Okay, thank you all for reviewing! Keep 'em coming if you want more chapters coming! I'm glad to see some more people decided to review. Thanks guys, that means a lot to me! Especially since I started going around looking at stories on this site, and some might even have ten chapters and only eighteen reviews! That really means a lot to me that you guys are considerate enough to review back. I find myself very fortunate to have 51 reviews in only four chapters.
Let's see how this chapter blows over. I've been dying to write it- too busy. This is the only time my life is like- dead. I love this time of the day. It's mid five to six in the p.m. Nobody's home at this time of night except my dad who's down in the basement playing pool with one of his client-friends. Anyway, before we get on with the story and reviews, let's get on with the past reviews.
SovereignxXxBrunette: Hmm…well, it's nice to know I'm not alone in the retarded have-no-clue-what-to-do-on-this-site department. Lol.
Outsane: Yeah, I love The Blue Spirit, too. I'm kind of thinking maybe the show will do something with The Blue Spirit again…Thanks for reviewing.
GO-GO-POWER-RANGERS: Well, not only would that be mean…I find it kind of disgusting. But I know a few people on this site that would probably love to see or hear or read Zuko raping her. Fortunately for all the much mature people out there, that is not where my story is leading up to.
Zukoscute2: You'll see…thanks for reviewing.
C.A.M.E.O.1. And Only: Well, at least you said 'in a good way' this time. Lol. Thanks for reviewing.
Wilderness-writer: Hmm…cliffys. I've heard about those, never really knew what they meant (yeah…still new to this site, here.) Thanks for reviewing.
Kicker123: Thanks, glad ya do. I do too.
SweetStories11: Wow! Thanks! But I don't know- I think I was kind of trying to make him a bit outta his demeanor. But whatever. It gets weirder in this chapter. But you'll never really know because this chapter bases mostly on Aang and Sokka.
Chocolate Swirlz: Thanks for stopping by and reviewin'!
LatinaMewTitan: Wow, two people mentioning about the Blue Spirit? Again, thanks. Also again, thank you for reviewing. Glad you liked the story.
Akki818: Thanks. Also again, thank you. I'm glad you reviewed. And I was trying to make Zuko out of character. Maybe Sokka and Aang, too. But they were tense. I can picture the team just crumbling to pieces without the glue that holds them together. And when I say the glue that holds them together- I mean Katara.
Fairy Frost: Well, then, this is your day! Or night! Or afternoon…or whenever you read this story. Late afternoon, before dawn…whatever. Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is that Aang and Sokka are totally leading this chapter all the way.
Okay, I won't be here for a little while, so the next time I'll update this story is probably going to be next weekend. I have other things to do and I'm a little stuck on this part with the Zuko and Katara scenes. I know I've written everything down at what's going to happen in what chapter and everything…I misplaced the notes for this chapter.
Note to self- Staple Forbidden Love plans once all found.
Disclaimer: I own Avatar, a Viper, the Play Boy mansion, and half of a twizler…yeah, I wish.
Chapter Five: The Burned Family
Aang loosened his grip on Appa's reins as he thought. For some reason now, his mind was all cleared. He was able to think straight forward once more. He still knew Katara was gone, Sokka and him kept getting into fights, and that he should be worried and upset about both situations, but just one thing dragged at the edge of his mind.
'I am the Avatar. And Zhao, is a crazy lunatic trying to capture the Avatar- me!' But Aang must've been talking aloud because Sokka loudly cleared his throat. When Aang turned around to face him, Sokka's eyebrow was arched and he was eyeing Aang with the weirdest look.
"Uhh…just be quiet." Aang snapped whipping his head back in the direction Appa was flying.
"I am the Avatar, And Zhao is a crazy lunatic trying to capture the Avatar- me!" Sokka mused.
"Shhuuddup." Aang growled between the crease in his mouth where his teeth weren't gritted down to the bone. Sokka stopped mimicking Aang, but he was still humming a tune that sounded just like "I am the Avatar, And Zhao is a crazy lunatic trying to capture the Avatar- me!" to Aang.
"Ah! Zhao the crazy lunatic is trying to kill me! Help me dear Avatar!" Sokka mocked him in a small girly little voice.
"Sokka- stop." He replied gruffly. "Now, where should we land? A little way's in front of the big double hatched steel gates, or in the woods where we can cover ourselves and walk to the front gate." Aang suggested.
"Uh…both of those sound exactly the same." Sokka pointed out.
"SOKKA! IF WE'RE GOING TO EVER GET KATARA BACK, WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE ZHAO SENT ZUKO!" Aang screamed throwing his silly little Avatar fit again.
"Listen, all I said was that they sounded both the same!" Sokka stood up with his fists clenched. Aang leaped up and landed face to face with Sokka with his fists clenched.
"If we are to ever see Katara again, we need to ask Zhao where he sent Zuko!" Aang screamed.
"Yeah, one, again with the repeating yourself! Two, WHY DON'T WE JUST FLY AROUND THE HORIZON'S COAST IN THE OCEAN! WE'RE BOUND TO FIND SOME GIANT BIG BLACK AND RED FIRE NAVY SHIP SOMEWHERE!" Sokka screamed back throwing his arms up in the air.
"Well, it wasn't my idea to come here! You're the one who told us to come here, weren't you?" Aang asked matter-of-factly already knowing the true answer.
"I don't know! Maybe! All I said was we won't get her back by sitting on Appa all day! You would still have us back at the campsite if I didn't tell you Katara like Zuko more then you!" Aang went out of his fighting mode. Sokka didn't notice. "Maybe you haven't noticed, but you're just some stupid little kid! She doesn't like you like you like her! I'm sure if we find her, she'll be literally- ALL OVER ZUKO! He's her age, you're two years younger then her! She doesn't love you so get over your stupid little fantasy that won't ever come true!" Sokka screamed.
Then noticing that Aang looked really hurt and not ready to kill Sokka yet, and noticing what had just come out of his big mouth, he stopped himself.
"A-Aang. I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. You've just been on my case all day and all last night, I- I- I'm sorry." He said.
"No- you're not. I deserved-" He cut off as they went flying sideways. Appa let out a paining roar. Fire balls shot through the sky from big catapults set up on the towers. Aang raced towards Appa's head and snatched the reins while still in mid air. He twisted them to the left making Appa level himself again.
Aang and Sokka were too busy screaming and hurting each other's feelings to notice that they were hovering right over Zhao's quarters.
"AAHHHHH! Aang, do something! Land, fly, scream, run around in circles until you fall off Appa and smash into the ground! ANYTHING!" Sokka cried.
"Okay!" Aang said. He shot down forward to the ground. Sokka screamed even harder. And right as they were about to force impact, Aang pulled up hard so Appa's huge tail would smash down on the ground making a split in the earth. Sokka stopped screaming and looked behind. Numerous fire bending guards and their catapults were fall into the huge crack. The others that weren't as close watched then threw their arms up in the air and began screaming and running away.
Sokka pointed and began to laugh tumbling backwards onto his stomach in too much of the hilarious sight. "Uh…Sokka!" Sokka turned around and watched as more guards filed out and black-bagged Aang. Sokka frowned.
"Do you fire benders have any other way to capture people?" Sokka asked not noticing more sneaking up on him. They grabbed his ankles and tired them up then shoved both of his hands into the back of his white strapped belt then tying them up.
"Better or worse?" One guard asked sliding him off of Appa's back and standing him up.
"What do you think?" He replied sharply as he and Aang were escorted in to a big black dojo type of building by fire navy guards.
With her eyes still closed, she felt Zuko's cold hands press against her shoulders sending her down to the ground onto the small bed. She opened her eyes.
"You stay here in your new cell for a while." He said opening a door on the right side of the room. It didn't lead to the corridor again, but it was leading to some type of room. He opened it only enough for him to quickly slip through and shut the door before she could see anything.
Zuko was now in his bedroom. He wiped his mysterious smile off of his face and sealed it back up with a gruff and scary frown. "Sometimes I scare myself on how far I'll go to get the Avatar. I cannot believe I have to pretend to be 'in love' with her so she'll fall for me then tell me where the Avatar is and what are his plans." Zuko said walking over to his dresser.
He whipped open the top drawer taking out heaps of socks, and laces, and shirts. On the bottom of the dresser drawer, the was a small music box type of box. It didn't look like it was supposed to be owned by anytime of fire nationer, really.
He gently picked up the small box and walked over to his bed. For a few moments he stared at the box with a sincere smile on his face- and a look in his eyes that showed the spirit of a hollow, hurt and lost child.
It was a beautiful box. Wooden. Painted a deep ocean blue. The edges had a thicker line of wood that was painted with a bit lighter orange. There was a golden latch to open it in the front and there was a picture of a dragon coming out of a pink sunset and yellow sun on the front, too.
He lifted up the latch and opened the box. There was mirror on the bottom of the top layer of the box. Papers and other items were placed inside the box neatly. Zuko picked up a small ring. He rubbed the golden edges and eyed his emerald birthstone in the middle closely.
'The only thing I have left. The only piece of my childhood. My mom." Zuko thought. He frowned thinking about how his childhood ended when she died when he was three years old. After that- everything was hardcore. Lonely. Zula ignored him, his father hated him- his mom was the only good thing in his life when he was a child- and now.
He placed the ring back in the box and picked up a picture of him and his parents before his sister came into the picture. But his father's face was burned out of the picture only showing his mom and him.
"My mom would have never let father burn and banish me." He said aloud to no one and nothing. Then he put the picture down and picked up a small scroll. He unraveled it.
"Ah! My new plan to capture the Avatar. One, make Danshu look like a complete murder and mean jerk. Two, send her to a new 'cell' which happened to be the room right next to mine. Three, scare her by being nice and sweet to her. Four, begin to mysteriously vanish leaving her alone with nothing to do except think about me and what in the world is going through my mind. Five, send her into a whirlwind of lust for me. Six, make every single on of her small seduction-filled dreams at my own cost. Seven, let her spill out every single secret about the whereabouts on the Avatar. Eight, capture the Avatar and his silly little guy friend. Nine, send the boy and girl overboard while sleeping and tied up. And ten, return home for honor and glory." Zuko quickly wrote down on the small parchment taking out a feathered quill pen.
"So, you thought you could get away trespassing on my territory?" Zhao asked. The two were locked onto two chairs in the Admiral's office.
"Well, yeah, I guess." Sokka replied stupidly.
"Quiet- both of you. I'll do the asking, here." Aang blurted out. Zhao stood up straight laughing.
"You?" He laughed back.
"Oh! And me!" Sokka pointed out.
"You two think you can interrogate me? You two are just stupid little children." Zhao said sharply while his laughter stopped.
"Called that one." Aang said grimly.
"Listen- if you could just tell us where you sent Zuko- then, we'll be on our way!" Sokka said offering assistance to the Avatar who obviously was now out of this conversation for good.
"Oh yeah. And you know what, why don't I just go up to the Fire Lord's palace and kill him while he's asleep so the fire nation will go wild not knowing what to do so the war will end!" Zhao said happily.
"Yeah- that'll do, too." Sokka said not catching Zhao's sarcasm.
"NO!" Zhao screamed. Sokka frowned. "You two can stay here- I don't mind." He said with a smile looking at Aang who had a frown on his face still. Then Zhao turned to Sokka's direction who began to speak again.
"That'll be great, too! But if Aang and I could just get back to Appa for our supplies-"
"IN A PRISON CELL!" Zhao screamed.
"Oh…well, can we still get our supplies?" Sokka asked dumbly. Zhao growled letting blasts of fire come of his fists. He turned back and sat down on his own little throne as if he were the Fire Lord.
Zhao snapped his fingers and two guards from his left and right walked out of two different doors. "Take the Avatar to the most secure cell here. And send the other idiot to the vat of death by fire sharks, tiger scorpions, and dragon piranhas." Zhao said quietly.
"Ah! Zhao the crazy lunatic is trying to kill me! Aang- help me!" Sokka yelped as the guards lifted him out of his seat and began escorting him to on of the side doors.
Aang, who wasn't even listening to what Zhao said simply replied, "Sorry, Sokka. I'm the one that created that little shenanigan with the 'Ah, Sokka help Zuko and a group of Fire Benders are capturing us!' comment. And besides, it's 'Ah! Zhao the crazy lunatic is trying to kill me! Help me dear Avatar!'" Aang said.
"No! Seriously! Save me!" Sokka peeped. Aang turned in Sokka's direction with a gasp. Then he got shoved out of his chair and taken to the other side door.
"I'll try, Sokka!" The dark door opened into a pitch black corridor. The door closed after Aang and the two guards taking him were fully in the very dark corridor.
'If I can save myself.'
A/N: Man, that's cool! Lol. Okay, I know there was a few little son to mother moments in here, but it's all part of my plan. I know Zutara was totally rejected in this chapter and mostly kind of flamed, but I promise it's not. Zuko and Katara will be together in this story. And very soon.
And as for Sokka, I think I might've made him too stupid in this chapter making him go a little OCC, but maybe I'm just being too picky.
Okay, please review. This is my longest chapter yet and I want the credit I deserve. But I'll stop nagging because I'm already doing pretty well. Just please give me some reviews.
Thank you!