He reached over to a pile of scrolls sitting on a small table between the bed and the chair and retrieved one. He began unrolling it. It was difficult with one hand; Katara helped pull it taut. The pictures showed to men in a rough clearing surrounded by greenery. Fire burst from their fists and feet. Their clothes were a little strange, just pants and no shoes. And off in one corner, hidden behind a tree, was a woman watching them.

"Who's that?"

"That's, uh, the girl they're both fighting over."

"Ooh, the plot thickens."

Zuko smiled. "There are a lot of different versions of the legend," he said. "Every island says they started the tradition. But most of them say it began with a love triangle."

Katara leaned over him. "Let's see how special this girl really was." She began pushing at the scroll.

"We should start at the beginning," Zuko said. He sounded uncomfortable. Katara wondered if her hair itched him -- it was sort of all in his face.

She pulled away. "Okay. Sorry. You read it."

Zuko spread the scroll over both their laps. He cleared his throat. "Long ago, before the islands became a nation, two men from the big island fell in love with the same woman. Their names were Agni and Kai, and the woman they loved was named Kuma."

Katara knew that name from somewhere. At the moment, though, she couldn’t quite remember where, and Zuko was still talking: "Kuma was gentle and beautiful and strong. She was useful to her whole family, and a powerful bender. No matter what Agni or Kai did to impress her, she could do it twice as well. This was the source of their love for her, but also the source of their frustration. They tried and tried to find a way to make her notice them above all others. They climbed volcanoes. They dived for pearls. They fished for mighty leopard-sharks and even quested for dragons. But Kuma was not to be easily swayed, and she told Agni and Kai that despite their feats of prowess, she favored them both equally. "
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A/N: From Fandomme's "Stormbenders" O:
My new canon

(If you are reading it and haven't found out who Kuma is, reread chapter seven)

Anyways, i needed to do a tribute to this story. it is amazing. I chose this scene because this chapter is where we see that Zuko really loves her, and see how little she really knows about it. Kuma was the fake name Zuko gave her when they were in hiding in the fire nation. It is significant.

Katara doesn't know of his feelings and is looking at the scroll. But he is looking at her. Only her.
<3

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