Author's Note: This takes place during the battle of Yu Dao.


Within a royal fleece, Fire Lord Zuko was currently dressed in his Fire Lord uniform and was sitting within his royal room all alone. All he has thought about was the safety of the Fire Nation citizens within the city of Yu Dao, since he's departed from his homeland. He has been chatting to himself for a few minutes in front of a painting of General Iroh.

Zuko sighed, depressingly. "Uncle. If you were here, what would you do?"

"I think he would understand your situation, Zuko."

Zuko gasped, then looked back to seehis girlfriend, Ty Lee standing in front of the steel door in his room. She was currently dressed in her Kyoshi Warrior uniform. "Ty Lee!" He quickly stood and faced her. "Sorry about that, I-"

Ty Lee giggled. "It's okay. People talk to themselves from time to time." Ty Lee smiled and walked to him.

"No, not that. I'm just so worried about the whole Yu Dao situation." Zuko said in a worried tone.

"I know." Ty Lee frowned.

"I'm trying to protect my people-no." Zuko corrected himself, then grabbed Ty Lee's hands in a romantic couple manner. "Our people within the Earth Kingdom. And I'm also trying to prevent a new war from starting with the Earth Kingdom. My hands are kind of tied, right now." Zuko said.

"I see." Ty Lee said as she looked down at her hands and Zuko's. "I can't imagine what you're going through right now. But maybe we can smooth things out with the Earth King just by sitting him down, talking and drinking tea?" Ty Lee hoped for a peaceful solution.

Zuko stared at Ty Lee, making eye contact with her, then sighed. "I wish it was that easy. But it's going to take a miracle to convince the Ear-"

"Fire Lord Zuko!"

Both Zuko and Ty Lee looked to see the Fire Nation General named Mak.

"We've landed on the shores of the Earth Kingdom!" General Mak had informed Zuko.

"Understood." Zuko nodded, then looked at Ty Lee. "Ty Lee. Please, hand me my helmet." Zuko asked his girlfriend.

"Okay." Ty Lee nodded, then walked toward Zuko's bed and lifted Zuko's Fire Nation war helmet. When she turned back to Zuko, he was already kneeling and prepared for Ty Lee to place the helmet on his head. Ty Lee then walked toward and carefully placed the helmet on the top of Zuko's head.

Zuko then stood up and left departed from his fleece room, followed by Ty Lee.


Later That Day...

On a bright and sunny day within the Earth Kingdom... the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom were on the brink of war as they were fighting over the city of Yu Dao. The Fire Nation Army-which was being led by Fire Lord Zuko was fighting for the city of Yu Dao's independency. The Earth Kingdom Army-which was led by Earth King Kuei was attempting to drive all Fire Nation natives out of the city and retake the city under the Harmony Restorationist movement. Avatar Aang and the Freedom Fighters had sided with the Earth Kingdom to continue with the Harmony Restoration movement.

"I'm asking you all to let the city of Yu Dao and its people be!" Zuko asked as he stood on Earth Kingdom grounds in front of the city of Yu Dao. He faced Aang and the Earth Kingdome Army. Behind him was his Fire Nation army soldiers. Some of them were inside of black Fire Nation tundra tanks, some soldiers had ridden kimono rhinoceroses and his girlfriend, Ty Lee was there to aid him.

A few members of Team Avatar were present such as Katara who stood by the Yu Dao gate along with Yu Dao citizens, Freedom Fighters and Aang's fan girls.

Fire Lord Zuko and Avatar Aang were currently standing face to face with each other. They glared at each other and were fighting each other with words.

"Zuko, you know we can't do that! Harmony requires the four Nations being separate to balance each other out! You can't have balance with one nation occupying another!" Aang yelled as the Freedom Fighters and the Earth Kingdom Army had protested behind him.

"The Fire Nation natives within this city had nothing to do with what happened over a hundred years ago! They are not occupying anything!" Zuko pointed his right arm toward the front gate of Yu Dao. "They were all born in Yu Dao-and they have every right to live here. Why can't you understand that Aang?"

"What I understand is that you turned your back on the Harmony Restorationist movement and is trying to start another war!" Aang yelled in retaliation.

"Aang, you know that I'm not trying to do that! I'm trying to protect my people! You and the Harmony Restorationist movement are trying to drive my people from out of their homes!" Zuko yelled. "Where are they going to live if you do drive them out of Yu Dao? Huh?" Zuko interrogated Aang.

"Easy! We'll send them back to the Fire Nation, and-"

"Aang, I think you should listen to Zuko." Ty Lee said with a concerned look on her face as she had approached Aang and stood next to Zuko's right.

"What?" Aang asked as he saw Ty Lee walk toward him.

Zuko questioned when he saw Ty Lee stand next to him. "Ty Lee?"

"What do you mean I should listen to Zuko?" Aang asked Ty Lee, confusingly and raised his right eyebrow.

"Listen. The Harmony Restorationist movement may sound great and all, but driving all of the Fire Nation citizens out from their homes isn't going to make them happy. They have no place else to go." Ty Lee said while trying to convince Aang.

"The Harmony Restorationist movement is supposed to help restore balance between the four nations!" Aang yelled at Ty Lee, without faultering.

"Enough, Aang!" Zuko raised his right arm to make Aang stop yelling at Ty Lee. "Ty Lee has a point! The cictzens of Yu Dao have no other place to go to! And just because the four nations started off separate and lived divided for many generations, that doesn't mean that they need to stay divided, forever!" Ty Lee had told Aang.

Aang had annoyingly sighed. "I'm the Avatar. And my job is to resto-"

"Enough!" General How yelled as he had interrupted the conversation between Zuko and Aang. General How then, he had opened up a scroll. "By official decree of the Earth King Kuei, the Earth Kingdom "Reclaims" the former Fire Nation colony of Yu Dao!" General How then read the letter that Earth King Kuei had written.

Zuko grunted as he knew that the Earth Kingdom was not backing down from reclaiming Yu Dao. He then looked up at the sky to see Earth King Kuei's Earth Kingdom hot air balloon floating hundreds of feet within the air. He then looked back to his Fire Nation army. "Soldiers! Use the tanks to barricade the front gates and move the citizens inside the city! No one is entering or exiting Yu Dao!" Zuko had ordered his soldiers inside the Fire Nation tundra tanks to move the black and metal vehicles to barricade the front Yu Dao gates.

"Sir!" Many Fire Nation soldiers had responded, then less than a dozen Fire Nation soldiers had begun moving toward the Yu Dao gates and attempted to ask and move people who were watching the pre-war.

"You go, too, Ty Lee." Zuko said as he turned to his girlfriend.

"A-Are you sure?" Ty Lee asked.

"Yeah." Zuko nodded.

"If you're fighting, Zuko... then I think it's best that if I stay and help!" Ty Lee suggested she fight alongside Zuko.

"I'm afraid I can't let you." Zuko shook his head no.

Ty Lee had gasped after being rejected. "Why?"

"Because, I don't want you of all people to get hurt!" Zuko said, grasping Ty Lee's shoulders.

"I can still block their Chi." Ty Lee said, trying to convince Zuko to let her fight alongside him.

"I'm afraid combat, alone isn't enough to stop a pre-war between the Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom." Zuko informed Ty Lee.

"But..." Ty Lee

"It's best that you take refuge inside Yu Dao with everyone else. That way, you'll be safer." Zuko told Ty Lee, while attempting to make sure she is safe.

But what Zuko don't know was as when he was speaking with Ty Lee... an Earthbender standing right behind General How had suddenly made to the General's right and bended a rock toward Zuko's backside.

Ty Lee gasped as she saw a rock being bended toward Zuko's backside as he was speaking to her. She then quickly pushed Zuko out the way so that he wouldn't get hurt. But before she, herself could react... "Oof!" Ty Lee was then hit in the upper chest and lower chin by the rock bended by one of the Earth Kingdom soldiers. She had flown a few yards backward and fell on her back and rolled on her side, rendered unconscious.

There were many people who saw this action and were all shocked. The citizens of Yu Dao, the Freedom Fighters, Aang's fan club... the Fire Nation soldiers who saw it and the Earth Kingdom soldiers that saw it as well.

Katara had covered her mouth in horror.

Avatar Aang and Genral How were left speechless for a moment as they saw Ty Lee lying on the ground, unconscious. Even the Earth King, Kuei had felt bad at what happened. The Fire Nation soldiers that were trying to barricade people inside of Yu Dao had all stopped and were shocked. Including the Earth Kingdom soldier that struck Ty Lee.

But no one was more horrified at seeing Ty Lee assaulted Fire Lord Zuko. He gasped in horror when he realized that his girlfriend was struck by Earthbending. Seeing his kind girlfriend, Ty Lee lying on the ground, unresponsive... had given Zuko traumatic flashbacks of when Azula had struck their uncle, Iroh in that abandoned town. "Ty Lee!" Zuko screamed, then quickly ran to her side.

"Oh my..." Earth King Kuei said as he felt bad deep inside from a hot air balloon.

"Please, wake up." Zuko kneeled, then carefully lied Ty Lee on her back, lifted her upper body up and grabbed Ty Lee by her shoulders. "You're going to be okay. I'll get you a doctor, and..." Zuko then gasped when he saw a stream of blood poor from her lips. Seeing that made Zuko's eyes water, assuming that Ty Lee might be...

General How quickly looked to his right to see his Earth Kingdom subordinate standing in an Earthbending position. He quickly put the pieces together and realized that it was he, who assaulted Ty Lee. The Earth Kingdom General then pinned his subordinate down to the ground on his back, himself. "Who gave you permission to attack?"

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt her!" The Earth Kingdom soldier had apologized. "I was trying to-"

"Insubordination!" General How yelled.

"B-But, the Fire Lord is..." The Earth Kingdom soldier pointed toward Zuko's backside. "Our job is to..."

Zuko gasped when he heard what the General How's subordinate was saying and was not pleased. His girlfriend got hurt, because an Earth Kingdom soldier was trying to stop him. "Rrrrgh!" Zuko looked back at General How and Aang growled at them anger.

Aang gasped when he saw the angry look and tears streaming down Zuko's face. He had never seen Zuko look so angry and upset in his life. He felt sorry for Ty Lee.

"This isn't good." Katara worriedly shook her head no as she stared at Zuko, who seems like he's going to snap.

Zuko opened his mouth, then screamed. "SOLDIERS!"


Author's Note: You can all guess what happens, next.