Disclaimer: (mumbled) I… don't… own… Avatar… The Last Airbender…

A/N: Okay, this story pairing just refused to come to me, so if it seems a little random, believe me, it is. I don't really know what's really going to happen, so I'm just typing it as I go. Read my other fics, I have a couple that all Kataang haters would love, and one that they would like. I even have one for those amazing Jetara fans out there, and this one WILL be Zutara, as long as inspiration comes. And so everyone knows, the subject is liable to change, so if you want to look up the story, look me up instead.

Zuko was standing next to his uncle, trying to calm himself. So far, he had offered to teach the Avatar (Aang, he reminded himself) firebending with the help of his uncle, and he had been treated like garbage. First, that idiot water tribe boy had assaulted him until he was tackled by the waterbender and Aang. He had resisted burning his face off, and now he was having an extremely hard time controlling himself. The idiot was lecturing him on how to stay out of sight and what not to do while traveling with them. Finally, Zuko snapped.

"Listen," Zuko interrupted. "I don't know who you think you are, to be lecturing me on how to stay out of sight, when I've been tracking you successfully for this long, and what not to do, because I think I know how to behave myself," he said with a sneer. "I actually offered to teach him," he said, pointing at Aang, "and you have he audacity to lecture me?! I could walk away right now and leave you to find another teacher, but this is too important for that. So, I suggest you never talk to me like that again."

"I believe what my nephew is trying to say is that he would like to be treated with the same respect you treat each other. Now, I will be assisting in Aang's training, and I am telling you now, as firebenders, we rise with the sun, so be ready to start your training early tomorrow morning. I am an old man and need my rest, so I will be retiring for the night. I will leave you five to finish the rest of the arrangements, and I trust I will not need to be woken up for anything," Iroh finished his speech by bowing to an open-mouthed Sokka, a stunned Katara, an indifferent Toph, and a surprised Aang, before walking away and getting into his own personal tent that he had set up while Sokka was rambling.

"Sunrise?! You want me to get up at SUNRISE?!?!" Aang asked loudly.

"Yes. And you will only be aloud to sleep in twice before you are in serious trouble. Now, I am hoping that you will all let me be, and not bother me. Good night," Zuko said, before turning around and beginning to set up his tent. Then Katara spoke up.

"Prince Zuko, I would like to say thank you on behalf of all of us. You didn't have to deal with Sokka before, and I'm surprised you held out as long as you did. I'm just saying this now, you have my permission to hit Sokka if he really gets on your nerves," Katara said, before Sokka interrupted with an angry "Hey!" Then she continued, "You can even ask Toph for some of his weakest spots, if you want. And so you know, we do not stay in one place very long, and we all pitch in and help when it comes to setting up and breaking camp. If there is anything I can do to help you get settled, just tell me."

As Katara was saying this, Zuko straightened up and looked her in the eye. Her eyes were captivating to him, and he started to wonder when he had first fallen in love with them. He figured it was when he had first seen them, in the South Pole, filled with sorrow and grief.

"Thank you for your permission and hospitality," he said, bowing to her. "And you may call me Zuko. Also, believe me when I say that you move around a lot. I've been following you for months, remember?" He turned away again with a smirk on his face and finished setting up his tent, before crawling inside.

"Well, it looks like I'd better get some sleep too. I don't want to be late tomorrow," Aang said, before he slipped into his sleeping bag. Soon Katara, Sokka, and Toph went to bed too.