A/N: I AM SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING! I FEEL LIKE A TERRIBLE PERSON! FORGIVE ME WORLD! I APOLOGIZE FOR MY IGNORANCE! I fel so much like Ritzu. HeHeHe... I was just kidding about the whole Barney thing... I'm just going to make it a girl with the name Mizu. Mizu was inspired by Rin from Inuyasha, and Kisa from Fruits Basket for all you Inuyasha and FB fans. And I don't know if Sokka really likes tea, but I don't care. And Mizu in Japanese means water as you will find out next chapter.

I wept for more than ten minutes, only stopping when Katara came out the trapdoor. She walked slowly towards me, her footfalls padded, and when she reached me, I looked up. Her eyes were sad, and her touch was caring as she helped me stand up. Still cradling the monkey to my chest, I took deep shuddering breaths. Once I had calmed down enough to speak, I looked at Katara and said, "Tonight, I will meet you, and Aang at the docks so I can give you Sokka back. Meet us at midnight, just by the ship's dock. I will try to get away with no one noticing, but be prepared for a quick exit."

Katara nodded, and ran across the shop to the back door, and left. Looking at the wares around me, I thought, Why leave all this stuff to the fire nation? I don't think Hoji would mind if I took some stuff. I quickly browsed the shop, taking only nessacary items like food, blankets, and clothing. Gathering all this together, I put all all the stuff I could, into my backpack, and made for the door. Halfway out the door, I noticed extra weight on my backpack, and turned to look. It was the golden monkey. He looked at me with sad eyes, and wimpered. Carefully I took the little monkey into my arms, and continued walking, knowing if I left him here, he would undoubtedly befall the same fate as his master.

When I came to the main part of town, I saw a small crowd of children kicking something in the middle of them. I went over to them, and saw the object was a small girl who had many bruises all over her. I ran over quickly to them, and pushed all the kids aside, and knelt next to the girl. One of the boys, about 13, spat at my feet asked sneered, "What are you doing? We were busy here!"

Ignoring the boy, I went over to the girl, and knelt beside her. I lifted her head, and met her eyes. "Are you okay?" The girl stared at me with one fearfull eye, one was swelled shut. She opened her mouth but nothing came out. Worried, I checked her head for any injuries that would be preventing her from speaking. Looking at me strangely, the crowd dispersed.

I started to lift her up, and a different boy, about my age, said, "I wouldn't bother if I were you." I looked up confused. He stared sadly down at the girl, who was looking up wide eyed at the monkey. He continued speaking, "Her name is Mizu, she's barely 6 years old, and she's been an orphan for more than a year and a half now. She's been so scarred this past year, she hasn't spoke for 6 months now. It seems like she has locked all her words up. No one likes her, and they feed her, but barely. It's sad how people can be so cruel."

I looked at him confused. "Then why don't you take her in? I mean, your family."

He looked sadly at her and said, "My father died, and my mother is trying to raise me and my 5 siblings all by herself."

I gasped. How does his poor mother manage? I thought to myself. I looked down at Mizu, then back at the boy. "What is your name anyway?"

He looked bashfull as he said, "My full name is Aounabara, but you can call Bara, everyone does."

I smiled. "Good! I made new friends; you and Mizu. I will take Mizu up to the ship, and clean her up, keep her overnight, and then I will give her back to the village when we leave. Is that okay?" I said happily.

Bara smiled back, and said mockingly. "It's not like you need my permission."

Liftting Mizu to my arms, I held her there while the monkey settle in her lap. I turned to Bara, and asked, "Where do you live? I mean, so I can come visit you."

Bara laughed, and answered, "I live up the path, to the right, across the river, and one more left. The only house there."

I smiled and said, "Okay, see you around!" Then I walked away twards the ship, carring the Mizu and the monkey.

While I was walking, I heard him say, "What's your name?" I just shook my head and waved at him while not looking back. Quickly reaching the metal ship, I realized how close I was the the ship all the time. I turned and looked, and I could even see Hoji's shop still. As I walked up the gangplank, I noticed a large number of soldiors on the ship than normal. I immediately found out when I got to the top; Zhao was there. Noticing the burn on his face, I smiled to myself. That pain so deserved it, I thought to myself. Deciding it would be better if no one saw me, I snuck quietly to the door into the ship, shushing my passagers as I went. I causiously opened the door, slipping in and sliently closed it. Then, abandoning all caution, I sprinted till I got to the room where Sokka was. Bursting into the room, I set Mizu, the monkey, and my backpack down on the bed, as I pulled out the pentapus. I sat down gently on the edge of Sokka's bed as I gently put the pentapus on the cut on his head. The pentapus's eyes opened it started to suck the contaminated blood out of Sokka. And it sucked, and sucked, and sucked, and sucked, and sucked, and sucked, and sucked, and sucked, and sucked, and sucked, until Sokka started to stir.

He moaned and woke up to find me and Mizu, with the monkey on her shoulder staring at him, and the pentapus sucking on his head. He jumped out of the bed, and staggered to one side. Rubbing the top of his head, he asked, "What happened? Where am I?"

I almost laughed at the shock on his face and frantic pulling on the pentapus, but quickly stopped the urge. I said seriously, "You're on Zuko's ship, remember?"

He looked confused as he thought about, then said, "I-I think so. A thought that was a dream, but then it hurt to much to be." He then seemed to look at me again. "And who are you again? And why is there a little girl with a monkey staring at me?"

I looked at him like he was crazy. "You mean you don't remember?" I said desparingly. He shook his head no, and I gave a deep sigh. I jerked my thumb at my self, "I am the all amazing Kaitlyn! But my cover is Kaylin. Remember that and--" I stopped speaking to watch Sokka pull on the pentapus again.

He looked over at me and asked frantically, "How do you get this "thing" off my head?" I thought for a moment and then chuckled nervously. He looked scared while saying, "Somehow, that didn't make me feel better. What's wrong?"

I rubbed the back of my head nervously while answering, "I'm actually not sure". Sokka groaned, and shook his head desparingly. I started to think about how we could pry it off his head, and was surprised to see Mizu pull herself onto the bed, and start to rub the pentapus. The pentapus seemed to sigh with relief, and its tentacles popped off leaving red suction cup marks on his head. Mizu then gently took the pentapus off his head, and went over to the bag it has previously occupied, and gently put it in. She then looked over at me for approval with her good eye opened wide. I squealed loudly, "KAWAII !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are just too cute!!!" and ran over to her and gave her a large hug.

I was then remided of her injures by Sokka's sarcastic voice. "I don't think you should be hugging her that much, it looks like she is injured."

I leaped off Mizu and saw her smalll face was creased in pain. I gasped and immediately ran to my backpack and puled out some Neosporin, and hankercheif. Running back to Mizu, I noticed Sokka was looking at Mizu confused, and with ... was it ...pity? Dismissing it with no final thoughts, I tended to any wounds that Mizu had. As I had just finished putting a band-aid on her scraped knee, a knock sounded at the door, and Iroh came in with a tray of tea. Seeing my surprise, he chuckled, and explained his presence while setting down the tray on a small table. "I figured you and your friend would like some tea."

I looked confused at him, and asked wonderingly, "How did you know Sokka would be awake?"

Iroh smiled knowingly. "I have my ways... And besides, I saw how you rushed onto the ship, and I knew you would go straight to healing your friend."

I blushed heavily, and looked at the floor while Sokka tuned into the conversation for the first time. "So why are you being so nice to us? Aren't we enemies?"

Iroh glared at him, "Do you want for us to be enemies?" His threat resonded deep withing the room, and I could feel the tension in the air. Sokka shook his head shakily, and Mizu borrowed into my shirt. Iroh then seemed to notice Mizu for the first time. "And who is this adorable little girl here?" he asked kindly; speaking more to Mizu than to me or Sokka.

Her only response was burrowing into my shirt more, and wimpering quietly. I looked down at her sadly, and gently laid an arm over her thin shoulders. "She is an orphan from the village on the shore. I found her being beaten by some of the local children, and brought her here to take care of her. She has no place to go so I am going to take care of her unitl we leave, then give her back to the village, and my friend Bara. Her name is Mizu." Both Iroh and Sokka's eyes softened and they too looked at Mizu with sadness and pity. Mizu shifted, aware of their stares on her, and looked up at me. Her eyes just seemed to say, 'Who are these strange people?' I smiled at her eassuringly, and then looked over at Iroh, and asked, "Do you think it would be to much to ask if we could get something to eat?"

Iroh loked terribly guilty, then said cordially, "Of course, would you like to eat it in here, or would you like to come eat it in the galley?"

I thought for a moment before answering. "Well, it all depends on if Sokka feels like getting up, or if Mizu is comfterable with going out of the room." I said reasonably.

I looked over at Sokka who shrugged, and said softly, "Well if Mizu wants to stay here, I can stay with her." We all looked at Mizu who nodded, walked over to Sokka's bed, and pulled herself up. She then clutched Sokka's shirt, and stuck her thumb in her mouth.

I smiled and asked, "So what do you want to eat?"

Sokka drooled, "Lots, and lots of MEAT! But I don't know what Mizu would want. I'd say get her some rice or something."

I nodded, and kneeled down in front of Mizu. "Okay Mizu, I'll be right back, but stay here with Sokka. Okay?" Mizu nodded, and stared at me with her big innocent eyes. I smiled and left the room with Iroh to go get food.

A/N: Mizu was inspired by Rin from Inuyasha, and especially Kisa from Fruits Basket for all you Inuyasha and FB fans. And Mizu in Japanese means water as you will find out next chapter...(trails off mysteriously)... All the Japanese words in this chapter are:

Aounabara means "blue sea"

Kawaii means "cute"

Mizu means "water"

I don't own:

Avatar, Neosprin, all Avatar characters, any sanity what-so-ever, band-aids, and a lot of other things.

I don own:

Bara, Mizu, Myself, and a select few other things like my brother and a couple of other people's souls.

R&R PLZ!!!!!!