Chapter Six

As Azula's ship started to pull in to one of the fire nation navy ports on Fire Fountain Island. Naruto stood on the deck of the ship eager to get off and look around the fire nation. It had been a day sense he had discover his own way to lightning bend, but he still trained on trying to find a way to improve on his method even more. Once the ship and finally docked Naruto quickly raced down to Azula's room to let her know. Azula was sitting in her room looking over some intelligent reports she had received from a fire nation messenger hawk earlier that morning.

"According to this the Avatar has been flying around on a flying bison." Azula thought to herself already working on a plan to track the down her new pray.

"Enter." Azula said not bothering to look up from her work. Hearing he could go inside, Naruto walked in to the room and saw Azula sitting at her desk.

"Hey Azula the ship has just finished docked." Naruto said very loudly as he stood right behind the fire nation princess. Causing her to jump up with fright that the sudden loud shout behind her.

"Naruto, what are you doing." Azula demanded, but Naruto was too busy looking at the documents on her desk.

"So, it this how that Avatar guy keeps escaping because he has a flying bison." Naruto said picked up report and started to read through it.

"Yes, with that flying fur ball he was been able to travel all over the world." Said Azula as she stood up from her desk and stretched her back a little.

"Hm, too bad you couldn't just track the bison, something that big must leave some kind of trail." Said Naruto as he put the report back down on the desk and followed Azula out the room. However, Azula stopped mid-step at the blondes' words.

"He's right there must be some kind of trail." Azula thought as she walked back to her desk and started to search through all the repots.

"This is it here, Naruto you're a genus." Azula said as he held up a report that notice that the avatar's flying bison had noticeable white fur that had been left behind after a running with some fire nation soldiers.

"That's great, Azula now come on you said once we landed you would show me around a bit." Said Naruto as he waited impatiently by Azula's room door.

"Alright, alright let's go then." Said Azula rolling her eyes at the boy's request. So, the two left and once they reached to deck the found Mai and Ty Lee waiting around.

"Good you're here, we should only be here for a few hours at the most so stay close to the ship, Naruto and I are off to speak with whoever is in charge of this place." Azula said noting the Fire nation military base they had docked in to. Mai just nodded silently as she went over and sat down in her chair under the large red umbrella. Ty Lee instead of going to sit with Mai instead started to go through some of her acrobatic maneuvers as she ended up lying on the deck of the ship with her front legs passed her head. As Azula and Naruto started to head off the ship, Ty Lee took the time to call out to them

"Bye have fun on your date." She said happily, this comment caused both teens to blush slightly and move away from each other once they realized how close they were standing. The fire nation military the ship had docked in to was built right along the coast line and Azula's fire nation ship wasn't the only one there at the moment. It had tall stone walls surrounding it with torrent towners at every corner of the base. As the two walked thought the main gate of the base Naruto noticed how everyone stopped and bowed to Azula as she passed by them. Naruto know she was a princess and saw how the soldiers on the ship would stop a give a low bow, but this was brought things in to scope of who Azula was. Right way as they entered a older men dressed in a officers uniform ran up to them.

"Princess Azula, we were not expecting you so early." Said the man after he had given a deep bow.

"Yes, well I am hunting the Avatar now and I have not time to waste." Azula said looking around unimpressed at the base.

"Of course, your right. The equipment your ordered will be ready." Said the man

"Loud it in to my ship." Said Azula and as the man walked away, Azula turned to Naruto.

"Alright, while there doing that we will have some time what would you like to do." Azula asked

"Why don't you show me around." Said Naruto wondering what there was to do on the small island.

"Well let's see, I haven't been to this bass before but there has to be something." Said Azula wondering just what did commoners do for fun. Naruto looked around the base but there didn't really seem like there was much do to at the base. And that's when he noticed a tall cliff overlooking the base.

"Let's take a look from up there." Said Naruto as he walked up to Azula and in one quick motion picked her up off her feet and held her close to him bride style. Azula felt her face worm up being held so close to him

"Hold on." Said Naruto once he was sure he had a good hold of her and before Azula could ask what he was doing. Naruto launched them in to the air and using jets of flames from feet they rocketed out of the base in to the air. Soring in to the sky as they flew to the top of the cliff. Azula held on tight to the blond till they reached the cliff and had landed safely. Putting Azula down Naruto started to look around the rest of the island. Apart from the base the rest of the island didn't seem to be inhabited, all Naruto could see forest for miles around.

"Come on Azula, let's have a look around." Said Naruto as he held his hand out to the fire nation princess. Azula also looked around but unlike Naruto none of what she saw looked in anyway interesting it was just trees and trees.

"Don't you trust me?" Naruto asked. Azula stopped and looked over at Naruto, did she trust him. well that was hard for her to answer, she had never trusted anyone in her life even with Mai and Ty Lee she kept them around for their skills. However, there was just something about Naruto that was starting to change that about her. and it infuriated her to no end, she didn't like not knowing things and not knowing something about herself was worst.

"Yes." She finally answered taking his hand in hers. And so, for the for the next few hours Naruto, lead Azula in to the forest and both of them just walked around, talking and to Azula's surprise having fun just hanging out as friends. In all her time in the fire nation palace she had never had fun like this. Well she thought it had been fun when she would go around and torment her brother and boss around the servants all day, but here with Naruto just the two of them she had no need of holding up a proper princess image she was accustomed to doing. For the simple fact that Naruto didn't expect it of her of thoughtless of her for not doing so. In no time at all the sun was beginning to set. Currently Naruto and Azula were walking back up the hill to reach the top of the cliff they had landed on earlier in the day. Naruto had just finished telling Azula the story of the time he had saved a princess and rescued the land of snow form an everlasting winter.

"You certainly have a knack of getting yourself in to trouble Naruto." Remarked Azula once the two had reached to the top of the cliff.

"Yeah, but I always ended up working things out in the end." Naruto said as he thought back on all the times he had ended up in the hospital after a dangerous mission. As they looked over the fire nation base from the top of the cliff they saw that the sun was just about to set in to the ocean far off in to the distant horizon.

"So how do you propose get down from here." Said Azula as she already started to move closer to Naruto. And like before Naruto sweeps her off her feet holding her close to him, this time Azula reached her hand out and wrapped them around the blond teens neck. Holding Azula close Naruto eyeballed the distance and launched them off the cliff, soring all the way the Azula's fire nation ship. as they flew over the base the trail of black flames trailing behind them Naruto started to laugh out loud enjoying flying through the air. And as he gave off a larger blast of flames Azula too started to also laugh lightly. However, their flight was short live as Naruto was already starting to drop down so that they could land in front of Azula's ship.

"Princess, the equipment has been loaded on to the ship and he have been fully resupplied." Said the ships new Captain after he had walked up to them and given Azula a bow. Putting her down Naruto and Azula started to head back in to the ship

"Raise the anchor and get this ship ready to set sail I want to reach the earth kingdom in two days." Azula said not bothering to look back at the captain. Once the remaining fire nation soldiers boarded the ship the ship started to make it way back out to see. Azula had returned to her room, but Naruto decided to stay on the ships deck and watch as the fire nation base started to grow smaller and smaller as they made their way back to the earth kingdom to hunt down the avatar and Azula's brother and uncle.