!" Ty Lee said in awe before she spotted Aang" Ooo look Azula you were right the Avatar is here." before she looked over at Sokka and shot him a seductive look, "and friends~."
Sokka grinned and waved at her before Beat ran by smacking him in the back of the head before Katara latched onto his collar and dragged him off. Azula and Mai ran back into the inner core of the ship to give pursuit while Ty Lee tried to leap over only to be repelled by a blast of air from Aang before he escaped into the inner part of the ship. Soon they came to a crossroads Sokka and Katara headed left while Aang paused and shouted at them.

"I need to get to the top of this thing," He yelled before turning right only to pause as Katara's voice rang out.

"Wait Aang!," She called causing him to stop and turn around before Katara threw the canteen with the water in it at him which he caught. "You need that more than I do," she explained before she and Sokka turned and ran down the hallway. Aang smiled and turned around only to run right into Beat.

"Ow what the- Beat?"

"Present~" Beat said with a grin. "I'm coming with you man your gonna need cover I imagine it seemed that the chick with the blue flames had a hard on for you"

"You mean Azula?" Aang asked, getting a nod in response, "Yeah she does but your out of your league with her she's insanely strong"

"Nah I'll be fine I have a strategy I want to try anyway so come on lead the way oh mighty Avatar" Beat said causing Aang to roll his eyes and the duo headed for the top of the drill.

Scene Break: With Sokka and Katara

Sokka and Katara ran down the hallway at breakneck speed before Sokka stopped short and read a small sign before he began to unscrew a small hatchway on top of a pipe.

"Sokka what are you doing we need to get out of here!" Katara said as she ran back to her brother.

"This is our way out look it says 'Slurry Pipeline' this thing has all the of run off for the drill, like rock and water, it's probably being piped to the back of the drill and dumped out" Sokka explained as he wrenched open the hatch revealing a thick gooey sludge-like substance flowing towards the back of the drill before he leapt inside.

"Eww gross" Katara moaned before reluctantly following her brother moments before Mai and Ty Lee arrived at the open hatch.

"I'm not getting in that wall juice" Mai said dryly

"Come on Mai we have to or Azula will get mad at us" Ty Lee said

"Hey she can shoot all the lightning she wants at me its not happening"

"Ugh fine" Ty Lee said before jumping into the pipe before Mai closed it and rushed off towards the back of the drill to provide cover for her friend.

Scene Break: With Aang and Beat on top of the Drill

After Aang and Beat dodged a few boulders being tossed down from the top of the wall Aang began to carve an X shaped groove into the top of the drill.

"Some weather we're having huh?" Beat said with a wry chuckle as he watched a boulder clank off the side of the drill.

Suddenly, a burst of blue flame exploded at his feet knocking him forward, but he managed to roll with it twisting around and onto his feet once more as he slid a bit in the slurry that hadn't made it into the piping system looking around for who attacked him before laying eyes on Azula.

"Ah hey it's the hot chick" Beat said causing Aang to look up and start to move forward to engage her before Beat shot out an arm stopping him, "Leave her to me you have a city to save."

"But Beat she's too strong she'll rip you apart" Aang said as he tried to push past only to stop as Beat looked at him all hint of that mischievous prankster gone from those now cold steel eyes.

"You underestimate me Aang" Beat said before he walked forward to intercept Azula stopping a few yards away,

"Out of my way commoner I have an Avatar to slay" Azula said

"Ah I'm afraid I can't let you do that see he's a friend of mine and besides" Beat grinned as he popped his knuckles, "I've been looking for something to punch for awhile now"

"Punch?" Azula snorted "How barbaric, what makes you think you can even get close enough to me before I roast you like the tinder you are fool?"

"Try me sparky!" Beat snarled back before he ran forward dodging a blast of fire by sliding underneath it on his knees before he pitched forward and pushed off with his arms and buried his feet into Azula's gut launching her back before he spun around and regained his feet as Azula gasped for air,

"Y-You Slime you dare assault Fire Nation royalty!?!" She said her voice low and dangerous as she regained her feet, "I will roast you and feed your carcass to a Platypus Bear" she snarled before launching blast after blast of fire at Beat who swayed and danced around them causing Azula to become angrier and angrier.

Scene Break: The back of the drill

Slurry poured from the back of the drill in a steady stream a large pool of it already forming on the ground before Sokka and Katara came tumbling out of the pipe and sliding along the slick ground before stumbling to their feet with some difficulty the slurry making the ground slick and hard to stand on.

"Oh god and the aftertaste," Sokka gagged out before he spit out a mouthful of slurry.

Looking back at the pipe they saw Ty Lee come out of the pipe but thinking quickly Katara bent the water of the slurry back holding the slurry, and consequently Ty Lee, back.

"That's it little sister if you hold that in like that when Aang hits it the whole thing will be ready to pop" Sokka said, "That's it keep it steady don't tense up too mu-" Sokka was abruptly cut off when Katara snapped at him her temper finally getting the best of her.

"Will you shut up this would be easier if you weren't chattering like a rabid Hogmonkey!"

"Just bend the slurry woman!!" Sokka shot back only for Katara to shift the slurry under him causing him to fall over and get a second taste of slurry.

"Hey you guys need any help" A voice rang out and they both looked up to see Toph walking towards them.

"Yeah Toph help me block up this pipe" Katara said as Toph took her place next to her before she stomped, shifted her hips and thrust her hands forward causing the slurry and Ty Lee to rocket back into the drill pipes inside bulging with the pressure build up as they held it in. Now it was simply a matter of waiting for Aang to complete his part of the mission.

"Hey," Sokka said as he looked around, "Where's Beat?"

Katara and Toph shared a look and sighed "Oh jeez," They both muttered.

Scene Break: On top of the drill

"HOLD STILL SO I CAN FRY YOU!!!" Azula screamed as Beat dodged another tongue of flame before he looked back at Aang.

"You almost done man its getting a bit toasty over here!" Beat called back as Aang finally bent the water back into the canteen.

"Just a bit longer Beat your doing great," Aang said as he shifted a boulder that had just landed next to him over the X he had carved and began sculpting it into a spike.

"Sweet," Beat said as he started moving closer to Azula before intercepting her wrists mid-bending with a grin." You know I came to realize something in the short time I've been here," He said ignoring Azulas struggles, "You benders rock at mid to long range combat but when someone gets in your face like I am now," Beat then pushed Azula back throwing her off balance before he chambered his fist and let it rocket into her gut with such force she bent over his fist and he looked down regarding her coldly, "You suck."

Pulling his arm back he took a step back before firing his left leg straight up bringing his heel to bare across Azula's jaw with a sickening crack and the Fire Princess flew backwards landing in a undignified heap as Aang came crashing down on the spike causing the whole drill to rumble before it collapsed with a screech of metal and an explosion of slurry.

"Alright go Aang!!" Beat said as he clapped happily but looked confused as Aang looked at him in horror.

"BEAT LOOK OUT!!" Aang cried out and Beat spun around only for a ball of blue fire to explode upon his chest knocking him back 20 feet into the wall where he slumped down with a groan.

"BEAT!!" Aang said and rushed over to him only for Azula to intercept him and pin him against the wall, her hand glowing ominously.

"Finally," Azula slurred out her jaw cracked from the blow Beat landed on her, "I'll kill you myself and end this stupid war with victory for the Fire Nation."

"You know that wasn't very nice bitch," a voice rang out from behind her and she looked back shock visible in her eyes, there stood Beat his chest bleeding and burnt while holding a shard of metal from the drill before he rushed forward while Azula turned to intercept him.

When asked later Aang could honestly say he couldn't really see what Beat did for certain all he knew was that he seemed to dance and spin around her the piece of metal flashing in the sunlight as he sliced at her over and over while Azula shot flame at him but landed only a few glancing blows, before they switched places Beat crouched down in front of Aang the piece of metal held in front of him the sharp edge glinting in the sunlight before he grinned evilly and murmured.

"Beat's Secret Technique: Pervert's Paradise" with that he dropped the metal where it clanged against the hull and, with a dull ripping sound, Azula's clothes fell off her pooling around her feet leaving her clad in frilly, black boy shorts and no bra before she screamed bloody murder and ran off defeated in the worst possible way.

After that Beat collapsed and Aang had to drag him back to the others where Katara healed his chest up but despite her best efforts some scarring remained. After the shot he took from Azula, Beat slept for 4 days straight while everyone else looked for Appa.

End Flashback

Beat stumbled a bit as the phantom pain of the fire impacting with his chest played over him again and he placed a hand over the small scar on his chest. With a sigh he stopped his practice and looked up noticing that the sun was much higher in the sky and looking down at his shadow he deduced it was around 11am. Rolling his shoulders to loosen himself back up he turned on his heel and grabbed his clothes before heading inside to wake up everyone. Pausing at the door he looked back over his shoulder at the palace of the Earth King, something in the back of his mind telling him that the easy part of his journey was just about over.

Scene Break: Inside the Earth Kingdom Palace

Three woman clad in green robes were kneeling in front of the Earth King as he smiled down on them with interest.

"The city of Ba Sing Se welcomes the warriors of Kiyoshi Island." The Earth King said as he spread his arms wide, "I hope you find the city to be enjoyable after your long journey."

The woman with the forward most position looked up, her painted face failing to hide who she was to anyone who knew the original warriors, before she smiled and nodded her head respectfully at the Earth King.

"We thank you, my lord, for welcoming us so warmly we're sure your city will prove to be most interesting to us" She said a brief flash of triumph crossed her eyes, as back tn the house that Beat walked into a foul wind swept over the backyard swirling the leaves on the trees but Beat remained oblivious as he went to wake his companions.

A/N

Yes i know that last part is way early but deal with it the stories AU and i need them there for my plot so suck it up and omg 3 chappies within 48 hours my muse refuses to let me sleep T~T anyway happy halloween to everyone out there good luck with the candy and I hope you enjoyed this chappie it gives to a better glimpse of what Beat can do, you also may have noticed he didn't use drunken kung fu in this chapter that was simply because if you factor in Azulas personality i doubt she'd let Beat just stand there and drink liqour in front of her, so i had him use a more freeform style. Also in order to keep myself from over powering my OC i will allow myself to give him no more than three fighting styles as of now i've used two and i'll keep the third in reserve for now. After some talking with my beta i have also decided to teach him one count'em ONE bending style but that won't be for a while yet, at least not until after the Day of Black Sun arc. So this was the last flashback chapter i feel like i've cemented Beat into the story line rather well and from here on out i'm gonna be hitting the Ba Sing Se arc from the point of the party...also some of you maybe wondering where Zuko and Iroh are along with Jet well rest assured I will be putting them in here at some point but i didn't feel the need to break up the story with how the snuck into the earth kingdom you know they're there i know they're there deal with it. Anyway the next chapter is i'm going to cut and paste a few things out of canon toph will learn to bend metal early , I'm also going to push up the pairing of Toph and Beat simply because I've had a recent brain storm and it requires i do this...i promise though that i will make it as 'realistic' as i can and my beta will help me with the romantic parts.

Ja,

Soulnin