Scene: Zuko and Iroh just finished running from Azula. They are sitting near the river at this time.
Zuko took out the knife that he got from his uncle many years ago. He put it to his head, and cut his ponytail. Then he gave it to his old uncle who was exhausted from running, he did the same. As they were about to set the hair into the river, a man popped his head out of the water. But it wasn't just any man, it was thecaptain from Azula's ship. The one that Zuko threw into the water.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Zuko yelled.
"I just wanted to say thanks for getting me away from Azula." he smiled.
"Look, we are sorta busy at the moment. Can you come back later?" asked Iroh politely.
"Sure thing!" he replied as he dove back into the water.
As soon as thecaptain was gone, they put their hair in the water and stood up.
"Let's go before thatcaptain comes back." said Iroh starting to walk off.
Zuko nodded in agreement. They ran farther into the forest, hoping to loose the captain. After an hour of running, they sat down under a tree near the same river. "Do you think we ran far enough up stream?" asked Zuko out of breath.
"I think so." replied his uncle.
They were quiet for a while, trying to capture the breath that they lost from running. "Excuse me..."
"What?" asked Iroh now looking at his nephew.
"Huh?" asked Zuko looking at his uncle strangely.
"You said, 'Excuse me.' Why should I excuse you? Prince Zuko, did you... You know, fart?"
"No I did not! Also, you know I do not say excuse me for anything!"
"That would be me." said a third male voice, laughing.
Iroh and Zuko slowly looked at the river, looked down and saw the captain. "As I was saying, Excuse me, but did you loose these?" he asked holding up the hair that they both cut.
"Why you little..." started Zuko getting up with smoke coming out of his mouth and nose.
The captain saw how angry he was, so he said, "Gotta go! Again, thanks for throwing me off the ship!" and dove into the water, barely missing one of Zuko's fire attacks.
"Let's get away from this crazy river." said Iroh slowly walking away.
Zuko began to walk along with Iroh, then asked, "What do you think he is going to do with our hair?"
"Some Voodoo magic I suppose." he replied.
Zuko laughed (Surprising, I know). Then his uncle gave him a weird look and said, "It wasn't a joke, have you seen his room?"
With that, Zuko stopped dead in his tracks, fell silent with his eyes bugged out and his mouth wide open.
"Zuko, it is not polite to stare with your mouth open." said his uncle looking at him.
Authors Note: Strange, I know. But during that whole scene in the show, I kept expecting for the general to show up or something. So that is how I came up with this. There is only one time I remember Zuko laughing, it was when the Pirate's ship was taken.
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