Judgement

Chapter One- Capture

A/N: I forgot to mention in the last chapter that this has no actual time frame in the series. I always picture Zuko with his pony tail but I think that's just because I'm one of the people who love that thing for some reason.

Our enemies are sacred because they make us strong.
-Native American Saying

"Katara!" Aang called from across the alleyway. "Katara, we shouldn't go to the market here, Zuko's ship just docked." He told her.

"Aang, it's just Zuko. He's not really a big threat. Besides, we're almost completely out of food." She told him motioning for the others to follow her.

"Alright." Sokka stepped up next to her. "Just keep an eye out and stay together."

"Sokka, would you relax?" She rolled her eyes. "I'm not helpless." She continued to walk into the market.

Zuko was the first off his ship and immediately started looking around the market. He knew she was here but he just didn't know where. He didn't want to draw attention to himself and had to try to stay discrete.

He started just walking around casually, occasionally looking at an item he wasn't even interested in. He slowly continued deeper into the small market, hoping he would find her soon. Once he did find her, it wouldn't be hard to capture her. She couldn't be that strong.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw a girl in blue. He turned his head rather quickly and confirmed it was her. He looked around to see she was separated from the rest of the group. This will be easier than I thought.

Katara picked up an apple, examining it. She wasn't going to buy spoiled food again. Sokka did not handle it well. Now she was much more careful. Due to her careful inspection of the apple, she didn't even realize someone was behind her until she felt hands on her hips.

"Don't move." A harsh voice whispered in her ear. Before she knew it, her flask was unhooked from her side and on the ground. She tried to turn her head to face her attacker but a hand rose to her chin keeping it facing forward. "I said don't move." The voice repeated.

"What do you want?" She asked gritting her teeth, still not sure who to was trying to hold her hostage. She felt herself being pulled away from the stand and being turned toward the docks.

"Walk." The person behind her commanded. She was pushed forward and walked.

"Where are you taking me?" She asked, saving her strength for a break away.

"You're coming with me to my ship." Just then she caught sight of Zuko's ship and she knew instantly that's who was behind her.

"No." She tried to break free but he grabbed her arms and turned her to face him.

"You are coming with me." He shook her slightly.

"No I'm not." She said swiftly kicking his shin. It didn't do much due to his armor but the metal hitting his bones was enough to have him loosen his grip so she could run. Katara ran away from the market, towards a spot on the beach no one was in. Zuko just let out a curt laugh then followed her.

"Why run? You're just putting off getting on my ship." He told her, catching up.

"I'm not going with you." She reached for her flask and a worried look flashed across her face when she realized it wasn't there. A smirk crossed his face, before a similar one crossed on hers. She raised her hands, bending the water from the ocean to strike him.

How did he not see that coming?

He didn't have time to react before he was knocked onto the sand. He mumbled a few words before standing up to face her.

"Fine. We'll do this the hard way." He formed the fire in his hands and fired it at her very quickly. She was able to block it but she wasn't pushed back from the blast. After a few more blasts of fire, she was on her back. "Give up peasant."

"Never." She growled staring up at him. He just shook his head and reached down to pull her up.

"Let's go." He growled back. "Now." He ordered as he kept pushing her towards his ship. This time she did struggle. She kicked up her feet and screamed. "Stay quiet!" He ordered, trying to keep his grip on the flailing girl.

"Let go of me!" She screamed as they drew closer to his ship.

"Guard!" Zuko yelled to get one the guards attention. He came right over to assist him with the difficult girl still flailing in his grasp. "Take her to the cell!" He ordered letting go of her.

He rested his arms still surprised at how strong she actually was. He moved his arms around shaking his head before stepping onboard his ship, ordering them to set sail right away. He wasn't going to risk her escaping.

Zuko started walking to his room to rest when he overheard a few of his guards.

"Did you see the new prisoner?" One of them asked.

"Yeah, she's the hottest thing I've seen in awhile." The other responded.

"This might turn out to be a fun night." He heard them laugh and turned toward them.

"Katara is not to be touched!" He yelled at them. "You are not to go near her and if you do, I will personally make sure you are thrown off the ship with no hope of surviving. Understand?" The guards were taken back and nodded briefly then apologizing quickly. Zuko then started traveling towards the prison cell instead of his room.

He was not happy with this. Arrangements were going to have to be made, arrangements neither of them were going to be happy with.

Sorry about another short chapter. It gets more interesting in the next chapter I promise! I mean really promis this time. And guys, please review it takes like what? 5 seconds. I can see you three guys that have this story on alert and you aren't reviewing. If I don't get reviews, I don't continue. So take another five seconds to review sil vous plait! So anyways, I have the next chapter already written but I'm going to wait to put it up for a while. Until next time!