Recap: "goodnight prince zuko," I heard her whisper. Not after long, I heard her steady breathing, indicating that she was sleeping. I couldnt help rolling over to look at her. Eventually, I dosed off watching her sleeping form.

You woke up before the sun rose. You were having nightmares. In your dreams people you cared about kept dieing, and asking you to come save them. You trying to run to them, but you seem to be glued to place. you tried to shut your eyes, but they didn't close. You watched your mother, father, aya, and even zuko and iroh perish in flames.

you brought your hand to your face to find your had been crying. You closed your eyes and breathed, trying to get the pictures out of your mind. A light sob escaped your lips and another tear fell from your eyes. You wiped it away furiously; you hated when you cried.

You heard zuko shift. Oh great, you though. Why did he have to be such a light sleeper damn it? You weren't in the mood for talking to anyone.

You heard him groan and say, "why are you up?"

You shrugged, hoping the darkness hid your tears. "couldn't sleep."

He groaned again and buried his face in his pillow, obviously annoyed you woke him up. You couldn't help but smile at this. "sorry I woke you," you told.

He sat up and lit small candle with his bending. You glanced at aya to see she was still asleep. You turned back to zuko, wondering why he bothered to light the candle.

"I'm not going to be able to go back to sleep now. Besides, theres only about another hour before sunrise," he said, guessing you were curious. Then he turned to you. "why are you crying? Are you alright?"

You smiled at his concern. "I'm fine. Its silly."

He raised an eyebrow. You sighed, looking down. "I had some real bad nightmares. Everyone was dieing." You turned back to him. "told you it was silly."

"its not silly," he said.

You stared at him, surprised. He sighed "I know what dreams can do to a person."

You tilted your head, looking at his scar. You wondered how he got. Zhao had said it had something to do with his father. "do you have nightmares of how you got your scar?"

He looked up at you, startled. "I'm sorry," you said hurriedly, looking down. "I didn't mean to be rude."

He sighed and got up. "that, and other things," he said. He slowly made his way over to his desk. On it, a small box rested. It looked like an ordinary tea bow to you, so you had never really thought anything of it. He opened it and pulled out a necklace. you got up and walked over to him. Standing at his side, you saw that it was a silver chain with a pennant that was an opal surrounded by diamonds. Your eyes went wide; it was obviously very expensive.

"its beautiful," you whispered.

He glanced at you and then looked back at the necklace. "it was my mothers."

"lady ursa?"

He nodded and sat on his bed still starring at the necklace. you folded your legs on the bed to sit down aside him. he looked to be in deep thought. You wondered what he was thinking.

After ten minutes of this, you were bored out of your mind, so you poked his arm. He turned to you, eyebrows raised. "you ok?" you asked.

He nodded and stood up to put the necklace back. He then returned and sat back down next to you. A silence spread over. You didn't like it and decided to break it.

"do you fight with broadswords?" you asked, pointing to the swords hanging up on his wall. He nodded slowly. You got up and ran your finger over the blade longingly. "I always loved swords. Papa let me take lessons to learn shortsword, but that's all we could afford. That and archery. I was never good at bending, so I practiced hard with my other weapons. Ive always wanted to learn more." You sighed.

He stood up and walked to you taking the swords off the wall. "would like me to teach you how to use these?" he asked.

You looked up at him, surprised at the offer. Then you smiled, eyes glowing. "you would do that for me?"

He nodded.

You squealed and jumped up and threw your arms around his neck in a hug, causing him to take a step back for balance. It wasn't the smartest thing to do, considering he was holding broadswords, but you didn't care. You kissed his cheek and let go.

"can we start now? Please? The sun ought to has risen by now!" you hurried over to wake aya.

You shook her shoulder gently. She looked up at you groggily. "I'm going to go the zuko on deck. Do remember where that is?" she nodded. "alright. You can go back to sleep. When you awake again, go there." She nodded again.

You hurried over to zuko and grabbed his arm, pulling him towards the door. "come on! Lets go!"

He actually laughed. "are you that eager?"

You nodded vigorously, still pulling him towards the door. He laughed again and let you pull him to deck.

Once there, he began to introduce you to the blades. "they are actually one blade, cut in half. Always remember that when you use them. They are one." You nodded. "like any other weapon, the basics are most important. As you probably know, this is always more true with blades. These blades are meant to be used at a very rapid speed." You listened closely.

He then showed you a beginner's stance and swiftly brought them around in a crisscross pattern to slice the air/invisible person. Then he did again only in slow motion so you could see exactly what he did.

"that's the first attack I learned. It is most basic and used often. You have to master this before moving on," he told you firmly. He then offered you the blades. You took them eagerly.

Taking a deep breath, you got into the stance. You closed your eyes and pictured zuko in your mind. You bit your bottom lip to help you concentrate and opened your eyes. You tried to copy exactly what he had done.

Zuko came forward. "not bad for your first try. Remember when I showed you how to mediate?"

You nodded.

"try to clear your mind in a similar fashion. It will make your movement faster and smoother. And keep your shoulders relaxed. The moment you stiffen up, the moment the attack is ruined."

You nodded and got back into the stance to try again.

After about an hour of this, aya came up to the deck. You had managed to do the attack right three time out of about five hundred and you were EXHAUSTED.

Aya came up to you. "I'm hungry," she said.

You nodded. "so am I."

Zuko came to the two of you. "you did good for your first try," he told you.

You smiled and gave him back his blades. "thank you." Then you kissed his cheek again. You noticed he blushed whenever you did this. It was so cute. "I am very grateful you are teaching me."

He didn't look at you as he nodded. "I'm going to put the blades away. Go get something to eat," he said and began to walk away.

"will we meet you in the mess hall?" you asked cheerfully. He paused and then nodded. You shrugged and led aya to get some food.

Zuko's POV

As soon as I was out of miri's sight I ran to my room. Angi damn it; she made me so damn nervous! I don't even know why! Alright maybe I do… no! I threw my swords on the ground in frustration. My mind argued with itself.

You like her.

Like hell I do.

Then why do you get so nervous around her?

I don't.

Yes you do. Youre also dreading the day she leaves.

No I'm not.

Yes you are.

I groaned and flopped down on my bed. Alright, fine I like her. But it dosent matter, because she will leave soon enough. I cant let her know. she probably hates me anyway.

Then why dose she keep hugging you? My mind protested again.

"SHUT UP!" I screamed aloud.

I heard a light knock on my door and then miri popped her head in. "you ok?" she asked. She must have heard me screaming; damn it.

"what do you want?" I yelled at her. She seemed slightly hurt by my tone. "aya got cut on her arm. Its pretty deep. Do you have anything to wrap it with?"

I sighed; I wanted them to leave, but I know that would be wrong. I nodded to her. She came in with aya, who was clutching her teddybear as usual.

I gave miri a linen wrap. She carefully rolled up aya's sleeve to revel a deep gash. "howd that happen?" I asked.

"door hinge," miri replied absently.

Once she finished, aya looked up to her. "I'm hungry still," she said. Miri grinned.

"Go to the mess hall. I'll be there soon. And be careful this time," she told her sister.

Aya hurried away, then miri turned to me. "who were you yelling at before?" she asked.

"what do you care?" I snapped back at her, annoyed.

She looked into my eyes with her large gray ones. "because, you sounded really upset. And you were nice to me earlier, so I thought maybe I could help," she stated blankly.

I starred at her. Her eyes seemed to be glued to mine. Then the ship jerked, sending us both to the ground.

Your POV

The ship jerked and you fell on the hard metal floor with a thud. "Damn it," you whispered.

Zuko was on his feet in an instant. "who changed our coarse?" he snapped to nobody.

You starred up at him as he glared at the wall. Then he turned to you and his eyes softened slightly. He walked over to you and offered his hand. "are you ok?" he asked.

You nodded and took his hand. He pulled you up before hurrying out the door. "I have to go to the control room."

You watched him for a second; he had been lost in his amber eyes when he helped you up. You shook your head to clear it and then took off to follow him to the control room.