The Hunter's Mix

by blackfire93

A 5 year old girl named Cobra meets 3 year old Zuko. As Cobra comes from a past filled with violence, secrets and lies she is put to the test when the day comes to tell Zuko everything. They were bound together at a young age but as they get older will that tie break or hold out? Some secrets come to light, will Cobra live or die and will Zuko accept all of her?

13. Chapter 13

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CHAPTER 12

Zuko and Cobra stared at each other for a long moment no-one moved, then faster than a blink both Zuko and Cobra ran toward each other meeting halfway. Cobra's arms encircled Zuko at the same moment his arms wrapped around her and for a long minute they just stood there quietly taking in each other's presents.

[COBRA'S PROV]

Finally Cobra pulled back to look Zuko in the face and she gently touched the scar that covered his eye's, she felt him flinch slightly and her anger grew. "Who did this to you?" Cobra asked Zuko, her tone was passive but her eye's promised a long drawn out death for whoever was responsible. Zuko put his hand over hers and pulled it away from his scar, "It..it doesn't matter now. Come down below I want to talk to you in private." Zuko said. Cobra then noticed how the deck seemed to be filled with Fire Nation guards and over in the corner she could make out Iroh's stout form coming towards them. "Okay. Let me great your Uncle Iroh first and then I'll be down." Cobra said.
Zuko hesitated but nodded, turned and went down below while Cobra turned to face Iroh as he made his way through the Fire Nation guards towards her. "Iroh, who did that to Zuko?" Cobra asked not bothering to hide her fury. Iroh wet his lips, "If Prince Zuko didn't tell you then I cannot tell you either." Iroh said. Cobra grabbed Iroh by his neck and pulled him towards her so their faces were only inches apart, "Iroh, I will find out who did that to him and I swear whoever did that to Zuko will pay for it the rest of the tortured life. I will make sure of it!" Cobra said between clenched teeth before she dropped her hold on his neck and stepped back she turned to go down to Zuko's room before remembering her manners. Cobra stopped turned around to face Iroh again and gave a small bow, "It was nice seeing you again, Iroh." She said before turning and walking down the steps to Zuko's room. It took her a couple of tries before she found Zuko's room, but when she finally did she knocked and waited for a minute before letting herself in.

As soon as Cobra entered Zuko's room and shut the door behind her, she pulled off the mask that she was wearing a drew in a deep breath through her nose, before she turned around to face Zuko. Cobra realized with a start that her and Zuko were the same height, when they were younger she had always been a couple of inches taller than Zuko, it had been one of the few things Zuko would pout about when they were alone together. The height change, the scar on Zuko's face, the darker gold color of his eye's and his voice had gotten deeper, all of these physical changes meant nothing to Cobra, she was worried about how much he might have changed mentally.

"So..how have you been these past three years?" Cobra asked Zuko, slightly uncomfortable as she had never been one good at small talk and having been gone for three years she wasn't sure how to act around Zuko now. Zuko immediately put her at ease by grabbing her in a tight hug and whispering, "I missed you." Over and over again in her ear, Cobra felt a small smile appear on her face as she hugged Zuko back, "I missed you to." She said.

Finally they pulled back from the hug, Cobra wasn't sure how to proceed, she had felt that their relationship had changed a little before she had left but now … she wasn't sure what it was. Zuko showed her exactly what their relationship had become when he shyly leaned forward and kissed her. Cobra brought him closer and deepened the kiss when oxygen became a necessity they pulled apart but let their foreheads rest against each other. After a couple minutes of kissing and simply holding each other Cobra knew that she needed to leave, June had to take the money that she had earned from …Cobra felt herself stiffen, June her alternate self, had already met Zuko and Iroh.

[ZUKO'S PROV]

Zuko couldn't believe that Cobra was really sitting beside him, holding his hand and kissing him. He had really missed her during those long three years, but now that she was finally back it would be like old times, he would ask her to stay with him, at least for now. All of the sudden Zuko felt Cobra go stiff, Zuko turned to face Cobra to ask what was wrong when he got a strong sense of familiarity about her face. Somewhere not long ago he had seen that face…or had he? Zuko decided to let it go in favor of asking Cobra what was wrong.