A/N: stares at all her reviews O.O I feel so loved! - well, we are gonna have excitement in this chapter but not the kind you might have suspected…..so keep reading and make sure u review 2

Disclaimer: If I owned Avatar, would I even bother writing this?

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Chapter 4: Ooo…new clothes!

When the ship finally docked in Chi – Seng, Iroh immediately dragged Aurora and Zuko off the ship to go shopping. Zuko almost refused, but when Aurora asked him, he agreed. After Iroh had stopped at all kinds of other shops, buying armloads of ridiculous things, they finally came to a tailor's shop.

"Ah," Iroh said to Aurora. "This will be the perfect place to buy you some new clothes!"

Her eyes lit up in wonder. "I'll really get my own clothes?"

"Of course. Why wouldn't you, Princess?" Iroh replied.

"Well, in my village, I never got new clothes. They were always hand me downs from the other villagers' children, and they were usually to big." She said, staring at the cloth in the window of the shop.

Zuko was once again startled at the treatment of the little girl. He and Iroh ushered her into the shop, where she picked out a few new outfits, and a couple ribbons for her hair.

As they all walked out of the shop, Aurora saw a girl in blue race around the corner. She was so fast Aurora thought she was seeing things. So, with purchases in tow, they all headed back to the ship.

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(With Aang and the Gang)

In the morning, Katara and the boys ate a quick breakfast before going into town. As she ate, Katara couldn't help but wonder what Zuko was doing.

Why hasn't he been chasing us? His honor is on the line! What could have happened?

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a tap on the shoulder.

"Katara?" Aang asked. "It's time to go to the market."

"Oh. Okay, Aang." She responded, shaking her head free of her previous thoughts.

They walked quickly down to the market, Sokka going to flirt, Aang going to look at useless items and Katara going to buy supplies.

As she walked down the street, buying carrots, fruits and some dried meat (for her and Sokka), she spotted something unusual.

There was Zuko, fully decked out in Fire Nation armor, in front of a tailor's shop, with a little girl and an old man! Katara knew the old man was his uncle, but who was that little girl? Katara then hid behind a fruit stand and listened to their conversation.

"Am I really getting new clothes, Daddy?" the little girl said.

"Of course," said Zuko, smiling at the girl. " Nothing is too good for a Princess."

" Yippy!" She said, hugging his waist. "Thank you, Daddy."

"Your welcome, Aurora." He replied.

Katara was shocked stiff. Zuko, ruthless prince extraordinare, had a daughter, and was smiling!

" He has a nice smile…" Katara thought. "Ah! I can't be thinking that! He's the enemy, remember?"

Zuko and the girl had already entered the shop before Katara's little episode, and were just now beginning to leave.

"I can't let them see me!" Katara said, jumping up and racing around the corner, running as fast a she could toward Appa. Little did she know that someone had spotted her running.

When she got back, Sokka and Aang had already made a fire and were lounging around the campsite, clearly waiting for her return.

"What took you so long Katara?" said Sokka. "We've been waiting for hours!"

"No we haven't Sokka. It's been more like 30 minutes." said Aang, jumping down from his place on Appa.

" Well, if you want to know, you all need to be quite and let me speak." Katara said, setting down the food she bought. She took a deep breath. " Zuko is here." She said.

"WHAT?" Sokka cried. "Where did you see him?"

"I saw him near a tailor's shop, but he didn't see me. We should leave NOW." She replied.

" Katara's right, Sokka" said Aang, gathering up the stuff and putting it on Appa. "We should get out of here while we still can."

"No need to tell me twice." Sokka replied, gathering up the rest of the camp and putting it on Appa too. Soon, everything was packed, so they all got on Appa and made their way to the next port, Kusabana, which was a week away.

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(Back with Zuko)

When they returned to the docks, a second Fire Navy ship was docked there, one that was all too familiar to Zuko.

"Zhao." He hissed, his eyes narrowing dangerously. And, speak of the devil, there he was, walking down the horn of the ship and onto the dock right in front of the Prince.

As he was walking down, Aurora asked Zuko, "Daddy, who is that?"

Before Zuko could answer, Iroh replied, "That is Admiral Zhao."

"Oh." She said, hiding herself behind Zuko. "He's scary."

"You should be scared, little girl." Zhao said, having heard the conversation. Turning to Zuko he said, "Who is she anyway? She seems a little young for you."

"Your one sick man Zhao." Zuko said, moving Aurora out from behind him. "This is my adopted daughter, Princess Aurora. Now what do you want?"

"Oh, nothing much. I was just wondering if you had any news of the Avatar?"

"No, actually I don't." Zuko replied truthfully.

"How unfortunate." Zhao said, turning to Aurora. "How old are you, little girl?"

"I-I'm f-five s-sir." She said, stuttering in fear. This man was bad news, and she could feel it.

"Funny. You act much older." He said, dismissing her. "Well I'll be on my way. Good day, general, your highnesses." Inclining his head to each of them and walking away.

"That was odd." Prince Zuko said.

"I agree. Zhao is up to something." Iroh replied.

"Let's go back to the ship. It's getting dark."

"Yes, of course."

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A/N: ok next chapter is titled "Nightmares" so stay tuned and please review! Come on, you know u want to!

- Riyumi