Alright, people. Thank you all for reviewing and reading, especially of those who actually reviewed (no offense). Also, I have bit of a problem. Unfortunately, today and tomorrow are my last days of my Winter Vacation until February. So, I've decided to tell you all this now.

Being fifteen and all and being January, the month where most of my family and friends' birthday's are, I will be extremely busy with lessons, classes, homework, and the occasional shopping for gifts and things for myself. And in between all that I've just got a job. I'm done learning ballet class, that I've been doing for thirteen years. I'm the assistant teacher in my ballet class. It's a really cute job. I get to work with all those beginner three and four year olds.

Anyway, as you can see, my life is incredibly busy. I'm barely home at all, and when I am, I'm always sleeping. So, I'm very busy weekly, so I'll only be updating this story two times a week.

Okay, now for the reviews!

Outsane: Yeah, that insane metal weirdo person will have something to do with the story later on. C: Thanks for reviewing!

SovereignxXxBrunette: Thanks. I also have a disclaimer like that in my one shot. I think everything will change in my disclaimer each time except the part about Avatar. Thank you for reviewing.

Chocolate Swirlz: Oh, I did? Sorry, Almostinsane! I totally spaced on that. My apologies are very high. I don't know how I could've missed it.

Zukoscute2: Thanks…I think. Lol. Hey, I was looking at your profile and stuff, you've got some pretty good stories! I especially like Old As Eternity.

Kasey: Thanks. I knew I'd get some good reviews from people with no account. Sorry, I didn't know you had to enable the anonymous review button -shrugs sheepishly-

No Name: Uh, yeah, don't really know who you are, but thanks for reviewing. I'm glad you liked the story! Again, thanks.

Fairy Frost: Thanks, Stel. Maybe somebody will read my story. And yes, Chocolate Swirlz, did review my story. Thanks for reviewing yourself.

Spleef: Thanks. That part was going to be the ending scene in the first chapter, but I decided to 'wet the readers appetite' so they'd come back and read more of the story (if you know what I mean). I decided to wait for that scene in the second chapter. Glad you liked! Thank you for reviewing.

Chickygurl: Well, I was trying to make it like the one in the Southern Air Temple, because Zuko was kind of freaking out about Zhao in that episode. Looks like I didn't pull it off that well. :c

C.A.M.E.O.1 and Only: Thanks. Okay, now I understand. So uh, …thanks…again. Lol.

Alright, those were all the reviews. Again, sorry to Almostinsane for not posting your review in the last chapter. I kind of missed it accidentally. But thanks for reviewing, anyway.

Now, my trademark disclaimer (for now).

Disclaimer: I own Avatar, a big calculator, Johnny Depp, Alaska, and a box of Twinkies…yeah, riiiight.

Chapter Three: Zuka
Katara's memory was all coming back to her. She was telling the boys about Avatar Azor. Then Zuko came out. He attacked and had reinforcements. Katara turned her back with her arms crossed against her chest and her lower lips sticking out. Then she remembered some more…her hand. Katara lifted her left hand up. It was in a soft white cloth with some red blood stains running through.

She figured she must've been there for a while because when she turned back to where Zuko was to yell "Let me leave! Where's Aang!" She was merely screaming it to the mental dork in the cell across from hers.

The guy started laughing while snorting at the same time. He wiped his nose while still laughing. Katara only saw the guy for two moments on this ship and already she was completely grossed out and emotionally scared for the rest of her life.

"He-he left a while ago, ya know. He do dat a whole bunch a times!" He squealed. Katara attempted to look him in the eyes. "That guy…that Z-Zu-that uh…Zuka..no, Zula…no Zukkara, no Zuka, no-"

"Zuko?" Katara offered.

"Yeah…he- he I think he-" The guy leaned in a bit. Katara decided to be nice and actually listen to him. "I think he's a little 'mentally slow'." He whispered. Katara tried a fake and weak laugh.

"Ha…aren't we all?" She said she said looking at the guy across from her that obviously has Zuko mixed up with himself. "Uh…so, what's your name?" She asked him.

"Uh…Zuka?" He retorted.

Katara tried to keep her cool.

"No…wait- who's Zuka?" She asked him.

"Prince Zuko." He replied.

"Urgh! Never mind." Katara said going back over to her bed and stuffing her face into the old ratty pillow. She figured she had better get some more rest. Either that…or she'd probably go mental too from talking to that weirdo.

"So," Aang said rubbing his chin and nervously walking back and forth across Appa's big saddle on his back. "We have absolutely have no lead on where Zuko and Katara are at?" Aang asked Sokka.

"That's what I'm saying!" Sokka replied.

"Sokka! You're acting like you're okay with this! How can you be okay with this! IT'S PRINCE ZUKO FOR MY MOTHERS GRAVE SAKE! Why are you so calm about this situatation? DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT HER AT ALL! What the hell is going through your head?" Aang screamed.

Sokka's eyes got big and his jaw dropped.

"Don't you dare ever cuss around me or I'll smack you up side your head!" Sokka threatened taking out his boomerang. Aang growled and gritted his teeth to the bone.

"You don't expect to take on the Avatar, and win, do you?" Aang asked him.

Sokka scoffed. "Since when do you say about yourself, 'the Avatar'?"

"Grr…"

"Grr…"

"Meow!" Momo leaped in the middle of the boys. He took out a nut and threw one at Sokka's head, and then one at Aang's.

"Ow! Hey! Momo!" Aang cried. Then he looked over at Sokka who was rubbing his head. Aang sighed. "I'm sorry, Sokka. I know you care for her. I don't know why I'd say that- any of that! I just- I don't like the thought of her being on Zuko's ship is all." Aang said weakly.

"Ah, it's okay. I do care for her, and I could've been more sensitive to your feelings and the whole situation. I'm sorry too." Sokka said.

"Truce?" Aang asked with a smile holding out his hand.

Sokka smiled back and shook his hand. "Truce." He replied.

Katara's eyelashes fluttered.

"Y-you pretty." The man said.

Katara opened her eyes and sat up. That old mental man was still looking at her. "What?" Katara asked him while standing up and making the little steal bed. She flattened out the blanket and fluffed the pillow trying to make her cell look as nice a prison cell on a hideous fire navy ship could look.

"I sed- ya pretty. You pretty pretty, I tell you wat." He said.

"Oh. Thanks." She said sweetly back. She still couldn't believe he was watching her sleep that whole time. A shiver went up her spine as she approached the big cell bars that separated her cell from the hall.

"So, what's your name?" Katara asked willing to try this topic again.

"Y-you can call me- me Zuka. Dat's my sisters name. She was pretty. Pretty like you." He replied. Katara blushed. She hadn't known that he just missed his sister who name was actually Zuka. She thought he had just made that up while thinking about what Zuko's name was.

"Thanks…Zuka." She said.

"So, do you just miss Zuka or something?" Katara asked.

The man sighed. "My-my parents died and all I had left was my sis Zuka. She had a bad disease and n-nobody knew how to save 'er 'cept one doctor on this little island. So, she got sent away to da island that could care for her needs... just around the same time that Z-Zula…uh, Zu-"

"Zuko." Katara said.

"Yeah… just around the time Zu-Zuko got his scar and got banished. His father was pickin' recruits for his ship so before he left I snuck onto the ship. I didn't wanna be anywhere unless I had my sis. So I wanted to leave the na-nation"

"You weren't supposed to be there…he locked you up."

"And I been in this cell ever since." He finished sadly. "Two years and no where else. Just in this tiny cell alone."

"You can blame yourself for that." Zuko replied. The two jumped. They hadn't even seen or heard Zuko come up. This time he was alone, unlike last time when he had three guards and his uncle there.

"H-how long have you been standing there?" Katara asked.

"I'll ask the questions here. Danshu, how many times have I told you not to talk to anyone? Katara, stay away from him." Zuko said taking the key off the chain on the wall and opening her cell.

"But why?" Katara asked as she was pulled out of the cell by her arm by the prince. She didn't even know that he knew her name.

"Some things are better left unsaid." Zuko said cooly.

Katara looked at the man. He turned away so she couldn't see his face. She frowned. "Come with me." Zuko said tugging on her arm some more. Katara had tuned him out so she couldn't hear Zuko, but his non-stop pulling made it hard. She finally had the strength to stop looking at the man and move her feet. She looked down at the ground with a long and silent sigh.

'Looks like I have no choice.' Katara thought. "B-but where are you taking me?" She asked Zuko while looking up. Katara knew if she kept trying to look up at the tall 16 year-old Prince's face, her neck would get sore- and quick.

"I'm taking you to a different cell." He said. He opened the door. But it wasn't the door to another cell. Zuko opened a door to the main hall. Katara tried to let out a gasp in her throat, but it stayed into her throat.

"But- I-"

"Shhhhhh..." said the quiet prince.

Katara had no idea where he was taking her, or why she was trusting her at that moment, but she did. She hated him and knew that she wouldn't let anything happen while she was on that ship.

Nothing. And she knew the Prince felt the same way.

End of chapter three! This one is my personal favorite so far! I hope you like it as much as I do, too!

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