Chapitre 10: Chapter 10
After a short conversation with the general, Aang returned to the group's quarters. Katara and Sokka looked up from their beds as he walked in and headed towards his bed.
"I told the general that I would help him by entering the Avatar State," he told them.
- Aang, no. This is not the right way," Katara objected. Sokka said nothing, absentmindedly scratching Akela behind the ear. - There is a right way to do this. And it lies in practice, study and discipline. - She continued.
"The General is really right..." Sokka began to speak.
But before he could finish, Katara interrupted him.
- This is what I expected to hear from you. You just want Aang to light it up or something! - she almost shouted at him.
"That's not what I was talking about..." he tried to protest.
But she cut him off again.
"If you two meatheads want to throw away everything we worked for, then fine!" Go and "glow!" - she said, leaving the room.
- Katara, I'm just a realist. "I don't have time to do this right," Aang tried to justify himself. But this did not seem convincing to him either.
There was silence in the room for several minutes until it was broken by the sound of rushing wind.
- Damn it, Akela! At least aim in the other direction! - Sokka said to his wolf cub. For some reason Akela looked smug.
What started the next day would have seemed strange to anyone else. To begin with, Fong forced Aang to drink a special tea, which was supposed to strengthen a person's chi tenfold, and also force Aang to enter the Avatar State. As a result of this idea, Aang found himself in a state of sugar high that would cause small children to either join in with him or watch in amazement. He flew around the house in a hot air balloon and at the same time said something quickly. As all this was happening, Sokka remarked that Aang could "talk the Fire Lord to death." Akela tried to follow Aang with his eyes. When Aang finally crashed into one of the pillars, Akela covered his eyes with his paws. Sokka and Katara weren't sure if he was doing this because Aang crashed or because he was dizzy from seeing Aang flying in all directions.
Sokka tried to scare Aang into the Avatar state by using Momo as a head. Not only did it fail, but Akela saw Momo and decided that he was hungry. As a result, Akela ended up chasing Sokka and Momo around the fortress, and Momo somehow managed to get stuck in Sokka's shirt, so Sokka had to stick his head out of the middle of the shirt, creating the appearance of a two-headed creature, one head of which was human and the other was a flying lemur. . The soldiers watching this thought it was funny.
A third attempt would have forced any sane person to check General Fong's head to see if there was a brain in it. He organized a ritual in which Aang donned the clothes of all four nations (which, frankly, looked ridiculous). The shaman began chanting all kinds of mud, poured water and earth into a bowl, threw a torch into it, used a blower, and then, to top it all off, threw this substance (let's call it mud) at Aang. The only thing they achieved was that Aang sneezed and splashed mud on Sokka, Katara, Fong and Akela. As they were about to leave, Akela shook himself in front of Fong, splashing him with even more dirt. According to Sokka, the wolf cub blamed the general for all this.
(Location: Spa Resort)
- Look at these magnificent shells! - Iroh said, emptying the contents of the bag onto the table in their small house. - I will enjoy these souvenirs for many years.
- We don't need useless things anymore! Zuko said to his uncle. "You forgot that now we have to carry everything ourselves."
Then they heard a voice that surprised them.
- Hi brother. "Uncle," Azula said, sitting on the other side of the room. Naruto stood against the wall, close enough to move but far enough away to allow her to command.
Both Zuko and Iroh instantly became wary.
- What are you doing here? Zuko growled at his sister.
"In my country, we say hello politely before asking questions," Azula answered lightly, fiddling with the shell. - Have you really become uncivilized so quickly, Zuzu? - She stood up and approached him with a shell in her hands. Naruto followed just a few steps behind her.
- Do not call me that! - Zuko shouted. He hated that nickname. She knew he hated that nickname!
Iroh knew his niece was not here for a visit.
- To what do we owe such an honor? - he asked suspiciously. Even though Naruto said she had changed, she still had to be careful.
- It's probably a family trait. You both get to the point so quickly. She broke the shell with her fingers, causing Iroh to frown. - I came with a message from home. The father changed his mind; family suddenly became important to him. He heard rumors about plans to overthrow him, about insidious conspiracies. Family are the only ones you can trust. "She looked at her brother for a moment, then out the window. - Father regrets your expulsion. He wants you to come home. - She looked back to see her brother's reaction.
Zuko just stood there, mentally double-checking that he had heard his sister correctly. Meanwhile, Naruto walked up to Azula, told her he would be outside, and walked out the door.
- Did you hear what I just said? Azula asked as her bodyguard left and Zuko looked out the window. - You should be happy. Excited. Grateful. I just told you great news.
"I'm sure your brother just needs time to..." Iroh began.
- Don't interrupt, uncle! - she snapped. She walked up to Zuko. - I still haven't received a thank you, I'm not a massage therapist. I didn't have to go that route.
- Is your father sorry? Does he... want me to come back? Zuko asked, still unsure. Suddenly his dream was in his hands. It seemed too good to be true.
- I see you need time to realize all this. I'll come to you tomorrow, good evening. - As she walked back to the ship, she saw Naruto leaning against a tree, waiting for her. As she passed him, he stood up and walked behind her.
- Why did you go away? - she asked.
"Because if I didn't, I would start laughing," Naruto said. -Family is important to the Royal Flame Asshole, that's one of the best jokes I've heard from you, Azula.
"Yeah, it's a joke..." Azula said quietly, but Naruto could still hear her. "Am I doing the right thing, Naruto?"
He shrugged.
"You're doing what your father would do, and I know that the Royal Flame Asshole doesn't consider friends and family important." The question is, do you think they are important?
She thought about this for several minutes. By the time they got back to the ship, she answered.
- I'm not sure.
Naruto simply nodded.
- I understand. Maybe you just need to think?
Azula nodded in agreement as they boarded the ship. Looks like it was a good idea.
(Location: Earthrealm)
Aang sighed as he watched Katara leave. He turned to look at the sunset. At that moment, he heard Sokka approach him.
- Now you're going to convince me that this is a bad idea? - he asked, turning slightly to look at his fellow tribesman.
Sokka shook his head.
- I know this is a bad idea, and so do you. You just want to end this war so much that you're ignoring one important point.
Hearing this, Aang lost his temper.
- I don't need this, Sokka! You agreed with the General's words after I told you two what I did! - he shouted at him.
Sokka just waited for Aang to finish.
"I said the general was right, but Katara interrupted me before I could finish." I wanted to say that it's too risky to try this because there is a downside.
Aang was confused.
- What does the other side mean?
- Aang, do you know that I use my boomerang all the time? - The airbender nodded. "Although the upside is that it can hit someone from afar and always come back to me, the downside is that it can take too long to get back to me." If I throw my boomerang at someone and it's my only weapon, it might give someone a chance to kill me. Every weapon has a downside, and from what I've seen, the Avatar State is a weapon.
- How is the Avatar State a weapon?
-When you enter the Avatar State, your emotions take over and you allow rage to control your actions.
- No, that's not true! - he immediately protested.
- No, it is, Aang, and when it happens, everyone in your path can get hurt. Look, my father taught me that in battle, rage must be tamed with discipline.
- And how can I do this?! - Aang demanded. He really wanted to know how. But he was exhausted and exhausted from everything that had happened today, and his composure was a little short.
"Do what you have to, study and master the four elements," Sokka reminded him.
Hearing this, he calmed down.
"Do you think this will help me with the Avatar State?"
- Otherwise, why would all the previous Avatars go through the same thing? - the tribe representative asked in response.
Aang laughed lightly.
"You're right, Sokka," he said before his face became concerned. -What about General Fong?
- Listen, tomorrow morning go and tell the general that you want to continue on your way. If he doesn't agree, I'll do something to prove I'm right.
- You are sure? Sokka just grinned slightly.
(Location: Spa Resort)
- We are going home, three years later. This is incredible! Zuko said as he gathered his things. He had been excited ever since he fully realized Azula's words.
While his nephew walked around the house, Iroh looked out the window thoughtfully.
"It's incredible," he agreed, although in a different way. "I never knew my brother to regret anything."
-Did you listen to Azula? My father realized how important family was to him. He cares about me! Zuko protested, looking at his uncle. He could believe that his feelings were not shared.
Iroh turned to face his nephew.
- I'm not indifferent towards you! And if Ozai wants you back, well... I think it might not be for the reasons you imagine," he told Zuko. Of the two, he knew the Fire Lord better.
"You don't know how my father feels about me." You know nothing! Zuko said, turning away from him.
"Zuko," Iroh said. "I just wanted to say that in our family, not everything is always as it seems."
Zuko spun around, his anger exploding.
- I think you are exactly what you seem! You are a lazy, distrustful, superficial old man who has always been jealous of your brother! - He stomped away from his uncle, not noticing the gloomy expression on his face.
(Setting: Earthrealm)
Aang stood in front of General Fong. Sokka had disappeared before he even woke up, and Katara wasn't around, so he was left to his own devices.
"The thing is, I don't think we'll ever be able to summon it on purpose," Aang explained. - So I guess that's it.
- Exactly, I can't convince you? - asked Fong. If someone had been attentive, they would have heard light pleading notes in his voice.
Aang nodded, not hearing the tone.
- I'm sure. I can only achieve the Avatar State when I am in real danger.
The doors suddenly opened and a soldier ran inside.
- General Fong! - he shouted.
- What's the matter? - asked the general, getting up from the table.
- Look out the window into the courtyard, sir! - Fong and Aang rushed to the window. What they saw surprised them. Most of General Fong's army was fighting, but it was not an army. No, they only fought one person: Sokka.
(Location: Spa Resort)
Zuko walked down the stairs that were carved into the side of the mountain. He paused for a second to look at the ship. All he could see was the promise the ship silently held within itself. He started walking again when he heard his uncle's voice.
- Wait! "Don't leave without me," he called. Turning around, he saw Iroh coming down the stairs with a travel backpack identical to the one he had on his shoulder.
"Uncle, you changed your mind," he said, glad that he was coming.
- Family sticks together, right? - Iroh asked, catching up with his nephew and placing his hand on his shoulder.
When he felt that hand, he remembered another time and another hand on his shoulder.
"We're finally coming home," he said, turning to look at the ship, the memory echoing in his mind. As he walked down the stairs, he didn't notice Iroh looking at the ship suspiciously.
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