I've got bad news for all of us. My mother is trying her very hardest too keep me busy all through out the summer. Which means I'll be studying and working during my free time. Ugh I hate being asian. I doubt I'll have as much free time to write this like I had originally planned, but luckily my mom doesn't have any family trips planned so I won't be away from my laptop the entire summer vacation. I plan on finishing Book Water before the end of my summer vacation so that way during my senior year I don't have to worry about this. I keep apologizes to you guys since I'm constantly breaking my promises to you. You don't know how sorry I am and I know a lot of you are pissed at me. Which is understandable, I don't expect you to keep forgiving me for letting you guys down so much.


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

"You burned my sister!" Sokka shouted out at Aang again.

"Goddamn you, shut up!" I screamed and punched him across the face.

"Why don't you make me?" he shot back with another punch. I touched my throbbing cheek, just how many times was he going to hit me in the same spot. "Why don't you give up Rebecca? No matter how good you are, you can't match to the strength of us guys." I glanced up at Sokka and gave him a nod.

"You've got a point," I muttered. Before I could give him a chance to take in his victory I lifted my leg and swung it between his legs. He let out a painful cry and fell to the ground.

"That's cheating!" he moaned. I shrugged my shoulders then stepped over him.

"It's the only way I can win." Jeong-Jeong suddenly came into the scene interrupting Sokka and my fight, perfect timing.

"This is all your fault!" Sokka shouted at Jeong-Jeong.

"I know," Jeong-Jeong said accepting responsibility. "Now pack your things. You must leave immediately!" he said before disappearing once more. Aang looked down at Sokka with guilty in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I didn't…" he started to say but Sokka didn't give him the chance to finish. He got up from the ground, with his hand between his legs, and walked away. "I'm sorry!" Aang cried out desperately. I watched him quietly waddle away, probably to go and blow off some steam which wasn't a bad idea. I made my way around Aang and Brianna and walked towards a forest path.

"Where are you going?" Brianna shouted to me.

"I'm going to check up on Katara," I said without looking back. I was still pissed off at her. The last thing I wanted was to be around her. I wasn't going to apologies to her and I knew she was expecting me to or at least just forget all about and move on. However, it's not like I could just do that. It would eventually come up again. This wasn't school anymore. I needed to be able to rely on her more than ever. If she couldn't understand that how am I ever going to be able to trust her with my back?

I spotted a clearing up ahead with a river alongside it. I crept slowly and spotted Katara knelt down with her hands in the water. I stayed hidden behind the tree and watched from a distance. Dipping her hands in the water Katara's hands glowed and healed itself. She pulled her hands back in surprise just as Jeong-Jeong walked up to her.

"You have healing abilities," he told her. "The great benders of the water tribe sometimes have this ability." He took a seat next to her and continued to talk. "I've always wished I were blessed like you, free from this burning curse.

"But you're a great master. You have powers I'll never know!" Katara said admirably.

"Water brings healing and life. But fire brings only destruction and pain. It forces those of us burdened with its care to walk a razor's edge between humanity and savagery. Eventually, we are torn apart." There was a long pause before Jeong-Jeong got up. "You need to leave this place. Your friends are probably looking for you." He left Katara before she could reply and walked toward my direction. "It's not good to eavesdrop" he told me while he walked past me.

"I just have good timing," I told him with a laugh. He continued walking so I decided to follow him. "Is it alright if I speak my mind?" Jeong-Jeong merely nodded his head but didn't look too interested in what I was going to say. "I can understand as to why you don't like your element. It's true, fire can destroy and beings a lot of destruction but I believe nothing can be all bad. Fire can destroy and save. Fire keeps us warm and can bring new life. Fire is energy and life. True, it can be dangerous and wild but can't any other element if given too much power?" Suddenly I heard a blast from the river making Jeong-Jeong and I run back. At the river I saw Fire Nation riverboats being led by none other than Zhao. I ran toward Katara and helped her up to her feet. Jeong-Jeong got in front of us to protect us from the fires.

"Go get your friends and flee! Do not come back here or you will all be destroyed." Jeong-Jeong ordered us. Katara was the first to run but I stayed behind making Jeong-Jeong yell "Hurry!" Hesitantly, I started running after Katara. However, half way back to the hideout I ended up running back to the river, unable to ignore my gut telling me to go back. I made it back to the river and hid myself behind a tree again, listening in on what Zhao and Jeong-Jeong were saying to each other.

"Look at you," Zhao said to Jeong-Jeong unimpressed. "You were once so great. I can't believe my former master has become nothing more than a simple savage."

"It is you who have embraced savagery, Zhao" he told his former student.

"It's Admiral Zhao now" he corrected him.

"That title will not help you against the Avatar. Do not try to fight him! You are no match!" Jeong-Jeong warned him.

"I think I can handle a child," Zhao said highly amused with the idea.

"I have never seen such raw power," Jeong-Jeong continued with fear in his eyes. Zhao didn't look too pleased with his comment and looked like he was about to attack when a voice called Jeong-Jeong's name. I looked over and saw Aang running towards the two fire benders.

"We'll see," Zhao said, ready to take that challenge "Men, take the deserter!" The Fire Nation soldiers circled around Jeong-Jeong their spears pointed toward him. As the man lunged forward Jeong-Jeong made a flame that surrounded him causing the men to back away. When the fire faded out it Jeong-Jeong had disappeared. "It's a trick," Zhao shouted and pointed to the forest. "He's run off into the woods, find him!" He turned his attention to Aang and began walking toward him. "Let's find out what my old master has taught you."

"You were Jeong-Jeong's student?" Aang asked surprised.

"Until I got bored," he replied before he blasted fire at him. I heard voices in the forest and realized it was Zhao's men trying to find Jeong-Jeong. An amused smile spread across my face and I decided to give Jeong-Jeong a hand. I ran towards the voice and spotted a soldier. I leaped into a tree above my target. I waited for his guard to lower before I leaped down and kicked him in the back of the neck, knocking him out. I leaped back into the trees and began to search for the other men. I remembered seeing about eight soldiers per group and there were at least three river boats, so there were about twenty-four soldiers running around. I decided to take out at least half of the soldiers if time permitted me to. The task was a lot easier than I anticipated because the soldiers all decided to break into small groups of two of three and none of them were had their guards up.

"That should be enough," I said after another soldier dropped to the ground unconscious. "This would make how many?" I asked as I clapped the dirt from my hands.

"About eighteen or so," Gin told me.

"Well that should be enough right?" I said and started walking toward the huts. Walking down a path I spotted a soldier in front of me. I was about to attack him when the ground from under him broke and he fell into a hole.

"Did he just fall?" I asked Gin in a confused voice and walked to the hole. I saw the man trying to climb the hole but it was too deep and the sides were muddy making him unable to escape.

"I would look like it," Gin told me.

"Who the hell would set a trap like…" I started to say but I heard a cough from behind me. I turned and saw Brianna standing me, looking proud.

"I told you I've been training," Brianna said in a "I told you so' tone. "I've already trapped like ten of these guys!"

"That means they're all taken care of them," I told her. "I've already taken out the rest."

"How many were there?" she asked.

"Like twenty-four or so."

"Oh so we each took out about half of Zhao's men," she said proudly. "I told you, I don't need to train every day." I ignored her and walked past her. I really didn't want to deal with her. Walking through the forest, while going around a few holes with one two screaming soldiers inside, we managed to find Appa, Sokka, and Katara who were waiting alongside the river. Before we could greet one another Aang emerge from water.

"Have a nice walk home!" Aang shouted toward the sinking ships and swam back to shore.

"Guys, come on let's go" Sokka shouted and we all quickly jumped onto Appa then took off.

"Wait, where's Jeong-Jeong?" Aang asked us.

"He disappeared" Sokka said and looked down at the empty hideout, "they all did."

"Don't worry I'm sure we'll meet them again," I said reassuring Aang and leaned against the saddle. Sokka and I exchanged eye contact before he sat next to me.

"Hey," he said in a low voice.

"Hey," I replied back.

"What's with your face," he said with a laugh and poke my bruised cheek.

"What do you think," I said punching his shoulder.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Sokka said, playing innocent. I shoved him playfully which he returned.

"Aang, you're burned" Katara said noticing a red marks on his arm "Let me help you." Katara sat beside him and opened her water canvas. Bending the water inside around her hand, she placed her hand over the wound and healed his burn.

"Wow, that's good water" Aang said amazed.

"When did you learn how to do that?" Sokka asked.

"I guess I always knew," she answered, shrugging her shoulders.

"Oh well, then thanks for all the first aid over the years" Sokka said sarcastically. "Like when I fell into the grease briar bramble and that time I had two fish hooks in my thumb!"

"Two," Aang asked amazed.

"He tried to get the first fish hook out with another fish hook," Katara explained.

"Oh, and the time that big snake bit me! Thanks for healing that up. That was great, really help" Sokka said continuing his rant. I let out a small groan and took a seat on Appa's head.

"I'd rather hear you rant any day Appa" I said, lying on the bison's head. Appa responded by letting out a long groan. And heard the other's laughing in the back as Appa flew up into the clouds.


Sorry, I really can't seem to sugar coat my relationship with Brianna currently so please bear with me. I'm really trying not to let my emotions get invovled too much in the story but it's serving to be quite difficult since that the way I've been writing my stories.