A/N: Chapter Five Everyone! R&E!

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To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.

Chapter Five: The Eyes at the Agni Kai

Auralee snuck into th arena. It was sunset and the two firebenders from earlier were about to have the Agni Kai. She had listened to the men talk for a few mintues more and had heard them plan this. She saw the too men face eachother in the rink and had a good idea of who was who. The bigger man had servants and people with him, while the other boy only had a short old man. She glanced at the wall behind the younger boy and could have sworn she saw a pair of golden eyes looking down on the two men from a vent. She blinked and they were gone. I guess it was just a trick of the light. She thought to herself, and returned her attention to the fight below (She was hiding in the royal's stand).

"This will be over quickly." The older man, who she assumed was Zhou, said as he turned to face Zuko.

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Terra watched for the second time in her life as Zuko turned to face a master bender in Agni Kai. Why Zuko? Why do you do this to yourself? She thought as she watched her best friend try and fail to hit Zhou with multiple fire blasts. Iroh was shouting advice to his nephew as Zhou knocked him to the ground. From her place above the fight, she could she pain of memory in the prince's eyes as the commander was about to deliver the final blow. He was stopped, however, and knocked backwards as Zuko gathered all he stregth and advanced on this hated man. Zhou fell on his back and had the prince's fist in his face in the blink of an eye.

"Do it!" Zhou yelled and prepared for the scarring blow, but it didn't come.

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Auralee left as Zuko and his Uncle walked out of the sparring rink. She had learned enough, they would not trade with this "Commander Zhou" He was ticky ad false and they did not need someone scamming them and shaming the name of the Half Moon.

When she arrived back at the ship, she went immediately to the captain's cabin. Auralee knocked on the door and received an "Enter."

She walked in and the Captain looked up.

"Auralee! What brings you here? Shouldn't you be out in the town with the rest of the crew?"

"No Cap, I think we should go. I've been spying on the Commander of the Naval Base all day and he is not the type we want to trade with. He could be a pirate himself, but for the lack of any morals what so ever."

The Captain nodded in agreement. Auralee didn't say much. She was more of the wait-and-listen-for-the-perfect-moment kind of person. So when she did speak up, everyone knew to listen to her.

"Oh," She added with a smirk as she walked out the door, "They're scared to death and won't admit it."

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Terra got back to the ship right before Zuko and his uncle. As they approached she saw the faintest hint of that old smile on Zuko's face and couldn't help but smile a little herself. As he approched the ship, Terra came out and greeted them.

"So, how was your meeting with Commander Dumb-butt?"

"It was…" Iroh began.

"…None of your business." The Prince finished with his old scowl back again. He left his Uncle and Terra outside the ship and went to his room to meditate. Iroh watched his nephew go and simply shook his head.

"I don't know if Zuko would want me to tell you this, but actually, he had an Agni Kai with Zhou and-"

"Wait." Terra said with a mysterious smile, "Let me guess, Zuko was loosing, but then he went back to the basics and Zhou lost, but Zuko was too noble to scar him and then Zhou got mad."

"How did you-? What?" Iroh sputtered.

"What do you think? I snuck in and watched the whole thing." Terra said and laughed slightly as she walked back onto the ship.

TBC

Quick Quote:

"Who is this guy? Is he taller then me?"

-Sokka (The Serpent's Pass)

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