I know you must hate me, but my cumputer was crazy this hole week, sorry sorry sorry! :( I hope you'll like this new chapter, enjoy :D

Chapter 13:

Unsuspected.

Sokka was inwardly dead, he was hopeless and getting depressed, his sister, his baby sister, had been missing for long, too long, who knows what could have happened to her, too many images

crowded in his head, each one more frightening than the other. Aang too was starting to lose hope, yet he was the most optimistic person Sokka had ever known and it just made him feel worse,

nothing was the same without Katara, he was even missing her yelling, and what could he possibly say to his father? it was unforgivable.

He was sitting at the edge of Appa's saddle, staring blankly at the sea while Aang was talking to Appa, Sokka loved the sea, it reminded him of his sister. but right know, it seemed just too big and

impassable. They had been looking for days, weeks, and they found nothing. ' It's like this jerk of Zuko has disappeared! Where is he? I hope my sister is fine, and I swear, I'm going to kill him if he has

done anything to her! I'm just going to kill him anyway, how dare he kidnapp her?' Sokka raised his head and looked at the horizon, it was blue, all blue, the sea and the sky were melting

together...but something caught his attention, he spotted a small dot. It was a firenation ship! Sokka quickly stood up and went next to Aang, who seemed surprised.

"What's up Sokka?" the younger boy asked.

"Do you see anything there?" Sokka said, pointing to the sea.

"No...wait a minute...yes! It's...a ship?" Aang asked and looked at Sokka

"Yes! a firenation ship! And maybe Zuko's ship..."

Aang nodded, if they had a chance, even the smallest one to find Katara, they had to try it! and this was a chance. "Lets go! " Aang said, more to Appa than to Sokka.

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"Zuko?" Katara asked, they were both sitting on the deck and eating breakfast. Zuko had changed so much since their kiss, even his men had noticed it, when he was with Katara, he wasn't the angry

prince anymore, he was gentle, and smiling -which was really strange for Zuko- but it didn't last for a longtime, he didn't want his men to suspect anything, so he tried his best to keep his mask, and it

was not that easy.

"Yes katara?" Zuko said and looked at her with a smile, she blushed furiously and he did the same.

"You...you didn't answer my question." she wasn't sure it was the right moment, but she had to know!

"Which one?" Zuko asked, not knowing the subject yet.

"What are you going to do when... when my brother and Aang come? I mean, I'll have to go with them... I really miss them, and my brother should be really worried, and I need to help Aang to

defeat...your father."

Zuko swalloed hard, yes he had thought about that before, but now that Katara was telling it, it seemed so real...

"I...I still don't know, I love you katara, I really do, but it's my duty to capture the avatar..."

"So you're just going to do it anyway?" Katara cut him "I thought you cared..."

"I do care Katara! But it's not like I have a choice! It's the only way I can go home again! What am I supposed to do?" Zuko said with an angry voice.

Katara remembered her suggestion " You could join us, Aang needs a firebending teacher, you don't have to return home, your father... he is a monster, how could he do that to you? and you still love

him and want to please him? I don't understand..."

Zuko was choked, how could she say that... but a part of him was telling him it was the truth "What would you do if I told you to abandon them, your brother and your friend, what would you do if you

were at my place! you have this mission: save the world, and I have to capture the avatar! I couldn't stop you, you wouldn't let me! It's the same for me!"

"No it's not the same! don't you see what this war has done to so many people, because of it, there are no more waterbender in my village, because of it, I have lost my mother, and you know what?

I'm not alone, hundreds of people have lost someone from their family! And it wont stop you know, unless the avatar saves the world! So it's not the same! YOU are trying to distroy the last worlds

hope! And I'm trying to save it!"

At that Zuko stayed silent, he had never thought about it this way, the war... he had always thought it was a way to show the firenation's greatness, but was it really that?

"She is right prince Zuko you know...this war has caused so much pain...even for me, the dragon of the west, I have lost my son! And now I consider you as my son, I will respect your choice and I will

always be with you, but trust me, your friend is right..."

Zuko looked at his uncle, then at Katara, he lowered his head "I...I will think about it." Then he went to his room and left them both on the deck.

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The prince sat on his desk, what was he going to do now? Katara and his uncle were telling him to join the avatar, to betray his father...'I can't do it...but uncle loves me, and Katara too, as for my

father, he burned me...he is a monster, he said it was just to teach me a lesson, but I was just 13! How could he do that to his own son...I really don't know what to do!'

He looked at the window, he saw the see... and a giant bison! The avatar was there! With Katara's brother, what was his name...Sokka, it was Sokka.

Zuko quickly run at the deck, Katara and his uncle were there, and so was the avatar and his friend. General Iroh was holding Katara back, she was trying to join her brother. Zuko looked at her and

her eyes met, he saw she was worried, for her brother and her friend who were fighting the soldiers, they were clearly disadventaged.

Zuko stood between his men and his enemies "Enough!" he shouted to the crue. "I don't want anyone to be harmed!"

Everything became silent, both sides were surprised by the sudden interferance, everyone knew all prince Zuko wanted was the avatar, and now that he was close to be caught, he ordered to stop

everything?

"What's that Zuko?" Katara asked with a hint of hope in her voice.

Zuko turned and looked at her "Katara, uncle, I made up my mind." then he looked at Aang.

"Avatar Aang, would you accept me as you firebending teacher?"

Ha ha! now guess what's happening next :-p I am a Devil! Please read and review !