A/N: Well, I wrote this chapter pretty quickly. While babysitting. I'm just sooo efficient *rolls eyes*. Review if you like it!
Still in Zuko's P.O.V:
I returned to my ship as soon as possible, and tried to forget about the small girl.
" Zuko, where were you?" Uncle asked me.
" Nowhere. What can you tell me about the second most wanted person in the Fire Nation?" I asked him.
" Second most wanted, hmm. Ah, the shapeshifter," Uncle remembered. My eyes widened.
" I don't even want to know," I said shaking my head.
" You should rest. A man needs his rest," he said sagely. I instantly went to sleep.
Miyuki's P.O.V:
I awoke to mother's prodding.
" Miyuki, it's time for the blend," she said. I groaned and rubbed my head.
" Hmm? Oh yeah," I grumbled and swallowed the blend. Mother looked uncomfortable.
" Miyuki? I think it's time I told you something," mother said awkwardly. I looked at her in confusion.
" You can tell me anything, mother," I said solemnly.
" That's just it. I'm... not your ," she blurted.
" What?! Who's my real mom?" I said, very shocked. I had always thought that she was my mother. Although it made sense, she was much older than me.
" A nomad who had an affair with your father," she confessed.
" And who's my father?" I asked, still digesting the information. She sighed and ran her hand through her long white hair.
" A fellow herbalist. There used to be more of them up here," she told me.
" You've told me that so many times. What really happened to them?" I asked, wanting the truth.
" They, they were killed. The Fire Nation came up here, and they needed our herbs. We weren't about to give up our lives' work for the enemy, and well, they didn't take it well. They killed all of us. And I hid you.
" Why didn't they kill you?" I asked, sitting up.
" Well, um. I fled. The Fire Nation was ruthless, as you know," she stuttered. I stood up.
" You abandoned my father? I can't believe you! I have to go," I walked away. My 'mother' was a coward.
" Miyuki! The Fire Nation will capture you!" she argued.
" Oh, because we can't face 'the ruthless Fire Nation'," I said sarcastically. I grabbed my satchel and shifted into a cat.
" I understand that you have to do this, but please be careful," she pleaded. I ran off, leaving that life behind.
Zuko's P.O.V:
" Zuko. I found out more about that shapeshifter. One man in your crew has a brother who guards in her area. She's dangerous and her favorite form is a cat. They call her 'cat girl',"Uncle explained. I groaned and sat up.
"Uncle, when I say I don't want to know, I really don't want to know," I grumbled.
" I'll just leave you alone," Uncle said wisely. I fell back asleep.
Miyuki's P.O.V:
I had to find my mother. Maybe she still wanted me. She had given birth to me, and she obviously had feelings for my late father. Tears came unnaturally. Cats don't cry, and I shouldn't either. I stumbled across a camp. I slowly crept in. A boy and a girl both dressed in blue were packing up, but retching while doing so. A small boy was apologizing over and over again. Aang. I came closer.
" Here, kitty kitty," the girl said, crouching. I growled, but came closer. If she was a friend of Aang's, I guess I could trust her.
" Katara! We have no time for distrations!" the boy said.
" Aw, come on! Look at that wittle face!" she said, holding me up. I stared at him blankly.
" Yeah, adorable. Can we go now?" he asked.
" Aang, can I take her on the trip?" Katara pleaded to the Avatar. I wanted to help him, and I needed a sly mode of transportation, so I gave him one of my most innocent meows.
" I don't see why not. Momo, be nice," he said sternly to a lemur. Katara picked me up and climbed on a large bison.
SlowBunny out!