Zuko was pacing his room angrily. He better hurry up and solve this before Azula found out and stole control away from him. Not that that was inevitable, it was going to happen; he just was trying to postpone it as long as possible.
A knock at the door interrupted his thoughts.
"Unless it's information about the escaped prisoners, go away." He snapped. The door opened and Azula strolled in triumphantly.
"I hear you've been having some trouble, brother." She cooed in that voice that was like poisoned chocolate.
"It's nothing, just a few escaped concubines who have somehow managed to escape their ankle bracelets."
"I'm sure," Azula sneered.
"Unless you have information on them Azula, get out right now."
"As a matter of fact," Azula's voice turned to poison again, "I do."
Zuko turned sharply, "what do you know?"
"I think I have caught the girl responsible for the freedom of the 5 earth kingdom slaves." Azula snapped her fingers and two guards entered dragging with them a young water tribe girl, the same one, in fact, who traveled with the Avatar.
Her hair was pulled messily into her usual two braid with the loops and she was again wearing her usual blue clothes, she looked the same as when Zuko had last seen her… except she looked different, something about her had changed.
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"I caught this water tribe peasant." Azula shoved Katara to one side and the guards caught her. "Trying to free her brother and that earth bender girl."
Katara kept her head down, trying to figure out a way to uncap her water pouch without using her hands, as they were cuffed together. Not that she knew what was going to happen once she managed to get it opened, seeing as her bending was limited by her lack of arm use.
"Is that the same girl that travels with the avatar?" Zuko asked.
"Yes," Azula grabbed Katara's braid and yanked her head back. Katara met Zuko's eyes for a split second. She thought she saw his eyes widen, maybe a glimmer of recognition before she pulled her head back down.
"Azula," Zuko said. "Leave me with the water girl."
"What!?" Azula snapped. "You trust yourself alone with the prisoner?"
"She is unarmed," Zuko said calmly, so calmly that it made the hairs on the back of Katara's head stand up. "And there is no water here for her to bend."
"There's a bathroom connected to your suite, dumb ass." Azula hissed, "and she's still wearing her pouch."
"Whose fault was it to forget to disarm her?" Zuko growled back.
Azula said nothing but grabbed Katara's water pouch and stomped out of the room. The two guards looked at each other.
"Guard the door, don't let anyone in or out until I give my okay." Zuko snapped and they both bowed humbly and left.
Katara kept her head down, determined not to look at him and awaken more sparks of memory, but she could already tell it was too late for that.
Zuko walked up to her, she shifted quickly to the side, keeping her head down the whole time.
"Are you really going to try to run in circles? This room is too small for that and all my other doors are locked, so you'll save yourself time and energy if you just stay put."
Katara didn't say anything, but kept circling until Zuko grabbed both of her wrists and held her still.
"Are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way?" He asked,
"You already caught me, there's no more easy or hard way."
"I wasn't talking about that," Zuko growled.
"Then what were you talking about?"
He sighed; "I already know you stole the key from somewhere, but who and how did you-" He stopped shortly.
Katara her head down, her breathing sped up, what was he going to do?
He let go of one of her wrists and reached around behind her, tugging on her braid until it fell lose. He then pulled her head back and she saw recognition fill his eyes.
He let go of her and she stepped back, but there was nowhere to go except to the other side of the bed.
"You," he hissed.
Although she was terrified, there was a hint of pride in her voice when she answered, "Me."
"You almost had me fooled. I first had my suspicions when I saw that you were a virgin. Poor planning on your part, a hooker like you were pretending to be would never be a virgin. The only virgins are slave concubines or hookers that charge a lot of money for their 'first time'."
Katara shrugged, no longer feeling a need to hide her face. "I didn't have any other choice."
"So you seduced me, found my key, and set free the earth kingdom slaves? How did you get caught?"
"I was trying to free Aang, Sokka, and Toph, but they were too heavily guarded, Azula caught me."
"Ahh, so close to impressing me, but then you had to go and do something stupid. How disappointing from such a smart and umm talented lady like that." She spat in his eyes.
"So, what would be the appropriate punishment for that?"
"You're just going to lock me up like you did with Aang. I can hardly see why you still bother keeping me, just call in your guards and have me put away."
"No, the reason your brother and friends are locked up is only because they have eluded capture. You are now also guilty of theft along with that."
"Because I released slaves, that's thievery?"
"By fire nation laws yes, and don't forget the key was not yours."
"So, what are you going to do to me now? Torture? Seclusion? Starvation?"
Zuko laughed, "no, not quite, those things a person can deal with, and very few people learn from those experiences. I think you need a good lesson, about your place in society."
"I already know my place," Katara hissed, "It's along side the avatar."
Zuko just laughed again, "not anymore." And he grabbed her and pushed her backwards onto his bed before climbing on top of her. She squirmed, but her hands were still chained together and he was too strong.
"It's time you learned, young water bender." He said, ripping her robes off. "The time of the water benders is passed, the age of fire has begun and the only place left for you is where you are allowed to be."
She knew what was coming, and began struggling, totally naked as he began removing his own clothes. It was no use, once he was free of his robes; he began pumping in and out of her. She recoiled at his touch, but she gave up struggling for it was no use.
Once he came, he stood up and began pulling his robes back on and said. "Pay attention closely, you are now mine, body mind and soul. Consider yourself my own personal sex slave, or concubine if you prefer. Either way, you are here for one reason, and one reason only, to please me. For this first week, you'll be completely chained up with no personal freedom, if your behavior is good, you might get an ankle bracelet like your earth kingdom friends. That will happen on one and one condition only, you will answer to my command. Whenever I want sex, you'll give it to me without complaint. Maybe a special treat, sometimes I'll make it pleasurable for you like I did last night."
"What makes you think I enjoyed last night?"
"I seem to recall you having an orgasm."
"I was faking it." Katara hissed.
"I'm sure," Zuko smirked; He snapped his fingers, "GUARDS."
Two guards came in and quickly chained Katara to the wall. The chains were long enough she could reach almost everywhere within the room except the bathroom.
Zuko stood there the whole time, watching the progress. When the guards were done, they left, bowing humbly. Zuko finished pulling on his robes and turned towards the door.
"Goodbye Katara, I'll see you later." He left, leaving Katara in her complete helplessness, although she did not see him slip a blue necklace out and back into his pocket.
A/N: I am sooooooooo sorry about the long wait and the huge mix-up; I'll try not to let it happen again. Oh special treat for reviewers again, hopefully I'll get the clip done soon.
