Yea, I know I said numero four comes with reviews, but I was bored, so, here we go… I think you'll like this one a bit better. In this chapter Aang will start to Fire Bend, and there's gonna be a little Zutara and Kataang action. Or at least Zutara in this one. Kataang comes later on…

"Right, Uncle." Zuko answered obediently.

"Well, you can't Fire Bend on an empty stomach, now can you? Let's all come inside." Iroh said kindly and pulled away one side of the opening to reveal two hammocks set up. They stretched from one wall of the tent to the other, so it was quite difficult to move around. Iroh pointed at a very small table set up in one of the corners of the tent. "Enjoy." He said as he pointed to the table. Aang, Katara and Sokka looked where he was pointing. But as soon as they laid their eyes on what was there, they really wished they hadn't looked at all. On the table were five dead, bloody meerkats stacked on top of each other; their arms and legs dangling off the sides of the table. Cloths were put down so no blood got on the floor of the tent. Their insides had obviously been taken out, because they were sitting in a bowl on the table, next to the meerkats' lifeless bodies. In the corner opposite from the meerkats were two spears, dripping with what the three children guessed to be meerkat blood.

"Ewww..." Sokka said; his face twisted in a disgusted grimace.

"Be grateful. This will be your lunch, breakfast, and dinner for the next few days." Zuko said with an evil smile.

"Oh, but for dessert, we have speared bobcat! Those are much harder to find, but they taste so good!" Iroh said with a smile.

"Are they gonna look like that?" Sokka asked, pointing to the meerkats.

"If you get on my nerves they will." Zuko said, advancing on Sokka.

"Okay, okay, okay." Sokka said disbelievingly.

"Well, if no one's hungry, I guess it's time to hit the sack. Goodnight." Iroh said, and blew out the burning candle inside of a lantern hanging by his bed.

"We three will sleep outside. Goodnight everyone." Aang said.

"Goodnight." Katara and Sokka said in unison.

Once outside, Katara asked Aang, "Do you think they'll actually do it? I mean, do you think they're going to teach you Fire Bending?"

"Yea! Isn't it great? Now I can defeat the Fire Lord!" Aang said excitedly.

"How do we know we can trust them? I mean, what if they just said that to get us out here. Then when they have us right where they want us, they're gonna come and kill us in our sleep!" Sokka said, hiding under his blanket.

"Sokka, don't be ridiculous. They would never do anything like that." Katara said. She smiled broadly at the tent where Iroh was fast asleep. But Zuko was sitting up in his hammock, not the least bit tired. He was thinking about Katara. He didn't know why, but he couldn't stop thinking about her. She was so beautiful and kind. He remembered the way she had saved him from falling on those scorching flames. He kept thinking about her until he finally fell asleep, when he dreamt about her until morning.

Outside, Aang noticed Katara staring at the tent and smiling widely. She looked as if she were in a daze. Aang snapped his fingers in front of her face, and she looked around.

"What?" Katara asked, clueless.

"You were staring at the tent, smiling weirdly. I think I even saw a little bit of drool." Sokka said, coming out from underneath his blanket. He laughed at his own joke.

"Oh… I'm sorry. I didn't realize… I was just thinking…" Katara couldn't think of a way to finish any of those sentences without giving away what she was really thinking about- Zuko. He seemed so rebellious and dangerous. Katara thought he was absolutely amazing.

That night Aang slept a little uneasily. He didn't know what Katara meant by what she said earlier, but he had a good idea. He loved Katara, and he didn't want her to like someone else. Aang doubted he could ever tell Katara his feelings now, and he was starting to think she didn't feel the same way anyway.

In the morning, Aang woke up before anyone else. He stood up, put away his sleeping things, and took a look inside the tent. Iroh was still asleep, but Zuko was sitting on his hammock, with his head in his hands.

"Hey Zuko." Aang said as he cautiously stepped into the tent.

Zuko looked up and smiled. That probably makes the first time in like, ever. (A/N ;p;)

"So you're serious about taking on the Fire Lord, huh?" Zuko asked Aang.

"Yes. As the Avatar, I believe it is my duty to restore peace, balance and tranquility to The Fire Nation, The Water Tribes, The Earth Kingdom and The Air Nomads." Aang replied, standing straight and tall. Then a smile broke out on both boys' faces. "But I do want peace and balance to be restored. And as the Avatar, I think I can do that. But I need your help, Zuko. Will you help me?" Aang asked, breakin' out the puppy dog pout.

Zuko was silent for a minute. Then he said, "I will help you learn Firebending, and I will fight by your side when you take on Azula. But I cannot help you take down my father." He got very quiet. "I'm sorry, Aang."

"I understand. Wait, you called me Aang." Aang said.

"Yea? So?" Zuko asked.

"Well, nothing, it's just that you usually call me "The Avatar". That's all."

"Well, Aang, times have changed." Zuko said with an unfathomable expression on his face.

"Yea." Aang replied, remembering the look on Katara's face the previous night. "Well, can we get started please?"

"Yea. Let's go outside."

So Aang and Zuko went back outside the tent. Sokka, who was packing up his sleeping materials, took absolutely no notice of the two boys coming out, but Katara, who was also packing up, dropped her blanket as soon as she saw Zuko emerge from the tent behind Aang. Sokka looked at her with a confused expression on his face, then followed her gaze to Aang and Zuko. He smiled. He thought Katara was smiling at Aang again, when she was actually looking solely at Zuko. He's so perfect, Katara thought. Zuko looked at Katara. I'll bet she likes Aang. Just look at the way she's staring at him, Zuko thought.

"Hey guys!" Katara began casually. "Hey Zuko, are you going to teach Aang Firebending today?"

"Huh uh." Zuko replied quietly. "Ok Aang, are you ready?" He asked, going around the pile of firewood and towards the open desert.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Aang replied.

"Okay, Aang, you must be like a predatory animal. Track your prey until shows weakness, then go in for the KILL!" Zuko said loudly. "In Firebending, there are not many defensive moves, so you must make up for it with your passionate blows of fire. There are a variety of shapes and different ways to make the shape you want." Zuko went on.

"So can you make, like, a fire blast in the shape of an airplane? Or a dog? Or winged-lemurs?" Sokka asked, indicating Momo, Aang's pet lemur, who had slept through most of the time they had been with Zuko and Iroh.

"No!" Zuko shouted. "Not those shapes. Let me demonstrate." With that Zuko stepped back and faced the pile of firewood. With an angry look on his face, he made a short, quick jab at the air with his fist and fire came careening from his body towards the firewood. "Your turn." He told Aang, not even bothering to look back at the huge fire he just created.

A/N Ok well.. Aang kinda sorta learned Firebending there. But in the next Chappie, Aang will do all sorts of Firebending moves and find what it takes to be Firebender. Also: Zuko and Katara's relationship starts to unfold. How will Aang take the news? Can he use it to his advantage?