(I bet ya all are curious who it is.)

Three days has pass since the rough rhinos were in the village as the sun rose on that day Zuko made his way from his makeshift bed in the watch tower looking out on the village. He took in what has transpire over his time here. Not only did the people start talking to him but actually started to trust him. As he climbed out of the tower to begin his morning walk around to town he notices four men in earth kingdom armour walk up to him.

"Well I was wondering when you cowards would come out from hiding under the rocks."

Zuko said as he was looking out over the horizon. Gow and the other soldiers bow their heads and remained silent for a few minutes until Gow spoke up.

"We are sorry for not being able to fulfill our duties to the village and to the Earth Kingdom."

Looking back out towards the sun.

"You should not be apologizing to me but to the people of this village. What would you suppose would have happen if I wasn't here to help the people that wanted my head on a silver platter?" he stated.

Gow looked away before saying.

"Most likely the village would be burned to the ground."

Zuko looks him straight in the eyes.

"In time they will forgive you like they did me. But know this one more slip up and they most likely will throw you out. Got it!"

Gow and his men place their right arms over their chest a proudly state.

"Yes Lord Zuko."

Zuko looks over the men now under his command.

"Well we better get started then. As long as you do what I say you'll be fine. Which is why from now on you four will take the day watch, I'll take the night. Alright?" he looked to Gow.

"Of course my Lord."

With that him and the other's went to walk the village.

"I could get use to this."

He thought to himself. On that thought he started heading back to Kai's house. Along the way he noticed a lot of young women looking at him and whispering things he couldn't hear. By the time he reached the home he was so confused that he didn't notice Kai when he entered the home.

"What's with the face there kid?" she asked.

"For some reason a lot of girls are looking at me funny and whispering that I can't hear."

She looks at him in a funny way that gets him even more confused.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked her.

"You really are clueless when it comes to women aren't you?"

'That's it this women is officially the female version of uncle.' he thought to himself.

"Get use to it kid, girls love the hero."

Zuko shakes his head, "I'm no hero."

Kai walked back over to the kitchen, "That's not what the people say around here."

"Let them think what they want to think then."

Zuko turns to leave, "I'm going to try and get some sleep before my watch."

"Alright sleep well young man."

A few hours pass before the sun went down. After a few hours in his watch tower he started to get a little restless. Luckily he had a nice batch of tea to drink for the duration of the night. With each sip he savoured to flavor more and more. Mid sip did the thought finally occurred to him,

"I'm turning into uncle."

He told himself out loud before starting to laugh. Just then he notice a figure in black roaming through to front of some stores. Zuko looked over to the disturbance.

"First catch of the night."

He told himself as he put on his mask. He leapt from the tower to the ground without a scratch on him. He ran towards to store, when he got there he whistle to get the guy attention.

"A little late for shopping isn't it?" Zuko asked.

The figure just stood there waiting until he threw a fire wave at Zuko which he used his sword to cut apart.

"Fire bender huh? This should be fun."

The man threw fire after fire at him but it was no good. Using his own fire he pushed the man into a fruit stand. The unknown man lay on the ground defeated.

"Well lets see what's under the mask."

As he started to remove the mask that covers his face his eyes grew wide open under his own mask as he look s at the man before him. A older man with grey hair and sideburns and an old friend to Zuko.

"Jee?"

(I hope you guys liked it! And again credits goes to historyman17.)