Welcome to Part II of Connected at the Wrist!! I hope you enjoy it!!!

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Part II

Chapter 14: Rescue

Zuko and Katara snuck through the quiet city by the light of the bright moon. The previous night they had slept in each other's arms up on the cliff, but tonight they had to do a rescue. Katara could tell Zuko was extremely nervous all day, but she knew he would have been worse if she wasn't there with him. As they got closer to the Fire Palace Katara could see how enormous it truly was. There was an outer wall made of stone, and some trees hovered above it, then there were three tall towers, and three smaller ones that came up just above the wall.

"Wow I can't believe you actually lived there," Katara whispered in awe as they crept along the west side of the wall.

"Yea well it wasn't all that great," he replied. Earlier Zuko had told her that at night no one guarded the wall. The two came to a pretty large slot in the large wall. Zuko said he always wondered what it was for, but it led to the garden. Zuko began to climb through the horizontal slot when he heard a voice of an older woman from inside the gardens.

"Who…who is there?" Climbing into the garden completely, Zuko spoke,

"Tsun Ji is that you?" He squinted in the darkness to make out the short stocky figure of Tsun Ji his mother's old servant, but she was much more than that she helped take care of Zuko after his mom left. She was the definition of tough love.

"Prince Zuko is that you?" Tsun Ji excitedly answered.

"It's just Zuko now Tsun Ji." The dark skinned woman ran up and hugged the former prince, then she slapped him across the face. "Ow what was that for?"

"That's for getting yourself exiled and making me worry for three years," she declared. "So what are you doing here now, if your father catches you he will probably have you executed?"

"Yea but I have to save my Uncle, it's my fault he is here anyway."

"You're doing this alone?"

"No my girlfriend is helping me," he said pointing to Katara who was still standing outside the slot. "Tsun Ji this is Katara, Katara this is Tsun Ji."

"It is very nice to meet you," politely answered Katara. Tsun Ji smiled and shook her hand, then turned to Zuko.

"She's too good for you," whispered Tsun Ji. Zuko merely rolled his eyes. "So Zuko you don't actually have a plan for breaking Iroh out do you?"

"Uh…no," he remarked looking down.

"I thought so. Well come back tomorrow morning when the mail carriage comes to the palace for pick up and steal the armor the mailman wears and Katara come right back here, I'll have a maid's outfit for you. You and I will be breaking Iroh out, oh and sweetie make sure you wear you're hair like this," instructed the old woman as she pointed to her black hair that was pulled into a bun. Katara nodded.

"Thanks Tsun Ji, but where will we stay for the rest of the night?" Asked Zuko.

"Oh right…just stay in an alley by the docks, no one will notice you there."

"Thanks again," added Zuko as he kissed Tsun Ji on the cheek and climbed out of the slot.

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The sun began rising over the docks when Zuko woke up. Katara was curled up in his arms as they lay on the dirty street of an alley. Zuko had to go and steal some breakfast for the two of them they needed their strength. He proceeded to wake Katara up because he didn't want to leave her in an alley asleep and vunerable.

"Katara," he shook her slightly she stirred, "Wake up I'll be right back with food."

Zuko walked calmly through the streets of the harbor. He passed a little vendor who was selling hats. When the man wasn't looking Zuko snatched one and settled it atop his head so it was difficult to see his scar. He made his way to the dock where there were stands of skinned fish waiting to be purchased. Slowly Zuko spotted a heavy rich man bent over buckling his shoe. The man's little chang purse was sticking out of his back pocket. Zuko felt bad that he was going to steal but it was for food and he was hungry, so was Katara and he'd do anything for Katara. The teen quickly pick pocketed the heavyset man and bought a fish for breakfast.

When Zuko returned Katara was sitting groggily in the alley.

"Ooo fish," she remarked. "But how are you going to cook it?"

"Like this," said Zuko as he lit his hand that was holding the fish on fire. Katara smiled. After it was done they ate it.

"Okay you ready?" asked Zuko.

"Yup," replied Katara as she pulled her hair into a loose bun. The two made their way back to the Palace.

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They stopped at the place they were the night before beside the garden slot.

"Okay this is my stop," stated Katara.

"Good luck," said Zuko giving her a quick kiss before he left to "rendezvous" with the mailman.

"You too." As soon as Zuko left Tsun Ji appeared at the slot.

"Okay Katara you must hurry," Tsun Ji informed as she helped the water tribe girl through the slot and into the royal gardens. She pulled Katara into the bushes and handed her a black and red maids' robe.

"Here quickly put this on." When Katara was done she stepped out of the bushes and Tsun Ji pulled her over to a big wooden cart on wheels.

"This is the mail cart," Tsun Ji told Katara, "Now we are going to wheel this down to the dungeon and free Iroh and put him in here. Katara nodded understanding the plan. So the two of them began to wheel the cart full of mail into the Palace. As they made their way to the dungeons Katara stared in awe at the sheer elegance of the Royal Palace. Suddenly she spotted a figure in the distance of the dark hallway. Tsun Ji stopped moving and Katara did the same.

"That's the Fire Lord when he passes smile and bow," Tsun Ji whispered in her ear. As he came closer Katara finally saw the appearance of the man who wreaked havoc onto the world. As she bowed she noticed Azula was the spitting image of him, she was glad Zuko looked nothing like him. Except Ozai carried himself the same way Zuko did, proud and confident. After he passed they continued on to the dungeon, Katara wondered if Ozai missed his son even a little.

Finally Tsun Ji and Katara arrived to the prison cell they kept Iroh in. Iroh looked up as Tsun Ji took the keys out of her pocket.

"Well hello Tsun Ji and friend of the Avatar," Iroh cheerily exclaimed.

"It's Katara," replied Katara.

"Get in the cart, we're busting you out old man," chuckled Tsun Ji as she opened the barred door. Before jumping in the cart Iroh turned to Katara and asked,

"So is the Avatar waiting outside?"

"Actually no, Zuko is. I'm with him." Katara blushed.

"Oh really that is quite unexpected," said Iroh as he got in the mail cart. The two women began to wheel it out to the gate. Finally the reached the Royal Entrance to the Palace. Katara noticed the mail carriage was waiting there, the mailman with face plated armor stepped down off the carriage and nodded to her. That's when she knew it was Zuko. Before reaching the carriage Tsun Ji pulled the cart behind the stone pillar of the gate and told Katara,

"Get in and good luck." Katara smiled and gave her a hug before jumping in the cart under the mail beside Iroh. When she was in Tsun Ji wheeled the heavy cart passed the guards and up the ramp on the back of the carriage. Then the disguised Zuko pulled away the ramp and shut the back of the carriage. He then nodded at Tsun Ji who was trying not to cry. He stepped back onto the royal mail carriage and cracked the reigns of the two ostrich horses that were pulling it. The Palace guards shut the tall gate as Zuko drove the carriage away from the place that he grew up in. Underneath his white face plate Zuko smiled triumphantly.

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Hello!

Yea they saved Iroh!! So how was it? I decided instead of making a sequel to this story I'd make a part II. So whooo!! Oh and thank you for all the reviews I can't believe I have so many!! You guys make me so happy!! Cya in the next chappie!

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