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Who was behind this door? Was it someone waiting to hug him, or waiting to kill him? When Zuko opend the door he was pleased to see it wasnt someone who was going to kill him, but the blushing bride. Though she was everything but blushing. She wasnt smiling, she wasnt happy, she wasnt impatiant and she wasnt excited. But she was crying, miserable, she didnt want the hour to ever come, and she was whatever the opposite of excited is. But when she looked from her misery and saw Zuko, her face fresh with cuts, a smile crept onto her face. She stood up from the bed and ran to give him a hug. He happily welcomed her hug, he missed her so much and was so happy to see her again. They were so absent mindedly happy to see eachother that they gave eachother a kiss. It lasted for about 10 seconds before they relized and stopped. But that didnt stop the hug. If anything, it tightend. Zuko looked at her cut face and smiled. Not because she had been hurt because that would have made him burst into flames and seek revenge. But because he knew she was atleast okay. Time heals all wounds ect. ect. They had stopped the hug to try and figure out a way to get out of the room without being seen. Zuko figured that if they tied the sheets on that bed together, they could use it as a rope and climb out the window. It could reach the bottom, but they wouldnt have anything to tie it on so that it will still reach out the window.

"We could use some of the other butt ugly wedding dresses!" Hilda pointed out, giving them to him. He nodded and tied the fancy expencive dresses to the sheets, which made it long enough now to reach the bottom and they could tie it to the bed post. But when they threw the sheets out there for them to climb down, Hilda could hear Tomo coming to the room. She could always tell because his footsteps echoed through the hall. "Zuko. Climb down the sheets."

"Im taking you with me." Zuko told her, yanking her to the window.

"Just go!" Hilda hissed at him. Zuko shook his head.

"Hilda, I came to get you and Im not leaving without you." Zuko told her, grabbing her wrist and pulling her close to him. A quick moment of the two blushing, they began to climb out the window. Hilda being held by Zuko's free arm.

"I owe you." Hilda told her as they climbed down. Zuko shook his head.

"No you don't." Once they were at the bottom, Zuko kept her held close to him for a breif second. Both were red. Zuko almost let go of Hilda, but when he looked up from her, he saw Tomo's soldier's ready to kill him. Hilda pushed herself from Zuko and stood infrount of him.

"You touch him, You'll have to kill me, and then Kingie Tomo won't have a bride. Hilda barked at them, they inched away from him. But as they walked passed them, Hilda holding onto Zuko's hand. A soldier stabbed Zuko in the arm with a dagger. Which made Hilda thrust him forward as the soldiers began to attack him. Zuko was bleeding badly. Hilda took Zuko onto her back, and while still wearing a long golden dress, she ran him away from them and got him to a safe spot. He was just barly contious, but Hilda acted as fast as she could, taking his armor off his chest and his shirt after that, once they was accomplished, she ripped the bottom of her gold silk dress and wrapped it around his wound, tears in her eyes. "Please Zuko. Don't die on me. Dont..die.." Hilda cried to him as she wrapped the irreplacable silk onto his wounds that the soldiers had made. They had made more than that one wound. Some on his back and many on his arms and such. She cried as she ripped the expencive silk dress around bloody wounds. "Please be alright.." But Zuko had passed out. Not on, but out. Hilda kept close to him, stroking the pony tail he had on his head. "Please..." Hilda cried as she lied herself on his shirtless chest and began to hum a tune. Which slowly became words. "Hiding Away
Losin' the day
As if it doesn't really matter
Saying Goodbye
Scared to say why
Afraid it will shatter our world
Show me some faith now
Trust me somehow
Why are we keepin' our secret
Why are we hiding ourselves away
Anyway we can hide away
I dont wanna fake it
I wanna make you believe, what I say
I wont let you...hide away
Where do we go
How do we know
What we're ever really after
Sometimes it's clear
When you are here
Nothing can shatter our world
I need some faith now
To trust you somehow
Why are we keepin' our secret
Why are we hiding ourselves away
Anyway we can hide away
I dont wanna fake it
I wanna make you believe what I say
I wont let you...hide away
Maybe i, maybe i, maybe i'm losin'
Maybe i, maybe i, maybe i'm OK
Turn around, look around, go around in circles
Dont run away, drift away, dont hide away
Why are we keepin' our secret
Why are we hiding ourselves away
Anyway you can, hide away
I dont wanna fake it
I wanna make you believe what I say
Ohh but i cant
Believe what i said
I wont let you hide away, hide away
Hiding away, losin' my day
As if it doesn't really matter" She sang to mostly herself, thinking and was right that no one was around to hear her. Zuko was pretty much sleeping and Iroh was on the ship with her sisters.

When Zuko woke up the next day, he found that he and Hilda were sleeping on a branch in a tree near by. His shirt and armor were still on the ground but when he looked down, he saw Hilda was asleep on him. His face turning a bright red, he didnt move to get his shirt. He probably would wake her up and he didnt want to do that. He wasnt positive how fast asleep she was, so he took up his curage and softly kissed her on her mouth. She didnt stirr. Zuko smiled to himself as they both sat in the tree. Zuko without a shirt but he did have pants on. Hilda's dress was all ripped up and he had gold silk which now had blood soaked through. He fingerd the ripped lace on her dress softly, not to wake her. Zuko was suprised that she would willingly rip up such a valuble dress, She could have sold it and gotten a better life for herself and for her sisters. But Zuko was wrong. Hilda didnt want a better life. The life she now had, she considerd to be great. Zuko and his uncle were like family to her, they treated her like family should. Except Zuko, he was in love with her. He wanted to be with her untill the day he died. It was about five minutes after he finished fingering the lace before she woke up, but when she did, it suprised Zuko and they both fell out of the tree. Zuko hitting the ground first, and then Hilda. They both were red as they heard someone clear his voice.

"Prince Zuko." the person mumbled to the prince. Zuko and Hilda both looked up to see Iroh grinning pervertedly at them. It was then that Hilda quickly got off of Zuko and sat cross legged 7 inches from him. A normal distance I suppose. Acting like she didnt do anything at all. Which she didnt, by that I mean like she was never atop of him. Both Zuko and Hilda were red. Iroh laughed a bit. "Now I know why Zuko never came back."

"Uncle it wasnt like that!" Zuko protested. Iroh just laughed.

"Oh sure Prince Zuko. whatever you say." Iroh teased as his nephew snorted, he stood up and walked over to his armor, putting it back on. All three of them walked back to the ship. Silent.

Hide Away--Hilary Duff