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                                                         In The End



”One of us will die here.”
“What about the other?”
“Let’s try not to think about it…”

…I must restore my honour…

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The comet had arrived…

The avatar and the fire prince fought together against the Fire Lord himself, but as the heat reached its peak both had to retreat behind the thick marble pillars.

“Damn…” The prince murmured while strengthening his hold upon the handle of his swords.

Aang leaned his back to the other pillar, when the heat and flames became brighter around Ozai, who laughed as the ultimate power slowly overwhelmed him.

The monk managed to peek back at him before quickly pulling back as a wave of flames shot towards them, and between the pillars the two hid behind. “What now?” He shouted to the scarred prince, who also took deep breaths. “If we move out there and don’t concentrate…” Aang started. “We’ll be burnt to death sooner than we could even reach him!”

The other teen looked behind too, to see his father with an evil smile on his face. The flames danced around him, and he instantly knew that he was looking straight in his eyes in an almost taunting manner. I am waiting for you…

Zuko stepped back behind the column, pressing his forehead to the still cool surface of it. “Zuko…?” The avatar called out for him as he didn’t move, but the prince’s golden eyes slowly hardened. He straightened in his place while clenching his jaw with determination, making the younger one frown. “What are you planning?”

“Tell Katara…” The prince started, looking straight at his father’s terrifying form while the avatar’s mouth opened with realization. “That I’m sorry for breaking another promise of mine…”

“Zuko, no!” Aang yelled and reached towards the prince’s arm, but he was not quick enough.

The prince hurried between the two pillars, letting his swords flame up with the rising heat around him as he started running towards the Fire Lord who slowly rose up his flaming fists…

But in that moment – before anyone of them could have attacked – the ground between father and son rose up, then with a powerful strike shoved the once banished prince backwards…

The earth pulled him back behind the pillar he stood before - while his hands still grabbed his swords - and encircled him in a powerful hold, he could not break… “Let go of me!” He growled as he tried to move, and started yelling before looking up at the creator of the stone bindings. “He’s my father! I have to do this!” But when his eyes met the avatar’s glowing ones he felt as the desperation overtook him. “Aang…!”

The avatar’s glowing figure slowly let a smile come to his lips, before speaking on the voice of all the avatars before him. “The world needs you, Fire Prince Zuko.”

The prince’s eyes slowly filled with unwanted tears. “Avatar…”

Aang slowly closed his eyes, and as the glowing left him, he looked up once again at his former enemy’s face. “We’ll meet again…”

Zuko shook his head and tried to break free from the stone with his bending, but it did not break – as if it could have maintained the heat… only now did he realize that the avatar held the stone within his power, to make sure he stayed there. “No…” He looked back at the younger boy with wide eyes who only made a serene smile at him. “Please, don’t…!”

“It was an honour to fight by your side…” The young monk bowed one last time towards his firebending teacher before holding his staff in his hand. “My friend.”

When the boy turned away from him, Zuko’s first tears fell from his eyes leaving a burning sensation behind them. “Aang!” He shouted desperately, but the boy did not even look at him as he stepped out from the pillars’ secured shadows. He saw as the light intensified while his sight turned fuzzy. “Aaaaang!!!” He yelled on top of his lungs but his voice mixed with the noise of their attacks, and the earth slowly rose around him.

Then the century’s most powerful explosion erupted in the throne room, taking down the Fire Lord… and the avatar himself…