Ursa and Mai are two of my favorite Avatar women and ones that (I think) don't get enough love in the fandom, so thank you for featuring them in this story. I also confess to being drawn to any young!Mai and young!Zuko interaction for some reason, so that was also lovely. That Zuko taught Mai how to use her knives...well, I'm not sure how plausible that is, but it's a sweet idea anyway and one I like.

Hey, Mai's is being blinded by love. "He remembered my name," hahah

Generally, I'm a Zutara fan... but I tend to venture into the area of Maiko sometiems, particularly onesided on her part or platonic... or like this, back in their choldhood... and I must say, this was REALLY adorable... I loved how you portrayed the kinda little boy Zuko was, and how quiet and Mai seemed to be as a little girl... and I thought it neat that Zuko might've been the one to inspire Mai to venture into the art of throwing weapons. And god, you made Azula the little evil brat! I'd like to think that Mai and Ty Lee just stick with her because of their parents wishes... that or they're kinda afraid of her... I also liked hwo you wrote for Ursa!

This is really cute... thanks for writing it!

That was adorable...I really like Young!Mai. She's so cute! *squeals* A very well written story. :)

That was a very enjoyable short story, I could really imagine it as part of the show :) I’m not a big fan of Mai, but I really like how you wrote her shy personality. The dialogue between Ursa and her was excellent, and Zuko showing her how to hold the dagger was very cute. And Azula! What a little barbarian, you portrayed her brilliantly.

That was just so cute! I loved the way Zuko was all self-assured and Mai was the shy one, and its normally the other way around in canon. :D Bery nicely done.

This was REALLY adorable and exceptionally well written. I could see and hear everything very clearly as i read. Definitely one for the favorites. =)

fantastic!

I enjoyed it a lot! Very believable...unfortunately, there were several continuity errors that might have been mentioned before...

One: Him practicing with knives. I don't think the son of the Fire Lord would be trained with some sort of trifle like knife-throwing. Why waste your time playing with knives when you can shoot fire from your fingertips? It would probably be a bit more accurate to have him going to a firebending lesson. If you want to bring the knife into the situation, have a little look-aside moment--Zuko pulls out the knife and fools with it awkwardly, then offers it to her...but for a small note...Zuko's no good with knives, but then he throws one during "The Blue Spirit" with quite a bit of skill...so who taught him? Hm...
Also, the twin swords/broadswords thing...Zhao didn't know about them--it was probably a technique Zuko began practicing when he found a pair of antiques inside his room. Nice little technique, though.

I loved the way that you brought Ursa into the story and had her play off with Mai--that was a sweet little scene. And poor Ty Lee...

You're an excellent writer! Honest opinion here, you're good! You depict visuals well, you have variety in your word choice, you have a good blend of dialogue and narration...enough showing, but a touch of telling, which is a good thing. Minimal typos, good spelling, correct word usage, impressive use of punctuation in narration (-He was so close!-), your work is really, really enjoyable to read! I'm impressed. You keep the narration light and flowing, as well. Your words can bring out a smile--I greatly enjoyed the fifth paragraph of the story, where Mai suddenly felt very adventurous. That brought a grin to my face.

Her little depression about not being able to firebend, as well...nice. Very good. Very, very good.

that was really cute!

Aw! That was so sweet! I wish there was more chapters of this! Like he teaches her to fight and that's how she became an assasin.

I freaking loved it. It was so adorable!

Wow! I really liked this one. I loved the feel of Mai's emotions and humor you've put into it (and evey other story you write!). I really enjoyed reading this one :3

this is really good, but there are a few spelling mistakes. i never thought that Mai might have started liking knives because of Zuko. I almost wish I was Mai. almost.

Cool story I support this couple more than anyone else in Avatar.

MAI AND ZUKO 4 EVER!