Chapter 12

Let the Search Begin

Zuko called an emergency order to the throne room that night and began, "Settle down please."

Everyone finally had shut their mouths.

"As we are all wondering, why are we here in the middle of the night? Well one; we have three people to arrest who are planning to commit crime, and two; we are having a search party searching for a specific girl."

"Who is this girl Lord Zuko?" asked a soldier.

"She was one of the Geishas undercover to murder me, I caught her tonight, she had a knife in one hand, she was about to stab me but then she dropped her weapon and stabbed herself, she left a bloody trail from my room to my balcony, obviously she doesn't want to murder anyone." Replied Zuko firmly and replied, "She ran off somewhere, most likely somewhere near the forest, but she should be easy to find with her blood trail, but one problem with this storm, the rain could take away her trail which will make it hard for us to find her."

"What's her name?" asked another soldier gathering information.

Zuko paused, "Luna, in other words…" he took a deep breath, "Katara."

"Katara? Isn't she a master waterbender, travels with her boyfriend the Avatar?"

"And her brother and some blind girl I heard." added another soldier.

"Yes, it is." Replied Zuko coolly.

"Then why was she undercover?" asked a guard.

It was Iroh's turn to speak, "Have anyone heard the rumors about young girls getting kidnapped and are threatened if they don't murder this one person they'll loose something that means the world to them."

"In other words, her tribe." Replied Zuko, "Now I am sending eighteen soldiers to capture the three girls, Ruby, Grace, and Jazzy, be warned one of them shoots lightning! When you do capture them, put them in the prison cell, I'll talk to them later on." Zuko stopped and looked at his uncle, "You should go too, and you know how to back off electricity."

Iroh nodded and left with the guards leading them to the girls.

Zuko stood up from his throne and began, "The royal noble soldiers, I would like you to remain here and guard the palace, the rest of you are to spread about searching for the girl, ask people, describe her, we all know what she looks like right?"

"Yes." They said in unison.

"Good, let the search begin!"

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Disclaimer: So, Zuko is searching for Katara, gosh I am making him so gentle in this story…okay I am WAY too soft! Moving along now shall we?