It's Called Water Bending Chapter 2: Accidental Arrangement, an avatar: last airbender fanfic

It's Called Water Bending

By:

The-x-love-x-of-x-your-x-life

Disclaimer:

I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Summary:

Through an unfortunate event Katara is captured and taken prisoner by Prince Zuko. The firebender hopes that through this he can catch the Avatar, learn how to waterbend...and make Katara love him?

Important Note:

I neglected to mention It's Called Water Bending is an AU (Alternate Universe) story. A reviewer brought up some every smart facts. I saw the WHOLE first season of the Avatar and missed like the whole second season. I do know that Prince Zuko is banished from the fire nation that's why his house is on the border of the fire nation. Since this is an alternate universe I am only allowing royalty to be able to learn more than one element power if they are like really special. Not a lot of people in the story have the power or strength to learn more than one element. So it is really rare for someone to know two skills so the Avatar is still special in my story. This is the question I have for the reader: What if a firebender married a waterbender? Would the child be a waterbender or a firebender or what? I'm sorry I am being so confusing but yeah it's an AU story so just enjoy it.

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Chapter 2: Accidental Arrangement

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"I am so stupid," Katara cried out on her lovely blue bed on the fifth night since Zuko captured her. The evil fire prince had tricked her! He made her guard go down and then tried to get her waterbending secrets.

'But wait,' Katara thought, 'Not a lot of people can learn how to do one type of bending much less two. Is Prince Zuko one of those special benders?'

"Miss Katara," the man named Iroh said. Katara turned her face to the guest door and saw the frail old man standing there.

'I can escape,' the young waterbender thought to herself, 'I remember Aang telling me how Zuko's sister hurt Iroh, he must be still healing from injuries from 3 years ago!'

Katara frowned visibly. She liked the old firebender much more than she liked his young nephew. The old man often kept her company during the five days of her capture. Now the girl felt guilty for what she was about to do but she had to get back to Aang and her brother.

HELLOPACO

Iroh was prepared for when the waterbender got up serenely from her bed and walked over to him. She was wearing a brown tunic that matched her skin complexion perfectly and bright blue leggings. Katara smiled sadly at him and lifted up her hand. Then out of nowhere the old man felt sick. It felt like the water in his body was slowly leaving him. He gasped for water and fell over unconscious.

HELLOPACO

Katara checked Iroh's pulse with her fingers and sighed with relief once she realized he was still alive. She hated using that waterbending skill because it was usually a killing move. With the old firebender down Katara made her way to the garden which she was sure would be the easiest way out since it was the one place hardly guarded.

The first guard was sitting down on a white stone next to the garden door. He looked up surprised when Katara walked out. She immediately used the water she took out of Iroh's body to blind the guard. Two guards came running up to the spot in the garden. She used her water whip to knock them both out and walked into the main part of the garden. There was another guard there too. She used her water whip to choke him into an unconscious state. From out of nowhere a hand grabbed her by the throat. Katara flipped the attacker over on his back and used a water ball of energy to slam into his chest. The man was knocked out. Taking out the five guards stationed in the garden the waterbender made her way to the vine-covered gates of the house and prepared to climb.

"Waterbender!"

"Prince Zuko," Katara pressed her teeth together. She might not have a chance against the firebender.

A rope of flame surrounded her and suddenly the girl was thrown onto the other side of the garden into a bush of white roses. Katara got up and used a water shield just in time to avoid the prince's next fire attack. Katara jumped on Zuko and started to fight him physically. The prince flipped the girl over and hit her on her sides. The waterbender cried and then kicked the firebender where it hurts.

"Crap..."

Zuko fell over and moaned in pain. Katara got up and then tried to water kick him. The fire prince grabbed her foot and twirled her over and sent her crashing to the ground and once again climbed on top of her. He pinned her hands to the ground with his hands and leaned over her tiredly.

"Stop it! You can't escape."

"I have to leave!"

"Well your not going to."

"I hate you!"

"I'm use to people hating me."

The fire prince smirked. Katara cried out when the prince stood up and flipped the waterbender over on his shoulder.

"Let me go!"

The waterbender yelled in frustration. She was too tired to attack him or defend herself.

'I am so weak,' the girl complained to herself.

Suddenly Zuko dropped Katara and ran off. Katara looked up and saw the prince tending worriedly to his uncle. He turned viciously to her.

"You!"

Katara scrambled up and started to run.

HELLOPACO

The waterbender ran into the hot springs with the firebender in hot pursuit. Zuko finally caught up and grabbed a thick lock of the girl's brown hair. He yanked her back and turned her over and slapped her.

"What did you do to my uncle?"

Katara turned her face to the side and spit on the prince's face. The fire prince growled and pushed the girl into the hot springs.

"Ow! It burns!"

The hot springs water was over 100 degrees hot and got hotter as Zuko stepped in. Katara screeched as the water scorched her skin. She was pulled up by the collar by the prince. Suddenly she felt herself slipping out of her shirt and screamed horrified. She clung to the prince and caused him to fall over astonished. Then it happened. The water immediately rose with such heat that the hot springs itself imploded and the water fell everywhere like rain.

Zuko pulled his lips slowly away from Katara's and stared at her blankly. The waterbender did the same. Her first kiss and it was with the enemy! Both the waterbender and the firebender's chest were pressed hard together but neither bothered to pull back. Both bender's were soaking wet from the hot falling water but they still didn't move.

"Was the kiss that good," asked a female firebender guard who just walked into the springs. The prince gave her an icy glare and finally pulled away from the shocked Katara. The guard was about to say something else when she noticed who the other girl was.

"The prisoner sir?"

"It was an accident."

"Didn't seem like an accident to me sir." The guard snickered and walked away. Prince Zuko frowned, probably went off to start some rumors.

Katara coughed and sat up. She couldn't stand up so she just sat there as the hot springs water rained on her. Zuko walked over to her. The brunette coughed and turned her head away from Zuko when he bent down and stared at her. The girl's dark cheeks where flushed, her wide icy blue eyes avoided Zuko's golden ones. The prince studied the waterbender a little bit longer before he stopped staring disgusted with himself.

'Oh my fire god, you can see almost every curve on her body with that water soaking everything,' Zuko thought frowning.

"You...," the girl whispered looking up at Zuko.

"What is it Katara?"

"Nothing," she said touching her full perfect lips.

Zuko shook his head wildly to rid himself of his thoughts but despite his head shaking they stayed. Katara got up on her shaky legs and would have fallen if the firebending prince did not catch her. He picked her up bridal style and proceeded to head to her room.

"Let me go I can walk."

"Didn't look that way to me," Zuko said as he felt Katara rest her head on his shoulder. The girl's eyes fluttered and she released a yawn. The prince too felt himself yawning and staggering with need of sleep. He was so tired, the fight had took a lot out of him. He felt he was going to drop dead by the time he reached Katara's room. Some guard must have found Uncle Iroh because the prince's uncle was not there.

The waterbender was already asleep in his arms by the time he set her on the lavish blue bed. Zuko inhaled the girl's vanilla scent and felt himself smiling, but the prince couldn't stop. The young man felt his eyes flutter and soon he too was lost in his dreams like the waterbender sleeping peacefully under him.

HELLOPACO

"Ah! Get the hell off me you pervert!"

"I wasn't doing anything!"

"Sure that's why you where collapsed on top of me!"

"No one would want to do anything with you!"

"Shut up," Katara screamed and threw Zuko into the wall with her waterbending skills.

The prince got up, his whole body radiating smoke, and climbed on top of Katara on her bed and grabbed a lock of her hair ready to fight.

"This looks more kinky than sex," a voice said amused.

Prince Zuko nearly fell off of Katara when he saw the man standing at her doorway. Katara looked at the man also and wondered who he was. He had long dark brown hair and was slightly muscular. With wide blue eyes, the waterbender looked from the old man to the young man on top of her and came to a stunning conclusion, this was Zuko's father! This was the man who ordered that the Air Nation be destroyed. This was the man who ordered her tribe to be attacked which caused her mother's death! Katara started to shake with anger.

"The...Fire Lord Ozai?"

Zuko looked down at the trembling girl beneath him and wondered exactly why did his father come outside of the fire nation to visit him. He never did before so why start now? Katara's long brown hair fell from the firebender's hands, he didn't even know he was still holding it.

"Yes girl I am Ozai, ruler of the fire nation."

"Why are you here Master," Zuko gritted the words through his teeth.

"Ah Zuko you still know your place, after all these years, good boy."

The fire prince flared up. His skin was tainted with red and his eyes narrowed more if that was even possible. Katara tried to sit up but was stopped when Zuko's hot hand pressed her firmly to the bed. She winced but did not try to get up again.

"I asked why are you here?"

"Oh yes of course. Well I heard that my brother Iroh fell deathly ill because he was dehydrated. I wonder how that happened," the fire lord turned his golden eyes on the sweating girl under his son, "And I have heard some new rumors about your...guest."

"Rumors are hardly true father," Zuko said starting to shift his weight on Katara so that he slowly got off of her.

"Well I think the scene I saw and heard earlier was truth enough dear son."

"It wasn't anything like that, it was different!"

"I don't care if it was kinky sex or just the beginning of a fight!"

"But," Zuko said weakly.

"I want you both downstairs in 30 minutes ready for breakfast." With that, the Fire Lord walked out of the room leaving both children stunned.

"He didn't seem so bad," Katara said more to herself than the prince as Zuko fixed his top.

"Don't be fooled, you'll see the real side of him at breakfast."

Zuko stood up and only looked back once to glance at Katara before he left and made his way to his room to get ready for a breakfast he would dread.

HELLOPACO

Katara was silent when the two female servants came in and gave her a bath. They washed her clean and dried her fast. Only when they took out a long red gown did Katara speak five words.

"I am not wearing that."

"Please Miss, you must wear it! You can not come down to face the Fire Lord with a simple tunic and leggings on."

"Well if you can find no better than that I will."

The servants fretted and soon one of them left to go talk to the prince. Zuko came storming in a few minutes later dragging the servant girl in by her wrist. Katara screamed and covered herself so that she at least looked decent. The prince blushed but didn't stop staring.

"You will wear that dress."

"No I won't!"

"Yes you will!"

"No I won't!"

The prince turned to the two servants, "Get out and close the door." They scurried quickly and ran out of the room closing the door. Zuko then turned to Katara and his whole demeanor changed. He turned...soft?

"What other dresses did they import from the North?"

Katara looked up at him surprised and said, "I don't know."

Zuko looked inside Katara's wardrobe and threw stuff out. Red, red, red, and more red. Finally, all the way at the bottom, green, green, yellow, blue! The firebender took out a long blue and black dress made of silk. The dress was beautiful. It was long enough to reach Katara's knees, the top was but two thin strings, and the skirt was poofed with other blue and black material. It looked so modern day 1600s. Zuko threw it at Katara.

"Wear that."

Katara did nothing.

"Well what are you waiting for?"

"Are you going to watch me dress?"

Zuko blushed and turned around. After a few minutes Katara spoke again.

"I'm ready."

"You look...beautiful," Zuko stuttered after inspecting the waterbender, "but your neck looks a little naked."

Katara blushed but didn't say nothing.

"I am thinking of giving you your necklace back," the prince said, desperate to start some form of conversation.

'Wait, I'm desperate for conversation?'

"You told me that a few days ago but refused to give it back after I refused to teach you waterbending." Katara headed to the door.

"But that was all my uncle's plan to get you to teach me waterbending! I just wanted to hold you hostage so I could capture the Avatar."

"Guess your plans are all ruined then since the Ava- I mean Aang isn't going to come for me!" Katara turned to Zuko and the firebender saw she had tears in her eyes that had not yet spilled.

"What do you mean," Zuko asked pulling her aside to a small corner in the hallway.

"Sokka and I decided that if anyone of us was to be killed or captured we will take Aang to the Earth—oh no!"

"To the Earth kingdom," the fire prince questioned with a wide smirk on his face.

"No," Katara lied pushing past Zuko and continued walking down the hall. The prince stopped her by putting something small and tiny around her neck.

"My mom's necklace," she said aloud.

"Told you I was going to give it back."

"Why do you want to learn waterbending? Are you one of those rare people who can learn two types of bending skills," Katara asked hoping to lead Zuko's mind away from Aang and the Earth kingdom.

Haha, yeah right.

"It's true I am one of those rare people who can learn two types of bending. You know the ancient texts say rare benders like I who can learn two skills are destined to help the Avatar restore peace throughout the four kingdoms, but I will be the one to stop him! I will crush him! Tomorrow we will move out to the Earth Kingdom and once I capture the Avatar I will make sure he knows who helped me in his failure."

"Please no!" Katara screamed grabbing on to Zuko's bright red robes. The firebender looked at the waterbender and couldn't believe what he felt...pity? The prince wrenched his arm away from Katara's hands and entered the dining room. Katara, defeated, followed.

HELLOPACO

"Sokka why haven't we reached the fire nation yet? It is only a two day trip! And don't give me that 'I took a shortcut excuse again!' What's going on and where are we?"

Aang finally woke up from his two day nap and blurted out a long series of questions for two hours straight! Sokka, the young water tribe warrior, had little patience and much less patient temper. The young man looked irritatedly at his younger friend yet said nothing.

"Sokka!"

"OK! OK! Shut up! I will tell you."

Then Sokka preceded to inform the Avatar of Katara and his plan to bring him to the Earth nation. Aang immediately jumped up but then sat back down once Appa shifted slightly.

"But Katara isn't dead! I can feel her soul!"

"I know Aang yet she is captured I know it!"

"Like that makes things any better!"

"She can escape the fire prince I know it," the water warrior said hoping.

"I wonder if they are abusing her right now. Keeping her in chains and making her eat horrible food," Aang whispered to himself into the night.

HELLOPACO

It wasn't the food that was horrible it was the conversation that was. Or the lack or conversation should I say.

Katara sat in her dark red/ gold seat tapping her foot impatiently on the marble floor. So far none of them had talked or even tried to. The two firebenders ate their meal in silence and tried not to look at each other. The waterbender had already finished her meal and was on the dangerous verge of yawning.

"Are you bored my dear," Fire Lord Ozai asked in a gentle voice.

'Zuko says not to be fooled. That I won't be.'

"Of course not sir," Katara replied.

"I can smell a lie a mile away."

"Then my I suggest you get your nose checked," Katara blurted before she could stop herself. Zuko choked on the thing that his fire chefs called 'decent food' and looked appalled. The Fire Lord laughed angrily and stood up.

"Father she's—!"

"Zuko you stay out of this."

Katara stood up from her seat in a fighting stance. Then out of nowhere fire erupted around her. The waterbender unleashed a water bomb of her own and attacked the firebender with her water whip. The ruler of the fire nation easily avoided the attack and sent a fire ball right into Katara's back. The girl cried out but got up and swung a water tidal wave at the overlord. He got washed away into the wall but denigrated the water and released fire breath. Katara dodged the attack and tried to punch the lord in the face. Fire Lord Ozai grabbed Katara by her wrist and swung her into Zuko.

"I approve," Ozai said wiping his hands off.

"What," Katara asked confused.

"At least she fought me unlike you Zuko."

"Approve of what father," Zuko asked frustrated.

"Approve of your marriage to the waterbender of course."

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