Back Where? [AVATAR X NARUTO]

45: Corrupted

Zuko's arm was wrapped up in bandages. His eyes were gently closed as the soft breeze from the window blew past our skin. There was a hot mug of jasmine tea in between my gentle fingers, still steaming as I drank it. My long hair would drape past the chair I sat on and I would stare out the window, looking towards the clear sky. With my keen posture, it looked like I was of royalty...which I was. 

My eyes drift back to Zuko who was softly breathing in his sleep. He was cleaned up and the healers here were a bit more advanced than us so the scar around his arm would be smaller than the damage that was due. 

Someone's coming I thought closing my eyes and feeling loud foot stomps, running towards the door. My eyes opened softly to see who it was, I swiveled in my chair to look at the visitor.

"Lucia?" I tilt my head to the side.

He pants for a breath then entered the room. "How is he?" He breathes heavily as I stood and up and walked him to my chair.

"Sit and rest, you're already panting for air." I informed, sitting on the side of Zuko's infirmary bed. My head turns to him.

"Zuko is fine, he's sedated right now so he won't wake up for awhile," I sigh then sip of my mug of tea. "The medical shinobi managed to shrink his scar just so it's around the size of a pencil, it's better than it around his entire arm anyways."

Lucia ties his hair with a blue ribbon then looks over Zuko. 

"I told them his real name." He blurts.

I shrugged. "It would've been said sooner or later." Then took another sip from my cup. I place the warm mug on the wooden drawer beside his bed then looked to Lucia.

"When did you wake up?" I perched.

"About half an hour ago," He replied. "Can I have some of your tea?".

I nodded, giving him permission as he raised a sphere of tea with his water bending then placed it in his mouth.

Its been three hours since Zuko's match. Three hours ever since I shed some tears and tried to prevent awful things. I'm okay now but its embarrassing and saddening to think about what happened.

"You seem so calm." Lucia perks up with a glint of concern.

I blink several times then exhaled heavily. "I'm fine, its just that I'm in deep thought." I proclaimed placing my hand on top of Zuko's.

"His hand is a bit cold," ba-dump. "But there's a steady heart beat I can feel."

Lucia nods. "It's a start."

I laughed humorlessly. "Yeah, I suppose it is, how were the matches?" I asked expecting a detailed explanation.

He awkwardly chuckles. "Well, I was asleep for most of them but Naruto won his match." Lucia states awkwardly.

"Oh...well that's not much, though I wonder how Naruto won, did you see how?" I looked towards Lucia.

"Well it was sheer luck," Lucia laughs. "His opponent was Kiba and Kiba had a strong nose," He paused momentarily. "And...well Naruto farted so it stung Kiba's nose, man what luck." Lucia praised.

I smiled. "Sounds like something he would do, I'm not surprised." I commented with a snort.

Then it became silent once more. I would glance down to Zuko every now and then but Lucia was quite respectful when he was here. He wouldn't say much after that other than loud exhales and tapping his finger on the arm of the chair. He crossed his legs and looked out the window, of course I couldn't help but glance at him from time to time.