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Chapter two:
"Well Nephew, we have the Waterbender you asked for," Zuko's uncle proclaimed, entering Zuko's room where he was freshening up and addressing wounds from his latest scrap with the Avatar. "I am wondering though nephew, why do not just take the Avatar? You seemed to take the upper hand in the last battle."
"Uncle, if I were to take the Avatar captive it would just end in disaster, like the last time, and the time before that." Zuko answered, straightening his black vest. "No, we need a different plan. That water-bender, Katara, means something to the Avatar, you can see it in his gaze. What we need to do is gain her trust, gain her love. Then she will tell us all we need to know about the Avatar, his strengths and his weaknesses. As she grows to love me she will become more mine then Aang's and she will eventually be lost to him. He will be destroyed emotionally, and then is when we will strike. Use his little Katara as bait and capture him."
"So you wish to seduce the girl to destroy the emotional balance of the Avatar?" His uncle asked. "Then when you return the Avatar to your father and officially become prince again, will Katara be your queen?"
"Of course not!" Zuko laughed, "After she has served her purpose Katara will be disposed of. You cannot actually expect me to keep her as a queen, she is a water-bender." His uncle said nothing but looked thoughtful.
"How do you expect to seduce the girl?" He asked.
"Simple," Zuko answered, "A little game of good cop bad cop."
(Scene Break)
"Get in there water scum!" A guard yelled, throwing Katara roughly into a holding cell below the ships decks. Katara looked up at him, standing up quickly.
"Let me out of here!" She demanded, glaring at the guard.
"Don't give me that look," The guard snarled, fire sprouting at the tips of his fingers, "Or I'll burn it off." The guard knocked Katara down again.
"What is going on here?" A voice demanded. Zuko walked briskly over to the guard, an angry look in his eyes.
"I was attending to the prisoner, Prince Zuko," the guard answered with a bow of his head.
"What way is this to treat a guest on our ship?" Zuko demanded, helping Katara up gently.
"Guest?" Katara repeated, yanking her hand away. "I am hardly a guest."
"Come," Zuko continued, appearing to take no notice in what she just said. "I will show you to my quarters."
"Your quarters?" She repeated, hurrying to keep up with his brisk pace. "Why would I stay there?"
"There are no other rooms available at this time and I do not think you appreciate sleeping on the cold cell floor," Zuko answered, climbing up a set of stairs and opening a door to a dimly lit room. Katara cautiously sat on the bed while Zuko started rummaging through his closet.
"Why did you care how that guard treated me?" She asked suspiciously, "Why do you care where I sleep, I am your prisoner after all."
"You are not my prisoner you are my guest," Zuko said again, still looking in his closet. Katara snorted with laughter/
"Right, your guest. Then let me leave!" Katara exclaimed. "I have to get back to Aang and Sokka! They need me, they're idiots!"
"I'm sure they will be able to survive for a short time, I'm sorry Katara but I cannot let you leave." Zuko emerged from his closet and handed her a pair of red robes. "For you,"
"Fire-bender's robes," she spat, pushing them away. "I'll be fine in my own." Zuko raised and eyebrow at her badly singed robe but didn't say anything.
"Fine, but if you do change your mind I have those and this," Zuko handed her a red Chinese style dress patterned with black roses. Katara widened her eyes as she stroked the silk.
"Where did you get this?"
"A lover of mine once left it on the ship," Zuko shrugged, draping it over a chair. Katara studied his face in the candlelight. "You might want to consider wearing it to dinner tonight, I've arranged us to have a privet dinner at six if you should like."
"Is this why you captured me?" Katara laughed, "To dress up prettily and have dinner with you?"
"More or less," Zuko answered. Katara found the intensity of his eyes unnerving and found she couldn't meet his gaze.
"I refuse to have dinner with you," she said bravely. Zuko took a step towards her and took her hand. Katara looked around the room nervously it seemed she was trying to look anywhere besides Zuko. His palm felt warm holding hers and she tried not to think about the fact that his hand could burst into flames at any second, taking hers with it. The longer Zuko held her hand, the more heated Katara seemed to become, just when she couldn't take the heat anymore and it seemed to her she was going to burst into flames or pass out, Zuko brought her hand to his lips and kissed softly.
"I would like it very much if you came," he said softly. He made his way to the door.
"Release me," Katara begged softly.
"I cannot," Zuko replied, equally as soft. They both felt the need to whisper and both did not know why.
"Then I am your prisoner." Katara said bitterly. After a moment Zuko answered.
"You don't have to be," with that he left, closing the door behind him.
(Scene Break)
"We have to find her!" Aang shouted, jumping onto his animal guide.
"Calm down Aang," Sokka said, climbing on as well. They took off into the air, searching for Zuko's ship.
"How can I calm down? He could be torturing her or something worse by now!" Aang exclaimed.
"Think about it Aang, he obviously wants us to come look for her, he probably has a plan. We need to get you to the North Pole," Sokka explained. Aang stared at him in disbelief.
"You want to leave Katara!" He exclaimed. "Sokka how could you, she's your sister!"
"I don't to leave her anymore then you do but the fate of the nations depends on you. We've come to far to let Zuko ruin it now. Besides, Zuko needs you, wherever you go, he will follow." Aang considered this idea for a moment.
"Sokka we can't leave Katara,"
"If we go after her we may be putting her in even more danger, Zuko wouldn't hurt her. We'll get her back soon; Zuko will once again be hot on our trail soon." When Aang didn't answer Sokka put a hand on his shoulder. "I don't want this either, but it's for the best. If you don't master all four soon there will be no Katara to save, there will be no anything. Katara would want this." Aang nodded and the two started to fly North once again. Both couldn't help but wonder if they made the right decision.
Ok, I know Sokka's a little OOC, sorry bout that. Review please!
