26For the past two days Zuko and Akida had played non stop pranks on one another. And after a poor crew member had been unfortunate enough to get caught in one of Akida's tar and feather traps the crew quickly learned not to get in the way of the feuding teens.
Speaking of which...
"ZZZZUUUKKKOOOO!" Akida roared, stomping out of the bathroom. Around her body was a towel and her hair was a shade of electric blue.
"Yes? I'm busy Akida." He said peeking out of his room. His eyes widened when he saw what she was wearing but soon reverted back to their usual size.
"I mention taking shower once and you switch the shampoo with berry dye!" She yelled.
"I have no idea what your talking about." Zuko smirked.
Akida glared at him before stomping back into the bathroom.
Next Day
"AAAKKKKKIIIDDDDAAAAAA!"
"Yes Zuko?" She asked sweetly looking at his furious face camly (Her hair still blue).
"Where is my underwear?"
"Not on the flag pole if thats what your asking." She said her eyes clouding over at the fond memory.
"No! WHERE IS MY UNDERWEAR?!"
"Aren't they in your drawer?"
"those..." He began icely "are women's thongs."
She stared at him blankly before pulling away in a gasp.
"Zuko! I didn't know you were into that kind of thing!" She cried.
"I'm not!" He yelled steam coming off of him.
"Whats all this noise?" Iroh asked walking into the scene.
"Iroh its horrible! Zuko wears women's underwear!" Akida cried running into his arms.
"Zuko?!"
"Shes lying!"
"Your drawer is full of women's thongs! What are we suppose to think?!" Akida yelled. "I bet you no other soldier has women's underware!" She yelled running down the hall and throwing a random door open.
"Crap!" Came a surprised voice and Zuko walked over interested at the look of disgust on Akida's voice. His face twisted up at what he saw as well.
"Lt. Minz...what are you wearing?" He asked.
"Sorry sir..." The Lt. said, a thong covering his lower half with the word 'Sexy' squeezed on the back.
Akida slammed the door and looked at Zuko's smirking face.
"I...stand corrected." She said before walking off in a daze.
Later that Day with Zuko and Iroh
"Zuko..."
"sigh Yes Uncle?"
"I think we should give Akida her own room."
"What?! Why?!"
"Because wether you like it or not Zuko, Akida lives on this ship now and it would be very ungentlemen like to have her keep using that storage room as her room."
"She seems to like it just fine." Zuko snorted.
"Zuko..."
"Fine!"
"Great! I'll move her in next to your room."
"Whatever...!..Wait what?!"
"Too late it's been decided." Iroh said calmly sipping his tea.
"Hold on! Why next to MY room?!"
"Because its the only one avaliable."
"But-"
"It's been decided Zuko." Iroh said more sternly.
Zuko fumed silently.
Later with Akida in the group as well.
"Really?! I can have my own room?" Akida asked Iroh happily, totally ignoring Zuko.
"Yes, its right next to Zuko's." Iroh said.
The smile on Akida's face faltured a bit.
"Oh really?"
"Yes." Iroh said not noticing the change in Akida's face.
Zuko did though and he sent her a small glare which she returned out of the corner of her eye.
"Then its settled! We'll have you move in right away!" Iroh said happily. "But first Akida, will you take me on in Chinese checkers?"
Akida smiled before Iroh broke out the board and the two started playing leaving a still fuming Zuko to his thoughts.
Later that Night
Zuko was restless, and I mean restless. He was tossing and turning trying to get to sleep. After he had to help set up Akida's room he had fallen asleep, but a dream about the day of his banishment had shot him awake. Something about that dream bothered him but he couldn't remember. When he finally found a comfy spot he started to drift back to sleep, but the part of his dream that was bothering him, came back causing him to shoot up in bed. In the crowd of people that witnessed his Angi Kai against his father he had seen Akida's face. Storming to the room across the hallway he threw open the door angerly causing Akida to bolt up with a yelp.
"Zuko?! What is it?!" She yelled at him.
Striding over to her he yanked her from her bed gruffily and held her by her wrists.
"You were there weren't you?! I saw your face!"
"What?! What are you talking about? Where have I supposidly been?" She asked mad now at him for waking her up.
"Don't play stupid! I saw you in my dream! You were there weren't you?! And all this time you've been silently mocking me"
He yelled getting madder by the second.
"Dream?! You mean you stormed in here and woke me up over a stupid dream?!" She yelled at him.
"Where you there or not?!"
"Where the heck was I suppose to be?!"
"Answer me!" Zuko yelled his body eating up with his anger. Of course he didn't notice but the still soild Akida did.
"Zuko your hurting me! Let go!" She said trying to pull her captured wrists away.
"Not tell you answer my question!"
"I don't know what your talking about! Now let go!" She yelled blowing him into the wall.
When his head cleared he saw Akida cradling one of her burnt wrists with a grimace on her face. Sending him a cold look she ran out of the room.
"Get back here!" Zuko yelled following her.
She didn't listen of course but slammed the door up to the deck in his face locking it from the outside.
Fumbling with the door Zuko growled. 'Who's idea was it to put a outside lock on this thing?!' He growled angrily before melting the the lock and throwing the door open.
For a minute he couldn't find her but then spotted her. She was standing on the last rung of the railing balancing almost perfectly, her white nightgown blowing in the wind, ready to jump. Running up to her he caught her around her waist and pulled her back. She started kicking and scratching, trying to get free.
"Dang it Akida, hold still!"
"Yea right as if!" She snarled back before biting his arm.
Growling he loosened his grip enough for her to get free and run for the railing again. The clouds that had been blocking the moon moved away for a bit revealing the once full moon was gone with a sliver missing. As they parted Zuko noticed it was midnight by the darkness of everything else. Akida was climbing over the railing when Zuko grabbed her again but a glow of light surrounded her before his arms felt nothing in them. She jumped off and floated in the air for a bit, her hair back to its firey red, her air bending clothes on once more, and no burnt wrists anymore. Glaring at him for a while Akida then turned and disappeared. Leaveing Zuko to glare at the spot she had just been.
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I know its a bit short but let me know how you liked it!
Aqua Sky