Welcome to chapter five-

A/N: There will be one more chapter before the end of section or book 1. Please leave any suggestions for me. Thank you to those who have commented. And I ask the same question again, "should there be Taang?" I would also like to say that I am really bad at writing action so feel free to add in your on action while reading. Drum roll please...here is the first Zutara moment

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Chapter 5- Hello

The oasis was peaceful. It surprised Katara how calm and quiet this area was there was a battalion of fire nation soldiers attacking her tribe. Whenever she came here, she forgot everything. She would start to bend and become one with tui and la. Katara could never explain how she felt at the oasis.

"Wow...this is so peaceful, Katara." Aang said in a half dazed voice.

Katara nodded and looked toward the gates. She saw blue streams rise in the air and red flares that looked like shooting stars. It was beautiful. No Katara, it's a war. The smile that appeared on her face disappeared and she turned to her friend. Aang was by the pond with the fish. He seemed mesmerized for the briefest moment and that he became stiff and rigid. His eyes steeled and he looked transported. "Aang?" the boy did not move. Oh no. "Aang? Hello?" she moved closer to the boy. She was about to reach out to him, but all of a sudden a blinding glow came from him that shot into the sky. katara was thrust backward and she tumbled to the ground. The boy started to rise in the tunnel of light. Katara looked up with shock. The mask that she created for him blew up and was falling like confetti. So much for the fire nation not knowing who we are. the light quickly faded and the Avatar slowly came to ground and seated himself. His eyes and tattoos were glowing. There was an amount of energy that radiated of him, giving katara the strength to stand. He must be in the avatar state. Now what? Katara stood there frozen. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw something move. She turned toward its direction and pulled a stream of water from the nearby tree. One of the tricks hama taught her along with bloodbending, but the princess never used it.

"Hello." said the fire prince.


By the time Zuko reached the light source, the Avatar's glowing tunnel had faded and the boy was seated, meditating. wait its a boy? Why did I expect to find a buff air nation warrior. Seriously, a boy. agni, I thought this will be more challenging. Now the nation will say "Prince Zuko captured the baby avatar, anyone can do that." He cringed at the thought. His eyes scanned the area. It landed on a masked figure. she turned toward his direction with a water whip. Wow! Her eyes...so deep and intense. playful, yet mature. Loving yet a fighter... Zuko had never seen eyes like hers before. In the fire nation it is the same amber color for everyone. No Zuko. Your duty is to capture the avatar, this girl is most likely protecting him. Well, I don't want to kill a girl with beautiful eyes like her. If a water nation guard is this pretty, I wonder how the princess will be. Focus Zuko. He scolded himself and came out so that she can see him. "Hello." He said in his most attractive voice. What are you doing, asking her on a date. Fight her you idiot.

Katara was lost. She was lost by him. He was perfect. Jet black hair, and toned muscles. Even Jet doesn't have those. His voice, raspy and, and... something Katara couldn't pin point. But his voice intrigued her. And his scar. There was nothing for katara to say about that. His eyes, she had never seen anything like this before. They were warm and motivated. Strong and protective. Smart and fun. Fun, the fire prince. Nice joke Katara. She smiled at her own comment. He continued to talk.

" I expected to see more of a group here to protect the avatar. Not just a measly soldier." a smirk made its way to his face as took an offensive stance. Katara's whip was still ready but she didn't move.

"And I expected to see more people here, helping the fire prince." she countered him. Her voice sounded different through the mask. More mysterious.

" Do you think the fire prince needs anyone's help in capturing the avatar, come on, he is a child." he taunted her.

"Well prince, you are going to need help, once I am through with you." And with that she shoot the water straight toward him.


The prince vaporized the jet of water immediately.

"That all you got peasant?" he charged at her with full speed shooting balls of fire her way. She rolled away. Zuko was impressed by her. And Katara was impressed by him. He shot fire at the avatar and she blocked that too. He was taking the offensive role, but Katara's defence was her stronghold, so she let him. They danced around each other, countering and mirroring the other's move. Zuko decided it was enough of game. He took out his Dao blade and lit them on fire. He could see the momentary fear in her eyes. But they quickly went back to the " I-Am-Going-To-Kill-You-Jerk." mode. She pushed him back toward the river and swayed away from his every move. "Agni, Why does she have to be so flexible." If they didn't want kill each other, their movements would seemed like a battle dance. She flipped and twirled over him. He felt her hair brush his face when she spun around. While she was spinning away from him, Zuko grabbed her by her wrist, pinning her to his chest. They were both panting heavily. Katara squealed at the sudden closeness. She tried her best to break free, but the boy tighten his. He smelled her sweet scent. He extinguished the Doa blade and brought it to her neck, holding her wrist with one hand. Katara knew this was it, she would be known as the princess who died in the filthy hands of the fire prince. She tried once more, but he pulled the blade into her more and she froze. An immense amount of warmth radiated from his body, it felt good. Katara felt her cheeks redden.

"Not bad, for a peasant, water tribe, girl." he cooed into her ear.

That's it. He just offended all the girls of the world, my tribe, and me. With that she jabbed him with all the strength she had and spun around, capturing him in the same hold. She twisted his wrist so that one of the doa blades fell and the other was in her hand. Now she taunted him. Pulling the sword closer to his neck,

"Not bad, for a measly, jerk, fire prince." she said in his same tone. He couldn't help but smile. He didn't know at what for.

All of a sudden the glow from Aang disappeared.

"YOU'RE BACK!" Katara literally screamed at the boy, while tightening her grip on the fire prince.

Aang looked at the boy in Katara's hold and stood up. "Who is that?"

"Avatar meet the fire brat/jerk" Katara turned her head to the captive and said into his ears. "Fire brat/jerk, meet the Avatar." Aang flew high up into the air on a gust of wind, looking out toward the gates.

"Katara," Aang said "this is not good."