CHAPTER FIVE
The Flower of Love Blossoms Inside Prince Zuko.
Prince Zuko was tired but he could not sleep, for one thing he had just learned that Admiral Zhao
was alive and for another he was trying to deny his feelings towards Kattara the Water Tribe girl
who was traveling with the Avatar. He had been burning with passion for her ever since he first
saw her. When he had first laid eyes on her he was looking for the Avatar. Because capturing the
Avatar had been consuming him he had easily pushed her out of his mind but during the long
chase, he had plenty of time to think about her. She intrigued him because she was the opposite of
him and yet they were both very much alike. Zuko had confronted her on numerous occasions on
his quest to capture the Avatar. He had even dueled her a few times. Because of these encounters
Zuko had learned that Kattara had a fiery personality very much like his own. He could tell that
she hated losing just as much as he did, and that she was very independent and flouted authority
which were his most characterizing traits.
Uncle Iroh had suggested that they ally themselves with the Fire Nation's enemies. If Zuko were
to become a traitor and switch sides he would do it for her. Zuko knew however that whatever
feelings he felt towards her that she would not feel the same. She was as beautiful as he was ugly,
she was as kind and tender hearted as he was unsympathetic and hard skinned. The Fire Nation
had destroyed her people and her way of life and they were relentlessly pursuing the same course
of action day after day. His people were hated everywhere and so was he.
Zuko had finally decided to give up his chase of the Avatar, something his uncle had been trying to
get him to do for years. He had now decided to pursue someone else he had decided to go after
her. Zuko felt that the burning passion he felt for her was consuming him with a fire that was hotter
and fiercer than he had ever known. This fire was not ordinary fire because this fire could not be
quenched. Zuko wondered what he would say to her if he ever met her again. Her brother and
her friends would surely try to kill him on sight. They would not trust his motives, how could he
ever explain to them that he was no longer after the Avatar. That he was after her and her only.
He had no intention of taking her for the Fire Nation, he not only wanted her for himself he
needed her for himself.
Zuko had felt dead for years, ever since his father burned his face and banished him from the Fire
Nation. She had given him new life. If he could not have her, he would rather die than live.