𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 [ᴢᴜᴋᴏ]

Chapter 12

Episode 9, The Waterbending Scroll

"Uncle!" Zuko exclaimed full of disbelief as he barged into the room. My head immediately whipped into his direction and I took a step back. Iroh shook his head to snap back to reality and looked at his angered nephew.

"She is dangerous, what are you doing here?" he scolded his uncle and dragged him out of the cell before locking it again.

"She is not dangerous Price Zuko," Iroh told him, "she has an ability that not many people have. She is a blood bender. That's a special form of water bending, just like lightning is of fire bending," he explained with a bit of excitement in his voice.

Zuko eyes me but before he could say something, Iroh decided to step in, "Did you get the Avatar?" he asked calmy.

My eyebrows shot up and my eyes widened. The Avatar? Oh no, I hope Aang and my siblings are safe. I was still worried about Sokka because of the shouts I heard. "He and his two friends escaped," he told Iroh and I smiled when I heard that both of my siblings are alive.

"Why are you smiling?" Zuko asked me furiously as he was looking at me through the prison bars. I rolled my eyes, "I'm sorry that I'm glad my siblings and friend are alive," I commented with sarcasm.

"Your siblings don't make much effort to get you back," he commented. Ouch, that hurt. Right in my feels, but I felt like that was true. And as much as that pained me, I would never admit that it affects me. My face turned to a blank expression, "yes, that's why I don't understand why I am still here. I'm of no use for you," I stated.

And that's true. He told me, he wanted to keep me here because Aang is my friend and now he's telling me that my siblings don't care about me. And in addition to that, I didn't even help him once to catch Aang. So why in the Avatar's name am I still here?

"Everything that is somehow connected to the Avatar's existence stays with me until I catch him," he stated. "How can someone be so obsessed with the Avatar?" I mumbled as I shook my head slightly. "Because your honour doesn't depend on him," Zuko suddenly shouted and I jumped.

This boy is just getting crazier by the minute, "And you're also going to the Fire Lord. He will be extra pleased when he gets a person who can bend two elements," Zuko added.

I looked at him wide eyed and Iroh also didn't look happy with that statement. "Prince Zuko, I think we should let the innocent girl go at the end," Iroh suggested and put a hand on Zuko's shoulder. "No," he simply replied and grabbed his uncle by his arm and dragged him out of the room.

Before he could leave, I spoke up, "You wouldn't want me to be rotten or dead down here by the time you're giving me to the Fire Lord, would you now, honour boy?" I smirked when I saw him tense at my words. The only thing I wanted right now was to get out of this horrible cell.

I've been in here since yesterday evening and it's getting dark again. I certainly don't want to sleep here on the floor again this night. He turned to look at me with narrowed and I only raised an eyebrow at him while crossing my arms over my chest.

The prince huffed as smoke came out of his nose, "fine, but you do as I say or else the cell will be the best thing that happens to," he threatened and unlocked the cell for me.

"Thank you very much, your majesty," I smirked a bit and bowed to him. He sighed, "Don't call me your majesty," he only said before leaving the room without looking back. Iroh smiled at me warmly before leaving too.

I stayed behind for a bit as I was deep in thought. The conversation with Iroh was just getting interesting and confusing. I didn't expect this outcome at all. I only wanted to know why he knew the same song as my mother, but he was so shocked that I knew it.