Yuki gets on shore with Zuko and breathes in the clean air. She walks around the small markets looking for certain fruits and herbs that would help her get better so Zuko would not have to worry about her so bad. She looks at him as she pays for her fruits and herbs calmly. She looks at the people a moment wishing she could know how her mother was doing.
Zuko looks around and then looks at his Uncle and says, "Follow her and make sure she is okay." He pats his uncle on the arm and then walks off to make sure his men were doing what they were supposed to do. Uncle followed Yuki to where she was and just walked beside her he didn't say anything to her.
Yuki walks around the market as she thinks about her mother. She says to herself, "No doubt father has gone back to beating you since I left, mother." She tenses up as her throat continues to bother her and she stands against a building to stop from falling over. Her eyes become hazy as she waits for the pain to subside. She sighs and continues on her walk and does more shopping.
Uncle follows her and says, "Something seems to be troubling you Yuki." He walks up to her and says, "Did you forget something at your home I am sure that we can go to the north pole and you can go get whatever it is you need." He smiles and pats her shoulder and walks with her. Zuko finished restocking the supplies he waited on the shore for all of the men to return.
Yuki looks at Uncle Iroh a moment and says, "Uncle my mother is with my father alone all the time. I can only imagine what he is putting her through. My mother is not like me. She will take a beating and not fight back. All these years my mother has been married to my father while being in love with another. I have never felt love before so I can't understand that kind of pain." She thinks a moment. "I mean I feel a great bond with your nephew but I doubt he could love me…"
Uncle Iroh looks at her and says, "Love is a terrible yet great thing. It can cause heartache but even heal the most scared hearts." He looks at her and says, "I will talk my nephew into going to your home first and we can check up on your mother." He looks at her and says, "As far as my nephew I can't really say if he loves you or not but until he learns to love himself it will be hard for him to express himself to others." He pats her shoulder and walks her to the next booth and gets some fresh fruit for them to snack on.
Yuki says, "Well whatever he feels for me I know it is not hate." She goes back to the ship and lies down in Zuko's room. She closes her eyes and goes to sleep thinking about her mother. Meanwhile back at the water tribe at the North Pole, Yuki's mother sits alone staring at the sky wondering how her daughter is getting along with the prince.
Zuko walked around the town as he approached the ship he heard a loud noise and turned to see two boulders heading his way he sends out to blast of fire that didn't seem to do much to the boulders. He side steps and dodges them as two earth benders yell. "Death to the Fire Nation!" Zuko looks at the benders enraged and says, "You two want to take on the prince." He shoots to massive fire balls at the soldiers. The soldiers pull up to walls of earth to try and block the fire attacks the fire hit the walls and exploded. It sent both men flying in the opposite direction Zuko settled down and walked back to his ship.
Yuki hears the earth benders and Zuko fight even in the deepness of her sleep. She rolls on her belly and says with a smile in her sleep, "You are such a fire cracker." Her betrothal to the fire prince is going to be an interesting life for her to live. She begins to wonder what Zuko may desire of her as his wife. Surely he desires some sort of connection with her.
Zuko reached his ship and realized he was outnumbered by earth benders. They popped out the ground and surrounded him. He got into his stance but then he was accompanied by his Uncle. The soldiers looked at his Uncle and scream the Dragon of the West take no prisoners. They hurl massive boulders at the two Uncle and Zuko made a fire orb so powerful that not even the boulders could pierce it. Then Uncle fired off some fire balls that knocked out a few Zuko fired some that were blocked his rage was fading and his fire power was dying. Then Uncle pushed Zuko back and fired off four fire balls making four big explosions Zuko was forced onto the ship as they fled. Zuko looks at his grandfather and says, "I need to more the more advance set I am to fight the Avatar soon." Uncle replies, "No you are not ready." And then he walks away.
Yuki wakes up with a jolt and goes to see what is going on around her. She saw the knocked out earth benders on the fading shore. She sighs and says to herself, "And so it begins…" She goes to her room and lies down on the bed. Her eyes close a moment as she thinks about her mother. She sits at her desk and writes a letter to her mother.