Chapter Six

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" I'll say it again, what do you want?" Yumi repeated, this Commander Zhao was bad news, she could tell. He grinned.

" My freind Captian Lao, kindly informed me that you were going to be here." He explained.

" How did Lao know I was going to be on Kyoshi...?" Yumi wondered, she glanced at the fallen warriors of Kyoshi.

" I'm going to have to take you with me."

" That's not going to happen."

" Cocky, aren't you?" Zhao stepped up to her, Yumi frowned.

" I'll fight you, you know, I won't let you take me freely." She held her hands up, her stance fastened.

" Don't be silly, from what Lao tells me you wouldn't have a chance." He smiled. " Not against someone like me."

" Now whose cocky?" Yumi snickered.

" Cute." Zhao snorted.

" Thanks." Yumi grinned.

" Truly Kiyotakas' daughter." Zhao turned to his men, and lifted his hand. " When I wave my hand, they will attack, are you so sure you can take them as well?"

" Now that's not very sportsmen-like." Yumi said, getting nervous.

" Were firebenders, kid. That means we don't care about playing fair or anything." Zhao growled, getting annoyed with Yumi's optimism.

" SHUT UP! I'm a firebender and I care about a lot of things!" Yumi yelled, losing her cool. Zhao laughed loudly.

" What a naive little girl, you are." Zhao motioned for his men to attack. Yumi legs were frozen, she bent down just in time before a soilder had sent a jet of fire her way, he was hovering over her, so she kicked him hard in the chest, he coughed and fell back.

" Capture her, you idiots!" Zhao cried, his voice full of anger. Yumi's instinct was to run for it, so she tryed for the stone steps, but stopped, and turned back around, holding in tears. If she went back into the town it could be destroyed. She dodged an incoming soilder by running into the burnt woods. A couple followed her until she had ended up where she started, face to face with Zhao. A soilder was coming up behind her so she bent down to kick his legs out from under him but a stream of fire burst out of her foot instead, sending the man flying back. She looked shocked at her foot, then gave herself a mental pat on the back

" Didn't mean to do that, guess I'm getting the hang of the whole firebending thing..." She muttered to herself, before getting up just to have a hand jerked in her face. Zhao stared down at her, his eyes burning with hatred.

" You move and I'll torch you." Zhao hissed, Yumi gulped. " Now come quietly or I will kill you." Zhao said, as if it were normal conversation, like he makes death threats a lot.

" You c-can't kill me...the Fire Lord wants me..." Yumi uttered, terrifyed. She didn't know this man, for all she knew, he killed people a lot. Zhao didn't say anything but called for two men to come to him.

" Tie her hands together, I want someone watching her at all times! You hear me?" Zhao commanded sharply to his men, there were mutters of ' yes sir' and they started to tie Yumi hands together.

It was no use for Yumi to struggle, maybe she could find Prince Zuko before she was taken to Fire Lord Ozai. Not likley, but she wasn't going to give up hope yet.

Zhao led Yumi and his men back into the ship. It looked like the one she had been on before, but instead of the ship being inhabited by freindly...well mostly freindly pasengers, it was full of Fire Nation soilders. He led them to the top of the ship, where soilders were standing in placed near the hub. The soilders pushed Yumi onto the ground, she sat there staring up at her capters, her hands bound behind her.

" Since your so intent on finding Prince Zuko for some reason, you'll be glad. Were tracking him, he's going to lead us straight to the Avatar." Zhao said with a grin. Yumi gasped.

" The Avatar..?"

" Yes...oops, I've said too much." He grinned. " Oh well, not like you'll be telling anyone."

Yumi tried to pull out of her restriants, for she wanted to punch Zhao really hard in the face. She started to warm the rope, but it didn't break.

" It's no use." Zhao said, without turning.

" What?"

" You can't break the rope with firebending. It's was made so fire couldn't burn through it." Zhao said, a smug grin on his face, like he was the one who invented it.

" Clever." Yumi said with a grin, she would have to find another way to break the rope.

Zhao left a few minutes later, leaving Yumi with two soilders to 'guard' her. She was getting angry, just sitting there. Zhao said he was tracking Prince Zuko, good news for her, but why would Zhao be so stupid as to lead Prince Zuko to her? He must just be an idiot.

They sailed for three days straight, all that time, they left Yumi outside on the dock, occasionally someone would come out to feed her once a day, she hadn't seen Zhao for a while, that is until now. Zhao came bursting through the doors that led inside the ship, a few soilders were following him, he walked right past Yumi without glancing down at her. It seemed he was distracted.

" Luitentant Jousana, is that his ship?" Zhao asked a man beside him, who was taller and his eyes small, reminding Yumi of a rats'. Jousana turned to Zhao. Zhao peered out over the sea, seeing a ship almost identical to this one a ways away.

" Yes sir, General Iroh was spotted in the spot were standing in, he was playing an instrument, oddly enough." Jousana replied, checking his records.

" Good. Contact his ship, and tell them I'm coming on board, I'm going to have a little chat with the prince." He grinned as he swiftly walked off the base. Yumi watched the four or five soilders that accompanied him, follow. This was her chance. Zhao was going to Prince Zuko's ship. Somehow she had to get the rope off, and sneak onto the ship.

But how?

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Voila! Hmm..not too bad of a chapter, huh? The next chapter will be Yumi and her first meeting with Prince Zuko...-girlish squeal- I can't wait! wow, i'm dumb. Oh, yes, and thank you to all reviewers, I love you all sooo much! -awkward-