Chapter 5 Agni Kai and an Appa whistle

Katara woke up early the next morning. She had told the boys her plan the night before. She was still fixing out any little problems that there might be but things seemed to be going well for now. There was still a problem about getting out of there. A three hundred ton bison was sure to be noticed. There needed to be a distraction bigger than Appa himself.

"I hope you know what you're doing." Sokka said unsure about the whole plan. He didn't trust Katara's intuition. It seemed fishy about the whole plan of hers. But it was his sister's plan and he had to trust her as much as she did him.

"I do Sokka. And next time you go and read my diary I'll kill you." Katara smiled patting the warrior on the head. It was a simple escape plan for her. If she could get out then everything would work perfectly. She would have the two boys get Aang and come back to rescue her. Even if it was three months, Katara was ready to wait as long as necessary until the monk came back to rescue her.

Haru walked up to the water bender and said, "Katara I'll be back for you as soon as I can." He leaned forward and their lips touch.

Sokka stared at the two with wide eyes. He couldn't believe Haru was moving in on Zuko's territory. Even though the warrior didn't like the fire bender prince he still trusted him more than he did the earth bender. He really preferred Aang to both Fire Boy and Rock kid but he knew she only thought of him as a younger brother.

Katara pushed away from the earth bender and turned away from him. She didn't want to admit it but she liked Zuko much more than Haru. After all the fire prince had been following the group since day one. Haru was just missing something that Zuko didn't. It was hard on Katara to think of it at this time with everything supposedly going to be the same way it was before.

"Katara I'm sorry."

"Shut up Haru." Katara was barely audible. "Just when I give the signal get out of here and don't look back. You will probably only have a short amount of time before Jet catches me."

Katara turned to Sokka and offered him a smile. This was all for him getting out and rescuing Aang. He nodded as Katara walked over to the bars. She was nervous about this and leaving her brother like this was difficult since she didn't know if she would see him again.

"Katara I promise I'll come back for you as soon as we get to Aang." Sokka promised her kissing her on the forehead. "Until then stay safe."

"Of course." Katara offered him a cheesy smile. "I know what I'm doing." She slipped out of the bars quietly and gave her brother a smile before walking down the hall.

Sokka watched his sister leave and he knew that some how she'll be safer by herself than with the two boys. He turned to Haru and nodded. Both boys walked out onto the balcony and stood listening carefully for Katara's signal.

Katara walked along the halls quietly in hope of not running into Jet. If she did all she would have to do is scream. Sighing she walked straight up onto the deck. She wasn't used to being on this type of Fire Nation ship. The one Prince Zuko had taken her on all the time was bigger and full of more hallways. So getting out of her cell was quite easy compared to Zuko's ship.

Katara couldn't help but smile as Appa flew down next to where her cell was. She needed a plan to get off Jet's ship by herself. But it seemed that wasn't going to happen any time soon. Because Jet had just walked out of the captain's room and saw her.

With Zuko

Zuko paced his room that he was given right before the Agni Kai. Aang and Suki had been allowed to help the prince prepare for this duel but he kept telling them that he didn't need any help. After all he was trying to keep his pride instead of relying on the help from the other two.

"What if you did…" Aang started to say.

"No!" Zuko turned around quickly. "I told you once that I don't need your help."

Aang backed up slightly as candles began to flare up. He hadn't heard much of the prince's temper but from the way that the candles flared up it seemed to be dangerous.

Suki walked up to the fire prince and smiled. "Look Prince Physco," She was testing the ground before treading on it. "Aang was just trying to help. You're going to need all the help and a new plan. It was you who said you versed him before."

Zuko took in a few deep breaths before answering the Kyoshi warrior. "Look I can handle Zhao by myself." He opened his eyes and decided that the Avatar was in debt to the prince. And Suki did have a point by saying that Zhao would know all his tricks. Closing his eyes again he took in a deep breath before saying, "Okay what do you have in mind Avatar?"

Aang's face lit up as walked around to think of what to say. He knew that he didn't want to get the prince killed with a stupid move. He thought of all his lessons he had while both water bending and air bending. Surely a couple of them would apply to the prince's fire bending skills.

Aang took a deep breath in before getting on his air scooter. He was ready to be a teacher. "Okay this is what you need to do…"

Zuko walked onto the field and he was ready for everything. He knew that Zhao was ready for him. He also knew that the admiral knew every signal move that he knew if not more. He turned his back against his opponent and tried to keep his mind clear. He was to remember his basics. And on top of that he was also to remember what Aang had taught him in less than the hour they spent in that room. He knew that things were going to be difficult when you had both that stupid warrior and the Avatar watching you.

Zhao and Zuko stood up at the exact same time. Zhao couldn't help but smile. Suki was right by saying that Zhao knew all his moves. He did, he would make the first strike and hopefully end this match before lunch. Part of the plan was to allow Zhao to think he had the upper hand. It was then he would get cocky and lose concentration. It was when Zuko would take that to his own advantage.

Zuko started the match out the same way he did before, by launching a bunch of attacks at the Admiral. The flames hit their mark but were easily pushed aside. It was then Zuko tried some ground attacks. He swung his foot across the ground launching fire at the admiral. Again it was blocked.

"You've tried this last time." Zhao smirked launching an attack of his own. "I think this time I won't go easy on you." The attack hit Zuko knocking him down.

Zhao walked up to the prince and placed his own foot on his chest. Zuko knew he was getting ready for the kill. He tried his best to look frightened. It was actually better than he hoped because Zhao's flaming fist was less than inch away from his face. Zuko had one chance to pull this move off and he had to do it now or it will be all over.

Zuko focused on the admiral's flame and turned it around causing it to hit him in the chest. Zuko quickly knocked Zhao's feet from under him and remembered a strange air-bending move that Aang taught him to do with his fire. He backed up and created a flame ball and turned around causing it to twist into whip like attack. It hit its target on the first try. Zuko was very well pleased with the results he got.

He then tired out a move that Suki and taught him, or at least tried to. He made two daggers and held them up for Zhao to see. When the admiral showed fear in his eyes Zuko twirled around launching one of his own head and the other under his leg. Again the hit their target.

Zhao was underestimating the prince. He was more skilled than he thought. Zhao stood up just in time to see the prince back flipping away from the fire bender master. Zhao couldn't help but wonder what the prince's next move was going to be. Zuko landed on his left foot and shot out a fireball with his right. Zhao blocked it but when he put his arms down another one was right in front of him.

The force of the second fireball was stronger and it knocked the admiral down to the dusty ground. Zuko was quite please with the way the attack worked out. He was surprised with how he learned so quickly. Now there was only one move left to make. He wouldn't kill the man but he would leave a mark to last a lifetime.

Zuko walked up to the Admiral and smiled. "Do it already!" Zhao yelled at the prince.

"Gladly." Replied the teen. He smiled and shot a fire blast at the monkey-faced man. He walked away unharmed from the smoke with a wide smile on his face.

Zhao felt his face with his right hand and didn't feel any pain. It was then when he stood up and placed his hand on his left arm he noticed where the prince left his mark. He also felt a pain in his lower regions.

"Medic!" Zhao yelled as a medic rushed out onto the field. Before the medic got onto the field Zhao launched a huge flame at the winner. Zuko turned around just in time to block it with a flame just as equally big. He heard Zhao bellow, "You're going back to the brig and you will pay for what you did Zuko!"

Zuko didn't put up a fight when soldiers surrounded him. He smiled and walked forward as Suki and Aang came down from where they were standing to congratulate him. He didn't allow their praises to get to his head. He just wanted to get out of there before he had to deal with either his sister or worse his father.

K15: Okay guys chapter five is up and running. Yeah! Go Zuko!

Zuko: Yeah I rock.

Me: Sometimes.

ZukoKrazy: I updated! Yeah it rocks! Anyway I always have time to read a fanfic. Especially if it's a reviewers. So yeah. I'll try to update soon.

Zukos Girl: Yeah I got one of those petition thingys. In fact I got two of them. I don't see why we can't answer our reviews. On the site I was on before when you got a review they made it so you could answer it on that review that way you could remember what you wrote… (Shrug) Things are different here. Oh well I still like it.

Zukosfire5: Yeah I was wrong… kind of. The site I use for all my Avatar information was wrong. They changed it last Saturday. It now says that the date for the new episode is on September 23rd! It's like less than a month! I nearly screamed when I found out that it was that close!

n00dle: That's one I've never heard before. Like armpits huh? School's all right I guess. I'm good with cliffhangers sometimes… I don't think this chapter was a cliffhanger but Zhao got to suffer that's always good right?

Gir The Insane Flamin Ninja: Death by piggies? Okay that's new. Anyway glad you like my story. I like people who like my stories… but people don't review make me angry did you know if you got as many people to review as you did on your hits that would be a lot of people!

LoyalFan: I'll be extra careful about responding to my reviews… I can't see why though. I mean I went through all the guidelines for a new story and they said nothing about answering reviews. (Shrug) Anyway. Here's what happens next. Death to Zhao! Well not really but lets just say he wont be having kids in the near future.

SilverStorm106: Yeah I know I even forget my main characters sometimes like Zuko! (Gasp!) Anyway glad you liked the chapter. I'll keep it up if you keep reviewing. I live on those.

Monito: Thanks for your concern. I'm doing better since her funeral. I can now sleep in the dark… (Laughs a bit.) I know I'm weird. Anyway thanks for the review.

Spleef: Sorry you're at the bottom. I guess saving the best for last applies here. Anyway. My younger brother is the weirdest kid in the world. He says 'cookies and milk' in the middle of a conversation. I still don't know what it means yet. But one of these days I will. I won't kill Haru… at least not yet anyway… (Laughs evilly!) Okay I'm done laughing evilly.

K15: (Hey that's me!) Anyway here's the next chapter. Yeah! I hoped you all enjoyed. I should be updating (trying to) once more this week. School starts next Monday and I promised a friend that I would pass all my classes including English! So that means hard work ahead for my next year. So I'll try my hardest to update all my stories this week. Oh and check my newest one… at the moment I can't remember what it's called but check it out and review. It's in Zuko Point of View, so it might be weird. Anyway. Later. K15