Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar, only Day and Casey…oh yea, and the plot for this story!
Last chapter, so I hope you all like it. I tried to make her a little more "protagonist", so I hope this is better.
Lin13- I really like to try and incorporate my other stories, or even episodes into my stories. It's really fun to write, too. Rogue is probably one of my favorite characters, but I also like Nightcrawler.
Hppartygirl- Hey, I'm glad you like my story, but I never wanted it to go full out, you know what I'm saying? It's just when I have a story in my head, it'll bug me and bug me until I get it out. This is actually the last chapter, but there's a nice, yes, I said nice, conversation between Zuko and Day…until she gets her mouth back again. One special moment between the two, and then it goes away in a flash. (Sigh)
ILuVeLeMrS!- Hello! When the guard touched her, he picked her up by her arms, and they're completely covered. Maybe I didn't make that clear. Sorry about it if I didn't. Thanks for reading Aishiteru, and I'm glad you liked it.
Angel- Wow, thanks for catching that! I totally forgot about that little detail, which is sad, seeing as how I'm the author…lol. Your compliment made my day, thank you!
Demoncat5- Keisha is the reason I made for Zhao to hate Zuko so much. I'm not going into the full summary about her, because 1, I'm so not that good with summaries, to the Max, lol, and 2, it'll take too long, so you'll just have to read Aishiteru yourself. It only takes maybe 5 minutes at the most. Anyway, glad you like my story!
SeethingxShadows- Thanks for the advice. Hah! 3-shot, that's great! I'm actually kinda glad you don't like Day all that much. Strange as it sounds, but I'm glad this story is ending, I don't really much like her either. Strange, but true!
The memories that she sees will be italicized, and her thoughts will be italicized and underlined.
Ahhh! Last chapter! Oh, all of my time will now be devoted to One Day or A Princess Warrior which I'll be putting out shortly…I hope. And for all of you who would like to check out One Day, you don't have to know anything about the prequel, One Night. One Day is currently posted with one chapter. Thanks to all who read this! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Chapter 3- Freedom
The next few days passed pain filled and stiffly. My body was healing from the fight, and so this took days. Zuko didn't come to question me very much anymore, and for some reason I missed his visits. Every few days, I was allowed outside to breathe the fresh air, and today was one of those days. Ever since the fight with Zhao, the guards had been less patient with me, and were often harsh in the way they treated me. Today, lucky me, one of their hands scraped the side of my cheek, and as I saw memories before me, I went blind.
I almost knew the way to the top of the deck by myself, but since I couldn't see this time, I needed some help. Without wanting to, I allowed them to touch me and lead me up to the deck. When I felt the warm sun hit my face, the soldiers stood more attentively at my side, so I knew either Iroh or Zuko were up here too. Then, I felt someone walking towards me, and when he spoke, I immediately recognized Zuko's voice. My heart swelled, again; I was really beginning to wonder why this happened.
"I'll let you off of your chains, so you can walk around, but don't leave." He said, stopping obviously 5 or more feet from me since I didn't see any one's but the soldier's memories.
I bowed my head. "Thank you. But may I ask a question?" My voice rose as I asked the question, "Where the heck is a blind girl gonna go on a ship in the middle of the ocean?" Zuko was silent, and then I felt the guards untie me. I slowly felt my way over to the rail, hands outstretched, and when I reached my destination, I stopped, staring out to the sea even though I couldn't see anything.
Time went by, and maybe an hour later, a figure came up to my side. It was Zuko, judging on how I could see Zula's face in front of my eyes.
"Ok, no offence or nothin' dude, but as long as you stay away from me, 5 feet at least, we'll be cool. Got it?" I asked, turning my head towards the place where I thought he was.
There was silence as Zula's face faded into the darkness, so I turned back towards the ocean, and he spoke. "Why are you always so negative?"
I returned the question. "Why are you always so mean?" I turned my head towards him again, and there was once more silence.
"I'll answer yours if you answer mine." The prince replied.
"Deal."
"I just am." he stated flatly.
"That isn't an answer."
"Yes it is."
"No, it's not. What's the real reason?"
"I just have to find the Avatar before Zhao does, and…I guess I don't realize when I'm like that." He answered timidly. Then there was silence, and I spoke.
"For your question, I just like to stay by myself. My powers…oofh!" I said, slapping my forehead, realizing I'd said too much.
"Powers? What powers?" he asked. I could tell he turned his head at me.
"Well, I can see people's memories, and I guess that's made me a little negative…" I trailed off into space.
"Is that why you're blind right now?" I nodded my head yes. "What's your name?"
There was silence beforeI answered, "What's it to you bub?" and slowly walked off, hands in front of me, leaving him behind.
That night was music night, and against my wishes I was invited to attend by Iroh. I think he was content on getting Zuko and I together. Well, I had one thing coming to him: "It ain't gonna happen dude!"
My blindness had worn off earlier that day, and so I was able to see when I entered the room where it was being held. I saw Zuko across the hall, and a soldier, obviously on Iroh's commands, was directing me over to him but I stopped when I got to the old man, who was sitting next to Zuko. The old man got up and offered me his chair when I stopped in front of him. I smiled at him slightly, and sat down on his other side, the one not next to the prince. Iroh sat down, clearly disappointed, and the soldier walked off to enjoy the fun. Zuko's arms were folded across his chest, and he was slumped down in his chair, not wanting to be here right now.That makestwo of us. I thought.
Iroh soon turned to me after a bit of an awkward silence and some music and asked, "So, what kind of music do you listen to, miss…?"
"Day. My name is Day, and I like Hip hop and Rock." He nodded, baffled by this statement, but shut up. Then he asked, "Miss Day, how would you like to sing us a song that you know. I'm sure everyone would love to hear it." he smiled, and Zuko was still looking away.
"No thanks, General, I'm not really much of a singer." I smiled kindly, but he pursued the issue.
"Come on, don't be shy! No one can sing here, you'll fit right in." he got up and pulled me to my feet, memories sweeping me up.
"No thanks, General Iroh," I said, more sternly, my head aching from the memories, now. There was one of a man covered in his own blood, pleading to Iroh for help, but Iroh just walked on. Zuko was looking at us now.
Now Iroh was pushing me up to the miniature stage, and I turned around and yelled at him, "I said no!" he looked a little like he was hurt, and the entire room shut up. Zuko got up from his chair and came forward.
"You…little…filthy…wrench!" he yelled and grabbed my wrists. I was instantly shot up with pain, and collapsed on the floor. He let go of me, but yelled down at me, "Do you not know that you just spoke to a General that way!" But I never heard him. All I could see was the pain of Zuko's past.
"Father, no. I am your loyal son, I never meant to disobey you." A much younger Zuko said, crouched low on the floor.
"Rise and fight, Prince Zuko…"
"No, Father." He answered, looking up, tears streaming down his face.
"You will learn respect, and suffering shall be your teacher…" a man said, walking forward, menacingly.
Then, all was flames, screaming,and burning…
While this went on in my head, Casey came in to the room and leaped on top of me, hissing at the others to get away from me. Then, as I saw the flames meet my flesh, I saw no more…
I slowly woke up and saw my mom standing over me, as well as Casey.
"Oh my gosh! Day, you're all right!" she screamed and hugged me, then she helped me sit up. I saw paramedics around me as I slowly awoke.
"Mom, what happened?" I asked. The paramedics started packing up once they saw I was awake again.
"I'm not sure really. I came up to check on you and you were on the floor. I immediately called the paramedics, and this is us now." She explained, tears forming in her eyes. "But thank goodness you're all right!" She hugged me again, but I didn't see anything in front of my eyes. All the memories were gone, like they'd flown away into the sunset. I turned my head and looked out the window at the setting sun, the favorite part of my day.
"Thank you, Prince Zuko, thank you." I said, and I somehow knew that he received the "thank you", even if he didn't know who it was from or what it was for.
The conversation between Zuko and her was kind of like one with my friend Ash and me, whenever we're talking. It's actually really funny if you get to listen to us. Hope you liked it! o-dragon
