A/N- Okay! Here is the next chapter! I hope you all like it. It's going to be the beginning of an…interesting month. Who knows what can happen in a month! (Well an interesting month for Ryoko, Zuko, and Iroh…not me, mine is going to be BORING!)
The next morning the three found themselves packing up again. "All right, I'm going to be a maid, and Zuko, you'll be a…" Ryoko began looking up at Zuko "I'll be a guard." They had decided this for Zuko so he would have a faceplate to cover who he really was. "And I will be a chef in the kitchens, where I may have all the tea I want" Said Iroh dreamily. Ryoko and Zuko both rolled their eyes.
They began their long walk to port, Zuko once again wearing the hat, and bending his head low so know one would see his face. Ryoko was walking in front as she knew this village far better then the other two, and Iroh was in back, glancing at all the shop's that they passed.
When they reached port, in front of one of the medium sized ship they saw a fire nation soldier sitting at a table, and a line of people beside it.
A woman stepped up to the table. "Maid" she said simply and the soldier wrote something down on the paper be for reaching into a box beside the table and pulling out a simply red dress and an apron. The woman took it and walked into the ship.
Ryoko turned to Zuko and Iroh who both nodded to her. They had to wait for only a moment before Ryoko stepped up. "Maid" she said quickly. The soldier reached into the box and pulled out the maid's uniform. Ryoko silently let out a relieved breath of air before taking the uniform and walking up the plank and into the ship. She stopped at the top and glanced back at Zuko and Iroh.
"Keep moving!" Snapped one of the guards at the top giving her a , rather hard, push in the back.
Zuko stepped up. "Uh…guard." He said hopeful that this would work for him to. "Your late!" Snapped the soldier but he handed Zuko a guard's uniform nonetheless.
Iroh stepped up and smiled at the soldier. "Chef!" he said joyfully. The soldier gave him an odd look as he handed him his uniform.
Once Zuko and Iroh were inside they saw Ryoko leaning against the wall waiting for them. She rushed over to them as soon as the entered.
"All right, the maids room is down there" She said pointing to a door down a small hallway. Zuko and Iroh nodded. "Well, I guess there's really nothing else to do, except wait." She said. "Be careful" Iroh said to them before they separated and each went down a separate hallway to their stations.
Ryoko moved quickly through the large ship and stepped into the maid's rooms. Inside there were four bunk beds. A different maid, most having a curtain drawn around their place as they changed, occupied each. Ryoko followed suit and got dressed into the maids uniform.
She pulled back the curtain and yelped when she saw an old woman staring back at her. "We need a maid in the galley!" She snapped at me. "Oh, were is the galley?" I said standing up, slightly annoyed at her. The woman rolled her eyes and explained to her were it was.
Ryoko entered the galley and found that it was a rather large place, with several long tables. There were no windows in this room and the candles that hung from the walls gave it a spooky look.
On the wall was a counter and behind it I could see the kitchens, and Iroh who was working inside of it. He seemed to be doing really well at his knew position.
"Maid!" Yelled someone pulling Ryoko from her thoughts. She looked around to see a soldier sitting at one of the tables. "More water" he snapped. I looked around for a moment until I found a pail of, what I thought was water and went over to be he sat and pored it into his cup. He grabbed the cup and took a sip before spitting it back out instantly.
"This is not water!" He yelled at her grabbing the jug from my arms and reading it. "This is ale! I hate ale! Can't you read?" He hissed at her standing up from his seat and advancing on Ryoko. Tears brimmed in her eyes and she shook her head. He glared at her and made a move to hit her, but one of the guards grabbed his arm before he could.
"No" he said sternly pushing the man away. They soldier glared at him for a moment before he sat back down and continued with his meal. Ryoko looked up at the guard and instantly new it was Zuko. "Thanks" she said quietly looking away.
"You need to be careful," He snapped at her. "The soldiers on this ship aren't going to be like the men in your village," Ryoko nodded and Zuko walked away and out to the halls of the ship.
Iroh who had seen the entire thing let a small smile creep over his face as a thought came swimming into his mind.
A/N- Okay, who thought the new episode of Avatar that was on last Friday was totally awesome? Okay well I did. I just had a giggling fit in the part were Iroh was like "I just want to make your new home look nice, incase someone brings home a lady friend" And the he gave Zuko a little nudge. I just thought that scene was so awesome.