"Rokujou…" Kaki got ready for another fight. After a minute of the two of them just standing in front of each other, however, she calmed down. "What do you want? I thought you said you would leave me alone."

"Feh," he plopped down in front of the fire. "I saw the fire in here and decided I would come in here, instead of making my own fire in another cave." He leaned his back against the wall of the cold cave.

"Freeloader," Kaki mumbled, annoyed. She sat on the opposite side of the fire. There was another silence. She felt even tenser than she had when she was alone. This was much worse.

Rokujou was the first to talk. "So…why aren't you with the Avatar and his water tribe friends?" He gave her a cold stare from across the fire. She felt a small shiver run down her spine. She looked down at the ground and ran her pointer finger across the dirt.

He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "I suppose you don't feel inclined to answer. You know, at least when I left, I told you where I was going." He looked up to see she was still drawing in the dirt. "Will you please answer me?" This time his voice was much softer.

She looked up at him, surprised to see his gentle expression. "I just…had to get out of there." She closed her eyes. "When they came, and started to take over the place, I couldn't stand it there anymore. I had to leave." Her expression grew a little angry, "At least I left for a good reason."

This time Rokujou looked away. He didn't say anything at first. When he did speak, his voice was soft, and it was hard to hear what he was saying. "I'm going after them in the morning. I will capture the Avatar, and if the other two get in my way, I will not hesitate to kill them both."

Kaki responded by curling up on the floor with her back to him. "Good night." She said with a sneer.

"Good night." He didn't bother changing his position. He just closed his eyes.

Kaki stayed quiet and still for hours to make sure he was asleep. After she was sure, she got up. She was about to get her food sack when she realized that she had left it with Sokka and the other two.

With that memory, she clenched a fist to her chest. Sokka, I am so sorry. With that, she crept out of the cave. It was snowing lightly. This didn't bother her as much as it had before. Either way, she was determined to get going. She had to find Sokka and the others before Rokujou did.

She looked around and began to feel a little discouraged. How was she going to get to them? They were probably miles away by then. All of a sudden, she heard a grunt. She spun around to see Rokujou's rhino. "Perfect!" She whispered with a smile.

She carefully approached the animal and untied it from the tree it had been attached to. She patted it on the head. "It's okay Sai, remember me?" Soon the animal went from grunting to silently calm. Kaki carefully hoisted herself onto its back and pulled on the reins around her neck. Soon, they were on their way.

After about a half hour of traveling, she spotted a fire and tents close by. She hid Sai behind a tree and dashed from the trees to behind some bushes. She peeked over the top to see Sokka on the ground, asleep.

She walked out from behind the bushed and knelt down by him. Why isn't he in one of the tents? She shook his shoulder lightly. As soon as he opened his eyes, he shot up. "Kaki!"

She took a deep breath of air before continuing. "Sokka, I know you told me to stay away, but Rokujou say that I wasn't with you three and he's coming after you!" She looked up at the sky, it was still dark, but the sky was more of a grey now.

Sokka just sat there a minute, and then looked away. "Listen Kaki, I'm sorry about before, you just caught me off guard and…"

Kaki held up a hand to silence him and smiled, "Right now, you and the other two really need to get going." She stood up, "I just thought I should warn you." She turned to leave, but Sokka grabbed her by the wrist.

"Come with us," he looked up at her with intense eyes. It made her blush.

"Those of the fire nation can't be trusted," she looked up at the sky. That was the only place she could think to look. She didn't want to have to look at Sokka.

"You're not like the others from the fire nation! You helped us twice. I trust you."

As the sun crawled up into the sky, a flying bison made its way through the sky. On it were four people. The light made the animal look like it was glowing as it flew. Two of the people on it were still asleep.

"As soon as we got on, they went straight back to sleep," Kaki laughed, looking Katara and Aang, who were curled up together just below Appa's neck. Sokka also laughed. She blushed when she heard him. "Thank you for letting me come with you…"

Sokka smiled a little as he got up and walked over to her. "Mind if I sit here?" When Kaki said she didn't mind, he plopped himself down. "I'm sorry I didn't trust you before. I'm just used to the fire nation being such cruel people."

"Thanks…I think." Kaki looked over at him to see he was smiling at her. "What?"

He placed his hand gently on top of hers. "You're beautiful." His eyes were half lidded and gentle looking. He was so close to her, she could feel his body warmth.

A blush crept up onto her face. She was tempted to look away again, but she felt her body get closer to his. Their foreheads touched, landing their lips less than an inch away. They were getting closer when an angry voice interrupted them. It was yelling out Kaki's name.

"Great…it's Rokujou."

CFG: The fourth chapter is on it's way! Oh yeah, and Kaki is my character, so I would appreciate it if no one took her, okay?