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"Jet!" Jet turned around to look at Zuko from his triumphant pose by the gates, "I can't go in there," Zuko protested angrily, "they'll recognize and capture me!"

Jet rolled his eyes, "But that's exactly what you have to do! You get yourself captured, and while you're in there you look for my mom. Even if you don't find her we have a back-up plan. Your friend and I will sneak into the fire nation prison disguised as guards and help you out. This prison is solely for earth kingdom prisoners and is less dangerous than the boiling rock so you should be…."

"No, Jet." Both of the boys turned to stare Jaya in the face, "Why don't you get yourself captured? You're a wanted man here too you know, and Zuko looks much more fire nation than you do. He also knows his way around better." She finished with a slight smirk and a small sigh of relief as she saw Jet's face grow at first livid then resigned at the fact that his great plan was failing, "How about this, Jet gets captured and looks for his mom, and I pretend like Zuko is my prisoner as I walk about in a guard's outfit and collect you in your cell?"

"Fine." Jet hissed and Zuko and Jaya shared a look of joint relief. Zuko too was beginning to notice the oddness in Jet's ways now.

Jaya had knocked out a guard at the entrance using old-fashioned fighting much to her chagrin, but she wasn't quite ready to reveal her earth bending to Zuko. She arrived at the prison and prayed that Jet was there and complying with the plan. She would have to tell Zuko everything much sooner than she'd like to.

"A new prisoner Sir, another one of those earth kingdom rebel children. They think they're so clever." Jaya feigned disgust (she could join the Emerald Island players).

"Put him in cell 24B. That's near where the other one is."

Jaya took Zuko to the cell and kept her eyes out for Jet. She passed 24B and kept going and going and…oh no. She gulped. In one of the cells a poor fire nation guard was calling out for help, deceived by Jet somehow. She ran up to the man and frantically asked, "Where did he go? Did he tell you where he went?"

"Let me out, please…."

"Just tell me Sir."

"He…he went that way," the guard gestured to the left, "Started laughing, like, like some crazy person or something, started mumbling something about taking over the fire nation and destroying it forever, some crazy nonsense like that. I think he meant to go after Ozai himself! The boy's a loon! He threw me in…."

"Thank you Sir but we don't have time for that," Jaya released the guard and before he could protest she and Zuko ran off in the direction of the deranged Jet.

When they arrived at the palace, Jaya had an awful feeling that it would all end here. She stood before the doors, trembling. Why in the world would Jet be crazy enough to go an try to defeat the fire lord and his daughter all by himself?

"Why are you even trying to save him Jaya?" Zuko hissed under his breath. "If my sister and father are in there he won't stand a chance! He's a danger to the world if what you tell me he is doing is true." Jaya had explained Jet's vengeful plan on the way here, "He's a psychotic boy. Let him die."

"I…I can't Zuko." (She was really going to tell him wasn't she?), "He's...he's my brother." With that she pushed open the throne room door and prepared herself for the worst.

"Wait...WHAT HOW!?" Zuko yelled at Jaya before quieting down as he found himself nose to nose with none other than his sister, Azula. Well then, it would be brother to sister for the both of them, he thought as he turned to see Jaya eyeing Jet as he got up from the floor, slightly singed from some earlier battling with Azula.

"Hello Zuzu…"

(Big battle scene in the next chapter and more Zuko/Jaya love- it will be a lot longer too :)