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Here's the next chapter!


Zuko and Katara pulled away both blushing.

"Zuko..."said Katara.

"HUH WHA?"said Iroh sitting up. He looked around.

"Ah! Katara you have come to rescue us!"said Iroh with a smile.

"Um yes."said Katara standing up eyes on the floor hoping the old man could not see her face which was still red. Zuko stood up as well.

"Um...we should go."said Zuko. Iroh nodded. They walked out silently. Katara looked at Zuko. What did we just do? She asked herself. She had kissed the fire nation prince! Prince Zuko! Of all the people in the world- No. I don't like him. It was just a kiss. Nothing big! She tried to convince herself. They crept out into the night, quietly. They crept over to Sokka and Aang's tent. Katara shook her brother.

"FIVE MORE MINUTES!"Sokka yelled.

"Shh!"cried Katara. Sokka eyed Zuko and Iroh. Aang's eyes snapped open.

"You broke them out?"Sokka demanded.

"Of course I did. Now come on were going."said Katara.

"We can't go!"cried Aang. They all looked at him. "We just got here and I haven't learned any water bending!"cried Aang. Zuko began to pace thinking.

"I am NOT going back into that cell. Leave things to me. I'll get a water bender to come with us and I'll meet you at my uncle's ship. Have Appa swim behind."said Zuko.

"Zuko! You'll get caught and put in a cell again!"cried Katara. Zuko looked at her right in the eyes.

"No I wont."He said smiled and left.

"We better get moving!"declared Iroh. The group crept quietly outside carrying all there things. Sokka grumbled angrily about trudging through the snow in unreasonable hours of the night. They walked by quickly and came to Iroh's ship. At least none of the crew had been arrested. They went aboard and waited for Zuko. None of them saw the small blonde girl that followed them on. Varvara crept down the stairs and into Zuko's room. She closed the door tightly, a smile found it's way onto her face.

"Goodbye North Pole."Varvara said softly.

Zuko crept quietly back into Caleb's hut. He found MaKala's hut. He shook her awake and covered her mouth muffling her scream.

"Shh."Zuko said softly. She stared at him eyes wide.

"I'm going to let go of your mouth and your not going to scream..."Zuko said. He let go. MaKala screamed as loud as she could. Zuko growled angrily and pulled her out nearly dragging her to the boat.

"What are you doing!"she yelled.

"I need to find the water bending master."yelled Zuko. Water bending guards came out.

"Humph. Well I'm not going to tell you, fire bender!"said MaKala coldly. Zuko growled and hoisted the girl over his shoulder. She began screaming her legs kicking out worthlessly and she pounded on his back her fists clenched. Zuko ran as fast as he could while holding the girl. He ran just fast enough, he got onto the ship.

"LEAVE NOW!"Zuko yelled dropping the girl on the deck of the ship. The others stared at him eyes wide. The crew quickly obliged and the ship took off.

"Whats she doing here?"Aang asked.

"I ran into trouble-"said Zuko.

"So you kidnapped the water chief's daughter?"cried Iroh.

"It wasn't planned! Besides...it's more like borrowing."cried Zuko in defense pacing.

"Take me back right NOW!"screamed the girl.

"We can't do that."Zuko said. MaKala scowled.

"Zuko you said you were going to convince the water master into coming with us- not kidnapping an innocent girl!"said Iroh.

"I told you, I had trouble."said Zuko crossing arms.

"It's no big deal. It's not like you've never kidnapped anyone Zuko. What with chasing us all over the world, and capturing Aang once or twice."said Sokka. Zuko stared at him darkly. "No offense."Sokka added.

"You are to take me back right now!"cried MaKala stamping her foot on the ground.

"I'm sorry. But we can't do that. We will return you as soon as possible...once your people calm down."said Katara staring off into the distance.

"But hey- while your here do you think you could teach me water bending?"asked Aang happily.

"NO!"yelled MaKala.

"Your a lot meaner when you don't get your beauty sleep."Sokka pointed out. MaKala stared darkly.

"I will show you to your room. We should all get a good nights sleep."said Iroh and he showed MaKala to a guest room, and the others. Katara wasn't tired and she sat on the deck of the ship as did Zuko. They were the only two awake and on deck besides the occasional crew member who walked by.

"So...er...what was that earlier?"asked Zuko scratching his head.

"What do you want it to be?"Katara asked her silver blue eyes meeting his ember colored ones. Zuko blinked and took a step back and stared at the deck of the ship.

"Nothing happened right? It was just...a friendly gesture..."said Zuko. Katara looked away hurt.

"Exactly."she muttered and walked to the edge of the ship watching the waves crash against the ship. Zuko sighed angry with himself. It meant a lot more to him than a friendly gesture. But he kissed her. He had no idea how she felt. He had been hoping that when he said it was nothing she would prove him wrong, that she would say it did mean something. But the thought was crazy. What would a beautiful intelligent woman like Katara see in him? It was crazy anyway. He was a prince, and she was a peasant. He was a fire bender and she was a water bender it would have never worked out. Zuko sighed angrily and sadly. He wanted it to be more.Sokka blinked.

"What the?"He whispered to himself. He had been coming up to see what his sister was up to when he had heard there conversation. What had happened earlier? What was going on? He was going to find out. He sat there quietly waiting for something to happen.

"Katara..."said Zuko.

"I-I think I'll go to bed!"said Katara. Her voice was strained as if she was holding back tears.

"Uh oh."said Sokka and he ran to his room quickly. Katara disappeared below deck. Zuko growled at himself angrily.

"Stupid...stupid...stupid."Zuko said. He decided to go below deck and go to bed. Maybe things would work themselves out in the morning? He opened his door and yelled out in shock. On his bed fast asleep was Varvara. Zuko crossed his arms and scowled. It looks like they had a stowaway. Now where was he going to sleep? He began checking the rooms. They were all taken and he had no desire to sleep in the same room as his uncle with that horrendous snoring of his or in the same room as MaKala. He settled for Sokka and Aang's room but the beds were taken. He knocked on Katara's door. He knew she had a spare bed in there. The door opened.

"Zuko?"Katara said.

"There's a stowaway sleeping in my bed."declared Zuko.

"Who?"Katara asked.

"That weird blonde girl."said Zuko.

"Your point?"asked Katara raising an eyebrow a small smirk forming.

"I need somewhere to uh...sleep and you have a bed and I was wondering if I could stay here tonight?"asked Zuko.

"Fine. Come in."Katara said. She was used to sleeping in the same room as guys anyway. Sokka and Aang slept in the same room as her all the time. She had no idea why she was blushing but she would NOT let him see. She was in her night dress. She walked to her bed. Zuko walked to the other bed which was across the room from hers. He got under the covers taking off the snow parka until he was just in pants. He dropped the parka at the foot of his bed carelessly. Zuko cast Katara a look.

"Goodnight."she said softly blowing out the candle by her bed.

"Night."Zuko repeated.


"I AM PRINCESS OF THE FIRE NATION AND I DEMAND THAT YOU LET ME OUT NOW!"screamed Azula. The water bending guard didn't flinch.

"This is unacceptable- if you let us out now, the fire lord just may let your people live the rest of their lives with out chains."said Zhao.

"The Avatar will see to it that the fire lord is stopped."said the guard. Footsteps were heard and 6 water benders appeared. "Caleb's daughter has been captured and the prince and his uncle have escaped!"said one of the guards. Azula's eyes narrowed.

"So this girl- the one missing she's important right?"said Azula softly. The water benders slowly nodded. "Than free me and my men. I will hunt my brother down and deliver her back to you."said Azula. The guards began muttering.

"We can't make that kind of decision."one said.

"Get the chief."Another ordered. Azula smirked. If she played her cards right she'd be out of here and back to hunting down the avatar and her traitor of a brother.


Zuko opened his eyes groggily. He was alone in the room. He yawned and walked out of the guest room into his own. It was empty as well. He got changed into his fire nation armor. He walked above deck to find MaKala screaming at the crew. Varvara stood with a smile on her face. Sokka shot a dark look at Zuko.

"What were you doing in my sister's guest room?"he demanded.

"Sleeping. Is it a crime?"demanded Zuko. Sokka's eyes narrowed even more. Aang looked at Varvara.

"Why did you sneak on the boat?"Aang asked.

"I wanted to go home."Varvara said. Aang blinked at her.

"Home?"He repeated. Varvara smiled.

"She scares me."Sokka whispered. Katara nodded in agreement.

"But the water tribe is your home."said MaKala.

"It's where I live. Not my home."the girl replied looking out into the ocean.

"Where is your home?"Iroh asked softly.

"Were almost there."Varvara replied. Momo jumped onto her shoulder making a purring noise. She smiled at the lemur. Iroh sighed.

"I am terribly sorry that my nephew has captured you."He said to MaKala shooting Zuko a glare.

"I had no choice."Zuko growled.

"But while you are here, you might as well make the best of things. Perhaps show Katara and Aang some water bending moves. I hear you have mastered water bender and you want to become a master."said Iroh. MaKala muttered softly.

"Please."said Aang. MaKala looked at him. "I need to defeat the fire lord."said Aang. Zuko frowned at this.

"Alright. But I'm not happy about this."she said with a sigh.

"I don't remember that island."said Zuko with a frown looking at a small island. It was covered in a vast forest. Aang blinked.

"Wasn't that the deserted island?"said Aang mouth open wide.

"The place where you planted that tiny seed- what happened? This couldn't have just grown over night."said Sokka looking at the giant trees.

"Anything can happen when spirits are involved lets check it out."said Aang. They stopped at the island and got off and observed. Sure enough they found the statue of the lemur. Etched on the stone were two words; Lemur Island. Varvara smiled. Lemurs came out of the bushes. Katara smiled at them.

"Home."whispered Varvara. They all looked at her but she was glowing. She transformed into a lemur. Black and white like Momo except the same size of her human form, only a little shorter than Aang.

"WHOA FREAKY GIRL JUST GOT MORE FREAKY!"yelled Sokka jumping in Zuko's arms. Zuko's eye twitched annoyed and he dropped Sokka with a loud THUMP. Sokka scrambled away.

"I am the spirit of this island, the spirit of the Lemurs. It is my job to protect them."Varvara said her yellow eyes calm. The forest was destroyed so I came to this world in a human form. My mission was to remake a place for the lemurs to stay. Now they have a place- thanks to you Avatar."said Varvara.

"Me?"said Aang.

"The seed you planted- could it really have done all this?"asked Katara in wonder. Varvara nodded.

"It is time for me to return to the spirit world- but I will always be here if you need me."she said walking to the statue. All the lemurs looked at her. Varvara looked at Zuko. "Young prince your loyalties are ever wavering between the fire nation and your friends. When your lost seek guidance from those that love you."said Varvara her eyes resting on Iroh and Katara. The lemur spirit girl touched the statue of the lemur and disappeared, the eyes on the statue glowed momentarily, than disappeared. She was gone.

"That was just a little to weird for me."said Sokka. The lemurs all blinked at them.

"Lets get out of here."said Katara. Aang blinked at the lemur statue and nodded heading for the ship. MaKala looked like she was in shock.

"She was a spirit..."She whispered.

"Often spirits take on the guises as humans."said Zuko with a shrug.

"Now what did she mean by your loyalties wavering?"asked Sokka glaring at Zuko with mistrust.

"I have no clue. If you ask me she's a crazy little lemur girl."said Zuko. Katara looked at him and he looked at her. Both blushed and turned away. Aang glared almost jealously.

"Well if you want to master water bending we better get started."said MaKala with a smile. Aang nodded.

"Zuko can I talk to you alone?"Katara asked. Zuko nodded slowly and the two disappeared below deck. Again Aang stared jealously although he didn't know why. Sokka looked suspiciously at the door where they had left.