A Bleeding Soul By Tabitha93
Genre: Romance/Action/Drama/Some Humor
Disclamier: Sorry, I dont own Avatar or any of the original characters. I only own Kyumi.
Hi everyone! New chappie! And thanks to all of you who gave me reviews! Also, this is a response to Angel Scar2:
Thanks for the review, it gave me some cool idea's for the story. However, I do have afew things to tell you. First off, No one is perfect when it comes to typing. Not even you. Second, I know burns dont bleed. I've been burned enough to know that, however, this is my story and I can make them bleed if I want, heck, I can make an elephant turd bleed if I wanted to. Third, I can pour coke on a burn if I want. You cant stop me and you defiantly cant control how I write. Fourth, My story is not a MarySue and it does not suck. You just wish it did. I write on my own terms, Im not going to copy someone else's style or idea just to make you happy. And last but not least, Im not butchering Zuko's character. I still have his temper and attitude. Im showing a different side to him. Got a problem with that? And no, Im not trying to be mean. Im just giving you a taste of your own medicane. Yucky isent it? Anyway, thanks for reading my story! PS- The penguin joke was hilarious (I laughed at that for awhile)
Chapter 7 Sweet yet sour
Katara's POV:
"UHHH! Sokka! Please dont tell me you ate ALL the food!" I said as I turned the foodsack upside down. "Uh, N-no!" He muttered. "Momo helped!" I looked over at the little lemur who slept silently by Kyumi who was also asleep. "Yeah right!" Aang snapped. "I have a sore toe and a growling stomach! Dont you even care!"
"Well, I would if it were my toe and my stomach!" Sokka stated.
"At this rate it'll never be your stomach!"
"Look who's talking! You gained 10 pounds just last week!"
"At least I dident gain 20!"
"From the looks of it you did!"
"SOKKA! AANG! STOP BICKERING! I'LL GET KYUMI AND WE'LL GET SOME NUTS! SHEESH!" I yelled. Kyumi stirred a little but dident wake up. I gathered our sack and some water and went to wake up Kyumi. "C'mon" I said as I gently shook her. "We need to get some food before Aang and Sokka eat eachother" Kyumi raised up and all most hit Momo with her hand. She ruffled her hair and stood up. "Im starved" She said as she walked toward the woods. "We'll be back by noon" I said as I glanced at Sokka and Aang seriously. I then followed Kyumi into the woods.
Zuko's POV:
"Any sign of them?" I asked the captain. "No sir" He replied. "How will I ever find you Kyumi?" I whispered to myself. "You could be anywhere" "Prince Zuko!" I was interupted from my thoughts by my Uncle. "One of the crew members spotted what seemed to be a flying bison at a small island strait ahead" He said. "We can go check it out if you wish" "Yes Uncle!" I said loudly. "How long until arrival?" "About an hour" He said. "Perfect" I whispered. I went back to my room to sort out my thoughts. "The Avatar" I said. "And my beautiful Kyumi, All in one" I picked up the pillow she had slept on again and clutched it to my chest. "Not much longer" I thought.
Kyumi's POV:
I was half asleep and in the middle of the woods. Katara was bustling about trying to find some nuts or berrie's mumbling something about boys and their stomachs. I, however, was wondering around with one eye drooping. "I dont care if we starve" I thought. I was obviously in a groggy mood. I had so many thoughts in my head. I couldent sort them out no matter how hard I tried. For some reason, all my thoughts had something to do with Zuko. Would I ever see him again? Does he hate me? Is he going to hurt me if he finds me? "Ahh!" I moaned as I shook my questions away. "You okay Kyumi?" I heard Katara behind me. "Yeah, Im fine, just a bit groggy" I answered. Katara smiled at me and started looking and mumbling again. "I might as well look too" I told myself. I walked around some tree's looking for nuts. "Dang, these squirrels can eat!" I thought. There was not a nut in sight. "Kat, Im going to look for some berrie's over here" I informed her. She nodded and went back to her mumbling. I started to wonder freely throughout the tree's. The island was full of bush's and alot of them had berrie's on them but I dident want to poison anyone with these kind. I kept wondering until I noticed that I was a good ways off from Katara. "Oh great!" I mentally yelled. Just then I saw a bush with little dark blue berrie's on it. "FOOD!" I squeaked. I ran over and started to pick the berrie's handfuls at a time. "Maybe this'll calm Aang and Sokka down" I said aloud. "I'll find Katara in a second" Just then I heard ruffling in the bush's. I looked behind me but nothing was there. "Probably a bug" I said. I went back to my berrie's, Picking them like crazy. The ruffling kept going and the more I heard it, the more nervous I got. The sound became louder and louder. I dropped my berrie's. "Who's there!" I asked hesitintly. No one answered but the noise rolled on. I started to pick up my berrie's when a firebender jumped out at me with flames in his hands. "COME HERE, GIRL!" He demanded. I knew this wasent Zuko for this man was taller, he dident have a scar and had a lower voice. I started to run but he caught me by the leg and tripped me. He sent flames to my ankle. I screamed to the top of my lungs in pain, wondering if Katara would show up. My ankle was burning like heck right now but I had to do something. Three more firebenders had joined the man. They had restrained me by my wrist. I dident know what else to do so I kicked the one holding me down between the legs. He let go and fell to the ground with his knee's to his chest. "Wait" I thought. "What about these guys?" The three remaining men attacked me. One grabbed my hair and yanked my head up. The second one tied my ankles together, ignoring my burn. The third one held my wrist with a painfully tight grip. I started to scream again but thought better of it. I closed my eye's and waited for what was to come. Which I thought was death.
Zuko's POV:
Uncle and I were now searching the island. I had a small group of men scattered about the island looking as well. I had found no sign of the Avatar or Kyumi. I wasent going to give up though. "Prince Zuko! Look!" My Uncle brought my attention to some footprints leading deep into the tree's. "C'mon!" I demanded as I started to follow them. We walked for what seemed like hours. The footprints came to an end near some blue berry bush's yet there was no sign of human life. "UNCLE! YOU SCREWBALL!" I said. "Im just trying to help, Prince Zuko" He said calmly. I was annoyed at this. "Come, if we dont find Kyumi or the bald kid by sundown, we'll rest up and start searching north of here tomorrow" I said as I walked off toward the edge of the island. Maybe I could find someone at the shore. I made my way to the sand and saw nothing but my ship. I mentally cursed. I walked back through the tree's, watching the sun as it started to sink. "We dont have much longer, nephew" Said Uncle. "Im aware of that!" I snapped. "Lets head back" I added. About half an hour later I returned to my ship to be greeted by four of my men. "Sir, We captured a girl back on the island. She might be of some use." One of them said. "She is in the dungeon chambers" I nodded and signaled them away. "Could this be Kyumi?" I thought. "No, that was impossible! I searched the whole island and she was no where" My heart saddened at this thought but I might as well go see who she is anyway. I made my way to the chambers. There I found a girl with her head hung low obviously looking at her ankle which appeared to be burned badly.
"Show some respect!" I snapped.
She looked up at me with a jolt. My eye's widened and a smile went across my face, however, her face was gray with sadness. I grabbed the keys off the hook on the wall and opened the cell. "Kyumi! It's you!" I said as I knelt beside her. I started to wipe a strand of hair from her face when she slapped my hand. "DONT TOUCH ME!" She yelled. "Kyumi, let me ex-" She cut me off. "YOU TRIED TO KILL ME! OR YOUR OWN MEN DID!" I knew why she hated me now, she had a reason to. "Kyumi, I was searching this island for you! My men dident know who you were! Im sorry!" I pleaded. She looked at me with tears comming down her face. I removed my armor leaving only my shirt as I sat down beside her. "How could you" She sobbed. I put my arms around her waist and pulled her to me trying to comfort her. Her sobbs slowed down as she lied her head on my chest. I stroked her hair. "How could you" She said again crying into my shirt. I noticed she was falling asleep. I continued to hold her for the next 5 minutes until she was asleep. I dident want to leave her in here so I picked her up and took her to my room. I lied her down on the bed gently and ordered one of my guards to get me a first aid kit. Once I had recieved it, I put some ointment on the burn and wrapped it in bandages. I then sat down next to the bed to start my meditating.
Sokka's POV:
"SOKKA!" Katara's voice screeched as she ran out of the woods. "Finally!" I exclaimed. "I thought I was gonna starve!" "Yeah, well, your gonna have to! Kyumi is gone!" Katara said in one big breath. "WHAT!" I screamed. "Sokka, think about it" She reasoned. "Zuko might have found her or she might have gone looking for Zuko" "But, she'll come back...right?" I asked. "Dont worry Sokka, she is bound to come back, she's not the type that would say see ya to her best friends and not care" I looked over at a sleeping Aang. "Aang, Come here!" I hollered at him. He woke up instantly. "Yes! Your back Katara!" He said. "Wait, where's Kyumi?" "Thats what we need to talk to you about" I said. "She's gone" At this Aang started to tremble. "She cant go" He said sadly. "She's like a big sister to me, I mean, did you see the way she laughed yesterday when I got a lobster stuck on my toe?" "I know, Aang" Katara said as she hugged him. "She'll be back soon...Hopefully"
Okay, so now things are getting out of hand (grins). Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Zuko: Okay, so I get Kyumi back but she hates me! (Starts to throw flames)
Tabitha93: Hey man! DONT WORRY! AND DONT KILL ME!
Zuko: Things better get better! I MEAN IT!
Tabitha93: You dont have any patience do you?