Author's Note: And so, the couples begin! Let's start with an obvious one, shall we? If you want an exact time period, say, in-between episodes 29 (Bitter Work) and 30 (The Library).

Love in the water

"Almost gotcha!"

Aang narrowly avoided the blast of water that came his way. She was right of course. She had almost gotten him. He was going to have to be a lot quicker if he wanted to catch her off guard. Managing a smirk, Aang called back:

"Really? That looked like a miss to me!"

Katara returned Aang's smirk as she let loose with a water-whip. It was a basic move, so it wasn't surprising Aang moved out of the way again. And he'd always been quick on his feet anyway. As he moved out of the way, Aang retaliated with a few recently-learned waterbending moves of his own. Already knowing what to do, and doing it like a true master, Katara absorbed, dispersed, and re-directed all of Aang's attacks. As he launched another water-strike, he was beginning to tire. And Katara still went at him. How could she possibly keep going?

"You're going to have to better then that pupil Aang"

Pupil Aang. It was true. He was her pupil. The one who would teach him all he needed to know about waterbending. He'd taken to like a turtle-duck took to water (pun fully intended). But now that they had actually gotten into practice-sparring, well, suffice to say, things no longer went quite as smoothly.

Then Aang saw an opening and sent forth a torrent of water. Katara was thoroughly soaked, her hair now covering her face before she brushed it away. She grinned.

"You're gonna get it for that one"

Katara manipulated the water so that it came out from under Aang, causing him to lose balance. Acting on instinct, Aang tried to manipulate the water so that it knocked into Katara and disoriented her. The two wound up knocking each-other down. Aang got up first and rushed over to Katara. She looked up at him, wearing nothing but swimming trunks and a big grin.

"Gotcha."

With a simple gesture, Katara used the water to make Aang lose his balance and he went tumbling…into her.

For a moment, the two just sat there, drenched and taking the other's face in. At this distance, Aang could see just how nice his "teacher" looked. Sure, her hair was now long and wet, not in its usual short, "hair-loopy" look, but it didn't change a thing appearance wise. He still thought she was pretty, beautiful, in fact. It was also about then when Aang realized that he was blushing. But Katara didn't seem to notice. She smiled at him.

"Well you did a good job today. Maybe I should start taking lessons from you!"

"Nah, you had me pretty good back there. I think I'm still the student…and I really wouldn't mind it if it stayed that way…"

Katara raised an eyebrow at that and Aang suddenly realized his mistake.

I shouldn't have said that…

The two continued to stare at each-other, ignoring the fact that they were still on top of one another, in the water, and soaking wet. It didn't matter. The two had become too caught up on the other. Aang realized that he was blushing again. When he looked at Katara again, he could see that she was too. Almost on instinct, as though they already knew what they felt for each-other deep down, they both closed their eyes and moved a little closer…

"Hey TWINKLE TOES!"

Aang and Katara were shaken out of their would-be-moment by the familiar voice of Toph Bei-Fong, the recent addition to the group, and Aang's earthbending teacher. Apparently she had gone looking for him.

"Hey twinkle toes where are you? Pony Tail says we're packing up!"

Aang and Katara looked back at one another. No words were needed. The two just got up, dried off, and grabbed their clothes as though nothing had ever happened. When they finally showed up, Sokka was already getting on Appa and Toph was waiting impatiently, irritation evident in her grayed over eyes.

"There you are. What took you so long?"

Neither Aang or Katara said anything. They merely shot one another a quick glance. That was all it took to give Toph a clue of what had taken them so long…well, it did seem kind of obvious just after seeing them together a few times. As they all got off on Appa and took off, Toph whispered to Aang, as quietly as could be so neither one of the water-tribe siblings could hear.

"So…do you like her?"

Aang already knew who Toph was referring to her. He also knew exactly what she meant by "like". He also probably could have kept vague and not given the answer Toph wanted, but instead he answered truthfully:

"Yes."

Author's Notes: And that's the end of the first one! Please RR! I will be doing other couples, but once those are done, feel free to submit ideas for more when writing reviews. Please note however, that I will not be doing "Zukatara". I never cared for that pairing myself, and it's been done to death anyway. So please, no ZukoxKatara. However, for those of you who are fans of that couple, there is one exception to my policy that I will do somewhere down the line.