Alittle Conversation

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar. I own Kaori and any Oc's. Yes that sounds about right. Also, -- I went braindead on the Kumi one. SORRY!

It was around noon when anyone saw Kaori again. She had been locked up for the last few hours in that room of her's. But now she was out and Dark Kaori decided that one day without insanity wouldn't be so bad, So Kaori was happy. She had joined Zuko and Iroh for lunch, saying nothing of Zuko being mr.Softie. If anything; thats what she needed, and she knew that saying anything about it would just push him away. She had gone so long without anyone caring about her, that it felt nice. So she was silent about it.

"Hey Iroh." She said suddenly during the lunch. "Could I join Zuko in his training?" Iroh and Zuko looked at her, she had never asked that before, they figured she wouldn't want to learn fire bending but apparently she did.

"Of course!" Iroh awncerd with joy. He always wanted two pupils! But he only had one, but now he had two! That should teach Zuko to behaive! Zuko growled as he ate his lunch.

Lunch was over, and now it was training time. Zuko wore his usual trianing outfit while Kaori had to wear her school uniform. Mainly because she didn't have a training outfit and Zuko's armor would be too heavy to run around in. So there she stood, up against a guy in a training outfit, in her short black skirt.

"Okay. Lets drill the basics, they are your greatest weapon." Iroh told them. They both nodded, and all Kaori was able to do was dodge. "Kaori! take a breath!" Kaori did so, and through her limbs came fire. She even knocked Zuko down! She smiled and continued the same way.

Kaori was weird! She had never fire bended before, and yet; she was excedingly good at it! She was at Zuko's level and she had only fire bended for one day. Sounds impossable huh?But its true! Iroh didn't believe she really needed to be trained. But when he said that, she denyed it. Zuko growled and refused to go on training.

"Whats the matter Zuko? Angry about being beaten by a girl? In a skirt no less!" Iroh watched as the two fought; and found it quite entertaining. They bickerd so much that oh had suspiciouns that they had more feelings for eachother than just bitter hatred. Zuko argued more than Kaori did, so Iroh figured Zuko liked her alot. Kaori still fought viciously so that mainly said that she liked him too; but neither one of them would say anything! That was the fustraiting part. "Admit it! Your embarrised to be shown up by a girl in a skirt!" She taunted. Zuko growled and threw a firey fist at her, which she of course dodged.Lets go Kaori! Kaori shook her head. Zuko and Iroh rose an eyebrow to that, what was she shaking her head for? Kaori blinked and sweatdropped. "It was nothing." Lier! Tell them Kaori! Tell them about me! Tell them tell them tell them tell them! TELL THEM! "NO YOU STUPID BITCH!" She looked at Zuko and Iroh again, their eyebrows were still risen. Had she said that outloud. "Again...nothing...nothing at all." Oh screw you! I'll tell them! If you don't have the guts! Kaori's eyes lost their pupils for a moment, but when they came back, they were a soft red color. "Nothing? I lied! Im insane! You wounder why they through me overboard? I WENT INSANE! I kicked everyone's ass! I'll do it again too!" The soft red color in her eyes dissapeard and they were back to their regular color, and the pupils were back too! "Ummm..."

"Is this one of those things we should overlook?" Zuko asked, Kaori nodded. He nodded along with her. "ooookay." Kaori walked away from them and Zuko turned to his uncle, and rotated his finger beside his head. "She's nuts."

"Prince Zuko, didn't you notice something weird about her?" Iroh asked, Zuko cleared his throat.

"Where should I begin?" Iroh narrowed his eyes alittle at his smartass nephew. Before Zuko could say anything; A soldier ran upto Zuko and told him that he really had to come see Kaori. Zuko sighed and followed the soldier, and they turned the corner into the bathroom, where he saw Kaori's head under a full bathtub.She was struggling, Quickly, he pulled Kaori out and grolwed. "WHAT THE HELL? ARE YOU FREAKIN RETARDED! HOW COULD YOU FUCKING DROWND YOURSELF AND LOOK LIKE IT WASN'T YOU? GOD! SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH!" Kaori coughed out water, unable to awncer right away, the floor was dripping wet, Zuko grabbed her arm and orderd that the soldiers clean it up. They did so without question, as Zuko pulled Kaori into his room for a stern talking to.

She was still coughing up the water. Her hair dripped with the wetness of the water. Zuko waited untill her coughing stopped before his questions began.

"First and formost: WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?" Kaori sighed and looked to the side.

"It wasn't me. It was Dark Kaori..." Zuko rose an eyebrow. "It might sound crazy, but im telling you! She can sometimes take over my body and for some reason, she is really really pissed off at me and wants me dead!" Zuko sighed.

"Kaori, that is the worst lie I've ever heard. No one else was there, you were the only one and you were drowning yourself! I know you hate life Kaori but that was taking it way too far! You scared me half to death!" Kaori growled and looked away from him, unable to look him in the eye.

"I figured that if I had told anyone about Dark Kaori, you'd be the one who believed me. But I guess I was fucking wrong. I was actually about to tell you last night but you didn't seem like you were going to understand." Zuko froze, she was going to trust him? AND HE SCREWED IT UP!

"Kaori, I was just worried. I didn't want to have to dispose of a dead body. Besides, you can't be so unhappy with yourself that you'd sink that low." Kaori growled.

"IM TELLING THE TRUTH YOU ASSHOLE! oh forget it! Your not going to believing." After she said that to him, she began to cry. Zuko's left eye twitched,

"H-hey! its nothing to cry over! Just don't do it anymore and-" But Kaori cut him off.

"I can't help it! Im telling you the truth! Oh but what do you care? All you'll have to do is find somewhere to hide my dead body."

Noope...I'd be losing someone I love..Zuko thought to himself as Kaori said that to him. "Its still inconveniant. Besides, You've seem to have grown on everyone here." Kaori sighed.

"I don't care. She lets me be happy for alittle bit; but when I do stuff she doesn't like; she hurts me." Zuko decided he'd play along. Who knows? Maybe she is telling the truth?

"What does she do to you?" Zuko asked, Kaori wiped the tears from her eyes.

"She makes me see dead bodys that arn't really there and she gives me nightmares and she made me kill those peop-" She cut herself off, had she just...?

"You killed people?" Zuko asked loudly. Kaori slowly nodded. "Thats terrible! How could you do such a low-" Kaori fell to the floor in tears.

"Im sorry! Its not like Im proud of it or anything! Thats why I keep trying to kill myself and possably rot in hell with that damned father of mine. But You kept saving me! One time it was actually on purpose but if I had died from that I don't really care. The crew and your uncle would get over it."

I wouldn't...Zuko said to himself. "I still can't believe it! I've got a murderer on my ship!" Doesn't make a diffrence though. I still love her.

"I said I was sorry." Zuko sighed again. Boy he has got alot of sighs huh?

"Sorry doesn't make up for the fact that you made a bunch of people lose their lives! Money or prized posessions are one thing, but lives?" Kaori growled and stood up.

"Like you arn't recklace! I heard that you thought I was dead and you burnt down an entire palace!Possably killing just as many people as I have over the past ten years!" Kaori protested, Zuko narrowed his eyes.

"Thats diffrent! I thought you were dead! Whats your reason?" Kaori stomped her foot.

"DARK KAORI! DARK KAORI! DARK KAORI!" She shouted. "I really wanted you to believe me." she walked out of his room, sticking her toung out at him. Zuko stood there, in shock. I...I could have...I could have gotten close to her! Instead I pushed her away! REAL SMOOTH! he scolded himself.