Takeo was Zuko's best friend as a kid and Mai's little Brother. He was always the more levelheaded one in their friend group along with Ty Lee. The last time he saw any of his friend was right after Zuko got banished in front of all the kingdoms nobility. He ended up having to go along with the banished prince and deeply resents him for it. For nearly three years he had been stuck at sea with the whining boy on an impossible quest to capture the avatar, the Legendary master of all four elements that disappeared just over a hundred years ago. Takeo had lost all hope of ever finding him. He was struck a deal though, he would be allowed to return home when he was 19, so Takeo bided his time. The years passed with Takeo filling with more and more anger and resentment day by day until, they actually found him! The avatar was alive, he was formidable, he was a 12-year-old child that kept besting them at every turn.