Hey guys another chapter! I've been thinking on a different story I wanted to write based on a movie I watched earlier today. It'll be avatar based but in the world of that movie. I have the idea in my head and I hope you guys will enjoy when I start it.

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P.S I'm not quitting this

Chapter 20

Everything was going so well until they got back to where they were camped out at. Katara was in a happier mood until she got on their ship and saw the unspeakable.

"What in the name of La are you doing!" Katara yelled. She then felt for the water that his hands were in and froze it. She heard him grunt in pain but she didn't care in the least.

"Wait hold on-" he started but Katara wasn't going to let him finish.

" I knew not to trust you! Wait till I tell everyone that you snuck up on this ship." she said then turned to get her friends. As she was about to rush out of the ship she almost ran into Bato accompanied by her friends and Iroh.

Perfect timing she thought.

"What's happening Katara?" Bato asked worriedly.

"It's better if I show you, come on!" she said as she led them to where Zuko was. He was still frozen in place to where the ice reached his forearms.

"I told you we couldn't trust them. He snuck aboard our ship and has done who knows what." Katara said as she folded her arms across her chest.

Everyone looked between Katara and Zuko until Bato sighed.

"Dishes."he said

"What, what do you mean?" Katara asked in confusion. She expected them all to be angry and ready to fight...not this.

"I had asked Zuko to do the dishes when I saw they weren't done after you and Aang left. He was only up here to do that." Bato explained.

"Yeah Katara, I was gonna tell you when you got back but I forgot..sorry" Sokka said as he scratched the back of his head.

" You can release yourself now Zuko." Bato said.

They saw as steam had risen from the sink and Zuko rubbed his hands. His scales were slightly blue from the cold he endured.

"Um..I um..-" Katara began before being interrupted by Zuko.

"It's fine." he said before leaving the kitchen. Iroh followed after his nephew and soon Sokka and Aang left before it was only Katara and Bato were alone.

" you need to apologize to him."

"W-Why, what if he had actually been doing something?" she said but knew it was a terrible excuse.

"Katara I know you don't trust Drogons and for good reason after what happened to your mother, I don't either but those two have given me a reason to think all are not so bad." he then placed a hand on her shoulder." I get the feeling this isn't just about your hate for their kind because your less hostile around Iroh than you are around Zuko."

Bato saw as she stayed silent and he let out a sigh again.

" maybe you two have had an misunderstanding. You should find out his reasons for what he did and why he did it. You need this,he needs this and so does the group if we are to keep moving forward." he said.

Katara lowered her head in shame as she soaked in what Bato was telling her. She knew he was right,and so far Zuko really hadn't done anything bad..maybe she could try to be less hostile around him. She needed to apologize for how she'd been treating him but first she wanted his side of the story. She excused herself from Bato then made her way off the ship to search for the younger Drogon.

Zuko had made his way to a nearby lake to bathe after his uncle got done talking to him about not giving up on a friendship with Katara.

Damn that woman he thought angrily.

He was tired of how she was treating him. Yeah he hidden his identity when they first met but it's not like he did anything evil to deserve this treatment. In fact he's tried his best to let their group work and stay out of their way. It's not like he hasn't tried to make amends with her, he's just never had the opportunity. She's always around either her brother or the bald Ahmet boy.

Zuko let out a sigh as he attempted to pulled his shirt off. He stopped halfway through when he noticed the scar his father gave him. The scar ran from his abdomen all the way to the side of his neck. It was made by his father's talon when he had asked him about his mother's whereabouts. When he kept asking his father moved to his back closed his eyes as he thought of the pain on that day..the anger he now felt.

He pulled his shirt all the way off and placed his hands in the water to heat it up. When the water was to his satisfaction he reached for his pants but then heard a rustle in a nearby bush. He sniffed the air for any familiarity and was shocked to find out that he knew this scent and who it belonged to.

He retracted his claws to climb on a tree nearby him and made his way to where the person was hidden. He hung upside down from his tail on a branch that was right behind his unsuspecting guest.

"What are you doing?" he said as the person jumped off the ground.

"W-What in the name of La! You almost gave me a heart attack you jerk!" Katara yelled at him as she held her chest.

Zuko dropped from the branch and patted himself off before asking her again.

"What were you doing?"

"I-I was just looking for you so I could talk to you and apologize but then—…..oh La" she ended.

"But then what?" Zuko asked with a bit of impatience. He then noticed she wasn't looking at him directly anymore but more at midsection...oh.

The scar he thought.

She must be disgusted by it. Looks like he gave her something else to add on her list on why she doesn't like him. Zuko was getting angry at her staring and couldn't hold back his next words.

"Why the hell are you staring!" he growled.

He saw her jump at his voice and found satisfaction that he scared her but then her next words sent him into embarrassment.

" Well it's not my fault you have a great body!" Katara said before she clamped her hands over her mouth.

Zuko just stared at her in shock and couldn't utter anything more coherent than a

"What?"

Katara madly shook her head as she berated herself on being so stupid. She had to open her big mouth. His chest was amazing! She had never seen anyone with such a perfect body before, not even Jet could come close to this perfection. She noticed his huge scar but that only added on to his looks.

" I-I mean your hot not! No, your fine! Argh!," Katara turned away from Zuko so she could focus again.

"I came here because I wanted to talk to you. I wanted to see if you could truly be trusted." she said.

"I want to know why, why you trained me and your true intentions."

"My true intentions?" she heard him say softly.

"Yes. If I am to move forward with this I at least need to know if I can trust you." Katara said as she turned back around and super glued her eyes to his honey gold ones.

She half expected—really more than half expected Zuko to show his true colors, but instead he nodded his head and pointed to two rocks they could sit on.

"How about this, trust is mutual. Like you said for this to work we need to trust each other."

Katara nodded in agreement. "What do you think we should do then?"

"I tell you something you want to know and you'll tell me something I want to know." he said as he thought it over.

"How would I know if your telling the truth?" Katara asked as she crossed her arms.

She watched as Zuko lowered his head slightly for a moment before he spoke.

"You'll just have to trust me."

Sokka was at the communication terminal for the 100th time this past week. He was trying to get in touch with his father or anyone from their planet. All he ever got was static and whenever he got in touch with someone outside his father's reach no one knew of his whereabouts. He was worried not only for his father but also for his gran gran. He was glad she had left before the party but who knows what could have happened to once she left. All this not knowing anything was getting on his nerves and he slammed his fists on the terminal.

" Sokka is everything fine?" asked Bato as he was followed by Aang and Iroh.

"Y-Yeah everything is okay." he said as he straightened himself up.

"You still haven't managed to get in touch with the High Chief?" asked Bato.

"No and it's pissing me off. I don't understand and the unknown is killing me!" he yelled out.

Bato went over to the young Ara and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. " I understand how you feel.. but I know your father and everyone else is alive and well."

" Yeah Sokka! Your people are strong, remember how you all fought off the invasion. I know their okay." said Aang as he went to stand on his other side.

"How can you guys believe that?" Sokka said as he still held onto doubt.

" Because doubt leads to death. You must not doubt your loved ones." said Iroh who still stood at the threshold.

Sokka looked into the eyes of the older drogon and nodded his head in thanks.

" Your right. You guys are all right..I should believe that their safe. I just wish I could get in communication with them, ya know." Sokka said.

" You should go rest, all this worrying isn't good for a young man your age." Bato said.

"You and Aang also need to get a lot of rest for the games that start soon. I've noticed that none of you have actually done any training for the events, how exactly did you plan on competing well?" Iroh asked.

Everyone's face turned to shock as this revelation just dawned on them.

"Well Sokka is a decent fighter on our planet and one of our greatest strategist." Bato said as he scratched his chin.

"Yeah plus me and Aang should be fine." Sokka said as he puffed out his chest. " though who did you guys choose to compete when you got past security?"

"We chose my nephew Zuko to compete." Iroh said.

" I honestly think you and Aang should start training with Zuko before the games start. I've seen him practice and I can tell he is a great warrior." Bato suggested.

"My nephew is a formidable opponent back in our quadrant and is nearly unmatched, training with him will surely be beneficial." Iroh said.

Sokka grumbled at all the praise Zuko was getting and was about to open his mouth until Aang beat him to it.

"But we don't have much longer till the games start. Won't training be pointless?"

"You may not learn much in only a few days but training is and never will be pointless young Ahmet." Iroh said.

"Well it's too late now. You two will start your training tomorrow. I'll talk to Zuko about it in the morning." Bato said before taking his leave.

" well I'm going to see Katara before I go to bed." Aang said before following after Bato.

Iroh left the control room last leaving Sokka alone to think.

Sokka walked back towards the communication terminal and glided his hand over the power switch. He had it running the whole time and they still hadn't received any signals. He sighed and turned it off before leaving the room as well.

" So..how do your wings work?" Katara asked Zuko. They had been trying to get to know each other for the past thirty minutes now.

Zuko turned his neck around to where his wings would be before turning back to Katara.

"Well they're retractable and can only be used with magic. I can't fly high like most of my kind because of how my wings are." Zuko said.

"Why not, can you show me?" Katara asked.

Katara saw a small spark of light that appeared behind Zuko's back before a pair of big dark red wings formed. They were amazing but Katara could see holes through the brown of his wings.

"How did you get these?" Katara said as she rose from her seat to feel his injured wing. It felt hard and rough yet they were warm and soft where the scarring could be seen.

Zuko didn't answer for a moment because of the sudden proximity between them. He soon spoke after he collected his bearings.

"It was my punishment for questioning my father...he's also the cause for the scars along my chest and back."

"I can't believe he would do such a thing to his own son! A father's supposed to love his children and care for them. He's a terrible person." Katara said as she touched his wings with even more care.

" Why hasn't the King of Agnimitra done anything about this? I mean doesn't he care about his own people at least." Katara said.

"The Fire Dragon King? Well the king doesn't care for his people, and even if he did he couldn't go from planet to planet and better it. He has lords for planets his reign doesn't completely reach and no one cares." he said in a lower voice.

" you said your from a planet outside the Kings complete control?" Katara said as she sat down back in her spot.

" yeah…"

"I'm sorry about your dad Zuko.. do you know where your mom is?"

Katara noticed as Zuko's body went frigid and he didn't answer her. His wings retracted back into his body and his face was clouded.

"..Zuko.." Katara said in worry.

"..My father..killed my mother when I was young.." Zuko said darkly after awhile.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't know." Katara said as she covered her mouth with her hands.

"You couldn't have." Zuko said as he turned his head towards the river.

"Can I share something with you?" Katara asked as she touched the red scales on the back of his hand. She took notice how nice the blue and red went with each other.

"Sure you can Katara." Zuko told her.

"My mother...was killed when I was young as well." she said as she rubbed her thumb across his scales. She found it soothing as doing it held back the tears that came with speaking of her mother.

"Oh..I guess that's one thing we have in common.."

"Yeah.."

"Do you know how she died?" Zuko asked.

"My dad never talked about that day but me and my brother had overheard some soldiers talking about how she was heading towards the first quadrant when her ship was attacked by..an drogon ship." she finished softly.

"I see why you hated me and my race.. losing your mother is an understandable reason." Zuko said with a trace of sadness.

" I don't hate you."Katara said.

"You what?"

" I don't hate you. In the beginning I was really angry because I had been tricked by someone who was apart of the race who killed my mom. I had trusted you and I guess seeing that I trusted foolishly had set me off. Bato made me think about what had happened back on my planet and I honestly couldn't say you ever harmed me. In fact you taught me and protected my friends and family. If anything I owe you." Katara said.

"You don't owe me anything Katara." Zuko told her.

"Then let me apologize Zuko. I also want to start over with you and be friends." Katara said giving him a sweet smile.

" Of course. I'd love to start fresh."

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