Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar.
AN: I'm back! O.k. I'm not going to keep you guys waiting with my babbling, especially since I left Katara in that little situation with Jet. "I want you." Geez, couldn't just send her flowers and a box of candy and call it a day? Ah well. Let's check up on them shall we?
Chapter Eight: Nothing More
Katara stumbled back slightly as he said it. Sokka and Aang rushed to her side. They hadn't heard Jet's words.
"I'm not afraid of you, Jet." She said as she put on a mask of bravery. Yet, in truth, she was frightened. " You stay away from me, and from us, before I do much worse than freeze you to a tree."
"Oh, we're shaking in our rebel boots, Katara." Smellerbee leapt down from the trees. Had he been there the whole time?
She simply glared at them. Jet leaned in to whisper in her ear.
"I'll be back, don't you worry about that." He hissed.
He and Smellerbee jumped into the trees, but not before she lashed out a fierce water-whip. She was rather satisfied to hear the younger boy cry out in pain.
"Katara, what did he say to you?" Aang asked as the girl turned around and started walking back to camp.
"Nothing you need to wory about." Katara mumbled.
She passed Iroh and Zuko, who was still leaning against the tree. She glared at him.
"I told you to stay off your leg!" She hissed before continuing to the campsite.
There was a deadly silence that night, which made everyone feel rather uncomfortable. Everyone took turns standing guard that night.
They knew they were being watched.
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Ruhuo was out on deck slightly before sunrise the next morning. He was more than anxious to begin on learning the advanced set.
As he looked out at the ocean he couldn't help but think about the way Zula had acted the day before. It was rather strange, seeing her enjoying herself for once. He felt a certain sense of pride knowing that he had been the one to make her laugh.
She has a pretty laugh...
Ruhuo mentally slapped himself. She was his firebending master, nothing more.
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Zula sat in her room, looking out the window at the small golden sliver of the sun on the horizon. She was anxious to teach Ruhuo the advanced set.
As she looked out at the horizon she couldn't help but think of the way she had acted the day before. She had laughed, smiled, and joked within a range of three minutes. The image of Ruhuo's smile made itself visable in her mind. The smile she had made.
He has a handsome smile...
Zula mentally beat herself. She was out on a mission, not only to captue the Avatar, but to kill her brother to avenge the death of the man she had loved.
He was her firebending pupil, and nothing more.
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The sun was just beginning to peek over the trees when Sokka awoke. This was rather strange for two reasons. He was never up this early, ever. He was the last to have guard duty.
Realizing what had happened he stumbled, half asleep, to Katara's sleeping bag. He shook her slightly, only to realize that it wasn't her at all. He reached in and pulled out a handful of leachi nuts, along with a note. It wasn't Katara's handwriting.
Tisk, tisk, Sokka. Falling asleep on guard duty!
Oh, don't you worry about Katara, I'll take care of
her. Unlike you. You had firebenders right there!
Suggesting that you don't come looking for her,
Jet
Sokka let out a cry of frustration, waking everyone else. Zuko saw him rip a piece of parchment into tiny pieces and kick his sister's sleeping bag. He couldn't hide his shocked expression as Sokka turned to face him. That's about when Zuko noticed that a rather large quantity of nuts had spilled from the sleeping bag. Tears were streaming down Sokka's face.
"He kidnapped her!" Sokka finally choked out. "Jet took Katara!"
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AN: Sorry for the short chapter. From now on I'll be updating this fic (Or desperately trying) every weekend. Sometimes I'll get lucky and have enough free time to do so after school, but that is highly unlikely.
Cookies to the person to figure out what happens next.
A.)Zuko rescues Katara, despite his injury
B.)Aang and Sokka rescue Katara, but she still tries to be nice to Zuko
C.)Despite her mission, Zula feels something for Ruhuo and doesn't tell herself otherwise
D.)Zula is constantly getting on to herself for thinking about him, but she goes on with her plan
E.)They ALL (zuko,zula,katara,&ruhuo) ignore what they feel for now...
Hehe. Hey, cookies are cookies. Remember it can be more than one of these...
Also, I was wondering if any of you knew when the next eppie is coming. I am seriously about to die...
Until next I update...
JAAF