Chapter 2

Carrying the young water bender onto the ship Zuko sighed. Is this really what he wanted, to capture the Avatar and restore his honor? Yes that may be his goal, but there was another way to regain his honor back. There was only one problem and it was a family problem.

"Aang where are we going?" Sokka asked looking down off Appa.

Aang said nothing; his sight was focused forward. Sokka could tell that the young Avatar was focused on his thoughts. After returning to the camp they found that Katara was missing. Aang knew that the best way to get back the girl was to try to master Earth bending a little early. For that he had to visit an old friend.

"Crystal!" Sokka yelled jumping off Appa before the bison landed.

Aang looked confused. He looked up and saw an old lady next to the young earth bender. He knew that was the person he was looking for.

"Katrina, it's been years." Aang said walking up to the old lady.

Katrina nodded and turned to Sokka. "Where's Katara?"

"It's a long story." He replied.

They were sailing into Fire Nation territory. Zuko knew that this was dangerous because of where they had to dock.

"Where's the Avatar?" Zuko asked turning to the water bender.

Katara smirked and decided to come up with a smart-ass reply. "He is where he is."

Zuko rolled his eyes and walked up to her. He was sick of her smart-ass comments. "Look I'm trying to be nice but you're not being helpful. Why don't you just tell me where he is?" He bent down so that they were face to face.

Katara leaned forward and bit Zuko on the nose. "I wouldn't tell you where he was even if we were dating!" She yelled.

Zuko walked over to his bed sat on it and rubbed his forehead. He was starting to get a headache and to top it all off the girl had to be stubborn. He needed a better plan to get the information he needed. So he decided to try it with a different approach.

"Look Katara," He said getting up and making his way over to the girl. "There is a voice telling me that capturing the Avatar is wrong and that I need a different way of gaining my honor."

"Then go find it." She snapped.

He pulled out the necklace of the young water bender's mother. He walked up to the girl and placed it around her neck without snapping it closed. "This could be around your neck again if you tell me where the Avatar is."

Katara tilted her head to the side. He was trying a different approach and it wasn't working with her. So she decided to pull her own way of getting Zuko to stop obsessing over the Avatar, plus it gave her an excuse to do some flirting.

"Untie me." Was her only words, there weren't any emotions in it just two words that told Zuko that she wanted to talk.

Zuko untied her and placed the necklace back in his pocket. He wasn't going to let her get away that easily. "What is it?" He asked.

She walked up to the prince and ran a finger over his armor. Katara shrugged placing her head on Zuko's chest. "I wanna know where we are."

"Five miles away from the smallest town of the Fire Nation." Iroh said from the doorway.

Zuko pushed Katara away and looked at his uncle and muttered, "Ruko" under his breath.

Katara grabbed the prince's hand and pulled him into a kiss. Zuko felt her arms wrap around his waist as she tried to make the kiss deeper. He finally pushed her away and yawned.

"We should be there by morning." Iroh continued. "If we slow down maybe well be there by noon tomorrow. It's your call Prince Zuko."

"Cut the engines." He said throwing his boots across the room. "We'll allow the current to drag us in. Oh and uncle do something to damage them so we have a reason to dock." Iroh nodded and left the room.

Katara watched Zuko take off his armor and she was confused. "Why don't you want to get there by morning?"

"Because my dear," He paused then continued with, "I'm banished, I don't have the Avatar, and I'm entering my older brother's territory."

Ok that's chapter 2. I'm opened to both ideas and comments. Don't flame me plz don't flame me. It wont be a nice reply. Any ideas will be used in my story. And I'll give credit to it. I give credit to my friend Trinitye who gave me the idea for Crystal. Plz reveiw. Later. K15