A/N: I don't own Avatar: TLA. This is my 4th ZxK one-shot. Yay.
Essence of Life
A Zutara One-Shot
Water. The Giver of Life. The Essence of Life. It will always be there; in a million, million years, it will still be lapping up on some rocky shore.
That is what they told her. That is what she believed.
Fire. The Bringer of Death. The Essence of Hatred. It burns without a care as to who or what it kills; it is ruthless, passionate, destructive. Uncontrollable. It will be aflame for only so long, and then it will die out, and only ash will be left. The Water will always overcome the Fire.
That is what they told her. That is what she believed—
That is, until the Water dried up and evaporated. That is, when she saw acorns scattered in the ashes of a forest fire and knew there would be life in the forest again. That is, until she discovered him.
After she found the Avatar and ventured the world, he was always there, always on her and her friends' tail. He never wasn't there; he was just… there.
In her mind, even.
He fascinated her. He was mysterious and vague to her; all the pieces didn't fit quite right.
And then, she met him, learned about him, who he really was.
And it was then she realized that both the Water and the Fire are the Essence of Life.
A/N: Boo-yah! It was pretty cool drabble, methinks. I like this one a lot. It might be my favorite of my Zutara one-shots. You know what, I think it is. Yay for ZK! (It rhymes! Oh snap!)