I dedicate this story to my recently deceased hamster.
To others he was just a hamster, but to me he meant so much more.
Rest in peace snowball.
Hi everybody, sorry for what seemed to me the long wait. Its called writers block ppl. Ok here it goes...
i do not own the Avatar. But wouldn't it be the coolest thing ever if i did?
Chapter 5
"Katara would you like to join me for some fresh air?" asked Iroh one day while they were eating lunch.
"Of course." said Katara overjoyed. She had not been outside since that day Zuko took her.
After lunch Iroh led her up to the deck. Katara had grown fond of Iroh, since he, other than Zuko and maybe a few guards, was the only one she had spent time with. Though she still missed Aang and Sokka terribly. Where are you Aang? Though Katara as a wave of sadness took over. Iroh seemed to notice this because he put an arm around Katara and said:
"I am sure they will come for you soon enough."
"don't they miss me?" said Katara trying to hold back tears.
" What if something happened to them? Why haven't they come sooner?" she said now unable to hold back the tears. Iroh handed her a tissue.
"Katara he is the Avatar, I'm sure he is alright." he said trying to comfort her.
"UNCLE!" yelled Zuko now coming out on to the deck. He looked angry.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN HER CELL!" He said still yelling.
"Zuko surely you do not think that she will escape? We are in the middle of the sea." said Iroh.
Zuko grabbed Katara's arm and began to lead her back to her cell.
"Zuko i am ashamed of you, a little fresh air could her good since you insist that she stay in that cell every minute of every day." said Iroh now looking angry. Zuko let go of Katara's arm as he began to yell at his uncle. Katara backed away to the edge of the railing. If Aang's not coming, then maybe i can escape myself. After all i am a water bender, maybe i could bend the water to carry me to land. But as she was thinking about this Zuko turned and walked toward her. And without another thought, Katara got up on the railing and jumped.
"Katara!" yelled Iroh in utter shock.
"Zuko go get her!" he said but need not to because Zuko had already taken of his shirt and jumped in right after her.
The water was freezing. He took a deep breathe of air and dived in. He could see a dark form sinking to the bottom of the sea. Immediately he swam down. She's sinking like a rock, what was she thinking? Zuko was almost to her, he reached out to grab her collar when he saw something swimming toward them. Zuko didn't wait to see what it was. Holding Katara's collar he began to swim up as fast as he could. He just reached the surface and took a deep breathe of air when he felt something pulling on Katara's leg. He looked down to see what it was, and saw a giant squid of some sort . He sent a fire blast at it and it let go. Iroh pushed a rope ladder over the edge of the ship for them to climb up. Zuko grabbed it and Iroh and some other guards started pulling them up. He looked down and saw that the squid had not given up on what would soon be his dinner. He sent to long tentacles this time and grabbed both Katara and Zuko.
Zuko struggled to hold on to the rope with all his might, but the beast was too strong for him. They both fell back into the sea. And it was at this moment that Katara woke up. At first she didn't know what was going on, then she saw Zuko holding her collar and tried to pull away. And surprisingly he let go. It was then that she realized that he was unconscious. Confused Katara looked around and saw the giant squid. She let out a small scream but gathered all the strength she had to push her and Zuko away (well she couldn't just leave him there). She grabbed his arm and rose to the surface again. She grabbed the rope ladder and was being pulled up, holding onto the ladder with one arm and the other one with Zuko. Jeez Zuko is heavy! Finally they reached the top of the ship. Zuko was still unconscious.
"oh Katara are you alright?" Iroh asked worriedly.
"yes, I'm fine." she said gasping for breath.
"I don't think he is though." she said pointing to Zuko but he was already being lifted onto a cot and carried to the infirmary.
"Zuko jumped in to save you Katara but i guess you did the saving." said Iroh relieved that they were both ok.
"Zuko tried to save me? B-but why?" she asked Iroh stuttering.
"hmm, that is a good question, why don't you ask him once he wakes up?" he told as he led her back to her room. He left her there with that thought but didn't lock the door.
Ok sorry i know i said it would be a longer chapter. But its winter break so i will make up for it with one or two updates a day. ok? Is that better? Good.
Shojo Butterfly
