Fire Queen

Chapter: 8

When I walked into the dining room everyone was already sitting for diner except Zuko, everyone's eyes stayed stick to me as I took my normal seat next to his, "Is Lord Zuko joining us?" I asked looking at one of the servers, who haven't put utensil in front of Zuko's spot,

"No fire Lady, he won't" she replied, bowing, "We should start then," I said putting a piece of tuna in my plate, everyone is sitting still not touching their food, "Please dig in," I said looking down to escape everyone's gaze,

"So how's peace treaty going?" I asked looking at Sokka, who is staring at his food; normally he is swallowing it down without chewing it by now, "Good, we are finalizing it these days" he said, shrugging,

"Ryu..." Katara was about to start but I cut her off, "Guys can we just skip me the embracement, I am fine so let's move on"

"I just can't believe he did that," Sokka said moving his food around with his chopstick, "I don't either, we were going so good, but like always he had to ruin it, he always does something stupid when we make progress in our relationship," I said eating the tuna,

"I will talk to him," Aang said, "No don't, I will handle this myself," I said,

"How?" Katara asked, "I don't know now, but I will find a way, I know that General Lee is polluting his mind against me"

"Why you think it is General Lee? Aang asked,

"I don't think, I know it is him, he warned me before"

I took a sip of my drink, "What I want you all to do is stay supportive to him, like tell him how you feel but don't push him, if we force him he will push all of us away, he needs you all more than ever, we can't leave him with general Lee alone, I have a bad feeling it will turn ugly"

"What about you?" Sokka asked,
"I will be patient, he will come back to his senses eventually, I just need to wait, and show him my respect and loyalty, other than that I will have to find a way to send General Lee away"

"So your plan is being nice till he comes back to being nice?" Sokka asked in a sarcastic tone,

"Sokka listen to me, if I push he will push back, either I let him have his way and still be close to him or I push and he will push me away, everyone knows how stubborn he is, he just needs time he will find his way around"

"Is this the same girl who said she is losing her faith in him?" Katara asked with a smirk, "I lost mine and I found my way back so will he" I replied,

"He has to, I don't even want to imagine if he didn't," I said,

After dinner when I walked into my room Kai was already waiting in my room pacing around, "Kai?" I said, she bolted toward me, grabbing me by my both arms,

"Ryu thank goodness you are here," she said, she looked terrified, "Kai what happened?" I asked, putting my hands on her face,

"Lord Zuko" she said but then went silent again,

"Lord Zuko what?" I asked getting a little scared, "Jiang doesn't want me to tell you but I can't keep it" she said rubbing her hands,

"What Kai tell me, is Jiang okay?" I screamed, if Zuko and Jiang is in the same sentence it won't end good, "He is fine... for now" she said,

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, already know where this is going,
"He threatens Jiang, he told Jiang if he didn't keep his distance, he..." her voice broke, I can feel my heart sank, he threatens Jiang, he did that,

"Where is Jiang?" I asked, "My room," she said, I dashed toward her room, I burst the door open without knocking, Jiang was laying in the bed, he picked himself up, he have a burst lip, Zuko did that I know he did,