Zuko, Iroh and I were on a ferry, on our way to Bo Sing Se.
"Who would have thought after all these years, I'd return to the scene of my greatest military disgrace…" Iroh said
He turns around and when he turns back to Zuko and I he has a floral hat on his head.
"…as a tourist1" Iroh said
"Look around. We're not tourists, we're refugees." Zuko said
Zuko sips on the soup we were all given only to spit it out.
"Ugh! I'm sick of eating rotten food, sleeping in the dirt. I'm tired of living like this!" Zuko said
"Zuko you need to calm down, we can't draw unwanted attention." I said
Zuko went to say something but someone else spoke up first.
"Aren't we all?" some asked
I felt someone's arm wrap around my shoulders.
"How have you been Kida?" Jet asked
I could see Zuko glaring at Jet.
"My name's Jet and these are my Freedom Fighters, Smellerbee and Longshot." Jet said
I pull myself from Jet and step over to Zuko and Iroh.
"Hey." Smellerbee said
"Hello." Iroh said
"Here's the deal. I hear the captain's eating like a king while the refugees have to feed off his scraps. Doesn't seem fair, does it?" Jet asked
"What sort of king is he eating like?" Iroh asked
"The fat, happy kind. You want to help us "liberate" some food?" Jet asked
Zuko tosses the bowl of rotten food into the water.
"I'm in." Zuko said
"What about you Kida? You want to help as well?" Jet asked
"We both know the answer to that question." I said
"Fine have it your way." Jet said
With that Jet, Smellerbee, Longshot, and Zuko leave.
"Do you know them?" Iroh asked
"Yeah, I meet them while I was with team Aang. Jet is not a good guy, he was going to wipe out an entire village to get rid of a few firebenders." I said
Iroh nodded. A few minutes pass before the freedom fighters and Zuko come back. Jet passes out the food to other travelers. The freedom fighters sit with Zuko, Iroh and I.
"So, Smellerbee. That's an unusual name for a young man." Iroh said
"Maybe it's because I'm not a man…I'm a girl." Smellerbee said
She gets up and storms off.
"Oh, now I see. It's a beautiful name of a lovely girl!" Iroh yells
Longshot got up and walked over to Smellerbee. Jet turns to talk to us.
"From what I heard, people eat like this every night Ba Sing Se. I can't wait to set my eyes on that giant wall." Jet said
"It is a magnificent site." Iroh said
"So you've been before?" Jet asked
"Once. When I was a…different man." Iroh said
"I've done some things in my past I'm not proud of, but that's why I'm going to Ba Sing Se for a new beginning. A second chance." Jet said
I rolled my eyes and stood up and headed to the front of the ship.
"That's very noble of you. I believe people can change their lives of they want to. I believe in second chances." Iroh said
Once I got to the front of the ship I played the water. I heard someone walk up behind me I turned and bought the ice up, I stopped it before it made contact with Jet's head.
"What do you want Jet? Here to play more games?" I asked
"Do you mind dropping the ice." Jet said
I glared at him but sent the water back into the ocean.
"You didn't answer my question Jet." I said
"I want to talk to you." Jet said
"Then talk." I said
"I know that the last time we were together I tried to destroy that village. But after you left me frozen to that tree, I had time to think while I waited for the ice thaw which took a very long time. I know what I did was wrong, very wrong. Which is why Longshot, Smellerbee, and I are headed to Ba Sing See to start over. I would very much like to start over with you as well." Jet said
I thought about what Jet said.
"Even though I can bend fire?" I asked
"Yes." Jet said
"Then I don't see why we can't start over." I said
"Thank you for the second chance, Kida." Jet said
"Just know that I don't give third chances." I said
Jet nodded his head and back towards the center of the ship. I turn back around and looked at the water. I started to play with it again. I created two little animals, and the started to play around in the water. Someone walked up next to me. I knew it was Zuko because the person spelt like fire.
"It still surprises me that you can do that." Zuko said
"I'm trying to get better at it. Trying to break the connection without having the animals fall apart." I said
"If anyone can you can." Zuko said
I turned and looked at him.
"What do you want?" I asked
"What do you mean?" Zuko asked
"You are being to nice." I said
"Fine, how do you know that guy?" Zuko asked
"Do you remember the pirates? (Zuko nods) While I was with team Aang after that, we were in a forest, and came upon a camp of fire nation soldiers, we started to fight them and Jet and his freedom fighters came from the trees and helped. We went back to their hideout, Sokka and I didn't trust Jet. Jet talked Sokka into going on a mission with him where jet attacked an old man. The next day, Jet had us filling up a dam that he planned to blow that would wash out the town killing everyone that lived there. We found out and I was able to stop the water, and then Sokka showed up and told me to the let the water flow because he had got everyone out of town. I froze Jet to a tree, and then we left." I said
"Wow, and you though traveling with me was dangerous." Zuko said
"Well I was wrong, I have yet to not have an uneventful day while I was with team Aang." I said
Zuko laughed.
"It's not funny." I said
"Yes it is." Zuko said
Zuko leaned down and kissed my forehead. We turned and headed back to the middle of the ferry. I walked over to Iroh.
Zuko's Pov:
I watched Kida head over to Uncle. Jet walked up to me.
"You know, as soon as I saw your scar, I knew exactly who you were. You're an outcast, like me. And us outcasts have to stick together. We have to watch each other's backs. Because no one else will." Jet said
I looked over at uncle, and Kida.
"I've realized lately that being on your own isn't always the best path." I said
I see Jet look at Kida.
"How do you know Kida?" Jet asked
"We meet a month or so ago." I said
"She really is something. Good luck, because if she is anything like she was the last time I saw her you'll need it." Jet said
"Thanks." I said
I walked away from Jet, and over to Kida and Uncle.
