Avatar Hitokiri Battosai {Kenshin Himura x Reader} Vol.1

Chapter 14: Bato of the Water Tribe

"Hey, look!" Aang examines the sword. "A sword made out of a whale's tooth."

While Aang draws the weapon free from the ground, Sokka slides down the slope and pulls up behind the Avatar,  "Let me see that." Sokka snatching the weapon from his hands as Aang turned to show it to him.

"What's wrong?" Kenshin ask.

"This is a Water Tribe weapon. See if you can find anything else." Sokka's expression serious.

The four start searching the area. "Did someone lose something?", Katara curiously asked.

"No, we found something.", Aang replies, rummaging through the bushes; somewhat cheerfully.

"Sokka found a water tribe weapon." Kenshin told her.

Sokka stoops down to find an arrow head. "It's burned. There was a battle! Water Tribe warriors ambushed a group of firebenders. The firebenders fought back, but the warriors drove them down this hill."

The three continue following Sokka. "And then what?" Kenshin asked.

Sokka sighs in disappointment. "I don't know. The trail ends here."

"Wait, look!". Katara points at a boat that had drifted onto shore.

"It's one of our boats!", Sokka exclaims, running toward it.

"Is this dad's boat?" She and Sokka run toward it.

"No, but it's from his fleet. Dad was here".

{~With (Y/n)~}

You could tell Zuko was really trying to relax, but he was just itching to go and command his ship. Meanwhile, his uncle was an entirely different story. He drank from his cup of tea and then poured, refilling your cup and then Zuko's.

Iroh exhaling the aroma. "Ahh! See, Prince Zuko, a moment of quiet is good for your mental well-being."

It was a good moment of quiet. But only for that moment. Zuko tries to take a sip but the ship jolts, making him drop the tea all over himself. Zuko heads to the upper deck to see what was going on. Upon the upper deck was a woman riding a xierxu.

You rushed over.

"Get back! We're after a stowaway."

Zuko marched over to her and glared. "There are no stowaways on my ship."

The xierxu then rips off some metal and starts sniffing around. Finally, a man runs off, screaming and trying to get away from the xierxu. The animal's tongue then stabs his back.

"He's paralyzed." you examined.

"Only temporally. The toxins will wear off in about an hour, but by then he'll be in jail and I'll have my money." The woman hopped off the animal and picked the man up.

"But how did you find him on my ship?"  Zuko asks.

"My xierxu can smell a rat a continent away", she answers.

Iroh, in admiration toward the woman herself, spoke up. "Well, I'm impressed." The woman leaves. The woman cracked her whip and the shirshu bolted off the ship and down the dock. Iroh stroked his chin. "Very impressed."

"Have some self restraint, Iroh." You scold him. "And some decency!"

"Will decency get me a woman like that?!"

"Never..."

{~With Team Avatar~}

Team Avatar has settled down for the night beside the Water Tribe ship. Kenshin rested on the trees while holding his sword, Aang and Momo are lying on his right paw, all three fast asleep. Sokka remains awake, poking a stick into a blazing campfire, looking worried.