Chapter Seven:

While Helena slept. Zuko sat up thinking. Could he really hate her for a mistake? He didnt see how he could. He loved her more than life itself. He'd have gladly given her the Avatar so she could be happy. She was really the only person who could understand his pain. Of being sent out to sea to find the Avatar and unable to return untill he was found. Although, Helena had proven that even if the man she loved was a jackass. She was still faithful. Zuko felt worse for Helena then himself. Could he really stay angry with her when she obviously knew what she did wrong, and of course, he couldnt say his record was great. He burnt down towns, killed alot of people. He was ruthless. Yet, he didnt care. Helena made him see how inhuman he was. When darkness fell, he sat beside Helena's bed playing with a ball of fire.

"Zuko.." He heard her mumble late at night when he was still awake. Yet, she did not sit up. He felt her hand touch his knee, searching for his hand. He quickly grabbed her hand. But her hand was trembling. "Im going to die.."

"NO! NO YOUR NOT!" He pleaded. "dont!" With his free hand, he quickly made a ball of fire to see with and he saw that she had coughed up some blood. "NO!"

"Zuko...im going to die..." She mumbled again. He held onto her hand tighter.

"No you arn't! I wont let it happen!" With that, he yelled for a docter. He yelled untill his voice was hoarse. He kept his hand holding her's. He'd sooner die than allow her to die.

"Zuko...Im sorry...you have to see me die..." She told him, coughing up more blood.

"You wont die! I wont let you!" Zuko yelled. Helena seemed calm about all of this. Zuko on the other hand, he was freaking out. He wouldnt let the girl he was in love with die.

"Im sorry..." She apoligized.

"DONT DIE!" He pleaded. "Where the hell is that damned docter!" He screamed. Ironicly, when he said that, a few bursted in. "She's dieing do something!"

"Calm down sir-" One of them said, Zuko held tighter onto her hand.

"HOW AM I SUPPOST TO CALM DOWN!" He protested.

"Do you want us to help her or not?" Another asked. He nodded.

"Of course!" Zuko told them.

"Then calm down sir. we will take care of her. Now please. We have to take her into surgery. So please let her hand go." the first one told him. He wa hesitant but he let her hand go. He could hear her wimper out his name when they took her away. He was left there standing. He ran into his ship and to Iroh's room. He knocked on the door hard.Iroh awncerd while yawning.

"Prince Zuko?arnt you suppost to be at the hospital with Helena?" His uncle asked. Zuko was silent.

"She's deing." He was able to mumble. "They are taking her into surgery to save her, but I dont know what will happen." Iroh was silent. He could tell that his nephew was going to cry. But he didnt say anything about that.

"Prince Zuko...Im sure she'll be alright." Iroh assured him, although he wasnt positive himself. Although, when he looked back at his brother's son he saw someting that he never saw in Prince Zuko. He had tears in his eyes. Iroh had never seen his nephew act this way twords anyone. "Don't worry, the docters know what their doing."

It was a few minutes after they had taken her into surgery before Prince Zuko had walked back into her hospital room and lied down on her hospital bed. Only to be awakend a few hours later by his uncle.

"Prince Zuko." His uncle said to wake him up. He tiredly opend his eyes to his uncle.

"What is it Uncle?" He awncerd. Still trying to wake up.

"Congradulations! Its a boy!" Iroh teased. "Helena had a baby boy!"

"WHAT!" He exclaimed falling off the hospital bed. His uncle only laughed.

"Just kidding! She didnt have a baby. But she is out of surgery." With that, Zunko was instantly off the floor and down the hall. Unsure of where he was going. He ran into one of the docters that took her away.

"Where is Helena?" He asked. Unsteadieness in his voice. The docter smiled.

"She is in room 223-" But before he could finish his sentence Prince Zuko was off. He burst into room 223 and found Helena sitting up in the bed drinking some green tea.

"Hello Zuko." She greeted cheerfully. He did not greet her, he just walked over to her and gave her a tight hug.

"Are you okay?" He asked. She nodded.

"Yeah, Little tired." She responded. He was so glad that it was all. He gave her a tight hug, barly able to restrain himself. He wanted to kiss her. But he didnt. He didnt even let go of her when the docter came in and told them what else they had to do to help her get better.

"We implanted more white blood cells into her body so they can fight the virus. Once the extra ones have served their purpose, they will die out. Leaving her open to other illnesses less deadly. So now all you have to do is make sure she gets rest and relaxation. She is no longer at a death threat." Words can not express how glad Prince Zuko was. He could only smile. As the doctor left Prince Zuko still kept a hold onto her.

"Zuko. You know what I wanna do?" She asked him smiling. "I wanna go to those theraputic hotsprings!"

With that. Zuko blushed. Those springs were outdoor, in the middle of the forest, sacluded, and, joined.

"I um..you want me to take you?" He asked. He'd happily take her. The perv. Helena nodded. Which made Zuko turn redder. Her mind was basic. That, or she was crazy with anistizia. Yeah that sounded about right. I know how crazy people get when they are hiked up with anistizia. Its like, their drunk. So I guess they wont remember anything. Zuko looked out the window and it was about 6AM. He figured he could sneak her there and back without anyone noticing. Oh and if someone did. He would never hear the end of it. He smiled and walked to the frount desk to cheak her out. Once that was accomplished, he walked with her into the forest and found the springs. (For the next few parts. He could be OOC im just saying.) Helena was so hiked up on anistizia that she couldnt figure out how to get her chinese top off.

"Zuko. Help me. I can't get it off." She said to him, trying to find out how to get the top off. Zuko blushed, Now he knew he would never hear the end of it if Iroh, Aang, Katara, or Sokka found them. "Help me" She told him again. He hesitated. He didnt know what he should do. He never had to worry about this before. He looked at the two sides. She was hiked up on anistizia so she wouldnt know, of course, if he did, what if someone found them and told her later and then she would hate him. Hmm...come to think of it, he had already seen her body anyway. When she got knocked out in the first chapter he was the one who got her clothes off of her to begin with. Not to mention, the fact that he had known that she had to pull the blankets over herself because he was caught off guard and saw...well. yeah. Okay. He decided it wouldnt be so bad. So he pulled down the zipper of her chinese top and un did the button like thing at the top. Really it wasnt a button like on a pair of jeans. It was more like.. a hook, after he did that, it just fell to the ground. "Thanks!" Zuko took his clothes off as well. Once she was in, he saw that she was very relaxed.He got in after her. He felt alittle ebarrised that he and she were naked.

Helena! She however. Was so hiked up on anistezia that she didnt know any of this was going on.Instead of relaxing in the water like she was suppost to be doing, she splashed Zuko. She ,even though hiked up, knew of course she was a water bender. So she played with the water. Zuko started watching her as she played with the water.

"Aang do you even know where your going?" A voice asked from a distance.

"I know I put Appa beside a tree."

"We must be getting close then." Mainly that was sarcasic because there were hundreds of trees. Zuko paniced. He knew that Aang and Sokka would tease him. He quickly changed springs and got under the water and held his breath. So maybe they wouldnt see him.