I looked up from the small corner I was crouched in, dressed in all white with my hair pulled tightly back, to see Zuko had finally shown up.
"Turn around and face the wall" I nodded in response and turned while he changed into his. " Alright, looks like you weren't out of practice. No one suspected a thing. Help me get everything ready" I nodded again and walked over to join him. A couple of minutes in and the door opened. Zuko and I looked back slightly to see our Uncle
"If you are fishing for an octopus, my nephew, you need a tightly woven net, or he will squeeze through the tiniest hole and escape"
"I don't need your wisdom right now Uncle"
"I'm sorry, I just nag you two because... well ever since I lost my son..."
"Uncle you don't have to say it"
"We know" I added with a small smile.
"I think of you two as my own." Zuko turned with a sad look on his face and I walked forward and hugged our Uncle tightly. I'm sure he knows how I feel about him, I mean he basically adopted me when mom left. I let go and stepped back standing by my brother's side again.
"I know Uncle," Zuko said while bowing " We'll meet again..." Uncle grabbed a hold of Zuko hugging him tightly making me smile. They don't hug often so when they do I know it means something. "After I have the avatar" he finished getting into the one-man canoe and grabbing a hold of me, having me stand in it with him. I would move to sit on the front end once it was in the water.
"Remember your breath of fire, it could save your guy's lives out there!"
"We will," Zuko responded.
"And put your hood up, keep your ears warm!"
"we'll be fine!"
"I love you Uncle," I said before we were completely lowered. As soon as we hit the water I moved carefully to not tip us onto the front end of the canoe and Zuko slowly sat to make sure we wouldn't tip. I grabbed hold of the inside so I have something to hold onto and off we went. It was silent for a while before I decided to speak up.
"Hey, Zuko do you think your face will heal soon?"
"Why?"
"It's kind of gross looking" there was a beat of silence before
"Ow!" This boy just hit me with a paddle!
"Whoops, I hope that'll heal soon, the knot on your head is kind of gross looking." I just grumbled as I rubbed my head. "Put your hood up and the mask on you're gonna freeze."
"I thought you said we'd be fine."
"We will be if you listen." I rolled my eyes but listened anyway. The last time I said something mean to Zuko he almost died. Considering our current situation, I'd rather listen to him. We went on in silence until we heard some turtle seals communicating. When we finally got to the wall I looked around slowly.
"So what's the plan?" Zuko looked around, seeming to ignore me "Awww Zuko the turtle seals are so cute!"
"Shh" Zuko responded before turning the canoe around. "Get off on this iceberg" I nodded and once we were close I jumped silently landing and moving out of the way for Zuko to follow. He climbed up to the top and I slowly joined him terrified of falling in. Zuko focused on the water tribe members patrolling the wall and I focused on not slipping.
"So?" Zuko didn't respond again and instead focused on the turtle seals and a hole they were jumping into. "You're joking right"
"Where are they going?"
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Hot Leaf Juice
Hayran Kurguwhat if Zuko and Azula had another sister? what if she was closer to her uncle than her parents? and what if she went with Zuko and Iroh when Zuko was banished? do not expect your typical romance, there will be some, but it'll mainly be platonic bo...
