Chapter Two

The Big X's separate the point of views and stuff. Hope you like.

Chapter Two

Katara half woke up. She had her eyes closed and was still zoning out, but the agonizing pain in her side made her come back to the real world. Her head was throbbing and there was a small pain in her back. She let out a small cry and lifted her hand to her head. She opened her eyes and tried rubbing them with her hand, but it made the pain worsen.

God this hurts. What happened? Where am I? Shit the man stabbed me… who helped me. I heard his voice before-

Someone got up and scurried out of the room, Katara caught a small glance of him- Fire nation colours. Great just what I needed, the Fire nation .Crap…

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"She's awake!"

Zuko and Iroh turned to see a man who had bursted threw the door and yelled the important news. He was panting and was staring at them, waiting for further instructions. Zuko nodded his head and a small smile crept on his face. He turned to face his uncle.

"Thank you," Zuko said not bothering to look at the man, "you may go back and stay there until I arrive- do not talk to her."

The man nodded, "yes sir," he bowed slightly and rushed back to Katara's room.

Zuko looked at his uncle. "Well, she's finally awake- maybe I'll be able to get some information out of her of where the Avatar is and-"

"Zuko, just because she's in a rough state does not mean she will give you information about where the Avatar is- she's a loyal friend of what I've seen," Iroh sipped his tea and looked at his nephew, he nodded his head at his own words, "maybe you shouldn't just yell at her asking where the Avatar is but just go and talk to her, it-"

"What?! Talk to her? Uncle your crazy, I need to find out where the Avatar is now!" Zuko looked at his uncle then turned around quickly. His voice had risen and he had put on a scowl. "She's the enemy, I'm not going to go and be civilized with her. I'm doing it my way".

Zuko stood there waiting for a reply from his uncle, when he didn't get one he walked out of the room angry not looking back. Iroh gave a sigh, "We are more the enemy to them, then they are to us."

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Katara was trying to sit up but every time she did she just fell back onto the bed because of the pain. After the man had left she tried looking around. The room wasn't that large, it had the bed she was laying down on and the chair that was hidden in the left corner. A table was a couple feet from the bed that looked like it had medicine on it.

Medicine? Their Fire nation, they must know I'm a water bender and not just that I'm friends with the Avatar… why are they healing me? Its probably just a trick. I better try and get up again…

Katara lifted her upper body, but that meant using your stomach muscles also. She winced at the pain, but she bit her bottom lip trying to forget about it. She slid back so her back was on the wall, she was only partly up but it would work.

She turned her head as she heard footsteps and people voices coming form the direction of the door. Only a minute later a man was in the doorway. She wondered if he was the same guy who had left her room.

"Who are you?" Katara asked, watching him walk back over to the chair and sit down. He didn't say anything he just stared at her, "Well? I will start screaming if you don't answer me-"

"I don't think that would be such a good idea, Katara," she turned her head to find the worst possible person standing in the doorway, he had a smirk on his face and was wearing the normal heavy armour he usual wore.

"Zuko! What are you-" she had jerked herself upwards to fast and everything hurt at once, she yelled in pain and gripped the side of the bed, tearing at the bed sheets. She felt someones hand on her back lowering her back down to her sitting position. She looked up to see Zuko staring at her.

"Get your hands off me!" She batted away his hand. Zuko rolled his eyes and took his hands off her. "Where am I!"

"Stop shouting, my god," Zuko turned around and pulled something out of the corner- it was a chair. Where'd he get that, I must have missed it when I was looking around. He sat down about 5 feet from her, "Your aboard my ship as my prisoner, I took you after that man had stabbed you and you've been here ever since."

"Your prisoner," she stared at him and then gave a sigh, "How long have I been out?"

"A couple days- about 3 or 4," he looked at her, "Did you know that man?"

"No! He just kind of grabbed me and told me if I ran he would kill me," she stared at him, avoiding his eyes, she had forgotten her pain but still could feel the small throbbing in her head and stomach, "Wait… what happened to him?"

"I killed him," he said in such a calm voice it kind of scared her, "But if the man doesn't matter I know something that does," he smirked.

I should have known. Doesn't he know that I would never betray my friends…

"Where is the Avatar?"

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Iroh stood outside the room. He had followed his nephew when he left and found that the door had been left open, so he listened to the conversation. When he got here he had heard Zuko talking to her- of course it wasn't, 'How was your day,' talk, It was him just filling her in about where she was- but at least he didn't go In there and just ask 'Where's the Avatar?' But he knew that question was coming up and only a few minutes later he heard it.

He sighed, his nephew could be so stubborn. His whole life revolved around tracking down the Avatar and catching him, just so his own father could love him. He knew his brother, Ozai, would still feel the same way about Zuko if he brought him the Avatar, he may give him honor, but not love.

Iroh wondered how long Zuko would be in there. He wanted to get a cup of tea.

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'Where is the Avatar?' those four words lingered in her head. Was Zuko that stupid that he would think that she would just tell him? Idiot.

"Like I would really tell you," she gave a snort and looked away from him, only to be looked at from the man in the other corner, forgot he was there.

"Well you should," she heard him get up from his seat, but she didn't bother to look at him.

"And why's that?" she was looking at the table that had the medicine, but was listening intently at what he was doing. She felt his breath on her ear though she didn't flinch or move cause she didn't want to seem scared- even though she wasn't she wanted to back away from him.

"Because I don't think you wanna get hurt anymore than you already are," he took a breath and backed away.

She turned her head slowly and looked at him in the eyes. "I don't think you would have more pain inflicted on me and even if you would I wouldn't give up any information about my friends, even if it meant me getting killed."

He stared at her, Uncle was right when he said she was loyal to her friends. "What makes you think I wont hurt you?"

"First you hate seeing people in pain, second you wouldn't hurt a defenceless girl who is already in pain and third I just know you won't," she smirked at him.

Zuko was getting fustrated and his anger was boiling out. He stepped forward and pushed her against the wall, pinning her there. He put his face up to hers and looked in her eyes. She looked taken back and scared.

"Ok first I don't care when people are in pain, second- your right I won't hurt a defenceless girl," he tightened his grip on her shoulders and she winced, "and thirdyou know nothing about me."

He let her go and Katara grabbed her shoulders. His nails had dug into them and her headache had started again. He had turned around.

"Your in here for one more day," you could hear he was annoyed and trying to keep his anger in, "Hito needs his room back," he glanced at the man in the corner, "so you'll be moving into somewhere else on the ship."

"Where will I go?" she watched him, he had his fist clenched and was facing the door.

He took a step forward and before he left he answered her question with a few small words : "I don't know yet."

You don't know? That's just wonderful… She gave Hito a dirty look before closing

her eyes and resting

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"How was the girl, Zuko?" Iroh smiled at him, he knew his nephew was in a bad mood, but couldn't stop from messing with him.

"Ah shut up Uncle," Zuko strode past him, walking at a fast pace.

Iroh smiled, "Would you like to go get a cup of tea?"

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So third chapter will be up. Tell me your thoughts on this. And thanks to everyone who has replied, you guys really make me want to keep writing.