Still don't own Legend of Korra nor Anastasia.

Iroh had to dodge backwards as the sulking princess before him sent a blast of fire at him accidentally with an intended punch. Unfortunately this wasn't his forte and he landed on his buttox with a loud plopping noise. He was impassive at her words, knowing it was merely an angry rant of some sort, and was curious when she remained poised and frozen on the spot as though she had been petrified by something that only she could see from him.

"Oh god," she murmured in horror at something, and then she remained still for a few more moments before storming off in what Iroh knew to be an effort to hide her emotions.

"Why did you just sit there and take that?" Tenzin demanded, and the firebender looked up at the airbender, reminding Lin of a child somewhat.

"It was a defensive front," Iroh replied smoothly. "She was probably just hallucinating or having a flashback. It's the only possible explanation that I can see right now for her eyes being so dilated and her kicking me where it counts."

"But she kicked you in the groin!" Bolin yelled swinging his arms out like Toph once did for emphasis. "I swear, she's gone crazy! You've gone crazy for just letting her walk all over you!"

"I'm not letting her walk on me," Iroh said calmly, "It's a battle strategy. Wait, watch, and see what your enemy's methods – or in this case, reasons – are. Yes, that hurt quite a bit, but I think I've learned something about her past."

"What would that be?" Lin asked crossing her arms impatiently.

"Something has given her a fear of the elements," Iroh said as he stood up and began to brush himself off. "I first saw it when I was explaining bending to her. Air is the only one that she did not have a reaction to."

"So we have to help her get over her fear of the elements," Tenzin sighed. "Easier said than done. You probably scarred her for life."

"Well, she got a kick, punch, and slap in," Iroh countered, "We're even, I'd say. I'll go apologize just to see what her reaction is."

"Iroh!" a voice called out, and he turned to find Korra and Asami racing towards him. "I saw the fire pillar! What happened?"

"I think I'll let Pema tell you," Iroh hedged, "I'm going back to the city for a while to check up to see just how much my men are goofing off."

"She kicked him where it counts," Lin said calmly as Iroh trudged away with a slight limp.

"And nearly burnt his face off with firebending, and slapped him," Jinora added cheerfully. "You should have seen her, Korra!"

Iroh ignored the rest of the conversation as he trudged almost right into the spot that Appa was about to land. To his interest, it was Mako who was driving Appa, with a very familiar couple of elders sitting behind him on the back.

"Iroh!" a ten year old girl yelled as she leapt off of the flying bison. "The stories that Master Katara has been telling are amazing! Did you really take down an entire army of large flying things in the bay of Republic City using nothing but your firebending?!"

"Ursa," Zuko scolded as he walked slowly from the bison alongside Katara. "Give your brother some time to get to know you a little better first."

"Liar!" a female yelled, and Iroh wheeled around and sent a fireball into the fireball that was aimed at him from Anastasia. "I hate you!"

"Hate me all you want, you're not going to find another descendant of an Avatar of your element!" Iroh yelled back as she stormed off in a flurry of tears. "How did you manage it?"

"Manage what?" Ursa asked curiously looking up at her older brother.

"Grandmother," Iroh hedged, "She acts just like her."

"Yes, Mai always was a force to be reckoned with even though she wasn't a bender," Katara smiled gently. "You'll get used to her Iroh. I sense that your destinies are tied, much like mine and Sokka's were to Aang's."

"Katara!" Zuko yelled indignantly, "That is no way to talk to my grandson! Take that back!"

"No, she's right," Iroh huffed, and Zuko stared at him as though he'd lost his marbles. "I'm fine, grandfather. Did Avatar Korra not tell you?"

"Tell us what?" Ursa asked excitedly, and Iroh looked down at her.

"You are acting far too much like Ty Lee, you don't get to hear," he said calmly, and she went to ram him with firebending. "Don't even think about it. You won't win. This is for ears of a bending master only, Ursa."

"Jerk! You're just like Azula!" Ursa yelled, and Zuko shot her a glare. "It's true!"

"If you think I'm just like Azula, you should have seen Amon," Iroh countered, "He was one to rival Azula's insanity."

"Why don't we go into the elder's quarters and have a word there, Iroh?" Zuko said walking away.

To Iroh's relief, Anastasia wasn't in the halls, which probably meant that she'd either gone outside again or had gone somewhere else. It was here that he ensured that nobody was listening before recounting the tales of what had happened to Anastasia from what he had heard from Korra, Anastasia's panicked arguing in her sleep, and the most recent of Anastasia's flashback problems.

"A firebender with a fear of fires," Zuko chuckled. "Now that is quite ironic. Tell me Iroh, do you truly want to help her?"

"She is supposed to be helped by the descendant of an avatar of her element. I'm the closest one that there is to find aside from you," Iroh said calmly before considering. "And Ursa is far too hyper and… socially lacking, for lack of a better phrase, to help Anastasia."

"Anastasia… does her name have a meaning?" Katara asked.

"I think I heard Korra saying that it meant 'one who rises from the fires', or something along those lines," Iroh contemplated. "But where to go from here…"

"Apologize for scaring her and explain your reason for what you did. Ask her why she reacted that way and what caused the reaction," Zuko said calmly. "It is the only thing that you can do from here. If you manage to soothe her, find out why she is upset."

"I've been trying to do that for two months, and we've barely gotten anywhere," Iroh sighed putting his head in his hands. "But I'll try, grandfather. But don't blame me if I come out of there with a few burn marks on me or our surroundings."

So, knowing Anastasia, do you think she'll accept his apology?

Review please! I know I'm posting a lot up at once, but I've been off for a week with college and I'm trying to catch up!