A/N: Alright guys, it's another Zutara fic. What else is there? I mean, come on…

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Zuko placed a pale hand on the cinnamon cheek of his lover as she snuggled closer to him. It was the early hours of the morning – before sunrise even. It was the only time they could truly be together. Even if Zuko was traveling with them and teaching Aang to firebend, they knew they'd never be accepted.

They watched the sunrise together, and suddenly Katara felt his warm breath tickle her neck and send shivers down her spine as he whispered to her, "I've always loved sunrise, my mother used to tell me that if there was someone you truly love who has passed on all you have to do is look at the rising sun and you can almost see their smile… feel their love…"

He trailed off as the gold lights began to engulf the starry blue sky.

The sky, it reminds me so much of her eyes…He thought, sadly.

The sun's rays… the same amber color of his eyes… Katara thought at exactly the same moment.

They both sighed before engaging in a passionate kiss, leaving them both breathless. Zuko rested his forehead against Katara's and looked deep into her eyes.

"Zuko, can we ever truly be together, I mean we are such polar opposites…"

"We are together now aren't we? Katara…" he broke off and she looked at him questioningly, he cleared his throat and tried again.

"Katara… I love you." He said, still breathless. Her eyes shone and a single tear fell from her crystalline eyes.

"I love you too, Zuko… I love you too."

She rested her head on his chest, listening to his quick heartbeat slowly die down, and they both wished they could be like this forever and not face the day ahead of them. For today was the day that they fight. Today was the day that the Fire Lord would be defeated.

Katara sighed as she whispered in Zuko's ear, "I don't know if I can live without you… what if something happens…"

"Shh, Katara I promise you we will always be together. Always."

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Katara sat crying over her lovers body. He had fought to the very end… if he had come to her earlier… she could have used the water from the oasis… she could have saved him. She merely put her head down on his chest – the chest that very morning that she had leaned against and listened to the heartbeat of, the heartbeat that was now gone… - and sobbed. She sobbed over his body until Aang, Toph, and Sokka had dragged her away. She just kept on screaming until her voice went hoarse, "You lied to me! You said we'd be together!"

She sat on the very hill they had been on earlier, watching the sun. She stayed up throughout the night, never noticing the figure behind her.

The sun began to rise, and she watched and remembered what Zuko had told her, "I've always loved sunrise, my mother used to tell me that if there was someone you truly love who has passed on all you have to do is look at the rising sun and you can almost see their smile… feel their love…"

And it was true, for a moment she could almost see his sincere face crack into a grin, and she could almost see his arms outstretched for her to embrace, she could almost feel the hole in her heart become smaller and smaller.

Then all she felt was pain and fire. She whipped around to see a beaten and battered figure behind her, his hand right on her back, fire in his other palm. There sat Fire Lord Ozai's number one General, who was considered to be one of the many un-named dead from the battle sneering down at her. But she was not scared or upset that this was happening to her. The last though to run through her head was I will be with you soon, Zuko…

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And now the story of Katara and Zuko is told throughout the generations. The story of the star-crossed lovers. The exact opposites. Fire and Water. Yin and Yang. Sun and Moon.

It is also said that Katara and Zuko can now truly be together like they had always wanted. It was her job to keep the peace during the night time, and his during the day. But during sunrise every morning when amber meets cerulean they can truly be together once more.

A/N: Hmm… did you like it?

Did you understand the ending or not? I wasn't sure quite how to explain it.