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[banished_prince]

Zuko was at a field near the river and the forest's limit; fiercely throwing kicks and punches to the air, the flow between them now seem forced as the natural elegance of it had been long time lost.

And he looks exhausted, as if he had been training for hours but he stubbornly refuses to take a break. Sweat drips from his temples as he tries

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[lapis_waltz]

Out for a walk along the forest's edge - for the sake of it, perhaps, or maybe to get a better idea of what the borders of the village were like - Lenalee couldn't help but come across Zuko, sprawled out in the grass.

Of course, she didn't know it was Zuko, really. She'd never seen his older face. But something about him struck her as familiar.

"Excuse me..." she started, but couldn't think of much else to say. "...Is everything all right?"

[banished_prince]

At first Zuko didn't want to acknowledge her; he was in no mood to treat with anyone. However her tone had been familiar, enough to made himself unable to ignore.

He moved his hands away from his forehead to look at her. He knew her, but he couldn't put a finger on who exactly she was.

"No." He answered simply, putting his arms over his abdomen and looking into the sky, not bothering to move from his position.

[lapis_waltz]

"Oh...really?" She moved into his field of vision, but didn't block his view of the sky, and smiled. "I'm sorry to hear that. You...look like you're very tired."

[banished_prince]

Zuko let out a soft sound, as if to acknowledge her concern but at the same time not giving too much importance to his current state. "I'm just taking a break." He look into her eyes for a moment, blinking as realization settled on his mind. "You're Lenalee, aren't you?"

[7bladesword]

-Yuffie had heard somebody out here for a while so she finally decided to go check it out-

-When she finally spots him, she tries her best to sneak up on him. When she gets close enough to him she puts her face a few feet above his so she blocks out the sky-

"What are you doing??" She was very curious.

[banished_prince]

Zuko was startled at the sudden interruption, however he didn't show it in any way but with his eyes widening a little. Perhaps he was simply too exhausted.

He sighed and looked at Yuffie with a rather neutral expression. "Resting." He answered simply.

[7bladesword]

Yuffie laughed quietly and sat down beside him. "You must be really tired then!"

[banished_prince]

Zuko let's out a grunt, though not in annoyance, it suspiciously sounds a little amused.

"Maybe I just like to rest outside on the grass." He simply commented, closing his eyes.

[banished_prince]

Zuko frowned at the unexpected visitor, he moved just enough to take a glimpse of him. Grunting and closing his eyes again.

"It's nothing."

[banished_prince]

"Yes, I think I already noticed that the moment I arrived to this place." He answered, sounding slightly irritated.

[turbulent_seas]

Katara noticed Zuko laying on the ground, apperantly exhausted, and walked over to look down at him and said in a voice that didn't seem concerned at all "Something the matter Zuko?"

[banished_prince]

Zuko could feel himself rolling his eyes under his eyelids. He opened up his eyes and looked at Katara, looking unimpressed.

"Like you care."

[turbulent_seas]

She crossed her arms "Looks like you're back to normal alright"

[banished_prince]

"Hn." Was Zuko's eloquent, reply. Settling back to fix his gaze into some clouds as if he found them like the most interesting thing ever. "Don't you have anything better to do?"

[looktoheaven]

"...you're gonna do damage to yourself workin' yourself to exhaustion like that." Ken fell into the grass next to Zuko and tossed over a container of water.

"...Zuko, right?"

[banished_prince]

Zuko quickly caught it, mumbling a small thank you while looking at the guy.

"Yeah," Pulling himself up into a sitting position, he raised at eyebrow at the visitant, trying to remember fast who he was. "You're.. Ken, aren't you?"

[looktoheaven]

"Got it in one," Ken said, grinning. "Nice to meet you when we're the right ages."

[banished_prince]

"Hm, yeah, same." He said and looked to his side absentmindenly, playing slightly with the container of water on his hands.