Je tai présente chapitre six! English: I present chapter six!

Disclaimer: Bryke are mean and won't give me ATLA

Chapter Six: Answers

"Hey Sweetness." Toph greeted as she entered into Katara's spotless room. The chestnut haired waterbender sat on her bed. "Hi Toph. What's up?"

Toph was curious about what was going on with her and Zuko. One minute she's plotting against him the next they're best friends. Toph wanted answers and she needed them now.

"What's going on between you and Sparky?" she asked straightforward without any hesitation.

Katara raised an eyebrow in question. "What do you mean? Nothing is going between me and the jerkbender." Toph knew she was lying but at the same time she wasn't. Her heart rate didn't speed up, there weren't any fluctuations in body movements, and she didn't seem uncomfortable like she always did when she lied.

"I have I a hard time believing you."

"It's the truth." She defended crossing her arms over her chest. "I hate him and he tries to earn my forgiveness. Nothing out of the ordinary."

"Oh really? Then why were you too acting so friendly towards each other last night at dinner?" The earthbender pressed on coming closer to Katara's bed hoping it would make her nervous.

"It was a test. Step one in my four step plan: How to Make Zuko Admit to Being Evil. He failed passed though."

"What do you mean by 'he passed'?"

"If he passes –which he did- it means he didn't show any hostility towards me, and if he fails that mean he does show at least a little hostility. He is good, but not good enough to fool me."

Toph gave her a questioning look. She was again starting to question her friend's sanity. "Are you sure your okay Sugar Queen?

"I'm fine Toph. You don't need to worry about Me." she said reassuringly with a smile. The blind earthbender still wasn't convinced but left it alone.

"Okay. But I'm still curious about why you hate Zuko."

"You already know the answer to that. He chased us around the world for months and tried to capture Aang."

"Yes, I know but there's more to the story. If there wasn't then you two would be friends like we all are and we wouldn't have to listen to your constant arguing."

"He betrayed us. Why are you asking questions you already know?"

"You're lying. Zuko didn't betray me and from what I know Zuko didn't betray the others either. So it's now or never; tell me the whole story or I'll go and ask Sparky."

Katara wavered. Should she really tell Toph what happened – or what might have happened? She would never let her live it down. But, what about Zuko. Would he tell Toph? Maybe. They had gotten real close. So what if he told Toph. But then again... So what if he told her. It would be the same thing she would have said but, now she wouldn't have to explain herself. Zuko would. He would have to explain why he chose to betray her, why he chose to manhandle her grandmother, why he chose to do the things he did. Then maybe Toph would see the real him and not him he has shown to them.

"You know what Toph, go ask Zuko. He'll tell you what you want to know." She smirked mischievously.

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"Hey Sparky."

"Hey uh… Rocky?"

"Leave the nicknames to me Flame Boy."

He scowled at his new nickname.

"Is there something you need?"

"Yes there is. Is there something going on between you and Sweetness?"

"Well, currently 'Don't talk to me or I'll beat your ass' stage but ever since yesterday I think we're in the acquaintance zone. And if things work out I think by the end of the fortnight we'll be in the friend zone." He joked.

"Very funny, Sparky. Now tell me what happened last night." She demanded with an expression more serious than Zuko's normal.

He was taken aback by her tone which made him jump back slightly. "Nothing, nothing's going on. Last night she hated me and then 'poof' she smiled at me and then she looked me in the eyes. And we laughed and talked and found out we had things in common and sat together and didn't argue and for the first time we didn't insult each other." he was out of breath by the time he finished.

Toph sat there with her chin resting against her chin processing what was just said. "You're not lying, that's good. Now, tell me why she hates you so much."

"Are you sure? It's kind of a long story. And I don't want to waste your time."

"Oh, I'm positive. I'm curious on how this whole thing started."

"Positive?"

She nodded.

He breathed heavily. "It all started in the middle of winter. My crew and I were sailing through the South Pole when I spotted a bright light in the sky. I knew it was the Avatar and had my ship set course to it. At the time I was obsessed with 'regaining my honor' which now that I think about it was a really stupid thing to be obsessed with. I know that honor is the most important thing for a prince to have, but I'm a banished prince. Maybe it was the ponytail-"

"Sparky!"

"Huh?"

"Stop your rambling and get on with the story!"

"Oh, yeah. So, my ship set course to the light but as we made our way to it, there was a flare set off near what happened to be Sokka and Katara's village. When we got there Sokka was playing Mister Hero and tried to club me. I kicked him out of the way and demanded to see the Avatar. No one would answer me so I grabbed their grandmother explaining to them that he would be about as old as her. And I regret doing that now. After that I 'captured' Aang, but then he got away and I started following them around the world. They made their way to this one island called Kyoshi and I kinda sorta burned it down. I regret doing that. After that my crew and I heard word that the Avatar and his friends were in this village in the Earth Kingdom. I might have ransacked it a bit. Anyways I didn't find them there but someone told us that they were on a prison boat. When I got there all I found was Katara's necklace. So I kept it.

"Then we-"

"What did you do with it?"

"What"

"What did you do with her necklace?"

"I…I'll get to that part soon. Then we had a fight at the fire sage's temple with this guy named Zhao. Soon after we met up with these pirates who were also trying to capture them." He sighed and paused for a while, thinking of a way to say this properly without making it awkward. "While she was practicing her bending with the scroll she stole, a pirate grabbed her, she ran about four feet when…I grabbed her by the wrists and told her that I…" he rubbed his face in his hands and kept them there covering his mouth slightly. "I told her that I would save her from the pirates."

"What was that?"

"He peered out from his fingers. "I told her I would saveherfromthepirates."

"Speak clearly Sparky."

He rubbed his hands through his hair and bowed his head with his eyes shut. "I told her that I would save her from the pirates."

Toph laughed. "Go on."

"Then I tied her to a tree and-"

"Wait, wait, wait. Let me get this straight. You tied her to a tree?" she said laughing clutching her sides.

"It wasn't like that!"

"That's not what your heart rate says!" Zuko blushed furiously in embarrassment.

After she regained her composure she allowed him to continue. "When I tied her to a tree we exchanged some words then offered her the necklace. When she didn't tell me where Aang was the pirate ruined my chances getting any information out of her. She didn't get her necklace but Aang stole it from me and gave it to her. Sometime later we fought at the North Pole, I kidnapped Aang, they found me, and Katara knocked me out. And after that…well, you know the rest."

"Your right, I do know the rest. Except why Katara thinks you betrayed her."

"She doesn't think she knows. It was back in Ba Sing Se when we got thrown into the catacombs together. We talked about our mothers for about an hour and then she apologized for yelling at me. We exchanged some words and she offered to heal my scar."

"Since when did you get a scar?"

"Since the day before I was banished."

"That explains so much. Continue."

"She was the first person to ever touch my scar." He closed his eyes. "Then during the battle with my sister, I chose the side of evil after she tried to help me. She trusted me…and I let her down."

"Wow. You really hurt her."

"And it's one of my greatest regrets. Now you know why she hates me."

"She doesn't hate you."

"Yes she does."

"No she doesn't."

"If she doesn't hate me, then why does she make it seem like it?"

"She's just frustrated."

"At what?"

She looked up at him with big glassy eyes. "You'll find out soon."

He stared at her questioningly. "In the meantime," she started back up, "don't go near her and I'll deal with the four step plan."

"What plan?"

"The plan called: How To Make Zuko Admit To Being Evli."

"Thanks for the advice."

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I know this was short and rushed but I'm tired. And the guest who asked about the Teoph it's just going to be there to show that Aang has slight feelings for Toph. The next chapter will be mostly uneventful. Just a filler chapter.

I just read the search pt 2 and WOW! The ending reminded me SO much of when Zuko saved Katara from the lightning!

No Zutara week mini entries today, but there will be some tomorrow.

Sadly I won't be able to update that often because my mom is coming out to Cali and thinks this is a load of BS and hates for me to stay up till sunrise so I'll update whenever I can. Sorry. Thanks for following, favoriting, and reviewing. REVIEW!

By the way if someone could draw some fan art that would be great! If not I'll draw it.