AN: Hope you all enjoyed the first part of the story. It gets even better from this point on. Please don't be afraid to give me some constructive criticism. Remember to review.

DISCLAMER: I do not own the Avatar, but I do own the plot I came up with it all on my own so don't steal it, there are some OC's in it that I also made up so don't steal them either.

Chapter 6

Remember

Zuko's Ship

"Uncle have you spotted the Avatar yet?" Zuko said storming into the navigation room.

"No, but…" Iroh said, whom Zuko storming out of the room rudely interrupted.

Iroh followed Zuko to his room, but at a distance so Zuko wouldn't notice. Iroh patiently stood outside the room listening to Zuko.

"Where are you Avatar!" Zuko said slamming his hands on his desk, "Where!"

As Zuko said this, a crewmember came running in, "Sir, it's the Avatar, he is in sight."

Zuko ran out of his room followed by the solder that told him.

"Shoot that bison down!" Zuko yelled running out onto the deck.

On Appa

"Aang look out!" Katara yelled.

"Zuko is shooting at us!" Sokka said sliding away from the sleeping Kaori.

Zuko was firing flaming stinkballs at them, Aang dodged the first two with ease but the third one hit the tired Appa, knocking Sokka and Kaori off. As they fell, Sokka reached for Kaori and pulled her close as they hit the water. Sokka was holding Kaori close as Zuko came closer, Aang couldn't turn back because Zuko was so near: Sokka and Kaori had one choice and that was to let Zuko capture them. Zuko grabbed Kaori and a soldier with deep blue eyes and soft brown hair grabbed Sokka. Sokka and Kaori were placed in the same cell; the blue-eyed soldier was guarding the door looking in at them.

"I won't let anything happen to you." Sokka whispered in Kaori's ear.

Kaori stroked his arms which where wrapped around her shoulders to let him know she was listening as they sat on the bed. When Kaori looked at the guard, who was still watching them, she thought of Ryu. She gave Sokka a kiss on the cheek and went to go talk to the guard.

"Excuse me, what is your name?" Kaori asked leaning against the door.

"You mean you don't remember me?" As the guard said this Kaori backed away from the door in shock, "Yes, it's me, your best friend in the whole world… Ryu."

"Yo-you, you can't be Ryu, he hated the fire nation. And if you really are Ryu then why won't you let us out?"

"Do you remember our final escape? Because I remember it like it was yesterday. All was going perfectly, we were just outside of the fire nation leaving the island of Tamasine when you sunk the boat; I was on the deck when the rock hit. I was fine, but when I went to look for you, you were gone. When I was looking for you in the water, I was freezing and far from shore when Zuko saved me, I owe him my life. Then, after I was back to full health he taught me hand-to-hand combat. I can even beat you without using bending. I owe everything I have to him."

"What about me? Don't you owe something to me, our past?" Kaori said as her eyes filled with tears.

"What about our past? You threw it all away; did you forget what we went through? And now you're with the guy with the boomerang." Ryu said interrupting her.

"Hey!" Sokka yelled getting up and putting his hand on Kaori's back.

"Leave Sokka out of this." Kaori said as Ryu turned his back to her and Sokka, tears flowing down her cheeks. "Ryu I thought you were dead, I looked for you, when I found you, you were floating motionless on your back. I ran, I ran as fast as I could, wanting to get away as far from my pain as possible. I'm sorry." Ryu turned around with tears in his eyes.

" I'm sorry too." Ryu said reaching through the bars and whipping the tears from Kaori eyes, "I will let you out at midnight but only this one time. It's up to you to figure out how to get off the ship." Ryu gave Kaori a little smile and turned his back to them for the last time.

Sokka and Kaori went back to their spots on the bed. Zuko came down the stairs from the deck to the cell where Kaori and Sokka were. Zuko walked up to the cell door and looked in at Sokka and Kaori on the bed.

"Take the girl to my room, leave the boy here. Stay with her till I get there."

Ryu did as Zuko told him; he opened the cell door, grabbed Kaori's arm and led her out of the cell to Zuko's room. As Kaori and Ryu went up the stairs, Zuko walked into the cell.

"I bet you think you're pretty lucky, having a girl like that. I never thought you had a way with the ladies. Did she tell you what happened the last time she was here?"

"No, but I trust her one hundred percent."

"But do you trust her with me?"

"No! Who could ever trust a bastard like you?"

"Your girlfriend could," Zuko said looking Sokka in the eyes, "Yeah, bet you want to know what happened to her."

"Tell me you bastard! Tell me now, or I'll, I'll…" Sokka said standing up and grabbing Zuko's armor.

"Or what, you'll kill me." Zuko calmly said taking Sokka's hand off his armor, "You don't want me to hurt you now so you can't protect her later."

Zuko locked the cell door and laughed as he walked up the stairs.

"Get back here you woss!" Sokka yelled through the bars as Zuko disappeared at the top of the stairs.

Meanwhile on Appa

"Sokka! Kaori!" Katara and Aang yelled in unison as Kaori and Sokka plunged into the water below.

"I'm going down to get them." Aang said looking Katara in the eyes.

"No your not. Zuko is right there." Katara said grabbing Aang's arm. "Go to that island"

When they landed on the island they walked into a village, it had a big sign that said 'Welcome to the village of Mura on the island of Kimi' the village was full of little kids running from store to store, parents talking as their kids played with each other. The mood was very light, everyone was happy.

"Hello and welcome to Kimi, my name is Mai. What's yours?" Mai was a young girl about Aang's age with long silky blond hair tied back with a black ribbon, her eyes where gold like the sun when it sets.

"I'm Katara and this is Aang. Mai, that's a very beautiful name. Doesn't it mean brightness?" Katara said looking at Mai's silky gold robe.

"Do you two need a place to stay, because my family owns an inn."

"Yeah. A real bed; I haven't slept in one for over one hundred years." Aang said excided to have a pillow.

"We would love to stay at your inn." Katara said looking at Aang with a too-much-information look.

As they followed Mai through the village it seemed like everyone knew her. Around every corner boys would say hi, complement her and run down a side ally blushing, or an adult would have a message or delivery for her father.

"Well, here we are, the Makoto Inn." Mai said pointing to a gorgeous three-story building. "Your rooms will be on the second floor."

"It's so beautiful." Katara said wide-eyed at the building's beauty.

"It's amazing." Aang said studying each corner.

"Yeah, I guess. But when you live here your whole life you can't help but want more. You expect the world to hold bigger and better things, and when you leave you feel let down because nothing is good enough." Mai said walked into the Inn, "Do you want some dinner? We have a great diner."

"Dinner would be great. What do you have?" Aang asked rubbing his stomach.

"We have anything you could want." Mai lead them to the check-in counter, "I'll meet you in the diner after you get settled in."

Aang and Katara had conjoining rooms; the beds where made of feathers with thick down comforters. Aang and Katara fell back onto their beds and drifted off into dreamland. When Katara finally woke up it was midnight. Katara walked into the other room to find Momo sleeping on the bed and Aang with a pillow and blanket on the floor.

"Aang we have to go save Sokka and Kaori." Katara whispered in his ear as she gently shook him, "Aang, Aang wake up."

Aang slowly woke up realizing he was on the floor.

"Katara what time is it? Are we too late for dinner?" Aang asked realizeing it was dark outside.

"Aang it's about midnight. We need to go save Sokka and Kaori." Katara said grabbing Aang's arm and running out of the inn to find Appa.

Katara, Sokka and Aang got on Appa's back; they searched the ocean for Zuko's ship for only a short while. They hovered down to the side of the ship Sokka was pacing on the deck.

"Where is Kaori?" Aang asked as Sokka jumped onto Appa's back.

"I don't know, Zuko came and took her at sun down. I haven't seen her since."

They flew off back to the island of Kimi.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Chapter seven will be posted soon.