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Well, this is story I just had to write, I hope you like it and please comment!
Summary: 'Zuko and Katara get sent to our time by accidentally angering an ancient spirit during a fight. They must find their way back home before it's too late for their time. But they never expected to fall in love. Zutara'
(On With The Story!)
"Damn…" Zuko growled under his breath as he hit the ground hard feeling a sharp stone rip through his thigh after his defense missed Katara's latest attack.
"I'm never going to let you win! My will to win is greater then yours!" Katara shouted angrily at the Prince.
'Why is she always trying to act so fucking perfect? If she only knew how wrong she was…' Zuko thought angrily as he stood to his feet ignoring the pain in his left thigh. Katara noticed the blood on his leg and flinched knowing that she did that to him. She felt bad, but just tried to ignore it.
After they both started to bend their elements for another round, the earth beneath then began to crack and rumble loudly. "What's going on?" Katara asked no one in particular as she looked around to see if an earthhbender was nearby watching their fight moving the earth.
Zuko started to feel faint as he felt the blood dripping heavily from his newly acquired leg wound. Katara noticed he seemed a bit distant and not even trying to attack while she was distracted. Zuko's vision started to get blurry before he fell to his knees. Katara gasped before running over to him but before she got to a 5-foot distance, everything around them became black.
Katara gasped looking to her left to see a large ghostly spirit growl before her world became black. Katara opened her eyes as she blinked a few times to clear her vision. After it became clear, she found herself looking at the dark night sky. She looked around and gasped noticing this wasn't the place she battled Zuko.
In the distance, she noticed lights that weren't of fire or the sun. Katara gasped never seeing anything like it before. She stood up and started to run but tripped. She fell to the ground with a thud and noticed she tripped over Zuko who was lying motionless on the ground. She faintly seen red knowing his leg was still bleeding.
"Oh my God…" Katara whispered as she laid her hand on his back. "Zuko?" she asked softly praying he would answer. Katara waited a few seconds not receiving any response from the Prince. She felt tears began to build in her eyes expecting the worse. She felt a lump in her throat remembering she's the one to cause him that injury.
"Zuko…" Katara whispered before turning him onto his back and pulling him into her arms. She laid her head on his shoulder and felt the tears fall from her eyes as she held him tightly in her arms. "H---How… How could I…? How…?" she whispered as her voice began to falter.
Katara began to shake before feeling his back began to rise and fall as he began to breathe. "Zuko!" She shouted joyfully as she laid him back down to try and wake him up. "Zuko, wake up…" She whispered as she patted his face lightly. "Come on…"
Zuko moaned softly as he closed his eyes tightly before opening them slowly. Katara seen the gold from his eyes shine and smiled happily. Zuko's eyes closed again before his head turned to the side passing out from loss of blood. "Oh my!" a woman's voice said to her right as Katara snapped her neck over to the voice.
An elderly woman stood on the sidewalk about 6 feet away from where Katara was kneeling by the unconscious Prince. The woman had a strange creature Katara never really seen before on a blue leash before she ran over to the teens. "What happened here? Is he alright?" the woman asked looking at them strangely because of their very strange clothes and hairstyles.
Katara furrowed her browns at the woman but had a good feeling about her. Katara didn't answer as the woman bent down and laid her hand on Zuko's cheek. "He's very cold. But he's just passed out." She said as she looked at Katara who was still wondering what on earth was going on. "What's your name, young lady?" she asked.
"Katara." Katara answered understanding her. She had no idea where they were, but at least they spoke the same language.
"Where are your parents?" the woman asked laying her hand on Katara's shoulder.
"My dad's at war and my mom died when I was a young girl." Katara answered.
"Oh you poor thing. Where are you and your brother staying?" the woman asked.
"Brother?" Katara asked.
"Isn't he your brother?" the woman asked motioning to Zuko.
"No." Katara answered almost wanting to laugh. They looked nothing alike.
"Oh. Well, do you want me to help you get home?" she asked.
"I don't have a home." Katara answered getting used to the fact she might be lost and had to get some answers.
"You don't? Well, you're coming with me!" she said as she stood up.
Katara knew she could trust her and nodded. "Okay." Katara replied.
"Great. But… can you carry him?" she asked.
"I could just drag him." Katara said smiling softly.
"Oh no! Don't do that. Oh my… What happened to his leg?" she asked seeing the stain of red on the grass.
"Oh yeah…" Katara bent down ripping a piece of cloth from her clothes and wrapped it tightly around his leg to help stop the bleeding. Afterward, Katara pulled him up and positioned him so he could walk on his own with one of her arms around his waist.
"Alright, that'll do fine. Come on." The woman said as she led the them out of a park. She walked over to her silver automobile and Katara gasped never seeing a thing like that in her entire life.
"What's that?" Katara asked as the woman let the animal on the leash get in the front seat before helping Katara get Zuko in the back seat.
"What's what, dear?" the woman asked as she seated Zuko and put the seatbelt over his chest.
"This." Katara said, motioning to the vehicle.
"The car, you mean?" the woman asked giving Katara a strange look.
"Car?" Katara asked.
"You've never seen a car before?" she asked.
"No." Katara answered shaking her head.
"Oh." The woman said as she gave Katara a strange look before leading Katara to the other side and letting her get in and her seatbelt on. After Katara got in, she felt the engine roar and screamed. "What's wrong?" the elderly woman asked panicked as she seen Katara breathing hard with her eyes wide.
"Uh…" Katara squeaked as her breathing began to calm down.
After they finally made it to the woman's home, Katara quickly got out hating riding in one of those cars. "You alright? Oh, and I'm sorry for not introducing myself. My name is Marianne." She said as she smiled brightly.
"That's a pretty name." Katara complimented.
"Thank you. Now, let's take that cute young man inside." She said as she walked around the car to help Zuko out.
"Cute?" Katara asked as she smiled blushing slightly.
After they got Zuko in the house with the small animal following them, Marianne led them into a guest room. "Here you go." She said as she walked in and pulled back the covers. After Katara laid him on the bed, Marianne walked into a small room on the left side of the room and came back out a few seconds out with a white kit.
"Let's take care of those wounds." Marianne said as she walked over to Zuko's bedside and pulled up his pant leg as she was still mesmerized by his clothes. After cleaning up the wound the best she could, she applied a white bandage and put the supplies away.
"It's so nice having visitors. I never had any children of my own… This is really nice." Marianne said as she laid her hand on Katara's shoulder. "Would you like to change out of those clothes?" she asked seeing the dirty strange clothes they were wearing.
"That'll be nice, thank you." Katara said sweetly.
"Alright, I'll be right back." Marianne said leaving the room. Katara sighed deeply after the elderly woman had left as Katara's eyes drifted over to Zuko. She reached over and touched Zuko's hand as she wondered why this had happened. She had to get back to her time and quick. She had no idea where or when they were.
Katara seen their strange machines, houses, clothes, animals, and buildings and knew it had to be sometime in the future, she just didn't know when. "I'm glad you're here, Zuko… I'd be scared if I was on my own…" Katara whispered as she gripped his hand.
"Oh, so his name is Zuko, huh?" Marianne's' voice came from the doorway. Katara gasped quickly letting go of the Prince's hand and looked at the elderly woman.
"That's a very neat name." Marianne said as she laid some clothes on the end of the bed. "These are some of my husband's older clothes and here's some of my niece's outfits."
"Oh, your husband? Where is he now?" Katara asked happily.
"He died a few years back." Marianne replied as she went through the clothes she just laid out.
"Oh… I'm so sorry…" Katara said sympathetically.
"It's alright. He went very peacefully and he lived a long life. We all can't live forever, you know…" Marianne replied as she handed Katara an outfit.
"Thank you…" Katara said.
"You can go change in the bathroom right there." Marianne said pointing to the room where she got the white kit.
"Okay." Katara obliged before getting up and entering the door. A few minutes later, Katara walked out.
"Oh, you look great, there's a mirror right there." Marianne said as she pointed to the wall and Katara walked over to it and seen her reflection. She was surprised normally only being able to see her reflection in the water. Katara seen the clothes and gave a strange look. "Not your style?" Marianne asked seeing Katara's look.
"I never seen clothes like this before…" Katara replied.
"Oh really? Where are you from anyway?" Marianne asked.
"From the Southern Water Tribe." Katara replied as she turned around and looked at her reflection over her shoulder.
Marianne gave a strange look having only heard of that place in the extremely old history books she owned from being a teacher in her younger 30's. "Oh…" Marianne said in a suspicious voice, but just ignored it. "Well, you should get some rest. You can sleep in the other room. Follow me."
"Can I stay here with Zuko?" Katara asked. Marianne looked shocked at the young teen. "What?" Katara asked.
"I think it's best you stay in the other room. You can see him in the morning" Marianne said leading Katara out of the room and shutting the door behind them. After Marianne led Katara upstairs to another spare room, she smiled before saying a quick 'good night' and leaving Katara for the night.
(To Be Continued…)