Okay, this is going to be part of a four part series, all in one story. The first quater is called THE WATERBENDER, and it is the shortest, only 4 chappies. I don't own avatar!

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Day One

Iroh was resting, he did the night sailing, and Zuko was doing everything he knew to ignore Ryko's constant pestering. The boy followed him everywhere, even though they were on a raft so there was nowhere to go. Ryko's hair had been long and loose when they found him, and Iroh had put it in a temporary ponytail, so the boy could see past his bangs.

"What will make you shut up?" Zuko yelled.

Ryko grinned, "Talk to me!"

"Fine, fine, what do you want to talk about?

"Well, can I kinda talk about me, and then you talk about you, you know, share?" Zuko shrugged, which Ryko took as a yes, "Well, I have a brother, named Vakoi, he's like your age, and my parents got killed in that siege, but I never hung around them anyway, and I'm a waterbender, but I haven't done much training."

As Ryko panted, Zuko tried to answer all of that, or the kid would start talking again, something Zuko wouldn't risk.

"I have a younger sister, named Zula, and she's a pain, and-"

"Why is she a pain?" asked Ryko.

"She's way better than I am at firebending, and my father always rubbed it in." Zuko turned around to check the sail, and Ryko started talking quickly again.

"Oh, well, my brother's not a bender, but he's really strong, but kinda arrogant, and he never acts like I exist, and he glances at me a lot, and acts like I'm not family, but my mommy always said he was just jealous because I could bend, but she never let me go to the big bonfire meetings until I could, when I was four, I dunno why. I miss my mommy."

"I miss my mom too kid,' Zuko said quietly, and decided not to talk to this kid anymore, it was bringing up too many memories.

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Later that night, Ryko woke up and started talking to Iroh.

"Mister Iroh, why doesn't Zuko wanna talk to me?" he asked. Iroh chuckled.

"Call me Uncle Iroh, please, I ask just about all minors who know me to, and Zuko just doesn't like talking about himself, so I would try sharing your problems, he'd rather try and solve those than share his past. It worked on the ship when we were chasing the avatar too."

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ryko is very curious, and he's weird kid, so that;s why he's pestering Zuko.