crying I love you all soo much. Ok I'm done. But you reviewers...I don't know what to say by..damn I love you guyses. But you what really jiggles my jello, the fact that the people create a show but they don't make enough new episodes to last an entire season, or they do and they love to torture their fans, by playing rerun after rerun after only showing maybe two or three new episodes. Yack. Okay here it is. More hell. Another dose of insanity via Malana. And a suprise ending. ( that some of you might want to kill me over. Hehe BWHAHA)

Katara sat on the bed staring as Zuko milled around his room. She looked down at Riyo who was going at his bottle greedily. She didn't understand. He had thanked her, the other evening after the horrible incident. But she didn't do anything. He was the one that kept her from being...

She looked back up at him and he was staring at her. He had been doing that alot. He had forbidden her to go anywhere without him or his uncle at her side and she was to stay where he was. She looked down at the ground, she felt like she was even more of a prisoner now. But she did get to see more of the ship. But Zuko hadn't allowed her to go on deck yet. She took the bottle from Riyo and laid him on her shoulder and patted his back.

Zuko looked over at her. He couldn' t stay in his room all day. He wanted to train. He had yet to figure out what his plan was. He could use this girl for bait, but only cowards have to use a woman to catch a man, muchless a boy. But still, if it came to last resorts it was a rather good idea. He looked back over at the girl.

"We're going on deck." She wanted to smile but she knew better. She wasn't happy on this tin can, but the fresh air would be a nice change from the dusty smell of the rest of the hull and the masculine smell of this room. She stood up and looked at him. She bundled Riyo back up and hugged him to her. Zuko started to walk from the door, which some of his men had fixed, but looked back. She wasn't moving.

"Girl! Are you coming?" She glared up at him.

"MY name is NOT girl! It's Katara! Get it right." The prince glared back at her.

"Inncolent woman. I will call you whatever the hell I please. I call you by girl, you will answer."

She growled and looked away.

"I ought to through you into the ocean." She mumbled as he started to walk off. He turned and glared at her. He walked over very close looking down at her.

"What was that? Care to speak up?" She closed her eyes tight and kicked him in the shin.

"I said, I should throw you OVERBOARD!" She growled and looked up at him. He wasn't very happy. He grabbed her by the wrists and pulled her along, being more careful with her then he would have been because she still had the child.

Malana stopped paddling with her hands and looked around. She was in the middle of nowhere getting nowhere fast.

Where the hell am I going?

After you husband.

You dumb ass he doesn't love you and he's not going to be your husband

Yes HE DOES and YES HE WILL

You don't even know where he is.

He's on a ship.

Oh my god.

Yes he's on a ship and he's headed...

She stood up on the small raft and looked around. She put her finger in her mouth and pulled it out holding it up in the air.

"That way!" She shrieked and pointed.

NOW Zuko you will be mine.

Bitch back off he's mine

Nuh uh.

Yuh huh.

Would you two shut up. We are all it the same body.

Katara stepped out onto the deck and closed her eyes. The warm sun kissed her face and a cooling cross breaze dance in her hair. It was athe first time she was actually glad to have the sun beating down on her. She also realized that she missed sleeping under the stars with her brother and Aang. How she missed them. The stupid remarks that her brother would make, the shy way Aang would comfort her and that goofy grin that always graced his face.

She opened her eyes and found a pair of golden ones staring back at her.

"What are you doing?" She furrowed her brows and took a couple steps back. He was too close.

"I was trying to enjoy the smell of fresh air instead of a sweaty nasty man, if that is alright with you! Just because I'm your prisoner doesn't mean that I have to be miserable about everything, or is that how you would rather have it!" He glared at her and shook his head. He turned around and walked to the railing.

Stupid girl. Who does she think she is? I am not nasty. I'm a prince. Prince's are never nasty. He turned and glared back at her. She had moved over and was sitting next to Iroh who was as usual drinking tea. Well at least that old fool will keep her out of my way. He said taking his shirt off as the officer he had chosen to spar with appeared.

Katara rather enjoyed talking with Iroh. If she had to be stuck on this ship, she was glad she was stuck on it with him. He was such a jolly old man, and took a real pride in his nephew.

"He's very powerful. You should watch." He said with a glint in his eye. He had seen something the other night that neither of the two stubborn hard headed teens would ever admitt. They needed one another. Zuko needed someone to confide in and trust, and the girl was in need of a 'knight in shining armor' so to speak. Or rather a knight in red and brown armor but it was all the same.

"Let me hold Riyo. To much time with a woman isn't right for a growing boy." Katara smiled and handed the baby to Iroh. He was right the baby was growing. He was getting fat. Her smile faded. She thought she knew alot about babies. And she had found herself wondering why Riyo didn't wake up several times a night.

She thought there might have been something wrong so the last night she had stayed awake, unbeknownst to Zuko. He was asleep again on the chair, which made her feel slightly guilty. But only slightly it was his idea for her to sleep there in the first place. But Riyo did wake up and several times. The first time she had started to pull him over to her when she heard Zuko get up out of his chair. She froze not knowing what to expect or what he was doing. He walked over and picked the baby up takinng him back to the chair. She had just laid there staring at the insignia. She heard Riyo suckling his bottle and Zuko talking to him softly. She couldn't here just what, but she learned something about the prince. He wasn't as hard-core as he wanted everyone to think.

She shook her head, shaking the trance from her eyes and looked over at Iroh, who was laughing and bouncing the baby gently on his knee. It seemed odd to her that the old war general and the exiled prince of the Fire Nation to take such to a baby that had been abandoned by its mother. She would have first thought they would have just dumped it into the ocean, no bigger than he was.

"Miss?" Iroh ask looking at her. She had fazed out again. She blushed and smiled.

"I'm sorry I didn't hear you." Iroh smiled. He was so understanding.

"I said, since the whole ordeal maybe you should learn some evasive manuvers nad self defense." She nodded. It was probably a good idea.

"I'll do that as soon as I set foot a free woman." She said assuringly only to get a stern look and a shake of the head from Iroh.

"Why wait so long. Zuko is an expert. I'm sure he could teach you." She looked at him as if he had just told her that she had a giant bug on her face.

"You're kidding right?"

"No?"

"I'm not going to let that egotistical, arrogant, pampered, hateful prince teach me anything!" She said crossing her arms .Iroh smiled at her and looked over her head.

"What did you call me?" She took in a breath and looked up to see the prince standing over her. She turned around and stood up.

"You heard me, why are you asking?" She hissed sarcastically.He glared at his uncle.

"What did you say?" Iroh gave a very innocent look and made Riyo do a little dance.

"Nothing, but maybe you could help her learn some moves." This made the prince furious.

"AND WASTE MY TIME! ON the likes of a woman who doesn't know which end is UP?" Katara's frown deepened and she pulled some of the ocean water to her and soaked the prince. He turned and glared at her. His hand lit fire and the water steamed off of him. Katara's eyes got wide. Wow, that's a kinda sexy trick. She shook her head mentally slapping herself. GIRL! Shut up. You've been on this boat toooo long. Your delusional. She looked back at the princec in time to duck a fist.

"You bastard! You could have hit me!" He smiled, a mischevious air to him.

"That was the point. And you first lesson."

Aang grumbled as he walked along the streets of Puo'an. He kicked a rock. It had only been a week, and while Sokka had finally woken up and was starting to get better, Katara was still out there somewhere. He tried to reason with himself. That maybe she met a man and feel desperatly in love and decided to run away with him. Maybe she had taken up in a monestary and had went on a spiritual quest. Maybe she had joined the geishas. He shook his head. No, none of that was anything she would do. He missed her. He was worried. And what was worst she could be hurt or bleeding somewhere and there wasn't a thing he could do about it.

She stumbled back after Zuko landed a hard hit. She fell down on her back and looked up at him as he towered over her.

"Ready to give it up little girl." He said through panting. He was sweating and was getting a pretty good work out. She growled at him and brought one leg up and kicked it out hitting home. Zuko let out a string of curses as he doubled over laying his forehead on the deck. Katara scrambled to her feet, trying to keep herself from laughing. Iroh covered his mouth as the girl ran over and took the baby from him sitting down right beside the general. Zuko pushed him self up and stood. The first step he took caused him to stumble. He caught himself and looked up at Katara.

"Oh now you've done it little girl. I'll get you back. But I have to say that was pretty good." He said in a strained voice.

Alrighty then, There it is and the next will be up shortly.