Hello invisible readers. this will be the last chapter for a while, i have already got chap 6 and i'm almost done chap 7, but until The Prophency of Fire gets 5 reviews, no more of this story. Pitty, its cliffy. This is not the end though. Come on, 4 measly reviews. you can do it!

Fire that helps Chapter 5

A week later, Zuko was sitting on a log, away from the rest. He really liked Katara, but he was positive that she did not like him back. She was just plain nice. And anyway, she was too good for him. He sighed and brushed some dirt off his new cloths. A black pair of pants, black tunic and a black hooded poncho, to hide his scar.

Katara sighed. She put her head in her hands. She was sitting on a rock, a little bit away from camp. She needed to think. She still really like Zuko, but was positive that he didn't like her back that way. And anyway, he had Mia, a gorgeous firebender who is not shy in anyway, like her. She sighed again and got up. She went to the river, where she was supposed to go in the first place, to get water. She filled her canteen and looked around. She spotted Zuko, with his head in his hands, sitting on a log. Here's your chance. Go for it. Her conscious whispered to her. She walked over to him and sat down next to him on the log. "Zuko, are you okay?" she asked him she placed her hand on his back.

"Yeah." He sat up.

"Zuko, don't lie to me. Something is wrong. Is it about Mia?" she asked him. He shook his head no. "Is it about a girl?" he hesitated, then nodded yes. "Well, do you want to talk about it?" he shook his head no and stood up.

"I better get the fire wood and head back." He said and walked off. Katara watched him walk off and sighed. He seemed o be avoiding her. Just another reason to believe that he doesn't like her. She got up and walked back to camp, maybe she could get Sokka to talk to him. After all, they were both guys, and she at least got him to say the problem was about a girl. She hurried back, Zuko wasn't back yet.

" Sokka, can I talk to you?" she asked him. Toph and Aang were dueling so he followed.

"What's up?" he asked

"Its Zuko…" she began

" He tried to touch you didn't he? That dirty, fire nation bastard…"

" Sokka!" she cut him off. "He did not try to touch to me. Something is wrong with him…"

" You can say that again."

" Sokka! No it's not that way, I think. I got him to at least say it was about a girl. Could you talk to him?"

" Absolutely not. He might try to kill me!"

" Please?"

" Fine." He caved and grumbled. Katara smiled happily and the two walked back to camp. Zuko had returned and was putting some more wood in the fire. " Zuko, can we talk?"

" What ever." Zuko grumbled. Sokka glared at Katara and she smiled and got to make dinner. The two boys walked into the clearing out of ear shot. "What's up?"

"Nothing." He growled.

"Zuko, Katara asked me to talk to you because you wouldn't talk to her. Something is wrong and I want you to tell me. Katara said it was about a girl?" Zuko stared at his feet.

"Yeah."

" Well? Start talking." Sokka said. He really didn't want to help the firebender, but if it would make Katara happy, then he would. Zuko sighed.

" This girl I know, she doesn't like me, I am positive of that, but I really like her. I don't know how to stop liking her, I don't want to freak her out." He finally said.

" Did you ask?"

" No."

"Well than, you should. You can't be positive of anything until you have asked." Zuko looked at him.

" I can't believe a kid younger than me is giving me advice on girls, an I think that it will work." Sokka smiled.

" Who's the girl?"

"No one that you know."

" Is it that Mia girl we ran into about a week ago?"
" No, she is like a sister to me. I'm sorry, but that is disturbing."

" We better get back to camp." Sokka said. Zuko nodded and followed Sokka back to camp. Toph and Aang came back from where ever they were training.

" Just admit it, I beat you!" Aang sung.

" Lucky shot!" Toph snorted. Katara smiled and passed out fish to everyone.

That night, Katara couldn't sleep. She wondered who the girl was that Zuko was having problems with. They hadn't seen to many girls. Maybe, he was having problems forgetting a girl from his past. A past girlfriend maybe? She got up and walked to the river to practice bending. It always helped clear her mind. Maybe then she could sleep.

Zuko cracked an eye open as Katara left. He was always a light sleeper. He watched her leave. Go now! Here's your chance. It's being handed to you on a sliver platter! Hurry and take it! He got up and followed her to the river. He watched to bend the water with ease. He leaned on a tree and watched her, with a smile. Katara looked up and saw him. She dropped the water she was bending. "You're really good." He said. "No wonder you're a master."

"Thanks." Katara said with a blush. "What are you doing up?"

"You woke me up."

"Oh, sorry, I couldn't sleep."

"It's okay." He said. Then they heard some weird noises. Katara jumped.

" Could you walk back with me? I'm kind of scared now."

"Sure." He said with a small laugh. Katara began to walk toward him, but she tripped on a root. He jumped forward to catch her. Their faces were inches apart. She stares into his deep, golden eyes, and he stared into her pure blue eyes. She reached up and caressed his check.

"Zuko?"

" Yeah?"

"Was the girl… Is it… Me?" she asked. He blushed.

" Yeah." He let her stand on her own and turned around, his back to her.

" Zuko? I like you too." She said. She was shocked at her own words. That didn't sound like her, it sounded confident, like Mia. he turned to look at her. He smiled and reached out, to take her hand. She smiled and leaned on his chest. She closed her eyes.

"Katara?" he asked. She looked up at him.

"Ye…" she stared to say. He leaned down and kissed her, cutting her off. She dropped his hand and put her arms around his neck. He put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. When they finally broke apart, Katara smiled at him. "We better go back." She said. He nodded, with a smile on his face as well. He kept on arm around her waist and walked back with her to the camp. Everyone else was still asleep. "Good night." She told him and kissed him on the check before going back to her sleeping bag. She crawled in it and fell asleep.

About 2 months later, the comet was approaching. Aang had mastered waterbending, earthbending and started working on firebending, but he couldn't get it. Not even a spark.

" I think you need a more advanced teacher. I'm not even a master yet." Zuko said. He had grown a lot nicer and calmer in those few months. He looked around, and recognized where they were. He remembered a scroll he received about a month ago.

Zuko,

As my best friend, I have decided to at least let you know where I am. I am in the town of Kwan-Si. I won't tell you what I'm doing there, but if you need to find me, it is here that you will.

Love, Mia

"Hey Aang, what's that town over there called?" he looked t him and asked.

"Umm Kwan-Si, I think."

" I think I know where I can get you a firebending teacher. Come on"

" That's an earth nation town, how are we supposed to find a fire bender there?" Sokka said.

"Just get up and let's go." Katara huffed and followed Zuko and Aang. Toph and Sokka followed

There was some sort of festival going on in the town. It was hard to get through the crowd so they came up with an order. Zuko, Katara, Aang, Toph, Sokka. They all held hands and worked their way through the crowd. Suddenly, Zuko stopped and Katara ran into him.

"Attention ladies and gentleman. I would like to present to you, Mia Su our dancer for the night. I am telling you, especially the boys, you will not be disappointed." The announcer said and stepped down from the stage. Everything went dark.

"Zuko, don't you think we should keep moving?" Katara whispered in his ear.

" Hold on." He whispered back. Aang watched them and sighed. The two of them had been sneaking off together every night. He had gotten up and followed them once. He had seen Zuko making out with Katara, he had been crushed, but he kept it a secret. He knew that if he told, he would have betrayed Katara's trust and he would most likely get Zuko killed by Sokka. He turned his attention back to the stage. He was amazed at how precise the girl moved, then he recognized how she moved. She was moving like she was firebending, but without the fire. She was nice to look at though. Tanned skin, bright brown hair with blonde mixed in, but he couldn't see her eyes. She finished her moves and then everything went dark again. The lights came back on, with her up high in the air! She was standing on top of a 5 persons high pyramid. She did a front flip off and landed on to some people's hands. They threw her up once, twice then she landed on the ground, the people move quickly to the sides and she did 2 back handsprings, landing in a split. The music stopped, confirming she was done. Everyone clapped. The girl smiled and walked of the stage. Zuko ran forward, dragging Katara, Aang, Toph and Sokka with him. The girl got bombarded with guys, asking her things. She politely was turning them off when Zuko got up to her. He waited till all the guys left and she turned and began to walk out of the crowd. "Wait here, I'll be right back." He ordered them and ran after the girl.

Mia felt a hand on her shoulder. She thought was alone in the woods. She spun around ready to attack. " Zuko?" she asked. He smiled.

"You were really good." Zuko told her

" Thanks." She said. "Why are you here?"

" I can't come and see my best friend for no reason?" he asked. She gave him a look. "Okay, the avatar needs a firebending teacher. I thought maybe you could…"

" No, Zuko I stopped firebending. The last time I bent was over two months ago."

" Think about it, please?" he asked her. She sighed, then looked at him. "You look different." She paused. "Like you've been, you've been making out with Katara, haven't you."

" No."

" Don't lie to me Zuko, I can tell when you're lying."

"okay."

"IEEE I knew it!" she cried.

" Don't tell Sokka, he doesn't know. He thinks we hate each other."

"Kay. I think I might just go along with this game of life. I'll teach the avatar. But Zuko, I think he should ask me. After all, he's the one I'm teaching."

"Alright. I talk to him Where are you staying?"

" Um, over there. Just ask for Mia Su." She smiled. "Gotta go. Can't keep those boys waiting."

" For what?"

"Dancing, boss sells us to boys are age to dance with them for 10 minute blocks. I get half the profit."

"Oh."

" I'll be fine. Now, you go talk to the avatar. But you'll need to break me out. I can't pay for me freedom yet." Mia turned and left. He sighed. She was like a baby sister to him, he didn't like that she was dancing for money. He walked back to the spot where he had left the others.

"Where'd you go?" Aang asked him when he returned.

'Hold on. Sir." Zuko asked a man running a booth for masks," Where is the dancing?"

" Head strait into the center of town. They should be having a waltz…"

"Thank you." Zuko cut him off and left. "We need to go there. The person who could teach you is there. I confirmed it. Aang, I think you should ask though."

"Okay. Let's go. We have to time to waste." Aang said. They walked into the center of town.

"Okay, we need to bled in. Zuko and I can dance, Toph and Aang, and Sokka, you find a girl to dance with. Meet up here in half an hour."

"I don't dance." Zuko said as the others left.

"What? Are you scared? Can't dance?" Katara teased

" I don't like to." Zuko answered simply

"That's cause you can't."

"For your information, I can dance just fine."

"Prove it."

"Fine, I will!" He took her hand and led her out. He waited for the music to start.

"Okay folks, it's the waltz contest time. We start slow and as we go we speed up. Those left at the end of the waltz will receive 10 gold coins. When we tap your shoulder, you're out! So, don't miss a step and lets go!" the music started, as a slow earth nation waltz. Then it quickened a bit. Katara glanced around. Toph and Aang were already out and Sokka was flirting with some girls. She turned to look at Zuko, he looked bored with this. The announcer came back on stage. "Keep dancing, but we have decided to mix it up a bit. We're changing the dancing to a fire nation waltz. Winner gets 100 gold pieces!" Zuko's face changed as he led her into the waltz. Soon, everyone was gone, but the two of them. He spun her around expertly. Once the waltz finished, Katara felt a little dazed. She looked around. Everyone was gone, Zuko and her had been the only two dancing. The announcer came down to them." Wow, where did you learn to do that?" Zuko shrugged, making sure to keep his scar hidden. " Well its not over till the fat lady sings. Now you two have to go pair on pair with our best dancer at this waltz and a random audience member." The announce looked around. " You." He grabbed Sokka by the collar.

" Hey!" he protested.

"What's your name?"

"Sokka. What do you want?"

" You have been selected to compete in out contest. Winner gets 100 coins and half the bidding profits."

"Sign me up. Who's my partner."

" Jun!" The announcer called. A man came up with about five girls in tow, all about his age. The girls were all dressed in skimpy outfits and chained together. "Give me Mia Su." He told him. Jun nodded and released the cuffs on one of the girls, the prettiest girl just to be exact. "This is you're partner. Dance off will begin in 2 minutes! Get ready." He left.

"I'll lead. I'm good at this." Mia Su said as soon as the announcer left.

" Hey, aren't you the girl who did the acrobatic dance?"

"Yeah."

"You were good."

"Thanks." She smiled. She had a beautiful smile. She looked up. "Half and half. I get half, you get half. Maybe then I get away from here." She led him out. They danced. It was hard, but Sokka kept up. He didn't know how he did it either, but he did. Then he slipped and fell. Mia was left standing there. She just stood there. That man Jun came up and cuffed her, he led her away. Aang and Toph ran up to him.

"Sokka, are you okay?"

" Yeah, I'm good. Too bad, I thought I could of won."

"Don't count your losses yet. Zuko and Katara were the other contestants. We get all the profit money." Aang whispered to him. Sokka nodded. He watched as a large sack was handed to Zuko and Katara. Katara smiled and thanked the man. Zuko nodded and walked out in the other direction. Katara followed.

"What happened to her? She keeps sticking up for Zuko and stuff. What's wrong with her?" Aang shrugged, he knew why, but knew better that to tell Sokka.

" Come on, we better get back to camp." The three left.

"Wow, there is like 200 gold coins here!" Aang cried as they began to unload and count the money.

"More than that." Zuko said. "Aang I talked to the person I want to teach you firebending. We need to break her out."

"Where is she?"

" I'll take you there." Zuko said

'Actually, I would like to. I always sit back and let you two do the fighting and the rescuing. I want to do some!" Sokka wined.

" Fine, Zuko you take Sokka. I'll stay here."

" What ever, lets move." The two boys left and ran off. Zuko led him to what looked like a giant motel. He came around to the side and quickly melted the bars on the window open. He had to stand on his tip toes because the widow was high

"If she's a firebender, how come she didn't melt the bars over.?" Sokka asked him, Zuko shrugged.

"Get on my shoulders. I can't climb in there." He told Sokka. Sokka grumbled but climbed up. He saw a room, with a fire place and a bed. " Go in, god, could you lay off the fatting things? You're really heavy." Sokka mumbled something under his breath and climbed in. The door opened and a girl was pushed in. She was muttering something under her breath. She turned around. It was the girl Sokka had danced with.

" You here to get me out of here?" she asked. Sokka nodded. Mia Su jumped out the window. Sokka jumped out after her. "Hey." She said to Zuko and gave him a hug. " Thank you both." Sokka nodded. I danced with a firebender? I had a crush on a firebender? Ah, ewe, that is nasty. They are savages, barbarians! he kept telling himself. They arrived back at camp.

"Is this her?" Aang asked Zuko when they got there. "Let's see what you can do." The girl nodded. She threw a lighting bolt at a fly. The fly fell to the ground, it wasn't squashed. "Wow." Was all that Aang said. " We can start tomorrow." The girl nodded/ "What's your name?"

"Mia." She said

"I thought it was Mia Su?" Sokka said

"Su is a term added to my name to identify what in am." Mia answered

"Which is?" Sokka pried.

" Well, we should get some sleep." Toph cut in. She knew what it meant, the term Su was a girl paid to dance with men until they can buy their freedom. At 15, the girls names are changed again to Ju (name) Su and they become hookers for their bosses. The girls are always captured prisoners. She must be younger than she looks. Katara came back to camp.

"Mia, I haven't seen you since you left!" she cried.

'Hey, yeah I kind of needed to get away." Mia said sheepishly.

"This is Appa. Appa, Mia will be riding with us now." Aang told the giant fur-ball. In response it groaned. Mia stepped back. That thing was big, furry and smelly. Everyone got on.

"So Zuko, how do you know Mia?" Toph asked. As they flew. He gripped the side of the saddle and tried not to think how high up he was. He still was not used to Appa after two months.

"We were best friends when we were little." He answered. "Then I got, banished."

"Oh, Mia are you even awake?" Toph asked. The girl had subsided her movement, so it was like she wasn't even there.

"Yeah, what can't tell weather I am or not?" Mia asked.

'How did you know that I use my earthbending to see."

"I know a lot of things, now shut up. I need to meditate or I'll explode on something or someone." The rest of the night was flown in silence.

"Hey." Katara nudged him awake. They had landed, he must have not noticed. He must have really been tired for him to wake up at the giant flying fur-ball landing.

"Hey." He said to her. He put his hands behind his head.

"Want to go for a walk?" she asked him

" Sure." He said. Katara extended her arm to him and pulled him up. He put his arm around her waist and pulled her along with him into the dense woods.

Toph laid with her eyes closed. She had been planing on scaring Katara, she had woken her up, but she didn't say anything. She could smell things coming off her, the same things she smelt when her parent's were horney. She listened as Katara woke Zuko up and asked him to go for a walk with her. Yeah, she is definitely horney, and Zuko is too. OMFG that is what I have been sensing. Katara and Zuko have the hots for each other! How could she have missed this? She thought to herself. She decided to let them slide.

Katara giggled quietly as she could while she and Zuko started fooling around. They had been doing this since they had discovered they liked each other,

"Zuko, don't you think you can wait?" She asked him They had had 'the talk' a few days ago and decided that they should wait until they got married.

"Yeah, you're just so damn sexy!" he whispered into her ear. She smiled.

"You are too ya know" She told him. He hushed her and kissed her again. She smiled and pulled him closer to her.

"Dammit you two, wake up before Sokka does." Zuko opened his eyes. He saw Mia standing over him. Toph was in the background, practicing. He looked down, Katara was snuggled up in his arms. "The avatar starts his training at day break, I suggest you two move it, unless you want him to see." Mia told him. She turned and walked back to camp.

"Hey, Katara wake up." Zuko nudged her gently in his arms. She opened her eyes and looked up at him.

" Hey," she said tiredly.

" Hey, come on before Sokka gets up" she nodded and stood up.

'I better go start on breakfast." Katara said. She walked off toward camp. Zuko grabbed her wrist and spun her around, toward him. " Wha…" she started. He planted a big kiss on her lips. By instinct she put her arms up around his neck. They pulled apart.

'Had to wake you up." He said with a smile. He has a beautiful smile, once he lets his guard down. Mia is that way too. She is one mean chick, but once you get her to let her guard down, she is really fun to hang around with. Energetic, a short attention span and really smart, that's how she is with her guard down. Opposed to the mean, up tight, attentive military girl she turns into. She must really need to concentrate to be that way. She remembered Mia telling her that after a while, your mean self can be so normal to you, you don't even have to try anymore to use it and hide your nice side. Zuko is that way, but Mia always made sure that she had just enough fun in her life so she didn't become that way. Katara thought as she pulled out some fruit for breakfast and watched the sun come up. Mia entered camp again, in a black vest and black skirt with tan tights. She took a deep breath.

"WAKE UP" she yelled. Some of the birds nearby fled from the trees and Katara saw a flower shaking. Wow, she is really loud. Katara thought. Aang and Sokka shot up.

"What did you do that for?" Sokka groaned and flopped back down.

"It's time to train pupil Aang." She announced. Aang quickly got up.

" What's my first assignment?" he asked. Mia grabbed a leaf and sired it between her fingers.

"Set this on fire." She handed him the leaf

"It's already on fire." He told her

" I mean a big fire."

"Okay." He said He concentrated hard on the leaf for a few hours while Mia meditated. "Is it on fire yet?" he asked her.

"Does it look like it's on fire?"

'No."

"Than that's your answer. Zuko! I need a sparring partner." she called and stood up. She walked over to where he was meditating. He stood up.

"Fine," he grumbled and got in the position. He threw the first strike. Katara watched in awe. How could two people who are so close, fight each other? She wondered. Mia and Zuko seemed to have no problem throwing punches at each other. She and Sokka didn't but that was when they were mad, but neither of them was mad. They finished when Mia flipped the fire prince to the ground and bent his arms in an odd fashion.

" Give?" she asked

"No." he said. She pulled his arms back farther. "Ow, okay I give!" he yelled. Mia gave a satisfied grin and let go of his arms. Zuko lay there, motionless. Mia turned to Aang, who was concentrating really hard on the leaf, but not even a spark. Mia saw this problem and walked up behind him. He was concentrating so hard on the leaf, he didn't notice. She walked p behind him and hit him on the back of his head really hard. The leaf flew from his hands.

"OW WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" he yelled at her. She smiled at him.

"Look." Was all she said.