Hey everyone! Thanks a bunch for reviewing! Okay, so I found some typos in the last one so I might update more later to just correct them. So, here is the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar the Last Airbender! Cause if I did, Leiya would be on the show. 

On Appa, almost at the Hospital

A day had passed since the letter from Aurora. Leiya was seriously worried.

'I just need to relax' She told herself 'I am really overreacting'

Aang broke the silence with an excited "Hey Leiya, is that it?"

"Hmm?" Leiya looked over the side of Appa. There it was- an Earth nation Crosswind hospital. "Yup!"

Appa swooped through the late afternoon air. Leiya grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder. The four dismounted and walked toward the visitor's entrance. The scent of crocuses filled her lungs, and she noticed the happy purple and yellow buds in front of the door. They made the hospital look like a happy joyful place. At least except for the occasional screams of pain from battle wounds.

They entered the hospital, and the only thing that seemed truly alive was the light entering from the many windows. Wind swooped through, blowing away the scent of the sick. A girl came running out. Her eyes were an icy blue, and her hair was bright red.

"Hey there Leiya!"

Aurora looked like the same best friend from years ago. She had been like a true sister to Leiya. They went everywhere together. Unlike Jasmine and Leiya.

Leiya introduced the groups. "Hello, hello!" Aurora said. "Here lets get you all a place to stay. The loft should be good, since you have a flying bison, correct?"

"Yeah, how did you know?" Aang replied.

"Leiya told me." She replied. Aurora smiled a lot, just like Leiya did.

They arrived at the room with four stray mats with one small pillow on each. The walls seemed to be made of clay that was glazed, for easy cleaning.

"Well Leiya, have you heard about the sickness called the Storm Sickness?"

"No…"

"Well, there is a strain of it. We sure could use your help in finding a cure! If you like, you four can stay for maybe three days? Then we could correspond. It's not good for all of you to stay in one spot for too long. With Prince Zuko so obsessed and all."

"Yeah, sounds good." Said Leiya, absentmindedly.

"Earth to Leiya!" Sokka yelled in Leiya's ear, jolting her awake from her thoughts. She gave him an evil look as Aurora laughed.

"What will we do about finding a teacher to teach us Waterbending?" Aang asked.

"You three will continue on to the north pole. I'll stay here and do what I have to do."

"Leiya-" Katara started, but was cut off by her brother.

"We're not going anywhere. Katara and Aang can practice from the scroll with the river outback,"

"But the comet, Sokka!" Aang said.

That is when Aurora decided to interject.

"We do have a patient who is suffering from a sickness who is a waterbender. He could probably teach you the basics."

"Alright. That's a great idea! That way we can all stay together, and help you Leiya!" Aang said. He seemed very pleased with this idea.

"Wait, hold on a minute. What was that part about the teacher being sick?" Sokka asked, suspicious.

"He is suffering from a sickness that comes from within. It is not understood at all, but it is very rare. That's why there is hardly any research on it. It's not contagious though."

"I'm sorry." Sokka whispered.

"Me too." Aang and Katara said.

Leiya nodded. She was already used to hospital life. Some people could not always be helped,

"Well, let's get to work!" Leiya said. Aurora handed her a change of cloths. Her pants were earth green and tied below her knees with a drawstring. Her shirt was like most Earth Nation tops, aside from its plain appearance.

"We have them in quarantine for safety reasons." Aurora told her gold eyed friend/

"Lead the way." Leiya asked her friend.

Determination shone in her golden eyes. Usually they were soft and kind, as well as occasionally distant. That is, aside from one of Leiya's temper tantrums. Now they were set, almost cold, ready to fight the illness. The illness that could be a greater killer than war. It was unlikely, but Leiya would take no chances.

As Leiya left, Aurora called after her friend "There have been no casualties in the hospital yet! Only one in a already sick man!"

"There won't be anymore deaths." Leiya hissed.

Aurora sighed. There would be no cheering her friend, at least not for the first few days.

"Alright, here is how it works. You three will work half of the daylight here, and half training or whatever you want to do. Sokka, there is a little training center for warriors here on the island. I am right in assuming that you are a warrior? Yes? Just head south. And take Appa with you when you go, please. Now, it is late, so I will show you the hospital and your jobs. Sokka, you'll clean-"

"What?" He screamed. A flock of birds in a nearby tree took flight due to his outburst. Katara promptly nudged him, hard. "Ow" He muttered.

"-Cleaning is harder than it looks. Katara, you can help by being a nurse." Aurora analyzed their faces, and sighed seeing the problem. "You can trade, I'm not being sexist. But waterbenders tend to make good nurses, and warriors usually like physically challenging jobs. Aang, you can do either. You will have guides to help you the first few days. Okay?"

"Sure!" Aang said, with his usual enthusiasm.

"Hey, how did you know I was a waterbender?" Katara asked.

"I can see it in your eyes, girl. All benders have that light behind their eyes. Sick, hurt, or no."

"I bet you knew I was a warrior from my eyes, too!" Sokka said proudly.

"Actually Leiya told me that you were a warrior." She said with a smile.

Sokka looked disappointed.

"You do have the look of the warrior as well. A different glow behind your eyes."

Sokka perked up. "Follow me." Aurora instructed.

The three followed Aurora into the depths of the hospital.

On Zuko's Ship

"Jasmine, COME OUT!" Zuko yelled at the closed door. "Come out or I'll burn down the door!"

"That's great incentive. How nice." 'The door is metal, genius.' She thought to herself.

Zuko sighed angrily; Jasmine had done nothing for him. She stayed in her room Answering letters from old friends. He could've sworn he saw a large, black bird enter her room some nights.

She was cynical and sarcastic, as well as secluded. Her temper was quicker than his. He couldn't help but think that she was, well, bending reality. He decided to start round two.

"It is time for you to learn how to finally beat your sister. Iroh can teach you A LOT. All benders need a teacher…"

"I'll be up in five minutes, but not ALL benders need a teacher. I need nothing. I could simply use a teacher to my advantage."

"You need to learn how to lose." He said to himself. Unfortunately Jasmine heard him.

"Well that's a lesson you learned well." She snapped.

Zuko was beginning to hate Jasmine, and Jasmine definitely hated Zuko. This was suppost to anger Leiya, and it didn't. That angered her.

At the hospital

Sokka was taught how to clean several rooms at one time and how to clean other various things. Katara had learned how and what items to bring to the people in the normal rooms. For some reason Aurora never mentioned the quarantined rooms…

Aang had learned both, and he and Katara had their first waterbending lesson from the old man, Neko. He seemed very happy, considering his condition. Katara, him and Aang were heading back to the hospital from a nearby stream.

"Neko, do you know why Aurora didn't tell Leiya about the disease in the letter? The quarantine and all?" Katara asked.

"Maybe Leiya just didn't tell us about the sickness." Aang said.

"No, I'm sure that she would've told us."

"I think that Aurora doesn't like to talk about it. She skirts around subjects." Neko said slowly. "I have been in this world for a long time. Do you know Leiya's past, for it is one of stolen honor. Leiya has simply been trapped between honor, expectation, duty and pure logic."

"Excuse me, I don't mean to be disrespectful but that made no sense." Aang commented.

"Listen to me well, you two. Tonight you must tell, that warrior friend of yours that you are going to confront Leiya. You need the full story. It will be hard for her. She gave up one life to start another. It's easiest not to look back, but she has too. However, she may only give you a fraction of reality. If she does, let her. She will tell you her full past when she needs to, or when she can."

"Do you know Leiya?" Aang asked.

"The world knows Leiya." He replied with a smile. "She has done great things at young ages."

"Why didn't she say hi, then?"

Katara was going to say something, but Neko chuckled.

Aang and Katara were puzzled, and the old man chuckled at their perplexed expressions.

"You'll understand in time, Avatar. Both of you will understand. I am tired. I am afraid I need to retire to the hospital early. Send your brother my greetings."

Neko walked back to the hospital. Katara and Aang went to find Sokka who was training at the dojo. On their way back, they explained what Neko had said about Leiya.

That night the three ate with the rest of the staff. Leiya was not there. She straggled into the loft around midnight.

"Hey Leiya. How are you?" Katara asked.

"I've been better." Leiya replied. She looked into Katara's eyes.

"Leiya, could you explain what's going on?" Aang asked quietly. "We were talking to Neko. He said that things, like 'everyone knows Leiya'."

Leiya looked at Aang. The three saw sadness skirt their friends face. But the emotion left as quickly as it came.

"I've found the cures to several diseases. Or, rather, helped find cures for things."

"But what Neko said…"

"Why do you feel such a connection to life here?" Katara asked softly.

"My mother was a healer. She worked at a hospital like this one. She died when a fight broke out between firebenders and earthbenders. She wasn't strong enough to stop it. I was eleven. I took up working in the hospital. I ran it. But I had to leave it. It's my job to help here. I can find cures and preventions fastest. My mind moves rally fast. I'm good at finding out ways to stop sickness. I was also good at healing injuries from war, and surgery, too. I was not there when my mother needed help."

"I'm sorry." Katara said. Sokka nodded. "I'm sorry, too." Aang added.

"Where were you?" Sokka asked, surprisingly careful.

"Sokka!" Katara said. Leiya had already told them so much, and she was already so sad.

"Visiting my Aunt, who was teaching me lightbending, or rather, the basics of bending in general."

"But Neko said that everyone knew you."

"My father was a general, of the Firenation. He had taken me to the site of a battle to raise moral of the troops. I did that with Aurora and a few others. A day after Aurora and I left, I felt that something was wrong. I headed back. Both sides were totaled. I refused to go home. Me and the other healers that were with me helped set up a temporary hospital. We helped people from both sides. I refused to eat or sleep. I only helped people. I got award after award for that. You see, I did what was expected of me. I did my duty. Even though my father had died. I only did what I was suppost to."

"So Jasmine is jealous." Katara commented.

"Yes. She is also power-hungry. She'll be done with Zuko soon, though. See, I was considered 'Angel of the Firenation' for my actions. I was respected on all sides of the war. Jasmine was driven into her angry slump out of pure jealousy. Jealousy might have turned into hate within her, though."

The others nodded. Leiya had a lot to deal with.

"Why did you leave then?" Sokka asked.

"I don't agree with the Firenation. So I just left and decided to start over. I felt that, that the Firenation had betrayed me. I decided that I would try to help you, Aang. You bring people hope. I traded in my honor for a shot in the dark at hope."

"Wow." Katara muttered. "yeah…" Katara added.

"Thank you, Leiya." Aang said.

"You're welcome Aang. I was only doing what I expected of me."

"I have to do some work on the cure, so goodnight."

"You should get some sleep." Katara said.

"Yeah, seriously, no one can stay awake forever." Sokka added.

Leiya gave them a wistful smile. "If I need to I can get energy from my lightbending. I'll just be pretty drained tomorrow. I'll get through just healing and finding cures. It used to be my way of life. Anyway, goodnight."

With that the group turned out the light and Leiya got out her old books and such from her bag. She lit a candle with her spark and got to work.

On Zuko's ship

Zuko and Iroh were discussing what to do about Jasmine. She had done training but had put in no effort. Zuko wanted to kick her off the ship but he had a new plan to capture the Avatar. He would run it past his Uncle Iroh. He had heard that the Avatar and his friends were at a hospital in the Earthnation. He would confront them there. He should reach it in the morning. When he reached it, he would easily overpower the blonde girl while Jasmine could easily capture the Avatar. The other two were nothing in his eyes.

He was so impatient. Impatient to capture the avatar, to go home. It wouldn't be long now…