Zhou stopped on the corner of the street. The North kingdom was not near as advanced as Republic city which would be frightening or wondrous to someone else. But he has already seen it in his travels and was trained to know about the advances. His hand Gripped his sisters engagement necklace in his palm. He had no lead on where to find his sister. Horrible reports of young girls alone can easily be kidnapped and thrown in a life of pain and misery. This waS the best place to find out if she was here or not. Most of the world information came through here. 
He slipped the necklace in a inner pocket of his shirt and looked back toward Mizuki, a young water bender who he met in the North kingdom who was traveling as well. They decided to travel together for protection. Where as he didn't need it he couldn't let her walk around alone. He shifted his sword on his back as he noticed a few people giving him looks but not many.
"Well we made it finally. What was your reason for traveling here to this place again?" He asked her. 
As for him, he hoped three years wouldn't be too late..."