Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar or it's characters.
This is a fic that I've actually have had written for a while now, just sitting on my computer chilling. I finally decided to post it and I hope you guys enjoy it!
Warning: This is a guy/guy story! This story also involves non-con, only in the first chapter, and mpreg so you have been warned.
Author's note: I in no way condone non-con or rape and am only using the situation of that in this chapter alone in the story. This is also my first…and probably only mpreg story I'll ever write so please be gently. I just had the idea in my head and had to do it.
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Chapter One: Control
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Sokka groaned as he felt the ground move under his back. The rocks bit against his skin through his tunic and for once he was glad that his hands hadn't been tied behind his back. He opened his eyes to see the stars smiling down at him before he moved his eyes to see the back of three komodo-rhinos.
That's right….he had gotten captured….
"Ouch!" Sokka groaned after he went over a particularly sharp rock.
His feet and hands were tied and then connected to a chain that was hooked around one of the beast's saddles where he had fallen off on his third attempt to escape the soldiers. The fire benders had decided to leave him on the ground after that, since he seemed so desperate to fall off their animals.
The avatar gang had landed in a small port city only that morning before they were spotted by the soldiers. The group of three had decided to split up, making it harder for the fire nation soldiers to follow them but then Sokka had heard Katara scream a few streets away from him.
Aang already had Appa in the air by the time Sokka had found the soldiers trying to drag his sister away and he did what any older brother would do. He attacked the soldier holding his sister screaming at her to run, she wouldn't leave him behind at first but after Sokka promised to catch up with them she ran away in tears.
Sokka briefly wondered if he was going to be able to keep that promise before his slow dragging came to stop and he realized he was next to a very big and very familiar fire nation ship at the docks.
"Just great…." The water tribe teen muttered before he was pulled to his feet.
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"FOR THE LAST TIME UNCLE!" Prince Zuko turned around and basically snarled at his friendly relative. "I DO NOT NEED ANY OF YOUR TEA!"
"But nephew…" Iroh was about to go into an anecdote about patience when a helmsman walked into the room with a small bow.
"We are making port now prince Zuko…" The helmsman started but left his sentence unfinished to test the prince's mood.
"And?" Zuko snapped before he heard his uncle cough and the teen took a long calming breath.
"It appears Admiral Zhao is already at the port and he would like to board as soon as we are docked."
The temperature in the room raised a few degrees letting the helmsman know he was dismissed before Zuko turned to his uncle in aggravation. "Why is he here?"
"Even his ships need to make port for supplies Zuko." Iroh said with wisdom but the look on the older man's face told his nephew Iroh was just as unhappy about Zhao's presence. "But keep your eyes open my nephew, a man like Zhao is always up to something."
"Don't worry uncle." Zuko stated before he made his way to the deck. His ship had started to slow down drastically and that meant it was only a matter of time before the bastard Zhao was going to be there.
It was pretty late into the night when Zuko walked out; viewing the small port town at dark would have made an almost beautiful sight if it hadn't been greeted with Zhao walking onto the banished prince's ship.
"What do you want?"
"You really have a way with manners, Zuko." Zhao almost purred as he walked across the deck so that he was next to the teen. "I just thought I would come tell you in person that you already missed the avatar, he ran away from this town hours ago."
"WHAT?" Zuko turned so that he was face to face with Zhao. The prince opened his mouth to continue screaming before his mind suddenly caught up, the gold eyes flashing back in forth in thought as he regarded the older man. "And you are not chasing him because?"
"Me?" Zhao stated in mock disinterest. "I just happened to find something interesting in the town so I was taking my time leaving. I came up here to let you know it looked like he was heading west, in case you wanted to try and get a head start."
Zuko stayed silent as Iroh walked out and started a meaningless conversation with the bastard.
Found something interesting?
In a small port town?
More interesting that chasing after the Avatar?
Zuko watched as Zhao and Iroh insulted each other with out actually saying anything mean. Whatever the Admiral had, it had to deal with the Avatar.
Zuko was sure of it.
"Do you have something you need to say to me?" Zhao turned smugly to the banished prince and Zuko's nostrils flared.
"No." Zuko's ponytail whipped behind him as he went into the hall and made his way to his own personal cabin, not caring that he was being rude. He knew Iroh would dismiss Zhao soon enough and while the admiral was out of his site he was going to plan.
Zuko needed to find out what Zhao wasn't telling him.
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Zhao couldn't hide the smirk on his face as he made his way down to the bottom of his ship. He had yet to see his prisoner but he had felt obligated to harass Zuko first, after all they were fire nation brethren.
"What?" Zhao stopped as he looked at an empty cell, he glared at the guards who were either side of him and the quickly ran to the cell, swinging the door open and running in to inspect where the prisoner had ran.
They didn't want to be the ones to suffer Zhao's wrath.
Sokka held his breath as he tried to hold onto the metal beam as the guards ran in underneath him, it was really hard to get a sturdy hold when his hands were chained together but luckily they hadn't chained his feet. He took a deep and silent breath as one guard stood right beneath him, he could do this.
Zhao watched with mild interest as the water tribe peasant dropped onto the guards sending them both to the ground before he kicked his feet up in the air, hopping to his feet just in time to duck and roll under the bout of fire the other guard sent.
Sokka rolled and ran for the open cell door, slamming it shut behind him before backing into something solid, and it definitely wasn't a wall. 'Oh, man….' Sokka thought as he looked up into the face of Zhao.
"Well what do we have here?" Zhao reached down to place his hand on the small boy when Sokka slid away from away from the older man. Sokka spared him a second glance before he took off running down the hall, hoping to fate would finally be on his side this time.
Zhao just smirked before he headed in the opposite direction, telling the guard who ran over to see what the commotion was to not worry. The two idiots who got themselves locked into the cell could stay there for a night; the boy however, would not escape this ship.
Sokka turned down another hall and another…then another. He could feel the sweat slide down his skin as he made yet another turn in the unnatural warm ship. He was so lost. He kicked open a door to find stairs and took another deep breath. It was hard enough to not make a sound with the medal chains around his hands! There was a commotion not too far from Sokka before he started up the stairs deciding to keep moving instead of giving up.
He could get away!
He paused as he found a door with a small window in it, he peaked over it to see the coast was clear before he pushed in opened and rolled on the floor into a hiding place between two boxes.
He just needed to find a window!
Sokka heard footsteps not too far from him and ducked in another hallway. A dead end! There was a door but nowhere else to go, the teen looked around quickly as the steps got closer before pushing the door open and shutting it behind him.
The room was huge, it had fire nation banners decorating the walls, there was a fire in the middle of the room, a table on one side and then a bed on the other. Sokka released the breath he had been holding as the steps passed by and he looked again at the bed.
A window!
Sokka didn't waste anytime as he jumped onto the bed and ran to the window; he pushed the covering open and managed to poke his head out to see…
He was very high up.
Sokka groaned as he felt any chance of escape slowly leave him. There was not way he could survive a drop like, especially since the ship was still docked, if he hit the dock from this height he would be lucky if he just got two broken legs.
The air was cool from the window and Sokka took a deep breath. He wouldn't have to find another way out; he could just go back out there and get on a lower floor. There had to be other windows in this ship.
He could do this.
Sokka jumped as he heard the distinct noise of metal locks working. He turned around quickly to see Zhao locking the door, the older man sighed as if he hadn't even noticed Sokka yet and the water tribe teen didn't move. He had to think of a way out.
And now.
"If you had wanted to talk privately with me, all you had to do was ask." Zhao smirked at Sokka as the teen's eyes widened. "Or did you want to jump out of that window?"
Sokka tensed, there had been no fire yet, maybe he should chance to jump, at least that way he had a small chance of getting out unscathed. Before he had even made up his mind his body was already scrambling for the window. He scraped his arm against the harsh metal but he was almost half way out when he felt a hot hand on his ankle.
Sokka yelped as he was pulled roughly back inside, hitting his chin on the way down before he rolled over. The chain holding his wrist was grabbed before he could hit his attacker, the metal heating up to the point where it burned his skinned and the water tribe teen scream.
"I'm beginning to think that you don't like me." Zhao let go of the chains and was about to hit the teen when he received a quick kick in the stomach.
Sokka rolled out from under the older man, hitting the floor with a thud. He tried to scramble up but suddenly there was a hand grabbing him by his hair and pulling him back up. The teen turned to elbow his attacker but was pulled forward. Sokka tried to force himself up but then there was a strong blow in his back.
"Gaah!" Sokka coughed, his body going limp as he tried to catch his breath.
"That's better." Zhao smirked as he flipped the body over on his mattress to see piercing blue eyes glaring up at him.
He trailed one of his pale fingers down the tan skin with a smirk. The prisoner wasn't a bad looker either. He stroked the cheek earning a surprised look from the boy beneath him and smiled.
"I demand you release me!" Sokka yelled.
There was a swift slap and Zhao enjoyed the slight sting in his hand as he stared down at the teen that was looking defiantly away from him. "I expect your cooperation peasant."
"I will not help you." Sokka muttered quietly before a hand gripped his chin tightly turning his face so he had to look at the dark cold eyes. The finger dug into Sokka's skin forcing tears into Sokka's eyes.
"It is not an option."
Zhao's fingers burned his skin. Sokka tried not to give the bastard any pleasure from his pain by remaining silent. He closed his eyes trying to think of way out of this situation. The grip on his face loosened as his head was pushed to the side.
"I plan on keeping you here until that Avatar comes to rescue you." Zhao traced his hand down Sokka's cheek, dipping along his neck before moving the tunic to show the teen's chest. "And when he comes, I will capture him."
Sokka froze as the hand continued to push the fabric apart.
Zhao stopped his hand on the teen's stomach. His body was warming up without any order to. The Admiral smiled as he looked at the teen's face to see that the peasant was now staring straight at him in confusion.
"I don't see why I can't have my fun before I get my prize."
"Stop touching me!" Sokka yelled before there was a calloused hand around his throat silencing of any further protest. He gasped before he was suddenly turned over. Sokka's face was forced down onto the mattress.
"Don't wear yourself out too soon; I would hate to do all the work." Zhao pulled Sokka's arms back so that they twisted uncomfortably before he grabbed the kid's silly tunic. "What an awful blue color."
Zhao smirked as the fabric caught on fire, ignoring the muffled screams of the teen underneath him. He watched how the young muscles twitch before they were burned, with a quick flick of his wrist the fire was out and the tunic was almost gone.
The prisoner's skin was red from the assault and Zhao found pleasure as he heard something like a broken sob. The kid was crying and he hadn't even gotten to the fun part.
"I would like to warn you, since I am a kind man, that what I am about to do might hurt." Zhao smiled as the body trembled under him, he grabbed the kid's pants and was about to pull them down when suddenly he found a foot in his face.
He growled as he grabbed the foot, burning the ankle as his temper flared.
"Get off of me you psycho, you pervert, you fire nation scum!" Sokka made another attempt at a kick before it was dodged and suddenly there was a heavy body on top of his.
"I changed my mind, this IS going to hurt." Zhao promised as he pushed down what was left of Sokka's cloths and positioned himself over the kid. "And you should consider yourself lucky that I am doing this to you, I don't choose to do this with anyone."
"AHHH!" Sokka tried to attack the man behind him, it hurt, it hurt way too much, his chained hands tried to scratch the other man.
To do any harm possible to his attacker.
"Get off of me!" Sokka sobbed as he felt another thrust. "AHHHH!"
"I'm all the way, that wasn't so hard now was it?" Zhao pulled the peasant's hips up towards him making the teen do some of the work. "You know, from this angle you almost look like a girl."
Zhao felt the body still underneath him and moaned as he felt himself come close. He leaned over the body to see the teen had passed out.
Well that wasn't very polite.
Sokka woke with a great pain and a burning smell as his back was being seared. He felt the older man move in him and gasped for air before he felt the man tense. Something else was their, something else was inside him.
Sokka felt sick.
"And now, let's see if I can get you to enjoy this." Zhao smiled menacingly.
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Sokka opened his eyes only to wish he was asleep again, or maybe even dead.
The light outside let him know that he had lived into the next day.
"Oh you're finally awake?" Zhao smirked as he watched the teen tried to move his hands only to hiss in pain. "I hope you don't mind but I have to leave you for a few moments, I will be back shortly though."
Sokka wanted to say something but his throat begged him to remain silent; all he could do was watch the sick man leave the room. He forced himself up and realized there was a bath now set up in the room. He must have brought that in the room while Sokka was out.
Sokka glanced at his body; he was over in burns, bruise, blood, and another substance that he did not want to consider. He tried to make his way over to the bath only to collapse helplessly to the floor.
"Gyyaah!" Sokka sobbed as the pain attacked him before he forced himself up on his knees. He managed to crawl slowly over to the bath, gasping as he touched the warm water. He could do this.
He could clean himself.
He tried to find the easiest way into the water but even thinking about lifting his legs over the side was painful, he managed to almost slide into the tub, movement was much easier after he was submerged in the water.
Sokka found looked across the room at the bed to see what was left of his cloths, they were shredded on the floor. He let the warm water cleanse him as he closed his eyes.
So that was sex.
No.
The downside to being smart was knowing when something was wrong. When something was off and forcing you to face the truth because you knew it was the truth. Sokka wished he could convince himself that it had only been an assault but that wasn't the case.
That had been rape.
He had been raped.
Sokka choked back a pained noise as he floated in the water.
There was nothing pleasurable about being taken from behind, about being forced to into a physical act by another. Zhao had chanted over and over about how much he loved sex but…
There was no way that could be considered sex.
"I see you managed to get out of bed." Zhao's cold voice made Sokka realize the older man had returned. "Are you ready for another round?"
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Zuko climbed up the side latter of Zhao's ship, water from the ocean dripping off of him and his mask. He had to swim under the dock in order to get by the guards unnoticed. He heard from one of the merchants that Zhao was planning on leaving the dock the next day and Zuko knew he had to get a head start on the admiral after stealing whatever the admiral had.
His crew had already made any necessary work on the ship and restocked the hold, he had told them to be ready to sail in an hour.
Zuko peaked over the side of the deck to see only one guard on the other side of the ship. Without wasting another second Zuko made his way to the door and slipped in before the guard even turned around. Once inside the ship Zuko only had two options.
Up or down.
Up would be Zhao's quarters where Zuko was sure the Admiral would keep anything he felt valuable but then again, down meant the prisoner cells and cargo holds.
What if is was down there?
Before Zuko could come a decision though voices were heard around the corner, and getting closer.
"I heard the prisoner is in pretty bad shape."
"What shape do you expect it to be in after the Admiral got a hold of him?"
So it was a prisoner! Zuko slid behind a door and waited for the two soldiers to pass by him before he made his way down.
"The Admiral is at the helm, he wanted me to take the prisoner food in his quarters…."
Now he had to head up! Zuko swore under his breath as the conversation faded away, not bothering to follow to see if the prisoner was at a different location. He would find it.
Zuko found his way to Zhao's quarters without much disruption. It appeared the gracious Admiral let his crew have the night on the town in order to celebrate his prize. Zuko smirked as he imagined the look on Zhao's face with the prisoner was taken out right from under his nose.
"Consider the water a present." The cruel sounds of Zhao's voice stopped Zuko in his tracks as he peaked around the corner to see the door to the Admiral's room was open and there were two guards standing outside. "Food will be coming for you in a few minutes; I expect you to be clean and fed by the time I return."
Zhao turned to his two guards outside the door. "No one is allowed in there and he is certainly not allowed out."
Zuko jumped up so that he was holding onto the bars above the hallway. He held his breath as the Admiral walked by before he smirked over at the two guards.
This was too easy.
The guards knocked out quickly after he jumped on both of them and Zuko had to remind himself that another one would be coming with food in only a matter of minutes as he unlocked the door and swung in open.
Sokka hadn't moved from the bed when he looked up to see the blue spirit staring back him.
It had to be a very sick joke.
"Stay away!" Sokka yelled as he jumped on the floor to fight whoever this was only to have his knees give out from underneath him. He tried to hold back the broken sob as he felt pain over take his body.
He also realized how naked he was in that moment when the masked person threw a guards shirt at him. Sokka couldn't put it on; his hands were still chained together even his tunic had been burned in the process of Zhao's violation.
Whatever Zuko had been expecting to find it certainly wasn't the water tribe boy to be naked in Zhao's room. He stood frozen for a second before he realized the chains and pulled out his two swords. The other teen visible tensed at Zuko approached him but Zuko didn't bother explaining as he broke the chains in have with one swipe and the teen quickly covered himself.
"What's going on?" There was a yell in the hallway and Zuko cursed as he realized the food was probably already there. He looked at the water tribe peasant before grabbing onto to the other teen, ignoring any protest he received as he hefted and tossed the teen out of the window before jumping out himself.
"AAAHHHHH!" Sokka screamed as he slid down the side of the boat, his hands trying to desperately grab onto anything only to be grabbed by the blue spirit again. Zuko's feet touched the side of the boat as he started to running, using the momentum of their fall to run off the side and into the water instead of onto the ground.
Sokka choked as he was surrounded by the freezing water, a hand grabbed his wrist and jerked him away from the boat under water. Sokka found himself near another boat that was moving away from the harbor before he was pulled out of the water. He choked and coughed as he tried to fight off the blue spirit, not caring that it had saved him from another encounter with Zhao.
"Will you stop struggling?!" The familiar angry voice froze Sokka as he looked at the spirit that threw him down on the deck, the teen didn't have a chance to scream out before everything went black.
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Sokka groaned as he snuggled into the warmth blankets. He opened his eyes and was immediately blinded by light that seemed to be set on destroying his retinas so early in the morning.
Day two of his separation from the group.
"I see you are awake." Sokka jumped up and immediately regretted it as he cried out in pain. He curled onto his side; he gasped as he opened his eyes and stared at the old man across the room that was looking at him in surprise. "Are you okay?"
Sokka forced himself up as he tried to get off the bed. He needed to get out of here before prince psycho came back. It hurt to stand but he would get out, the fire guard's shirt he was wearing made it past his knees as he finally stood. The old man made no motion to stand from the table he was sitting beside.
"Care for some tea?" Iroh tried a different approach as the young water tribe looked around the room.
"I…" Sokka started, his hair falling in front of his face making him realized Zhao had broken his hair tie. His clothes too…they were gone…….and his boomerang……Sokka didn't realize he was crying until a tear dripped off his cheek.
It was always one thing after another for him! He had just wanted to protect his sister, he had just wanted to keep her away from the fire benders; was that so wrong? And now this! First he had been forced to endure Zhao and just when he thought, no matter how briefly, that he was free he had ended up not only on another fire nation ship but the bastard Zuko's?
Karma really did hate him.
Iroh just sat and watch quietly as the young man broke down. Sokka fell on his knees and gave off a muffled scream as he shook on the floor. Iroh had heard about how Zuko had found Sokka and while he was unsure if his nephew knew what that most likely meant, he knew how sick and distorted Zhao was.
The burns on the water tribe teen had been treated while he was asleep but there was only so much their medic could fix.
The teen finally stilled and Iroh got up from the floor and made his way over. He sighed as he lifted the teen and placed him back on the bed, tucking him back underneath the blankets.
Maybe he should talk to his nephew about letting the boy go at the next port.
When Sokka awoke the second time, not only was his body still hurting but now his head was pounding. The window beside the bed informed him that he had slept in and that it was now night. He rolled over, half expecting the old man to still be there but instead he found Zuko sitting on the floor.
The prince was Indian style and had his hands if front of him as if in deep meditation. The candles in front of the other teen moved with each breath Zuko made and Sokka just stared, trying to keep his breath low and even as if he was still asleep.
Sokka felt the warmth of the flames and despite himself, sighed.
"You're awake." It wasn't a question.
"Yeah…" Sokka muttered, ignoring how raw his throat felt at that second. He sat up, his body feeling better after the day of rest it had, he made sure he was covered by the shirt he was wearing before he looked back up at the prince.
"Where is the Avatar?"
"I don't know."
Zuko clenched his fists, the candles behind him flaring a bit before the teen took a deep breath. His uncle had instructed him to be calm when questioning the other teen, truthfully his uncle had asked that he didn't question the water tribe peasant but Zuko wasn't going let the peasant go without asking any questions.
"Tell me where the Avatar is, which way were you heading?"
"Why should I tell you?!" Sokka yelled before visible flinching as the flames behind Zuko flared.
"Because I saved you from Zhao!" Zuko yelled grabbing the front of the peasants borrowed shirt but then he was suddenly kicked up in the air, flipping over the younger teen, until his back hit the wall and he stared at the now wide eyed water tribe teen.
Sokka scooted away, realizing he had just flipped Zuko on the bed but before he fell off the bed he was suddenly grabbed and pull under Zuko as the prince hit him. The fight started suddenly enough, both struggling to stop the other before Zuko was rolled on his back. He grabbed the other teen's wrist, temporarily forgetting his uncle's words to tread carefully as he lifted his legs causing Sokka to hit his head against the metal wall making the other teen go limp on top of him.
Sokka groaned as he felt the hands around his wrist, he sat up panting as he looked down at Zuko who was underneath him. The other teen glaring up at him as his grip tightened as if daring Sokka to try something else.
Sokka watched as a bead of sweat rolled down Zuko's throat.
"I want you to-" Zuko was suddenly cut off when the water tribe teen placed their foreheads together, a clouded look in those blue eyes.
"Is this what you want?" Sokka's voice broke as he spoke, his body pressed against Zuko's suggestively. "Is this what you want from me?"
This is what Zhao wanted wasn't it, why should Zuko be looking for anything else?
Zuko let go of Sokka immediately as if he himself was scorched. He stared as the other teen sat up on top of him; Sokka's hands were shaking as he grabbed the fire benders robe. He parted it slightly exposing the pale chest of the prince, Zuko watched Sokka place his trembling hands on the exposed chest causing both of them to flinch.
"What are you doing?" Sokka froze as he stared at his hands, Zuko was staring at him and Sokka realized where his hands really were. "What are you trying to do?"
Was he really trying to seduce Zuko?
"I-I…" Blue eyes regarded the gold ones and then Sokka suddenly found himself on his back.
"What were you-" Zuko's voice wavered suddenly as lips brushed against each other.
Sokka needed this.
He didn't know why, he didn't really understand but he knew one thing, he needed this. He needed to do this with someone else, needed to be in control for a few minutes of his life before it was taken away from him.
He didn't know why he had the sudden urge to apologize to the bastard that had been chasing him and his friends for weeks but he did. Sokka opened his mouth before realizing he didn't want to explain himself before he pulled Zuko down into a kiss. The other teen was tense and seemingly lost in the whole encounter as Sokka arched up against him.
Zuko felt hot.
His lips felt sore as he pulled away from the teen before he forced their mouths together another time, forcing his tongue into the others mouth as hands pushed away the robe he was wearing. Zuko hissed as he felt himself press into the body beneath him.
He was hard.
Cloths came off easier than it should have been between two enemies. Zuko stared in horror at the marks across the younger teen's skin, burns and bruises. What was going on? When Zuko heard the other teen moan he realized he had no idea what he was doing, or why.
The only advice he had ever gotten was about girls, even if it had been so embarrassingly painful to get that talk from his uncle, it had been about girls. This peasant beneath him was obviously a boy.
Sokka felt Zuko hesitate and grabbed the other teen, flipping him down so that he was on his back, it was obvious that the prince did not like being beneath the peasant but Sokka changed his expression as he positioned Zuko under him.
It hurt.
It hurt just the same.
But this time Sokka was in control, he watched as the prince gasp beneath him. Zuko grabbed Sokka's hips and the teen almost grinned as he slid down the rest of the way making them both moan. Sokka gasp as he eyed the warm body beneath him, they were both panting and Zuko arched back exposing his neck to the teen on top of him.
Sokka was experiencing pleasure.
This was sex.
This was being vulnerable; it was pleasure through physical contact.
Zhao had been wrong.
This is what sex was.
Sokka trembled as he moved up and then down again. He couldn't go on like this. He couldn't keep his body moving like this but he didn't want to be on his stomach. He didn't want to be attacked from behind, didn't want to be forced down.
Never again.
He fell forward enjoying how Zuko thrust into him and placed a kiss at the others neck. Muttering exactly what he needed the other to do as they breathed. Zuko moved slow as the turned them over, his knowledge of Sokka's injuries in the situation still evident until Sokka smirked at him. The teen wrapped his legs around the others waste and layed back.
Zuko's breath hitched as he found a steady rhythm and it wasn't long before they both finished. Sokka having stroke himself to catch up to the prince before they finally separated. Sokka took a deep breath before he closed his eyes.
Zuko panted as he stared at the ceiling.
What the hell just happened?
The prince sat up and stared at the now sleeping boy next to him. He quickly stumbled out of the bed and grabbed his cloths, putting them on with a sense of urgency before he turned back to the other teen.
Uncle would most likely be here in the morning.
He couldn't leave him like that. Zuko left the room and returned shortly with a bowl of water and a rag before he quickly cleaned off Sokka, not bothering to linger too long on certain areas before he basically shoving the borrowed shirt over the teen and then throwing the blankets over the water tribe peasant.
Oh dear gawd…..he had just slept with a peasant.
A friend of the avatar.
His enemy.
Zuko almost ran out of the room, decided he needed to go take a bath, then go to the helm to see when they were going to be on land again.
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Sokka awoke to see that the sun was just starting to rise. He heard a small chinking noise and turned to see the old man was back sipping his tea.
"I assume you and my nephew had a good talk yesterday?" Iroh asked as he placed his delicious jasmine tea down. He had assumed that the talk went well when he had mentioned to Zuko the need to get more tea at the next stop and his nephew had just agreed.
Sokka blushed as he looked away from the older man.
Iroh took notice of this but said nothing about it, instead he mentioned the news he heard that morning. "We will make port in a few hours."
Sokka visibly perked up at that, not sure why he felt like he was going to be able to walk off the ship but Sokka was always an optimist.
Okay so he wasn't an optimist but for some reason Sokka felt like it wasn't going to be hard to get off this ship.
"I brought clothes for you to change into, I know they're not what you are used to but…" Sokka droned the old man's ramble out as he went to the cloths, flinching as his feet hit the floor but it hadn't been as bad as it was the first time.
Sokka picked up the red clothing assuming it belonged to one of the men on the ship before he glanced around the room for a place to change but saw there was none. He looked at the old man skeptically before Iroh laughed and picked up his tea, "I will be out on the deck, will you come and join me for a game of Pai Sho after you are done changing?"
"Uh…..sure?" Sokka watched the older man leave the room before he changed, flinching was he moved his sore muscles but he finished soon enough and opened the door to his…..holding room? Sokka didn't really know what to call it but he poked his head out to see that there was a guard waiting for him.
"Follow me." The guard stated coldly and Sokka did, glancing around as he went just in case something funny was up and he would need to run. The guard stopped in front of a door and Sokka bumped into him, he smiled sheepishly before opened the door to be greeted with a terrible amount of sunlight. Sokka blinked a few times before he glanced over to see the old man smiling at him.
"What is he doing out here?" Sokka jumped before he looked over towards the cold prince who was glaring near him.
Near him?
Prince Zuko was not looking him in eye? Sokka felt his face warm up before he shook his head and made his way to the older man.
"I invited him for a friendly game of Pai Sho." Iroh stated, he looked like he was about to start saying something else when his nephew came and stood beside the water tribe teen.
"As soon as we get to dock I expect you to leave." Zuko's voice was cold but the statement surprised both Iroh and Sokka.
"What? But nephew..."
"I can go? No 'where's the avatar?' no death threats?" Sokka's eye met Zuko's and for the first time in Sokka's life he saw prince Zuko embarrassed.
"I see land captain!" Zuko turned to nod at the helmsman before he grabbed Sokka by the arm dragging the other teen away from his uncle. "I need to talk to you before we get there."
"I'm so glad my nephew is making friends." Iroh laughed as the boys disappeared behind the door.
Sokka was pulled into the closest room which appeared to hold documents of some kind before younger teen was thrown against the wall closest to them. Zuko slammed his fist on either side of him and they both regarded each other with frowns.
"About yesterday….." The prince started and both teens looked away then.
"I-well you know…" Sokka laughed. "The past is the past so let's not dwell on it."
"Shut up!" Zuko hit the wall causing Sokka to go silent. Zuko took a deep calming breath…or a deep breath anyway. "I just wanted to say don't think that you mean anything to me because of that, next time I see you, I will attack you."
The water tribe teen didn't know why, but in that second, with threats spilling out of his mouth, Zuko looked cute.
Sokka regarded the other boy for a second before he grabbed the front of Zuko's robes and pulled the prince into a quick kiss before releasing him. The prince's face heated up as he regarded Sokka in surprise.
It was only a second before Sokka was shoved firmly against the wall, Zuko's mouth over his as Sokka pulled the other teen's ponytail before both of his wrists were shoved against the wall. Sokka opened his mouth willing as he kiss was deepened and then Zuko pulled away, he let go of Sokka and backed away quickly as if he had been burned.
The ship lurched suddenly as it slowed down to make port causing Zuko to fall forward again so that they were almost touching. Zuko growled and Sokka smiled sheepishly.
"Enemies, will attack, nothing confusing about this." Sokka repeated quickly before Zuko opened the door and left Sokka by himself.
The other teen took a deep breath before he followed the other teen out.
He needed to go find his friends.
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Sokka traveled for two days on his own, he managed to get directions to the nearest town after running into a man who claimed to see the avatar, but the man had also talked about this Wu lady who told him the future so Sokka didn't know how much he could trust the crazy's information but anything was worth a shot.
What kind of town would put stock in what a fortune teller said?
Sokka groaned as he tripped over another root.
"Sokka?" The older teen jumped as he heard his sister's voice.
"Katara? Oh my gawd, Katara!" Sokka grabbed his sister in a tight hug, ignoring the pain from the tight grasp; before he was suddenly blown over by Appa. "I missed you too Appa!"
"Where have you been? What happened? How did you escape? How did you find us? Are you okay?" Katara already had her hands glowing as she touched her brother.
"Sokka!" Aang ran over to the two of them.
"You guys have no idea how happy I am to see you!" Sokka groaned as he fell back into Appa's fur, ignore Katara's mothering. It felt nice to have her heal the bruises on his face and neck, he might have to get her to work on the burns on his back later.
"But what happened?" Katara pressed on.
"Well….." Sokka felt a frown fall on his face. "I was taken to Zhao…..and then Zuko…" Sokka didn't want to go into the details. "But then I was….."
But should he tell them about Zuko? It wasn't like they would believe the fire bender had saved him from the Admiral but then what about the next time they met up? Zuko had made it clear that they were still going to be enemies next time they met.
"Sokka?"
"I'm sorry Katara…." Sokka sighed, not wanting to lie to his sister or his friend. "I was able to escape Zhao and kind of stowed away on a ship until I made it to the port town not too far from here. I ran into a man who ran into you guys and then met up with you guys."
"Sounds like an awesome adventure!" Aang smiled.
"No…not really." Sokka turned over so that he wasn't facing either of them. He couldn't tell them what he had gone through.
"Sokka…." Katara sounded worried but was nice enough to drop the subject. "We're going to go visit this Aunt Wu lady, she sounds interesting."
"What's so interesting about a fortune teller?" Sokka whined.
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Sokka stared at the doors to the fortune teller's house.
They had already been in this town for a week, to make sure everything was settled after the volcano and all.
This Aunt Wu……she said that he would be the bringer of his own misfortune for the rest of his life? The nerve of this woman!
"Did you come here so I could read your fortune or are you here to rattle on about your science?" Wu's voice was calm as she watched the young man sigh.
"I just want to know what you think….is going to happen…..to me." Sokka groaned as the lady stepped aside and let him in. He was just curious; there was nothing wrong with that!
"Grab one of those bones and throw it into the fire." Aunt Wu instructed as she took a seat in front of the fire.
Sokka glanced over the small stack of bones before he grabbed at the one on the top. It shouldn't matter what bone he grabbed anyway. He tossed it into the small fire and took a seat across from her and waited.
And waited.
Sokka took a deep breath as he stared at the fire.
Nothing was happening to the bone, it was just sitting there as if it wasn't even being affected by the flame.
"Interesting." Aunt Wu smiled as the regarded the bone. "Very interesting."
"Why is it interesting?" Sokka asked, deciding to play along with it. He was here anyway.
"It seems that you will be blessed with a child." Aunt Wu smiled. "Congratulations."
"That's ridiculous!" Sokka scoffed.
Aunt Wu was about to say something when suddenly the bone cracked in half, there were no jagged edges; it was if a blade had sliced through it cleanly. Sokka looked at the crazy lady only to see her place a small hand over her mouth.
"What does that mean?"
Aunt Wu jumped at Sokka's voice as if she forgot he was there.
"I'm sorry….it appears……" She paused as if finding the right way to word this. "It appears that you…..."
"Just spit it out!" Sokka sighed before the lady was at his side grasping his arm tightly.
"Sokka, listen carefully to me." Aunt Wu closed her eyes and when she opened them again she smiled. "You are going to be blessed with a life."
The woman's hand moved to the teen's stomach as she touched it gently. "The bones tell me that you were recently put through great pain…." Sokka tensed as he glared at her hand. "But I want you to realize how lucky you are to be blessed with this chance."
"Sokka, child, you are pregnant."
Only one thought went thought Sokka's mind at that moment.
If there was one thing science could prove, it would be that men can not have babies.
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They had been traveling for a few days before they ran into Bato. Sokka had been glad that he was able to see the older tribesman, it had been nice to talk about the past and he had really been angry at Aang for hiding the note from their father.
But he couldn't give up on the young monk yet.
Sokka rubbed his stomach as he walked ahead of Katara. They had just left Bato minutes ago and were going to return to Aang. In the brief moment of silence Sokka remembered the old lady's words.
There was no way he could be pregnant.
"Sokka, are you okay?" Katara smiled at her brother and Sokka smiled back.
"Yeah, sorry…I'm just hungry."
"You and food!" Katara laughed before they felt the ground rumble. Sokka stood in front of his sister before they saw a strange creature and even worse.
Prince Zuko.
The woman the prince was with was talking but Sokka didn't hear a word she said, instead he looked at the golden eyes he hadn't seen in almost a month.
"Next time I see you, I will attack you."
Sokka grabbed his sister's hand and he tried to get away before he felt a sharp pain in his side and his body went numb instantly. Sokka's first though was 'not again' but as he was swung across the saddle, Sokka found comfort in the way things were back to normal.
Nothing had changed.
Everything was really back to normal.
Zuko grabbed his limp body and dragged him over to the angry creature before he was tossed over so that he was beside Katara. The prince shouted at the woman and Sokka tried to grab his sister's hand but he really couldn't move a muscle.
Aang had been waiting for them at the monastery with the sisters and their perfume. Sokka groaned as he was finally able to get feeling in his limbs just as he watched Aang fight the prince. The perfume had been Sokka's idea, and the soon after that they were able to defeat the prince, his uncle, and the scary woman after he beast ran away.
Sokka sighed as he watched one of the sisters drag Zuko to a room before she left to go retrieve the other victims. The water tribe teen glanced around to see that Katara and Aang were still packing up Appa. He quickly made his way over to the room and poked his head in to see two golden eyes glaring at him.
"What do you want?" Zuko's voice was cold and harsh and Sokka couldn't help but shiver before he made his way into the room.
"I just thought I would come in here and tell you how proud I am." Sokka couldn't hide his sarcasm as he squatted down in front of the other teen. "You really keep your word about attacking us next time you saw me."
"What did you expect?" Zuko's voice was arrogant in every way and Sokka frowned.
"I…" Sokka's hand went reflexively to his stomach as he clenched his jaw. What had he been expecting?
"Did you get hurt?" The prince's question was almost unheard but Sokka's eyes widened as he looked at the paralyzed teen. Zuko's eyes were on Sokka's stomach.
"Sokka, child, you are pregnant."
"Oh dear god…" Sokka felt sick as Aunt Wu's words finally registered in his head. He was pregnant wasn't he….and if he was pregnant then that meant the kid was also…his head snapped back up to the other teen before he jumped back. "No way in hell!"
Sokka took a deep breath as he regarded Zuko. But aunt Wu was wrong right? There was no way a guy could be pregnant, not in a million years.
"Sokka?" Katara's voice called out from outside the room and Sokka flinched before he turned around and left the prince without explaining himself.
"We better head out to make up for lost time." Sokka stated as he climbed up Appa.
He needed some time to think.
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And that's chapter one!
I'm actually really nervous about the whole mpreg thing because this was my first mpreg story. Not only that but it is my first 'Avatar the Last Airbender' fic and I really hope I managed to get the characters right!
Reviews greatly appreciated!