Hey, hey, I'm back! With a nex chapter!

I thanks all the reviewers, your comments gives me a real pleasure to continue his fan fiction.

Would it be too much asking for one or two reviews before I post the next chapter? I love constructive criticism!

Dedications to : RedHairedPeanuts(first replier), Moon-san (love your fan fiction!) and Kristoshi Warrior!

Sorry if I go to slow, but I've some Naruto fan fiction boiling in my head, with a writer block for this story at the same time...Ugh!

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Chapter 5:

Jeong-Jeong was pacing in his room. What was going on? Everything was so messed up! Why had he blundered into kissing the queen? Yes, he had kissed Ishi! And it was not to do her a pleasure: he sincerely loved her! And if Zhao would learn about that...

"Calm your mind Jeong-Jeong." he thought. " And think clearly."

But no way to do it. How could he? He had to serve the Fire Lord and conquer this city! But he couldn't. He loved this city! It was one of the most beautiful and impressive places he had ever seen! If he betrayed this city, he would be hurting as much as when he betrayed the Fire Nation. And maybe even more!

Sweating and angry, he finally looked through the window that gave him a beautiful view over the richest parts of the city. Everything was calm and asleep. He gripped the border of the window. Just below the window, there was a path that Ishi had not shown him. He climbed over the balustrade and landed with a cloud of dust on the ground.

The path was small and not used very often. Jeong-Jeong crouched down and felt the ground if there were any footprints. In the dark he found his own and a smaller one. A female foot. A little and slender female footprint to be exact. He decided to follow it.

He arrived at an empty place. There was just a round stone table in the center of it. A Pai Sho table.

"You want to play a friendly game?"

It was Ishi's footsteps he had been following! Blast! He'd met the person he wanted to avoid... Sometimes destiny isn't your friend.

She sat down at the table and invited Jeong-Jeong to join her.

"I know that I ruined your plan by kissing you. It was my fault. Tomorrow, I want you to play at your best level."

"But you will lose your city."

"You don't know me. We will see."

She was right. He didn't know her.

He took the tiles that were prepared on the table. Everything was ready, as if it was waiting for him.

"Play."

Without thinking, Jeong-Jeong put the red lily in the middle of the table. Ishi smiled.

"Why did you do that?"

"What? Oh, that? For no real reason...You were waiting for me, didn't you?"

Ishi played and didn't answer. Jeong-Jeong stopped playing.

"You knew what would happen. You have always known that I would kiss you and that I would come here. I don't know how, but you knew it."

"What do you care about?"

Jeong-Jeong straightened angrily his back.

"I'm a colonel in the Fire Nation army, don't forget it. And so when you messed around with my feelings, you hoped that I would mess up my mission in your favor."

No answer.

"I can put the whole city in flames if I wished."

"But you won't do that. Play."

The young man sat down and played. How did she know all that?

"I've seen many men in my life. Mad, happy, good, bad...I've learned to read their thoughts by reading their face. Yours was difficult. But Zhao...Zhao is just a hothead with no respect for this city and it's culture."

"How do you know his name is Zhao?"

"I've my ways."

Spies. There must be a spy in the Fire Nation camp, realized the colonel. The soldier that was standing near his tent! She knew everything from the beginning! She was prepared for this. And they, stupid and shallow thinking Fire Nation soldiers, thought they had the advantage.

White lotus tile, red lily, white dragon, wheel...

Jeong-Jeong realized that Ishi had more than one trick up her sleeve, was it for playing Pai Sho or for the war...

Quote of the day:

Toph:It's not your fault, Sokka. Azula was ready for us. She had every move planned out.