Here is the second sequel to Not Me. Does any one know how hard it is to write two completely different sequels to the same story without them reading the same. Very hard! Well I hope that I can keep these two going in seperate directions.
Reminder. This is the sequel to the ending where the bitch don't die. Remember Haru saves her. (dumb ass) This is also the one where Katara bites Azula instead of using her water bending to escape. The biting, again with the biting. Well it's okay.
On with the story.
The water gently lapped at her feet as she sat on the bank of the river Zuko in front of her. Katara shook her head. As much as she tried she couldn't get rid of the lash marks from Azula's whip. It was almost as if the sting of the whip could be felt on her own back. How could someone do such a thing to their own family, spill blood that runs through both of their veins. Katara swallowed hard. She could never to that to Sokka and he couldn't to it to her.
There had to be something wrong with Azula, a screw loose, or a marble missing. Azula seemed to Katara like, a power hugry ravenous beast, bent on consuming everyth8ing to gain more power and to desrtoy anything that stood in her way. Katara looked at Zuko as she washed down his back. Was there a piece of that beast inside him? If not, no one would ever guess if they didn't know that Zuko and Azula were even related. But if so she hadn't seen it yet, and truly hoped that she never did have to see that. Even though he tried to put on an merciless face, his eyes gave him away. She could see his heart in his eyes, that was one place he couldn't hide it.
He did feel. He felt pain, love, hate and guilt just like any one else. But he seemed ashamed of that, as if it were a weakness. She shook her head as she rinsed the rag of the blood and continued. No, there was no monster inside that core. There couldn't be. If there ever had been it wasn't there any more. Riyo had destroyed most of the coniving part of Zuko and replaced it with a protective fatherly feeling.
Zuko would wince everytime that she washed away the blood. Azula had brought blood to his back and rage to his heart. He should have killed her when he had the chance. To spill Azula's blood, in the past, might have brought a great deal of pleasure. But that wasn't his life anymore. His life now revolved around Katara and his son, no matter what that whore had said Riyo was his son. You could tell by looking at him. Now if the child had mutton chops and an evil look on his face, then he might have to think about it, but not for very long.
Any way he looked at it, Riyo was his son and would always be his son, and Katara would be Riyo's mother.
Zuko grabbed Katara's hand as she gently wiped down his shoulder. Katara smiled nad wrapped her arms aroudn hsi neck and rested her chin on his shoulder.
"You are worried?"
"Yes, I don't want you to leave me." Katara pulled back and looked at the back of hsi head as he stared into the water..
"Why would I do that?" He shrugged. Katara shook her head and walked around to look at him kneeling down in the water in front of him.
"If I didn't leave you after all of the hell you put me through on your ship, and all the stuff that happened since then, I'm not going to leave you now."
"So it doesn't bother you that I am officially no longer a prince?" Katara narrowed her eyes and popped him in the side of the head.
"WHAT did you do that for!"
"For thinking that it ever mattered to me!" She said and crossed her arms. Zuko smiled. She was true as she was beautiful. He leaned back against the bank where she had been sitting and splashed her with a handful of water.
She shook her head and stared at him.
"Do you really what to start a splashing fight with a water bender?" Zuko shook his head with a smile and pushed himself to stand up. Katara giggled and grabbed his legs pullign him back into the water. She rolled over and pinned him to the bottom.
The small river wasn't very deep at that point and his face was just out of the water. She smiled and leaned down kissing him softly.
"You worry to much."Katara said with a frown. Zuko smiled and looked into her cerulean eyes.
"You are sexy to much." Katara blushed and sat up pushign her self to stand. Zuko kicked himself mentally. He didn't know what he did, but obviously it was something. He stood up and walked after her.
"Katara wait."
"We have to get back to Appa. We need to leave. It is bad for us to sit in one place to long, and besides I bet Riyo is wondering where mommy and daddy are." Katara mumbled. Zuko rolle dhis eyes and walked behind her. Leave it to him to say something to upset her and not know how he did it.
Heh. Short sweet. And ...what else? Let me know.
