Shock,horror, and flinching came opun the faces of the men from Zuko's shops.
"We try to keep personal space here," said Li-en, rubbing her womb. Li-en was dress in a rolyal purple gown that went to her ankles, and was off the shoulders. Her shoes were like Katara's but flat, not heel. Her raven black hair went to her waist, her sideburns went to her shoulders (like inuyasha). A golden tiaria was on her forehead, that had a blus jewel, with a red flame inside.
"I see," said Zuko uneasy, he was staring at Katara, who was staring back at him.
Iroh, was staring at them then at Li-en, then back to them. Smiling at how Zuko and Katara were staring at each other. He turned to Li-en, "when will we be able to rest?"
"Oh, please forgive me," Li-en excuse herself," when ever you are ready."
She turn to Katara, " Will you be helping the village, or staying with our guest?" she asked.
Katara turned to face her queen, "I'll settles our guest, then I'll finish my duties, if I'm not back by dinner, as usual, then I'll be eating in the village"
"Very well, take care then, when you go," Li-en replied, turning to face the village. Now looking over her shoulder," Shall we go?"
"Let's" replied Iroh, in line they went walking through the village. Children, parents and so on stared in wonder, confusion, and fear, at the guests.
"They act like they've never seen a lord, other than yourself," said Zuko.
Katara turned to him,"They haven't." And she beginn to walk faster. While Zuko stopped in breif shock. He caught up all the same, keeping the same pace.
Children up ahead were running in the streets, the bigger ones were teasing the little one, a little boy, he was about 8. But he was patcient all the same. He helped Katara with her duties, saying that he too wanted to be a shaman.
Others tease him, because becoming a shaman is hard, and dangerous work. With no end in sight. But he kept fine with Katara. She believed he could do it, when all others didn't.
He fell, and others laughed.Katara stopped, and stared. Anger boiled up withen her, she usually a kind person, but no one was allowed to mess with her appertice! Yes she thought of the boy as an appertice, but she wouldn't tell him... not yet any way...that is until now!
The boy held his knee in pain, looking around for herbs to use that were near by. The only problem is that he had no money. The kids laughed as tears of eminse pain came into his eyes.
He looked up to see Katara was staring at him, he looked down in shame.
They laughed again. Then the boy had it, he stood up, with his knee in pain. Blood rolling down his left leg, onto the ground, he shouted, "You laugh now, but when I'm become high shaman, like M'Lady Katara, will see who gets the last laugh!"
"That'll never happened!" one kid yelled, smirking, he didn't know that Katara, and Li-en, was standing behind him, and with guests.
Li-en and the others all looked at Katara, her calm face, slowly faltering. But she stood strong.
"I will and I'll help everyone, not just in this rotton city!" he yelled back, making a sign on his chest, a sign that means asking forgivness for saying something bad about the city.
"Oh yea?... Well I bet M'Lady Katara doesn't even like you!" another shouted, backing up his friends.
Li-en looked at Katara, as well as the others. Katara's look on her face meant she was now pissed.
She walked behind the boys, and smirked, "Run along boys. I need to fix my..." she toke a deep breath," I need to fix my appertice's leg, so he can carry on his training."
At that moment everything in the whole intire village had stopped. People turned to looked at Katara like a mainiac. She got annoyed, "Didn't you hear me? I said please move so I can help my appertice." They moved. They ran for it
"Thank You," was all that she said, as she bend down to examine his leg. She used water bending to clean to wound, air to dry it, and healing to seal it up. Ice to stop the swelling, and heat to uncramp the muscles.
"Wow," he said. Katara looked at the bot in shock, "You've seen me heal this village for awhile now, and all you can say is Wow?" she asked him, arching an eyebrow.
"Well you just stood up for me, which no one has ever done before, you just healed a wound that was to the bone, in seconds, with five differnet elements!" he sounded excited.
She smirked, he is easly amused.
She stood up, pulling him with her. "If you're going to my appertice, you need to get use to it," she said, dusting her self off, and walking back towards the others.
The boy stared in aww, running up to Katara, he asked, "You really meant that?"
"Why shouldn't I ?"
"Well no one ever accepted me before,and it feels wierd now, thats all."
She smirked, sideglancing at Zuko, who was looking at her too," You know if want to you don't to be my-" she never finished.
"I do! I do!" he shouted, and she laughed,
"Very well," she turned to the others, "This is Prince Zuko, Commander Iroh, and you know M'Lady Li-en."
"Wohhh," was the so ever smart replie.
The young boys eyes were wide, amusement full them up to the brimms, and then 'snap'. The snapping of the fingures was heard.
"What?" he aske Katara, knowing it was her.
"You were all googliy eyes on us for a second.
"Well when was the last time we had a prince here? Uhh M'Lady Katara Uhh?" he asked her
"Not the point," she said, as she begin walking, the others following her, soon walking with her, at the same pace.
"Your name geniues," said Katara, after a few minutes of silence.
"Oh, ...well my name ...is..uhh..great, I meet really really important people in life, and I forget my name!" he shouted. Making Katara burst out laughing, which only a few had heard before, the village stopped again.
Too bad cameras weren't invented yet?
Once Katara had clamed down, she said," His iname is..."
cliffy!