Rainbow's Gift (Avatar The Last Airbender Fanfic)

65: The Day of Black Sun

I hadn't seen Sokka since the speech. I was pretty sure he was embarrassed by it. I was going to look for him but Aang decided to do it. As soon as we started heading out, I immediately got nervous. I was going to see the capital again. I was going to be in the palace again. I had so many memories of him and I running around and playing. I remember the day when I was no longer allowed to enter the palace. Firelord Ozai had said that I was corrupting his mind and that he wasn't going to be a great leader if we continued to be friends. I remember how my dad had whipped me, scarring my back for life. I remembered how my mother cried, begging him to stop and how my brother was forced to watch even though he tried his best not to look. I frowned. I was not going to keep this power if I continued have horrible thoughts.

Sokka came and stood by me as we held hands and continued to look out to the sea. After an hour, I could see the great gates of Azulon. I sighed. I hoped that Agni would give us luck in this. Katara and the swamp benders whipped up a fog cover so that we could sneak by the gate. I hoped it work.

"Keep it up. We're almost through." Hakoda said but as soon as he said it the alarms went off. I let go of Sokka's hand and ran to the front of the boat. The only way the alarms would have rung if someone saw us or they knew we were coming. But I knew it was impossible. It didn't make sense. As soon as this happened Hakoda ordered everyone to go below deck. We all ran down and I tried to ignore the sounds of the motor boats that were headed our way. I didn't know why we were heading down.

"Apparently Sokka came up with a plan for something like this." Katara informed me as if she read my mind.

"Oh really?" I said. Sokka had not told us about his invasion plans except the armor for Appa. We soon entered this machine that Sokka called a submarine. It felt weird to be under water. I watched as Sokka, his dad and Teo's dad talk about the submarine. They were talking about our limited oxygen supply. We could also feel the pressure of the water. It was the reason why Toph kept on puking. It wasn't long before Aang came up to me. I hugged him.

"We're going to resurface soon." He told me.

"I'm guessing that's our cue to leave." I said. He nodded. We all got out of the submarines when we surfaced. I could see the capital at a far distance. It would probably take us twenty minutes to fly there. I met up with my friends. We all looked nervous, and that was including Toph who was always tough.

"So this is it, huh?" Aang said. I smiled a bit.

"Are you ready for the Fire Nation to know that the Avatar's alive?" Sokka asked.

"I'm ready." Aang said determined. We all hugged, knowing that we might die today. This might have been the last time we saw each other. I started getting teary eyed.

"Are those tears I see?" Toph asked.

"No." I said quickly as I wiped them. These people were amazing. They had all been good to me even though we started rocky like with Katara. It was sad that we were kids going to fight for the world. I hoped no one died.

"I hope you kick some serious Firelord butt Twinkle Toes. And Taliya you better be right there to help him." Toph said.

"Everyone listen up." Hakoda said making us break our hug. "The next time we resurface, it'll be on the beaches. So stay alert and fight smart. Now break time's over back in the subs." I looked at Aang but I saw the way him and Katara were standing close to each other. They clearly wanted to talk. I hoped that Aang would finally get the guts to kiss Katara and tell her how he felt. No time was better than the present. Once we reached the entrance to the sub, I stopped and grabbed Sokka's arm. Now that he was looking at me, I had forgotten what I wanted to say.

"You're horrible you know that?" I said jokingly.

"Why?" He asked but he looked like he already knew, the way he was smirking.