Chapter three...DONE!! its pretty short though. Meh, oh well.

Katara's POV!

I dont own Avatar: the last airbender. I want some pizza!

Katara walked through the hallway searching for Zuko. She knew that it was a futile effort; he had been ignoring her for the last few days. Katara tried everything she could think of to get the prince's attention; calmly asking, sitting next to him at lunch, chasing him down, explosives… And every time he'd make some excuse to leave and then run out of the room. Heck all she had to do was sit down in the same room as him and he'd sprint away! And worst of all Iroh, the one person who could explain Zuko's strange action, was nowhere to be found.

Was it her? Did she smell bad or something? All she wanted to do was ask him to be her bending ball partner! It wasn't like she was confessing her undying love for him.

Katara laughed, "Undying love, I have to tell Sokka that one." She said to no one

A strange noise from a nearby closet shook her out of her thoughts. Katara cautiously walked to the closet and slowly opened the door. She screamed when a body fell out of the closet. Calming herself down she realized that it was Iroh, and he was still alive. He had been bound and gagged and shoved into a closet. Who would do such a thing?

"Iroh! Are you alright? Who did this to you?" Katara said helping the old man up.

"Thank you Miss Katara, it was quite stuffy in there," Iroh said dusting himself off. "I'm afraid my nephew did this to me, I think I went too far with the wedding cake…" He drifted off thinking.

"Wedding cake?…" Katara shook her head, "That's it," Katara stomped off to Zuko's room. "He's gone too far this time."

Iroh grabbed her sleeve, "No, no, I'm fine really. My nephew has been frustrated lately, you must understand. It was my fault," He led her off in the direction of the kitchen, "I'll make some tea, come keep an old man company," He waddled off with Katara in tow.

Katara sniffed the air, "How long have you been in that closet?"

Iroh didn't answer.

"So…" Katara started off slow. "Do you know what's wrong with Zuko lately? He's been acting weird."

Iroh hid a smile, "Weird?" He pretended not to know what she was talking about. "How weird?"

"Well, every time I try to talk to him, he runs out of the room with some excuse to find you or Aang, he avoids me at all times of the day, and he's completely ignoring the fact that I exist," Katara said with a huff, "Is it me? Do I annoy him or something?"

"You must understand my nephew is…" Iroh looked for the right word. "Shy, I guess you could say. Around female company at least."

Katara scoffed, "He wasn't "shy" when we first met,"

Iroh chuckled, "Yes, but now you've both come to meet on different grounds. He's so used to trying to kill all of you; he's not sure how to act anymore. He's at a very awkward point in his life, with everything happening to him at once."

Katara looked at her feet, "All of us know what you mean," She looked at Iroh, "that's why we want Zuko to play bending ball with us so we can become friends, but he runs away before I can ask him to be my partner."

Iroh's eyes widened. He remembered the little avatar wanting him to play that game with them, but he dismissed him saying he was too old. "You want him as your partner?"

Katara paused, "Well yea. Sokke refuses to play since he got hurt so I need a new partner. And until Zuko stops ignoring me, we can't play."

Iroh was silent for a moment. Then a candle went off in his head. "Don't worry, I'll speak to him for you. Now let's have that tea."

Katara smiled, "Thank you Iroh,"

Ho ho ho! What is Iroh planning?!

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