The fire war renaissance

Chapter 34: Black and white

And somewhere, within the wee hours of the night, chapter 34 was updated….

I was going to split this chapter into two parts, but then I decided to just merge them together in one big battle chapter! It took a while and I almost lost the whole document, but I was finally able to do it. So here you go. Enjoy!

And sorry in advance for any mistakes…I've changed this chapter so many times I don't know what parts I've edited and what parts I haven't. I think I got everything, but just let me know if there's some seriously unbearable stuff in here.

Chapter Thirty-Four: Black and White

The stillness before the battle was a quite tread.

The Black Jade had made it out from the sea route in five days of underwater crossing, and finally when they emerged they decided to come, as opposed to the eastern sea way—the southern route. It took a day's extra detour to get to the southern half but Long Feng decided it was worth it. He knew that most Fire Nation invasion came from the East, so he wanted to have at least a fraction of the element of surprise and come from an invasion path that was barely used.

But still, the capital heard them approaching.

"You think everyone's alright?" Toph asked when Mai at the frontline of the armada. Their fleet was placed in front of the palace, while the other fleets were circulating the around the palace, especially with the eastern route.

"I'm sure they're fine…it's Azula I'm worried about, I hope they were able to find her." Toph could only nod. She had her mind only on Yuexi for the moment, she wondered how he would fair in the heat of battle. No doubt she would see him in the fray, but she knew that it was his first battle and he was only armed with a bow and arrow against the palace's fire benders.

"And I'm sure Yuexi will be fine too." Mai mentioned softly. Toph smiled a little before she huffed out a laugh.

"I know…he's a big boy, he can get by without my worry."

Meanwhile, though, inside the Palace Zuko's growing worry had finally manifested itself when he was informed that the southern half of the palace had finally been invaded.

"How bad is it?" Zuko asked, feeling a little odd and slightly out of place due to the fact that he wasn't in the battle.

"Not as bad as we anticipated, at least not yet. Right now it's nothing we can't handle, but we've been informed that the numbers of the enemy army are a lot larger than we expected." A messenger reported.

"Then double our numbers as well, use the secondary units, too."

"Are you positive, Sir?"