What the hell, i'm updateing anyway. id update my other story, but this thing won't let me upload anything to the documents page thing.

Fire that helps Chapter 6

"At what?" he asked and turned around. The leaf was on fire.

"You were having trouble setting the leaf on fire because you have no rage" She explained to him. "I angered you, there for you set the leaf on fire. It should all be eaiser now. Fire comes from the breath. Pratcie shooting at that rock, like this." she took a deep breath and flicked her wrists slightly. A train of fire followed where hand was pointed and scorched the rock. "Do that 20 times." She told him. She sat down and leaned against a rock. Aang nodded and began to do as he was told.

A month later...

"Can't believe I got stuck finding food with you." Sokka groaned. He had grown to a truce with Zuko, though he still didn't trust him. He had a feeling Zuko was doing something to Katara, or that everyone but him knew something about them. He still had that crush on Aang's firebending master, a prodigy. He wanted to hate her after all he found out that she was admiral Zhao little sister. He also knew that Zhao abused her and she ran away. He found out about the abuse by accident though

"Mia? Why do none of you stupid firebenders have a sense of direction?" he yelled as he walked through the forest. He spotted her, by the river and ran up to the edge of the forest. His instincts told him to hide, so he did. He watched as Mia delicately pulled the metal lower arm bands off. He gasped at what he saw, a scar. Like Zuko's it was red and pint, but it was in the shape of hands on her wrists, and there were many handprints on just one arm. She looked up at his gasp. She had him pinned to the tree behind him in the blink of an eye.

"What do you want Sokka? Why are you spying on me?" she barked.

" Calm down, Zuko and Katara are missing and you were too. Aang told me to find you and get you to help find them, he couldn't go, and he accidentally hit Toph when they were fighting and she got hurt. How'd you get those scars?"

" My brother, when he got mad at me, this is what happened." She said quietly. "Let's get back to the others." She said and turned to leave. He remembered that incident. He was slowly coming around to trust her. She had been with the group for a month now, and the comet was coming in only three months. Today was the summer soloist, the 3 month mark. Aang just need to finish mastering firebending. Then he could defeat that bastard fireloard that Zuko called a father, or used to call a father that is until Katara did something to him about a week ago. He didn't want to think about what she did, but he knew it had to be something dirty. He didn't say anything, she seemed happier than usual now.

"Well at least I can be trusted not to eat all the food I find. You need to be watched like a two year old near a cliff when you're around food!" Mia snapped at him, knocking him out of his trance.

"At least I eat!" he barked at her, it was true, she and Zuko ate like birds, almost never.

"At least I'm not fat!" She snapped back

"I'm not fat it's mussel!" He told her

"Prove it chubby." She stuck her tongue out at him. He pulled his shirt off.

"Dose this look like fat to you?" he asked pointing at his chest. He like how he was built, sparing and fighting with Zuko for the pat few months had really buffed him up, plus he grew. He looked like Zuko used too, but Zuko had grown too so he was still taller. He watched as Mia's eyes widened, but in terror. She gasped and shrunk back. Her breathing heaved and her eyes filled with tears "Mia?'" he asked kneeling down in front of her. "Mia, What's wrong?" She clenched her lower arms as tight as she could." Mia?" he said again, gentler, she looked at him in surprise. He was surprised, he didn't even try to have it come out that way. "Mia, what's wrong?" he asked again.

'My brother, when he burnt me, he usually looked like that, dark skin and without a shirt on. It brings back to many bad memories."

"I'll listen, if you'll talk." He said. She looked at him and told, the incident earlier that day, the fireflies, Zuko, sneaking home, him calling her a hoe and a whore and him burning her. He listened. When she was done, she looked at him, tears filling her big dark eyes. He grabbed her chin and pulled her head up, "It's okay, Zhao is dead, he can't hurt you anymore, and even if he wasn't dead, I wouldn't let him within a mile of you." He said.

"Do you mean that?"

"Yes." They looked into each others eyes. She has amazing eyes so different. He thought. He leaned forward and kissed her. Her arms that had been around her knees were around his neck and his arms were around her waist.

" One minute there're fighting, the next they're crying, the last they're making out. Teenagers are so weird." A little kid who had been spying on them said. The two broke apart, blushing a ferocious red.

"You little…" Sokka started

"Don't." Mia grabbed his arm and pulled him down. The kid ran off. "We better get some food and head back." He nodded and pulled her up to her feet with him and put his arm around her waist. "I don't need help walking Sokka." She said.

"I know." He said and tightened his grip on her waist. I'm not letting this one get away, or die. He told himself. They quickly filled up a basket with various berries and nuts and headed back.

"What took you two so long?" Aang said turning around to face them when they got back to camp. His jaw dropped. Sokka had his arm around Mia's waist and her head was resting on his shoulder.

"Hey guys. What the…" Zuko came back to camp and dropped the kindling on his foot when he saw Mia and Sokka. He expected it, he knew it was coming, just not so soon. Katara just let her jaw drop, much like Aang.

"I thought that I smelled that someone was Horney." Toph announced. Katara looked at her.

"You can smell that?"

"Yeah that and I can smell when people have been at it too. These too just smell Horney though. Okay boomerang boy, prepare for Zuko to kill you." Toph said with a smile. It would be fun to watch boomerang boy get beat up. Zuko's eyes narrowed. Zuko was protective of Mia the way Sokka was with Katara, he thought of her as his little sister, they all knew that.

"Keep your hands off her." Zuko growled.

"I think that's her decision not yours." Sokka told him as he pulled Mia closer to him.

"Get your hands off her." Zuko snapped. Then he smiled, "Unless you want me all over Katara." Sokka's eyes widened.

"You keep your slimy hands off Katara." Sokka snapped. He let go of Mia. Mia sighed and walked over to Katara.

"Is it an act to piss Zuko off?" Katara asked her. The two girls watched as the boys argued.

"No, I actually like him." Mia told her.

"This is boring." Toph groaned, " I think I'll liven it up a little." She earthbent a rock at Sokka.

"Why'd you throw that?" Sokka yelled at Zuko.

'"What are you talking about?" Zuko yelled. Sokka lunged at him, the boys started fighting.

"Hey, break it up!" Mia yelled, the boys kept fighting. She walked up to them and twisted their ears, pulling them apart as she did. "You fuggers, I said stop!" she barked.

"Ow, ow, ow," Sokka said. She dropped them.

"Stupid boys." She mumbled. Zuko had a bloody nose, Sokka had two black eyes, and both boys had multiple cuts and bruises. Zuko had a lot on his back, Sokka had a lot on his face and arms.

"Come on, let's go heal you two up." Katara said standing up. She took the two boys down to the river. She healed Sokka first, he headed back to camp. About half-way back he realized he forgot his boomerang back there. He back turned to get it. He slipped on a rock and got stuck in a bush, with a mouth full of dirt and leaves. He couldn't spit them out, and he was stuck. He could see Katara and Zuko up ahead.

"Zuko, you need to control your temper." Katara told him. He shrugged. "Take your shirt off." He smiled at her and pulled it off. Sokka had done much damage to his chest with random stones and sticks. She healed him quickly, the cuts weren't that deep. She sat on his lap and put her arms around his neck. He put his arms around her waist.

"Katara, I think we should tell your brother." Zuko said.

"Why, so you can get killed? I'm not taking that chance Zuko." She told him.

"When do you plan on telling him?" he asked,

"I don't know, maybe when we've got 3 kids." She said. She leaned in and kissed him. One of Zuko's hands wandered up her back and to the back of her head, taking her braid out. Sokka was watching and his eyes widened. He wormed out of his position.

"You dirty firebender, get your hands off my little sister!" Sokka yelled running up to them. Zuko dropped Katara in surprise. Sokka tackled Zuko again.

"What the hell?" Zuko yelled, trying his hardest to keep Sokka at arms bay.

"Keep your slimy hands off my sister."

" That's her decision not yours." Zuko said with a smirk, repeating what Sokka had said earlier.

"That's different, Mia is my age. Katara is two years younger than you, you rapist."

"Sokka, incase you didn't notice I started it." Katara stated.

"How could you?" Sokka yelled at her. He dropped Zuko and ran up to her. "How could you? He's is the prince of the fire nation, the same people that killed our mother."

"Sokka, he, he with drew himself from that." Katara stammered. He big blue eyes filled up with tears.

"Katara, are you okay?" Zuko asked. He stood up and walked over to them. Sokka spun to hit Zuko again, but Zuko caught the boys wrist and twisted his arm. "I'd never touch your sister without her permission, nor would I ever hurt her." He told him. Katara turned and ran, crying. "Look what you did!'" Zuko yelled at Sokka, dropping him. Zuko ran over and grabbed his shirt, then ran after Katara. Sokka spotted his boomerang, grabbed it and ran after them.

Katara burst into camp crying. "Katara, what's wrong?" Mia asked, looking up. Toph and Aang had gone off to get in a little practice.

"Sokka, he found out." She sobbed, collapsing next to Mia on the log.

"Oh honey, Shh" she gently stroked Katara's hair. "Don't worry, Sokka will get used to it."

"Katara?" Zuko said bursting into camp. Sokka came running in behind him and knocked him over. Mia stood up.

"I think you three need to talk. I'm going to go drill Aang with Toph. I'll be back in 20 minutes." Mia said and left. Katara looked at the boys with a tear stained face. The boys stood up and sat in front of her. They sat there for five minutes in complete silence. Katara broke it.

"Sokka, I really lo…ike Zuko, a lot." Katara stammered. Zuko looked at her, he caught what she almost said.

"How long?" Sokka asked her.

"What?" Katara asked

"How long have you been seeing each other?" he repeated

"Two months." Zuko said.

"Zuko, how much do you like my sister?"

"A lot."

"Would you give your life for her?"

"Yes." He said without hesitation, he looked Them strait in the face when he answered.

"Then there is nothing I can do." Sokka said simply. Katara broke into a smile.

"Just some ground rules, you two sleep with me or Appa between you." Sokka said.

"Okay, then you have to sleep with me or Appa between you and Mia." Zuko said.

"Deal" Sokka said. Zuko stuck his hand out for Sokka to shake. They shook on it.

"Let's go meet up with the others." Katara said. She walked up to Zuko, who put his arm around her waist.

"Okay." Zuko said, he smiled down at her.

"Oh and keep it PG." Sokka added. Zuko rolled his eyes.

"Fine, its not like I would try anything." Zuko told him

"I highly doubt that." Sokka said, they walked to the clearing where Mia, Aang and Toph were pratcing.

"Hey guys? Whats up?" Mia called to them. "Move to the left!" she yelled at Aang. "Okay, now remember, breath, kick, breath, punch land." she yelled to Aang. Aang nodded. He spun into the air and preformed the trick. "Okay, now try it with fire!" he nodded again and preformed the same thing again, expect this time, he used fire. He looked over and saw Zuko with his arm around Katara, and Katara with her head on his shoulder. He waited for the pain, but it didn't come he felt like, like he had gotten over his crush on her. He kind of liked Toph now. "Okay, that passed the good enough rule. You look tired, lets go back and get something to eat." Mia came up behind him and said. He spun around.

"Okay" he said.

"Hey." Sokka said coming up behind them. He put his arm around Mia's waist and led her away. "Hey Aang, I'm stealing your teacher for a while. I need to pass this class that I'm failing." Mia laughed and put her head on his shoulder.

"It's about time! I've been trying to ignore your midnight meets, finally some PDA. Can you stop waking me up now?" Toph asked Zuko and Katara.

"You knew?" Katara asked her.

"Yeah." she turned and left.

"Oh shit, get away from me you bastard... Sokka help... hey, why can't I set you on fire... what the fuck did you do to my bending... hey, you no touchy..."Mia? Hey hands off my woman... Ow... Ouf." Zuko and Katara heard Mia and Sokka yell. They ran in the direction where they heard them coming from. They found marks from a fight and a scroll. Aang picked it up and read it.

Avatar

I have captured your firebending master and the boy you travel with. They're lives are at stake. Turn your self into the fire nation or I will kill them.

Admiral Choy

"Mia's brother." Zuko said

"I thought Zhao was her brother." Katara looked at him

"She has six older brothers. The oldest two had the other 4 scarred out of their wits. Zhao and Choy, twins, complete opposites. Then came Solzu, her third oldest brother, and then Naro, Kimigi, and Gigo, the triplets. The triplets work in the Navy's ship building place thing and Zhao, Choy and Solzu are all Admirals in my fathers army." Zuko said quietly.

Mia was thrown into a cell, she landed on top of Sokka. Her hands were bound and she was gagged. She sat up. She undid her bounds just enough so that she could reach up and pull off her gag. She noticed that Sokka did the same.

"He didn't touch you did they?" he asked. That's the last time I don't duck when she says duck he thought. I seriously thought it was a real duck, and I was hungry.

"No, he didn't. He tried though, until he saw you." She leaned her head on his shoulder. She was sitting on his lap, he was leaning against the wall. The cell door opened. It was a different man from the one that had captured them.

"My, My look at this. My little sister gets dragged in here. And apparently she's joined the avatar's gang. How nice. You will work as nice bait. you and This water tribe filth" He let go of her chin and released their bounds so they could move freely. He then slammed the door as he left. They fell asleep.

Sokka woke to find a tossing and turning Mia in her sleep. She was crying too. He looked down, it took a lot to wake him up. He pulled her closer, "Shh," he said to her. Her eyes tightened and the room went up in flames. "Mia, Wake up!" he said. Her eyes snapped open. She was breathing heavily. "Are you okay?" he asked her. She shook her head no and continued to cry on his chest. "Shh, tell my what's wrong."

"It's me remembering what Zhao did to Me." was all she said she forced herself to stop crying and look at him. "But I'm fine now, go back to sleep."

"Mia, its okay to cry." he pushed a strand of her hair behind he ear and looked into her eyes. They were like dark water, deep. She looked back and they leaned in and kissed. He slid his hands down the side of her back, tracing over her stomach and pulling he closer to him. She pulled her arms up and around his neck. They released for air and she put her head on his chest.

"Go to sleep. I highly doubt what my brother has in store is nice." She said. They fell asleep.

Choy slammed his door and rubbed his temples. He wasn't jealous of his little sister like his twin, Zhao, was. Mia was supposed to be a prodigy, and good at everything she did. Zhao had always been jealous of her. He had blinded her, hoping to make her weak, and convinced her it was her fault. But she didn't become weak, but stronger. She trained anyway, when she thought no one was looking. When she miraculously regained her ability to see, Zhao took to burning the poor girl, hoping to scare her to death. Instead she ran away. I had always loved my little sister and been over protective of her, but Zhao was the older twin by a few minutes and he was bigger and stronger that me. I had to do what Zhao said. But Zhao is dead now, what is stopping me from being nice to my little sister now? Nothing. His mind raced. He decided to talk to her tomorrow and ask for her forgiveness. Maybe then I can get some sleep, instead of her haunting me in my dreams asking why, why didn't you try to stop him from hurting me? She likes that water tribe boy, the one that travels with the avatar. He doesn't look like he trusts or likes the Fire Nation that much, but who could blame him? The Fire Nation has done terrible things to the Water Nations. Mia is old enough to make her own decisions, I won't interfere.

Choy woke the next morning determined to talk to his little sister. He went to her cell and opened to door. She was asleep, and in the arms of that water boy. He closed the cell door and walked out. She would wake up soon, sunrise was approaching. He went and got some breakfast before going back to the cell. This time when he opened the door the two jumped awake. "Have a nice rest little sis?" he asked. She scolded at him. "Come on, I need to talk to you." He said. He grabbed her wrists and dragged her out of the room and into his interrogation room. He put her in a chair, in which she surprisingly sat in, and pulled a chair up for him. He sat down, facing her. "Mia," he began. "You know I've always cared for you, right?" he asked her, she looked at the ground. "Zhao only hurt you out of jealously, I would never hurt you. I wasn't jealous, I was proud. It wasn't your fault you were blinded." She looked at him puzzled.

"Yes it was, I backfired." She said.

"Actually, your shot hit its target, Zhao couldn't stand that you were only 5 and almost better than him so he sent another shot that hit you in the face and blinded you."

"Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"Mia, you have to understand the authority that Zhao held over me. He was stronger, a better bender, bigger and older by two minutes, I had to do what he said, but I was the one to rake you to the infirmary while you were unconscious, then back before you could wake up." He said, Mia looked at her feet.

"So, you don't hate me?" she asked.

"Mia honey, I never did." He said. He pushed a strand of her hair out of her face. "When you ran away, I was very ad that you left without saying goodbye, but happy that you ran away and got away form Zhao's abuse. I was upset, I would never know if you were dead or alive. Yet glad that you got away."

"That's not the main reason I ran away Choy, I ran because I thought all 6 of you hated me and thought I was annoying. When Prince Zuko got banished, he was the only friend I had left, so I left too. In my mind there was nothing left for me there." She told him.

"I should have done something to stop him, not just stood aside and let him hurt you as much as he did."

"Choy, you did the best you could, thank you by the way for not telling him I kept bending even though I was blind. Yeah, I saw you watching me, but I continued because you thought you were so sneaky. I was surprised when you didn't tell him, but very happy because it meant that you cared a little." She admitted. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure." He said.

"Well, why are you pursuing this quest for the avatar? Its wrong, the avatar is the one who can save the world. And let me tell you, he's got me out matched."

"What"

"I've been training the avatar in firebending." His eyes lit up. Then they fell again.

"Mia, that's a direct violation to the fire lord."

"I know, but who else was going too? Zuko couldn't, he wasn't skilled enough and Joeng-Joeng disappeared. I am basically the only master left that isn't still loyal to the fire lord."

"What happened to General Iroh?"

"He died."

"I'm proud of you Mia, I always was, but I have to bring the fire lord the avatar or I will be executed. He says I have to finish what my brother started. I have to be loyal to Princess Azula and do as she says."

"Where is she anyway?"

"She Mai and Ty Lee want out on a private quest for the avatar. She told me if I get there first capture him and don't lose him or she'll have me executed."

"Oh." She looked at her feet. "Do you…"

"Do I what?"

"Do you approve of Sokka?"

" Who's Sokka?"

"The water boy."

"Why?"

"Because I really like him."

"I noticed this morning when I saw you two cuddling in your sleep."

" Well do you approve?"

"Why should it matter? You'll go off with him even if I don't."

'"It always matter what you guys thought. I did my best to please you but I never got anything in return. All I wanted was approval, and now that Zhao's dead and so is Father it is you who has to give approval."

"Do you really like him?"

"Yes."

"Than I approve, Mia I think your smart enough to make your own decisions, I always have."

"Thank you Choy." She said. He stood up and walked over to her.

"Mia, do you forgive me?"

"Yes."

"Good." He said, "Come on, you need to get back to your cell. Princess Azula will have my head if I gave you a room so you'll have to make due."

"Okay." She said. She stood up and went back to her cell, Choy following her close. He opened the cell and she went in. He closed the door and locked it behind her. Sokka looked up.

"Mia, are you okay?"

"Yeah."

"He didn't hurt you did he?"

"No, he apologized."

"For what?"

"My child hood."

Aang Toph Zuko and Katara hurried out of there and toward the ship. It was a normal battle ship, nothing special. They bombarded the ship.

"Well, Well, looks like the avatar has fallen into my trap."