"Uncle, it's time to leave where are you?! Uncle Iroh?!" Zuko shouted as we looked in the forest for him.

"Over here." Iroh replied sitting in a jacuzzi. I had been walking all day, and the water look so relaxing if it worn't for the company.

"Uncle? We need to move on, we're closing in on the Avatar's trail and I don't want to lose him." Zuko explained but Iroh looked too comfortable.

"You look tired, Prince Zuko. Why don't you join me in these hot springs and soak away your troubles." Iroh calmly replied.

"My troubles can't be soaked away. It's time to go!" Zuko shouted but Iroh had not intention of leaving quit yet.

"You should take your teachers advice and relax a little. The temperatures' just right I heated it my self." Iroh heated it even more.

"Enough, we need to leave now!" Zuko started sounded the way I sounded every time my parents got in a conversation while I wanted to go home. "Get out of the water." Zuko ordered.

"Oh you won't want me to expose myself in front of a very lovely young lady." Iroh asked, I immediately cringed at the thought.

"Yeah, I think I'll just leave." I said starting to walk away.

"Yeah on second thought why don't you take a few minutes, but be back at the ship in half an hour or I'm leaving without you!" Zuko said, as we started walking away.

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"Uncle, Uncle where are you?!" Zuko asked, as we approached the pool.

"Sir, maybe he thought you left without him." A soldier suggested.

"No, something's not right. These rocks." I said, looking at the slide of rocks that used to be the pool.

"It's looks like a land slide, sir." A soldier said.

"No, no land slide would do this!" I hissed looking back at Zuko.

"My uncles been captured by earth-benders!" Zuko gasped in his way.

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Zuko and I took rhinos to find Iroh. "Yup that's uncle Iroh." He said as he smelt the shoe I handed to him. It was on the floor and had been there for sometime.

"Well we're on the trail." I said, getting back on my rhino.

More and more time went on till it wasn't night anymore. At dawn Zuko looked up to see Appa. "The Avatar." He said turning to follow them.

"Zuko, this is your uncle, you can chase the Avatar any time after we find Iroh." I said turning around.

"I don't know about that." Zuko softly replied.

"Your uncle is important, he's your family." I lightly smiled.

Zuko looked down before looking back at me. "Let's go get him from those earth benders."

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"These dangerous hands must be crushed." We could hear a earth kingdom soldier say as he held a bolder near Iroh's hands. We looked at each other and knew we had to work quickly. Zuko sielinly ran up and kicked the bolder away from Iroh. While I charged to two of the earth bended from behind, thej threw bolders at me.

One I dogged dabs the other I cut in half. Zuko kicked fire at the other earth bender and then broke Iroh's chains as he kicked them against the rock.

"Excellent form, Prince Zuko." Iroh remarked as he took a stance.

"You taught me well." Zuko replied, we all stood back to back.

"Surrender yourselfs. It's five against three. You're clearly out numbered." The captain said.

"Ah that's true, but you are clearly out matched!" Iroh smirked, and swung his chains around.

Zuko and Iroh attacked while one tried to throw a typical bolder at me. I moved to the side and and slide under it and when I was close enough I cut him in the leg.

When I got back to my feet he was still in pain from the cut and wide open, I ran closer and cut in him in chest. He fell to the ground and I moved to the next one, the last one.

But Zuko took care of him, I sighed before putting my sword in it's sheath.

"Now would you please put on some clothes." Zuko pouted as we stood among our victory.

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We then went to a small village and the mayor came out of a destroyed house. "Having trouble sleeping? Seen the Avatar lately?" Zuko asked, knowing he was about to get results.

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"Sailing into Fie Nation waters, of all the foolish things you've done in your sixteen years prince Zuko. this is the most foolish." Iroh said, in a tone I hadn't heard him in before yet.

"I have no choice, Uncle." Zuko replied, but I could tell it bothered him just the same.

"Have you completely forgotten that the Fire Lord banished you! What if your caught?!" Iroh asked.

"I'm chasing the Avatar. My father will understand why I'm returning home." Zuko replied, turning from his telescope.

"You give him too much credit. My brother is not the understand type." Iroh hissed back.

"There they are. Helmsman, full steam ahead." Zuko ordered as he saw Appa.

"Huh, really prince Zuko couldn't you shot them down with something more fragrant?" Iroh said, blowing a fan on himself as the soldiers loaded a bolder on the canon.

"On my mark. Fire!" Zuko shouted.

It almost hit them if they hadn't moved. But then we ran into another problem. "A blockade." Zuko hissed, as we started to approach a huge line of ships all blocking our path.

"Technically you are still in Earth Kingdom waters, turn back now and they can not arrest you." Iroh suggested still fanning himself.

"He's not turning around!" Zuko hissed.

"Please, Prince Zuko. If the Fire Nation captures you there's nothing I can do! Do not follow the Avatar." Iroh almost shouted.

"I'm sorry, Uncle." Zuko softly stated, before yelling. "Run the blockade!"

A field of fire balls raged in the sky, all aiming for the Avatar. We were hit as they fell closer and closer for sometime, till one hit our engine.

"Prince Zuko, the engines are damaged, we need to stop and make repairs!" A crewman shouted as he ran out.

"Do not stop this ship!" Zuko ordered back. We kept going and till finally we grew close to the blockade. But the ships were closing in and we were about to be hit.

"We are on a collision course." Iroh warned.

"We can make it!" Zuko replied, tightly holding his fists.

Right when we were about to be hit, it was obvious the ships stopped their engines and let us through.                   

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"What's he up to uncle? Why didn't commander Zhao arrest me?" Zuko asked, I could tell it was driving him crazy.

"Because he wants to follow you. He knows you'll lead him to the prize your both after, the Avatar." Iroh replied as we stood behind him.

"If Zhao wants to follow our trail of smoke. Then that's exactly what I'll let him do." Zuko replied as his mind was at work.

"Uncle, keep heading north. Zhao will follow the smoke trail, while We use it as a cover." Zuko said as we stood in his boat about to lift off.

"Are you sure this will work?" I asked.

"It better work." Zuko hissed back.

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When we got there we ran up to the top of the temple as fast as we could. We quietly walked behind the columns and there was the Avatar. He didn't even see us, Zuko quickly grabbed his arms.

"Now, Aang!" A sage shouted at him, Zuko walked out with him.

"The Avatar is coming with me." He shouted and all the sages got back up and turned the little battle around to our befit. "Close the doors, Quickly." Zuko ordered, the sages started closing them but Aang got out of Zuko's grabs and jumped in right before they closed.

"He made it." Katara gasped.

I tight up Sokka, Kyo, and Katara on the columns as Zuko and the sages tried to open the door.

"Why isn't it working? It's slid shut!" Zuko shouted at them.

"It must have been the light. Avatar Roku doesn't want us inside." The main sage replied.

"Why did you help the Avatar?" Zuko asked as he was tided down.

"Because it was once the sages duty. It is still our duty." After he finished we heard clapping from the stairway.

"What a moving a heartfelt performance. I'm certain the Firelord will understand when you explain why you betrayed him." We turned to see it was Zhao.

"Commander Zhao." The sage leader said with a bow. After my little capture I grew a despise for the man.

"And Prince Zuko, it was a noble effort but your little smoke screen didn't work. And of course the earth colony girl. Three traders in one day, the Fire Lord will be pleased." Zhao said, holding his head highs being very pleased with myself.

"You're too late Zhao! The Avatar is inside and the doors are slid!" Zuko hissed.

"No matter, sooner or later he has to come out." Zhao replied as his men walked up to tie us up.

"When those doors open, unleash all your fire power." Zhao ordered to his men.

Since I couldn't see a thing were I was I tried to get Kyo's attention, which wasn't hard. I knew it was my little bro, It just had to be.

I nudged my head in Zuko's direction and he nodded back making sure no one saw us before smiling.

Just then the doors opened and from what I heard Roku unleashed everything he had on the temple. He dealt a deadly blow to scare them away which melted all the chains, including ours.

"Come on!" Zuko shouted at me as he grabbed my hand.

As first I followed without a thought but then I realized I was holding Zuko's hand. I was probably speechless, that is if he was talking to me.