Avatar; The Royal Firebender.

The Cave of Two Lovers

Having grown up in the unforgiving cold of the north pole, the only warmth that Yue had ever gotten to experience on a regular basis is that of the palace. She'd rarely get to spend time in the spirit oasis, and even the healing hut where she learned waterbending up until Zuko's arrival was always cold. Now, the warmth of the early spring sun against her skin, she's quickly falling in love with the earth kingdom's warm climate. Across from her, her husband and Aang are laying inside huge banana tree leaves floating along the river. Iroh is sitting beside her brewing a pot of tea while Katara practices with Zuko going through a new technique called the octopus form.

"Don't you think we should get moving? We told General Fong that we were heading straight to Omashu. King Bumi should be expecting us by now." Yue asks Iroh as he pours her a cup of tea.

"It's important to take a step back and look at the world around you, not dive headlong into your destination. Relaxation is just as important as training, without it the body cannot recover properly and it will cause tension and fatigue." Iroh responds before motioning to the others, "The tea is ready." He says as he lifts the tray of tea cups up so that the others can see it.

"Take a load off Yue, we won't get many more chances for moments like this. Once we get Bumi to join us, Zuko's gotta train night and day to master Earthbending, Waterbending and the rest of Firebending before we have to fight the firenation and we can't do that by ourselves. We need to go to Ba Sing Sei and try to get the earth king's support." Aang suggests before suddenly having to dodge an icicle that was caught by Zuko and thrown back towards Katara.

"Sorry." Zuko apologizes for almost impaling his mentor.

"If we were to infiltrate the firenation capital and defeat Ozai, all the men still loyal to him would still be against us. Even with the avatar, I don't think we'd be capable of defeating legions of highly trained firebenders. We'd need an army, and the perfect moment to strike the heart of the firenation." Iroh responds before seeing Zuko snatch Katara's leg with one of the water tentacles he's manipulating

"I could challenge my father to an Agni Kai, but those only allow for the use of one element." Zuko responds, "But I'm not nearly strong enough to be able to face him one on one like that, plus if I challenge him for the throne he could just refuse."

"Good Job Zuko, you make a pretty good octopus my pupil." Katara praises and also teases the firenation prince slightly

"Sounds like we're between a rock and a hard place." Aang bemoans. "Can't we just talk to him about this?" He asks, showing his childhood naivety.

"He's a genocidal tyrant, and burned his own son just for talking to him." Iroh says coldly, which shoots down Aang's idea. "I wish it were that simple my young friend, but some people just can't be reasoned with."

"So much for relaxing." Sokka says sarcastically, however the strumming of a stringed instrument begins echoing in through the nearby trees. "You guys hear that?"

"Duh Dah duh dah, Duh Dah duh dah, Don't fall in love with a travelin' girl, she'll leave you broke and broken heart-ted." The laid back, slightly stoned sounding voice of a man comes echoing through the trees before he walks through a bush followed by a couple other people all dressed in bright clothes with beads and instruments in their hands. "Woah... river people. Cool." He says as he sees the group.

"We're not river people." Katara says as she rings the water out of her hair.

"What kinda people are you?" The man asks.

"Just... people." Aang responds.

"Aren't we all, brother." The man says as he strums the pipa down each of the strings. "The name's chong, and this is my wife Lily and our friend Moku and we're nomads. Happy to go wherever the wind takes us."