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Please, please, please forgive me for uploading so late! I've been caught up in homework, and not to mention I keep getting all these other stories stuck in my head that I can't get rid of, so I end up writing them instead of these stories! So sorry!

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A flaming fist connected with the wooden dummy, shattering it upon impact. The twenty-one year old snorted angrily before moving to the next one. Within seconds, it was without a head. The next got a hole burned straight through it's chest.

Good. Now it knows how I feel.

Another minute afterwards, and five more were laying pathetically on the ground, simmering with leftover flames.

Zuko growled in frustration and immediately lashed out at the final dummy. He kicked and slashed and punched at it until there wasn't anything left at all. He felt a twinge of satisfication before it dulled away, leaving him as angry as before. In a final act of rage, he let out a yell that echoed off the walls. His fists shook at his sides, and he was breathing out smoke.

Suddenly, a hand landed on his shoulder. Out of instinct and his already hyped state, Zuko whirled around, snarling, a fist aiming straight for his intruder's head. He swung...and missed.

A flash of blue ducked under his attack and all at once, he was frozen to the nearest wall by his wrists. Shocked golden eyes raised to meet cerulean ones. There Katara was in all of ther nineteen-year old glory. He melted the restraints.

"K-Katara! I'm so sorry!" He stuttered and tried to apologize for his impulsiveness. "You just startled me. I swear I wasn't trying to hurt you! Are you okay?"

The waterbender just crossed her arms and smirked. "What are you talking about? I'm the one who incapacitated you."

He huffed annoyedly and looked to the side. So much for trying to be chivalrous.

The brunette surveyed the teen and smiled at his poutiness, but it quickly turned to a worried frown as she took in his state of being.

"Zuko!" She trotted to his side, glancing at his face. "What were you doing in here? Punching knives?!"

The male in question slowly looked down at his knuckles. Blood was trailing down his fingers, and splinters had been lodged in his skin. He blinked. When did those get there?

Katara glared in an odd mix of irritation and concern. She took him by the shoulders and steered him towards the buckets of water along the side wall. After he was sitting down on the bench, she kneeled in front of him and began to heal his bloodied fists.

"What's wrong, Zuko?" She asked quietly. "Why are you suddenly so angry that you feel the need to harm yourself?"

He avoided eye contact but slowly slid a hand out of her grasp to fumble for something in his shirt. He shoved it towards her, staring at the floor. Katara took it from him and saw it was a crumpled piece of paper. No, it was a letter, and by the looks of it's singed edges, Zuko hadn't been the happiest whilst reading it.

The girl unfolded it to see dainty handwriting. Her eyes narrowed. Mai.

Zuko,

I am regretably writing this letter as I am about to leave. This relationship, if we can even call it that anymore, is getting out of hand. Unfortunately, neither of us are compatible with each other, as I now see. You obviously expect me to fill a space meant for someone else, someone you are clearly much more fond of. I do not wish to interfere with this hesitant romance, so I am quite willing to bend out of the picture. It isn't like this was going anywhere anyways. Please accept my humblest of apologies as for not speaking with you directly, but I feared your anger and scorn would create a larger mess than I had intended for it to be. It is for the best that I depart. Life was getting a little to drab for me, no offense, my Great Lord. I wish you the happiest of times to come.

Mai

So Mai had bailed on Zuko, did she? Katara tried to ignore the instant thump of her heart as it began to restore the hope she had once felt. She wiped her face of emotion before turning back to the other.

"What are you thinking?" She deliberately didn't ask whether he was 'feeling okay' or say that she 'was sorry,' for there was no point in stupid questions and idle lies.

"I don't even know what she's talking about!" Zuko burst out as Katara went back to healing his hands. "She talked about me being 'more fond' of some other girl, and having a 'hesitant romance!' What the hell is she talking about?!"

Katara just shrugged her shoulders emotionessly, but on the inside, she was hanging on his every word.

"How dare she even accuse me of being unfaithful to her?!"

She half-heartedly worked on extracting a splinter before replying. "She never said anything about you cheating on her. She merely mentioned an attraction to another person that she was accepting." Katara stared intently at his newly restored fist, inspecting it for any traces of injury. "Girls have a keen ability to sense things like that. Perhaps there's someone you could feel pulled towards...?"

She trailed out her question, heart beating rapidly and her mind on overload. If he didn't catch the hint by now...

Zuko narrowed his eyes in frustration. "Who could there possibly be for me to like?"

He can't possibly be that dense.

There was a tense, awkward second of silence before Katara finally snapped. She threw aside his healed hands in disgust and stood abruptly.

"Me, you moron!"

Author's Note: Don't panic! This is only the first part of two parts of the third drabble... That was confusing... Anyways, yeah, so Zuko got dumped... Harsh stuff.

I'm currently working on the second half of this part, so it should be uploaded shortly after this one! :)

Thanks to all those who reviewed or read! Love you all!

MI3