Secrets are Never Kept
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But, I do own the characters that you will meet that are not from the Avatar show.
This is a rewrite of the original story. The main plot is the same but it has been revised for grammar and content reasons. I know that this story has been on hiatus for quite some time but I have been on a few tours with the Army. But now I am back and ready to finish this story! I hope you enjoy the new and improved Secrets are Never Kept!
Secrets are Never Kept
Chapter 10
Zuko sat in the meditation room to think on the next course of action. There were so many variables to take into effect. All his thoughts and concentration were on the girl. This girl is a waterbender and supposed to be a master one at that. He had seen her fight in their two encounters and couldn't believe at how handy she was with a sword. She killed some of his men without even thinking about it. Then there was the Avatar. If he got her then he knew that the Avatar would chase after him and then that would potentially ruin everything for him or he could capture two birds with one stone. He took a deep breath in and let it out trying to clear his mind of this girl. He opened his eyes when he could no longer concentrate and walked to his outer bed chambers and walked over to his desk table and pulled out the necklace. He studied the craftsmanship of it. It was simple but elegant. 'How could this one little trinket mean so much?' He thought to himself.
He put it back down and went into his bed chamber where there was one of his favorite slaves, Kata, waiting for him in nothing but her collar. He needed a distraction to clear his mind of everything. He undressed and hopped into the bed taking her with one motion. He hoped that either he could figure something out or his father would send word of what to do.
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"Don't worry Aang, we figure something out. We can always look for another teacher for you. There is always that teacher in town. He may not be the best but I am sure he would do it." Katara said as they talked around the campfire after eating their dinner.
"As much as that sounds like a good idea I would rather pass. Besides I think I have an idea." With that Aang discussed his plan to get the young blind girl to join their gang.
Later that night while everyone was asleep, the moon was nearly full and Katara felt her strength rise within her. She walked out of her tent and looked up at the sky. They were located on top of a hill and waiting for the next night to arrive to carry out their plan. She walked out of the campsite a little to get more room to practice her bending. Momo woke at the sound of her and followed her out of the camp area. There he watched the young female waterbender call out her element from out of nowhere and started to battle an imaginary opponent. The waterbender started to flip in the air using her water as her weapon when cutting it into the air.
After nearly two hours of practicing Katara started to get tired, and walked back to her tent. She bended off all the sweat that she had built up from the work that she had just done and took a small wet towel to damp herself off. If there was one thing that she was use to was not being able to sleep under such a moon that was like tonight. She kneeled down on the floor of her tent and opened her bag and pulled out a picture of her mother and bowed before her giving a small prayer for the future. She could sense the moon trying to give her a sign of what will lay ahead for the young incognito princess. She lay down in her sleeping bag and sleep soon overcame her.
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Just when the sun started rise, Zuko awoke too. He felt much better after giving off some aggression with Kata last night. She was one of his favorite slaves, with her being by his side for the last five years. He got up and looked over at Kata who still slept on the other side of the bed. There was nothing more beautiful than waking up to such perfection of a woman's body every morning.
He put his training clothes on and walked onto the deck to do his morning exercises. He got into a wide stance and summoned his inner fire around his hands. He moved his hands from the right down in front of his waist and then out towards to the ocean sending a voluminous fire bolt that was as large at least half the size of the Royal ship. After an hour of working with fire, he went to work on lightning that he has too mastered throughout the year. He moved his hands out from his body then brought one hand down and around him and then with the other and lighting started to form on his fingertips. He closed his eyes and became one with this source of power purifying any thoughts and focusing just on this. He started to move his mind to get the feel of it again and started to move his hands around playing with is for a while and then shot it out towards that sky.
He did this over and over until his uncle came down to the deck on the royal ship. Though his uncle always rose at dawn like every man on this crew, he always liked to take his sweet time coming down for breakfast. After all he is an old man and to Zuko it was fine with him for it gave him more time to think by himself while training. "Morning Prince Zuko."
"Morning Uncle. How was your night?"
"Slept like a baby with my new beautiful women. You should see what beauty the Kyoshi Warriors hold, especially their leader, very spirited young women if I say so myself." He gave out a small chuckle and Zuko just rolled his eyes. His Uncle always had a taste for the exotic women that they acquired making his harem grow everyday with twenty-five women now. "How about you my nephew? How was your night?"
"Very good. Kata has her ways of calming me down. But, I am pretty sure that everyone slept well with the new additions to the ship harem for the men."
"I wouldn't say that Zuko."
"Why not?"
"Well it was almost a full moon last night. I would say our little waterbender would have most likely been up all night just now getting their beauty during this fine morning."
"I meant on this ship uncle. Waterbenders are our opposite in every way. I am surprised that they function at all during the day and not become bats like they act."
"I am sure they can say the same thing about us Zuko. They probably think that we are crazy for getting up at the crack of dawn every morning since birth." Iroh said.
"Yeah and I bet my prize is sleeping right now still."
"She most likely is. It is still very early in the morning; I am sure that most people are asleep still."
Zuko walked over and sat down next to his uncle and started to eat his breakfast on the deck this morning. One of the kitchen slaves brought his usual meal. "That is why we are superior Uncle for we do not waste the day sleeping and being lazy. We seize every moment of the day that our sun provides us to take over villages and make them our colonies to control and use at will."
"Yes we do use the day for that, but others like the dark to sneak around and have cover for their attacks."
"Then they are just cowards who do not know the true art of fighting and that is why they will always loose to us."
"Most people call us foolish for fighting in the day light for we expose ourselves."
"I don't understand why you are talking this way Uncle. Why is it that you can never just agree with me and instead are saying such nonsense?"
"I just want you to have knowledge of both sides. By understanding your opponent then you are able to anticipate their moves and win, always win." This made Zuko think of the waterbender and how she had so much knowledge of the fire nation.
"Uncle, I think that I need to learn about my little waterbender a little bit more. I need all the scrolls that we have about the waterbenders. I want to know every move that she uses and more importantly her."
Uncle Iroh got up, "I will make the necessary arrangements."
"Uncle I don't care what it takes, we must bring her home. And if that means stealing another waterbender then I will do it."
"And where would you find another waterbender?"
"Well many do take refuge in Bai Sing Se." Zuko said as he finished his meal. He had plans forming in his mind something that no one has ever tried before in the history of the Fire Nation. He had studied his history well and knew what worked and what didn't. And soon a small smirk formed on his face as he quickly stood up and walked to his chambers to write another letter to his father.
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Later that evening and the group put their plan into action. They walked up to the gates where two guards were standing. "Who goes there?"
"Hi I am the Avatar and these are my friends. We were wondering if we could have an audience with the Bei Fong family." Aang asked as he walked up to the guards with Katara and Sokka closely behind.
The guard quickly left and went inside to tell a servant the avatar was to be presented before the family. "My Lord, there are people who would like to speak with you."
A man and a woman sat in large over decorated chairs that were made from gold leaf and wood. And behind them stood a master piece of art of the boar which symbolizes the family. There was also a young girl and an older looking man from the class on the floor before them. "Who dares to come to my home unannounced?"
The servant who was at a slight bow responded, "The avatar and his friends Sir."
The woman who was the wife of the Lord gave out an astonished gasp for she thought that the avatar was dead for so many years and then hearing that one had returned out of nowhere was appalling to her that she thought it was a lie. "Oh my. Bring them in right away."
The servant left and brought in the children in to speak. The group gave a slight bow to the people of the room. "It is an honor to have the Avatar in our humble abode." The woman said which was very ironic since they are one of the wealthiest people in the Earth Kingdom.
The young girl who was still sitting on the floor was very irritated that the avatar had come looking for her when she said for him to stay away. But she was also curious as to why they were so insistent to have her not that she could blame them for wanting her since she is one of the best earthbenders in the world. The young girl had dark brown hair that was pulled up in a bun. She wore one of the richest gowns that money could buy but she looked as if she hated the thing she was in.
"No the pleasure is mine." Said Aang.
They all talked for a while until dinner was announced and then they made their way to the dining room where they ate. "Avatar Aang how long do you think this war will continue?" Lord Bei Fong said.
"Well I would like this war to end soon but first I need to master the elements and then face the Fire Lord to stop this war." Aang said.
"Well our teacher to Toph here is a master of earthbending." He pointed to an old man whose drive was just greed and nothing else.
He looked at the young boy in front of him, "It would be a pleasure to teach the avatar earthbending to end this war." He said seeing a future of glory for him for doing something so noble that everyone would want their children learning from him.
"Well then Toph must be a master herself from learning from such a great teacher." Aang had said.
"No, I'm afraid because of her blindness that she will never truly master earthbending and only remain at the basics where she is now." Aang just looked at Toph's way wondering why her parents would think that about her.
The rest of the dinner went on pleasantly except for Toph who felt neglected as always, taking a back seat in her parent's lives. Toph went outside undetected as always. Aang saw her slipping through the door and went out for her.
"I know you are there Twinkle toes." Toph said in the middle of the garden.
"How did you know?" Aang asked.
She walked over to him. "I can feel through my feet, it is like seeing but without actually looking. I sense the vibrations around and then I know what is there. I feel the ants and the tree and you." Aang started looking around his surroundings to see what she was talking about.
"If you can do all this then why don't you just tell your parents?"
"Because all they see is a small blind girl who can't even take care of herself."
They kept talking until she heard a noise, "We have to get out of here." They started to run but then were caught by two metal cages. Then out of nowhere three large men hopped over the wall and stomped on the cages leaving a note behind on their way out with the two benders.
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