Title: The Betrothal Necklace

Summary: Katara has a birthday coming up so the rest of the Gaang is planning a party at the Fire Nation Palace just for her. Aang has been working for a few months on a Betrothal Necklace to give to Katara on the night of her birthday. Katara has no idea about the Party or the Proposal.

Characters and Ages:

Aang – 22

Toph - 21

Katara – 23

Ty Lee – 23

Suki – 24

Mai – 24

Sokka – 25

Zuko – 25

Iroh – 73

A/N: I hope you all enjoy the fanfic. I thought of this at 3 am in the morning.

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"Katara! Aang! Hurry up! We're gonna be late!" Sokka called as he climbed up Appa's tail and sat in the saddle with Toph and Suki. Aang walked out of the Air Temple holding a bag of Katara's clothes and another bag of his own. Aang threw the stuff onto Appa's saddle, one of the baggage's landing on Sokka's lap.

The wind got knocked out of Sokka as the baggage landed on him, "Be…careful, Aang!"

Aang smiled his goofy grin at Sokka once he air bent himself onto Appa's head, "Sorry, Sokka. Didn't see you there."

Sokka mumbled a quiet 'Yeah, right' as Katara walked out of the temple, pulling a leaf out of her hair.

"Aang, Sweetie, next summer can we go to a different Temple where I won't wake up with leaves in my hair?" Katara continued to pull leaves out of her hair as she walked to Appa.

Aang smiled apologetically and nodded, "We can go anywhere you want, Katara."

Sokka got up and put a hand over Appa's saddle to help Katara up. Katara grabbed Sokka's hand and he pulled her up.

Aang looked around, "Uh, have you guys seen Momo?"

"He was over at The Avatar's statue room eating Moon Peaches last time I saw him," Suki said, "Do you want me to go get him?"

Aang stood up, "No, but thank you. I think he can hear me yell from here. Momo!"

"Hey, weren't the Air Acolytes supposed to meet us here before we left?" Katara asked.

Aang looked over at her, "They sent a scroll last night saying they got tied up at the Western Air Temple. One of the Statues they were restoring collapsed. I told them I would send a scroll when we were heading back."

Katara nodded as Momo landed on her head. She giggled, "Found him." Katara picked Momo off of her head and held him, petting his head.

"Alright! We're ready to go!" Aang sat back down, "Yip Yip!"

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It took about 4 hours to get to the Fire Nation Palace. Zuko and Iroh were feeding the Turtle Ducks in the pond while a pregnant Mai sat with Ty Lee at the fountain, talking. Aang landed Appa in the garden clearing.

"Hello, Sifu Hotman!" Aang jumped off. Zuko stood up, helping Iroh up after him. They walked over to Aang as the rest of the Gaang got off of Appa. Zuko smiled at Aang and held his hand out.

"Really, Zuko? It's been five months since I've seen you and all I get is a hand shake?" Aang swatted his hand away and hugged him. Zuko chuckled and hugged him back. Mai and Ty Lee walked over to the group, all exchanging hugs and hellos.

Zuko pulled Aang away for a minute and told him everything was ready for the party this weekend. Aang looked over at Katara to make sure she was pre-occupied before pulling something out of his pocket.

"Look, I need another favor," Aang's ears turned red.

Zuko nodded, "What is it?"

Aang opened his hand to show the betrothal necklace he was going to give Katara, "I'm going to pull Katara away at the party, near the end, and ask her to marry me."

Zuko smirked and nudged him, "You finally got the courage to Propose?"

Aang pushed on Zuko's shoulder lightly, "Come on. I just need you to make sure no one bothers us."

Zuko looked at the necklace, "You haven't carved it yet."

"Ye-yeah…I know." Aang sighed, looking down at the necklace.

Zuko nodded, "Where are you going to propose?"

Aang sighed, "I…don't really know…Where is a good place to Propose?"

Zuko smirked and put hand arm around Aang's shoulder, "I have the perfect place for you."

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Aang walked into the dining hall to see that dinner had just started.

"Aang, I was looking for you," Sokka said, walking up behind him.

Aang looked at him, "Sorry, I was feeding Appa and Momo."

"Well, anyways, I need to talk to you about-" Sokka looked around to make sure no one heard him as he whispered the next part, "the surprise."

Aang nodded, "I have time after dinner…I...uh…need to talk to you about something, too."

Sokka nodded and walked over to his seat in between Suki and Ty Lee.

"Hi, Sokka!" Ty Lee smiled at him.

Ty Lee still had an over obsession crush on Sokka. Suki set her straight last time they were here. With Ty Lee teaching the Kyoshi Warriors about Chi-blocking, Suki was able to see what Ty Lee was going to do before she did it. Sokka gotten use to the two fighting about him. Suki knew Sokka wouldn't cheat on her, but that didn't stop Suki from getting jealous.

"Hi, Ty Lee," Sokka nodded to her.

Aang walked over to the other side of the table. He took his seat in between Katara and Toph. Katara looked at him, "You okay?"

Aang nodded to her and rubbed the back of his head, "Y-yeah! Just…thinking."

Katara was about to ask something else before the servants walked in, rolling a cart with their food on it.

Once the wine and water was poured and the food was set down, Zuko stood up and raised his glass.

"It's nice to have everyone together again," Zuko looked around at his friends and family, "It's been hectic to make plans to get everyone together. Luckily, we were able to plan this because-"

Sokka and Aang cleared there throat, with worried eyes.

Zuko cleared his throat, "Right, right. Anyways, cheer's to friends and family!"

"Cheers!" Everyone called.

Mai looked at her glass full of water and sighed, "Cheers to boring water." Zuko chuckled, looking over at her as he sat down. She smiled and drank her water.

Dinner was assorted meat and veggies with a few vegetarian items just for Aang. Katara took both meat and vegetarian food tonight, but more vegetarian.

Sokka was pretty shocked, "I have never seen you eat more leafy food than meat, Katara."

Katara looked down at her plate and shrugged, "So? Salads are good."

"Katara, we lived in the South Pole where we survived off of Seal Jerky and penguin meat."

Aang looked at Sokka, "They better not have eaten any of the penguins I ride on!"

Sokka shook his head, "Of course not, Aang! All the penguins the Avatar ride on are safe."

Aang stared blankly at Sokka, "Thank you for the sarcasm, Sokka. I feel so much better."

Sokka chuckled and continued eating. The rest of the dinner consisted of Sokka making funny and annoying jokes, Zuko being water whipped in the forehead after bringing up the water bending scroll she stole, Mai and Zuko telling the Gaang about the names they were thinking of, and Toph and Sokka bickering about Earth Rumble 16 that was coming up and who was going to win.

"My bet is on Rohan the Rockethead!" Sokka called, slamming his fist on the table. He was only a little drunk, having 2 bottles of wine and no water.

Toph laughed and hiccupped, "You really think Rohan the Rockethead can beat me? Come on! He lost to Fire Nation Man!"

"Fire Nation Man cheated that fight! He hand someone underground shifting the stage!" Sokka said, standing up.

Toph stood up and yelled, "Oh yeah?! Prove it!"

"Hello?! You were the one that was shifting the stage!" Sokka yelled, leaning over the table.

Toph laughed and fell back in her chair, "Yeah that was awesome."

Aang smiled as he looked around at his friends. Zuko, Katara, Mai and Ty Lee were talking and laughing about embarrassing moments about their adventures. Suki had left with Iroh to go make some Tea. Sokka and Toph continued bickering and falling over. Aang really had missed this. He missed the old times with his friends. Sokka and Suki were always on Kyoshi Island training and helping out other towns in the Earth Kingdom, the only reason they were able to come was for Katara's surprise birthday. They were originally going to go to Omashu to help King Bumi with some rebels. The other Kyoshi warriors went while Suki and Sokka came with him.

Toph was getting more applicants in the Beifong Metal Bending Academy. She was able to take 2 weeks off and have one of her first students, The Dark One, taking over for the two weeks. He turned out to be the quickest learner in her first group. Toph was also busy dating someone. Toph refuses to tell anyone who she is dating yet. She said she would tell everyone when she knew she could trust him.

Mai and Zuko were always at the Fire Palace. Mai had to be close by since she was due in a few weeks. Zuko is working with other Nations on figuring out how to repair more damage Fire Nation rebels have recently caused. Ty Lee has been staying with them, leaving the Kyoshi Warriors for a little while, to stay with Mai when Zuko was busy with meetings and such. Iroh was staying at the Fire Palace. Iroh, Zuko, and Mai visit Ursa and Ikem once and a while when Zuko is free. They sometimes come to the Palace to surprise Zuko. Mai talks to Ursa frequently and tells her when Zuko is going to have an overly stressful day. Ursa comes over with some bread and she and Zuko sit out at the pond, feed the Turtle Ducks, and talk.

He and Katara are usually busy with the Air Acolytes. Lucky they were able to go to the Southern Air Temple by themselves this past summer. He enjoyed being alone with Katara. Not only for the awesome make out sessions but also because he gets to teach her more about his culture and she's trying to adapt to it. Like with the vegetarian food. He knows she doesn't like it so much so he takes her to a nearby village a few times a week to get some meat for her.

They were at the Southern Water Tribe in the beginning of the summer to visit Katara's family. GranGran, Master Pakku/GranPakku, Hakoda, and some of the kids that were fascinated with Appa that grew up. Turns out one of the little boys was a late blooming Water bender. When Katara found that out she trained with the teen and Pakku. She was happy to not be the only Water bender from the South Pole. During the training sessions with Pakku and the teenager, Aang was hanging out with Hakoda. He helped go fishing and hunting with the father, he hated doing it, but it was the only time he could really talk to Hakoda without Katara being around.

On one of the hunting trips with Bato and Hakoda, Aang asked permission to marry Katara. Hakoda and Bato both stared at Aang like he was crazy before laughing and patting Aang on the back, hard. Hakoda told Aang the story about himself proposing to Kya and getting GranGran's permission.

"Kana was really a handful. Once her husband died, she grew cold and scared. Kya had to beg her to let me marry her. Kana refused to let her marry me at first, but she saw what she was doing to her daughter before it was too late. She walked up to me one day before I went on a hunt with my father. She shoved her betrothal necklace at me and said, 'You can only marry her if this is the necklace you use.' She walked away and I couldn't have been happier." Hakoda nodded, remembering the fond event.

"What was Kana's husband like?" Aang asked.

"I only got to meet him a few times before a Fire Nation raid happened." Hakoda said solemnly.

Aang looked down and nodded.

"He was kind of like you." Hakoda said, "Determined to help people. Took care of others before himself. He was even a vegetarian."

Aang looked at Hakoda, "Really? What did he eat?"

"Icicles," Bato cut in.

"What?!" Aang nearly yelled.

Hakoda laughed, "He's just kidding, Aang. He actually was able to create a small green room before more and more blizzards started to appear."

Aang laughed and re-adjusted the net of fish over his shoulder, "How long has Kana been without a husband?"

"Well, Pakku arrived about nine and a half years ago…Kana's husband died about twenty eight. So, about eighteen years."

Aang stared ahead of him, "Wow."

Hakoda stopped once he saw they were closing in on the village, "Bato, you go ahead. I need to speak to Aang privately."

Bato nodded and chuckled, "Good luck, Aang."

Aang started to get nervous with how Bato said 'good luck'. It was the Father Son-in-law talk. He knew it!

Hakoda looked at Aang and put a hand on his shoulder, "You have been an amazing friend to Katara for years. You taught her to come out of her shell and trust people again. If it wasn't for you…Katara might actually be…gone right now."

Aang smiled a little, "Actually, Sir…if it wasn't for her anger issues, I would still be stuck in a block of ice."

Hakoda laughed a little, "She gets the anger from her mother."

Aang looked at the village, "I would have loved to meet Kya."

Hakoda smiled and put an arm around Aang's shoulders, "She would have loved you."

Someone touched his shoulder, taking him out of his daydream.

"Sweetie," Katara leaned down and kissed his cheek, "You've been staring off into space for a while."

Aang flushed and rubbed the back of his head, "Heh, sorry."

Katara smiled and took his hand, "Come on. Zuko is going to show us to our room." Aang looked around the table to see that everyone was gone but Zuko, Katara, and himself.

"…How long was I daydreaming?" Aang asked.

"About twenty minutes." Zuko smirked with his arms crossed.

Aang laughed nervously and sighed, "I guess I'll have to talk to Sokka tomorrow."

Katara laughed, "He was too drunk to even remember he had to talk to you." Aang smiled and stood up, holding Katara's hand.

Zuko stood up and motioned for them to follow him. Zuko took them to a more secluded place in the palace where the servant's don't usually go.

"I made sure that this room would be vacant because I know Katara loves to sleep late. Servant's don't usually walk to this area unless they need extra supplies." Zuko opened the door to a luxuriously sized room. A California King sized bed, personal bathroom with a large tub to fit 3 people, a desk with scrolls and ink to write, two dressers and a makeup table with a mirror, and a walk out balcony with two windows on each side with a sitting area.

"Wow, what's the special treatment for, Zuko?" Katara asked, "You usually give us a room with a door into Sokka and Suki's room."

Zuko shrugged, "Think of it as an early Birthday present."

Katara walked over to him and hugged him, "Thank you, Zuko."

Zuko smirked at Aang and gave him a thumbs up. Aang mouthed a 'thank you'.

Zuko pulled away and smiled at them both, "Good night. You know where everything is if you need anything."

Zuko closed the door behind himself as he walked out. Katara smiled and went over to her bag that was already in the room.

"I'm going to freshen up," Katara said, picking up her bag.

Aang yawned and stretched as he pulled his shirt over his head, "I have to write something to the Air Acolytes before I go to bed."

"Alright, Sweetie!" Katara walked into the bathroom and closed the door.

Aang sat at the desk and took a quill, dabbed it in some ink and started to write. He wrote for a while before he yawned again and rubbed his eyes, "Come on, I need to finish this letter."

Aang looked down at the paper and glared at it, "…I hate you."

Aang heard some giggling from behind him and saw Katara standing behind him, looking over his shoulder at the letter. She was wearing her new bindings that Aang had the Air Acolytes make for her. They were the traditional Air Nomad yellow and orange.

"You know you've written my name down a few times, right?" Katara leaned down and rested her head on top of his. Aang picked up the paper and looked at it, "…I didn't even realize I was writing your name."

Katara giggled again and draped her arms around Aang's shoulders, "Come to bed, Sweetie." Aang smiled, "I will. Let me just do something really quick."

"What are you going to do?" Katara asked as Aang got up and turned to her. Before she knew what was happening she felt a soft pair of lips against her own, which made her gasp. Taking full advantage of this, Aang slipped his tongue into her mouth and pulled her close to him. Feeling his hands on her hips, she closed her eyes when he coaxed her tongue and made them dance. Out of breath, she moaned into his mouth, feeling him smirk against her lips before letting go.

She looked up at him, feeling a hot blush creeping up her neck to her cheeks, "Ah…"

Aang whispered in her ear, "I lied about the quick part."

Katara could only blush more, "I…I…uhh…"

Aang smirked, "The student has now become the teacher."

Katara smirked back, "Took you nine years to learn."

Aang blushed and said, "No, no, no, no, nooooooo. You are not turning the tables on me!"

Katara smirked and wrapped an arm around his neck while another lay on his chest, "I think I can easily turn the tables and by the look on your face, I already have."

Aang moved his mouth closer to her ear and whispered, "You're on." Before she could respond, he started nibbling on her lobe. Katara realized that Aang was backing her up against the wall. He moved from her ear down to her neck and nipped at it. Katara couldn't help but whimper. She felt him smirk against her neck. She felt his hand started to under her bindings from the back and hiss, "Aang! W-We can't do it here!"

Aang smirked and continued to undo her bindings, "Katara, we have done it in more than half of this Palace…and on top of it-"

Katara hit his shoulder lightly and laughed, "Aang!"

Aang looked at her and smirked, "Remember the look on Zuko's face when he found us kissing in his childhood bed?"

Katara rested her head on Aang's shoulder as she laughed, "Oh God, yes. It was worth it."

Aang whispered in her ear, "Why not one more room?"

Katara blushed and bit her thumb, "Well…we are in a secluded part of the Palace."

Katara didn't realize that Aang had already finished undoing her bindings and gasped as she felt him touch her breast.

"Aang!" She blushed, refusing to look at him. Aang turned Katara's face toward him and kissed her. He started making a trace of a circle using his finger around her nipple.

"Say it, and I won't torture you." Aang whispered as he went back to nibbling on her neck. Katara gasped and held in her moans. Aang moved his other hand down to her bottom bindings and felt in between her legs for her wet spot. Katara bit her bottom lip and put a hand on the back of Aang's head.

He pressed on her sex as she arched her back into him, "Aang…I…I want you."

Aang smirked and kissed her collarbone. He wrapped an arm around her lower back as he tore off her bottom bindings. Katara gasped and glared at Aang, "Hey! I like those!"

Aang smirked at her, "Well, you're going to like this even more." Aang pushed Katara onto the desk and smirked down at her. Katara wrapped her legs around Aang's waist as he leaned over her. She pulled him a bit closer, feeling his erection against her thigh. He smirked at her as she pulled him down for another passionate kiss.

During the kiss Katara's arms wandered down to Aang's pants, she was about to pull them down but she was pushed back down by Aang who pushed his clothes erection against her core. Katara moaned and pulled Aang back down by the neck to kiss him again. Aang pulled away and took one dark nipple in his mouth and started to play with it. She whimpered and begged for more, which he complied, and went with his right hand to her other breast and started to massage it. She moaned and bucked her hips against his, feeling his erection again press against her sex. When he was done with that breast, he went to the other, letting his hand go down her body and to her clit. He started to rub it before pushing his fingers into her entrance.

Katara mewed and moaned as he fingered her. Leaving her nipple he went back to her mouth, silencing her with a kiss. Whimpering when she felt his mouth cover hers, she started to kiss him back. She put a hand on the back of his head and the other on his back, pulling him closer to her. His fingers started to move faster as he added another, making Katara moan into his mouth and arch her back into him.

Feeling her orgasm come upon her she dug her nails into Aang's back as she moaned into his mouth. He smirked as he saw Katara unravel under him. She watched him as he pulled his fingers out of her and licked every one until the juices were gone. Katara blushed as she saw him do this.

Aang pulled his pants down and moved back over Katara. Feeling his member nudge at her entrance she looked up at Aang's eyes. She was still amazed after nine years of being together, he still looked at her the day she broke him out of the ice. Katara pulled him down for a quick kiss and whispered, "I love you."

Aang looked back at her and smiled his goofy kid smile that always made Katara feel better, "I love you too, Sweetie."

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And that is chapter one :D What did you guys think of it? Review or send a PM if you have any questions. THANK YOU FOR READING THE FIRST CHAPTER! :D