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Chapter 3

As Zuko left his meditation room, he bumped into his uncle. "Oh, Prince Zuko," he said "I met the waterbender downstairs. She doesn't seem to like the conditions she is in." He told the annoyed prince.

"Uncle, she is no princess. And besides, I need to speak to you about her anyway." He answered. He told his uncle the dirty plans his men were making that involved Katara.

"Oh dear, Zuko, we must move Katara to a different room." His uncle answered.
"But, the only safe rooms are mine and yours uncle, and she can't stay with the men obviously, but the waterbender can't stay in there either..."

Iroh looked at Zuko. "Let's shift her to your room. Not only will she be safe, but you can keep an eye on her." He said.

"No, uncle, have you even thought about how she'll react? And besides, I am not sharing with a lowly water peasant like her." The banished prince answered back.

"Zuko, it is necessary, and anyway, you aren't in your room all the time, you were the one who captured her." Zuko sighed in anger and agreed to his uncle's idea.

After having persuaded his nephew, Iroh walked away to drink more tea. Zuko went to go and show the peasant her new room.

As he unlocked the door, he saw that Katara was sleeping with her head resting on the bed and her body on the floor. Zuko, without thinking twice walked over to the girl and pulled her up by her upper arm. Her eyes fluttered open in surprise and she scowled when she realised it was Zuko.

"What the hell! You could've awoken me up nicely. Sheesh you have damn anger issues Zuko." The annoyed waterbender shouted.

Zuko glared at her with his amber eyes. "First of all, peasant, it's Prince Zuko, second, I am your captor and I can do whatever I want. Now come with me."

He pulled Katara out of the cell and literally dragged her to his room. After having unlocked the four different locks on his large metal door, he pushed Katara inside.

"You will be staying here until the avatar comes." He said.

Katara stumbled into the large bedroom; it was way larger than the prison she was kept in before. The walls were made of metal, upon them hung large Fire Nation flags, the carpet was a crimson colour, on the other wall there was a door that probably led to a bathroom, and there was a medium sized window near it with a ledge that Katara could easily sit on.

On the opposite wall, there was a large desk and above it hung two swords and a scary looking blue coloured mask. Finally, on the fourth wall that was surrounded by all the other items, there was a large four poster bed, with red velvet curtains hanging around it.

"Why? I mean, is this your room?" Katara asked confused. She figured it was the prince's room because, well, who else would have such finery other than the leader of the ship?

Zuko smirked at Katara as he studied her face, as she gazed around at the room. "Yes, peasant, you will be staying with me in my room."

Katara glared at the prince, "Why?"

"Because peasant-"

"Stop calling me that! I have a name." Katara interrupted, annoyed at the stupid word.

"Shut up! I can call you whatever I want!"

"Katara, you can call me Katara." She answered, gritting her teeth angrily.

"There were men on my ship that were going to try and dishonour you." He said bluntly, as Katara's face paled slightly.

"My uncle suggested that seeing as you're the only female on this ship and that this is the only other room that is safer than a cell, that you should stay here."

"B-but! I don't want to share with you! I mean, you're the enemy, I shouldn't be sharing rooms with you!" Katara was annoyed, and angry. She didn't want to have to share with the prince of the fire nation.

Zuko gave Katara a glare, when he turned around; she stuck her tongue out at his back. "Angry Firehead." She muttered.

"What did you just say?" Zuko said turning back around.

"I said, Angry Firehead." She answered as courage came to her. She wasn't going to let a stupid prince make her fear him.

Zuko grabbed Katara's wrist and pushed her to the metal wall. Her eyes widened slightly but she stayed silent.

"You, peasant, must call me Prince Zuko, you are not allowed to call me any other name. Do. You. Understand." He shouted at her.

"No. You called me peasant, so I am going to call you an Angry Firehead." She answered back stubbornly.

Zuko brought his face closer to Katara as her eyes widened even more, "Ka. Ta. Ra." He whispered. "You are sharing this room with me whether you like it or not. Unless you want every one of my soldiers to rape you, you will stay here. I hate you, but that doesn't mean I am heartless." He released his anger upon the nearly seventeen year old girl.

He held Katara's wrists against the walls, nearly crushing them in his vice like grip. Katara glared at him angrily, as she willed herself not to cry out.

She could feel the room temperature increasing. It was getting hotter and hotter. Her wrists hurt and it felt like hours until he released her. She sighed in relief as she felt the temperature lowering. Zuko walked out in frustration locking the door behind him.

Katara walked over to the window ledge, she sat down and began gazing at the beautiful, sparkling sea. Katara didn't notice the salty tear that fell from her face...

MEANWHILE...

Zuko's uncle wasn't pleased with how this was going. He had always wanted his nephew to choose a girl. They travelled so much and met so many different females, but Zuko never payed them any attention.

Iroh found the young waterbender to be the perfect girl. She seemed sensible and had a fun side to her as well. He knew that if there was anyone who could bring Zuko upon the right path, it was Katara. She held the ability to love. An emotion that Zuko had lost long ago...

If Zuko married Katara, not only would it end the war and create peace between the different nations and elements, but it would restore the love that had melted away from Zuko's heart.

Iroh looked up as his nephew came and sat down at the table. He poured him some tea and asked him about the moving of the girl.

"Yes, she doesn't seem happy about sharing with me." Zuko looked at his uncle.

"She'll deal with it." He replied, Iroh wanted to ask his nephew about why he burnt Katara, but he decided against it, this wasn't the right time. His nephew respected women, he wouldn't hurt Katara badly.

"Anyway, Zuko, how old do you think Katara is?" he asked his eyes twinkling with laughter.

"Erm... why do you ask uncle?" asked Zuko. His uncle was the only one who he didn't get angry at often.

"Just... What do you think Zuko? How old is she?"

"I think she is probably Seventeen or maybe sixteen." Answered Zuko.

"Yes, Zuko, she is Sixteen, turning Seventeen soon. Don't you think you should also be giving more attention to females?" his uncle asked.

"Uncle! I do not care for marrying women and I will definitely not try to be nice to that peasant."

"But Zuko-" Iroh said

"No uncle. I do not wish to hear of this again. Is respect you uncle, but I am not going to even think of marriage until we are accepted into the Fire Nation." Zuko stormed off leaving his uncle on deck.

Iroh sighed but left the matter, he knew his nephew would maybe never fall for the beautiful girl with the blue eyes and tan skin...

Fate would write it's own story... Iroh would just have to see what happened...

I hope that chapter was okay, I didn't want to make it too long and confusing, so I just stayed with the one Zutara scene. Also, I apologise if any of the people seemed Out Of Character... I am actually quite new to writing fanfics so that's why, feel free to give any advice or feedback...

Thank you for the reviews on the last chapters...

Zutarafan1192: You are so sweet! Thank you for reviewing, I will definitely try my very best to update this story, and I swear I will stay dedicated to my readers. Also, just wondering... Did you check out my other story? I know it is very cheesy, but I wrote it when I was eleven lol. I hope you carry on supporting me throughout this story though. Thank you. Zutara1267 xx

Samhain Necropolis: Thank you for the feedback, I will definitely add a new paragraph every time a character speaks. I just didn't want it too seem too spread out. I also understand that my grammar may not be as good as other stories; I am just starting out, so maybe that's why... But anyway, thank you for your review and I will definitely use your advice. Oh, and I didn't get what you meant by Stockholm Syndrome... Could you please explain? Thanks

Guest: I am actually going to have Zuko unleash more of his anger over the next few chapters, but I am not going to have him get drunk and well you know... (I'm going to twist it a bit...) Also, I don't think I want a Heavy lemon for this story, I mean, I can't really write that sort of stuff, I'd just mess up. However, the idea was good I think I might use the idea for future chapters. I guess you'll just have to keep reading to find out! Also, don't worry; I will try to post at least one or two chapters per week. Thank you for reviewing.

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