THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. THE FINAL BATTLE BETWEEN SAKIDA AND KATARA. Some intense stuff here! I finally finished it too, I thought it would take me a few days, because i didn't know how i wanted it to play out. But once i started writing, more and more ideas came to me and i couldn't stop! I really hope you like-no love it! This is not the last chapter by the way, I'm thinking about making a sequel, but i'm not sure yet, tell me what you think i should do. Enjoy the reading! I love you all! Thanks for reading! *Plus, I think I broke 50,000 words. Yay!*
Disclaimer: I'm not in the mood to repeat it, but I don't own ATLA. :P
"STOP!"
Everybody snapped their heads towards the sudden outburst. Katara was positioned near the the back rows, she was breathing heavily with Kaskae growling at her feet, and Naoki was in a fighting stance next to her. Katara's eyes were cold, and determined, her hands flexing into fists repeatedly.
"Katara, I don't know where you've been, but this is hardly the time nor place to interrupt." Hakoda turned back to his bride.
"I said; STOP!" Katara screamed, raising the water around her into a water whip. "Sakida is not who you think she is. She's a liar and a thief and a monster. Get away from her Dad."
"Katara, you're being ridiculous." Hakoda rolled his eyes. He didn't believe her, but his brain was having second thoughts, like it had a mind of it's own.
"Do remember that red mark on my cheek at Zuko's coronation?" Katara waited for him to look at her. "That was her, she slapped me. The time I 'feel into the window'? That was her, she stabbed me with her knife. The time I was kidnapped and Zuko had to save me? I was tortured and poisoned with purple blood, her blood. It was her, she did it."
Sakida butt in. "You lying brat!" Her voice screeched out, causing the tribe to look at her in fear, beginning to believe Katara. "You just don't want me to replace your precious mother."
Hakoda looked at Sakida in shock, never had he heard her use those words, especially towards his daughter. Inside Hakoda was a battle, who to believe; his daughter or his bride.
"You aren't even human." Katara hissed. "Your the descendant of Qiao, the demon who attempted to take over the world thousands of years ago, but the Moon Spirit Tui and Fire God Agni stopped her. You have purple blood, that when in contact, burns like swallowing hot magma, I would know, I was the victim."
The tribe gasped, and Kana moved to her husband Pakku who was seated in the front row. Sokka pushed past his father and ran to stand beside his sister.
"You aren't even my Dad's real girlfriend, you just hypnotized him into doing whatever you want. Naoki here truly loves my Dad, you're just a fake." Katara inwardly smirked.
"You selfish, arrogant spoiled child!" Sakida screamed. "You'll pay for this."
Zuko, Aang, Toph, and Suki all stood around Katara, and took defensive poses against Sakida, but Katara held out an arm. "This is my fight."
Everyone gasped. "Katara? Are you sure about this?" Aang asked, concerned and worried. Katara glared Sakida in the eye, not breaking contact.
"Get the tribespeople to safety." Katara said, waving her friends away. "This fight, is personal." She spit that last word, scaring her friends and family.
But they obeyed her wishes. They moved far enough from the two women, far enough for safety, close enough to watch the fight. Hakoda was worried for his daughter, and he believed her. He felt something rise from his body, he felt lighter, happier. Free. He fell to his knees, holding his head, it was pounding loud.
"Hakoda?" A woman's voice sounded right next to him. He turned, to see Naoki looking up at him with worried eyes.
He pulled her into the biggest hug he could manage. "I'm so so sorry, whatever Sakida did to me, it's gone now. It's gone." His breath was shaky.
She wrapped her arms around him too, happy to have her Hakoda back. "I missed you."
Sakida tore the veil from her head, and ripped the bottom of her dress to make fighting easier. "When I kill you, I'll have to buy a whole new dress. Maybe I'll make it from your skin and hair."
Katara nearly gagged. "You know, silk is really in stock right now. Try that, you carnivore." Katara dropped into her fighting stance, lowering the snow-made altar. Once everything was gone, it was just her, and Sakida.
The air was tense, you could feel the anger and anticipation. The vengeance and the blood waiting to be spilled-or frozen in Sakida's case. Katara stood, her arms raised and her legs spread out in a defensive stance. Sakida flicked her wrist, and a purple stream of her blood shot from the ground.
Katara ducked and jumped out of the way, nearly missing the acidic poison. Katara dodged attack after attack, until she send her own ice wave towards the demon, but Sakida moved at the last minute, and her arm was cut badly, more purple blood pouring out.
Hakoda winced. "That's gross."
Sakida hissed and growled. "Taste this!" She reached to her leg and pulled out multiple knives, which were hidden there. She launched them towards Katara, but it only chopped off some fur from her parka.
Katara rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah, that tastes like mangoes." She laughed when Sakida became more angry. "Why don't you quit throwing these weak attempts to hurt me, and actually come kill me yourself."
"Oh I will." Sakida burst into a run, then leaping into the air with a battle cry, she launched a humongous wave of the purple substance. Katara brought up a water shield, but it broke after the acid burned it away. Katara moved her head out of the way just as Sakida's fist sped towards it. Katara dodged most of the attacks, and even got her own in there, she raised her foot and kicked Sakida right in the stomach, sending her backwards.
Before Sakida could stand up, she was held down by an invisible force, it controlled her whole body. How is that possible? She has no water in her system, Katara shouldn't be able to bloodbend!
"How are you doing this?" Sakida forced out. She couldn't move her arms or legs.
"The whole time we've been fighting, I made sure to soak you in water from your head to your toes." Katara smirked, blowing a cold breeze over Sakida's body, which began to freeze. Once her entire body was frozen, Katara knew she wouldn't be moving again soon. Smiling, Katara turned her back and started walking towards the tribespeople and her friends.
"Katara behind you!" Zuko broke into a fast run towards her. Katara only had a quick second to turn around before she was blown back by a powerful wind, knocking her into Zuko's body, who fell onto the snow at the impact. "Are you okay?" He asked her, helping her stand up.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Katara rubbed her head, looking up into the sky. Sakida was free-no surprise there-and her blood formed eight long snake-things(A/N: kinda like slenderman). They formed from her back, and they lifted her into the air, becoming her legs to run towards the two benders.
Zuko jumped in front of Katara, sending two full fire blasts towards the snake-legs. His own attack destroyed two of the legs, leaving six more. Katara raised the water around the purple streams, and froze them. Then her and Zuko ran up and kicked them, shattering them to pieces. When all of them were gone, Sakida hissed, gathering as much of her blood as possible-Katara's surprised it hasn't run out yet-and shot it towards Zuko's chest.
He was knocked backwards, all the way back over to the people, and crashed into Sokka. Zuko was rendered unconscious.
"Zuko!" Katara screamed, heart broken. She was sad, and confused, and angry, but most of all, she wanted revenge, she wanted to kill this demon once and for all. Blinded by rage, Katara blinked back angry tears and glared at the laughing Sakida.
Yue, I need your help. Please. Agni. Tui. La. Hei-bai. Avatar Roku. Someone. Please. Help. Me; Katara called for the spirits through her mind, begging for help.
She felt someone answer her call, she couldn't hear anything, but she felt it. She also felt as if a thousand souls were joining in her body all at once. We're here for you Katara. Let's stop this demon once and for all; it was Yue's voice.
Then she lost control over her own body.
Hakoda witnessed Zuko thrown back towards his son, but he was unconscious. He heard screaming from his daughter, but he was too busy helping Sokka pull Zuko off him.
"Zuko!" Sokka tried to shake him awake, but it wasn't working. That's when Hakoda noticed the purple material was still lingering on Zuko's chest, eating away at his parka.
"Quick!" Hakoda knelt down next to the firebender and began cutting away at the fabrics with his knife. "We need to get this off him before the poison reaches his skin!"
Too late, the liquid sunk into Zuko's chest, where a starburst scar was already marked there. Zuko's face scrunched up in pain, his mouth opened to scream, but nothing came out.
There was nothing they could do at the moment, just wait for Katara for finished Sakida off. Speaking of Katara. . .
Everyone looked up at the sound of a thousand voices screaming, or shouting, they couldn't be sure. Everybody saw Katara's body glow a feverous white, they could see where Katara's veins were, where they led to. Her eyes were clouded over in white, and it was as if she were the Avatar herself.
Behind her, the transparent figures of past spirits controlled her body, doing whatever they wanted. There were all the past Avatars, including spirits like Yue, Tui, La, Agni, Hei-Bai, Koh, Wan Shi Tong, Painted Lady, Blue Spirit, even the Knowledge Seekers. They acted like protectors for Katara, guardians for her own soul.
Sakida finally looked terrified, she looked defeated. When the spirits raised their arms, Katara's body did the same. The water around Sakida trapped her body in a cage, giving her a small space to look through.
"Sakida." The spirits and Katara spoke, it sounded as if millions were speaking at the same time. "You and your ancestors have disrupted the balance to the world. Qiao has tried to overrule, but has failed. Your presence here, damaging Katara's life was unacceptable. For your punishment, you will suffer the same fate as Qiao. But instead of sent to the bottom of the Northern Waters, you will die at the hands of this Southern Waterbending Princess. You will never see another human being, never see light, and you will suffer a thousand times, and a million years more. Never again, will you destroy the peace and balance to the world."
Sakida screamed, shielding her face with her arms. The Ocean Spirit, La, floated behind Katara, and used her bending to freeze the blood of Sakida. Then the Fire God, Agni, used his lightning and fire to create a permanent spell, to encase her in stillness forever. When Sakida was finished, all together, the spirits used their bending and abilities to send Sakida to the bottom of the nearest ocean.
When Sakida was gone, the spirit's figures all disappeared, one by one. The glowing of Katara faded, and she was gently returned to the ground, where she wobbled a little before collapsing to her knees.
She was in pain, her body ached all over by the amount of energy the spirits took from her. Using what she could, Katara lifted her head in the direction of the tribe. People looked at her in fear and concern, but it wasn't directed towards her, it was at Zuko, who laid still on the ground, his face twisted in pain.
"Zuko!" Katara screamed, regaining her energy once again. She burst into a sprint, running towards the only person who loved her, beside's her family. When she reached his body, he was panting, but still unconscious. "Give me some space, please!"
Everyone but Sokka and Hakoda took a step back. Her hands hovered over Zuko's chest, not sure what to do. She snatched Hakoda's knife and sliced a small cut into Zuko's chest, above his scar and on the opposite side of his heart. Katara then gathered a small amount of water and clicked into her chi, causing the water to glow. When she placed it over the cut, she sent the water into his body, using a mixture of bloodbending and healing to exterminate the poison. Once it was all gone, Katara pulled her hands back, waiting for Zuko to wake, or at least react to something. He was still, his face no longer in pain, but his breathing started to pick up, then he was heaving.
Katara gasped as Zuko leaned over his side and coughed up a pool of blood, breathing like normal again. When all of it was gone, Zuko looked up to see Katara smiling with tears in her eyes. She shocked everyone when she leaned over and pressed her lips to Zuko's, kissing him with everything she had left. She didn't care about the taste of blood in her mouth, she loved him no matter what.
He kissed her back, despite everyone watching, he didn't care. His Katara defeated the witch and was safe in his arms again.
"This calls for a celebration!" Sokka cheered, raising his arms above his head, making everyone laugh.
Kaskae walked over to Zuko and Katara, and licked their faces. He even had a family, he was safe.
Sakida was dead, she was gone. No longer was Katara in danger, or Hakoda, or Zuko. Everyone was safe. Everyone was alive and well.
Everyone felt happy and loved.
The danger was behind them.
Whew! Finally! This is the end to Sakida! I really hope you loved it, i worked hard, and now my fingers hurt from typing to much. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! I still can't believe I have over 170 reviews, thanks everyone. I love you all.
Also, let me know if you want a sequel or not.
~EZ17