Hahn was glowing with confidence, so much that someone could volunteer to use the word cocky. Too bad the boy was so ignorant he didn't care and yelled, "Admiral Choi prepare to meet your doom!" But luckily for this Admiral Choi, well Admiral Zhao if you want to be more accurate, has combat skills, sneak attack principles, and enough training to pause his thought for two seconds to toss the water tribe warrior off his boat, not paying any attention to where he landed. The good news for Hahn, he knew how to swim and began to do just that. But he looked up and saw the glowing blue and what looked like a person inside. The creature made a wave sending the ships away from the water tribe but the wave was coming Hahn's way and soon enough he was going under. He swam to the surface and found the waves wouldn't rest, as if he was the commander initiating this attack. Suddenly the waves stopped attacking and Hahn struggles to pull himself to the surface again.

But a hand is there to help, and pulls him into a fairly sized boat. Not as large as the fire nation ships but anything to give him a break. A figure hidden by the darkness wraps him in multiple blankets and lay's him down. He can feel the hands. They're calloused on the fingertips but soft everywhere else. The only thing Hahn can see is his savior is pulling up to a fire nation ship and then tie their boat to it. They glance at him before climbing up the starboard side. Hahn doesn't care what they're doing as long as nothing happens. Minutes later Hahn is slung over someone's shoulder and he can see the boat get more and more distant until he is set on his feet again. The same set of calloused hands take him inside. Though reluctant to go further inside the metal ship, he trusts his unknown companion. Opening up to one of the chambers inside the ship Hahn is left alone with the fire still burning. He wraps himself under the covers, quite confused he is sleeping in a fire nation ship tonight.

The next morning he wakes to find himself still in the fire nation ship. Reluctant to go outside, he steps out of his comfort zone anyway to wonder how he got here. No one is on the ship which must mean he wasn't captured. Then again, he'd be in a cell instead of a bedroom. But there is someone so Hahn sets out to find them. Room after room, hallway after hallway, Hahn finally reaches the room of interest and finds a woman around his age staring intently at a map before her. If she was the only one on this entire ship, then was she the hand that saved him yesterday? No, that's impossible! A woman can't save him from drowning and kill a whole ship crew, his mind screamed. But the facts said that's exactly how it went down.

She finally looks up at him and asks. "Feel any better?"

"Yeah, I guess. But did you...where are we going?" Hahn was embarrassed he couldn't hold his own and a woman had to come out and save him.

"To my home in Shu Jing"

"Isn't that in the fire nation?"

"It's closer than your home. By the time the ships cleared out for us to get through we would've been pushed right out of the North Pole. We just passed the Western Air Temple about two hours ago" Hahn can hardly believe that she did all that she claimed. But enough of that was said when he felt something in his throat. He ran out, leaving the bewildered woman alone with her map. She walked leisurely after him, knowing he wouldn't jump. Once on the deck she found him bent over the railing of the deck.

"Problems?" she jokes.

"That's tastes awful!" he winced.

"Here, let's get something to eat" she extends her hand and he takes it. Anything to get the vile taste out of his mouth. In the galley, Hahn studies her as she moves about with ingredients in hand. The funny thing is, unlike the women back home, you didn't know what she would do next. She didn't have that touch of defencelessness like women at home. "You might want to eat that before it gets cold" he was snapped out of his trance, and found the strange woman sitting next to him with soup bowls in front of them. Taking her advice, Hahn tries the soup and is pleasantly surprised. The noodles he recognizes but it's the broth that caught him. It's much more flavorful than the soups back home.

"Like?"

"Yeah, it's really good"

"Careful, it's said to be really hot at times. Depending on the cook, that is"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Hahn asked suspiciously.

"Oh nothing" she looked innocently at her soup before taking in another spoonful.

"By the way, I never caught your name?"

She furrowed her brows at the way he was asking the question. "If you're asking, I'm Reiko. You?"

"Hahn"

"So Hahn, what's a little soldier boy like yourself doing in those freezing waters?" she asked in a mock serious tone.

"I am not a boy!" Hahn wailed.

"Uh huh, and a man wouldn't need saving. So therefore, you are a boy" Reiko chirped and swung her feet, purposely kicking Hahn softly.