Author's Note: Tricked you with that last note didn't I?
Maru No More
"Don't touch her, ever again!" the avatar screamed.
"Wait!" Katara yelled, taking a step towards Zuko, and picking up a broken mask on the floor. She touched the design of a red stripe on the side; she wrinkled her brow, as if in deep thought. Suddenly she turned around and said "Let's go Aang." She started off towards the trail again, in a slumping sort of way. Aang glared at Zuko, who strangely felt a little satisfied inside. "Fine, be a coward Aang; run off with your little girlfriend." He whispered menacingly with a dark grin. Aang threw the mask into the side of his face. He stood still, a trail of blood trickling down his cheek like a streak coming from his eye. "AANG ISN'T THE COWARD HERE! YOU ARE!" Katara screamed, turning back around and throwing a rock at him. She seemed to be in a bad mood.
Aang jumped down, and landed between Katara and Zuko, straightening with a serious look on his face. "I don't know why you did what you did, but the next time I see you, it won't be fun and games anymore." He warned. He had wanted Zuko as a friend…But why was Zuko trying to get all….Googly with Katara? Did he know he liked her? Was he messing with his head?
Katara opened her eyes a bit at what he said, and she felt like the helium balloon that was in her stomach had just been crushed. 'He sounds just like Zuko…' she thought, staring at Aang in disbelief.
Jesse leaned backwards a bit, the sun hitting her face, "It's all going to change now, and there's nothing I can do to stop it." She said threw a soft and weary sigh. "Did you say something?" Sokka asked next to her, leaning back like her. Jesse smiled "No, it's nothing Sokka"
There was a rustling noise behind a bush in front of Sokka, and when he heard it, his warrior side pounced into action and he grabbed his boomerang. A girl tried to climb out of the bush, and looked up wearily. She looked around Jesse's age, had dark brown hair, and owned a pair of bright emerald green eyes. "JESSE! You're alive!" The girl yelled, making Sokka drop his weapon. Jesse cocked her head, and looked over at the girl. After seeing past the dirt and brambles in her hair, silence drifted past the two. "…I thought you were dead…Alisha?"
The supposed 'Alisha' ran out of the bushes without even caring that she just ripped her skirt, and Jesse jumped to her feet. The two hugged each other in a tight embrace, as if they hadn't seen each other in a million years. "How did you survive the fire?" Jesse said, letting go. Alisha smiled, brushing a branch off of her shoulder. A confused Sokka gawked at the two girls in the background. "I found out you were caught by the Fire Nation's Admiral Zhao and I went looking for you. Once I found you, I couldn't talk to you. You were on the move, so I followed and tracked you all the way here. Believe me. Flying Bison? Hardest things EVER to track."
Jesse frowned, "How could you do that all by yourself?"
"Oh, I wasn't alone! I found an Earthbender that wanted to go to the Earth Nation City, so I followed him." "Oh, where's the earthbender then?"
