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Katara was reading a map very intensively as Zuko continued ahead of her.

But inside, she was a bit scared of the action Zuko showed her a while ago.

He had a different light in his eyes, bit of love, but it was overshadowed but lust…..what if he loses control over the potion at night?

Gasping, she quickly shook the idea out of her head.

She suddenly heard strange noises as she entered the bog area with Zuko. Soon the swampy area got so deep that the muck reached the middle of her thigh. Patting the small daggers strapped onto her leg, she let out a sigh, knowing that they were safe. It was a while ago since she got the daggers, but she didn't tell Iroh or Zuko that she had them, fearing they would take them away from her.

The swampy muck reached her waist as the two teens waded through the muck. She felt queasy as she felt something slimy on her leg. "You alright back there?" Zuko yelled back to her.

"I'm fine!" Katara yelled back, trying to ignore that moss floating around the muck.

As soon as she felt cool water grace her legs she let out a big sigh. Soon they were in a less dense part of the swamp, where there was a small waterfall cascading down the small cliff. Finally, the two reached land. Zuko dragged himself onto shore and laid down, breathing deeply. Katara seated herself a few feet away from him, taking deep breaths and using the water from the swamp to clean her legs.

She decided that she needed the cut away the lower part of her pants to get rid of the grime. Katara took out her brother's dagger and cut away the part below mid-thigh. Tossing aside the scraps, she slid the dagger back into it's case and tucked in her sash. Making sure nothing was ruined, she looked inside of her pack.

Nothing was wet, which was a relief. Sighing she turned to Zuko who was gazing at the turtleducks wading down the swamp, the baby ducks following their mother. Katara watched with sad and envious eyes at the ducks, wishing she too had a mother. Forcing a tear from escaping, she stood up and tapped Zuko on the shoulder.

Snapping from his trance, he looked up at Katara. "Oh sorry, I just….think of my mom when I see the turtle ducks. The times that we had when I fed them." Zuko gave out a small chuckle as he remembered the time when he threw a bunch of food at them, and the turtleduck's mom rushed up to him and bit him on the ankle.

Katara smiled at him laughing a bit. This was the sound that she loved to hear from him. "I never saw these ducks, but mom turtleduck reminds me of my mom, how I used to follow her around watching whatever she did, I did, whatever she said, I said." Katara giggled at the memory.

Before both of them got to the tragic endings, Zuko stood up and walked ahead of her again. "The potion still didn't wear off yet, we need to keep making distance."

Katara nodded and followed him.

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"Damn it! We missed him!" Azula pounded a fist onto the building sides. "Princess, we have a visitor." The guard walked off to the sides and revealed Admiral Zhao. "Princess," Zhao bowed graciously as he walked in front of her. "Admiral, what brings you here?"

Zhao resumed back to standing and sighed, "The Avatar is elusive, but so is your brother, I've seen him in the forest."

"That I know of." Azula said.

"Ah yes, but what's say that we team up? Finding him would be much easier." Zhao replied.

Azula looked down and seemed to be deep in thought.

"Agreed Admiral, we shall find him faster, bring him to justice at the fire nation capital."

"Excellent."

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The two teens had been silent for hours now, Katara deep in thought while reading the map of the Earth Kingdom, while Zuko was cutting away vines with his broad swords. Finally the silence was broken by Zuko saying, "I think we should rest for the night here." Katara nodded and set down her stuff. She made a fire pit and gathered sticks and dried moss for fire. Zuko aimed and shot out a flame and the sticks caught fire instantly.

He sat opposite of Katara as he watched the fire eat away the moss and sticks. "I'll go and get us some more logs, maybe something to eat." Katara whispered and she stalked off into the dark forest. "Wait," Zuko blurted out, "it's too dangerous out there."

Katara did realize the dark forest was emitting strange sounds. "But, how'll we get logs to keep the fire going?"

"We'll just use the vines over there." Zuko pointed to the limp vines hanging from the trees next to them. "Uh alright." Katara sat back down, fiddling with her necklace.

In the light of the fire, Katara looked stunning, her blue eyes reflecting off of the fire's bright light. Then, Zuko began feeling the potion take effect again.

No! Not right now…..why can't I control the stupid potion!

Katara didn't know the potion didn't wear off and walked over and sat down next to him. He saw her thin legs and felt himself losing control even more. "Can we sleep together? Not like that….but like for body heat, the night's going to be cold again." Katara blushed a bit.

Zuko felt himself give away, he grabbed her suddenly and kissed her, claiming her lips in his own. He heard Katara moan softly as he licked her lips. He wrapped an arm around her waist and one around her shoulders. The two fell to the ground, with Zuko on top of Katara.

He bit her bottom lips gently and his roamed up and down her waist. Katara placed her hands on his well muscled back as he began, sliding off her shirt. He broke apart and places kisses down her neck and on her bare shoulders. She moaned and he bit down gently on her neck.

It was his turn to moan when Katara endulged him in another passion filled kiss as she ran her hand through his short dark hair. She took off his shirt and the rest of the night went on…..

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Katara woke up, she was shirtless, but she still had on her white tank. Next to her sleeping was a shirtless Zuko, both of them still had on their pants. Trying to remember the passion filled night, Katara blushed. Then she heard Zuko groan and hug her closer, her bare back aligned with his well-toned stomach. She melted in his embrace as she felt his warm breath gently hitting the back of her neck.

I never knew a raging fire could be so calming….

A/N Yes and that ends the chapter there! MUWHAHAHA!

If any of you are wondering, no! They are not fully naked! And they didn't have….S-E-X! no! They just had a passion filled kiss and stuff! And for those of yous who think I'll go farther then that…..no! This is how far it'll go! HA!

So those of you who have a craving for those kinds of stuff ( you know what I'm talking about), this is the wrong story for you! R&R!