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A Fire Bender's Passion	By : DecieverGod Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Het - Male/Female > Katara/Zuko Views: 11595 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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-------The Next Day-------

Katara yawned stretching as she sat up, the blankets falling off her slim form as she worked all the kinks out of her back.

Zuko knelt outside her tent, his form casting a shadow on the wall thanks to the rising sun, he had some kind of tray in his lap. "You awake?"

Katara pulled the covers up over her bare chest eep'ing slightly. “Y-yes.”

"Good. Breakfast is ready." Zuko sat up, holding the tray that was in his lap, handing it around the corner of the tent, setting it just inside the tent, it had on it, three slices of jerked meat of some kind, several still warm roasted nuts, a pile of juicy looking berries, and a cup of tea.

Katara stands, walking over to the pile of folded cloths and putting them on, fixing up her hair and sitting down inside the tent, not really feeling like seeing Zuko at the moment, eating the food thankfully.

Zuko still sitting outside the tent. "And after you've eaten, uncle found a waterfall, if you want to take a bath, I would heat up the water for you." He offered primarily out of guilt for being one of the reason she needed a bath. One of the things he liked about being a fire bender was the fact that no matter where you were you could enjoy a hot bath.

Katara finished the bite in her mouth before answering him. “I’d like that, thank you.” she continued eating.

Zuko nodded. "Well, just call, when you want to take a bath."

“Sure thing,” Katara kept eating, her tone staying as one of indifference.

"Right then." Zuko stood up and walked away from her tent.

Iroh was sitting at the fire, trying not to laugh at his nephew. Zuko was raised to be a gentleman, just he was never taught what to do when offering to be a water heater for a girl he's sworn enemies with and had just had sex with. Katara finished her meal and set the dishes about the tray, leaving the tea untouched as she carried both out of the tent sitting down near the fire, setting the tray next to herself and sipping the tea slowly. Zuko stands against a tree off on the side of the camp. "Hello, good morning. How was your night? Well aside from the whole, aphrodisiac tea incident." Iroh asked a smile on his face.

Katara coughed on the tea she was drinking covering her mouth as she did so. “I-It was fine Mr.Iroh, a-and good morning to you to,” She coughed again. “Th-thanks for letting me use your tent.”

Iroh "oh, no problem. As I said, I quite like sleeping beneath the stars." chuckled a little, sipping his tea. Katara smiled nervously, continuing to drink her tea. Zuko stared at the ground, thinking about what to do, he wanted to give her something, something to make up for the whole night, he stared at the ground, there was a rhino beetle, a flower and a stick.

Katara finished her tea placing the cup on the tray then standing, looking at Zuko. “Can, I have that bath now?”

Zuko glared at the ground, the beetle had eaten the flower. "sure." sat up "follow me."

"Taking a bath together are you?" Iroh smiled at them both. Katara blushed ignoring the statement and waiting for Zuko to lead the way.

Zuko blushes "No! I'm just heating the water for her. Now come on girl." He walked off into the forest behind him.

Iroh chuckled. "Hehe be careful you two." He smiled, and took a sip of his tea. Katara followed Zuko, but waved goodbye to Iroh.

Zuko walked a head of her in silence until the roar of a water fall could be heard. "I can't heat the entire river, so I'll just climb the cliff and heat the water before it falls down; if you want it warmer or colder just yell." He pushed some branches out of the way revealing the falls, only about two stories tall and not that thick it appeared to be little more than a mountain stream falling down a cliff. Katara nodded, walking towards the river below the falls looking about then starting to remove her clothes sighing as she stepped into the water hugging her chest and rubbing her upper arms, but enjoying the feel of the water on her sore feet. Zuko scurried up the cliff side, looking a little like a monkey, but still having it clear he was an excellent climber, a little something left over from his Blue Spirit days.

"I'll be right up here if you need me." He disappears from view on the upper side of the cliff, taking off his clothes before sitting in the center of the icy river in nothing but his underwear cross-legged. He sat there meditating for a second then snapping his hands locked in front of him bending the water a sudden cloud of steam falling over the edge as he heated the water to that similar to a hot spring. Katara saw the change in the water and stepped towards the falls, reaching her hands out to test the water, it was perfect; she stepped in and let it wash over her as she scrubbed at the grim that covered her body

Zuko sat in the water heating it with half his mind, the other half deep in thought. She couldn't get a hot bath very often, but then again she grew up in the South Pole, maybe she didn't like hot baths.

Katara smiled, loving the feel of the hot water drenching her, she really did miss hot baths, only ever really having ten in her whole life, she closed her eyes and bended the hot water about her body, cleaning everywhere and then letting the water drop back into the river, now just standing and relaxing.

Zuko just sort of sat there keeping the water nice, he bend the water a little before it got to him so that he didn't have to sit in ice cold water. “Maybe I could kill something for her, get her a pelt. Problem is that if I get her something the Avatar might get it, I can't help the Avatar.”

Katara kept soaking in the warmth, but thought about how Zuko must be fairing "how are you doing up there!?"

Zuko kept his eyes closed still bending the water. "Fine, this is child's play for a fire bender of my status!"

Katara rolls her eyes. “Alright, well I’m almost done.”

"No hurry." Zuko grimaced at himself, “damn I still haven't thought of anything nice to do for her”. He thought to himself.

Katara sighed “alright” sat in the water, deciding to get in some meditation time, never having any quiet time with Aang and Sokka

Zuko sat thinking on things he might be able to get for her as a gift. Hmm, maybe a platypus bear pelt, but how to kill it without burning the pelt... Katara meditated, letting a small smile form as she consecrated. Zuko continued trying to think of a gift for Katara. Hmm, maybe something nice for here to wear, something that the Avatar would never wear. A Platypus bear pelt gown? No, hmm, the problem is I have no money.

Katara still meditated, though her thoughts seemed to linger towards Aang.

Zuko thought. Maybe I should ask her, but what if she takes it the wrong way... maybe I could phrase it so she thinks I’m trying to get information out of her, but what if she doesn't answer it then. Hmm, she's probably naked down there... He glanced at the edge of the falls and inadvertently thinks of her naked, and accidentally warms the water up a little.

Katara jumps as the change in heat brings her out of her meditation. “H-hey that’s kind of to hot!!!”

"Oh, sorry!" Zuko cools the water back down, blushing a little bit. "Say, how are your supplies? I mean, is there anything you need?"

Katara stands a little stupefied at the question before answering. “Why do ask?...”

"Curiosity, that’s all…"

Katara hmphed “we’re fairing” she said as she crossed her arms.

Zuko "well, if you need some help, or some assistance procuring something. I have very little to do these days..." Katara stood up and made her way to the ledges he used to climb up, trying to be very, very, quiet. "I just mean that say if you need some pelts or something, I could hunt for you, I know you can't stay in one place for long."

Katara poked her head up over the ledge looking at him. “Are you trying to be nice Zuko?”

Zuko looked at her "well... maybe..."

Katara crossed her arms over the ledge of the rocks resting her chin on her forearms. “Why?...”

"Well... I was raised as a prince, I am not one to well... sleep with a woman, and then just leave her to the elements."

Katara raised an eyebrow “well, I am your enemy, can't ya just say letting me spend the night, and feeding me, and giving me a nice hot bath was enough?”

"Well... you're not truly my enemy... just the Avatar." and the earth kingdom, and the fire nation, and all factions there of. Zuko sweat dropped thinking of all the people who didn’t like him.

“I’m your enemy that’s the end of it” Katara semi glares at him but changed her attitude and smiles at him. “You don't have to give me anything Zuko.”

"Well it’s just... I have to make up for what my uncle did to you, and what I did with you... On my Honor..."

Katara rolls her eyes. “Well, you’re going to have to deal with not making it up to me because anything you try to give me, I’m turning down. Humph.” Zuko suddenly stopped heating the water, a smirk on his face as the icy mountain steam flowed past him.

Katara raised her eyebrow at him again. “What?”

Zuko smirked waiting for the icy water to reach her "well if you'll turn down anything I try to give you. Maybe I should stop trying to give you things."

Katara bended the cold water away to her sides, the water splitting down the middle so none was touching her. “Maybe you should.” She smirked at him challengingly. Zuko suddenly bent the water to the point of steam, having the water that flowed past him evaporate the moment it reached his point in the stream. Katara grinned standing and walking over to him, ignoring the water

"You know you're naked." Zuko said, smirking at her.

Katara kept grinning secretly bending with her fingers some of the untouched water from upstream behind him. “Yeah so?”

Zuko "you don't mind showing your enemy your naked self?" He was still sitting. Steam beginning to build up around them. Katara let the cold water drop onto him.

Zuko noticed it, as it evaporated off of him instantly "nice try, I'm a fire bender remember, I can keep the air around me nice and hot."

Katara pouted crossing her arms and sitting in the water. “That’s cheating.”

Zuko "no, its fire bending." he let the water run past him, bending it back up to hot spring standards. Katara still pouted turning her head away from him.

"You’re still naked. Don’t they teach you modesty where you're from?"

Katara blinks. “What does it matter? After what....we've done?” She blushes slightly, and then stands. “I have to get back; my friends will be missing me.”

"You sure you don't need anything?"

Katara nods waving to him “see you around.” She starts climbing down the ledges.

Zuko stands up "you have to go?"

Katara looks at him “well yeah, I can't just disappear on them and not come back” keeps climbing down the ledges

Zuko walked over to the edge. "True, but, isn't there anyway I could keep seeing you?" shit what did I just say?!!

Katara stopped climbing, looking up at him quickly, a look of shock on her face. “w-what did you say?”

"I… don't know..."

Katara climbs back up. “No tell me, what did you say!?” She looked somewhat frantic.

"Uh.. I asked if there was any way I could keep seeing you..." Zuko was Veeeery uncomfortable.

Katara walks up to him. “A-are you serious?”

Zuko looked away. "Y-yeah..."

Katara thought. “W-well... whenever you try some stupid scheme to catch Aang... you could...travel with us, better chances against the fire nation.”

Zuko "I can't keep trying to catch the Avatar; I no longer have the resources. But on my pride I couldn't travel with my sworn enemy."

Katara looks down. “Not even if it meant, you could see me all the time?”

"Would they really accept me?"

“I know Aang would, and Sokka would eventually to, you could travel safer, Mr.Iroh wouldn't have to walk so much” Katara smiled at her.

"Hmm... where are you headed, maybe I could met up with you there."

Katara thought. “Anywhere near by for now, so we can re-supply, but after that we're headed further in to Omashu to find an earth bender to train Aang.” Thinks for a bit. “At least come with us to the nearest village.” She looked hopeful.

"We need to re-supply as well, though heading to an earth kingdom village is a bit more dangerous for us then for you."

Katara nodded. “I understand but at least for now.” She reached forward and grabbed his hand. “Will you?”

"I shall." Zuko smiled at her. Katara hugged him tight wrapping her arms around his neck and smiling. Zuko was rather uncomfortable having a naked girl hugging him. He couldn't help but get a little hard. "...you can stop hugging me now."

Katara jumped and stopped backing off. “S-sorry, I forgot.” She grinned and headed back to the ledges to get her clothes on.

Zuko brushed his hair back bending himself dry "well... see you in town..." He walked over to the edge of the stream where his clothes were.

"KATARA!!!" Sokka was wandering up the river looking around boomerang out and slashing plants out of his way. "Katara!! Where are you!!?"

Katara eep'ed falling down the last of the ledges and onto her butt, looking up and seeing Sokka. “S-Sokka?”

"Katara! There you are!" Sokka ran over to her. "I've been looking for you all day, we saw the river from Appa, Aang's looking down steam. Boy, are you lucky I got up stream, or would you like Aang to see you bending in your skinnies, ehe ehe?" He nudged her with his elbow, accustomed to her naked.

Zuko plastered himself to the ground at the top of the falls, scurrying over to his clothes quickly, while remaining as close to the ground as possible. I'm going to incinerate that fool some day. Zuko’s eyebrow twitched.

Katara laughed Sokka, “You’re absolutely gross.” She stands and heads over to her clothes. “Sorry I worried you guys”

Sokka "oh you're not getting off that easy..." smiled hands on his hips leaning himself back smiling at her "I've seen how you look at some of the guys in the towns we've been through. Come on I know you weren't bending all night long." leans over and starts poking her "come on little sister, what were you really doing?" Zuko’s eye twitch, I am so incinerating that fool some day. He thought to himself, still hiding at the top of the falls.

Katara smirked at her brother. “Hanging out with fire benders.” Zuko broke out a cold sweat.

"Oh, come on." Sokka pokes her a few more times, trying to get her to start laughing "what were you really doing?"

Katara giggles “I was taking part in wild orgies” She poked him back “what do you want me to say Sokka” goes to get dressed

"Awh." Sokka accepts not being told, hanging his head and arms "you're no fun." He perks back up, getting an idea. "So what would you have done if I had been Aang, or worse Zuko? Ooo,” He was making ominous sound effects and fake lightning crack at the mention of Zuko.

Katara smirked again putting her hair up well. “If it was Aang, I would have hid in the river, and if it was Zuko... I would've run away with him.” She giggles blushing slightly. Zuko picks up on her game, scurrying away from the falls and into the woods.

Sokka makes a bad Zuko imitation "Oh Katara, my love, come be my fire lady we shall rule the world with the Avatar as our scantily clad man butler." holds himself in a bad imitation of regal, chest out stomach back face puffed out.

Katara got all starry eyed, clasping her hands together and leaning towards Sokka “oh Zuko, my Prince anything for you, as long as I am at your side I am happy, now you can take me to the fire nation and we can have hot steamy sex for a month...” She makes a serious face. “...straight.”

"Oh, but my love, I am far too serious and obsessive, I have not had an erection once in my life." Sokka keeps up the Zuko imitation, mentally noting that his sister maybe in dire need of sex.

Katara snorted “well that’s a lie.”

Sokka dropped the Zuko act "oh and how do you know? You been eyeing the enemies pants during the fight?" turns one eye to her faking securitization.

Katara still looked serious “and if I have?”

Sokka "Katara! He's the enemy, and worse he's the Prince of the Fire nation!!" recoiled at the thought that she might actually have been eyeing Zuko's pants, half falling into the water.

“But all in all I don't think he’s a bad guy” Katara crosses her arms getting the ‘you can't beat me so don't even try’ look on her face. “Now come on lets go find Aang.”

"Yeah sure." Sokka climbs back out of the water. "So what were you doing all night anyway? You find any food?"

Katara shakes her head. “Nope sorry.” She started heading down the river.

"Awh... then we really have to head to town, all I found for breakfast was some nuts and berries, and this weird plant that I think might be tea." Sokka follows her.

Katara smiles “watch out for blue flowers k?” She looks around “where is that boy?” She grins.

"Didn’t have any flowers on it, the weirdest thing though, looked like someone had already pick most of it." Sokka blinked as he does when he remembers something that’s confusing.

Katara laughed “I’m sure someone did.” She cups her hands on either side of her mouth. “AANG!!!”

Aang leaps up from the middle of the forest, landing on a tree about a quarter mile away from them, he perched on the top of the tree looking around, then spots them "Katara!" puts on his traditional goofy grin and leaps of the tree, landing right in front of the brother and sister pair "Hi, where you been? I was worried."

Sokka falls over from Aang’s landing air blast. "Ow." He scrambles to his feet.

Katara hugs Aang. “I’m sorry Aang lets go I didn't mean to worry you guys” She smiles at the young boy. “I hope Sokka wasn't too much of a pain”

"Not at all, he found this plant he thought might be the blue dragon, didn't have any flowers though so I don't know how he knew it's blue." Aang shrugged confused, but happy.

"Instinct my dear avatar, instinct, now come on." Sokka clutches his bag, holding it to his chest. "You’ll see when I have the most delicious tea, you'll be begging for a cup."

Katara winced. “Well let’s head to the nearest village we have to re-supply.”

Sokka "yeah, we need to get a special tea pot to brew this baby." He pats his bag "now let’s go." Aang got out his bison whistle and blew it, Appa's shadow appeared over them in a moment. Appa lands across the river.

Katara runs to Appa. “Appa!!!” She rubbed the side of his head smiling happily.

Appa "meerap." He turns his head toward her slightly. Momo jumps off Appa's head and lands on Katara's hugging the crown of her head.

Aang giggles. "I think they missed you too."

Sokka starts climbing on to Appa's back. "Yes warm hugs for my sister, now can we get to the next town before dinner?"

Katara hugs Appa one last time before starting to climb onto his back once she reached the top she sat down pried Momo off the top of her head and hugged him talking in a baby voice “I missed you too Momo did you miss mommy? Cause she missed you.” She loved up the lemur. Momo climbed onto her shoulder, hugging her ear.

"Yip yip." Aang snapped Appa's reins "so what were you doing all night Katara?" Appa took off into the air.

Sokka perked up his ears for what she told Aang. "Hey look down there." He points to a clearing across the river from the one where they had camped. "Looks like we had some neighbors." He was referring to the emptied camp site, and the dead fire pit.

Katara sighs still petting Momo “I spent the night with our neighbors.” She yawns

"Oh? Nice people were they?" Aang turns his head back to look at her over his shoulder.

"You really shouldn't do that. That could have been a fire nation camp, for all we know that could have been Prince Zuko!" Sokka said with shock and out rage. Momo lands on Katara’s shoulder, falling asleep. Katara snorts trying not to laugh, and not answering him.

Aang "well they were clearly nice people; after all they let her spend the night, and didn't even ask for anything in return. I just wish we could find them to thank them." smiles being Aang and pretty much always smiling.

"Yeah I guess. Hey you think they'd like a cup of my tea? Maybe we could come back here and find them after we hit the town." Sokka said looking around excitedly; he wanted someone to share his tea with that wasn’t the normal gang so that he could gloat.

Katara still tries not to laugh “I know one of them would looove your tea.” She pets Momo.

"Oh?" Sokka looked confused.

"Well anyone who's fond of tea can't be all that bad. Right?" Aang said guiding Appa through a cloud. Momo rolled over falling off her gliding once around the saddle then landing in Katara’s lap.

Katara smiled at Momo and kept petting him. “They were really nice people, I think we might meet them in the next town.”

"Oh really, maybe I should invite them fore a cup of tea." Sokka rubs his satchel.

"But Sokka, Katara's the only one who knows who they are how would you know who they are to invite them?"

Katara sighs “oh...you'll know them when you see them” She felt like she's giving to many hints.

"Oh we've met them before?"

"Are they refugees heading for Omashu?" Katara fake snores hoping they'd leave her alone.

"Hmm, yeah probably refugees." Sokka laid back. Aang watches the ground for the town. Katara leans down and starts thinking about Zuko, sighing heavily and hoping they'd go to the same village.

"Hey look there's the town!!" Aang point to a tiny little building town on the edge of the forests.

Sokka shot forward "hey a bout time, maybe we can still get dinner."

Katara looked down, ”Aang land outside of the village, we don't want too much attention drawn to us.”

"Can do. Yip Yip" Aang snaps Appa's reins.

"Merapp" Appa turns to land just inside the forest, hovering just above the ground for a second, then landing with a thud. "Meraaap." Momo scurried to the edge of the saddle and looked around.

Katara pick up Momo off her lap holding him as she stood and looked about , then hops down from the bison “good boy Appa” She waits for them to dismount as well. Momo hangs his arms over hers letting her carry him.

Aang jumps off Appa "you be a good boy Appa, I'll see if I can't bring you back some tasty gains."

Sokka climbed off Appa, falling off and onto his back. "ow." climbs back up, dusting himself off and grabbing his stuff. Katara heads towards town hurriedly. "What’s your hurry? The guys from the forest couldn't possibly have gotten here first, we were on magical flying bison, and they were on an ostrich –horse at best."

Katara slowed down “you’re right hehe sorry” She sighed quietly.

Sokka yawns "I figure we spend the day here, wait for Katara's friends, stock up on supplies, do a little shopping, then head out for Omashu rested and re-supplied tomorrow."

Aang "sounds good to me, maybe the town will have a hotel we could rent a room in."

"A room? Just one for the three of us?"

"Sure why not?"

Katara smiles “I don't mind that, maybe my friends can join us” She snuggles Momo closer to her chest as she walked. Momo looks up at her, a confused look on his face.

Sokka "I don't know, I mean one room for the three of us, sounds cramped already, we let Katara's friends join us and then we'll hardly have room to breathe."

"I like breathing; I've done it all my life." Aang blinked.

Katara kisses Momo on the head. “Well I think we can manage.” Her feet start making different noises as they hit rock pavement, entering the town front court. “We’ll deal with it in a bit first let’s see if there even is a hotel.”

Sokka follows her out of the forest "yeah, and a market, we need something to brew my tea in."

Aang walks out of the forest next to them "I don't know Sokka, this town doesn't look like it has that much, and we don't have any money, we might have to sell you plant for room fare."

“Or something else, like I said we'll manage ... umm... how about we split up, Sokka you can look for a hotel, Aang you can look for a market, and I’ll see if there isn't a place where we can sell some stuff.” Katara smiles at her brother and Aang.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Sokka shrugged, walking off.

Aang "Sure, I like that idea, but what are you planning to sell Katara?" looks at her, tilting his head a little, after the realization that she had very little to sell.

"Yeah what about that." Sokka holds his bag to his chest. "You can't have my tea."

Katara shakes her head “I have some things, just go we'll meet back here” She walks off looking around for her ‘friends.’

"Ok." Sokka shrugs again and walks off "You two just be careful, don't know what kind of people live in this town."

"Awh, what’s the worst that can happen, I'm sure these people are kind natured Earth Kingdom citizens." The Kind Natured Earth Kingdom Citizens grimace at each other, over fifty percent of them were carrying some kind of blade on them. Katara walked around looking for some place to sell anything she had, keeping her eye open for Zuko and Iroh. "Or maybe not." Aang shrugs and walks off, looking for whatever he was supposed to be looking for, he hadn't really been paying attention, hey he's twelve. A facial burned citizen leaned over a barrel outside one of the building eyeing Katara, and picking his teeth with a dagger.

Katara puts Momo on her shoulder digging through her pockets as she walked. “Well Momo what do we have?... Nothing... well maybe I can do some street performing, I bet no one here has seen a water bender.” She thinks on this.

The facial burned citizen "Hey, cutie, what brings you to town?" He hops over the barrel and stride over to her. Momo wakes up and hisses at him, scurrying behind her.

Katara looks at the man petting Momo “its okay its okay...um...just stopping by to rest is all” She smiled fakely.

"Say what is that?" He leans over and looks at Momo "don't think I've ever seen something like that before."

Katara holds onto Momo “he's a lemur.” She takes a step back.

"Hmm, never seen a Lemur like that before." The facially burned citizen studies Momo, then her. "Or a girl like you, where are you from?"

“South pole” Katara semi glares at him.

"Huh, long way from home little girl..." He smiles at her licking the place where one of his teeth should have been.

“Y-yeah well that doesn't matter, um excuse me” Katara tries to walk around him, holding onto Momo.

The facially burned citizen steps into her path "hey where you going?" The Blue Spirit kicks the legs out from under him from behind, grabbing the back of the guy’s shirt and throwing him into a full rain barrel.

Katara blinks still holding onto Momo “uhh.” The Blue Spirit stands looking at her for a moment then back flips onto the roof of one the buildings, jumping off behind it, and running off.

"What the hell just happened?" The facially burned citizen climbs out of the barrel totally wet.

Katara sighs and walks away “come on Momo.”

The town's two guards run by. "Hey what’s going on here?"

"Shit." The facially burned citizen runs away.

The town guards chase him. "Hey you!"

Zuko was standing around the corner of the next building. Katara walked around the corner, she see's Zuko, and tackles him in a hug. Zuko had two broad swords on his back, and was in clothes remarkable similar to those that the Blue Spirit was wearing. "Hello, I'm Lee, how are you?" He smiles at her.

Katara lets go of him blushing “...uh hi I'm Katara.” She gives him an odd look feeling sort of embarrassed.

Zuko bows to her "nice to meet you Katara. I'm in town re-supplying for our travels with my uncle, Mushi."

Katara smiles blushing even more curtsies. “me and my friends are doing so as well, hey maybe we can look around here together, this place sort of makes me nervous and your the first nice face I’ve seen all day” She smiles holding Momo even tighter to her chest.

Zuko "Oh you think my face is nice do you?" He raises an eyebrow at her, smiling.

Katara stutters “y-yes I do ......is that wrong?” she pouts slightly.

Zuko "not at all, I think you're pretty cute myself." puts his hands in his pockets and starts walking. Momo is very confused.

Katara blushes even more then whispers in Momo's ear. “I like him a whooole bunch Momo be nice to him.” She follows him smiling and giggling merrily. Momo glances at Zuko, then back a Katara, and flies off.

"You sure got here fast, Uncle and I had things packed up before breakfast and just got here a little bit ago." Zuko looks over at her walking of her left, so she saw his good side.

Katara smiles. “We took Appa, oh and by the by you can incinerate my brother if you want.” She crossed her arms pouting slightly.

Zuko looks worried for a second then leans over to her and whispers in her ear, so close he could feel the warmth of her body "Be careful, someone might hear, Lee isn't a fire bender." He then went back to walking next to her

Katara blinks then nods and whispers back. “Sorry.” She straightens up and smiles “this place doesn't seem all that bad, other then the creepy men carrying swords and missing teeth.”

"Most towns are like this, other than the big cities, after all anyone who can afford to move to the cities has." Zuko shrugs "Look, here's the hotel my uncle and I are staying at." He nods to the biggest building in town, as they passed it.

Katara thinks “Sokka should be here, I wonder if they’re okay.” She looks around a little.

Sokka gets thrown out of the building "OW! Hey do you know who I'm with?! The Avatar, I happen to be a close Personal friend of the Avatar. Wait till he hears that you wouldn't give him a room!" He stands up dusting himself off. Zuko freezes, lowering his large rice hat a little.

Katara sighs “Sokka what did you do?!’

Sokka blinks at his sister. "Katara? I didn't do anything, I was just looking for a room, and I thought I saw Zuko! But this big thick headed earth-bender bouncer got in my way. He didn't believe me when I said I was with the Avatar and needed a room. I just sort of may have thrown my boomerang at which I though was Zuko... And it kind of flew back and hit the bouncer in the head...."

Zuko muttered to himself quietly under his breath. “So that’s what that was... Though I saw something fly by after putting my mask back.”

Katara sighed. “Do I have to do everything?!” She walks to the hotel. “Stay here, Lee can you come with me please? Or do you want to stay here with Sokka?”

He looked from her to her brother "I'll come with you."

"Hey, is this your friend from the campsite? Nice to meet you, I'm Sokka Katara's brother." Sokka introduced himself to ‘Lee’.

Zuko tipped his hat down to him. "A pleasure." He kept his response short, a little concerned about him recognizing his voice.

Katara started walking inside. “Sokka stay” Sokka crosses his arms looking flustered.

Zuko walks around Katara, so that she is between him and Sokka, and his burn mark is farther away from Sokka and his bad side was toward her. Katara smiles at Zuko, and walks a little slower resisting the urge to reach for his hand. Zuko really wanted to get inside and out of view of Sokka, almost ducking inside the moment the door way to the hotel was in reach. Katara kept strolling normally, noticing Zuko's discomfort slightly. “Ummm... Sokka maybe you should go find Aang, I don't think you'll help our case any if you come in here after just being kicked out.” She looks at Sokka, smiling.

"I can do perfectly find on my own, you ever find a pawn shop or something, or were you too busy catching up with your boyfriend there?" Sokka smirked. Zuko blushed a little, wondering if she intended to go inside any time soon, as he leaned against the doorway.

Katara stomped on Sokka's foot with her heel, then punched him in the arm “GO find Aang , you jerk!!!!” She crossed her arms.

"OW! Ow ow ow, I'm going, I'm going." Sokka hopped off, holding his foot.

Katara smiled and turned to Zuko “sorry bout that” heads inside smiling at him as she walked passed.

Zuko turned inside after her. "No problem, but is he normally that dense?"

Katara nodded, laughing softly. “Oh yeah.”

"Maybe we could get him to actually believe I'm Lee." Zuko chuckled a little.

“I know we can” Katara winked at him before searching for a front desk to pay at.

Zuko pointed the way to her left, at a man with a clear dagger wound over one eye, the eye itself was either missing or too wounded to be useful as he wore a patch over it. "Fail that. I have a mask I'm particularly fond of."

Katara nods. “Well let’s hope it doesn't fail because it'd be a shame to have that cute face covered up.” She walked to the man with the dagger wound.

The one eyed man looks up at her "well, well, well, what do we have here? You two looking for a room for the night, or just a few hours?" He chuckled. Zuko ground his teeth.

Katara frowned and sighs “I need a room for the night.” She frowns even more. “I hate digging into our backup money but...” She takes out a pouch from her shirt. “So how much?”

Zuko placed a small bag of money on the counter. "Will that be enough?"

The one eyed man looked up and down across Zuko, then opened the bag and counted the money. "Yeah, its enough." he took all the money from the bag.

Katara looked at him “Lee you didn't need to do that.” She smiles sadly. “I could have…”

"Don’t worry about it, come with me I have something to show you."

"Here’s you're key." The one eyed man held out a large brass key. Katara takes the key nods at the man then turns to follow Zuko.

Zuko ascended the stairs, the grimy wooden halls of the building were accented by the rusting brass hinges and knobs on the door, the sound of the other 'tenants' were the sounds of sex, and crime. Zuko walked to on of the rooms on the far end and unlocked to door with a large key similar to the one the land lord had given Katara. He stepped inside. Katara followed him, trusting him, but not their surroundings stepped into the room as well. Zuko the room was just as grimy as the halls, it had one bed, but a second bed roll was laid out on the floor, a small stove, and a slightly less grimy than everything else counter, and on that counter, a very filmier blue mask.

Katara looked about and noticed the mask “h-hey.” She made a pouty face at the mask.

"That money earlier wasn't mine. I stole it from that toothless jerk." Zuko smirked.

Katara opened her mouth in shock then gave him a look. “You’re bad.” She said as she smiled at him laughing slightly. “Is this what cha wanted to show me?” She gestured to the mask.

Zuko nodded. "Yeah, the Avatar already knows. So I figured you deserved to know." Katara smiled at him even more, feeling sort of jumpy, she tried to resist the urge to kiss him, failing some what as she moved closer to him. Zuko smiled at her "so, how would like to join forces with the infamous Blue Spirit?" He leaned in close to her.

Katara blushes tilting her head as she smiled up at him “I’d love it” She kept resisting the urge to kiss him. Zuko leaned in and kissed her lightly. Katara’s heart jumped in her chest, as she kissed him back with a little more fervor leaning into him and wrapping her arms around his neck, pulling him more into the kiss. Zuko leaned down into the kiss more, flicking his tongue along her teeth, having only the presence of mind to draw one of his broad swords and knock the door closed with it, the latch falling closed. He sheathed his long sword and placed a hand on her shoulder and another on her hip. Katara cooed softly, letting her own tongue venture forth and lap at his timidly, pressing her entire body into his.

Zuko held her to him, liking the soft furs she wore. He plunged his tongue into her mouth, teasing it playfully, first just flicking at the tip of hers with the tip of his. His hand on her shoulder began to migrate toward her head, stroking her through the furs, till finally he ran his fingers up her neck, and into her hair, trying his best not to muss her hair too much. While his hand on her hip migrated up her figure, running along her side, almost stroking her furs as he moved it toward her other shoulder.

Katara moved her body into his touch as he stroked her, gasping into his mouth as his tongue became bolder in its ministrations. Her fingers petting the back of his neck and his hair, shivering as his hand traveled up her curves.

Zuko broke the kiss for need of air. He stood their panting looking into her eyes for a moment. He smiled and kissed her fore head. Rubbing the back of her head affectionately. "So, think you could stand me hiding my beautiful face from you, every day?"

Katara pouted slightly but nodded “I could try, but I can't promise I won't jump you when no ones looking.” She smirked playfully.

"Well, we'll always have nights." Zuko smiled and kissed her again, this time starting it as a deep affectionate kiss, just with no tongue this time. He just hugged her close to him. Katara hugged his neck tighter, leaning up into him, and never, ever wanting to let go, her cheeks tinted pink as she kissed back.
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