Part 1

It started out as a normal day. The gaang got up at sunrise, at the western air temple, so that all the chores could begin. Sokka went out to hunt for food, Zuko taught Aang firebending, Suki and Katara cooked, and everyone else was playing or earth bending in the halls of the temple. Breakfast also went on normally, but as everyone was finishing they heard a loud BOOM in the distance. Everyone looked over to the spot where the explosion came from. It came again, louder this time and more distinct.

"Maybe we should leave," suggested the Duke. Then again the explosion came closer almost right above them.

"We shouldn't go on Appa. That would make us too much of a target." Zuko said.

"Well I think we need to get going and soon because we'll be blown off this cliff if we don't hurry." Sokka said nervously. Toph, who was sitting by the walls of the temple, stood up and began to earthbend the rock into a large tunnel so that the whole group could escape. Everyone began scrambling into the large hole, so they wouldn't be smashed to death by the large amounts of rock falling from the ceiling. Aang went into the tunnel last making sure to seal it properly. Toph bended for a little while before they came across a series of tunnels making it unnecessary for bending. They came to a halt at an underground river.

Everyone holding their breath, hardly daring to talk in fear of being heard. They all sat around a small fire provided by Aang and Zuko. Suki cooked the little provisions they had so that they could eat a small dinner before going to sleep. Everything began to take a less tense atmosphere as they all ate their food. They all started talking about what was going to happen after the war was through and what lives they would go back to. The gaang decided it best that later the next day that Suki, Sokka, Toph, Katara, Zuko, and Aang find a campsite for them, so that the plans could be continued as planned, while everyone else found a different place to stay as far away as possible from the other camp.

The next day, or what seemed like it, was a busy one. Toph was trying to find the best way out while the others packed what little they had. Once they were all ready, Toph was ready guiding them through the tunnels choosing the best paths for them. They stopped every once in a while so that Toph and Aang could decide which way was the best and how far they had come. At the end of that day, they found an area so that they could all sleep. With the fire in the middle, Sokka slept next to Suki and Katara, Katara next to Toph, in her earth tent, who was next to Zuko, and Aang was next to Zuko.

Katara couldn't sleep that night for several reasons, one that it was musty in the caverns, and two it was a full moon that night and even though she couldn't see it she could feel it. She lay awake for hours until the urge to go outside was too great. She packed her bag knowing full well that she probably wouldn't be able to find her way back to the gaang, and was off. She was so focused on finding the exit she didn't notice there was someone following her. Katara finally got outside into the open. She gazed at the stars and the moon, feeling a relief of the musty tunnel and the lack of space. Her follower ran towards the bushes in hope not to be seen.

Katara felt a being close by. She concentrated on that thought, and was able to bend the body to her will. She made the person come out of the bushes to face her, so that she could imprison them for when she got back to the gaang. As the person stepped out from the bushes, she noticed it was a teenage boy a little older that her.
Probably a scout for the fire nation. She thought. He looks really handsome with his muscular chest and torso. Why is he shirtless? Isn't he supposed to be in uniform. Well at least he isn't giving up much of a fight.

Katara manipulated him to kneel in front of her.

He has nice golden eyes. I wonder if all of the fire nation guys are this hot?

She took out water from the near by plants and started to encase the stranger's body with water. She froze it all so that only his head was sticking out of a case of ice.

"Now," she said in a sweet, but cold voice, "I want to know who you are, what you're doing here and how you would like to live the rest of your life."

"Well," said a deep voice, strangely familiar to Katara, "to answer your first question I'm Zuko, I'm following you because no one should wander in caves alone in the middle of the night, and I don't plan to be in ice for the rest of my life."

"Oh, sorry Zuko. I didn't mean to do that. I thought you were a soldier." Katara melted the ice around Zuko's body. I can't believe I thought that he was hot.

"Sorry about sneaking up on you. It was kind of a last minute thing."

There was an awkward silence between them as Katara was standing looking down at Zuko kneeling in a very submissive manner. He stood up and got his pack from the bushes. They both unpacked; when Katara was done she went to go get fire wood. When she got back, she found that Zuko had gotten food while she was gone. She cooked it over the fire. They ate the meal and found their sleeping backs. Katara moved it so that it was as far away from Zuko's as possible. She sat staring at the fire, thinking back to what the full moon meant to her. She buried her face in her knees and started to cry.

Why did I follow Katara in the first place? I mean it's not like I really like her or anything. Why are her shoulders shaking like that?

Realization flooded Zuko as he looked at the waterbender. He moved closer to her as silently as possible. Hoping that she wouldn't take it as a threat. She was still sobbing by the time Zuko had gotten to her side. He awkwardly put an arm around her. He hoped that she wouldn't give him a cold shoulder. Instead she in turn wrapped her arms around him. She had never let her guard down once in front of Zuko and now she was crying away in his arms.

He carefully wrapped both of his arms around her and put her in his lap. By now his shoulder was drenched with tears. He kept both of his arms around her until she had stopped crying. When she did, he realized that she was shivering too. He applied a little heat from his arms to her body, as to warm her more.

She slipped into sleep soon afterward. Zuko brought her over to her sleeping bag, and set her down. As soon as she was out of his arms, she was shivering again, so loudly that there was no way Zuko could ignore it. He put his sleeping bag next to hers and wrapped his arm around her, applying heat. They stayed there the whole night and morning.