Jaya's eyes snapped to him when Nikko told her to fight him. Her eyes widened as she looked at him in disbelief, "What?" She laughed a little and shook her head, "I... I couldn't.... I've never fought a water bender and..." She looked at her hands, thinking back to the fire she had bent in her anger. She had more or less mastered her element but that didn't make her anymore comfortable with it, "I could hurt you..."

Her gaze drifted back up to him, "Besides.... You don't even have any water...."