Chapter 4 PTSD and spirit world

A/N A little something that I forgot to tell last time the tortures are inspired from real torture in China they were applied at the most important criminals.

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I know it can be a shock to see Katara use bloodbending but I have my reasons that you will discover in time on this story for now I will talk about her reasons

The little résumé : Katara was tortured and killed by Sokka, Suki, Zuko and Toph and more of his friends. On her side she went to the southern Air Temple to connect with him with Sokka Suki and Toph

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Katara sinked her heart to Aang she was sure of it but she didn't knew what she had to do next she used her bloodbending because it was a last effort she knew that it was meant to control people but she believed that controlling her own heart wasn't really a bad thing because she had to impose her will on her own body and not someone else. She was ready to use it for him, for the man she loved, for the man who was her everything, for the man she couldn't leave with. She always told herself and convinced herself that using bloodbending to control someone's action was a terrible thing; it was something that no one should endure. She had thinked and cried a lot about the fact that she was a bloodbender but Aang always comforted her he was always there for her, she knew that now was her time to step up and be here for him, she knew very well that since bloodbending wasn't even invented in Avatar Salai's time that it wasn't the right way to connect herself to Aang but she also knew that she hadn't much time she sensed that his chi was suffering and even Toph confirmed that his heartbeat was slowing down. She thinked about how she could connect to him all the travel to the Southern Air Temple she knew that she wasn't a pro in meditating she knew she would have to find another way to connect her heartbeat to his. She had sworn after the raid with Zuko to the Southern Raiders that she would not use bloodbending she felt awful about how her rage make the chief of the raiders suffer while he was innocent, at the time she wanted the guilty to suffer she knew after it that it wasn't the right choice and she had sworn, and this time she intended to keep her promise, to never use bloodbending again to make someone suffer. And it was still true she knew that her bloodbending was used on the blood so maybe if she could control the blood that goes to her heart then maybe she could control her heartbeat and synchronize it with his and maybe as Aang always told her she could find a way to use her evil power for good.

But now wasn't the time to think about it. She had to synchronize her heartbeat and she had to do it fast. She knew that she would find a way to help him back to her; she knew that she hadn't any choice.

After 5 minutes in the night trying to control her heartbeat under the beautiful sky and full moon she had finally made it she knew she had made it even before Toph said anything but she was more than relieved to hear the voice of the young earthbender telling her "You did it Katara! You are synchronized with him! Now it's all up to you I'll monitor your hearts rates and tell you if there is any change in his now focus on bringing him back to us"

Katara heard the beginning of her friend's sentence but not the end. She was already in Aang's mind. She searched for him everywhere she even came across some of his memories, the most important to him: his first game of Pai Sho with Monk Gyatso, his former friend and mentor; his ceremony of mastery : when he received the tattoos of a master. Those memories brought him joy and she passed through them with a wide smile on her face continuing her search for him. She then came across what he told her during the storm many years ago of his announcement as the avatar and all that followed, she wasn't happy at all with those memories but still grateful she would never have met him if it wasn't for those events. Finally she came across his awakening in her arms and all his attempts to flirt with her and in the end their kiss. She passed them with a blush on her cheeks realizing that she was really blind at that time. Finally she caught up to the present and saw the betrothal Katha as he made it and as he asked her the big question of marriage. To the end of those memories Katara saw Aang he was broken and really sad she ran at him but was met with no response when she threw herself in his arms, she understood that he was really broken and that it was time to bring him back to the world, she then hold him tightly repeating this unique sentence : "Aang it's me Katara come back". She then woke up.

She was shocked at the fact that she was awake, she watched her friends and started shooting at them "Why did you bring me back ? I was going to bring him back! You had no right to bring me back!" she couldn't handle it anymore, she couldn't contain her emotions and she started sobbing when Sokka stood up and placed and reassuring hand on her shoulder he opened his mouth to talk but he was immediately cut by Katara "You don't understand Sokka" she said while crying at the fact that she couldn't bring him back "He is my everything I can't live without him especially now that he finally asked me to marry him I don't know what I would be without him" she continued

"I don't know you're right you two share a beautiful connection" Katara looked at him a little shocked. It was the first time that he said that their connection was beautiful but she was too sad and broken that she couldn't bring the love of her life back that she didn't said anything. "You share a more powerful connection than any of us and none of us want Aang to stay in the spirit world we didn't bring you back Katara even if we would have wanted we couldn't have done it we have no idea how we can bring you back" Sokka continued

Toph raised herself she thought she had sensed a change in Aang's heartbeat but she wasn't sure she approached herself from him while Katara and Sokka continued "If you didn't bring me back then what or who did ?" Katara asked

"Maybe you came back because you had done what you had to do" Suki said "we are not sure for now that it hasn't worked maybe it worked and we don't know it yet"

"I think she might be right I sense a change in Aang's heartbeat it's stronger I'm not sure what it mean"

They all heard a groan; it was clear now that it was coming from Aang and that Katara had succeeded in bringing him back; she threw herself in front of him watching him with very attentive eyes waiting for him to come back to her. He finally opened his eyes just to see Katara throwing herself in his arms

"No no no no" was all that he said before pushing Katara from him "Tell me it's not my time please tell me that I'm not the one that has to do it this please I'm begging you don't make do it I will do everything but not that please" he said while he started sobbing

Katara was confused she expected him to be a little shaken but he never ever pushed her from an embrace "Aang it's me it's alright you're safe now"

"You don't understand you need to go it's my turn now I'll have to do it too I can't please I can't" at this point he was sobbing like he never had not even when his friends tortured Katara

On her side the waterbender didn't understood what was happening "Aang you're with me now you don't have to worry"

"That's the problem I'm with you what if I do like the others I can't even think about it"

"Aang you don't have to worry I'm here now" she repeated herself "and nothing's gonna happen to me"

"You don't understand"

"Then explain to me what is bothering you, what 'the others' did ?" She replied

"They tortured you Katara" he said while sobbing "They tortured you again and again and again while I was watching now I'm sure it's my turn I can't please go I don't want to hurt you"

Katara was starting to cry herself; she had never seen him so sad, broken and afraid, the fact that he was hurting so much made her cry. She couldn't even begin to imagine what he had to endure and watch the fact that he was hurting so much broke her heart. But instead of doing what he said she threw herself in his arms again and hugged him deeply not letting him get away and soothing him in her shoulder "It's okay, it's okay sweetie you're not going to do anything to me I have faith in you"

"You don't understand…"

But before he could finish Katara cut him of "I understand and I have faith in you I know that you will not do anything to harm me" she continued soothing him

Aang step by step accepted her embrace and continued sobbing in her shoulder while she was stroking his head to calm him and make him realize that there was nothing to fear

At this point Sokka, Suki and Toph approached to ask Katara "So how is he ?" Sokka asked and Katara felt Aang's body stiffen, his back was facing the three others and he didn't realize they were here before.

Katara frowned "Aang what is it ?" Aang slowly turned towards his three friends who had a wide smile as soon as he saw the three of them he airbended him and Katara out of their grasp

"How can you be here now ? How dare you ? Get away from her !" he yelled

The three others watched themselves totally confused about the situation

"I will let you go in the name of our past friendship but if you only approach her I will not hesitate to bring you down by any means necessary ! Now get out of here before I make you leave" he said in a frightening tone

Toph as usual joked about the situation and made sure to remind him that she was the master "What is it twinkletoes ? What's happening ? We are here to help but please do not threaten us. Do I need to remind you that I am the one who taught you everything you know ?"

Katara shouted at her a death glare like she was going to kill her for her stupidity

"Do not test me Toph Beifong. I will not hesitate to crush you to protect Katara. I'm letting you get away this time but the next time I see you around her after what you did I won't hold back and if you see your partner in this abomination inform him of the same thing" He said in a tone that send chills to all 4 around

Katara only nodded at her brother to tell him that she was going to be fine and that she will try to understand what happened


Toph Suki and Sokka were on a secluded spot of the Air Temple.

"Why did you had to provoke him Toph" Sokka asked

"I just wanted to know what happened and I thought that teasing him on the fact that I was a better earthbender would make him remember everything and maybe not be mad at us for whatever reason." She replied

"I've never seen him like that it was like he was the only one standing between Katara and us hurting her" Suki said "and the way he called you Toph Beifong the fact that he used your full name means that he doesn't have any respect for Toph anymore like he don't know Toph anymore only Toph Beifong only your status"

"Yeah it was weird especially from him I never thought that him of all people would call me by my full name"

"Guys can we focus on the main problem here please ? Why does Aang think we could hurt Katara? I mean Toph I can understand, not that much though, but me and Suki ?" He emphasized the name of his wife "Toph and Katara fight but never to hurt each other. The same goes for me and Katara even if it's more verbal than physic like Toph but Suki ? Suki never even yelled at Katara, she never did anything that could make Aang think that she would hurt Katara, so why does he think so ?"

"I don't know Sokka but this isn't great I mean he's the avatar who knows what he thinks now we all know that he would do anything to anyone just to protect her it could be dangerous" Suki replied

"Then it's our job to make sure he doesn't leave this temple if he leaves in his state of mind who knows what he could do" Toph replied

Sokka replied "Then let's take turns at surveilling them out of sight and be sure that we can intervene if he wants to get out. We have to trust Katara that she can figure what happened to him and maybe help us"

Suki and Toph nodded


"Please Katara tell me that it's over and that this is not my time please" Aang pleaded her again and again while in her arms

Katara was asking herself if the torture he saw was at the hand of their friends because it had to be for him to react like that it had to be traumatic and he would never throw his friendship away like that. She decided that it was better to not talk about it now he was too broken and sad to bring back the subject of what happened

"Don't worry Aang it's over I'm with you now you know that I have faith in you"

"But what if I hurt you, what if it's not over yet ?"

"You won't hurt me willingly and I know that now you are here you are able to have your own will and that you will not hurt me and before you ask me I am sure of it" Katara said while soothing him with her caresses on his head

"Please don't leave me Katara please" he was sobbing his heart broken so many times that she could hear it "I won't be able to live without you, I'm not as strong as you are I need you please don't leave me only like that I know that I will not hurt you I'm not sure of my own body now but I am sure of you"

"Aang I'm not letting you go and more than that I'm not letting you go of my arms I'm all yours now and forever I will always be with you, you will never lose me"

"Thanks Katara"

"Anytime sweetie"

All those events made forget Katara about her connection she could feel a little peace of his emotions but it was not at all what he described she figured that it must be because she used her bloodbending that she was not connected to him like she was supposed to but she figured that it was a topic for latter

Aang who was exhausted from his emotions had fallen asleep in her arms. "Sokka" she called, whispering the loudest possible to not disturb the sleep of her fiancé. She called 3 times before her brother came

"Help me carrying him to a room" Sokka immediately helped her

"So what happened, do you know ?" he asked her

"He said to me that I was tortured many times in front of his eyes he was so traumatized that he thought that he was the next to torture me"

Sokka gulped and asked "And do you know what he has against us ?"

"No. But my guess is that you were the one that tortured me Sōjōbō, before you ask he is the spirit that attacked Aang, made him probably watch again and again that must be why he believe it so much"

"I guess that makes sense. Sorry that you had to see him like that. I know that you do not like when he suffers like that."

"Thanks for carrying Sokka" she sighed and Sokka realized that she was broken and really sad to see Aang like that he knew that all he could do is comfort her

"We are arrived" he said "Now let's put him to the bed so that we can let him sleep"

"I'm not leaving Sokka he needs me more than ever to be with him at every minute, and it's not the first time that we share a room" Katara replied immediately

"No I don't think that's a good idea Katara plus he needs some sleep"

"He will get plenty of sleep. What do you think is going to happen ? Haven't you seen how broken he was ? What do you think we will do with him like that ?" Katara asked with an angry tone

"Okay, okay fine you can share a room" Sokka said, he was obviously not comfortable with the fact that his little sister was sharing a room with a boy but he didn't said anything more he knew it was no good trying to convince Katara to sleep apart from Aang so he decided to go with it

"Sokka, wait can you send this letter to Zuko please ?" Katara asked "I ask him to come by maybe he can help, and I asked him to bring Ty Lee to help you know with her aura reading"

"No problem" Sokka replied "I hope you told him to come as soon as possible that it was very urgent"

"Of course I told him that." Katara replied "Thanks by the way"

Sokka only nodded


"Sōjōbō, welcome my friend, I hope that you have come before me with the Avatar's mind broken."

"Unfortunately his mind was not totally broken when he was rescued" Sōjōbō replied frightened by the reaction of his master and by the fact that he couldn't see any expression on his face, only his back

"What a shame" he said calmly "Yes, what a shame" he then turned and marched towards Sōjōbō he said as calmly as before "Who is your second in command my friend ?"

Sōjōbō pointed the daitengu with the bigger nose which was a sign of strength within the daitengu's ranks

"Good, good" The master said and with a movement of the hand he killed the second in command "Next time you fail me it will be you and remember when I kill a spirit it is definitive I know that you don't take me seriously because you died many times same as all your tengus but you were always back in another form this time I invite you to count your tengus and daitengus and maybe then you will believe me when you will see that there is one missing. Never forget that you are not irreplaceable. When I am done with you, if you have done your job then there will be a role for you. If not you will definitely end up dead in the nothingness." The master said calmly

Sōjōbō gulped and was shaking. He had never seen such power : to kill a spirit like that he had never seen it "What do you want me to do master ?" he asked, obviously terrified by his master who was obviously really happy about it.

"Your tengus must watch the avatar. Let's hope that you have done your job correctly and that he is broken beyond repair. If not then you will have to pay the price of it. Just to be sure I want you to track down the time spirit and bring him to me on his knees. I have a backup plan in case the avatar is not broken enough." He aid turning away and just before he was out in the shadows he said to Sōjōbō "To be clear I don't care how you do it you just have to do it"


A/N : So that's chapter 4 yeah I know I said that I will bring Zuko in this chapter I changed my mind he hadn't really a place in this chapter so same thing as last week : Next chapter I bring zuko (this time for sure) in with a new love interest (not mai) you decide if he already is in a relationship with this love interest or not. If I have no answer by next week I'll just have to assume it's yes. I know Sokka is maybe OOC but I wrote him like that because I figured that if something that bad happened to Aang that he would not be like usual I hope I respected the character

The questions :

Will Aang tell Katara what happened in the spirit world ?

Will Aang forgive his friends for what he thinks they did to Katara

Will Zuko or Ty Lee be able to help ?

And Finally Who is Sōjōbō's master and how can he kill a spirit like that

See you next week