Chapter 6 Things Balance out

Nyla was getting upset with her troops. They really weren't into listening to her. In fact they were more concerned about Zhao and what he wanted. Something didn't seem right about that. Her father had told her that if she wanted to restore family honor she would have to get rid of her twin brother and/or capture the Avatar. Of course her and Zuko weren't so different after all because they both wanted to restore some sort of honor. Nyla was more into impressing her father than anything else. Of course Zuko was into restoring his honor than anything else. That's the only difference. If Zuko was destroyed then there was a slim chance that she wouldn't restore her family honor.

She looked at the Avatar who was now sleeping. It was simple maybe if she gave the Avatar to her father than things might be returned back to normal. Well if you count that Zuko would never been able to return to the Fire Nation. Of course that would be the best thing that happened. Then she turned to the other sleeping boy. He seemed just to be a traveler along with the Avatar. Maybe there was another one, perhaps a sister of some sort. She remembered the boy saying something about someone named Katara and Zuko. They were water benders. Of course the boy showed no sign of water bending at all. And Nyla knew nothing of the girl.

Zhao wasn't one to be trusted. She knew that he was commanding the fight against her brother's ship. Lord Ozai himself warned her that Zhao was out to kill Zuko. If he succeeded then there was technically no one to take over the throne. Of course not that mattered to Nyla. Things would just have to stay as normal. Just then the Avatar stirred muttering something about loving Katara. Things just got interesting.

With Zuko and Katara

Zuko paced back and forth wondering what plan of action to take. First he had to figure out what was the one condition is. He thought hard then finally came up with something.

"Okay Katara you and I…" Zuko started.

"Have to give me many nieces and nephews." Iroh interrupted.

"UNCLE!" Zuko yelled.

Katara giggled slightly before pulling Zuko off away from Iroh. "Okay what is it?" She asked.

Zuko still needed to know about if she was serious about the kiss or not. But all of the sudden the ship flung forward causing Katara to fall forward and locking lips with Zuko. Iroh turned his head and suppressed a chuckle. Zuko closed his eyes and enjoyed it and Iroh noticed this but Katara pulled away immediately and blushed a crimson red.

"Oh my gosh that wasn't suppose to happen." Katara turned her back to the young prince.

Zuko looked up at Katara and sighed. "Uncle get me a meeting with Admiral Zhao. I'm going to figure out what in the world is going on here." He said sitting up.

"How about we just go onto the island and figure it out ourselves?" Katara offered without making any eye contact.

Zuko stood up and made his way back towards his room. He'd figure out what to do when he was able to see. He couldn't help think of what just happened between him and Katara. He knew that his uncle would be teasing him for the next six months.

"Zuko!" Katara yelled running up to him. "You never did tell me the condition. You keep avoiding the subject some how."

Zuko looked at her. Something seemed wrong. He refused to talk about anything dealing with his sister, his dreams; in fact his personal life was a complete mystery to her. Zuko sighed and leaned up against a wall. Yet he was willing to tell Katara everything on one little condition.

"Katara you brother is in danger. And if we don't save him the only family you'll have only your grandmother left." Zuko placed his hands on his face.

"Okay you never said your condition." Katara smiled. "And I'm still waiting.

With Sokka and Aang

Aang awoke twice during the night worried about Katara. Maybe they shouldn't have even have tried to get Zuko to join their side. After all maybe Aang could learn fire bending another way. Shaking his head no he looked at Sokka who was curled up into a ball. He knew that the young warrior wouldn't approve of Zuko traveling with them. But it didn't matter what Sokka thought. He needed to learn fire bending some way. And Zuko was the only one that he knew right now. Sokka tossed and turned. Aang looked worriedly at him. It must have been Sokka's instincts kicking in again. Of course that wasn't good. There had to be some way to get out of here.

Nyla walked in and Aang quickly pretended to be asleep. She sighed and looked over at the two sleeping boys. "A twelve year old boy is going to bring me back honor and family honor as well. I find that hard to believe." She lit a fireball in her hand. "I still don't see it." She walked closer to the edge of the tent.

If Aang were killed he'd just be reborn into the Avatar cycle again this time as a water bender. It wasn't a problem. Nyla of course knew this of course that's why she would make sure that her father would kill every last water bender out there. Of course that wouldn't be a problem after all they were the next group of people that were on the verge of extinction. She caught the tent a flame and just let it burn. She left the burning tent and instructed the solders to pack up what little they had, leave this place and head back towards the ship. They nodded and left leaving Admiral Zhao and Nyla in their place.

"Continue your attack on my brother's ship. If we kill him I'll marry you and that will give the chance at the throne. My father has to pick a suitor for me anyway." Nyla set flame the rest of the camp leaving Zhao were he stood with a wicked grin on his face.

With Zuko

Zuko had left Katara alone in the hall outside of his room and walked onto the deck to get some fresh air. He looked off towards the shoreline where his sister had set up camp. He noticed that it was a flame. He titled his head and pulled out his telescope. It was on fire. And Zhao waved at Zuko before leaving the camp. Zuko threw his telescope into the ocean and then walked up to the helmsman.

"Get this ship to shore." Zuko snapped.

"But sir we can't. He have no where to dock." He replied.

Zuko stormed out of there and back down to the deck. He took off his armor and put it down on the ground. He fixed his ponytail so it was lower than normal. He pulled up his hood and took out his blue mask.

Iroh walked up to his nephew and said, "If you're going incognito then you may want this young lady for help."

Zuko raised his mask to see whom Iroh was talking about. In front of him was standing a girl in midnight blue clothes almost matching his own. On her side was strapped a katana. On her face to hide her identity was an orange mask just like the prince's.

"I also have two daggers in my boots." She spoke.

"Katara you're not going to come with me." Zuko sighed.

Katara raised her mask up and sighed. "And why not."

"Because you're too loud you talk too much."

"Do not!"

"Do too."

Iroh sighed and gave Zuko his swords. "I've trained her myself and she's going to help you rescue the Avatar again whether you like it or not." Iroh picked up Zuko's armor and headed down to his room. "I don't want you out by your lonesomes. Just watch each other's backs. And maybe you'll find something out that you'll never know. Like you guys want to give me some more nieces and nephews."

"UNCLE!" Zuko screamed.

Katara turned to Zuko and smiled. "I guess we're stuck together. Can you swim?" She said looking at the water.

Zuko gulped and turned towards her. "If you use you use your water bending skills we'll get caught."

"Answer the question." She snapped.

"No I can't."

K15: I know you guys were all expecting what the one condition was... well to tell you the truth I opened to ideas! I don't wanna rush into anything other wise things might be moving too fast so we'll stick with Zuko can't swim for now. Okay so tell me what you want the condition to be and I'll take the best one. Giving the person credit. I want my readers to have some say so in my stories. I'll update probably later this week. Later. K15