Having some fun

It was nighttime as Zuko and his family reached the palace with Jet. When Zuko saw Jet about to walk into the palace he quickly jumped in front of him to block his way.

"There's an old shed not far from here. You will be staying there," Zuko explained bluntly before walking back into the palace.

Jet glared after Zuko before leaning against a pillar in the courtyard. Then Will walked up to him with a smile.

"Hey, thanks for saving me today," She said.

Jet scoffed. "What kind of hunter are you anyway princess. You almost got yourself killed out there."

"What?" Will asked, slightly offended.

"You wouldn't last three days on your own," Jet said with a smirk.

Will placed her hands on her hips, insulted. "Oh, and I suppose you could teach me?"

"Uh, duh," Jet laughed turning away.

"Will!" Zuko called.

"Coming dad!" Will called back to her father. Then she walked in front of Jet to face him with a smirk on her face. "Alright then. Impress me. We start training at dawn." With that the princess walked back into the palace.

"I look forward to it," Jet replied with a smirk of his own.

Up on a high tree overlooking the palace courtyard, Nerissa and Uriah were perched on a thick branch, watching the scene below them.

"Did you see that mom? He let her go!" Uriah cried. "Oh, if that were me-"

"Hush! The fire rescue worked perfectly and Zuko fell for it," Nerissa said. "Now the closer he gets to the daughter, the closer he gets to Zuko. And once he ha Zuko alone…" The evil woman then shot a bolt of magic at the branch above them to finish her sentence.

In the middle of the night, Zuko was tossing and turning in his sleep. He was having a nightmare about the day Iroh had died. In his dream Zuko stood on a high cliff with Iroh slipping down a cliff.

"Zuko! Zuko! Help me!" Iroh cried.

"Father!" Zuko cried.

Then Zuko heard evil laughter and turned and saw Ozai standing above them laughing insanely. Zuko turned to reach for Iroh's hand. "No dad…just a little…farther."

Then Ozai grabbed Zuko's wrist. "Gotcha! Trust me!"

"Zuko!" Iroh cried as he slipped from the cliff.

"NO!" Zuko cried as Iroh fell to his death. Then he glared up at Ozai. "Ozai!" He snarled.

Ozai continued to laugh, but then he suddenly morphed into Jet, who was also laughing evilly.

"Jet?" Zuko asked.

Then Jet let go of Zuko who also fell off the cliff. Zuko bolted awake panting. After taking a few deep breaths he calmed himself down and went back to sleep next to Taranee.

In the morning, Zuko wondered through the palace and ended up standing b the turtle duck pond. Jet was a nearby watching Zuko and preparing to attack him. Just as he was about launch his attack, our favorite redhead suddenly popped up in front of Jet.

"Morning!" Will greeted. She laughed at Jet's surprised face. "I'm ready for my first lesson." She jumped up and down, a bit hyper. "Surprised ya didn't I?"

Jet looked back to where Zuko had been, but the Fire Lord was gone. Will nudged Jet. "Hey let's go already! We don't have all day you know." With that Will turned and started walking away.

Jet looked back to where Zuko had been and sneered, before following Will.

Later that day in the late afternoon, Jet was standing in the tall grass waiting for Will to send him a sneak attack. The thing was that Will kept making too much noise and Jet could definitely tell where she was. The boy sighed and then smiled a small smile.

"Three…two…one," Then he ducked just as Will launched herself at him.

"Gotcha!" Will yelled, completely flying over Jet and doing a couple summersaults, landing on her back. Jet stood over her with a raised eyebrow. Will looked up at him sheepishly. "You could hear me, huh?"

"Oh only, I don't know, say…a lot!" Jet replied. As he helped Will up he explained her errors. "You're still breathing too hard. Relax. Feel the earth beneath you so it doesn't shift and make noise."

Suddenly a few birds flew up from behind a hill near Will and Jet. Jet smirked and turned to Will. "Ssshh. Watch the master and learn."

Then Jet bounded up the hill leaping over the edge, his hook swords in each hand, and very nearly landed on Irma who had been searching for bugs to eat with Sokka.

"AAAAAHHHHH!!!" Irma screamed.

Jet skidded to a halt in front of the girl and panted slightly.

"Don't kill me please!" Irma cried. "I never really meet your tyrant. I mean, uh, Ozai! Ozai. Oh, heck of a guy. A little moody, but still."

Will walked over to Jet and Irma. "Irma, what are you and Sokka doing here?" She demanded.

Irma sighed in relief. "Will! Thank goodness. Hey, for once girly we're not following you! This just happens to be the best smorgasbord in the Fire Nation! Bug everywhere!" She gestured to the ground where birds were feeding on the bugs contentedly. Irma sighed. "But you don't call for a reservation and- Yeesh!"

Then she walked over to the birds and tried to shoo them off. "Get out of here you scavengers! Come on move it!"

One of the birds peeked Irma in the nose. Irma's hands flew to her nose and it turned red and started to throb painfully. Sokka was running back and forth between two groups of birds who kept going back to where they had been sitting a seconds after he passed them.

Will laughed and Jet looked bewildered at the scene in front of him.

Sokka panted as his wife walked over to him rubbing her sore nose. "Man, Irma I'm getting tired. I really need to lay of fall the grubs!"

Will laughed again as she and Jet walked over to Irma and Sokka.

"Hey maybe he can help us out!" Sokka said.

Irma scoffed. "Oh yeah. That's a great idea, Sokka! Let the vicious outsider…" She trailed off, rethinking Sokka's idea. Then she smiled. "On second that isn't such a bad idea." Irma turned to Jet. "You wanna give us a hand."

When Jet didn't do anything Irma slapped her forehead. "Use the swords! Come on kid work with me here!"

Jet looked at Will for help. She smirked. "Like this." Then she shot a bolt of lightning at the birds who flew off.

"Oh yeah!" Sokka cheered.

"Come on guys do it again!" Irma cried.

Jet then used his hook swords to scatter more birds.

"Yee-haaa!" Irma cheered as she and Sokka started to run downhill. Jet was confused, but he followed Will as she ran chased the birds with Irma and Sokka.

"Why are we doing this? What's the point of this training?" Jet asked as he ran.

Will laughed. "Training? Jet this is just for fun!"

"Fun?" Jet asked.

Irma ran up next to him. "Jeez you gotta get out more often. Fun! Yeee-haaaa!" She cried.

Yee-ha!" Jet cried starting to get the idea. As the four continued to run, Jet began to have more and more fun. "Yee-ha!" He cried.

Suddenly the group skidded to halt as they came face to face with a heard of rhinos.

"Oh crap!" the four said in unison. The rhinos flared their nostrils and the group screamed and took osf running in the other direction, with the rhinos on their heels. As the rhinos chased them the four friends ducked into an opening in the rock walls surrounding them. The rhinos passed them as they laughed their heads off.

"What a blast!" Jet cried.

"I know right?" Will laughed.

Irma gave Jet a noogie. "You're okay kid. You're okay," She said with a smile.

As Irma and Sokka tried to squeeze themselves out Will and Jet slid closer together their lips brushing lightly against each other. They both looked away, embarrassed and blushing lightly.

"Sorry," Will mumbled.

"Hey are you guys or what?" Sokka asked looking back at them.

Will and Jet then walked off with Irma and Sokka laughing.