Falling with You
Even when they were enemies, they never hurt each other too badly. Of course that hadn't changed now that they were friends sparring for the fun of it. They'd always been pretty evenly matched. Fire and water just worked so well together. Their elements cancelled each other out; it was a true challenge.
This fight though, Katara seemed to be winning. She'd been able to corner him, backing him up to a pond. Just one more step… She had discreetly frozen water at the lip of the pond. One misstep from Zuko and he'd be flat on his back- right in the pond. She pushed closer, even though fighting in close range wasn't her forte.
Katara gasped as Zuko grabbed her wrists, breaking the movement of her water bending. This was a bending fight, not a physical one! He smirked at her, knowing she hadn't expected it.
Well, he wasn't expecting this.
Katara pitched her weight forward, grinning as his confident smirk fell from his face. Her weight caused him to take that last step.
What she hadn't counted on was Zuko's grip tightening on her as he dragged her down. She fell with him into the pond.
They both sat up a moment later, spluttering. "Zuko!" Katara complained, dragging her wet hair from her face.
"Me? That was your own fault!"
She huffed, pushing him back under the water as she struggled to stand in the slippery mud bank.
Zuko stood abruptly, grabbing her around her waist to throw her back into the deeper part of the pond as she screeched at him to unhand her.
She stood once again, spluttering and soaked.
"Oh don't give me that look. You deserved it." Zuko chided her, crossing his arms in self-righteousness.
Katara bended water into his face as she exited the pond.
She was gathering the water from her clothes as he finally stumbled out. She refused to bend the water from his robes- an extra punishment for throwing her. Not that it really mattered as he only rolled his eyes and racked up his temperature to steam the water off.
"Come on, loser, you owe me lunch!" Katara dragged him along, and Zuko didn't mind.
He never minded when it came to her. No matter if she made him fall a hundred times over...