It had taken Sokka and Katara about half an hour to gather food. They walked back to camp where Aang was sleeping and the Earth King was hanging out with Basco the bear. Toph was the first to notice Sokka and Katara return to camp.
"Where have you guys been?" The young earthbender asked her two Water Tribe friends.
"Gathering food." Katara answered and Sokka started to eat some food. His sister glared at him, Sokka sighed and stopped eating. Toph was happy that food was finally found.
"Good! I'm starving!" Toph stated, almost yelling. Katara gave Toph a fruit and, after receiving the fruit, she went to wake up Aang. Sokka looked at his sister and Katara looked at her brother.
"Are you going to tell them?" Sokka quietly asked his sister and she thought for a moment.
"After we all eat." Katara replied just as quietly as her brother. Toph was trying to gently wake up Aang, but it wasn't going so well.
"Five more minutes..." Aang muttered in his sleep. That caused Toph to sigh, but she continued to try and wake the young Avatar up.
"So... Katara how are Aang's injuries doing?" Sokka asked his sister as she gave him a fruit.
"He's feeling better today and his injuries are getting better." Katara told her brother as she gave the Eath King a fruit. He smiled, a very happy smile.
"Thanks!" The Earth King happily said, he walked over to his bear to eat.
"You're welcome." Katara called after him then silently ate a piece of fruit. It took a whole 10 minutes before Aang was awake and eating a piece of fruit. Lets just say, Aang's wake up wasn't very nice. They ate in silence for about 15 minutes. When everyone was finished Katara decided to tell her friends the plan that was already sort of started.
"There's something I have to tell you..." Katara said and the other three weren't really paying attention. Sokka decided to try and get their attention. So, after doing something highly stupid, he got their attention.
"Everyone needs to hear!" Sokka stated, practically yelling. Everyone, besides the Earth King, was paying attention.
"What is it?" Toph and Aang asked in unison. Katara didn't know how they would take the news, so just decided to tell them.
"Zuko wants to be one of our allies." Katara informed them causing Toph and Aang to be confused.
"Zuko? Didn't you just say you hated him?" Toph asked, doing her best to hide her confusion.
"Yes, Zuko. I don't hate him!" Katara said right before she sighed. Sokka looked at his sister with confusion, "I'm just mad at him..." She finished and Aang got kind of mad.
"Katara, we can't trust Zuko!" Aang exclaimed and Katara looked at the ground. Toph got a little mad and decided to calmly say something.
"Zuko did this to Aang, how can you trust him after all he's done!" Toph exclaimed, not very calmly.
"Azula did that to Aang!" Katara argued, and she was obviously right.
"Why would he want to help us now, after he sided with Azula?" Toph asked, thinking that she knew Katara couldn't answer that.
"He wants to take down his father." She retorted and Sokka got angry.
"He's selfish, he just wants us so he can become the hero and become the fire lord!" Sokka exclaimed and Katara got very angry. The waterbender had come to a decision, even if her friends and brother didn't like it.
"Fine, if you won't help him then I will." She said and started to walk to Ba Sing Se, knowing that's where she needed to be. Sokka ran towards Katara, not wanting his little sister to go anywhere alone.
"Katara! Wait!" Sokka yelled as he ran in front of Katara, blocking her path and causing her to stop.
"What is it, Sokka?" She asked as calmly as she could.
"I promised dad I would protect you, so I'm coming too!" Sokka said and Katara hugged her brother.
"Me too!" Toph exclaimed as she stood up. Aang didn't like the idea and didn't trust Zuko for that matter.
"I don't trust him." The Avatar stated as he slowly stood up. Toph walked over to the airbender and knew that she could pull the Avatar card.
"You are the one who is supposed to be saving the world, don't you think you should help?" Toph asked and knew that Aang had no choice but to agree.
"Fine, I'll help..." He said after a moment and the two hugged. Katara smiled and knew that the two would probably get together in the future.
"Azula won't be expecting Aang, so I think that Sokka and I should go in first." Katara informed them, knowing that it was logical. They nodded their heads in agreement/
"Yes." Sokka said and Katara thought for a few moments.
"We should leave Appa here since he'll cause a lot of attention to us." Katara told them, and they knew that having a big fluffy monster would cause a lot of attention.
"Yes, you should leave now!" Toph exclaimed and Sokka turned to Katara.
"We'll see you guys in a few days" Katara told the group and the two started to walk off.
"Goodbye!" Toph, Aang, and the Earth King said in unison.
"Where are we meeting Zuko?" Sokka asked and Katara thought for a minute.
"I think that we should go back to that pond..." Katara said and Sokka nodded.
"Yeah let's go." Sokka said and the siblings walked back to the pond, leaving their friends and an earth king alone. It took them about half a hour to reach the pond again. They saw Zuko waiting there, as if he'd known that they would agree to the plan.
"Hi Zuko." Katara greeted and the prince looked at them.
"Hello Katara and Sokka." Zuko greeted and Sokka didn't trust Zuko, but put up with him just for the final battle.
"Hey..." Sokka said, trying to be polite.
"Sokka and I decided to come first." Katara stated and Zuko gave a small nod.
"I have a Fire Navy uniform that Sokka may wear so he that can blend in with me and my warriors." Zuko informed them and Katara looked at Sokka, knowing her brother wouldn't like that idea.
"Fine..." Sokka said, not at all liking the idea of having to wear a Fire Nation uniform.
"Come with me to my camp." Zuko said and Katara started to follow Zuko, but stopped as she noticed Sokka's reluctance. Her brother slowly followed the two to Zuko's camp. It took them about an hour to reach Zuko's camp. Sokka noticed that it wasn't very nice and sighed.
"I really want you to know that I am grateful for your support." Zuko told them and Katara nodded.
"Nice camp." Sokka said, sarcasm evident in his voice. That earned him to get slapped on his arm by his sister.
"Aang and Toph are going to come to Ba Sing Se in a few days since Azula won't be expecting them." Katara told Zuko and he slowly nodded in understanding.
"Azula is expecting me to be at Ba Sing Se in the morning, so we should start walking." Zuko told them and the siblings nodded in understanding.
"Ok..." Katara said after a few moments. Zuko gave Sokka a Fire Navy uniform and the young Water Tribe warrior walked away to change. Sokka was quite upset about having to wear a Fire Navy uniform, he could've cried. After a few minutes, Sokka walked back wearing the Fire Navy uniform and they set off for the long trip to Ba Sing Se.