He's Back

AN: I would have made this part of the last chapter but I felt like making everyone wait! Muwahahahaha! And it felt too long. Thanks for all of your nice reviews!

Zuko and Katara had been looking for Zuko's ship for a while now, and the island, and had been making some polite conversation—right.

"Why do you want this war? So many families have been torn apart because of your nation, your family, and you!" Katara shouted at Zuko, who looked hurt by her words, but only for a second.

He wheeled around ferociously, equally shouting, "Well, that's not my problem! And I who said I wanted this war?" he quieted down quickly down, though.

Katara quieted down also, and muttered, "Sorry, then."

"So why don't you want this war? Your great grandfather STARTED it!" Katara asked with caution.

Zuko sighed, but this was needed, so he said, "My father and I aren't exactly on the good sides of each other at the moment. Until I capture you friend the Avatar …" and he told his story.

When he finished, Katara looked concerned and sad, and she said, "Oh. So that's why you're always after us…but you don't HAVE to do this! Why would you want to go back to that man anyway? He's the disrespectful one! Instead, you could fight to END this war, not continue it!"

Zuko looked at her sadly, but answered firmly, "No. My father is powerful and respectful, he was right to exile me until I capture the Avatar, and do this to me. I'll be overjoyed to see him again."

Katara wouldn't give up on him. Then an idea came to her. "Zuko, I know something that might help."

"What?" Zuko asked.

Katara smiled and placed her hand in the cool water surrounding the boat, and pulled it out covered in glowing water. Then she placed it over a Zuko's stunned face on his scar. She breathed in deeply through her nose, and out through her mouth, and pulled her hand away. He was instantly healed.

She pulled her hand to reveal Zuko's newly clear face. Zuko looked at his reflection in the water, and jumped back in surprise. "What the?" but he smiled at Katara and said, "Thanks."

"You're welcome." Katara said, smiling back.

…

"There it is!" Zuko exclaimed, pointing to his ship which was docked at the old island.

Katara had fallen into a deep sleep, for she was too weak from lack of food, and she didn't wake up when Zuko said that, either. Zuko looked sadly down at Katara, hoping that she wasn't terminally ill. He headed toward his ship, quickly, planning to get Katara to immediate care and prepare for the Avatar. He had been thinking about what Katara had said to him about her father, but he couldn't really do anything about the war by being a banished Prince, and he needed his father.

Zuko carried Katara aboard his ship, where he was welcomed back by several eager—looking guards.

"We can get her to care!" a few of them said, "and what happened to your sc—never mind." They said, avoiding flames.

Zuko shook his head, frowning, and said, "I can take her myself."

He left her at the care center, and went back to the deck to wait and prepare.

…

"The Avatar!" Zuko whispered to himself as he saw the Avatar's bison—thing far away, but nearing every second. "Finally! Ready the catapult!" Zuko shouted to his men.

Aang and Sokka approached Zuko's ship—still without a plan—but ready to fight, when Sokka noticed something.

"FIREBALL!" Sokka shouted, as Aang quickly grabbed the reins and veered to the left. Many more came, and they dodged them all, but just as they thought that they had seen the last of them, and were extremely close to the deck, the biggest and deadliest fireball came speeding toward them. Aang tried to avoid it, pulling Appa to the side, but it still hit the bison hard, and Appa groaned, dropping Sokka and Aang onto the deck, and slamming into the water.

Aang and Sokka scrambled up, back to back, and ready to fight for Katara with their life.

Zuko shouted, "Attack!" and at least Sokka was taken down in an instant (Zuko almost felt sorry for him for his lack of protection skills).

The rest of the guards charged at Aang, who blew quite a few of them off with blasts of air, and knocked out the rest of them.

Enraged, Zuko threw flame after flame at Aang, running closer and closer and his aim getting better and better. Finally, his hardest fireball hit Aang dead in the chest, and he collapsed with a gasp.

Zuko ran over to him and tied him up, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw something. He turned around to see Katara at the edge of the hallway almost on the deck, her face stained with tears as she dropped down and started sobbing.

"Katara!" Zuko shouted, as he walked over to her, dropping Aang and stretching out his hands.

She sobbed, then looked up at him, saying incredulously, "I thought you had changed!" and ran off to who—knows—where.

Zuko stared sadly after her, until he was brought back to his senses when the guard asked, "What do we do with the boys?"

"Cells." Zuko said simply, following Katara.

AN: Was it emotional? Was it good? Hope so! Read and reply, please! And I'm sorry that it was so short, but it takes forever for me to type, and so I just make each chapters shorter and have more chapters. I also had to fnish quickly because I'm going to go see the movie Chronicals of Narnia, and I want to read the book first. Yay! I only have 180 more pages left to read in less than an hour!