I landed on the rails of the ship. I caught my breath and turned around. Zuko was coming at me with full force. He whipped a trail of fire at my face which I blocked but when the steam lifted, he was in my face with a fire dagger to my throat. Both of us breathing hard he smirked.

"Looks like I won this one," He breathed.

I smiled and pressed a ice dagger to his stomach. "I don't know about that."

"Good! Excellent!" Iroh exclaimed from the other side of the deck.

The ice dagger melted from my hands and his fire dagger disappeared. He took a few steps back from me and put his hands on his thighs. I think we were both exhausted. I was sweating like a hippo cow who had just tried to run a few feet. I splashed my self with some water and then bent it out of my clothes, putting it back into the sea.

"That was great sparring you two! Come! You deserve some tea!" Iroh shouted waving us to come sit with him.

"You look a little hot Zuko," I grinned. "How about some nice cool water!" And I threw some water at him.

Iroh and I laughed as a soaking wet Zuko huffed. His huffed turned into anger and I thought he was going to yell at me. I stopped laughing. I looked down and waited for the yelling to start but it never came. Instead I heard... laughing? I looked up and saw Zuko laughing. He was actually laughing! I continued laughing. He evaporated the water off and we went to go sit down with Iroh. By that time, Zuko had stopped laughing but the smile was still on his face. Iroh looked at us and grinned.

"I'd say you too are getting a long very well."

Zuko and I blushed. I took a sip of my tea and cleared my throat.

"Look at you two! You are uncomfortable as can be!" Iroh laughed and then stopped. "Oh look!" He pointed to the side of my outfit.

"Oh," I muttered. There was a huge rip in the side of my clothes exposing part of my stomach and my hip. "That's embarrassing."

"Oh you know what this means!" Iroh got excited.

"No Uncle," Zuko grumbled shaking his head.

"We need to port anyway!" Iroh exclaimed. "And besides, what do you want her to do? She can't wear that around the ship!"

Well, he wasn't wrong. If only I had some thread and a needle. I really liked this outfit too.

"We are stopping at the next port!" Iroh shouted so that the crew members could hear.

"Just for a little while Uncle," Zuko stated. "We have to get going."

"I know, I know. We have to catch up to the avatar," Iroh mimicked. "For one day Zuko, can't you relax?"

Zuko huffed and got up from the table. He put his shirt back on and went inside the ship. Iroh sighed and took a sip of his tea. I looked out to sea. I wonder what the gang were doing right now. Probably getting lost. Yeah, lost. Sokka was probably arguing with Katara, saying that they weren't lost and that Nature Boy knew where he was. I smirked. Good old Sokka. Aang was probably having fun getting into mischief with Momo. As much as I actually liked the ship, I missed my friends.

The ship ported and Zuko, Iroh and I got off. Iroh led the way searching for a good clothing store. Most of them were water bender and earth bender clothes. I guess he was looking for Fire Nation clothing. Figures but I guess if I wanted to stay on that boat I at least should dress somewhat like them. Iroh smiled and walked into one of the stores. Zuko leaned against the shop outside.

"Not coming in?" I asked.

He shook his head. "He's going to take a while."

I shrugged and went into the store where Iroh put a bunch of clothes into my arms.

"Try these!" He smiled pushing me into the changing room and closing the door.

These were all Fire Nation clothes. I sighed and tried the first one on. This one had a red shawl that attached around the neck, a red corset type clothing that went past my hips, under it was a black, long sleeve dress and red pants with red wrappings. It was kind of uncomfortable and the shawl dug into my burn.

"Let me see!" Iroh shouted.

I sighed and walked out of the dressing room. Iroh thought for a second, walked around me and shook his head. Sending me back into the dressing room. I sighed and went back into the dressing room. The next outfit consisted of a red one shoulder crop top with 2 layers to the skirt. The outer layer was just red cut outs with black outlining. The second part was about knee length and red. The pants were black came just below my knees. I didn't feel comfortable in this one either. I walked out of the dressing room and turned red, coving my stomach that was exposed. Iroh shook his head and sent me back.

Alright, last one. There was a white jacket with a black outline that came just below my breasts. The short sleeved top was black with a red outline and when it hit my hips, it cut out into rectangles around my waist. The dress under it was black that came half way down my thighs. The pants were a dark red, almost black with just a tint of red, and white wrappings. I actually liked this one. It reminded me of water tribe clothes, just not the colors. I put my shoes on and came out of the dressing room.

"I like this one," I told Iroh looking down at the clothing again.

"Good cause I already bought it for you!" Iroh laughed. "I didn't like anything else so I had hoped you would like this one."

Iroh walked out of the store first and I lagged behind. I was kind of nervous. I didn't know why. Well, maybe it was the fact that Zuko was out there. What if he didn't like it? Wow, when did I care what a boy would think of my outfit? I shook my head, took a breath and walked out of the store.

"I love it," Iroh cheered.

Zuko eyes grew wide and he blushed. I smiled and looked down. I could feel myself getting hot. Iroh continued walking down the port looking into shops. I could tell why Zuko didn't like going into stores. He couldn't carry things for Iroh that way. We walked slowly behind Iroh who was like a kid in a candy shop. My hand brushed Zuko's. I made a little gasp and turned away, blushing furiously.

"Uncle, we should start heading back to the ship," Zuko mumbled. I could tell he was blushing as well.

Iroh sighed. "I couldn't find anything good anyway."

We headed back to the ship. My stomach growled. Damn, my stomach sounded like Sokka's. Thankfully, dinner was probably ready by the time we actually got back. I looked at the stores as we passed by. I really wanted a new Water Tribe outfit but this would have to do. Besides, it didn't actually look like a Fire Nation outfit. It could pass as a regular outfit I thought. One of the crew members met us outside the ship.

"Dinner is ready," He said bowing.

"Great! I'm starving!" Iroh exclaimed and led us inside.

As we passed Lieutenant Jee, he eyed my new outfit and smiled.

"You look very lovely in that outfit Anna," He smiled.

"Oh, thank you," I giggled.

I heard Zuko huff. Jealous Zuko was a funny Zuko. I giggled again. Well, if he didn't want the crew looking at me like that then he should be sweet to me in front of them. Give them the hint. Whatever. It wasn't my call. If he wanted to get angry and jealous then that was his prerogative. We sat down in our regular spots around the table. On the table, was fish and a bunch of rice. My favorite.

Iroh grabbed his food and started eating right away. I let Zuko take before me. I took what I wanted and we ate in silence, except for Iroh's approving sounds. I hummed as I ate. Today had been a good day. I had gotten new clothes, at breakfast this morning I saw Zuko drink tea for the first time since I've been on this ship, and we had a very good training session. Although my burn did still hurt from that first outfit I had tried on, I was happy. I was actually genuinely happy. I haven't thought about the gang at all actually. Usually I thought about what they were doing twice a day. Maybe even more if it was a slow or a bad day.

Of course Zuko finished first. He got up and left the room. I wonder what was wrong? Usually he would stay with us and listen to our stories after. Well, I guess it didn't matter. He didn't have to stay. He might just be preoccupied.

"That was delicious," Iroh sighed pushing his plate away.

"It was," I agreed finishing my plate.

"Did you have any friend in the Fire Nation?" He asked continuing our conversation from last night.

"No. My father didn't really let me out of the house. He was embarrassed for producing a non-fire bender. He did't have any other kids so he felt shamed," I muttered sipping the rest of my tea. "I didn't stay long enough in the Fire Nation anyway to have really great friends. Besides, I got along by myself."

We talked for another few minutes until we both agreed it was time to get some rest. I left right after but instead of going to my room, I went to the deck. It was nice out. The moon was up and there were no clouds in sight. I breathed in the fresh air and went to the bow of the deck. I put my hands on the rails and stared up at the moon. In just a few weeks, the moon will be full. That's when I felt the most powerful. Well, I guess all water benders did and not just me. I giggled at myself. I looked down at the sea. It sparkled in the reflection of the moonlight.

"Nice night."

Oh!" Scared I whipped around to see Zuko looking up at the moon. "Zuko, you scared me."

"I didn't mean to," He mumbled coming over to the rail.

"But it is a nice night," I sighed and looked up at the moon again. "I never had time to look up at the moon living in the Fire Nation. It was only traveling with the nomads that I started paying attention to it. I guess it's in my blood to love the moon but how can you not? Just look at how beautiful everything is," I stopped. I was going off on a rampage. "I guess it doesn't matter to you huh?" I rubbed the back of my head.

"No, I admire the moon," Zuko replied now looking at me.

I blushed and again, looked up at the moon. Was this actually happening? I had so many weird emotions and thoughts running through my mind. I was falling for him but what happened if this was a trap? What happens if this was a ploy to get to Aang? But what happens if this was the real deal? Well, I'll never find out if I don't try it right?

Zuko cleared his throat, breaking my thoughts. I blushed and looked down at my feet. Come on, just do it already.

He held my chin up with one hand, took my left hand with his right. His eyes were soft as were his lips.