I'll wait for you

I don't own Avatar although if I did I wouldn't have stopped at three books.

Chapter 1

It's who I am

The war had ended thanks to Aang, Zuko was crowned as the new Fire Lord and we where setting off to rebuild the world but not with out a quick stop in Ba Sing Se. I enjoyed the tea we had in Iroh's shop I watched as Aang walk out of the room. I don't know what made me follow him and I was so surprised at how forward I had been that day. I kissed Aang, I leaned in and kissed him like it was the thing I had to do...ok so I wanted to but that wasn't the point. I wanted to be the one to kiss him this time after all he kissed me the first time. So here we where back in the Southern Water Tribe.

"Home sweet home..." I said as I got off of Appa walking with my dad "You know I've seen the world but there is no place like home."

"Well I can't see a thing..." Toph complained to me as her feet hit the ice "I can't feel them either...so this is the southern water tribe...nice. Well lets get going back to the earth kingdom or hey how about we go and to the Fire Nation."

I watched her stumbel back to Appa and sit on his tail, I really couldn't help but smile.

"Look twinkle toes" She stated pulling Appa's tail closer to her for the worth "Lets just get this place rebuilt as move on our way, it's way to cold here."

"Oh come on Toph." Sokka said picking her up "I'll put you in front of a nice fire you wouldn't even feel the cold."

"yeah yeah"

Home really had changed in the time Sokka and I where away. I know that it was because of Master Paku or as I should call him Grandfather Paku now. I looked around the village it was starting to kind of reminded me a little of the Northern Water Tribe. I was smiled when got my first look at Gran Gran walking with master Paku. I looked over at Aang who was already playing in the snow with a few kids from the village. I walked over to the newly made wall that was around our village. I got onto the top and looked out into the south pole. It was nice to be home and to be able to see the beauty of the country of my birth.

I stood there watching the clouds move over the sun and several animals swim by. I was home this was my home and now I was going to set out to doing what I always wanted to do...teach. I had trained the Avatar how to waterbend and now I was going to help bring it back to my home. I have no idea how long I was up on the wall I had forgotten that in some places in the world the sun didn't set. I felt an arm wrap around me and pull me on to a hard body.

"How long are you planing to be out here?" A voice asked that I know at once to me Aang "You have got to be cold, I mean you haven't been home in a long time you can have to be cold. I mean I can firebend and I'm cold!"

I couldn't help but smile and give a little laugh. Leave Aang to turn everything into a joke.

"Oh it's not that bad" I smiled at him "I'm a waterbender remember and the cold just a part of life...that or living in the swamp."

"it's still cold to me." He pulled me into a hug "Come on you father said dinner would be ready soon."

I took his hand and started to walk into my father's house. True it was my house too, it just didn't really feel like home after my trip all over the world with the Avatar. I saw Sokka walk into the house after he had been teaching a few of the boys from the village how to fight just like him. He had come home to being much of a hero of our tribe.

"You think I won the war the way they are acting." He said to us as we walk into the room "I'd bet that they'd forget all about me if you did a little Avatar glow."

Dinner was great it was the dinner I had dreamed about sense I left home. I watched as Aang picked around his food Toph wasn't much better but they at least ate a little. I smiled after dinner was done and Sokka going on about wanting to see Suki sometime soon. I rolled my eyes and got up to walk away from my mooning brother.

"Katara" Aang asked me "Can I talk to you for a second."

"Sure" I said getting up "We'll go outside?"

We walked out of the house and headed to check on Appa. When we got to Appa Aang turned and looked at me. The look on his face was one that I had never seen before and I had seen the range of him faces.

"Aang what's with that face?" I asked him as I placed a hand on Appa nose "You look like you're about to tell me something really bad."

"Well it's not bad news?" Aang told me with a sheepish smile "You see Katara I'm going to be going on the trip I should have gone one when I was told I was an Avatar. You said I have mastered water bending but Toph and Zuko both say I need more work. So I'm going to the Earth kingdom and then to the Fire nation. I don't know how long I'll be gone but I have to go it's part of being an Avatar. I'll always be leaing you to help take care of the world."

I felt my face fall, this wasn't what I thought he was going to say to me.

"So when do you want us to leave?" I asked hoping that he had wanted to ask me to come along "We can leave now if you want?"

"That's just it Katara I have to go alone." He explained to me "But I need to know that you'll be here when I get back?"

I didn't know what to say to him I'm from a people that had to go on hunting parties that would to be gone for days at a time. I did the only thing I could do I forced a smile and looked at him.

"I'll be here" I smiled at him "I'll be here when you're finish and if I'm not here I'll be up north. It seems that I've been asked to help train the next generation of water benders. So I'll have plenty to keep be from worrying about you."

He smiled and kissed me.

"I'll be back before you know it!" He told me "And I'll write you all the time we do have hawkey remember."

"I'll have to ask Sokka if I can use him." I said with a half smile "it's ok I guess I always know that I wouldn't always be going with you...I guess."

Aang hugged me again and walked back to my father's home. Once I was sure that Aang was out of ear shot I feel let myself fall apart. I know that this was part of the life that came with being with Aang. I would never understand the life of the avatar I wasn't born as one as Aang was. I never would have wanted that life and just being Aang's ment that I would always be saying good bye to him one way or another. As I wiped the tears from my eyes I felt Appa push his head on my back a little. I had a feeling that he was letting me know that he understood how I was feeling and would do everything he would to get Aang back to me.

"I'm ok Appa" I said running my hand over his nose "He is the Avatar after all and I know that this was part of the life."

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