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Chapter 3 Zuko, You Did What?!
"Come on look! There's a crowd at the city gates." The three students ran to the window, seeing a large crowd at a gate down the hill. The building they had been in was a metalbending school, but it was more of a hopes school if you didn't want to get your butt kicked by a certain someone.
"I wanna know what's happening," the only girl student slammed the door open. Her brown hair had been tied nack into a bun, and she wore yellowish-cream clothes.
"Whatever it is, it's bad! Bad!," the first guy, with pony tailed brown hair and green outfit, started to freak out. "The city's probably doomed! We're probably doomed!" Anxiety filled him.
"I hate doom," the Dark One said softly, with his black eye liner and long bangs on each end, along with darker green clothing.
"Stomp!" A rock jolted them into the air and they all flew over to the other end of the building.
"Aah!" they screamed, except for maybe the Dark One.
"How are you Lily Livers going to learn metalbending when you stare around at a window? Go practice!"
"Sifu Toph!" the freaked out one exclaimed. The Dark One rubbed his head, and the girl laid on the ground, trying to get out from being sat on.
"Something's happening in Yu Dao!" the girl went, waving her arm around.
"It's bad! So bad! I'm too young for doom," he wined, gaping at Toph.
"I hate being young." The Dark One crossed his arms.
"My parents live down there. Who's going to buy me new shoes if something happens to them?" she also wined, shaking her head around obnoxiously.
"Our parents love down there. They're all doomed," the doomed one continued.
"Huh. You Lily Livers are right. Something is happening in Yu Dao. I heard something." And with that, she ran out the door, hearing a roar. "Appa." She ran past the window, yelling back at them. "I'll be back soon. Stay put and do your forms. If you don't, you're really going to get it when I'm back."
"I wanna go with you!"
"I just don't wanna be doomed!"
"I hate you guys."
Toph ran to a cliff, earthbending off the ground, flying into the air, landing on the bison.
Sokka jumped and closed his eyes from the vibrations.
They turned seeing Toph stand on the saddle. "Hey guys."
"Toph," Katara called, both her and Sokka running up to her. "It's been a long time since we've seen you."
"I missed you too."
"Hey. I heard you started a metalbending school," Sokka started.
"The Beifong Metalbending Academy? We just flew right passed it. I heard Appa, so I had to say hi."
"Wow! Your own school. How's that been going?"
"Meh," was all she could say. "Hey, where is Twinkle Toes anyway?"
"I'm so glad you're here, Toph," Katara continued. "Aang needs all the support he can get right now because of what he might have to-"
"Oh, there he is," she blurted out, interrupting. Obviously her question wasn't answered, but she was able to sense Aang's vibrations, which he sat on Appa's head with his necklace of the four elements.
"Zuko changed his mind about the harmony restoration movement," she explained briefly.
"You're kidding."
"He's holed himself up in Yu Dao with a bunch of his soldiers. He won't let anyone in or out. That's where we're headed," Sokka added.
That's when Toph realized what the students were talking about back at the school. "So that's what's going on! The Lily River...I mean my students were talking about it. Zuko's starting to act like his old man Ozai then."
"No. We don't know that yet," Sokka defended.
"But Aang's meditating on what he might have to do..." They all looked at Aang, who was still meditating. "because of the promise he made."
The fire plate clicked, sending Roku to talk with Aang.
"You've done your duty," Roku started. "The war is over. And yet the world is still not at peace." Thanks Zuko.
Aang sighed, regretting what he had done with Zuko a long time ago. "Avatar Roku, I never should have made that promise to Zuko." Of course, if he didn't, what would he have done? Just leave the fire nation that way? There was no way to choose from, no promise or not would have worked.
"I'm sorry Aang. You are dealing with the consequences of my own indecisiveness." And that happened to be Sozin.
"I mean, I didn't even kill Ozai, and he was evil all the wall through." His head looked down slightly. "How am I suppose to kill my own firebending teacher? My friend? What kind of person would I become?" A bad one.
"A person who keeps his promise. Zuko was in his clearest moment when he asked you for that promise he knew what was at stake. All those lives that have been lost in the last hundred years...I could have saved them. I had so many chances." But he decided not to take those chances. "Sozin almost never had his guard up when he was with me."
"Wait, what are you saying?" Aang wondered, confused a bit. "You regret not...ending Fire Lord Sozin?"
"Yes." He gritted his teeth lightly.
"But he was your friend!" he almost scolded.
"More than a friend. He was like a brother to me. But because of him, the world burned." It burned in ashes, which caused the war to begin. "When you are in position of power, you must put the needs of the world above your own. Zuko, at one time at least, understood this."
"I'll go to Yu Dao and find Zuko, then we'll sit down and talk," he responded.
"Remember the wisdom I offered you, Aang...You must be decisive. A promise is a promise."
"And that's what friends do, we talk."
The arrived at Yu Dao, where a mob was standing yelling from the outside of the gate.
"Fire nation out! Harmony now!" they ranted. "Fire nation out! Harmony now!" they repeated.
Appa landed on the group, with them jumping off.
"Isn't that smellerbee?"
"Yeah, he's with the freedom fighters?" Wait, smellerbee's a girl!
"Fire nation out! Harmony now!" the mob continued.
"'She' you mean. She's with the freedom fighters," Katara corrected.
"That's what I said. She's with the freedom fighters," he started to fight.
In the meantime with their little argument, they turned, seeing the three stand behind.
"Look everybody! It's the Avatar!"
They all cheered. "Yeeeah! Avatar Aang! Avatar Aang!"
"Aang! We were hoping you would come." Smellerbee said, jumping of Long Shots shoulder. "So what's the plan of attack! The freedom fighters are at your service."
"I appreciated your confidence, Smellerbee, but I really just want to talk with Zuko."
That just made her angry. "What?! The time for talking was over as soon as the Fire Lord broke with the Harmony Restoration Movement." She informed, reminding. "Besides," she turner her head at some guards blocking the front gate. "You're not getting into that city without a fight. Fire nation troops are everyone." Correct, but he had an idea.
"We'll break open a new gate for you!" Sneers suggested. "Just give us the word." That's not it.
"That won't be necessary, Sneers. We'll find a way in," he said sheepishly.
"You ready sweetie?"
"I'm ready."
Aang glided across the wall with Katara.
"Seriously?" Toph scoffed. "Sweetie?"
"I know right. Sooo Oogie." Sokka tagged along. (I only did that for the humor. I don't like the "sweetie" thing, so I won't use it again.)
As Aang an Katara landed on the ground, fire nation soldiers surrounded them.
"Flameo Hotmen!" Aang greeted.
"This city is under the protection of the Fire Lord himself!" one shouted. "No one may enter without his express permission, not even the Avatar!"
He firebended at Aang, but his jumped in time, landing on the ground without any marks or scorches. He firebended again, but he leaned back to dodge, the fire missing. Then Aang stomped his foot, earthbending to cover the man's foot so he couldn't move. Then he covered him in large amounts of rocks, covering everything, but his shoulders and head.
"I don't want to fight."
The others gasped, gaping.
"What are you dolts waiting for?" he scolded. "Attack!" he commanded. The three standing by started to attack, but Aang continued to dodge, knocking some down. But they got back up. They stroke again, and barely reached his clothes, which started to catch on fire.
"Aang! You're on fire!" Katara warned, but Aang didn't realize.
"What did you say?"
"Your clothes! They're on-Oh, for crying out loud." She waterbended on his clothes, taking out the fire, Aang then realizing that there was fire dodging with him.
"Oh thanks."
"That's it. Stop!" She lifted up a large amount of water, throwing it at them, sending them running away. "Trying!" She hit them against the wall, banging their heads. "To!" She froze the ones that got caught, sending more water to the ones that were left unharmed. "Set!" Two were caught with their feet frozen on the ground. "My!" She stroke at the last one, who was still running away. "Boyfriend!" The water his his face like snow. "On!" The water stopped. "Fire!" All six had been taken care of, one in the ground from the rocks, two on the wall, two frozen on the ground, and the one covered in snow on his face.
"Whoah." Katara frowned, crossing her arms.
Then she ran to Aang. "You're okay?"
"I'm fine," he answered. But behind, one was left, jumping at him with fire hovering over his fist.
"Aah!" he yelled, trying to hit him.
"Can't you people give it a rest?" She shot spikes towards him. "He just wants to talk!"
"Aah...?"
But before the spikes reached him, Katara's arm was grabbed.
"Katara stop!" Up came Zuko, well the one holding her arm to stop her.
"Let go Zuko! You're hurting me. Don't make me hurt you back."
"I'm hurting you? What are you doing with my soldiers?! My people?"
Aang interrupted. "Let go of her. She said you were hurting her."
"I am the Fire Lord. I have to protect the citizens of the Fire Nation," he tried to explain.
"You're shoulders attack first! Let her go now."
"First she has to agree to stop attacking my people."
Aang breathed in through his noise, blowing Zuko away. He fell to the ground, sliding, them quickly getting back up, giving him some fire towards his face.
Aang used water to block. "I came here to talk to you, Zuko! As a friend, but you've changed! You're forgetting what we fought for." He then went into Avatar state, his eyes and tattoos glowing white. "Maybe Avatar Roku was right. Maybe a promise is a promise." Zuko's eyes opened, widening.
"Aang! Stop!" Katara tried to calm him down, but he was already in his air ball, giving his angered look. "If you enter the Avatar State in such an emotional way, you won't be able to control yourself!" She put her hands on him. "You have to calm down. Please, for me."
Slowly, he descended down, the rushing air, stopping its current.
"I can't believe it. I might've done something terrible without even thinking it through. Zuko, I'm so-"
"Katara's right," she stopped. "We both need to calm down and talk."
"Are you kidding me?" He fave a confused look. "THAT'S WHAT I WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE!"
"Did you know that Yu Dao is the oldest of all the colonies?" Zuko first asked. "Many of the fire nation families here immigrated over a hundred years ago, when Yu Dao has just a tiny village at the bottom of the valley. Together with the Earth Kingdom people who were already here, they built all this. Yu Dao now makes the finest metalwork ever produced, using both Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom expertise." Clanging happened as they looked at the two men making metal. "That's why this is one of the richest cities in the world."
"It doesn't seem like the Fire Nation citizens and the Earth Kingdom citizens share equally in that wealth Katara continued.
"It's not perfect Katara, but all the city's people, including the Earth Kingdom people, are better off now than they were a hundred years ago."
"The history lesson is great and all, but none of it matters! By betraying the Harmony Restoration Movement you're going to start another war."
"Look Aang, when I came here a week ago, I had planned to personally enforce the removal of Yu Dao from the Earth Kingdom. But then..."
"Fire Lord Ozai had many faults, but he was never a coward. He was never a traitor," Morishita said.
"You'll regret saying that, old man!" Zuko insulted. "Guards, seize him!"
But before they could attack, a rock blocked their pat. Zuko turned to see a woman, who was earthbending.
"Fire Lord, please! Forgive my husbands's foolishness. I've told him many times to control his tongue, but he never does."
"You're Mayor Morishita's wife?! An earthbender?" The brown haired woman in her green outfit stood behind.
"Yes. I'm an earthbender, as is our daughter." Kori earthbended along, showing proof. Then she threw her chains at one of the guards, pulling it back over.
"I may be an earthbender, but through my father's bloodline I am a Fire Nation citizen! My father always taught me to always be loyal to the Fire Nation, to my people. Something obviously never learned from your father." She ran over to her mother, standing beside her.
"Would your majesty be willing to stay Yu Dao for a few days? It would be an honor for us to show the Fire Lord our way of life."
I would have added more, but I was already almost at 2,500 and I'm trying to not make each chapter too long.
So far, I've been using the comic to write these chapter, but I promise you, there will be filler like chapter one. I might decide to change things up a bit (not too much) and I thought about adding an Oc if needed, but he/she won't be added for awhile.
I decided that I will try to write the next chapter and post it today or the next, since I have more I can add, and I'm willing to write it today, so yay for you.
Thanks for reading, and thank you those who fav/fol when I last posted.