I am SO sorry for not updating this. I don't know how many more chapters there are to this, but there will be less than 20 for sure. So, enjoy this one.
Chapter 12: Deal with it!
Zuko stared at the blonde girl who had jumped up and screamed "Oh, my god!"
Rose turned to his 'Grandpa'.
"You mean—I actually----no way! There is absolutely NO way that I will---!" The girl kept stuttering.
Zuko, remembering his sister Zula, stood up and rubbed at her shoulders.
"Easy." He said; trying to calm her.
Rose managed to calm down and collapse on an antique chair.
"Are you serious?" she faintly asked Long Shu.
"Yes. Why do you ask?" Long Shu asked; standing up.
"My destiny is to---?" Rose nearly shouted; then slapping a hand on her head.
Zuko blinked; why did girls do things like that?
His sister, Zula and Haley, didn't do anything like those. But Zula was pure evil and Haley was too young to even know about a thing called 'love', much less crushes.
"What is wrong, Rose?" Long Shu asked; standing up.
"I'm Katara!" Rose finally said; gasping for breath.
That girl was the Waterbending companion of the Avatar!
"Zuko!" Long Shu suddenly said.
Zuko turned to him; blinking.
Rose's, or Katara's, gaze darted to Jake, or Zuko, then she closed her eyes and collapsed.
GASP! She fainted, to all of you who don't know what I'm saying.
"Is she ok?" a voice above Katara asked.
Katara instantly opened her eyes; hoping it was a dream.
The old geezer didn't say that she would marry Zuko.
Jake didn't acknowledge that he was Zuko.
It was all a dream.
Katara opened her eyes and sat up.
"Are you alright?" the old man asked.
Katara, still numb, nodded.
"So, you're the Waterbending companion of the Avatar?" Jake said and Katara immediately realized it wasn't a dream.
Pouncing up, she charged towards him and tackled him to the ground.
Jake, or in this case Zuko, began to fight back with the new body he had constructed with hours in the basement.
"Get off of my back, woman!" he shouted as Katara had hung on to his back and he bucked against her.
Just then, a purple object came at them and instantly separated them.
"Stop!" the grandpa cried and Katara saw a tail sprouting out of his back; just like the purple dragon.
"So you're Katara?" the old man asked; going up to her.
Katara, not knowing what else to do or say, nodded.
"Well, there is only one thing for me to say." The old man said.
"What is that?" Katara whispered.
The old man looked straight at her.
"Deal with it." He said finally; leaving the room with his dog; leaving her with Zuko. .
Yeah, Katara! DEAL WITH IT!
Ow.
It still hurt to touch it.
Ever since the 'Pervert' incident, he had been sporting a red slap mark and stubble for new hair to come up in his head.
Jake wandered through the halls; not seriously caring where he was going.
"Prince Zuko!" a voice shouted from behind him.
Jake turned to old monkey face, or Lieutenant Jee, as he learned a few days ago, run over to him.
"Yes?" Jake asked.
"We are running low on coal. Should we head to starboard and yield at the eastern dock?" Lieutenant Jee asked.
Jake had nearly no idea what he meant and was seriously confused.
"Say what?" he asked.
Jee stared at the 16 year old before him; ever since, about a week ago, he had been acting very strangely.
Talking in what he said was 'slang', doing what he called 'break-dancing', and spending time with that new girl on the ship.
Now, he was saying things like 'say what?'
Lieutenant Jee was now very confused and very suspicious.
"Should I tell the crew to yield?" Lt. Jee asked.
Jake was caught in a deep doo-doo situation; what could he say if he had never even been on a boat in his entire life?
"I think I will answer for him." A voice said.
Jake turned to see Iroh.
Thank god for old tea-loving uncles who know your secret identity and won't tell, but will bail you out at any time you're in trouble.
"Yes. Head to the nearest port." Iroh told the lieutenant.
Lieutenant Jee wanted to ask Prince Zuko, but he didn't want to disobey General Iroh.
With a slight bow, he walked off. Iroh turned to Jake.
"You might want to stick around me; in case things like those come up." He suggested.
Jake nodded and followed Iroh up on deck where he saw Rose controlling the water.
"What's that?" Jake asked; coming up to her and watching the water move under her hands.
"It's something I do in this body." Rose explained gently.
Jake watched as the water moved in what looked like in the shape of a snake.
Jake smiled; leaning against the girl's body and smelling a scent of fresh spring breezes and a tinge of saltwater.
He sighed; for a moment, he was happy.
But only for a moment.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
A ship stopped beside Jake's and a girl descended down from a gangplank.
She looked exactly like Jake in 'Zuko's' body but only a female version.
"Well, well. If it isn't my failure brother." The girl simpered.
Rose felt Jake's fingers squeeze her waist, but she didn't care.
That girl seemed like bad news. The girl looked at Rose.
"A girlfriend, Zuko?" the girl sneered at him.
Rose felt Jake let her go and saw him rounding on to the girl.
"So what if she is?" Jake snapped.
The girl looked mildly surprised. '
"So your girlfriend is from the Water Tribes? Disgraceful. And just when I thought you could push no lower." She spat.
Rose felt angry and the best thing to do was to take it out; on the girl, of course.
Releasing herself from Jake's grip, she walked right up to the girl.
"Look, I don't know what your problem is, but I can tell that a coward like you shouldn't have the tough-guy image. Leave that to your daddy so you can hide behind him any time there's danger." Rose snapped.
Gasps came in all directions. This Water Tribe girl was standing up to Princess Zula with no regrets!
Rose saw the girl's eyes widen, then narrow.
For moments, their gazes locked onto each other either backed off.
Jake bit his lip; was a catfight going to break out?
WELL? IS IT? IS IT?
And that's the end of the chapter.