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It was a normal day in the Fire Nation, Zuko and Iroh were firebending. Zuko had something on his mind and Iroh noticed his attacks weren't like they normal. He knew something was up and decided to interrogate his nephew.
"What is troubling you nephew?" Uncle Iroh asked Zuko, and the Fire Lord looked at his uncle.
"Nothing …" He lied, and looked at the ground.
"I know some thing's troubling you." Iroh said. And Zuko looked at him and sighed.
"It's just that I was thinking about someone." Zuko told his uncle.
"I wouldn't be the young water bender we fought Ozai with is it?" Iroh guessed, and raised his eyebrow. Zuko was shocked.
"How did you know that?" Zuko said, confused.
"I know you well." Iroh said, and Zuko began fire bending again.
"But what am I thinking, it would never work." He said, as he punched a fire blast.
"Who knows it could work out." Iroh said before he began sipping his tea. Zuko stopped bending and looked at his uncle.
"How uncle, Katara is all the way in the south pole. Besides she has probably already found someone else". Zuko stated and began bending again.
"One can never know if someone has found someone else." Iroh told Zuko, and then sipped more of his tea.
"She is the princess, I'm sure she has found a suitor by now." Zuko said before he sighed. Iroh wanted to knock some sense into Zuko, but he remained calm.
"Why don't you go to the South Pole and talk to her?" Iroh said calmly.
"What?" Zuko said, slightly shocked at his uncles forwardness. He stopped bending.
"It's just an idea." Iroh said before quickly taking another sip of tea. Zuko thinks for a moment then continues bending and has more problems. Iroh sighs and thinks of something to say.
"Nephew if you love her than go find her." Iroh said causing Zuko to lose him concentration and look at him.
"Who said I love her, I was just thinking about her!" Zuko said and he was starting to get defensive. Iroh raised an eyebrow and looked at his nephew, Zuko new that his uncle was right.
"Zuko just go to the south pole." Iroh advised and Zuko tries to firebend again.
"If I do go there, tell her how I feel. I will look like a fool." Zuko paused "What if she doesn't feel the same way?"
"There is only one way to find out, let her know how you feel." Iroh said, Zuko thought for a moment then sighed.
"Maybe you are right." Zuko said and Iroh nodded. "But she is going to want to know why I am there." Zuko realized.
"Tell her you came to… visit or something." Iroh suggested and Zuko thought for a moment.
"Okay uncle… When should I go?" Zuko asked as he gave in to his uncle's suggestion.
"Now would be fine." Zuko thought for a moment then bowed to his uncle, and ran to his room to pack his things. Once he was done packing his things he walked to the shore. There he spotted a solider and the solider walked over to him.
"What is it, Lord Zuko?" asked the solider. Then he noticed the bag of belongings which the fire lord held.
"I need a ship, now!" He commanded the solider. The solider bowed and ran to get Zuko a small ship. Zuko boarded the ship and began towards the South Pole.
Later in the Southern Water tribe, Prince Sokka and Princess Katara were watching the shores and enjoying the view from the palace balcony. Sokka squinted as he saw a ship coming over the horizon.
Katara was not paying attention and was playing with the tips of her hair.
"I see a ship, a Fire Nation ship!" Sokka told his sister and he pointed towards the ship. Katara turned to her brother.
"What?" Katara said to her brother a little surprised. Her and
Sokka run down the steps.
"Relax Katara I'm sure it is just a messenger ship." Sokka told his sister. Katara paid no attention to what her brother had to say. They reached the bottom of the stairs and walked to the outside of the palace. Sokka sent a solider to bring the ship into port. Katara was ready to fight.
Zuko brings the ship into port and walks from the ship. He looks around and sees a solider. He walks to the solider "Where is princess Katara?" He asked to solider.
"She is with her brother outside the palace." He informed Zuko. Zuko begins to walk to the palace.
"It must have been a messenger ship." Sokka told his sister.
"Are you sure?" Katara asked her brother.
"Nooo …" Sokka said.
"Good, because…" Katara said then turned his head in the direction of Zuko walking towards them. He was still too far away to hear them.
Sokka sees Zuko. "What is he doing here?" He asked his sister, a little shocked.
"How am I supposed to know Sokka?" Katara told her brother, while they were watching Zuko walk to the palace. Katara crossed her arms.
"I figured he was here to see you." Sokka explained to her.
"What?" Katara asked, slightly shocked.
"Well he isn't here to see me!" Sokka said, a little defensively. Then Sokka also crossed his arms. Katara gets into fighting stance. Zuko finally reaches them, looks at Katara, and bows.
"Hello" He said to Katara, and she gave him a mean look.
"What are you doing here?" She interrogated him, and stayed in her fighting stance. Zuko remained calm and didn't get into a fighting stance.
"I came to visit you." He told her.
"Yeah right!" She said with anger in her voice. She remained in her fighting stance and clenched her fists slightly.
"Why don't you believe me?" Zuko asked her. Then Katara bended some snow at Zuko. He blocks it with a fire wall.
"Stop fighting!" Sokka told both of them. He glared at Katara for starting it. Katara got out of her fighting stance and crossed her arms again. Zuko also gets out of fighting stance. Katara looks at Sokka.
"You can at least be civil!" He told his younger sister. Katara turned from her brother and back at Zuko, her eyes turn cold. Zuko looks back at Katara with no expression.
"Sokka, please leave so I can talk to Zuko." She told her brother. Sokka raised an eyebrow then smiled and left the area. Once Sokka was gone she turned to Zuko.
"Why did you come here?" She asked at him with a slight annoyance in her voice. Her arms stayed crossed.
"I told you, I wanted to see you." He told her and remained calm.
"I know there is a reason for that." She said. Zuko thought for a moment then told her the truth.
"I've missed you." He told her. Katara rolled her eyes in disbelief.
"It is true; I can't stop thinking about you." He told her honestly. Katara stopped crossing her arms, and leaned against a railing beside the bottom of the steps.
"That is what every guy that has asked me to marry him has said." Katara told him. She looked at the floor and sighed. Zuko was shocked.
"Every guy… How many have there been?" Zuko asked the princess.
"I don't know, Most of them hardly even know me." She told him.
"Wait! You thought I was here to ask you to marry me?" He said while trying to lie.
"Yes." Katara told him honestly. Zuko was embarrassed and coughed to clear his throat.
"Well … ummm …" Zuko really did want her to be his, but he couldn't tell her that. Katara's eyes grew wide.
"I knew it!" She exclaimed and she got a little angry. Zuko stepped back.
"I wanted to talk to you about it first." He told her. Katara was furious and bended some snow at him again. Zuko dodges it.
"Do you fight every guy that asks you to marry him?" Zuko asked her sarcastically. Katara got very furious and stormed off. Zuko sighs and runs after her.
"Wait" Zuko called after her and ran in front of her. Katara stops and looks at him with an angry face.
"What?" She asked him, annoyed.
"You didn't give me a chance to explain." He told her and stepped backwards. Katara rolled her eyes.
"Fine, explain." She told him. Zuko looks around and notices they are around a lot of people.
"Can we go somewhere less public?" He asked her.
"Why?" She asked. Zuko made up a reason.
"It is cold here." He lied and blew warm steam on his hands. Katara rolled her eyes and began walking into the palace. She led him into the ballroom, and stood there.
"Okay, what is your reasoning?" She asked him. Zuko sighs.
"You know that I have always liked you." He told her.
"No, I didn't know that." She confessed.
"Well it is true." He told her. Katara sighed and tried to remember their past. "I want us to know each other." He said to her. Katara sighed.
"Fine …" Katara listened to what he had to say.
"So … you're a princess." He tried to make conversation. Then he leaned against a wall.
"Yeah, and I guess you are Fire Lord now." Katara said.
"Yeah." Zuko told her proudly. Katara thought of another subject.
"We know we are both master benders." She said to him.
"Yeah, but recently I have been having troubles." He confessed to her. Katara was just glad they were having a normal conversation.
"What kind of troubles?" She asked, slightly concerned.
"Uncle said something was disturbing my concentration." He told her.
"Probably your thoughts …" She suggested. Then she leaned against the wall beside him.
"Yeah… my thoughts for you." He confessed. Katara faintly blushes. Zuko sees her blush and tries to hold her hand. Katara quickly realizes what he is doing and moves her hand away. Zuko sadly moves his hand and looks at his feet. Katara also looks at her feet.
"You don't know what it is like with everyone trying to force you into marriage with anyone." She told him sadly. Zuko looked at her.
"Why didn't you just get married?" He asked her curiously.
"I don't want to talk about it." She told him.
"Okay …" Zuko said concerned.
"What about you?" Katara asked Zuko.
"Well, uncle has been waiting for me to get married. I never found anyone that was right for me." He told her.
"Oh." She said then she sighed. Zuko smiled at her.
"What?" She asked him, and raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing, I'm just glad to see you." He said charmingly.
"Okay…" Katara said, trying not to blush.
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