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Ratted M for: Strong langue including sexual dialogue, strong sexual content including rape, and graphic violence.

Chapter One:Friendship & Love

Katara turned her shower off. She stepped out of it and onto a mat. She grabbed a towel from the towel rack and dried off. After she finished she wrapped the towel around her breast and tied it into a knot. She then opened the door of the bathroom to her bedroom. She took the remote to her television off her nightstand next to her bed and pointed it at the TV, clicking it she turned it on. She thumbed through the channels until she found the local news.

Shrugging her shoulders she sat the remote back down on the night stand. She then walked over and sat in front of a mirror. Picking up a brush she began to run it through her hair. She glanced at the TV as the commercial cut off and went back to the news.

"The crime rate in the city still seems to be on the rise. Everything from drug dealing and prostitution to murder. Experts say that a man called the Fire Lord has taken everything over. The Fire Lord has left everyone in charge but takes a cut from everyone and everything that happens. The Miami City Police have been working their best to stop the violence and constant crime. Chief of Police Iroh Jacobs as issued a special team to try to cut down on the crime." Katara listened to the woman on the screen talk. She shook her head and looked back at herself in the mirror. "What the fuck is happening to this city?" she asked herself.

Standing up she took her towel off and walked over to her dresser. She opened it and looked into the drawers. Suddenly her door swung open. Jumping and cover her exposed body she looked as Toph walked in. Sighing in relief she looked at her blind friend as she made her way to Katara's bed.

"You know you can knock next time damn it" Katara said as she turned back to her dresser.

"I could but I thought the hell with it I'm just going to come in. Plus I can't see shit" Toph said with a smile. "So dinner at Sokka's and I'm guessing Zuko will be there too."

When Katara heard his name her heart fluttered. She hadn't seen him since the party. She thought to herself about the tidal pool again. She closed her eyes and started picturing his face. The first thing she saw was the scar. To her that scar was the most attractive thing about him…well aside from his whole body.

She picked through her underwear drawer. She finally found something seductive. She wasn't planning on sleeping with Zuko just yet. Just screw with his head. She put on a light lace green thong with a matching bra. She then picked up a black mini skirt and a dark blue top. She then turned and looked at Toph.

"Don't even ask lets just get to Sokka's I'm hungry" Toph said getting up.

"You do know Suki ain't cooking right Sokka is" Katara said as she slipped on high heals and led the way to her car. She glanced back at Toph with a smile.

"Right lets stop at Taco Bell first" Toph said as she closed the door behind her.

Katara and Toph stopped in front of Sokka's house. When Katara stopped the car she looked to see a Dodge Viper parked in the driveway. The other vehicle parked by the viper was a Ford Tarsus. Katara had no idea who it belonged to. Closing the door to her car she got out and waited until Toph was by her side. The two of them walked up to the house.

As she opened the door she heard people talking and laughing in the living room. Setting her purse down on the table next to the door she looked as Toph walked into the living room. She turned and looked as Sokka walked out of the kitchen. She smiled and looked at him as she hugged him and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"What the hell? Both you and Zuko dressed up like we're going clubbing tonight" Sokka said looking at his sister.

"Where is Zuko?" She said looking around.

"He's in the kitchen" Sokka pointed behind him as he walked past her to the living room.

Katara looked at the kitchen. Slowly she walked towards the doorway that led to the kitchen. Peering in her breath was taken away. Zuko stood looking out the window in the kitchen as he drank a beer. He wore a red silk shirt with gold thread along the collar and the hems of the shirt. There was a design of a Chinese dragon wrapped around it. He wore a pair of black pants that completed the outfit. He lifted his head and picked up the scent of lavender. Turning slowly her heart jumped as she saw that the top half of his shirt was undone.

Zuko's jaw dropped when he saw Katara. He was stun by her beauty. He took a few steps towards her. Quickly she closed the gap between them. She jumped at him and wrapped her arms around him. He stroked her silk hair and looked down at her. She looked back up at him and without caring that anyone would walk in she slapped her lips to his.

Pushing her against the wall Zuko moved his tongue around inside of her mouth. He pined her against the wall and held her tight and still. She lifted her right leg and wrapped it around his waist. She pushed her hips up against his erection that she could feel. She was doing what she wanted mess with his head. She softly bit his lower lip and pulled back and looked at him with a smile.

"You do realize we cook in here right?" Suki said from behind them.

They both jumped at the sound of her voice and straitened themselves up. Both of them were blushing from the embracement of getting caught. Suki walked up and looked at them both. Glancing back out into the hallway she could hear Sokka getting closer. She looked at them and whispered something in Katara's ear. She grabbed Zuko by the hand and led him the way Suki had came from.

"What did she say?" Zuko asked as Katara led him up the steps.

"They have a balcony on the second floor that we can chill on" She said looking back at him with a seductive smile.

They found the balcony. Zuko took a seat on the bench as Katara took a seat right next to him. He knew what she was trying to do so he knew what to do. He took his arm and put it around her. Both of them looked out across the Everglades as the sun was setting. The orange, red, and purple colors of the sunset blended together like oil paints on a canvas.

He looked down at her with a smile. "I have something I have to tell you."

Lifting her head off his chest she looked at him. "I do too."

"You first" Zuko said with a smile.

"I've fallen in love with you" Katara admitted looking at him.

Zuko smirked and looked at her. He reached up and stroked her cheek lightly. Leaning in he kissed her softly and ran his fingers through her hair. "That's funny" He finally said.

"What?" she said looking at him confused.

"That's what I was going to say to you" Zuko said looking at her.

She smiled and pulled him closer and kissed him. She then nuzzled her head into his neck and rested there. They both looked as the stars started to appear in the sky. They then heard Sokka calling for them. Both of them walked down the steps with interlaced fingers and looked as Sokka sat the food out.

They looked as another man walked up. He had a shaved head and a narrow face. He was thin but still had some muscle to him. He had a scar on his left side of his arm looking at it they could tell it was a bullet scar. Above the scar he had a tattoo. The tattoo was of a eagle and it looked like it was landing on the scar.

"Katara this is Aang he served with me in Iraq" Sokka said and watched as Aang and his sister shook hands.

Everyone took their seat at the table. Zuko and Katara took a seat next to each other and looked at the food. Sitting before them was home made loaded backed potatoes. Laying on a platter in front of them was a large pot roast laying on a bed of carrots. Everyone dug in and ate. They ate and talked after they were done the three girls did the dishes while the guys went into the living room and watched the baseball game.

After the girls were done they walked in to join the guys. Toph took a seat next to Aang as Suki sat next to Sokka. Katara walked over to Zuko and sat down next to him and rested her head on him. With out him seeing she took his phone and put her number in it. She looked up at him with a smile.

The game was finally over around midnight. Aang and Toph had fallen asleep on Sokka's couch. Suki and Sokka had went to their bed room. Zuko looked at Katara with a smile. She looked back up at him as he got up off the love seat. He looked back down at her. She climbed up and stood looking at him.

"I'm going to go home I've got to be at work in the A.M" Zuko said looking at her.

"Wait don't you and Sokka work together" Katara said looking at him.

"Yeah" he said.

"Well they got a guest bedroom" Katara said with a smile.

Katara kissed him. He kissed her back. Slowly they both walked through the hallway together in the direction of the guest bedroom. Kissing and tugging on each other's clothes as they worked towards the back bedroom. They tugged and moved slowly through the hall as they savored the moment of their excite. Katara found the door knob to the guest bedroom. She twisted the knob and opened the door.

The door opened as they walked in. Closing the door behind him Zuko laid her down on the bed. He climbed on top of her and kept kissing her and working his lips to her neck. She tugged at his belt and worked on it. With in minuets both of them were fully nude in the bed. She looked down at his erection. She smiled and looked back into his eyes.

He moved down and kissed her as his hand worked its way down to her clit. She began to moan quietly. He worked his lips softly down her body taking his time to kiss each of her perky and firm breast. He lightly bit both of her nipples as he moved further south. He finally worked his way to her wetness. Moving his tongue around he could feel her body convulse and twitch with each flick of his tongue. He then slowly moved back up her body.

She moved her hand down Zuko's abs and returned the touch to his shaft. Moving her hand back and forth he returned the moan. She guided him into her. As soon as she felt him enter she lightly bit into his bicep to quiet her shriek of pleasure and pain.

He began to go back and forth. Slow at first then faster. Zuko buried his head next to her neck as he kept going. He looked down at her as he leaned back. He could feel the climax coming. Katara felt the fire suddenly appear inside of her. She looked at him as they both tried their best to suppress their moans. Zuko fell on his side next to her. She pulled the covers over them both and snuggled closer to him.

"I love you" Zuko whispered into her ear.

"I love you too" Katara whispered with a smile to herself.

She moved her hands softly across his chest. Damn wasn't planning on sleeping with him yet she thought to herself. She felt as his right arm wrapped around her left shoulder. She could feel the warmth of his body on hers. That was the best she has ever felt in a long time. She rested her head on his shoulder and just laid there. She felt her hand rise slowly then descend with every breath he took. It wasn't long before both of them were asleep.

"So Zuko you and my sister seem to be getting along…very well" Sokka said as he changed the oil in a car.

Zuko and Sokka both owned a garage together. The name of it was the Fire and Ice garage. They had just took Aang on as a third worker. He had been having a hard time finding a job after he had gotten back. Sokka and Zuko both agreed to let him work at the shop.

Zuko looked at Sokka as he turned his hat around and looked into the engine of a car. Sokka looked at him with a serious face. Slowly Sokka's face turned into a smile.

"Yeah sorry buddy I didn't tell you but I've fallen for you sister" Zuko said as he turned up the radio in the shop. Most days it was an argument about what to listen to. Today Zuko had won and got to listen to rock. There was one thing all three of them agreed on they hated rap music and oldies.

Sokka smiled and walked over to him. Slapping a grimy hand on Zuko's back he smiled. "I wouldn't trust any other man with my sister. Oh and I know ya'll had sex in my guest bed last night."

Zuko flinched when he heard Sokka say that. He was now terrified of what Sokka would do. He looked over at him as he walked over to Aang who was working with a cutting torch. He watched as Sokka took the torch from Aang and looked it over. Sokka then turned and looked at Zuko and gave him a devilish smile. The look on Sokka's face made him want to run away as fast as his legs could carry him.

"I'm just fucking with you dude. It's cool she's a grown ass woman she can make her own decisions" Sokka said with a laugh as he handed the torch back to Aang. Sokka walked back over to Zuko and as he did his playful smile and tone went away. He looked Zuko right square in the eyes. "Just know this if you break her heart…I'll break your neck. Got it?"

"Got it" Zuko said looking at him.

"Oh and I'll be sending you the bill for the dry cleaning of those blankest and sheets" Sokka said as he walked back over to the car he was working on.

"Why?" Zuko said looking back at him.

"Because I don't want my sister's and best friend's sex stains all over that bed. I'll call you two the day before my mother in-law comes then it's ok" Sokka said with a hearty laugh

"Smart ass" Zuko muttered to himself. He thought about what Sokka just said Mother in-law Zuko thought to himself. As he stood up to stretch he looked over at Sokka. "Mother in-law?" He questioned him.

"Yeah I'm going to ask Suki to marry me this Saturday" Sokka said with a wide grin.

The work day dragged on for them. When they were done they said their good byes and went to their homes. Zuko lived down the road from their shop so he walked to work everyday. He stopped at the pet shop just two buildings down from his house. He walked in and walked up to the counter.

"What can I get you?" The man behind the counter asked him.

"Two feeder mice" Zuko said looking at him.

"Ahh Koi and Hei Bai need fed again" The man said looking at him.

Zuko nodded and gave the man his money and walked out. Before Katara came into his life Zuko had two passions. One was snakes he loved snakes. He loved them so much he had two that he had caught and kept in two different aquariums. One was the very deadly eastern coral snake. It had a neurotoxin venom that if Zuko wasn't careful handling it, it would kill him by shutting down his nervous system. He chose to name that one Koi. The second snake was a similar looking milk snake. Both had similar patterns but he knew the difference easily. He had named that snake Hei Bai.

Zuko's second passion was guns. Being a rich kid growing up and being good with his money he could afford to own the twenty guns that he did own. He collected many of them and took them out to the range frequently. He loved them and had fun with them. He took care of them and maintained them very well like an expert would. He had kept his collection hidden in a secret room in the back of his closet. He had a lot mostly hunting weapons. Ten of them were for hunting as Zuko loved to be in the outdoors. Seven of them were assault weapons. Three of them were shotguns and the other four were rifles. The final three were pistols. Two of them were semi auto pistols and the last one was a revolver. All three of them were high caliber.

Zuko walked home and when he opened the door and walked in. He looked to see two older men sitting at a table playing pai sho. They both drank tea as they played.

The first one had a grey beard that connected to his hair. He had a gut on him but that was very deceiving. Zuko knew better then to piss the man off. He had a pair of reading glasses rested on the bridge of his nose. He looked at the board and tried to calculate his next move. He looked over the his glasses at the man in front of him.

The second man looked at him. The second man was thin and tall he had a mad scientist hair style. He resembled Christopher Lloyd from Back To The Future. He smiled at the other man in front of him. He reveled a crooked smile he looked him then back up at Zuko as he looked walked up to the table.

"How was work Zuko" The first man said.

"It was good Uncle Iroh. How was you day?" Zuko asked as he walked to the refrigerator and took out a soda.

"More crime everyday" Iroh said looking at the board. "Its been so hard being the Chief of police and the second in command. Isn't that right Bumi."

"Oh yes it's a total shit fest down at the station" Bumi said as he made a move.

"Great" Zuko said with a sarcastic tone "well I'm going to get ready I have a date with in two hours."

Zuko walked into his room and got a shower. He dressed in another nice silk shirt he had. This one was blue and it had a tiger on the back of it. He looked in the mirror and sprayed on some cologne and styled his hair. He looked at himself and was satisfied with his looks. His head had been filled with the icy blues, tan skin, and chocolate hair of Katara. After last night he knew he was truly in love with her. He smiled and looked at his phone and the picture of her as the background.

There was a knock at his door. He walked over to the door and opened it. He looked to see a beautiful woman in her forties looking at him. He long black hair rested lightly against her creamy colored skin just right. She was as tall as Zuko and looked just like him. She wore a dress and looked that was black and red with flowers on it.

"Mom" Zuko said wrapping her in a hug.

"Hello Zuko" she said with a soft voice.

"What are you doing here?" He asked looking at her.

"What a mother can't stop in to visit her son" Ursa said looking at him.

He smiled and walked down the steps with her. Both of them walked out of the house and walked down the street. Zuko got a monthly visit from his mom. She besides his uncle were the only members of his family that still treated him like family. They walked down to a convince store and walked in. they talked and laughed as they walked in. The clerk behind the counter looked at them and then went back to his paper he was reading.

Sitting in a car across the street three men watched the convince store. The man in the driver's seat lit up a smoke and then took a pair of binoculars off the dashboard of the car. His hair was a shaggy dark brown that hung loosely on his head. His eyes were a matching brown color. He wore loose fitting jeans and a white long sleeved shirt. He was built like a track runner. Thin body with muscular legs. He held the smoke in his mouth and still watched the store.

"What the fuck we waiting on man? Lets do this" The man in the passenger seat said impatiently. He had a cleanly bald head with flames tattooed across the top of it. He was extremely muscular compared to the driver. His grey eyes darted around as he looked down the street and in the side mirror for anyone coming. He gripped a sawed off pump shotgun tightly as it laid across his lap. He looked over at the driver who still watched the store.

"Patience my friend" The driver said in a smooth and seductive voice. The second man watched as he blew out smoke and looked at a picture.

"Yeah I thought we were going to be hitting this store by now. If I had known it would have taken this long I would have gotten some pussy before I met up with you" The third man chimed in from the back seat. He had a thick Jamaican accent. He was thin very thin, he was a druggie and a gang leader. He had a tattoo on the side of his neck that read "Live in the flames, Die with the flames". His hair was in matted dreadlocks and was clinging together. He looked nervous as his dark eyes darted around the car. He looked up at the other two in the front seat. He like the passenger held a sawed off shotgun.

"You two are along to help it look like that. I don't care what you do to the clerk. I've been contracted by the Fire Lord to kill the woman" The man said looking at the other two men.

"You never told us that" the passenger said looking at him.

"Just do this and both the Kyoshi Warriors and the Hot Men will be under the protection of the Fire Lord. He needs more street gangs under his belt if he wants to control this city. He already had the drug lords and the gun runners he just needs street gangs" The man in the front seat explained as he took out a pistol from a hidden compartment. He attached a silencer to it. He knew it wouldn't make a difference with it on the gun. His two partners both carried shotguns and that alone would wake up half of the neighborhood. He only liked the silencer for one reason it stabilized the gun better.

He looked over at the other men as he pulled up a bandanna around his face up to his nose. He watched as the other two did the same. He cocked his pistol as the other two racked shells into the chambers of their shotguns. "Ready?"

"Hell yeah motherfucker" The man in the back said.

"One rule don't kill or hurt the guy with the woman. Fire Lord's orders" The leader said. He looked at them as they nodded in understanding of what he just said. With that the three of them climbed out of the car. The leader looked at them as they walked up next to him. He looked at them as they started across the street.

Zuko looked at his watch and saw he had an hour to meet Katara for dinner. He walked over to his mother who was reading a celebrity gossip magazine. He shook his head and laughed as she got it and started towards the counter. Suddenly he looked up as two men wielding sawed off shotguns stormed in and fired their guns into the ceiling of the store. He looked as a third walked in with a pistol in hand.

Zuko moved his mother behind him and stood in-between her and the man with the pistol who was ignoring the action at the counter and was walking towards them. Zuko glanced at the counter as the two men with shotguns were yelling at the man to give them the money in the cash register and in the floor safe. He looked back at the third man who had stopped just feet away from him. He looked the man over taking in the details of the man's hair and eyes. He could tell this man had done this before. He could tell just by looking at him he was a contract killer and not a thug like the other two were.

"Move" The man in front of Zuko said.

Zuko could see the man's eyes were locked onto his mother behind him. He glanced back at her. He then looked back at the man in front of him. "No" he said in a defensive tone.

The man looked at him. Zuko could tell the man was reading him over. With out warning Zuko felt the butt of the pistol smack him across the face knocking him to the ground. He slid across the floor and smacked into the counter. He looked up in horror. Almost as in slow motion he watched as the man brought his pistol back to face Ursa. Zuko tried to move quickly but couldn't get a good footing on the tile floor.

THUMP.

Zuko heard the silenced gun fire and watched as his mother fell to the white floor. He could see the man shot her in the chest. He scrambled across the floor to her and when he got to her he cradled her in his lap. He heard another shot as one of the men with shotguns shot the clerk dead. He took in every detail of each of them. He couldn't see their faces too well but he could see their tattoos and hair. He memorized every detail. He watched as all three of the gunmen ran out of the store and jumped into a car across the street. He watched as the car raced away from the store at high speeds.

"Zuko" Ursa wheezed as she clung to life.

"It's going to be ok mother I'm going to call Uncle Iroh for help" Zuko said as he reached for his cell phone. Tears began to form in the corners of his eyes. He could feel them begin to race down the side of his face.

"No Zuko it won't be I already know I'm dead. Stay strong my son. Be yourself no matter what. Always remember that Zuko my love" she said with a smile as blood began to pool around them on the white floor.

"Don't say that mother. Please mom don't say that" he said as tears began to pour from his eyes and drip down to his mother.

"Zuko…I…Love…you" she said very weakly. The last words she would ever utter to him slipped slowly from he lips.

Zuko watched as his mother exhaled her last breath. His blue silk shirt was now a purple color from his mother's blood and the dyes of the shirt mixing. Like a little child he began to shake her. "Mom" he said as he rocked her. "MOM" he screamed at her. No matter how much he shook her she wasn't going to wake up from her eternal slumber. He sobbed and cried as he lifted her head up to his chest to hug her. He clenched his fist and raised his head up to the ceiling and let out a primal roar. A roar that could be heard down the street as it echoed through the building. At that exact moment something was born within him.