A/N:::: Well the third chapter is here!!!!! I hope you enjoy reading it as much as i enjoyed typing it. How ever, i have to say i am a bit discouraged because i only got ONE review (thanks soooooooooo much 'DarkFlameTailz' for reviewing) so i would apreciate more reviews. Thanks and enjoy!!

He smirked at her and she glared at him. "Was that so hard?"

Katara responded by punching him in the gut. He groaned and said, "I'll take that as a yes."

Ignoring the pain in his gut he also said, "So, choose your rooftop."

Katara growled and said, "Like it matters" She was starting to get the feeling that he enjoyed her being in discomfort.

The soldiers were approaching so he pushed her to the nearest house and said, "Climb, fast." Katara started to climb, muttering words under her breath.

Once they were both on the top he said, "It's not that hard, really." He jumped to the next house, landing perfectly. Fear overwhelmed Katara but she jumped anyways.

It would have been a perfect jump but when she landed next to him she lost balance. Rapidly he grabbed her by the waist to stop her form falling. He quickly let go and looked away. Without saying a word he proceeded to jump to the next rooftop. This time when Katara jumped she landed perfectly. After several houses they could both see that it was a good idea to travel by jumping form rooftop to rooftop because the soldiers were still looking for them, looking confused.

It was getting dark and they were both growing tired. When they got to the next house Zuko stopped and turned to Katara, "I know a short cut but it might be dangerous."

Suddenly a thought crossed Katara's mind. "Wait, where exactly are we going?"

Zuko said, "To the mountains, it's safer and a lot easier to loose the soldiers." Katara agreed and said, "So tell me about this short cut." But before she could react he grabbed her arm and jumped down from the house bringing her down onto the ground with him. Before she could start yelling he dragged her to an abandoned dark alley. "Hey! Tell me when you're going to do that!" He rolled his eyes and said, "Come on." "Where are we going?" Katara asked while looking around and finding nothing but darkness.

"I told you. To the mountains. I know the way." Katara didn't move even though Zuko had motioned her to fallow him and started to walk away. "Come on!" He yelled back to Katara. But Katara could not get her feet to move. For some reason she felt fear inside of her being alone with Zuko. Zuko turned around and said, "What's wrong?" Still Katara made no move and she did not answer him. Zuko honestly did not know what the matter was but he knew how to get her to move. He spoke in a mocking voice, "Is someone scared of the dark?"

That did the trick. "What! No I'm not!" Katara yelled and started to walk. They walked in complete silence. It was extremely dark. The sun was down but even if it wasn't it would have been blocked by the tall buildings that were on either side of them. The buildings even blocked the little light shining from the moon. Unexpectedly Zuko broke the silence, "So now tell me why someone like you was in that bar." Katara sighed and said, "I had to get some information from someone. And I could ask you the same thing." They had now started to climb the mountain. Zuko pretended to be confused and said, "What do you mean?" Katara said, "You know what I mean. You were obviously headed to the bar too if you showed up to help me. There's just no way that you could have known I was in danger."

"I don't believe this!" Zuko told her. "I saved you and you're accusing me of heading to a bar!" Katara replied, "Oh please! Don't act all innocent. If we are going to work together to avoid the soldiers lets agree not to lie to each other." Zuko sighed. Katara added, "If it helps, I was there because of the same reason you where. I… I want that key too. I also talked to that man. He said he would give it to me and not to 'the man in a blue and white mask' who I'm guessing was you. But I have to pay him 2000 gold pieces." "What! You are the other person that wants the key. Well that's just great. Fantastic." Katara laughed. "The world's not coming to an end, and maybe if I feel like it I can let you use it when I finish my mission."

Now it was Zuko's turn to laugh. "Yeah right. Where are you going to get 2000 gold pieces?" Katara looked away from him. "Yeah that's what I thought." Zuko responded as he scraped his arm on a branch that just fallen from an apple tree. Muttering words under his breath he inspected his bleeding arm. He concluded it would take about a week for it to heal. "Oh, you want me to help you?" Katara asked him when she saw it. Being his stubborn self Zuko said, "What? I don't need any help." Katara sighed, "Is someone afraid of a little water?" She asked in that same mocking tone he had used a couple of hours ago. Zuko growled in defeat.

Katara looked around her. There were many plants growing around her so with great ease she bended water from inside a couple of plants and with her hand movements brought it up. She bended the clear liquid into a glowing blue orb around her hand. She placed her hand on Zuko's arm. He flinched but then relaxed. He focused on her touch and she focused on the blood trickling down from his open wound, trying to close the wound. When she finished she said, "There, all done." Zuko was amazed. He looked at his arm and there was no trace of a cut ever being there. Katara saw his expression and laughed. "You look like a kid on Christmas." Ignoring her comment he said, "That's incredible."

Katara blushed and said, "Um, thanks." They continued to walk. Suddenly Zuko spoke up, "Just to make sure we are on to same page, you are talking about the magical key right? The one that can open any door and any lock?" Katara replied, "Yeah, that's the one." Zuko sighed. Then he said, "If you don't mind me asking, why do you need it?" Katara said, "Well, you see, I...um… need it because, well…um…I…" Zuko rolled his eyes. "If you don't want to tell me then don't. I don't care." Katara looked away from him, noticing the anger in his voice. She really wanted to trust him and tell him everything, but she could not bring herself to do that. She was about to say something but her voice died in her throat.

Zuko could not understand why she did not trust him. He had helped her so many times before he had lost count. Then he understood. He was a fire bender. That's why she did not trust him. Looking at the leaves on the hard ground he said, "Not all fire benders are killers. I thought someone like you would have understood that. But it wouldn't be the first time that I am incorrect." Katara was taken aback by his words. A year ago she would have never thought that her former enemy would have made her feel so horrible. He was right, but she would not admit that. Katara did not trust him because he was a fire bender. He hadn't said that exactly, but he had implied it.

"I do know that." Katara said when she found her voice again. Zuko replied, "If you say so." Katara could tell he didn't believe her. He said, "I don't care what you think of me. Honestly, I don't." Katara kept looking down at her feet. She couldn't look at him. For some reason his last words had hurt her. But she couldn't understand why she cared if he cared what she thought. Then out of no where Katara started to get furious. Now she started to get defensive. "Fine…" She started to say. "May be I don't trust you because you are a fire bender. Or, I don't know, here's a more logical reason; the last time I trusted you, you turned around and betrayed me!" "But I had a reason! I did not do it just to let you down!" Zuko told her.

Katara faked a laugh. "Really?" She said, "Because I would love to hear you reason." Zuko swallowed. He was not about to spill his soul to this girl. He was not about to tell her the real reason why he be traded her. He growled. "I can't tell you." "Big surprise!" Katara shrieked, "Why did I see that coming? Now who's the one not trusting someone?" They had both stopped walking now and they were facing each other. His betrayal was replaying over and over again in Katara's mind and she could feel tears in her eyes threatening to spill down her face. Seeing the tears Katara was fighting back Zuko's anger vanished. His anger was soon replaced by guilt. After all, he had betrayed her.

"Katara I'm so sorry, for everything." If Katara had been surprised by his words before, then it was nothing compared to the shock she was feeling after his last words. Katara asked, "Did you just apologize?" "Yes I did, because I mean it. Contrary to what you think I am human." They had started to walk again. "I never said you weren't Zuko." Zuko sighed, "Actually, you did once, a long time ago." They reached the place where Zuko had set up camp. Zuko walked to the fire pit, intending to light it because it was very dark and they could hardly see. But Katara stayed put. "When did I ever say that?" Zuko was taken aback because he hadn't realized she was still thinking about it. He said, "Um, when I turned my back on you in the Crystal Cave. You said I was a monster."

Katara's stomach flipped. "I'm sorry. I was wrong." All he said was, "If you say so." Again she knew he didn't believe her. Katara sighed.