It was been a few days since we left the cole rig. Were in a forest some where. Zuko and I were looking for Iroh.

"Uncle! It's time to leave. Where are you? Uncle Iroh." Zuko yells.

"Over here." Iroh yells

We head towards the voice. We walk past a few more trees, to see Iroh sitting a hot spring.

"Uncle? We need to move on. We're closing in on the Avatar's trail and I don't want to lose him." Zuko said

"You look tired, Prince Zuko. Why don't you join me in there hot springs and soak away your troubles? Kida you should join as well." Iroh said

"My trouble cannot be soaked away. It's time to go." Zuko all but yelled

"You should take you teacher's advice ad relax a little . The temperature's just right. I heated it myself." Iroh said

"Enough! We need to leave no. get out of the water." Zuko said

"Very well. Kida you should turn around." Iroh said

I turned around and heard the water splash from Iroh standing up.

"On second thought, why don't you take another few minutes? But be back to the ship in a half-hour or I'm leaving without you." Zuko said

Zuko turned and started to walk away, I followed behind him. As we were walking back to the ship we were walking along the ocean. I stopped. I kicked off my shoes.

"Kida what are you doing?" Zuko asked

"Going for a swim. Iroh has 30 minutes so that means so do I." I said

I finished undressing. Now I was in my bindings. I put my hair up that way it wouldn't get wet. I then walked into the water. I turned around and looked at Zuko who was just standing there watching me.

"Well are you going to join me?" I asked

Zuko's Pov:

We were walking back to the ship after finding Iroh. I heard Kida stopping walking I turned around and saw her kicking off her shoes

"Kida what are you doing?" I asked

"Going for a swim. Itoh has 30 minutes so that means so do I." Kida said

She finished undressing. Now she was just in her bindings. She put her hair up. She looked at me and that is when I realized had been staring.

"Well are you going to join me?" Kida asked

"No, I have to much clothes on." I said

"Okay." She said

She walked deeper into the water. She was beautiful. The way she looked in the water. Her eyes looked like they were glowing. I was having a fight within myself. She was a thirteen-year-old girl and I was seventeen.

"Zuko…Zuko… Zuko." Kida said

I looked up at her.

"Are you okay?" Kida asked

"Yes. Is there something you wanted?" I asked

"Yes, do you want to see something cool?" Kida asked

"Sure." I said

She got out of the water and walked over to s boulder that was in the water. When she stepped off the boulder her foot didn't go into the water. A small circle of ice was under her foot. She brought her other foot down and a small circle of ice appeared under it. She danced across the water with every step a new piece of ice appeared. She was amazing she looked so happy and carefree.

"That's amazing Kida." I said

She stopped and smiled at me. She got out of the water stood by me. She used her bending to get the water out of her clothing. So that she was now dry.

"We should head back to the ship. Iroh should be back by now." Kida said

"Okay." I said

We headed back to the ship.

Kida's Pov:

When we got back to the ship Zuko was informed that Iroh was not back yet.

"We should go look for him." I said

Zuko, two guards and I left the ship to go look for Iroh. We headed back to the hot springs.

"Uncle! Uncle, where are you?" Zuko asked

"Sir, maybe he thought you left without him." solder one said

"Something's not right." I said

"She's right. Look at he pile of rocks." Zuko said

"It looks like there's been a landslide, sir." solder two said

"Land doesn't slide uphill. Those rocks didn't move naturally. My Uncle's been captured by earthbenders." Zuko said

We headed back to the ship. Zuko got on one of the rhinos.

"Come on Kids lets go find Uncle." Zuko said

I got on the rhino behind Zuko. I wrapped my arms behind his waist we were riding for a while when Zuko stopped hoped off the rhino and picked up a sandle from the ground. He brings it up to his nose and smells it.

"Yeah, that's Uncle Iroh." Zuko said

He got back up on the rhino.

"I can't believe you spelt it." I said

We started riding again. We rode for a while when we heard something we looked up and saw Appa flying over us.

"The Avatar!" Zuko said

"No, Zuko. We have to go save Iroh." I said

"I know." Zuko said

With that we took off back towards the trail that Iroh had left. We found him, a earthbender as about to crush his hands with a rock. Zuko moves and and brings his foot down on the chain holding Iroh's wrist.

"Excellent from, Prince Zuko." Iroh said

"You taught me well." Zuko said

"Surrender yourselves, it's five against two. You're clearly outnumbered." the earthbender said

"Yeah, that's true, but you are clearly outmatched." Iroh said

The solders fire rocks, but Iroh destroys them with the chains. Zuko takes out two soldiers with fire. A rock is fired at him, but Iroh catches it and throws it back at the soldiers, knocking them down. The Captain fires three rocks at Zuko, which he dodges. Zuko counters with fire blasts that are dodged. I was watching the fight so close that I hadn't noticed one of the guards come up behind me till I his arms were wrapped around me. He pulled me with him as we steeped into where the fight was going on.

"Stop." the guard yelled

They all stopped and looked at us.

"Surrender or the girl pays the price." the guard said

Zuko and Iroh looked at each other, than at me. I kicked my foot up, it went straight up and hit him in the face. He let go of me and staggered back, I turned around and kicked him in the side of the head.

"As you were saying." I said

The captain brings up a large mass of rock, however, Iroh throws his chains around his ankles, knocking him and causing the rocks to fall on top of him. The soldiers are heard groaning underneath the rocks.

"Now would you please put on some clothes?" Zuko asked

Iroh nodded his head. Zuko turned to me.

"I didn't know you could fight like that." Zuko said

"My father taught Sokka and I." I said

Zuko nodded. We moved over to the rhino.

"There is not enough room for all three of us on that rhino." I said

"Kida you go ahead and sit on Zuko's lap." Iroh said

Zuko and I looked at each other.

"Okay." Zuko said

I nodded my head. We moved over to the rhino. We all got on and head back to the ship. When we arrived back on the ship. We headed our separate ways. Zuko ran straight to the captain to tell him about the going in the direction of the Avatar. I headed straight to Zuko's room. I was laying down looking at eh ceiling when Zuko came in.

"I'm going to get him this time I can feel it." Zuko said

I just nodded my head. I didn't say anything. I had a feeling he would never get Aang. Not with the way Katara went on about hope. I was missing my sister and brother.

"Are you okay?" Zuko asked

"Yes. I was just thinking." I said

"About what?" Zuko asked

"My family. I used to spare with m brother, and I used to practice my water and ice bending with my sister." I said

Zuko didn't say anything.

"Tomorrow we can spare. Maybe we can even teach each other a few things." Zuko said

"Really?" I asked

"Yes." Zuko said

I smiled and hugged him.

"Thank you Zuko." I said

"No problem Kida." Zuko said