Chapter three A new Beginning

Sorry I haven't posted a new chapter in a long time. Its been done, I just got lazy and well>. ; never posted it. Now… -drum roll- Ph34r!

"Prince Zuko." A wise voice echoed throughout a fiery bedroom.

"You may only disturb me if you have news about the Avatar." A young man said as he meditated in front of lit candles.

"Oh no, far greater news." The old man stepped in.

"The only greatest news uncle, is if my father has finally accepted me." The young prince turned to stare at his uncle. "What is it?"

"We have finally reached the port of the earth kingdom. And now I can get more Ginseng tea." The older man cheered.

"General Iroh." A man ran up to the old general. "Some of the men are here." He saluted.

"Just have them wait on deck." The young prince got up and walked past his uncle. "I'm going out to find some information on the avatar." He mumbled and left.

Yukino wondered through the earth kingdom forest. She felt lost, but knew she was getting closer to the port.

"I can't go in there dressed like the way I am." She said looking down at her water nation clothing. "And the way I look." She said grabbing a piece of her long brown hair.

"You there!" a man shouted at Yukino. "What do you think you are doing?" He demanded and ran toward her. "This territory is under General Ching's command and your trespassing." He glared.

"Oops." Yukino said getting in a fighting stance. "What are you going to do about it? Fight a girl?" She grinned. The man came up to her with fire in his hands. He thrust flames at her but she dodged them. While he was attacking her though, she was checking out his measurements.

"Hold still." The man was getting frustrated. "When you trespass, you become a prisoner. Now stop it!"

"You know what… you're my perfect size." Yukino smiled sending a wave of water at him from a nearby pond. He was sent flying to a tree and fell unconscious. "Wow… just a little bump and your out. Pretty weak." She laughed and pulled out rope and began tying him up. "I can't believe I'm about to strip a fire nation soldier…." She complained as she undressed the soldiers uniform.

"Prince Zuko!" The old uncle ran to an art shop and examined a vase. "This would look lovely in the dining hall." He smiled picking it up.

"We've all ready got enough antiques. " The young prince complained. General Iroh ran to a painting of a young girl.

"Oh… but we don't have any portraits." He said grinning. Prince Zuko walked up behind his uncle and looked at the portrait.

"Who is this?" He asked. "Was she an avatar a while back?" The salesman came up from behind and smiled.

"Such a lovely choice." He finally spoke. The two turned around to stare at the storekeeper. "This is the young princess of the water nation. Such a beautiful young blossom." He beamed.

"We'll take it!" Iroh burst out.

"Excellent." The storekeeper cheered.

"What?" Zuko stared at his uncle in disbelief. "Why do we need a portrait of a girl? And where are you going to put it?" He protested.

"Your room." Iroh turned and gave the money to the salesclerk. "We need to brighten up your room anyways." He smiled. Zuko turned around and walked away grumbling.

"Wow." Yukino examined her reflection in a small pond. "It is a perfect fit." She said dumbfounded. She grabbed her hair and placed it in a pony tail. "I guess, I need a hair cut." She took out a blade her mother had given to her when she was small. She grabbed the middle of her hair and chopped more then half of her hair. In a pony tail it just barely reached her shoulders.

"I guess its time to head off into the port." Yukino followed the loud sounds of rummaging citizens.

Yukino walked into the small port astonished. It was her first time outside of her kingdom to step into a crowded town. She walked past all of the merchants and shops, dazed upon the busy people without realizing where she was going.

"Watch it!" A bigger older man shoved Yukino to the ground. "Stay out of my way you pathetic fire leach.." He laughed.

"Want to run that by me again?" Yukino got herself up, brushing the dirt off of her clothing. "Such bold talk for a man of no intelligence." She glared.

"What did you say!" He snorted, dropping the stuff he was carrying on to the earth ground. "No body makes fun of the great Isuzu!" He shouted.

"Baboon." Yukino got in a fighting stance. She wanted to use her waterbending, but she knew that it would blow her cover. The man, also known as the great Isuzu, ran at her with anger. He threw punches at her, but she dodged them. He threw whatever he could at her, but wasn't very successful. The so called great Isuzu, wasn't that great. He doesn't even know how to fight.

"Your wasting my time." Yukino said grabbing his final punch. She bent his wrist back, causing him to yell in pain. A crowd had already surrounded the two, rooting and cheering for one of the two. She shoved him back and jumped up, "This is for pushing me to the ground!" she stomped on his face, knocking him to the ground. "And this is for calling me a leach." She growled, kicking him in the groin. Everyone made a sound like, "oooh…. Ow… or ouch". The man fell back in pain, almost unconscious. Yukino dusted herself off and noticed that everyone was in shock. "He deserv-" She was cut off when everyone shouted in excitement and ran towards her.

"He beat Isuzu!" They chanted. Yukino's bubble was being popped and she quickly ducked down toward the ground. She crawled through the maze of joyful people and ended at the foot of a teenager. She looked up at the scared face boy as he stared her down. She smiled somewhat and crawled around him.

"Wait." He spoke as she jumped up to her feet. "I need your assistance."

"Sorry, but I'm in a hurry." Yukino said stepping back. "Bye." She turned on her heel and ran off into the crowd. The boy looked in the direction she was heading and sighed.

"Did you see that Prince Zuko?" Iroh stepped up from behind the young prince. "That young man just defeated this big fellow there." He said astounded. Zuko looked down at his uncle.

"Who cares." He mumbled and walked at a pace toward his ship. The old general shrugged his shoulders and trailed along his nephew.

Yukino wondered around the market aimlessly. "Ok… this shouldn't be hard." She moaned stepping up to a fire nation ship. "I just have to do this…" She looked up and saw some men walking up the board to the ship. "Hey!" She called out.

"What?" One of the men asked, stopping what he was doing to look down at her.

"Is this the prince of the fire nations ship?" She asked.

"Yes. If you're a new recruit, step aboard." The man said and left. Yukino looked up feeling nervous. She stepped on the board and walked up on deck. There she saw men lined up as an older man was getting their information. She quickly ran over to the end of the row and awaited her turn.

"Prince Zuko! What about this?" The old uncle rushed over to an instrument shop. He grabbed a horn type thing. "This would be perfect for music night."

"No." Zuko said bluntly. He turned and stared at his ship, seeing a bunch of men gathered atop. "Lets go." He walked toward his ship. Iroh ran to the store clerk and handed over the money and ran beside his nephew. Zuko walked up on to the deck and noticed the boy from before as he was getting his info.

((ooc: just so everyone doesn't get confused… people see Yukino as a boy))

"Name." The older man said. Yukino was about to speak when the prince had approached her. She turned to him in a gaze.

"My name is Yuki." She said and turned back to the man.

"Age."

"16."

"Your just a kid." Zuko interrupted. Yukino looked back at the prince with a glare.

"Who are you calling a kid? And how old are you?" She demanded. Some of the men gasped. They couldn't believe that she was talking to their prince like that. Iroh began to cough and muttered sixteen under his cough. "Same age as me." She grinned.

"Why you low life fire peasant… to think someone such as yourself could have defeated that man." Zuko stepped forward to her as his hands turned into flames.

"Want to say that to my face..?" Yukino stood in her position as Zuko toward over her.

"Prince Zuko, that is enough." Iroh stepped in the middle of the two. Yukino stared blankly at the prince and then looked down at the old general.

"He's the prince…?" She pointed, still in shock.

"Yes I am. You will respect me. Got it?" Zuko shot a glare at her as he stepped back from his uncle.

"I'm so sorry your highness." Yukino mumbled in a greedy sarcastic way. "Royal pain in the butt…" she muttered.

"Are we done here?" The old man that was collecting everyone's information asked.

"Yes." Iroh replied.

"Lets go then…" Zuko spoke up turning away from the group and headed off into the ship. Iroh shrugged once again and ran off as well into the ship. Yukino sighed and looked back at the man to listen to what he was telling the group of men. 'This is going to be a long odyssey.'

End of Chapter Three

Hope you all enjoyed this Chapter. Chapter four will be up soon