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Corruption	By : SubjectEnergy18 Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > AU/AR - Alternate Universe/Alternate Reality > Het- Male/Female Views: 6106 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Zuko and Aang led the way through the vast hallways of the Fire Nation's Palace, Katara and Mai behind them. Their boat had arrived at the Fire Nation earlier that morning. The Water Siblings and ex-Kyoshi Warrior had marveled at the amazement of the land they were told they loved. Sokka and Suki were told to stay in their rooms until further notice from Zuko. As soon as they were ready, the Fire Lord had asked for the presence in the War Room. A servant came up to the two leaders and cleared his throat, obviously very nervous. "Uh, Prince Zuko, I have been asked to collect anyone that wasn't you or A-Avatar Aang."
His brow furrowed, "And who gave you that order?"
"T-The Fire Lord, h-he decided he wanted to have a talk with you a-alone." He told him. Zuko looked back at the two girls.
"Fine, make sure they are back here when we come out," Zuko and Aang continued as Katara and Mai were ushered off. They walked down the hallway more before Zuko pulled Aang into a side hallway. "They know…"
Aang gave him a questionable look, "Know about what Zuko?"
"I have plans to over throw my father." He whispered.
His eyes went as wide as plates, "What? Are you nuts Zuko?" Zuko covered his mouth before he could continue to protest. Once Aang stopped making noises, Zuko lowered his hand. "Zuko, I can't help you with this, I am loyal to the Fire Nation."
"I'm just doing what is right Aang. He killed my grandfather for the throne and took my Uncle's place. He has run our once great nation into the ground. My Uncle was the only Fire Nation General to break through the walls of Ba Sing Se. What has my father done? Scar his only son and created a monster of his daughter. All I'm doing is making sure our great country has a competent leader." Zuko explained to him, "We can change this country Aang, the country you are loyal to." Aang was silent, a scowl in place on his face. "I let you keep that Water Witch, I was just going to turn her and throw her to the closest whore house where she would be giving blow jobs for a copper piece. But I let you keep her, so you could train her to help our nation get its rightful leader. I don't really think you have a choice anymore…" They both watched as a group of guards walked by the hallway. "If we go in there, they will kill us."
"They won't kill me. I'm loyal to this country, unlike you…" Aang spat.
Zuko pushed him against the wall, "Are you stupid? You take directions from me. They will think you and everyone else also is ready to overthrow him. Go ahead and go in there, you'll be slaughtered."
Aang got out of his grasp, "I'm the Avatar. They couldn't kill me even if they tried."
"Oh really? Fine then, good luck with your gauntlet of Fire Benders that are trying to kill you while your precious Water Bender is killed." Zuko said, "I'm getting who I can and getting out of here, before I'm killed."
Aang growled, "If she dies Zuko…"
He put his hands up in defense, "You're the one letting her die Aang. She is suspected as an enemy of the Fire Nation and will be treated like one. I'm just suggesting maybe we should get out of here so we can regroup my efforts of taking over the Fire Nation." Aang looked conflicted. Should he go explain that it was all Zuko's plan and he had never known about it or go with Zuko and save Katara?
"What happens if I just turn you in to your father?" Aang asked.
Zuko scoffed, "Yeah, let's see the message get through to the guards killing your little girlfriend. You have me killed, she dies…simple as that…Do you want to live in the barely effective Fire Nation with Katara dead or in an even greater nation with Katara at your side?" Aang just stared back at him, not saying anything. Even more guards ran by the small hallway. "We don't have much time here…stay here and let her die or help me."
Aang looked down the hallway then back at Zuko, "Fine, what's your plan?"
The Prince went over to the lamp attached to the wall and pulled it towards him, a low thud emanated from the wall and it moved to the side. "We'll take the secret hallways." A loud scream caught both of their attentions. Aang turned to Zuko whose face went pale, "That was Mai." He followed Zuko down the cramped hallway as he tried to go as fast as he could. Zuko busted through secret door, finding a half naked Katara, being held down by three guards and Mai, fully naked, on her knees in front of a guard with a knife to her neck. "Let them go!" He demanded.
The guard that had Mai laughed, "You're in no position to make demands. But you can have this thing," He cut Mai's throat and kicked her to him. Zuko's eyes went wide as he saw the crimson spray out of his girlfriend's throat when she hit the ground. Aang came out of the hallway to see the other guards still trying to rape Katara. He sent a powerful air blast, sending their heads into the wall, blood stains appeared as their unconscious bodies slid down the wall. Zuko went directly to Mai and turned her over. He held the back of her head up.
"Mai, please, say something," He pleaded. She lifted her hand up to his cheek and softly stroked it before it dropped limp. He looked up at the guard who cut her throat, "You're going to fucking die for this." Zuko made a Fire Sword and charged the guard, who dodged his every move. Aang moved the earth below him, causing him to lose his footing and Zuko's Fire Sword to slice him in half. The Avatar went directly to the cowering Water Bender.
"Are you okay?" He worriedly asked, putting the dress she had on back on her. She nodded, tears streaming down her face, "Let's go." Aang helped her up and they made their way to the door but Zuko didn't follow. "Zuko! What are you doing?"
He wiped a tear going down his scarred eye, "I can't leave her like this…"
"We're going to have to," Aang told him, "You already talked me into this. You're not giving up on this!"
Zuko shook his head, "I can't do it without her." Aang angrily growled.
"Here, take Katara. I'll carry her, we still need to go get Sokka," Aang told him, picking up the bloody body. Zuko held onto Mai's hand, not wanting to let go. "Zuko, we're Fire Nation. We don't get over emotional, you should know that." He let go of Mai's hand and took a deep breath.
"Fine, follow me," He said. Zuko led the way through the secret hallways, with Katara in tow and Aang slowly making his way through with Mai's body. After a couple minutes, Zuko stopped at another door. "I'm pretty sure this is his room." He poked his head in to see the 'couple' asleep. "You two stay here," Zuko told them and slid into the room. He shook them awake, "Get up, we need to get out of here."
Sokka rubbed his eye, "What's up boss?" The door burst open and 3 Fire Bending Guards came in. "Oh, well fuck." Sokka and Suki quickly got up and ran into the hallway as Zuko dodged all the attacks. He sent a quick blast, knocking them all over and shut the hallway door. "What's going on?"
"We'll explain later, just keep going, we need to get out of the Fire Nation to stay alive," Aang told him. "Zuko, what's the plan?" He was silent as he led them through the hallway. "Zuko!"
"I'm thinking!" Zuko shouted back, "Just because we are now enemies of the nation, doesn't mean you can yell at me."
"We're enemies of the Fire Nation?" Suki gasped.
"What was that?" A voice from outside the hallway asked. Sokka's hands went over Suki mouth.
There were two sets of footsteps on the other side of the wall, "What was what?"
"I thought I heard a voice in here," The first voice said.
The second voice laughed, "You're just scared, you don't want to fight the enemies because you think they'll kill you."
"You would be scared to if you were to go one on one with the Prince. Do you know what he did to the guards that got a hold of this girl? After he killed her, he split him in half."
"Whatever, I can take him on anytime of the day," The voices got quieter as they walked away.
Sokka looked at Zuko, "Okay, seriously, what's happening?"
"They think we're traitors of the nation," Zuko told him.
"That's because we are Zuko. He was planning to overrule his father, to make the nation better, but someone caught wind of it." Aang explained. "If we even try to say we had nothing to do with it, they'll kill us…"
Sokka backed away from Zuko, "I'm no traitor, I love the Fire Nation."
Zuko scoffed, "Trust me, you don't want to go out there, the only way any of you will survive is to get out of here and I have the only way out of here."
"You got a plan?" Aang asked. Zuko nodded.
"Before we go, I need to know who is loyal to me…I can't have anyone back stabbing me on this journey to retake over this nation," Zuko told them, "So who is with me?"
"I already said I would be," Aang said.
"I do whatever Aang does," Katara replied.
Zuko looked at Sokka, "And you two?"
Sokka looked at Suki and took her hand, "We don't have any other choice."

Zuko crouched down and looked around the corner, seeing no one; he signed the rest of the group to follow. They had followed the secret hallway all the way down to the bay. Zuko's ship was still in the water and the men were surely still on it. No one seemed to be around, but Zuko stayed cautious. He crossed the empty port with the group close behind him. They got onto the ship and Sokka and Suki pushed the stairs that connected Zuko's ship to the port. Aang softly rested Mai on the deck as Zuko went to the captain. "Prince Zuko, I wasn't expecting you to be back here. What can we do for you?"
"We need to set sail now," Zuko ordered him, "Our first stop will be at Ember Island, we need to give Lady Mai a proper burial."
The Captain nodded, "I'm sorry for you loss Prince Zuko."
Zuko just raised a hand, "Please, let's not talk about this. After Ember Island, we need to be dropped off near the Earth Kingdom. The rest of us will take the River Boat."
"Yes Prince Zuko, we shall set off once I have the men untie us from the dock," The Captain told him.
"No need, we have done that, set off at once Captain." Zuko left The Captain and went out to the others. "Aang, burn the ropes." He nodded and burned them. Smoke came from the smoke stacks above them and the boat started to move from docks. Zuko and the others watched some of the guards came to the port only to able to watch them leave. The Prince pulled out a dagger from his belt and grabbed onto his ponytail. Zuko cut as close to his head as possible without hurting himself and tossed the majority of his hair into the passing water below.

Aang and Katara watched as Zuko put the last stone on her tomb. "What's going to happen now beloved? We're fugitives of the Great Nation."
He put his arm around her shoulders, still watching Zuko, "He has a plan Katara. We'll come back, dethrone the King and finish the Great Nation's conquest."
She snuggled her head into his shoulder, "Are you sure about this? It sounds like we are trying to bring down the Nation we love…"
"We don't have a choice anymore, you saw what they were going to do to you," Aang's anger rose at the memory of the guards taking off her dress. "They shouldn't be in our Great Nation if they are going to try to rape and kill a friend of the Fire Nation." Zuko got up from his kneeling position and wiped his eyes. "You should get some rest Katara. It's been a long day for you."
"Will you sleep with me? I don't think I can stand waking up without you by my side." She asked.
He nodded, "Go to my room and I'll be there shortly." Katara kissed him on the cheek and went to the boat. Zuko came over to Aang and stared at Mai's grave.
"She shouldn't have died this way…" Zuko whispered, "My Father will pay for what he did."
"He didn't kill Mai Zuko," Aang replied, "It was that guard. We shouldn't speak ill of our country Zuko…"
Zuko shook his head, "That's not our country Aang. It took me until now to realize. Our country will be the one we remake. The Spirits brought us all together for this reason, to take down my Father and make this nation in our own image." They both started walking back to the ship.
"Have you thought about what we are going to do Prince Zuko?" Aang asked.
He nodded, "We are going to head up to the Northern Water Tribe, we will be able to take refuge there because of the Water Bender and her brother."
Aang held in his frustration, "Prince Zuko, please call her by her name."
"Fine, Katara and her brother." Zuko angrily corrected himself. "Hopefully they will take us in, maybe even help us."
"Help us with what?" Aang asked, a little arrogantly. "It's not like they can help us. If they helped attack the Fire Nation, they will be walking into a blood bath."
"If we use them, they would be a decoy as we sneak back into the Nation, take care of my father and take what's rightfully my Uncle's." Zuko told him, "But unfortunately he doesn't want the honor anymore, so I will have to take his place. We'll save this talk until later. We can't have any more of my crew knowing of our plans."
Aang narrowed his eyes, "Your plans, Prince Zuko…your plans."

The captain gave Zuko a weird look, "You want us to just leave you Prince Zuko?"
The Fire Prince nodded, "It's safer if you just did. If someone asks where we went, you won't have to answer them because you won't know."
"Is there something we should know Prince Zuko?" The captain asked, a little suspicious of his demands.
"Are you questioning royalty?" The captain quickly shook his head, "Good, now I shall be going now." Zuko got into the River Boat that everyone was currently in and they set off. He steered the boat as the rest of them sat with their significant others.
Suki nudged Sokka slightly, "Where are we going Sokka?" She whispered. He shrugged, "Prince Zuko?" Both of the boys cringed at Suki raising her voice. "Where are we going?" Sokka held onto her, waiting for the backlash from Zuko.
They held their breaths as he turned his head slightly back, "The Northern Water Tribe."
"Why are we going there Prince Zuko?" Sokka put his hand over her mouth, stopping her from asking anymore questions.
"To hide out," He answered, his voice still calm, but the usually pain and anger still easy to spot. It remained silent in the River Boat for a couple hours, until Zuko spoke up again. "There's a dam in river." Aang got up and looked past Zuko.
He looked to the right, "Go there, we can just take a detour up the hill." Zuko nodded silently and went up the bank. Since the River Boat was amphibious, the wheels under the boat started turning as it hit the dirt. Zuko drove through the forest, looking for a less steep way back to the river. He suddenly stopped the machine as a tall and lanky boy stood in front of vehicle. Zuko turned back to the rest of them, "Just follow my lead." They all got out as the boy rolled a piece of hay in between his teeth.
"You better give me a reason not to kill you Fire Nation scum right now," He said, taking out his hook weapons.
Zuko put up his hands, "We're not Fire Nation. We stole one of their machines to get our friends back to their homes." He moved out of the way to show Katara and Sokka. "They're from the Northern Water Tribe."
The boy looked at the two, then to everyone else. "If you're not from Fire Nation, than why are all of your eyes gold?"
"The Fire Nation raped our parents. We barely made it out of the colonies with this vehicle." Zuko lied.
"How do I know to trust you?"
He pointed to his scar, "The Fire Nation scarred me, why would they scar their own people?"
The boy was hesitant for a second; then put his weapons away, "Sorry, I had to make sure. If you follow me, I have a safe place to hide out." They all got back into the vehicle and followed the boy for a couple minutes until he stopped. "You can park over there," He pointed past a couple bushes, "No one comes around here." Zuko drove it past the bushes and got out, followed by the rest of them. "My name is Jet," He stuck out his arm, "What's yours?"
"Lee," Zuko answered him, "That's Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Suki."
Jet specially looked at Katara, "Nice to meet everyone." He walked over to a rope hanging in the middle of path. "Go ahead and grab onto this and tug." Zuko was the first to try and did as he was told; then shot up into the trees.
"What just happened?" Aang nearly shouted.
"Relax, we have a tree house hidden up there, go ahead," Jet offered. Not wanting to give off his identity as the Avatar, he grabbed onto the robe and was yanked up into the trees. He had a little hang time as he landed on the planks of wood below him. Sokka and Suki were next and then Jet smiled at Katara. "We're next," He put his arm around her waist and tugged on the rope. Katara felt awkward being held against his chest but ignored as she watched the ground below fly away. They landed were the others were waiting. "Everyone, these are our guests, Lee, Sokka, Suki, Aang and Katara." Other kids his age came around the new group of people. "This is Smellerbee," He pointed to the tom boy with the face paint, "Longshot," The silent boy with a straw hat nodded at them. "He's not really much of a talker. And there is Pipsqueak and The Duke." Jet pointed to the big teenager with the little boy on his shoulder.
Zuko looked around, "So you all just hang around here or something?"
Jet shook his head, "No, we live here. Our parents were killed by the Fire Nation, so now we rely on each other. We're all Freedom Fighters, maybe you can join us and we can help you out on your journey."
"That wouldn't be a good idea," Zuko told him, "We are in serious stuff, like, The Fire Nation is on shoot to kill with us."
"What did you all do to piss them off so much?" He asked.
Zuko smirked, "We have two of the most powerful benders in the world." Aang shot him a look which he didn't seem to receive. "Katara is one of the best water benders that have ever walked the earth. She was trained by the Avatar himself."
"Wow," He smiled and turned to Katara, "Power and beauty." Aang sighed as Katara awkwardly laughed. "What about your other bender?"
"Aang is a powerful earth bender. He is self taught. After watching all of the Earth benders in the colonies, he practiced over and over until he named a master by one of the benders." Zuko explained.
Jet came over to Aang, looked him up and down. He stuck his hand out, "Good to have you here, we need help from an Earth Bender."
Aang remembered when he was back at the Air Temple, how innocent and childlike he had been. He took a quick breath and put on a big smile, "At your service!" He said with a slightly higher voice. Jet smiled and went back over in front of them all.
"I'll show you were you all will stay tonight, then we have a feast for you all…well, if Pipsqueak has caught a boar again," The group of Freedom Fighters laughed. The rest of them laughed slightly, not understanding the inside joke. Aang sighed to himself, knowing this was going to be a long night.

Zuko took off his shirt and folded it, setting it down by his bed. Everyone was placed in different huts. The hideout was bigger than they originally thought and went on for awhile. Aang leaned against the bamboo made door frame while Zuko got ready to go to sleep. "How were you able to come up with things like that on the top of your head?" Aang whispered.
"Easy," Zuko answered, "You just lie and remember exactly what you said so you don't contradict yourself later. I thought you would be good at lying by now Aang."
"To lie like it was breathing? No, to know exactly what I'm lying about? Yes." Aang said.
Zuko smirked, "Then what was your fake bright attitude about?"
"That's a different personality, not lying Lee," Aang replied. Zuko turned around to see Jet standing by Aang.
"You two okay?" He asked, "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."
Zuko and Aang looked at each other, "No, everything's fine," Zuko told him. Aang gave Jet a slight nod as he left the two. "What can I do for you Jet?"
"Nothing, just checking to make sure you are all settled in." Jet said, "Also, I wanted to ask you about the Water Tribe girl." Zuko nearly laughed, he knew exactly what Jet wanted to know about her.
"About Katara?" Zuko questioned, "What about her?"
Jet rolled the piece of hay back and forth between his teeth before continuing, "Well I was wondering…if she is actually, with one of you guys."
Zuko accidently let a chuckle out, but quickly stopped and cleared with throat, "No, she isn't with any of us. She was actually in a relationship with the Avatar though."
Jet's eyes went wide, "Really? She was with the Avatar? I thought he died."
"Nope, but unfortunately, he's been brainwashed to be part of the Fire Nation," Zuko informed him, "We were close in trying to bring him back to our side, but he broke it off with her and tried turning us in, then we escaped."
"Wow, that's some story." Jet said, "How is she holding up?"
Zuko shrugged, "She hasn't talked to any of us about it."
"Okay, well, I'll let you get some rest then, good night Lee," Jet left his hut.
"Good bye Jet…" Zuko muttered as he blew out the candle in his room.

Katara rested on her cot that was made out of some sort of straw and took a deep breath. A light knock on the wall outside the hut scared her. "Katara." She heard someone whisper. A figure came into view through the moon lit door way, it was Jet. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah?" She answered back. He came into her room and knelt down by her cot.
"How are you doing…after the break with the Avatar?" He asked.
Katara felt her heart plunge as if it were doused with ice cold water. "What are you talking about?"
He placed a hand on her shoulder, "It's okay, Zuko told me about it, you can talk about it." Katara understood now.
"Oh, um, I'm okay…I guess," She told him, not use to lying like Aang or Zuko. His hand started to caress her shoulder, which made her even more uncomfortable than she usually was around him.
"Everything will be okay, there are plenty of fish in the sea," He said. Jet scooted a little closer to Katara, who in turn, scooted a little away from him. "If you ever need a shoulder to cry on, I'm here for you."
She coughed a little, "Thanks?" Katara nearly flipped out when she felt his breath by her face. "Uh Jet…" Before she could say anything else, he was on top of her kissing her. Katara protested from the kiss and tried to push him off, but he was too heavy for her. His hands started to roam down her body as he kissed her neck, "Get off me Jet!"
He stopped and put a finger to her lips, "Sh, everything is going to be fine, I'm here for you."
Before he continued, she felt him pause. "Get off her…" A dark voice said. Katara looked back Jet to see Aang. He put his hands up and got off Katara. "What in Agni's name do you think you're doing?"
Jet narrowed his eyes, "Did you just say Agni?"
Aang picked him up by his throat, "Did you just try to rape my Water Bender?"
"You're the Avatar?" Jet exclaimed.
"Yeah and you're dead." Aang let go of Jet and used his Air Bending to push him out of the hut and crashing down to the ground below. He walked out to see bloody mess that was once the Freedom Fighter. Aang went back into the hut where Katara was rooted in the same place. "Are you okay?" She nodded with tears still streaming down her face. He picked her up and took her to his hut, "Stay here okay? I will be back soon okay?" Katara nodded as she sat in a fetal position and hugged her legs to her chest. Aang stormed into Zuko's hut. "Get up, we need to go."
Zuko still lay in his cot, eyes closed. "What happened?"
"I killed Jet, get up now." Aang told him again.
"Was that an order?" Zuko questioned.
Aang finally lost it, "Yes, it was an order, because I'm trying to save our asses here Prince Zuko. I just killed Jet because he tried to rape Katara and I don't want to create a bigger problem here to bring more notice to us."
"So you're mad at Jet for what you did to Katara?" Zuko asked. Aang picked him up by the throat, his eyes going in between glowing and its normal amber color. "What are you going to do? Kill me?"
Aang threw him back down, "Zuko, I'm dead serious. No more of this. I stood quietly throughout this whole thing. I am thankful you spared my life, really. I'm thankful that you had me trained so I could be at my full power. And I followed you when I didn't believe what you were doing was right, I still don't. But this is it Zuko, ever since Mai had passed, you've been acting like this." He struck Zuko across the face, "You need to snap out of this…do you understand me Prince Zuko?"
Zuko pried Aang's hands off his neck. "You done? Good. Now I do agree with you I may be different after…Mai died, but you would be this way too if your Water Bender died." Aang smacked him again.
"KATARA!" He seethed.
He rubbed the red spot on his face, "Katara had died. I hope you enjoyed the last time you could lay your hands on a Fire Nation royal without dying."
Aang scoffed, "Face it Zuko, while we are out here on the run, you and I are equal now. And for us to possible get our titles back, we need to get out of here before someone catches on that I just killed Jet."
"Or…I got a better idea."

Sokka tossed the last body onto the bonfire they had started. Silently, everyone except Katara snuck into the rest of the Freedom Fighters rooms and took them out. Katara had watched as Jet's body was reduced to whatever lower life form there was under him. Not even regular humans would become what Jet was turning into. She felt Aang sit down by her and she laid her head on his shoulder. "Are you feeling better?" Katara nodded. "We need to talk about what has happened over the last couple days."
She turned towards him and he saw the pain in her amber eyes, "Can we please not…"
Aang shook his head, "It has to do with us. Do…Do you hold anything against for what I did to you?"
"No Aang, you sho-" He stopped her.
"I know, I know. But does any part of you resent me for…forcibly taking your maidenhood?" Aang asked. Katara looked at him with a confused look. "With the guards and then Jet trying to rape you…I…don't see a difference between me and them."
"But I love you, not them." Aang sighed. "I will always love you Aang, that's the difference, isn't it?"
He put his arm around her, pulling her closer to him and rubbed her shoulder, "Yeah…that's the difference."
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