Alright, I updated it sooner than I wanted. I wanted just 1 review more. Is that so hard? I mean, I had 130 hits. That must mean that at least 10 people read it, right? And I got 1 fan, and that 1 fan also didn't review… Strange… Anyway, tell me what you think. See any faults, tell me!!! Please?

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Iroh walked into the garden. Quickly Zuko turned away from him, wiped the tears from his eyes and changed his face back in the old always angry Zuko.

"Zuko, what happened? Aang came running in really upset. And were is Katara?"

"She went out."

"Did she say anything about when she would come back?"

"No."

Iroh walked back to the house surprised by the fact that he changed back in how he used to be before he talked to Katara. Something must happened between them, but what? Iroh went to Aang and tried to talk to him, but Aang wouldn't say a thing. At dinner time Katara came back, but just like Aang she didn't want to talk about anything. But you could see she had cried. They all ate without saying a word. After dinner Zuko, Aang and Katara went to their room and stayed there until the sun got up.

Zuko got up first. Katara came out of her bed second. They were alone in the kitchen. Still didn't want to talk. Especially not to each other. Zuko felt pain in his hart, but she couldn't see it. He always learned to not show his emotions. And Katara just didn't know what to say. She didn't know why she kissed him, why she wanted to kiss him. Why she fell in love with the guy that chased them around over the whole world. Deep in her heart she knew that she liked him. He was cute, but she hadn't noticed that before she saved his live. He always was the enemy that wanted Aang, but on that moment, he was weak, he was human. But she still didn't wan to listen to her hart. What would Aang and Sokka think of it? She had known that Aang liked her, but she could never like him. He was more as a brother to her. But when she noticed that Aang saw them kissing, she was shocked. He helped her remember who Zuko was, and what she was doing. She was kissing her enemy. And still, she regretted that she walked away. But what could she do?

"You should talk to him." A voice in her head said.

"But what should I say that I'm sorry of walking away? He isn't even hurt about that." Katara thought.

"You know he never showed his emotion before the day you talked to him, that's what he's doing."

"But he would never want me back anyway, not after what I have done to him."

"Just talk to him."

"No, I'm not in love with him. And if I would be, I would never tell! He's my enemy, he tried to kill me, and he tried to bring Aang to the fire nation. I couldn't love him!"

The voice kept quite. This time Katara had won. But deep in her hart knew the voice was right.

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In the next week Zuko, Aang and Katara still hadn't say a word to each other. But Iroh and Aang had started his fire bending lessons in their backyard. But Aang still wasn't aloud to bend the fire. The only thing Iroh aloud him to do was meditate with a candle. Aang first thought it was easy, but he was wrong. He noticed it took a lot of concentration to control the flame of the candle.

"Fire is different from the other four elements. Fire is something unique. For water bending you need water. For earth bending you need earth. For air bending you need air. But for fire bending you have to create fire. Fire isn't something you can find somewhere. Fire is something that always has been created. For fire bending you need to call the fire in your body. After you learned how to control it inside your body you can try using it to create fire outside your body." Iroh told.

Finally after a week of meditating Iroh aloud Aang to bend some real fire. They started with something easy, lighting a candle by touching it. When Iroh showed it Aang thought that it would be easy, but again, he was wrong. Iroh told him how he needed to feel the fire running trough his veins. He needed to feel the heat in his fingers when he touched the candle. But just like Earth bending it was hard to do because it was the complete opposite of water bending. With fire bending you use short powerful moves, but with water bending you use long and elegance moves. After to days of practice he finally lit the candle. Everyone was happy, but Zuko and Katara hadn't told anyone. They still didn't want to talk to each other or Aang. And no one told something about what happened. They all knew it would make things worse.

Two weeks later nothing between them changed. The only thing that happened was that Aang learned some more fire bending tricks. He could already make a small fire ball. That afternoon Iroh showed Aang a new move. On that moment two Dai li soldiers came in the garden to get the avatar. But when they saw Iroh bend fire the yelled: "Fire nation!" and they run off.

"Oh no, we have to go!" Aang said.

"What's wrong?" Katara and Sokka asked when they came running out the house.

"They saw us fire bending. We need to go. We can't risk the lives of Iroh and Zuko."

"Let's go pack then."

They all grabbed their belongings and putted them on Appa, except for Zuko.

"What the hell are you doing?" Iroh yelled from Appa's back.

"I made my decision, I'm not coming."

"What! You have to come. If the Dai li comes back they will kill you!"

"Then I finally get what I deserve for being the son of the fire lord."

"You have to come." Katara said who appeared behind him in the house. She grabbed his hand and pulled him with her.

They all climbed on Appa and flew away just in time. On the moment the flew away Dai li soldiers showed up in the garden. They tried to hit Appa with big rocks but they were too high. They flew for a couple of hours without talking. Even the always jumping lemur Momo was quiet. But after a while it started to get dark.

"We should land somewhere. I think this forest will be safe."

Everyone agreed and they landed. Katara went to a stream she saw to get some water. Sokka searched for wood and when he came back Iroh started a fire and made dinner. After dinner everyone laid down and after an hour everyone was asleep accept for Katara and Zuko who were still sitting at the fire. After a while Zuko started to talk.

"We need to talk."

"About what?"

"We can't keep sitting here like nothing happened."

"Nothing happened."

"Then why aren't you talking to me anymore. And then why did you pull me back and kissed me? And then why did you save my life a second time?"

For a moment she didn't know what to say but finally she said: "Because the group needs you."

Katara stood up and walked to the spot she putted her sleeping bag. After a few minuets she was asleep. Zuko stayed playing with the fire, but soon he got to sleepy and went to his bed.

The next morning Aang woke up from the noise that Katara and Zuko were making yelling at each other.

"You are right, you don't deserve to live."

"Then why did you pulled me away

"I wish I would never have pulled you away from the Dai li."

"Me to. At least then I didn't have to look at you face the whole time."

"Your face is a lot worse. That scare has screwed up everything that could have been right about you."

"Hey guys." Aang said. "Can't you just stop?"

"No." They yelled at him at the same time.

"Why did you save my life in the first place?"

"Not for you."

"No, all for that little avatar."

"At least he got friends that care about him."

"My uncle cares about me."

"He's your family. We chose to leave our family behind to travel with Aang. Yours didn't want you anymore."

"Don't you dare speaking like that about my family!"

"Even if you capture the avatar, your father isn't going to take you back."

"I wish I had burnt more than only your shoulder."

"Did Zuko burn your shoulder?" Aang asked stunned. No one answered.

"At least no one can see it. But your scar… Your father didn't aloud you to stay with your own family and he didn't want you to ever get a girl."

"My father is a respectful powerful leader. Your father is just a water peasant, just like you."

"Your mother leaved you, and your father banished you."

"Your parents are dead. Killed by the fire benders."

"I'm going to kill you." Katara yelled when she bended some water from the bucket next to her and took her stands.

"How? With water? You know you can't defeat me, you can't defeat fire. Fire is unstoppable." Zuko said while creating a fireball. He also took his stands and threw the fireball at Katara. Katara quickly stopped it with her water. She bended some water around Zuko's neck and began pulling it together so he would choke. Zuko threw another fireball that would hit her right in her chest, but on that moment they were blown away from each other by Aang who had woke Iroh up.

"What the hell do you think you were doing? Killing each other doesn't solve problems. It would weaken the team."

"He started!"

"What!? You started. You water peasant!"

"Quit it! Zuko, go meditating. Katara, we need to talk."

"What did I do wrong? He started!"

"Zuko, go!" Iroh said. Zuko who was watching Katara now fighting with his uncle walked away.

"Katara, you have to tell me. What happened between you?"

"Nothing happened between us."

"Then explain the month of not talking and now all the screaming and yelling at each other."

"I can't."

Iroh knew that Katara was lying, but it was obvious that she wouldn't tell what happened. He also tried to talk to Zuko, but just like Katara he didn't want to tell anything. But Iroh knew something happened between them. He needed a way to make them work together again and talk to each other again. But how?

Katara sat at the side of the stream. Watching and playing with the clear water. When she looked up she noticed that the sun had changed of position, but she wasn't hungry and didn't want to go back, so she stayed at her little spot. She looked around, into the forest on the other side. All the trees were filled with green leaves, flowers and fruits. They wouldn't have any problem to find food here. The way it looked they would be staying here for some time, they had a cave, and they had water and a lot of food around. The only thing that she wanted gone was Zuko. She hated him. He burnt her, he chased them around the world and he kissed her. He kissed her! She actually enjoyed it, but why. She didn't want to think about it. She was probably just a toy to him. At least she was a more powerful bender than he was. She could easily take him in a fight. She pulled away the thoughts about him and looked around again. It was weird she didn't notice it before, but everywhere she looked was nature. It was beautiful. She had lived on the South Pole for whole her life. When she didn't leave until the day she met Aang. She travelled the whole world around with him. Always to focused to see what the world looked like. Now, for the first time in months, she had some time for herself. It was getting dark. One by one the stars appeared on the sky. The moon slowly moved in the sky. The birds stopped singing and made place for the sound of the crickets. The wind blow trough the tree tops. Katara enjoyed the cold wind on her skin and trough her hair. She missed her home. But this temperature was better. It was a cold night, but not as cold as they were at her home. She just wanted to sit there forever, but her quiet little moment was soon to be disturbed. She turned around when she heard a sound behind her. It was Sokka. He came and sat next to her.

"Don't you want anything to eat?"

"I'm not hungry."

"Okay, what's wrong? You really need to tell me."

"No I don't. Your always to overprotective."

"Aang told me something abut Zuko burning your shoulder. I'm not to overprotective. That guy burnt you!"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

"I don't care! Katara, tell me."

"It's none of your business."

"I'm your brother, it is."

Katara stood up and walked away, leaving Sokka behind alone. She walked back to the camp. Everybody sat around the fire talking an eating accept for Zuko who also wasn't hungry. He sat next to a large tree. She walked towards him and sat next to him.

"I'm sorry." She said. Where was this coming from? She agreed with herself she hated him. Hated him and hated his nation. The only good fire bender was his uncle. But he, he wanted to kill her, more than once. Why was she friendly to him? But somewhere she knew why. Not because her thought forbid her to like him, but because she followed her hart.

"I'm sorry too, again."

"Can we just be… friends?" What was this? She wanted him gone, right? But now she asked him if they could be friends. But she couldn't control her hart, and knew it was right what she was doing.

He didn't answer, but after a while said: "If that is what you want."

Katara nodded and they watched the others eating their dinner around the fire. It was getting later and Katara noticed she was tired and hungry. All the others were to bed already. She walked over to the fire and she noticed they left two plates with food for them. She took one of them and sat at the warm fire. After a while Zuko couldn't ignore his hunger anymore and took the other plate. They sat at the fire just eating dinner. When Katara was done she wished Zuko a good night and went to sleep. When he heard that Katara was a sleep Zuko stood up and walked to the pretty deep stream. He undressed himself until he was only wearing his underwear and jumped in the cold water. He shivered but stayed in the water. Slowly he swam a bit. Suddenly he heard something behind him. He turned around and saw Sokka. He swum back to the side and got out of the water.

"We need to talk." Sokka said.

"About what?"

"About what? You burnt my sister!"

"Oh, you noticed. That was a long time ago, we talked it out. Now let it rest."

"You burnt my sister!"

"You already said that."

"Why. Why didn't anyone told me."

"You don't need to know everything. That was the reason she ran away in the first place. And if she wanted you to know she had told you."

"What did you do to my sister? She's not the same anymore. It's your fault. I hate you for that."

"There are a lot of people that hate me. I don't care. I'm just happy that your sister does accept me the way I am."

"Do not dare to talk about and to my sister again."

"What are you going to do about that, water peasant?"

"Kill you!"

"Oh, wow, I'm scarred." And Zuko made a fireball in his hand.

"Zuko, not again. No fighting." His uncle said who woke up from all the noise the boys were making. "Both of you go to bed now!"

"Why should I listen to you." Sokka asked.

Iroh made a fireball that was a lot larger and more powerful than Zuko could make. Both the boys walked to the camp and went to bed. Iroh walked right behind them to keep an eye on them. The next morning everyone got up at sunrise. Even Sokka. Iroh made them dinner and when they all were eating he started to talk.

"We need to talk. We can't go on with al the fighting in the group. And I think it's time to move on anyway. So let's split up."

"What!" everybody yelled.

"I really think it's for the best. We can go to the Eastern air temple. It's not that far away. And I guess we'll be safe there."

"I would love to go back to the temple again." Aang said.

"Good, we agree about that. And now, the couples were going to travel in. I figured out because all of the fighting that's going on in our little group that I will go with Aang, Toph and Sokka on Appa. Zuko and Katara will travel by land"

"What, leaving my sister alone with him?"

"There both two of the both most powerful benders alive. And I'm sure they won't kill each other. But I can't say that if I leave you with Zuko."

"So I have to travel with Katara over the land, walking while you're flying?"

"That was the plan."

"That plan stinks uncle."

"This way you need to talk to each other again. I think it's brilliant."

"So I have to walk, for at least 2 weeks, alone with him?"

"That was the plan. It's important that he learns fire bending as quickly as possible. That why we are flying to the temple."

"Do I have to?"

"Yes you have to Zuko."

"When do we leave?" Katara asked.

"I think the best time would be at sunrise."

"I'll go to bed then."

Katara wished everyone a good night and went to her sleeping back. She tried to sleep, but couldn't. She didn't want to leave her small group of friends. And she was afraid to go alone, with Zuko. What if they would get a fight again? She wasn't sure who would win. After a while the others went to bed. Katara stood up and walked to the fire. When she sat down Zuko walked out of the shadow.

"Also couldn't sleep?"

"No. It's hard to leave my friends behind."

"What about me? You wanted to be friends."

"I know, but what if we start fighting again?"

"I won't fight you again, I promise."

"Okay." Katara said and went to bed. This time she fell a sleep right away and dreamed about her mother.

The next morning Zuko woke her up at sunset. She slowly ate the breakfast Iroh made, not wanting to go. When she was finished she packed her stuff. All the other were sad about Zuko and Katara leaving them.

"I'm going to miss you guys so much!" She said.

"I'll miss you to Katara." Aang said.

"We'll see you in two weeks." Iroh said.

"Bye sis. Take care of yourself."

"I will."

"Bye!" they all yelled when Katara and Zuko walked away.

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How sad. No cliff-hanger this time. If you have any ideas I could use, tell me. I want to make there being together alone as long as possible. And I know that the eastern air temple is not the most original thing, but I just had to. I have a surprise for you there. But you won't know what it is until you review. So do! Tell me what I have to change. And I'll post the next chapter after 5 reviews!

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