Hey, I know its been a long time since I uploaded anything and I am Extremely Sorry. I know you guys really don't care for the justification but here it is. My computer broke, and then I had writers block, and then A had a ton of HW. So this is the first meeting between Zuko and Katara in Ba Sing Se. There isn't much, but there be more action in the next chapter. I wrote this really quickly, so it might be a little crappy. Enjoy, my fellow zutarians.
The crowd cheered as the petite figured girl came into the arena to face the reigning Boulder. Sokka was the only one that booed, and he earned a punch from suki for doing that. Aang looked at the black haired girl who walked out. 'That's her. The one from my dream..'
'What do you mean Aang. What dream are you talking about.' Katara sitting next to him questioned.
"The one that I had two days ago, I didn't exactly tell you guys. So there was this swamp, and this fying boar, and this laughing girl who was blind. Just like her. This is my Earthbending master." Katara understood what he meant and tuned back into the battle. He seemed so confident in her, she didn't want to oppose. Sokka seemed to be in tears when the Blind Bandit made the Boulder do a split. On the other hand, Jet seemed to be jumping up and down. Aang adjusted his headband. When they came to Ba Sing Se and changed their appearance, Aang was forced to grow his hair to cover his arrows. That was big fight. But finally he surrendered to Katara's pleading voice and now his wore a green headband with the Ba sing Se Emblem on it was getting in the way of seeing his new master. After the battle Aang was going to confront the Blind Bandit. He was going to tell her his secret.
Zuko barely paid any attention to the battle. His eyes were fixed on the girl with hair loops. She seemed pretty interested in the battle, and she cheered the most of the blind earthbender. Zuko had to admit, the Blind Bandit was a monster. He wondered if he should appoint her to take care of his sister. I wicked grin appeared on his face at that thought. He turned back to the beautiful girl sitting to his left. She was a few seats in front of him, giving him a perfect side view. He was sure that she wouldn't be able to see him through his cloak, but was he wrong. The next time she turned to talk to the boy with the headband at her side, her eyes glanced over to Zuko, by accident. Then she realized he was looking at her. Being the dumb person he is, Zuko just continued to stare, more like lost somewhere in the blue oceans called eyes that she had. He wanted to know her name, her likes, her story. But when his eyes didn't move away from hers, her eyebrows crinkled, and her face formed the question"Who are you creep!" She turned back around and never turned back to Zuko again.
Who was that? What did I do? Why is he looking at me? These question went in a cyclic pattern in her brain. The fight was over and everyone stood up to leave. Aang looked at her and she nodded. Katara pulled the rest of them over and filled them in on Aangs dream and the relation with the girl. Sokka seemed to be in tears, Jet had a huge grin, and Suki nodded understandingly. As they walked down the stairs to where Aang was talking with the girl, Katara turned around to see if the boy was still looking at her, and he wasn't. He disappeared. HEr eyes quickly searched the arena, but didn't find him. Where did he go? Why should I care. I don't even know him. She only saw his eyes. The shadow from his hood made everything else unclear, but his eyes. The golden amber of them still was in her mind. She had never seen eyes like that before, except for one firenation jerkbender's. As they approached the girl, Aang seemed to be pretty excited. They learnt the girls name to be Toph. She was in the family of the Flying boar. She actually seemed to be pretty interested in teaching the avatar.
"So when do you want me to come, tomorrow maybe?" Aang questioned her eagerly.
"Well, I thought I was just joining you guys, you know, away from my family." She said rubbing the back of her neck with her palm.
"Wouldn't your parents worry?" Sokka spoke up.
"Yeah, they worry about everything. I am not even allowed to go down stairs without someone watching. I just need to get out of there. Please take me with you. Anyway if you, don't I am coming, remember this is your need." Katara felt that this was the closest to begging the girl would ever come to. Aang looked at Sokka, who looked and Suki, who looked and Katara, who looked at Jet, who extended his hand and said "Welcome to the Gaang."
Zuko merged with the exiting crowd, but his eyes followed the girl who was now in a group around the blind bandit. He had seen her searching for him, a smile came across his face. She so she did want to know who I am. Well, I am not telling. Something was going on between them, he did know what. Was it just curiosity, or the need to see the beautiful eye of each other again? Zuko started to exit, crossing the spot where the girl was standing, she didn't know he was behind her. "Ahhhh!" She had quickly turned around and bumped into him. As an immediate reflex, he caught her wrist in his hands, pulling her closer to him, than he intended. The girl had a surprised, worried and shocked look on her face but when she realized it was him, she bent down the slightest bit to get a look at his eyes. Her movement was so subtle. She stood for a few moments examining his eyes, then she realized his grip on her. She wrenched herself free from his grasp. The whole time Zuko was lost in her azure eyes, but she didn't seem to notice that.
"Sorry..."her voice was so smooth and powerful, similar to a voice he had heard before but didn't know where.
"Sorry.." he repeated and quickly walked because if he had stayed there, he would be hypnotized once again by the blue eyed girl. When he reached the teashop, he took of his cloak and went straight to his room. Zuko lay down and every time he closed his eyes the only thing that came in his mind was her soft fragile skin, melodious voice, and curious eyes. This thought lulled him to sleep.
As they secretly made through the gate towards their new home, Katara wandered back to when his hand met her. They were so powerful and gentle, more than that, warm. She had never experience body temperature with such heat ever in her life. Even when Sokka had a cold, he wasn't that warm.
"So today after we eat, we will be sneaking back into Ba Sing Se, the uppertown." Sokka said out loud.
When Katara zoned back into the conversation she was lost. "What?"
"Didn't you pay any attention Katara? We're kidnapping the blind bandit."
"Why?"
"Because the girl is fed up of being taken care of and she wants to be free." was his reply.
"Sokka you can't just kidnap a girl like that just because she says so. What if its a lie and she is actually working for the fire nation?"
"Well Aang believes her. Katara, she didn't seem to be lying."
"Yeah, I don't know Katara but I just have this feeling. It only became dark, around midnight we will sneak in and take her." Aang seemed interested too.
"Okay, but don't tell me I didn't warn you."
"Yes Katara you have the right to say 'I told you so' if anything goes wrong." Jet rolled his eyes at her and she stuck out her tongue, only to be chased by him.
"Just one more problem, I didn't get a chance to make dinner." she said once Jet caught her by the arm.
Everyone started laughing as they started to devise a plan for the kidnapping.
