It Had to be You

'Li!' Jet growled.

'Li!' Jin and Song exclaimed simultaneously.

'Li?' Katara scoffed.

Sokka, Aang, Iroh and Toph all began to snicker at Zuko's obvious discomfiture. Smellerbee and Longshot were equally amused as Song and Jin began to eye one another, obviously wondering how exactly the other was related to 'Li.'

'Uh…' Zuko managed.

'Sorry Jet, you've got the wrong guy. This is Zuko.' Katara said, far too sweetly for Sokka's liking.

'Zuko?! As in Prince of the Fire Nation Zuko?!' Jet snarled.

'Please tell me there's not more than one Zuko.' Toph muttered. Zuko glared.

'I knew it! You filthy Fire Nation scumbag! I knew you were a Firebender!' Jet stormed forward.

'No Jet. He's okay. Really.' Katara tried to interpose herself between them. Sokka was at a loss as to whether he should help his sister to make sure she didn't get hurt while preventing the fight, or simply sit back and watch two of his least favourite people in the world pummel one another senseless.

'Fire Nation? No Li. That's not right… Is it?' Jin was looking around Jet imploringly. Zuko did not meet her gaze. 'Wait… those lamps in the fountain square. You lit them using Fire bending!' She waited for him to deny it.

'What fountain square?' Katara turned her gaze on Zuko. He avoided her eyes too.

'You are from the Fire Nation?!' Song's eyes were dinner plates. 'But I let you into my home, and fed you, and… and… You stole my ostrich horse!' Indignation laced her words as she stepped up behind Jet and Jin to glare at Zuko.

'You stole her ostrich horse?' Katara turned to face Zuko, no longer preventing Jet from reaching him.

'She gave you food and a place to stay and you stole her ostrich horse? What on earth possessed you to do that?' He couldn't tell if she was amused or angry, and was equally unsure which he wanted it to be.

'I… Uh… I learned it from you, scroll thief.' He crossed his arms, trying for amused.

Wrong choice.

'That waterbending scroll was stolen from a waterbender. One of my people. I was simply reclaiming what was mine. You can't just go around stealing innocent people's ostrich horses!' Definitely angry now. He probably shouldn't have reminded her of the scroll incident. It wasn't one of the most pleasant memories they shared.

'Well, I'm Prince of the Fire Nation,' he spat back. 'And in case you hadn't noticed, they pretty much own the world. So maybe I was simply reclaiming what's mine too!'

'You spoilt Fire Nation bigot!'

'Backwards Water Tribe peasant!'

There was a slap, and in a blur of motion, Katara retracted her water whip.

Aang and Sokka slapped their foreheads simultaneously. Toph just grinned.

Completely ignoring the steam and smoke now engulfing the two combatants, she turned to the newcomers and said 'Would you like some tea? We're going to be here for a while.'

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AN: Second song in my Shuffle Challenge playlist: It Had to be You by Michael Buble. Specific lyric: 'Some others I've seen/might never be mean/might never be cross/try to be boss/but they wouldn't do.'