Post by arbiter on Jul 20, 2008 15:53:58 GMT -5
heres a story i wrote on DA this is only the first few chapters i will add the rest as soon as i finish them
now the pairings are Zuko/Katara and Mai/Aang
rating pg13
Darkness into light
Chapter 1 alliances broken and friendships forged
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“Thoughts
‘Speech
Fire nation royal palace
Fire lord Ozai enters a room filled with fire nation royal guard and walks up to a man in dark red robes a helmet with dragon horns on the sides.
Ozai then says ‘the avatar still lives, Zuko didn’t kill him in Ba Sing Se, there is more Kalo yet lives, you didn’t kill him as you assumed’.
The man in red doesn’t even turn to face Ozai having his back to him there the man yells out ‘nooooo’.
Ozai then says to him ‘every day the comet comes closer victory is all but assured, our alliance is finished, I have no need of you’. Ozai turns to leave the room.
The man then says to the fire lord ‘you have no need of me fire lord Ozai?’
Ozai smirks and says to him proudly ‘I have never needed you’.
The man then says with his back still turned to the fire lord ‘prove that you don’t need me Ozai, strike me down, I dare you to try’.
Ozai then creates a fire ball and turns to attack the man but then the man turns around dressed in full armour and with a dragon mask covering his face he shoots lighting at the fire lord and his royal guards.
The royal guards are all killed while Ozai is on the ground unconscious he slowly gets back to his feet the man with his back turned to him again.
Ozai with fire daggers in his hands runs at the man but after a few seconds he is forced to his knees the man still with his back turned then says to the fire lord ‘you do need me Ozai, without me you wouldn’t be fire lord right now, without me your daughter would have discovered the truth about her great grandfather long ago, so you do need me fire lord don’t ever forget it, and as for Kalo send Azula after him tell her to kill him on sight’.
Ozai then gets back on his feet and leaves the room without saying a word to the man.
Fire nation a few miles away from the royal palace
A man training in the fields with green flames dancing around him stopped as he sees fire nation airships move on to the west the man then thought to himself “my job just got a lot harder”. But then the man noticed a messenger hawk coming towards him.
He grabbed the letter from the bird and saw that the letter was from his uncle with bad news apparently his sister was arrested for treason against the fire nation.
He knew he had to get Mai out of the Boiling Rock but how then it hit him. “Its time I went to see an old friend”. The man then withdrew a white lotus tile from his pocket and smiled as he looked at it.
The western air temple
Katara walked around the air temple trying to find Zuko to thank for getting her father and Suki out of the boiling rock prison.
She then found Zuko in the courtyard meditating she walked up to him slowly and said ‘zuko, I want to thank you for what did getting my father out of the boiling rock, so thanks’.
Zuko then said ‘your welcome Katara, but I fear our fight is going to get a lot more difficult’.
The waterbender looked at Zuko and confused and replied ‘why do you think that Zuko’.
The prince then said ‘Mai helped us escape the boiling rock but I saw Ty lee and my sister arrest her, her brother will most likely break her out, then come here to kill me for letting her get arrested’.
Katara then said ‘he would have to get past us before he can kill you’.
Zuko then said ‘you don’t understand Katara, Kalo is a master firebender with green flames instead of normal orange, and green flames are twice as powerful as blue flames’.
Katara then said ‘so hes more powerful then Azula?’
Zuko nodded katara then asked Zuko ‘is he for the war or against it?’
Zuko then replied ‘hes against the war, but he cares greatly for his sister, if he had to kill Aang to save Mai’s life, he would kill Aang in an instant’.
Katara then looked over at the rest of their group who were eating dinner and laughing at one of Sokka’s jokes
Katara then said ‘should we tell the others about this potential threat?’
Zuko just shook his head and then the two of them watched the sun set.
Fire nation bar
Kalo then said to the old man ‘those who do can always find a friend’. He was then escorted to the meeting place and he was then face to face with his old general the dragon of the west.
Iroh then said to Kalo ‘what do you want Kalo?’. Kalo then said ‘I need papers of a new guard being assigned to the boiling rock prison, im going to break my sister out’.
Iroh then replied ‘very well Kalo, but it will take a few hours’.
Kalo then left the room and went outside as he saw the sun set over the valley he said ‘don’t worry sister, I am coming to get you out and when I do Ozai is going to regret that ever met me’.
Fire nation royal palace
Azula bowed in front of her father as she approached the throne her father sat on Ozai then said ‘Azula, I want you to find Kalo and kill him, make sure he doesn’t get his sister out of the boiling rock, and if hr does get his sister out of the boiling rock, make sure that he doesn’t meet up with the avatar’.
Azula then replied ‘yes father’ and then she left the royal palace to begin her mission.
The boiling rock the next day
Kalo walked through the cell blocks trying to find the maximum security area when he saw mai’s old childhood friend Ty Lee go by walking on her hands. He then followed her to a cell which had 3 guards in front of it.
Kalo then thought to himself “they must have Mai in there, I will get her out of here tonight”. Later that night Kalo walked back to that cell and after he quickly took out the guards with some quick punches he took off his helmet and entered the cell.
As he entered the cell his younger sister looked up at him and she smiled when she realised who it was ‘Kalo, what are you doing here?’
Kalo smiled then replied ‘what do think im dong here Mai, I am getting you out of here’. He then gave his sister her daggers after he found them earlier in his search then he opened the cell door and the two of them ran to the gondola.
When they got they saw Ty Lee waiting for them with some guards. The acrobat the jumped into the air to attack Kalo dodged the attack then grabbed Ty Lee by the throat and snapped her neck then he threw her body into the boiling lake below.
After Mai dealt with the prison guards the two of them got on the gondola and escaped from the boiling rock. With the prison far from their site Mai then said to Kalo ‘so where are we going now Kalo?’.
Kalo looked ahead and said to his sister ‘the western air temple, that’s were Zuko will be, and I want to make him regret breaking your heart and help the avatar defeat Ozai’.
Fire nation Kalo's manor
Azula entered the manor hoping to find Kalo but all she found was a note on Kalo’s bed saying the cause of the war and her heritage is kept secret by the fire sages in the dragon catacombs.
Curious about this letter Azula decided she was going to find the secret hoping it would lead her to Kalo.
Fire nation royal palace
The man then thought to himself “Azula is close to learning the truth about her heritage, Ozai better have Kalo killed soon, or the deal is off”.
Darkness into light
Chapter 2 reunions and a dark secret revealed
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“Thoughts
‘Speech
Kalo looked at the sun rise from their war balloon when sister said ‘Kalo do you have enough’.
Kalo then showed his sister 20 locked boxes on the bottom of the balloon and said ‘yes Mai, I have enough and if not there’s more I can get at the temple, and the near by forest’.
Mai nodded in understanding and they didn’t say a word as they continued to the air temple in the war balloon.
Western air temple
Zuko watched the sun rise and said ‘a red sun rises, blood has been spilled, and an old friend is on his way here’.
Aang looked up at the prince then said ‘who’s coming here Zuko?’
Zuko then replied ‘Kalo is coming here’ the others looked at him in confusion except Chit Sang and Hakoda.
Zuko continued by saying ‘he is Mai’s older brother, a master fire bender and he developed the Zorn technique, it gives a fire bender the ability to bend lighting out of his or her mouth, and Azula is afraid of him, so believe me when I say him coming here is bad news’.
Silence then fell over the group Sokka then said ‘when is he coming Zuko?’.
Zuko then replied ‘for all I know Sokka, he could already be on his way here, or here right now hiding waiting for a moment to strike like a viper’.
Toph then said ‘well he does get here, he will get defeated by me, the worlds greatest earth bender!’.
Zuko then said ‘Toph you are the worlds greatest earth bender, but Kalo is the worlds greatest fire bender, and his power goes up to a whole different level when his sister is involved’.
Fire nation royal palace
The man then said ‘Kalo broke his sister out of the boiling rock last night and Ty Lee is dead, send the royal guard after the avatar ensure that the two of them don’t cross paths’.
Ozai bowed and said ‘it will be done’. he then left the room to give out his orders. Meanwhile Azula was reading a certain letter in the dragon catacombs.
When she finished reading she then thought to herself “if this is accurate, then I must make the right choice and soon”.
Azula then grabbed the pai sho tile Kalo left with the note in his manor. It was a white lotus tile with instructions on how to contact her uncle so she could get some answers about what she just read.
Fire nation war balloon near the western air temple
Mai look at the temple and said ’we better land so they don’t attack us Kalo’. her brother nodded his head and then he landed the war balloon in the forest.
Kalo then opened one of the boxes when they landed the box contained vials filled with a dark red liquid. Kalo took one vial and drank the contents in a single gulp.
Kalo then said ‘Mai stay here, I will seek out the avatar’. Mai nodded and Kalo then took off into the forest to find the avatar and his companions.
Kalo then saw the temple and its occupants he knew immediately that they were looking out for him but Kalo would strike when he wanted to not the other way round. but he didn’t know that someone had seen him and was now going after him.
Kalo started walking along the cliff waiting for a chance to strike and also taking in the site before his eyes it was stunning and beautiful. He smiled and said ‘I know your following me, so come out of hiding and face me’.
The person came out the bushes and kalo said ‘its good to see you again Chit Sang, how long as it been since the battle of wa song’.
Chit Sang replied ‘4 years Kalo, why are you here is it to kill Zuko for what he did to your sister?’.
Kalo nodded his head then said ‘nothing will stop me making him pay, not the avatar, not the blind bandit, not even you my old friend will be able to stop me?’.
Chit Sang then turned to leave left but before he did he said ‘Kalo I know your angry and you want Zuko to pay with his blood, but I beg think of the consequences of your actions Kalo’.
Chit Sang then left leaving his former comrade in arms to think over what he just said.
Western air temple 2 hours later
Zuko watched as Aang and Toph practiced earth bending but he was also keeping an eye out if Kalo was nearby Zuko knew that he was the target Kalo was focused on.
Suddenly Toph stopped and said ‘someone’s coming, he’s strong and powerful, I think its that Kalo guy you mentioned earlier sparky’.
Zuko nodded as he got into a bending stance and he waited then he heard movement and a fire blast. Zuko ducked the blast and he saw him he saw Kalo for the first time in years. He still had the spiked black hair, eyes as gold as coins, and that familiar look of anger and hatred all directed at him.
Kalo then said ‘good to see you Zuko its been a long time, I am not here to kill you but I will hurt you for what you did to Mai, you abandoned her on the boiling rock, why?!’.
Zuko then replied ‘I had no choice Kalo, what happened to Ty Lee?’.
Kalo just replied ‘I killed her Zuko, I snapped her neck then threw her body into the boiling lake, as a message to Ozai that I am no longer his general, I am his enemy’.
Zuko then said ‘then why not help us Kalo?, teach Aang the Zorn technique and then we can defeat Ozai’.
Kalo started to laugh and said ‘you think Ozai is the only threat, there is one who he answers to as did your grandfather and great grandfather, the dragon lord Ka Chein, the only way we can win this war is by defeating Ozai and Ka Chein, I will train the avatar, and I will train you and miss Katara to help me defeat Ka Chein, do we have a deal Zuko?’.
The gAang then huddled up and discussed Kalo’s proposal after a few minutes Aang then stepped forward and said ‘we accept your deal Kalo, but we will be watching you and your sister’.
Kalo then punched Zuko in the face and said ;that’s for breaking Mai’s heart, now we are even’.
Kalo then left to get sister and their stuff once he was gone Sokka said ‘can we trust him Zuko?’.
Zuko then replied ‘yes Sokka, but he will not be a friend only an ally he can turn on us in a second, he’s a cold blooded killer, and now with his allegiance to Ozai cut, Kalo has allegiance to no one and a vendetta against the dragon lord Ka Chein and Ozai, he’s more dangerous then ever before’.
As he walked off Katara went after him though no one minded
The war balloon near the temple
Kalo and Mai gathered their supplies and Kalo said to her ‘don’t mention these boxes Mai do you understand, if you do they will kill me on the spot’.
Mai replied ‘I understand Kalo, now lets not keep the avatar waiting’.
Fire nation
Azula entered a dark room with a pai sho tile in her hand and said to a familiar person ‘uncle its me, I need your help’.
Darkness into light
Chapter 3 restless nights, flashbacks and training begins
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“Thoughts
‘Speech
The western air temple later that very night
Kalo looked at the night sky from his window as he drank another vial of red liquid and he thought back to a fire nation war meeting a few years ago
Flashback 2 years ago
Fire nation palace war room
General Kalo entered the war room and noticed he was across from captain Zhao who he held very little respect for. an hour into the meeting General Yun then said ‘our forces at the wa song desert in the southern earth kingdom, need more resources and men, they cannot cover that much land on their own they will be overrun by any earth kingdom attack’.
Zhao then said ‘why not send general Kalo’s forces to assist them?’.
Kalo then said in response to Zhao’s comment ‘but my forces are on the other side of the earth kingdom dealing with the 444th battalion, if my men don’t stop them now they will retake several key ports and towns, and we don’t that to happen now do we captain Zhao, besides it would take then weeks to get that far, and your army is only 2 days away, how about we send your men to assist general Yun?’.
The fire lord then said ‘Zhao your forces will be deployed to help general Yun, kalo make sure those town’s are liberated, burn them to ashes if you must do I make myself clear’.
Kalo and the others present then replied ‘yes fire lord Ozai’.
Ozai then said ‘dismissed’ and the men then left the war room. Zhao went to kalo and said ‘general, if you need any help with the 444th let me know, and why do you want my forces in the desert?’.
Kalo smirked and replied ‘I know you found something in that desert about the water tribes Zhao, and believe me I will find out what in due time, I want you to give me anything you find on the earth kingdom that can help me in my campaign in the north, understood captain’.
Zhao nodded his head then left Kalo then walked out the royal palace back to his house. He then entered the house and saw his sister drawing a painting of the palace from the window.
Kalo then said ‘Mai, I have been ordered to go the earth kingdom to lead my men, if you want you can come with me?’. Mai shook her head and Kalo then said ‘I will write you everyday’. Kalo then hugged Mai then he left the house and headed to his ship at the docks.
As the ship left the docks for the northern earth kingdom. Kalo thought to himself “is it my destiny to be a great military general, or a caring big brother to Mai?”.
End of flashback
It took Kalo 2 years to find the answer to that question he was going to be the big brother he should have been to Mai all those years ago.
Kalo then drank the last of the vial and went to bed after all he had a busy day tomorrow.
Fire nation pub
Azula then said ‘is this letter true, is avatar Roku my great grandfather?’.
Iroh replied ‘yes Azula, I take it you need help, so that’s why you came to me isn’t it?’. Azula nodded her head and Iroh poured her a cup of tea which Azula accepted from her uncle.
Iroh then said ‘its time I told you about the dragon lord Ka Chein’. seeing his nieces confused expression he continued by saying ‘Ka Chein was once the fire lord over 3 thousand years ago, he was cruel and disliked by his own people and on the anniversy of his 50th year as fire lord. His top general Ra Chan challenged him to an Agni Kai and won, Kalo and Mai are Ra Chan’s descendents , but Ka Chein is not a full person now he was brought back from the spirit world half a spirit, and every time the avatar goes into the avatar state, Ka Chein’s power will grows stronger’.
Azula then said ‘uncle how can I stop Ka Chein, if he is this powerful, I cant beat him alone’.
Iroh smiled and said ‘I am glad you realise you cant beat the dragon lord alone, and that you admit you need help, you will need the help of Kalo, Zuko and the avatars water bending master to defeat Ka Chein, but first I am going to teach you how to redirect lighting’.
Azula then followed Iroh to resume her training and prepare to face Ka Chein.
Meanwhile at the western air temple
Kalo was having a hard time getting any sleep as he thought back to an incident when he got back from the earth kingdom 15 months ago.
Flashback
Kalo ran down the block of houses to where the party was taking place. He ran up the stairs and broke down the door with his foot reducing the wooden door to splinters.
The party goers all men over the age of 17 ran out of the house when the infamous ‘whisper of the west’ entered the house. Kalo then heard a scream and ran up the stairs and he opened the door to the main bedroom.
Kalo then saw some drunk men looking over several women tied up and gagged including Mai, Ty Lee and a knocked out Azula. Kalo then span one around and threw out the window he then pulled out a knife and slit another mans throat the rest fled except the leader of the group.
Kalo then grabbed and held him against the wall and said ‘do you know who I am?’. when the man nodded his head in fear Kalo continued by saying ‘your afraid of me, that’s good you should be, did you rape these women?’ the man shook his head. Kalo then burned the man to ashes and freed the women.
Mai then hugged her brother with tears in her eyes. Kalo said ‘its okay Mai its okay, im here’. Kalo then led the women out of house and told his army to kill the men that escaped his warth and burn the house down to the ground.
End of flashback
Kalo then saw the sunrise and thought to himself “well time to begin training them for war”.
Meanwhile in the courtyard Toph sensed something in the earth she smirked and sang a song to herself ‘sparky and sugar queen sitting in a tree, kissing’.
Kalo heard the song and said ‘good the first part of the prophecy has been fulfilled, the chosen ones have fallen in love, now all we need to do is defeat Ka Chein and the world is safe’.
Darkness into light
Chapter 4 training for war and revelations
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“Thoughts
‘Speech
The western air temple
Kalo walked into the courtyard and waited for his pupils to arrive to begin training for war. Soon the avatar arrived he looked around and said ‘where’s Katara and Zuko?’.
Kalo and Toph both smiled knowing why they were both late a few minutes later both of them entered the courtyard slightly out of breath.
Sokka then said ‘what took you two so long to get here, ran into each other in the hallway?’. both of them nodded at that comment.
Kalo then sat up and said ‘now then Aang I want you to go over what you learned from Zuko today for your training, Mai will make sure you do, now Zuko I want you and Katara to follow me, I have something to show you both’.
Kalo then led Zuko and Katara to a room in the air temple with a single scroll in it. Kalo picked up the scroll and said ‘this is a prophecy that was made 300 years ago, it says that when the lord of dragons rises again 5 will rise up to defeat him, 2 descendents of the man who defeated him before, 1 the most powerful water bender of her time, the last 2 siblings who hated each other since birth, and who both want the love of a tyrant, the scarred prince and the water bender are destined to fall in love, if they don’t the world will not have any chance of being saved from destruction by a comet’.
Kalo then looked up at Zuko and Katara and saw their shocked faces. Zuko then said ‘does that mean Azula is going to help us against Ka Chein?’. Kalo nodded his head.
Kalo then said ‘Azula has always questioned why we wage this war, I just helped her open the door to the answers she needed to hear’.
Kalo then led them both into an empty room and said ‘to help you prepare to fight the dragon lord, I must tell you something’. Kalo then took out a vial and said ‘do either of you know what’s in this vial?’.
Katara then said ‘that’s blood isn’t it Kalo’. Kalo then smiled and replied ‘yes, it is blood, and ask yourselves why would I drink vials of blood, well do either of you have an answer’.
after getting no response Kalo took a deep breath and said ‘I am a vampire, that’s why I drink blood to survive’.
Zuko then said ‘but I thought vampires were only a myth’.
Kalo then said ‘I once thought the same thing Zuko, but I was attacked by a vampire in the northern earth kingdom, but because he didn’t finish the ritual I am a half vampire, and I can be cured, only by the spirit oasis at the northern water tribe, as soon as this war is over, I am going there to finally be free from this curse and live a normal life’.
Katara then said ‘so how does this help us defeat Ka Chein, is he a vampire as well?’.
Kalo shook his head and replied ‘no Katara, Ka Chein is not a vampire, he’s a 3 thousand year old spirit in human form, and every single time Aang goes into the avatar state, Ka Chein grows stronger, the only way to defeat him is by forcing him into the spirit world on the day Sozins comet returns or he will be unstoppable’.
Zuko then said ‘how do we force Ka Chein into the spirit world, its not like there’s a gateway to the spirit world in the fire nation palace’.
Kalo then said ‘that’s where your wrong Zuko, there is a gateway to the spirit world in the palace called the gates of Agni, its where the avatar was first brought into this world, only there can Ka Chein be stopped’.
Kalo then said ‘now then I am going to show you both how to use the zorn technique, its like how you use normal lighting only you focus all the positive and negative chi out of your mouth like it was air, now Zuko try to bend lighting’.
Zuko then took a deep breath and focused all the positive and negative chi out of his mouth and what came out was lighting, Kalo then redirected the currents at a nearby wall leaving a huge hole in it.
Kalo then said ‘congratulations, Zuko you are now the second person in history to master the zorn technique’.
Kalo then turned to Katara and said ‘has Zuko taught how to redirect lighting hasn’t he’. Katara nodded and Kalo continued by saying ‘using the moves Zuko taught you, I can show you how to do the zorn technique as well, you take the currents through one arm, and instead of having is flow the other arm have it flow out of your mouth, and that’s the zorn technique’.
Kalo then said ‘now then lets get back to the others’. the three of them then headed back to the courtyard and saw Aang practicing his fire bending with Mai watching on from nearby.
After Aang did a series of fire bending moves Mai said ‘again’. Aang then did the moves again afterwards Mai said prefect, avatar’.
Kalo than said ‘Mai you can go, I will look over the avatars training now’. Mai then went off to practice her knife throwing.
Meanwhile in the fire nation
Azula dodged several fire blasts from the fire nation royal guards and shot lighting at two guards killing them while her uncle had taken care of the rest of them.
Iroh then said ‘we have to get to the western air temple Azula, but before we do I need your word that you will not attack the avatar or his companions, or Kalo and his sister or Zuko’.
Azula then replied ‘I swear on my life uncle that I will not attack the avatar or his friends, or Kalo and his sister, or zuzu’.
Iroh smiled and said to his niece ‘I am proud of you Azula you have truly changed, I hope we can win this war, and help rebuild what we helped destroy, you can redeem yourself truly in the eyes of the world’.
Azula nodded her head and the two of them then went on ahead to get some transport to the western air temple.
Fire nation royal palace
The dragon lord Ka Chein roared in fury over the failure of Ozai’s royal guards he then taught to himself “but this is an advantage, all my enemies, Kalo, the two lovers, the avatar, Azula and Iroh all in one place, I can wipe them all out, failure isn’t an option now”.
Darkness into light
Chapter 5 training for war and revelations
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“ Thoughts
‘ Speech
The western air temple
Kalo watched the sunset and he knew that Hakoda was walking up to him the water tribe chief then said to him ‘Kalo I would like to ask you something if you don’t mind’. Kalo just motioned for him to continue the chief then said ‘why did you decide to help us against the fire nation in this war?’.
Kalo turned to face the chief and replied ‘I lost my taste for this war, sure I gladly destroyed earth kingdom villages and scared the hell out of earth kingdom villagers and my fellow fire nation officers in the army, but one day while I was taking a walk through a forest I ran into an earth kingdom man and his seven year old son walking through it as well, they looked like they hadn’t eaten in days, I gave the man some bread and water and gave the boy some candy, the man told me the boy never tasted candy in his whole life before that moment and the smile on the boys face as he ate the candy melted my cold heart, but three days later I saw them again, dead admiral Chan killed them personally, just because they breathed air’.
Kalo now had tears in his eyes and he continued by saying ‘I then told my men to head back home and to tend to their families, while I went to the eastern air temple, to sort out my conflicted soul, and after 5 months I emerged from my self imposed exile a changed man, and that chief Hakoda is why I am helping you against fire lord Ozai, because I don’t want anymore blood on my hands then there already is’.
Hakoda then left Kalo alone as the former fire nation general watched the sun disappear from the sky.
Fire nation royal palace
The dargon lord Ka Chien watched the sun set from the palace balcony and thought to himself “40 days left till the comet returns, 10 days since Kalo was last seen that’s 10 more failures, I am being buried beneath the weight of Ozai’s failures, when the comet comes and I am immortal, he will be the first one to die at my feet”.
Ozai then entered the room and said ‘my royal guards failed to arrest Azula and Iroh, my lord Ka Chein please forgive me’.
Ka Chein looked at Ozai and said ‘I forgive you Ozai, but don’t fail me again, and what are you going to do about Kalo, Zuko and his water tribe lover girl, they along with Azula and Mai can defeat me on the day Sozins comet returns, unless you kill the 3 of them before then?’.
Ozai replied ‘I will send my airships to the western air temple, and eradicate them from the world’. Ka Chein turned his back on the fire lord and said ‘don’t fail me again Ozai, or I might reconsider keeping you alive’.
Ozai bowed and left the room while the dragon lord looked up at the night sky and thought to himself “after the comet comes, I will achieve my ultimate destiny, as being the one who destroyed the spirit world itself!”.
Western air temple the next day
Kalo did 4 fire blasts before he turned to Aang and said ‘you must learn that fire comes from the breath and all air nearby feeds its power. It can be your greatest ally and also your worst enemy, now Aang you try the moves I just did’.
Aang did the 4 moves Kalo did until the half vampire said he did it perfectly. Kalo then saw his sister helping Suki train in sword fighting and hand to hand combat and he noticed that a certain banished prince and water bender were not in the area and Kalo smiled.
Aang then looked at Kalo and said ‘Kalo why are you smiling?’. Kalo just said ‘oh no reason, no reason at all, Aang you keep on learning those moves I thought you, I will be back in a few minutes’.
Kalo walked through the hallways till he came upon Katara and Zuko kissing he then said to them ‘alright lovebirds, time to breathe again’. the two lovers then looked at Kalo with anger for interrupting them. But he just smiled and continued walking down the hallway.
Kalo then saw a fire nation airship land nearby he then said to himself ‘at last Azula and Iroh have arrived, and now we have all we need to take down both Ka Chein and Ozai, two birds with one stone’.
Meanwhile Sokka thought to himself “that Kalo is hiding something, maybe I should find out what it is”. Sokka then went into kalo’s room but found nothing there except some fire bending scrolls and ten locked chests.
The water tribe warrior then found something a vial on the table filled with blood and at moment Sokka realised that Kalo was a vampire. But how could he walk in sunlight and not die those were the questions that couldn’t be answered.
Sokka then heard a cough and saw Kalo standing in the doorway. Kalo then said ‘in case your wondering Sokka, yes I am a vampire but not a full one, and I have never once drank human blood that blood is from animals, now you can put your mind at ease I will not harm anyone here, and just so you know an old friend will be arriving here shortly’.
Sokka was about to ask who but Kalo then said ‘you will find out who tomorrow Sokka okay’.
Sokka then the room leaving Kalo alone but the peace and quiet Kalo had was interrupted when he heard Sokka yell ‘what are you two doing!’.
Kalo shook his head and said ‘well it looks like the secrets out’. kalo then ran out into the hallway and he saw Sokka trying to attack Zuko who was being shielded by Katara.
Sokka then said ‘what the hell are you doing with my sister Zuko, I cant believe this you start messing around with my sister only a few days after you earn my trust you break it’.
Zuko then said ‘look Sokka we aren’t just messing around, I love her, okay understand I love Katara, I wouldn’t do anything to hurt her I would rather die’. Sokka still kept trying to attack Zuko.
But kalo then said ‘Sokka listen to me what is happening between Zuko and your sister is more important then you know, if they don’t fall in love then we are doomed to fail against the dragon lord, understand?’.
Sokka then said to Zuko ‘break her heart Zuko and I will kill you, and no funny business okay’. Zuko and Katara nodded and Sokka then went to his room while Kalo went to the airship to meet some old friends.
Zuko turned to Katara and said ‘that was close, I just hope the others are more accepting when we tell them tonight’.
Katara then replied ‘I am sure they will understand once Kalo tells them about the prophecy’. Zuko smiled and held Katara in his arms as they both hoped their friends would accept their relationship, They hoped.
But neither of them saw the air bender hiding behind the pillar but he saw they and he heard everything they just said.
Darkness into light
Chapter 6 a love revealed and an old friend appears
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“ Thoughts
‘ Speech
The western air temple
Aang was fuming inside he was angry that Zuko and Katara had gotten together and had kept it a secret from him. “they could have told me to my face, but no they probably were to busy making out to care about my feelings”.
As he was still angry that they had gone behind his back he didn’t notice Mai standing right behind him. The fire nation noble then said ‘I know how you feel Aang’.
The air bender turned to face and said angrily ‘you don’t how I feel, so don’t try to compare what happened to you and Zuko to me and Katara, so keep out of other peoples business’.
Mai then said calmly ‘I do know you feel Aang, your angry at Katara like I was with Zuko after he gave me the note, I felt so angry I just wanted to destroy everything and I then realised something, I realised that if I really loved Zuko I would be able to let go of him, so if you really love Katara you must let go of your feelings for her’.
Mai then started to leave when Aang said ‘Mai wait’. Mai stopped and turned to face Aang who then said ‘thanks, I needed to hear that’. he then held his hand out and Mai shook it smiling as she did.
Cliff near the western air temple
Iroh looked at the temple and said ‘they are here, now Azula I want you to not say a word when we meet up with the avatar and his companions is that understood?’.
Azula replied ‘yes uncle, I just hope they accept me and not try to kill me on sight’.
Iroh then said ‘ don’t worry Azula they would to get through me before they could harm you’.
Kalo then steeped out of the forest and said ‘and none of them come close to the power of the dragon of the west, its good to se you two are finally here, now lets go meet the neighbours’.
All three of them laughed at Kalo’s joke and then headed over the avatars group.
Western air temple
Sokka and Suki suddenly saw 3 people approach them two were Kalo and Iroh but the third was Azula. The two them along with Toph and Haru got ready to attack.
When Toph and Haru aimed boulders at Azula’s head Iroh steeped in front in her and said to them in a calm voice that sounded more frightening then a shout ‘lower those boulders now, I assure you Azula doesn’t want to fight you, but I warn you if you try attack her I will protect her’.
Toph And Haru then dropped the boulders back into the earth and Sokka with his sword raised said ‘why is she here Iroh, last I heard you hated her, and now your going to protect her from us why?’
Iroh then said ‘Azula has changed, I wouldn’t have brought her here if she didn’t change her ways’.
Sokka then said ‘you have a point there Iroh, but how do we know she is being truthful about changing her ways, she is a good liar after all?’
Azula then spoke up and said ‘I swear on my life I am not lying, I know I have a lot of things in the past that are unforgivable, but I realised now that my father is insane, the world will burn if he wins the war, he must be stopped, so I am begging you please let me help defeat my father’.
The group were silent for a few minutes until Sokka then said ‘no’.
Kalo then punched Sokka onto the ground he then picked up Sokka the neck and said to him in a menacing voice ‘Azula has changed Sokka, now if she doesn’t help us defeat Ka Chien we are doomed, do you understand me’. Sokka nodded and Kalo then handed the water tribe warrior a scroll and said ‘read it’.
After Sokka read the prophecy he then said ‘okay Azula can join us, but we will be watching her’.
Kalo then nodded and said to Iroh and Azula ‘come on I will bring to Zuko, I am sure he would want to talk to both of you’.
Kalo then led them both to Zuko’s room he then locked on the door loudly and soon the sound of scurrying was heard.
Kalo then opened the door and the three of them saw Zuko and Katara looking slightly of breath.
The three of them then stepped into the room and Azula bowed in front of Zuko and said ‘Zuko I know I have done things I may never be able to make up for, but please I beg you forgive me’.
Zuko then saw tears fall from his sister’s eyes to the floor and Zuko then said ‘I forgive you Azula, all I want is my little sister back, now rise as my sister not as the princess of the Fire Nation’.
Azula then rose to her feet and Zuko then was about to speak when Iroh interrupted him by saying ‘I know what your going to say Zuko, and I forgive you’.
Zuko then embraced his uncle and Azula then joined in leaving Katara and Kalo watching a tearful family reunion and they were both very happy for the reunited family.
Suddenly explosions were heard along with Sokka’s voice yelling ‘the fire nation are attacking!’. Kalo then said ‘lets go do some damage’.
Darkness into light
Chapter 7 attacks and confrontations
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“ Thoughts
‘ Speech
Western air temple
Kalo and the others then left the room and saw several fire nation air ships in the sky above the temple. Kalo then said ‘Mai get the others to war balloon, I will deal with Ozai’s dogs’.
Mai nodded her head and then led the others to the balloon while Kalo looked at nearest air ship and shot lighting from his mouth and fingertips at it with so much power that it made the air ship burst into flames and fall into the canyon.
Kalo then thought to himself “one down, five more to go”. But before he could shoot lighting again he had to take cover from several attacks from the air ships.
Suddenly a very familiar flying bison flew by and Kalo dived onto its saddle and said to Aang ‘get us out of here, now!’.
Aang then saw the balloon and said ‘what’s Azula doing on that balloon’. after Aang said that very sentence they saw Azula fire lighting at a nearby air ship bursting it into flames.
Kalo then replied ‘she is helping us Aang, please understand Azula is on our side’. Aang then nodded his head in understanding now having realised that Azula had joined the right side in this war.
The remaining air ships then retreated and Kalo said ‘now I know a place we can hide for awhile, Ozai doesn’t about it, neither does Ka Chein’.
Aang then handed the reins of Appa to Kalo and said ‘lead the way’.
Fire nation royal palace
The dragon lord stared at the bundle that the servants were bringing into the room. After they placed it in the middle of the room the dragon lord then said ‘everyone leave this room at once’.
After they all left and the doors to the room were locked Ka Chein sat down next to the bundle raised his left hand over it and said softly ‘I call your spirit from the spirit world to re-enter your body’.
After a few minutes the bundle moved and threw the sheet off herself and took in a big breath of air. The dragon lord smiled as he stared down at what he had done Ty Lee was alive again.
The acrobat then bowed before the dragon lord and she then said ‘what is your will my lord?’.
High in the sky on Appa
Kalo looked at an island and said ‘there it is, the island of korane’. he then signalled for the war balloon to follow them down to the island.
After landing Appa down Kalo looked at his surroundings and said ‘it hasn’t changed a bit’ the other looked at him in confusion except for Mai and Kalo continued by saying ‘ I use to come here with Mai years ago on holiday, we would fish, hike up the mountains and sleep under the stars, Ozai doesn’t know about this place so we should be safe here, until we are ready to attack him and the dragon lord on the day Sozin’s comet returns’.
Suddenly Kalo noticed something the bushes he drew out his sword and ran into the forest with the others following behind him. He then caught up to it and saw it was old friend. Kalo then said ‘Lieutenant Kono, what are you doing here?’.
The man then replied ‘I’m not the only one here general’. suddenly hundreds of men appeared on the beach it was Kalo’s old army of the 178th.
The men then yelled out ‘welcome home general Kalo sir!’. they all then saluted in respect of their former leader.
Kalo then said ‘men you have fought with me for 4 years straight, and here you stand as if it was only yesterday since we last fought, but now we fight against the fire lord and his goon squad of armour boys, I hope when the time comes to fight you will stand by my side in battle, because we are not fighting for money, or land, of Ozai, we are fighting for peace and freedom!’.
All the men then cheered and Kono said ‘general Kalo, we are with you, we fight for peace’.
Kalo smiled and said ‘we invade the fire nation in thirty eight days, start preparing for war’. Kalo then walked back over to the group and said to Zuko and Katara ‘follow me, there is something else I must show you’.
Kalo then led the two lovers to a hill over looking the ocean and showed them a picture of the dragon lord and said ‘that’s the face of the enemy, now take a look at the ocean and think of peace, because all Ka Chein thinks about is war and pain, so if your minds are focused on peace and love you will both have the strength to defeat the dragon lord’.
Fire nation royal palace
The dragon lord watched as Ty Lee and her fleet of fire nation warships left the main port and headed out to find his enemies and he thought to himself “it doesn’t matter if she succeeds or not, she is merely a test, and when the comet comes I will be ready for them and they will fall, and I will rise and destroy all who oppose me”.
Chapter 8 new friendships and old friends and enemies return
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“ Thoughts
‘ Speech
Island of korane
It had been three days since they arrived on the island of Korane and so much had happened first Zuko and Katara revealed their relationship to the rest of the group and after they explained the prophecy everyone accepted it.
However when Kalo revealed his vampirism it took some convincing from Zuko and Katara to stop Hakoda from killing him after explaining that Kalo never drank human blood and that he would go to be freed of the curse when the war was over.
Now Kalo was looking at the ocean waves rocking back and forth against the shoreline of the beach and he knew something was coming for them something not human.
Fire nation fleet near earth kingdom waters
Ty lee took a look at her army that she had been given by the dragon lord. To be in the dragon lord’s presence for even a second was considered a great honour, but to be resurrected by him and given an army to command that was a thousand times greater.
But she was also given the ability to bend lighting as a ‘gift’ from Ka Chein to help her defeat the avatar and his companions along with her former friends Mai and Azula along with Kalo and Zuko.
She then turned to her second in command and said ‘tell the fleet to search all the islands between the earth kingdom and the western air temple, and if we don’t find the avatar or Kalo, you will answer for it not me is that clear’.
Admiral Zhao nodded and said ‘I wont fail the dragon lord Ty Lee, but I remind you that if I fail you will also answer for it’.
Ty lee nodded her head in understanding and the fleet started to increase in speed in their hunt for Ka Chein’s enemies.
Island of korane
Aang still could not let go of his feeling for Katara. Even though he accepted that she loved Zuko, a part of him still held out the slightest hope that he would declare her love for him.
He tried all kinds of thing to get rid of his feeling for Katara, bending, running, sleeping and now he was trying meditation. And still couldn’t get rid of his feeling so he sat up and went for a walk on the beach.
As he walked on the beach he watched the waves, it was then he saw Kalo also watching the tide come in. Kalo then said ‘Aang its only natural that you still feel that way about Katara, but you must learn to let it go, or like an out of control fire it will destroy everything around it, do you understand what I am telling you Aang?’.
Aang nodded and said ‘I don’t get rid of my feelings for Katara, it could shatter my friendships with so many people, and will make victory in the war almost impossible’.
Kalo then replied ‘that’s right Aang, but the question is what are you going to do about your feelings for Katara?’.
Aang then said in a very determined tone of voice ‘I am going to let them go, and regain the avatar state’.
Kalo then said ‘its late, come on Aang you need your rest’. the two of then walked back to the camp site to get some rest for the next day.
Fire nation fleet
Admiral Zhao and Ty Lee had ordered their men to search every island nearby and so far they hadn’t found the avatar or any of the others they were after. Now they only had one island left to search the island of Korane.
But the waters near the island were very rough that trying to land the fleet there would be nearly impossible, so they had to wait for the weather to clear up first before they searched that particular island.
Island of korane the next day
Katara kissed Zuko deeply and they remained that way for several minutes kissing each other till Sokka coughed and said ‘just because I accepted your relationship, doesn’t mean you two have to snog each others brains out every day’.
Toph then punched Sokka in the arm and said ‘come on Sokka, you heard what blood sucker said, if they are not a couple when they face the dragon lord, the world will be destroyed so lay off’. Sokka just nodded and walked off followed closely by Toph.
Meanwhile Azula was with Iroh learning something Zuko never did how to make great tea. When Aaag came up to her and said ‘Azula can I talk to you for a moment?’.
Azula then sat up and walked with Aang for several minutes before the air bender said ‘I don’t think I can ever forgive you for what you did in Ba Sing Se, or what you did to me Azula, but you have my thanks for helping us at the temple’.
Aang then stretched his hand and Azula shook it then she said ‘thank you Aang, and I promise I will help defeat my father and the dragon lord, and they redeem myself, in your eyes and in the eyes of the world’.
Aang then walked back to camp feeling like a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders, but he still had these feeling for Katara to get rid of and he knew what he had to do.
Aang then went up to a cliff overlooking the ocean and he started to meditate and after several hours Aang stood up smiling he had unlocked the seventh Charka and regained the avatar state.
Fire nation royal palace
The dragon lord Ka Chein felt a great burst of energy enter him, the avatar had entered the avatar state and had unknowing made the dragon lord stronger. “thank you avatar for that burst of energy, I will be sure to make your death quick and painful, but as for Zuko and Katara their fate will be a lot worse, and after I am finished with them , they will both be on their knees before me begging for death and I wont do it”.
Ka Chein then heard his newest servant walk into the room and the dragon lord said ‘I want you to gather our forces, the enemy will come here soon and I want to be ready when they arrive’.
Jet bowed and replied ‘yes my lord’ and left the room leaving the dragon lord to test out his new strength and when Ka Chein lit a fire ball it wasnt red like it normally was it was now black.
so let me know what you think of it in your comments.
now the pairings are Zuko/Katara and Mai/Aang
rating pg13
Darkness into light
Chapter 1 alliances broken and friendships forged
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“Thoughts
‘Speech
Fire nation royal palace
Fire lord Ozai enters a room filled with fire nation royal guard and walks up to a man in dark red robes a helmet with dragon horns on the sides.
Ozai then says ‘the avatar still lives, Zuko didn’t kill him in Ba Sing Se, there is more Kalo yet lives, you didn’t kill him as you assumed’.
The man in red doesn’t even turn to face Ozai having his back to him there the man yells out ‘nooooo’.
Ozai then says to him ‘every day the comet comes closer victory is all but assured, our alliance is finished, I have no need of you’. Ozai turns to leave the room.
The man then says to the fire lord ‘you have no need of me fire lord Ozai?’
Ozai smirks and says to him proudly ‘I have never needed you’.
The man then says with his back still turned to the fire lord ‘prove that you don’t need me Ozai, strike me down, I dare you to try’.
Ozai then creates a fire ball and turns to attack the man but then the man turns around dressed in full armour and with a dragon mask covering his face he shoots lighting at the fire lord and his royal guards.
The royal guards are all killed while Ozai is on the ground unconscious he slowly gets back to his feet the man with his back turned to him again.
Ozai with fire daggers in his hands runs at the man but after a few seconds he is forced to his knees the man still with his back turned then says to the fire lord ‘you do need me Ozai, without me you wouldn’t be fire lord right now, without me your daughter would have discovered the truth about her great grandfather long ago, so you do need me fire lord don’t ever forget it, and as for Kalo send Azula after him tell her to kill him on sight’.
Ozai then gets back on his feet and leaves the room without saying a word to the man.
Fire nation a few miles away from the royal palace
A man training in the fields with green flames dancing around him stopped as he sees fire nation airships move on to the west the man then thought to himself “my job just got a lot harder”. But then the man noticed a messenger hawk coming towards him.
He grabbed the letter from the bird and saw that the letter was from his uncle with bad news apparently his sister was arrested for treason against the fire nation.
He knew he had to get Mai out of the Boiling Rock but how then it hit him. “Its time I went to see an old friend”. The man then withdrew a white lotus tile from his pocket and smiled as he looked at it.
The western air temple
Katara walked around the air temple trying to find Zuko to thank for getting her father and Suki out of the boiling rock prison.
She then found Zuko in the courtyard meditating she walked up to him slowly and said ‘zuko, I want to thank you for what did getting my father out of the boiling rock, so thanks’.
Zuko then said ‘your welcome Katara, but I fear our fight is going to get a lot more difficult’.
The waterbender looked at Zuko and confused and replied ‘why do you think that Zuko’.
The prince then said ‘Mai helped us escape the boiling rock but I saw Ty lee and my sister arrest her, her brother will most likely break her out, then come here to kill me for letting her get arrested’.
Katara then said ‘he would have to get past us before he can kill you’.
Zuko then said ‘you don’t understand Katara, Kalo is a master firebender with green flames instead of normal orange, and green flames are twice as powerful as blue flames’.
Katara then said ‘so hes more powerful then Azula?’
Zuko nodded katara then asked Zuko ‘is he for the war or against it?’
Zuko then replied ‘hes against the war, but he cares greatly for his sister, if he had to kill Aang to save Mai’s life, he would kill Aang in an instant’.
Katara then looked over at the rest of their group who were eating dinner and laughing at one of Sokka’s jokes
Katara then said ‘should we tell the others about this potential threat?’
Zuko just shook his head and then the two of them watched the sun set.
Fire nation bar
Kalo then said to the old man ‘those who do can always find a friend’. He was then escorted to the meeting place and he was then face to face with his old general the dragon of the west.
Iroh then said to Kalo ‘what do you want Kalo?’. Kalo then said ‘I need papers of a new guard being assigned to the boiling rock prison, im going to break my sister out’.
Iroh then replied ‘very well Kalo, but it will take a few hours’.
Kalo then left the room and went outside as he saw the sun set over the valley he said ‘don’t worry sister, I am coming to get you out and when I do Ozai is going to regret that ever met me’.
Fire nation royal palace
Azula bowed in front of her father as she approached the throne her father sat on Ozai then said ‘Azula, I want you to find Kalo and kill him, make sure he doesn’t get his sister out of the boiling rock, and if hr does get his sister out of the boiling rock, make sure that he doesn’t meet up with the avatar’.
Azula then replied ‘yes father’ and then she left the royal palace to begin her mission.
The boiling rock the next day
Kalo walked through the cell blocks trying to find the maximum security area when he saw mai’s old childhood friend Ty Lee go by walking on her hands. He then followed her to a cell which had 3 guards in front of it.
Kalo then thought to himself “they must have Mai in there, I will get her out of here tonight”. Later that night Kalo walked back to that cell and after he quickly took out the guards with some quick punches he took off his helmet and entered the cell.
As he entered the cell his younger sister looked up at him and she smiled when she realised who it was ‘Kalo, what are you doing here?’
Kalo smiled then replied ‘what do think im dong here Mai, I am getting you out of here’. He then gave his sister her daggers after he found them earlier in his search then he opened the cell door and the two of them ran to the gondola.
When they got they saw Ty Lee waiting for them with some guards. The acrobat the jumped into the air to attack Kalo dodged the attack then grabbed Ty Lee by the throat and snapped her neck then he threw her body into the boiling lake below.
After Mai dealt with the prison guards the two of them got on the gondola and escaped from the boiling rock. With the prison far from their site Mai then said to Kalo ‘so where are we going now Kalo?’.
Kalo looked ahead and said to his sister ‘the western air temple, that’s were Zuko will be, and I want to make him regret breaking your heart and help the avatar defeat Ozai’.
Fire nation Kalo's manor
Azula entered the manor hoping to find Kalo but all she found was a note on Kalo’s bed saying the cause of the war and her heritage is kept secret by the fire sages in the dragon catacombs.
Curious about this letter Azula decided she was going to find the secret hoping it would lead her to Kalo.
Fire nation royal palace
The man then thought to himself “Azula is close to learning the truth about her heritage, Ozai better have Kalo killed soon, or the deal is off”.
Darkness into light
Chapter 2 reunions and a dark secret revealed
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“Thoughts
‘Speech
Kalo looked at the sun rise from their war balloon when sister said ‘Kalo do you have enough’.
Kalo then showed his sister 20 locked boxes on the bottom of the balloon and said ‘yes Mai, I have enough and if not there’s more I can get at the temple, and the near by forest’.
Mai nodded in understanding and they didn’t say a word as they continued to the air temple in the war balloon.
Western air temple
Zuko watched the sun rise and said ‘a red sun rises, blood has been spilled, and an old friend is on his way here’.
Aang looked up at the prince then said ‘who’s coming here Zuko?’
Zuko then replied ‘Kalo is coming here’ the others looked at him in confusion except Chit Sang and Hakoda.
Zuko continued by saying ‘he is Mai’s older brother, a master fire bender and he developed the Zorn technique, it gives a fire bender the ability to bend lighting out of his or her mouth, and Azula is afraid of him, so believe me when I say him coming here is bad news’.
Silence then fell over the group Sokka then said ‘when is he coming Zuko?’.
Zuko then replied ‘for all I know Sokka, he could already be on his way here, or here right now hiding waiting for a moment to strike like a viper’.
Toph then said ‘well he does get here, he will get defeated by me, the worlds greatest earth bender!’.
Zuko then said ‘Toph you are the worlds greatest earth bender, but Kalo is the worlds greatest fire bender, and his power goes up to a whole different level when his sister is involved’.
Fire nation royal palace
The man then said ‘Kalo broke his sister out of the boiling rock last night and Ty Lee is dead, send the royal guard after the avatar ensure that the two of them don’t cross paths’.
Ozai bowed and said ‘it will be done’. he then left the room to give out his orders. Meanwhile Azula was reading a certain letter in the dragon catacombs.
When she finished reading she then thought to herself “if this is accurate, then I must make the right choice and soon”.
Azula then grabbed the pai sho tile Kalo left with the note in his manor. It was a white lotus tile with instructions on how to contact her uncle so she could get some answers about what she just read.
Fire nation war balloon near the western air temple
Mai look at the temple and said ’we better land so they don’t attack us Kalo’. her brother nodded his head and then he landed the war balloon in the forest.
Kalo then opened one of the boxes when they landed the box contained vials filled with a dark red liquid. Kalo took one vial and drank the contents in a single gulp.
Kalo then said ‘Mai stay here, I will seek out the avatar’. Mai nodded and Kalo then took off into the forest to find the avatar and his companions.
Kalo then saw the temple and its occupants he knew immediately that they were looking out for him but Kalo would strike when he wanted to not the other way round. but he didn’t know that someone had seen him and was now going after him.
Kalo started walking along the cliff waiting for a chance to strike and also taking in the site before his eyes it was stunning and beautiful. He smiled and said ‘I know your following me, so come out of hiding and face me’.
The person came out the bushes and kalo said ‘its good to see you again Chit Sang, how long as it been since the battle of wa song’.
Chit Sang replied ‘4 years Kalo, why are you here is it to kill Zuko for what he did to your sister?’.
Kalo nodded his head then said ‘nothing will stop me making him pay, not the avatar, not the blind bandit, not even you my old friend will be able to stop me?’.
Chit Sang then turned to leave left but before he did he said ‘Kalo I know your angry and you want Zuko to pay with his blood, but I beg think of the consequences of your actions Kalo’.
Chit Sang then left leaving his former comrade in arms to think over what he just said.
Western air temple 2 hours later
Zuko watched as Aang and Toph practiced earth bending but he was also keeping an eye out if Kalo was nearby Zuko knew that he was the target Kalo was focused on.
Suddenly Toph stopped and said ‘someone’s coming, he’s strong and powerful, I think its that Kalo guy you mentioned earlier sparky’.
Zuko nodded as he got into a bending stance and he waited then he heard movement and a fire blast. Zuko ducked the blast and he saw him he saw Kalo for the first time in years. He still had the spiked black hair, eyes as gold as coins, and that familiar look of anger and hatred all directed at him.
Kalo then said ‘good to see you Zuko its been a long time, I am not here to kill you but I will hurt you for what you did to Mai, you abandoned her on the boiling rock, why?!’.
Zuko then replied ‘I had no choice Kalo, what happened to Ty Lee?’.
Kalo just replied ‘I killed her Zuko, I snapped her neck then threw her body into the boiling lake, as a message to Ozai that I am no longer his general, I am his enemy’.
Zuko then said ‘then why not help us Kalo?, teach Aang the Zorn technique and then we can defeat Ozai’.
Kalo started to laugh and said ‘you think Ozai is the only threat, there is one who he answers to as did your grandfather and great grandfather, the dragon lord Ka Chein, the only way we can win this war is by defeating Ozai and Ka Chein, I will train the avatar, and I will train you and miss Katara to help me defeat Ka Chein, do we have a deal Zuko?’.
The gAang then huddled up and discussed Kalo’s proposal after a few minutes Aang then stepped forward and said ‘we accept your deal Kalo, but we will be watching you and your sister’.
Kalo then punched Zuko in the face and said ;that’s for breaking Mai’s heart, now we are even’.
Kalo then left to get sister and their stuff once he was gone Sokka said ‘can we trust him Zuko?’.
Zuko then replied ‘yes Sokka, but he will not be a friend only an ally he can turn on us in a second, he’s a cold blooded killer, and now with his allegiance to Ozai cut, Kalo has allegiance to no one and a vendetta against the dragon lord Ka Chein and Ozai, he’s more dangerous then ever before’.
As he walked off Katara went after him though no one minded
The war balloon near the temple
Kalo and Mai gathered their supplies and Kalo said to her ‘don’t mention these boxes Mai do you understand, if you do they will kill me on the spot’.
Mai replied ‘I understand Kalo, now lets not keep the avatar waiting’.
Fire nation
Azula entered a dark room with a pai sho tile in her hand and said to a familiar person ‘uncle its me, I need your help’.
Darkness into light
Chapter 3 restless nights, flashbacks and training begins
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“Thoughts
‘Speech
The western air temple later that very night
Kalo looked at the night sky from his window as he drank another vial of red liquid and he thought back to a fire nation war meeting a few years ago
Flashback 2 years ago
Fire nation palace war room
General Kalo entered the war room and noticed he was across from captain Zhao who he held very little respect for. an hour into the meeting General Yun then said ‘our forces at the wa song desert in the southern earth kingdom, need more resources and men, they cannot cover that much land on their own they will be overrun by any earth kingdom attack’.
Zhao then said ‘why not send general Kalo’s forces to assist them?’.
Kalo then said in response to Zhao’s comment ‘but my forces are on the other side of the earth kingdom dealing with the 444th battalion, if my men don’t stop them now they will retake several key ports and towns, and we don’t that to happen now do we captain Zhao, besides it would take then weeks to get that far, and your army is only 2 days away, how about we send your men to assist general Yun?’.
The fire lord then said ‘Zhao your forces will be deployed to help general Yun, kalo make sure those town’s are liberated, burn them to ashes if you must do I make myself clear’.
Kalo and the others present then replied ‘yes fire lord Ozai’.
Ozai then said ‘dismissed’ and the men then left the war room. Zhao went to kalo and said ‘general, if you need any help with the 444th let me know, and why do you want my forces in the desert?’.
Kalo smirked and replied ‘I know you found something in that desert about the water tribes Zhao, and believe me I will find out what in due time, I want you to give me anything you find on the earth kingdom that can help me in my campaign in the north, understood captain’.
Zhao nodded his head then left Kalo then walked out the royal palace back to his house. He then entered the house and saw his sister drawing a painting of the palace from the window.
Kalo then said ‘Mai, I have been ordered to go the earth kingdom to lead my men, if you want you can come with me?’. Mai shook her head and Kalo then said ‘I will write you everyday’. Kalo then hugged Mai then he left the house and headed to his ship at the docks.
As the ship left the docks for the northern earth kingdom. Kalo thought to himself “is it my destiny to be a great military general, or a caring big brother to Mai?”.
End of flashback
It took Kalo 2 years to find the answer to that question he was going to be the big brother he should have been to Mai all those years ago.
Kalo then drank the last of the vial and went to bed after all he had a busy day tomorrow.
Fire nation pub
Azula then said ‘is this letter true, is avatar Roku my great grandfather?’.
Iroh replied ‘yes Azula, I take it you need help, so that’s why you came to me isn’t it?’. Azula nodded her head and Iroh poured her a cup of tea which Azula accepted from her uncle.
Iroh then said ‘its time I told you about the dragon lord Ka Chein’. seeing his nieces confused expression he continued by saying ‘Ka Chein was once the fire lord over 3 thousand years ago, he was cruel and disliked by his own people and on the anniversy of his 50th year as fire lord. His top general Ra Chan challenged him to an Agni Kai and won, Kalo and Mai are Ra Chan’s descendents , but Ka Chein is not a full person now he was brought back from the spirit world half a spirit, and every time the avatar goes into the avatar state, Ka Chein’s power will grows stronger’.
Azula then said ‘uncle how can I stop Ka Chein, if he is this powerful, I cant beat him alone’.
Iroh smiled and said ‘I am glad you realise you cant beat the dragon lord alone, and that you admit you need help, you will need the help of Kalo, Zuko and the avatars water bending master to defeat Ka Chein, but first I am going to teach you how to redirect lighting’.
Azula then followed Iroh to resume her training and prepare to face Ka Chein.
Meanwhile at the western air temple
Kalo was having a hard time getting any sleep as he thought back to an incident when he got back from the earth kingdom 15 months ago.
Flashback
Kalo ran down the block of houses to where the party was taking place. He ran up the stairs and broke down the door with his foot reducing the wooden door to splinters.
The party goers all men over the age of 17 ran out of the house when the infamous ‘whisper of the west’ entered the house. Kalo then heard a scream and ran up the stairs and he opened the door to the main bedroom.
Kalo then saw some drunk men looking over several women tied up and gagged including Mai, Ty Lee and a knocked out Azula. Kalo then span one around and threw out the window he then pulled out a knife and slit another mans throat the rest fled except the leader of the group.
Kalo then grabbed and held him against the wall and said ‘do you know who I am?’. when the man nodded his head in fear Kalo continued by saying ‘your afraid of me, that’s good you should be, did you rape these women?’ the man shook his head. Kalo then burned the man to ashes and freed the women.
Mai then hugged her brother with tears in her eyes. Kalo said ‘its okay Mai its okay, im here’. Kalo then led the women out of house and told his army to kill the men that escaped his warth and burn the house down to the ground.
End of flashback
Kalo then saw the sunrise and thought to himself “well time to begin training them for war”.
Meanwhile in the courtyard Toph sensed something in the earth she smirked and sang a song to herself ‘sparky and sugar queen sitting in a tree, kissing’.
Kalo heard the song and said ‘good the first part of the prophecy has been fulfilled, the chosen ones have fallen in love, now all we need to do is defeat Ka Chein and the world is safe’.
Darkness into light
Chapter 4 training for war and revelations
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“Thoughts
‘Speech
The western air temple
Kalo walked into the courtyard and waited for his pupils to arrive to begin training for war. Soon the avatar arrived he looked around and said ‘where’s Katara and Zuko?’.
Kalo and Toph both smiled knowing why they were both late a few minutes later both of them entered the courtyard slightly out of breath.
Sokka then said ‘what took you two so long to get here, ran into each other in the hallway?’. both of them nodded at that comment.
Kalo then sat up and said ‘now then Aang I want you to go over what you learned from Zuko today for your training, Mai will make sure you do, now Zuko I want you and Katara to follow me, I have something to show you both’.
Kalo then led Zuko and Katara to a room in the air temple with a single scroll in it. Kalo picked up the scroll and said ‘this is a prophecy that was made 300 years ago, it says that when the lord of dragons rises again 5 will rise up to defeat him, 2 descendents of the man who defeated him before, 1 the most powerful water bender of her time, the last 2 siblings who hated each other since birth, and who both want the love of a tyrant, the scarred prince and the water bender are destined to fall in love, if they don’t the world will not have any chance of being saved from destruction by a comet’.
Kalo then looked up at Zuko and Katara and saw their shocked faces. Zuko then said ‘does that mean Azula is going to help us against Ka Chein?’. Kalo nodded his head.
Kalo then said ‘Azula has always questioned why we wage this war, I just helped her open the door to the answers she needed to hear’.
Kalo then led them both into an empty room and said ‘to help you prepare to fight the dragon lord, I must tell you something’. Kalo then took out a vial and said ‘do either of you know what’s in this vial?’.
Katara then said ‘that’s blood isn’t it Kalo’. Kalo then smiled and replied ‘yes, it is blood, and ask yourselves why would I drink vials of blood, well do either of you have an answer’.
after getting no response Kalo took a deep breath and said ‘I am a vampire, that’s why I drink blood to survive’.
Zuko then said ‘but I thought vampires were only a myth’.
Kalo then said ‘I once thought the same thing Zuko, but I was attacked by a vampire in the northern earth kingdom, but because he didn’t finish the ritual I am a half vampire, and I can be cured, only by the spirit oasis at the northern water tribe, as soon as this war is over, I am going there to finally be free from this curse and live a normal life’.
Katara then said ‘so how does this help us defeat Ka Chein, is he a vampire as well?’.
Kalo shook his head and replied ‘no Katara, Ka Chein is not a vampire, he’s a 3 thousand year old spirit in human form, and every single time Aang goes into the avatar state, Ka Chein grows stronger, the only way to defeat him is by forcing him into the spirit world on the day Sozins comet returns or he will be unstoppable’.
Zuko then said ‘how do we force Ka Chein into the spirit world, its not like there’s a gateway to the spirit world in the fire nation palace’.
Kalo then said ‘that’s where your wrong Zuko, there is a gateway to the spirit world in the palace called the gates of Agni, its where the avatar was first brought into this world, only there can Ka Chein be stopped’.
Kalo then said ‘now then I am going to show you both how to use the zorn technique, its like how you use normal lighting only you focus all the positive and negative chi out of your mouth like it was air, now Zuko try to bend lighting’.
Zuko then took a deep breath and focused all the positive and negative chi out of his mouth and what came out was lighting, Kalo then redirected the currents at a nearby wall leaving a huge hole in it.
Kalo then said ‘congratulations, Zuko you are now the second person in history to master the zorn technique’.
Kalo then turned to Katara and said ‘has Zuko taught how to redirect lighting hasn’t he’. Katara nodded and Kalo continued by saying ‘using the moves Zuko taught you, I can show you how to do the zorn technique as well, you take the currents through one arm, and instead of having is flow the other arm have it flow out of your mouth, and that’s the zorn technique’.
Kalo then said ‘now then lets get back to the others’. the three of them then headed back to the courtyard and saw Aang practicing his fire bending with Mai watching on from nearby.
After Aang did a series of fire bending moves Mai said ‘again’. Aang then did the moves again afterwards Mai said prefect, avatar’.
Kalo than said ‘Mai you can go, I will look over the avatars training now’. Mai then went off to practice her knife throwing.
Meanwhile in the fire nation
Azula dodged several fire blasts from the fire nation royal guards and shot lighting at two guards killing them while her uncle had taken care of the rest of them.
Iroh then said ‘we have to get to the western air temple Azula, but before we do I need your word that you will not attack the avatar or his companions, or Kalo and his sister or Zuko’.
Azula then replied ‘I swear on my life uncle that I will not attack the avatar or his friends, or Kalo and his sister, or zuzu’.
Iroh smiled and said to his niece ‘I am proud of you Azula you have truly changed, I hope we can win this war, and help rebuild what we helped destroy, you can redeem yourself truly in the eyes of the world’.
Azula nodded her head and the two of them then went on ahead to get some transport to the western air temple.
Fire nation royal palace
The dragon lord Ka Chein roared in fury over the failure of Ozai’s royal guards he then taught to himself “but this is an advantage, all my enemies, Kalo, the two lovers, the avatar, Azula and Iroh all in one place, I can wipe them all out, failure isn’t an option now”.
Darkness into light
Chapter 5 training for war and revelations
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“ Thoughts
‘ Speech
The western air temple
Kalo watched the sunset and he knew that Hakoda was walking up to him the water tribe chief then said to him ‘Kalo I would like to ask you something if you don’t mind’. Kalo just motioned for him to continue the chief then said ‘why did you decide to help us against the fire nation in this war?’.
Kalo turned to face the chief and replied ‘I lost my taste for this war, sure I gladly destroyed earth kingdom villages and scared the hell out of earth kingdom villagers and my fellow fire nation officers in the army, but one day while I was taking a walk through a forest I ran into an earth kingdom man and his seven year old son walking through it as well, they looked like they hadn’t eaten in days, I gave the man some bread and water and gave the boy some candy, the man told me the boy never tasted candy in his whole life before that moment and the smile on the boys face as he ate the candy melted my cold heart, but three days later I saw them again, dead admiral Chan killed them personally, just because they breathed air’.
Kalo now had tears in his eyes and he continued by saying ‘I then told my men to head back home and to tend to their families, while I went to the eastern air temple, to sort out my conflicted soul, and after 5 months I emerged from my self imposed exile a changed man, and that chief Hakoda is why I am helping you against fire lord Ozai, because I don’t want anymore blood on my hands then there already is’.
Hakoda then left Kalo alone as the former fire nation general watched the sun disappear from the sky.
Fire nation royal palace
The dargon lord Ka Chien watched the sun set from the palace balcony and thought to himself “40 days left till the comet returns, 10 days since Kalo was last seen that’s 10 more failures, I am being buried beneath the weight of Ozai’s failures, when the comet comes and I am immortal, he will be the first one to die at my feet”.
Ozai then entered the room and said ‘my royal guards failed to arrest Azula and Iroh, my lord Ka Chein please forgive me’.
Ka Chein looked at Ozai and said ‘I forgive you Ozai, but don’t fail me again, and what are you going to do about Kalo, Zuko and his water tribe lover girl, they along with Azula and Mai can defeat me on the day Sozins comet returns, unless you kill the 3 of them before then?’.
Ozai replied ‘I will send my airships to the western air temple, and eradicate them from the world’. Ka Chein turned his back on the fire lord and said ‘don’t fail me again Ozai, or I might reconsider keeping you alive’.
Ozai bowed and left the room while the dragon lord looked up at the night sky and thought to himself “after the comet comes, I will achieve my ultimate destiny, as being the one who destroyed the spirit world itself!”.
Western air temple the next day
Kalo did 4 fire blasts before he turned to Aang and said ‘you must learn that fire comes from the breath and all air nearby feeds its power. It can be your greatest ally and also your worst enemy, now Aang you try the moves I just did’.
Aang did the 4 moves Kalo did until the half vampire said he did it perfectly. Kalo then saw his sister helping Suki train in sword fighting and hand to hand combat and he noticed that a certain banished prince and water bender were not in the area and Kalo smiled.
Aang then looked at Kalo and said ‘Kalo why are you smiling?’. Kalo just said ‘oh no reason, no reason at all, Aang you keep on learning those moves I thought you, I will be back in a few minutes’.
Kalo walked through the hallways till he came upon Katara and Zuko kissing he then said to them ‘alright lovebirds, time to breathe again’. the two lovers then looked at Kalo with anger for interrupting them. But he just smiled and continued walking down the hallway.
Kalo then saw a fire nation airship land nearby he then said to himself ‘at last Azula and Iroh have arrived, and now we have all we need to take down both Ka Chein and Ozai, two birds with one stone’.
Meanwhile Sokka thought to himself “that Kalo is hiding something, maybe I should find out what it is”. Sokka then went into kalo’s room but found nothing there except some fire bending scrolls and ten locked chests.
The water tribe warrior then found something a vial on the table filled with blood and at moment Sokka realised that Kalo was a vampire. But how could he walk in sunlight and not die those were the questions that couldn’t be answered.
Sokka then heard a cough and saw Kalo standing in the doorway. Kalo then said ‘in case your wondering Sokka, yes I am a vampire but not a full one, and I have never once drank human blood that blood is from animals, now you can put your mind at ease I will not harm anyone here, and just so you know an old friend will be arriving here shortly’.
Sokka was about to ask who but Kalo then said ‘you will find out who tomorrow Sokka okay’.
Sokka then the room leaving Kalo alone but the peace and quiet Kalo had was interrupted when he heard Sokka yell ‘what are you two doing!’.
Kalo shook his head and said ‘well it looks like the secrets out’. kalo then ran out into the hallway and he saw Sokka trying to attack Zuko who was being shielded by Katara.
Sokka then said ‘what the hell are you doing with my sister Zuko, I cant believe this you start messing around with my sister only a few days after you earn my trust you break it’.
Zuko then said ‘look Sokka we aren’t just messing around, I love her, okay understand I love Katara, I wouldn’t do anything to hurt her I would rather die’. Sokka still kept trying to attack Zuko.
But kalo then said ‘Sokka listen to me what is happening between Zuko and your sister is more important then you know, if they don’t fall in love then we are doomed to fail against the dragon lord, understand?’.
Sokka then said to Zuko ‘break her heart Zuko and I will kill you, and no funny business okay’. Zuko and Katara nodded and Sokka then went to his room while Kalo went to the airship to meet some old friends.
Zuko turned to Katara and said ‘that was close, I just hope the others are more accepting when we tell them tonight’.
Katara then replied ‘I am sure they will understand once Kalo tells them about the prophecy’. Zuko smiled and held Katara in his arms as they both hoped their friends would accept their relationship, They hoped.
But neither of them saw the air bender hiding behind the pillar but he saw they and he heard everything they just said.
Darkness into light
Chapter 6 a love revealed and an old friend appears
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“ Thoughts
‘ Speech
The western air temple
Aang was fuming inside he was angry that Zuko and Katara had gotten together and had kept it a secret from him. “they could have told me to my face, but no they probably were to busy making out to care about my feelings”.
As he was still angry that they had gone behind his back he didn’t notice Mai standing right behind him. The fire nation noble then said ‘I know how you feel Aang’.
The air bender turned to face and said angrily ‘you don’t how I feel, so don’t try to compare what happened to you and Zuko to me and Katara, so keep out of other peoples business’.
Mai then said calmly ‘I do know you feel Aang, your angry at Katara like I was with Zuko after he gave me the note, I felt so angry I just wanted to destroy everything and I then realised something, I realised that if I really loved Zuko I would be able to let go of him, so if you really love Katara you must let go of your feelings for her’.
Mai then started to leave when Aang said ‘Mai wait’. Mai stopped and turned to face Aang who then said ‘thanks, I needed to hear that’. he then held his hand out and Mai shook it smiling as she did.
Cliff near the western air temple
Iroh looked at the temple and said ‘they are here, now Azula I want you to not say a word when we meet up with the avatar and his companions is that understood?’.
Azula replied ‘yes uncle, I just hope they accept me and not try to kill me on sight’.
Iroh then said ‘ don’t worry Azula they would to get through me before they could harm you’.
Kalo then steeped out of the forest and said ‘and none of them come close to the power of the dragon of the west, its good to se you two are finally here, now lets go meet the neighbours’.
All three of them laughed at Kalo’s joke and then headed over the avatars group.
Western air temple
Sokka and Suki suddenly saw 3 people approach them two were Kalo and Iroh but the third was Azula. The two them along with Toph and Haru got ready to attack.
When Toph and Haru aimed boulders at Azula’s head Iroh steeped in front in her and said to them in a calm voice that sounded more frightening then a shout ‘lower those boulders now, I assure you Azula doesn’t want to fight you, but I warn you if you try attack her I will protect her’.
Toph And Haru then dropped the boulders back into the earth and Sokka with his sword raised said ‘why is she here Iroh, last I heard you hated her, and now your going to protect her from us why?’
Iroh then said ‘Azula has changed, I wouldn’t have brought her here if she didn’t change her ways’.
Sokka then said ‘you have a point there Iroh, but how do we know she is being truthful about changing her ways, she is a good liar after all?’
Azula then spoke up and said ‘I swear on my life I am not lying, I know I have a lot of things in the past that are unforgivable, but I realised now that my father is insane, the world will burn if he wins the war, he must be stopped, so I am begging you please let me help defeat my father’.
The group were silent for a few minutes until Sokka then said ‘no’.
Kalo then punched Sokka onto the ground he then picked up Sokka the neck and said to him in a menacing voice ‘Azula has changed Sokka, now if she doesn’t help us defeat Ka Chien we are doomed, do you understand me’. Sokka nodded and Kalo then handed the water tribe warrior a scroll and said ‘read it’.
After Sokka read the prophecy he then said ‘okay Azula can join us, but we will be watching her’.
Kalo then nodded and said to Iroh and Azula ‘come on I will bring to Zuko, I am sure he would want to talk to both of you’.
Kalo then led them both to Zuko’s room he then locked on the door loudly and soon the sound of scurrying was heard.
Kalo then opened the door and the three of them saw Zuko and Katara looking slightly of breath.
The three of them then stepped into the room and Azula bowed in front of Zuko and said ‘Zuko I know I have done things I may never be able to make up for, but please I beg you forgive me’.
Zuko then saw tears fall from his sister’s eyes to the floor and Zuko then said ‘I forgive you Azula, all I want is my little sister back, now rise as my sister not as the princess of the Fire Nation’.
Azula then rose to her feet and Zuko then was about to speak when Iroh interrupted him by saying ‘I know what your going to say Zuko, and I forgive you’.
Zuko then embraced his uncle and Azula then joined in leaving Katara and Kalo watching a tearful family reunion and they were both very happy for the reunited family.
Suddenly explosions were heard along with Sokka’s voice yelling ‘the fire nation are attacking!’. Kalo then said ‘lets go do some damage’.
Darkness into light
Chapter 7 attacks and confrontations
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“ Thoughts
‘ Speech
Western air temple
Kalo and the others then left the room and saw several fire nation air ships in the sky above the temple. Kalo then said ‘Mai get the others to war balloon, I will deal with Ozai’s dogs’.
Mai nodded her head and then led the others to the balloon while Kalo looked at nearest air ship and shot lighting from his mouth and fingertips at it with so much power that it made the air ship burst into flames and fall into the canyon.
Kalo then thought to himself “one down, five more to go”. But before he could shoot lighting again he had to take cover from several attacks from the air ships.
Suddenly a very familiar flying bison flew by and Kalo dived onto its saddle and said to Aang ‘get us out of here, now!’.
Aang then saw the balloon and said ‘what’s Azula doing on that balloon’. after Aang said that very sentence they saw Azula fire lighting at a nearby air ship bursting it into flames.
Kalo then replied ‘she is helping us Aang, please understand Azula is on our side’. Aang then nodded his head in understanding now having realised that Azula had joined the right side in this war.
The remaining air ships then retreated and Kalo said ‘now I know a place we can hide for awhile, Ozai doesn’t about it, neither does Ka Chein’.
Aang then handed the reins of Appa to Kalo and said ‘lead the way’.
Fire nation royal palace
The dragon lord stared at the bundle that the servants were bringing into the room. After they placed it in the middle of the room the dragon lord then said ‘everyone leave this room at once’.
After they all left and the doors to the room were locked Ka Chein sat down next to the bundle raised his left hand over it and said softly ‘I call your spirit from the spirit world to re-enter your body’.
After a few minutes the bundle moved and threw the sheet off herself and took in a big breath of air. The dragon lord smiled as he stared down at what he had done Ty Lee was alive again.
The acrobat then bowed before the dragon lord and she then said ‘what is your will my lord?’.
High in the sky on Appa
Kalo looked at an island and said ‘there it is, the island of korane’. he then signalled for the war balloon to follow them down to the island.
After landing Appa down Kalo looked at his surroundings and said ‘it hasn’t changed a bit’ the other looked at him in confusion except for Mai and Kalo continued by saying ‘ I use to come here with Mai years ago on holiday, we would fish, hike up the mountains and sleep under the stars, Ozai doesn’t know about this place so we should be safe here, until we are ready to attack him and the dragon lord on the day Sozin’s comet returns’.
Suddenly Kalo noticed something the bushes he drew out his sword and ran into the forest with the others following behind him. He then caught up to it and saw it was old friend. Kalo then said ‘Lieutenant Kono, what are you doing here?’.
The man then replied ‘I’m not the only one here general’. suddenly hundreds of men appeared on the beach it was Kalo’s old army of the 178th.
The men then yelled out ‘welcome home general Kalo sir!’. they all then saluted in respect of their former leader.
Kalo then said ‘men you have fought with me for 4 years straight, and here you stand as if it was only yesterday since we last fought, but now we fight against the fire lord and his goon squad of armour boys, I hope when the time comes to fight you will stand by my side in battle, because we are not fighting for money, or land, of Ozai, we are fighting for peace and freedom!’.
All the men then cheered and Kono said ‘general Kalo, we are with you, we fight for peace’.
Kalo smiled and said ‘we invade the fire nation in thirty eight days, start preparing for war’. Kalo then walked back over to the group and said to Zuko and Katara ‘follow me, there is something else I must show you’.
Kalo then led the two lovers to a hill over looking the ocean and showed them a picture of the dragon lord and said ‘that’s the face of the enemy, now take a look at the ocean and think of peace, because all Ka Chein thinks about is war and pain, so if your minds are focused on peace and love you will both have the strength to defeat the dragon lord’.
Fire nation royal palace
The dragon lord watched as Ty Lee and her fleet of fire nation warships left the main port and headed out to find his enemies and he thought to himself “it doesn’t matter if she succeeds or not, she is merely a test, and when the comet comes I will be ready for them and they will fall, and I will rise and destroy all who oppose me”.
Chapter 8 new friendships and old friends and enemies return
This is set after the boiling rock so there will some spoilers in this fanfic
“ Thoughts
‘ Speech
Island of korane
It had been three days since they arrived on the island of Korane and so much had happened first Zuko and Katara revealed their relationship to the rest of the group and after they explained the prophecy everyone accepted it.
However when Kalo revealed his vampirism it took some convincing from Zuko and Katara to stop Hakoda from killing him after explaining that Kalo never drank human blood and that he would go to be freed of the curse when the war was over.
Now Kalo was looking at the ocean waves rocking back and forth against the shoreline of the beach and he knew something was coming for them something not human.
Fire nation fleet near earth kingdom waters
Ty lee took a look at her army that she had been given by the dragon lord. To be in the dragon lord’s presence for even a second was considered a great honour, but to be resurrected by him and given an army to command that was a thousand times greater.
But she was also given the ability to bend lighting as a ‘gift’ from Ka Chein to help her defeat the avatar and his companions along with her former friends Mai and Azula along with Kalo and Zuko.
She then turned to her second in command and said ‘tell the fleet to search all the islands between the earth kingdom and the western air temple, and if we don’t find the avatar or Kalo, you will answer for it not me is that clear’.
Admiral Zhao nodded and said ‘I wont fail the dragon lord Ty Lee, but I remind you that if I fail you will also answer for it’.
Ty lee nodded her head in understanding and the fleet started to increase in speed in their hunt for Ka Chein’s enemies.
Island of korane
Aang still could not let go of his feeling for Katara. Even though he accepted that she loved Zuko, a part of him still held out the slightest hope that he would declare her love for him.
He tried all kinds of thing to get rid of his feeling for Katara, bending, running, sleeping and now he was trying meditation. And still couldn’t get rid of his feeling so he sat up and went for a walk on the beach.
As he walked on the beach he watched the waves, it was then he saw Kalo also watching the tide come in. Kalo then said ‘Aang its only natural that you still feel that way about Katara, but you must learn to let it go, or like an out of control fire it will destroy everything around it, do you understand what I am telling you Aang?’.
Aang nodded and said ‘I don’t get rid of my feelings for Katara, it could shatter my friendships with so many people, and will make victory in the war almost impossible’.
Kalo then replied ‘that’s right Aang, but the question is what are you going to do about your feelings for Katara?’.
Aang then said in a very determined tone of voice ‘I am going to let them go, and regain the avatar state’.
Kalo then said ‘its late, come on Aang you need your rest’. the two of then walked back to the camp site to get some rest for the next day.
Fire nation fleet
Admiral Zhao and Ty Lee had ordered their men to search every island nearby and so far they hadn’t found the avatar or any of the others they were after. Now they only had one island left to search the island of Korane.
But the waters near the island were very rough that trying to land the fleet there would be nearly impossible, so they had to wait for the weather to clear up first before they searched that particular island.
Island of korane the next day
Katara kissed Zuko deeply and they remained that way for several minutes kissing each other till Sokka coughed and said ‘just because I accepted your relationship, doesn’t mean you two have to snog each others brains out every day’.
Toph then punched Sokka in the arm and said ‘come on Sokka, you heard what blood sucker said, if they are not a couple when they face the dragon lord, the world will be destroyed so lay off’. Sokka just nodded and walked off followed closely by Toph.
Meanwhile Azula was with Iroh learning something Zuko never did how to make great tea. When Aaag came up to her and said ‘Azula can I talk to you for a moment?’.
Azula then sat up and walked with Aang for several minutes before the air bender said ‘I don’t think I can ever forgive you for what you did in Ba Sing Se, or what you did to me Azula, but you have my thanks for helping us at the temple’.
Aang then stretched his hand and Azula shook it then she said ‘thank you Aang, and I promise I will help defeat my father and the dragon lord, and they redeem myself, in your eyes and in the eyes of the world’.
Aang then walked back to camp feeling like a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders, but he still had these feeling for Katara to get rid of and he knew what he had to do.
Aang then went up to a cliff overlooking the ocean and he started to meditate and after several hours Aang stood up smiling he had unlocked the seventh Charka and regained the avatar state.
Fire nation royal palace
The dragon lord Ka Chein felt a great burst of energy enter him, the avatar had entered the avatar state and had unknowing made the dragon lord stronger. “thank you avatar for that burst of energy, I will be sure to make your death quick and painful, but as for Zuko and Katara their fate will be a lot worse, and after I am finished with them , they will both be on their knees before me begging for death and I wont do it”.
Ka Chein then heard his newest servant walk into the room and the dragon lord said ‘I want you to gather our forces, the enemy will come here soon and I want to be ready when they arrive’.
Jet bowed and replied ‘yes my lord’ and left the room leaving the dragon lord to test out his new strength and when Ka Chein lit a fire ball it wasnt red like it normally was it was now black.
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