I don't own Avatar.
I think I'm going to pull a Thank You routine, because it seems like fun XD.
Piellio9 – Thanks! I really enjoyed writing it!
AketchiDragon – Dude!
1likethat – Yeah, I don't know why that chapter was so short, but I updated about two minutes later, so I think I made up for myself.
d – Sorry, but I can't indulge you.
Mexman1993 - Aye, will.
sweettooth – Not sure about what you're referring to...
SempeTarnam – Never! I'm sorry, but AxK is just twisted.
Sweettooth – Sokka is one of mah favorite characters!
SheildmaidenofEdoras373 – Thanks, and don't worry; I would never hurt Iroh.
The wind was in his beard, and it stung the open sores on his face. The reassuring stability of the cold steel beneath his feet wasn't enough to make him comfortable with the situation into which he had been forced. He was usually a very calm and collected person, but that Earthbending village had really unsettled him, and his free spirit suddenly felt caged by the fear of his missing nephew.
"General Iroh," a sailor called from behind him, "we don't have any reading on any Pirate ships, sir."
Iroh sighed heavily in frustration and tension. "We're looking for Earth Nation ships," he said, clenching his fists behind him to keep his calm. "We need to follow an eastern route past the Earth Islands; they're bound to take him there."
"Yes sir; we will change course immediately," the sailor said mechanically.
As the boy left, his mind wandered slightly, veering from its original course of strategy and worry back to the simple life. I wonder if this wouldn't be a bad time for a nice Pai-Sho game... He shook the thought from his head, but smiled all the same. No wonder Zuko gets annoyed with me.
/chapter eight