Disclaimer: ok, again…I DO NOT OWN AVATAR, THE CHARACTERS, ANYTHING THAT I MAY USE FROM FREAKY FRIDAY, THE BLUE SPIRIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION, I DO NOT OWN! I ONLY OWN WHAT IS MINE, WHICH ARE MY CHARACTERS, AND MY PLOT. THAT'S IT! (do I have to say this every time?)

Whoa! I just got a serious case of De Ja Vou here! Ok, back on sched!

Ok, I want to thank you to all of you who reviewed, and since you gave me 5 chapters, I would normally give you 2 chapters, but I'm running low on how to get to my ideas, so would someone like to lend me a hand here?

Thank you to all of my reviewers! Your love is appreciated!

FireGurl107- I'm so glad you like it! Welcome aboard Zuko's Ship! Thanks so much for reviewing! You may have missed it, but she has a vertebrae that is out of place just a tad, and every now and again, it'll like squish a nerve, or move out of place, etc, and that'll make her body freeze up. My friend's mom actually had that happen only with her skull, and she went unconscious while driving, but it's all better now, so that's good. Thank you so much! o-dragon

Khazia- Lol. Welcome aboard the mighty Fire Navy Ship! Thanks for reading and reviewing. And yes, I'm trying to make the chapters longer, and I'll try to do that this one and the others as well, but no promises yet! That's a good idea, but she does get on his nerve in this chapter, much like you did in yours. But, she criticizes his leadership---oops! I've said too much! And if you don't mind I'm going to use the "Soldiers can't show emotion thing" in this chapter. Thanks for reviewing! o-dragon

elf of rohan- It is, for her, she once slammed into a wall, and in later chapters, she'll tell of how it happened when she was at a pool…not a good thing. Thanks for reviewing! o-dragon

monkaybrains127- Welcome aboard the sailing ship of: Lets-bug-Zuko-until-he-cracks! Ya, and there'll be a small teeny winy twist in this chapter, so watch out for that! Thanks for reviewing! By the way, what's P.A.M.S.? o-dragon

Lin13- Thanks for reviewing! The back thing is very tough for her, but that doesn't stop her. She does need to go to a chiropractor, but her past once prevented her from doing that (no more talking!), but also, the vertebrae is next to a very sensitive nerve at the moment, and so she cant have surgery, or else, she may not be able to move for all eternity. So it was her choice, and she chose to just live with it. Temporary is better than forever. o-dragon

5 reviews! I'm happy. You all made my crummy day turn into a good one! Thanks again to all my lovely reviewers, and the new ones as well. Glad you like the story. I must say, though, it will get more interesting. But I may not update for a while, I have to type until at least chapter 10, and then I will post so it might be awhile. I just need to get from one point to another. And again with the 3 reviews minimum. Thanks again!

This takes place right before the "Blue Spirit" Episode. Actually, it happens that night. My story telling might have to change a few things though, but only like the time of day. Also, this chapter might be a little longer, to explain everything, and a little funny, but my jokes are never funny, so it may or may not be. Also, I don't know what the place is called where the Captain steers the boat, or where or what the Galley is…some help? So, I'm calling the Captain's place, the Captain's Nest.

Also, the chapter title doesn't really make sense to me, but it was the only thing I could think of without giving away too much info...oops! I really have to start keeping my mouth shut! note to self...keep mouth shut haha!

Story Adds- Invincible, and Lost To Me both very good. I recommend them.

9 pages, my best yet! Enjoy!

CHAPTER 7- The Half Avatar

KABIRA

I woke up, the next morning, lying on my left side, facing the wall. "Two days left until my birthday" I thought smugly, which was a total difference than how I usually thought about it. At this rate, it looked like I would be spending it here, amongst the strangers that I knew so well. I faced the wall, thinking about nothing, and again, about everything. I sighed. It had been dark when I got up, but when I actually sat up, the sun had risen, but not far enough to call it day yet. It was only about 8:30. The candle had gone out during the night on its own, not even down to the bottom yet, only half-way there. "Strange…" I thought, looking at the white candle, wondering.

I got up, slowly, my muscles almost fully healed now, and as I walked over to my bp in the corner, I didn't even have to use my cane, as I would have had to only yesterday. I shuffled through my clothes, finally picking out a shirt that said, "fight the flames that burn" in orange letters, and the shirt was once again a short-sleeved top, but this one was red, a bright red, brighter than blood. I also picked out some dark-green short-shorts, and put those on as well. I had never had the color-knack that my sister had, and she's only 6. But red and green went together, so I wore it anyway. I looked like a walking Christmas tree.

I went to the mirror, and looked at my reflection. My hair was a mess, full of tangles, and rat's nests. Another one of my traits was that I never actually LOOKED in the mirror, except when I did my hair. I had learned not to after the one night that had changed my life forever. If I had, I probably wouldn't have made it this far.

"No! Don't think about that Kabira. You're better than that." I muttered to myself as I put my hair into a high-ponytail, after of course combing it out. I went over to my washtub then, and splashed water on my face to wake me up. It defiantly did the job. The cold water hit my face as if a frozen knife traveled down my face, not wanting to pierce the flesh yet. I looked up, water dripping from my face, and dried it on the towel near me.

I went back to the mirror, and "looked" in it again, then left my room to go to the Captain's Nest where I knew Iroh would be beating some loser at Pai Cho. I was right.

I walked up to the Captain, and looked out of the window. I saw Zuko training fiercely with Ji, and laughed to myself. The Captain looked at me strangely, but I ignored it. He's so stupid! Training, when there's no one to fight but a measly 12-year-old I thought. That's what I had laughed about, but the Captain would never know this. I thought that it was silly, but I did have respect for the lost teen. He had lived out at sea, searching for someone, who for a year and a half, didn't exist. Then, out of severe luck, happen to fall upon him, and chase him around the world, while he also has to put up with Zhao, and whatever else nature decided to throw at him. But he endured it, only so that he could be with his father again, and to be loved and honored.

He's a lot like me… some part of me thought. But I ignored the comment and looked up at the now blazing sun. I sighed, the Captain giving me another strange look, I bet he was dying to get inside my head and see what I was thinking, and went over to Iroh, who had once again beaten another member of the crew at the complicated but simple game. The crewmember got up, and went to finish his chores, and I got into his spot. Without noticing it, I began to play the game.

"Morning!" Iroh said cheerfully. I mumbled something that I couldn't even understand. "Beautiful day, huh?" "Sure" I answered shortly. "Something seems to be bothering you?" he moved his lotus tile forward. "Nahhh…." He looked at me, knowing that I would spill sooner or later. I placed my head in my hands, but so far, I had held up the fort pretty well. "We're going into a port tomorrow, to restock on supplies." "Sounds like fun." "And maybe you would like something extra to wear?" he asked this very cautiously because of all my short answers, I guessed. I looked up at this. "Sure I would! …But I don't have any money." "Don't worry, I'll take care of that!"

I moved a piece forward. "Thank you very much. Hey, how do you play this game?" I asked, still not even realizing that I was playing it. "I don't know, ask yourself that. You just won." I stared at the board amazed. Sure enough, I had won. While I was trying to figure out how I had done it, Iroh leaned forward and asked me, "Is there something bothering you, my dear?"

Yes, there was, my 16th birthday was just days ahead, and the fact that I was stuck in the middle of a foreign ocean with a ship full of men! But I didn't say this. Instead I answered, "Maybe later. Right now, I need some fresh air. Thanks for the game." "Of course, you're very much welcome." He answered me; he then asked a nearby soldier if he would like to play, as I was walking out of the room.

The room, for some reason had been stifling hot, and I couldn't take it anymore, so I went outside on deck. Zuko had left, and so had Ji, so I was the only one out. I went over to the right side of the ship and looked down and the calm waves, splashing on the side of the ship, and then watched them head back towards land, miles away. I was enjoying the cool, 10 o'clock weather hit my face, and wash up and down my body, when I felt the vibrations of somebody's feet hitting the deck behind me.

I turned a little, to see who it was. I wasn't very surprised when I saw Zuko walking slowly towards me. "Yes?" I asked as sweetly as I could. He'd been avoiding me the last few days.

But he didn't answer until he was right next to me, leaning on the railing with me. "What? I just came out here to get some fresh air. Why do you need to know?" he asked harshly. "No reason" I answered, looking back down at the water.

A few moments passed with silence, the only sound was the waves breaking on the side of the boat. "That's it!" he looked up at me like I had screamed, with a confused look on his face. "I can't take it anymore." I striped off my clothes to show the same bikini I had worn when I was almost drowned. His mouth fell when he saw me strip off my clothes, but caught himself, but not before I saw his stunned face. I could only imagine what he was thinking. She's actually stripping in front of me, and I'm a Prince! How disrespectful…Wait! Zuko, close your mouth!

"What are you going to do?" he asked slowly, and nervously. "Swim" I said as I climbed up onto the railing, balancing there, arms outstretched, then I did a graceful dive in, with some flips thrown in as well, as Zuko watched me. He looked over the edge. The boat wasn't going so fast that I couldn't keep up. "No you're not! Get out of there!" he threw a rope over. "You may be a Prince, Prince Zuko, but you are not the boss of me!" I smiled at his anger.

"While you are on my ship, I am the boss of you and everyone else! Now get out!" He raged. "Fine, fine." I said, reaching for the rope, not very happy with myself for listening to him, but he was my ride. "Fun Sucker" I mumbled the last part so that he couldn't hear me. With my muscles fully healed, I climbed the 30-foot side of the boat in just a matter of minutes this time. "You take the fun out of everything." I stuck my tongue out at him, being me, a total difference than that I was only an hour ago. And with that I walked below deck, carrying my clothes in a bundle with me, getting the floor-sopping wet.

AUTHOR

On the way back to her room, Kabby passed Iroh going to his room to look for his lost lotus tile, and he stopped her. She was still wearing the bikini that she had swam in. "Miss Kabby…what…" He paused and looked up at her, a stern look on his face. "Did my nephew do this?"

Kabira looked down at herself to see what the old man was talking about. She was still dripping, from head to foot, and her ponytail half way out now. "Oh, don't worry, I pushed myself in. Zuko didn't do anything!" Not like he could, Mr. Prince I'm-Too-Straight-Forward…she thought, but smiled anyway. "Ok, well, go get changed. We wouldn't want an accident involving slipping, now would we?" "No, Iroh" As she walked away, he called out to her, "It's Uncle Iroh!" "Sure, sure" she said jokingly.

After she left, Iroh looked down at the floor, wondering what to do about the water. He moved to a different place, thinking it was the light, to look at the spot that she had been standing on. There was no water there, when there should've been a ton of water. He looked down the hallway. But there wasn't any water there either. He began to think as he went into his room to search for the missing tile.

About fifteen minutes after she left, with no luck finding the tile, he went back up to the Captain's Nest to finish playing his game. But first he checked to see that everything was still in place, because Ji could've moved any piece to give him the smallest bit of an advantage. Then, once Iroh had made sure that everything was in place, they began playing quietly again, this time, without an audience.

Only about 30 seconds into their game, and Zuko came storming in, steam rising from his body in so many bursts, that he looked like a teapot. "What's wrong this time, Zuko?" Iroh asked not looking up. "Can you not see what I look like?" he asked furiously. Iroh, Ji, and the Captain all looked up at once. The Captain had to stifle a laugh and turn away, or he would've been thrown overboard for showing emotion. Ji and Iroh also stifled one as well, thankfully Zuko didn't notice.

"Uhhh…umm…wha--" Iroh stammered, trying very hard at this point not to laugh. His nephew was soaking wet, from head to foot, and his boots were overflowing with water. His ponytail had also come undone. He looked like he'd just lost a fight with a very mad water hose.

"What happened?" Iroh finally choked out.

"I'll tell you what happened!" He yelled, and began to flame, but since he was still covered and dripping from head to foot, he only made more steam rise. "I'm looking out at the ocean, when a voice says out of nowhere, "Hey ponytail!" I look up, and there's this puddle of water floating above me. Before it drops right on my head, it says, "Fun Sucker". But, oh no, it doesn't stop there," he had begun to pace the room again. "It should've only taken 2 seconds for that puddle to empty. Instead, it takes 2 full minutes!"

"That's what you're so worked up about? Some water?" Ji asked, finally able to control his fit of laughter. Zuko looked at him with daggers. "Well, lets see now here Ji, no one on this ship should have the ability to waterbend, because this is a Fire Navy ship!"

All was silent, everyone was thinking about who it could've been. Zuko put a new dent in the metal wall after he finished his story. Then, as if all three of them came to the same conclusion at the same time, all three looked up and whispered, "Kabby?"

KABIRA

I finally reached my room, and dried off. It felt so nice to feel a warm towel on my cold skin. But then I realized something. This towel had been in my bp for almost a week now, and it hadn't been just washed or laying in the sun. "I'm Fire Bending?" I asked aloud, to no one in particular. But, I let it fly, because I was too worried about getting into my clothes before I got sick. I put the clothes that I had on earlier, back on. But the strange thing was that I had been carrying them in my arms, which had been wet, and they had been close to me, and my body had been wet…but they weren't.

That's really strange… I thought to myself. I sat down at the edge of my bed, and looked at the candle that had been put out the night before. My door was closed, and I always lock it during the night, but then I was the only one who could've put it out. I tried my theory. I had never lit a flame before, only played with it the day earlier. But I tried it anyway, not knowing what I was doing.

First, I tried just plain concentrating on the flame, but that didn't work. Next I tried punching at it. All that created was a rope of fire. Well, at least I know how to do that. Then, I sat down on my bed again, for I had stood up on the last move, and put my hand into a fist, the wick being as still as ever. Then, as if waiting for the right moment, I opened my hand quickly, and a flame appeared. I squealed in delight, clapping my hands and stomping my feet like a little kid at a birthday party. Then I tried the move Iroh taught me. I closed my fist again, and the flame went out.

I tried this about 3 more times, when there was a knocking at my door. I opened it, to find Iroh there, and he led me back to the Captain's Nest. Once we got there, Ji and Zuko were waiting there, almost like I was about to be executed. I had to stifle a laugh when I saw Zuko. Iroh sat me down at the Pai Cho board, cleared entirely, and now just and ordinary table.

He told the story of how Zuko had gotten wet, and asked me if I'd done anything. "I don't think so. You mean after I met you in the hallway?" "At anytime between that and the last time you were with Zuko."

"Well, I had jumped into the ocean, wanting to swim, and he'd made me get out. And before I met you in the hallway, I thought of how I'd react next time I met him." "And what was that?" Iroh asked. He was the only one doing any talking. Zuko just stood in the corner, steaming his head off, still soaking wet, and Ji was sitting next to Iroh and me, with a stern look on his face, like I was about to be found Guilty, no matter what I said next.

"I thought that I would pour a giant bucket of water on him, but that's it. And that's when I met you in the hallway." Iroh thought for a moment, and he was deep in thought as well, not your average, everyday thinking for this man. He finally said, "Bend this", and placed a cup of water in front of me. "Excuse me?" "Bend it." "Ok…" I said confused, but I tried anyway.

I stood up and all the while I tried to bend the water, I thought, "Thank God I watch Avatar!" I tried streaming the water, because you can't really push-and-pull the water while it's in a teacup, can you? It worked. This put Iroh even more into thought. Then he lit a flame in his hand. "Do something with this." This is getting weird, I thought, but I did it anyway.

I drew the fire out of his hand, and did some fancy flicks with it, all the while Ji and Zuko watching me carefully with a mixture of interest and the thought, She's got to be a witch! I finally put it out, and looked up at Iroh.

"Did either you two help her?" He asked Ji and Zuko. They both shook their heads, not saying a word. "Well, it looks like you can bend two elements, my dear." My jaw dropped in shock.

Two hours later, after Zuko had gotten dried off and changed, I was in my room, Iroh playing another loser at his favorite game, and Zuko looking at some maps of where the Avatar was headed. I was listening to music on my ipod, and all of a sudden, the ship slowed. I looked out my window, and saw a bigger ship pull up near ours. I had seen the "Blue Spirit" to know that I shouldn't leave my room. About 10 minutes later, we sped up to normal speed, and Zhao's boat had left, so I knew that I could come out again. I went up to the Captain's Nest to see what happened. Iroh explained the entire thing to me.

I looked out the window. Zuko was in his training clothes again, and he was shooting fire out at every direction. Iroh saw this as well. We decided to go out and ask him for orders. But just before we came out of the door, Iroh told me to stay here. Who knows what could possible happen when Zuko gets mad.

"Prince Zuko, it's been over an hour since you gave the crew an order." Iroh said softly. I didn't catch the next words because I opened the door slowly, with a creak, and so all I caught was:

"My honor, my throne, my country, I'm about to lose them all." He turned away, but not before I saw a tear slide down his cheek.

A little long, I know, but I took Khazia's advice, and mine, so here it is. I decided to end it with Zuko, because we have only seen it through Kabby's eyes so far, so here's a new note!

And, I made Ji laugh in this chapter, because he always seems so uptight about things, so he needs to loosen up a bit. Lol

Please review! And I would love a few ideas for later chapters! o-dragon