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Summary: Zuko and Katara start to find out about their ancestor and along the way of knowing, it brings them closer together or is that all apart of fate anyway?

Chapter One:

Flowers

"Chang'e!" He shouted to his wife, tears flowing profusely out his eyes as he reached for the beautiful woman that was leaving his reach. The woman also reached her arms out for him but she could not reach him either, she was moving farther and farther away toward the Moon.

"Houyi, never forget, my love. I will always be with you." Her soft voice rang through his ears as he did not stop, he jumped in the air, and violently flailed his arms as his wife flew farther away.

The great warrior sunk to his feet, his palms pressed against the sweet, dewy grass of heaven as his eyes were closed shut. He could not continue to watch his wife leave him. "I will always be with you too, Chang'e. In the next life... We will be together... Forever." His feelings and his promised were not heard by his wife who now lived on the moon. His piercing gold eyes never looked so dull, so angry, so lifeless..

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"You're not concentrating hard enough!" shouted the banished prince of the Fire Nation as he yelled as his pupil, the world's only hope. The Avatar. Zuko ran his fingers through his shaggy, black hair as he tried to comprehend why the boy could not focus on him or the bending but only on the water tribe peasant girl, who clearly did not take well with the prince. Aang smiled a crooked, nervous smile as he then begun to noticed that he wasn't concentrating at all but merely focusing his gaze on Katara.

Katara had been watching them train, she had nothing to do since she had finished washing the dishes and it was nowhere near dinner time, and she had finished a little warm up with water bending. Although she hated him, her eyes often found themselves looking at Zuko as he tried to make Aang master at fire bending. The prince had gotten stronger after learning the Dancing Dragon and she had to admit that in someway, she was impressed but she would never speak it out loud.

"Aang, you don't have to train today if you don't want to. In fact, you don't have to go against the Fire Lord! Just let him burn the Earth into nothing! Let him rule over and let everyone you love die in a fiery, painful, burning death!" Zuko shouted which startled both the air bender and the water bender. Aang looked down, his head hanging in a gloomy matter before a look of determination etched on his face.

"I'm sorry, Zuko. I will concentrate now. No more playing around." He said in a very mature and serious voice. Katara couldn't help but let a small smile tug the corner of her lips as she watched Aang start to pay more attention to the lesson. 'That realization is what he need. But I wonder what was keeping him preoccupied... Oh well, probably a memory of the Air benders...' Thought Katara as she stood up and tried to look for something else to indulge herself in. The prince smiled in relief as the female left, maybe Aang wouldn't go back on his word or try to impress the peasant. Looking at his student, he tried to figure out a way to help Aang be more stronger in straight-forward attacks and instead of him sticking to more fleeing and defensive moves. He had to make the boy more aggressive.

Zuko narrowed his eyebrows just a bit, "Aang. You have to stop using Air bending moves in Fire Bending. Fire is aggressive while Air is defensive, if you try not to infuse the two with your type of fighting style, you'll never truly master controlling both elements." The ex-crown prince noted which made the air bender nod his head and decide to get more serious with the training.

"Seems like you're getting better, Twinkle toes." said Toph as she came strolling in. Her blind eyes moving looking at Aang.

"Thanks Toph. Wait, how would you know?" asked Aang as he and Zuko both stopped and looked at the heir of the Bei Fong family with curious eyes which only made the earth bender grin.

Her eyes slowly closed as she let out a small sigh. "You see... Being blind helps me see things that other people can't, right? Just because I cannot see with my eyes does not mean I cannot 'see', ya see?" Toph started which made them look at her with a look of understanding even though they forgotten that she could not see them. "Anyway, I can also read people's chi flow but I do not know pressure points like Ty Lee. Chi helps you get the flow of your element and usually with Aang, his chi with Fire Bending is always having difficulty of flowing." Opening her eyes once more, she looked down before blowing her bangs away from his face.

"Wow. It seems like it is better to be blind than to actually see, that way you don't have to see the horrible tragedies around us." Aang mumbled but Toph heard him, even though she disagreed with him she did not feel like arguing with him about that.

Zuko could see the small frown forming on Toph's face and so, he decided to lead this conversation in a different direction. "I guess that's enough training for today, Aang. We'll pick it up tomorrow morning. Dawn." With that said, he walked over towards the Bei Fong heiress and patted her shoulders to give her a sign that he understood and that made the young girl smile. "See ya later." He said dismissively which 'caused Aang to look his way.

"He's angry a lot." Aang finally spoke after a short period of silence.

"He has every right to be angry."

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I will walk into somebody's dwelling,
Into somebody's dwelling will I walk.

To thy dwelling, my dearly beloved,
Some night will I walk, will I walk.

Sang Katara as she looked for medicinal herbs, just in case there was no water around since she couldn't always use her water bending in the heat of battle since she was always the first one to run short of water. Her head swayed side to side as she kept the rhythm of the song, picking all the herbs she knew she would need and although she wished her knowledge for them was more vast, she tried to work with what was given to her.

Some night in the winter, my beloved,
To thy dwelling will I walk, will I walk.

This very night, my beloved,
To thy dwelling will I walk, will I walk.

"Nice song." a voice said which completely made Katara's head whipped into the direction and to her surprise, it was Zuko. Looking at him with confusion before dwelling with embarassment her eyes slowly narrowed before she looked back at the flowers. "I didn't know you sang." It had been on his mind for sometime now to make peace with her even though she was unwilling to, he walked closer until he was kneeling beside her looking at the herbs.

"Why are you here?" asked the water tribe girl, her soft azure eyes never left the herbs as she placed more into a woven basket she found inside the temple.

"I wanted to talk to you." He admitted with a certain hint of uncertainty which piqued the waterbender's interest. Was he afraid of her? Slowly, her eyes left the medicinal herbs and then at the teenage boy beside her with amber eyes that seemed to be locked onto her face. Was he observing her? Never had he got a good look at her. Her skin was a caramel color, her eyes were almost blue as the sky, her hair was a rich chocolate brown that was usually in loopies but now it was free, revealing its thickness and wavyness.

Katara's eyes softened as she tried to think if she was offended or flattered by him staring at her so intensely like that but she decided not to dwell thoughts any longer. "About what?" she asked softly.

"I wanted to ask you.... If you knew any Fire Nation medicinal herbs? You know some Earth Kingdom and North Pole ones I see." Even though that was not the question he wanted to ask, he wanted to get on her good side just a little to make her more comfortable with him. Blinking several times, she shook her head at his question.

"No, can you give me a hand?" asked Katara as she tried to not let her anger towards him cloud her at this moment.

The ex-prince smiled inwardly as he lifted the head of a very beautiful purplish-blue flower that the waterbender thought wasn't used to medicine, "This is a Platycodon grandiflorus also known as a Bell flower. In the Fire Nation, we crushed this until it is in a gooey like state and rub on foreheads, chests, and noses when someone is ill. It helps open the chest when it is congested, it opens the nostrels when it is congested, and it helps soothe headaches." He explained as he softly tore it from its roots and placed it in her basket. "Usually, just one flower can help up to three people but since we exceeded the number of three, you will need just one more." Azure eyes looked at him with such admiration, how could the crown prince of the Fire Nation know something like that? "Also, it is a very tastey flavor in tea." He said while in thoughts of his uncle, who they had met not too long ago.

Katara smiled just a little before looking back at the other flowers. "I never knew such beautiful flowers had such beautiful gifts as well, usually the ugly flowers do all the work." Chuckling, she caught a faint snicker come from the prince and it shocked her. Had she ever truly heard him laugh before? Controlling himself, Zuko cleared his throat before scratching his cheek.

"True but there are a few more around here that I can help you with." Looking at her and then at the flowers, he wondered if things were always going to be in this comfortable silence between the two.

"I think this is enough for today, maybe tomorrow." Tilting her head to the side, she wondered what his reaction would be. Seeing that all she got was a nod, she stood up and started to head towards the old, abadndoned infirmary.

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This song is something my great-grandmother use to sing. It's a traditional Native American song called "I Will Walk" It's a Chippewa tribe song that she said her friend use to sing since my great-grandmother is black foot Indian.