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Katarou stole a few glances and dirty stares at Zuke; unbeknownst to her, he was about ready to admit to himself that he liked her. Her fiery temper and strong nature, any self respecting guy would find her intoxicating.

Zuke drilled into her mind that no man was worth the weakness of love, just something else that could be used against you. She shot daggers of flames into the dummy many times before finally kneeling to the ground in a crouching position.

She knew someone was watching her and it couldn't be any other then Katarou, the dirty boy didn't know when to control himself; she felt a strange attraction to him.

Maybe it was his deep blue eyes, or the tanned body that was like a perfect mold; what was this, Zuke couldn't believe what she was thinking about a boy let alone her captor.

She scolded herself then punched the ground hard, she turned her head and looked at Saki as a bead of sweat dripped down the side of her face. Zuke shook her head and stared into the ground; she scowled and stood up, she was hungry and could swear her kidney just ate her liver.

Zuke marched herself up to Katarou who was trying to scramble up a fire, "When can I eat…?" She asked in a smart ass monotone voice.

"When this fire magically lights and the food appears on the plate…" Katarou retorted in very much the same tone.

Zuke scowled and rolled her eyes, she stanced and shot a flame onto the pile of sticks, it lit into an unnatural looking flame. She looked at him with a look of pure superiority, "Well what are you waiting for, go find some food big man." She insulted him.

Katarou was enraged, he stood up and looked down into her eyes and held a stare into them for a good 10 seconds before saying something, "Well your majesty, I don't have food nor am I going to feed you. Go find your own food, it isn't my job." He responded to her with figurative venom spewing out.

Zuke's face twisted into an angry expression, she scowled and marched forward her shoulder purposely hitting his and turning him around with her. He shot an angry look to the back of her head as she marched into the forest to find food for herself and the girls.

Angie watched with this interaction with a sad look on her face; Ringo crawled up her shoulder and nuzzled her face gently, she lifted her hand and pat him lightly not taking her eyes off the pathway Zuke had taken into the woods.

Zuke scowled and furiously brushed branches and shrubs out of her way, how dare he speak to her in such a manner, pure disrespect and….what was she thinking, he didn't grow up around her and he didn't know how to treat her. It was still disrespectful to treat a lady that way, especially a Firebender.

She didn't know very much about him, all she knew was what she could tell by his appearance. He was of Water Tribe descent and was a capable warrior, that was all she knew. Zuke scolded herself for giving him that much credit, he was lowly and shouldn't even be thought about.

Just as she brushed the thoughts of Katarou out of her mind, she shoved some bushed out of her way and came across a campsite, she gasped silently at seeing the Earth Kingdom soldiers in their camp at the peak of the morning.

Zuke's mouth hung open seeing so many young Earth soldiers, the oldest looking couldn't be much older then about 25, there didn't appear to be a leader, perhaps these were AWOLs and were hiding.

"Capable group of young soldiers aren't they?" A young man's voice spoke softly behind her, she gasped and as quickly as she turned around she was pinned against the nearby tree with a dagger to her neck and a pair of piercing stone cold eyes glaring down at her.

Author's Note's Section-

YAY CLIFFY!...If you readers don't know who hasZuke...you're memory isn't very good...heheh... Yes i love daggers...i find them... enhancing to a romance...im a fan of a kinda of capturing cat and mouse kind of relationship, like almost forced, but not... strange yesbut i dont know why i just think its kool

Okay im happy i got a reveiw from a new person and it made me feel better , it is ZUKO only 1 U...but he's not even in this story...for the most part...AND MY THIS CHAPTER IS LONGER...i finally have somethign to fill it in with...im trying to make this a dark story...lots of inner conflict...lots of discriptions of emotions and feelings... all that sorts of stuff...it will get darker later also... i will have humor in there, so its not totally drama

Love Always GenaricPerson o()o