Sorry for the long update it took me a while to write this chapter so enjoy!

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chapter three

Aang looked back and sighed. 'I think i lost them' he thought. He whiped his face with his sleeve and jumped up into a tree. He curled into a ball and stayed like that. Mikki moved a branch out of the way and it came back and slapped him in the forhead. "Stupid trees." he mummbled. "Aang." he yelled. He looked around and sighed. "Well when you get the anger out of your sistem come back too camp, okay?"he yelled.

He sighed and started walking back. Aang peeked out from his arm and frowned. "Wait, Mikki." he said. Mikki stopped and looked back. Than he looked up and smiled slightly. "Can I come up there?" he asked. Aang nodded and watched him. Mikki climbed up the tree and sat next to him. "So why are you so mad? You knew Katara and Zuko were going to get together." he explained.

Aang nodded and looked away. "I know, but...I don't know she's the only person I've felt like this about before." he said and looked back at him, a big cheesy smile on his lips. Mikki laughed and nodded. "I know how you feel. You remember Patience, from the Earth Kingdom we went too? Well I liked her but when I found out she was married, now that hurt but I got over it, and so will you." he said and patted Aang;s back.

Aang sighed and nodded. "Maybe your right." Mikki nodded. "Aren't I always right?" he said and laughed. Aang laughed too and stood. "You want help down?" he asked. Mikki looked over the edge and nodded. "Yes, please."

Zuko and Katara walked through the trees hand in hand. "Zuko do you even have any idea how much he is going too hate us now?" Katara said. Zuko looked at her and frowned. "Yes Katara, for the thousanth time, yes I understand!" he said. Katara crossed her arms and frowned. "I was just saying." she said and looked ahead.

Zuko sighed and looked off to the side. He stopped and smiled. "Hey, umm..Katara you go that way and I'll look over here, that way we make more ground." Zuko said and started walking. Katara cocked an eyebrow nad shrugged. "Whatever." she mummbled. "Aang, Mikki." Zuko whispered loudly but not loud enough for Katara too hear him. Mikki stopped and looked back.

Aang did too and grumbled. "Hey Aang, I'm deeply sorry, okay I didn't mean too, I mean I don't know what got into me, but..." Aang put a finger up and gave a big grin. "It's okay Zuko, me and Mikki talked and I feel better. But thank you, I ecept your apoliges." he said. Zuko smiled and breathed out a big thing of breath. Aang laughed and hugged him.

Zuko's eyes got big and he patted Aang weirdly on the back. Aang let go of him and sighed looking around. "Where is Katara?" he asked. Zuko pointed toward the way Katara was walking. Aang smiled at Zuko and started running toward her. "Katara!" Aang yelled. Mikki sighed. "Well let's head back to camp, they'll go there once their done." Zuko bit his lip and nodded. Following Mikki.

Aang ran through the trees breathing steady. "Katara!" he yelled.

Katara looked behind her and looked around. "Hello?" Katara said. Than she heard a voice. "Hello" she looked behind her and gasped. "Who are you?" she said. "My name is Jet, leader of the Freadom Fighters." he said and bowed. "And what would your name be?" he asked. Katara gulped, she had heard of them, they hated the fire nation, but then again who didn't?

"Umm...Kasy...Water." she said looking around hoping he wouldn't find out she was fire nation. But then again she was a waterbender. "Ow...really? I could have sworn you were fire nation...did you buy that outfit from the fire nation?" Katara nodded and put a fake yet sexy smile. "Yes kind sir, you see I'm a peasent who travels and I passed a fire nation town and bought some clothes you know since I don't have...ummm to many." she said watching him circle around her like a vulter.

Jet nodded. "A traveler huh?" she nodded and cleared her throught. "Maby I should get going, my umm...family might be looking for me." she said and started walking. "May I excort you back?" he said and walked up too her. "Oh...umm..no that won't be needed I'm perfectly capable myself thank you." she said and started walking again.

"Katara!" yelled a voice. Katara looked at the tree and Aang dropped down. "There you are, I just wanted too say I'm sorry, I mean I know you two like each other and well maybe I over reacted." Aang said and rubbed the back of his neck. Katara looked over his shoulder at Jet who raised an eyebrow. "Umm...Aang this is Jet." Katara said and pointed behind him. Aang looked at him and back at her.

"You're cheating on Zuko already!" Aang yelled. Katara covered his mouth looking around. When she saw Zuko wasn't there she let go. "No! he found me when I was trying to find you." she said and blushed slightly. Aang blushed too and laughed. "Wow for a moment.." Katara laughed and took his hand. "Well it was nice meeting you Jet." Katara said and started walking, pulling Aang with her. Aang smiled and started running.

Katara gasped and started running as fast as she could behind him. Aang looked back at her and laughed. Katara was running out of breath and was tripping after him. He slowed down and started back at a walk. Katara smiled at him and started breathing deeply. "Wow." she said horsly. Aang pushed back some tree branched and walking into the camp site. Zuko looked at her and smiled.

"Good your okay." he said. She nodded and put her hair down. "Zuko maybe we should start getting ready too got to sleep." Zuko nodded and walked over to her. Katara walked over to Appa and climbed up on his tail. 'This is going to be a long night.' Katara thought.

Jet smiled and looked at the boys. "Well boys get ready because at sundown we attack the fire nation scum I met today, Princess Katara." He said with a smirk.

All the boys cheered and whooped. "Kill Princess Katara!" they all said in a chorus.

A figure in the bushes looked at them and darted off toward the avatar's camp.

They cleaned up everything and where sitting around a big fire Zuko had made. Katara laid her head on Zuko's chest and focused on his heartbeats. Then before she knew it she had fallen asleep. Zuko looked down at her and saw she was sound asleep. "Aang where are we going too head tomaro?"

Aang looked at him and sighed. "Well I need too learn earthbending still. So I guess maybe even.." Aang pulled out a map and pointed too a part of the earth nation. "They have a great fortune teller there also, and they have earthbenders." Zuko nodded and laid against a tree.

"Wow, this has been a long day hasn't it?" Mikki said coming back with a bannana in his mouth. Zuko snickered. "You don't know the half of it." Zuko looked down at Katara when she started squirming. "Sokka please, no don't kill him..." "Zuko!" she yelled and shot up. Zuko put a hand on her shoulder. "Katara! Wake up." he said. Katara looked at him and hugged him.

"He won't leave me alone, not even in my dreams." Katara sobbed into his chest. He started to rub her back and looked at Aang and Mikki. They both excanged lookes and frowned. Zuko took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "You know Katara I know how you feel. I have a sister named Azula, and she has too be the most horrible person, she's worse than Ozia himself." Zuko said. "She wants me dead too, she wants the throne and since I'm the oldest and the male, I get the throne." Katara nodded into his chest and let go slowly.

'I've heard of her before.' Katara thought. Her eyes shot open big. "Azula is my step brother's fianca!" Katara said. Zuko looked at her and his eyes shot big. "Azula is marrying Sokka?" Mikki asked. Katara shook her head. "No, my step brother Egon." she said. Everyone was giving Katara blank looks. She sighed. "When my Ozia killed my mother Ursa, he got remarried to a woman named August. And she has a son named Egon." she explained.

Katara looked at them and than heard something. She looked in the trees and a boy about Zuko's age stepped out. He was wearing a black outfit like Mikki and Sokka wore but it was tight and didn't have the leg slits. He had black hair and purple eyes. He was a very attractive person if she could say so. He smiled at her. "Are you Katara of the water tribe?" he asked in a gentle yet damanding voice.

Zuko and Mikki and Aang all looked at him. "Who are you?" Aang asked. The man smiled and bowed. "My name is Gerard." he said and looked back at Katara. "So are you?" he asked. She shook her head. "I'm from the..." Zuko put his hand over her mouth. "Would you excuse us?" he aksed. Gerard nodded. He turned Katara around and gave her a look. "Are you crazy?" he said. "You can't tell him your from the fire nation, he could kill you." he said.

"Well than I'm just going to have to get to know him a little better than aren't I?" she said and stood up walking up too him. "May I ask where you are from? Are you from the water tribe?" she asked. Gerard started laughing and shook his head. "No, I'm from the fire nation actually, but I've been living in the earth nation for years." he said. Katara smiled and looked at Zuko who had a defeted look on his face.

"Well Gerard I'm sorry too say I am not, I am from the fire nation." she said. Gerard's eyebrows rose. "Oh really?" he said. He started to walk around her in circles. Katara watched him carefully. "You don't look fire nation, dark hair, dark skin, blue eyes. To me that is water tribe." he said. He grabbed her arm and pulled her up to him so she was laying on his chest. Zuko growled and got up. He lit his hands. "Get away from her!" he snarled.

Gerard looked at him calmly. "And your a firebender." Than he looked at Katara. "But your a waterbender." She cocked an eyebrow. "How do you know I'm a waterbender?" she asked. He smiled. " I can tell from your eyes and from you skin texture." he said. Zuko ran at him his fists full of fire. Gerard waved his hand andZuko was stuck there. Katara looked at what was keeping him there, it was black. Zuko had worry in his eyes.

"What are you?" he said. "I am Gerard, the last shadow bender." he said. Katara gasped and looked at him. He looked at her and smiled. "And I'm here too protect you Princess Katara."

Ya okay I know Gerard is kind of creep but hey u got to admitt he is pretty cool. SO do you think he will join them? Will Aang find a earthbending master? Will Zuko get a little jelous? Will momo get Mikki's bannana? Well you will find out in the next chapter.

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-Z.F