Avatar: The Legend of Azula, Book 1: Air

Toph was shocked. What were they suppose to do now? Take her back to the ship?

"Let me go!" Azula cried. She gave up any attempts at getting out, rock was very solid.

Yue

"Well, actually I was just trying to find my room. I got lost." Yue admitted. Well, at least her ridiculous thoughts hadn't been true. A sudden sharp pain arose in Yue's head. The Water Tribe girl fell to the floor clutching her forehead.

Cheng grinned in triumph before frowning in thought, "How do we get her back to the ship?"

Aang

Aang grinned at On Ji's response, but stopped when Yue suddenly fell. "Yue," he yelled, rushing to her side. "What's wrong, are you ok," he asked. As far as he remembered, she hadn't fainted like this before, and it scared him.

On Ji was glad when Aang smiled at her. But when Yue fell all thoughts about Aang and herself vanished. She kneeled beside the other girl, with a concerned look.

"Yue what's wrong?"

Yue

Yue groaned as the pain in her head increased. A series of imagies started to flash in her mind.

The Avatar is in trouble. You must save her.

Then the pain suddenly disappeared. Yue gently stood up.

"Azula is in trouble. She needs our help." Yue said. She didn't know where that voice had come from, but she wasn't going to question it. The visions she had seen had been Azula being captured by an old enemy of their's. And...something else. But Yue would ignore that for now.

Aang

Aang nodded, helping Yue up. "Ok, let's go," he said. Something was going on, and though he didn't know what, he would help Azula, no matter what. "Lead the way." He didn't know where she was, and the palace was big.

Toph grinned deviously as an idea struck. "We could go under ground." No firebenders or airbenders or waterbenders could get down there.

Cheng grinned at Toph, "Brilliant as well as beautiful, I see." He felt good now that they had captured the Avatar.

Kuei

"Actually Toph, I have a better idea." Kuei began. He glanced at the imprisoned Avatar once more before smirking.

"Toph, I believe this is the time that I--"

A burst of fire interrupted Kuei. It went between him and the his niece. A few feet away Ursa stood, ready for battle. Iroh walked into the corridor and stood beside her.

"Get away from my children." the Fire Lady hissed.

Cheng drew his sword, firmly clenching his jaw. He recognized those two. The Fire Lord and the Fire Layd themselves. Facing the two together would be tough.

"Aw c'mon! Can't we just get one little victory?" Toph pouted in the direction of the Fire Lord and Lady. "Please?" She made herself look defenseless so they would strike first.

"Yes!" Azula cheered. "Go mom!"

On Ji was worried. Azula was in trouble? This wasn't good. She followed behind Aang praying to Agni that Azula would be ok.

Kuei

"Fire Lord Iroh." Kuei began, recognizing the leader of the Fire Nation.

"General Kuei. So, we meet again. I should have known you'd be behind this. The Tiger-Wolf of the West, they called you. It seems you were right when you said we'd meet again. Not quiet how I expected it, though. Kuei, I'll give you and the children this once chance. Leave now, and never return. You were a good man once, Kuei. I saw that first-hand. This does not have to end in fighting." Iroh pleaded. Kuei and Iroh began to circle each other, ready to spring into action if either attacked.

"Oh, but it does Iroh. The past changes nothing. I--Toph needs the Avatar. I will not let her be in exile any longer. Tonight, it ends Iroh. As it should have a long time ago. Toph, I will take on the Fire Lord. Lady Ursa is yours." Kuei declared.

With that said, the both of them launched attacks at each other.

Once Iroh and Kuei started fighting, Ursa sent a jet of fire at Toph and Cheng. "I do not wish to harm children. Now, free my daughter or else."

"I was already hurt," Cheng said, turning his scarred face so Ursa could see it, "Courtesy of your daughter."
With that said, he pulled dodged the flame, pulling Toph away from it as well.

Azula gulped as she saw the man's face. "I didn't do it on purpose." She said quietly.

Toph sent three earth rocks Lady Ursa's direction. She then pushed Azula underground and gave her enough space around her so she could breath for a while.

Yue

Yue lead On Ji and Aang through the halls of the palace. She wasn't sure where she was going, but she had a feeling she was heading the right way. Yue turned down another hall--

--to see a pillar of earth pass just by her face and smash into a wall. She immediately dropped into a defense position. Fire Lord Iroh seemed to be fighting with a guy with glasses, while Ursa was fighting that blind earthbender and her friend. Yue quickly reached behind her back to get her bow. She aimed and fired an arrow at Toph.

Ursa dodged the boulders and fired more bursts of flame at Toph and Cheng. She hated fighting children, but would do so to protect her own. Meanwhile Iroh and Kuei continued to battle. They both seemed to be evenly matched for the moment.

Cheng saw an arrow flying towards Toph and blocked it with his sword. He hated it when projectiles were fire at Toph. It didn't seem exactly fair to him because of her way of seeing. He then unsheathed a knife and threw it at Ursa, dodging her fire as he did so.

Aang

Aang rushed in and sent the knife offcourse, heading toward Kuei instead of Ursa, and proceeded to send a large blast of air toward Toph. While in the middle of battle, he wondered where Azula was, he didn't see her anywhere.

Toph couldn't sense where the air had been shot so she was slammed against a wall. She quickly regained her balance and shot pillars of rock from the ground that went to the ceiling. They were placed just so no one could get to where Azula was underground.

From below Azula could hear thumps and earth moving. "HELP!!" She yelled. On the surface it could barely be heard.

Kuei and Iroh continued to duke it out. The Fire Lord sent a massive blast of fire toward the Prince. Kuei swiftly dodged, though it did singe his clothes. Kuei's hand was as fast as lightning as he caught the dagger before it could reach him. He dodged another jet of flame and sent it back at Ursa.

Ursa sent more blasts at Toph and Cheng. She turned for a moment to see how Iroh was do-

Pain, unlike any Ursa had felt before registered into her brain. The Fire Lady cried out in agony, for a dagger had pierced her left breast, into her heart.

Zuko started to wake up....just to see his mother get fatally wounded. "Mom!"

(Is On Ji a firebender?)

((Yes.))

(ok.)

On Ji got ready to attack someone, but then she saw that Azula was missing. She sent some fire at Toph and scanned the area for her great aunt (I think that is what she is to On Ji). But On Ji couldn't see her at all. She made her way to Aang.

"I'm going to go search for Azula."