A/N: Hey loyal, wonderful, totally awesome reviewers! I'm really sorry that I haven't updated (I'm not even gonna try to find some excuse), but here is what you all have been waiting so wonderfully and patiently for, Chapter 3! But first I want to introduce you to three important new characters! Bri, Tawny, and Ru, these three girls will occasionally pop into the story. Check my profile for more info. on them. Okay, now the moment you've all been so wonderfully patient for Chapter 3!

Chapter 3: New Faces

Slowly, Katara made her way over to him. She could feel her hands shake, she was so nervous! She went over in her mind how tonight would go. I'll tell him how I feel and he'll tell me how he feels…then what?

"Hey," he said, his voice was like honey, smooth and sweet.

"Hey."

"Look I-" They said at the same time. Katara blushed, so did Zuko, but he turned away so she couldn't see.

"Don't turn away from me." She said softly as she turned him around to face her. She looked up into his face and got lost in his eyes. She reached up to touch his face, unfortunately it was the side of his face that his scar was on, and she had not noticed it. When she touched it he slapped her hand away and backed off in pain.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize-" She apologized quickly.

"What are you trying to do?" Zuko yelled in pain and anger.

"I was just-"

"Never mind, I should have know, a stupid water peasant-"

"What did you call me?" She took some water from the stream and hurled it at him.

"Why you little wench!" He said as he shot fire out of his hands at her. She dodged the fire but it caught a tree on fire.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

Zuko and Katara exchanged glances.

"What the-, that tree just said something!" Katara exclaimed. They both ran up to the tree and Katara put out the fire. A girl about sixteen fell out of the tree, she looked shaken.

"Ummmmm-, hi! I guess." She said. Zuko wasted no time; he picked her up and held her against the tree.

"Who are you and why are you spying on us?" He asked holding his fist two inches from her face.

"I'm Bri and… you're really cute!" She said when she looked into his eyes. Katara looked angry.

"Why are you here?" Katara said angrily.

"I'm here to keep an eye on lover boy here." Bri said mocking Zuko, bad idea. He threw her on the ground and made two fire daggers in his hands. At that moment one girl followed by another jumped from their hiding places in the bushes.

"Don't touch her!" The first one yelled.

"Finally, I was getting bored of just sitting there waiting for something to happen." The other one said. Zuko turned around in confusion. They all look exactly the same!

"Look, we don't want to fight," Katara said "we just want to know what is going on here." Katara looked at Zuko and he made his daggers go away.

"Who are you, why are you spying on us, and why do you all look the same?" Zuko asked as calmly as he could, considering everything that had just happened.

"I am Ru and this is Tawny." said the one that had jumped out of the bushes first. "We are a ninja squad from the Earth Kingdom sent by the King of Ba Sing Se to keep an eye on the man who had called himself Prince Zuko and caused problems for some villagers in a town north of here."

"Okay, but why do you look the same?" Katara asked.

"Cause, we are identical triplets." Bri giggled. Identical triplets! I've heard stories but I never thought that there were any! Katara thought. It was said that identical triplets had special powers if they were with their siblings, and they could always tell what the others were thinking and feeling and where they were.

"That's incredible!" Zuko and Katara turned around Iroh was standing behind them.

"Uncle, were you spying on us too?" Zuko asked.

"No, I heard the commotion and rushed over." Iroh answered as he walked up to Zuko.

"But unfortunately the others heard too." He whispered to Zuko so that the people he had come with would not overhear.

"Katara, what are you doing out here in the middle of the night with Zuko and these girls?" Sokka asked confused and slightly angry.

"I couldn't sleep." Katara answered.

"Wow! You're cute too!" Bri said excitedly.

"Bri!" Ru said and pulled her sister away from Sokka. "Sorry, she's kinda boy-crazy."

"Well she has a reason to be, I am pretty handsome." Sokka boasted.

"According to who?" Katara said.

"A lot of people." Sokka said his voice cracking.

"Okay guys, let's all go back to camp and get some sleep. What if Azula shows up and we're all tired like we were the last time?" Aang said; he looked very tired.

"Yeah, and if I feel anymore of y'all walking around I'm gonna encase you in wall of rock and you can sleep there!" Toph ordered; she looked more tired than Aang.

After hearing Toph's warning, they all hurried back to camp, except the three girls.

"What do you think, Ru?" Tawny said.

"I think that persuading him will be easier than I thought."

Bri: Oooo we sound evil.

Tawny: But we're not evil…are we?

Ru: I guess it depends on how you look at it.

Bri: But we're from the Earth Kingdom so we can't be that evil.

Ru: Anyways, hello wonderful reviewers I know that this chapter is short but there will be another one coming soon! I promise! So please review!

-Directorchic16