"KIKI!" yelled Zuko I put my fists behind me and shot two flames out and it bounced me back towards the cliff I grabbed onto it and sighed in relief then quickly finished climbing to the top I stood up and spotted the town immediately.

"Zuko, we go to the left" I hollered down then I slowly started lowering myself down but froze when I caught sight of Katara walking with a bag of Groceries, No, why did they have to stop at this town of all places? I released the cliff and dropped towards the ground at the last couple of minutes I shot flames at the ground and it slowed my descent I landed and looked at Zuko.

"You almost gave me a heart attack" he said glaring at me,

"Why? You hate me remember?" I said with a smirk on my lips he shot me a look,

"I don't hate you…" he said I noticed a small shade of pink on both of his cheeks and I laughed a little and pushed him playfully.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you don't like me either" I said walking by his side,

"Kiki…listen I have to tell you something, the whole reason I was looking for a town was because I was going to have you locked up when we made it back to my ship"

"WHAT!" I yelled stopping in my tracks.

"I was going to have you held in a cell, because I couldn't trust you but-"

"You couldn't trust me? I jump in the water to save your neck, get stabbed for you and you can't trust me?" I let my temper get the better of me and I quickly shot water at him using a puddle next to a tree we were standing in front of, it collided with his body and he hit the tree, I shot more water at him and released a cloud of steam from my mouth breathing on the water and freezing it, and freezing him to the tree.

"Kiki wait I-" I shook my head backing up then I turned and hopped on one foot before dashing off quickly I made my way to the village as fast as I could go. I spotted a couple of boys about my age all hanging around a shop and talking,

"Excuse me…Hi have you seen a girl about my height, had blue eyes, brown hair in a braid?" I asked I kept glancing over my shoulder expecting Zuko to start shooting fireballs at me.

"No…sorry I would have remembered a girl like that" said a boy with dark hair and eyes I bowed slightly,

"Thank you" I said quickly and ran off again trying to pick up on Katara's trail and then I spotted something out of the corner of my eye; I turned as a little girl screamed. She was next to me and I spotted the flames heading our way I grabbed her in my left arm and spun the flames hit my back and I released a cry of pain, I could feel my burning skin and released the little girl who thanked me and ran off to her mother.

"Kiki" I slowly looked up and seen Katara's pale face she started towards me and I shook my head quickly, Katara no…run, leave and get the other's out of here I thought to myself hoping that she would get what I was saying.

"Go…KATARA GO!" I yelled she took a hesitant step and then shook her head and turned running off, I slowly pushed myself up and tried to turn over but then there was a foot stepping on my back and I screamed in pain.

"Where are they going? Tell me you wretch" as the voice said this they grinded their boot down harder onto my burn wound, I screamed again and then the pressure was off of my back and the guy was sent flying over my head.

"Who the h…P-Prince Zuko" he stuttered looking horrified, I felt Zuko near then he was bent down by my side,

"Who, gave you the order to start attacking ANYBODY?" demanded Zuko glaring at the guard the guard climbed to his feet,

"N-Nobody…nobody sir…I-I was on the trail of the Water bender girl that is with the Avatar and I overheard her asking about the girl…a-and I assumed that she was with them" he said quickly. Zuko released a yell of anger and shot flames at the guard who released a yell and hit the wall,

"From here on out YOU ARE STRIPPED OF YOUR FIRE NATION RANK!" screamed Zuko, he turned around and seen me climbing to my feet, "Kiki are you okay?" he asked in a softer, more gentle voice, I nodded in too much pain to answer. He put his hand on my upper back away from the burn on my back and lifted me up his left hand at the bend of my knee, "I need you to tell me where my ship is…NOW!" said Zuko darkly towards the glaring guard who was just stripped or his rankings.

"I-it's near the docks" he stuttered in rage,

"Good, you will bring us there…or do I have to…reassure you?" he asked the guard shook his head and lead us to the ship quickly.

"Prince Zuko you're back" said a guard but Zuko ignored him and rushed to his uncle's room,

"Uncle, I need your help" said Zuko rushing into his uncle's room he looked around,

"Zuko what is it? What's wrong?" asked his uncle quickly,

"I-It's Kiki, she was wounded, I need you to help her please?" said Zuko with urgency and worry in his voice. His uncle motioned for his nephew to lay her down on the bed Zuko lowered me slowly onto my stomach I groaned slightly, and I felt Zuko grab my hand.

"Zuko don't you have more urgent business to attend to?" asked his uncle but Zuko shook his head,

"No, only thing I have to do is make sure that this guard out here is stripped of his ranking because of the fact that he went into the village and started attacking innocent people like Kiki, all because of the fact that he seen Katara and thought that she was trying to help the Avatar." growled Zuko glaring at the door as if his look could penetrate it and melt the guard who had wounded me, I yelled in pain as his uncle put pressure on my back but then the pain faded quickly.

"You need to rest my dear child" said his uncle, I could feel the warmth on my back from whatever he had put on my back, "It's a warm compression that I had learned about while I was in the Southern tribe." as he said these words I looked at him,

"Y-You were in the Southern tribe…when?" I asked but he shook his head,

"Regain your strength then there will be plenty of time to talk" he said I nodded feeling suddenly sleepy, I looked at Zuko's hand I was starting to fall asleep,

"Z-Z-Zu…ko" I said my head slowly falling down to rest on my arms.

"Uncle, can you give us a minute and…do something with that guard?" asked Zuko his uncle nodded and walked from the room closing the door behind him. "Kiki I'm so sorry that this happened to you" said Zuko,

"No, Zuko it's not your fault," I said quietly fighting to focus on his face but couldn't.

"No, if only I approached you about it earlier you wouldn't have ran off on me and you wouldn't have been injured." I smiled but by now I was losing consciousness, "I'll talk to you when you wake up okay?" he leaned down and kissed my forehead, and then he was gone swallowed by darkness as I passed out. I awoke several hours later to someone shaking me slowly I groaned in pain and then there was a slap and someone started to yell out but was quickly muffled.