History of Aang (Summer 100 AG)

Reawakening


After several weeks spent unconscious, Aang finally comes to aboard a captured Fire Nation ship. He is now sporting a full head of hair, a mass of bandages, and a vicious scar on his back. Katara works on healing his body in that area, and during the session, Aang has a painful flash of memory back to the time he had fallen--he realizes that he wasn't just injured, but that it was much worse, his spirit had separated from his body and that if it wasn't for Katara he might not have returned. Though Katara insists that it was the Spirit Water that saved him, Aang tells her that it was not the water--it was her.

The next day, Aang learns a horrible fact; the entire world believes he is dead. While Sokka is delighted by the idea, saying that it will give the group an advantage, Aang finds himself in a state of frustration and dismay. He blames himself for the defeat at Ba Sing Se, saying that he had been there and been unable to stop it, and now that the world thinks him dead, there is no hope.



After a scuffle with a Fire Nation vessel that discovers them (a battle in which he was forced to remain hidden), Aang slips away in the night with only his glider in order to face his destiny alone, intending to keep anyone else from paying for his mistakes. He makes it past the naval blockade but finds himself in a nasty squall. Believing he has failed again and will now die because of his foolishness, Aang finds himself unable to work up the will to continue.

During Aang's darkest hour, though, Avatar Roku appears and tells Aang not to blame himself--Roku claims that the fault is his own. He also tells Aang, though, that he believes that the boy is destined to redeem him; the spirit of Yue appears and removes the last of Aang's doubt, encouraging him to save the world as he has before. She then helps Aang to safety, sending a wave that carries Aang to Crescent Moon Island where Roku's temple once stood.

His friends find him in the morning, and they are all reunited once more. Aang apologizes for his rash actions, and accepts the fact that he will need their help and that they know what to do. In a symbolic link to this, Aang's glider washes ashore, broken, tattered and beyond repair; he accepts this, though, and plants it firmly in the volcanic rock for cremation, burning away the evidence of his existence and a piece of his old life.

Into the Fire Nation


After stealing some clothes from an isolated household, Aang is grabbed from the streets by truant officers and thrust in a Fire Nation school. While there, however, he has fun and decides to remain enlisted so that he and the others could learn more about the local customs by the history teacher Ms. Kwan. He learns that history has been warped (e.g. Sozin attacked an Air Nomads army) but eventually becomes popular among the students--especially a girl named On Ji. After getting in trouble in several classes and getting in a "fight" with On Ji's overprotective boyfriend Hide (said fight featuring Aang easily dodging every wild punch the other boy attempted to deliver), he is caught by The Headmaster, earning a meeting with his "parents" (Sokka and Katara). Although he agrees with Sokka's firm statement that there is to be no more school for him, Aang tries to grant the students a little more freedom--by holding a dance party. He manages to help them overcome their fear and reluctance by showing them some ancient dance movements, and wins their admiration and loyalty.

He also manages to gain the admiration of Katara, who shyly accepts an offer to dance with him. The two amaze the crowd with a flawless series of moves, until the headmaster and some police come to put a stop to this intolerable activity. When they learn that their superiors are searching for Aang as "the boy with the headband", the entire student body helps to cover Aang's escape by covering their own foreheads with their belts. As Aang escapes he bows to his new friend Shoji, and then Earthbends the exit closed, shocking Shoji.



The group floats downstream, in the middle of a river that seems to be mostly brown sludge. They decide to stop in the village of Jang Hui, a fishing village in the middle of the river. Many villagers are sick, and there is a lack of food because of the polluted water. Katara wishes to help these people, but Sokka says their overall mission is too important to stop to help everybody they come across. In the morning, Appa is found lying on his side, and his tongue is purple. Katara suggests that the village might have some herbs that can heal him. When they get to the village, everybody happens to be in much better spirits. According to Xu, a legendary local river spirit known as the Painted Lady came and gave them some more food. But there is no medicine in the village, as the factory takes it all. Katara suggests letting Appa rest for another day.

The next day, Appa is still sick, so they return to the village. The village is in even higher spirits, and have erected a large statue of the Painted Lady in thanks for healing their sick. Xu/Dock suggests that maybe the Painted Lady could help Appa out. The next night, Momo wakes up, rousing Aang in turn. Seeing the Painted Lady, Aang tries to ask for her help, but she runs away. Aang chases her all the way to the village, where he finally finds out that Katara has been acting as the Painted Lady. Katara sadly confesses and apologizes for holding them there to help the village, but Aang naturally likes the idea. Together, the two infiltrate the factory and wreck it, stopping the flow of pollution. As they prepare to leave, they see a squad of Fire Nation troops heading towards the town on speeders, and realize that they must believe the villagers had sabotaged the factory, Katara is determined to stop them. The soldiers start attacking the village, but a gust of wind blows their flames out when they start destroying everything. With help from Appa, Toph, and Sokka providing spooky sound effects, Aang and Katara stage an encounter with the Painted Lady to defeat the troops and drive them away. They stay an extra week to help the village clean the river and rebuild a way of life for the villagers.

While Aang was sleeping Roku came to him and told him to come to his home island so that he can learn how the war started. After traveling to the island aboard Appa, he sits on a ledge overlooking the ocean and meditates. After entering the Spirit World, Roku and Fang take Aang on a trip through Roku's past. We learn that Roku and Fire Lord Sozin were best friends. Aang is also surprised and delighted to find out that one of Roku's friends was none other than Monk Gyatso. Roku comments that Aang's relationship with Gyatso years later proves that some friendships are able to transcend lifetimes. Awakening from his vision with Roku, Aang tells his friends that the message of the story was that, as Roku and Sozin were both Fire Nation natives, the point of the story was that any person is capable of great good or evil, and the group takes comfort at Roku's words that friendships can transcend lifetimes.



Later, Aang worries when he realizes the invasion is only four days away. He begins having nightmares about facing the Fire Lord (having lost his pants and didn't study for a math test). In an effort to stop this, he decides to stay awake until the invasion. This backfires when he starts having daydreams and hallucinations (for example, he hears Momo and Appa speak like humans and, after a dispute, have a samurai battle between them with rocks and sheep dancing around Aang). In one he kisses Katara and in another he sees Fire Lord Ozai telling him he missed the invasion. His friends try to relieve his stress though yoga at a volcanic core with Katara; therapy with Sokka and his beard; and heavy massage from Toph who then suggests acupuncture. After his friends make a comfortable bed, he is able to fall asleep the night before the invasion. ("Nightmares and Daydreams")

The Invasion and Eclipse


Aang wakes up on the morning of the invasion happy and rested. When the invasion boats start to arrive, Aang and Toph prepare by making docks for them to stop by. Aang introduces his friends as each one comes off the boat. When the Mechanist and Teo come off they have a surprise for Aang, a new glider. This new glider is reptilian in the look of the "wings". As Aang prepares to leave, he gathers scraps and makes a new outfit that expresses his Air Nomad culture. Along with a new outfit, Aang shaves off the hair finally showing off his arrow once more. Sokka proceeds to ask Aang how he knows they are going to win, Aang says "...because I already failed the world once in Ba Sing Se, I won't let myself fail again".

The invasion force, ready to go, boards the boats. At the Gates of Azulon, the boats release submarines containing the warriors. When it comes time to resurface for air, the group gathers on top. They say their good-lucks and have a group hug. As Aang gets ready to fly to the Fire Nation Capital, he confronts Katara. Katara tells him how proud she is and that he isn't that same goofy kid she found in the iceberg anymore, Aang moves in and kisses her. Katara blushes but does not resist. With a new courage, Aang departs.



As Aang enters the city, he can’t help but notice that no one is around. When he barges into the palace, no one is there to see him. He immediately goes to the throne room to find it deserted. Aang falls to his knees and yells "Fire Lord Ozai, where are you?!"



Aang returns to the battle and tells Sokka, Katara, and Toph what had happened. Sokka thinks that Ozai wouldn't want to leave his city, but still stay safe. Sokka suspected an underground bunker. Toph agrees to help them find it. They find it with ease and enter it using Earthbending. After bumping into War Minister Qin, they are pointed into the wrong direction. The three enter a room where they find Princess Azula sitting on a throne. Azula is powerless due to the eclipse. Azula goes ahead and says she knew about the invasion for quite some time. Aang and the others demand to know where Fire Lord Ozai is by reminding her that she cannot Firebend. Azula decides to tell them about her souvenirs from Ba Sing Se, two Dai Li agents. A battle soon takes place with Aang trying to get to Azula while being interrupted by Dai Li. Eventually the Dai Li are defeated and Azula is being chased. Sokka then realizes that this is a trap. Azula wasn't trying to defeat the Avatar, just distract him and take up his time. The plan worked, Aang didn't even see the Fire Lord by the time the eclipse was up.



The three return to Katara and the others just in time to see approaching Fire Balloons. Aang and Katara go into the sky (via glider and Appa) and destroy the balloons. The only problem were the Airships. The Airships proceeded down to the beach where they bombed all the submarines, leaving the invasion force stranded. Hakoda decides that the older warriors should surrender while the younger ones escape on Appa. Aang apologizes to the invasion force promising to make it up to them. Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, The Duke, Teo, and Haru board Appa and head to the Western Air Temple for safe refuge.

Refuge and a New Ally
After the failed invasion on the Day of Black Sun, Aang and the group head towards the Western Air Temple. However, because of the heavy load with the addition of Haru, Teo, and the Duke to the group, Appa can't fly the whole way and the gang has to walk the rest of the way there. As they felt embarrassed for losing and walking the rest of the way, Toph senses the Western Air Temple. Everyone else can't see it, but Aang reassures that it is the right spot. The temple was actually on the cliffside below them, unique compared to the other Air Temples. Zuko descends from a rope onto one of the buildings of the temple remembering when he was first there with his uncle, General Iroh. He hears Appa approach and flees.

When the gang lands on one of the buildings, Haru, Teo, and the Duke explore while Aang, Katara, Toph, and Sokka make plans. Sokka suggests that they should go back to the "old plan", Aang has to master all four elements and confront Fire Lord Ozai. Aang states that there is a problem in that it is unlikely for them to find a Firebending teacher for him. Katara suggests looking for Jeong Jeong, but Aang also isn't sure about that. Not wanting to discuss their current predicament, Aang flies around the temple on his glider.



Eventually, Sokka, Katara, and Toph catch up with Aang on Appa and land on another building of the temple. As Aang suggests showing them another part of the temple, Toph states that "it'll have to wait" after sensing Zuko across from them. Zuko then humbly explains that he has changed and wants to teach Aang Firebending. The group mistrusts him because of their past history with the former crown prince, and became angry when Zuko clumsily admitted sending Combustion Man after them. Zuko told Aang that "you thought we could have been friends" echoing his words in The Blue Spirit, but Aang eventually rejected him. Despite Zuko's offering himself as a prisoner, Katara and Sokka insisted that he should immediately leave.

Toph gets upset later on that the others are letting their feelings block their proper judgment. She states that Zuko was sincere when he spoke and that he was probably the only Firebender willing to teach Aang Firebending. She seems to have disappeared until the next morning when she pops out of a hole in the wall with her feet burned. She tells the group that she tried to visit Zuko, but he accidentally burned her. Sokka then makes up a plan to make Zuko their prisoner. As the group lays Toph's feet in a pool of water, Combustion Man can be seen from a high angle ready to strike. When he breathes in, ready to strike, Aang senses him as a pillar on the temple is fired on. Aang whips up a tornado at Combustion Man, but he dodges it and fires again. As the gang takes cover, Zuko comes telling them to stop. Aang and the rest notice this and are surprised. Combustion Man fires at Zuko, but he is able to grab onto a vine hanging down from the ledge. Eventually Combustion Man blows himself up after being hit on the head with Sokka's boomerang. After the group retaliates, Aang thanks Zuko for what he has done. Zuko then restates what he said the day before, and also apologizes to Toph about burning her feet stating that fire is uncontrollable at times, and that he needs to be more careful. After remembering what he did to Katara, Aang believes that Zuko is meant to be his teacher.

Meeting the Firebending Masters


As Aang and Zuko begin their Firebending training, Zuko realizes that he can't make strong fire blasts anymore; Aang is also still afraid to Firebend because of what he did to Katara. Aang thinks the reason is that in the past, Zuko was driven by anger, and now that he isn't, he couldn't Firebend as well. After a suggestion by Toph to go to the original source of Firebending, Zuko states that the original Firebenders, the dragons were extinct. However, there were ruins of an ancient civilization, the Sun Warriors, who first learned from the dragons. He believed that they could find something there.

Aang and Zuko head to the ruins the next day. Once there, they come across a booby trap, but after passing it, head towards a tall pyramid. Along the way, Zuko tells Aang that the dragons were extinct because his great-grandfather, Fire Lord Sozin, started the tradition of hunting dragons for glory. Because dragons were the considered the ulimate firebenders and if someone was able to conquer one, their Firebending skills would become legendary and they would earn the honorary title of "Dragon". He then says that his uncle was the person who slayed the last dragon.

When they reach the top of the pyramid, they find a door that is only opened on the solstice, like the ones in the Fire Sages' temples. Zuko tries to deceive the door by reflecting the sunlight into the gem placed on top of the door, and this causes it to open. Aang compliments him for that. Inside, Zuko snoops around while Aang gazes at the statues depicting a move known as "The Dancing Dragon". When he imitates the first move, he triggers something. He then asks Zuko to perform the technique with him. When they complete the move, a relic rises up from the ground. Zuko picks it up, despite Aang's warnings about not picking it up. A glue-like substance then shoots up from the pedestal the relic was on, shooting Zuko up to bars at an opening in the ceiling. Aang also gets stuck up there as the substance fills the room. They stay there until night when a chief of some sort appears. When the two are back on the floor and having the substance removed, it appears that the Sun Warrior civilization is still alive. Aang and Zuko state they want to learn the true meaning of Firebending, and the chief says that they must learn from the masters.

The next day, the chief gives them a piece of the Original Flame, the first flame given to man by the dragons. At first, Aang is reluctant to take the fire, but the chief says that fire is not only destruction, but life. The two are told to travel up a mountain to meet the masters where they will present their flames and be judged. If they are deemed worthy, they will be taught; if not, they will be destroyed on the spot. As the two journey up the mountain, Aang feels reluctant about going through with this, but Zuko reassures him.



When they reach the top, the chief and other Sun Warriors are already there. The chief takes pieces of Aang's and Zuko's flames and distributes it to warriors. They then begin a ceremony as Aang and Zuko head up some stairs to meet the masters, who are in caves. They present their flames, but Aang's goes out. The Sun Warriors begin calling the masters. When Aang tries to get some of Zuko's flame, two dragons, a red one and a blue one, come out of the caves and fly in circles around the two. Aang thinks that they should perform the Dancing Dragon with the dragons. They perform in-sync and when Aang and Zuko finish the dragons begin judging them. The dragons then shoot fire at the two which encircles them in many different colors. The dragons then return to their caves. When they reach the bottom, Zuko realizes that he lost power because his main drive in the past was to capture Aang, but now he realizes that he must now help the Avatar defeat his father, Fire Lord Ozai; Aang also realizes that Firebending is a beautiful art and that fire is really life and energy. Zuko throws two powerful fire blasts into the air as Aang throws his first fire blast into the air. The chief then states that Iroh also learned the true meaning of Firebending. He then tells them not to tell anyone about them or the dragons.

When Aang and Zuko return to the Western Air Temple, they perform the Dancing Dragon to the group, who then make fun of the technique. Zuko tells them it's a sacred Firebending form that happens to be thousands of years old. Katara asks for the form's name and upon hearing it the group laughs even more.

The Southern Raiders
When Azula attacks at the Western Air Temple, the group is forced to split. While Zuko holds off the Airships and Azula, Aang and the others fly on Appa, and catch Zuko when he and his sister fall from the Airship after their attacks clash. When Katara announces that she's going to find the man who killed her mother, along with Zuko, Aang questions her motives, even saying she sounds like Jet, and saying that he does understand what she's feeling, mentioning Appa's theft by the Sandbenders and the his discovery of what happened to his people. When she decides to go any way, he supports her, but asks her not to resort to violence, and let go of her anger. When Zuko and Katara come back, he says he's proud of her, and talks with Zuko that violence is never the answer. He is then asked by Zuko what he will do when he faces Ozai.

The Ember Island Players


Aang and Zuko are training while Katara and Toph watch. Katara asks if it’s safe for them to be hiding in Ozai's beach house on Ember Island, but Zuko tells her it’s the last place he would look. Sokka and Suki, now with a Fire Nation disguise, come back from town with a flier about a play about Team Avatar put on by the Ember Island Players.

When they get to the theater Aang tries to sit next to Katara but Zuko sits down next to her first, forcing him to sit next to Zuko. The play starts with Sokka and Katara in a canoe. The Katara actress gives a long speech about hope while Sokka's cracks jokes about how hungry he is, much to the disgust of the real Sokka and Katara. They come across an iceberg with an Aang puppet inside and Katara uses her Waterbending to release him. Once the actual actor surfaces, Aang reels back in shock upon seeing that a woman is playing him, much to Toph's amusement.



The next scene of the play shows Zuko and Iroh's actors. Iroh's actor is very short and fat while Zuko's actor has a mask on with his scar, but on the wrong eye. Iroh tells Zuko to have some cake but the Zuko actor says he doesn't have time because he must regain his honor. Zuko thinks they made his character stiff and humorless which Katara thinks is a perfect rendition.

The play moves on through Book 1, Water, with Aang finding Momo, Sokka dressed as a Kyoshi Warrior with the Suki actress, King Bumi's challenge for Aang to save Katara and Sokka, the pirates attacking the gang to get back their scroll, the Blue Spirit inaccurately saving Aang from Zuko, Jet destroying a town by summoning water, Yue becoming the Moon Spirit and Aang saving the Water Tribe from Zhao.

The gang go outside for the intermission and are all disgusted at the way they've been portrayed. Toph tells them what they're seeing on the stage is the truth. They go back in for act two and it starts with them trying to find Aang an Earthbending master. The Toph actor appears and he's a muscular guy who instead of using his feet to see, releases a sonic wave by screaming. Toph is very satisfied by the way she was portrayed. The play then goes on to show Zuko and Iroh going their separate ways because Iroh thinks Zuko's hair got too long. Then they show the scene from the chase where they corner Azula who narrowly escapes by fooling Zuko into turning around to look for his honor. It then showed a scene from "The Drill" followed by a scene of Jet, apparently hypnotized by the Earth King getting crushed by a rock. Zuko is slightly shocked by this and asks Sokka if Jet died, in which Sokka replies "it was very unclear".



The next scene shows Zuko and Katara in the cave, with the Katara actress hitting on the Zuko actor, which makes their real life counterparts slightly uncomfortable. The Katara actress tells him the Avatar is like a little brother to her and that she doesn't think of him romantically and they both hug. Aang gets annoyed and storms off. The next scene in the play Zuko sides with Azula and pushes Iroh over, which deeply offends the real Zuko followed by Azula taking Aang down with lightning and claiming "The Avatar is no more!" and posing with the Mai and Ty Lee actresses. The crowd cheers and the Gang look on in disbelief.

During the next intermission Katara meets up with Aang outside who is upset about the play and how he could be in the Avatar State if Azula hadn't blocked his last chakra.



Aang then asks Katara if she has feelings for him and how he thought they would be together after the invasion. Katara tells him that she’s confused and that now is not the right time. Aang kisses her again and she gets angry and runs back inside.

Aang comes back and Sokka summarizes what Aang missed. The invasion starts with Katara telling Aang she loves him like a brother and they shake hands. Sokka's actor asks Toph if Aang and her have a "rocky relationship", and Sokka squeals with joy at the fact that he used his line. Zuko joins the group during the invasion because Ozai wasn't there. Sokka gets up to leave thinking the plays over cause it’s caught up to the present but Suki tells him the plays not over yet.

Fire Lord Ozai appears on stage summoning power from the comet. Azula comes in and tells him that Zuko and Aang are at the palace trying to stop him. Zuko fights Azula and is killed, his last words are "HONOR!" the crowd cheers as Zuko watches in horror as the group all stare at him in disbelief. Aang makes his way to the Fire Lord but the comet has come already and he's already unstoppable. Ozai fires a giant fireball at Aang killing him. Azula comes back in and Ozai gives a speech about how the world is now his as the crowd gives him a standing ovation.

The group walks back to Ozai's beach house talking about how the play was terrible but Sokka thinks the effects were decent.‎

Training and Anxiety


Three days before the arrival of Sozin's Comet, Aang is practicing Firebending. Zuko pushes him to be more aggressive and ferocious, but becomes frustrated with Aang when he becomes unfocused. Aang joins Sokka and the others in holding a beach party, playing around in the water and making a sand sculpture of Appa. However, Zuko attacks him in the middle of the party, and chases him off the beach, onto the house roof, and into the house, shooting fire blasts at him the entire time. Finally, Aang blasts Zuko out of the house using Airbending. He and the others gather around Zuko, demanding to know what is wrong with him, but Zuko asks them how they could be having beach parties when Sozin's Comet is only three days away. Aang reveals that he plans to defeat the Fire Lord after the comet arrives. The others explain to an incredulous Zuko that the point of fighting the Fire Lord before the comet was to win the war, but the Fire Nation won the war when they captured Ba Sing Se. However, Zuko reveals that Ozai plans to use the power of the comet to destroy the Earth Kingdom and build a new world from the ashes. The rest of the group is horrified by this plan, and Zuko urges Aang to defeat the Fire Lord to save the world.

Later on, Zuko teaches Aang one final Firebending technique: Lightning redirection. Zuko warns Aang to be careful with the technique and not make a wrong move, or else he will die. He also tells Aang he must strike Ozai first, or else he will be defeated instead. Later, Sokka plans a training session using a model for the Fire Lord with a melon for a head called "The Melon Lord". He has Toph play the Melon Lord's forces, while the others attack it, with Aang supposed to deliver the final blow. But when the simulated fight actually takes place, Aang is unable to kill the fake Fire Lord. Sokka does it for him while Aang winces, cutting the melon in half.

During dinner, Katara finds a painting of what she at first believes to be a painting of Zuko as a baby, until Zuko tells them that it's actually a picture of his father. When Zuko says that the sweet and innocent baby Ozai grew up to be a monster, Aang points out to everyone that he's still a human being. When Zuko berates him, Aang begins arguing with the group, telling them that he can't kill Ozai, as it goes against everything the monks taught him. The others, especially Zuko, tell him that he needs to kill Ozai for the good of the world. Aang storms off to the other side of the house, and meditates in the balcony.

The Lion Turtle
That night, Aang awakens in a trance and walks down to the beach, into the water and swims to a mysterious island that had appeared only that night, with Momo flying along behind him. When he wakes up the next morning, he discovers he has left the Fire Nation and is on a strange island in the middle of the sea with Momo. He briefly wonders if he's in the Spirit World, but dismisses that possibility as Momo can see him and he is still able to bend. He searches the island and finds a strange hexagonal formation in the center which he is unable to bend, meaning it is not Earth. He decides to meditate, and seek the wisdom of his past lives. The first past life he contacts is Roku, who tells him he doesn't know where he is, but he can offer advice on Aang's other problems.



When Aang tells him about how conflicted he is in taking Ozai's life, Roku tells him of when he was the Avatar. He tried to show restraint in his time, but Fire Lord Sozin took advantage of him. Roku says that if he had been more decisive, he could have stopped the war before it started, and he tells Aang to be decisive. Next, Aang contacts Avatar Kyoshi, who tells him of when she fought Chin the Conqueror, and how she would have done whatever it took to uphold justice. She advises Aang to let justice guide his way. Aang looks deeper inside himself and contacts Avatar Kuruk. Kuruk tells him that when he was young, he generally played no part in shaping the world, since he lived during a time of great peace and people generally worked out their own problems. However, Koh the Face Stealer took Kuruk's wife away from him. Kuruk blames himself for not being attentive enough, and advises Aang to actively shape his destiny. Finally, seeking an Avatar who would be more sympathetic to him, Aang contacts the Air Nomad Avatar Yangchen. Aang tells her how he was taught to respect all life, and remove himself from the world to attain spiritual peace. Yangchen sympathizes with him, but tells him that the Avatar must sacrifice his spiritual well-being for the good of the world. Aang concludes that he has no choice but to kill the Fire Lord.

When he wakes up the following morning, he sees the Earth Kingdom shore getting closer, and realizes the island is moving. He dives and discovers the island is actually a creature, which reveals itself to be a Lion Turtle. He asks the Lion Turtle for advice, seeking a way to defeat the Fire Lord without killing him. The Lion Turtle gives him spiritual advice and tells him of the time before the Avatar and the Four Nations. A little while later, the Lion Turtle leaves Aang at the shore, and tells him to wait for Ozai.

Final Battle


Soon after, Sozin's comet arrives and hits the atmosphere, turning the sky red. Ozai's fleet of Airships arrive at the Earth Kingdom shore, with Ozai's ship in the lead. Ozai uses his comet-enhanced Firebending to begin burning the Earth Kingdom. Aang uses Earth and Firebending to disable Ozai's ship. Initially shocked to find the Avatar there, Ozai flies like a rocket over to Aang. Aang asks Ozai not to go on with his plan, saying he has the power to stop it. Ozai merely sneers at his proposal and attacks Aang.



Aang and Ozai begin to battle. Aang skillfully uses all four elements against Ozai's comet-enhanced Firebending, but Aang still remains on the defensive, allowing Ozai to chase him all around the rock spires. Ozai then begins to use lightning attacks that get closer and closer to Aang. Finally, Aang absorbs one of the blasts, but due to his belief that all life, no matter the crimes, is sacred, he is unable to shoot it back at Ozai, and instead redirects it upwards into the sky away from Ozai. Incensed, Ozai attacks Aang even more fiercely and finally gets the upper hand over him. Aang takes refuge by forming a rock sphere around himself. Ozai repeatedly strikes, all the while calling him and the Air Nomads weak. With a powerful fire blast, Ozai breaks Aang's earthen sphere and Aang is pushed into a wall. The stone presses his scar and the seventh chakra unlocks, allowing him access to the Avatar State. Aang then activates the Avatar State, and in an impressive simultaneous movement, bends all four elements to counter Ozai, gaining the upper hand. When he is about to give the final blow, he leaves the Avatar State, saying that he doesn't want to end it like this. When Ozai tries to take advantage of this moment, Aang pins him down with Earthbending, and uses Energybending he learned with the Lion Turtle, and he strips Ozai of his Firebending. He then uses the Avatar State to extinguish the fire caused by the Airships.

After the War


The next day, Aang attends Zuko's coronation, dressed in new attire (quite similar to Monk Gyatso's). He speaks briefly with the soon-to-be Fire Lord, and both of them marvel at how much things have changed throughout the course of their journey. Both of them hug, and promise to remain friends and rebuild the world together. When Zuko is crowned, he promises to redeem the honor of the Fire Nation, and work with the Avatar to restore the balance of the world.



Some time after this, the group is shown at the Jasmine Dragon, where they are relaxing. Sokka is painting a picture to remember the good times they had together, but it is criticized by everyone. In his picture, Suki is Firebending, Iroh is very round and Zuko complains that his hair isn't that spiky, and Toph says that everyone looked perfect to her, which causes the group to laugh. Aang is shown smiling, then he leaves and goes outside, soon followed by Katara. The two smile at each other, and then lean into each other, embracing one another in a hug. Katara then instigates a passionate kiss, starting what fulfilled Aunt Wu's prediction a year prior.