Courting a Prince: Book 1 (Complete)

ch. 15: Don't Touch Him pt. 1

"Uncle.... Do I have to stay on the ship? I don't really mind if it's for Zu's sake."

"May, things are a little different now than they were back then. The person who wounded you might still hold a grudge against you, and be of a higher ranking. If you are caught here you will die."

I roll my eyes, "Do ya think I've just been sitting on my ass the last three years Gramps? I can protect myself and I have Kai now. I'll be fine, it's Zu you should be worried about."

"May..."

"Former general Iroh. I am not the same little girl you had to say goodbye to three years ago." I unsheathe my swords and twirl them around to make my point clear. In the end, I old the tips of the blades to his throat. "I will be fine."

He sighs, pushing both blades away, "Okay. I'll take your word May, but don't cause too much trouble and keep your hood on."

I completely get that he's really worried, I mean, he has a pretty valid reason to be. "Understood."

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Explanation time!
I kinda just tagged along on their ship, cause honestly I did miss Zuko, like a lot, and I haven't seen him in forever! He's grown up so much and even looks kinda cool now. Iroh was all for me sticking around for a while, and Zu didn't kick me off so he's probably okay with it.
Probably....

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I stretch, walking beside Iroh down the ramp of the ship. "Sucks to be back! Gald this is only a base camp or I would be royally fucked!"

Iron laughs a bit. "Still using language like that after all this time huh? You'll never get married with such a fowl mouth."

I shrug. "Eh, you're probably right, maybe I should try to be less of an ass- or I can just not give a damn."

"Shut up you two!" Hot-head yells at us, which is fair.

"Whatever ya say Zu~." I say that, but still keep talking. "Try and get your repairs done as soon as possible, I doubt ya wanna stay here very long."

Zu talks in his cool egdy teen voice (not making fun of him or anything-). "You're right, we don't want to risk losing his trail."

"You mean the Ava-"
I cover Iroh's mouth and mumble just loud enough for both of them to hear. "Okay, I don't think you wanna say that here. If word gets out that he's alive, you two are gonna have a pretty tough time, y'know?" I pull my hand back and the three of us kinda huddle together, trying to speak in whispers, but Zu's angry voice is as loud as usual.

"Every fire bender in the nation will be after him and I don't want anyone getting in the way."

"Getting in the way of what, Prince Zuko."

The voice made me jump behind Iroh. I don't really know who he is, he just sounds creepy as all hell.

Apparently he's a commander or something- I don't really care. I just know that this man is a hell of a lot of trouble.