Chpater 6: What Happens in Zuko's Room Stay's There
A/N: This chapter does not have alot of lemony stuff so sorry for getting your hopes up ;P...very minimum lemon...I try not to have a lot of citrusy goodness beacuse it's not so good for you...Anyways here's chapter 6!I can't believe I've wrote this much yay!In my notebook I'm on page 14!
"So what are we going to do?" Nico asked Zuko as they were walking up the hall.
"We're going to play truth or dare." Zuko said and had a very sinister look on his face. My favorite game, in my palace, with my friend and his sister. What fun will this be! "It's more fun when there's less people and more space." And went into his room.
"Did you grab my clothes?" I asked, a towel tightly wrapped around me. My hair neatly combed over to one side, hands on my waist. "Because if you did I want them!"
"Yeah we got them." Nico said and threw the duffle bag at me.
"Thanks alot!" I said and went back into the bathroom to cahnge.
"Noice." Zuko said then went into the next room Man is she hot! Goddamn these teenage hormones! Stop thinking about her, her noice noice curves. STOP IT!
"Hey where did you guys go?" I asked as I walked out of the bathroom to an empty bedroom.
"In the next room!" Zuko said and I walked into the next room.
"What are we gonna do?" I said as all the candles went low. I so hate it when he mockes me like that! Why must they both mock my bending water with their bending fire!
"It's called truth or dare...ever heard of it?" Zuko siad with a smirk on his face as he high-fived Nico and both boys snickered. Like I've never heard of it! Ha! How does he think me and Sokka got together?
"Not only do I know it, I am the queen of truth or dare!" I said and crossed my arms.
"Hey Shawny want to come play truth or dare with us?" The young Sokka asked as him and the older kids in the tribe got together.
"Sure I'm up for it!" The six year old me said and dropped my doll I was playing with and ran towards Sokka.
"Truth or dare Sokka?" A girl named May-Ling, the girl Sokka liked, asked Sokka as I came up to the group.
"Dare!" He said with his head held high.
"Okay! I dare you to kiss your little friend." She said and Sokka froze.
"No problem!" He responded quickly to that blow and grabbed my hand. He kissed me on the lips. It was both of our first kisses, we both weren't sure what to do so we stopped.
"Oh excelent! How adorable was that huh boys! A warrior and a water bender!" May-Ling said in a sing-songy voice. All the kids in the circle started giggling. Both me and Sokka looked like red, red apples.
"I'm sorry you had to do that." Sokka whispered to me. "I am truly sorry."
"It's okay. I don't mind. It was kind of fun actually..." I whispered back as the guy Sokka had choose was hopping up and down on ice.
"Okay, okay! Get back over here!" May-Ling said as he fell over.
"Well, what a coinsidence! I am the king!" Zuko said, a threat in his voice.
"Then play your best." I said just as threatening.
"Okay then, I will start." Zuko said and started out by asked Nico. I don't thnk Nico has ever played this game before.
"I'll pick truth." Nico said, a little afraid of the question, he didn't want his younger sister to know everything about him.
"Who was the first girl you made out with and how old were you?" Zuko asked, I was absolutaly positive he already knew he just wanted to ask Nico something.
"Christen, when I was seven." Nico said and then paused.
"Noice. Now, ask either me or Shawn truth or dare." Zuko said it like he was talking to a little kid, trying to play with the big kids.
"I know how the game works. Shawn truth or dare?" Nico said slightly annoyed.
"Dare." I said over-confident that whatever he could throw at me I could handle.
"I dare you...to make out with Zuko." His voice was compleatly monotone.
"Fine! Zuko?" I asked puppy face ready to spring.
"Oh like I would pass up a make out session?" He said and snickered.
"Oh what ever!" I said as I scooted closer to him. He leaned in to kiss me, when our lips touched it was like heaven for the both of us. He pulled me down over him. We both got into it a little too much. We both wanted to win, neither of us wanted to lose. We weren't paying attention to anything but the prize: the pride. He touched my thigh and Nico thought that was enough.
"Okay! Okay, times up!" Nico said and ripped us apart. We just stared at one another. As we both pulled ourselves together still staring at each other, there was complete silence in the room.
"Zuko truth or dare?" I said and looked at him. Something has changed about him...he's hot...WHAT AM I SAYING! I'm in love with Sokka! We've been going out for a year now! I must be delusional. That's it I'm delusional. Let's hope any ways...
"Truth." Zuko said, his mind also running wild. I never realized how hot she looks...NO!...Don't even think it...Love is a sign of weakness...Lust is worse. If you love someone they automaticly becomes a target. And no one wants to be the target...Especially a thirteen year old, double bender, emotionally-unstable girl. I don't want her to be the target...I won't let her be the target.
"What were you thinking right after your...Agni Kai?" I said a little afraid of an outburst, or the outcome.
"I felt like someone put my face in hell. I still do to this day. I thought about how I dishonored my family by not fighting my father. I thought of how you stood up the the Fire-Lord, at a mere eleven years old, to keep him from banishing me." Zuko said still thinking bout that. "You got a scar too didn't you?" He asked me. I didn't know how to respond so I just showed him it, it was on my lower back.
"I remember it. You were in pain and he was ready to banish you. But I got up, I knew you could stop this war with the Fire Nation thrown. Nico tried to stop me but I didn't listen. Ozai accepted my bravery for such a young, cute girl, and he didn't banish you. But instead he sent you to look for the Avatar..." I looked down and quickly saying a prayer of forgiveness, and making sure the boys didn't see me crying.
"Truth or dare Nico?" Zuko said changing the subject, for the time.
"Truth." Nico said afraid to answer of the question to come.
"What were you thinking during the Agni Kai?"
"I didn't understand why your dad was hurting you. All I knew was friend was getting hurt and I couldn't do anything to help. Nico said, wiht a frown on his face, remembering the fight, trying to forget all about it.
"It's hard to get over something so tramatizing and close hitting as the Agni Kai." Uncle Iroh said and we all jumped not expecting to hear a voice other than us three.
"Uncle! What are you doing here?" Zuko asked after bowing to the respected elder.
"I went to get some tea and on my way back I heard you all talking and thought I would check in." Iroh said pointing to the tea then around the room. "You should be thinking about some more teenage things then the Agni Kai. Anyways I think I will be going now for my tea is getting cold." He said then left.
If only he had been here about twenty minutes ago. I thought to myself chuckling under my breath.
"Nico it's your turn." Zuko said as we all got situated.
"Shawn truth or dare?" Nico asked me and squeaked at the or part.
"Truth." I said as I got refocused.
"What made you go into the Agni Kai arena?"
"I knew what was going to happen I had read about it in a book I stole from you. I still have the book too. I couldn't let him banish his son for good." I said remembering what happened to me that day.
"Shawn what are you doing! You can't go out in the middle of an Agni Kai!" A young Nico screamed at a young me.
"I have to save him! I'll fight him!" the younger me screamed at Nico. "Don't hurt him anymore! Don't banish him!"
"Young girl are you willing to risk your life for his?" The booming Ozai said.
"Ready and willing! It would be a greater risk for the nation for me not to come out here! They would loose their prince!" My voice not breaking at all. Already in the stance. We both bowed trationally, stances as perfect as possible,and the first shot was blown. As the fighting went on the prince stayed where he was, face down on towards the ground. I countered the Fire-Lord's move and I forgot to turn around. He took the perfect oppirtunity and hurled a foot-full of fire into my lower back and with that I fell to the ground finishing the Agni Kai for both little children.
"Got...to...get...to...Zuko..." I said and tried to get up.
"Because of your courage and bravery (and stupidity) to stand up to me, enter the arena in the middle of an Agni Kai and last almost a full fight. You will have no penalties except for the scar on your back to be a reminder to mind your own battles. As for my son.,His scar, being a constant reminder never to speak out of turn, and the capture will give him his honor and thrown back." Ozai said, voice booming, and left the arena.
"Come on Zuko let's go get some ice. Then maybe we can play a board game?" I said as we helped each other out of the arena.
"OUCH!" Zuko yelped as he toughed his scar.
"Don't touch it! Com on let's get Iroh and Nico to help us." I said and we headed towards them.
"Time for bed Shawn. We are getting up extra early to watch Ozai practice." Nico said, stirring me out of my memories.
"Okay good night Nico," I kissed Nico on the cheek. "Night Zuko." I kissed him on the cheek and he put his hand lightly on my cheek and brushed his lips over mine. And to that a good night.
Hey I'm sorry for not updating fast enough as right now I'm finishing chapter nine in my note book and chapter seven on my computer. I love the fact that people are actually reviewing and to those who read and don't review please do it's a very nice thing to do for a writer's heart. I don't know if I'll keep this story going...I might just stop...But I don't know tell me what you think I should do and review and tell me! Talk to ya all later and very happy holidays for I do not know what you guys celebrate!