Dateline: Zuko's Ship:

After a long, er, 'punisment' and blah like that, Zuko was ready to sail back to the Fire Nation and reclaim his honor. Everybody knew this because Zuko bragged about it at the dinner table and everybody on the ship had to eat the rotten food that had been sitting in the pantry for YEARS. Otenba, Sokka, Byakko, Aang and, ahem suprisingly, Iroh faked thier way out of eating and threw thier plates over the ship. Katara, Zuko, and the soldiers had a barfing fit for three hours straight. And while everyone else was barfing themselves silly, Otenba, Sokka, Byakko and Aang were enjoying the fact that they weren't sick, and making fun of Zuko. Well, sorta.

"I bet his mom cut is hair like that!" Sokka claimed.

"Yeah!" The others agreed.

After that, everyone got quiet. And then, Aang broke the silence.

"How do you think Zuko got his scar?"

Then came up wild, crazy stories that included action, comedy, horror, macbare, love, murder, boxer shorts, and a pogo stick.

"And that's how Zuko got his scar, I think." Byakko said as she ended her tale.

Everyone paused, thought about the wild stories they had told, and laugh at them.

"Why do you think Zuko doesn't just wear an eyepatch over his scar?" Byakko asked, giggling.

"Cause then he'd look sorta like a pirate!" Aang answered happily.

"Or maybe he thinks girls dig scars!" Sokka added.

They all laughed, and Otenba said, "Where would he get an idea like that?" as she laughed. Then she snorted. It was a girlish snort, but a snort, nontheless.

Otenba turned a goofy color of red. The others smiled.

"I like your laugh, Otenba." Byakko said.

"It reminds me of a friend's laugh." Aang added.

"I think it's a cute laugh." Sokka declared.

Otenba smiled and asked, "Are y'all joshin' me?"

"Nope."

"Nu-uh."

"No way."

Katara burst in a minute later, she looked like she could hurl up a little more, but after four minutes, she was fine. The others told her what had happened while she was throwing up. Katara laughed a little and sighed. In three seconds, a Fire Nation Soldier came in and annouced it was bedtime and after along fit about why boys and girls shouldn't sleep in the same room, Aang and the others were forced to share Otenba's room.

The next day...

Otenba was moping a fact she had just learned. Zhao was coming aboard. This was gunna suck. To make things worse, that stupid Warden that improsioned Earthbenders was coming with his current captives, too! Otenba cringed at the thought of when they met.

FLASHBACK!

Otenba waited impatiently for the Fire Nation Warden. He stepped in, and in a particutlary slimy voice said;

"What's happening, Hot Stuff?"

END OF STUPID FLASHBACK!

As Otenba was in a moping fit, Aang and Byakko were giggling with delight. This is because Otenba wrote a book on pulling pranks. This included worksmanship, the history of pranks, the best people to pull pranks on, her own experience (which was sort of long), helpful tips, great prank ideas, and classic pranks that NEVER got old. The one they were pulling was a twist of an "old fave". As Byakko soaked the Fire Nation soldiers' underwear, Aang froze it. As soon as they were done, they tip-toed out of the soldiers' quarters, sped to Otenba's room, and laughed themselves silly. And as they were doing that, Commader Zhao climbed (No, I mean literly CLIMBED) aboard Zuko's ship. Zhao wiped seawater off of his face as he said, "So, how's the princess?"

Zuko scowled and answered, "Worse than ever. She's rough, she tough, and she don't take no crap off of a firebender."

Zhao rolled his eyes. A girl that is no more than 15 years old can't be that bad. For Pete's sake this was a GIRL they were talking about.

Zuko seemed to read Zhao's mind when he said, "Commander Zhao, this is no regular girl we're talking about. She's not a regular girl, not a party girl, heck, she's not a Kyoshi female warrior ether. She's the most boyish of the girls. And she's determinded to make life a living hell for us."

Zhao laughed and said, "Oh, really? I'm sooooooooooo scared of the boyish of the girls. Oh, and I'm not entirely manly myself oh-oh-oh!"

Zhao danced around like a moron and Zuko was most definatly P.O.'d.

Zuko said he'd show Zhao just how boyish and rude Otenba could be. He and Zhao found Otenba, and Zhao hid behind a wall so Otenba couldn't see him.

Zuko asked the princess, "What do you think of Commander Zhao?"

Otenba coyly replied, "Y'wanna know?"

Zuko replied, "Yes."

"You sure?"

"Yes."

"Most defiantly?"

"Yes!"

"You really wanna know?"

"YES!"

"You sure?"

"YES! YES! YES!"

Otenba sighed, smiled and chanted, "Zhao is a nut, he has a rubber butt, every time he turns around it goes putt putt!"

Zuko smiled and laughed, actully. As for Zhao, well let's just say he wasn't entirely pleased.

Later that night...

Otenba, Sokka, Byakko, Aang and Katara waited on the deck for the Warden's ship, and moaning about how bored they were. And as the Warden and his prisoners got of the ship. Sokka, Aang and Katara gasped and Otenba asked what the flippin' heck was the big stinkin' deal. There, before all of the world, were the Kyoshi Island Residents, the Southern Water Tribe, the Freedom Fighters, and Haru the eathbender.

"I still don't know what the big deal is!" Otenba said.