Here is another chapter. Zuko is out of character bad in this one, but hey I liked it. Oh and Sokka thinks a wordy dird. So be warned of language and to much sweetness.
As with all things, Rage over took the love. Katara could see herself but couldn't stop. She reached up and took his hair in her hands. With a sudden jerk she pulled him back.
Zuko swung around ready to throw some fire when he saw that he was staring into deep blue eyes. He stood up and stared at her.
"Katara?" Was all that he could say. What this must look like to her, he had no idea. And judging by the girp she had had on his hair, she wasn't as happy to see him as he was her. But the happy to see her feeling vanished as she stared at him.
Katara was boiling. She didn't know what she was going to say. She didn't even know how to start a conversation, so they just stared at each other, Katara's eyes squinted into a menacing glare, and Zuko's wide in unknowing. Zuko was the first to speak and it was just the line that Katara needed.
"Didn't think I would see you again." Don't you think he could have chose something romantic to say? No. He had to say this. Katara, as well she should have, exploded, almost literally.
"Obviously not huh?" She growled.
"What did you do? Get tired of me? Was I too much for you to handle? So you just shove me off at the first port you come to acting like you love and that it is breaking your heart to leave, but I find out that you are still here?" She stopped but before he could defend himself she started again.
"Were you looking for another woman to take advantage of? To use my Riyo as bait for a sympathy trip or a good screw?" She stopped again but only to take a breath. Zuko clamped his teeth together and looked at her waiting for her to get it all out of her system...but that might take a while.
"Speaking of which! How the hell are you going to give me a used stone! You said you loved me, you said that it was special! Then I get here and everyone and their coon dogs recognizes it as something you give! I have never been more humilated! You are such a snake! And to think that I actually do love you! You are a coward and liar! You played with my heart and toyed with my emotions like I was some sort of ...of. I don't know what!" She said throwing the necklace down at his feet. Zuko looked down at the necklace and bent down taking it in his hand. He shook it a little looking at it, then looked back up at her. Her face was red and she seemed ready to cry.
"Are you done?" Do you see a pattern here? Zuko has a way of saying the wrong things at the wrong times.
"NO I am not done! How could you think so highly of yourself to take away the only mother that your son has ever known! You didn't even think of him when you got rid of me! All you were thinking about was yourself!" She stopped. She was running out of things to yell at him about. Zuko took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"Katara..please listen to me." Katara crossed her arms over her chest and snorted. Zuko smiled. He remembered her getting after him for doing that exact same thing.
"This stone, has been in my family for generations. Given to me by my mother to give to the one woman that I deem worthy of my affection." He said attempting to rectify what had seemingly gone up in flames.She glared at him. His explanation needed further explaining. He rolled his eyes and tried to hand the necklace back to her but she wouldn't take it.
"Katara, you are the only person that I have ever even offered it to." Katara still wasn't convinced. Zuko sighed and reached down his collar, pulling out the long chain that he had adorned with her mother's stone. Katara's face softened as she looked at the chain around his neck.
"Here, If you don't believe me, I'm going to give this back to you.." Katara shook her head and held her fist to her chest, the words that had been building up to back the rage were vanishing to the utter confusion that the love was pushing forward. She squinted her eyes and looked up at him.
"Why are you still here?"
"I did leave. I didn't lie to you. You think that you were the only one that suffered from my decision?" Katara's face softened.
"Then why did you come back?" Deep inside Katara knew that he hadn't come back for her but oh what a lovely thought it was. Zuko's face hardened and it looked almost like his eyes were welling, but that dissappeared fast. He looked back at her with blank eyes.
"Riyo got sick." Katara gasp clasping one hand over her mouth. Now she truly felt terrible. She had called the one man that she loved, a liar, a coward...and plenty of other things because she thought he was being malicious towards her, but here he was trying to help his only son like a good father should. Tears burned her eyes.
"Is..is he okay?" Zuklo looked down at her with a warm smile and nodded. She truly love the child. Katara nodded, then looked up at him. Something had been truly bothering her. Almost as soon as her feelings had shown up she wondered on whether or not it was her he loved or just the companionship of a woman.
"Do you even like me?" She faltered. It wasn't what she wanted to ask, but the answer she got would be just as good. Zuko stared at her a little taken off guard by the question.
"No..." He said quietly not knowing what this woman of his was trying to get at. Katara stared at him a little hurt. She remembered once he had called her pretty, did that change too?
"Do you still think that I am pretty?" Zuko got it. He tried not to smile, he was going to take this as something to make the relationship between them as smooth as silk.
"No.." He said quietly shaking his head. Katara felt like she was going to cry. This bastard. Did he even realize how cold hearted he was being? Or did it just come natural? He was answering her without the slightest since of remorse. She shook her head and wrapped her arms around her waist hugging herself trying to make herself calm down. She looked upat him with urgentcy in her eyes.
"Would you even cry if I walked away from you right now and didn't look back?" She stared at him. She didn't know what he was going to say but she had a good idea. Zuko stared at her in return. He looked casually over to the vender who was watching them intently, but upon being seen he quickly went back to his work, working harder to look busy then actually working. Zuko looked back at Katara.
"No." He said flatly. Katara looked up at him her eyes full of devastation. But she knew she should have expected that. It seemed that was the only word he knew at the moment. She clamped her mouth shut clenching her teeth. She turned to walk away with a huff but he grabbed her arm. She turned back and glared at him.
"What do you want now?" Zuko smiled smuggly and pulled her close wrapping his arms around her. She looked up at him as his golden eyes radiated, as he looked back down at her.
"Silly girl. I don't just like you I love you." He said and planted a kiss on her forehead. He pulled back and looked at her again.
"I don't think you are pretty, you are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen." He smiled and kissed her on the cheek.
"Any man would be honored to have you love him." He said kissing her on the other cheek. But when he pulled back to look into her eyes the last time, his face was stern and his eyes were very sincere.
"And dear lady, I've lost you once, by my own reckless decision and it almost killed me. This time if you were to walk away, I wouldn't cry, I couldn't. I would waste away and die." He said touching his nose to hers before he continued down to kiss her soft lips.
Sokka dropped his boomerang, scuffing up the newly bought sheeth. He couldn't believe what he saw. He had just turned the corner and seen Zuko, one of their most hated enemies. But that wasn't the shocker, his sister, Katara, who said she shared as much hatred for him as the others, was in the fucker's arms, and kissing him! Sokka now knew what his dream had symbolize, beacuse he wanted to move. He wanted to pick up his boomerang and slice the fire nation fool's head clean off his shoulders. But he couldn't move. He was in shock, and was overwhelmed and drowing in emotions.
Katara pulled back and smiled at him.
"God, that was very sweet. Who are you and what have you done with Zuko?" She said but jumped as the blood stone in her hand started to get hot. She yelped as it burnt her hand and she dropped it. Zuko stared at her then looked down to the stone seeing it glowing a bright red.
"That is the second time that that has happened." Zuko looked up at her with a streak of worry in his eyes.
"The blood stone only glows if something is about to happen, or has happened, and it usually isn't good." He turned back to look behind themin the direction of the doctor's house.
"Something happened?" Katara ask looking at Zuko as he turned and looked back to her. Zuko's eyes narrowed as he looked past her and his face turned to stone.
"NO, but something's about to!" Another voice screamed over the crowd.
Alrighty then. Another cliffy I guess. I want at least 12 reviews for this one, before I put up the next chapter. Hehehe I like to be mean like that. oh and psst. if you want to you can review more then once...looks around but I didn't say anything...so shhh.