Alright, quite quick but also did not want to draw this out too long but here's the next chapter, and am I glad this can be uploaded before my weekend ends.
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Let's begin!
Kyoshi Island
On the shores of the island, Aang was swimming as he and his fangirls were waiting for the Unagi to come, hoping it would come back and allow the young Airbender to get on top of its head and tame it. However, the girls were less patient and began to complain.
"What's taking so long?"
"I'm sure it will be here any second!" Aang said, trying to convince them and seeing the boredom on their faces, he pulled some out of nowhere some marbles and bends the air to make them spin again, "What about this?"
"Not that again. Boring!" One of the fangirls said annoyed, having seen it a dozen times.
"Where's Unagi? It's getting late."
The girls had enough and started to get up by now, causing Aang to plead.
"Where're you going? Don't leave!"
"Sorry, Aang! Maybe next time." One of the girls replied as they went back to the village, much to Aang's dismay, lowering his head into the water and making bubbles.
Just then when the girls were leaving, Katara arrived at the scene. Aang jumps up from the water and smiles when he sees her.
"Katara! You showed up!"
"I wanted to make sure you were safe." Katara said, looking concerned as she and Aang earlier had a little fight and she wanted to clean the slate again, "You really had me worried."
"Back there you acted like you didn't care."
Katara sounded regretful, "I'm sorry."
"Me too. I did let all that attention go to my head." Aang lowered his eyes and admitted guilt, "I was being a jerk."
Smiling. Katara Puts her hands beside her mouth, yelling in a joking manner. "Well, get out of the water before you catch a cold, you big jerk!"
Aang complied and swam over, "On my way!"
Whilst swimming having just waited hours for the giant sea monster that lurked in these waters, just when he lowered his guard it was then the beast started to stalk its prey with a giant dorsal fin appearing from out of the water behind him.
Katara spotted this and tried to warn him but it was too late.
Caught in the wave that alerted the boy, Unexpectedly, while Aang is screaming in terror, a wave sweeps him away and lifts him out of the ocean. When he turns to face Unagi, he sees that he is seated on her back while the enormous eel stands before him and shoots a strong stream of water in his direction.
One of Unagi's tiny dorsal fins serves as Aang's barrier against the sea. When Aang catches one of Unagi's whiskers, he manages to elude the animal's charges and prevent it from devouring him. His lungs bursting with rage, he sways back and forth before Unagi's large green stare.
He was staring into the Unagi's mouth, looking out as Aang came to a halt right in front of him. The enormous tongue moved from side to side in anticipation of the meal, he grabbed one of its whiskers and tried to stay away from its mouth.
"Hang on, Aang!"
Trying to hang on, the Unagi tosses Aang some more from side to side, and Aang finally lets go from the force and speed of the throw. He is thrown through the air, still screaming, and smacks into the water, not so far from where Katara is standing on the shore.
Emerging from the water, Aang now lay unconscious in the water, prompting Katara to take action and swim over to him before the Unagi could get him.
"Aang!"
The Unagi made another attempt as it dove back into the water and swam for where the boy landed, racing for the Airbender with Katara trying to reach Aang.
With a lot of energy and heavy panting, Katara managed to reach Aang on time, grabbing him into her arms, she was met with the presence of the Unagi who emerged out of the water and right in front of the Water Tribe girl and the unconscious Avatar.
Needing to do something quickly, Katara swung her arm into the water - bending the water into shooting herself and Aang out of the Unagi's grasp before it could get the duo, with the monster plunging with its mouth into the spot of water where they just escaped from.
The Unagi's assault misses the two, but it causes a massive wave that knocks Katara and Aang back into the rocks along the coast. Its angered reaction was spewing a high-powered stream of water at the rocks, attempting to hit them before it submerged back into the water and left.
Once the Unagi disappeared, Katara peaked her head out to see where it went, only to see something else coming from the horizon, a ship - a metal one that she recognized on the spot.
"Zuko…"
Seeing it disembarked on the coast, the walkway is lowered, and coming out on the komodo rhino with his men behind him, Prince Zuko led the small force as they were making their way to the village, alarming the Water Tribe girl.
She looked to see the Fire Nation force happened to bypass her hiding spot, not seeing her or the unconscious Aang, Zuko could be heard saying to his men.
"I want the Avatar alive."
The force continued to move past the rocks as they followed the dirt road path that led to the village which was a mile away, so, Katara crawled over to Aang and tried to wake him up.
"Wake up, Aang!"
Seeing Aang wasn't responding Katara began to do some waterbending, moving her left hand over his chest while supporting his head with her right. She moves her hand from his chest to his mouth and bends out the water from his lungs that he nearly drowned on.
Coughing immediately, Aang woke up and saw Katara with a relieved smile.
"Katara…don't ride Unagi. Not fun."
In the Kyoshi Warriors' Dojo, spectating from a distance was Momo who was enjoying a snack, while Kurama was sitting on the rug and trying to take a nap. All the while some sparring was going on.
Sparring between Suki and Sokka who were still in the Kyoshi Warriors' clothing, Naruto was sitting on the sidelines and observing the lessons that the Water Tribe young man had been taking for a couple of hours now, seeing he indeed was learning from the female leader. Blocking a hit from Suki, Sokka did so with composure.
"Not bad,"
"Thank you." Sokka responded with a smile, acknowledging Naruto and saying, "I got Naruto to thank me for it."
"Oh, is that so?" Suki said, turning to the blond with her hands on her hips, "So you've trained our mighty warrior from the South Pole, Naruto?"
"I helped him with the basics, but he's still learning," Naruto said standing up and continuing, "He might be a little difficult, and has a narrowed mindset, but he is always open to learning something more from other people. Especially those he respects."
His words were kind, maybe more so than Sokka deserved given the way he'd treated Suki and the other Kiyoshi Warriors shortly after they'd first arrived. Looking back on it now, Sokka felt a deep shame at how he'd treated what he now knew were skilled and dedicated warriors. He'd underestimated them in that first encounter, writing them off on account of their gender, and paid the price for his arrogance. Suki had not only beaten him soundly but in a way that had seemed almost effortless. It had been a humbling experience, to say the least - especially since when he sought them out the next day they not only accepted his admittedly awkward apology but even allowed him to train with them.
"Is that so? Well, that's good to know." Suki spoke, turning to her temporarily male pupil, "Mingxia would've gladly tutored you if she was still here."
"Mingxia? Who's that?"
"Suki's best friend and fellow Kyoshi Warrior," Naruto answered Sokka's question, "She left the island a few years back for the Earth Kingdom mainland."
Sokka was more confused, "But why?"
"Because she disagreed with our island's policy of self-isolationism," Suki replied, sighing as she remembered it like yesterday her best friend left, crossing her arms. "Formerly we used to have normal trade with the mainland until the Fire Nation took over the nearby harbors where most of our ships go, but ever since then, the military leaders of the Earth Kingdom said they'd continue to do trade with us if we accepted their one condition: which was send over warriors to help fight the Fire Nation. But the villagers decided not to and ever since we've been relying more on smaller trade and even indirectly with the nearby Fire Navy."
Sokka's face might be full of war paint but his frown was visible and commented, "Sounds like a threat, to be honest."
"You'd be right because it is, those commanders were just a bunch of lousy bastards, forgive my words." Suki says, rarely cursed when thinking back, "With commanders like them it's no wonder how the Fire Nation looks so close to winning this war."
"Suki! Are you here?" Someone yelled from outside the dojo, coming in it was one of the Kyoshi Warriors who entered, "Oh, you're busy."
"Jie, is something wrong?"
Jie, one of Suki's group of Kyoshi Warriors with short brown hair was also in her battle attire as she had her war paint on, "I wanted to practice my throwing knives aim, wanna come?"
"I'm quite busy, but take Sokka with you here." Suki offered by gesturing to Sokka, "Mind doing that, Sokka?"
"Uhm, sure, why not?" Sokka did not object and walked to the entrance and asked the warrior, "Shall we?"
With a smile, the girl led Sokka outside, where he followed the Kyoshi Warrior, leaving Naruto and Suki alone with Kurama in his sleeping state. Meanwhile, Momo flew out of the dojo and pursued Sokka.
"Jie looks like she's interested," Suki said with a smile, chuckling even, "funny, perhaps that's why she changed her mind."
"Changed her mind?" Naruto asked, not knowing what she meant, "What do you mean?"
"She's going to join us on the mainland." Suki answered and made it clear, "The Kyoshi Warriors and I have decided to leave the island and go help the Earth Kingdom, try to help in any way we can."
Naruto looked visibly conflicted and asked, "Are you sure about this?"
Nodding her head confidently, Suki went on to say, "We have to, we cannot afford it anymore. This war now has a chance to end with the Avatar having returned."
By then Suki was seen pulling out a scroll from behind her, as she handed it over to her blond companion, Naruto took it and saw it was from the Earth Kingdom.
"It's from those who had already left, one you know…"
Hearing that caused Naruto to quickly open it up and read what was written, and what he read inside:
Kitsune.
If you're reading this, know that I am now somewhere on the frontlines in the Earth Kingdom, with my other fellow Kyoshi Warriors with whom we are very few, we've managed to do a lot of damage to the Fire Nation's advanced, but it is disheartening to say our efforts might be in vain for the Earth Kingdom's armies are on the retreat with the path to Ba Sing Se now open, it will only be a matter of months before they will try to do another assault on the Earth Kingdom's capital. For they've been using new types of weaponry that have shocked even the most seasoned Earthbenders on the frontlines and caused absolute chaos, and I doubt they're holding back these mechanical monsters once they reach the outer walls.
I tell you this because it is up to utmost importance you deliver this news to King Bumi so he might send additional reinforcements to stall the Fire Nation's progressing forces. I and my band of Kyoshi Warriors and others will try everything we can to stall, sabotage, and destroy anything of the Fire Nation behind their lines - even with the return of the Avatar, time is ticking and we need to act fast.
Hopefully, we will see each other soon, and good luck.
Panda.
"I must say, that's quite fast for a message, we've been only here for a day and a half," Naruto said, sounding impressed he turned to her, "When did this arrive?"
"Just this morning," Suki replied to his question, "And by the looks of it, it's going bad right now."
"Yeah, figures. On one hand, you're fighting the Fire Nation, on the other, you're trying to combat the incompetent Earth Kingdom commanders." Naruto grumbled while closing the scroll, "Sometimes I wonder who's the real enemy…"
Just as he was to turn to Suki again, she had already closed the gap between the two, with her hands behind her back and her face closer to him, with a heartwarming smile on her face as she cupped his cheek with her hand, speaking to the taller blond.
"You know…I'm so glad to see you again…after all these years…"
"Yeah…me too…."
Then before both knew it, their faces inched closer - and they kissed, with Suki having gone first, her lips captured his as the blond returned the favor and hugged his arms around her waist as she crossed her around his neck. The two warriors, and now officially members of the White Lotus had already established a relationship that builds up after their first encounter a few years ago.
First began as professional training, drinking tea over stories, then private training sessions…to going to her home a few times.
The kiss was passionate but short as both their lips departed from each other and stared into each other's eyes before they shared a quick laughter, this being unplanned but not an unwelcome moment.
"This was unexpected."
"Yeah, but I liked it."
The two then hugged right there, with Naruto having a stronger grip, he whispered to her a few words of advice.
"Please be careful…"
"I will…"
Kurama's eyes peaked at the two and he couldn't help but feel somber at the sight, until he saw the village elder appear at the door, looking alarmed, causing the two to break apart from their little moment.
"Firebenders have landed on our shores!" Alerting those inside, "Suki, get the girls!"
"Right!" Suki ran out of the dojo to assemble her fighters, "Naruto!"
"I'm on my way!" Naruto said running after her, "Kurama!"
"Wait for me, brat!" Kurama shouted, joining right behind them.
The Village
It didn't take long before word spread across the village of Fire Nation troops approaching them, with the streets having been deserted of any civilian presence, the only ones on the main road were the invaders themselves, with his men behind him, Zuko reached the town first being met with no villagers on sight, but also no Avatar or Naruto.
Having all his men happening to assemble right in front of the statue of Avatat Kyoshi, the Komodo rhinos were standing there carrying their masters while the troops who rode them were awaiting orders.
"Come out, Avatar! You can't hide from me forever!"
Zuko's callout was only met with more silence and fear from the villagers inside their houses and watching the Fire Nation from the windows before they hid in fear, too afraid to be seen by the angry prince.
"Find him." Zuko ordered his men, "And watch out for Naruto, he's somewhere here, I know it."
"And you're pretty damn right, Prince Zuko!"
The sudden shout came from the other end of the main street, causing the prince and his men to turn their eyes to it and see Naruto appeared there, physically unarmed and with his arms stretched out to show he was, facing them on his own.
"I see you're chasing us wherever you can now, aren't you, Zuko?" Naruto said, looking blankly at the prince and his men, "How about you leave while you can? Leave these villagers in peace."
"Give us the Avatar and there will be no problem." Zuko said with a glare at Naruto, holding his rhino down, "And you turn yourself in while you're at it."
With the standoff happening, the Fire Nation soldiers were oblivious not seeing the shadowy figures moving closer to them from the rooftops of the buildings, one even pulling out her metal fan weapon ready to strike.
"You know I cannot do either of those things, Zuko." Naruto replied to the prince's demands, "But I can offer you this, leave the village now and I guarantee you that you're men will be spared from queuing in a line to the medical ward."
Zuko's glare deepened, "Is that a threat?"
Either by themselves or by their riders, the Komodo rhinos stomped their feet harshly to the ground as a show of intimidation as the Firebenders were ready to go in and take on the blond, for Naruto just responded:
"No, it's a promise - and you know me, I always keep them."
Zuko ordered in anger, "Detain him!"
The three rhinos with their riders on them began to move in, slowly and focused on the teenaged fugitive, they were not going to underestimate him as they wanted to encircle him and then try to demobilize him, even if lethal force was to be fully used.
Naruto just stood there and watched Zuko's men approach him with extreme caution, with the non-bending troops holding their spears aimed at him while the firebenders held their hands in a prepared position.
Just then snow fell off the rooftops, and Naruto smiled knowing what it was.
"Don't tell me I didn't tell you."
Three Kyoshi Warriors came jumping toward them from atop nearby roofs in a surprise attack, targeting the firebenders knocking them off from the rhinos, and leaving the non-benders shocked and caught by surprise.
A Kyoshi Warrior landed in front of the lead rhino and opened her fans. The lead rider attempts to stab at her with his spear but she simply just moves to the right and disarms the rider before she jumps up to him and knocks the soldier off his steed with a spinning kick.
At this point Suki came in running past the soldiers, she went straight for where Zuko was, going for a frontal assault while he began throwing fire at her that she easily dodged.
Naruto was about to join in-
"Naruto, behind you!"
Naruto felt the heat and reacted quickly by ducking down fast, just when a shot of flames nearly hit his head, one of the firebenders managed to get up and send a ball of fire into his direction but only narrowly missing him.
"That was close…"
The masked firebender heard that-
*KICK!*
And was promptly kicked in the head by Naruto's leg as the skull mask cracked up the firebender fell to the ground, lying unconsciously to the ground in front of several other Fire Nation soldiers.
"But it takes more to defeat me!" Naruto said as he took on against them, "You're mine!"
The soldiers on their part went on the assault also, with the one carrying a spear trying to stab Naruto head-on but instead got its point chopped off by the bare hands of Naruto who broke it apart from the wooden handle before he grabbed the wood and slammed the soldier aside, knocking the second of Zuko's group away with minimal effort.
The second nonbinding soldier took his chance to lay a hit on Naruto, but he was blocked by Naruto and proceeded by kicking the soldier's chest in with his boot causing the man to fall backward, his feet snapped the intact spear in half before he focused on the next soldier who tried to attack him from behind-
"Rhino!"
Kurama's warning came too late for the soldier as he got hit by the angry-looking loose Komodo rhino who just stomped over him it went straight for Naruto as it was being driven by another Fire Nation soldier, a bender this time who fired a few fireballs at Naruto's direction that he directed that the blond dodged.
But before the rhino could run over Naruto he jumped high over it and just over the firebender who looked up-
*CHOP!*
*CHOP!*
Hit in both his arms by Naruto's fingers, the firebender's arms went numb with both his arms unable to be used, he lost the ability to bend momentarily as he fell off from the rhino's steed allowing the beast to roam free in its agitated form before it went running for Naruto once again.
Naruto landed safely on both his feet and watched as the angry-ridden animal was ready to trample him with all its weight, all in sight of the villagers watching from the sidelines and looking concerned, with one villager girl shouting.
"Get out of the way!"
The plea was not of his concern as stood there calmly and waited for the right moment, as the rhino was then just a few steps away from him, and he reached his hand out-
*STOMP!*
That was the last rough step the rhino made before the dust settled - and there it stopped when Naruto took hold of one of its horns and made the beast stop there on its track as it looked straight into the eyes of the blond…who with a stern voice commanded.
"Sit!"
The reptilian-like beast of the Fire Nation did not question and it sat down on the proper command before it suddenly passed out in front of the blond, shocking those who witnessed it.
"H-He just stopped a rhino!"
"By ordering it? Impossible!"
"Yay! Naruto!"
Naruto proceeded to turn to where Suki was, seeing her knocked out to the ground along with another Kyoshi Warrior and Sokka, all three knocked out by Zuko who called out.
"Nice try, Avatar! But these little girls can't save you."
"Hey! Over here!"
Zuko turned to the beginning of the main road where Aang stood with his staff, facing off the prince he challenged.
"Finally!" Zuko said as he went on to face Aang, with his back turned to Naruto who proceeded to run over to the defeated Kyoshi Warriors with Sokka being the closest he reached.
"Sokka, Sokka wake up!"
Sokka's eyes flickered up as he did wake up, holding his head in pain as Kurama ran over to them and landed on the boy's chest, making his bid to help.
"Wake up, kid! Got no time to slack around!"
"I'm up." Sokka said as he got his head up and rubbed it before he shifted to someone, "Jie, is she alright?"
Jie was the other Kyoshi Warrior who was also knocked out, seen to be coming out with her holding her arm that was injured, she was escorted to safety by Suki who also had gotten up.
"She's doing alright-"
"HAH!"
The two young men and the fox turned to Aang who had just sent Zuko into a building with a strong blast of air he did with the usage of a pair of fans, knocking out the prince and the home in one swoop right before Aang flew off on his staff and looking over the village.
It was on fire with some homes destroyed while others were burning ablaze by Fire Nation soldiers, in only a short time the damage was already enormous with the sight of Kyoshi's statue also enflamed.
"We need to leave."
Shores
Those on the ship watched the carnage, Lieutenant Jee and Iroh were among them, the village of Kyoshi being partly on fire, with heavy fighting heard even from the beach, the damage was abysmal to watch for the seasoned warrior.
"How come you haven't joined in with the force, Lieutenant?" Iroh said taking a glance at Jee's expression of dissatisfaction, the frowning was present. "I see you are disturbed by this."
"Because I've seen this too many times, General. And I know how this story will end," Jee answered as he rubbed his neck, "We attack their villages, they in return will attack our troops, and it-"
"Will continue the Cycle of Violence for the unforeseen future," Iroh said with an equally unsatisfied look on his face, shaking his head at the view of the village burning, "All I can say is that even if this is over soon, I doubt the villagers or the nearby settlements will forget and forgive us for this."
"Not in our lifetime…"
That was the unfortunate truth that the two experienced Fire Nation warriors knew, just then when a messenger hawk happened to land on deck, one of the crew walked up to it and removed the message as he handed it over to Iroh who accepted it.
Opening up the small letter, Iroh read it, prompting the Lieutenant to ask.
"What is it?"
"Hmmm, something I'll say when my nephew is on board," Iroh said putting the message away in his sleeve, "It's about Azula, but he should know it first hand."
The two older men watched as the village of Kyoshi continued to burn with the flames exceeding to other areas, a sight truly unbearable.
Kyoshi
One Kyoshi Warrior deflects a fire blast with her fan and retaliates by throwing her other closed fan to the firebender.
*CLUNG!*
Hitting the firebender's helmet and knocking the man to the ground, his partner covered the knocked-out soldier as he threw more fire at the Kyoshi Warriors who were now defensively fighting the invaders, slowly retreating while holding the enemy back for the Avatar to escape.
In an ally were both Jie and Suki talking to Sokka and Naruto, all squatting down and having their final moments before departure, with Naruto talking to the leader.
"There's no time to say goodbye." Jie told Sokka, "The Fire Nation is being stalled for now."
"What about, 'I'm sorry?'"
"For what?"
"I treated you like a girl when I should've treated you like a warrior." Sokka said, finally able to apologize for his regretful behavior, "I-"
*Kiss!*
Jie did the unexpected and kissed Sokka on the cheek, catching him by surprise as the blush on his face was visible even underneath that war paint he was still wearing, with Jie standing up and smiling at him.
"Good luck!" Jie said before she went by the ally and rejoined the fight, with Sokka turning around and walking to Appa, only leaving Naruto and Suki to finish their business, with her handing over a small bag and a scroll.
"From the old man, enough funds for the trip," she pointed at the scroll, "and this is for if you reach Omashu, okay?"
"Okay."
"Oh, and this."
"What-"
Suki also planted a kiss on Naruto's lips, this time directly in front of the other members of his group. They were too focused on the combat to notice Suki's move or their proximity, but one Water Tribe female saw and was taken aback by what she witnessed.
The two departed from the kiss with Suki standing back up and getting ready to join the fight.
"Now get out of here! We'll hold them off." She said before disappearing into the alleyway with fireballs coming in her direction.
"Let's go, brat!"
Naruto got up and followed up by going over Appa's tail and joining the saddle, just for Aang to pull the reins.
"Appa, yip-yip!"
Appa groaned and took off from the ground as he flew out of the village, with the view from above, watching the flames spread across the village.
It didn't take long before they were spotted by Zuko, who ordered his men.
"Back to the ship! Don't lose sight of them!"
…
With Appa having already flown a wide distance away from the village and was now flying over the bay, Aang couldn't help but look back at the settlement in sadness that was slowly burning down to the ground, while Sokka was removing the war paint from his face, Naruto was calming Momo, and Katara crawled over the saddle to reach the young monk.
"I know it's hard, but you did the right thing. Zuko would have destroyed the whole place if we had stayed. " Katara tried to comfort him, "They're going to be okay, Aang."
Those words however didn't seem to convince Aang, with a determined look on his face, he then suddenly jumped off Appa and made a freefall into the bay.
"What are you doing?!"
Those on the saddle quickly leaned over to see if got Aang to do this, once he landed into the bay, all of them had shocked expressions with Kurama being the exception, remarking.
"I think I figured out what he's planning to do."
But before anyone could ask what the fox meant, a few ripples reveal the nearing emergence of something. The water bubbles and suddenly Unagi shoots out of the water with Aang on top of his head, holding the monster's whiskers and riding the beast as it goes near the coast.
In a matter of moments, the Unagi began gushing water out from its mouth and spraying the entire village with it, extinguishing the flames of the many homes and saving it, ending the village's destruction by the flames.
In the process whoever was outside was drenched in water, including Prince Zuko and his men who were humiliated and demoralized.
The Unagi stops shooting water and throws Aang into the air, when an Appa swooping overhead catches him, with the Avatar and his pack leaving the island and being watched from a distance of their departure.
Including the village elder who smiled and was glad of the gesture.
"Thank you, Avatar."
…
Climbing back on the saddle, Aang said to his friends, "I know, I know. That was stupid and dangerous."
Katara responded, "Yes, it was."
Aang was then caught by surprise as Katara went on to hug the young Airbender, much to his amusement as he smiled and closed his eyes hugging back in return, the two other boys and Kurama watched with them both leaning back on the saddle.
"How does it feel getting your first kiss?" Naruto asked Sokka with a grin.
"It felt nice…" Sokka said rubbing his cheek with a happy smile, "Really nice."
Naruto smiled back before he turned to see Katara giving him a look, a small eyebrow that was enough to make him uncomfortable, but also enough to make Kurama smirk.
With that, Appa flew off, leaving for the mainland of the Earth Kingdom.
Yu Dao
Walking through the biggest Fire Nation colony on the Western parts of the Earth Kingdom, the city that was a mixture of multiple cultures, they were being blessed with the visitation of a Royal who was escorted by a few of her bodyguards.
Princess Azula was following the mayor of the colony, Mr. Morishita who with his wife had been accompanying the young lady through the historic settlement, who had asked them to meet with a particular individual who was training in the Dojo that they had arrived at.
"HA!"
A training doll got smashed into two by a meteor hammer that was handmade by the person training excessively, with multiple other props scattered around the floor.
"Your daughter, Mr. Morishita?" Azula asked the mayor, "She has changed over the years."
The mayor nodded in compliance, "Y-Yes, she has, milady."
The brunette girl was around the same age as Azula wearing a red open mantle covering her shoulders and upper body, matching her arm guards and the cloth that wrapped around her waste. Beneath this, she wore a forest green crop top and trousers to match dark-colored shoes.
Exhausted from the intense training and the swear on her forehead, the teenager ended her session as she turned her head to the entrance of the dojo, seeing that standing there was not only her parents but also Princess Azula, who had a smile on her face while having observed her, and it didn't take long before she went straight to the point.
"Kori Morishita, I came to offer you an opportunity to hunt down a traitor - remember the name Naruto Uzumaki?"
That is the end of this chapter, hopefully, you all liked it and next one - we will focus not only on Omashu but also on Princess Azula's gathering of her team - stay tuned for more!