Chapter 17. Mission: Fox Hound - Briefing

Zuko getting a little impatient on not knowing, who is the master Samanosuke talk about? It was bothering him for quit some time. When Zuko tried to talk to Samanosuke about the master, Samanosuke always find way to dodge the subject. Zuko wanted to know who this master is and he want the answer to his question now.

Katara was walking towards Zuko's room to let him know breakfast was ready. "Hey Zuko it's time to…" She paused when she heard voices coming from his room. Katara pressed her ear against the door to listen.

"It looks so big." said Ty Lee. "I'm so embarrasses by looking at it."

"It's not that big, Ty Lee." said Zuko.

"I can't do it myself. I'm afraid it might brake." said Ty Lee.

Katara was blushing deep red as she thought about what was going on in Zuko's room. "What are they doing? It sounds like they're having sex!?"

"If you want, I can do it for you?" said Zuko.

"But what if you break it?" said Ty Lee

"Don't worry, it will be fine." said Zuko

"Zuko, please don't…" said Ty Lee

"Zuko is going to fast!?" Katara thought to herself as she blush deep red.

"See, its fine." said Zuko. "Why try not moving a bit then when you're ready go for it."

Katara listened careful, to her it sounded like Ty Lee was struggling with thing. Katara started to feel "odd" as she leaned against door. Her hand was on the door knob as she listened in on them. She pressed her ear against the door until she accidentally opened the door and fell in front of Zuko and Ty Lee.

"Katara!?" said Ty Lee as she was surprise to see Katara.

Zuko looked down at her as he flipped an over size pancake. "What are you doing here?"

Katara stood up as she spotted a flat top grill in Zuko's room. "Oh their cooking." she said as she was relief.

"What do you mean by that?" said Zuko.

Katara blush deep red as she looked at them. "I heard some noises from your room, so I was wonder what it was?"

"It was us cooking pancake." said Ty Lee as she smiled at Katara.

Zuko sigh a bit. "Yea, over size pancake." he said as he flapped one.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to put to much pancake batter on the grill." Ty Lee rubbed on the back of her head as she felt embarrassed.

"Oh, I thought you two were…umm…" Katara was still blushing as the thought came back to her mind.

"Thought what?" said Zuko.

"Oh, it's nothing." said Katara as she looked at Zuko. She was still blushing as her judgment on what were Zuko and Ty Lee doing before she enter as still in her mind.

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An hour or so later, Zuko walked up to Samanosuke hoping to get some answers about the master.

"Samanosuke, I need to talk to you about the master." said Zuko as he stood in front of him.

Samanosuke looked at him as he sat down on a chair and his feet on top of some boxes. "Why?"

"Because I want to know who this person is; like what does the master want with me?" said Zuko.

"Well you're in luck because you're going to get your answers." said Samanosuke as he stood up and walked up to his bag. "The master wishes to see you."

"Okay, when do I see the master?" said Zuko as he cannot believe he have a chance to see the master.

Samanosuke took out a map and placed it on a table. But there's a catch, you have to do a mission for the master then you will she her."

Zuko sighed and said, "There's always a catch. So what's the mission then?"

"I believe you know the where about of the Boiling Rock." Samanosuke used Princess Yue to summoned four knives then he tossed the knives to each corner of the map to hold it in place.

"Yea, what about it?" said Zuko as she sat down.

"Well two of my good friends were taken to there, so we need rescue them." said Samanosuke as he grabbed a bucket of water. He emptied the bucket on top of the map. Samanosuke bended the water into ice as he then bends it in to a 3-D model of the Boiling Rock.

"So what's the plan, Samanosuke?" said Zuko as he looked at the 3-D model.

"Angel, in every mission briefing, we called each other by his or her code name." said Samanosuke as he took the mission seriously.

"Okay, Angel." said Zuko as he looked at him. "What's my code name?"

"Your code name is Liger." Samanosuke looked at the 3-D model as a small 3-D model of Princess Yue appeared. "My friends are somewhere inside the Boiling Rock. Yue, show the best place to get in the Boiling Rock."

"There are two ways you can get inside the Boiling rock." said Yue as she zoomed in to the peak of the Boiling Rock. "There's a lift that carries cargos and soldiers in and out of the prison, but the problem is it's heavily guarded."

"What's going here?" said Sokka as he walked in them and spotted Yue. "Yue!?"

"Oh, hi Sokka" Yue smiled at him as she then continued showing Zuko and Samanosuke about the Boiling Rock. She zoom out of the lift as she said, "The other best way is to come in from above, the way you can do that is to hide in the smoke coming from the hot steaming water then land on one of the shores of the prison."

"You're alive, but you're small!?" Sokka was glad to see her as he quickly reached over to grab her.

Samanosuke slammed his fist against Sokka's face, causing him to fall to the ground. Samanosuke looked at Yue as he said, "So, who do we need for this mission?"

"Well you of course, Liger, Snake, Raven and maybe Venom." said Yue as she looked at Samanosuke.

"Who's Raven and Venom?" said Zuko.

Jin walked them as she held the Ketuseki Rain. "Sorry for being late."

Samanosuke looked at her and said, "It's okay, Raven."

"Raven!?" said Zuko as he looked at Jin.

"Sorry I didn't tell you earlier." she said as she smiled at Zuko. "And sorry for kissing you after our match." Jin was blushing a bit as she looked at Zuko.

"Snake is not us for the moment, so I guess we need Venom for this mission." said Samanosuke as he looked at the icy model.

"Samanosuke, I love the new clothes the master gave me." said Katara walked in on them as she wear her new water tribe clothing.

Samanosuke looked Katara and said, "You're welcome Venom."

"Katara is Venom?" said Zuko as he looked at Samanosuke.

"Yea." Samanosuke looked at the 3-D model and said, "I need Cpt. XIII and his ship for this mission." Samanosuke looked at his team. "Okay listens up." Zuko, Katara and Jin looked at him as they petition. "Now the mission we're going to do is called "Fox Hound". It's a rescue mission; two of my friends were taken to the Boiling Rock. Our job is to bust them out." He started to bend a piece of ice to form an air ship. "We're going to go inside my friend air ship and out of it when we reached the Boiling Rock."

"How we're going to do that?" said Katara. "We can't just land on it because troops will see us."

"We're going to do an act called, 'Harpy Drop'." said Samanosuke as then looked and Jin. "Raven, you have one day to teach them how to the Harpy Drop."

"I got it." said Jin as she took Katara and Zuko with her to teach them.

"Now the only thing I need to is call Cpt. Kenshin and notify Snake about the mission." Samanosuke bended ice back to water as he then walked away. "Is there something I forgetting? Oh well it come to me in time." He walked to his room as Sokka lay on the ground.

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A few hours later, Zuko was laying on his bed as he felt sore from Jin's training. He was resting peace fully until Ty Lee walked in as she held cups of water for her and Zuko. As Ty Lee sat on the edge of the bed, someone was standing near Zuko's room.

"I got you a drink." said Ty Lee as she handed it to Zuko.

Zuko sat up and grabbed the drink. "Thanks, Ty Lee." he said as he then took a sip of water.

"You're welcome." Ty Lee looked at him as she smiled. "So, how was the training with Jin?"

"It was painful." said Zuko as he putted the cup down. "She needed to make sure me and Katara done it right."

"Is there anything I can do to help you rest?" said Ty Lee as she placed her cup next to Zuko's cup.

Zuko thought about it before he started to blush a bit. "I like rest on your lap."

"S-sure." Ty Lee blushed as she moved the pillow out of the way and then she helped guide Zuko's head on her lap. "Better?"

Zuko smiled a bit as he looked at her. "Yea, it is." He closed eyes as then reached over and held her hand.

Ty Lee blushed but she held back as she smiled. "You're so cute when rest, Zuzu."

Zuko reopened his eyes and said, "It's not cute." He started to blush as he looked at her.

"Can I ask you something?" said Ty Lee as she gently rubbed Zuko's head.

"What is it?" said Zuko.

"Do you still love me?" she blush a bit as she looked at him.

Zuko opened his eyes as he blush as well. "I…I don't know…" Zuko sat up and faced her.

"Because I was hoping we go on a date after your mission." Ty Lee smiled at him as she blushed.

"Date!?" Zuko sounded a little surprise as he thought about going on a date with Ty Lee.

"Yea since you're not with Mai no more." said Ty Lee.

Zuko thought about it then said, "Yea, I don't mind going out with you."

"Oh Zuzu." Ty Lee hugged him tightly as she said, "Thank you. I can't wait for our first date."

Zuko blushed when Ty Lee hugged him. "Yea same here." He gently pushed Ty Lee away then he gently kissed her forehead. "It's getting late; we should get some rest now."

Ty Lee blushed from Zuko's kiss as she looked at him. "Zuko…"

"What's wrong?" said Zuko.

She leaned forwards as she then gently pressed her lips against Zuko's lips. Zuko blushed a bit more as he slowly started to kiss back. Zuko lay her down on his bed as he continued to kiss her. Ty Lee looked at him as she blushed. She could feel Zuko's hand gently touching her side, causing her to moan a bit. He moved his hand upward towards her breast, but Ty Lee grabbed his hand.

"Is something wrong?" said Zuko as he looked at her.

Ty Lee blushed as she looked away. "I'm sorry, but I'm not ready yet."

Zuko smiled a bit then he kissed her cheek. "It's okay; I don't want to force something on you if you don't want to do it."

She looked back him. "Are you sure?"

Zuko nodded a bit as he lay next to her. "Yea, I'm sure. Now get some rest."

Ty Lee held him tightly and said, "I love you…" She slowly fell asleep as she hugged him.

Zuko blushed when he heard Ty Lee true feeling about him. He smiled a bit before he kissed her cheek. "I love you too…" said Zuko before he fell asleep.

As they sleep, Katara saw and heard the whole thing as she peek through the small opening at the door. She moved away from the door as she tried not to cry. She her back against the wall and slowly fell to the ground. She held her shirt tightly as she felt heart broken. Katara wanted Zuko as well, but his feeling was already taken by Ty Lee. Katara slowly got up and headed towards her room.

Katara laid as she started to talk to herself. "Zuko… I love you too…" she said as she thought back on that day when she kissed him. She gently touched her lips as she remembered the warmth of his lips against hers. "If you didn't pass out after our fight, then you will know that I love you." Katara held her pillow and said, "Zuko, you're such a jerk."

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At Fire Nation, Snake was on roof top of the palace. A massager hawk just gave him a letter from Samanosuke about the mission. Snake read the letter as he then burn it to make sure no one else will read it. He was about to walk back inside until he spotted Mai standing in front of the entrance's door.

"Mai, what are you out this late?" said Snake as he walked up to her.

Mai had a worried look on her face as she said, "That letter you just burn, was from Samanosuke?"

He stared at her for a few moments. "I'm sorry, I don't know what your talking about." he said as he then walked passed by her.

Mai quickly grabbed his arm and yelled a bit, "Please tell me that letter was from him!?"

Snake turned his head to face her. "I don't know that person."

"Snake please I must know that letter came from him!?" Mai started to cry a bit as she hope the next answer won't be a lie.

He sigh a bit as he notice tears following down her cheer. "Yes, it was from him." said Snake as he looked at her.

Mai hugged him tightly as she was relief about the answer. "Thank you, that's all I wanted to know." She let go and headed back inside.

Snake entered the door and headed towards his room. On the way there, he spotted Azula standing in front of his door. "Azula, should you be in bed?"

"What were you and Mai doing on the roof!?" She glared at him as she wears her nightgown

"Mai just wanted to talk, that's all." he said as looked at her. "What's with the glare?"

"Don't lie to me!? I saw you two hugging!?" Azula walked up to him. "Now tell what you two were doing!?"

"Nothing happen, we just talked that's all." said Snake.

"Liar!?" Azula yelled at him as she then punched Snake, but she quickly counter the attack by grabber her arm then pinned against the wall as he press her arm against her back. "Let me go!?" said Azula as she continued to glare at him.

"Calm down, Azula." he said as he pinned her against the wall. "Nothing happened, like I said." Snake release her.

Azula turned around as she rubbed her arm a bit. "You won't me to believe that!?"

"Believe it or not, it's up to you." he said as he entered his room.

Azula entered his room and said, "So you two just talked, right!?"

"Yea, just talked and that's it." Snake lay on his bed and then covered himself with his blanket. "Now go to bed, it's getting late."

"Fine." Azula walked up towards his bed and lay next to him.

Snake looked at her and said, "Are going to sleep here again?"

"Well yea, my room is too far from here." said Azula as she yawned. "Night, Snake." She quickly fell asleep.

"Damn it all." said Snake as he looked away from her then goes to sleep.

YAY, another chapter is done XD sorry for the late update ^_^;;; plz review and plz read my other story "Zuko Other Scar" thank you.

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Katara clothes: Katara new Water Tribes clothes were a gift from the master. Two blue bamboo gauntlets, a white inner shirt, a long blue robe with a white spider on then back and white spider web design, blue pants with a white belt, and normal Water Tribe Warrior boots.