Happy Kataang Week 2012 everyone! (Kataang week: July 22 – July 28)

I'll be posting a new chapter everyday for the whole week.

Day 1: Snow

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"Ha ha!" Katara laughed as she ran on the icy floor of the South Pole. She spotted huge pile of snow and ran toward it. Katara got behind it and squatted."He'll never catch up to me now!"Katara thought aloud. She kneeled down and turned her head to peek from the edge of the ice. "Ha! Looks like I lost him." Katara whispered to herself.

"Nope, I'm afraid you didn't, Katara." Katara turned around only to find the person she was running from. "Aang! Don't scare me like that! W-wait, how in the name of the spirits did you catch up to me?" Katara asked as she started to get up from her kneeling position.

"I got some help from this little guy." Aang moved to the side to reveal that an otter penguin was standing behind him.

Katara raised one of her eyebrows and put her hands on her hips. "You rode on an otter penguin? Seriously, Aang?"

"What?" Aang asked with a smile on his face. What was so wrong with penguin sledding? He wasn't hurting the penguin.

"Aang, you are sixteen years old. Don't you think penguin sledding is a little bit childish for your age?" Katara asked.

"No, as a matter of fact I don't. You see Katara, my body may be aging but my heart will forever be the heart of a child, besides that, no, I really don't think I'm old enough to stop doing that." Katara laughed and shook her head. "Wow, I'm engaged to a ten year old." She joked. Aang put on a fake hurt expression. "Katara!" He pretended to sound hurt too. Katara knew that he was kidding but it was just so amusing. "You hurt my feelings! Now I'm never gonna talk to you! Never in forever!" He acted childish and turned around to make his back face her. Katara let out an amused laugh. How is it that I'm engaged to someone so silly? Katara wondered and when she was about to comment, Aang added, "NEVER!" Katara laughed even more. She walked up to him and turned him to face her. "Oh, I'm sorry, Aang. Will it make you feel better if I kissed you?" Katara pretended to feel pity for her beloved.

Instead of getting a 'yes' or a nod, Katara got an, "EXCUSE ME? I went through so much to get a kiss from you! Now you're offering one on a silver platter? What's wrong with you, woman? !" Aang yelled at her.

Katara glared at him. "You want the kiss or not, air boy?"

"Yes, yes I do." Aang answered before feeling his lovers warm lips come up to reach his. The next thing he knew, Katara was pushing her tongue against his lips, asking for entrance. Aang immediately obliged, he opened his mouth and their tongues fought for dominance. Aang took Katara into a tight, loving hug and soon felt her put her arms around his neck.

Yeah, it was so worth it… Aang thought, looking back at all he went through just to get Katara to kiss him…

Earlier that morning, Katara was teaching a group of five-year-old children the basics of water bending. "It's all in the wrists. See?" Katara gave a demo. She moved her wrist in a swift circular motion, commanding the water from one jar to go to another. "Oooo!" The children were amazed by the simple waterbending move. "Well, that's all for today, class. You may go." Katara dismissed her students, eliciting some 'Aww's from them. Katara waited for all of her students to walk out. When they were all gone, she too, left.

When Katara came out of the ice hut, she found her boyfriend waiting for her but she couldn't exactly go to him due to the fact that he was surrounded by small children. Katara chuckled at the sight. When Aang spotted her he gave her an expression that had 'Help me!' written all over it.

Katara let out one more giggle and went over to help her poor little fiancé. "Okay kids, play time with Avatar Aangie is over." A loud wave of 'aww's and groans came from the children as they left the avatar and their sifu.

"How did you do that?" Aang asked, dumbfounded.

"That, my dear, is a secret. Now, what are you planning for today?" Katara asked. Ever since Katara, Sokka, and Aang arrived at her beloved home, Katara and Aang have been going on dates everyday. They adored the comfort and love they gave each other so much. Every time they got the chance, they would go to a far of place to be alone, away from the rest of the world; it would be just the two of them. Since their schedule wasn't so busy in the South Pole, they found time to go on their little 'outings' everyday.

"Well, I was actually planning on just walking." Aang answered.

"Walking?" Katara asked, raising one eyebrow. Usually they would go on picnics or have water spars. Walking seemed… Insignificant.

"Yeah, I thought it would be nice to walk around the outskirts of the village but we don't have to if you don't want to." Aang explained.

"Actually, I'd like to do something different. So, will the lord avatar be kind enough to escort his lover outside the gate?" Katara acted formal and Aang played along. "Of course, milady." Aang offered his arm to his lovely fiancé. Katara accepted, she clung on to Aang's arm and they both laughed. Katara let go of Aang arm and reached out to wrap her fingers around his hand, ending that their formal role-play.

The next thing Aang knew, he and his lover were already miles away from the village. Aang gazed at Katara. She looked so beautiful when she was surrounded by her birth element. Her face was nothing but pure perfection and beauty.

"Aang?" Katara's call out snapped Aang back to reality.

"Huh?" Aang asked, obviously unaware of the situation, due to his space out.

"Were you spacing out again?" Katara questioned him with a smirk on her face.

"What makes you think that?" Aang asked.

"You were staring at me for about five minutes." Katara stated, still smirking.

"I can't help it, you're just so beautiful." Aang said.

"Yeah, and you're so cheesy." Katara said back. They slowly drew their lips nearer to each other. When their lips were only centimeters apart, Katara bended a snowball to hit Aang in the face. "Hey!" Aang yelled, trying to wipe the snow off his face. He felt Katara hand slip away from his. When he got all the snow off his face he saw Katara running away. "Where are you going? !" He yelled so she could hear him.

"If you want these lips then you're gonna have to get them, Mr. Avatar!" She playfully yelled back, still running.

"Oh, it's on." Aang said to himself. Before Aang could catch up to her, Katara thought ahead and bended the snow to evaporate and serve as a cover. When Aang bended the mist away, Katara was already out of his sight. "Monkey feathers." Aang groaned to himself. He tried to spot her footprints but found out that she bended the snow to cover them.

"Now how am I going to- PENGUIN!" Aang spotted an otter penguin walk in front of him. "Come here, buddy. I won't hurt you." Aang tried to lure the penguin but failed. "Hmm… I got it!" Aang was borrowing Sokka's coat for the meantime and remembered that Sokka always has meat with him.

Aang hopefully put his hand the pocket of the coat and… "YES!" Aang cheered when he found that Sokka had fish in the pocket of his coat. Sure it was gross but hey, he needed it to track down his fiancé.

"Hey there, I've got some fish!" Aang put up the fish, finally convincing the otter penguin to come to him. Aang let the animal eat his bate and when it finished, he got on top of it and drove it toward the direction he saw Katara run off to.

…Totally worth it.

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Happy kataang week!