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Tweak says, "y tho"

Katara of the Southern Water Tribe (k_waterbender) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-11-01 19:06:00

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complete, day 21, katara, toph bei fong, zuko

Day Twenty-One
Who: Katara, Toph Bei Fong, and Zuko
When: Day 21 ; Late Morning
What: Confronting Zuko once again
Where: Building E first, then to the meadow
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete

Katara had been so upset and so bone weary the day before that she’d gone straight to her room to do some relaxing yoga positions before sleeping. She didn’t even eat dinner that night, and she definitely hadn’t gone to Toph with the information she learned about Zuko’s sudden loss of memory. She figured it could wait until she could better collect her thoughts.

She had dreamed about the confrontation between herself and Zuko over and over in a loop in her mind. Each time it was a little more distressed, a little more desperate, a little more insane. Sometimes his fire blast had singed her hair, and sometimes the candles exploded around her, burning her flesh. Other times she had to freeze him to the wall, and still others her voice would suddenly become high pitched and difficult to understand. Other times it all seemed to move in super slow motion, and she felt heavy like she was trying to walk through mud. The entire thing was so absurd that she could completely understand Zuko’s unwillingness to believe her, even if she knew she was right. He thought he was right, too, after all.

Katara didn’t awaken until mid-morning, and the waterbender was still upset about the entire ordeal when she regained consciousness. She went through some relaxing exercises, and they helped to calm her. By late morning, she knew Toph would be waking soon, so she bathed and dressed in her Water Tribe battle attire. She had taken to wearing this ever since the kidnappings occurred, and she wasn’t about to let her guard down, especially not now. She was also sure to strap two full water skins to her back as well before she left her room to cross the hall to Toph’s door. Her fists rapped upon the wood, and she waited for her earthbender friend to answer.

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fire_lord_zuko
2008-11-18 11:51 pm UTC (link)

Zuko stared at the direction where the fireball went, pausing for a long moment before he heard the cheery call of Katara coming from the distance. She would see it in his face that he still didn't trust her, his face scowling slightly as she approached from the distance. She'd still not given him any particular reason to believe what he was saying, and the last time he'd pointed that out to her she'd snapped at him. Not that he'd not done more than his fair share of snapping back at her, but if she really knew she was right what did she have to get upset about anyway? Rather than calling out any greeting back at her, his golden eyes watched her warily, like a wild cat looking as if it might bolt if the conditions were right.

And as he saw Toph with her, the scowl only deepened, regardless of the stance that the earth bender took. She would see him take a fighting stance as the two of them approached, making it clear that if they stepped any closer to him, then he was going to attack her. He'd wondered why she'd come alone to see him yesterday, and now it was clear that he must have disabled the earth bender then, or else she would have. Now that the earth bender was back on her feet the two of them had him outnumbered. He should have attacked her yesterday, even as weak as he'd been, not allowed himself to fall prey to the fact that she was a woman, that she had always seemed... genuinely a good person. She'd fought him, but to protect the one she cared for, not because she had to, not just because he was fire nation.

Or so he'd thought, anyway. Every instinct in his mind told him that the best thing to do was flee, but then, the water bender knew where he slept, what room this planed seemed keen on providing for him. He'd have no where to rest, nowhere to feel truly safe. How could he have been so stupid, to think that she really wanted to help him, that she wasn't out for what was in the Avatar's best interests? He mentally berated himself even as he saw them start to approach, and he growled sharply, raising his hands up in an obvious fire bending pose before sweeping his arms down in front of him. Fire shot from his hands like a blow torch, and while Katara was greatful for the misty morning, Zuko was still standing in a field...

And on the grass her moisture was both a blessing for her and Zuko. As the fire ignited it a large cloud of smoke rose from the green grass, making it hard to see him, and tell what movements he might be making. The fact that it was green meant that it would burn slower than it would if it was dryer, and there was less of a chance of it spreading beyond where he wanted it to, making it easier to control instead of sparking a wildfire. Over the light of the flames Zuko stared at Katara, and once again she would see the face of the fire nation staring back at her, the one that she'd always associated with the one that had killed her mother. This was not the Zuko who had pity, or doubted, this was the Zuko who did what he had to to survive.

"Leave me alone!" Zuko shouted over the roar of the fire. "Both of you!" But he knew that there was a large possibility that they wouldn't listen to him this time, they had the advantage, and he was injured, and everyone here knew it. Even so, the pair of them had just seen him release a powerful firebending attack, perhaps they would think twice about angering him for fear he might know something they didn't expect. Standing in an attack pose Zuko decided to hold his ground. It was now or never, after all. "This is your last warning... Go... or I won't hesistate to defend myself..." he growled sharply, his gold eyes watching both of them, waiting for one of them to strike... especially the earth bender... If he let her cause the ground to cave from underneath him again he was done for... Zuko crouched down low and prepped himself to jump to the side in case she tried it.

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