Yun awoke to dust falling on her face. She leapt up, the sound of Fire Nation explosives familiar. Aang quickly closed the air temple walls, sealing them off from the outside world. Yun hurriedly started packing things, avoiding falling debris from the ceiling. Suddenly, Zuko ran towards Katara.

"Watch out," he cried, pushing Katara out of the way of a falling part of the ceiling. Seeing how the ceiling was crumbling, Yun made sure that Teo and The Duke were nearer to the walls, where the ceiling was holding up. Toph and Haru earthbended a hole in the wall for them to escape. Yun ushered The Duke to go through first. They had a duty to protect the youngest. Yun entered the tunnel after she made sure Teo made it through as well. Aang was struggling with Appa, who clearly did not want to go into the tunnel.

"What are you doing," Aang asked Zuko, who wasn't making a move towards the tunnel. In fact, he was going in the opposite direction, towards the Fire Nation warships.

"I'll hold them off," he said, before heading off towards the warships.

"Zuko, no," Aang called out, before Sokka and Katara came to pull him back towards the tunnel. They all tried pulling Appa into the tunnel.

"I can't get him to go in there. Appa hates tunnels," Aang said. Appa clearly was straining against his lead.

"Aang, there is no way we can fly out of here," Katara warned.

"We have to find a way," he replied.

"We need to split up," Sokka said. "Take the tunnel and get to the stolen airship."

"No," Katara said firmly. "The Fire Nation can't separate our family again."

"It'll be okay. It's not forever," Hakoda reassured her.

Yun made sure that The Duke and Teo were safely making their way into the tunnel. Making sure The Duke was safe, Yun turned to face Teo, not wanting to say goodbye. Teo gently pulled Yun down and kissed her on the cheek. "Stay safe," he said and then turned around and went deeper into the tunnel.

"Come on, Yun," Sokka said, the rest of the group already having boarded. Yun looked at Teo's retreating figure.

"You better stay safe too," she yelled before she ran and climbed onto Appa's saddle.

Toph cleared out a path that Appa could fly through.

"There's an awful lot of fire in that general direction," Suki pointed out.

"We'll get through it," Aang said. "Let's go."

Appa flew out, a layer of rocks protecting them from fire. Yun watched as they flew right past Azula. She looked as if she was about to retaliate, but then she turned around. Seeing what she was looking at, the group looked in shock as Zuko appeared on another warship.

"We're going to have to wait for him," Yun said.

"Yeah," Aang said, preparing to weave Appa around fire blasts. Yun drew out the water from her water skins. Time to get to work. Katara and Yun worked together to deflect blasts of fire as Aang steered Appa. Yun then saw the explosion on top of the airship.

"Zuko's falling," she called out. With a sharp pull of his right arm, Aang steered Appa towards Zuko. Katara grabbed his arm and pulled him onto the saddle. They all watched Azula fall through the air.

"She's not going to make it," Zuko breathed out in disbelief. Azula then sent out a blast of fire with her feet, propelling her towards the cliff's edge. She managed to hang onto it, looking at the group with revenge hungry eyes.

"Of course she did," Zuko said, before looking away. Appa kept flying until Aang found a place for them to set up camp.

"Camping," Aang said cheerfully. "It really feels like old times again, huh?"

"If you want it to really feel like old times, I can chase you around a while and try to capture you," Zuko joked. That got some laughs from the group. Yun could tell Katara wasn't very amused though.

"To Zuko," Sokka said, raising his cup. "Who knew after all those times he tried to snuff us out, today he'd be our hero." They all raised their cups except Zuko and Katara. Toph even punched Zuko in the shoulder.

"I'm touched. I don't deserve this," Zuko said.

"Yeah, no kidding," Katara said, glaring at him. She then got up and walked away from the group.

"What's with her," Sokka asked.

"I wish I knew," Zuko said, getting up to go follow her.

"What's with him," Sokka asked. The group was silent. The celebratory mood was thoroughly ruined. Yun decided to just go to bed. No one seemed to be in the mood for much socializing. Sighing, she went into her separate tent. She already missed sleeping close to other people. After tossing and turning, she finally fell asleep.

She saw a Fire Nation soldier step out of the darkness, helmet covering their face. Yun could feel the heat radiating off of them. They then took off their helmet, and Yun gasped. It was her sister. Her hands trembling, Yun reached for her sister's face but pulled away as the heat seared her fingers, the burning sensation traveling up her arms.

"Ilak," Yun called out. "Ilak, what are you doing here?"

"I'm finishing my job," she growled before bending a blast of fire at Yun. Yun tried to block with her bending but found she couldn't. She was too slow. Suddenly, she found herself shrinking, smaller and smaller. She tried to run away, but she saw another gigantic blast come towards her. It almost looked like a comet, hurtling to kill her. She jerked awake. Feeling the frantic beat of her heart and the sweat beading on her forehead, Yun sat for a moment, taking deep breaths. Peaking outside her tent, she saw it was almost daybreak, the dark of night gradually giving way to a new morning.

Her mind raced. It had been a while since she had dreamt of her sister. The feelings of guilt and anger associated with her came rushing back. It was probably due to the fact that she had been thinking about her again. Yun sighed, rubbing her face wearily. There was no point in going to sleep again; she didn't want to dream again.

She decided to go check on Appa. On her way over to Appa, she saw Zuko sitting on a rock directly in front of Katara's tent. Walking over, Yun stopped a little behind Zuko.

"What are you doing," she asked. Zuko quickly turned around, eyes wide in shock. Yun waited for an explanation, eyebrow raised.

"Nothing," Zuko growled, turning back around to face Katara's tent.

"Doesn't look like nothing," Yun said, planting herself down on the same rock.

"It has nothing to do with you,Yun," Zuko said, moving away from Yun.

"Okay, then what do you want to talk about," Yun said.

"Nothing," Zuko snapped.

"You want to talk about nothing and just stare at Katara's tent until she wakes up," Yun asked incredulously. "That is kinda creepy."

"Yun-," Zuko said between gritted teeth before Yun interrupted him, feeling an almost hyperactive rush of energy after her dream. She felt words bubbling up with no filter to stop them, tumbling out of her mouth like hyperactive toddlers with no adult supervision.

"Like really really is creepy. Like stalker boyfriend levels of creepy. One time my sister had a boyfriend that she dumped and then he stalked her all around the village for months before she told my parents and then my mom was upset, because she wasn't supposed to date, and even if she was allowed, she definitely shouldn't have been dating that guy. Let me tell ya, that guy just had something off about hi-," she rambled quickly, her tongue almost tripping over her words.
"You have a sister," Zuko interrupted her. Yun paused, realizing that she let that slip. The dream must have shaken her up more than she thought. The thought of her sister was like being doused in cold water. Her energy promptly drained out of her, leaving her tired and empty.

"I made that up," Yun lied. "I just wanted something to talk about." Like a predator with a prey, Zuko caught onto her lie.

"You're lying," he said. "So you have a sister. Where is she?"

"I'm going to check on Appa," Yun said, about to get up. She didn't like this side of Zuko, razor sharp edges intended to hurt others. Zuko caught her wrist and pulled her back down. Yun fell back onto the rock, hissing in pain.

"No, you're the one who wanted to talk about things," Zuko said. "So tell me about your sister."

"I don't know, okay," Yun hissed, trying to free her arm from Zuko's grasp. She could tell his frustration with Katara was coloring this interaction with her.

"You don't like your sister, do you? I can tell from the way that you don't talk about her. Not so nice as you say you are, huh," Zuko pressed.

"I never said I was nice," Yun protested. She had never said that. Ever.

"You and your group think you guys are perfect, that you can do no wrong, never feel the wrong thing," Zuko said. "But you do, don't you. You hide from them."

"You are part of the group now," Yun said, not able to reply to the other stuff.

"See, that's what I mean. You're hiding again," Zuko said as his voice began to rise in frustration. "You are trying so hard to be good that you don't even have a personality. You don't dare step out of line. You are hiding yourself!"

"No, I'm not," Yun said.

"Yes you are. You hate your sister. Like I do with Azula. What did she do to you, huh," Zuko said, challengingly. Yun's heart began to beat faster and her breaths began to shorten. Zuko noticed the trembling of her hand from where he held Yun's wrist. Surprised, his grip loosened, and Yun wrenched her wrist away from him.

"I'm going to check on Appa," she said shakily. Stumbling over to Appa, she said next to him as she watched the sunrise. She leaned on him, shaky hands gripping his fur as she took deep breaths. Appa lowed, concerned, but Yun just sat next to him and tried to forget everything. Crossing her legs and clearing her mind, she meditated. Aang came a few hours later, carrying some food for Appa. Yun opened her eyes, saw Aang, and waved.

"What are you doing up so early," Aang said.

"Couldn't sleep," she said.

"Are you feeling more tired now," Aang asked. "We weren't planning on doing anything today, so I think you could get away with sleeping 'til lunch."
"But my sleep schedule," Yun half-heartedly protested.

"It's only one day," Aang said, smiling softly. Yun got to her feet and stumbled into her tent again. Hopefully, she wouldn't get anymore nightmares.

When she woke up around noon, she spent the day avoiding Zuko. It was actually quite easy, because he was doing the same thing. Yun hung out with Toph, which included lying around and not doing anything. She tried her best not to think about her parents or her sister or stupid Zuko. What a jerk. She went to bed frustrated and still a little shaken. When she woke up the next day, she noticed some people were gone.

"Where's Katara," she asked.

"She went on a field trip with Zuko," Toph explained.

"Why," Yun asked. Toph shrugged.

"Sokka, why did Katara go on a field trip," Yun said after finding him trying to teach Momo tricks.

"Zuko found out who killed our mother, and now they are going to find him," Sokka said, trying to get Momo to flip on command. Yun scowled at the mention of Zuko. When Sokka looked at Yun, he actually did a double take.

"Are you mad at Zuko or Katara or something," Sokka asked.

"No, why do you ask," Yun spat out. Sokka paused for a second, wide eyed.

"I've never seen you frown so hard in all the time I have met you," he commented. That shocked her out of her scowl.

"I've never frowned before," she asked in disbelief, touching her face as if to feel her frown.

"I mean you've been annoyed, but never straight up scowl-y mad, you know," Sokka said. Yun was pretty sure she had scowled at Sokka before, but never with the level of frustration she had now.

"It's all because Zuko's a huge jerk!" With that, Yun let out a frustrated growl and stalked off. She didn't usually get frustrated with people. And she never argued. She couldn't argue. It wasn't like anyone in the group gave her a reason to, anyways.

She was never talking to Zuko again. For as long as she lived. Yun promised herself that. How could he keep asking her all that stuff when she clearly didn't want to talk about it. Yun angrily wiped away tears from her eyes. Great, now she was crying from frustration. Taking deep breaths, she found Aang meditating. He opened her eyes as she approached.

"Can I join you," she asked. Aang smiled and patted the spot next to him. Yun sat cross legged next to him and closed her eyes. She took measured breaths, feeling her chest expand and contract, the wind blowing through her hair. Settling her mind, she pushed her thoughts to the background and worked on keeping a clean mind, free from anger or distractions. She couldn't get mad. She had to stop those feelings, stop them from emerging. Never again.

After sitting for a few hours with Aang, they both stopped meditating. They then went over waterbending forms. Yun found that spending time with Aang calmed her down, allowing her anger to recede.

"Are you feeling better," Aang said as the sun inched closer to the horizon.

"You could tell," Yun asked sheepishly.

"Yeah, a little," Aang shrugged, keeping the water stream between them going. Yun formed it into a dragon when it reached her, but it dissolved back into a simple water stream when it reached Aang again.

Yun then saw Appa in the distance.

"Katara's back," Yun commented. She wondered if Katara went through with it. Aang dropped the water stream and ran towards the beach. Yun slunk away to hang out with Suki. She wasn't ready to see Zuko again. She spent the rest of the evening on the beach, seeing the last bit of day turn into night. She looked at the night sky, the stars twinkling. She thought of her parents, under the same sky as her. Was it nighttime for them, or could they feel the warmth of the sun?

Yun took off her shoes and walked along the water's edge, letting the cool water lap at her feet. Each step she took, she dug her toes into the sand, disrupting the smoothness of it. Yun saw a figure walking towards her in the darkness, his figure illuminated by the full moon.

"Sokka," Yun asked, squinting to see who it was.

"Uh, not exactly." Recognizing the voice, Yun pivoted and started walking back to camp. She really didn't want to deal with him right now. However, she was stopped by a hand on her shoulder. She knocked the hand off her shoulder and glared at Zuko.

"I was looking for you," he said. Yun continued to glare; her face was actually hurting from frowning so hard. Zuko rubbed his face with his hand before continuing. "Look, I was wrong. Before. You know. . ." Yun still refused to speak. In fact, she was about to turn around and leave when Zuko growled in frustration and then started to speak.

"I'm sorry that I yelled at you, okay? And that I said you weren't nice. And I'm sorry I brought up your sis-, stuff you don't want to talk about. I'm sorry I was a jerk." Yun looked at Zuko's face, twisted with misery, and all her remaining anger drained away. She had a day to let out her anger, and besides, she had done the same thing, forcing him to talk when he didn't want to.

"Yeah. I'm sorry too," Yun said. Zuko looked at her with confusion.

"Why are you apologizing," he asked bemused.

"Well, I also kinda forced you to talk when you didn't want to," Yun explained. "I was acting . . . overly familiar, I guess." Zuko shook his head.

"I like that."

"That I'm overly familiar?"
"I guess," Zuko shrugged. "I like talking. With you, I mean."

"Except for this morning," Yun said.

"Well, I guess- I mean no, not really, it wasn't-," Zuko stuttered, before Yun interrupted.

"From now on, when you tell me you don't want to talk, I shall respect that. While I am a master at some things, I'm not a master of body language, you know?"

"What are you the master at," Zuko asked curiously.

"Love, obviously," Yun said. Zuko snorted.

"Hey," she said indignantly. "Here's a taste of my powers. Aang is in love with Katara."

"Everyone with eyes can see that," Zuko said, rolling his eyes. They both start to walk along the shoreline together as Yun tried to prove her mastery of love.

"Well, do you know that Toph has a crush on Sokka," she said.

"Yeah," Zuko said.

"Yeah? What about the fact that Katara likes Aang," Yun said, panicking as she tried to prove her skills. Zuko was a tough opponent.

"It's obvious you're just guessing at this point," Zuko said.

"Well, obviously if you're like that, it's going to be impossible to prove my skills, Zuko," Yun pouted.

"Or maybe you're just not as good as you think you are," he retorted. Yun shoved him for that. He stumbled a bit before walking beside her again. Zuko then let out a huge yawn.

"Maybe it's time we go to bed," Yun said, chuckling. They both walked to camp, and Yun reached her tent first.

"Good night, Zuko." He looked as if he was going to say something, but he just nodded and went inside his tent.

Yun stayed awake in her tent a little longer. Maybe, she should talk about her sister more. Maybe, she should think about her sister more. After all, it was her fault that their parents were missing.