Zutara Love Story 333

Chapter 1:

Setting: Western Air Temple

Characters: Zuko, Katara, Toph, Aang, Sokka

"Aang, you need a lot of work. And I do mean A LOT!" Zuko said as he shot a fireball at the bald monk. It was nice to be accepted into the Gaang.

Aang put out the fire ball with his air bending. "That's not fair! I just started yesterday! You said you would go easy on me today!"

Zuko rolled his eyes and relaxed. "Aang take a break. Go meditate and focus on your breathing. I'm going inside to take a nap. Come get me when lunch is ready," Zuko said walking back into the air temple.

"What do you think you're doing?" Katara yelled as Zuko walked through the door.

"Going to my room to take a nap." Katara always pissed Zuko off. She was so frustrating, all she would do was question him and yell at him. Sometimes he wished she would just leave him alone for once.

"Um, no. I wanted to know why you were throwing fireballs at Aang! Today is his second day of fire bending and you're already beating him up with tough trainings!" Katara really was trying to get onto Zuko's bad side today.

"Look peasant, I don't need you bitching at me every time you see me. He has only two months until Sozen's Comet arrives and he doesn't know shit! I spent time with him yesterday and a full hour today working on stances and breathing. He is out there now meditating. I threw one fire ball at him and he used a different element to put it out. I have a lot of work to do with him, but I'm giving him the rest of the day off if he meditates till lunch." Zuko hated yelling and he hated being mad. He doesn't understand why she has to be a bitch to him the moment he walks by her.

"Whatever. Just go take your stupid nap. I don't believe you and I never will. You betrayed me once I don't need you betraying everybody else too." Katara turned and walked away. Finally the bitch is gone. She needs to really get over herself. Zuko thought. He stormed off to his room and slammed the door. He fell onto his bed and fell asleep.

Zuko woke up to the sound of pots and pans hitting the ground. "Dammit," he said aloud. He went to the kitchen to see what was going on. Katara was on the floor picking up two pots that had fallen to the ground. She bended the water that was in them and put it back in one of the pots. "You okay?" Zuko asked in a semi-annoyed way. Katara turned around and shrugged.

"I'm okay, just a small burn on my hand. Nothing bad." She said as she took some water to heal her hand. "You can leave now. It's going to be a lot longer till lunch is ready." She glared at Zuko.

"Well I have nothing better to do since you woke me up from my nap!" He started to raise his voice in frustration. "So since me waking up is your fault I'm going to sit here and watch you make lunch and bother you until you apologize," Zuko said sitting in a barstool in front of the counter. He was pissed and cranky that she hadn't been careful. If she just watched what she was doing he could have taken a longer nap.

Katara glared at Zuko. She would kill him if he wasn't Aang's fire bending teacher. She despised Zuko in every way possible. She turned around and grabbed another pot out of the cabinet. She set it on the stove. "Do you mind?" She said nodding to the stove. Zuko rolled his eyes and lighted the stove from where he was sitting with just a wave of his hand. "Thanks."

"Hm," Zuko said nodding his head in response. He just wanted her to make lunch so he could leave. He could leave then if he wanted to but he wanted to watch Katara get frustrated with him watching her. He knew she hated him and he knew it bugged her for him to even look at her. Sokka, Aang, and Toph came running in.

"Katara! I'm Hungry, feed me!" Sokka said as he sat down next to Zuko. Zuko just buried his head in his hands in annoyance. Sokka was annoying but he was a lot better to be around then that bitch Katara.

"Sokka calm down, I'm almost done I just have to wait for this water to boil." Katara looked over at the pot. It was boiling. Thanks Zuko. She thought. It was annoying to her that he could heat things up faster since he was a fire bender. No it pissed her off because he was a fire bender. "Well lunch is ready."

"Great I'm starving." Sokka and Toph said at the same time. They acted like they were never fed.

Katara put the soup into five bowls and handed one to everybody. She even handed one to Zuko who seemed to care less about anything that was going on. Zuko took the bowl and headed off to his room to think. He didn't want to stay around to listen to these people's stupid stories. He couldn't really connect with them because he really didn't care.

Katara watched Zuko leave. She really didn't care where he went as long as he didn't come back till dinner or never. He had to come back eventually though. For Aang, who else would teach Aang fire bending?

She listened as Aang talked about his life a hundred years ago and what the monks were like and how he became the avatar. His stories were always the best to listen to because well he was mysterious and different. She also heard all of Sokka's jokes and stories, and Toph just doesn't care.

Zuko decided he would go fire bend because he needed something to do to keep him entertained and nobody else was going to do it for him. He also needed to practice. He has gotten a little rusty since he left the Fire Nation and Aang wouldn't get better if he had a crappy fire bending teacher. He took his shirt off and started practicing his stances. It felt good to practice again. He thought as he started to shoot fire out of his hands into midair. He loved fire the way it looked the way it felt. It was just relaxing and a great stress reliever. Zuko sat on the ground to meditate. Now this was his favorite part. Peace and Quiet.

"ZUKO!" Zuko's eyes opened. "ZUKO!" The voice yelled again. It was Sokka. Zuko rolled his eyes and got up and put his shirt back on and decided to walk towards where the shouting was coming from. He walked up to Sokka. "Oh, there you are! I have been looking for you. It's time for dinner! Katara said she wouldn't serve us until I came and got you. After dinner she wants to talk to you." Zuko didn't realize how long he had been gone. It was already sunset and it was getting late. He walked inside next to Sokka and sat down with the rest of the Gaang. Katara glared at him as she handed him and Sokka a bowl. "Hey that's not fair you already gave everyone else their dinner! I thought you said we all had to wait until Zuko got here!"

"Sokka, we waited and waited and you guys never showed up until just now. The food was starting to get cold!" Katara said in her usual frustrated, annoyed voice when Zuko was around. Between the two of them no one knows who hates the other more.

Sokka and Zuko ate fast because the rest of the Gaang was already finished eating and getting ready to go sit by the fire and tell stories. After they finished eating they went over by the fire and Zuko sat in between Toph and Aang, and Sokka sat between Katara and Toph. Tonight was Zuko's turn to tell a story and Toph talked him into talking about a couple of his attempts to capture the Avatar but failed. He told one story about how Admiral Zhao blew up his boat and he told another story about what he did between the Northern Water Tribe and Ba Sing Se. He told his story on why he cut off all of his hair and why he chose to stay in the Earth kingdom. Katara got tired of listening to Zuko's stupid stories so she went outside to practice her water bending. She stripped down to her underclothes and decided to get in the water about waist high deep and practice making her water whip stronger. That was always her strength; she could take anyone out with it. It made her feel in control.

Back inside by the fire Zuko got done telling his story and Sokka started sharing one of his hunting trips stories. Zuko was tired and decided he would go for a little walk and maybe find Katara because she was supposed to talk to him about something according to Sokka. He went outside and decided he would go by the bath where he thought might be a good place to water bend. He took his time getting there and as soon as he got there Katara was already bending the water out of her underclothes. Zuko walked over. "What do you want?" She snapped at him.

"Sokka told me you wanted to talk after dinner and you walked away. I kind of want to talk about something as well. We always fight and you seem to just always hate me and I want to get along with you for Aang." He said as calmly as possible to her as he could.

Katara looked at Zuko and sighed. "You're right; we should get along with each other for Aang. So, what is your plan? For us to stop fighting?"

"Well, we won't ever stop fighting because that is just what we do, and we always seem to find a way to piss each other off. But, maybe we could make a truce by finding out what pisses both of us off."

"Well, you piss me off a lot. Usually when you treat Aang like a kid."

"Well you piss me off when you yell at me just to yell."

"You have a temper!" She started to raise her voice.

"So do you! You're always yelling at someone whether it's Sokka or I. Mostly me. You can be a real bitch when it comes to me. And, you won't even tell me why."

"You never asked!"

"Well how 'bout now? Katara, why do you hate me? Why do you yell at me when you see me?"

"I hate you because you betrayed me at Ba Sing Se! You and I, we have something in common. You made me feel like I wasn't alone. You had lost your mother too. I thought you were actually going to help us. I thought you had changed. But, you didn't, you took sides with your sister and killed Aang! I was the first to trust you, and you betrayed me!" She started yelling tears running down her face.

"I was and idiot back then! I did change. But Azula promised me that my father would accept me back home if I killed the Avatar. All I cared about was my honor, but my destiny now is to help train Aang to defeat my father. I just want you to forgive me and trust me again! You're the only one that hasn't accepted me into the group." Zuko started yelling at Katara, but she would just yell back.

"I am never going to forgive you! I am never going to trust you!" Katara screamed. Zuko had never seen some one cry as much as she did.

"You know what; I don't give a fuck anymore! I don't need your forgiveness!" Katara stormed off holding her head in her hands. Zuko didn't know where she was going but he didn't care. He was going to go back inside to go to bed.