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Now for the next chapter
Chapter 10
Katara's POV
Just after the sun rose into the sky I was awoken by Azula. She was dressed in a red strap shirt that showed her toned stomach and a pair of lose pants with knee high boots. She tossed my some clothes and held up a pair of white boots just like hers. I got out of bed and put on the same outfit. The only difference is where hers was red mine was blue and of course the black versus the white boots.
Yue was curled up in my bed still snoring slightly. Azula gave the girl a look over then turned her head, clearly not interested. I followed her out the door and down the halls. She led me outside into a training area. I looked around to see a girl wearing all pink doing cartwheels and hands stands with a big smile on her face. Another girl sat at the foot of a tree wearing dark red and black. Her face had a clear lack of emotion.
Azula smiled at the girls, "TyLee, Mai, this is Katara." They both looked up at me. TyLee flipped her way over to me and stopped just a few feet away standing on her hands.
"She sure is pretty Azula," TyLee smiled at me then turned towards Mai, "Mai come say hi!" Mai looked up from the ground glared at TyLee then turned to me, "Hi." Azula grabbed my arm and dragged me over to a small pond. "Okay time to start. I want you to show me all the water bending you know."
I looked at her then the water. "I don't really know much, I can bend when the need arises but…" Azula nodded as if understanding.
"Okay that's how it was for me when I was little, but I caught on fast." She smiled at me and walked up behind me. Her chest pressed into my back and her hands held mine. "I picture the fire coming from inside of me and collecting at the tip of my fingers. I breathe steady and move my hands and the fire follows." I nodded and moved my hands up and down with hers. Small flames followed behind my fingers. Azula dropped my hands and stepped back.
"Now focus on the water in front of you, and breathe deeply and steady your thoughts." I knelt down on my knees and put my hand above the water. I moved my hand like Azula moved her's, I pictured the water being pushed and pulled by my hands. Nothing was happening so I moved my hands quicker and with more determination.
Suddenly the water moved, but the movements were jerky and the water didn't hold together very well. "You look like a fire bender." I turned around to see everyone looking at Yue as she stepped out into the open. She looked down as if ashamed. I smiled at her, "Yue do you water bend?" She shook her head no and looked up at me. "But I used to watch some water benders. They move softly like waves, like dancing…"
I stood up and slowly rose one foot into the air and twirled around in a circle. My leg swung up high parallel to my body then swooped down and in to increase my speed. I kept spinning and once again moved my leg up. This time a thin wave of water shot up into the air and mimicked the movement of my leg. I stopped dancing and watched the water splash back into the pond. I smiled and turned to Azula.
She nodded at me, "Keep practicing. When I come back I will see how much you have accomplished." Azula grabbed her two friends and left the training area. I smiled at Yue and she moved closer to the pond. Yue watched me train and practice and even tried to show me a few moves she had seen others doing. I tried the moves she showed me but the water responded more when I danced.
Zuko's POV
I decided to spend all day training. I started by meditating then working on mastering every single basic move to the point that I could do it in my sleep. My Uncle Iroh watched me practice. Ever since the avatar was captured my Uncle did nothing but watch. He no longer insisted that I work on the basis. Over time I stopped asking him to teach me more advanced moves. Iroh only went out now to play Pai Sho with his friends.
I decided that the only way my training would continue would be to master the basics. I was just about to start a new set when Mai walking into the room. I grabbed a towel and walked over to her wondering what she wanted. Mai has always had feelings for me, and there was a good change we were going to be married in the future. She looked up into my eyes and then turned around. I followed her out into the hallway.
She grabbed my arm and pulled me closer. "Azula says that you seem to like the water bender, and that she likes you. How can you even consider liking a girl when you have your own concubine, and the girl you like was used by your father?" I shook my head. Mai never said this much to me in one sitting, not unless Azula had questions she wanted answers to.
"Katara is still a virgin I was informed, but yes you are right. I have no need for her when I have the northern water tribe princess." Mai nodded her head, "Who told you Katara was a virgin?" I froze then looked around, "Yue, but Katara confirmed it." Mai shook her head and started to walk away.
"How do you know she didn't lie?" Mai whispered, then turned the corner and disappeared from sight. The idea that Katara might have lied to me made the torches around me catch ablaze. Azula must be up to something. She knows about the feelings between Katara and I. I needed to have a talk with my sister, sooner rather than later. I also wanted to check and see if Katara really is a virgin. The problem is how to get Katara to understand why.