A/N: Yeah still kinda short. But hey, I could take some suggestions you know! hmm yeah
Disclaimer: Same old, same old, I don't own Avatar... But I am plotting by evil overthrow... I WILL OWN AVATAR
MWA HA HA HA huh... cough...
Chapter 4
Secrets
Kohana woke up early in the morning and stretched. She walked onto the bridge outside the room she was staying in and watched the sunrise.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Jet walked up beside her.
"Yeah. Haven't seen a sunrise like this in a while. Haven't really gotten to see the sunrise at all for the past six years…" she realized she had said too much when she caught Jet's eyes on her, looking at her in disbelief.
"Uhh…" she looked at him like she hadn't said anything, "So when do we get to stars getting revenge on the fire nation?" she smiled.
"Now," he grabbed her arm and they leapt through the trees until they reached a small group of fire nation soldiers around a fire.
"Watch and learn," Jet prepared himself to jump, but was stopped by Kohana.
"I've waited a very long time to get back at these guys. May I?"
"Uhh…Sure…" he looked surprised.
Kohana jumped to the ground and put out the fire with a splash of water, attracting the attention of the soldiers. They stood up and shot fire at her in every direction, but to their surprise, she blocked each one with either a water ball or a shield of water. She ran towards them, shooting water all at the same time. When she was close enough to them, she began to wrap the water around them in a sphere and froze it (as seen in episode 20 when Katara freezes Zuko… Just a reminder so you can picture it…. Yeah). Still able to move, the soldiers quickly melted the ice and began to encircle Kohana. One of the soldiers caught her gaze and said:
"Well, well, well," he grinned evilly, "It's Kasui!" her eyes widened and her jaw dropped in horror.
"What?" Jet said to himself, "How the heck do they know her?"
Kohana tried to escape but they continued to encircle her. She grabbed a thin strip of water and knocked one of the soldiers to the ground, thus giving her an opening. She went for it, but just as she escaped the circle, one of the men shot her with a fire ball and she fell to the ground. She looked up to see the soldier ready to burn her to death when Jet jumped down from the trees and kicked the man to the side. He battled the soldiers until Kohana found the strength, managed to get up and froze them in their tracks. Jet grabbed her hand and pulled her back to the tree house where they caught their breath.
"How… The heck… Did he know…Your name?" Jet said through pants.
"I… Uhh… I don't know…" she said quickly.
"You're not telling me everything," he looked at her and she looked down, "Why can't you just tell me?"
"Because I just can't!" she yelled and ran off to her room.
Jet walked up to Kohana's room and peered through the doorway. She was looking at something he couldn't make it out. He knocked on the doorway. When she heard him, she hid what she was looking at in her pocket and stood up.
"Hey," Jet walked in.
"I'm sorry for yelling like that," she looked at her feet, letting her braid fall over her shoulder.
"No, it's me who should be sorry. I shouldn't have pushed you into telling me something you were uncomfortable with… I just worry about you…" He smiled and blushed a little.
"I don't blame you. There are things about me that you don't know… And I'm not so sure if I'm ready to tell anyone. Let's just say I have a dark past…" he looked into her eyes.
"Well, when you're ready, you know you can tell me…" she nodded. He started to walk out of the room when she said:
"They're after me. They have been for the past two years," he stopped and turned around in shock.
"Who?" he asked, surprised that she was already explaining everything.
"The fire nation," she gulped and looked at her feet again, "they took me away from my brother and father when I was eight… Then I managed to escape by age twelve. Those four years with them were the worst of my life. I was their slave and had to do every single thing they wanted, and then I was praised with a whip…" he put his hand on her cheek.
"I'm so sorry," he looked at her in sorry and understanding, "I will never let that happen to you again," she looked down in guilt, for she still hadn't told him the whole story.
