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"Sokka! I can handle myself. I'm not a baby anymore."

"But Katara! Maybe a stranger wants to attack you!"

"I don't need protection! I can protect myself. And I'm leaving!"

Katara ran out of the house and slammed the door behind her. She needed to be alone for a while. She didn't need the overprotective Sokka. She could handle herself. She walked around in the shopping district. She bought a new dress and walked around for some hours. After a while she got thirsty and tired so she went in a tea shop. She loved tea. An old man with a hat that looked familiar asked what she wanted. She ordered jasmin tea. After she drunk two coups of it the shopkeeper came to her.

"Miss Katara, I need your help."

"Who are you, and how do you know my name."

The man took is hat of. When he did that, Katara recognised him.

"But you are the uncle of zu..."

"Sssh!" he said. "We don't want anyone to know we are from you know where. But can you please follow me. I really need your help. It's Lee, he's really ill. And I can't do anything to help him. But you can heal, can't you?"

"Yes I can, but why would I help you?"

"The young avatar is still looking for a fire bending teacher isn't he?"

"Alright, I'll help you. Where is Zu... Lee?"

"Can you follow me."

Iroh brought her to a room behind the shop. There was Zuko in a bed. She could see he had a fever. Iroh asked her to wait. He went back to the shop to close it up. When he came back he brought water with him. She kneeled next to Zuko. She careful took his shirt off and was surprised by how well shaped his upper body looked. But when she noticed what she was thinking she blushed. But there was no time to think about anything else then helping Zuko. She could see if there wasn't anything changing soon he would die. She quickly bended some water to her hand. She carefully laid her hand on his chest. When she tried to heal hit something throw her trough the room.

"I think he is possessed. If we don't get the spirit out him quick he will die."

"How can we get that spirit out?"

"It's actually kind of easy. But the problem is that his body can handle it right now."

"How can you get that spirit out?"

"Let him throw up. But if he does that he will die."

"What should we do than?"

"Do you have something that can make people throw up?"

"Yes I have an herb that can do that. But wouldn't that kill him?"

"It's not for him. But can you please get it?"

Iroh went to the kitchen of the shop to get it. He came back with a coup of tea were he had put it in.

"You will know when to give it to me." Katara said to Iroh.

Zuko opened his eyes a bit.

"I'm sorry." She whispered to him.

And then, she kissed him! Well, it wasn't actually a kiss. But it sure looked like it. You could see in his eyes that he was surprised. When she pulled back Zuko already felt better, but Katara looked really ill. Iroh knew he had to give her the coup of tea. When she got, she drank it all off it in once. After a couple of seconds she started to throw up. But the only thing that came out looked like a black smoke. It was the evil spirit that had possesd Zuko. When she saw it she fainted.

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"Where is she? It's getting dark outside. Why isn't she home yet?"

"Calm down Sokka. She's one of the most powerful benders ever! I'm sure nothing is wrong. She can protect herself. If you weren't so overprotective all the time nothing would happened at all." Aang said.

"So it is all my fault now?"

"It has always been your fault!" Toph said.

"But what if..." Sokka tried to say, but Aang froze his lips together.

"Let's go to bed, I'm sure she will come home any time soon."

But what they didn't know whas that Katara couldn't do anything at all. She had been unconscious for more than a hour already. The all went to bed a bit worried.

The next morning the noticed she hadn't arrived yet.

"Where is she? I knew something was going to happen!" Sokka yelled.

"Maybe you were right after all." Aang said.

"We need to find her."

"Maybe the Dai li can help us."

"Let's go then."

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Zuko opened his eyes. He noticed he felt a lot better than the day before. When he stepped out of bed he noticed there was someone else in the room. When he looked good he noticed it was the water tribe girl. He remembered vague something about her kissing him. Immediately he was disgusted by that thought. He assumed it was just a fever dream. But what was she doing here? He walked to the kitchen of the shop where he found his uncle.

"Uncle."

"Nephew, you're awake."

"What is that water tribe girl doing here?"

"She saved your life. You could be a bit more thankful."

"But does she need to stay here?"

"Yes, and you are taking care of her."

"Why me?"

"She saved you life. So you are going to take care of her."

"Do I have to?"

"Yes you have, and you can start with washing her."

"But she's a girl!"

"Just do it!"

Zuko nodded and walked to the room where she was staying. He got some water and a towel. He carefully pulled back the blanket. Luckily for him she was wearing her underwear. He held her a bit straight up and washed her face and her neck. When he was finished he carefully laid her back. He walked back to the kitchen to get something to eat. In the kitchen he saw his uncle making some tea.

"What did actually happen to me?"

"You were possessed by an evil spirit, she banished it."

"How did she do that?"

"Are you sure you want to know that?"

"No, but tell me anyway."

"Alright. She kind of kissed it out of you."

"She did what?! So it wasn't a dream at all" he said and got a coup of tea that he drunk empty in once. Not thinking of the fact he didn't like tea.

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"But you really need to help us find my sister."

"No, it is not our job to find lost girls."

"But you don't understand, without her I can never learn to control the four elements in time."

"No, the Dai li will not help you!"

The group of four walked away. They went back to their house. Not having an idea how to find Katara. Even Momo was sad. The lemur, which normally jumped around the whole time, sad quietly in a corner of the house.

"We need to find her. It's no fun without her." Aang said sad.

"At least she can't boss around the whole time." Toph said.

"She is my sister, we need to find her!" Sokka yelled.

"Calm down Sokka. I'm sure we can find her."

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Two more days passed. And after three days of being unconscious, Katara finally woke up. Zuko who was meditating noticed she moved.

"Good morning sleeping beauty."

"Ah, I see you're not dead." She whispered.

She tried to sit up straight, but she couldn't. She also couldn't move her legs. For a moment she thought she was paralysed, but when she felt the blanket she know that was impossible.

"I want something to drink." She whispered.

"I'll get you some water." Zuko said, and walked to the kitchen. A moment later he came back wit a glass of water. Katara again tried to sit up straight, but again failed. When Zuko noticed that he kneeled next to her and helped her sit up straight and wrapped an arm around her so she could lean on it. He handed her the water. She drank all of it in once.

"Thank you." She whispered.

Uncle Iroh came in the room with a bowl of soup.

"Would you like some soup?"

She tried to answer, but her voice failed so she nodded. Iroh gave her the bowl, while Zuko still helped her sit up straight. A bell rang. Iroh disappeared into the shop because a costumer came in. Katara carefully ate the hot soup.

"Why are you acting so nice?" Katara asked Zuko.

"My uncle makes me, because you saved my life. But never do it again. I rather die than kissing you!"

"Well sorry prince." She said sarcastically. "Or can't I call you prince anymore? Because of the Banishment."

"You are just a water tribe peasant. Just like your parents."

"Well, at least my parents didn't banish me and scared me for life."

Suddenly she felt his hand getting real hot on her skin. She could see on his face he was furious. On the moment he realised what he had done he pulled his hand back. On the place is hand had touched her shoulder was a red burning mark. She got tears in her eyes from the pain.

"You burnt me!"

On that moment Iroh walked into the room.

"Zuko! What have you done to our guest?"

"She, she, she insulted me."

"You two, make it up. When I come back I want to see you talking."

The sat without talking a word for a couple of minuets. Both didn't want anything to say. But what they both thought that would never happen did happen.

"I'm sorry." Zuko said. But his face didn't show any emotion.

"I'm sorry to. It was really mean to begin about that."

"Do you think you could heal your wound?" He asked without caring what the answer was.

"I'm afraid I'm too weak to bend."

"I'm so sorry, now I scared you for life." He said that, but didn't really mean anything of it. He found It actually he fun that he scared her.

"It's alright she said." Without noticing he didn't mean anything of it. "I just got angry when you started about my parents. My dad got lost in the war with the fire nation. We don't know if he is still alive. And my mom was killed by fire nation."

Suddenly something changed on his face. "My mother…. No, forget that I started about her."

"Please, tell me." She said, when she noticed her sudden break trough.

"I don't know what happened to her." He started carefully. "One night she was just, gone. I think she and my father had a fight about me. Because I embarrassed myself in front of my grandfather."

They were quite for some time. Both didn't know what to say. Zuko felled weird telling all this to a stranger. Katara was stunned. She had never expected that he would be so open to someone.

"Does it still burns?" Zuko asked.

"Yes, a bit."

Zuko stood up to get some water. When he came back he carefully putted a wet towel on her shoulder. Immediately the wound didn't hurt as much as before anymore.

From that moment both talked a lot. Told thing about themselves and there homes. Katara also told things about her brother, Toph and Aang. Zuko was really interested in the thing she had to tell about the avatar. He also liked to listen to things that Katara had to about herself. In the 2 days that followed they became friends. When Katara finally wasn't dizzy all the time and she could stand and walked again, the thought that is was time for her to go back to her little gang. Together they walked back to the part of the city they staid. It was a walk from almost 11 miles. Somewhere on their way Katara stepped in a hole in the ground and fell down.

"Auw! My ankle."

"Can you stand on it?"

Katara tried to stand, but good graph Zuko in time before she fell down.

"It looks like I have to carry you."

"What?"

But Zuko already lifted her on his back, and he carried her home. They finally arrived at the house after an hour of walking. It already got dark. He let Katara come of his back. He wrapped his arm around her so she wouldn't fall down again. Katara knocked on the door. Aang opened and started to yell.

"Katara, your back! Everyone, Katara is back! Were where you." Suddenly, Aang noticed that Zuko was holding her.

"Katara, what are you doing with Zuko?"

The others appeared at the door. The all wanted to greet her, but when they noticed Zuko all their happiness was gone.

"What are you doing with Zuko?" Sokka asked.

"It's okay, he brought me home."

"Why did he bring you home?" Sokka asked angry.

"Sokka, it's okay. Can you please let us in?"

Aang stepped aside, but Sokka still wouldn't let them trough.

"He's not coming in".

"Yes he is, he took care of me, he brought me home, he carried me because I fell down, it's getting dark. He is staying here for the night." Katara said a bit irritated.

"What happened?" Sokka yelled.

"It doesn't mind. But if it is true, we have to let him in." Aang said.

"I'm not letting him in!"

"Yes you are." Aang said and he blew him away. "Come in."

They went into the house. Zuko helped Katara get on a chair.

"So, what happened? Why did you stay away for so long?"

Katara and Zuko told them the whole story. After they were finished Katara went to back. She still was a bit ill. Aang showed Zuko were he could stay and they all went to bed accept for Aang. He walked to Katara's room and knocked on her door.

"Come in."

Aang came in the room.

"Oh, hi Aang."

"Hey Katara. I wanted to thank you for helping me find a Fire bending teacher."

"No problem. But maybe we could ask them if they want to come live here. Because it takes a long time to go there, or come back."

"Yeah, your right. I'll fly Zuko home tomorrow. And than I will ask them, so they could pack and come back with me right away."

Katara smiled.

"Good night Katara."

"Good night Aang."

The next morning Aang flew Zuko home and invited him and his uncle to come and live with them. The accepted their invitation and came back with him. That afternoon Katara and Zuko sat in the backyard.

"It is wonderful you live here now."

"It would be strange being without you again, after the time we spent together."

She nodded.

"How is your scar Katara?"

She tried to heal it as soon as she could bend again, but it was too late.

"It doesn't hurt anymore. How is yours?" She asked when she carefully touched it.

"As always." He said.

For a moment the looked in each others eyes. He drowned in her dark blue ones and she melted in his fire red ones. Slowly the bended to each other. In a short moment their lips touched the others. When Katara noticed that she pulled back. She didn't know what happened. She saw the asking glance in his eyes. She knew that he wanted to kiss her, and was surprised by her pulling back. She also wanted to kiss him. Didn't knowing where that feeling suddenly came from. The only thing she knew, she wanted to kiss him. Zuko got up, but she took his hand and pulled him back. He looked at her surprised by what she was doing. Katara stood up and wrapped her arms around him, bended towards him, and kissed him. Zuko deepened the kiss and also wrapped his arms around her. On that moment Aang came out. When he saw what was going on, he was surprised and also heartbroken. When Katara noticed Aang watching them, she stopped kissing Zuko.

"Aang wait." But it was too late and Aang ran back into the house.

"What have I done? This was a fault. I'm sorry Zuko, this was just one big fault." Katara said and ran away.

Zuko staid behind, alone. For the first time since his banishment there were tears rolling from his eyes.

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