Chapter 4 YES, I knew my beta had it in her to get this done. :) but now I have to go do her dishes. Thank you all who reviewed please stay tuned I try to update as soon as I can, now we are ready to get really get started, I'm sorry I don't post up as much as I would like to but I have a lot on my plate at the moment so please bear with me I will try to update twice a week, I also want to thank a reviewer and tell them I will be looking at my grammar and spelling more carefully,:), anyways enjoy. I'm always open for questions although I don't really like giving stuff away, alright I'm done blabbing.
"Shit." He mumbled. They soon became surrounded, and he held onto the waterbenders hand tightly.
"Can you use your water?" he asked, she shook her head
"No I left my pouch with my shirt." She hissed bitterly. "And they would notice if I pulled it from anywhere else."
"Now, now Zuzu lets not get ahead of ourselves." Azula said, stepping closer. Her hair was pulled up in a tight bun and her armor shined black and red; she was the ideal princess, and behind her two other girls followed Mai and Ty Lee, who both had worried looks on their faces, as Azula started talking again. "I mean, father might forgive you…maybe." She let out a carefree laugh, and Zuko eyes shot daggers at her. "Why so quiet, maybe I should talk to your girlfriend, do you let her do all the talking?"
Zuko growled at his sisters statement and Katara blushed.
"Shut up Azula, we're not coming with you, now get out of the way before-"
Azula then bust into a fist of laughter. "Oh its someone's time of the month." She then whipped a tear from her eye; and Zuko's eyes shot up, he had an idea. "Anyway," she mused looking at her nails, "father doesn't want to see you. In fact, he told me that if you really wanted to show some honor you would just kill yourself and stop disgracing the whole nation."
His heart dripped with sorrow as he looked at his sister, his little sister, he could remember a time when she was two years old smiling and laughing clapping her hands, his mother would let him hold her sometimes and he would tell her stories while she watched him from the floor. His father would come in and pat him on the head telling him he was good son for looking out for his sister, he missed those time so much, he wanted his sister back, he wanted his father to love and accept him and most of all he wanted his mother back to tell him it was ok.
He pushed back tears; he didn't have any of those things, maybe it would be easier to just let her take him, a least he would get to see home again, before they would execute him of course, but he glanced at Katata. She was looking at him for an answer her big blue eyes were full of fear, and he pictured her in a cell being starved and beat until the avatar was captured, and then he pictured Zhao once again calming his prize. His fist clinched tightly and he made up his mind, he would not let this happen.
"Your not getting out of this one." Auzla taunted as it became quiet. Mai looked over at him with sad eyes, as if she was begging him to just give up; and Tye Lee's face was no different. There was no doubt they didn't want to be there.
"Azula." he said smoothly "If your so desperate to get me back then- "
"I'm not here to get you." She snapped, finally done playing mind games. "You see, I don't need you Zuzu, but I do need the avatars waterbender teacher, your just a bonus." she smirked as an afterthought. "Don't kid yourself Zuko, nobody really wants you around"
"Well that may be so, but you forget Azula," he lifted his hands. "I'm the one with the leverage here." He grabbed Katara around the neck and created a small flame with the other one, he help the flame close to Katara's brown face.
"Let me through or I kill her."
Katara's heart pounded. "What are you doing?" She hissed, but he didn't answer.
Azula then bust out into a fist of laughter. "Your an idiot Zuko, even if you do kill her, I'll still get the Avatar, all you're doing is wasting time."
Zuko kept his face straight, and the flame built up in his hand. Katara felt the red hot flame coming close to her eyes, but if she fought back she would run right into Azula, however it seemed if she stayed here she was going to get burned. 'Aang Sokka' she pleaded in her head.
"Thats where your wrong." Zuko said backing away from his sister.
"She is your only ticket to getting him, do you really think he's going to come with you nicely if she's dead, no he'll flee for awhile, but will always have a personal vendetta against you; and I don't think you have seen him when he gets angry." He put his hand closer to a frozen Katara. "Besides, even if you did manage to capture him, he'll never do what you say, but…" He mused stepping back a little more. "If you have the waterbender alive, then he'll bow to your every command, image that Princess Azula tames avatar, and the avatar works for Fire Nation." Azula looked at the ground, deep in thought, and then back to her brother.
"What do you get out of all this?" She asked, now playing with her gloves she was acting bored, but Zuko could see she was very interested in his plan.
"You, Zhao, and the rest of the fire nation leave me and Uncle Iroh alone. You don't look for us, you don't even breath our names, we're free men."
Katara was now terrified that he was going to hand her over like a piece of meat.
"Thats tempting Zuzu." Azula said finally. "But not worth my time, I'll get the avatar one way or another, so I really don't need you, well except maybe dead." She flincked her wrist and shot a blast of lightning.
Zuko pulled he and Katara out of the way and lightning hit one of the soldiers who had been standing behind them. Zuko shot a few blasts of fire, but Azula easily dodged them.
"Get them!" She yelled.
Zuko stepped in front of Katara and pulled out his swords, he attacked the benders who had stepped forward to obey his sisters orders, and Azula, Mai and Ty Lee went for Katara.
She used the water in the ground and blocked one of Mai's knifes, she just managed to escape Ty Lee's chakra block by making an ice shield and freezing Tyee Lee's hand in the block of ice.
Zuko was trying to avoid Azula's lightning as much as he could, and by now most of the soldiers had backed away; terrified of getting hit with the blue lighting. He saw Katara fighting with Mai while Ty lee struggled to get out of the ice grip that was preventing her from using her hand.
Katara was fast but Mai was faster, one of her knifes hit Katara right in her right side it tore through the skin on her right side and when she gasped in pain a solider came up to grab her. She pulled out water from under her freezing the man's feet and trapping him in place.
Mai threw another knife but Katara dogged it and made little ice spears and sent them Mai's way.
Mai was a offensive fighter not defense and she just barley managed to get out of the way and hid behind a tree
"This is getting boring." She yawned.
From the other side Ty Lee was still stuck in the ice. "Mai!" She yelled.
Katara saw her chance to leave and was about to run when she saw Zuko fighting Azula. He looked wore out, and she wanted to leave him, she should leave him.
She grabbed her side in pain and a voice in her head spoke. 'But he didn't leave you'.
Zuko just barley missed his sister's last blast of lighting; he managed to take the soldiers down but Azula had him cornered. She aimed her arm at her brother
"Any last words Zuzu?" Zuko looked over at Katara. She looked a little shaky, and she was covered in blood, but she took a deep breath and moved her hands and raised the water in the ground towards her.
Katara moved her hands at the same time Azula shot her lighting, the water hit Azula and she was elected herself. Katara quickly pulled her water back, she made sure it was enough to stun her, but not kill her. Azula cried out in pain as she fell back hard landing on the ground.
Zuko didn't know what to say, she saved his life even after everything he did. "Katara?" He said, not really knowing what to say. She ran over to him and helped him to his feet, it was then he focused on the blood, which was dripping down her stomach. "Your hurt." He whispered.
Katara just shook her head. "I'm fine its just cut through the skin, no permanent damage. Come on we have to get out of here before she wakes up."
She didn't know why she was helping him, it just seemed like a good idea, and she was glad not to be completely alone as they ran deeper into the woods.
They didn't stop until they reached a small pond. The water was clear and blue it was just like the last one, it almost called to her; she walked over and sat down next to pond.
Zuko didn't say anything he looked over at Katara, her eyes were full of tears, dry blood covered almost her whole upper body and her hair was a mess hanging in her face, but he was memorized by her. He rose to his feet and went over to her, but stopped when she glared coldly at him
"Katara the wound…" He began, still not sure what to say he lifted his hand towards it slowly.
"Don't touched me!" she yelled. She stumbled back almost falling down, and her hands wend down to push on her side. She hissed and Zuko grabbed her so she wouldn't fall, but she pushed him away. "What part of don't touch me don't you understand?"
Zuko glared. "Look, I'm just trying to help, it looks bad"
Katara glared back. "Oh please, you were just about to hand me over to your pyromaniac sister."
"I wasn't going to hand you over." He said.
She laughed humorlessly "Oh sure you weren't, you know all you care about is yourself. I don't even know why I saved you I should have let her-"
"Thank you." He interrupted softly.
She looked at him, his eyes were soft gold and she got that feeling again. She shivered and looked away from him. Zuko couldn't stop looking at her she was so beautiful.
"Whatever". She finally said, and then looked back at him. "Ok then what were you doing, explain to me why you had to hold me hostage?"
He didn't take his eyes off her. "Because I needed a distraction for a minute. It was never my intention to hand you over."
She put her hand on her hip. "You really expect me to believe that, how dumb do you think I am, you were going to hand me over and run like the coward you are."
Her words burned him and he fired back. "You don't know anything peasant, I wasn't going to let her take you I was distracting her until I could think of a plan, and you were any help coming up with one."
She snorted "You know what I don't care because its people like you"- She pushed her fingers into his chest "That cause wars, people who think there so great and will do anything to get what they want!" She yelled angrily.
"You don't know anything peasant." he said slowly. He had about reached his limit and she didn't even want to hear him out. "Listen to me," He began trying to calm himself. "I promise that I was not going to hand you over. My uncle says that I don't think things through and-"
She snorted again, interrupting him. "You know what Zuko I don't care, we are enemies we're on different sides and just because we have a common enemy doesn't mean we should-"
He then grabbed her face with his hands so she was facing him. ":isten to me, I was not going to hand you over. I swear on my honor, I know it doesn't mean much, but I don't have anything but that so please.." He was begging, their faces were close now.
'How dose he always end up this close' She wondered, but didn't pull back and his eyes shined into hers; in that moment she believed him and nodded.
He let go of her and backed up a little but still didn't break eye contact.
"Ok, if you say so." she said, then looked down at her stomach again, it had stopped bleeding, but still hurt, she dipped her hand down motioning to the pond and pulled out some of the water and begin healing her wound.
Zuko was fascinated with this skill he couldn't help but watch the water light up and heal her cut.
"That's weird." She said suddenly.
"What?" Zuko asked, still watching her heal and not seeing anyting strange.
"It's never done that before, this water is so strange." She finished and then looked down at her cut; it was completely healed and the skin looked flawless, almost as if it was never there. "What the…" she said
"What" Zuko asked again, a little frustrated he wasn't seeing anything. "I thought it was suppose to do that?"
"It is, but its completely healed not a scar or anything." She touched the skin it felt soft 'this water' she thought, looking at the unusually blue water beside her.
Zuko shrugged and took a handful and drank it; it was sweet. "It's really sweet, here try it."
Katara took a sip, it was it was sweet she swore she felt it run all through her veins. "Huh, that's strange." They both jumped a little as a loud sound coming from the trees.
"Not again." Zuko groaned as he stood up
"Come on, lets go." He grabbed her hand and they stared running,
Meanwhile, in the water a creature with two yellow eyes and a wide smile watched the benders head off into the untamed forest.
A/N, If you guys noticed that my chapters are based on songs, so if you would like to listen to them and get a bit of the feel of each chapter check them out, I'm sure you can find them on youtube.
Chapter 1, Betty Blue- The 69 Eyes, this song is amazing.
Chapter 2, Infra-Red- Placebo
Chapter 3, Whoever Brings The Night- Nightwish
Chapter 4, Enemy- Blue Foundation