Because of the issue with chapter 7 I'm going to drop chapter 8 early!


POV Zuko

I waited for Katara by her room door.

"So you let him kiss you" I could feel the steam coming off me

"I didn't let him kiss it. He just kissed me" she said opening her room door.

"What are you going to do about it" I ask trying to keep my voice calm.

"What is there to do Zuko? It was a kiss on the cheek and it caught me off guard"

"I don't care!" My voice echo and I could see katara became startled

I walked over to katara and kissed her soft lips pure pleasure takes over

Damn my ego

Her sent is intoxicating for me

*sigh*

I lower my eyes "until you give me a answer don't let him do that again " I said walking to the door

"I thought I was just a phase?" Katara asked face heated red

"Your a phase I'll never get over" I answered as I closed the door.

Walking down to my room "Fire Lord!"

A nobleman called out as he walk towards me with uncle.

"Nobleman Chet what are you doing here?"

"Haven't you heard?" Nobleman Chet said

"Heard what?" I asked

"It seems Mai and Jet have been friendly..." Unlce answered "A servant caught them"

"Send her to me" I ordered

In the throne room I waited for the servant girl with the uncle, nobleman Chet and a few more nobleman who got wind of the situation.

The guards open the door walking towards me behind them entered a young servant girl. The guards stop at the end of the walk way in front all of us, the servant girl bow. " your highness" she said

"What is your name" i asked

"Sue your highness"

"Stand, now Sue I want you to tell me everything you seen"

"I seen Mai and Jet together in her room kissing on her bed naked" Sue answered with her head bowed

"Are you certain"

"Yes. I also seem Jet kiss Mai before"

"When was this!?"

"The day I was standing in your way... I wanted to tell you but was nervous"

I stopped and thought for a moment... yes that was her

"Thank you for telling me" she bowed and left

"Your grace" one of the nobleman started off "what do you intent to do?"

"I'll break up with her and find someone else" I answered simple

"It's not as simple as that" uncle jump in saying

"What am I supposed do" I said asking uncle

"According to Fire Nation law such acts are punishable by death... "

"Death!?"

"Yes Fire lord Zuko... she was basically in line to be Fire Lady, the penalty for her is high" uncle confirmed.

We all started walking to Mai room and she wasn't there.

I decided to go to Jet room and sure enough Mai was there asleep on him.

My hands are now tied

I was surprised at what I seen "Guards take them to the holding cell" my voiced echoed waking the pair up.

Mai woke up in shocked to see so many of us standing in the doorway and all she had was her bindings on. Jet up to her defense

"I take full responsibility for this" he said as the guards dragged both of them away.

"When will the sentence be carried out" nobleman Chet asked

"We'll be taking our guest to the beach palace tomorrow for relaxation for all their hard work" Unlce quickly answered "some time after that"

I nodded in agreement

I felt horrible I wasn't even true to Mai in the end and she's the one who's going to die... I knew my being Fire Lord I can do almost anything I wanted but ... it just wasn't fair the hand she was dealt

I went to the dungeon alone. As I opened the door I could see Mai and Jet in a cell side by side.

"You couldn't have just told me Mai"

"I didn't know what you'll do" she said with her head lowered

"I'll take responsibility" Jet said pleading

"I'm afraid it's more then that now... Jet this falls on her shoulder as it do yours... the penalty it ...death"

"Why not only sentence me!?"

"Because you wasn't in line to become Fire Lady she was, and the nobles now know... it's larger then just the two of you" I said rubbing my eyes " I'll be leaving the palace tomorrow and will be back in two days to carry out the sentence...I'm sorry" I left and shut the door behind me

I looked in front of me and there was Ozai door... I opened it and there sat the former Fire Lord

"Come for fatherly advice for your slut girlfriend? Or do you want to know how to take your water bender into your bed?"

He caught me off guard with his words my eyes narrow in on his face

"Walls talk" he said smiling to himself "you know I had your mother watched for months before I married her and even after that's how unfortunately I know you are my son." "You should have had Mai watched closely". "But It's ok I'll take over my kingdom again one day"

"Good luck with that" I said as I shut the door

Next morning

POV Katara

Toph, Suki, Sokka ,Aang, Zuko and I was all in a carriage going to the palace on the beach. Iroh has already left to meet us there.

The carriage gad a awkward silence I sat between zuko and Aang while Toph sat between Suki and Sokka.

"Uhmmm Suki it sucks the Kyoshi Warriors want to stay behind." I said trying the break the silence

"Yes But the girls didn't want to leave to kids yet, they really bonded with them. It doesn't even feel like work to them" Suki replied

"That's great, I must remember to returned the favor " zuko said looking out the window

"Soo ...Toph why did the benders want to go camping in the mountains instead of coming here" I asked

"Well sugarqueen they can feel the dynamic of the group and think this weekend will be to interesting"

I shouldn't even had asked Toph

We rode the rest of the way in silence

When we arrived to the palace on the beach my breath was taken away. It wasn't as large as the palace in the heart of the Fire Nation, but it seem almost magical. The palace was pearl white with gold trim and red and gold designs.

"It's amazing" I said to myself

"This way" Zuko said as he stood tall walking inside the palace

"It seems to light and airy" I said to Suki

We was all show our rooms in the west hall.

Zuko And Iroh room was in the east side.

Everyone changed and headed to the beach. Toph was making her sand bending city's, Sokka and Aang seem to be getting along for the moment in the water. Suki and I was walking along in the water. Suki had on a baggy shirt

"You know you can't hide it forever" I said to her

"I know... I'm starting to show"

I seen Sokka walking towards us

"Looks like I should leave you two alone for a moment" I said as I walked out the water to the palace sun deck area

There sat Zuko in the shade

"Don't like the sun?" I asked jokingly

"Yes, I just don't like the way Aang keeps looking at you, I rather stay out the sun before I start a war" he answered

I sat down unable to say anything

"My fathers coming" I said

"Yes Uncle told me". "Are you going to be around.."

"I don't know..."

"Katara... who do your father want you to marry?"

The question caught me off guard

"I figure that's what your running from, you don't want your father to be able to hold you down" zuko finished

"It's more then that, it's not about freedom... it's about doing something he wants I just can't" I said rolling my eyes

"So who is it" he asked

"...Bato"

"What!" "Bato Bato?"

"Yes... father feels that now he's chief I needed to be married to a strong water bender. Even though he's not a water bender he still comes from a long line of strong ones... and even though he's older... I'm still young enough to have his kids..."

"That's why you don't want to be with me? You father wouldn't let you?"

"No he wouldn't, yes the war is over but there is still prejudice against the fire nation especially in my village... Aang was my only option to not marry Bato"

"Katara I had no idea! Why didn't you say anything"

"I know you didn't ... I just couldn't understand how my father would want me to marry someone like that" I said standing up "he was basically my Unlce has he always looked at me that way" tears began to fall

Suddenly I was grabbed and embraced. Zuko was holding me and I didn't want him to let go.

"Katara your not leaving"

" you can't go into a war again"

" I don't want that but if that's what I have to do so be it"

"But-"

"Stop with all the but's your worth it to me, I wouldn't let anything happen to you, when a fire bender finds his soulmate theirs not he wouldn't do"

Zuko placed a small kiss onto my lips

"Don't worry" he said

Later that night

Toph had build a campfire on the sand then Zuko lite it and everyone was sitting around the campfire drinking laughing like old times.

"I'm glad we did this" zuko said to uncle

"Me to" Toph said "it's rear when we get the old gang back together"

"Old times" Sokka said "like when we had to be alert in cases zuko found us"

Everyone laughed

"I kept you in your toes" zuko said seeming to actually be having a great time

"One thing I'll never forget is when Katara decided to put our mission at risk to be the painted Lady, I was so upset with her at the time but I'm glad you did it" Sokka said

"The Painted Lady?!" Zuko and Iroh said "was it from a village on the river?" Iroh said

"Yes it was" katara said dragging her toes in the sand "actually I never told you guys this part but after the Fire nation left and we helped cleanup I was by the river doing something and she appeared and thanked me"

"You are lucky and blessed to have a spirit show themselves to you" Iroh said in delight

"Thank you Iroh" katara said

"I also remembered when Aang said Zuko saved him from the Fire Nation dressed as the blue spirit"

"Very noble of you nephew"

"Yea very noble" Aang said under his breath

"What's that Aang" Suki asked

"Noting" Aang replied standing up about to walking away

"What's his problem" Sokka asked

"Why don't you just tell them Aang" Toph said slipping on her drink