This chappie is from Zuko's POV I'm thinking of doing the chapters back from forth from Kona's to Zuko's POV but here it is and sorry it took so long

I DO NOT OWN AVATAR!! CREDIT TO THE RESPECTFUL OWNER. I ONLY OWN MY CHARACTERS THAT I CREATED. AND PARTLY THE IDEA STORY PLOT. (I got my idea from reading other stories on but I didn't copy anyone else's story)

Chapter 2: broken hearts and ideas

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" I thought to myself as I ducked out of the way of a lamp, thrown my direction

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" I thought to myself as I ducked out of the way of a lamp, thrown my direction.

"How could you do this? After everything we've been through together! After everything I've been through for you!" Mai screamed after throwing a flower vase at my head. "Just because he says something doesn't mean you have to listen! I'm a little girl anymore he can't run my life!"

"Mai, he's your father and I have to respect the decisions he makes. I know it's going to be difficult but eventually it will get easier." I reasoned.

"Easier? What do you know about easier! You're the reason we're in this big mess! If you hadn't gone off with the Avatar and betrayed your country, I wouldn't have had to protect you as you ran away! I wouldn't have been jailed up in some place by Azula and forced o live like a traitor to my own country! I did all that for you, Zuko, and this is how you repay me?" I didn't like it when she played the guilt card on me, but she was right. "You repay me by breaking my heart…again!"

"I never asked for your help – "

"But you did lead me on! Telling me how you loved me and making me believe that one day when you regained your senses we could be happy together!" I saw the blade pop out of her sleeve and I new what was coming next. "But even when that day finally comes you decide to listen to my father instead of me!" She threw the blade at my head and I barely missed it.

"Mai please, try to be reasonable." But I knew no matter what I said she would hate me either way. It all started when Mai and I announced we were going to marry each other. Her father objected to it and said he would never allow his daughter to marry a traitor to his own country. A traitor to his own family. What he didn't realize was that my father and my sister were the ones who betrayed me.

"Reasonable? I'll show you reasonable!" The next thing I knew there were daggers and darts and blades flying at me from every direction. I tried to duck out of the way but they came at me so fast. I knew I had to get out. So I ran from the door while dodging a few more. (Sorry just had to put it: "I'm a poet and didn't even know it" kay I'm done lol)

Finally I squeezed through the slightly open door and into the hallway. I sighed tried to catch my breath and walked to my uncle's room. I knocked on the door and hear a "Come in".

"Uncle I don't know what to do," I said sitting in a chair. "Mai hates me and now she's trying to kill me! I'm just trying to do the respectable and honorable thing. She just doesn't understand."

"You are leaving because her father said too, correct?" he asked.

"Yes, but every time I try to explain that to her she just gets even more mad. What am I supposed to do?"

"You are aware that you must find a bride, aren't you? Maybe she is just jealous because she loved you and now you must marry someone else. You know, jealousy is a wall some people put up between them and someone else because they don't want them to see their hurt. Maybe you should try to comfort her instead of explaining." Uncle was always so wise.

"Maybe you're right. I just wish she would stop throwing knives at me."

"She is throwing knives at you? Maybe you should just steer clear of her for a while. At least until she has a chance to calm down some."

I laughed inside myself. Of course Uncle would be wise unless there was a crazy woman endangering his life. But he always did give the best advice so I figured I'd steer clear of Mai until she was calmed down a bit.

At least that's what I thought I would do until I walked out of Uncle's room and was told by a guard that Mai had left with a message that he would prefer not to repeat to me. I dismissed him and went back to what was left of my chambers.

There were already servants in there cleaning up broken glass and pulling daggers out of the walls. I looked at my bed. The pillows had been thrashed and I couldn't tell where my blankets were but I assumed they were in a large pile of rubble on the other side of the room. It would take at least a week to get this room cleaned up and I couldn't kick my uncle out of his guest room where he stayed when he came for visits. I decided to talk to him more over dinner and began helping the servants clean up the mess.

By dinner time the mess was almost completely clean and the precious wood carvings for the bed and furniture were being worked on. I walked into the dining hall and sat at the head of the table. There were many people at the table all talking amongst themselves. But I was only interested in talking to one.

"Uncle," I said to him quietly, trying not to catch attention form other conversationalists. "My room is going to take at least a week to get it back the way it was before. I've been thinking about what you said. About how I need to find a wife still."

"And what do you bring me Prince Zuko?" He asked curiously.

"There are still prisoners at the boiling rock. Before they can be freed they must agree to a contract saying they will not try to harm the Fire Nation for what they have done. And they will leave their vengeance in their cells as they leave to go back to their families." I explained.

"That's great Zuko but I do not see how that ties in with you finding a wife." His face nearly made me laugh it was so confused.

"There are still those who are resisting the contract. I wish to choose one of the women resisters as my wife in order to lead by example how the fire Nation is putting an end to this war." I finished and took a bite of my food.

"Prince Zuko, that is a good idea but have you considered the risk to your life? If you marry someone who has not agreed to not killing you they could easily kill you and be gone." He looked at me with worried eyes as I had expected when I thought of that fact myself.

"I realize the risk and I am willing to take the chance if it means that more people are able to go free. Even if nobody follows the example it still frees on woman. Besides there aren't that many women prisoners at the boiling rock. They can't all be terrible can they? Even if we can find just one who won't try to kill me on the spot that is good enough for me."

"I hope you know what you are getting yourself into Nephew. These are dangerous times even with the war over. There is no guaranteed safety. What shall you do if they do attempt your life? Will you put them back in prison?"

"I haven't decided what I will do if that happens. Let's just hope it doesn't."

That night we prepared the ship and set sail. I liked sleeping on the rocking ship. It reminded me of my mother rocking me in her arms. I had yet to retrieve the information from my father that I had wanted. But I knew I would, it was only a matter of time.

Until then I drifted off to sleep warmly inside my mothers loving arms.

a/n: There it is the second chappie. Okay starts off a little slow but will pick up a little in the next chapter. Because next chapter they meet! Should I do the next one from Kona's POV, from Zuko's POV, half and half, or Do it from her point of view and for the fourth chappie do it form his POV. I would really like some feedback for advice. If I don't get any in the next two days though I will just pick one randomly and do it that way.