This is the first in a series of drabbles, one shots, and such. All KataraXZuko, and all T rating or under. please read and review!! and be sure to tell me what you think. I'll try to update atleast once a week, so keep you eyes open. each individual story will have it's own rating attached with warnings included there. well, that's about it. Ciao! Raven Heart

PS: I don't own anyone. Ownership is an illusion.

Rating: K+

Warnings: none

Style: Fluff

Dancing

Katara and Zuko faced each other in the halls of the palace of the fire nation. She was surrounded by water, and he could pull fire from the very air. Tension, pride, silence; the calm before the storm.

Zuko lunged forward, hurling a ball of flames at the Water Bender. She deflected it with a wall of water, before darting forward, displaying just why she was called a Master Bender. Water formed intricate shapes in the air around them, lashing out at Zuko, trying to destroy his root. Fire danced in space between them, turning water to steam and being extinguished by it.

Soon they were enveloped by a cloud of steam and smoke, and a tiny voice in the back of Zuko's mind told him that uncle would be furious if all the vapor damaged the delicate paper screens in this room, which the Dragon of the West used as a tea room. The rest of him kept moving. The prince and the peasant whirled through the room sometimes only a hairs breath away, before spinning away again only to meet in a new and different way in another moment.

Then, Katara grabbed Zuko's shoulder with her right hand as he took hold of her waist in his left hand, spun her around, so that he was leaning over her, dipping her, and holding his right fist, flaming, back and above, ready to attack. But she was not done yet, and he soon realized that all of the water still liquid in the room had converged on them, ready to drop on top of him at her whim.

"Stalemate again?" he panted with a hint of a smirk in his voice.

"Yes." She sighed with a mischievous smile. They still had not moved.

She exhaled, and all the water she had been holding froze solid. As he extinguished his hand she reached up and pressed her lips into his, wrapping both of her arms around his neck, as he reached around and held the back of her neck with his right hand. When they broke apart she breathed, "You always were a fabulous dancer."

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