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Chp. #1: ││Scream through Dreams││
"When is this gonna stop?," Aang seemed to get enough of the exercises Prince Zuko seemed to demand of him.
"Stop fussing about it and start fire bending like you mean it!"
They were both sweating uncontrollably and were doing this from the start.
Practicing fire bending wasn't the ideal past time for Aang.
He didn't want to master it, the whole world wanted him to.
It was fair enough.
"I expect more of you Aang!," yelled Zuko, as he tried to push Aang to make more flame.
"Im trying , Zuko!"
"Well do it! Like the whole world depended on it!,"
The whole world does depend on it.
Finally, from all the sweat and tears ( little ones) Aang made, Zuko finally stopped his fire bending.
"Aang, that's enough for today…"
Suddenly, Aang's fire slowed down into smoke, then faded into thin air.
"So, whaddaya think?," Aang asked as he playfully elbowed Zuko.
Zuko shrugged, "Well, you can do better Aang and you know it."
Aang's big wide eyes suddenly shrank as his hopes went down.
"Aang! Don't worry , you can do it! I know you can!," yelled Katara, sitting on the stairs.
Ember Island seemed to work its magic very well, or so it did for Zuko.
He stared at katara like if she was the last woman seen in the entire world.
He secretly stripped her naked with his eyes, but never seemed to do the real thing.
Or else he would have to face a very angry airbender and a very mad sarcastic, meat lover.
Her azule eyes, her long- wait length hair, her comforting smile…. These thoughts weren't adequate for a soon- to- be firelord.
Especially since he had no intentions in making any of them his own mortal enemies.
He used to hate katara for getting in his way into capturing the avatar.
He wanted it his way.
He always had it his way.
But just four things weren't gonna happen for him:
His father seemed to hate him, so his love and acceptance for Zuko were gone.
His loving mother, Princess Ursa, also gone.
His uncle Iroh, also another person on this list of his.
Even as impossible as it seemed like, even if it hurt Aang, even if it hurt Sokka, Katara was on this list.
Yes, the fourth one was some- what obvious but not confirmed.
Zuko didn't want to believe it himself either.
Why Katara?
She was almost like a little sister to him.
Considering the fact that his sister was a total, hateful, psychopathic being.
Her thirst for power, honor, and fear were far beyond his. Maybe that was it.
Maybe its not a crush.
Maybe he also longs for a little sister to love.
But thinking of katara in another way isn't the brotherly-sister affection, he had in mind.
It was different.
It was strong.
Nothing Sokka could ever dream about.
Not even Aang, who had Katara in mind for the past year.
Aang seemed to walk up to Katara as she hugged him for his never-ending effort.
All Zuko could do is stare at them.
Not blinking at all.
I wish I was the avatar right now…
Katara walked with Aang into the palace giggling and hugging Aang.
Zuko was totally jelouse.
Ever since Zuko started teaching Aang how to fire bend, it seemed as if Aang was actually getting it.
But when Katara got in the picture, his attention span became low, his fire bending got worse.
Zuko thought it was very clever of Aang to use fire bending's excruciating practices as an excuse to get closer to katara.
Zuko's fire bending became better when this happened.
But it was normal for him not to show these feelings to anyone.
No matter how obvious it really was to everyone.
He was still standing there, daydreaming until he felt a punch.
"Ouch! What was that for?"
Toph giggled,"Whatcha' thinkin about Zuzu?"
Sparks in his head incinerated his fit of anger.
"Don't call me like that! I hate it!"
"Sorry….geesh, Twinkletoes doesn't mind if I call him by his nickname, and you have to admit, its worse than yours."
Yet again its not that bad…
"I still don't like the sound of it!"
"Fine… umm Sokka and Suki need help, and they wanted you help them."
"Umm ill go, just give me a minute, ill be right there."
"That's fine, ill go tell them zuzu."
Zuko was just about to sit until he heard that nickname again and burst out with anger, "Dont call me like that!", he yelled.
"Ok fire lord, don't get so defensive….,"She said as she walked away.
He sighed.
All he wanted now was some peace and quiet, enough for him to think.
He stared at the ground as his longish , black hair clung to his face.
Sweat was running down the edges of his face, all over his scar on his left eye.
"So this is your girlfriend, no wonder she left, shes too pretty for you…"June the bounty hunter's voice stung as he balled up his fists.
It was because of that scar, on his left eye that caused all of these fears, those doubts.
It was the reason why he didn't try to go out with other girls, why he was afraid of rejection.
Why he was afraid of Katara.
Yes, he had a relationship with Mai, but he always felt that there was another person out there for him.
Mai seemed right for him, but not good.
Not perfect.
Katara on the other hand, she was perfect.
Young, but perfect.
He was willing to even wait for her, now that Zuko and Mai don't have anything anymore.
He felt a towel suddenly fall around his neck.
He turned around to see who it was and threw fire from his fist onto what seemed like Katara.
His eyes grew wide as he stopped and stood up.
Luckily, Katara ducked the attack.
"Im sorry Katara, I didn't mean to attack you, are you ok?"
"Im fine, don't worry about it, it was an accident," she said as she sat down the stairs.
"But I was almost going to burn you-"
"Im fine Zuko, just forget about it," She said as she patted the ground, a sign for Zuko to sit down next to her.
Oh Aang, you must be rolling on the ground out of agony right now, arnt ya'?
A little evil smile appeared on his face.
"What was that for, Zuko?," Katara's voice startled him.
"Nothing…"
She sighed, "Hmmm…. Sounds pretty suspicious to me though."
"Huh?"
"Are you always day dreaming? You seem very focused when you train Aang."
It might be because im nervous when youre around…
"Cant I ever take a break from reality for once?," He said, flirting.
Katara chuckled," Great, another Sokka. Just what team avatar needed."
What? I don't want to be another brother to you…
He sighed.
"What's wrong Zuko?"
You really want to know what's wrong? Its us not happening, that's what's wrong…
"Nothing, nothing's wrong."
She sighed too.
"It seems like ill never get to know you well, just like the time we were trapped in the 'Crystal Catacombs'," Katara mumbled under her breath.
Zuko heard, as his heat was beating fast, when he heard the word "we", come out of Katara's lips.
That was new.
Katara was about to leave until Zuko grasped her wrist.
"Wait! Katara!"
She turned around, sort of blushing.
She sat down again, eagerly waiting for Zuko to speak.
This is it, ill tell her!
He was just thinking of the right words to say, only it was hard for him to think, Katara's eyes were amazingly beautiful and mezmorizing.
They've mustve sat there for more than a minute, starring into each other's eyes.
"Umm…Zuko? What is it?"
He saw how cute and adorable she looked , especially when she was shy as the faint shade of pink, flourished on her cheeks.
She was melting his insides by her sudden shyness.
"Zuko?"
He was leaning towards her.
"Umm…what's…. going….on?"
Her eyes were slowly closing as Zuko carefully and gently cupped his hands around her face, then gently brushed his lips against hers.
His heart beat accelerating each second the warmth of their lips fused together.
He could feel her get nervous under his touch.
After awhile, Katara's hands wrapped around Zuko's neck.
Her lips, gently colliding on his as minutes passed.
Katara pulled away, not believing what had just happened.
Zuko's eyes were wide opened.
Even he couldn't believe what he did.
"Katara! Zuko! How's the weather over there?" Sokka's voice startled them.
"Nothing's going on!" Katara yelled as she covered her mouth with both hands and left.
"Katara! Wait!,"Zuko yelled.
Sokka walked up towards Zuko, "So are you gonna help us or not?"
Zuko starred at Sokka.
It looked like as if Sokka didn't see anything.
"So… don't just sit there all speechless, c'mon fire lord, lets go inside and have a little conversation."
Zuko stood up, and sighed.
He walked inside the palace with Sokka ahead of him.
Did he see me kissing Katara? That's it! Hes gonna kill me with his boomerang.
"Umm…also, I think you should wear a shirt, youre not fire bending right now."
"Oh, sorry…,"Zuko said as he scratched the back of his head.
Why Katara?
