Disclaimer: I do not own Zuko or the ATLA characters but I wish I did, but I do own Xiaoqing and more for they are made up characters.

Summary: Eighteen years have past and there have been many changes. The Avatar Gang had moved on Zuko had confessed his love to Katara and they had two children while Aang realized his love for Toph. Sokka and Suki stayed in love. All was well. Until the Earth Kingdom decided it was their turn to rule. And now, its up to their children to save the world this time.

Remember what I state below:

Italics and ' ' Means thinking! The person is talking to themselves, sounds a bit weird, neh? Example: 'Oh brother.' Katara thought.

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Chapter One:

The Truth Unravels~

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Zuko was doing his usual paperwork, it was hard to do anything now that his nation was in fear of being taken over by the Earth Kingdom. He didn't know what possessed them to start this nonsensical war but whatever it was he knew he had to stop it. Katara was brushing the black hair of her daughter, well, it wasn't all black since there was dark brown streaks in it as well because of her mother's dark brown hair. Her skin was a light caramel color and her eyes a bright green, yellow and blue make green, and she was lean and curvy almost like her mother. The blue-eyed thirty-two year old woman looked at her door with a warm smile because it still amazed how she was the only one gifted with those bright emerald hues unlike her older twin brothers but it came from the mixed eye-color of her and her husband, the Fire Lord. It was just eighteen years ago when she married him and was truly happy instead of marrying Aang who she only loved like a little brother, he was a responsibility and she had mothered him and there was no type of martial relationship that could be born from what they had.

"Do I really have to be courted?" Came a soft voice, Katara's eyes sadden as she saw the hurt, confusion, and anger in her daughter's eyes. She would of loved to say no but could she really do that? Being in the Fire Nation she had learned all their customs and there was some she didn't like but she had no right to ignore them.

Katara sighed, "I'm afraid so."

Chi's eyes started to water but she fought back her tears and stood up, whipping around wearing only her cotton long red dress with spaghetti straps, she gave her mother a rather angry glare, "I refuse!" Katara would of smile because that was the same fire and same passion she had as a child but this was no time to be smiling, her daughter was misbehaving.

"Look! It's not like I want you to be but there will be suitors who wish to be your husband! It's not my fault." Reasoned the mother while Chi calmed down and realized she was getting angry at the wrong person.

The green-eyed girl nodded her head. "Your right, so I'll take this up with Father!" Storming out of the room while grabbing a robe, she stormed off to the Fire Lord's office just to give her father a piece of her mind.

"She's too much like me." Katara sighed while two heads poked out from the door way, both boys had black hair, one had blue and the other had honey-colored. They both had tan skin like their father and were built like him to.

"What's her deal?" Asked one.

"She has an attitude problem." Said the other while Katara shook her head.

Standing, the Fire Lady just shook her head and folded her hands, "Your sister isn't ready to grow up yet."

The blue-eyed twin rolled his eyes before folding his arms, "She really needs to get over herself. This is because she gets spoiled by Father all the time."

"That's not it Hui and you know it!" Katara shook her head, her sixteen-year-old son was starting to annoy her at the moment.

Hui frowned while Huo stayed out of this one, like a smart prince. "Well, I'm going to go visit great uncle Iroh," Huo beamed while running off and Hui following right after.

"Children these days." Katara groaned before going to her husband's office.

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Zuko had finished the last document and put the papers together and laid them down on the desk. He was completely worn out but he didn't look it. He still looked the same, well, in Katara's eyes. He had a goatee now ,which was pretty long, and his hair was longer and more well-kept. He often looked at the portrait on the wall just to smile at the fact he had such beautiful children with the one woman he loved and he would always love and it just felt surreal to him. It had been fourteen years since the war had ended and he realized he had loved one young girl, one girl he thought he could never love but his thoughts had been interrupted by a hot headed 15-year-old. At first, Zuko thought she came here to see him just to see what he was doing as she usually did but that was far from the case.

"Your going to put me out for sale like I'm some freakin' land?!" Shouted the princess as she stomped her way over to her father, "I'm not getting married and I don't care what you and mother have to say because I am too young and I want to make my own decisions!" Zuko blinked twice before closing his eyes, he should of known that Chi wouldn't like this.

Zuko stood up, "Do not speak to me in that manner. I am your father and you respect me and your mother as well." His voice was stern and it made Chi become scared a little but she kept her head held high. "I understand you do not like feeling obligated to marry someone you are not in love with and I felt that way too. Your father has made many decisions that the council had not like and they want me to start right with you."

Chi's green eyes softened before she let out a small sigh, she knew that her father wouldn't understand even though he, himself, had married their mother who was not a Fire Nation noblewoman. "But father. . ."

"I know that you like to feel free and tied down to nothing since that is the feeling all children want and have but they want to keep it," Zuko bent his knees to meet eye to eye with his sister, his scar never made her sick nor did she pay it no mind because she still found her father to be the best-looking man in the world, "I don't even like the fact of any boy liking you because your my only girl, my little girl." His hand found her soft, caramel cheek and he caressed it trying to soothe that seething, white hot anger burning in her and it did.

Her long, neatly brushed hair swayed from the movement she made. She hugged her father tightly while trying to hold back tears, "If you don't like it, can't you stop it?" Her voice was soft then what it was earlier.

"I will try but if the council will not approve of this action then there is nothing I can do, Chi." The Fire Lord admitted while rubbing the back of his daughter's head. Katara stood at the doorway with a smile on her face, she touched her betrothal necklace which Zuko had made for her. It was a mixed symbol of Fire and Water in the form of Ying and Yang. Blue background with the symbol of fire and a orange red background with the symbol of water. Her daughter wore her mother's, Kya, necklace. A smile kept it's form on her face as she watched Zuko slowly calm down their youngest child with such gentleness, which was very rare in fact, but every ruff edge as its soft side.

"Thank you, father." Said Chi as she pulled away from her sire and smiled at him, she turned around and saw her mother, "I'm sorry for my disrespect to you, mom." The Fire Lady smiled before walking towards her.

"Its fine." Katara said while giving her a hug. "You remind me of myself when I was younger."

Chi merely smiled before a guard walked in. Letting go of Chi, Katara stood next to Zuko while Chi immediately went in between them.

"Fire Lord, The Avatar and Bei Fong's children has arrived for a visit as well as Chieftain Sokka and Kyoshi Warrior Suki." He annouched, "They are in the garden area." Katara clapped her hands together and smiled brightly.

Zuko's nodded his head as the guard led them to the guardian. Chi was overly excited since she hadn't seen her uncle and aunt as well as her cousins Chang, and Kya as well as Aang and Toph's kids Ling, Shen and Shun. Her arms flailed as she saw Huo and Hui already ahead of them. It would take them at least 30 minutes to get to the garden.

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A rather tall boy with dark brown hair tied into a wolf tail like Sokka use to have in his younger days with bright blue eyes and mocha colored skin stood tall and regal. He was the oldest, seventeen, and the smartest but not to mention he lacked common sense sometimes and he was just like his father; greedy. His sister, Kya, had brown hair and caramel colored skin with blue eyes as well, she was sixteen and was rather clever but her agility and strength was what really made her one of the best Kyoshi warriors like her mother. Chang and Kya watched Huo, Hui, and Chi come up to them with a rather excited smile.

"Its so glad to see you guys!" Chi exclaimed with a rather hyper voice, "Chang... Your getting really old." She stuck her tongue out at him while he grimaced but couldn't help but laugh himself,

"Well, your just lucky that your young and a little princess. You get spoiled." He folded his arms as well as she did, arching a brow.

Chi held her head up high and took on a rather regal posture, "Spoiled? I am not spoiled I just get what I want."

Zuko and Katara stood side by side as they talked to Sokka and Suki. Sokka had let his hair grow as long as Hakoda had his while Suki kept her hair simple and short like always.

"It's been a while now and Chang is getting older by the second... I remember when he was just a little boy." Katara said with a smile as she saw Sokka take on his proud-parent face.

"Yep! My boy does grow fast and he's one hell of a fighter too! Not to mention he a good army leader and father said he couldn't be anymore perfect." Sokka wiped a little fake tear that was near the edge of his eye, "I am so proud of myself."

"Ahem." Suki coughed while folding her arms.

The water Chieftain coughed twice, "I meant proud of us for raising such a good warrior."

"Exactly but Kya is really outstanding herself, it's a shame our kids are better than us when we taught them everything we know." Suki giggled.

Zuko chuckled a bit himself, "Same with ours. Chi has the ability to make white flames."

"White flames?" Sokka and Suki said in a unison while Katara nodded her head.

"It's the ability to make almost Sun hot flames and it can absorb other types of fires such a regular fire and blue flames." Zuko explained, "Only few people have that in my family tree so only me and her are able to make it. While the boys seem to be able to do , fire, blue flames, and such. But Chi can also control water but only Hui is gifted in water while Huo is gifted in lightning but what shocks me it took me so long to learn blue flames and lightning but they could do them as a newborn."

Katara chuckled, "Yes. Chi was like that with water as well. She slapped me with a water whip in the bath."

Sokka and Suki laughed until Aang and Toph came. Aang had grown hair that ended to his shoulders, he was muscular and also very tall. Toph was as beautiful as always, her hair was in two buns and her body lean and slender. Next to them was Ling, their youngest daughter, who was just a year younger than Chi. She had dark brown hair like Aang but grass-green colored eyes that had shined very brightly in the sun like Toph as well as pale skin. While the Twins, Shen and Shun, were tall but skinny like Aang use to be as a child and they were sixteen like Huo and Hui. They both had black hair but cream porcelain skin like their father and bright gray eyes. "Chi!" The twins sang in a unison as they both hugged her. Ling smiled and walked over toward them as Chang and Kya joined the group.

"It's been a while since I've seen you guys." Chi squealed, excited about being around her cousins and family friends. "I've missed you all since its been three years since I've seen you guys because of the war and because our parents are really busy."

"Yeah." Huo added with a frown, "We've got to help but you know our parents won't really go for it."

"But who said we had to listen to them?" Ling arched a brow.

Chang glared at Ling for a bit. "What do you mean by that?"

"Why not just leave and go. They did it when they were young so they should understand how much we want to help." Biting her nails, Ling looked at them all as their expression changed from unsure to determined.

"She's right but we have no source of transportation. But we're royalty! The town people will notice us and you know my father is." Chi folded her arms.

Chang sighed, "She's got a point there."

"But that means we can just go in-disguise." said Kya as she waved her arms,

Chi frowned a bit but pointed to herself, "My brothers may get away with it but if you have my looks you won't get away with it. Allot of people still hate the Fire Nation and made their children hate them too even though my father ended the war but I am sure they can guess what a Fire Nation and Water tribe breed looks like." Her head lowered but Shen lifted her head up by her chin.

"We can do this if we just believe and stick close together. If you give up so easily then we will crash and burn." He said while removing his hand.

All of them looked at Chi deciding they would all have to do it together, Chi was still a bit unsure about it... "Fine... Let's help our mom and dads!"

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