Next chapter will be up in 2 days, answering a questions from the reviews,

If I will upload daily, I either upload daily or every other day.

Will Katara tell Zuko what happened, Yes she will, Im thinking maybe chapter 10.

Scared

Zuko was the first to wake, as usual. He got up to get ready for his long day, he went into the bathroom and then heard whispers. He thought someone had walked into the room but when he looked in the room no one was there but Katara who was still asleep. 'must be my imagination' he thought, but he heard it again. This time he stepped out into the room, his hand lightly placed at the handle of his sword, ready to pull it out if he saw anyone. But he realized the whispers came from Katara, he walked closer to her and saw she was still sleeping. She was sweating a lot and she was whispering things, she must be sleep-talking.

"Stop" she whispered very quietly.

"Please…stop" she said a bit louder.

"No" she whispered.

She was having a nightmare, was it wise to wake her up? She continued to say things about 'stop' and 'no more' he reached out to her, placing a hand on her shoulder to attempt to wake her up but before she did her eyes opened and she woke up as soon as he touched her shoulder,

Her eyes widened before screaming "Don't touch me!"

He instantly let go of her before stumbling back at bit, he gave her a weird expression. He watched as she immediately looked beside her and looked at the other side of the bed, then she turned in every direction, scanning the room as if there were people hiding in there trying to hunt her down. She sighed and calmed down as she realized no one else was in the room beside her and Zuko.

"Did I… have a nightmare?" she asked uncertainly.

He nodded continuing to give her a weird look. What was she dreaming of? Nightmares can be influenced by things that happen in your life that you see as a horrid memory, so why did she have such a horrible nightmare, the sweating, whispering, and the yelling. What happened to her? Surely she wasn't going to tell him but he was still curious.

"What was the nightmare about?" he asked.

"I can't remember" she lied, she remembered every detail and every second of that nightmare, like she remembers every moment of the events of her and the guard. Although she wished she couldn't remember it so perfectly, she did. She could tell anyone what happened frame by frame and she hated it. She hated being able to describe it just how it was because she hated even thinking about it. Her dream was exactly as so, she dreamt of being alone again, being fragile, him showing up. And her being able to do nothing about it this time. She felt so weak, she was Katara, a master waterbender, she was powerful and strong, and if anything the guard should've feared her… so why is it that she feels so vulnerable? She was strong, but now she felt weak, she felt like how Toph's parents viewed Toph, a weak, fragile girl incapable of taking care of herself.

"I don't want to remember" she whispered.

He looked at her a bit concerned, but shook it off.

"Are you coming down for breakfast?" he asked.

She gave an uncertain look, she had already made suspicion grow in Zuko and his uncle Iroh. Going to eat breakfast would make her look more normal, and they would think nothing is wrong.

"Yes… I'll be there in a while" she said.

"Ok then, I'm going to go now, I'll leave the door unlocked until you decide to come down" he said.

"On second thought… can you just wait for me?" she questioned.

"You want me to wait until you go?" he asked

"Yes, I won't take long I will just change, I took a shower yesterday so I don't need one at the moment."

"Make it quick" he said

She rushed into the bathroom and grabbed the nearest thing in the closet of things Iroh had left for her, one of the things she had grabbed was a crop top along with a skirt. 'great.' She said sarcastically in her mind. She combed through her hair and then stepped out into the room. Zuko's eyes couldn't help but linger just a bit down her body with the clothes she had picked out. He had to admit, Katara was indeed very beautiful. But that didn't mean anything, thinking people were attractive doesn't mean you have feelings for them. He drove those thoughts out of his mind and looked at her, she gave him a little nod to tell him that she was ready.

He opened the door and held it open for her, he shut the door behind them and they started their walk to the dining room.

He watched as Katara kept looking around every room they had passed by, or how she moved more closer to him whenever she saw a guard.

"You ever seen a guard before?" he asked teasing, "You seem scared by all the guards"

"You never know" she whispered

"What?" he asked

"Nothing" she responded and continued to walk close to him. As they walked into the dining room he realized how uncomfortable Katara looked, she eyed everyone closely like the entire room was filled with assassins that were after her head. She was so close to him, she had not realized that she was grabbing ahold of his arm a bit, when she did notice she quickly let go and put some space between them.

"Sorry" she said quietly.

"It's ok" he said a bit shyly.

Although Katara's uncomfortableness was clear to see, there were other things clear to see. Like, the way all the guards looked at her, with hungry eyes. Those guards haven't seen a female in a very long time. And they would certainly take advantage of her if given the chance, or any chance they get they would take it, by force or consent. He heard whispers of guards speaking of what they would do to her, and Katara must've heard too because she leaned closer into him again. He felt his blood boil for some reason at the thought of any of those guards touching Katara, he wanted to turn around and yell at any guard who would stare at her. Reminding them that she wasn't here for lust purposes, and that if they even tried to do anything to her he would personally kill them, but he decided to do something else. In a swift movement he went to a guard and whispered something to him, Katara looked as the guards eyes widened and he ran out of the room.

As Zuko returned to her she looked at him, "What did you say to him?" she asked

He didn't answer to her.

"Tell me" she said

He looked at her and smirked a bit, "Why would it matter to you?" he said mocking her after she had told him that.

"Oh so you're going to play that game?" she said teasingly. They both laughed a bit before reaching Iroh and sitting down at the table.

"Quite a scene you two made back there" Iroh said eyeing them both.

"I don't think it was a big deal" Zuko said sternly.

"You did something to that guard" Iroh accused.

"So what if I did?" Zuko harshly shot back.

"What did you say" Iroh said in a calm voice.

"I'm not telling you"

"Fine then, why did you do it then?" Iroh asked. Zuko's face got flushed a bit, why did he do it? Why did he care what happened to her, even if she was his bait for the avatar she still was a person, and she didn't deserve whatever the guards wanted to do with her. Even if there was a bit of him that actually didn't want any man staring or touching her, but Zuko didn't say any of that, Katara was right there sitting across from him, he could just tell his Uncle some other time, except for the last part of course.

"Anyways," Iroh began, "Katara I see that you're better now" he finished

Katara smiled at Iroh, "Yes. I was just feeling a bit under the weather" she added.

"Well, it's good that you're here with us now" Iroh said.

Katara made another faint smile and looked around the room for a second. She was looking around the room looking for a certain person. Although she didn't see him.

"Zuko, we are having a meeting with someone important. Be on your best behavior" Iroh said.

"Who is this person?" said Zuko

"Admiral Zhao is here"

Suddenly Zuko looked mad, and very frustrated. It was no secret that him and Zhao didn't get along, they both despised each other and they were both aware of that. Zuko didn't want anything to do with Zhao and he didn't want anything to do with Zuko.

"What? How long has he been on this boat?" Zuko bickered.

"Zuko, I know you don't like him but just try your best" Iroh reasoned.

"There is everything not to like about him" Zuko spat out angrily

Katara looked at the two of them, "Who is Zhao?" she asked.

Before Iroh could answer and tell her about who the Admiral was Zuko was quick to answer with his anger, "He's a horrible person" he said.

"I am sure there's nothing that wrong with him" she said.

"He is just a cold hearted person" he said.

"What's so bad about him then?" she asked.

"Everything. He even looks weird" he added

Katara laughed a bit, "Just because he looks weird doesn't mean he is a horrible person"

"I know, but still he is tall and he is just too ripped out. The man needs to learn when to stop working out" Zuko said.

Katara gave him a weird look, "Like he's bulky?"

"Very, it doesn't look natural it looks weird.

"Does… he have sideburns?" she asked.

"Yea, why?" Zuko responded, and as soon as he did Katara's face went blank.

"You ok?" Iroh or Zuko said, she didn't know which of them said it because she was just in her own world. All of the memories had came back once again to replay in her mind, to taunt her once more. Could it be that the Admiral Zhao had advanced on her? No. Surely someone else on this ship could be tall and very bulky… with sideburns.