A/N- Nice. I'm back. I'm going to finish this once and for all. Also, check out my new story called Red Eyes. It's another alt events fic, but it has an OC. Trust me, it's much better than an average Mary Sue story
Broken Expectations, Perfected Destiny
"No!" Zuko rushed forward, but realized that it was too late. Aang turned around in time to see the arrow…
-clang-
…miss his head by at least 5 feet. Everyone turned to see Zuko standing there speechless as Mai also walked in with her arm outstretched. She quickly disabled the Yuu Yan archer with a quick movement and then faced Zuko. She opened her mouth to speak but Zuko quickly interjected.
"Mai… you're… here…" Zuko was well beyond surprise.
"It is my destiny"
"This is it!"
Wasting no time, Aang charged at Ozai, leaving the rest of the group to watch the battle between the two. It would be a fair, unfair match: Aang was against Ozai alone, who had no way to defend himself. Ozai showed no signs of retreat. He simply stepped into a fighting stance and looked at the Avatar in a menacing smirk, similar to Azula's. The thing that no one knew, however, was that this was the signal.
A shower of arrows flew straight toward the aimlessly standing group. Yuu Yan archers lined up along the edges of the throne room, while a barrage of weapon-wielding soldiers charged forward at them. The group formed a circle against the sea of enemies and proceeded to return the attacks they received. The fog of war clouded both sides of the fight, but the advantage was clearly on the side of the Avatar. Arrows whizzed overhead as the Avatar and company fended off the unusually strong soldiers at hand to hand combat. With bending, Aang, Toph, and Katara had no problem against the soldiers and archers. However, for Zuko, Sokka, Iroh, and Mai, it was not so simple.
A soldier, wielding a large horse knife, charged at Mai. Throwing a few needles at him, Mai intended to paralyze him. Managing to sidestep the needles enough for them to miss any vital sections of his body, he raised his weapon to cleave Mai in two. Mai cowered in fear of the inevitable doom that was to befall her, but the soldier dropped his horse knife as a sword burst out of his chest, blood streaming out like a river. Zuko pulled out his sword out of the man, and began to fight off another soldier. A sick feeling rose in Mai; she had not seen such a violent death in her life. Lurching forward, she emptied her stomach on an unlucky soldier, who in turn tried to stab Mai with his spear. That soldier was not any more fortunate than the one with the horse knife, as Iroh brutally slammed his fist into the man's chest. The man fell back coughing up blood from the crushing impact to his heart. Mai felt scared for the first time in a long time, as she witnessed the utter annihilation of many human lives. She had never actually seen anybody killed so inhumanely. The shock rendered her paralyzed, but no one saw her condition- no one except for a sharp eyed Yuu Yan Archer.
Three arrows flew in one second, three arrows made contact, and one person fell. The archer grinned ever so slightly, but was cut short as a rather large boulder crushed his head against a wall.
It was silent to Mai. See could see everything happening, but no sound reached her ears. She was falling in slow motion to the ground, her vision slowly fading out. Everything soon became black.
Zuko turned to check on Mai, his ignorance in his confident disposition in Mai's skills. Horror grasped him, as he saw Mai on the ground, a small pool of blood dripping out of her side.
"No!"
Zuko rushed to Mai and fell to ground, mind consumed by pain and emotion. This was his love, dying slowly in the field of battle, just as she had seen the light.
Zuko looked up. His eyes flashed a rage beyond humanity, a rage beyond any level of hatred. He shouted violently as the sun slowly unmasked itself from the moon, and a flame of the deepest black burst from the earth. No soldier in the throne room was spared from the hell flame that Zuko had summoned.
This time, Ozai was the one cowering in fear as everyone took a stance against the fire lord. With a terrified glance at Zuko, he surrendered the throne. Soon after, Azula and Ty Lee were captured as well.
However, The fight was not over as Mai was still in critical condition. The pool of blood grew slightly larger since Zuko had destroyed the Fire Nation Army, and there was less color in her face. Katara rushed over to Mai and checked her wounds with water, pulling out the arrows, but it was too late. Mai was dead.
Zuko held Mai close to him. "Why?... Why do you have to die?" Tears streamed down his face as he cried over his fallen beloved. Slowly, they floated down to grace Mai's peaceful appearance, lightly landing with
But a strange thing happened that day. The tears began to glow, bringing Mai's face to match the luminous hue. A gasp for breath came from Mai. She was not dead anymore.
"I know my destiny too, Zuko."
Zuko broke down in tears. Tears of joy.
A/N- Yeah! Bloody fight scenes, apocalyptic destruction, and re-animation. Very light subjects indeed. Well one more chapter left: epilogue/ set-up for sequel.