chapter 4.......
When Zuko returned that night he found Katara sitting in the chair by the fire, staring into the dancing flames.
He walked up to her quietly, and put his hand on her shoulder, but she shook it off.
"I just want to talk," he said, more calmly than before.
"I don't."
"Katara, you'll have to talk to me sometime."
She shook her head. The silent treatment, Zuko thought.
He walked around and kneeled in front of her.
Her face was tear stained, and her eyes were red and puffy from crying. He took her chin in his hand, and lifted it, so she would have to look at him.
"I don't want to fight" he said quietly.
"I don't want to marry you!" she said.
He looked up into her eyes. They held their gaze for a few moments, before Katara looked down. Blinking back tears. She failed, because one fell from her eye. Zuko saw it, and gently wiped it away with his thumb.
He picked her up, and she did not protest. Next to the chair lay an empty bowl. At least she's eating, he thought.
He placed her down on the bed, before taking off his armor and joining her. Katara just curled up in a ball, ignoring him.
He just figured to let her be. He pulled the blankets over his body and fell asleep.
Katara knew by his slow breathing, he was asleep. Quietly, she got out of the bed. She went into the washroom and pumped some water, which she bended into a ball of ice.
She carried it over to the door, if this worked, she would have to make it through the ship, without getting caught.
She brought the ice ball back and threw it at the door. The lock broke, and she quickly pulled the door open.
The guards were all asleep in the hall. She quickly ran past them and up the stairs to the deck.
Zuko woke-up because of the loud noise. He looked to his right. Katara was not there. He looked over at the door, it was wide open.
She got away, he thought, not for long. He pulled a shirt over his body and ran out of the door. All the guards were asleep, go figure.
He ran up the steps to the deck.
Katara looked over the rail, the ship was going pretty fast, and she was sure she could jump over the edge before some one found her missing, namely Zuko.
"Katara!" he growled, running up to the figure standing on the edge of the ship.
Katara looked behind her, to see Zuko running towards her. She swung one leg over the rail, then the other. Before she could let go of the rail, Zuko grabbed her wrists.
She slipped and lost her footing. The only thing keeping her up was Zuko grip on her wrists.
With all his strength, he pulled her up over the rail, and grabbed her waist. To her surprise Zuko pulled her into a hug.
"What were you thinking? You could have died!" he said into her hair.
She sighed, "I was thinking I could swim all the way back home."
He pulled her out of the hug and grabbed her shoulders and shook her.
"You are never going back to the South Pole. You are going home with me, to our home!" he shouted in her face. She tried to pull away, but he dragged her back to the staircase.
"Let go of me!" she shrieked, waking up the guards in the hall.
"I'll deal with you later," he shouted at them.
When they got to their room, Zuko pushed Katara down on his bed. He grabbed a new lock and locked the door shut. He glared at the waterbender as he made his way to his study. He needed to get his anger out, before he could hurt her.
When he came back, an hour later, Katara lay in his bed, asleep. She'll learn, he thought.
He went back to his study and grabbed some chains. Why he had them, he didn't know.
He fastened one of ends on Katara's left ankle, the other to his bed post. She could never run away again, she couldn't get away.
She'll never leave me, Zuko thought to himself before lying down next to the sleeping girl.
kind of a dark chapter and the next chapter will also be really short but it reveals the 'old enemy'..........
you also must be wondering why this and chapter 3 were extremely short. well originally they were 1 chapter but i felt that was too much to stuff in 1 chapter so i split them into 2 chapters!