A/N Hi! Aang's voice in French seems so more mature! LOL funny! (If you guys are wondering, I watched the French version of Avatar on youtube.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar! Grrrr, curses…..

"Princess, Admiral," a soldier ran up to the two and bowed. "What is it?" Azula snapped. "Your brother has been spotted near the town of Ba Sing Se, do you wish to go there?"

"Yes, head for the mainland of the Earth Kingdom."

"Yes, princess…."

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Heading down the road to Ba Sing Se, Katara and Zuko found themselves wiped out.

"Ugh, how much more is there?" Katara asked as she dropped down to the ground and opened up the map.

"Look!" Zuko rushed over to a tree trunk and unraveled a piece of cloth. "It's my uncle, he left this here, he must be looking for us at Ba Sing Se, we need to keep moving."

"Fine…." Katara groaned and stood up.

Suddenly, as they made their way down the road, out of the trees, walked out Azula and Zhao. "Great…" Zuko muttered under his breath.

"So brother, having a nice trip to Ba Sing Se?" Azula smirked. "I see you decided to bring that water witch with you," Zhao eyed Katara.

Katara clenched her teeth, she hated how the man looked at her. Azula shot out lightning and it barely hit them. "Come on!" Zuko grabbed Katara's wrist and ran the other direction. Then, Mai and Ty Lee, along with the soldiers blocked the other way out.

"Give up brother, you are no match for me, just turn yourselves in, that way it'll be less painful and humiliating." Azula said.

Katara suddenly, grabbed Zuko's wrists and ran into the forest next to the road. "Get them! Bring my brother back alive, but the girl, dead or alive!" Azula shouted commands to the soldiers and her friends. Zhao also ran into the forest as well.

"Split up!" Katara let go his wrists and dashed into the forest towards their left. Zuko heard soldiers getting confused since they thought the girl would follow Zuko. Although, running into the soldiers weren't doing him any good. He used his broad swords and warded off the soldiers.

I hope Katara's ok….

Panting, she heard that girl Mai shouting orders to the soldiers. Then she heard daggers whizzing past her, hitting the trees next to her. Then she turned around and stopped, facing the 10 people running after her. "Azula wants to you alive or dead, but I prefer you dead!" Mai shot out tiny, sharp arrows and one pierced Katara's arm slightly. She grunted as two more shot into her leg and shoulder. "Are you just going to stand there?" Mai teased as she shot out stars. Katara watched as the sharp star twirled in the air, coming straight at her. She quickly pulled out a dagger from her legs and shot it out, deflecting the star.

"That's good, but not good enough to defeat me!" Mai shot out numerous tiny arrows and daggers. Having no water to shield herself with, she dodged most of them but got hit soon.

"Ha! Too slow!" Mai walked up to the injured Katara and stood above her and said in a low voice, "With you out of the picture, Zuko would be so sad, I'll make sure he feels better though." Mai smirked as she pulled out a knife. "Now to finish you off!" Mai motioned to plunge the knife into Katara's stomach, but Katara thought quickly and rolled away and stood up.

She drew her own dagger and the two clashed.

"Give up, you know that you'll lose and Zuko would be all mine." Mai smirked as she held her knife steadily, keeping Katara's dagger from hitting her face. "Never, I won't give up!" Katara threw her weight onto the dagger and pushed away Mai. She stumbled.

"Soldiers! Get her!" Mai shouted as she regained her posture. The soldiers charged at Katara, spears pointed towards her. She smirked and drew out the daggers hidden. She threw them at the soldiers, hitting her target perfectly every time.

Then, Zhao snuck up behind her and grabbed her the neck. "Well, looks like I caught a water witch, I still haven't forgotten the time when you shot me." Zhao growled into her ear. "Let go!" Katara struggled to get out of his arms, even though he had the same build as Zuko, he's touch was creepy.

"I'll finish her off Zhao, you stay back." Mai recommended.

"No, I need to finish her off, she gave me a scar on my arm I'll never forget…."

Katara slammed down her foot on to his foot. Zhao cringed and cried out in pain as Katara used this time to escape.

"I'll take care of her…." Mai narrowed her eyes at the retreating Katara and ran after her.

As Katara was running wildly through the woods, she turned around and saw Mai running straight towards her. Suddenly, one of the sharp arrows shot out of Mai's sleeves and pierced Katara's back shoulder. She grunted as she fell down on her knees, breathing heavily as she glared at the rocks in front of her. Mai came up behind her and sighed, "I thought you would give me better challenge, too bad."

Then, Zuko came out from behind the trees and drew his broad swords. "Mai…."

"Zuko…. it's been a while."

Katara panted as she plucked out the arrow from her back. Zuko looked down at her and noticed several arrow piercing around her arm and legs.

"What did you do to her Mai?" Zuko said in a threatening tone. Before Mai could answer, Katara let out a battle cry and using the puddle of water next to her to whip Mai with.

"Little witch!" Mai shot out three arrows, Katara took the hits and froze Mai in place. "You got lucky this time, I will defeat you next time." Mai said.

Katara glared at her and walked past Zuko.

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As they walked on, Katara tried to ignore the sharp pains on her wounds from Mai's daggers and sharp arrows, but Zuko noticed immediately. "You're hurt." Zuko stopped and turned to face her. "I'm fine…." Katara mumbled, but right when she said that, she swayed dangerously, luckily Zuko caught her.

"No, you're not," The Zuko inspected the many blood stains on her clothes, wounds dotting here and there. Katara panted like she ran the whole way here. Her eye lids slowly closed as she saw the world in a haze. "You'll be ok…." That was the last thing she heard before she let out a breath and slipped into unconsciousness.

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Zuko managed to get into Ba Sing Se by carrying Katara on his back, her arms dangling on his sides. He heard her even breathing and knew she would be fine, but her wounds needed to get treated quickly. "Zuko!"

He turned around, realizing who carried that voice. "Uncle!" He graciously met up with the old man, glad he was ok. "Oh my, what happen to her?" Iroh pointed to Katara who had blood seeping out even more from her wounds on her arms. "Uncle, do you know where the local healer is?"

"Yes, yes right down here!" Iroh ran to a building, cleaner than the other ones surrounding it. As Zuko walked in, he saw many beds against the wall, one nurse who was already caring for a patient, another rushing up towards them. "Oh my! What happened to the young lady?" The nurse beckoned to the nearest bed and Zuko laid her down gently onto it.

"She was wounded by a fire nation assassin." Zuko muttered. The nurse nodded and rushed to the back to get bandages and a blue liquid. "You two should stay in the spare room in the back, we can take care of her." The nurse pointed to the door way. Iroh bowed and thanked her and dragged Zuko out of the room. He glanced on more time at Katara before leaving the room.

"Tell me what happened nephew." Iroh said.

"We got ambushed by Zhao, Azula, and her two friends, along with their troops." Zuko paused so his uncle could take it all in. Iroh nodded and asked for him to continue. "Katara said we should split up, so it'll be harder for them to track us. I was chased by troops while Katara was chased by Mai. Soon….as I defeated the troops that followed me, I heard someone falling to the ground."

Iroh nodded. "I went over to the sound and saw Katara kneeled on the ground with Mai coming up behind her, knife in hand. I dashed out of the trees and stopped Mai, but before I could lay a hand on her, Katara used her water bending to freeze Mai to a tree. That's pretty much it." Zuko said, looking at the floor at his feet. "Well, she has the heart of a warrior, I believe that she let Mai hit her every time, to trick Mai into thinking that she was wounded, her plan worked brilliantly." Iroh complemented.

"Sir," the nurse came in holding Katara's bow and arrows, "these are hers, and these were found strapped to her leg." The nurse held up the strap that held many daggers that Katara hid from the two. "Thank you." Iroh bowed and held up the daggers. "She….she had those all along?" Zuko asked.

"It seems like it Zuko, I never knew she had the skills of knife throwing, it's only a skill a few know how to do easily." Iroh set the items down on the floor and sighed. "Zuko, I may not have told you this…but…."

"But what?"

"You do not know how much of a treasure you have right now."

"What are talking about uncle?" Zuko asked, getting a bit frustrated at the sayings of the old man.

"I'm saying is that….Miss Katara, she's a woman you'll meet only once in a lifetime, she's pretty, has talents, abilities, skills of a warrior, a great bender, and intelligent, you'll only meet a girl like that once." Iroh said, smiling gently.

Zuko blinked and stared at the wall in front of him so intensely as if it were the cure to cancer. "I know, she's perfect…." Zuko said, getting off the bed and going back into the treatment room.

Happiness….something my dear nephew has been missing out, has finally embraced him with open arms.

A/N Cool fight scene huh? Well it was pretty cool to me!

Anyways, for you Zutara fluff luvers, I know you may disappointed on the amount of fluff here, but next chapter or the one after it will have tons of fluff! Maybe even added in make out scene! XD R&R!