A/N: I just want to thank you all for your reviews and nice comments on my story! :D This chapter will have slight hints of Zutara, yay!
Here's Chapter 4!
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Captured Trust Chapter 4:
"Don't move." Katara ordered, positioning the icicle directly above the fire prince's heart.
Zuko could see the fire in her blue eyes. He knew that if he made one wrong move, she would aim for the kill. Still, the scarred teen couldn't help but notice how the waterbender's tan skin and graceful features, despite her hateful glare, made her look pretty. No, beautiful, he thought.
Zuko mentally slapped himself on the forehead. Why would he be thinking of how the person who was seconds away from skewering him looked?
All thoughts of the waterbender were erased from his mind when Sokka charged at him, boomerang in hand. Zuko tried to dodge the incoming warrior, but the earth restraints and icicle prevented any movement away from the weapon, or any firebending to defend himself. A sharp pain on his head made his world go black.
"Sokka, did you really have to do that?" Aang said, looking at the fallen prince.
"Well, that was payback for getting my little sister burnt," the warrior answered, puffing out his chest.
"We could have asked him some questions," Toph said while releasing the earth restraints from the firebender.
"What do we do with him now?" Katara cried.
"Do we have any extra rope left?" Sokka asked.
"Nope," Aang confirmed, after double checking their supplies.
All of a sudden, Teo, Haru and The Duke burst from one of the Air Temple buildings.
"Hey guys! Look what we found!" Teo exclaimed happily.
"Yeah, we found some sort of Air Nomad jailhouse!" Haru added.
"Perfect." Sokka uttered.
The Gang proceeded to move the unconscious prince to the 'jail' that Haru and Teo had described. According to the two boys, the jail had a large set of rooms, each containing a small cot, old shackles, and a locked door. Sokka thought that this sort of place was perfect for housing the fire prince until they could decide what to do with him.
"Urk!" Sokka grunted as he tried to move Zuko's body, "He's really heavy!"
Aang ran over to help the watertribe warrior, but even with the boys' combined efforts, the prince was only transported a few yards before they collapsed into a heap.
"Move over sissies," Toph said, cracking her knuckles, "The Blind Bandit is going to handle this!"
With that statement, the earthbender thrust her fists into the ground, causing a ripple of earth to carry the teen's body. In seconds, Zuko was transported to the jailhouse.
"Woah, she's good," The Duke whispered to Teo.
Toph, of course, heard the compliment and yelled, "Well, I am the greatest earthbender in the world!"
Zuko awoke to the sounds of people talking and his head throbbed. When the firebender tried to move his arms and legs, he found that they were shackled to a wall.
Wait, shackled? Suddenly, the events of the previous day came flooding back to him. He remembered being taken prisoner and his world going black. Zuko sat up to the most 'comfortable' position he could be in and took in his surroundings. He seemed to be in some sort of prison, by the looks of the rustic cell, no one had used the room for quite a while. The prison itself was a few yards wide and had cobwebs hanging in every corner.
"So this is the Prince of the Fire Nation?" Zuko heard a small voice say. He turned his head to face the barred entrance of his prison cell. Standing in the doorway were two boys. One was very young and wore a large helmet with a single spike jutting out of the top. The other boy had dark hair and sat in a wheelchair.
"Teo, he looks kinda scary," the smaller boy said to the other one, Teo, Zuko figured.
"Well, he can't hurt us right now, The Duke," Teo said, prodding the prince in the side, "See?"
Zuko couldn't believe it. They were treating him, royalty, like a common zoo animal! For a moment, Zuko's hands started to sizzle, and he breathed fire. All he felt was rage and anger. Beyond the hazy red vision that he had, the fire prince saw The Duke shake with fear and press himself against Teo.
Before Zuko could do anything else, a wave of water extinguished his fire and he felt calmer, but still annoyed. He jerked his head in the direction of the attacker, and found that it was none other than the watertribe girl, Katara.
She stood with her hands pressed to her hips, an angry red colored her face.
"What exactly are you doing, Mr. Fire Prince?"
"I bet you're used to doing whatever you want, but I'm going to tell you this once. You're. Our. Prisoner."
She pressed her face inches from his so that he could see her face clearly. Zuko shifted uneasily under her close proximity, a flush staining his face. Luckily, Katara didn't see, and continued on.
"You better behave, or I'll make you pay."
She turned and left a stunned Zuko behind.
Before she left, Katara added, "By the way, you'll be teaching Aang firebending at dawn. You'll be kept under close supervision throughout the lesson."
Katara stormed out of the jail and headed back to Aang and the rest of the Gang. Finally out of the Fire Prince's presence, she sighed. Katara hated the Fire Prince as much as Sokka loved food. Zuko was just so arrogant and irritating. As she thought of the teen, she remembered the sight of his hideous scar and the time they had spent in the caverns alone.
"Maybe you could be free of it."
She touched the raw skin surrounding his eye. The burn was rough under her gentle touch. She saw the pained look on the prince's face. What had happened to him that resulted in the scar? Katara stroked the burnt skin and used her other hand to feel the cool metal of the vial from the Northern Water Tribe. She could heal his scar, the scar that marked him, the 'face of the enemy'.
She brought her hand up, gently touching the lid of the vial.
Argh! Why am I still thinking about Ba Sing Se? Katara thought angrily. Maybe you're just thinking about Zuko.
She threw her hands up in exasperation as she realized she had just thought about the prince again. Katara quickly dismissed the thoughts as the sounds of laughter and talk pounded from the direction of their campsite. Her soft boots thumped against the ground as she finally made her way back to camp.
A/N: Well, here's the 4th chapter! I'm so sorry for the delay, but I'm basically making this up as I go. The next update will come MUCH quicker, probably a day or two later from now.
The plot is pretty boring right now, trust me, this fic hasn't even STARTED yet, according my plan for the story. My chapters are really short, so expect 30-40'ish chapters maybe? ;) Or I might just extend the chapter lengths, right now I have about 1,000 words per chapter only. XD
Reviews/comments are greatly appreciated! :D