Let's Do it! Chapter 2!
Avatar: the last airbender belongs to Nickelodeon, no matter how much I begged em.
Katara followed the masked man silently, quite unsure of what to say. She wanted to know so much, mostly who was he? She thought he was somewhat familiar from the way he held himself while walking, what was it? She had been around warriors all her life so she figured she was making up her notions about knowing the stranger. She kept staring at him and she finally gave into her curiosity. "Umm…" She started quietly.
"Yes?" he said turning his head slightly. He had a feeling she was going to ask him something soon, quite aware of Katara's curious nature.
"Well, what is your name?" That's a start she thought.
"You can call me Blue Spirit."
"Oh." Darn, I should have known I wouldn't get the real answer. She pouted and looked to the ground. He must have a really good reason to hide his identity though. She decided to be satisfied with whatever answers she got.
"We should stop soon. Night is falling quickly." He looked for a clear area and upon finding one dropped his satchel down.
Katara followed him and agreed with the spot he had chosen. It had enough cover to hide them if any firebenders were still stalking around. "Should we make a fire?"
Zuko looked around. "It's probably safe enough but it's not cold. Do you have anything to eat?"
"No, all our supplies were on Appa." She recalled the huge bison flying away from the fight at Aang's command. She knew that Aang was probably already on his way to Kimori riding Appa.
"I see." He reached into his bag and pulled out a blanket, he tossed it to her. "Here, use this as padding for the ground." He also pulled out some dried meat and tossed her a portion of it.
She bit into the meat hungrily, for the past few days she had eaten nothing but berries and the roots of plants. She watched him stroll over to the edge of the camp. "What about you?" She asked grateful that he had offered her at least a decent nights sleep and some food in her stomach.
"I will keep guard, you can rest all night." He leaned against a tree with his broadswords easily accessible.
"That's not fair to you. I can stay up part of the night, you should rest too." She twisted a corner of the blanket in her hands. "I am grateful for what you have done for me, but you do not have to be so noble as to risk fatigue for my sake. Please allow me to keep guard first."
Behind his mask Zuko looked at her with admiration that he never felt for another human, besides uncle maybe. She made a good point, if they were to be attacked further down the road there was a chance, all be it very slim, that he wouldn't have the energy to fend the fiends off. He sighed; she would make an excellent princess. "You have proven your point."
She smiled; he was such a sweet guy. "I will wake you up when the moon sets." She stood and planted herself in the spot next to him. She gestured to the blanket " Go on, you can trust me not to look at your face while you sleep."
Zuko trusted Katara and made his way over to the blanket lying down so that his mask was comfortable to wear. Eventually he dosed off.
Sokka was so tired! He had been walking all night unwilling to stop. He hoped Katara had gotten away safely. He looked up into the sky and saw the moon starting to set. He needed to sleep and his stomach was growling so much! He grumbled to himself, he would even eat Aang's cooking right now.
Sokka did a double take when he saw a light not too far off. He headed toward it careful to not make much noise. He reached the outskirts of the camp and noticed a very large fluffy animal sleeping heavily. "Appa?" Sokka said now sure that he was hallucinating from lack of food. He touched the bison and Appa gave out a sigh and gave Sokka a look of annoyance. "APPA!" Sokka hugged the bison with joy and started ravaging the food packs. " Hey buddy is Aang with you?"
"Yeah I'm over here Sokka." Aang came out of the forest with a bundle of wood in his hands. " You should be more quiet though, I think there are no firebenders around but I'm too sure of that."
" You're right, sorry."
"Is Katara here with you?"
"No. She ran off after we got ambushed, I barely escaped intact. I really have no idea how I got down from the rope trap, I guess it was just a crummy rope or something."
"And she just ran off?"
" Yeah, we should still get to Kimori though."
" Okay, but if Katara doesn't show up a day after we get to Kimori we go looking for her."
" I agree completely."
So our lovebirds are getting along peachy keen! I had a freakout moment during the Avatar marathon, the title of the chapter where the blue spirit was introduced was called the red spirit but I was glad that I got it right. Anyway please R&R, I really appreciate those ppl who responded. Thanks so much for the encouragement. Ciao!