A/N Jet's in this chapter! For all you Jet fans! LoL

Disclaimer: I do not and will not own Avatar! Happy?

No, it couldn't be.

"J---Jet?" Katara stuttered out. The boy took off his hood and revealed the boy that tricked Katara last time. She gritted her teeth and said between her teeth, "What do you want this time?"

Jet laughed nonchalantly and smirked, "I only want to be close to you Katara." He got unreasonably close to her. Katara scoffed in disgust and water bender him away from her. He bumped into the trees and gave a signal to someone behind her. She gasped as she saw Pipsqueak towering over her, the last thing she saw was a smirking Jet, as the wooden board knocked her out cold.

"Ugh, where am I?"

Katara groaned as she rubbed her head in pain. She got up and felt her ankle weight a bit more. She looked at her ankle and saw that it was chained to the wall. "Great!" Tugging and pulling just didn't seem enough for the sturdy chain. Giving up hope, she saw her bow and arrows in the corner opposite her. Racking up her mind, she remembered being separated from Iroh and Zuko, but then everything was a blur.

She snapped back to reality as she heard the clinking of a key turning in the keyhole. Standing ready, she looked at the door, in disgust finding Jet coming in. He smirked and looked at her in an odd way. She glared daggers at him, as he came closer than he needed to her. He whispered in her ear, chillingly, "So, Katara, missed me?"

"Never will."

Jet growled and slapped her across the face. "You do some good by showing me respect!"

"What respect do you deserve when you don't respect others?" Katara said, staggering up.

Jet clenched his fists and prepared to slap her again, when Katara grabbed his wrists quickly and kicked him in the stomach squarely. He grunted in surprise and looked up at the enraged girl.

"I like them feisty."

Katara gagged and heard the door opening again.

"Uh, Jet, we have fire nation troops approaching, want us to attack?"

"Do they look strong?"

"Well, uh they do have the prince of the fire nation with them."

"Come on then let's attack!"

"NO!"

Jet turned around and faced Katara, who was yelling at hi again. "No! Don't! They didn't do anything to you! Leave them alone!"

Jet went towards Katara and looked at her in the eye. "Katara, are you sticking up for the fire nation? Is that it? You've betrayed your brother, the Avatar, and the whole world?"

Katara stayed silent.

"Answer me!"

"No, you're the only one who betrayed the other nations, wiping out the fire nation troops and threatening to kill more in that village down there."

Jet growled and went over to the other boy, awaiting orders from Jet.

"Finish them off, no mercy."

"No! Jet you can't do this! I won't let you!"

"Shut up Katara! I'll kill them off nothing will make me change my mind!" With that, Jet stormed out.

Katara shook her head slowly and chuckled. She always had an ace in the hole. Taking a hair pin out of her braid, letting it loose, she picked the lock on her cuff and broke it loose. Smiling, she went over to her arrows and picked them up. Then she softly opened the door and found Jet ordering the rest around. Hiding behind various pots and vases, she overheard Jet talking about keeping her here forever.

Katara shuddered and ran towards the rope leading down to the ground. As she held it, she heard someone's voice behind her. "Going to soon Katara?"

"Jet, I'm not staying with you here forever!"

"So you've overheard me, I have to say you aren't the same weak Katara I met a while back."

Jet walked closer to Katara. "Hey! Stay back! I mean it!" Katara produced an icicle from the water in her sack and strung it on her bow.

"You make me laugh Katara, you can't possibly hit me, you don't have the heart to, and besides something bad might happen to your companions…" Jet pointed to the tree opposite him and Katara saw in horror, Aang and Sokka trapped in the round cages, hanging dangerously from the ground.

"Aang! Sokka!" Katara shouted over to them, "are you ok?"

"Never been better!" Aang shouted happily.

"Watch out!" Sokka cried out over to Katara. Katara turned around just in time to see Jet kicking her off the huts.

"So sorry Katara you had to fall!" Jet laughed evilly as he watched Katara fall helplessly.

"I'm not going off that easily…." Katara quickly took some rope from her waist and tied it to an arrow she had, and then shot the arrows out towards the trees. Grabbing on to the rope, she closed her eyes and hoped it would work. Just in time, she stopped falling and sighed. She was still a long ways down from the ground.

"Are you ok Katara?"

"Yeah just fine! I hope."

"Good, get out of here Katara! Fast! We'll be fine here!" Aang shouted, not visible because of the tall trees.

"No Aang! I won't leave you and Sokka here all by yourselves!"

Suddenly, as Katara shouted toward the covered trees, she heard the arrow and the rope give away little by little. She gulped hoping a safe landing would happen as she fell.

One, two, three!

Katara let go of the rope and fell towards the ground. She closed her eyes and really wished for a safe landing. It did come! She opened her eyes to her savior and saw that it was Zuko. Being in his arms felt, like she would just melt right then and there.

"Katara! You're safe! Why were you falling out from the trees?"

"That punk Jet pushed me off that's what! Wait till I get my hands on him!" Katara jumped out from his arms and rushed over to the ladder going up to the tree houses.

"Wait Katara! Stop! There's trap there!" Zuko said, noticing Jet's archers targeting Katara. Knowing she won't listen to him, Zuko jumped and landed on her, making the arrows pass them and hit a nearby tree. Katara panted as she heard the arrows wiz by. She turned around and saw him on top of her.

"Thanks," she mumbled. Zuko helped her up and looked for a way to get out of the tree maze. "Wait! I have to save Sokka and Aang!" Katara said, pulling Zuko back. The two rushed off toward the direction Sokka's cries for food occurred.

Katara aimed her arrows right where the rope keeping them up was. The rope snapped and the two tumbled down. The cage prevented them from being hurt, so they were basically safe. As Katara rushed over to them, Zuko heard something wiz by him and hit Katara on the neck. It was a poison dart.

She instantly fainted as the poison overtook her. Zuko rushed over and held her in his arms. Jet laughed and jumped down, landing perfectly on the ground. "Get away from her fire scum!"

"Katara! Are you ok? Katara!" Sokka cried out from his cage still.

"Shut up Sokka! Katara belongs to me and only me!" Jet yelled out.

"Can it! You don't respect her obviously! You gave her a bruise on her cheek!" Zuko shouted at him.

"That was you who did that!" Aang shouted at Jet, who was smirking.

"Yeah so what? She was only supposed to be there for my enjoyment," Jet smirked again.

"You're really sick you know that?" Sokka replied.

Zuko plucked the poison dart out of Katara's neck and knew he had to do something to take the poison out. First, however, she shot out flames and melted the cages surrounding Sokka and Aang. They both fought against Jet and his freedom fighters. Zuko remembered something that his mother taught him about poison. Suck it out and spit it out, until the poison's color recedes from the victim. He bent his head down to the side of her neck and sucked the poison out, little by little, knowing lots of poison was probably in that dart, he worked faster.

"Hey! What are you doing to my sister!" Sokka shouted as he ran up Zuko.

"I'm taking the poison out of her, what else?"

"Sokka, just let him do it, it looks like it's working."

"Fine, just don't try any funny stuff on my sister."

Zuko rolled his eyes and continued, wiping his mouth sometimes.

After a while, Katara started to come back. "Sokka? Aang? You're safe…." Her voice was weak and fragile. Sokka shushed her and allowed her to rest in Zuko's arms. She hung limply in his arms as they headed back towards the town.

As Aang and Sokka rushed into many different huts and buildings trying to find a healer or a doctor, Zuko sat down on a bench with Katara's head on his lap. He didn't know what came over him, but, he gently placed a kiss lightly on her lips.

I don't know how to say this Katara, but I love you…..

A/N MUWHAHAHAHA I got Zuko to confess! But! He didn't confess to Katara directly! So there! HA! R&R!