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"W-well princess…the captain is having his wounds t-tended to." A soldier said as he nervously met her gaze.

"You know that if you don't show her fear, she isn't so bad." Jet said from behind as he played with his piece of grass.

"Shut up." Azula glared over her shoulder at him.

"See, she's all bark and no bite." He snickered. She glared at the soldier.

"Then I want a new captain." She said in the calmest voice she could.

"Th-the F-F-Fire Lord…"

"I don't care about him find me a new captain or you will suffer." She smirked as the man ran off.

"You are quite the bitch." He sighed and looked over the water.

"I try." She walked to the side of him. "And it's your fault anyway."

"Maybe you should pick stronger captains…" He sighed and glanced at her. "You act like such a hard ass."

"Because I am." She looked away. She hated looking into his deep, brown eyes…she felt like he was reading her.

"You are a hard ass or you have…never mind. That one would be too easy. I want to talk to you."

"What about?"

"It's private."

"I don't want to be in a room alone with you."

"I was thinking the bedroom." He winked. "No, but seriously, I have a few questions." He saw her hesitate.

"Fine, hurry up before the captain gets here."

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"Remember when I told you about my dream?"

"Yeah, that's when I learned you were really crazy…" She looked at her nails in boredom. "Go on."

"I remember more faces…"

"That's nice…ask me if I care again."

"Look, will you help me or not?" He glared at her.

"What do I benefit from helping you?"

"Forget it." He stood up and walked out.

"Where do you think you're going?" She followed him and saw an older man.

"Princess, I am your new captain. Captain Jee." He introduced.

"Get this ship moving." She ordered and he obeyed.

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It was the middle of the night and Jet hadn't spoken to Azula since their argument. He knew she wanted to be kind…to accept him, but her ego was too large for that. He sighed and leaned over the railing.

"Couldn't sleep." He looked over his shoulder and smirked.

"Yeah…" He shrugged.

"Ask me." She leaned on the side of him.

"What?"

"You said you remembered something, so ask me."

"Will you listen?"

"I just said I would, moron." She rolled her eyes and smirked at him.

"Well…how about a Water Tribe girl? She has a blue dress and braid?"

"She travels with the Avatar…I'm not sure of her name, that isn't too important. The Avatar is the one with the arrow…they travel with a water tribe boy…I want to say he's her brother, and a blind earthbender."

"That's almost everyone…how about two kids? I see their faces a lot. One has a bow and arrow and the other has a dagger…"

"I've never seen them before…I don't think they travel with the Avatar."

"Do you think I did?"

"It is possible, but it doesn't matter now. That's who your going after."

"I thought…"

"Zuko is helping him…that's my brother."

"Oh…alright." He stood up. "Where do I sleep?"

"Your room is one door down from mine."

"Ah." He nodded. "Want to walk with me?"

"Why?" She cocked her eyebrow at him.

"Because I might get lost…" He blushed and looked to his feet. That was something he hadn't felt in a while…embarrassment.

"Come on." She walked ahead of him.

"Sure you just don't want me to share a room with you?"

"Will you look at me for a minute." He rolled his eyes and did as he was told. She brought back her hand and slapped him across the face. "Does that answer your question?"

"Bitch." He mumbled and paced ahead of her.

"See, its all fun and games until I outdo you." She smirked and he stopped walking. He raised his eyebrows at her.

"You outdid me?" He smirked and stepped closer to her. "You are very far from outdoing me Princess." He cornered her into a wall.

"Prove it." She challenged as she took a step forward, this time he took a step back.

"I don't need to prove anything." He rolled his eyes.

"Because you've got nothing to prove." She walked inside her own room.

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The next morning, he was up at the crack of dawn…surprised to find the ship already docked.

"Whats going on?" He asked one of the soldiers.

"Heh, what's it to you." He said cockily. Jet closed his eyes and took in a deep breath.

"You are to show respect to him." The princess walked up behind him as the soldier set down te ramp.

"Y-Yes, Princess." He bowed his head.

"Now apologize to Jet."

"Sorry, Jet." He glared and walked down.

"I said you need to calm down, not be a total pushover." She walked ahead of him and he smirked to himself.

"Why did we stop?"

"We're searching here…there have been some rumors and I don't want to go right by him."

"Right…" He walked alongside her and glanced around. "Watch out!" he jumped on top of her.

"What the…" A boulder swung by where her head just was. Jet stood up and she did the same. "They were waiting." She whispered. Another rock came and Jet used his sword to hit it aside.

"Where did your army go?" He shouted as he fought off the earth that was being thrown at him.

"I ordered them to go ahead of us!"

"Why didn't they attack them?"

"Either they just got here, too, or they recognized my ship and knew I would be coming." She carefully shot blue flames as Earth Kingdom soldiers appeared. She didn't want to hit the trees around them.

"Well, good one, genius!" there were about twenty around them, they had their backs pressed against each other as the fought them off.

He opened his eyes…his hands and ankles were bound as he was in the wooden chair. One of the lead Fire Nation soldiers appeard.

"Jet is your name…correct?" He refused to answer. "Very well…don't speak. We heard the rumors. You fought for the Earth Kingdom for a few months, but you are very strong." The man smirked. "Be grateful your life was spared, we don't do that very often."

"I don't need to be grateful for anything." He got a backhand.

"Yes, you do. You are only alive because your ability…I watched you just bring out half my army with your own physical strength…the Fire Nation has the best of everything…technology, power, money, and army. You will join us and accept it." He glared up but then looked to his feet. It was true the Fire Nation was stronger than the Earth Kingdom, and he could probably learn new tactics. Its not like he had anything against the Fire Nation…right?

"I fight for myself and nobody else, but I will represent the Fire Nation while doing so." He smirked.

"Good to hear."

"Jet!" A shout snapped him out of his daze. He realized the princess was no longer behind him, she was fighting about half the army on her own and he was subconsciously doing the same thing. He looked over his shoulder and a giant block of earth hit him in the face. He fell on his back…everything began moving…he got dizzy. If he would've paid attention. He saw Azula stand above him and fought off the soldiers that attacked.

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"You truly are an idiot." Was the first voice he heard when he opened his eyes.

"What happened?"

"My army came and easily took out the amateur earthbenders…why did you get so distracted?"

"I'm…I don't know." He felt his face throb with pain. She wrung out a cloth and wiped the blood that seeped from his cuts. "Did they get you?"

"Hah, you wish." She rolled her eyes.

"Where am I?"

"You're in my room. The doctors just checked you. Now I need to wait."

"Aw, you don't need to wait for me."

"Actually…I do. When we were fighting, I noticed they went after you a lot more than me…they knew you somehow."

"I think I fough with a few of them is all." He shrugged.

"Well, they either want you back or want you dead."

"Ah well, I'm too strong for them anyways."

"You're over-confident." She dabbed his face with the cloth again.

"You're over…manipulative." He said after some deep thought.

"So?" She stood up. "Don't do anything stupid, I'll be back." She walked out and he sighed. She was a piece of work.

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She walked back in as the sun went down. He was sitting up on the bed.

"Can I ask you something?"

"You seem to want to ask me a ot of things." She sat at the foot of the bed.

"Yeah…why are you afraid."

"I fear no one."

"Its not a person you fear, its an attachment."

"What are you talking about?"

"You don't want to have ties to anybody…"

"Two of my best friends betrayed me. I know better than anyone else that humans are lying and decieveing, if I get close to anyone and let them get to know me too well, it will only end in hurt for me. I feel no emotion, and when I do decide to start, it wont be hurt." She replied without second thought.

"Well, obviously they hurt you."

"No they didn't."

"Liar." She glared at him. "No risk, no reward, right?"

"What are you getting at?"

"You want to be able to trust me, but your mind wont let me."

"Once again, you don't know what you're talking about…you need sleep."

"But your bed is so much nicer than mine." He rolled on his side and propped his head up with his elbow.

"I know, that's why its my bed, now move." He pushed to the side and patted the spot on the side of him. "I said move."

"And I did."

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"You know, I thought the princess would totally hate that prick by now." A soldier sipped his sake as he and another guarded the hall.

"Ya know, maybe he isn't that bad…I mean, she isn't one for smooth-talkers, but he seems like a nice guy." The other said.

"Yeah…I guess." He shrugged. They saw a door swing open and blue fire hit the walls as the soldier they were just talking about dodged for his life.

"I said get out!" The princess shouted from her room.

"It was…just a joke!" He ducked, jumped, and rolled out of the way. He bolted for his own room and slammed the door shut.

"One, two…" The guard sighed.

"Three…" The other finished and they heard the fire princess's door slam about ten times louder than the other one. "Guess he isn't all that smooth." He said casually.

"Nope, just as bad as the rookies."

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Does Jet know how to push it or what? Please review! XD