Swoosh!
As the spinning edges of the wind shuriken neared Azula's body. The ground around her disintegrated from the penetrating force, and she closed her eyes.
Katara watched with wide eyes, deep regret spilling from their depths as she watched. Her hands began shaking, but there was nothing she could do.
"Azula!-"
Boom!
A massive ball of spinning energy and wind expanded in front of Katara's eyes. Azula was hit. Katara was instantly thrown back like a rocket, her body spinning and flipping in the air before slamming into the ground tens of meters away.
The ground for thirty meters instantly vanished as the wind shuriken expanded. Tiny microscopic needles pierced everything, disintegrating the ground, and the massive dome of spinning needles and wind continued spinning without stop.
The shockwaves alone coming off from the attack were enough to fling a human away for tens of meters, killing them on impact, and then dismembering them from being thrown into anything.
In the distance, Katara coughed up blood, her entire body screaming in pain as she held her stomach, pain exploding throughout her nerves. She turned around, shielding her eyes from the fierce winds.
The massive dome of decimation began to slow down before her, the winds became smaller, and after a few more seconds, it vanished, leaving nothing but a smooth crater thirty meters deep and wide.
There was nothing left behind of Azula. No clothes, no hair, not even a drop of blood. Azula's body shook at the sight, and she began to tear up from her actions.
"I... I just killed someone due to anger..." Katara muttered to herself, closing her eyes as she clamped her palm over her mouth to stop herself from throwing up.
"Uh... No, you didn't."
Katara froze at the sound from behind her. She spun around, and her eyes immediately widened in relief as she saw Azula and Norrak standing next to each other.
Azula was fine, with not a drop of blood or cuts on her form from the attack, while Norrak rested his hands behind his head. He moved close to Katara, his palms glowing a white light.
"Here, let me heal you from your injuries. Then we can talk after that," Norrak's smooth and worried voice entered Katara's ears, and she nodded as Norrak's hands rested on her shoulders, immediately using healing to heal her injuries.
Katara's smooth brown skin, littered with deep bruises and cuts, slowly mended together. Bruises vanished, and the cuts closed as if Katara's entire body was returning in time.
Her beautiful, smooth skin once again regained its healthy glow, and her stiff shoulders relaxed, as if they dropped massive boulders from the top. Katara stood up, her eyes locking with Azula, filled with regret.
"Tch! So you had that technique up your sleeve all this time and never used it once? How quaint, especially when fighting against me," Azula's disdainful voice echoed around the silent area, and Katara smiled.
For once, she was relieved to actually hear Azula's voice instead of that usual bubbling annoyance in her chest. Azula narrowed her eyes at Katara's smile before looking away with a click of her tongue.
"Tch!... Fine, it was my fault that this happened in the first place, and I wanted you to get angry so you can use Firebending..." Azula spoke with crossed arms, and Norrak smiled as he rested his glowing hand on her shoulder.
'Looks like she is starting to actually get used to the other girls... God, if she continues like this, her troubled mind will begin to heal from the love and friendship she is going to be surrounded with.' Norrak couldn't help but be happy as he looked at Katara and Azula.
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have let myself become so angry, even though I knew what you were trying to do," Katara replied to Azula's apology, her heart hanging low. Norrka sighed at the depressing atmosphere, but before his eyes lit up with an idea.
"How about we stop training for today, and instead we go inside? I will cook everyone one of my favourite thigns ever, it's called a Borito, easy to cook, but when done, tastes heavenly," Norrak spoke up with a light slap on their shoulders, turning to walk towards the airship.
Katara and Azula shot each other a look, and they both walked towards the airship with Norrak. A hint of excitement in their eyes at the thought of eating Norrak's cooking.
During the three days they had been training together, Norrak always made sure to cook for them at the end of the day, and it was always the best thing they had eaten.
After all, no one else in the world ever created such thigns as Pizza, burgers, fried chicken or anything modern.
[Meanwhile with Zuko...]
"This will become our base for the time being. It could hold a total of 13,000 soldiers comfortably," Zuko spoke up with a serious tone, showing June the area he had gained.
This was still on the shore where he fought with the bounty hunters. But there was a massive cave burned into the cliffside. Zuko had done this thanks to his new flames.
Using Eternal Flames and his new exceptional control over them due to their peaceful nature. Zuko had covered a massive area of the cliff in flames, and let it burn until it burned a clean cave into the cliff.
"Not bad at all, prince~," June spoke with a chuckle, her eyes narrowing as she looked at Zuko. She had witnessed how he burned the cliff, and it still amazed her.
"But wouldn't it be easier if you just went and killed your father? After all, all that needs to be done is to take down the king, and the rest will follow," June said with confusion, resting her hand on her hips.
"I did think of doing that, but this won't change the way the Fire Nation is doing right now. Plenty of corrupt officials and generals in power want to continue the war. I need to make a clean swipe," Zuko replied, dejected at how far his country had fallen.
"And what will you do if you succeed? Will you become the new king?" June asked, her eyes focused on Zuko's side profile, noticing how passionate he was about doing the right thing.
'Cute~,' June thought as her lips curled up into a grin.
"Become King?... No, my sister would never allow me to be king. So I will propose a duel with her, winner takes the throne," Zuko said with narrowed eyes, his voice full of seriousness.
"She would never refuse a challenge from me, especially for the throne!" Zuko finished his sentence before turning to walk away to his next target, with June and Nyla following after him.
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Do you guys like how I am placing more attention on Zuko? I feel that with Norrak out of the picture, I can create more due to how powerful Norrak is. With him, he could do it alone, while with Zuko, I can gather armies, gain allies and things. I can also focus more on character development than mere fights.
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