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Chapter 2, The Southern Air Temple
Three days after the incident with the avatar the ship docked and Iroh told me he and Zuko would leave for a while and he'd see to stocking up on some green tea and more herbs if they could find a market near here. Not much later Zuko came by and told me to stay below deck and didn't leave before I promised him I wouldn't leave the ship. I wondered why he was so hell bend on making me promise him to stay on board, but I didn't question him. I figured he had his reasons and probably ordered everyone to stay on the ship because we'd leave the moment he returned and he probably didn't want to waste time having to get his crew together again. So I helped Liu in the infirmary all day.
Just as I had bandaged up Yao's wound the doors opened and men I had never seen came walking in grabbing Liu and I and dragging Yao out of his bed by his wounded arms. I pulled away from the man who held me and yelled at the soldier to release Yao's arm. Shocked by my outburst he did and I helped Yao stand over with me and Liu before checking his arm which thankfully didn't suffer any damage. We were then brought to a man who questioned us to what had happened to the ship. Liu said he didn't know because he was tending to a wounded man at the time. Said man had gotten hurt during an accident in the engine room. Yao answered that he had been unconscious until three months ago and has been awake on and off for the past three months so he also doesn't know what is up. Then I am brought over for questioning. I simply say I'm not allowed above deck and that I was helping Liu in the infirmary so I knew as much as he did. The man then grabs my arm and drags me off the boat. He goes to a tent and enters.
I'm staring around angrily at what is in the tent. I see Zuko and Iroh standing and sitting in the tent and a man who has me thinking monkey face immediately. The man holding me tells that man that he questioned everyone and found out that Zuko had the Avatar but he escaped. The man commander Zhao looks at me and the man pushes me at him before leaving. I move around the waiting arms and fall sideways. The commander smirks evilly and announces that he wants to have a closer talk with me. Two more soldiers grab me and drag me off to a small tent where my hands are tied behind my back. I glared at the soldiers and waited as they went to stand outside my tent.
It wasn't until near sunset just when I was about to slip out the under backside of the tent when Zhao came in and dragged me out of the tent himself. I was thrown into the awaiting arms of two servants who dressed me up in a crimson dress with yellow flaming sleeves and neck and several rows of small flames at the bottom of it. They combed my hair and put it up. They then proceeded to put some light pink lip paint on my lips, a hint of a red powder which looked like rouge on my cheeks and finished it with a hint of dark grey eyeshade. They then announced I was ready and escorted me to a large arena where I saw Zuko kneeling before his uncle both waiting. Zuko had his eyes closed and didn't look up. Iroh smiled at me sadly though. I was the pulled to the back of the arena where Zhao sat with his back to Zuko in a similar position he looked at me approvingly and asks Zuko whether he's ready.
The servants quickly leave and I'm standing alone behind Zhao as Iroh stands behind Zuko. When the sun sets the two begin to fight and I can only watch them. Silently I root for Zuko and I almost jump every time he gets the upper hand in the fight. After some time, they are still evenly match, I notice that Iroh is standing next to me and is watching the match shouting to Zuko to remember the basics. I hold my breath as I see Zhao knock Zuko down. Zuko then moves so fast I barely saw what he did and had Zhao on the ground. He smirked as he looked at Zhao who was laying before me. I felt a blush creep up my cheek at Zuko's smirk but fought it down again. Zuko then told Zhao not to get in his way again and he walked away.
I saw Zhao get up and attack Zuko from behind. I gasped.
"NO! Look out!" I yelled and Iroh blocked Zhao's foot scowling as he lectures the commander at his behaviour. I was relieved and reminded myself that now was a good time to return to the ship and I followed Iroh and Zuko out. As Zuko asked his uncle if he had meant what he said earlier and Iroh jokingly said he did, saying he loved ginseng tea. I chuckled lightly glad that Zuko had won.
Once we were back at the ship Zuko told me I could go to my room now and take the next day off to recover from today's events. I nodded and left quickly, unknown to him I was extremely hyped because of the fight and not the least bit tired. I couldn't shake the image of a smirking Zuko from my mind. After jumping and letting out some excited screams I let myself fall on my bed and stayed silent for a moment praying no one heard my outburst. Again the image of a smirking Zuko popped into my mind and I couldn't suppress the smile that crept onto my lips along with the blush that flushed my cheeks. I then turned so I was on my stomach and reached for the paper and pencils that Iroh had been kind enough to bring me from his own supply and started to sketch a face.
Zuko POV
I laid down on my bed and sighed. What a day. Ugh stupid Zhao. Though why he wanted Shula watch our Agni kai is beyond me.
'Hehe in your face commander.' I thought. As I did I heard a similar uttering coming from Shula's chambers. Which were located next to mine. I had uncle give her a room, though why he decided on that one is beyond me also. I smirked at what she called him.
'Hehe, monkey face. hehe.' I tried my best not to laugh as an image of Zhao looking like a monkey appeared in my mind. I got up and decided to go on deck for a while maybe stare at our map and see if I can't find where the avatar is headed. As I'm about to pass Shula's room I hear a soft humming. I glance into the room and see her laying on her bed she's drawing something. I smile as I can't resist the urge to sneak up behind her and see how long it'll take for her to notice.
"Are you going to stand there all night or are you going to come in?" she says without looking away from what she's doing but pushing one of the sketches below the others.
"how'd you know?" I asked as I entered slightly disappointed about not being able to scare her now.
"A metal boat and army boots. Do the math." she says still not looking at me. I look down and see I forgot to take off my combat boots. They're noisier then my other boots because they're lined with a thin layer off metal for protectional reasons.
"What are you doing?" I asked looking over her shoulder at a sketch of my uncle drinking tea.
"Sketching." she answered as she grabbed another pencil. I watched her work for a second then I grabbed the sketches she'd made already. Shula gasped as I got them before she could stop me. I smirked as I noticed her blush profoundly and flipped through the sketches.
They were good. Some were of my uncle and the crew at music night others were of individual crew members, but most showed me. During training, during fights, just standing at the railing or bend over the map in the navigation room, giving an order, she had even sketched some of the Agni Kai earlier! They were action shots of me firebending and there was also one of me smirking. I briefly glanced at Shula before looking at the last pictures and noticed she was now sitting up. She was blushing still and didn't look up to meet my gaze, though I knew she knew I was looking at her. I found it odd that she would feel embarrassed over me seeing these sketches, but didn't comment on it. When I finished I handed them back to her.
"These are good. You're really good at this, Shula." I said looking at her to see how she'd react.
"Thanks. My name is Kim not…not Shula." she said still not looking up. I raised an eyebrow and turned to leave. I stopped at the door and looked back.
"Shula suits you better." I said before walking out the door and heading toward my original destination.
back to my POV
"Shula suits you better." he said before walking out the door. I stared at the open door of my room as Zuko's words rang through my head. I then sighed and let myself fall backwards on my bed again. I put my sketch stuff away again and blow out the candles that were place around my bed before laying down to sleep. My mind keeps wondering to the fight earlier and more specifically Zuko's smirking face. I blush again as I realize that I might have a crush on him, though he is somewhat a lot rude most of the time. Then again I've never been in love or had a crush before, so what do I know? With that thought I finally fall asleep.
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