Chapter Six: "Bones and Thighs…Yahh"

The fire of the burning candles floated among the tired prince. He meditated throughout the morning without any disturbance. It was so quiet, that you could hear a pin drop on the hollow floor. Nothing can break this concentration.

"Good, it's silent," Zuko thought. "Nothing can possibly go wrong…"

"HEY ZUKI!" Kiara yelled, slamming through the door.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Zuko screamed, falling face flat onto the floor. The candles followed and burned out.

"Oops," she said innocently.

"My day is ruined…" Zuko mumbled to himself. Kiara giggled and helped Zuko up.

"Don't be mad, Zuki!" Kiara said while dusting him. "Besides, it's your first day!" She walked towards the door, then turned to him, "Oh, and just to tell you… Nice underwear, pinky." Then she left.

Zuko quickly looked down and found out that he was wearing his pink briefs that Uncle Iroh gave to him. Zuko quickly covered himself and slipped on his pants.

1 hour later…

Zuko got onto deck and found Uncle Iroh and Kiara standing there. They turned to Zuko without any supplies.

"Okay, what?" Zukoasked walking up to them.

"Were on our way to Tsisio," Kiara smiled with her hands behind her back.

"Why?" Prince Zuko asked eagerly. "It's full of hills and mountains and more high places. What's it for?"

Kiara and Uncle Iroh looked at each other with amusement.

At Tsisio…

"So I'm supposed to carry you to Mt. Hijack?" Zuko said looking at Kiara strangely.

"Yep!" Kiara answered.

"And why do I need to carry you there?"

"To build up your strength and speed… And my legs sore. I need to deliver something to my friend there…. But mostly to build up your strength and speed."

"Yeeeaah.. Whatever. This will be easy, you can't be that heavy."

"Okay, let's start!" Kiara jumped on Zuko's back and he fell straight to the ground.

"GACK!" Zuko gagged.

"What? I thought you said it would be easy."

"Geez, Kiara! What do you eat! You weigh more than Uncle Iroh!"

"What! Shut up! I just have the ability to alternate my weight!"

"Yeah right! I bet you have a bigger belly than Uncle Iroh's."

"I told you to shut up down there! Now, hurry up and carry me already."

"Okay, okay," Zuko struggled to pick her up and started walking. In a few seconds, he fell down again.

"C'mon Zuko, it wasn't even a mile!"

Zuko groaned and continued to walk forward. He had to take big steps, but paused in every one.

"Can't you go any faster than that?" Kiara criticized. Zuko was annoyed by that and didn't take any pauses this time. He struggled and struggled throughout the day, but didn't complain. Then he stopped to rest and looked back on his progress. He finally reached a mile.

"Tch, finally. Hey how far is this place anyway?" Zuko asked Kiara.

"Oh, about 10 more miles," Kiara said without worry. Prince Zuko's mouth dropped and so did his head.

"C'mon! Chop, chop! We got miles to go!"

Zuko continued on. In a few hours, Zuko found himself running.

"Hey, Zuki, your running!" Kiara smiled.

"No, Kiara, I'm running!"

"That's what I just said!"

"I was being ironic."

"Oh so your…."

"SHUT UP! I don't wanna hear it!"

"Okay, okay."

Hours later, he continued to run up some hills, still carrying Kiara. It was already 5:00 PM and they had one more mile to go. Kiara got bored and leaned towards Zuko's back, while gripping him tightly. Zuko suddenly blushed and dropped Kiara.

"Ouch!" Kiara yelled after falling to the ground. "Hey Zuki! What was that for!"

"Uhhh… Ummm... I-I felt uncomfortable." Zuko said, looking away. "Umm… Let's just get back to running."

Zuko turned back to Kiara and she concentrated on the sky.

"Hey, I was talking to you!" Zuko yelled. "What are you looking at anyway?"

Kiara pointed to sky and said, "Up there. There's a bison."

"The avatar!" Zuko panicked.