Disclaimer: And who wants to do it this time?
Aang: Me! Me! Me!
Pilar: Actually, I wanted Zuko-
Aang: I SAID PICK ME DAMIT!
Pilar: Wow, all the words were capitalized, and you cursed. I must let you do it now.
Aang: Good. Pilar does not own the Avatar: The Last Airbender!
Pilar: Yeah yeah, whatever.
Zuko: You haven't updated in a long time!
Pilar: It wasn't that long!
Zuko: Try two months.
Pilar:…………………. So I was busy
Iroh: Yo Pilar
Pilar: What's up Iroh?
Iroh: Ready to kill Karu?
Katara: More anime killing's?
Pilar: It was a request from a friend of mine.
Sokka: Is that why we're in a middle of a desert all of a sudden, with Kenshen?
Pilar: Yes. (Karu is looking for Kenshen in the middle of a valley, but apparently lost. She yells.)
Karu: KENSHIN! (a avenlench of rocks comes at her) AHHHH! SAVE ME!
Kenshin: What was that noise?
Karu: It's okay, I'm still alive! Thank god, none of the rocks got to me!
Pilar: Damit!
Spooky Mitsuko: What the hell? I thought you were going to kill her.
Pilar: We're trying! Iroh, we're gonna need some big guns!
Zuko: What? (Pilar and Iroh get out some levers and buttons for dinomites.)
Iroh: Silly rabit
Pilar: Trix are for kids (we push buttons, and explosions are made and rocks defiantly fall on Karu this time)
Zuko: Um… that was freaky. Enjoy the long awaited chapter.
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Zuko slowly woke up. The night with the pirates has left him with ach's and pains, along with a throbbing arm. Hungry, he got up, and started to look around for, well anything. The sun was just on the horizon of the mountains, giving the sun a red glow. Zuko felt some comfort in the mornings at sunrise. It was like the world was being reborn, a new day just waiting to come with another day and another chance to capture the Avatar.
But, today he wasn't supposed to capture the Avatar. In fact, the Avatar was sleeping on the bison, along with his two friends, Ping and of course his uncle. Zuko lightly touched his head, where his wound used to be when he saved Ping and the baby from the fire. This kid is going to get me killed! First my head, neck, arm, I wonder if I will be able to get him home before I get killed by some other enemy.
Zuko, reminded by his stomach, tore his eyes away from the sun, and started look in the forest leaving the others.
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"Where is he?" Sokka demanded as he looked for Zuko.
"Where's who?" Aang yawned, rubbing his eyes.
"You know, Mr. Sunshine?" Sokka said sarcastically.
"Zuko? I'm not sure." Aang said ignoring Sokka's sarcasism. "Maybe he went to the bathroom…"
"Looking for me?" A voice called out and Zuko came out of the forest, holding a long stick over his shoulder with something wiggling at the end of the stick.
"What were you doing? Trying to capture us?" Sokka accused. Zuko just shrugged it off. He didn't have to explain how he was trying to fish to this peasant. He was thinking of sharing it, but no way. This little fish that his finger was longer is going to be his!
"Were you fishing?" Sokka asked, noticing the pathetic little fish.
"Would you guys stop being so loud?" A voice called out from one of the blue sleeping bags. Katara emerged, her hair messily around her face, as she had a look of pain.
"How are you feeling Katara?" Aang asked using air bending to lightly walk to her.
"Aang, you have to stop stomping around!" Katara complained as she dove back into her comfort of her sleeping bag.
"Looks like someone had too much rum last night." Iroh commented, lighly poking Katara. "Seems like you have a hang over."
"Great! Dad told me to look out for you, and I let you get drunk!" Sokka exclaimed. "I mean, I can handle you fighting the fire benders and everything, but you getting drunk with a fire bender!"
"What happened?" Katara said ignoring her brother rubbing her temples. "Everything is so fuzzy and dizzy. I don't feel so good…"
"And that's what we call, a hang over." Iroh explained giving Katara some tea.
"Where did that tea come from?" Zuko asked. Iroh just smiled but changed the subject.
"You were very funny." Iroh said.
"Did I say something, because I really can't remember leaving the ship…" Katara asked, her brows furrowed trying to remember.
"Well, you did call my nephew Zuko cute." Iroh replied and chuckling to seeing Katara's horrified reaction, "and sexy."
"I said what? Oh no, now I think I'm really going to puke!" Katara said quickly as she jumped from her sleeping bag, and rushed over to a nearby bush. Zuko raised his eyebrow, as he noticed his Uncle was staring at him funny.
"Uncle?" Zuko said threatening. He was in no mood to have his Uncle pull some sort of embarrassing scheme.
"What?" Iroh replied innocently. "Just because an old man notices that there could be a chance for a couple-"
"Uncle, just stop. I'm in no mood or have time to find 'love'." Zuko scolded to his Uncle in a commanding voice. Iroh was about to speak. "No!" Zuko cut him off. Iroh folded his arms and gave a little pout.
Katara came back still holding her stomach. Her hair was now combed and she looked less green.
"We should get going. If we keep walking north east, without stops, we could get there in maybe two days or less." Sokka announced looking at the map. "Of course, after breakfast."
"Well, I caught a fish this morning and-"
"What fish?" Iroh asked as he noticed the long stick empty.
"What?" Zuko cried out. "Where could it have gone?"
"I think I know where." Aang said slowly.
"What?" Zuko demanded. Aang pointed to Momo holding the half eaten tiny fish that Zuko caught with his bare hands and a sharp stick.
"YOU! YOU STUPID LITTLE MONKEY. I SHOULD JUST EAT YOU!" Zuko yelled, taking his dao out.
"Zuko! You're getting angry over a lemur. And besides, that fish wouldn't fill anyone." Iroh reasoned, as Zuko slowly calmed down.
"You're right. But we need food. The pirates took our food supply." Zuko said ignoring his loud stomach grumbling. Unfortantly, he and Aang didn't get to eat anything.
"I don't know why you're complaining…" Sokka said.
"Gee, I wonder? Was it becuase you were stuffing your big mouth with food while you let your sister get drunk!" Zuko snapped.
"That's it! I had enough of you!" Sokka shouted getting his boomerang, and took a fighting stance. Zuko followed in suite.
"Stop this! If you won't put fighting aside for peace, then put it aside for the boy!" Iroh advised stepping in between them.
"Iroh's right." Aang said joining in. "We have to work together. Fighting's not going to make us go any faster to find Ping's family."
Zuko and Sokka slowly went out of their fighting stances when they saw Ping's eyes start to water.
"Fine," they both huffed and continued walking.
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Five hours later…
"How are we doing, Avatar?" Zuko asked as he approached Aang with the map. Aang was marking up something with a pen he found at the pirate ship.
"uhhh…" Aang answered.
"Yeah, Aang. Are we there yet?" Sokka asked. "My feet are about to fall off."
"Would you stop complaining?" Katara mumbled as she held her head. She still had the effects of hangover, and walking was not helping. And neither was Sokka.
"What? That's my job! To be the over protective brother, warrior, smart, sarcastic, food/meat lover, idea guy." Sokka explained.
"Smart? Warrior? Maybe the rest is true, but my baby sister could fry you easily." Zuko smirked, carrying Ping on his shoulders again.
"Who is also a prodigy." Iroh added.
"You shouldn't be insulting one of the members of Team Avatar!" Sokka announced.
"We have a name?" Katara asked weakly. Zuko shook his head. "I don't know Sokka…"
"Or how about, The Boomerang Gang!" Sokka pulled out his boomerang. "And it's got Aang in it…"
"That does sound pretty cool…" Aang said thinking.
"No way am I telling my crew that we have to catch the Boomerang Gang. Think up a better name." Zuko critized.
"Aang?" Katara called out. "Where are we?" Katara asked trying to see the map, and to hopefully not hear Sokka and Zuko's argument.
"Um… I'm not sure…" Aang answered looking at the map.
"What?" Sokka cried out, just hearing Aang's answer. Sokka grabbed the map and tried to read it through Aang's messy lines. "What did you do Aang? I can't even tell where we are on the map!"
"This is complicated…" Zuko said looking at the map with Sokka, trying to deciper Aang's marks. "You are truly a master of evading and maneuvering…"
"Prince Zuko?" Iroh said. He took the map, and flipped it around, to make it right side up. There was a moment of silence where they just realized their own stupidity.
"Wait a minute, you never had an idea where you were going?" Zuko exclaimed getting angry.
"Well, it is a good maneuvering technique!" Aang said smiling nerviously.
"I think I know where we are. We just have to take this short cut through the forest and we should be there in about…less than a day!" Sokka explained.
"Wait a minute, we can't take a short cut! We're going to get lost, or attacked!" Zuko said.
"Great! We can spend more time together, without food!" Sokka said sarcastically. Zuko went over this in his mind. Even if he could put up with this fool, they still need food.
"Fine!" Zuko huffed, and the group followed Sokka.
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Not long after where they were deep within the woods, with Katara moaning every now and then. Ping was being entertained by Aang, who never got old of the marbles flying in the air trick. Zuko kept an eye on both of them. Aang offered Zuko to take a break of carrying the boy. At first he refused, but the pain on his arm increased. Zuko rubbed massaged his arm a bit, and continued on looking to see what everyone else was doing besides walking.
Aang was entertaining Ping, Sokka was buried in the map, Katara was dizzly making her way, and Iroh was humming a sweet little tune. Zuko heard a soft noise. He stopped.
"Did you hear something?" Zuko asked quietly. Everyone stopped. In Zuko's experience out in the world or wilderness, you have to be on guard, even if it's a soft noise.
"I didn't hear any-" A arrow just narrowly missed Aang. They were being ambushed from the trees. Katara automatically unplugged her jug, and made motions with her hands, but she was too dizzy, and the concentrating only gave her a headache. The water fell limply to the ground.
Zuko felt a swush, as he and his uncle jumped out of the way of a cage falling from the sky. I'm not going to get captured this time! But unfortantely, Aang, Sokka, Katara, and Ping got captured under a huge bar cage.
"They were just traps!" Sokka said, picking up the arrow.
"Not again!" Iroh said looking at them from the outside. Aang tried using his airbending while Katara tried concentrating. Water slowly rose to Katara's command.
"Hey, my headach's going away!" Katara said, while she moved into stance and made a whip at the bars. Except, it accidently went in the wrong direction at Sokka.
"Ouch!" Sokka cried out.
"How come you never thought to capture the Avatar in a cage?" Iroh asked Zuko.
"You're right Uncle! This is so much easier, we should defiantly try this." Zuko agreed smirking.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Sokka said, as Zuko peered into the cage.
"Someone's coming." Aang whispered. Zuko and Iroh quickly hid behind a tree.
"Well, Katara didn't expect you to come here…" Jet drawled.
"Looks like we're not going to have lunch." Iroh said sadly.
"We're still going to have lunch Uncle. Come on, let's go." Zuko unsheathed his Dao, and prepared to attack.
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Pilar: I want to thank LORD-BIG-DOGGIE, Livexthexmagic, blackpelt7, FireChildSlytherin5, Lionessmon, storm-of-insanity, SlytherinPrincess09, Insane Elvish Vampire Pirate, American-Idiot14, and WhiteInnocence for all of their reviews!