Chapter 7: Where Are You Going?

Well the title speaks for itself. The gang/Team Avatar (c'mon who doesn't love that?) decides "where they're going!" Then there's some other stuff too, but I don't want to spoil too much. Oh and my very first of a good amount of OCs is coming in this chapter and she will be a constant through the rest of the story, but she'll be coming in chapter 8. Oh and a random, funny thought occurred to me cause I was thinking about my friend. Door knobs are evil……. plus "knob" is just a weird word. My friend has problem with door knobs…. And VCRs but that's a different story. So anyway, done boring you.

They flew for two days straight, hoping that would put enough distance between Azula and themselves to rest easy for a bit. Iroh finally convinced them to land as the sun was sinking slowly into the horizon. He was going through tea withdrawal.

Now, all of them were warm and their hunger was satisfied. They were ready to discuss their plans. Zuko actually sat with them. He didn't feel so different anymore. All of them had suffered. Katara and Sokka had lost their mother and many of their people to the war. Toph was blind and had lived and irritatingly restrained life until now. Aang was the last airbender and he carried the burden of being the Avatar on his twelve-year-old shoulders. Zuko now realized he was more like them than he could have ever imagined.

It was Iroh who spoke first, "So young Avatar, what is our destination?" Iroh was one who often used formal titles, but most knew that it was either to be serious or for some whimsical joke only he was in on.

"I'm not sure exactly," Aang answered, gazing toward the sky as if the answers were written across the heavens in the stars. "We need to go somewhere safe, where we can train with interference from Azula and her friends."

"But where can we go that she can't follow?" Sokka piped in, forever the pessimist. "She has the entire Firenation supplies at her disposal. Tanks, boats, and those creepy lizards."

"Basilisks," Zuko said. "They can walk on water, but not very far. What if we island hopped? She'd have to take a boat and we can lose her in the islands off shore. We can stay hidden."

The rest of them pondered the idea for a few minutes. Finally, Katara spoke up, "That might work."

Aang grinned in a very ridiculous fashion for the Master of Elements. "Does anyone have a map?"

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Zuko was sitting comfortable by the fire the next day. The sun was slowly setting into he afternoon twilight. Sokka and Toph were off foraging, Toph was there to make sure he didn't fall into another hole. Iroh was calmly trying to explain the firebending basics to Aang. They decided a bit unofficially that Iroh would be Aang's firebending teacher. When would they ever find another friendly, master firebender? Zuko was enjoying his moment of peace.

Zuko felt a soft tap on his shoulder. He looked up. His yellow eyes met Katara's icy-blue ones. Her beautiful eyes, sighed the voice in head.

"I found a really beautiful pond, with a waterfall," she said. "Do you want to come swimming?"

Zuko looked down at his leg.

"You can swim with your leg," she said. She wanted company. "And I can help."

Zuko couldn't say no to those eyes. He let Katara help him up and lead the way. Katara stripped down to her underthings, leaving her blue robes on a rock on the bank. Zuko took off everything up a pair of dirt brown pants, and hobbled into the cool, inviting water. It really was nice he thought, as he floated at the surface and watched the waterfall.

Katara was completely immersed in the water and was bending a few small waves, causing Zuko to curse and flip over.

He righted himself, sweeping his wet hair out of his eyes and sputtering. "Hey!"

Katara giggled and splashed him.

"Stop it!"

"But it's sooooooooo fun," Katara answered, collapsing backwards into the water.

Zuko pulled himself out of the water, but Katara still sent a few splashes his way. He watched her for several minutes, occasionally wiping water out of his eyes.

Katara moved closer into the shallows and bent another wave at Zuko, giggling. "I'm bored," she said as he started to come after her. "It's fun."

Zuko caught her by the wrist and pulled her back onto shore, easily despite his leg. She wasn't resisting. Without much thought, he pulled her into his arms. "So is this," he said in that deep voice of his, pressing his lips against hers, softly and sweetly. They pulled away from each other, but Zuko still held Katara in his arms.

"What was that for?"

Sigh. Wish boys really did stuff like that………. So what I'm cliché, it's a romance. But isn't it so cute? Even if you don't like Zutara it is cute. Anyway, I was thinking while typing this when I wrote the part about Zuko's yellow eyes, who's seen A Christmas Story? It's a movie. And there was this bully kid in it…. I forget them name, but the kid had yellow eyes, it was part of the narration thing. Anyway that's a good movie! Get in the holiday spirit! What? It's still mid-November you say? Oh…. right. Anyway, looking forward to my OC next chapter, more info on her in later chapters. We'll see if I have any time to type this weekend, lots of things to do. But I'll make up for it cause I've got a long weekend for Thanksgiving! MMM turkey and whatever that chemical is that makes you sleepy that's in turkey. Anyway! Constructive critics, praise, whatever you want, just let me know you're alive… wow never thought I would be asking for reviews, but reviews are really nice to get. Oh and you'll find out pretty soon, I completely love waterfalls. Oh and could someone tell me how to do breaks? I know I'm lame.