𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 [ᴢᴜᴋᴏ]

Chapter 62

Episode 19, Sozin's Comet: Part 2: The Old Masters

Zuko took a deep breath before walking up to June's table. The rest of us quickly followed him.

When we all stopped behind June, she glanced over her shoulder and let out a sigh. "Great, it's Prince Pouty. Where's your creepy grandpa?"

"He's my uncle and he's not here," Zuko crossed his arms.

June eyed me and Zuko for a moment before taking a sip of her cup. "I see you made up with your girlfriend." I blushed and Zuko and me glanced at each other.

"So what do you want?" June asked and eyed the rest of the group.

"We need your help finding the Avatar."

"Hm, doesn't sound too fun," June shrugged.

Zuko balled his fists and knitted his eyebrows. "Does the end of the world sound like more fun?!" He exclaimed and got closer to her face.

She tensed and looked at Zuko from the corner of her eyes before looking at me. I shot her an innocent smile and she put her cup down. "Why would you keep up with his dramatic ass, seriously?" She shook her head briefly.

I shrugged, "He's not that dramatic. Well most of the times at least."

She turned to Zuko and raised an eyebrow. "Do you have anyting that belongs to the Avatar?"

I smiled and looked at Sokka who nodded. "Yeah we have."

And with that we quickly left the tavern. Nyla, June's shirshu, and Appa were just chilling together when we approached them.

June petted Nyla while Katara got Aang's staff for her to smell.

Nyla smelled the staff and then started to circle us for a few moments while sniffing around. Then she whimpered and laid on the ground covering her nose with her paws.

My eyebrows shot up while Zuko crossed his arms. "Well, what is that supposed to mean?"

"It means your friend is gone." June kneeled down in front of Nyla and petted her head.

"We know he's gone, that's why we are trying to find him," Toph said and put her hands on her sides.

"No, I mean he's gone gone." June stood up and eyed us. "He doesn't exist."

I tensed and gulped. This was even worse than the worst-case scenario.

"What do you mean Aang doesn't exist!" Sokka stepped closer to June and threw his arms in the air. "Do you mean... like, you know, dead?" His voice lowered and he looked at the woman in front of us.

"Nope, we could find him if he were dead," she said and shrugged. "It's a real headscratcher. See ya." She climbed on Nyla with a small wave toward us.

"Helpful, real helpful," Toph commented and crossed her arm.

I grabbed Zuko's hand and looked at him. "What if we look for uncle Iroh, he must know what to do," I whispered and Zuko nodded.

"Wait," he called out to June. "There's only one person in this world that can face Fire Lord Ozai. We'll be right back with the smell sample." Without letting go of my hand he dragged both of us to Appa. The other's waited with June at the other side of the tavern.

"You have a smell sample of your uncle?" I asked as Zuko looked through his bag. He hummed and nodded. "That's kinda cute," I teased with a smirk.

That smirk fell when Zuko turned around with a sandal in his hand. That gave me flashbacks when uncle Iroh was lost for the first time and we went out looking for him and finding only his smelly sandal. "You know, I take it back, that's not cute."