Chapter 8 Sickness got in the way

It took Katara a while to get ready. But once she was ready she looked just like Zuko did right before he disappeared two years ago. In other words, she was the Blue Spirit. Iroh smiled and nodded as she handed him the dress and the necklace.

"Katara use a bow and arrow instead of the two swords. Zuko will get suspicious other wise." Iroh handed her a bow with a quiver of arrows. "If you run out you're on your own."

Katara smiled and nodded her thanks. Iroh was like her best friend when it came to things like under cover missions. He had helped her before but only when it came to Fire Nation security after that everything went smoothly.

Katara ran after Zuko making sure she wasn't going to get caught. If Zuko caught her then things might get to be a little bit of trouble. Well off course things were going to get into trouble when they reached shore and Zuko found out that Katara was now the Blue Spirit. She shrugged it off and hid behind a couple of boxes.

"What did you do to my sister last night?" Sokka asked trying to break some of the silence.

"Absolutely nothing." Zuko replied sternly. "If I did do something like have sex with Katara then you'd be the first to know."

Aang still wasn't convinced. Sokka may have been easily fooled but Aang wasn't. The young air bender definitely needed to see Katara in the next few days to make sure she wasn't carrying Zuko's kid.

Zuko sighed and looked for any sign of his sister. There was nothing but boxes around him. He was looking for something out of the ordinary. So far there was nothing, which wasn't a good sign. Zuko half expected some sort of sneak of attack on the three of them.

Katara looked around knowing that something was wrong with Zuko. He would never just stand in the middle of the place with nothing on his mind. After all she practically worshiped the prince so she knew all his fighting skills. She then noticed something off in the corner of her eye. It was a YuYan archer. They had the place surrounded and Katara betted her life that Ember had more than just those archers hidden on the deck to attack Zuko. Katara took a deep breath and walked out onto the deck. She knew it was a risky move but someone had to do it. And at the moment she was going to help her prince in anyway possible.

Aang turned around and saw Katara walking towards them and tapped Zuko on the shoulder. Zuko raised his eyebrow and suddenly felt an urge to attack but he noticed that the suit that was on the Blue Spirit fit all of curves.

"Sokka put down your weapons. I have a feeling that the Blue Spirit is here to help us." Zuko answered.

"Because you're going to need all the help you can get." Ember said from on top the roof of the captain's room. "Of course you still wont be able to beat me even then."

Katara wanted to yell and scream at Ember but went against it because she still had to keep herself a secret from Zuko. She felt another round of sickness come up but she swallowed it down in effort to keep focused. When the boat began to spin she knew she should have gone with Iroh. She tried her best to shake off the feeling but it wasn't working.

"What the matter with your masked friend?" Ember asked noticing that Katara was having trouble focusing.

Zuko turned to the girl and caught her right before she fell onto the deck. He helped her up and sighed as Katara clutched her head in pain. She finally got the dizziness to wear off and she was able to focus. She pushed away from Zuko and focused on Ember.

Sokka eyed the water bender curiously before saying. "You're going to die for almost abusing my sister!"

Ember laughed and snapped her fingers. Both YuYan archers and soldiers from suddenly surrounded the four. Katara quickly pulled out a bow and arrow and aimed at one of the YuYan's head. She had never really shot an arrow before so she closed both her eyes and let go of the arrow sending it flying.

Zuko watched Katara do this and he got suspicious. It seemed that this Blue Spirit had never shot an arrow before. He watched fly through the air and hit a shoulder in the head. Zuko nodded he was surprised that it even hit a shoulder in the head.

"Never shot an arrow before have you?" Zuko asked pulling Katara closer. He leaned down and whispered in her ear. "You better have better fighting skills. You'll get killed that way if you don't."

Katara blushed crimson it was a good thing that Zuko couldn't see her other wise they might have allowed their emotions get in the way. She sighed and pushed away from Zuko before running towards the guards showing the boys what to do. She pulled out her katana from its sheath shoved through a YuYan archer's side. She couldn't believe that she was actually killing someone who could have had a family.

Zuko noticed that the Blue Spirit held back on her attacks. He then focused on his sister. He knew that she was the one pulling the strings behind everything that was going on here. After all she was supposedly suppose to have the brains, the brawn, and the beauty in the family. It was a shame that no man ever wanted her because of the way she acted.

"Brother I suggest you watch your masked fighter friend. After all she's having trouble focusing." Ember laughed. "I told you that you allow your weaknesses to show through."

Zuko turned towards Katara as six or seven guards surrounded her. He felt a pain of sympathy for the girl but he shook it off. He then focused on Ember again. The masked girl followed him onto this ship she should have been able to handle herself. He launched a flame at his sister before running around jumping up onto the platform where she was sitting. Ember watched every one of the prince's movements after blocking the pathetic accuse for a fireball at her. Ember blocked the next six attacks that Zuko threw at her. She was definitely better than her had remembered. Even with his brother out of the way he couldn't help wondering if it should have been Ember he took out first in his quest for the throne.

"Brother I suggest you watch as I totally humiliate you in front of your friends." Ember said as she shifted her weight and launched her leg at Zuko. "And possibly you're girlfriend."

He glared at his sister before jumping over it but when he landed he was hit in the stomach by a sword. She was definitely faster than he remembered more. He reminded himself of his strength he had left, which wasn't much since he hadn't recovered from the Agni Kai with Zhao. After all things were different than two years ago when they last saw one another. Zuko shook his head and pulled out one of his own swords before swinging it at Ember. She seemed to have more strength than the prince did at point in time and both of them knew it. She blocked his attack with her one of own and noticed that the cut that she did last swing of her sword was bleeding. It was surprising that Zuko was still standing let alone had enough energy to still fight.

Sokka turned towards Katara and ran towards her after finishing off the guard by throwing him over the edge of the ship. He pushed a few of the guards off to get to his sister, whom seemed to be struggling. He threw his boomerang at a couple more guards before motioning over to Aang for help.

Katara had fallen over on the ground. She was still had a hangover and felt her breakfast making its way forcefully up. She tried to swallow most of it, however it didn't work to well because Katara found herself lifting her mask and leaning over the edge.

"You think she's all right?" Aang asked as he released a burst of his air bending causing the men to go flying off the ship.

Sokka shrugged and his gaze turned to Zuko who was now walking back towards the edge of the ship. "Zuko!"

Katara wiped away a little drool from her face before looking over at the prince. He was struggling again. She looked around for something to use to get up next to him. She saw a rope hanging off a box. She quickly tied it around an arrow before shooting it up to as close Zuko as possible. When it hit into another box she pulled it to make sure that it would hold her weight. Turning to Aang and Sokka she motioned for them to follow her.

The three of them climbed up to help the prince… well except Aang who just got tired of climbing and flew up there. All four of them surrounded Ember, and she was clearly out matched. Unfortunately they were clearly out skilled, as Iroh would put it. Katara felt another dizzy spell and her legs quit working on her as she pulled out a dagger from her boot. Zuko was now breathing heavily and completely out of energy. Aang and Sokka were the only two who seemed to be in top fighting condition.

Ember smiled and launched a fire whip straight at Katara who seemed the weakest out of the four, at the moment. Katara looked up from staring at her knees and freaked. She closed her eyes and raised her arms. The boys stared at her in confusement but when they saw water rise up out of the ocean and put out the flame that was sent towards the girl they almost immediately all broke out into scolding her at the same time.

"You could have been killed!"

"What were you thinking?"

"You still have that damn hangover you should have stayed with Uncle!"

Ember smiled as the boys yelled at Katara. She knew that they would be too distracted with that to notice her plan. She told her brother time and time again that a girl was going to be the death of him. Here was proof yet again. She took in a deep breath before launching a flame big enough to kill all four of them with one hit. And there was nothing that any of them could do to stop it.

K15: Hi guys! here's your chapter... anyway... i'm so bored and out of things to say... which is a first... okay not true... anyway yup... I'll try to update soon. plz review it keeps me motivated. Later. K15