So, yeah. I liked the review amount for the first chap so I'm posting early. In here, we get to clear up why Katara is all whore-y OOC and yeah… everything else.

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The shock didn't wear off, even as he deepened the kiss, fervent and needy in a way she had never experienced before. Surely, this plan of action hadn't included this…

She herself had devised it; simple, foolproof, effortless to execute, with minimal amounts of damage (not including the victim). Sokka had ranted and argued, Aang was decisively quiet and nervous, Toph critical and teasing. Yet she did it anyway.

"I'm going to hand over the Avatar…"

She hadn't even imagined Zuko would be lured in so easily by the statement, yet he was.

"We'll set a trap, you and I…"

His stare was so concentrated, determined, bleak; it almost broke her heart to see him in such high but false hopes. Almost.

"He'll never suspect it. He trusts me. Won't see it coming…"

Of course, she needed a reliable alibi for all the insanity, the treachery. A reason, undisputable and believable at the same time.

"It's for the Water Tribe."

What? Back up, rewind, explain.

"You see, Prince Zuko," an endearment added solely for effect. Right? "I realized that the very cause of all this damnable bloodshed, this war, is regrettably my dear friend, Avatar Aang."

Credible still. Continue. "Therefore, to save what is left of my Tribe and the other dying (or dead) nations, I have chosen to give in and surrender…"

The rest had been so uncomplicated it almost killed her that she prepared so much for something so akin to child's play. Thanks to the gifts of puberty, and a few underhanded yet effective flirtatious tricks, it was practically taking candy from a baby, or in this case, an agreement from a desperate prince.

Once she succeeded in pulling him into the ploy, it would all go by instinct. Yes, take him with them and turn the quartet into a five-man team, with one person for each element. Make him think he's about to capture the Avatar, when in fact, she may just swindle him into teaching Aang how to firebend. Let him carelessly do her bidding, and maybe even help them worm their way into Omashu when the time comes for Aang to challenge the Fire Lord into a battle-to-the-death.

It was all speculation, so based purely on theory Katara was clearly astonished to see it actually works.

Or that it would end up with her in a passionate tryst with a boy (now a man, maybe) who's supposed to be her enemy, someone she was willing to deceive.

It was an unexpected bonus, but you don't hear her complaining.

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This isn't gonna be long, maybe five chaps at the most. Anyway, there's more coming up, so please do

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