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An American Firebender

Chapter 4:

May and Zuko walked for about 5 more hours till they came to what used to a small village. May was astonished to see most of the tents burned. Only 2 tenets stood. One was a big enough to hold 4 people and another where you could smell food.

"Seems like the Fire Nation has been here," she said sadly. Zuko looked over at her. May looked at Zuko. May walked over a where she could see blood. Zuko could see sadness on her face. "May you live," she whispered. Zuko over heard. May sighed.

"You miss your home?" asked Zuko.

"no. I'm used to being away from home." she said. "When you leave for the other side of the country for about 9 months you get used to it." May went over to the big tent. It had a couple blankets inside and pillows. "Well I'm going to sleep if you need me." she said. She pulled out 2 blankets. She laid her head on a pillow and pulled the covers over herself. She was at one end of the tent. Zuko followed her example and went to sleep with a blanket and pillow. Only Zuko was at the other end of the tent.

May woke up the next day with the sun high in the sky. She felt rested, but hungry. She got out of the tent. She walked over to the food tent which had some meat in it. She found something that must've been blubber seal jerky. She brought the bag out. Zuko had just gotten up himself. She threw him another bag of blubber seal jerky. He caught it, but looked at her.

"It's food." she said. She sat down on a log. Zuko sat across from her. She might as well get it out of the way. "I'm sorry for saying that you were a banished prince when we first met." She looked at him. "I'm sorry. I know that is a touchy subject with you."

"how do you know that!" he responded.

"See. That's how some one would respond!" said May. "I'm just sorry."

"You don't know what I've been through!" said Zuko angrily.

"I know that you tried to save an entire new division called the 41st division. It was a division on entirely new recruits. You spoke up for them and paid for it." said May.

"how do you know?" yelled Zuko.

"I do know!" yelled May.

"NO! YOU DON'T!" yelled Zuko.

"I do to!" yelled May. "You had to duel your own father! You beg forgiveness. Your father said no."

"How do you know?" yelled Zuko angrily.

"I know a quote he said before he gave you that scar!" yelled May.

"Stop!" yelled Zuko.

"NO!" yelled May. "You'll have to face it eventually!"

"Shut your mouth! Girl!" yelled Zuko standing up.

"You can't live in the past forever!" yelled may standing up. "You can't change your past, but you can change your future!" Zuko's fist went a flame.

"you don't know what I have been through!" said Zuko.

"I barley see my father once a year. And I do, it's about 5 minutes." said May.

"I've been away from home 2 years looking and chasing my only hope for getting home, the avatar!" yelled Zuko.

"I'm only trying to help!" yelled May. "I'm leaving!" May running away from the village.

Zuko smiled as she ran away.

"That's one problem out of the way." he said. Zuko turned and went to meditate in the tent. He sat down in meditating position. The recent yelling of their conversation kept sneaking back into his head. He tried to push it to the back of his mind, but he couldn't. Especially what she had said.

"You can't change your past, but you can change your future!" She had yelled at him. "I'm only trying to help!"

"Get out of my head!" he yelled. He hoped May hadn't heard.

But May was far away. She had ran a 3 miles away from the village in no time. Track had finally paid off, or that's what she thought. She was walking now. The ground had a thin piece of ice on it that she hadn't noticed. She put her left foot down, then her weight only to twist her left ankle about 90 degrees. She fell hard to the ground. She closed her eyes from the pain of her ankle. She had silent tears down her face. Her left ankle was twisted so that it didn't look normal. On top of that she wouldn't be able to walk on it for about a day or two. She just stayed on the ground in the bitter cold.

Then sun was setting by now. Zuko came out of a long meditation. He wanted to take back what he had said. He had thought about it. From her point of view she might've been trying to help him is the conclusion he had come to. He looked around, expecting May to be back by now.

"May?" he called out. The sun was going down. "May?" Zuko called again. There was no response. He took a deep breath and let it out. He looked in the direction that she had ran off. Girl, you need to learn to control yourself. thought Zuko. He started walking off into hat direction lilting a fire in his left hand as it grew darker and colder.

Zuko had been walking for about 30 minutes now looking for May. He didn't know why either. After all, she was just a girl. Zuko shinned the small fire light into a direction. He found May covered by some snow. He went over to her side. She put his hand to her wrist searching for a pulse. She had one, but was deathly cold. He looked at her face. It was pale white. Why didn't you walk back to the village? thought Zuko. Then he saw the twisted left ankle. He picked her up in his arms and carried her back to camp.

Zuko laid her down on the blanket. She had become warmer. He put another blanket on top of her. She looked peaceful in her sleep.

"We'll see if you make it out of her alive or not." he said going to his side of the tent. He laid down facing May. He took a good look at her. She soft, glossy black hair; a beautiful face; her skin barley having a tan; and a calm face of understanding. He closed his eyes and fell slowly to sleep.

May woke up to the smell of fire, but a small fire. She pushed herself up with her arms. They were sore and stiff, but her ankle hurt more. She looked down. Her ankle was hanging limply over to the side. She noticed that she wasn't outside in the cold, but in the tent that she and Zuko shared. She took a deep breath and let it out. She had never twisted her ankle this badly before. Zuko came threw the tent.

"Some one finally got up it seems." said Zuko.

"Why did you bring me back here?" she asked.

"My uncle would kill me if I let a person die that I could've saved." He said sitting next to her.

"Well, thanks." she said. She gave him a kiss on the cheek right below his left eye. May blushed slightly. Zuko couldn't believe what she just did. May looked at Zuko. He didn't seem like that bad of a guy; he had saved her. "I owe you my life, Prince Zuko." she said. "I'll do anything you need for a favor." Zuko looked at her. She had eyes of a firebender, but they were as calm as any waterbender.

"Well, don't get used to it!" he said turning to leave the tent. May already new better.

"Thanks, again, Prince Zuko." she said laying her head back down on the pillow.

Why would he save me though? The Iroh thing I'm not buying into, but why? Is it possible that he likes me? No, why would he marry a girl from the U.S.A.? He's suppose to marry a noble man's daughter. So DON'T get your hopes up May. They'll only come crashing down. But still, I just can't help but wonder. She thought staring up at the ceiling. She smiled. Zuko does care about me thought, at least. she thought.

A/N: YAY! I got the first light kiss in the story! I'm SO happy! Hope you all like this chapter, cus i sure did! well the ending espiacially!