Zuko and I were practicing when the ship hit a sudden turn. "Someones' changed our course."

Zuko went to the deck where Iroh and several others were playing Pi Sho. "What's the meaning of this mutiny! No one told you to change our course!" He shouted at the navigator.

"Actually I did, I assure you it is of the upmost importance." Iroh said, rubbing his chin with thought of his game.

"Is it something to do with the avatar?!" Zuko asked, hoping his uncle finally did something more effective.

"Even more urgent, it seems I lost my lotus tile." Iroh calmly stated while Zuko looked like he was about to burst.

"You changed our course for a stupid lotus tile?!" Zuko pulled his chest out to show more anger.

"See like you, most people underestimate it, just give me ten minutes to search the markets, and I can get on with my life." Iroh rose his brow.

While Zuko breathed two deep frustrated breaths, then let out smoke from his mouth, filling the whole room with it.

"I'm so Lucky to have an understanding nephew." Iroh said, with a smile.

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Zuko and I stood in front of an alley waiting for Iroh, he walked up with an unreadable expression. "I've checked. Not a lotus tile in the entire marketplace!" Iroh seemed a little upset about that, but not as much as Zuko.

"It's good to know this was a complete waste of time for everyone!" Zuko snapped at Iroh with his arms folded.

"Not entirely, I always say the only thing better then finding something you're looking for. Is finding something you weren't looking for, at a great bargain." Iroh said, as the crew men and soldiers walked by carrying his things that he just bought.

"You bought a sunki horn?" Zuko asked.

"For music night on the ship. Now if we only had some wood winds." Iroh said to himself, at the end as he walked off. Zuko started glaring at me like it was all my fault.

"What? Don't blame me. It was all his idea." I replied putting my hands on hips in defense.

Zuko still glared at me that way as he followed Iroh.

As Iroh and Zuko walked ahead I could hear them talking. "So, I think Mia is excellent as a lady friend." Iroh teased, with a huge smile and a nudge at Zuko's arm.

"W-what?!" Zuko spat, being completely thrown off his mad boy groove, and even though I stood away I could still see that Zuko started blushing.

"And I get the vibe she likes you." When Iroh said that, I started blushing and frantically fixing my hair and acting like I wasn't listening. And whistled just to confirm, Zuko looked looked back at me and I immediately turned the other way.

"This place looks promising!" Iroh said, with a huge smile, as he pointing at a ship.

The only thing I could think was; "Thank God!"

"Ohhh that is handsome! Wouldn't it look magnificent in the galla?" Iroh asked me as we looked at a thing with rubies on its neck.

"We lost the Water Tribe Girl and the little bald monk she was traveling with." We could hear a man tell his captain.

"This monk, did he have an arrow on his head?" Zuko immediately asked.

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"Shouldn't we stop to search the woods?" The captain asked as we went in Zuko's boat down a river.

"We don't need to stop. They stole a water bending scroll right?" Zuko asked to see the captain shook his head. "Then they'll be on the water." He replied.

After awhile we could hear Katara talking to herself. "Stupid scroll!" We all looked at each other and knew our next move.

We landed the boats, Zuko and I went behind a brush and when she ran in our direction Zuko went up and grabbed her arms. "I'll save you from the from the Pirates."

"Tell me where he is and I won't hurt you or your brother." Zuko said, as Katara was tided to a tree.

"Go jump in the river!" She shouted back.

"Try to understand, I need to capture him to restore something I've lost, my honor. Perhaps in exchanged I can restore something you've lost." Zuko flashed the necklace around her neck and putting it back up.

"My mother's necklace. How did you get that?" She asked.

"I didn't steal it if that's what your wondering. Tell me where he is." Zuko demanded, I sighed in aw with my arms folded.

"No!" Katara bitterly shouted.

"Enough of this necklace garbage! You promised the scroll!" The Pirate captain growled.

"I wonder how much money this is worth?" Zuko asked, holding the scroll under a ball of fire.

"No!" They all gasped.

"A lot apparently. Now you help me find what I want, you'll get this back and everyone goes home happy. Search the woods for the boy and meet back here!" Zuko ordered putting the scroll back.

"Fine." The captain snapped.

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"Nice work." Zuko softly said.

"Aang, this is all my fault." Katara said.

"No, Katara, it isn't." He replied.

"Yeah it kind of is." Iroh remarked.

"Give me the boy!" Zuko hissed.

"You give us the scroll." The captain replied as the two sides stood ready to fight.

"You're really going to hand over the Avatar for a stupid piece of parchment?" Sokka teased with his Sokkasom.

"Don't listen to him! His trying to turn us against each other!" Zuko shouted.

"Your friend is the Avatar?" They asked.

"Sure is. And I beat he'll fetch a lot more on the black market then that fancy scroll." Sokka replied.

"Shut your mouth you Water Tribe peasant!" Zuko snapped, clenching his fists.

"Yeah Sokka, you really should shut your mouth." Aang added to make it even more believable.

"I'm just saying, it's bad business. Just imagine how much the Firelord would pay for the avatar. You guys would be set for life." Sokka said with a grin, he knew they were about to turn on us.

"Keep the scroll. We would buy a hundred with the reward we'll get for the kid." The captain said waving a hand was they started walking away.

"You'll regret breaking a deal with me!" Zuko growled before he and his men threw fire blasts at them.

They used the smoke and pulled Zuko and his men in. Threw the fight. The captain looked in the smoke for Zuko, which everyone completely forgot about me. I grabbed his back and pulled him away. He quickly swung back but I blocked it with a quick slide of the hand. We stood glaring at each in the eyes, till he swung at my feet, I hit it with my own and leased it to the ground. I had him in a bind, just then a fire blast hit his back. He moved to the side to see it was Zuko.

He tried to hit Zuko's legs but he blasted three fire balls at him. I moved to the side and was about deal a deadly blow. Till Iroh grabbed my arm and Zuko's ponytail, which turned him around and put a feet on captain's sword.

"Are you so business fighting you can not see your own ship has set sail?!" Iroh asked and none of us knew what he was talking about, well I did but that was because I already knew what was happening.

"We have no time for your proverbs uncle." Zuko replied.

"It's no proverb." Iroh said pointing at the ship sailing off.

"Bleeding hog money's!" The captain gasped before running after it.

Zuko laughed in a mocking tone as he pointed at him. I couldn't help but at least smile at the beautiful sound of Zuko's laughter. Note to self: make Zuko laugh.

"Hey! That's my boat!" I snapped out of it to Zuko shouting.

"Maybe it should be a proverb?" Iroh asked as he held his chin.

"Come on, Mia, come on uncle."

"My boat!" Zuko shouted looking under the cliff to see it down the waterfall.

"Prince Zuko, you're really going to get a kick out of this. The lotus tile was in my sleeve the whole time!" Iroh chuckled with a huge smile, holding it out.

Zuko hissed and breathed heavy before grabbing it and throwing it out to the world. I myself collapsed on the soft grass, we had ran for same time chasing that boat.