Sangok! What could he possibly want? Why would he want to see Zuko and me? He and Zuko have no relationship and the last time I saw him we were engaged and I ran away! I walked closer into Zuko; he wrapped his arm around me.
"Kya, haven't seen you in a long time." He said with a smirk. There was something different about him. He wasn't that awkward little boy I remember, he seemed more…sinister.
"You're right, it has been a while." I said looking down.
"You two know each other!" Zuko exclaimed.
"Uhh…yeah, He's an old friend from the water tribe..." I said twisting the edge of my braid.
"We were engaged." Sangok said bluntly.
"Engaged!" Zuko looked down at me in disbelief. I nodded my head.
"So Kya, I heard you were in the Fire Nation but I never would have guessed you were with the new Fire Lord. You two are…" Sangok said slightly walking closer to us.
"We're engaged." Zuko said pulling me closer.
"Wow. Never would have thought the daughter of the chief of the Northern Water Tribe would be getting hitched to the Fire Lord, and by the looks of it expecting a child too!" He said this a little too happy. I placed a hand protectively on my stomach. "That could have been us Kya." He gave me a sinister look. "We could have been married with a family by now, but you had to run away!"
"Look." Zuko moved me behind him. "You came here for a reason, not to harass my wife, so state it or leave this palace." Zuko said, I could hear the anger raising his voice.
"She's not your wife yet!" Sangok snapped. Zuko almost lunged at him but I held him back. "Calm down, Fire Lord, I came here to deliver a message from Chief Arnook. Chief Arnook feels the Fire Nation wasn't properly…punished… after the war."
"What do you mean?" I said giving him a look.
"They killed people, took over towns! And what do they get? A new leader, a second chance! It's not fair! Kya," Sangok looked at me intently. "It's the Fire Nations fault that your sister is dead! You're about to marry a man from the nation who killed your sister!" My breathing became slightly labored as I felt tears brim my eyes.
"Excuse me please." I walked out of the room quickly, into the hallway. My back hit the wall and I slid down. I cried into my hands. This isn't happening. I never really thought about Yue's death like that, it is the Fire Nations fault! If they didn't kill the moon spirit, Yue wouldn't have had to sacrifice herself! But I'm part of the Fire Nation…Hell! I'm about to marry the leader of it! It's just confusing…
I felt an arm wrap around me. I looked up; Zuko was sitting next to me…
"Don't worry, He's gone."
I wiped the tears out of my eyes. "What did he say? What did my father want?" I asked while trying to get up. Zuko got up then helped me.
Zuko sighed. "He doesn't think the Fire Nation suffered in the war; all Sangok said is that he and Chief Arnook are going to change that?"
"What does that mean?" I asked kind of scared.
` "I don't know." Zuko said honestly. "But I told the armies to prepare of an attack." I groaned. We just ended a war and now my father wants to start another one! No, it's not going to happen. I have to man up. I know what I'm going to do. I walked as quickly as I could to our room, Zuko was closely behind me.
"Kya…I know that look... What are you thinking?" I walked up to the two guards posted in front of our room.
"Can you please go get Sokka; he should be in the Capital City, and quickly!" I said to one of them. "Can you start a boat? We leave in as soon as possible."
"Kya, what are you planning?" Zuko asked. I ignored him.
"Yes, Princess." They both said then left to go do their tasks.
I walked into the room and grabbed a random bag. I started throwing the necessary junk into it. While I was doing this Zuko grabbed me.
"Kya, listen to me. What are you doing?" Zuko asked sternly.
"I'm going to the Northern Water Tribe." I stated bluntly. I got out of his grip, and continued packing my bag.
"Are you insane? If you didn't hear me before, they just threatened to start a war with us!" Zuko snapped at me.
"That is exactly why I have to go! I promised Pakku I would lead that tribe, and I know I promised you I would wait till after the baby is born, but my people need me. And I'm not turning my back on them, not again."
"So what? You're just going to leave? We have to talk about this. You can't just go run a Tribe on almost the other side of the world and leave me here! In case you forgot, we're getting married! We're starting a family! You can't just move across the globe!" I turned around and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him gently.
"Zuko, I'm never going to leave you."
"Well, I can't move to the Northern Water Tribe!"
"Zuko, I have it all under control…" I gave him a reassuring smile. At least I hope I do…
A/N Hey guys, I'm sorry it's taking so long for the chapters to come out now. I'm in an acting company and its hell's week, for you performers out there you know how crazy it can be. So my show is in a week so by next week the chapters should be coming out fast. Thanks for reading R&R –Shay
