ATLA: General Rin - (Water) ~ FINISHED~

Don't Blush!

Rin's POV:

I walk down the steps onto the deck below to see that some of the men were crowding around Zuko and another crew member as they trained. I shake my head in slight disappointment at their action, when I look around to see where Iroh was but could not find him. I make a step towards them then I stop, thinking about the time when I first met Zuko and how different he was now to when I had first met him...

I awoke from my bunk in the Earth Kingdom, I was awoken by one of my soldiers and I looked at him in slight confusion at first but then I knew it was time for battle. I got up from my bed in my nightgown, this caused the soldier to snap around and run out of my tent as I tied up hair up into my usual low ponytails and got dressed into my armour.

I walked out onto the battlefield to see soldiers readying for any attack from the Earthbenders when I got stopped by another soldier with a message in hand. I opened it up to read and it was from Fire Lord Ozai that I was to return to the Fire Nation for a General's only war meeting, considering I was made General at 12 which broke every record in the Yuu family.

I heard a war cry from an Earth Kingdom soldier before he gets close enough, I swipe my scythe towards him, knocking him to the side. "Men, let's wrap this up!" I shouted out to the soldiers making sure that we can go home, but before any of the men can move a large wave of earth comes towards us. In a split second, I ran towards it hearing the protests from the soldiers as I stopped just before it and blasted a massive amount of purple fire towards the wave of earth making it stop burning to ashes. "I don't have time for this," I muttered to myself as more Earth Kingdom soldiers attacked us, I got fed up and set my whole body on fire letting it spread to the ground as it burnt the Earth Kingdom soldiers around us. I didn't kill them, they were all just unconscious as they all dropped onto the ground all around us in mid-action. "We're heading back" I ordered the men and we began clearing up leaving the injured Earth Kingdom soldiers for dead. The men thinking I had killed all of those soldiers as they packed up all of the tents and putting everything away then we headed back to our ship on the way to the Fire Nation.

We made it back to the Fire Nation in one piece and I went to my assigned room at the time to change ready for the War meeting that was taking place that afternoon, I sat down at my desk writing reports to fill the time. I kept thinking to myself that I would have to listen to those idiots again going on about how young I was, that I knew nothing about war, they usually stop around the time I silence them saying I had been on the battlefield since I was four years old. I had an ominous feeling settle into my stomach as if it felt something wrong was going to happen, if I had known what was to transpire in that War Room I would have said something sooner, I would have done something sooner.

I walked down the corridor with the rest of the Generals towards the War Room, still with the ominous feeling in my stomach as I walked closer. We turned the corner to see a boy about my age at the time seemingly arguing with the guards out front of the War Room, he had the usual pale skin of most Fire Nation natives, his hair was up in a high ponytail with a strand of hair lying on his forehead and wore the royal garb. I knew who this was, it was Prince Zuko. As we got closer to the door, we could hear that he wanted to go inside the War Room with us but the guards just ignored the young Prince. I looked at him closely, he seemed almost bratty at first but there was a fire in his eyes that he had something to prove to not just others but to himself as well. He turned towards our approach, we made eye contact with one another I felt in my stomach flipping inside as my cheeks began to heat up. I knew what was happening and scolded myself, calming my thoughts, I kept thinking to myself "Don't blush!" and taking a deep breath I made sure to look like my normal self as we reached the door, the guards open the door for us holding off the brash young Prince as the doors closed behind us.

Inside the room we sat in our assigned seats, we could still hear Prince Zuko demanding to go inside, I prayed for one reason or another that he never entered this room to hear these old men boast about their conquests in battle or the plan they wanted to set in place for future battles. The feelings I had was of protecting him from their harsh words, they're thoughts, they're ideas everything to protect the young Prince, to keep somewhat innocent.

I take another step forward as the memory fades and look at the two men as they continue to fight, I look closer to see in Zuko's eyes that same fire in his eyes that he had to still prove himself to others. I know inside that he doesn't need to prove himself to others, he has to realise that there is nothing to prove to anyone. I still think of that day, if I had spoken up instead, Zuko never would have had to suffer for however it was that we would be out looking for the Avatar.

A/N: This is Memory Number 9 - Her first thoughts on Prince Zuko. Hope you liked it please comment and the last one is coming up next.