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Here's the next chapter sorry for it taking so long my internet got shut off! thanks for being so patient and really thanks for the reviews they encourage me to write. :)


"So your saying that if I let you go you will not only make sure that no harm comes to my village through the wrath of the fire nation, but you will hunt them down and save my daughter?"Caleb asked slowly.

"You have my word."said Azula a dark smirk tugging on her lips.

"How can I trust you?"Caleb asked.

"I'll put it down in writing."said Azula. Caleb agreed. They both signed a document claiming that Azula would make sure the northern tribe was not harmed by the fire nation and she would bring his daughter back to him, as long as he let her and all of her men go.

"Pleasure."said Azula darkly. Her and the other fire benders marched out of the ice dungeons and back to their ships.

"Azula you can't really be thinking about letting these peasants stay free!"Zhao said as the ship took off. Azula looked out into the sea.

"I made a promise Admiral."said Azula and a dark smirk formed. "And I never break my promises. The fire nation will not harm them. Unfortunately, Caleb didn't specificly what harming was. I'm quite sure we can take over the northern water tribe, seriously, that's helping the peasants."said Azula with a dark smirk. Zhao smiled as well.

"They can't have gotten to far- it's not even dawn yet."said Zhao. Azula nodded with a smirk.

"Azula what is going to happen to them once we capture them?"Ryu asked with a small frown.

"The Avatar, since we can't kill him, is going to live a long life in a jail cell. The water peasants will either be in a jail cell as well or sentenced to death. As for Zuko..."said Azula. Zhao smirked. "I think betrayal deserves a worse punishment than prison..."she said. Ryu frowned more.

"Not death right?"Ryu asked uneasily. Azula ignored him.

"I am going to bed, once we catch up to them alert me immediately."said Azula heading for her room. The next day, she woke up annoyed that they still hadn't caught up to her brother."Why is it taking so long?"she demanded.

"PRINCESS, Admiral Zhao- there they are, up ahead!"cried a fire nation soldier. Azula looked out into the horizon and smirked as a ship could be seen in the far distance.

"Full speed ahead gentleman!"she yelled.


Zuko looked at Katara.

"Look Zuko- I'll just come out and say it- I like you- I like you a lot."said Katara. Zuko's ember eyes followed the distressed water bender as she began to pace.

"But...you said the kiss was nothing."Zuko pointed out.

"I lied."said Katara. Zuko felt his stomach flutter. Katara sighed and leaned against the wall.

"So..."said Zuko taking a step toward her. This was to good to be tough. Katara looked up at Zuko as tears filled her ice blue eyes. Zuko was shocked. Katara was a very strong independent woman. He had never seen her so distressed.

"Zuko- I-...we-...your the prince of the fire nation!"she cried. Zuko looked at the ground.

"I am- so nice of you to notice."said Zuko. Katara sniffled. Zuko sighed.

"Katara-"said Zuko.

"We can't be together- Not that you want to be with me anyway..."Katara said.

"Katara I-"said Zuko.

"I mean you said yourself the kiss meant nothing."said Katara.

"I lied too."said Zuko. This caught her off guard. She stared at him. They were inches apart now. Katara looked up into his ember eyes. They kissed. The door swung open and the two quickly broke apart heart racing. Sokka entered. Panic gripped Katara's heart- had he seen?

"Guys we have a problem."said Sokka. Zuko and Katara stared at them. Both red in the face and nervous looking.

"What?"asked Sokka.

"We- a problem? What problem?"said Katara her voice heightened.

"Azula is catching up."said Sokka gravely. "Come on we need your help."Sokka said and disappeared on deck. Katara and Zuko both let out nervous sighs of relief. There secret was safe they hadn't been caught yet. Zuko let out a nervous laugh.

"That was to close..."said Katara stepping towards Zuko.

"We- uh- better go up there."said Zuko.

"Oh...right."said Katara. The two walked on deck. In the distance, the fire nation ship could be seen.

"How the heck did she escape?"MaKala said scratching her head.

"The problem we should be focusing on is what to do now."said Iroh rubbing his chin.

"Ah ha! I know!"said Iroh. They all looked at him. Iroh disappeared below deck and came back with a hammer. He began hitting a nail that had been sticking out of the door.

"That nail has been bothering me for years!"said Iroh with a smile.

"UNCLE! Focus- Azula is coming after us- she will be on our ship in minutes if we don't out run her!"cried Zuko.

"Maybe we could talk to her?"asked Aang.

"Aang- trust me. That woman- talks with her fists and fire bending."Sokka muttered scratching his head.

"Looks like we will have to use Appa."said Aang.

"I always wanted to ride a flying bicen."said Iroh.

"Are you serious?"asked Sokka. Iroh nodded with a smile. Zuko groaned as Sokka shook his head.

"Really- because you know- it was the last thing on my list."Sokka said.

"APPA!"Aang cried. Appa flew into the air and landed on the ship. Sokka,Aang,Iroh,MaKala, and Zuko jumped on. Zuko helped Katara up."Yip Yip!"Aang yelled and they flew into the air.

"Where are we going?"Yelled MaKala.

"That way very quickly! "replied Aang pointing in head of them, and away from Azula's ship. A fire ball flew from Azula's ship. Appa dodged it just barely his fur getting singed.

"Your sister has major issues!"Sokka yelled at Zuko.

"Your telling me!"cried Zuko. More fireballs came. Zuko gritted his teeth. Aang brought Appa up further into the clouds, they all got soaked and above. Azula and Zhao wouldn't be able to see them. They had out run them, but for how long?

"We should head towards Omashu."said Aang looking at a map.

"Oh, I always wanted to go there."sighed MaKala. Aang had Appa land on a small island. They made a camp. Zuko stared into the fire quietly. MaKala was giving Katara and Aang water bending lessons. Iroh watched drinking Ginseng tea with Sokka. Zuko groaned rubbing his temples. He had a splitting head ache and he was confused. He liked Katara, but he was a prince and she was a peasant- and a water bender. His thoughts began to travel to darker things. He was a fugitive. Wanted by every fire bender. He had betrayed the fire nation. Was it the right thing to do?

"I'm going for a walk."Zuko stated. Iroh shot him a worried look.

"Be careful Prince Zuko."said Iroh. Zuko nodded and walked into the dense forest. He looked down at his fire bending outfit and frowned. He thought he heard a stick crack. He turned around sharply but he didn't see anyone.

"Who's there?"He called out looking around. No one replied. I know your there."Zuko said getting into a fighting position. A figure stepped out of the shadows. It was a young man with brown eyes and brown hair.

"Been awhile since I fought a fire bender who noticed his surroundings."said the man standing with his hands on his hips.

"Who are you."growled Zuko.

"Names Jet, though it's none of your business fire bender- freedom fighters, attack!"yelled Jet.

"Wha-"said Zuko but than behind him he got hit over the head with a branch. Everything went black.


"AH!" Zhao watched as an unfortunate fire bending soldier flew off the ship. Fire soared out of Azula's hands, causing other members of the crew to back away.

"HOW COULD WE LOSE THEM?"Azula screamed hauling another unfortunate crew member off the ship. Zhao lazily ordered some men to throw life preservers down and rescue them.

"Princess, calm down. Lets be logical about this shall we? You like your brother, need to calm your temper."said Zhao.'

"HOW DARE YOU COMPARE ME TO HIM!"growled Azula.

"Well you are after all, brother and sister."said Zhao.

"I"m ashamed to be related to him!"growled Azula. Ryu glanced at Azula nervously.

"Listen. The Avatar has a master water bender with him, and a master fire bender."said Zhao. Azula snorted.

"Zuko is NOT master fire bender. He could hardly light a match on fire before he killed my mother."Azula said. Zhao looked at her eyes widening. Ryu groaned.

"I did not know that...how did he manage that?"asked Zhao.

"It's all supposed to be hush hush, but Zuko was never that good at fire bending. Zuko and I were playing in a field and he was trying to fire bend. He actually managed to do it, catching fire to the long grass. My mother couldn't fire bend, and Zuko didn't know how to control the fire. My mother had severe burns and died not even an hour after."said Azula looking out into the water.

"You blame him?"Zhao asked. This could be very useful. Azula didn't answer.

"Look it's a touchy subject, just get to your point Zhao."said Ryu looking at Azula. Azula smiled at him smally.

"I didn't mean Zuko when I said master fire bender, I meant Iroh."said Zhao looking into the deep gray ocean.

"That old fool."Muttered Azula.

"Anyway, they need an earth bending teacher. What better place to find an earth bender than Omashu?"said Zhao a wicked smile forming. Azula smiled darkly.

"Lets go then."Azula said and she growled at the crew. "CLEAR THE DECK!"she yelled. She began practicing fire bending moves.

"She looks nice when she does that."said Ryu nearly drooling.

"She has much talent."said Zhao. Fire soared out of Azula's hands in angry bursts, soaring all over the deck but quickly disappearing. She yelled and fell to her knees.

"Azula?"yelled Ryu running over to her.

"I'm fine! I just feel...tired is all."Azula muttered sweat dripping down her face. Ryu frowned.

"You usually don't get like this by just a little training-"

"I SAID I'M FINE!"yelled Azula. Zhao glanced at her.

"I...am tired."Azula said and she went below deck.

"That was weird."said Ryu scratching his head. Zhao frowned. He grabbed one of the crew members on the arm.

"We have a new destination, to the closest place with civilization. I think the princess may be coming down with something, and we need the princess in top condition if were going to take Omashu."said Zhao.

"Yes sir."said the man. Zhao looked into the open sea.

"Is she alright?"Ryu asked with a frown.

"I don't know. She should be, but we better be safe than sorry. We did spend an awful night at the north pole, and the princess isn't used to such cold weather. I'm sure it's nothing serious."Zhao said.


"Zuko's been gone for awhile."Katara said wiping sweat off her brow. She was taking a break from training with MaKala and Aang. Although Aang was the avatar, Katara seemed to be learning faster, probably because she was already pretty good at it and had been practicing for a few years now. Her hair had fallen out of it's braid and was down and the wind blew it. Aang was smiling.

"My nephew sometimes gets lost in his thoughts. I'm sure he will return shortly, he needs alone time."said Iroh sipping his tea. MaKala sighed sitting down.

"This being kidnapped thing isn't so bad."she said with a smile.

"Oh?"said Sokka.

"I get to boss people around, make them think I'm smart."said MaKala with a laugh. Katara frowned looking into the fire.

"It's night. Are you sure Zuko is alright?"asked Katara. Iroh stroked his beard looking into the camp fire.

"If he does not return soon, we shall send out a search party, in the mean time lets enjoy some calming ginseng tea."said Iroh happily.


Zuko groaned and opened his eyes slowly. Standing over him were Jet and his group of freedom fighters.

"Good your awake. How many more are there?"Jet. Zuko growled and tried to stand up but he was tied to a wide tree, not in rope but chains. He couldn't burn chains. "I asked you a question, things could get very difficult for you if you don't be cooperative..."said Jet a frown forming on his face. Zuko narrowed his eyes. This wasn't good.