Avatar the Last Airbender: The Admiral's Daughter Zuko and OC

Blockade

As Azari stared at Zuko in shock Iroh seemed to notice something was wrong. He walked over to them swiftly and as soon as he saw the expression on Azari's face.

"Zuko, where are we going?" Iroh looked around with a furrowed brow. Azari realized that Iroh must've realized the direction they were going in without even looking at the map.

Azari grabbed the map out of Zuko's hand and thrust it at Iroh. Her hands were shaking and her whole body began to shake as Zuko started to yell at her. Zuko grabbed the map from Iroh after it was too late. Iroh had seen it.

Azari took a few steps back and Zuko finally stopped yelling at her. He turned away clearly sorry he had yelled at her.

Iroh didn't back away like Azari did, he did the opposite. He confronted Zuko and the two began to argue back and forth.

"Sailing into Fire Nation waters..." Iroh shook his head at Zuko. "Of all the foolish things you've done in your sixteen years, Prince Zuko, this is the most foolish!"

"I have no choice, Uncle," Zuko said. Azari felt the hint of a sigh in Zuko's tough, hard voice.

Azari sighed herself and leaned against the metal wall of the ship near them.

"Have you completely forgotten that the Fire Lord banished you?" Iroh said to Zuko.

Azari heard the fear in Iroh's voice and realized that she was still shaking. Not from Zuko but because of Zuko. What if something bad happened to Zuko?

"What if you're caught?" Iroh said.

Zuko finally turned away from the telescope and looked at Iroh, "I'm chasing the Avatar! My father will understand why I am returning home!" But somehow Azari knew that Zuko was scared too.

"You give him too much credit. My brother is not the understanding type!" Iroh said to Zuko. Azari knew this registered with Zuko as she remembered his scar.

Zuko turned back to the telescope and straightened up as he spotted something. "There they are. Helmsman! Full steam ahead!"

Iroh and Azari felt the same fear as Zuko ignored their advice.

Azari ran below deck and towards Zuko's bedroom. She was worried about Zuko and she needed to check something. She was trying to remember something and she needed something to know for sure.

As she made her way through the dark damp hallways she felt the ship sway as fireballs were catapulted at the avatar. Azari hated the feeling of the boat rocking. She planned to get to Zuko's room as fast as she could and retrieve the item. She'd return to Iroh and Zuko within a few minutes. Even though it seemed insignificant she felt like she needed this item.

Azari hurried to the door to Zuko's room and rushed to the desk where stacks of maps and papers lay. As she rifled through the paper she winced as her hands brushed against one of Zuko's swords. She looked down at the small cut on her hand. It wasn't deep or long but nonetheless the blood started to get everyone.

Azari took a step away so she wouldn't ruin Zuko's maps. She heard something from her left ear then she felt something cold brush her neck and she froze as she felt hands wrap around her mouth.

"Don't move," Cassia whispered into Azari's ear. "Just do what I say and you'll be fine."

Azari broke into a sweat and looked around frantically for a way out.

Azari knew she was in real danger from the girl. She knew what Cassia was going through. It had only been a few hours since Cassia was ripped away from her family and Azari knew how she'd feel in Cassia's position. Ready to kill.