The Love Between Water and Fire

Authors Note: I don't own any Avatar characters.

Chapter 2: Katara Kidnapped

The Fire Nation was hot on Aangs trail. Aang could smell the smoke from the Fire Nation's boats, he held on tightly to Appa's saddle and made him go more faster. Once they had reached land, they went in between the trees to make sure the Fire Nation didn't catch a glimpse of him, but he was wrong.

Prince Zuko looked through his binoculars and smirked.

'Thank you Avatar, for leading me to her.'

"We should land here,soldiers go after the Avatar and look for him. Don't capture the Avatar, but capture the water bender."said Zuko.

"Giving up on the Avatar are you?"asked Zhao. "What about your reputation? Are you giving it all up to me, just for the love of the Avatar's water bending friend?"

"What are you talking about? I show no feelings for the Avatar's friend."lied Zuko."I'm using her as bait. Once we kidnap the Avatar's friend, he'll be sure to go after her."

Zhao glared at Zuko."I hope your plan fails."said Zhao and he walked away.

Meanwhile..

"Katara! Sokka!"yelled out Aang.

Katara and Sokka looked up."Aang! Where were you!"yelled Katara.

Aang landed Appa on the ground and jumped down."Forget about that, you're in danger Katara!"

"What do you mean i'm in danger?"asked Katara.

"Prince Zuko is after you!"said Aang.

"What do you mean after me?"asked Katara.

"He took me hostage on his ship, and he demanded that I'd tell him where you were, but I refused. He said he'd spare my life if I told him where you were. I asked him why he wanted you, but all he told me was to tell him where you are."said Aang. "We need to leave now!"

"I don't think so!"

Aang looked back and noticed that there was a group of Fire Nation soldiers.

"Katara run!"yelled Aang.

"Are you gonna be okay?"asked Katara.

"Don't worry about me."said Aang.

But just as Katara was about to run, she ran into Prince Zuko.

"Going somewhere?"asked Zuko.

Katara stared at him in a frightened way.

"Soldiers! Take her! You two, hold down her brother. You three, take care of the Avatar." said Zuko.

Two Fire Nation soldiers tied Katara's hands together with a tight rope and led her out of the forest and into the Fire Nation ship. Two other soldiers had Sokka down on his back, with his arms tied tight and the three Fire Nation soldiers took Aang by the arms.

Aang used an Air Bending attack to break free and later took down the other two guards and untied Sokka, they ran over to Appa and went off into the sky in search for Zuko's ship.

"MoMo, look for the the Fire Nation ships."said Aang.

MoMo flew down from Appa's back and went insearch of the ship.

"Why would Prince Zuko want Katara?"asked Sokka.

"He's probably using her to get to me."said Aang."It's all my fault, I should've just-"

"You should've just what? Let him kill you? Aang, don't take this as your fault. Let's just look for Katara and forget this ever happened."said Sokka.

"Prince Zuko had just left without the rest of his soldiers. He would've had waited for them."said Aang.

"He'll do anything to get to you."said Sokka.

MoMo came back and landed ontop of Aang's head.

"Did you find them MoMo?"asked Aang.

MoMo jumped off of Aang and went into the sky again and led them to the Fire Nation Ship.

"We're close, I can smell the ship's smoke."said Aang."I just hope Katara is okay."

Meanwhile

"Prince Zuko, we have the girl."said the general soldier.

"Good. I need to talk to her. Privately."said Zuko.

The general soldier bowed and left.

Katara walked inside Zuko's room and Zuko closed and locked the door behind her.

"Take a seat."said Zuko.

"I'm fine just standing up."said Katara.

Zuko went over to his desk drawer and took out Katara's necklace.

"I believe this belongs to you."said Zuko."If you want it back, you have to make a deal with me."

"What deal?"asked Katara.

"Stay with me, and you can keep it."said Zuko."If you refuse, you won't ever get this necklace back."

"Forget it! I'm not staying with you just because of a necklace that my mother gave me! I have Sokka, and even though I don't have my mom anymore, atleast I have my brother to be there for me."said Katara."All I have to say is, I have your nation to blame!"

"It was my father who killed your mother, not me. I would never do anything to hurt you."said Zuko.

"Like father like son. You won't stop until you get what you want."said Katara."It's selfish little brats like you that I can't stand! Out of all the brats in the world, you're the one I can't stand most!"

"Didn't you hear what I just said?"asked Zuko.

"I know! You said...that...you wouldn't do anything to...hurt me."said Katara."What did you mean by that?"

Zuko went behind her and placed her mother's necklace upon her neck.

"You know what I mean."said Zuko.

"I thought you were just using me to capture the Aang."said Katara.

"He doesn't mean nothing to me anymore."said Zuko as he placed his hands on Katara's shoulders."You're what matters to me."

Katara turned around to look at him."Are you saying you like me?"

"Not like Katara. Love."said Zuko.

Katara gasped."Y-you what?"

"I've been having these feelings for you for awhile now, but everytime I get close to you, you run away. I've been using the Avatar to get to you, and now you know how I truly feel."said Zuko.

Katara blushed."That's nice Prince Zuko, but I don't love you."

Zuko took his hands off Katara's shoulders and held her hands tight.

"I can't accept your feelings."said Katara as she took her hands out of Zuko's hands. "I'm sorry. I understand that you have these feelings for me, but I don't have feelings for you. We're complete opposites, i'm a water bender, you're a fire bender."

"I don't care if we're different."said Zuko."What can I do to change your mind?"

"Promise me you'll stop coming after me Prince Zuko, you can't ever change my mind about you."said Katara.

Katara unlocked the door.

"Don't leave."said Zuko.

"I can't stay here. I don't belong here."said Katara. She opened the door and walked out into the hallway.

Prince Zuko follwed her outside."You do belong here, you belong with me."

"I belong with Sokka and Aang. My heart belongs to the Water Tribe, not the Fire Nation."said Katara. She took out the whistle Aang gave to her and blew it, but the whistle never made a single noise.

"What are you doing?"asked Zuko.

"Leaving."said Katara.

Katara walked out onto the Fire Nation deck and just in time, Appa came. Along with Sokka, Aang and MoMo.

"Katara grab my hand!"yelled Sokka.

Katara reached for Sokka's hand, but just as Zuko went to the deck, she left.

'You always end up leaving me Katara. You told me to promise you that i'd stop coming after you. Let my words be in your thoughts, then maybe you'll change your mind.'

Prince Zuko went back to his room and slammed the door shut.

"I'll follow you to the ends of the earth. Count on that Katara."

Even if 10 years pass, even if 100 years pass
Even if 1,000 years pass, I can't forget you
Even if 10 years pass, even if 100 years pass
I'll wait for you because it is the easiest thing for me to do

End of Chapter 2