Long Update, sorry about that. I've had a lot going on.

I'm going to try to get 2 chapters out this week for all you lovely people who read my story. c:

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Chapter 20

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~TyLee's POV~

We'd met up with my cyberbully, a vampire. He'd introduced himself as Jet and he'd bitten me.

From what Asami told Mai and I, I'm going to become a vampire. She's told us everything that had started happening to her after Tahno had bitten her. I don't know if whether I drink blood or not if it will stop me from being a vampire, or dying. Asami didn't die, but she drank blood. Asami went five days after being bitten without dying, and then she 'fed'. She's the supposed dhampir or whatever though, so does that mean it will be different for me? I don't want to die. I'm scared, and I don't want to be a vampire.

I was so scared when we ran into Jet in the hallway. He's a vampire, and now I am most likely going to be one. I know that if Asami didn't get to me before she did... I hate to think it, but he might have killed me. He might have not though. His texts told me I would be 'next,' so maybe he was planning to make me a vampire.

When Asami came into the hallway and started fighting with Jet, she'd stomped on his stomach and made him bleed with the heel of her shoe. When Zuko slammed him into the wall he'd made Jet's face bloody as well. I expected the blood scent to start driving me crazy, but it didn't. I can only guess it was because he is a vampire, because I have his venom in my system, or because bite wasn't effecting me yet when that happened. Whatever it was I glad that I wasn't attracted to it.

When Mai and I had ran into the gym, I threw my hair over my shoulder so nobody would see the blood there. I didn't want anyone to see and start asking about it. When we got back to the hallway with the rest of the guys and Korra, Asami was nowhere to be found and neither was Jet. Zuko told them that he beat Jet up after he knocked out Haru, because Jet was trying to hurt me. Asami and Jet were both in the hallway when he came in the gym. He didn't know where either of them was now.

Half of that explaination was made up. He didn't mention Asami fighting at all. Sure, Mako and Iroh have no idea what Asami is, or that vampires exist, but does Zuko know what was really going on? I couldn't figure out any other reason he would have made up a story about what happened, instead of just saying what he saw. Mai and I didn't say anything to this, even though I know Mai was probably wondering why he was making things up as well.

I called 911 and walked to the bathroom as fast as I could to quickly clean the blood from my neck. I wet some paper towels and wiped the blood while looking in the mirror. I looked and I felt where he had bitten me. The bite had already healed and it looked like nothing had ever happened.

I left the bathroom and ran back down the hall to Haru. He was still breathing but out cold. The ambulance wasn't at the school yet. I started to cry. He had been so brave and sweet to me tonight and because I chose to go to the dance, he had gotten hurt. I was glad he wasn't bleeding anywhere. I was glad Iroh and Mako hadn't noticed I was bleeding before, or I hoped they hadn't.

When the ambulance finally got to the high school, the paramedics asked me his name and what happened to him. I told them he got in a fight with a guy I didn't know and the other guy went back in the gym. They loaded him up on a stretcher and I tried to get in the ambulance with him. They almost didn't let me but Korra made them let me ride with Haru since I was his date. I didn't let go of his hand once on the way there.

When we got to the hospital Zuko and Mai met up with at the waiting room while they took him into the ER. The two of them kept telling me it wasn't my fault this happened. A nurse came out after a little while and told us Haru had a couple broken ribs, a concussion, and some bruising but other than that he would be okay.

I got a text from Asami just as we got to the hospital. She said she had just went to take care of Jet's body. I took that as that she killed him. I shuddered at that fact but part of me knew it had to be done. I didn't tell Mai because Zuko was with us and it wouldn't be a good idea to bring up vampires to him, or around the few other people in the ER lobby.

The fact that Jet was a vampire made me wonder how many more vampires there are out there. I also wonder if he was the guy Ozai told Asami to kill. If Asami really did kill him it's definitely eating her up inside now. The fact she had killed the girl at the football game is still bothering her. I know she didn't want to kill again, and if she did I hope that she is okay now.

I wish I had never went to the dance in the first place. I put everyone in danger by going. If I hadn't gone to the dance and stayed home like I should have, none of this would have ever happened. Haru wouldn't be in the hospital, I wouldnt have been bitten, and Asami wouldn't have had to fight Jet. She also wouldn't have had to kill him if she did. I am so stupid, this is all my fault.

I wonder what Zuko thought of the fight he witnessed and took part in. I saw the looks on Asami and Mai's faces when they saw him smash Jet's face into the wall. I had been as surprised as they were. I'm still wondering how he'd had the strength to do that. The wall now has a hole in it about the size of someone's head. Korra, Mako and Iroh are still at the dance, since they hadn't wanted to leave until they knew where Asami went. I got a text from Korra saying that Asami was back at the dance now with Iroh. I hoped he wasn't mad at her for disappearing.

The nurse came out told the three of us that we needed to go home. She told us Haru would be spending the night for observation since he had hit his head and wasn't in any shape to be walking out of the ER right now. She also said would be released tomorrow. Mai and Zuko took me home after that.

No matter that I was bitten by Jet and am probably going to become a vampire, I am still way more worried about Haru than myself. I'm going to go see him tomorrow morning, no matter what vampire bite issues I will probably wake up with.

~Iroh's POV~

Asami dissappeared from the gym and the next thing I know is that she is missing and TyLee's date is injured and unconsicious in the hallway. Zuko told us that he and another guy got in a fight, and that he had knocked him out after he'd beaten up Haru. I couldn't understand how nobody knew were Asami was, which made me pretty pissed. I was also irritated that she had run off without saying a word to me.

I called Asami and listened to her phone ring. I hoped she had a good reason for running off. Relief passed over me when she answered. She sounded stressed as she picked up and I let my irritation at her slide momentarily.

"Hey Iroh, I'm so sorry for dissappearing without telling you."

"Where are you? Are you okay?"

"I'm in the bathroom, I'm okay. I'll be right back there." She said and hung up. I was glad she was okay. I looked down the hall. There was blood on one of the walls and it was cracked like someone had been thrown against it. When I looked closer I saw it kind of looked like the shape of someone's head. When I looked at Haru there was no blood on his face.

I began to think there was more to this little story of a fight. I hadn't seen anyone in the gym who looked like they'd been in a fight and there was no blood anywhere else besides a few drops on the floor. I saw Asami walking down the hall towards me.

"What's going on?" I asked her.

"Haru and another guy got in a fight." I already knew that.

"Did you see it?"

"Yeah, Haru lost. Where is he now? Mai and TyLee went to back to the gym to get help, which you probably know. I didn't go with them because I was shaken up and went to the bathroom to calm down."

"TyLee called the paramedics and they came and got him. She looked horribly upset and went with him in the ambulance. Mai and Zuko followed them to the hospital so TyLee wouldn't be alone. I called because you weren't with them. Why didn't you tell me where you were going? You could have come to me when it happened, you made me worry."

She nodded and swallowed. "I'm sorry, I know I should have. I hope Haru is okay. He didn't look good after the fight."

"He was unconscious when I came into the hallway. He looked pretty bad." Asami's phone buzzed and she pulled it out of her small purse she was carrying.

"It's Mai. She says Haru is going to be okay and they're taking TyLee home. Haru has to stay overnight in the hospital."

~Asami's POV~

It was a lame excuse for dissappearing. I hated lying to him. It was only half a lie since I did technically go in the bathroom, but only after I had gotten back to the high school. Iroh looked irritated with me and I totally understood. We walked back in the gym after I'd half explained why I had run off and he told me where everyone else was.

I hoped TyLee was okay. Jet had bitten her. I didn't have any symptoms from Tahno's bite the first day so maybe she was okay for now. I wondered if the bite would effect her differently than me. I don't know what the normal symptoms of a vampire bite really are except what I experienced. It could be different for her. I need more information. I took my phone out and texted her.

Are you okay?

Yeah, right now. I'm scared.

I'm sorry, I promised I would protect you. I failed. We'll figure something out.

I felt so guilty. This was my fault, I'd convinced her to go. If I hadn't told her to go she wouldn't have been bitten and Haru wouldn't be injured right now. I had to find out a way to help her. I wasn't going to let Jet's bite ruin her life.

It's okay, I don't blame you. I'm home now, lets talk tomarrow. Night 'Sami"

Night.

It wasn't okay.

As Iroh and I walked back to the gym, I was glad he hadn't noticed the blood on my dress. I still smelled it, but I'm pretty sure he couldn't. It was dark in the gym so I knew nobody else would notice either. I saw Korra and Mako sitting at a table and we walked over to them.

"Mai just texted me saying Haru is spending the night in the hospital. She said he's going to be okay and they took TyLee home." I told them.

"I just saw Azula, watch out for her." Korra said. "She walked in the gym a couple minutes ago."

"Who's Azula?" Mako asked.

"One of the new girls at school. Over there." She said pointing to the snack table. "The girl in the dark purple and red dress. Avoid her." Korra told him.

I'd done what Ozai wanted me to with Zuko's help. I wanted to talk to him about the strength he had just shown us. He looked to be as strong as Jet. I couldn't help but think he might be like me. I wasn't sure just how good or bad the chances of that were, but he definately possessed more strength than the average guy.

I didn't really want to be at the dance anymore. If Azula was here she probably was going to start trouble with me, I mean that's what she seems to do whenever we see each other. Iroh took my hand and led me out on the dance floor again. I sighed internally, I wanted to tell him. He was going to find out about me on his own sooner or later and I didn't want that. When I looked him in the eyes he had a blank expression on.

"Did you fight with the guy who beat Haru up?" He said catching me off guard.

"Why would I have?" I said trying to avoid the question. I didn't want to lie again.

"You dissappeared right after the fight. You said you needed to calm down so you went to the bathroom. Calm down from what?"

I tried to keep my face straight, I was starting to panic. He was asking questions I couldn't answer. "Seeing the guys fighting. It was brutal." I wasn't prepared for the next thing he asked.

"When you fought Tahno, where did you learn to fight like that?"

"I told you, Korra and I have been taking self defense classes since we were little." I kept my voice even. That really wasn't a lie. I've used the moves I learned in those classes when I fight, which are of course enchanced by my vampire side. He stopped dancing and his voice turned serious.

"You broke his arm Asami. When you hit it when he had me by the throat, his arm bent unaturally. I saw the bones in his arm. The next class I had with him, his arm was completely healed. I told Mako about it and he thought I was crazy and making it up. Self defense classes wouldn't have given you the strength to do that. How did you do it?

I was frozen. I couldn't tell him. I couldn't tell him I was a vampire, he wouldn't understand. I shrugged instead. "I don't know. Luck I guess."

Iroh closed his eyes and I saw him tense up. He could tell I was hiding something. "Asami, tell me what happened that day. What I saw wasn't just being lucky. You did it on purpose. I saw your face when you knocked him on the ground and threatened him."

I was starting to get annoyed that he wouldn't drop this. I knew sooner or later this conversation would happen between us, but I just couldn't understand why he was bringing it up now. "What did you see in my face?" I said, making my voice sound calm.

He took a breath. "This is going to sound crazy, but I thought I saw a tint of red in your eyes and you looked different then you usually do. It reminded me of when we went on the double date with Korra and Mako actually. Mako said he saw red in your eyes that night, but I thought he was crazy till I saw it myself. Is there something you are hiding from me?"

I stared at him. I didn't answer that. "Why are you asking me these things? Don't you trust me?" I said turning the conversation on him. I instantly regretted it.

"If you can't answer me, I'm not really sure I do."

I turned and walked away, he didn't follow me. I didn't want to fight with him. It was hot in the gym and I needed to cool down. I walked over to the doors and went outside. I was making Iroh suspicious of me. The more I hid the truth about myself from him the further I knew we would drift apart. I couldn't pull him into my problems though, I cared about him too much. I heard heels clicking on the concrete behind me. I looked behind me.

Azula. Great, just who I didn't need to talk to right now.

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