Chapter 4
Zuko had stayed up all night planning out his escape plan after he had gotten his items that he requested for. He was grateful that the guards standing outside of his cell didn't go back on their promises and tell Nyla and/or Zhao. That would have their biggest mistake yet. Zuko had used his dagger to cut the rope into smaller pieces. Those four pieces that he had separated would be used for the guards and the same with the cloth. Zuko yawned and looked out the barred window. The sun was rising and he was extremely tired. After putting the items and his weapons in the box where Suki kept hers he pushed the Avatar out of his chair and sat down in it.
He had just started to fall asleep when the door leading to the cells was slammed open and Zhao came down. Zuko tired his hardest to ignore the Admiral that was making his way towards the prince and the captives but when he was barking orders at the two guards it kind of was hard.
"Wake up Prince Zuko." He snapped. Zuko opened his good eye and stared at him. "I got a letter from your girlfriends captive this morning."
Zuko raised his eyebrow in a curious way. "Girlfriend. What the hell are you talking about Zhao?"
"That's Admiral Zhao to you boy." Snarled Zhao. "And you know exactly what I'm talking about. Your water-bending girlfriend."
Zuko stood up now fully awake once again. That water bender was halfway across the ocean. And he wasn't going out with her. He thought about her situation and played several reasons why she would say that in his mind. It all came down to one.
"She lied." Zuko snapped. "I wouldn't ever have a water bender for a friend. After all that would disgrace the Fire Nation more than you have."
"Zuko, my dear friend…"
"That's Prince Zuko to you asshole." Zuko snapped.
"I don't give a shit if you're general Zuko. You've brought disgrace to your nation…"
Zuko glared at Zhao. He was sick and tired of hearing the Admiral's mouth run with false information. He was also sick of the fire bender period. "I suggest you shut that mouth of yours before I shut it permanently." Zuko threatened.
"You're in no position to make threats little prince." By this time the two fire benders were less than an inch from each other. Zuko knew that if Zhao kept pushing his luck he would have a scar to match Zuko's.
By this time both the Avatar and the warrior of Kyoshi were up and staring at the two fire benders. Suki was confused on what was happening between the two of them but Aang had everything covered. After all he knew what Admiral Zhao could be like since he met him face to face about a couple months ago.
Zuko looked over at Aang then back at Zhao. "I'm not afraid of you." He smirked and glanced at the two soldiers behind Zhao. "An Agni Kai, tonight at sunset. This time I won't hold back on you."
Zhao almost look like he wanted to slap the banish prince for even suggesting something like that. He smiled and shook his head in agreement. He then left the room after barking to the guards about something that the prince paid no attention to.
"Uh Prince Zuko?" Aang started to ask.
"I know what I'm doing Avatar. Don't bug me." He answered walking back over to his chair.
Suki sighed and walked over to Zuko. "Look Prince, I've heard about these Agni Kai's…"
"Look I've challenged this guy once before and he was easy to beat." Zuko turned away from the girl. "Don't bother me."
Suki couldn't help but smile. Zuko may act tough but she could see through the touch exterior. He was probably a real sweetheart the perfect man for a certain water bender, if they weren't already dating.
"Don't look at me like that!" Zuko screamed at Aang. "I don't want your help and I'm not giving you mine!" Suki laughed as Aang chased the prince around their cell trying to get Zuko to teach him fire bending.
With Katara
Katara couldn't help but pace around the room. She was nervous what if her little lie got back to Zuko and him and Aang came to rescue her? What would his reaction be? Haru had just finished explaining what happened on the deck to Sokka. Her brother was furious when he found out that she was 'dating' Zuko. Fire and Water was not meant to be mixed. Fire was dangerous enough by itself but mixed with water it was even more dangerous if it didn't put itself out.
"How could you go behind my back like that! Not only my back but Aang's back as well." Sokka threw his chicken bone at Katara's head. "You're a traitor to your own friends!"
Katara cringed at her brother's harsh words. She couldn't believe that he was saying stuff like that to her. After all she really didn't like Prince Zuko. She was hoping that maybe he would join their team and help Aang master fire bending before the summer solstice came.
"You're not really dating him are you Katara? He is the enemy after all." Sokka asked calming down considerably.
"Of course not you idiot. I'm hoping that Jet would keep his dirty hands off of me if I said I had royalty for a boyfriend." Katara shrugged.
Haru still wasn't convinced. He knew that Katara wouldn't panic like she did. Okay maybe she would but using the Prince of the Fire Nation as an escape route she must have been desperate.
"Katara, you're sly. You could almost be like a fire bender." Haru commented.
"No I panicked. If I didn't panic then I wouldn't be 'dating' Fire Nation scum." Katara smiled and walked back out onto the balcony. She knew the two boys would follow but she really didn't care.
"So you're not going out with Zuko?" Sokka asked again.
"No Sokka I'm not going out with the fire bender." Katara answered sternly.
Sokka nodded and smiled behind her back. What Katara didn't know was that he had gotten entrance into her diary. He read an entry that was when they first met Zuko back in the South Pole. She had a little thing for the young fire bender. Of course he was upset but she had a right to like anyone she wanted even if it was someone from the Fire Nation.
Haru laughed as Katara hit Sokka on the head. "What was that for Katara?"
"I know what he was thinking and I'm not going to…" She stopped halfway in her sentence as Jet entered the room.
"Have you decided my princess?" He asked walking up to her.
"I'm not your princess. So get out of my site!" She yelled sending a water whip at Jet's head.
"Fine we'll do this the hard way." Jet said storming off. "You're going to be my concubine now."
Katara narrowed her eyes and shrugged it off. Sokka turned to Katara, "What is your problem you're going to be a sex toy."
"Nope. I have a plan to get out of here." She said pulling out a bison whistle.
K15: Okay there you go chapter four. Like I said when I posted up Running from Fear itself. School's starting… and I found out my friend did die in the car accident. So yeah… it's kind of hard on me because it's my first real death. (I haven't had any close family die yet.) Okay so before I start crying again I'll answer reviews!
Creativewritinginc: Thanks for saying my story is great. I think it's great too. (Which is weird.) Don't worry about me not updating I do update even if it's once a month.
Gir The Insane Waffle Lover: Thanks for telling me that there was no Avatar last Friday… really scared me for a second. Love the pen name.
ZukoKrazy: Don't die on me! That's bad! I try to update once a week. But when school starts I'll try to update once every two weeks.
Spleef: My brother loves your pen name he some times run around saying Spleef. He's weird of course aren't all ten year olds? Yeah it was my brother's idea to throw Haru into the mix. He says I should kill him… but I don't know about that.
LoyalFan: Like I said before working on sequels to stories that aren't already finished is a bad habit of mine because I have to go back and put stuff in the story that wasn't… so yeah… Don't worry the ending of your story will come to you when it does. And if it doesn't leave a cliffhanger and do a sequel. That always works.
SilverStorm106: I'm glad you think it's neat that Haru trying to save Katara and Sokka… just make sure I mention him occasionally. Because I have a tendency to add too many people and forget about the main people, for instance in Running From Fear itself I kept forgetting about Sokka and Aang while they were captured by Nyla and then again by Ozai.
Field of Paper Flowers: I don't know what you mean. Of course Suki's going to disappear if I switch to like Katara and Sokka it's somewhere different. Plus I have a bad habit of leaving out characters once I get into the story… so yeah. But thanks for your truthfulness.
K15: Okay end of reviews. Oh something I didn't mention if you don't already know the new episode of Avatar begins on January 1st! Yeah! And Zuko really does have a little sister, Zula. But don't worry I'm not going to change Nyla until after I finish off my mini series.
Zuko: She weird. If you ignore her she might go away.
Me: Might?
Zuko: Okay she won't go away. But still.
Me: One could always hope right?
Zuko: Yeah right.
Me: Anyway plz review. I like hearing from people. Right now it's my only connection this summer. (-Shakes head-) So I'll try to update soon. Later. K15