A/N: Enjoy!

Aang made his way out onto the deck of the ship during a quiet afternoon, Momo perched upon his shoulder. He had begun to really freak himself out about thinking of how he was probably going to have to kill Fire Lord Ozai in order to finally end the war for good. He came out onto the deck to try and clear his mind as he watched the waves crash against the hull of the ship. When he leaned over the railing, he was surprised to see an island he was sure didn't make up part of the Air Temples territory.

He turned and look around the deck of the ship before he turned back around to face it, readying his glider before he hopped over the side, coasting over the water over to the land. He didn't really understand once he set foot on the stone. He couldn't bend it and he had first thought he had gone into the Spirit World without realizing, but Momo had followed after him and was able to see him. With all of the confusion he meditated and called upon his past lives.

Roku stated that he didn't know were Aang was, and asked about how he was dealing with the current pressures he was under. Aang spoke with him about his troubles thoughts of the act he may have to perform and also asked the three Avatar's that came before him in search of help as well. After hearing all their thoughts on the matter, Aang came to the conclusion, much to his torment, that he would have to kill Ozai.

He let out a huffed and down onto the stone, thinking hard, trying to come up with a solution other than murder.

!

Sokka hummed and placed a hand over his chin as he thought hard about a very important matter. "I got it!" He exclaimed, holding his arms out to his sides. "How about Hakodai! That way his name is way more our dads than... yours." He ended sourly, giving Zuko a face as he pointed to him.

Katara and Zuko had been discussing names for their son when Katara had confessed that she wanted to name him after both of their fathers, much to everyone's surprise. Zuko huffed at this, insisting that they name the baby after his uncle, the one who really deserved it, reminding her that Iroh had been the one who had really been a father to him, but Katara was relentless.

She went on to tell them about how even though Ozai doesn't really deserve it at all, if it weren't for him, they wouldn't be where they were and neither would that baby. If it hadn't been for Ozai banishing Zuko, he would have never met of met her, fell in love with her, or become the great man he was turning out to be.

"That's a great name, Sokka!" Katara clapped her hands together and laced her fingers together, thrilled to finally find a name they could settle on.

Zuko groaned and crossed his arms over his chest. "I still think we should name him after Uncle." He admitted, scrunching his face and pouting at Katara.

"Don't worry," She said as she raised a hand to his face, taking his cheeks and mushing them towards the other to make fun of his pouting at her. "If it's a boy, we'll name the next one after him!" She released him, laughing as she turned away from him, seeing the look of shock he gave her after she pretty much confessed to him that she would be wanting another baby sometime after this one.

"Uh, guys?" They heard her call out from the deck of the ship.

"Yeah?" Sokka asked, joining his sisters side.

"I haven't seen Aang all day. I thought he would be out here. The helmsman said he saw him come out here earlier in the afternoon and it's already just about dark. Where is he?" She asked, turning to face Sokka and Zuko, who had now both joined her out onto the deck.

Sokka shrugged and waved her off as he turned away from her, stating that he was sure Aang was fine and that it was nearly dinnertime. Zuko sighed and placed his arm around her waist, assuring her that he was fine and probably just roaming about the buildings about the Air Temples.

The Air Nomads Western territory consisted of four islands, but the actual buildings were upside down, underneath one of the cliffs on the far side of the main island. They were currently anchored in the bay between the mainland and the front island, so Aang must had traveled a bit to get to the buildings if that's were he was. Zuko was sure that Aang would be making his way back soon, if he wasn't already.

"But what if he's not?" She asked, a look of worry filling her eyes.

"The fleet is moving towards Ember Island tonight, we've only got a day until the comet." He reminded her sternly. They honestly didn't have the time for a game of hide-and-go-seek and they had already began to lift their anchors from the bay to begin cutting a path straight to Ember Island, they had no time to go searching for Aang.

!

"-So, if everything ready for our departure?" Azula asked, kneeling behind her father as they began to prepare for their leave to Wulong Forest.

"There has been a change of plans, Azula." He admitted to her calmly.

"What's the matter?" The girls voice, the waterbender that traveled with the Avatar suddenly echoed out into Azula's mind, much to her surprise and confusion, as if her father's sudden change of plans weren't enough already.

"I've decided to lead the fleet of airships to Ba Sing Se alone," He informed, making sure to put emphasis on the word 'alone' as he remained turned away from her.

"Not daddy's favorite anymore?" Azula let out a small growl and slammed her eyes shut, forcing the girls words from her mind as she tried to focus on her father's voice as he went on to tell her that she would be staying there, in the Fire Nation. "I bet Zuko is with him,"

"But," Azula huffed. "I thought we were going to do this together?" She asked, lifting her head and opening her eyes to look at him.

"My decision is final."

"It was my idea to burn everything to the ground! I deserve to be by your side!" She spoke quickly, through huffs as she stood, pleading to be able to join him.

"Azula!" He snapped, scolding her for her outburst. Azula huffed, composing herself as she listened carefully to his voice and his voice alone as he continued on to tell her that he needed her there to watch over the homeland. "While you're left here," The girl's voice proved strong, and continued to ring out in her mind no matter how hard she tried to fight it. Ozai turned around to face her and went on to tell her that for her loyalty, he would have her crowned as Fire Lord while he would take on a new title as Phoenix King. "To fend for yourself."

Azula swallowed hard and shifted, surprised by just how much all of this was affecting her. There was nothing she could do about what had just happened, though, but she was rather happy with the fact that she would be the new Fire Lord. She nodded and watched as he boarded his airship. She stood still until it was nearly out of view before she turned and made her way back to the palace to begin preparing for her coronation.

!

Hakoda tightened his arms around his daughter to bring her closer to him, hugging her for what could very well be the last time. The majority of the soldiers were preparing to raise the anchors again after spending the day in the water's around Ember Island while a few of them geared Appa up with his saddle and reins.

"I love you so much, Katara," He assured her as he rubbed her shoulder before he loosened his grip he held on her. "You and Zuko stay safe, alright?" He asked, running a thumb over her cheeks to wipe away at the tears that raced down her cheeks.

She pulled further away from him, sniffling as she did so. "You too," Her voice shook through her tears. "All of you." She said, holding her arms out for Sokka, then Toph. She let out a light laugh as Sokka leaned down to wiggle a finger at her stomach, telling Hakodai to stay safe as well and to watch out for his mommy.

Zuko held his hand out to Katara as she climbed up into Appa's saddle. "This is it," He breathed out, noticing the orange color begin to cast over everything in sight.

She huffed as she sat down into the saddle. Aang still hadn't returned and she was terribly worried for him. "What about Aang?" She whined, looking up to him before he turned to take the reins.

"I don't know, but the fleet will begin heading towards the airships any moment now." Zuko turned to look down at a few of the soldiers that were still on the deck after helping him prepare Appa for flight. "Thank you all for joining and supporting me. There's one more thing I need all of you to do: Stay safe."

They nodded and bowed to him, assuring him that they would. Zuko let out a huff before he pulled on the sky bison's reins, silently telling him to take off into flight.

!

Aang sat up abruptly, surprised by the fact that he had fallen asleep.

"Oh, no!" He exclaimed as he stood up, running towards the edge of the island. He came to a sudden halt, realizing that the waves weren't coming up the shore, but being cut through as if he was on a ship. "It's moving," He whispered to himself, unaware that Momo had perched himself up onto a branch behind the young Avatar. Aang took a deep breath in before he dove deep down into the water, shocked to see a giant paw press through the water in a swimming motion.

Aang made his way back up to the surface, seeing Momo waiting for him up in the branch. "Momo! You won't believe what you're sitting on right now! The biggest animal in the world!" Aang took in another breath of air before he went back under the water to swim around in search of the beasts face.

He had made it a good ways around before he suddenly felt the water around him begin to move, bringing him upwards to the surface. He coughed out a bit of water, and patted at the paw that had lifted him up. He lifted his face to see a pair of giant eyes staring down at him.

It was a lion turtle, a creature that must be one of the oldest in the world. Aang was very well aware of the power and wisdom these ancient animals held, and bowed before him before asking if he could help him. He confessed that everyone he knew, including his previous lives were expecting him to end someone's life, and he wasn't sure he would be able to go through with it.

The lion turtle answered and told him, "The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light." Aang remained calm as the majestic beast raised his other paw to him, gently placing a claw on the center of his forehead and the other in the center of his chest. His jaw dropped, though, when he felt an immense rush of power flow throughout his body, realizing that the lion turtle had just blessed him with an ability he had been aware existed.

The lion turtle placed him onto one of the cliffs of the shore he had brought him to. Aang bowed as the turtle sank down into the water after telling him to wait and that he, Ozai, would come. Aang turned around, realizing that he had been brought to the shore of Wulong Forest, the place where Ozai had planned to begin burning everything to the ground.

Aang found a nice, natural stone pillar to stand on as he waited, the sky's color beginning to change as the comet began to cross into the atmosphere.

!

Zuko was surprised to see just how empty the coronation ceremony was for Azula as they approached. Only the High Sage, a small group of other sages, Mai, and Ty Lee were there with Azula as she kneeled down, the High Sage holding the head piece out above her head as he prepared to crown her Fire Lord. He had expected the Dai Li and Li and Lo to be there, along with a whole gathering of people. Zuko furrowed his brow and shook his head at himself, returning his focus to the task in front of him. He could see the expressions on everyone's face change as they noticed the sky bison lowering down to the ground.

"What are you waiting for?" He heard Azula's impatient voice call out as she turned to face the High Sage, noticing the look on his face brought her turn back around only to see her brother standing before her.

"There's been a change of plans," He said, very much to her surprise. "You're not going to become Fire Lord today. I am."

"Oh! Are you?" She asked as she stood up, glaring down at her from the platform she stood on. "You're hilarious." She smirked and watched as he remained still, his expression blank. The High Sage glanced at the others over his shoulders before he lifted his arms up to continue placing the crown onto Azula, but before he could lower it completely, Zuko sent a small blast to burst just before his hands, causing him to instinctively flinch back and remove the crown from her.

Azula looked back towards the Sage and saw the expression of shock on his face and the crown still being held in his hands. She narrowed her eyes further as she turned back around to face Zuko before she took a step towards him. "You want to be Fire Lord? Fight me for it. Agni Kai!" She called out, leaning down towards him a bit, annoyed by how unreadable he had become over the years during his travels and honestly amused at the fact that he believed he as going be crowned Fire Lord instead of her.

"Fine." He said simply, shrugging as if this were something that was going to be easy, when in reality, this could very well end up being a fight to the death.

Just as Azula began to make her way down the steps, she was absolutely stunned when she heard an all too familiar voice call out from behind her. She turned around only to see Mai flinching back, started herself by her own sudden outburst.

"What?" Azula growled, glaring up at the girl. Zuko glanced over towards the sky bison, noticing the pure look of horror and shock Katara wore on her face as she peeped over the side of the saddle.

Mai shifted and stood up tall as she swallowed hard. "No." She repeated sternly, returning the glare right back down to Azula. "You're not going to hurt Zuko."

Azula's face fell before it twisted into an expression of anger and confusion. "What are you doing?" She asked. "You don't know what mistake you're making, Mai," She informed as calmly as she could, feeling herself begin to lose her temper.

"No, you're mistaken, Azula. I love Zuko, more than I fear you." Mai admitted, standing completely calm before the enraged Princess.

"Not the favorite anymore? After Zuko-"

"Challenging me, betraying me during the comet!" Azula growled, shouting at Mai as she completely lost her temper. "That is the worst mistake you could have made!" Azula began to shift, Mai followed suit, bearing her blades in her hands to use against her former friend. Just before Azula completed the movements she needed to produce what everyone was sure was lightening, daggers flew out from under Mai's sleeves, pulling Azula down to the ground by her robe.

Azula let out a growl and kicked, two large streams of fire shooting out towards Mai from the bottom of her feet. Mai was able to dodge the line of fire and as Azula was getting back to her feet Mai attempted to throw some blades at her, but rock formed around her feet, leaving her unable to get into a strong stance. She let out a huff and regain her balance before she fell over forwards and flung her arm out into the direction of a Dai Li agent. They had obviously heard the commotion and came over.

Mai prepared herself to be taken out by the two agents that were headed her way, but as they passed Ty Lee, very much to everyone's surprise, she jutted her arms out and disabled their bending. Azula saw and went to go after Ty Lee, but just before she could take a complete step forward a wall of fire was brought up in front of her. She turned and saw Zuko standing there, motioning for her to come to him.

She did. She went after him, sending plenty of fire blasts his way, but he just spun around and dodged them all, which just frustrated her more. Her moves were becoming more and more sloppy and desperate with every one he was able to avoid. She let out a growl of frustration and sent a large, on going blast of fire towards him. She let it go on for about ten seconds before she began to let up, expecting to see him curled up, deflecting the fire. It was more than surprising to see him there, just before her, running towards her through the flames.

Zuko grabbed her by the wrists and pulled her down to the ground. Azula turned and used a foot to send a line of fire at his feet. He jumped up over it and punched the air, sending balls of fire towards her. She continued to roll, his fire blasts barely missing her upper arms. After rolling a good ways away from him, she hopped up while in the air, she began to generate lightening to use against him once she gained her footing. She extended her arms out towards him, sending a strong current of electricity towards him. Zuko used the redirection and sent back right back towards her.

Azula gasped and jumped out of the way, watching the bolt of lightening set one of the near by houses up in flames. She turned back towards him just in time to hop backwards, after he had tried to have a small explosion happen at her feet, small enough to not do her any serious harm, jut large enough to scorch her legs. She let out a series of huffs. Had she turned around a second later, she would have been burned, and she would have lost so much more than just the Agni Kai.

While Azula went back towards Zuko, Mai and Ty Lee continued battling the Dai Li. Mai had been able to free herself from the stone they had encased around her ankles and managed to pin two more of them down while Ty Lee hopped around the place, eluding just about every single stone hand they sent her way. One was able to catch her left foot, bringing her to the ground. One of the men made the mistake of getting too close to her as he tried to pin to her down and she was able to reach out and disable his legs. He fell to a half paralyzed beside her and before he could use his hands and arms to bend anything, blades caught him by the sleeves and pinned him to the ground next to the acrobat.

Mai went to go help Ty Lee up, but the sound of a struggle from behind caught her attention. She spun around, only to see the waterbender struggling to get away from two agents that had pinned her arms behind her back. Mai glanced over her shoulder, making sure Ty Lee had gotten up. She nodded once, giving her the signal to go after the agents. Ty Lee somersaulted over and took out one of the men. Now having one arm free'd Katara was able to take water from the air and blast it towards the other man, sending him flying backwards into one of the pillars that was holding up an awning of someone's house nearby.

The three turned to face the duel between the siblings, but immediately flinched back and shielded their eyes from the bright light a large explosion was giving off. Everything went completely silent as an odd calm fell over the world around them. They all began to lower their arms just as the smoke was beginning to clear. A figure was on the ground, curled up with their arms crossed over their face. A bit more of the smoke cleared up and it blood on the persons arms was obvious and the smell of burnt hair began to rise.

Katara huffed as tears began to well up in her eyes. The smoke was clearing, but it was still too much to be able to tell who it was. She took a single step down towards where the duel had taken place. "Zuko?" She called, her voice shaking with fear and worry. Just before she bolted towards the person, they moved. It was Azula.

The sides of her arms and parts of her hair been burnt. Everyone stood still and silent as she sat up and began to examine herself. Realizing that she had lost, she jumped up and went to attack Zuko again, but knowing what was about to happen, Ty Lee jumped over the stairs and ran towards Azula, reaching her and taking out her bending just in time. Zuko stepped out of the wall of smoke that was still settling as Ty Lee bounded back towards the Sages and Azula fell limply to the ground.

Ty Lee glanced around frantically before she tugged on the High Sage's robes. "Crown Zuko!" She gasped out in a rushed voice, unsure of what was going to happen next, or if the men would even consider going against Ozai's demand.

"Very well," He said, very much to everyone's surprise.

Azula gasped, shocked by his words. "What? How dare you defy my father! It is his order to declare me Fire Lord!" She shouted at the High Sage as a couple of the other men began to gingerly lift her up.

"Our apologies, Azula," One of the men said softly as he began to pull her away. "But we do not believe he will be present after this day."

!

Sokka watched in horror as he saw one of the airships fall from the sky, only to crash into one of the disabled Navy ships, bursting in a small explosion of flames on impact. These ships could hold hundreds of men, and he was sure the airships could as well. All of soldiers, all of those people. Fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters. Gone. Just like that.

"Sokka, watch out!" He heard his father's voice call out to him. Sokka looked around frantically, lifting his head to see a metal piece from one of the airships plummeting towards him. He jumped out the way just in time, barely twisting out of the way of a fire blast one of the soldiers had sent towards one of the airships that had lowered down terribly close to the water.

The young Water Tribe warrior shot a glare towards the airship and shifted the boomerang he held in his hand into a proper position. It was one he had plucked from the weapon wall and had no ties to it at all and would feel no remorse if he lost it. He reeled his arm back before tossing the weapon out towards one of the engines on the side of the airship. With a turn of the boomerang, it managed to wedge it's self into the engine, messing up the blades and other mechanisms inside. The airship began to tilt, and ended up crashing into the water on it's side, men scurrying to get out of the sinking vessel and onto it's dry side.

He began looking around again, having to do a double take as he saw blasts of fire and lightening out of the corner of his eye. He turned around and faced towards the forest, watching as a great bolt of lightening went up into the air.

"What is it?" He heard Bato ask him through huffs before he threw whatever weapon he had been holding out towards one of the airships.

"It's Aang!" Sokka exclaimed, realizing just who Ozai must have been dueling. Bato and Sokka kneeled down, holding their arms out over their heads after seeing a burst of light appear over them. They looked up to see the half metal man standing on the balcony of the ship to their left. They stared as he stared back to them and nodded once, assuring them silently that he had them covered. He had used his combustion to implode a bunch of metal debris that fallen from one of the airships above them before it got the chance to smash them into the steel floor of the ship they were standing on.

They stood back and continued to watch the man as he single handedly took out another airship. "It's a great thing we've got that guy on our side." Bato said before he turned away from Sokka, taking his attention back to some airships on their right.

Sokka nodded and swallowed hard, trying to control his frantic breathing as he turned and looked out to the water's behind the ship he was on. The ocean was littered with soldiers and wreckage, from both Zuko and Ozai's fleet. Zuko's fleet had been proving superior, despite the fact that the airships numbers doubled that of the Navy vessels. The Naval Fleet had managed to take down all but four of the sixteen airships while they had only taken out two of their eight sea vessels. The ships had been able to strike before they had even been seen by the airships, which allowed them to take out plenty within just a few, short minutes. Two of the airships were currently struggling to stay up in the air, while the other pair were still managing to hold up, but Sokka knew this would not last much longer.

He caught a glint out of the corner of his eye again and turned back towards his left, watching as the combustion man lifted his head to better aim his third eye at one of the stronger airships to weaken it for the normal firebenders on the decks of the ships to take out easily. Sokka let out a big sigh as he felt an immense weight lift off his shoulders. The airships were nearly all taken care of, he was sure Zuko would be able to handle Azula, and Aang would be able to defeat Ozai.

It was nearly over. This hundred year war. The very war his grandfather's had died fighting in, the war his father left to go fight in, the war he himself was fighting in right now. It was almost over. Finally, finally over. He swallowed hard and composed himself before he got too emotional and looked up to the tower of the ship, watching as a hunk of stone was projected out of one of the custom windows that had been cut into the ship specifically for Toph.

Someone was in the same room as her, pointing her in the direction of the airships. Zuko had gotten the whole room filled to the brim with stone slabs for her to use against the opposing fleet. Originally, only a small path would have cut from the door to the main window, but Sokka was sure that she had just about used up all of her ammo by now.

He figured it didn't matter as he noticed another one of the airships begin to descend from the sky, only to crash into the water, a second one following behind, ending with the same fate as the airship before it not long after the other one went down.

Sokka turned and let out gasp, hearing someone let out a cry not far from him. He turned to see Admiral Jee laying down flat on his back, his arm covered by a sheet of twisted metal. Sokka called out to him as he rushed over to his side, picking up and tossing the metal up off him as fast as he could.

"Oh my goodness!" Sokka gasped at the sight of the gash in the mans arm. He had been able to see the bone before the blood began to seep into the cut, filling and pouring out, dripping down the Admiral's arm. Jee grunted and sat up, bringing his right hand up over his chest to grasp the shoulder of his wounded arm.

"Is it bad?" He asked, refusing to look at the damage.

"Uh," Sokka stammered, unsure of what to tell him.

"Ugh," Jee let out a weak sigh of pain as he began to lean over, he was beginning to lose blood fast. "I can't feel it." He admitted softly. His body was too fueled by adrenalin and was in even more shock after going through what all just happened to him.

"I think that's a good thing!" Sokka tore some fabric from his under shirt and wrapped it around his arm, just above the gash to cut of the circulation of blood the best he could. He swallowed hard and tried not look at the wound too much as he began to feel terribly faint. Now was no time to keel over, but the sight was sickening. The gash so deep you could have seen the bone and with the way it was sticking out in another part of the mans arm, clean though the skin, he wasn't sure if even Katara would be able to heal him properly. In fact, he wasn't too sure that Jee was going to end up keeping that arm at the end of this with the way it was broken in so many different places.

Sokka shuffled over to Jee's other side and had him put his arm around his shoulders as he he pulled him up. "Can you walk?" He asked, unsure if Jee hadn't wounded anywhere else. He nodded, assuring him that he was fine, but that he was weak and would still need his help getting to the medical floor. Sokka supported Jee as they made their way down the hall and into the back of the superstructure where the medical rooms where placed.

He eased Jee down onto one of the free beds, but dropped to his knees at the sight of someone who had somehow managed to get part of their leg cut clean off. Sokka huffed, fighting off the darkness that was beginning to fill his vision. He tried to compose himself the best he could as he stood back and leaned the side of his arm up against the wall, resting his forehead on his arm, focusing on his breathing as he fought the shakes in his knees.

He swallowed hard and let a huff as he left the room to slowly but surely make his way up the stairs that led up to the room Toph had been stationed in. He entered slowly, taking careful steps towards her as if he was attempting to sneak up on her.

"How you holding up?" He asked, keeping his head held low, avoiding looking at the battlefield that could be seen through the window before him at all costs.

"Fine, how bout you?" She asked as she punched the stone slab she had lifted, sending it hurdling out to crash into one of the last airships that still remained in the sky after one of the soliders pointed to it's direction. "You don't look too well," She said softly, taking his silence as a hint that he was't feeling too well, either. "It's pretty bad out there, huh?"

"Yeah," He breathed out quickly, trying to keep the shake in his voice undetectable, but she of course knew him too well and caught it. She turned to face him as she gently placed a hand onto armor covered shoulder. "You're so lucky you don't have to actually see it, Toph," He admitted through a shaky voice, sniffling to try and keep from crying. "You're so lucky."

She let out sigh and put her arms around him, letting him lean into as he tried to fight off these emotions that were creeping up on him at the most absolute of wrong times.

They began to pull away and he rested his forehead on hers before he lifted his mouth to place a small kiss on the spot where his head had previously been touching hers. "I'm sorry you have to see whatever it is you do, though." He said softly, gently giving her shoulder a small squeeze before he dropped his hand to his side.

She sighed again and assured him that it couldn't possibly be as bad as what he had to see. She kept from him the fact that she had remained focused on her stones and limited her seismic sense to only the room she was in to avoid the horror she was sure to be able to detect had she not ignored the vibrations they sent off to the best of her ability.

She had been able to detect some terrible crashes against her will, some even so large they traveled through the impact zone, the water, to the ship they were on and all the way up to her, but she hadn't actually seen anyone get terribly hurt.

Being on this near completely all metal ship had given her plenty of practice with metalbending and she was able to see far better now, but it was still easier to ignore the pictures the vibrations brought to her in metal than it was in pure stone. So she hadn't had a real problem of choosing what not to and what to see, but Sokka didn't really have this luxury if he wanted to stay aware of his surroundings, which was something he needed to do if he wanted to survive out there on the deck. They both tensed up as a siren began to sound.

"What's going on!" Toph asked, grasping onto Sokka's arm.

"I don't know!" He admitted as he looked around through the windows. He had just began to tell her that he couldn't see any airships around when a voice began to speak over the intercom.

"The final airship has just been taken out. Our Navel fleet is continuing to press forwards towards the forest to aid Avatar Aang in his battle against Ozai."

"You hear that, Toph!" Sokka exclaimed, swooping down and taking her into his arms again. "It's almost over!"

It didn't take long before ships were as close to the shore as they could get and the soldiers began to flood from the insides of the ship, gathering on the decks as they shielded their eyes from the bright light that suddenly began to erupt from one of the natural stone pillars not too far from them.

Sokka also had to cover his eyes, burying his face down into Toph's shoulder as he informed that something was happening. After she asked what and they both began to fill the ship begin to shift, he raised his head and opened his eyes, only to see Aang bending the water of the ocean upwards and towards him to bring the fleet closer to him.

Sokka pulled on Toph's arm, tugging her out of the room and down the stairs, running down the ramp just as it began to touch the dry ground of the shore. He guided Toph over to the pillar Aang had been standing on and told her to lift them up to him.

"You did it!" He exclaimed as he crossed the bridge Toph built them to get across the gap from one pillar to the other. "It's over, it's finally over! You did it, Aang! You did it!"

"We did it." Aang corrected as Sokka crashed into him, taking him into a victory hug.

"What was that bright light?" Sokka asked as he pulled away from him.

"I didn't have to kill him. Turns out there was another way. I took away his bending. For good."

"Whoa!" Toph let out a gasp. "Who taught you that?"

"A giant lion turtle."

"You really have got some of the weirdest friends." Sokka shook his head as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Yeah," Aang let out a small laugh. "Like you." He smiled, reusing the joke he had used during the invasion.

Toph stomped on the ground and lifted her hands up to bring a small group of soldier's up to the pillar they were on, knowing they were there to take Ozai and lock him away during their trip back to the Fire Nation.

A/N: Ozai had not firebent for nineteen minuets. All was well.