AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I GOT ONE HUNDRED REVIEWS! OH MY GOD IM SO HAPPY! JOY JOY JOY! Phew how exhausting! Anyway here is 20 cookies for each of my precious reviewers! Here take them, take them all! (throws cookies at you) YIPPEE! Lol this is funny! Ok I said I'd do something for my hundredth review, but there isn't much I can do, but here it is anyway!

RoseOfSharon28: hey thanks for your review! You were my first reviewer for chapter 14! thanks so much for reading my story and I hope you continue to do so!

Monito: You were my second reviewer for chpt. 14 and, yeah lol, Aang will continue to tell himself that.

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Princess Yue: hmm... maybe I should make him get slapped more, the times Zuko will get slapped in this story, I predict, will be a total of 4 to 5 times.

Magic15: I'm glad you liked my story and I plan to write so much more!

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Lan Shen: lol yes Zuko is a bad boy. And I'm sorry about the season two info but you can ask me if you have any questions cause I remember some of the stuff she wrote.

Ditz4lyf: I was going to originally make Katara kick him in the groin, but I decided to kick him in the leg instead. Sorry!

Darkavatar13: Lol. Yes but if I made him more heartless I would never be able to get to the fluff, which is taking me forever to get too anyway.

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If I left out any of you reviewers I'm so sorry! If I did take 30 extra cookies! At least you'll never go hungry. Now my next goal is to get 200 reviews which I know will take some time but please help me complete my goal! Well here is my story! I hope you like it!


Chapter 15

"Zuko, we will arrive in the fire nation in about three weeks time." Iroh told his nephew.

"Good."

"what do you plan on doing with Katara and her brother once we arrive?"

"I don't know yet uncle." He indeed did not know. Before he thought he would leave them stranded on some island somewhere, that or make them prisoners of the Fire Nation. He would think of something before they'd arrive.

"The avatar will not easily part with his friends. I suggest we keep them with him."

"What for uncle? The avatar is locked in his cell. He would not notice if we dropped them off at some island."

"Zuko I am appalled that you would even think of doing that to Katara and her brother."

"Relax uncle, I do not plan on doing that." Iroh had a mischievous look on his face which made Zuko feel uneasy.

"Zuko I'm beginning to wonder-" but Zuko cut him off.

"Uncle I do not, I repeat, do not have feelings for that water peasant." He said, but deep down he was beginning to wonder if that was true. It sounded more like he was trying to convince himself rather than his uncle. Iroh seemed to notice.

"If that is true, then you will not mind fetching Katara for lunch. I believe she is on the top deck, watching the sea."

"Uncle I am too busy, she can skip lunch for all I care." he said not wanting to be near her. That strange feeling in the pit of his stomach was increasing.

"I thought you didn't have feelings for Katara?"

"I don't. Not wanting to fetch her for lunch has nothing to do with me having feelings for her." he said thoroughly annoyed at his uncle's questions.

"Aha! So you admit you have feelings for her!"

"UNCLE!"

"I am sorry Zuko, I am only human. You do seem to be acting strange lately. I thought-"

"Well you thought wrong. This discussion is over." Zuko left his uncle's room. If he did have feelings for her, he would just have to ignore it for only three more weeks. After all what could happen? He needed a rest, so he headed back to his room.

Katara:

Looking out over her element, she was lost in her thoughts. She was wondering what Aang wanted to tell her, before the guard had so rudely interrupted them. She was also wondering if Zuko really did feel sorry for nearly choking her. He had been acting strange lately, asking her to dinner, without his uncle being there, and then she wanted to know why he kept ignoring her. Not that she was complaining that he wasn't near her, she was relieved, but why was he avoiding her? One minute he asks her to dinner and the next he's completely ignoring her. Katara heard her stomach growl and decided to head down to the dinning room. She left the deck and walked down the hall toward the dinning room. She heard footsteps coming and they sounded like Zuko's. Not particularly excited to be near him now she opened the first door she saw and entered the room listening closely to wait till he passed. He was mumbling something, and she leaned her ear against the door to hear him more clearly.

"stupid uncle, always embarrassing me in front of everyone, especially that girl. What is it about her! Every time I'm near her I feel the strangest feeling in the pit of my stomach. I do not like her in any way! She is the enemy, the avatars friend! As soon as we reach the fire nation I will hand her and her brother over to my father. He can dispose of them in any way he wants. But what is it about her than gives me this strange feeling... he went on down the hall still mumbling while Katara crouched behind the door stunned.

Did he really feel that way about her? Was that the reason he was avoiding her? And more importantly, was he really going to just hand her and Sokka over to the fire lord? This was terrible! They now more than ever needed to escape! She heard more footsteps coming down the hall and she quickly left the room in case whoever was coming wanted to enter. She tried to act casual but was failing miserably. She turned the corner and bumped into Iroh and she fell to the floor.

"Oh goodness, excuse me! Are your ok?" he said lending her a hand to pull her up.

"y-yes I'm fine." she said rising.

"Are you sure your ok? You look pale." Iroh said in concern.

"No, no I'm fine!"

"Ok then, lunch is ready. Oh and have you seen Zuko?"

"No! Oh I mean, nope haven't seen him." she said and Iroh eyed her curiously.

"And your positive nothing is wrong?"

"Positive." she said and Iroh walked to the dinning room and Katara followed. After awhile Zuko came into the room and looked furious when he spotted Katara.

"Where were you! I was looking for you to tell you lunch was ready!" he yelled. Katara didn't even look at him, She couldn't bear it.

"Zuko sit down and eat your meal, its getting cold." he said gesturing to the spot next to him. Zuko growled and obeyed. Katara could feel his gaze on her. Why is he looking at me... she felt uncomfortable and uneasy but there was also a different emotion that was never there before when she was with Zuko. Disgusted with herself she stood up.

"May I be excused and take my friends some food?"

"No. they have already been fed." Zuko said. She was planning on telling Aang what she heard but how could she if she couldn't see him?

"Couldn't I at least visit them?" she said.

"Why do you need to see them so badly?" Zuko asked her suspiciously.

" I-I don't. But they're my brother and friend and I would like to see them." she said almost pleadingly.

"Zuko what harm could it do?" Iroh said.

"I have made up my mind and its not changing. And don't disobey me uncle." he said getting up himself and left the room.

"I am sorry Katara. Let me take you back to your room." he said leading her out into the hall toward her room.

Zuko:

Zuko didn't like it that she spent so much time with her friends. Her brother he could understand, but what about the avatar. Surely there must be something more between them? A voice in the back of his mind was telling him he was jealous, another voice inside his mind said it was only common sense to keep them apart. He decided that the second voice was right, and the first one was just absurd. Wasn't it?


Ok on a scale of one to ten (ten being the highest) how would you rate this chapter? I would give it a six, maybe seven. I'm having so much trouble getting Zuko to fall in love with Katara. It's easy with Aang cause he already does. So difficult! And I guess there isn't much fluff or action in this story. Wwwwwaaaaahhhhhhhh ! but I'm trying so hard! Please forgive me! Oh yes, the first person to review will get the next chapter dedicated to them! Just thought I'd throw that in as celebration of my hundredth review! Love love!

The ever cheerful Shojo Butterfly!