Zuko's Pov:
I had swam deeper I could see her, sinking deeper and deeper to the bottom. I grabbed her and swam back to the surface. I saw a rope I grabbed a hold of it and my men pulled us up onto deck. When we got on deck, my men moved away. I leaned down, she was barley breathing. I picked her up and moved us to my room. I shut and locked the door. I gave her mouth to mouth hoping to get any water in her lungs out. She started to cough up water, she rolled over on to her side. I got up and moved to the door. I opened the door and there stood Uncle, he had some tea and blankets .
"Make sure she stay's warm. She might be good with the cold but she was in the water for a while." Iroh said
I nodded my head. I walked back inside my room.
"Kida you need to change out of your clothes." I said
I kneeled down next to her. I had grabbed that outfit she had worn the last time she was here. She nodded her head.
"I'll turn around." I said
I turned around. I stayed turned around till she said I could look.
"You can turn around." she said
I turned around, her clothes were on the floor, along with her bindings. I moved the wet clothes away from her. I moved back over and put my hand on her forehead she was cold.
"Your so cold." I said
"I'm always cold." Kida said
"Yeah, but not this cold." I said
I picked her up and laid her down on my bed. I wrapped her up in the blankets Iroh gave me.
"Here you need to drink some of this." I said
I handed her a cup of tea. She sat up a little bit and drank it.
"How are you feeling?" I asked
"Like I swallowed the entire ocean and almost died." Kida said
"You only swallowed a little bit of the ocean and not all of it." I said
She laughed, but then started to cough. She rolled over to her side.
"I always hated being sick." Kida said
"Shh. Just go to sleep." I said
"I can't, I'm to cold." Kida said
I moved around and quickly lit all of the candles that were in the room. I looked at her but she was still shivering.
"Your still shivering." I said
"It's okay." Kida said
I looked down at her. She was still shivering. I quickly changed out of my wet clothes it a dry outfit. I laid down next to her. I stayed on top over the covers. I used the cool trick she showed me to heat up my body, I could feel the room heat up, and I saw her stop shivering. Once she stopped shivering she quickly feel asleep.
- - - - - Time Skip Next Morning - - - - -
Zuko's Pov:
I woke up. I felt something in arms. I looked down to see Kida. She had her head on my chest. For a moment I thought I was dreaming till I remember that I pulled her out of the ocean. I smiled down at her. I slowly and quietly got up. I headed down to the kitchen. The chief was ready with breakfast and something hot for her to drink. I grabbed the tray and head back to my room. I opened the door and walked inside. When I walked in she was sitting up in bed.
"How am I here?" She asked
I sat the tray down.
"What do you remember?" I asked
"I remember getting on Appa with Katara and Aang and going to look for Sokka and the fisherman. I remember finding them and getting them on Appa. Then the wave that took us into the ocean. I remember Aang going into the Avatar State and saving the others but I had floated to far away and the bubble couldn't reach me. Then everything goes black." Kida said
"After the Avatar saved the others the fly to the surface and into the air. I had seen your hair earlier on Appa when you flew by earlier. So when I didn't see you when Appa came out of water right next to us I got a little worried. So I moved to side of the ship as did a few of the others on the ship. Jee saw something white in the ocean. So I jumped in and pulled you out." I said
"Thank you." Kida said
"No problem. Here some food for you and some hot tea. Uncle says it will help your throat and hopeful keep you from catching a cold. But just to make sure your not leaving this room." I said
She just smiled.
"What ever you say, Prince Zuko." she said
I handed her the food and her tea. She sat and drank and ate her food. When she was done she put the empty containers back on the tray. I then got up and put the tray in the hallway. I shut and locked the door.
"How are you feeling?" I asked
"Okay. My throat hurts a little, and I'm a little worried about what is going through my sibling's and Aang's head." Kida said
"Okay, I can go get you some more tea." I said
I got up to leave, but she was grabbing my hand and stopping me.
"Don't go. I'm fine. If I need something I'll let you know." She said
I nodded my head. I moved my hand up and put my hand on her forehead.
"Your heating up." I said
"It's okay, I'll cool down. I never stay sick for long." Kida said
"Just get back in bed. You need sleep." I said
I ushered her back into bed.
"You go back to sleep. I have to see to a few things then I'll be back." I said
"Okay." Kida said
I turned and left the room.
Kida's Pov:
After Zuko left I couldn't fall asleep so I just had a star up at the ceiling. I don't how long he was gone but when he finally came back. I sat up and looked at him.
"Why did you do it?" I asked
"Do what?" Zuko asked
"Save me. You didn't have to. You could have just keep sailing but you stopped, you jumped into the ocean. There was a storm you might not have been able to come back to the surface and you could have died." I said
Zuko moved so that he was sitting next to me.
"I don't know… when I didn't see you on the sky bison's back when came out of the water I was worried. Then when I couldn't find you in the water I hoped that maybe I had just imagined your white hair earlier and that you were never with them. But when Jee said he saw something I ran over to him and looked over the edge and saw your hair, I didn't even think I just jumped in. When we got back on the ship I thought you were dead, but then I felt your pulse I knew you were alive." Zuko said
What he said had surprised me.
"That still doesn't tell me why. Don't get me wrong I'm very grateful that you saved my life. But you shouldn't have risked your life to do so." I said
He looked at me. He didn't say anything he just stared at me. He bought his hands up and cupped my face. He leaned towards me, and I leaned backwards. Till back was laying down. I couldn't lean back any farther but he could still lean down. I leaned down and kissed me. I was going to kiss back but he pulled away.
"Why did you kiss me and then leave?" Zuko asked
"I needed to be with my family. So that's one of the reasons I left. I kissed you because I wanted to, that is also the reason I left. I didn't want to deal with a mad you if you were mad that I kissed you." I said
Zuko didn't say anything he just kissed me again. I moved my arms so that they wrapped around his neck, and kissed him back. He moved one of his hands to my side. We keep kissing till a knock on the door made us pull apart. We were barley pulled apart.
"Who is it?" Zuko asked
"Jee, sir. I just wanted to let you know that we will be making port in a few hours." Jee said
"Anything else." Zuko said
"No sir." Jee said
We could hear him walking away. I had been looking at the door, but when I turned my head and looked back at Zuko, I saw that his eyes were on me.
"You are never leaving." Zuko said
"Zuko…"
I was cut off by Zuko kissing me.
"I don't care if I have to lock you in this room." Zuko said
I just smiled. Zuko went to kiss me again but there was another knock on the door.
"Yes." Zuko said a bit irritated
"It's me. I just wanted to see how Kida is doing?" Iroh asked
I pushed Zuko off, and walked over to the door. I unlocked it and opened it.
"How are you Iroh?" I asked
"I am fine. How are you?" Iroh asked
I moved a side so that Iroh could come in.
"I'm doing okay. My throat hurts a little and Zuko said I was a little hot to the touch." I said
Iroh stepped forward and put his hand on my forehead.
"You are a bit hot. Is the tea helping?" Iroh asked
"Yes it is." I said
"Good I'm glad." Iroh said
"Is there anything else Uncle?" Zuko asked
Iroh and I looked over at Zuko, who was sitting on the bed.
"No, not that I can think of. I drop some more tea off later." Iroh said
"Okay, thank you Iroh." I said
"Yes, thank you Uncle." Zuko said
Iroh nods then leaves the room. Zuko jumps off the bed locks the door and moves over to me. He goes to kiss me but I push him away.
"No, I could be sick. The last thing we need is for you to get sick." I said
"So what if I get sick." Zuko said
"And how are you going to explain how you got sick?" I asked
"I did jump into the ocean during a storm." Zuko said
"What are you going to do if you run into Aang. You can't exactly beat him if your sick now can you." I said
IT took him moment, but non the less.
"Yeah guess you're right." Zuko said
"Aren't I always." I said
