With Azula imprisioned the invasion plans for the fire nation went along smoothly.
He also ordered the Dai Li to join the invasion and lead the forces of the earth nation.
He also got a reply from the forces of the rebellion who will join the forces of the earth kingdom on their island.
Akira grinned, with this the fire lord is done for and with Azula out of comission she wouldn't be able to deliver the intel about the eclipse and the invasion to the fire lord.
He helped to plan the invasion and they made detailed plans for all possible scenarios they could think of.
Aang and Sokka returned a week later.
"Uaaaah, Akira behind you!" Sokka said as he arrived and pointed at Mai and Ty Lee.
"Don't worry, they are on our side and the Dai Li have imprisioned Azula just to be sure" Akira said smiling "they wanted to infiltrate this place disguised as kyoshi warriors"
"So Suki and the others aren't here?" Katara asked and Akira just shook his head.
Ty Lee grabbed his arm and smiled "Also I am his girlfriend now"
Their jaws hit the floor in shock.
"Yeah, it just kinda happened" Akira said and smiled at him with a knowing smirk.
Kataras shocked expression morphed to a crying one and she ran out of the room.
"Katara wait, what is going on?" Aang shouted confused and followed her.
"Why did she run of?" Akira just acted clueless and Sokka just shrugged his shoulders.
"You dumb idiots" Toph muttered facepalming.
"Anyways, the plan is that we move somewhere near to the capital of the fire nation and wait there to join the forces of the earth kingdom and the ones from the rebellion" Akira said.
"Wait the rebellion is joining in on this fight?" Sokka asked.
"Did sou forget who I am?" Akira just asked arrogantly.
"Oh right, there was that..." Sokka just said ankwardly.
"Alright, let's go and kick the fire lords ass" Toph said.
...
A few weeks passed and they were now traveling in the waters of the fire nation, disguised as soliders.
Akira dyed his white hair black with a special permanent paint that a solider of the water nation troops gave him.
He bound his long hair to the traditional topknot.
Ty Lee was all over him when she first saw him.
Akira also convinced Aang to grow his hair out for better disguise and gave him a red hairband to cover his arrow tattoo.
They then decided to split up and travel tarned as a cloud on Appa.
They then arrived on an island where they found a cave they lived in.
"Well I am more used to fliffy beds but I guess this will do..." Ty Lee said and set up her sleeping back at the end of the cave.
"Alright, we can hide her till the invasion and wait and wait...and wait" Sokka said his head slumping down more and more.
"Cool, Toph can continue to teach me earthbending and I can start to teach Aang firebending" Akira said.
"Wait you can bend more than one element? I thought only the avatar could do this?" Ty Lee asked confused.
"Well it isn't really a secret. This overtalented freak went to the spirit world and found all the lion turtles, they can grant you bending abilities but normally only one" Sokka said and turned to Akira with gleaming eyes "you have to teach me how to enter the spirit world"
"No, you would only get yourself killed, the spirit world is a hundred times more dangerous than the fire nation" Akira said and Sokkas schoulders slumped down.
"So what elements can you bend?" Ty Lee asked.
"All of course" Akira said smiling smugly.
"Whatever, how about we disguise ourselves and mingle with the people here? I really want something better to eat than these cavehoppers here" Toph said and punched the wall to reveal a few of the white insects.
Momo charged at them immediately and ate one of them.
"Alright, disguising doesn't sound bad" Sokka said and they stole clothes from an innocent fire nation citizen.
Mai, Ty Lee and Akira already had clothes from the fire nation so they could just change into them without any problem.
They then visited the city and searched for food to buy.
Akira loved meat and bought a lot of it to replenish his reserves in his inventory.
Aang went off to search for vegetarian food for him.
Meanwhile Ty Lee dragged him to several sweet shops and bought a ton of them.
They then returned to the cave and Akira resumed his earthbending training with Toph.
He was making decent progress and was now able to perform advanced earthbending on the level of a normal earthbending solider but he still had a long way to go.
Don't mention metal or even lava bending, he already struggled wirh earth spikes and the short reaction and reflex times that you need in a fight.
Akira was doing his excercises shirtless and sweat clung to his body.
Ty Lee was staring at him dreamingly.
"Oh he is so muscular...." she surred and even Katara looked at him and Ty Lee with even more jealousy than earlier.
"Hey guys I'm back" Aang said sliding down the small hill of the cave.
"Where did you go? We searched everywhere for you" Katara said.
"After school I was invited to play with the local kids" Aang said smiling.
"You went to the fire nation school?" Sokka asked shocked.
"Yes and I'm going tomorrow too" he declared and Akira enjoyed watching the drama from the side while munching on his sweets.
"Oh come on it's just a normal school. Let him have a bit of fun" Akira said to them and continued his earthbending training on his own while the others bombarded with questions Aang about the fire nation school.
The next day Aang went out to the fire nation school again while Akira spent the whole day training his earthbending but he only made slow progress with it.
After the intense training session he washed himself with waterbending and returned to the cave.
Now Aang had returned and wanted Sokka and Katara to play his parents because he got in trouble in school.
"Hey Sokka, nice beard!" Akira said and Sokka just proudly stroked his beard.
"This isn't great at all! Aang got in trouble at school and now we need to play his parents to meet the director" Katara cursed.
"Oh come on as if anything would happen look at Sokka's awesome beard. Anyone would think he is thirty" Akira said pointing at Sokka who looked at Katara smugly.
"See? I told you the beard was a good idea" Sokka said.
"Anyways good luck" Akira wished them and enjoyed a steak that he grilled with his firebending.
"I just hope this works" Katara said and they went to Aangs school.