Chapter three: Thinking
"You are an idiot! You never ever think about this stuff! You can't possibly think you're going to get away with this! Why did I leave you alone? I knew you would do something like this!" his uncle went on and one about how bad of move he had made.
"I know I messed up," Zuko responded bowing his head to his uncle. "But I came here to tell you I have a plan."
"And what would that be?"
"I am going to keep her there till I feel like the Avatar would stop searching and rely on pure hope that she will come back."
"And how is this supposed to make me feel better?"
"Because uncle, it will keep us safe. When I'm through with her, she will never tell the Earth King that we're here."
"You worry me, boy. You should really gain some common sense."
"Don't come looking for me uncle," Zuko said before leaving the tea shop.
"Good luck," Iroh whispered as his nephew left.
Katara sighed trying to think of how she was going to get out of this one. Zuko would have probably been smart enough to remove all water from this place if he had intentions of bringing her here. She thought about Zuko. She wanted to know where he had gotten his scar. She wanted to know more about him. He was her enemy and she hated him. The only way to rid him from her life was to find his weakness and strike him there. She had never hated anyone more than she hated him, but boy did she want him. His appeal to her was great, but when it came down to it, she would kill him the first chance she got.
She heard him enter the cabin. He held a blade in his hands, she flinched as he brought it down to the ground near her, but instead of cutting her into pieces, he had just cut a fruit he had bought from a stand outside his uncle's tea shop.
"Eat," he commanded. She started eating not taking her glaring eyes off him.
God, he's hot, she thought eating slowly.
"You can't keep me away from water forever," she informed him.
"I will take out to the stream tomorrow to get a nice long drink. But you will be blindfolded so you can not see where the stream is," he told her eating his half of the fruit.
She really is beautiful, he thought staring at her.
"I can still bend the water even if I can't see it," she informed him.
How can he not have a girlfriend?
"Silly girl, I'm not worried about you bending the water. Trust me, you will not want to," he said smirking.
I can't see how the Avatar has kept his hands off her.
"Why wouldn't I?" she asked curiously.
It's taking all the effort I have not to kiss him.
"You would be giving up living here, and I don't think you want to do that."
Gods almighty I want to kiss her.
"And what's so beneficial about living with you?"
He smells so good…
She's intoxicating…
"You want me," he whispered closing in on her. His face was so close to hers, but he didn't kiss her and it was killing Katara. She knew what he was doing. He was trying to make her give in before he did. She didn't fall for it.
"Katara…" he whispered. That was it. She wrapped her arms around his neck and crashed her lips onto his. He smiled as he felt the cold metal of the chain. He ran his tongue across her bottom lip and she gladly opened her mouth. He took his tongue and ran it over the inside of her bottom lip. She moaned into his mouth. She had never kissed a man that bold to try something like that. She opened her eyes realizing he was in control. She pushed him to the ground and crawled on top of him. He wasn't going to let her do this that easily. He tired to grab hold of her, but she caught his wrists in a tight grip. She was really strong. She then lowered her had to his mouth and caught his lips with hers once more.
"Oh no, you don't," he growled against her lips. He flipped her over and found himself tangled in her chains.
"You loose Zuko," she breathed heavily. "If you wish to proceed, you must unchain me."
Zuko stared at the clever bender underneath him. Lust to fury in his brown eyes.
"Fine then," he said getting up. "See you in the morning."
Katara slept very peacefully that night knowing she had won that battle.
A smile was plastered on her face from her victory over the prince. Zuko, however, sat up awake up at the ceiling. That little slut. Thinking she can toy with my emotions like that. We'll see about that tomorrow. He looked over at the small pile of cloths he had bought earlier when he had gone into town to see his uncle. He smiled. Let's see how much she's willing to do.
Across town, a confused Aang, Sokka, and Toph returned to an empty house.
"Where could she have gone?" Aang asked looking at the filled bathtub. "Her clothes are still here."
"I think she left with someone's help," Sokka growled taking out his boomerang as if this would help. "I'll throw this and see if it leads us to her." Everyone looked at him as if he was crazy.
"You don't honestly think that will help us," Aang said.
"I think it will Aang," Toph said. "I mean I can already see Katara."
"Thank you Toph…you know you're really mean," Sokka said looking at the Blind Bandit. And so the search began.