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Authors Note: Ok so how was the last chapter. Also who else is falling in with love Makkorra? It reminds me SO much of Zuko and Katara. I read on avatar wiki that Mako was based off Zuko but not with as much 'angst' hahah. I think they like act the same way. Anywho, here's the next chapter.
Cupcakes.: Yes he's alive and so is Kya and many other characters possibly *hint *hint Lol
ComicCartoonFreak13: Hahaha yes old people Zutara, nothing to fluffy you could say for old people. I swear to god that Korra and Mako are like somehow both related to Zuko and Katara. For instance, if Katara had an affair with Zuko when she was really young, Korra's mother could have been Kataras daughter, without Aang knowing. And Mako looks and acts like Zuko. I already believe that somehow that that is Zuko's great-nephew you could say. –shrug- I would think that anyways. Lol and I know it was random :3 I tend to ramble about that sorta stuff I guess xD An another hand, Kya wasn't treated TOO horribly like Azula's servants in the series. I guess Azula in my story, isn't as selfish and self centered, I plan on making Azula totally different in the story. And what im saying is that she treated Kya nicer than other servants since I guess you could say she reminded her of Katara, which reminded her of her own mother. Azula looked to Kya as a mother figure after Ursa left I guess. Sorry if my rambling confused you.
"I listened to him as he said that she was to serve Zuko and Azula. He said that she was the Cheiftess of the Southern Tribe." Ursa's eyes widened in shock as she gasped. Katara had unreadable look on her face as well.
"She's….she's alive…" Katara whispered dropping down to her knees, tears falling from her eyes.
"Zuko get Sokka!" Ursa exclaimed. Zuko ran out of the campsite to get Sokka so he can hear the news as well. Zuko returned with a confused Sokka following him. His eyes narrowed to an icy blue as he saw his sister weeping loudly.
"What did you do?" He screeched, dropping down to comfort his sister. Katara sniffled as she glanced up at him.
"Mom … she's alive Sokka." Katara whispered. Sokka dropped down to his knees and hugged Katara tightly. Sokka let go of her and looked at her confused.
"How is she still alive Kata?"
"She became Azula and Zuko's caretaker. Mainly Azula, except right before Zuko was banished."
"Eh hem." Mai cleared her throat getting the siblings attention. The two gazed at her wondering what she wanted.
"What?" Katara and Sokka exclaimed greif covering their faces.
"Uhm well yea see. She's back at our camp. Azula ordered her to come with Ty and me to help us." Mai explained. Ty Lee nodded her head. Katara and Sokka's heads shot in a heartbeat looking at them with uncertainty.
"How do I know you're not lying Mai?"
"Do you think I would lie to you about something like this Katara?"
"Possibly. We certainly don't know who you're loyal to right now. You can turn your backs on us at any moment." Katara crossed her arms as she stood up to glare at the noblewoman. Mai snorted frustrated and glared at Katara.
"Katara wouldn't you still go with? I mean mom might be with her if she's telling the truth." Sokka reasoned.
"Fine," Katara huffed glaring daggers at Mai, who just rolled her eyes.
"Zuko your coming with me," Katara stated and he nodded his head. Mai and Ty Lee walked out of the campsite and started to head towards the city again.
"How long exactly has this woman been working for you?"
"Not very long. Ty and I, we normally let her rest since Azula makes and forces her to do so much. So her time with us is that 'vacation' you can call it," Mai explained as they continued their walk to the campsite, to hopefully greet Katara's once thought dead mother. The group continued to walk through brush and shrubs and they finally reached the campsite. Mai walked into the large tent, as you would call it that is, and started to speak to someone. A few minutes later, a middle aged woman walked out holding a towel. The woman dropped the towel and stared at the teenager in front of her. Tears fell down her face as she ran towards Katara. Katara was too shocked to register what was happening, until she hugged the woman whom she missed the most in the whole world.
"Momma." Katara gasped, tears falling from her eyes like rain during a thunderstorm.
"My little snow-bear," Kya murmured into her daughter's hair, looking at her. Zuko smiled sadly at the bittersweet reunion and watched as the mother and daughter hugged before letting go of each other.
"Come I wanna show you something," Katara murmured to Kya and she nodded her head. She paused before they met.
"I guess you have already been introduced to Ty Lee and Mai. If you don't remember Mom, this is Zuko. There's uhm well it's a really long story." Katara laughed slightly at the irony.
"Hello Cheiftess Kya," Zuko said softly before bowing down in front of Kya in respect as he did for Hakoda.
"Hello Prince Zuko," Kya spoke quietly, looking at him with gratitude in her eyes.
"Mom, we need to get to our campsite. I want to show you something." Katara said once again. Kya nodded her head and started to follow Katara in the other direction to her campsite. As they walked through the village, Katara and Kya were knocked down from someone running past them at a very high speed. The person stopped and turned back around.
"Sorry Katara!" Aang exclaimed, wide eyes. He pulled her to her feet, and helped the woman that was with her.
"Who's this Katara? We already have enough people traveling with us right now." Aang whined. Katara glared daggers at him.
"Go to the campsite and tell Uncle that we're almost there. Alright?"
"Alright!" With that Aang took off towards the campsite at top-speed. Katara, Zuko, Kya, Mai, and Ty Lee on the other hand took ten minutes to get there. When they reached the campsite Katara smiled and ran towards Sokka, engulfing him in a bear hug.
"Look Sokka," Katara said, pointing at their mother smiling. Sokka dropped Katara and ran towards their mother hugging her instantly.
"Mom!" Sokka exclaimed before giving his mother a bear-hug squishing her tightly not allowing her to breathe.
"Sokka!" Kya managed to squeak as he knocked the breath out of her. Literally. Sokka looked at her wide-eyed before fainting at the sight of his long-lost mother. Aang's eyes widened at the word 'mother' and sat down on the ground processing the new information.
"Ah General Iroh. Nice to see you again," Kya shook Iroh's hand and turned to Ursa.
"Mom, this is Princess Ursa. Zuko's mother." Katara said quietly. Kya nodded her head.
"Alright. But can I ask you one thing Katara?" Katara nodded her head at her mother.
"How do you know Mai, Ty Lee, Zuko, and Iroh?"
"I i- It's a really long story." Katara sighed.
"Well it seems we have plenty of time right now," Kya pointed out.
"Ok, so you remember how Dad and I would have our 'bonding father-daughter time' for like those four to six months?" Kya nodded her head.
"Well we would go to the Fire Nation. Ursa and Dad were best friends as children and after Zuko and I was born the decided that we would visit each other and become friends. Ursa taught Zuko and me many things including how to be a water tribe prince and princess. After our regular history lessons and etiquette lessons, well Zuko and I would practice together. When we were there that when we discovered that I was water bender because I threw a tantrum at Zuko."
"Wait you would practice with Zuko?" Kya arched a brow at her daughter. Katara blushed bright red and nodded her head.
"Well I kinda didn't practice in water bending. I practiced fire bending." Kya's eyes widened, her mouth dropped in shock, and she continued to gape like a fish out of water.
"You're a fire bender?" Kya exclaimed. Katara nodded her head.
"A Master fire bender at that. I'm a master double bender. I just recently mastered water bending at the North Pole a couple months ago where we discovered Ursa." Kya stared at her daughter in awe.
"Ok so basically you were raised a princess of two different nation, a master double bender, and you are friends with the Avatar, Fire Lady, two Fire Princes, and two noblewomen," Katara nodded her head.
"Wow. That's just so… so much to take in." Kya muttered quietly. Soon she heard a sound coming across the campsite and soon saw Sokka starting to wake up. He caught sight of her again and faint at the sight of his 'once-dead' mother. Kya rolled her eyes as she watched her son. She got up from her spot near the campfire and walked over to Zuko.
"I need to speak with you," Kya spoke. Katara arched an eyebrow and watched her mother interact with Zuko. Zuko looked to Katara confused and she shrugged not knowing what her mother wanted to talk about with him. He got up and followed her into the shrubs. She stopped and looked at him.
"So that's how you knew Katara," Kya spoke quietly. Zuko nodded his head. His head shot up with confusion covering his face.
"How did you know I knew Katara?"
"I watched you start a letter with her name on it. Why were you going to write her a letter anyways?"
"I wanted her to know that I was going to be in an Agni Kai, and that I loved her if I didn't make it, and to tell her that I was sorry for anything that I have ever done to her when we were children."
"You never finished it. Why?"
"If I had finished it and sent it to her, she would have came here in a heartbeat and single-handedly killed Ozai out of rage. She would have killed him with white fire, which we are both capable of bending to our will at any time. She mastered it rather easily, but then again she was more of a prodigy than Azula was." Zuko shrugged, not really wanting to talk about this with Katara's mother.
"More of a prodigy than Azula?" Kya exclaimed, shock in her voice.
"She mastered fire bending when she was eight. We trained together all the time and practiced often. We became an unstoppable team. But I guess after my mother's disappearance and your 'death' Katara stopped coming to visit."
"Princess, the Fire Lord has requested your presence in the throne room immediately," Azula nodded her head as the servant walked out of her room. She stood up from her vanity and left her chambers to leave for the throne room. As she glided through the halls she could hear servants gossiping about how Nobleman blah did this and noblewomen it did that.
"Good Morning Princess," Two gaurds stated who stood at the front of the throne room as they opened the doors for her. She walked into the throne room and bwed down in front of her father and then waited for his word.
"My Daughter," Ozai sneered slightly. Azula looked up at her father and plastered a fake smile onto her face.
"Yes Father?" Azula asked as she looked up to her father.
"I need a report on how your search for your pathetic brother and uncle is going."
"Mai and Ty Lee are in Gaoling. As of right now, there are no reported sights them."
"If they can't do it themselves," Ozai sneered "At least try and do it yourself. Send a messenger hawk telling them you are going to assist in the capture of your pathetic brother and Uncle. Azula nodded her head, bowed once again, got up, and left to her chambers.
"Guys we need to figure out where the earth bending tournament is,"
"Yea! I almost forgot about that Katara. We need to find 'earth rumble' as they put it and see if we can find a master there for Aang," Sokka exclaimed. Sokka eventually woke up and didn't faint at the sight of his mother, which he was still trying to register how it was possible that she was alive, and they had caught up.
"If you didn't forget you big dolt, I found out where it is, so come on!" Katara exclaimed. Sokka, Aang Mai, Ty Lee, and Zuko stood up and left with her. Zuko stopped abruptly and turned to look at the elder members of their group.
"Aren't you coming?" Iroh laughed loudly and shook his head no.
"Sorry my son, but I have no patience to dealing with fighting right now." Zuko nodded his head and caught up to the other members of the group. They had nearly reached the end of the forest, and started to get within the villages sight. Katara led them towards the slums of the city after wandering around for nearly an hour. They saw a large gate with people, mostly people of the slums, going in. The group walked up to the gate and large man.
"Tickets?"
"We don't have tickets but I have a plenty of money if that will work," Katara spoke quietly. The man nodded his head and Katara handed him a 5 gold coins. He allowed the large group of teenagers into the arena.
"Let's get front row seats!" Sokka exclaimed, smile plastered on his face, jumping up and down. Katara sighed and nodded her head.
"I can't believe nobody wanted to sit in the front row w-" Sokka was cut off by the announcer.
"WELCOME TO EARTH RUMBLE SIX!" The announcer yelled.
"We have tonight, the best of the best. Whoever wins gets to fight the champion for a chance to win twenty-thousand gold coins. Up next is The Boulder and his opponent is The Phoenix. Begin!" With that the two opponents began the fight. The Boulder, as they call him, was very impatient and attack instantly. The Phoenix dodged the attack, and sent a nicely sized boulder at him. The Boulder was knocked back at the attack, not prepared for it. In retaliation, he brought up a high earth wall and flung it at the earthbender. The Phoenix dropped down into the ground causing the earth wall to be flung into the stands right where the Gaang was sitting. The boulder stomped down hard onto the ground and brought the Phoenix back above and threw him out of the ring. The bell rang, and the fight was over.
"This match goes to THE BOULDER!" The announcer yelled into the microphone. Sokka whooped and the rest of his group glared at him.
"NEXT UP IS THE BOULDER AND THE SIX TIME WINNER OF THE EARTH RUMBLE…. THE BLIND BANDIT!"
"BOOO," Sokka yelled out. Suddenly a little girl, barely even the age of a teenager walked out into the stadium.
"PRESENTING…. THE BLIND BANDIT!"
Well How was this chapter? This took me about 3 hours to write so enjoy! Please review, I would love to hear what you say about my story and I would respond as truthfully and honestly as I can. :) Also i will try to get another chapter up soon, most likely this week or even tomorrow on how much i write tonight. Expect updates more frequently :D
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