That night Aang went to Sokka and Zuko. After hearing their entire plan he decided it was time he stop moping and go talk to Sokka and Zuko and see if he could join them. He was still incredibly mad at Zuko, for taking away Katara, but he knew that it wouldn't help to kill her or to try to kill Zuko for any of this. Aang decided, that instead of go and talk to Zuko and Sokka and get convince them to let him go, he would pack up Appa, and wait for them in the morning.

Zuko and Sokka awoke to find all of their clothes missing and little to eat. They ran out to find Aang asleep on Appa, and all of their stuff loaded onto Appa. Zuko and Sokka hopped onto Appa and shook Aang.

"What happened?" Aang asked sleepily.

"Why is all our stuff on Appa?" Zuko asked.

"Uhhh, I over heard you last night talking about Katara, and how Sokka was a water bender. I want to come with you." Aang explained.

"Aang, you can't come with us. It would ruin our plan. You have to stay here, we really appreciate this but, please don't come or follow us?" Sokka begged.

"No Sokka, I love Katara too, I am coming with you." Aang stated.

"No Aang you're staying here." Zuko told him.

"No Zuko, Im coming!" Aang yelled. Sokka realized that it was going to go no where, so he water bended the water from the fountain and threw it at Aang. He shoved and froze Aang against the wall.

"Sokka! LET ME GO!" Aang yelled.

"Sorry Aang, but you are staying here. If you try to follow us, we'll turn you into the fire nation. Sorry it had to come to this." Sokka said. Sokka and Zuko, flew Appa away. They never turned around. They headed towards the beach where Sokka could water 'transport' them to ba sing se with out being detected.

When they reached the beach, Sokka made a bubble around Appa and directed him to the ocean. Zuko sat on Appa's back deep in thought. He was thinking about Katara, and how happy he was when they kissed and the utter shock that came when he figured out Azula had taken her and used her 'gift' on Katara.

Twenty minutes later, Sokka announced, "We are here." and they hopped off Appa in search of Katara, and Mai. Sokka and Zuko split up to cover more ground more quickly. Within the first hour of searching Zuko had found Katara and Sokka had found Mai. Katara invited Zuko to her house and Mai did the same with Sokka.

"Zuko, why did you attack Azula the other day?" Katara inquired.

"It's a really long story, let's just say we have a... rivalry." Zuko answered.

"Why were you with the Avatar?" Katara asked.

"I was leading him into a trap. I thought Mai might be able to help me defeat him, but it seems like we 'got away' before she showed up." Zuko laughed.

"Oh good one!" Katara laughed back.

"Ok what's the deal?" Mai inquired.

"I just really like you and wanted to come back to see you." Sokka told Mai.

"You hate me, and Azula, and Ty lee. I don't believe you." Mai scoffed.

"Ok fine I'm a terrible lier but tell me this. Do you want this war to end?" Sokka asked.

"Yes." Mai replied.

"Do you want the fire nation to win?"

"Yes."

"What if the fire nation didn't win. Or lose?" Mai looked at Sokka like he was crazy.

"What if the avatar could beat the fire lord, but not blame the whole fire nation?" Sokka asked.

"I guess that would be a little better." Mai said.

"So you sound like you would be on our side then." Sokka stated.

"I guess, but i can't be, my father is a powerful man in the fire nation I can't just betray him." Mai told Sokka.

"Zuko and I need your help. We need Katara to be Katara again. Please help us." Sokka begged.

"What's in it for me?" Mai asked.

"What do you want?" Mai shrugged.

"Zuko." She replied.

"That is something I can not promise you." Sokka told her.

"I want nothing else." Mai stated.

"You really like Zuko don't you?" Sokka asked.

"I don't just like him, I love him." Mai told Sokka.

"Loving someone and being in love with someone, isn't the same thing, and sometimes the people we love, aren't exactly the people we are in love with. Destiny is a funny thing, it can work in different ways. I know you'll find someone who's right for you someday. I mean I found Suki, and I thought I loved Yua the moon spirit." Sokka explained.

"Are you in love with Suki?" Mai asked.

"Y-" Sokka stopped short to think. Was he? Did he really love Suki?

"Well do you?" Mai asked him.

"I-I don't know. I mean I'm not sure!" Sokka was frustrated now.

"I'm sorry I asked, let's get back to my place so we can figure out what to do about Katara." Mai guided Sokka to her house.

Once they got there and everyone was all together Zuko explained how he was going to 'charm' Katara, and how Mai needed to tell the Fire Lord that she knew the location of the Avatar and he was in the spirit world. If she could know how to control the Avatar's mind she could trap him there permanently. Then the next she needed to go to the Fire Lord and tell him things went wrong and she needed to know how to reverse it. As soon as we know that information Sokka can make Katara's mind back to the way it was.

"That sounds easy enough." Mai said.

"Yes, but it's complicated. We need to come up with a reason on how the Avatar would be trapped in the spirity world." Sokka told them.

"You have got to be kidding me?" Mai laughed. "All we tell Ozai is that if I can take control of Aang's mind I can make him a human, and any human in the spirit world can not come out with out the help of another spirit, but because he was the avatar he would die and join the other avatar's and the cycle would be broken there would be no more Avatar's in the world for him to worry about. Now the real problem is this, we need to get out of here as soon as Katara has her memory back and we need to keep Azula out of this."

"How are we going to do that, Azula is completely physco! She won't leave Katara alone!" Zuko exclaimed.

"Well, there is one thing we can try." Mai said.

"What's that?" Zuko asked.

"We can tell Azula that Sokka has decided to join his sister, and Sokka, you can flirt and act like Azula is the greatest thing in the whole world. You need to make her want you, and make her think you want her. That way she will be distracted enough that I can talk to Ozai, and Zuko can... wait what are you going to do Zuko?" Mai asked.

"I'm going to stay here with Katara. I need to make sure she is safe and doesn't do anything stupid."

"Okay so we all know what we are going to do?" Sokka asked.

"Yeah, but Sokka I think you should tell Mai about the water bending." Zuko said.

"Oh right, Mai I'm also a water bender." Mai's eyes widened.

"Since when?!" She freaked out.

"I've always been one, but I chose a warriors path for complicated reasons."

"Can you do that freaky blood bending thing?" Mai asked.

"I don't know. I think I could." Sokka said.

"Try it out on me." Zuko suggested.

"No, Zuko I won't. I hate blood bending just as much as Katara does."

"Sokka do you know how much easier, this would be if you could blood bend Azula for the times I talk to Ozai?" Mai asked.

"I know, but I just can't do it. It's just so wrong." Sokka slumped.

"Fine than I guess you will have to distract Azula." Mai shrugged.

Just then Katara came into the room. She had a short Fire Nation dress on, and her Eyes were golden like a fire benders. Her hair was in a pony tail she looked at Zuko only.

"Could I speak to you in private for a minute?" She asked.

"I guess..." Zuko said. Katara led Zuko into her room. She shut the door and locked it. She shoved Zuko onto the bed and said, "Now I want you to tell me the real reason you were traveling with the avatar, and what you were all blabbing about me being Sokka's sister, and I was meant to fall in love with the Avatar. NOW!" Katara demanded.