My Fortune
A Zuko x Katara Oneshot
By: Evil Retasu-chan
(AN: I, like a few people, did NOT like episode fourteen, but I believe that 'powerful bender' meant Zuko, not Aang. Maybe it's just me and my high hopes for Zuko x Katara. Oh, well. Enjoy.)
It was cold that night, the full moon looming over a white bison flying across the dark sky. An airbender and Water Tribe warrior slept, not disturbing the blanket of silence filling the night. Katara held Appa's reigns tightly, Aunt Woo's words still on her mind. The one she would marry would be a powerful bender... That meant Aang, right? The Avatar was the most skilled bender in the world! But, a small voice in her head whispered that she did not want that as her fate. Why not? Deep down, you want someone else. Someone else... She didn't know any other benders! Well, maybe Haru, but he was too free, and didn't really seem to want to settle down until this war was over. Would it be over when the Fire Lord was defeated? There was still Zuko! Once he took the throne, who knows what will happen? Questions boggled her mind, when suddenly, one stood out among the rest. How did Zuko get that scar?
Prince Zuko of the Fire Nation. It was a title he should be proud of. Why did it make his left eye uncontrollably twitch when he said it out loud? Ever since that night he put on one of his uncle's many masks, he seemed to be questioning his loyalty to the Nation of his birth. The prince was outside, even though it was late, staring at the large black figure of a bison covering the moon. He would capture the Avatar, and give it to his father, if it was the last thing he did. To a father that doesn't love you, though you love him? A voice in his head forced to him. Zhao was right! If the Fire Lord truly loved you, he would have had you back, Avatar or no Avatar. No. He couldn't think that! His father loved him, he wanted to teach him respect! Your father can't love. He wouldn't know love or respect if it hit him in the face! Zuko kicked the air in anger, sending a blast of fire to some railing, making it moan as if in pain. The noise echoed through the still night, to the ears of a certain waterbender.
Katara stared at the black shadow of a ship as it broke the otherwise motionless water. How could she have not noticed that before? She was about to make Appa go higher, into a thicket of clouds, when she heard the sound of fire on metal again. Katara saw Zuko, blasting fire in many directions, as if in anger. What, couldn't wait until Appa landed? He must have a better reason than that. No one's that single minded. This is the Fire Nation we're talking about! They were the most single-minded beings in the world! You can't judge a book by it's cover, you of all people should know that. Katara watched him bend fire around the deck, pointlessly. Wait, bend? Aunt Woo's prediction... What? Ew, no! Not the prince of the... He can't help where he's from, can he? No, but... Remember what happened, at Roku's temple? Zhao called Zuko a traitor! Katara sighed, and finally took her eyes off ofZuko. He was a powerful bender. Maybe... "Maybe."