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((Zuko's P.O.V))

After hearing about the Avatar staying on Kyoshi Island I immediately set the ship's course in that direction. I knew that this time I wouldn't underestimate him, even if he was only a mere child that hadn't yet mastered all four elements. He was able to destroy most of my ship with only one attack. Now if the Avatar knows what best for him he won't underestimate me either. I will capture him! It will be only a matter of time.

My crew had taken forever to get to Kyoshi because they're a group of incompetent fools! I won't, however, let them ruin my chances to capture the Avatar. Although when I think about it, the Avatar's comrades weren't the most reliable to be traveling with either, those two villagers from the Water Tribe were pathetic. That one boy, possibly close to my age, was a terrible fighter with no balance or skill. The girl was no better. Her inexperience had proven to cause a lot of trouble for the Avatar, despite her being a bender. Thinking that way may have been childish, but it helped calm me down.

As we got closer to the island my patience thinned. I needed to capture the Avatar to restore my honor and get my father to accept me with welcome arms once more. I ordered my crew to ready the rhinos and dress in their proper armor. As I commanded everyone on board, something caught our attention causing us to become enraptured. A girl was fighting a large serpent while standing on the water's surface. Not only was that ability amazing, but her skills and form were as well. She seemed so graceful, as she dodged its attacks and sent the beast into the ocean depths. She noticed my ships presence right away as she turned her head to us.

When she looked at us I was able to get a better view of her. Her eyes were as dark as the night's sky but gave a comforting feeling. Her fair skin seemed to shine against the sunset's golden rays. Her silky black strands of hair danced in the wind. She seemed so small for someone who just took down a ten ton monster. She looked around my age but I couldn't really tell because of her baby face and her smallness of stature. I couldn't tell what nation she was from based on her appearance. Her clothing was like nothing I had ever seen, it was like a combination between the Water Tribe and Air Nomads styles of clothing. Although she herself looked more like someone from the Fire Nation to me because of her black hair and sharp eyes, her eye color looked like something from the Earth Kingdom's. She seemed so mysterious.

I had completely lost myself in my thoughts as I just stared at the girl. It wasn't until she turned around did I snap out of it. I watched her as she ran towards the shore and jumped into the forest and she disappeared from my sight. When I could no longer see her I then remembered what I had come for. I commanded my troops to get ready to capture the Avatar, but I couldn't help but wonder about the girl in the back of my mind which caused something in my chest to ache.

((Rebecca's P.O.V))

I couldn't help but feel creeped out by the way Zuko was looking at me, which was one of the reasons I ran off the water. The other reason was because I remembered that Zuko was going to try to capture Aang and burn down most of Kyoshi village. I ran to the main building where the chief was and informed him that fire benders had landed on the island. He ran out the door and made his way to the dojo where Suki, Sokka, and the other Kyoshi Warriors were. I on the other hand went looking for Brianna, Nyoko, Katara, and Aang.

"Do you need my assistance?" Gin asked me from the yin charm that bounced up and down as I ran down the path.

"Yeah," I said as I stopped in my place "we can cover more ground if we fly. The question is if you can handle it?" I said as I looked down to my neck where the charm hung.

"No problem." I watched as Gin transformed from his spiritual form to his solid form. "Get on," he ordered me as his glow started to slowly fade away. I hopped onto his back quickly. Without hesitation he stretched his wings out and started to fly off into the sky. We went straight to the shore where Katara had brought Aang after nearly drowning and started searching for them. We were able to somehow sneak past all the crew members on Zuko's ship. They had already started coming off the ship with their rhinos in suit and armor ready to fight. Seeing them made me feel even more anxious making me search even faster. I finally spotted them in between some rocks. I motioned to Gin where they were as he swiftly landed down to their side.

"You guys okay?" I asked them as I jumped off Gin's back. Aang nodded at me from Katara's arms still coughing up some water that remained in his lungs. Brianna on the other hand ran up to me and almost hugged me to death. When she released me she put a serious face on which was a bit out of character for her.

"You're lucky that you looked so cool out there or I'd beat the crap out of you for being so stupid!" Brianna yelled at me as she waved her fist in the air. I rolled my eyes ignoring her random outburst causing her to growl at me.

"We don't have time for this," I said as I shoved Brianna gently to the side so I would be facing Aang. "A Fire Navy ship has just landed on these shores. They just went into the town. The leader is a teenage boy with a scar covering part of the left side of his face." I explained pretending to know nothing about Zuko and the attack.

"Zuko," Katara said under her breath as Aang tried to get up from her arms.

"I have to go help them," Aang said as he struggled to his feet. "It's my fault he's here."

"Then I will help you," I said stepping in.

"Why?" Aang said dumbly.

"Because protecting you is my duty as a…."

"I know as my bodyguard," Aang said angrily.

"True, but" I said correcting him "it's also my duty as a friend." All three of them stood there with their jaws dropped open. Brianna was the only one who recovered fast enough as she squealed with delight making me blush a bit. I turn my head to face the village so that they couldn't see my face changing to the color I most detested.

"Come on," I ordered them as I hopped onto Gin's back. "If we don't hurry there won't be anything left to save. Katara you go and help the villagers get somewhere safe. Aang you go and focus on Zuko. Brianna and I will try and take down as many soldiers as we can. Brianna, call out Nyoko! You can cover more ground that way" I said commanding her.

"Ah yeah, okay!" Brianna said as Nyoko came out of the yang charm. She got onto Nyoko as she spread her wings and flew a few feet in the air and waited for Gin and I.

"We'll regroup later if the battle gets out of hand, but until then fight!" Gin took to the sky right away as Nyoko followed right behind us. "Brianna, you ready to kick some Fire Nation butt?" I called back to her.

"Hell yeah" I heard her scream out almost too excitedly.

"Good, because something tells me that there's gonna be a lot of butt to kick." I called back to her as the village came into view. The village was almost complete covered in flames and rhinos seemed to be everywhere. "They sure don't waste time." I whispered to Gin.

"Well neither do you," Gin said, trying to lighten my mood, which worked a bit.

"This is true," I said as I forced a small smile on. "Let's get started then."

"Understood," Gin said as he dove down towards a nearby rhino and knocked it out. I jumped off of his back just before the collision and landed on top of a different rhino and kicked the soldier off knocking him out in the process. I lifted my hand up at my charm and summoned my staff just as five soldiers on rhinos circled me. I spun my staff around a couple of times before I took a fighting stance. Just then I watched Brianna leap from Nyoko's back and land beside me causing the earth to shake beneath her. She had her hooks in both of her hands and looked ready to fight.

"May I?" Brianna asked for my permission.

"Sure, why not." She squealed with delight which was quickly replaced with evil laughter. I quickly did one of my high jumps and managed to escape from the circle of rhinos just in time. Brianna then started beating up all the soldiers by swinging her hooks around and was soon joined by her partner Nyoko who started toying with the rhinos. I stood there watching the two enjoying themselves.

"They seem to be enjoying themselves a bit too much," Gin said to be.

"Leave them, or else we have to listen to them complain later," I told him as I turned around and looked for anymore soldiers I could get to before Brianna did. I spotted a small group just to the right of me with their backs turned. I nudged Gin as I motioned to the soldiers who had their guards down. He nodded his head, as he went around a building while I ran straight ahead.

I jumped above them as I threw my staff straight up into the air. After quickly knocking two of them out, I pushed off the rhinos' backs as I flew into the air. I quickly grabbed my staff mid-air and did several flips and I landed on top of a roof that hadn't been set on fire yet. Gin joined in, chased the two rhinos without riders and knocked the three other soldiers off their rhinos with his tails. I took that as my cue and jumped off the roof while dodging several fire balls that were aimed at me. I used my supernatural speed and was able to knock all three of them out with only one swing of my staff sending them flying into the side of a house. The men landed on the ground unconscious as I looked around for anymore soldiers.

I then spotted Aang to my left fighting off Zuko. Aang was in the air as he spun his staff around like a propeller but it was shot out of his hands by one of Zuko's fire balls. Aang picked up two fans used by the Kyoshi Warriors that were lying on the ground. Zuko without hesitation took a stance ready to shoot out another fire ball more powerful than the rest.

I automatically ran towards a building to my left and pushed off of the side of the wall sending me towards Aang and Zuko. I did a half flip in the air, tossed up my staff as I went over Zuko's head, making me have to use my hands to soften my landing. I quickly pushed off with my palms making me land on my feet as I spun my staff around just barely making it in time to block off the flames. I could see several emotions run through Zuko's eyes when I saved Aang. I could only classify two, anger and confusion, but the others remained a mystery to me. All I knew was that it was the same look that he gave me when I first made eye contact with him.

When his attack finally ceased I stopped spinning my staff and saw from the corner of my eye that Aang was ready for his own big attack. I shifted to my right giving Aang room to send out a strong wind that knocked Zuko through a house that was across from us.

"Aang, are you okay?" I asked him as he picked up his staff. He then straightened his back and smiled at me causing confusion to run through my head. "What's wrong?" I asked as I raised an eyebrow.

"Nothing," he said still smiling "it's just that I feel like we really are friends now." I felt another blush creep across my face making me realize that I had called him by his name. I felt embarrassed for whatever reason and decided that I wouldn't call him by his first name again but seeing Aang smile I decided not to.

Just then Gin came and was able to witness the scene that I wasn't too proud of. I could see a small smirk form across his lips as he found my pink cheeks amusing. I quickly glared at him but dropped it as I ran towards him and jumped on his back after placing my staff back into the charm. Aang opened his glider and started flying around the village that was covered in flames now. Gin flew close to his side as we followed him to where Katara was. I could see the guilt and sadness in his eyes as he went down to talk to Katara while I instructed Gin to stay in the air knowing that we would leave soon.

I looked around for Brianna and spotted her and Nyoko just finishing beating up two soldiers and rhinos. Brianna easily spotted the two of us and happily waved despite the fact that she was surrounded by unconscious soldiers. I gave out a small sigh wondering why Brianna enjoyed things that involved destruction like this. I motioned her to her get on Nyoko because this was about the time that we would be leaving.

Just as Brianna followed us, Aang, Sokka, and Katara got on Appa with Momo and started to fly to a different direction with us following close behind. Zuko spotted us and ordered his men back to the ship. I looked back on the burning village and could see the statue of Kyoshi almost completely burned to a crisp. Just then I saw Aang jump off of Appa and into the ocean. I quickly followed him and jumped off of Gin and landed above the water.

I knew I had the elements water and air within me and hopefully it would help me in a time like this. I spread my arms apart as I spun my body around in a circle hoping it would do something so I won't look like a fool. The water under me started spinning around me as it formed a hurricane like formation that sent the water towards the burning village.

Just as I was doing this Aang came up from the ocean while controlling the Unagi to blast water towards the village. With both of us it took only a matter of seconds to completely put out all the flames. When the job was done Aang jumped off of the Unagi and onto Appa's saddle while I pushed off from the water surface as I continued to spin. I did a mini flip while still spinning as I landed on Appa's saddle. Completely exhausted I motioned Gin to get inside my charm. He did as I instructed and was followed by Brianna who told Nyoko to get inside hers so she could rest.

"I know, I know, that was stupid and dangerous." Aang said as he waved some of the remaining water off his sleeves.

"Yes, it was," Katara said before giving Aang a quick hug which sent the young monk to cloud nine. I looked over at Brianna who was gagging at the sight of them, but then suddenly had a smile across her face.

"What?" I asked Brianna emotionlessly. Her smile suddenly widened and I could have sworn that her eyes were sparkling.

"You called Aang by his name and only his name," Brianna said in a teasing voice still wearing that annoying grin. "You really do care." Brianna said still teasing me. I frowned, completely annoyed and bored with the subject, still slightly embarrassed although I didn't blush. I could see Sokka's jaw drop about twice the amount a normal jaw could open completely in shock at what Brianna had said. I saw Katara and Aang both smile at me while Nyoko was laughing to herself from the charm. I glared down at all of them as I started making my way to the back of the saddle to Appa's tail.

"I think I'd rather be captured by Zuko than have to stay here and listen to this crap." I could hear Aang laughing from behind me as Brianna ran in front of me to make sure that I wouldn't be able to keep my word. She grabbed my right arm, dragged me back to the others, forced me to sit down on the saddle as she sat down and watched me with intense eyes. I rolled my eyes as I flicked her forehead. "Go to sleep, it's already sunset."

"No, I'm not tired yet!" Brianna said in her little girl tone, "and besides if I do go to sleep then no one can stop you when you jump off Appa!"

"Don't worry Brianna. I'll make sure she doesn't jump off!" Aang said happily to the pouting brunette. She then put on an annoying smirk as she poked my right arm.

"Yeah, you can't get rid of us that easily!" Brianna said in triumph. I leaned against the saddle as I gave out a small sigh and looked up at the clouds.

"Am I going to be stuck with these idiots for the rest of my life?" I mutter under my breath but made sure it was loud enough for them to hear. They chuckled to themselves knowing that I was only joking around as I just continued to stare up at the orange clouds. "I guess it wouldn't be so bad," I said just under my breath but this time no one but Gin heard me. I could feel the sun's rays hit my face as we flew towards the sunset just as they did at the end of the episode.


To all the fans out there who support a certain coupling, I am sorry to disappoint you, but the romances that you support might not happen. Brianna has decided that each of us will experience a relationship with a certain male character from the series, and happens to want me end up with the Fire Nation's Prince. You will have to bare with reading the complicated relationship the two of us have, which will appear almost every time he appears in a certain episode.

A Note from Brianna: Hi guys, just to tell you all that YES, I do love the couple, and no, I will NOT let Rebecca remove it, so NYEH to all of you. XP Send all your flames to me, I DARE YOU! Since the Brianna in the story is actually ME, I would make SURE it happened, so HA! Ok, time to go BYE~BYE.