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Fate Binds
A chance glance out onto the balcony brought a site unwelcome to the lord...A kiss.
It was no secrete that the two infused at the lips currently had always had a liking for one another, so why did this feeling of disgust invade his mind at the moment? The lord merely chalked it up to the thought of intimacy at such an early time in the day, strange though it was he himself like intimacy any time during the day...What was one little hipocracy to his daily dealings, it was a rare occurrence.
"Zuko?" a voice from his side made him jump inside but he pulled off an irritated side ways glance.
"Wont you have some tea?" the cool voice asked him. The Lord looked at the vicious pixy and wondered why he was irritated in the first place. Mai was beautiful and had every thing he could desire in a women, she's stealthy, lean, and smart...sexy in her actions, but there was something that vexed him about her, though he couldn't place his finger on it.
Zuko gave once last look upon the pair before turning promptly away and taking his cup of tea with his new friends. "Friends..." he thought "Never would I have thought I would have friends." The Lord sipped his tea and delighted silently in its flavor of jasmine. He decided that he was happy for the boy Avatar, with everything he had been though he should have a kiss or two.
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The two finally separated for air, giggling at the looks upon each others faces...more so the boy, dumbfounded and happy. His face was pink and his eyes droopy from the flavor of her lips. Her smile dazzled him and finally he felt like a normal person, no pressure and no more pain. The blue eyed girl took his hand in hers and lead him back to the suite without a word, her cheeks just as pink, but eyes wide open. As they entered the room her blush brightened surprising even herself that it could go that shade of red, as everyone stared and gave there approving smiles, laughs and even a clap or two...All but one praised the union, but it had gone unnoticed to the girl."Finally..."a loud voice sounded from the back." thought you two would just keep chickening out!" stamping her foot on the ground in laughter. "HAHAHA...Hell Toph's blind and she even saw that kiss!" Sokka howled and so it continued.
After the tea and laughter the Gaang retired to their rooms to freshen up for the nights banquet being held in their honor by the Earth King and his people. The Gaang part ways as they walked down the lavish halls of the palace. The blue eyed water bender smiling with her ruff earth bending friend in toe, giggles could be heard far down the hall as they inevitably spoke of "The Kiss".
"Katara?" a faint hint of embarrassment in the voice of her friend.
"Yes Toph?"
"Will you help me get dressed, like last time...only better?" The ghostly eyes begging Katara for help, though the girl herself would never admit to it.
"Of course!" the excitement of another chance to turn the brutal earth bender into a lady...Toph immediately questioning her sanity for asking such a favor as Katara yammered away about what fit would look best on her, and what flower to put in her hair, and what color eyeshadow she would use to best accentuate her eyes...
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The young avatar reached his room and immediately immersed him self upon the bed "A nap after a day like this, that's what I need!" his inner voice assured him. "I will wake up in time to change." His eyes shut and he drifted off to sleep without another thought.
The air was cold as the boy flew over the mountains, he was alone...Appa was not beneath him and his glider was not in hand, yet he floated high above the peaks and looked lovingly and the earth beneath him. A familiar voice called his name below "Aang! Come down and greet and old friend!" the accent of the person below him was not easily forgotten "Guru Pathik!?" Aang exclaimed as he landed on the ledge of a cliff that the Guru was sitting upon. "What are you doing here?" "Shouldn't you be asking what YOUR doing here?" the old man said as he bobbed his head from sided to side and smiled knowingly at the child. "Your right, what am I doing here?" The old man laugh heartily at Aangs confusion for the situation "Have a seat young Avatar, I have something I must tell you..." The boy took a sit in front of the Guru and braced himself for the information he was about to receive. Guru Pathik bowed his head solemnly no longer cheerful and began to speak..."Aang, you have placed yourself in a dangerous position, though I commend you on finding an alternate way of dealing with the fire lord instead of killing him, I must tell you that your connections with the world have grounded you, and with your current bindings your ability to reach the avatar state is now next to impossible." With that Aang's grey eyes flew open with confusion. "What do you mean Guru Pathik! How! What!...I don't understand!" The old man was silent choosing his words carefully as he could in order to explain...then finally began to speak once more after what felt like an eternity." You have turned your back on your charge as the protector of the world by not disconnecting with your love for the water bender, I realize that as the avatar you are still human and as a young man you want to know love, You may know love...But love may never know you, By trying to protect just one person you have put many in danger, you must protect the world not one person in it." "But what about Master Roku!" Aang now standing and with furry began to yell "He MARRIED fathered children! Why can't I!" Pathik sighed and Aang saw the pain on his face as he began once more. "It was his destiny to Father the mother of Lord Zuko, but your destiny is much different, though you are all the avatars you are your own person as well and have your own destiny to fulfill. You have yet to fully control your powers and with the end of the war you have made yourself vulnerable with a false sense of security...If you do not accept that you must leave your love for her behind you will face tragedy." Anger filled his mind as the boy stood up "I WILL NOT EXCEPT THAT! I LOVE HER AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS!"
Aang woke up still angry, the last vision of the Guru's sad eyes leaving his mind as he splashed his face with water, and feverishly dressed for the banquet..."Great!" pissed "AND I'm late!"
A/N: this is my first story here...so be nice and reviews and any suggestions are most welcome! :)
I will post another chapter most likely tomarrow.
