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"Ugh, it is so hard to freaking firebend with this!" I yelled throwing my wrist up in the air and waving it around dramatically. Zuko sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "You are doing fine, Harmony. We are never going to get done with practice when you keep stopping!" Zuko snapped. I growled and shot fire right pass his head. He jumped and glared at me, "I wasn't ready!"
I smirked and crossed my arms over my chest. He rolled his eyes and took his stance again. I took mine and I felt the ship lunch into a halt. I fell forward and Zuko grabbed me around the waist. "Who is changing our direction?" Zuko let go of me and took off. I followed him closely, but not too close. I knew he was going to blow up at whoever change our direction and I had a feeling it was General Iroh.
"Who took us off course?!" Zuko yelled slamming open the door. Iroh and a couple of other crew members were playing Iroh's favorite game, Pai Sho. "I did. I seem to have lost the most import tile. I asked to stop at a market nearby so I may buy another." Zuko let out a frustrated cry causing fire to shoot out of his clenched fist. I ducked as one soar over my head.
"Which one is missing?" I asked leaning against the wall as Iroh continued to play his Pai Sho game. "My Lotus tile." I looked on the board and noticed his tile was missing. I looked at Zuko and realized that Zuko had given up. He left the room and I left shortly after.
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"I don't think we need all these things." I said watching as the crew carried things to the ship. "You got a horn… Wait, is that a new outfit?" Zuko asked looking me up and down. I smiled and spun around so he could get a better look at it. I stop and smirked, when I saw the look on his face. Iroh was explaining why he got the horn while we were walking back to the ship, when he noticed a place he didn't catch out before.
I could tell it was a pirate ship. I stepped in and Iroh was in heaven. I looked around and saw a couple of pirates talking quietly. I nudged Zuko and stepped forward a little to hear what they were saying. "The waterbender girl escaped." My hand flew up to my neck to mess around with Katara's necklace around my neck. Zuko stepped forward and cleared his throat. They broke apart and looked at him.
"What did she take?" I asked walking forward. "A waterbending scroll." I smirked, "What if we helped you find her?" I crossed my arms over my chest and the main pirate smirked stepping forward towards me. I took a step back and I saw Zuko tensed up. I held my hand up to him and Iroh quickly grabbed Zuko's arm.
"What do I get if I take you to the girl?" He brushed his fingers across my cheek and brushed my hair behind my ear. I felt a shiver over my entire body. "A date, perhaps." I saw Iroh quickly let go of Zuko and stepped back smirking. These pirates were about to meet Zuko's jealous rage. Zuko stepped up beside me and grabbed this man's hand away from me.
"She isn't a winning. I will get you back your scroll, I'm sure that's a lot of money. I just want the boy she travelling with her." The pirate looked down at me and Iroh grabbed my arm pulling me out of the ship. Zuko followed closely behind us and we climbed down onto our ship with the pirates. Zuko grabbed one of our guards' by the shoulder and dragged him roughly over to me.
"You watch her. Those pirates get nowhere near her, understood?" I glared at Zuko as we walked over to the captain to explain where to go. One of the shorter pirates stared at me and slowly licked his lips. The guard standing next to me and followed my glaze, the guard rested his hand on his sword and grabbed my shoulder walking me away.
I walked over to Zuko, "We need to stick to the waters. If she got a waterbending scroll, she will be on the water."
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It was early in the morning and we have been searching forever it felt like. I had a bad feeling about these pirates. No matter where I went on the ship, they seemed to be following me. I was resting my head on the rail of the ship with a guard standing beside me. I heard a frustrated scream in the distance and a smash of water. I sat up and looked at Zuko, who was standing a few feet away from me. By the look on his face, he had heard it also.
We stopped the ship and sneaked around. One of the pirates got Katara tied to a tree. Zuko walked out and she gasped. I stepped out from behind him and smirked. Zuko turned around and took the necklace off my neck. He walked over to the tree, "I hear you stole a water scroll." She looked away from him.
"I just need you to tell me where he is. I have something that I know you are missing." Zuko held out her necklace in front of her face. She gasped, "My mother's necklace." My eyes widen for a second, it was her mother's necklace. Now, I really felt bad about wearing it. Her mother must have died or something, that necklace seemed to mean a lot to her.
"You tell me where he is and I'll give this back to you." He walked around the tree and waved the necklace in her face again. I felt awful, but Zuko needed the Avatar and if this worked, then I would have to push my feelings aside. "No!" She snapped. Zuko smirked and walked slowly over to me. He walked behind me and tied the necklace back on my neck. He stared at me lovingly and then looked back over at her.
"It looks better on Harmony anyways. Search the woods." Zuko snapped to the pirates, who took off. Zuko wrapped his arm protectively around my waist leaning down close to my ear, "Talk to her. Give her another chance to get back her necklace." I looked at him. I was shocked, Zuko actually wanted her to have her necklace back and he knew I might be able to talk her into it.
I walked over to her and stopped right in front of her crossing my arms. "What is your name?" I asked lightly. "Katara." She hissed out. "Now Katara, I want you to get your necklace back… Just tell me where he is. He will understand. He knows how much this means to you, right?" I whispered stepping closer and placing my fingers over her necklace that was wrapped tightly around my neck. She eyed my neck for a long time before looked back up.
"You love him, don't you? The only reason you are doing this is to make him happy." She whispered looking over my shoulder at Zuko. I turned around and met Zuko's eyes. I turned quickly back around and glared at her. She had no business in my personal life. So what if she was right? I didn't want a filthy waterbender making me look weak.
"Shut your mouth." I hissed. She jerked her head back like I had just slapped her. I didn't know why I was so angry, but I was. How could she read me so well? How could she see that and she has only met me a handful of time? "You just lost your chance of getting this hideous necklace back." I snapped walking away and back over to Zuko.
Zuko wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I snuggle in closer to him and watched as the pirates yanked in Aang and Sokka. Zuko handed me the scroll and I tuck it into my pants. Zuko stepped forward and I saw the look in Katara's eyes. She knew this was all her fault and it really was.
"Hand over the kid and my girlfriend will give you back the scroll." My eyes widen and so did Iroh's. Did Zuko just call me his girlfriend? Zuko looked over at me quickly and then controlled his emotions quickly. "Hey now! Why would you give up the Avatar?!" Sokka spoke up quickly. I glared; Sokka just told the pirates what Zuko has been hiding from them.
"I'm sure he is a lot more expensive than some stupid waterbending scroll." Sokka really needed to shut up. The head pirate stepped forward and Zuko glared. "Shut up, you filthy peasant!" Zuko yelled.
"I don't think we have a deal anymore."
"No we had a deal!" Zuko screamed causing the pirate to rush him. Zuko pushed me out of the way and began to attack each other. Suddenly a cloud of dust appeared and all I heard was fighting. I rushed into the dust to see if I could snatch the Avatar away from the pirates. I heard a scream and ducked sending a fire ball at the pirate. He hit the ground and then I tripped over something. I heard a grunt and saw I was sitting on Sokka.
"Um hiya." He winked at me and I rolled my eyes. I saw the scroll and reached for it. Sokka flipped me over and sat on top of me grabbing the scroll. I noticed him eyeing his sister's necklace around my neck. I noticed the cloud of dust disappeared and Zuko stopped fighting. Everyone's attention was on us, so I did the only thing I thought of.
I screamed and tried to push him off of me. Sure, I could have easily blasted him off, but I knew that would be too easy and I wanted to have some fun with this. Zuko rushed towards us and Aang quickly pulled Sokka off of me running away. He helped me up quickly and asked me if he hurt me. I shook my head and then I noticed that the pirates had stolen our ship. Zuko, Iroh, and I ran down the bank trying to catch up.
We watched slowly as our ship was destroyed. I stared and sighed. Zuko was fuming and I just watched him carefully. He was going to explode at any moment. Iroh began laughing and I turned around, "Funny thing, I have had my lotus tile this whole time." Zuko glared and snatched the tile from Iroh throwing it into the river.
I let out a frustrated scream and kicked the ground. I was bruised, wet, and my hair was all messed up. I was hit on by pirates and then I was sat on by Sokka. Not only had that happened, but Zuko called me his girlfriend, so that made things even more complicated. I sighed and we walked away back to our main ship.
Good thing my clothes weren't on the ship that was just destroyed.
