DOUBLE BENDER, 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙯𝙪𝙠𝙤 [DISCONTINUED]

VIII: On our way to Ba Sing Se

"YOU WERE RIGHT IROH, IT IS A LONG WAY TO BA SING SE."

Cheyenne's POV:
We were already on board the ferry that would take us to Ba Sing Se. We were on the dock looking at the sea. "Who would have thought, after all these years, I'd return to the scene of my greatest military disgrace... As a tourist!"

I lightly smiled as Iroh wore a tourist-like type of hat. "Look around. We're not tourists. We're refugees." I rolled my eyes at Zuko. "Come on, it could be worse. Right now Azula could have captured us. But I mean, it'll take us forever to get there. You were right Iroh, it is a long way to Ba Sing Se." Zuko just grunted as he took a sip from his bowl of soup. He spits the soup as if it was venom. "Ugh!" He said completely disgusted.

"I'm sick of eating rotten food, sleeping in the dirt. I'm tired of living like this." I nodded at his words. I was about to say something but some creepy guy spoke before me.

"Aren't we all?" He had a weird smirk on his face. What...? "My name's Jet and these are my freedom fighters, Smellerbee, and Longshot." The other two guys greeted us. The guy gave me a creepy look, I think he was checking me out. "Hello," Zuko said before putting his arm around my shoulder and looking away. Zuko pressed me close to him, which I think was because he was jealous.

"Here's the deal. I hear the Captain is eating like a king while we refugees have to feed off his scraps. Doesn't seem fair, does it?" Iroh spoke up for the first time this guy appeared. "What sort of king is he eating like?"

"The fat, happy kind." Iroh's mouth gaped as he looked hungry. I laughed at this before a vision came to my mind. This guy was being attacked by Katara. "What the..." I thought as I looked up at the guy, seeing he was very happy. I looked at Zuko and then back at the guy.

"Is the pretty girl interested in helping too?" I looked back at Jet and slightly shook my head to forget my vision. "Yeah, sure. I'm in." Zuko grunted and looked away as if he was jealous again.

...

It was already nighttime when we sneaked out to the kitchens. To my surprise, they were very agile, as if they did this often. Zuko, Jet, and I grabbed as much food from the kitchen as we could. The other two were waiting for us outside. We did it as quietly and fast as we could. Once we were done we heard Smellerbee talk. "Guards are coming." We went back to where we came from by going down from a rope attached to an arrow, not very safe if you ask me.

After we snuck back we gathered all the people to give out the food we had stolen. I was giving the food to the rest of the refugees as I felt someone looking at me intensely. I turned around to see that Jet was staring at me. Gross. Later on, we all sat down together to eat.

"So, Smellerbee, that's an unusual name for a young man." The girl turned around and glared at him. "Maybe it's because I'm not a man. I'm a girl!" Iroh tried to save it, but Smellerbee left before he could say anything else. "It's a beautiful name for a lovely girl!" He said as she was already out of sight.

Longshot stood up and went back for her. They didn't come back, but it looked as if they had a conversation, a deep and interesting one. "From what I heard, people eat like this every night in Ba Sing Se. I can't wait to set my eyes on that giant wall." He kept staring at me with that weird look. Is he trying to flirt with me?

"And I can't wait until you take your eyes off of me. Right, Zuko?" Iroh choked on his tea and Jet blushed intensely. On the other hand, Zuko and I were smirking. "Yeah, please take your eyes off of my girl." My smirk fell when I heard that. His girl...? Oh shit, I was blushing. Now Iroh was laughing and Jet left uncomfortable.

"So you two are really dating! Finally!" I shook my head and laughed at his words. "I was rooting for you two." Zuko looked away and I laughed as I sat closer to him. "These two are like my family..." My smile faded as I remembered that soon I'd be joining the avatar. I sighed as I lay on Zuko's shoulder.

I wanted to live in this moment forever.

Chapter 8: Finished.