Hello peoples of the fan fiction world! :D ok sorry I was bored...

This is my Toko sibling-ship-ness thingy chapter fanfic...with a dash of Taang ^.^ And sadly I did not have time to participate in Toko week because of my stupid teachers *mumbles and grumbles about 3 projects* so maybe some drabbles will be posted...eventually... And no I will not get emo and hate the world I live in and abandon this story because of one small thing like with Rising Above...Of course I do have writers block at the moment, but fear not! I have at least 5 chapters wriiten so far! Yay!

I do not own A: TLA

LET THE STORY COMMENCE!

Things


Chapter 1

Cold and shivering Zuko made his way back to his hidden shelter in the far end of town. He looked behind him before turning into an alley. He had finally realized what his uncle had been trying to teach him; too late. By the time he thought things through and decided to turn against Azula, Iroh was already on his way to a prison near the Fire Nation capitol. He sighed, that was his greatest regret. He was now a fugitive again, and his uncle wasn't there to guide him. He was still very confused. If the Avatar was dead, should he start a rebellion? Or should he just shrink into the shadows like many traitors were known to do? Where was he supposed to go? At least with Uncle, the man had his secret society thing to help them when they were "refugees" in the Earth Kingdom. What was it called? Order of…the White Lotus? Yes, that was it. Zuko couldn't do that though. There were all these secret riddles and a certain way to play Pai Sho. Plus he'd have to know the right people to approach.

Zuko huddled underneath the small, wooden shelter that he made out of abandoned wood crates. If someone were to look into the alley, all they'd see would be a pile of crates, and some broken pieces leaning against them. He arranged his sword sheath so that he could lie down on his side. He used his only bag that had an empty water skin, some medical herbs and handmade bandages made from his earth kingdom clothing as a pillow. He took a deep breath and let out his breath of fire. He could feel the warm sensation crawling through his veins. He fell asleep curling his patchy, red cloak around him for comfort.

PooOooV

The GAang had just landed in yet another Fire Nation town. Aang sighed, he hadn't minded while they were traveling in the Earth Kingdom, but being in the Fire Nation got him a bit paranoid. There was already some weird, three-eyed assassin guy chasing them.

He, Toph and Sokka were walking around town for supplies. They had stopped to watch someone trying their luck at the cup game. After someone had lost their money, Toph told them that the man was scamming people. He would move the pebble through his sleeve, so that no matter how much you followed the cup "with the pebble in it" it would be wrong. Toph had decided to give the man a taste of his own medicine.

While Toph scammed the man back, Aang was looking around. All he saw were common people; they certainly didn't seem to pose a threat. They seemed oblivious to the pain and suffering their country had caused. He saw a suspicious looking man watching Toph's performance. He had a patchy red cloak on with the hood up, and Aang could see that he had a sword underneath it. There was also a shadow covering the left side of his face. Aang noticed that his eyes were amber, and they seemed oddly familiar. The man noticed Aang staring at him and Aang was surprised to see the look of shock and recognition on the man's face. The man quickly masked it and turned his attention back to Toph, and now Sokka, who was whining over his sword being used as a bet. How does this man know me? Aang wondered. Was it one of the people in Jeong Jeong's group of traitors? It couldn't be someone from the Earth Kingdom, right?

"Hey Kuzon, ya coming?" Toph asked, nudging Aang in the elbows. Aang turned away from the man.

"Oh! Yeah, sorry." He said, following his two friends to buy supplies with their new money. Aang turned to get another glimpse of the man, but he was already gone.

PooOooV

Zuko couldn't breathe. That couldn't be him…could it? he thought, leaning against an alley wall. Besides, the girl had called him Kuzon"I had a friend in the Fire Nation a hundred years ago. His name was Kuzon…" Shit! That really was him! And the girl looked too much like the earth bender to be a coincidence. And the water tribe boy was with them too. He put his head in his hands. He's still alive… Zuko was worried that the Avatar had recognized him. That wasn't likely though, since he didn't shout "Zuko?" in panic like in the past. Or maybe he understood that he wasn't supposed to attract attention. Zuko shouldn't have looked so surprised to see him, because now the Avatar would try to figure out who he was. If he figured it out he would try to run away. But… I'm not here to capture him…. Zuko thought miserably.

Zuko sighed, then, what is he planning? If the world thought he was dead, shouldn't he be hiding in the Earth kingdom, where it was safer? Why would he risk being found in the very nation that killed him? Then he remembered something Azula said, "They were planning on invading us on the eclipse. I highly doubt that they will continue with the plan now, but we still have to alert father of this." Surely the Avatar wasn't still going ahead with that plan? If he was, he was completely relying on the element of surprise. I have to warn them! Zuko thought, Like hell! They wouldn't dare to trust you after Ba Sing Se, replied his conscience.

"Dammit!" Zuko growled, hitting the wall behind him. I have to try…

PooOooV

"Twinkle Toes, what's up?" Toph asked on the way back to camp.

"Oh! Nothing, just thinking." Aang replied, knowing that saying half the truth wouldn't increase his heart rate. Toph snorted.

"Sure. It isn't about that guy is it?"

"How-how did you know?" Aang gasped.

"I don't know. It seemed that he was afraid of you and you were afraid of him judging by your heart rates." Toph shrugged. Sokka tuned in,

"What guy? Does he know who you are? Why didn't you tell us?"

"Whoa Snoozles! Slow down, give Twinkles time to think!"

"Sorry…"

Aang took a deep breath before answering.

"He was looking at you guys and I was watching him. He seemed suspicious because of the cloak he wore. He caught me staring at him and he looked surprised, as if he recognized me. He seemed familiar, but I can't remember…" Aang trailed his thoughts. Sokka was stroking his chin in deep thought.

"Did anything else seem suspicious?" he asked.

"Well he had his hood up and had a sword…"

"Highly suspicious behavior!" Sokka exclaimed just as they came in view of the campfire.

"How is that-" Aang started, but was interrupted by Katara who greeted them back.

"Sokka, be careful! Why on earth were you shouting?" she asked. She looked questionably as their many supplies, but was waiting for an answer.

"Because he thinks that the fact that someone had a sword that it makes them suspicious," Toph explained, "What's for dinner?"

"A sword? Sokka you have a sword as well. People aren't going around being suspicious of someone with a sword!" Katara laughed, unaware of the previous conversation.

"But he was staring at Aang!" Sokka said. Katara looked surprised.

"Does he know who you are?" she asked Aang.

"I don't know. He looked at me like he recognized me, but I don't know who he is."

"Then we have to get out of here. If there's a chance that someone recognizes you, we can't risk them telling anyone," Katara said. Sokka nodded in agreement.

"We should make a list of all our enemies to figure out who might know Aang." Sokka suggested.

"But what if it's friend?" Aang asked.

Sokka scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"No friend of ours will just stand there staring at you and not do anything about it. Besides, what friend of ours is in the Fire Nation?" he told Aang.

"There's Iroh…" Toph said quietly. The group was silent for a moment.

"Ok! Back to the enemies!' Sokka said quickly, getting out a piece of parchment paper. The GAang spent their meal thinking up all of their possible enemies. Sokka read the list,

"Ok! So let's see… we have the Fire Lord, lightning girl, peppy chi girl, mopey girl that throws knives and sighs a lot, Angry Jerk, pirates, that mole lady, monkey chop Zhao('what happened to him?' Aang asked) I don't know, most of the Fire Nation, the Dai Li, that cabbage guy('why him?') because he wanted to chop our heads off for wrecking his cabbages, anyone else?"

"Zuko," Katara said coldly.

"Katara, he's already on the list…"

"Put him on again!" Katara snapped. Sokka raised his hands in defense.

"Ok! Ok! Sheesh!" he said, grumbling about the monthly thing. When the proper name of Zuko was on the list, Katara snatched the brush and painted over it furiously.

"Um…Katara?" Aang started uncertain about what to say next. Toph was laughing. Sokka was staring wide eyed at his sister.

"Katara…that's enough…you're ruining the paper!" Sokka cried, taking the brush back and looking at the wet list. He glared at his sister, who only crossed her arms and looked away.

"Ok…now about the invasion-" Sokka started.

"Invasion? I want to know where you got all this stuff?" Katara exclaimed.


dun Dun DUN! Yeah...not much happens in this chapter... Oh and this is starts with "The Runaway" episode.

Who got Zuko's Story? I was so upset when they showed him in the alley with his cloak and that's exactly how I imagined the first/second paragraph! Grrrrrness to the manga for making my fic un-original for a second! T.T *sobs*

PZ: Hah! I laugh at whoever did that XD

Waaaaaaah! Stop beign a meanie poop head and appearing in my fics! *whiney voice*

PZ: XP

Yeah...ignore him...