Katara sat silently with the two infamous fire benders sipping tea and listening to the conversation intently.
"So, Iroh asked ...are you and Zuko a love match or what?" Pftffft Katara and Zuko both spit there hot jasmine tea on the floor and yelled in unison " WHAT?" ."No uncle I could never love a worthless water tribe girl like her!"
Katara was taken back by this statement and ran to the door and out of the room. Her face drenched in tears she ran as fast as she could She came to the outer deck of the ship and was looking at the soft sea floating below the large ship when a solom hand reached out and touched her shoulder."Zuko" she exclaimed
She wanted, hoped and prayed- for it to be Zuko saying he was sorry but it was only his uncle."Sorry" he said "Not Zuko"
"Sit down we need to talk" he said im a calm gentle voice.
"ok" Katara said in a sniffle. "I can tell you have feelings for Zuko by the way you froze up after he made that comment." Iroh conitinued " He had no right saying that , even if he doesnt have feelings for you, you have to undersatnd Miss Katara my nephew is so afraid of the real world he shys away from it." Katara wiped the tears from her eyes and straightened her dress. She stood up and once again stared at the passing water at the side of the navy ship. "I dont want to love him" she said silently and too herself
" I cant" When she was calm she returned to the inner part of the ship. Iroh was already gone and she made the long walk back to Prince Zuko's room and was releived to find that she was alone.
There was a note on the bed. Important meeting be back later dont wait up. The last thing angered Katara was about to do was lie awake waiting for the man who call her a worthless water tribe girl. So she ran her self a hot bath and relaxed.
Katara wasnt even washing just relaxing in the tub and bending the water through her long silky hair when she herd a noise. It was Zuko so she kept quiet. Then she heard him mutter something and leave slamming the door so she finished her bath. She got out and grabbed two towels. She wrapped one around her body and the other around her hair.She didnt care much about Zuko's opinon any more so she crawled into his huge master bed. She almost instantly dosed off to sleep. She was awoken no more than half an hour later to a loud slamming of a door. Katara opened her eyes to see a very angry Zuko. She sat up completly forgetting that she was in her bath towel and stood next to the bed staring at her feet . She could already sense the anger in Zuko's eyes metaphorically gruning holes in her head as he as he started towards her. She alomst back up but she new better but decided against it as it would probably just further anger him.
"Where the hell have you been?" he questioned Katara made no response " ANWSER ME!" he demanded. "I was in the bath" She said so quietly she couldnt hear her self speak. "Where?!?" he boom as he grabbed her small wrists which easily fit in his her body was now drawn so close to his that she could've sworn he lessened his grip. Katara was frightened by this point. His grip was so strong she could feel him cutting off the circulation.
" I was washing up in the bathroom" she stated once again. Embarassed by his overactive imaginative temper Zuko slowly backed off. "We thought you had escaped" he said and turned , walked into the bath room to change Katara took of the two fluffy towels put on her night clothes and quickly slid into her her bed. She rolled over so she was facing the wall away from Zuko's bed
When Zuko got into bed he turned out the light. Katara closed her eyes then the light came back on for a split second. "Sorry about...you know" Zuko said quickly and turned the light out again. Katara felt a little better but not completly but she decided to sleep on it. The morning came all to soon because Zuko informed Katara that there was a battle going on , on deck but she was still ticked at him and didnt hear who the battle was with.
He ordered her to stay below. Whether it was for her safety or so she didnt escpae she didnt know and she didnt careSo she peered out the window and reconized a big furry flying Bison with a bright blue arrow on it head " APPA!" she said allowed realizing she had screamed she ducked down not wanting to be seen.
Katara left the room and snuck outside to the battle. When Zuko saw her he said" Katara help us fight" Disregarding her feelings Katara ran up to her brother and her friends and began fighting. Being on the ocean was to her advantage. She was side by side with Sokka seeing the realeived expression on his face made her smile. She shot water bend after water bend at the fire navy. She couldnt bring her self to aim at Zuko but just as she was aiming for Zuko she grabbed her side and with a couple short breaths fell to the ship's floor and was re- captured.
Aang , Sokka and Toph's point of veiw.
"NO" Sokka cried wtih anger. " I've let it happen again!" he sighed. "dont worry Sokka its not like she wanted to be captured we did all we could, the best we can do it to follor Zuko's ship"
Aang reasurred everybody Sokka kept beating him self up for not listening to Katara's dream rant ...it killed him every day
Toph added in" I really miss her too Sokka , without Katara im just one of you guys"
"Beleive it or not she showed me how to be a woman and i kinda miss that" Toph said bodly
"Huhhh" Aang and Sokka said together and their jaws dropped
After the mini Battle Katara was admitted to the ship's infirmary .
"Wh- what happened?" Katara asked wearly as she sat up in her hospital bed.
"You had a panic attack and collasped" One of the healers explained.
The one thing Katara hated about that place was that you couldnt be fully dressed.Just as Katara was stretching her muscles the healer came around the corner " I'll be right back Miss Katara" He said in a soft voice that comforted Katara. She got up to loook around and someone walked into the door she didnt notice and being the only one in the room didnt bother to put any clothes over her under clothes. Besided the healer had already seen her naked to heal her so what was the big deal.
The big deal...Katara was no longer the only being in the infirmary
Sorry, Zuko is kinda mean in this chapter. reveiw and critisizm is apreciated
