Until We Part

"Foxy, you got the twin boneheads," Azula commanded him. "The manlet over there is mine." She glanced at Bobo with malicious eyes.

"Aw man, why do I have to fight the big guy?" Tenten complained. Her complaint fell on deaf ears as Azula and Naruto charged ahead, leaving her in the dust, "Ugh, great..." Tenten groaned with displeasure.

Naruto launched a fury of flames at the twin brothers. Fire struck against earth as Genji and Jochi blocked it with relative ease. Their unparalleled teamwork held against the destructive force of Naruto's flames. It was a war of different styles since the dawn of bending. The twin brothers stood strong, not moving an inch from their position.

Naruto was beginning to understand their patterns, their reactions and teamwork ability. He would been an idiot if he underestimated their abilities like he had done last time. Their teamwork was amazing, he'll give them that, but they lacked the swiftness and speed.

"C'mon, firecracker," Jochi taunted him. "Is that all ya got?"

Naruto propelled himself with a powerful jetstream, instantly closing the distance between them. A confident grin etched his face, "I'm going to kick your asses this time, dattebayo."

"Shit, he's a fast one!" Genji cried out with shock.

Genji threw a punch, but Naruto easily ducked underneath, sweeping Genji with a swift kick to his ankles. Sensing danger behind him, Naruto leapt up in a somersault, slipping past the streaking boulder aimed at him.

"Quit dancin' around like a lil' ballerina," Jochi said angrily. In a mere instant, Naruto appeared before him with flame-covered fists.

"Imposs-" Jochi was quickly interrupted.

Naruto pummeled Jochi with rapid hits, giving no time to defend himself. Jochi tried to defend, but he was too overwhelmed with the sheer volley beating down on him. He groaned in pain as he took several gut-wrenching blows.

"U-ZU-MA-Ki!" Naruto smashed his chin with a flaming uppercut. "Barrage!"

Jochi flew across the air, his eyes saw stars as he laid sprawled out on the ground,. Seeing his brother beaten to a pulp, Genji flew into a rage, throwing jagged stones with wild ferocity.

"Just die already!" The ground rumbled as Genji conjured an earthen pillar underneath Naruto's feet.

However, the pillar only gave Naruto more leverage to leap higher into the sky. A wheel of golden flames rapidly spun as Naruto flipped through the air. Genji stood in awe as he watched those bright flames with fearful eyes. However, Genji quickly shook out of his thought and formed a barrier around him. Naruto slammed his feet onto the ground, and a large wave of flames roared to life. The flaming tsunami smashed against Genji's defenses and quickly crumbled it to shattered rock.

"Argh!" Genji smashed against the tree and passed out onto the ground.

"Now that's how you do things," Naruto smirked. Both brothers were now defeated.

*****

Meanwhile, Tenten waited patiently, letting the raging bull come to her this time. She moved around like a monkey, letting the sanjiegun aid her as she flipped and spun around flying boulders. Singh clicked his tongue; he had enough of Tenten slithering like a damn snake. Four stone walls quickly surrounded Tenten from all sides. The walls threatened to squeeze her into paste as they moved closer.

"Hah!" Singh clasped his hands together. The walls slammed against each other with a thundering boom. He smirked, satisfied that he finally got rid of that pesky insect, "Serves that dumb bitch right."

"Think again!" Tenten shouted.

Singh looked up as a figure suddenly blocked out the sun. The small figure suddenly grew larger, revealing Tenten with a smirk on her face. Tenten shot forth towards Singh, striking him down with a powerful swing of her staff.

"Agh!" Singh clutched his head in pain, stumbling back from the blow.

Tenten charged once again, detaching her connected staff into their original three-section poles. She slammed her sanjiegun against Singh's kneecap, making him fall over to one knee.

"You bitch!" Singh caught the sanjiegun that nearly struck his face. However, Singh was suddenly met with a swift kick, and he toppled backwards. Tenten gave him no time to recover and knocked him out with another powerful swing.

Bobo glanced around him with worried eyes. His brothers-in-arms were down, and he was all alone face-to-face with a girl filled with rage. Azula's bending was relentless and powerful, and Bobo had a difficult time defending against her.

"Don't tell me that this is all you had?" Azula taunted. She had expected more of a fight from Bobo, bit he was turning to be a disappointment for her. She launched a pillar of Azure flames at Bobo, sending him tumbling to the ground.

"Wait, I give! I give!" Bobo pleaded out.

Azula simply stood over him with an angered glare. She clenched her fists as she remembered this rotten man nearly killed Naruto.

"You're a naive fool if you think I'm going to let you off just like that," Azula spat out. She wasn't going to let this man get away that easily. Not what he had almost done.

"I-If you kill me now, the Northern Wolf Horde will hunt you all down," Bobo threatened.

"Is that suppose to be a threat?"

"W-we have men all over the Earth Kingdom," Bobo continued. "You won't find anywhere to-AH!"

Azula burnt his face with a fireball; she had enough of this buffoon running his mouth at her. Bobo screamed in pain, clutching tightly onto his face where Azula had burned him. Azula ignored Bobo's pained howl and gripped his collar.

"I won't kill you," Azula glared at him. "However, this scar will forever remind you of me. What I've done to you. If I ever see you again, I won't be lenient this time, understood?"

Bobo quickly shook his head. Azula merely snorted and headbutted Bobo, effectively knocking him out. Azula wanted to kill this wretched bastard, but she didn't want her anger to get the best of her. Azula had seen the slaughter Yoona had done, and she didn't want to follow down that same path as her.

"You think that was a bit much?" Naruto suddenly asked, dragging the unconscious bodies of Genji and Jochi and tossed them next to Bobo. He glanced at the red scar that marred half of Bobo's face and winced a bit.

"He almost killed you, Naruto," Azula answered. She drooped her head, facing the ground with saddened eyes. "If you were gone. I... I wouldn't know what to do."

Azula felt a pair of arms wrapped around her small frame in a warm embrace. She glanced back up again and saw cerulean eyes staring back at her. Azula held her breath; her mind short circuited, and she didn't know how to respond back.

"Ya know," Naruto scratched his head. "I kinda...felt the same when you suddenly vanished."

A faint blush formed across Naruto's cheeks as he darted his eyes away from hers. A smile formed across her lips as Azula grew closer into his embrace. She wouldn't let anyone separate them apart; she would rather die with him then to have him leave her behind.

"Uh, guys? Shouldn't we be leaving now?" Tenten suddenly said.

She dumped Singh down with the other unconscious bandits. Azula and Naruto suddenly broke away from each other.

"I guess you're right," Naruto chuckled with slight embaressment.