Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender. I don't own it because lawyers are mean, and because I didn't come up with the idea, some real smart person did. I would like to thank them…
Summary: Kita, a non-bender who lives an innocent life in an earthbending town, is mistaken to be a girl traveling with the avatar. Zuko captures her and things get hectic. With her shy yet snappy attitude, she teaches Zuko a few things.
A.N: Ok, yeah, I just thought I'd put a few things here. First, a little about Kita: she is 15, has really light brown hair that comes to about just below her shoulder blades, dark green eyes and is about Katara's height. In the beginning of the story she is wearing a green kimono with brown pants and boots. Now, a little about the story. It might be a day or two between updates because I have lots to do between other stories, school, and baby sitting my hyper-active seven-year-old sister and her friends who basically live in my house. But I will update when I can. If there is a time where I don't update for a few days more than normal I'll usually put up two chapters, or make one really long.
Ok, enough with the boring stuff. On with the story!
Chapter One
People walked through the busy streets in the market place of Jourio, a small earthbending town. It was usually very quiet other than the chatter and gossip of the usual visitors as they talked while their children ran though the market, unnoticed. Kita, one of the usual shoppers in the market place, walked towards one of the produce stands. She couldn't help but smile as one of the young boys of the town hit a cart full of cabbages, causing the man selling the cabbages to yell about how even Omashu was better.
Kita started to fill her small wicker basket with fruits and vegetables from the stand. The woman standing behind the counter only smiled at Kita. She didn't have to watch Kita like she did some of the other costumers. The woman had known Kita since she was born, and knew she would never steal.
Kita paid for the produce and walked over to one of the shops that was selling fish. Her mother had asked her to pick up a nice portion of Tuna, if any was available. Just as she reached the stand, Kita heard yelling. Usually, yelling would come from children and would go unnoticed. But today, the yelling came from fire nation soldiers.
"Get them!" Three children, around Kita's age, were running from the soldiers. As the girl ran past her, she dropped a small bag. Kita immediately picked it up and also ran after them. Even if they were being chased by the soldiers, they should know they dropped something.
The crowd parted for the children and soldiers as they ran though the market place. Kita stopped and set her basket by the produce stand, exchanging glances with the woman running it. She gave Kita a 'go ahead' look and Kita ran after the girl, calling that she had dropped something.
As the solders caught up with them, one grabbed Kita, causing them both to tumble to the ground. He started to bind her wrists as he mumbled something about the 'stupid avatar'. But Kita had taken the impact of the fall, and everything had gone black.
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Prince Zuko walked onto his ship as he grumbled to himself, "Stupid solders can't even keeps up a chase" when he was brought the news that they had captured someone. A girl that traveled with the avatar The stupid waterbender he thought to himself. He walked below deck to the prison hold.
He arrived at a cell that a guard was standing outside of. He looked into the cell without even nodding at the guard. It was dark, but he could see the figure of the girl. She was laying in the corner of the cell, not moving. He looked to the guard, an almost confused look on his face.
"She's just been captured and she's…sleeping?"
"No, sir," The guard started quietly, "When she was captured, she was knocked to the ground. She took the impact of the fall and blacked out. She hasn't moved since."
Zuko pulled open the cell door and kneeled next to the girl. He put his fingers on her neck, and felt for a pulse. It was there, but it was weak. Obviously, she had landed wrong. Now that he was close to her, he could tell she wasn't the waterbender he had captured quite a few times, but a different girl that he had never seen.
He shrugged and stood up, leaving the cell. "Alert me when she awakens."
"Yes, sir." The guard saluted him and he walked off.
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Kita reached a hand to her aching forehead and groaned in pain as she woke up. She opened her eyes and even though it was dark, flashes of light shone before her eyes from dizziness. She sat up and looked around the best she could in the dark. Obviously, she was in a prison cell. And on a ship. She could tell from the gentle rocking. She could see a fire nation solder on the other side of the bars.
"Where am I?"
He seemed startled when she spoke. He turned and looked at her. "You're awake." His tone was emotionless. "I'll get the prince."
