Aang sighed and stroked Momo's fur sadly. It was boring to sing when nobody was listening, and Zuko and Iroh definitely weren't. Iroh was napping, and there was no way that Zuko would ever want to hear him sing. Especially after what he had said to him. Neither of them had been very nice.

"Zuko?" Aang asked tentatively, crawling over to the other side of the cage.

"What?" demanded the young Fire Bender angrily.

"I'm sorry."

Zuko blinked. Of all the things he had been expecting from the Avatar, and apology was not one of them. Of course, that didn't mean that they weren't enemies. Definitely not!

"I didn't mean what I said about you looking like a girl," Aang told him. "Or about the poison oak. Or about the stuck up Fire Nation prince. Or about not knowing arithmetic. Or about…"

"Avatar! I get it." Zuko paused. It probably wouldn't hurt to be friends… on good terms with the Avatar. Or, to have him think they were. Yes, that was it. "I'm sorry, too."

Aang sighed. "I guess we're very different people," he said.

"I guess we are."

"I know a song about that!" he said suddenly and enthusiastically. Before Zuko could protest, he was singing happily again.

"You say tomato.

I say tom-ah-to.

You say potato.

I say pot-ah-to.

Tomato!

Tom-ah-to!

Potato!

Pot-ah-to!

Let's call the whole thing…

Off!"

Zuko blinked at him. "Would you quit singing?" he demanded angrily.

Aang grinned. "Nope."

Iroh rolled over and grunted in his sleep. Both of them waited nervously for a moment, not wanting another lecture about tea. But the elderly general just sighed and settled back into the blankets that Aang had Air Bended over to the two cages.

"Avatar!" snapped Zuko in an irritated whisper. "If you try to sing…"

"You'll what?" teased Aang, also whispering. "You can't kill me, or you'll never be allowed to go home."

Zuko gnashed his teeth in frustration. "No, but I can make life very, very painful for you."

"Not without burning both cages to the ground. It would take a Fire Bending Master to get us out of here without killing anyone."

"Maybe I can practice on your lemur!"

"Besides, the bars are only one layer of wood. The rest is metal."

"What? How do you…"

"Iroh told me, while you were sulking. He said that the crew didn't want you to know, because you'd ordered a wooden cage, but they didn't have enough wood. Pretty dumb, if you ask me. Why would you want the cage to be specifically wooden?" Aang didn't tell him that Iroh had also explained why Zuko was so intent on capturing the Avatar. Iroh had asked him not to, and besides, the prince didn't think to ask.

"That's not important," Zuko snapped. "The point is, I can make life very painful for you without Fire Bending."

Aang skipped nimbly away. "Not if I stay on the other side of the cage."

Zuko growled at him, but there wasn't much he could do.

A few boring hours passed, before Iroh awoke. When he did, Aang returned to the side of the cage closer to Zuko and Iroh.

"I made up a song," he said proudly. Zuko groaned, but Iroh smiled at him.

"That's very nice, Aang. Can we hear it?"

"Can we avoid hearing it?" asked Zuko.

"Yes to you," Aang told Iroh, "And no to you," he said to Zuko.

"I made it up sort of based on the circumstances," he explained, and started singing again.

"Zuko is a creepy Fire Bender

With a scar over one eye!

And I'm the Avatar, so I can

Fly quite high!

And Iroh's Zuko's uncle,

He's a really good guy!"

Iroh chuckled happily, and Zuko looked disgusted. But Aang wasn't done yet.

"Because I was too gullible

I got myself caged!

And so I started singing

Which made Zuko raged!

And Iroh's a General,

He's middle aged!"

The reactions to this verse were much the same. But it wasn't over yet!

"The Fire Nation's trying to kill me!

They're pretty evil!

And Zuko's their Prince,

He says I'm a weevil.

I dunno what a weevil is!

Just that it rhymes with evil!"

"Zuko gave me that rhyme," he told a chortling Iroh. Zuko glared at them both, but Aang continued.

"I'm getting hungry!

I haven't had lunch!

All we've got is tea.

Iroh brought a bunch.

Zuko's getting extremely angry

And the bars, he will punch!

Iroh says that we'll have to

Wait two days!

Until the crew

Comes and saves (us)!

This isn't going to be easy to make fun

But I'll find some way!(s)!

We're gonna starve

If we don't find food soon!

And then I'll sing the song

'We Like the Moon'.

And if we get to hungry,

We'll eat a spoon!

"Clever rhyming, very clever!" Iroh praised, while Zuko continued to glower.

"Maybe Momo

Can find us some food!

He can slip through the bars,

He's a really small dude!

But Zuko doesn't like that idea!

He's really rude!

Or maybe Katara and Sokka

Will show up!

They know I shouldn't be gone long.

Maybe they'll think I threw up!

And when Sokka gets here,

He'll say 'What's up?'

Sokka and Katara

Are my friends!

And Katara knows how

To Water Bend!

And maybe Sokka will

To me his boomerang lend!"

"That wasn't a very good rhyme," Zuko complained.

"Sure it was!" retorted Aang. "I'm going to write a conclusion, but we have to wait until we get rescued, 'cause I don't know how it'll end."

"Actually, Sokka and Katara are on our ship," Iroh said. "Prince Zuko ordered the captured as soon as you left camp. There's not much hope of a rescue there."

Zuko sighed. "Well, we'll have to wait until the crew comes to rescue us."

"But that's two days!" exclaimed Aang. "We'll starve!"

"Well, get your stupid lemur to go get food," snapped Zuko. "Since you're so excited by that prospect."

And he sad down against the bars of the cage, ignoring the world.

"Momo, go get food!" ordered Aang. Momo stared at him, cocking his head curiously.

"Food!" Aang mimed eating. "Food! Get!" Momo ran off.

"Well, that might work," said Iroh happily.

"If it does, it'll take forever," moaned Aang.

Zuko resolutely ignored both of them.

Again, hope nobody's too out of character. I own Aang's Song. I wrote it myself, and I am very proud, even though it sucks. Please review! I've almost got the next chapter finished, so I might get to post tomorrow. Have a happy today!