It was morning, the siege continued as the Fire Nation laid waste to the Northern Water Tribe. This was now a dark hour. Zuko managed to capture me and Aang, no one knew where he took us, me and Aang were still in the Spirit World, and the Fire Nation was about to destroy the Northern Water Tribe. The group was still at the oasis, depressed for what happened.

"I can't believe I lost him." Katara said, kneeling sorrowfully.

"Can't believe we let Zuko take them." Tadaaki said, scowling at the ground.

"You did everything you could." Seiichi said. "No one can put you at fault for this."

"Yeah." Sokka said. "Now we need to do everything we can to get them back." He then looked to Katara who looked up at her brother with tears in her eyes. "Zuko can't have gotten far. We'll find him. Aang and Roku will be fine."

"Okay." Katara said, wiping the tears from her eyes.

As they mounted Appa, Momo remained in his spot and turned his head to look at them.

"It's all right." Katara said to the lemur. "You stay here, Momo, in case Aang and Roku come back."

"Yip, yip." Sokka said as they went off to find Zuko, leaving Momo in the oasis.

Back with me and Aang, we were searching the forest looking for a way to find the spirits."

"So, what are we looking for again?" Aang asked as we searched.

"The dragon spirit." I said. "If anyone would know about the Spirits of the Moon and Ocean, it's him."

"How do you know?" Aang asked.

"Because it was the one that told me you returned." I said.

It was long until we heard someone saying "Ohm." We looked to a wooden gate to see a monkey wearing a monk robe sitting underneath it in meditating stance. No doubt it was a spirit so we went over to it to talk to it.

"Um, excuse me?" I said to the spirit. "Sorry to disturb you. I was just wondering if you've seen a dragon spirit go by."

"Go…away." The spirit said as he kept his eyes closed. After a moment, he opened his right eye. "You're still here?"

"Yes, we need…" I said.

The spirit interrupted me by repeating his mantra louder. For a spirit, he wasn't very helpful to us at all.

"Perhaps that thing will help you." The spirit said as he pointed to a strange blue light. "Chase it."

It was better than talking to a nonconsenting spirit, so me and Aang chased it. We followed that light until Aang managed to catch it when we got on a tree branch. When the branch snapped, we landed in a pond next to the tree and the light escaped Aang's grasp.

"Come back!" Aang said as the light flew off.

Then it went over to the side of the pond and changed form. In its place was an old Waterbender I knew to well as he smiled at us.

"Hello again, Roku." He said to me as I smiled at him.

"Oogway!" I said. "You're here!"

"Yes." Oogway said. "And I'm not the only one."

He pointed down to the water. We looked down and I saw Aang's reflection change into Roku.

"Hello, Aang." The reflection said.

"Roku." Aang said in surprise.

I was surprised as well. We were here with the Avatar duo before Aang.

"Roku, Oogway, the Water Tribe's under attack." I said to them. "We need to find the Spirits of the Ocean and the Moon."

"The Ocean and the Moon are ancient spirits." Roku said as he popped out of the reflection. "They crossed over the Spirit World to the mortal world very near the beginning."

"Roku, I don't think the boy was finished." Oogway said before turning to me. "I suspect that you're searching for a way to find them, yes?"

"Yes. We're here to search for the dragon spirit that told me of Aang's return." I said.

"The spirit you speak of is Unmei, the Dragon of Destiny." Oogway said. "He is a hogosha, a guardian spirit. As such, he only appears when he is needed. He is the only spirit old enough to remember that can help you."

"Do you know where he is?" I asked.

"Indeed." Oogway said. "He resides in the territory of a spirit just as old as he is, but he is very dangerous."

"Who?" Aang asked.

"The spirit's name is Koh." Roku answered. "They call him the Face Stealer." Me and Aang were horrified by that. "When crossing into his territory, you must be very careful to show no emotion at all. Not the slightest expression or he will come and steal your face."

Though we were scared of it, we understood the situation, took serious expressions, and nodded. With this, we then went off to find Koh's territory. While we searched, I told Aang about Azula, how she was adored by many and was a firebending prodigy. Everything seemed to come easy for her. I even told Aang that Zuko said his father told him she was born lucky and that he was lucky to be born. Even though she was adored by the people, he was a real pain which was one of the reasons I left: to get away from her. We managed to find it at a giant tree with a cave with walls made from its own root. We were about to head in when we heard a noise and looked to see what appeared to be a curly tailed, blue nose monkey. We both sighed in relief.

"It's just a curly tailed blue nose." Aang said.

When it turned, we screamed for it had no face. No doubt Koh stole it.

"This is Koh's place." I said.

We both then calmed down and repeated Roku's words. "Show no fear. Show no emotion at all."

With that, we then entered the cave, both of us with straight faces. Once we were in, we then began looking for Unmei.

"Hello?" Aang said, unsurely. "We're looking for a spirit named 'Unmei.'"

"Aang, shhh!" I said, quietly. "We don't want to attract Koh. I read about him. One of your previous incarnations tried to hunt him down and kill him."

"I didn't know that." Aang said, confused. "Why?"

"Because Koh stole the face of his love." I said.

Suddenly we were wrapped by something. It looked like a giant black centipede. I looked in front of us and saw a big eye-like bulge that had a white face with red lips on it smiling at us.

"Welcome!" it said.

"Koh." I said as I recognized the creature.

"My old friends, the Avatars." Koh said. "It's been a long time."

"So you know who we are." I said.

"How could I forget…" Koh said as some kind of membrane covered his face and removed itself like a blinking eye, revealing the face of a middle-aged, long mustached man with thick eyebrows and a beard. "…you? Your grandfather and your friend's previous life tried to slay me nearly eight or nine hundred years ago." He then switched to a brown haired woman with a scared look, which I knew had to be the face of Kuruk's love, Ummi. "All because I stole the face of someone he loved."

He had us look at Ummi's face for a moment before giving a malicious smile and switching to the face of that monkey we saw while laughing.

"Enough games, Koh." I said to him. "You need to take us to Unmei now."

"Fine. I will…" Koh said, tightening the wrap. "After I take your faces for trying to kill me."

"Koh, enough!" a voice said, one I already knew.

We all then looked to see Unmei come in and tackle Koh, freeing me and Aang. After that, Unmei then went over to us and circled us, shielding us from Koh as he glared at Koh.

"Unmei, do not interfere." Koh said as he went to the hogosha.

"Koh, these Avatars are intertwined by a destiny you cannot cease from continuing." Unmei said to Koh. "As the guardian, I cannot allow anything to interfere with destiny, especially you."

"How could these two ever become so important?" Koh asked. "With such…young faces?"

"The Avatars have an important duty to keep balance in both the mortal world and the Spirit World." Unmei said. "If you want to even live to see another day, then I suggest you leave."

The two glared at each other for a moment of time before Koh changed to his white face and began to back away.

"As you wish…brother." Koh said as he then left.

Both me and Aang were shocked by this. This was why Unmei kept his face. It was because he and Koh were…brothers. Who would have ever thought that the Face Stealer and the Dragon of Destiny were brothers? Unmei then looked at us calmly as his body loosely circled us.

"Avatars, why are you here?" Unmei asked us.

"Unmei, we need your help." I said to him. "We need to find the Moon and the Ocean."

"Their names are Tui and La, push and pull." Unmei said. "And that has been the nature of their relationship for all time."

"Please. Help us find them." Aang said. "An entire culture could be destroyed if we don't get their help."

"Oh, you think you need their help." Unmei said as he looked to the side. "Actually, it's the other way around." Then, in an instant, he turned and bolted at us, stopping just only a short way from us. We closed our eyes as he then shouted "Someone's going to kill them!"

We then opened our eyes and looked at Unmei as he went to his original distance.

"What do you mean?" I asked. "How can we find them and protect them?"

"You've already met them, actually." Unmei answered, turning his back to us. "Tui and La, your moon and ocean, have always circled each other in an eternal dance. They balance each other. Push and pull, life and death, good and evil, yin and yang."

I then realized what he was talking about. We did meet them, in the oasis. That's why it was so warm. It had two great spirits in it. The two beings I saw that reminded me of the yin and yang were the spirits we were looking for. Tui and La were…

"The koi fish!" me and Aang excitedly said to each other at the same time, realizing we both already found the spirits.

Unmei looked back at us quickly as we then gave serious looks.

"We have to get back." I said.

"Hurry before it's too late." Unmei said to us.

As he took to the sky, we then ran off to save Tui and La before it was too late. We then stopped as we saw Roku on the ground.

"The spirits are in trouble." Aang said to him. "We need to get back to the physical world."

"A friend is here to guide you back." Roku said.

He then disappeared and the reflection of a certain black and white bear appeared.

"Hei Bai!" me and Aang said excitedly as we turned to see the spirit.

We then got on him and began riding to where we were when we got there. We managed to get there. Now all we needed to do was figure out how to get back.

"This is where we came in." I said as me and Aang got off Hei Bai. "But how do we get back?"

Then Hei Bai got on his hind legs and sent an energy beam at us. After it disappeared, we were back at the oasis. We looked to see Momo, but he was lying there asleep and he didn't move when Aang said his name. It was when we looked at each other that we both saw we were spirits.

"Oh, no." I said as we looked at ourselves. "Where are our bodies?"

Then, in an instant, the energy began carrying us off somewhere in the icy North, no doubt to our bodies. Back with the others, they were still searching for us when our spirits went over them and into a cave.

"Look!" Katara said as she and the others looked to our spirits. "That's gotta be Aang and Roku!"

With that, they then followed our spirits to the cave. Back with us, we got to our proper bodies and soon found ourselves tied together.

"Welcome back." Zuko said as we turned to see him.

"Zuko, you got to let us go." I said to him. "The Northern Water Tribe is danger."

"I already know." Zuko said. "The attack is happening right now."

"No, that's not what I meant." I said. "The Spirits of the Moon and Ocean are in danger. Someone is about to kill them. We need to save them."

"You're lying." Zuko said.

"I'm not lying." I said.

"Of course, you are. You'd say anything to escape."

"Zuko, look at me. You're my best friend. We've known each other since we were kids. I would never lie to you. You need to believe me. If we don't get back to the oasis, the world will lose its moon and oceans. Zuko, please."

I had pleading eyes when I said that. Zuko gave some thought before taking action. He then untied us and I thanked him for it. With that, we reunited with the others.

"Aang!" Katara said as she hugged the Airbender."

My team was about to attack Zuko, but I told them he was with us. They then lowered their guard and got over to me.

"You okay?" Tadaaki asked.

"Just fine." I said. "But we need to get to the oasis. The spirits are in trouble!"

With that, we all got on Appa and rushed back to the tribe. But we were too late as we all saw the moon turn red as blood, causing a lunar eclipse. I could feel it. Tui was in trouble. It felt like someone put a thorn in my head. I wasn't the only one who felt it. So did Aang and, strangely, Yue. The three of us held our heads in pain.

"Are you okay?" Sokka said, concerned for her.

"I feel faint." Yue answered.

"We feel it too." I said for both me and Aang. "The Moon Spirit is in trouble."

"I owe the Moon Spirit my life." Yue said.

"What do you mean?" Sokka asked.

"When I was born, I was very sick and very weak." Yue said. "Most babies cry when they're born. But I was born as if I were asleep, my eyes closed. Our healers did everything they could. They told my mother and father I was going to die. My father pleaded with the spirits to save me. That night, beneath the full moon, he brought me to the oasis and placed me in the pond. My dark hair turned white, I opened my eyes, and began to cry. And they knew I would live. That's why my mother named me Yue, for the moon."

"That explains the white hair and how you can feel the spirit's pain." I said. "Tui must have given you some of its life force. You have a piece of the Moon Spirit."

"How do you know what it's called?" Yosuke asked.

"Unmei, the dragon spirit, revealed the true identities of the Spirits of the Moon and Ocean, Tui and La." I said. "They came to the mortal realm long ago."

"So where are they?" Seiichi asked.

"In the oasis' pond." I said. "The spirits are the koi fish."

We managed to get to the oasis entrance and got in to see Zhao holding a bag with something struggling in it. There was no doubt that was Tui.

"I am…a legend now." Zhao said as he held the bag. "The Fire Nation will, for generations, tell stories about the great Zhao, who darkened the moon. They will call me 'Zhao the Conqueror', 'Zhao the Moon Slayer', 'Zhao the Invincible!'" then Momo jumped on him and attacked him, trying to save the Moon Spirit. "Ugh! Get it off! Get it off!"

Momo then flew over to Aang as Zhao looked to see me, the gang, Sokka, Katara, and Aang ready ourselves for battle.

"Don't bother." Zhao said as he lifted the sac up and pulled his fist back, threatening to kill Tui.

We then broke our stance and showed we surrendered.

"Zhao, don't!" I said as I put my hands up in surrender.

"It's my destiny to destroy the moon and the Water Tribe." Zhao said.

"Destroying the moon won't hurt just the Water Tribe." I said to him. "It will hurt everyone, including you. Without the moon, everything would fall out of balance. You have no idea what kind of chaos that would unleash on the world."

"He is right, Zhao." Iroh said as we all turned to see him standing fat to my left wearing a cloak.

"General Iroh." Zhao said to him, calmly. "Why am I not surprised to discover your treachery?"

"I'm no traitor, Zhao." Iroh said as he took off his hood. "The Fire Nation needs the moon too. We all depend on the balance. Whatever you do to that spirit, I'll unleash on you ten-fold! Let it go now!"

I then watched as Zhao placed Tui back into the pond. As the two spirits restarted their dance, the moon returned to its original color. But then Zhao unleashed a large fire slash on the pond. All of us opposite to him stood back as the flames came over to the other side. When I looked to the sky, the moon completely vanished, leaving the sky completely colorless. He killed it. He killed Tui. Iroh tried to attack Zhao, defeating four soldiers that were with him, but Zhao managed to escape. I then watched as Zuko then went after Zhao, leaving only the rest of us at the oasis. We gathered around in disbelief and sorrow as Iroh picked up the dead koi.

"It's gone." Yosuke said as he inspected the fish.

"There's no hope now." Yue said as she stood next to Sokka. "It's over."

I kinda blacked out at that point, but the others told me that me and Aang went into the Avatar State and spoke with different voices to our own.

"No." we said at the same time. "It's not over."

Then me and Aang went to the center of the pond and, back to back, stood in meditative stance as La circled us. When we were walking into it, Katara tried to stop us, but Iroh stopped her and they all watched as a new event unfold before them. It wasn't long until the whole pond lit up in a white light. Then, in an instant, both me and Aang descended into the water. Then all of the water in the oasis began to become cover in blue vein-like energy. It happened all over the city. Even though I don't remember it happening, I could still remember the feeling. It was La. What Zhao did angered it and would now punish the Fire Nation for this crime. Then, in an instant, the water formed into a giant fish-like being with me and Aang at the center of it. We were actually controlling it. This was La's true form. For what they did to Tui, La was willing to help us stop the Fire Nation.

In so, it then allowed me and Aang to use its powers. Me and Aang were combined with La. Hiriko, Tadaaki, and Kioko were able to witness as me, Aang, and La went through the city, getting rid of the Fire Nation soldiers. The people of the tribe bowed as we passed by. We were heading straight to the ships. I wished I was able to remember that amazing waterbending. While we did that, Hiriko and Tadaaki were able to see a battle between Zuko and Zhao. Zhao told Zuko he tried to have the prince killed for being the Blue Spirit and freeing me and Aang. Zuko said he didn't have a choice, but Zhao said he should've chosen to accept his failure, that he was a disgrace and at least lived to tell about it. Back at the oasis, Iroh placed Tui back in the water, trying to revive the spirit.

"It's too late." Katara said. "It's dead."

She and the others looked down in sorrow until Iroh noticed Yue.

"You have been touched by the Moon Spirit." Iroh said to the princess. "Some of its life is in you."

"Yes, you're right." Yue said, revealing it. "It gave me life. Maybe I can give it back."

"No!" Sokka said as he tried to stop her, grabbing her hand. "You don't have to do that."

"It's my duty, Sokka." She said to him.

"I won't let you!" Sokka said. "Your father told me to protect you."

"I have to do this." Yue said.

She managed to slip her hand out of Sokka's and then placed her hands on Tui and returned its life force, the fish glowing and Yue closing her eyes. When she was done, the glow disappeared and she fell back.

"No!" Sokka said as he caught her.

"Princess Yue!" Seiichi and Yosuke said as they gathered around Sokka.

"She's gone." Sokka said after checking for any life in Yue. "She's gone."

Everyone gave looks of depression as Sokka held Yue close. Back with me, Aang, and La, we made it to the ocean and attacked them, destroying them. Back at the oasis, Yue's lifeless body disappeared, surprising everyone. After she does, Tui began to glow and Iroh placed it back into the water. The entire pond began to glow and Yue, now a spirit, appeared above it. She went over and gently held Sokka's head as she spoke.

"Goodbye, Sokka." Yue said to the warrior. "I'll always be with you."

They shared one last kiss before she disappeared. They all looked to the sky as the moon returned, the sky now blue once again. La saw the moon had returned and began to return to the oasis, leaving Aang on the wall as he exited the Avatar State. With Zuko and Zhao, they were fighting on a bridge here Zhao got the upper hand, but stopped his attack when he saw the moon was back in the sky.

"It can't be!" Zhao said, shocked by this.

He didn't notice, but I, still fused with La, appeared behind him and waterbended a hand to grab him. Zhao was then beginning to be consumed by the water as he was dragged into the water.

"Take my hand!" Zuko said as he offered his hand to help Zhao.

Zhao considered before retracting his hand, rejecting the offer. The hand disappeared into the water with Zhao and the energy I was surrounded in them place me gently on the bridge and then disappeared into the water. I was unconscious when Zuko, Hiriko, and Tadaaki gathered up around me. When I woke up, I stood up with a massive headache and out of the Avatar State.

"Oh, my head!" I groaned as I rubbed my head. "What happened?"

"You and Aang saved the tribe and you took down Zhao." Tadaaki said.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah. You did." Zuko said as he smiled at me.

I returned it as now the battle was over. We managed to get Zuko and Iroh out of the city and onto a ship before any of the tribe got to them. The next morning, me, Katara, and most of my team were with Pakku as he then made an announcement that shocked us.

"I've decided to go to the South Pole." Pakku said. "Some other benders and healers want to join me. It's time we helped rebuild our sister tribe."

"What about Aang and Roku?" Katara said as we then looked to Aang standing in the distance with Momo. "They still need to learn waterbending."

"Well," Pakku said as he turned to her. "They better get used to calling you Master Katara."

Katara smiled gratefully at Pakku for allowing her to teach me and Aang. She was now a waterbending master. How cool is that?

"Thank you for everything, Master Pakku." I said as I bowed to him.

"It was no trouble at all." Pakku said to me. "If it's any constellation, I think you'll make a great Avatar."

"Thank you. That means a lot." I said. "Though I wish I could've been able to…"

"Roku, look!" Katara said as she pointed to my left.

I looked there to see some snow floating in the air, right at the same level as I lifted my hand at my left shoulder. I instantly dropped my hand and the snow instantly dropped to the ground.

"Roku, did you just…?" Aang asked as he came over with Momo on his shoulder.

I then lifted my hand again and saw the snow lifting up again. I brought it to me and melted it into water. I smiled as I knew there was no doubt I was actually doing it.

"Ha, ha! Look at that!" I laughed in excitement. "I'm waterbending! I'm really waterbending!"

"But…how?" Katara said, just as surprised as Aang to see me doing this.

"It appears you truly are special." Pakku said with smile. "You have been blessed by the Ocean Spirit, giving you the power of water." He then looked to Katara. "And it will be your job to teach him to control that power."

"I'll do my best." Katara said.

She and Aang smiled happily at me as I then began to bend the water. With Seiichi and Yosuke, they were with Sokka and Arnook after they explained what happened to Yue. Arnook then told them he knew Yue would sacrifice herself and Seiichi asked how he knew for it confused him and the others. They looked to the setting moon as he began to explain.

"The spirits gave me a vision when Yue was born." Arnook said to them. "I saw a beautiful, brave, young woman become the Moon Spirit." He sighed before he finished. "I knew this day would come."

"And now Yue is our moon." Seiichi said as they kept looking at the moon.

"She gave her life to save the tribe she loved." Yosuke said. "Now she will continue to protect us as our guiding light in the darkness of night."

"You must be so proud." Sokka said to Arnook.

"So proud…" Arnook said. "And sad."

Back with us, I was still bending the water. I then tried that ice capture move, but got my feet trapped instead. I managed to bend the ice off and me, Katara, and Aang shared a laugh as Aang stood next to Katara. After we stopped laughing, I then watched as Katara and Aang embraced each other in a hug. I then went over and hugged the both of them. I then looked to Momo as he looked at us, curious.

"You too, Momo." I said as we broke the hug with me standing to Aang's right and Katara closely to his left.

"Come here." Aang said and Momo jumped on and rested on Aang's left shoulder. I then felt a hand on my right shoulder and looked to see Sokka, Seiichi, and Yosuke giving me grateful smiles. I then looked to the right and saw and saw Tadaaki and the others doing the same as they joined us. As Appa came over with everything packed on his saddle, we looked off to the ocean and the moon as a new day would begin along with the next part of our journey. Now that both me and Aang had the ability to waterbend, we can both learn to fully master it. Once we do, we'll then go to Omashu and begin our training with Bumi and learn earthbending. After we do, I'll finally become a true Avatar and we'll search the land for a firebending master for Aang. That night showed us that no matter what they throw at us, we will defeat the Fire Nation and end this war.

I know this for our friends believe in us to restore balance and save our home. And I believe…me and Aang will save the save the world.

Today is a special day. Me, my minions, and Azula had been called to Ozai's royal chamber for a word from the Fire Lord himself. Within his chamber, he spoke as the fires of his immensity raged from in front of him.

"Iroh is a traitor and your brother is a failure." Ozai said to Azula. "I have a task for you." He then looked to me. "And I hope you and your warriors are up to the task in helping her, Ichiro."

"I assure you," I said as I raised my head with a smile, "whatever you have planned for us, none of us will fail you, Lord Ozai."

I looked to Azula to see she had the same smile I had. This was a great day to receive a great task from the Fire Lord. By the way he said it, Zuko has failed in capturing the Avatars. If it had anything to do with that, I'll be glad to take it. It will give me a chance at that red rat I heard about. And it'll be a great honor to bring Ozai the Fire Dragon's head with or without his body.