Ru: Hey, I'm really sorry that we haven't posted in a while, we meant to post the last couple of weeks but things have been so hectic! So… sorry…again.

Tawny: Ru, you sound tired. Well, I'm tired too, but you sound really tired.

Bri: Yeah!

Ru: We have been really busy, three plays is a lot to take on at one time. But we love it!

Bri: And we are finally actually in two of them instead of behind the scenes. Dreams really do come true!

Ru: Yes, after two years of hard work and never giving up, we finally made it!

Tawny: It took long enough.

Ru: (whispers) Tawny! (normal voice) Heh heh, anyways, on to the new chapter!

Chapter 9: Teen Tales

Katara woke the next morning with the sun on her face, warming her. She braided her hair and got dressed, dreaming of her boyfriend. Was last night real? It all seems like a dream! I can't believe that it actually happened! She stopped for a moment, looked in the mirror and giggled. She left the room and walked down the hall toward the dining room. She walked through the doors of the large room and walked over to the table and seated herself next to Zuko, who was already sitting there eating breakfast.

"Miss Katara, you look well this morning." Iroh, who was sitting on the other side of Zuko, said cheerfully.

"Yes, thank you Iroh." She replied happily. Zuko turned to her and smiled. His smile was so beautiful. The great hall was decorated wonderfully for the festival, only two days away. Sokka was in the hall as well, but he wasn't eating. Katara got up from her chair and went to sit next to her brother.

"Sokka? Are you alright? You aren't eating, and for you that's a big thing." She asked concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Katara gave him a look. "Alright, alright, I just feel bad about yesterday and that man who attacked you. Katara, what if he had done something to you?"

"Sokka, Zuko was there, he saved me, and he wouldn't let anything happen to me." She said to her brother. "But, that's not all, there's something else on you mind isn't there?" He nodded.

"Katara, I'm sorry about my reaction yesterday, I should have been more understanding and supportive of your feelings." He apologized. Katara shook her head.

"Sokka, you had a reason to go nuts, he's from the Fire Nation and they have done some bad things, but that's not Zuko. So in that aspect you should be sorry, for judging someone, who has promised to help us, badly. But I forgive you. You were just being my big brother and trying to protect me." Sokka smiled and hugged his sister. Katara hugged him back and looked into his eyes.

"But… that's not everything, is it?" Sokka tried to disagree, but gave up. "Okay, what else?" Katara sighed.

"I can't take you to the festival, it's not allowed, so you're gonna go alone." Katara avoided eye contact with her brother.

"Well, Sokka, I guess I better tell you now. I'm not going alone." Sokka looked at her. "I'm going with Zuko." She said. Sokka's jaw dropped.

"What!" He exclaimed.

"Sokka, I thought that you were going to be supportive!" She said angrily.

"Well, this is just a lot to take in right now, but you're going with him!"

"Yes, I happen to like him… a lot!"

"Okay, okay." Sokka said trying to calm himself down. Remember, I have to be supportive of her feelings! Sokka finally calmed himself down enough to eat. He watched his little sister walk over and sit down next to Zuko. Man, now everyone has someone to take to the festival, Aang and Toph don't count. I'm being left out here! Sokka grudgingly ate his food and went outside to the practice fields. Might as well get some training in. He strode over to where one of the warriors was practicing.

"Hey, can I join you?" He said as he came closer.

"Yeah, just-." She turned around and her eyes met his. "Sokka?"

"Suki?"

"What are you...?" They said at the same time then caught themselves and looked away.

"Hey." He said. "I knew that you and the other Kyoshi warriors were here helping out but I didn't know that you were here here."

"Well, yeah this is where we can help out the most." She replied.

"Do you want to go on a walk with me, you know, catch up." He awkwardly suggested.

"I'd like that." She said.

Tawny was almost finished packing, she didn't pack a lot of stuff, but it was hard to pack knowing that she would be going away without her sisters. What am I gonna do without them? It's gonna be hard. She sighed and sat down on her bed, remembering the time one of the boy ninjas stole Ru's lunch, she kept it quiet and then went to her room and cried about it for an hour. Controlling her emotions had always been hard for her, she would cry sometimes about something as small as not getting something one hundred percent right, or when something did happen she would blow it way out of proportion. But when Tawny and Bri found that someone had stolen their sister's lunch they pounded the kid into a pulp. Or when Bri had decided that she wanted to visit the city by herself, well, she almost got mugged. The reason she didn't was that she started talking to the people who were trying to rob her and they gave themselves up right away, when asked why they said that she was too happy and their heads couldn't take anymore of her chipper voice. Tawny chuckled at the memory, she and her sisters were so different, but that's what kept them together so well, they balanced each other out. She was gonna miss them at least she would get to go to the festival with them before she left.

Jet smirked. This'll teach them, rotten fire benders. He stepped back and looked at his handy work. The statue of the Fire God, Agni, was completely covered in green paint and read the words:

"Prince Zuko doesn't belong here." And "The Fire God is a murdering demon."

Now all he had to do is wait for the people of Ba Sing Se to see it.

Zuko and Iroh were taking a walk through the city; Iroh wanted to buy some jasmine tea leaves from the market and had decided that it would be good for his nephew if he came along. After they had bought the tea, Iroh noticed that a group of people had gathered around the statue of Agni. Curious as to what was going on; he dragged Zuko toward the crowd.

"Uncle, what are we doing now?" Zuko asked impatiently.

"Just a minute, Prince Zuko, I want to see what all the commotion is about." Grudgingly following his uncle, Zuko pushed through the crowd to stand at the feet of the great statue. When Zuko looked up he felt his stomach light on fire, Jet was standing on the top of the now defaced statue. The Freedom Fighter maniac was preaching about how a Fire Nation Scum was going to lead their troops into battle.

"Jet, what the hell do you think you're doing!" Zuko fumed.

"Oh, Prince Zuko, our firebending leader, so nice that you could join us." Jet said mockingly. Jet jumped off the statue, strode over to Zuko and got right in his face. "It really is a pleasure to see you. I just thought that this statue needed a new coat of paint, I think that I did a pretty good job, don't you think?"

"You did this?" Zuko said his voice dangerously quiet.

"Yep, and I mean every word." Zuko was just about to maul this guy when a fire ball flew past his head. Zuko whipped around, Iroh's fists were smoking and his usually happy-care-free-face was replaced with an angry glare.

"Don't ever disrespect the gods!" He said. "Prince Zuko, I think that this young man needs to be taught a lesson, will you join me in teaching it to him?" Zuko slide into his stance and out of the corner of his eye he saw the crowd start to move away. Jet took out his hooks and also stood in his battle stance. Zuko fired two fireballs out of his fists and Iroh did the same. Jet quickly dodged them and ran towards the two firebenders. He aimed a hit toward Zuko, who put up his arms and blocked it. The little battle continued until Iroh threw a fireball at Jet from one side while Zuko came up on the other and round kicked a wave of fire while Jet was taking care of the older man. Jet landed flat on his back and Zuko stood over him fists posed to strike, and he was about to too, but all he could think about was Katara and what she would think if he finished Jet. Would she think that I'm as bad as him?

Jet lay there waiting for Zuko to hit him with a blast of fire. He saw the hand coming and he closed his eyes waiting for the impact, but it never came. Jet opened his eyes to see Zuko's outstretched hand waiting there to help him up. Jet took it, stood and just looked at Zuko.

"But why?" He asked.

"Because I'm better than that and if I had finished you off what would Katara think?" Zuko answered.

Off in the distance, a woman standing on the roof of a shop looked down on the scene and smiled. She could not see what Prince Zuko looked like from where she was but she wished she could. Oh well, I guess that it will have to wait.

Bri: Ooo! Who is she?

Ru: Guess we have to wait and see.

Bri: Aww I want to know now!

Tawny: Anyways, can we get a move on here?

Ru: Okay, okay. Reviewers, again, we are really sorry that this took so long!

Bri: Really sorry!

Ru: So, please review!

-Directorchic16