Leiko was sitting in front of Kilix who had his eyes on her the entire time. She tried not to make eye contact by staring at her tea. She looked into the steaming cup and gazed upon her own reflection. But she was taken when Kilix walked up to her with a bouquet of exotic flowers. She just looked at them and then up at him.

"For my future wife." He said with a bow. She took the flowers and smelled them. They were pretty, however not as meaningful as they would be if they were from someone she really cared about.

"Thank you." She replied and set them on her lap.

"So, I hear you're a warrior." He spoke up again.

"Yes, I am." She confirmed.

"How long have you been training?" he asked in his strong voice.

"All my life." She told him sadly.

"Hmm, I have to admit it is an honor to be with the great Admiral Zhao's daughter." She didn't say anything. "I mean, you have to be the most admired maiden in the fire nation."

"I think it's a shame how people will judge one by their fighting skills. Just because I'm the strongest warrior doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone else in value."

"Ah, you have your own opinions. I like that quality in a girl." Kilix practically purred to her. He scooted closer to her and she scooted further away.

"I'm going to put these flowers in my chamber."

She got up and walked away to just get some space. She entered her room and leaned on the wall, trying to catch her breath from the lack of air. Tila chirped when she entered. "This…guy's…a moron!" she said. Tila chirped to converse with her master. "Yes, I suppose they are nice flowers." And she engulfed them with a flame that grew up from her fist. And as they crumbled to ashes and grinned and dropped them. "But I don't care. Oh, Tila I don't know how much longer I can take all this! That Kilix guy is such a gentlemen, he's completely boring! It's as if he's one of those walking…guide books or something!" Tila flew off her perch and over to Leiko's diary. She squawked and pecked at the cover. "No not that kind of book." The bird squawked like crazy as she flared her wings. "That's not it? Well than what are you saying? You want to hear more of my entries?" the bird actually nodded. But then Zhao called for Leiko from the room. "It'll have to wait. Sorry Tila." And Leiko walked back out.

She saw Kilix and his father at the door.

"Say goodbye to our guests." Zhao told her and she walked over and bowed.

"Have a good afternoon." She said. General Kisho patted her head and Kilix just kissed her hand and they left. After the door closed, Leiko rubbed her hand on her dress where Kilix had kissed her. "Eww! I've been kissed by a egotistic monster." And she folded her arms. "Now may I change father?"

"Go ahead, but hurry back out because we have much to talk about." And she walked back into her room. Gratefully, she untied her lace and let her bosom free, allowing her lungs to fill completely with air again.

"Ah, much better." She said with a big grin. She took off the dress and changed into a pair of pants and a wrap top. It was something she actually didn't have a problem fitting into, no matter how big her bust was.

She walked back out to the room where her father was looking at a map of the Fire Nation. He had his back to her and didn't speak. Leiko could sense the tension rise in the room…this was not going to be good. Needing some emotional support, she whistled and Tila flew out and landed on her shoulder. "Leiko, come and sit down." Zhao demanded. Leiko kept quiet and took a place in front of her father who was still standing. "Good news, your wedding will be in a month."

"A month!" she began to freak out. "But-but…surely we'll need more time for planning!"

"Nope, I hired a wedding planner to set up everything. Soon you'll be the wife of Kilix and after that when he becomes a great general like his father…"

"I get it, I get it!" she cut him off! "But I don't want to marry him!"

"Hush your mouth!" he barked, "I did not call you in here to complain! I called you in here to have a very serious talk!"

"Well than let's get this over with!" she said while she slammed a fist down on the arm of the chair. Zhao drew in a deep breath.

"I realized who the thief was." He spoke with his back to her. Leiko chuckled to herself; it seemed her father was single-minded about capturing the avatar. She knew well who it was, but she doubted he did. "That man in the blue mask…only someone from the Fire Nation could know how to penetrate the refuge. And they would need to know all history and every single weak point and crack of these walls." Leiko rolled her eyes, already slipping off into boredom. "There's only a handful of people who want to know everything down to the amount of dust grains in this fortress."

"And who do you infer it to be, father?" she asked as she looked down at the map on the table. Her father turned around and smiled in a conniving manner.

"Prince Zuko."