This takes place one year after Avatar ends. Everyone except for Sokka and Katara have split up and are meeting again for the first time-I've never really written a story for Avatar before, so please-go easy on me, and enjoy!
One last thing, yep, this is indeed a Zutara story-Zutara forever!
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Chapter One
"Aang!" shouted Katara excitedly, the brown haired blue eyed water bender ran over to her boyfriend and gripped him into a tight hug
Aang pulled Katara in and tried to kiss her, Katara pulled back, and they both blushed
"Hey buddy, how ya been?" asked Sokka going in between them, grinning
"Pretty good, me and Appa have been traveling the world, haven't we buddy?" said Aang petting his giant bison behind the ears
Appa roared happily
"Hey, don't forget about me" said Zuko tapping Sokka on the shoulder
"Zuko!" shouted Sokka excitedly, turning around and hugging him
"Uh…yeah…it's…great to see you too Sokka" said Zuko laughing awkwardly
"Hey" said Katara letting go of her grip on Aang "How have you been? It's good to see you" she smiled softly
"It's great to see you too" said Zuko quietly "Running the Fire Nation, hasn't exactly been the easiest, but Aang visited me a couple times and helped lightened the load"
"That's me…Mr. Load lightener" replied Aang cheerfully. Everyone laughed
A wad of dirt suddenly shot at Sokka's head
"Hey…what the…?" he looked over and saw Toph standing there grinning mischievously
"Hey stranger" said Toph
"Toph! Where have you been? What have you been up to? How is everything….did you…have you…-? I missed you so much" shouted Sokka hugging her
"Um…thanks…" said Toph turning around, hiding her cherry red face "I missed you too…all of you. I went to see my parents in the Earth Nation, I asked Aang to drop me off. We talked, and they actually realized that I'm a strong earth bender, who can be independent and safe" said Toph
"Really?" asled Aang
"C'mon. you're too gullible" said Toph "Truth is I stayed here, they got my letter and wrote back, they said they wanted me home immediately, I talked a nice boy into reading it for me"
"Nothing's changed huh?" asked Sokka
"Nope, but at least they got my letter. That alone is a relief" said Toph
Katara smiled at her, it had taken Toph a lot of courage to write that letter
"So-what are we standing around here for? Let's go take a look around and have some fun!" said Aang
Everyone began walking through the city, looking through shops, chatting about life and general, just having a good time. When they were in a rug shop, there was a blast of fire shot at the door
Most everyone except Aang and the gang panicked
"Everyone stay calm; guys..." said Aang turning to Katara, Zuko, Sokka, and Toph "Stay here….I'm going to investigate"
Aang went to the entrance of the store, leaving Katara, Zuko, Sokka, and Toph to try and calm down the shoppers
They decided to split up into groups of two, Sokka and Toph, and Katara and Zuko
"Mew…" sounded a voice suddenly
"What the….?" asked Zuko curiously
"Zuko, look there's a kitten!" said Katara in a hushed voice, holding a small white kitten in her arms
"Mew" spoke the kitten cheerfully
It put its paws on Zuko's face and licked his nose
Katara giggled
"You think that's funny do you?" asked Zuko, he pet the kitten on top of its head and Katara tickled the kitten's stomach
The whole store was now clear, except for Aang and the gang, because Aang had put out the fire
Katara set the kitten on the floor and drummed her fingers across the floor. The kitten lifted its butt high up in the and leapt at her fingers, running every direction her fingers were going
Zuko did the same and he and Katara laughed. This seemed to go on for hours, until, Katara suddenly picked up the kitten and noticed something
"There's a cut beneath its eye…poor thing"
"Let me see…" said Zuko leaning forward, getting a closer look
"You're right there is a cut beneath its eye…"
"I have an idea…" said Katara looking around making sure no one was watching
She put her mouth to Zuko's ear and whispered
"How about we keep it and raise it as our own?"
"Why?" asked Zuko, baffled
"Don't you think it'd be fun….?" Asked Katara "We could be parents"
"Who says I wanna be a dad?" asked Zuko crossly
"Who says you don't…? I saw the way you acted around this kitten, plus, do you see the owner of the shop? If it were their kitten, they would have taken it with them. I bet it's abandoned…please Zuko, just for a little bit?" asked Katara looking up at Zuko wide eyed
The kitten laid on its back, meowed and looked at Zuko wide-eyed
Zuko blushed
"Well….okay, why not?"
Well...what do you think? I know its a bit newbish but I have short term memory, aspbergers syndrome,and recenlty moved out with not much access to a computer,so take it easy on me. Nope,no excuses, these things be true THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING! This story was inspired by a dream I had, that actually made me turn into a Zuko/Katara fan right away. I used to be an Aang/Katara fan, still am...but Zutara has stolen my heart & won't give it back Anyway...let me know what you think, and folks, please don't give the story a bad review because you don't like the pairings, or don't like me. I know you guys are better than that[you like this and have good taste-you better be ; )] Love Always, Michelle
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