Hey ya'll. Umm... For those who caught my spelling mistake, um, I hope I spelled it write in this chap. For those who didn't catch it, I love you. lol. But hey, I'm getting ahead of myself: I do not own Avatar the last air bender, or any of it's characters.

Chapter 2: Unknown Revealed

That's it. It was done. Someone knew his name. He knew that now, Kojima would leave him there to die. She looked at him, startled, and pulled him up from his rock. "You, ok?" She asked. He nodded, and Kojima pulled him with her.

She led Zuko through the woods, and the ostrich horse followed them. Kojima pushed trees and rocks out of the way, attempting to make a path. Zuko could only watch. The question of why Kojima was in the woods still crossed his mind, along with why she still wanted to help him, but it was shortly answered. She moved one more tree branch and they walked into a clearing that had been filled by something else, small homes.

She continued to lead him into the clearing. The clearing seemed to have more light, and he could see Kojima. She wore glasses over her green eyes; she had long chestnut colored hair, and was very tall. She looked around, then called out, "Hey! Everybody! New Guy!" Zuko looked around, amazed, as people emerged from the houses. Zuko realized something, the people, where all children, or most of them. The oldest ones looked no older than he did. They children murmured as they started to approach him. The younger ones hiding behind the older ones. "His name is Zuko!" Kojima announced.

Zuko nearly had a heart attack. One of these kids had to know his name, the chances of otherwise, were very slim. By now, he had realized Kojima didn't, but the rest of them, this was bad. One of the kids walked up to him. He was short, but his face made him look about Zuko's age. He was round, and had shorter hair than Zuko; all in all, he looked like a munchkin out of the Wizard of Oz. "Welcome," he said. Zuko nodded, still very confused. "My name is Hara. If you have any questions, you can come to me."

Zuko continued to look around and asked Hara, "Where am I?" The group laughed mostly the young ones. "You, my friend," Hara explained, "are in the middle of nowhere, to put it plainly, but if you would like a more precise, you are in our own personal village for kids orphaned by the war." Zuko looked around at the now sadden faces of the children, then at Hara. "Oh," was all he could say.

"If you would like," Hara started again, "you can sty here for the time being. With all the rain, it must not be fun traveling." He laughed and looked back at Zuko, who nodded.

Hara said that Zuko could stay with Oguri and Masahiro for the time being. Two boys came up to Zuko, and introduced themselves. A tall one with tan skin, dark hair, and brown eyes shook Zuko's hand, and called himself Masahiro. The other was a little shorter and paler with long dark curly hair that shaded his blue eyes. He hit Zuko hard on the back, and pointed to himself as he told him his name was Oguri. Zuko was scared at first, after all, these kids lived in the woods, and they probably ate less than he did. The kids scattered off, and Zuko followed Oguri and Masahiro to there lodgings.

"So Zuko," Oguri asked as he lay down on a hammock, "Why were you in the woods I the first place?" Masahiro sat down on a messed up bed at the other end of the room. The boys' looks may have seemed a bit similar, but they were actually very different. Zuko carried in his pack from the ostrich horse, and looked around as he spoke. "I was following a thief. Whoever it was stole my money, and they kidnapped a little girl in the process." Oguri and Masahiro stared at him for a moment, then Masahiro asked, "Was this girl young, with dark hair and eyes?" Zuko nodded, and the boys began to crack up. Now completely confused, Zuko asked what was so funny. Oguri stopped laughing long enough to explain.

"You, my friend, are a proud victim of Ayumi," Zuko was still confused as he began laughing, again. Masahiro explained further, "Ayumi is the best thief around. She uses a little girl, Tsubaki, to lure victims, and then, when she has the perfect shot, she grabs the loot, and the girl, and runs back here."

"Here?" Zuko questioned. The boys nodded.

"We can take you to her," Masahiro said as he and Oguri got up. They led him out and up to a house a few meters away. They came up to the door, and opened it after they had knocked. They walked in on a group of girls sitting on the floor. Zuko recognized Kojima, but the others were new to him.

One was skinny and pale with dark blue eyes, and curly blonde hair. The one to her right was a little tanner, with light blue eyes, and light brown hair pulled back in a braid on the top of her head. Next was a girl with brown eyes, fluffy brown hair, and was also skinny. Following her was a girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes. The next girl had glasses, like Kojima, but blue eyes with frizzy brown hair. The last girl had fluffy dark brown hair, and two different colored eyes; one was green the other was blue.

"Hey, Ayumi," Oguri said. He pointed to Zuko and said, "Looks like your latest victim followed you home." The girl with the braid shot her head up, and looked at Zuko, with a shocked expression. "You have gotta be kiddin' me! No way!" The girl to the left of her exclaimed as she stood up. She was only a little shorter than Zuko. The girl walked up to Zuko and looked him in the eye. "That's not possible," she said.

"Well," Masahiro interrupted, "He did get lost. Kojima brought him here. So technically, if Kojima hadn't done that, Ayumi would have gotten away, again." Th girls all looked at Kojima, then at Zuko. Zuko looked at the girl standing by him, and stated, "So your Ayumi, give me back my money." The girls laughed and the girl he addressed said, "I'm not Ayumi. I am Endoh. That," The pointed to the girl with the braid, "is Ayumi." Zuko looked at her. He kept repeating to himself, that of all the things impossible here, that was it. Ayumi stood up, too, and walked over to the boys. Next to Zuko, she was about half a foot shorter, and a few inches shorter than Oguri. She looked so innocent. There was no way that she was the thief, but Zuko was wrong. He looked at her clothes, and recognized his coat.

So now you know his thief, but behind that innocent face, who is she. Find out in chapter 3!