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Chapter 11
Zuko Wants to Make Amends
After one more week convalescing, Zuko was feeling well enough to leave the palace medical wing, head back to the residential areas. He and Aang began were planning the details of their getaway. Zuko's head of security kept insisting on sending a squad of troops with them, and the Royal physician insisted that Zuko shouldn't be going anywhere.
He gave a long suffering look, and a lopsided smile at Aang, who just winked and smiled back. "Thank you doctor, captain; I'll look after the firelord," Aang said, "He won't get a scratch." The two men were aware of Zuko's standing orders which said that any instructions from the Avatar were to be considered as coming from the firelord himself. However, it was difficult for the two of them, both of whom were in their forties to accept this kid as an authority figure. Zuko, who was only a couple of years older than Aang, was at least was of the blood-royal, that gave him a prerogative to give orders in the palace. Aang and Zuko could both see these conflicting thoughts flashing across the faces of the physician and the captain of the guards, but they both bowed, and backed out of the room.
Zuko was afraid they were going to give him more of an argument on the matter, and if they didn't, Zuko knew they probably wouldn't be the right people for their respective positions. So, the firelord supposed he had at least some people he could count on in the royal household.
A short time later, another security officer came in escorting a large, gruff looking, Earth-Kingdom man who looked like he was perhaps Zuko's age, maybe a year older. Aang didn't like the angry glower that the man had on his face, when he realized who it was that he was being brought to see. "Corporal," Zuko said, with a glare that matched the prisoner's, "I gave instructions that this man was supposed to be released from his restraints, and given a clean change of clothes to wear before you brought him up here." "Yes your highness," answered the guard, "But he was most combative, and uncooperative; and refused to wear any Fire-Nation clothes."
Zuko dismissed the guards, who were reluctant to leave, but obeyed their instructions; and then moved to unlock the prisoner's shackles. Aang stood beside Zuko, he didn't like the look that the man was giving Zuko; and if he decided to start trouble, Aang knew Zuko was still not in any shape to fight back. Zuko spoke quietly to the prisoner, in a neutral tone as he undid the restraints. "My name is Firelord Zuko, this is Aang, until recently, the last known surviving Air-nomad; and, the Avatar. The earth kingdom man looked in disbelief at the Firelord who had just released him from his bonds, and then fell to his knees and bowed before the Avatar.
"Please get up," Zuko said with a gentle smile on his face, I give you my word that nothing will happen to you, and since I'm sure you've got no reason to believe me; I've asked the Avatar to be here as well. "Your name is Sensu, and you come from a farming community in the southern Earth-kingdom. Your father is a farmer named Gansu; your mother is named Sela, and you have a younger brother named Lee is that correct?" A flash of realization crossed Aang's face, Zuko had told him the story of the farming village, and the soldiers that were freeloading there. Zuko had driven away the soldiers, but in doing so, revealed his Fire-nation heritage. The angry villagers turned their backs on him and drove him out of town.
The Earth-kingdom man's curiosity was peaked, he didn't doubt that the Firelord had ways that he could find out this information, but why would he care? Zuko saw the confused look on Sensu's face, and explained; "For some time last year, I was traveling alone through your country, I was out of food and water, and Lee offered to take me to your family's farm and get me and my ostrich horse something to eat; and a place to rest." "I attempted to help your parents around their place, in gratitude; but as you might imagine, I don't know much about farming." Aang saw Sensu actually smile, slightly. "There was a group of soldiers there, who were supposed to protect the town, but they were just freeloading, and taking advantage of the townsfolk." "I decided to do something about it, and got rid of them." "To do that though, I had to use fire-bending; once the people of the town found out who I really was, they thought I was just as bad as the soldiers."
"I'll never forget the look on your brother's face when he learned that I was a Prince of the Fire-Nation; he said he hated me." Sensu actually felt a little sorry for Zuko, as he listened. "After that, I decided that one day, somehow, I'd make it up to him; and your family, for deceiving them."
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