For All Time
Chapter 8 The Sea Voyage Part 1
Katara pov
The ship rocked back and forth as we made our way south. This voyage would take four days, and it was harder than I thought to get my sea legs. Every sway of the boat made my stomach do somersaults. Zuko for some reason was a natural at sea. He walked around the boat like he was walking on steady ground. When the boat was a safe distance from land, I called on some water from my canteen and healed my arm and lip. To be honest I was scared, if being married to Kato meant having to suffer beatings on a daily basis, than I would just stay in the earth kingdom and never let my family find me.
I gazed off, back towards the home I had left, you could not see a single trace of land for miles, but I knew it was there. It felt like I was leaving my sadness for a new adventure. I was leaving my evil fiancé and I was leaving the place were my mother died. The only thing I would truly miss about the northern water tribe, is my family.
"Katara" I heard an all to familiar voice say, turning to look at him, I noticed the confused look on his face, "You did not have to come if you didn't want to"
"No, I wanted to come, I'm just going to miss my family is all. Besides if it weren't for you and this little adventure I would still be home, and Kato would have beaten me to a pulp bynow" I said putting a hand on his broad shoulder.
"I'm the reason Kato hit you, remember. I'm so sorry you had to experience that" He said putting a hand on my cheek. I just stared in his golden eyes, they burned with the intensity of a thousand suns. Looking into his eyes, I felt safe and loved. I found myself thinking how handsome this man in front of me was. With his bushy hair and his pale skin, and most people probably thought his scar hideous, but I thought it gave him a sexy mysterious look. "I think we should go get some lunch" I said looking away, before I did something stupid, not waiting for a response I turned and moved to where we had put our bags
Zuko Pov
"I'm the reason Kato hit you, remember. I'm so sorry you had to experience that" I said bringing my hand up to cup her face. Her face a held so many emotions at this point, but after taking a deep breath her face calmed and her eyes locked with mine. Her eyes, there were icy but fire at the same time. Looking in her eyes I would shiver and burn up at the same time. Her hair was out of its usual braid and moved freely in the ocean breeze. I noticed a little blush begin to develop on her cheeks, making her look so innocent and beautiful at the same time.
"I think we should go get some lunch" She said averting her eyes quickly and walking to the bags. The owner of the ship walked over to where I stood and addressed me.
"Mr. Zuko, right?" he asked in a thick accent
"Yes"
"Your room below deck is ready" He said pointing towards the stairs leading below deck.
"Thank you, katara. Our room is ready" I yelled over to Katara who was looking at the man with a weird look on her face. She walked over holding both our bags, which I took from her with little ease.
Following the owners instruction, we walked to the third door on the left below deck.
Pushing the door open and lighting the candles that lit up the room, we noticed there was only one bed.
Letting out a sigh I turned to my traveling partner, and said "I'll sleep on the floor, you can have the bed" putting the bags down on the bed I turned to look at her
"No, we will just have to share, as long as you don't try anything that is" She said with a smile
"What are you suggesting?" I asked raising my good eyebrow.
"Nothing, come on I want to grab something to eat." She said walking out the door, shrugging my shoulders I followed her.
Katara Pov
"What are you suggesting?" He asked smirking at my comment
I was at a lose for words for a brief second, "Nothing, come on I want to grab something to eat" I said trying to change the subject, the blush on my cheeks very prominent. Zuko was my friend, sleeping in the same bed as him would never lead to anything...right? Walking back on deck, we walked to the galley where lunch was being served to the other passangers.
Grabbing a bowl of soup, I walked back over to where Zuko sat with his bowl of rice,
before I reached the table a girl bumped into me and half my soup spilled, "Oh I am so sorry" She said quickly
"No, its fine, there is still some in there."I told her gesturing to the bowl.
"Hi, I'm Suki, the captain's daughter"She said holding out her hand
"Ka...Tara...My name is Tara, nice to meet you" I said putting my hand out to shake hers, there was no way I was giving her my real name, that was just one way Kato could track us.
"Mind if I join you guys for lunch?" She said with a soft smile
"Sure, come on" I said walking towards Zuko who had a funny look on his face, "Zuko this is Suki the captain's daughter"
"Nice to meet you" He said waving his hand at her, sitting together Suki began to tell us all about the boat. Where is was made, when her father bought it and such.
"So where are you guys headed?" She asked after a while
"We are looking for Zuko's mother" I said, Zuko shot me a look that said 'why did you tell her that.' Ignoring him I turned back to Suki.
"Really, well I hope you find her."She said than she gasped as if she just rememberedsomething, "I was supposed to have lunch with my father today, well it was nice meeting you guess. Hopefully I will see you around."
"I like her," I said when she was out of the room, Zuko looked at me like I was crazy and I could just laugh, "She reminds me of my brother, I be he would really like her."
Getting up to leave Zuko said sarcastically, "Yeah, we will hook them up as soon as we get back to the north pole" I just laughed at him and together we walked to the front of the boat, breathing in the salty sea air. Who knew life on a boat could be so entertaining...
~~HEY SO THIS CHAPTER IS WAS A BAG OF FUN, THIS IS THE FIRST CHAPTER WITH ZUKO POV, SUKI IS IN THE STORY WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS! SO PLEASE REVIEW, STORY ALERT, STORY FAVORITE, ETC! PEACE
