I know everyone is confused by the course of the story so far and some are asking themselves "What the hell is happening?" and i don't blame ya, there are a lot of misunderstanding going on, and it's all my fault, as i should have done an explanatory document stating the changes i made for this story, and why it differs to the original, so let me amend to that, better late than never right? alright here we go.
The Prequel is in the first chapter, so we'll start with the fresh ones.
Anyways, ever since Roku ended the war that Sozin was about to start, the nations remember that time of year to celebrate it, it's called the peace ceremonies, annually held in the firenation capital inside the royal palace.
the backgrounds are pretty much the same, Zuko's mother disappears mysteriously (Later Explained) after Firelord Azulon's death, Iroh's son is dead (Later Explained), Toph has controlling parents and daddy issues, Zuko has daddy issues but he never got burned, until some time into the story anyways. (Oops Spoiler! Eh, i am sure you don't care.. anyways)
Okay, with that out of the way let's talk about characters, especially the ones that make major confusion, the new ones.
Petu, A Northern Watertribe citizen, who is a watertribe prodigy, he used to learn under Master Pakku and was the only person to defeat Katara in single combat, for his bravery and skill, Chief Arnook anointed him to be his personal bodyguard, alas, he didn't serve the chief for long.
Voccak, a councilman who used to work with Chief Hakoda.. conspired behind his back along with Long Feng who conspired behind the earth king's back, to make the firelord the unofficial ruler of both the southern watertribe and ba sing se after he pulls off his major scheme.
Tolan, The nephew of Long Feng, who was a formidable officer in The Dai Li and later became its leader as soon as Long Feng took over Ba Sing Se.
General Shinu, Not a new character, but a different perspective, this new version of General Shinu is very original, and has nothing to do with his character in the original story.
Shun, General Shinu's son, and Zhao's right-hand man. he appears polite and endearing but he has mental issues.
Miki, a beautiful girl from the southern watertribe, who was once a servant inside Lord Voccak's kitchen who later became one of Master Pakku's best students after he moved to the southern watertribe and married Kanna.
Luna, Toph's younger sister, and also an earth bender.
Senge, a young airbender, who travels with Aang and reminds Aang so much of his younger self.
The Freedom Fighters + Kori Morishita (one of the main characters from the comic "The Promise") and her friends Bao and Shu.. Kori and Sneers are also a couple in this story same as the promise.
The rest are secondary characters not that important to the story.. i hope you liked my explanation and found it easy to comprehend, Let's start the chapter.
Tolan
Breaking out of a prison only to be thrown in another.. My bad luck seems to be following me everywhere.
Tolan was being held inside one of Chief Hakoda's tents, ever since The Chief reunited with his son, they seemed to forgot there is a prisoner with them, Tolan didn't even get to question Chief Hakoda about his escape, how is he survive the massacre? are there any other survivors? so many questions awaiting to be answered are being held till further notice, because the chief reunited with his son.
Although Tolan wouldn't call this prison as bad as Combustion Man and Ding's prison, not even close, at least here the only things that bite him are boredom and his nagging curiosity, in Combustion Man and Ding's prison.. he doesn't prefer to be reminded of it.
But still, he's been here for two days and The Chief seems to have forgotten about his existence, he tried taking a stroll around the tent but to no avail, the tent wasn't that huge, the lingering sense of ennui was still present.. so he decided to talk to some of the guards, fortunately one of them agreed to talk, his name is Yakone, a young soldier, probably the same age as Tolan, he is very endearing if not occasionally gruff, he has been serving under Chief Hakoda since the ceremonies, Yakone told him of how Chief Hakoda arrived at Chameleon Bay to recruit all of Bato's flotilla.
he told him of how constantly sad and angry the chief looked when he first arrived, but as soon as they started making progress, his tantrums gradually ceased to exist, Tolan rarely thought about how the ceremonies affected people, mostly because 'there was no war in Ba Sing Se, that's always been his uncle's motto, the people in Ba Sing Se don't even know about the firelord's betrayal, and Tolan knew for a certainty he is as worthy of the blame for it as his uncle.
Tolan has been talking to Yakone for the past two days, probably the only reason he hasn't lost his mind yet, but still he has grown very frustrated with the situation and was desperate for a save.
"Hey! Hello! Anybody hear me!" Tolan shouted, trying to grab anybody's attention, "I know you wouldn't let me go because my presence brings you fortune, Chief Hakoda.. but one more hour inside that tent and i might die of boredom!" Tolan kept shouting, not even minding if his disturbance puts him in trouble.. it's better than nothing at all.
Finally someone stepped inside the tent, it was Petu.. worst of the bunch, but better than nothing, "Can i help you?" Petu asked, with a neutral face.
"Yes, you can help me, Petu.. I've been held inside this tent for two days, i don't know about you, but i am accustomed to exciting life.. it's a disease, i know.. but i can't stay here any longer, Please.." Tolan pleaded, Surely he was this desperate.
"I can't let you out without The Chief's permission, and The Chief cannot afford to let you loose yet.. he has other things to attend to." Petu replied.
"Why do you keep speaking politely? just say you don't trust me enough to let me loose yet!" Tolan barked out.
"Alright.. We don't trust you enough to let you loose yet." Petu replied.
"Wow.. That easily? I'm hurt."
"Listen, I know this is hard for you, but you kinda deserve it, after all the chief is still undecided on whether you are guilty for your uncle's treachery or not." Petu gave the definitive answer that Tolan was waiting for.
"Exactly, that's what i want to discuss with him, I want him to come to my tent or you could bring me to his, wherever the accommodation, and we shall discuss this as gentlemen.. agreed?" Tolan offered.
Petu sighed, "Alright.. I will inform the chief right away, now can you please shut your mouth?" Petu asked in a polite manner, and Tolan made a zipping motion with his hand over his mouth, Petu seemed satisfied with the answer and quietly left the tent.
Tolan waited for some time, trying to pass the time by playing with a rock on the ground, half an hour passed, and another presence made itself felt in the tent.
"Tolan, was it?" The person asked as soon as he entered the tent, and Tolan recognized him.
"Prince Sokka.. That's a rather.. unexpected visit.." Tolan stated clearly confused.
"Yeah, i wasn't expecting it myself, but my father asked me to interrogate you in his stead.. so here i am." Prince Sokka said.
"Interrogate me?" Tolan asked.
"Yes, And to be brutally honest with you.. my father hasn't been the same since the ceremonies, so i would say me interrogating you is ten times better than him interrogating you." Sokka said in all honesty.
"Agreed." Tolan replied, clearly Yakone's words convinced him enough.
"So, Tolan.. My father said you were aboard one of the firenation ships they hijacked, may i ask what your business was on the ship?"
"Being tortured by a bunch of firenation scoundrels." Tolan replied, Tolan noticed that Sokka was looking at the faint scars on Tolan's face, probably why he never doubted his answer.
"But why were they torturing you?" Sokka asked.
"They worked for Firelord Ozai, The late firelord sought to abduct me to keep any thoughts of treachery away from my uncle's head." Tolan answered.
"Mhm.. that makes a lot of sense now.. Alright, Tolan.. you passed the interrogation, come join us by my father's tent." Sokka said suddenly standing up and pushing his chair backwards, Tolan stayed quiet for a while trying to wrap his head around what Sokka just said.
"What?" Tolan asked, doubting that his ears were deceiving him.
"I said, you passed the interrogation successfully, Now, come join us by my father's tent.. come on before i change my mind." Sokka said with half a smile, then he got out of the tent, Tolan finally regaining his senses, stood up and got out of the tent.
"So, why am i needed exactly?" Tolan asked walking beside Sokka.
"We are going to need every man we can get in the upcoming battle.." Prince Sokka replied.
Katara
The hospitality of the earth king was impeccable, for a normal person with normal circumstances would think this is The Spirits' paradise, Alas Katara and Master Tenzin weren't normal people with normal circumstances.
The Earth King explained to Katara and Tenzin about the order of the white lotus, and how this group of old men was formed, with the help of the grand lotus, the late Master Iroh of the firenation, it also included a lot of old masters from the four nations, including her step-grandfather, Pakku, that was the most shocking to her, she spent a lot of time with Pakku and he has never mentioned a secret order to her, but then again, he never had to, they were times of peace, they never had to mention secret orders,
but after the king made a lengthy speech about the order, he left Katara and Tenzin for two days, kindly asking them to enjoy the hospitality while he discusses with his war council whether or not he lends Katara help in the upcoming war, on a normal day, Katara would have no problem waiting, but she knew the more she waited, the more endangered Aang would be, the road from Omashu to Yu Dao would take at least three days on a bison, with footsoldiers, it would probably take a week..
And so Katara and Tenzin were restless, Katara tried as best she could to hide it, but Master Tenzin kept shouting at every servant who came by to deliver food and beverages, whenver a servant whether they request anything else, Tenzin would shout "A MEETING WITH THE KING YOU IDIOTS!", Even Airbenders have their breaking points, Katara knew it, she attended to Aang and his outbursts for a time after all..
Katara smiled as she remembered this one time when Aang requested a napkin to wipe his mouth and hands after eating, but Sokka told him that he would have to use water because Sokka used his napkin and Aang's napkin, when Aang looked around for water, there was none nearby, Aang grew frustrated and shouted relentlessly at Sokka, everyone in attendance including Sokka were very shocked by the ordeal, but Katara, being the only person with actual knowledge of Aang's condition, calmed him down and used her own clothes to wipe the food off Aang's hands and mouth, the youngman was shocked into silence, with his cheeks turning pink, his eyes roaming the whole place, looking everywhere but at her..
Katara found it cute and endearing that after all he has been through, after all the misfortunes and sufferings, and despite trying to show otherwise, Aang is still just a boy inside.
"Why are you smiling?" Katara was brought back to reality by Master Tenzin who noticed her wide smile.
"Hmmm, what?" Katara asked.
"You are smiling widely, seeming to forget that we are not in a happy situation." Tenzin said rather fiercely, Katara didn't know why he was angry at all, but she decided to brush it off.
"I was just thinking of happy memories to relieve myself a bit." Katara replied.
"Well, i am sorry to stop your happy memories, but we have a situation here." Tenzin said.
"Yeah, i know, sorry." Katara said, deciding to drop the whole conversation.
"I am not telling you this to be sorry! at least talk to me instead of talking to yourself!" Tenzin whined.
"You know, i sometimes wonder how you became a monk with that attitude." Katara said deciding she had enough, she was surprised when Tenzin chuckled at her response, probably for the first time since they arrived.
"Well, we come in all shapes and sizes." Tenzin replied sarcastically.
"Yeah, i suppose you do, you are pretty fat for a monk as well." Katara said smirking, subsequently leaving a mark on the old man.
"How Dare You?" Tenzin said, comically putting his hand on his chest, feigning being hurt, Katara laughed in the process.
"I never thought you were this silly, Spirits, why hide your humor all this time, old man?" Katara asked, still laughing.
"What? you want me to be humorous in front of my students? i will lose the respect they have for me." Tenzin replied, and Katara found his response rather preposterous.
"That's not true, i haven't lost an ounce of respect for you.. and i was always humorous with my students in the southern watertribe, they never seemed to be disrespectful towards me afterwards." Katara replied, denying the old master's ideology, Tenzin seemed to be questioning himself for a second.
"It's not like it's something important, what's important is for the students to learn, not to be humored." Tenzin said.
"That's also not true, Master Tenzin.." Katara disagreed once again, she continued, "Humoring students while teaching leaves its mark, if students find a teacher endearing, they automatically falls in love with the subject he teaches, especially when it comes to bending, Master, because bending isn't just a practical work, it's a feeling.. it's feeling the element you are bending, you pay twenty percent attention to the student's physique and eighty percent attention to his psyche, and guess what.. being humorous and kind improves and relieves the spirit, making the student more comfortable to learn the psychotic aspects of bending." Katara finished, pleased that the master stopped for a minute to take in Katara's words.
"Yeah, i suppose so.." The Master eventually replied, and Katara was over the moon when she heard it, she just convinced an aging veteran of a new ideology, she might as well become a psychiatrist.
Before they could go further with the subject however, a knock on the door was heard, and Katara asked the knocker to come in, turning out to be a soldier of King Bumi's.
"The King requests your immediate attendance, Lady Katara and Master Tenzin." The Soldier asked, smiles immediately made their ways to Katara and Tenzin's faces, they jumped off the chair they were sittng on almost simultaneously, and walked with the guard towards the king's room.
They finally arrived, and found the king sitting on his usual chair wearing his royal ropes and his crazy eyes staring at them, with his war council consisted of four people, standing on each side of the chair,
"Ah, Welcome back. I hope it wasn't too boring for the both of ya." The king said and Katara saw the sarcasm flickering in his eyes.
"It was no trouble, Your majesty." Tenzin replied, his formality taking Bumi by surprise.
"Oh, don't be like that, Tenzin.. you of all people know how things work." The King said, and Katara now understood why Tenzin used 'Your Majesty', he was using formality as if to tell him that he doesn't want to know him anymore, to prove to Bumi how unpleasant the experience was.
"How things work don't require making people wait for two days." Tenzin said.
"I've made people wait for more, two days is a special discount for friends only." Bumi replied, a servant chuckled lightly at his response, but Tenzin was having none of that.
"I guess people lose their minds with age." Tenzin replied, attempting to throw a jab at The King.
"Oh, is that why you are whining so much?" The King responded, the whole room consisted of the king's servants and war councillors exploded with laughter, Katara couldn't contain it inside her as well but tried hardly to muffle her mouth.
"Haha." Tenzin said, trying to act cool but looking defeated.
"Alright, i apologize for making you wait, there you have it, now, you wanted to discuss business, let's discuss business, have a seat." The king motioned with his hands, to the two chairs in front of him, and Katara took a seat, Tenzin took some time to stare at the king disapporvingly before taking a seat as well.
Katara coughed to grab everybody's attention, deciding to start the talk, looking at the king and his war council standing beside him, "Now, before we start, i want to say something, i know that you feel obligated to give us an answer that makes us satisfied because we have been here for two days and all, but i just want to tell you, this is not about us, your participation might mean victory for the good people, your participation might mean the end of this tyranny and destruction, if you want the world to get back to what it once was, then Please, help Aang accomplish this dream." Katara said, and The King stopped to look a the ground for a second, before emerging to look in Katara's eyes, looking serious for the first time.
"I appreciate you saying that, Princess Katara.. but i wasn't going to give you an answer that satisfies the both of you, i was going to say that we are not taking any part in this war." King Bumi dropped the information, like a bomb that exploded inside Tenzin and Katara's minds.
"WHAT?!" Tenzin shouted loudly standing up, with Katara standing up as well to hold him back, but to no avail.. "YOU MAKE US WAIT HERE FOR TWO BLOODY DAYS ONLY TO TELL US THAT YOU ARE TOO MUCH OF A COWARD TO FIGHT!" Tenzin said.
"But i thought the lady just said that we shouldn't be obligated to give you an answer that satisfies." One of the war council said.
"That's what The Lady said, That's not what i said! of course i should be frustrated and angry at your response when you make us wait for TWO DAYS!" Tenzin yelled.
"Tenzin, Please sit down." The King requested.
"NOT BEFORE YOU EXPLAIN YOUR COWARDICE!" Tenzin shouted yet again.
"I will once you sit down, now please sit down or you'll have no answer from me whatsoever and i'll go back to sleep, like you said i am an old man, and i benefit more from sleeping than your useless rant." King Bumi said aggressively.
"After all we have been through?! you are just going to leave us to die?!" Tenzin blamed, looking more hurt than angry.
"Just for spirits' sake, SIT DOWN AND LET ME EXPLAIN, TENZIN!" The King yelled for the first time, his voice shutting everyone up.
"Please, Sit down and let's listen to what he has to say, Please." Katara pleaded in a hushed tone, The Master finally calmed down and sat down, Katara doing the same with a sigh of relief.
The King started the talk, "I am not doing this because i am a coward, Tenzin, i am taking part in your war, not because i am afraid to risk my life, but because i am afraid to risk my people's life, we are on the borders of the earth kingdom and the closest to the colonies than any other kingdom.. if the firenation finds out that we don't have an army in Omashu after we lend it to you, they will invade us immediately, and you know who is going to be harmed the most afterwards? My people, if i am going to be called a coward for protecting them, then so be it." The King gave an answer, he looked conflicted saying it, which made Katara comfortable that he is having second thoughts, which gave her an opening, she spoke immediately as the king stopped before Tenzin could start his rant again,
"I understand you majesty, you have every right to protect your people the way you see fit, you are a king after all and you have more wisdom than all of us combined.. but do you think your people will accept your judgement? will they understand that you are doing this to protect them? in their opinion, which will be a public opinion as soon as we lose this battle.." Katara closed her eyes as she said so, trying not to imagine that situation, but she remained strong to convince the king with her point of view, "The people will say, The Avatar could have won this battle and saved the earth kingdom had King Bumi participated in that battle, will you be able to handle such judgement?" Katara asked, The King thought for a moment before answering.
"I have handled worse judgement in my lifetime, Princess, i know i can handle this one." The King replied, Katara wasn't expecting such a short and fast answer, it seemed like he is not interested in the slightest which infuriated Katara but she decided to keep calm.
"But will you be able to handle the guilt? that you might have saved countries and rescued lives and instead you decided to back down while brave men and women fight your war for you?" Katara responded, passive aggressively.
Before the king could respond, a member of his war council stepped up, "If you allow me, your grace, i would like to answer this one.." The councilman asked politely, and the king nodded in his direction, The Councilman then turned his eyes to Katara and spoke in the same polite manner,
"Hello, My Lady Katara, my name is Aiwei.. Now, if you'll excuse me i am going to have to disagree, you said the king is going to have thoughts of guilt when he as you so describe it 'Back down' while brave men and women fight for him.. but isn't him backing down a fight of its own? Allow me to explain if you may, If the whole world tells you to fight, then backing down isn't cowardice, it's being brave, it's being brave that you don't listen to the public and face their backlash for their own protection, Could you please tell me who is going to provide these people with resources during the war? because make no mistake about it, as soon as we decided to take part in this war, the firenation will immediately send forces to put us under siege.." Katara couldn't find an response, but the councilman continued nonetheless,
"Never mind that, let's be optimistic and assume that the firenation will pay no attention to us for they have no time to think of the small kingdom of Omashu while they are occupied with bigger prizes, how do we know that the avatar will keep his promise and win the war? I know you believe in him entirely, but you'll forgive us when we tell you that we don't have the same faith in him as you do, excluding the king of course who thinks the avatar can accomplish this goal, but after all, this is a collective decision, and the whole council agreed that the avatar, if you don't mind me saying, cannot be trusted anymore." The Councilman finished, leaving Katara more stunned and infuriated than ever with Tenzin beside her shocked into silence as well.
Katara took some time for the shock to wear off then she looked at the king as she spoke, "You know, ever since i came into this room, i knew for a fact that this wasn't your decision, one look at the clowns standing beside you and i knew for a fact, standing there with their books and their pens, assuming circumstances and calculating losses that might impact Omashu if you decided to participate in the battle.." Katara stepped in front of the king and got closer to him looking him in the eyes,
"Let me tell you something, Your majesty.. Omashu will fall no matter what you do, or rather what those clowns tell you to do, they will tell you we are safe and happy and the firenation can never take our lands but it will fall one way or another, perhaps with fire and blood.. or perhaps just like Ba Sing Se and my tribe fell, with people like Voccak and Long Feng, i have no problem believing that one of those clowns of yours will fall victim to Zhao's charms and decide to betray you to take over Omashu-" Katara said, before councilman Aiwei interrupted.
"My Lady, that's preposterous and pathetic talk, you are making the king doubt our allegiance because we disagreed to your proposal? are you really that low?" The Councilman scolded.
"Hold Your Tongue, Maggot!" Tenzin said aggressively, Katara only smiled and got closer to the councilman.
"No, Councilman.. i am not that low, but unlike you, i have seen war, way too close for comfort, i left my own parents behind in the midst of slaughter to help Aang recover, because i knew and still know for a fact that he is our only hope, he saved us before from a war against Azulon through diplomacy, and he is going to save us now from two wars through battle." Katara said, and The King finally brought his head up to look at her.
"Two wars?" The king asked confused, finally breaking his silence.
Katara sighed and decided that the only way to grab their attention was to tell them the truth about the spirits war..
"It's a Long story.."
Aang
"We are not going to negotiate with those fuckers! do you understand, Kori?! it's not going to happen!"
"If you are so cruel as to leave your own friend behind, then so be it, but don't expect me to do the same!"
Aang kept listening to the back and forth argument between Kori Morishita and Jet, ever since Shun sent the letter informing them of his intention to negotiate peace with The Avatar, the camp grew restless, everyone argued with everyone, they split to two groups, Kori and her friends, against Jet and his friends, arguing non-stop about whether to negotiate with Shun or not, discussing the ramifications of such an act should be dealt with delicately not by constant shouting, Aang sat on the ground growing tired of the argument, while Senge was staring at the scene as if he was watching a play, does he find their yammering entertaining? because Aang couldn't put a finger on the entertaining part, Aang slapped his forehead groaning loudly and throwing his head to the back, laying it gently on a rock.
He spaced out for a bit, as he remembered some precious time with Iroh and Zuko in the past during a training session.. before he was pulled back to reality by Jet.
"Aang, why aren't you saying anything? I never heard you talk ever since the letter came." Jet complained.
Aang kept his head laying to the back not even bothering to give them an answer, so Senge answered for him, "That's because he's already made up his mind."
Ah, you know me so well, you little rascal. Aang thought, he never objected to Senge or even brought his head up, confirming what Senge just said.
"Yeah? and what's that?" Kori asked.
"He is going to negotiate with Shun." Senge replied once again.
Jet shouted "What?!" simultaneously with Kori shouting "YES!".. Aang still kept his head to the back, trying to figure out what to say about that, if he is going to convince Jet of his theory, he needs to think of the proper words.
"Aang, is this true?" Jet asked as him and Kori came closer to Aang.
Aang finally decided to regard them, he brought his head up and looked Jet in the eyes, "Yes." He finally gave an answer.
Jet pulled back, with a look of.. betrayal? in his eyes, Aang couldn't believe Jet would feel betrayed by such a gesture, he thought he might feel all sorts of bad feelings, but betrayal? that's way over the limit.
"Why?" Jet asked, seemingly trying to compose himself.
"For peace, Remember what i discussed with you as soon as arrived at camp, Jet? there is a bigger war coming, a war that will end all of human and spiritual influence on this world and the next.. we need to come together if we are to have a chance in this fight." Aang responded.
"And of all people you choose to make peace with SHUN?! OF ALL PEOPLE?!" Jet shouted.
"That's because he is the only person to offer peace, if the peace was offered from Zhao or even Vattu himself i would have still accepted." Aang said.
"No, you chose to make peace because it's the easy way out for you!" Jet said, and Aang couldn't help but chuckle, all three in attendance looked at him as if he were moronic, but he had a reason to laugh.
"Peace? The Easy way out? you have not the slightest idea of how peace talks go, Jet.. i have to make everyone happy, i have to make everyone satisfied, i have to listen to everyone spitting out their opinions, no matter how racist, abominable or evil they are.." Aang stood up and moved past Jet and Kori trying to get a breath of fresh air, he continued, "I have been to peace meetings my whole life, but none as bad as the talks with Azulon, i was very young, and i had to sit down and listen to them fools from all the nations stamp and shout at the earth kingdom congress, all people of the world demanding actions against the firenation, while the firenation asking for pardon of all charges because they agreed to peace, but were all just noise and voices piercing my head, i would have gone mad if it weren't for Master Iroh being at my side during these times.. Now, i don't even have him, so i am putting myself at a greater risk, all in the name of peace, peace that will only help us stand together against the upcoming war." Aang finished still looking at the horizon, with Jet and Kori behind him.
"I might not have the slightest idea on how peace talks go, But you have not the slightest idea of what Shun did to us in the past six months, and how would you know? you were out of the world.." Jet started, and Aang flinched visibly, he knew Jet was going to take that route, but Jet continued nonetheless, "But while you were out of the world 'recovering', we were actually fighting, trying to fix your mistakes and Shun took the lives of many of our friends! and now you are asking me to make peace with him! i would rather see the whole world burn by Vattu than make peace with this ashmaker." Jet replied, the response shocked Aang to his core, and he turned around to look at Jet with cold eyes, even Senge gasped, but before they could respond, it was Kori who seemed to understand his position and responded to him.
"They were my friends too, Jet.. and for the sake of the others, we need to take a break from all this, a temporary peace might be the best option for us to fight stronger." Kori said.
Jet narrowed his eyes, and looked at her with disdain, "YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! You only want that peace to be finalized to free your beloved boyfriend! Not even caring about the rest of your friends! who fought and died for the same purpose, believing that we won't let them down when they die for us, you fucking traitor!" Jet said in a fit of rage, only to be met with a mighty slap from Kori, the slap made Jet fall several feet to the back, and left a red mark on his cheek, Aang was even more shocked that Kori would do such a thing that he never moved a limb to separate them, until Jet bounced back to Kori grabbing his two handed sword from his sheath, Obviously thinking bad thoughts, so Aang moved between them and put both of his hands at work, separating the two friends, with Senge's help.
"Woah, that's out of the ordinary, slow down, guys." Senge said, trying to lighten the situation.
"Jet, enough." Aang said, looking at Jet dead the eyes, Jet still had the deadly look in his eyes, staring at Kori in anger and frustration, eventually Jet gave up, and threw his swords at the ground, that was also out of the ordinary.. Jet then turned to look at Aang with a look that broke Aang's heart.
"I can't do this anymore.. You two go pursue your peace, take the freedom fighters with you as well, but i won't be part of this." Jet finished, seemingly surrendering the cause, leaving his swords on the ground, he silently left the camp with Aang and Kori having nothing to say, both of them looking at the ground in thought.
