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Fire part 1

On the island, Ty Lee tried everything to save Azula, but nothing worked. She then had an idea. If air could generate lightning, it could move the lightning out of Azula's body. But she would need to suck the air out of Azula's mouth to get the lightning out, and if she did not give her air again quickly enough, Azula would run out of the air and die. "I guess she would die anyway if I don't do this," Ty Lee said contemplating the idea, "but I don't know if I am powerful enough to save her in time." And then she put her hand near Azula's mouth. "I won't leave her again. I need to try." She summoned all her strength and began bending the air inside her body. Suddenly, a white beam of storm clouds came out of Azula's mouth. It shocked Azula enough to awaken her, but she had no air. Then, Ty Lee suddenly filled her with air to save her. Azula was completely breathless until she got a hold of herself.

"What did you do?" "I saved you." "But that is impossible. How did you do that, why would anyone do that?" "Because you are my friend." And she hugged Azula. "Thanks, but I still don't like hugs." "Oh, sorry." "it's ok. Thanks for saving me." "I'm sorry for what I did at the boiling rock." "I deserved it. But where are we." "On an island near Cranefish. You were right. Cranefish is burning." "It was a system built to fail. But I put it over the edge." "I am responsible too. I trained the rebels and planned the attack." "You were good at it." "So were you."

Then they suddenly saw a stream of light rocketing a person to the sky. Then they saw the person unleash a storm of fire on the city, burning entire streets at a time. Soon, as the person landed, Cranefish was no more. "What was that?" Ty Lee said dazzled. "That was Cranefishes judgment. But I did not know it would be so spectacular." Azula said and continued, "We are on our own for now. We need to find a source of food, a good place to sleep, and find a way out of here."

And then they found a cave and stayed there. Azula said, "We need a fire, it's getting cold in here." "But, how will you..." "I am a firebender. By the way, how long was I out?" "Less than three hours." And Ty Lee left. She brought some firewood and then Azula tried to fire bend. "It's weak now. I will try again." And she failed to light the fire again. "Ty Lee, did this happen to you?" "No, I could bend when I woke up." And she felt Azula's body.

"It is like your chi spots were burnt. I don't know if they can recover." "When do you think I can bend again?" "I don't know if you will bend again." And Azula cried. "I destroyed the water tribes, Cranefish, and myself." "Don't cry." Ty Lee said, "I knew someone who repented and saved himself." "And I nearly killed him too," Azula said, remembering the Agni Kai. "He did a lot of horrible things too. He probably deserved that lightning blast like you deserved it, but he saved himself. And you can too." "If I ever get off this island, if I ever get my bending back, I will not do what I did ever again. Thanks for saving me." "You saved yourself." And they hugged each other.

They slept the night in the cave. The next morning, Ty Lee woke up. "Azula, time to get up." "What time is it?" "I don't know, we are on the island, remember?" "Oh, yeah." And they got out of the cave. They saw the smoke from the ashes of Cranefish. "It's hard to tell, but I guess it is around six. I am probably wrong since you were the one who took your time sleeping 'for a good aura'." "Being a Kyoshi warrior really put me in shape. And I'm still used to getting up at six." "Never mind. I wish you were this diligent when we were hunting..." And Azula stopped before she could finish. Ty Lee told her, "It's okay. All I want to know is if you were going to say Zuko or Aang." And they both giggled.

"More seriously," Azula said, "how did you get on this island." "Oh, I took a small sailboat. Airbending made the boat go fast!" "Ok. But where do we go? We cannot go back to Cranefish, or what was Cranefish." "Yes, where do you think we need to go?" "I don't know, Keia usually navigates." "Who is she?" "The waterbending girl who you fought at the north pole." "Oh, sorry. Was she a friend of yours?" "She was a Kyoshi warrior, and a good one too." "Well, how did you get to Cranefish then?" "I flew here with my staff, but it got burnt in Ru's house and it can't hold two people even if I had it." "Never mind." "We could just sail near the land and see what happens." "That is a horrible idea. The tide's..." "Will not command this ship." "Because I said that, fifty good fire nation soldiers nearly died!" "My airbending is powerful enough." "I'm not so sure." "What are you going to do, stay, and starve to death." "If you put it that way, I would not like to die alone. I will die with you instead." "Good. But if we are going to have a shot at surviving, you need to be more optimistic." Ty Lee said as they went to the boat. But when they caught sight of the boat, Azula lost all confidence. She said, "So now I have to choose between a gruesome death with you or a peaceful death by myself." "But you will die trying to survive." "That's a good point," Azula said.