Notes: I'm so glad this story is doing great. Some news out to all of my readers… If you would like to do fanart for my story, I would absolutely love it. One of my friends already sent me a picture of my character, Kali. (Thanks muches, Zukums!) So if you decide you'd like to do one, send me it via e-mail. I would love to see it.

Also, I'm sorry it took a bit longer than usual to update. I kinda knocked my head off the wall during the backstroke at my swim meet on the 28th and got a minor concussion. The headache I had was a bitch and I just couldn't do anything. Plus, work has been hectic. I work at a firework retail outlet and around the 4th of July it gets quite busy as you could imagine.

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Where we left off…

Zuko gave the doctor a weary look, but he nodded to him in reassurance. Zuko then walked out of the room to leave them to their work. He didn't know if he would've left the room with just the girl in there, but the fact that there was a skilled doctor from the Fire Nation in there left him feeling more secure.

One thing was for sure… Whatever happened in there left Zuko more curious about the girl. She was strange and her knowledge about medicine at a young age just added to it. He just stayed out in the hallway and leaned against the wall. Not wondering about his uncle's outcome as much as he was wondering about the girl.

Chapter 5

To get his mind off of things, Zuko decided to walk around the ship a bit. He went up on deck and heard a slight commotion. "He was thereone second, then he wasn't when wegot up! We don't know where he is!" It was the two guards and Zuko just stood in front of them with his arms crossed and sighed. They looked at him and sweat dropped. "Oh… Hello Prince Zuko. Didn't know you were here..." One of them responded.

Zuko just shook his head and responded, "Just go to your quarters and get some rest." He watched them go down below decks with their shoulders hunched forward in shame. After they were out of sight, Kali's voice came into his mind. Specifically the part about how the guards would respond. All he did was give a bit of a smirk and shake his head. She had been right. Again. And all this was wearing him out. This girl is driving me insane and I've only known her for a few hours. At this thought, he turned back to the door and went downstairsto continue his wait in the hallway outside of the room where the girl and doctor were treating his uncle.

About two hours passed and he was still standing against the wall. He had his eyes closed like he was meditating and was breathing slowly. He opened his eyes upon hearing a click. The door was opening and the Fire Nation doctor walked outclosing the door behind him. He looked at Zuko and just shook his head. His eyes were wide, but not from shock. More so, it seemed, from amazement. "I don't know where this girl learned what she knows, but by the gods she's intelligent."

"What to you mean, Dr. Woshu?" The prince inquired.

"She did the surgery on her own. It was remarkable. I was in there basically as help with the minorities of the procedure. If anything, it surely was a learning experience for me. Too bad she won't be staying with us."

The prince just looked at him.The doctor seemed as if he was a child in a candy store with what just happened. "Why would you even want her to stay?" He asked in a cold tone.

"My field of work is a constant learning experience and I think I could learn quite a bit from her. I'm not an egotistical person. If there's someone who seems to know more than me about something, I'll admit it. What I do is try to learn as much as I can from them." With that said, Woshu nodded his head at the prince and continued down the hall and entered another room.

Zuko just stood there and thought about what the doctor said. After he seen him walk into the room he went into the one he came out of. The one with Uncle Iroh and Kali in it. As he walked it, he saw her standing there at the edge of the bed and wrapping a clean, white bandage around his leg. She looked up as he entered and gave him a small smile then looked down to finish tying the bandage. The cloth she used to cover her mouth and nose was now around her neck. She probably just pulled it down instead of untying it all the way. Once the bandage was tied, she pulled his robe down over his leg and looked back up at Zuko. "The stitched skin will take maybe about a week to heal. I would like to come back and check up on him then." Kali said as she crossed her arms and leaned against the bed Iroh was resting on.

"A week! We have to be out at sea now! The doctor here can just take them out!" Zuko yelled. He wanted to get backto his search for the Avatar. They were already a day behind now. Anymore and they wouldn't have an idea on where he was headed.

"Woshu doesn't know much about the procedure I did other than what he saw and if you don't remove stitches right, then all that will happen is that his leg will become infected again!" Kali responded in an aggravated tone.

"I don't have the time to waste and you suggest I stay here for a week! It's absurd!"

"It's the only choice you have if you want this man to get better!"

"There has to be another way!" And after Zuko said this they both went quiet. Kali looked to the side a bit and thought. "Well what if I travel with you for a week?" Kali responded.

"What?" Zuko asked with some confusion in his voice.

"What if I travel with you? It's been a few months since I've been moving and I'm getting pretty tired of the place I'm at now. I need to continue mytravels anyway."

Zuko thought for a few minutes on what se said. Well… It would spare time from the search for the Avatar. Plus, we would have a skilled doctor for a week, most likely for free since she's going to be boarding with us. He thought over the pros and cons and found, surprisingly, a lot more pros. "Fine. How long will it take you to get ready?"

"You can leave now and I can find you." Kali responded and tossed a blackstone to him.

Zuko caught it and looked at her with his eyebrow raised in confusion. "What is it?"

"It's a shadow stone. It gives off a pulse that I can sense and so can Midnight."

"Midnight?"

"You'll see when I find you at sea." She grinned and left the room with her bag.

After she was off the ship, Zuko told them to depart from the docks. The Fire Nation ship was out of sight from the island and the island was out of sight from the ship. Zuko just looked down at the black rock in his hand and shook his head. That girl's insane. I'll probably never see her again. At that thought, he felt his heart skip a beat and couldn't help but notice the sad feeling along with it. He just let out a sigh and continued looking in the direction of the island that they just departed trying to forget the feeling he just had.