Quest Log,

Entry 9

The Earth Temple (Part 1)

Disclaimer: This is based off Legend of Zelda, the wind waker, except Link is a girl and a few things have been changed. I don't own the avatar characters. Pluse, I am using Zelda, and a few of the characters from the game for fun. DONT SUE ME IM TOO CUTE TO GET A LAW SUIT :D

At dinner that night; Zuko was quiet. Aryll tried to get Zuko out of his depressive state, but he wouldn't leave. She asked him questions about what happened where they went, and Zuko told her everything. How she and her sister were princesses of Hyrule, how their mother erased thier memory of it, and how he was suppost to have married her.

"Zuko I.." Iroh spoke up. "I knew about your old life in Hyrule..you and Princess Zelda- Da-xai- really loved eachother. You wanted to get married anyway; even if your mother's hadn't forced it. She-your mom- didn't want me to say anything, but now I think it's OK; considering..." Zuko was quiet, was that why he and Da-xai had become so close, so fast? He sighed and kept eating. "You can't stay depressed like this forever Zuko. Da-xai wouldn't like it." Zuko silently kept eating. "I understand that you can't protect her like you've wanted, but she is safer back in Hyrule than up here with the war and all. Besides, You promised her you'd take care of Aryll."

"I don't know who to blame this on. I don't see how I can blame it on myself, or Da-xai, because it wasn't either one of our faults. But if she hadn't wanted revenge.." Iroh sighed and put a stop to Zuko's words.

"This was the destiny she was born for. Nothing could have changed it Zuko. You know that." The king of red lions was lapping some milk from a bowl. "I know you care about her, but blameing someone isn't going to change anything. You know that." Zuko sighed and drank some tea. He knew what his uncle was saying was true. But he couldn't help it, he loved Da-xai so much..and to have her kiss him like that..and never see him again, it broke his heart.

"Zuko." The king of red lions started in on him. "The fire lord will kill her now that he knows she is princess Zelda. I know it hurts you to let her go, but if you really love her, you've got to focus on getting the sword...and..um.."

"What..?" Zuko asked irritatedly.

"I forgot to mention earlier that the hero of time, when she embarked on another journey in another land, the triforce of courage was split into eight pieces and scattered around the great sea.The triforce of courage is the key to allow you back into Hyrule, and bring Zelda out of hiding. So you must find all eight of the shards." Zuko growled and slammed his rice bowl onto the table.

"How can this be happening? so your saying I've got to restore the sword and get eight triforce peices? Damn it! It's going to be forever untill I can see her again. All because of my good-for-nothing father!" Zuko stormed out. Aryll watching him as he threw a tantrum, and then looked back at Iroh.

"Will he be OK?" She asked, Iroh shrugged.

"I don't know.."

Zuko was in his room, mad about all that was happening, but at the same time sad. He didn't want Da-xai to stay gone forever. He had thrown his armor off, and just lie there in his gray pants and gray shirt. Aryll knocked on his door, and when he didn't answer, she opened it and walked in; with the king of red lions walking beside her.

"Zuko..I know your upset about Da-xai. I miss her too. But you know what she wants. She wants you to protect me, she wants you to do all that you can so she can see you again.If what Iroh was saying is true, then she loves you as much as you love her. " Zuko was quiet, Aryll walked over to him, climbed up on his bed, and layed beside him. "There isn't anything that can be done..except to revive the sword and find the triforce peices. You've still got a long way to go.You can't be loseing hope, when you know that the less you pout, and the faster you revive and gather, the faster Da-xai will come home." Zuko turned his head to her, and nodded in agreement with her.

"Yeah..I guess your right." Aryll smiled; and said good-night to him, she was going on to bed.

"Can I sleep in Da-xai's room?" Zuko nodded. She thanked him and went to bed. The king of red lions followed her, and Zuko went to sleep himself.

at one in the morning; he heared Aryll's scream. He nearly fell out of bed, he ran down to her room and bursted in on Jhao, he was cutting Aryll's arm and makeing it bleed.

"What the hell do you think your doing Jhao?" Zuko went over Aryll and bandaged her arm up with his ribbon.

"Fire Lord's orders, the girl must be killed." Zuko attacked him, but he got away. Zuko went to Aryll's side and took her to the bathroom where there was some iodine, and bandages. He cleaned up her wounds, and bandaged them. She was still half crying.

"Shh..it's OK now..It's OK now.." He cooed her softly. Wipeing the tears from her eyes as he finished bandaging her up. "he won't hurt you again, I promise." She hugged him, and he hugged her.

From then on, Aryll slept in Zuko's room with him, so he could keep an eye on her safety. He had gone back to the mother and child islands, and given fire arrows, and ice arrows. They started twords Fire Mountain after he aquired these items. When they reached Fire mountain, they saw it lived upto it's name; it was a steaming, smoldering volcano. Zuko stood on deck; readied an ice arrow; and shot it at the laval plume at the top and temerarily froze the island. His ship got him closer before he started climbing to get the power bracelets the king of red lions told him about; he thought about Da-xai all the time he was in there; getting what he needed. She would have had fun climbing the mountain with him; they had so much fun together going through those dungans; fighting those monsters, and meeting new friends. Just the thought of it made him want to sob. He hated having to fight alone; haveing adventures that Da-xai wouldn't have. But; he knew that the sooner he revived the sword and find the eight triforce shards; he can get her back. He grabbed the bracelets and returned to the ship; just in time, the island burst out into flames again.

"Where now Zuko?" Iroh asked. Zuko looked at the king of red lions, not knowing himself.

"Headstone Island." Iroh nodded and took the information to the helmsman. Zuko took the bracelets down to Da-xai's room and set them on the bureau. Aryll sat there on her bed.

"Da-xai got a nice room." Zuko nodded, and walked out to meditate. Aryll went to go have tea with Iroh as she planned.

Zuko sat in his dark room meditating. Da-xai had done so much for him. She had made him relize that there are more important things than his own honor. He helped a little girl get free from his father's grasp, and now he's helping over-throw his father and save all that is right with the world. He loved her; and liked what his uncle had told him about haveing loved her before, but forgotten. He opened his eyes to see Aryll sitting beside him, in the same position.

"Hi." She greeted happily.

"Hi."

"Uncle Iroh says we'll be at headstone island soon. Probably tomarrow morning." Zuko nodded. "Don't be sad."

"How do you know I still am?"

"Your silence, I know your still depressed over Da-xai. You've been her fighting partner for a while now; and you should know by now that she wouldn't want you to be so depressed, there is still a pretty big chance we can see her again, you just have to stop being depressed and get your journey done already!"

omg I'm spaceing it out so there will be alot of chapters :D yay.