The False avatar

Chapter 26 When impossibility becomes normality

Shoto(pov)
'Warm' that was the first though that seeped into his mind. He cooled his body inorder to offset the burning sensation. His eyes stirred as he opened them, only to be meet with blinding rays hiting his eyes. After his eyes adjusted, he heard something. "You're awake." Before he could recognise the person. He was embraced in tight hug. After a moment he realised the person who had embraced him was his younger brother zuko. "Zuko gives him some space. He just got up from three day coma." A voiced said with worry and mild concern. He looked up and saw his younger sister at the door way.

"Sorry, I am just gald that he's alive." Zuko commented. As shoto felt the lose of the embraced. "Why wouldn't I alive ?" Shoto asked in confusion. As he took a more comfortable sitting on the bed. "Alot happened shoto, things that I well we are wrapping our heads around still. We nearly lost you from our lifes. I am just gald that your alive." Azula said as she betrayed her emotions. That's when everything came back to him.

Flashback three nights past.
Shoto looked from the floor, as the posion took it's toll on his body. He glared ag zhao, who looked at him with disgust. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ?" A thunderous voice yelled. Shoto turned his head and saw his father with murderous hatred at Zhao. The man turned and looked at the furious general. "I took care of the traitor." He could hear him say. Iroh's face was filled with anger as the temperature of the oasis increased dramatically. Shoto watched motionless on the floor. As his father took a stance of bending.

"The last thing you'll see today. Will be your ASHEN body. I will avenge my son." Iroh in rageas tears streamed from his eyes as he sent a pillar of fire so massive that would've even impressed the dragons of the past. But zhao was pepared, with steady control he cut down the flames. He watched as his former father and Zhao battle across fhe oasis.

Shoto felt his heart grew heavy, when he heard Iroh call him his son. 'It had been so long since the agni kai that tore his relationship with his father. And even longer since he saw his father looked at with him with even an ounce of care.' Had it been when he idolised him ? He would've been more then happy, that he finally got his father to care for him and to see him. But now, all there was within his heart was hollowness.

"Why am I not surprised ? Treason runs in the family, I do such a great deed and now I am being threatened by the dragon of the west himself." Zhao taunted him as evaded a ball of flame. As the battle continued on and on, zhao taunted the general time and time again. As he evaded fatal blows one after the other. He propelled himself backwards gaining the distance he needed as he moved his hands as lightnings sparked. "You're lightning shall not prosper against me Zhao." Iroh barked at the admiral. As he ready himself to redirect it.

"Then it's a good thing, I am not aiming for you." Was all that zhao said before he fired his lightning. But not Iroh no, the lightnings passed over Iroh's side. Shoto's eyes bulged in horror as the lightning raced to hit the pond. Where both tui and la were.

In act of bravery, Yue jumped infront of the lightning. The lightning hit straight at her chest. 'No no no, she was a child!!!' Shoto watched helplessly as the young child was send hurrying at the wall. The awful crack and subsequent slammed caused a noise that left a chill on his spine. A human skeleton is meant for that level of endurance much less a young girl like her.

Iroh turned to look at yue, she had her whole life ahead her. She didn't deserve this, Iroh thought to himself. He turned to Zhao, ready to continue the fight. But the admiral didn't wish for a fair fight. While the generals back was turned, he sent a bolt of lightning at the general. Iroh turned at the last second as the lightning already danced towards him.

The general closed his eyes expecting his demise, but after a minute passed. With no sensation of pain or agony or feeling burned from the inside out. He opened his eyes and found the spear of lightning just frozen in air. Not even moving one inch closer to him, Zhao just looked in disbelief as did Iroh himself. Then it spun back hit zhao in a blink severing the admiral's left arm causing it fall to the ground. The admiral fell to the ground writhing in agony as blood poured out. That when a shadow fell upon zhao. As his yellow eyes meet blue and grey eyes.