I do not own Avatar
this story mainly not all from my idea... credit to aangkatara777.. generally its her idea...( from her story Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 4:Air) and some from avatargurumaster(Avatar the Last Airbender Book 4 Air).. you must read it... so interesting! anyway, thanks to them this story is created.
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Book 4
Air
Prologue
Ceremonial Plaza , Fire Nation Royal Palace (late evening)
"Shouldn't something have happened by now! That huge light flew into the sky awhile ago! They should be back by now! What if something happened to them!" Katara muttered to herself while pacing back and forth. Zuko shook his head from his seat on the floor.
"Katara," Zuko said in a firm tone, "It's only been two hour. I'm sure they're on their way back right now. Stop panicking. You're starting to worry me." He painfully stood up and walked up to her putting his hand on her shoulder. "It's okay."
"two hour is a long time!" Katara yelled, but then went into silence. "I'm sorry, but, I'm just so worried. Aang could be hurt. Maybe we didn't even win " she stated, trailing off at the end. She looked down at her feet.
"Katara, don't think like that," Zuko said, lifting her chin up to face him, "Aang didn't lose. We won this war. I'm sure of it." He gave her a reassuring smile, but she turned away.
"How can you be so sure?" Katara asked, slightly turning her head to him.
"Because I know him," Zuko began, "Even in the short time I've been friends with him, I've seen that he has the willpower to win this war. Plus, he also knows he has to protect someone." Zuko gave a small smile and Katara looked at him in confusion.
"What do you-?" Katara began to ask as she slowly realized what he meant. Aang wanted to protect me? Well, sure I know he has a crush on me, but does he really like me that much? She thought. She began to blush madly at the thought.
Zuko began to laugh.
"What?" Katara asked, highly confused. This can't be right. Zuko shouldn't laugh. It's. Just. Not. Right.
"If it took you that long to figure out that he likes you, you're an idiot." He said, continuing to laugh. Katara blushed even more madly.
"Hey!" She yelled, "I knew he had a crush on me! Just I didn't know he liked me that much!" Zuko kept laughing. Katara wanted to push him down and kick him repeatedly to get him to stop, but she decided against it. He is injured anyway; it wouldn't be a good idea to open the wounds.
Soon, Zuko's laughter died down as he suddenly stared off in the distance with a giant smile plastered onto his face. They both enter the palace. Zuko had treatment with his wounds. Then he gave orders to release all the prisoner of the war. They waited untill midnight. then they Katara and Zuko fall asleep on the lounge waited for the rest of the gang.
It was nearly sunrise. Zuko up first as he rise with the sun. he glanced at Katara. saw she started to wake up. then he went out to the palace compound followed by Katara. then he pointed off at the sky, causing Katara to have to look. She turned and her eyes widened, also getting the giant smile across her face.
The large warship flew into view, as well as the waving hands of Sokka, Toph, and Suki. The ship landed in the middle of the arena and as soon as it touched the ground, the waterbender was off. Running like crazy to the ship carrying her friends. Zuko followed along at his own pace, slowly catching up to Katara.
The door of the ship opened with a loud creak, creating a loud thud as it hit the ground of the arena. Sokka, Katara's brother, came out of the large warship with the help of Suki and Toph.
"What happened?" Katara asked in panic as she looked at her brother's broken and bandaged leg. She quickly kneeled down and started to examine it.
"Oh, nothing major, I just fought through hundreds, no, thousands of firenation soldiers, taking them each out by one swing of my mighty space sword." Sokka said, taking an attempted proud and confident stance. Suki gave him an "I-can't-believe-I'm-dating-you" look while shaking her head.
"I meant how'd you break your leg " Katara said, giving him a very irritated look.
"Oh, yes, my leg. Well, I broke it while doing that fighting. After taking out those thousands of soldiers, I happened to trip on one of the bodies uh, plummeting me to the ground and ," Sokka began, but was cut off by Suki's hand covering his mouth.
"He fell off of an airship onto another airship, landing on his leg and breaking it." Suki said, still annoyed with her boyfriend.
"Aw, come on, Suki! She was starting to believe it! I could tell!" Sokka complained, glaring sarcastically at Suki. Katara giggled at Sokka's sarcasm, but she realized something. Where's Aang?
She quickly stood up and looked around. Shouldn't he have come out by now? Sokka, Suki, and Toph walked up to Zuko and started talking. Katara looked at the airship door. No one was coming out. She slowly walked forward, still looking panicked.
She suddenly heard footsteps coming from the ship. Her eyes widened as she looked upon the figure coming towards her. The figure walked into the light and smiled his goofy smile.
It was Aang.
OoO
Katara's face instantly lit up as she saw the young avatar walk slowly down the ramp. She couldn't take it anymore. She had to hug him. She ran as fast as she could towards him, arms spread wide. Aang stopped and smiled, also opening his arms for the hug.
She practically jumped on him, sending the boy back a bit. She clung to him as if she was falling off a cliff. He wrapped his arms around her and returned the embrace.
"I was so worried! You scared me to death!" Katara whispered to him.
"I'm sorry," was all that the airbender said. Katara silently cried in joy that he was safe.
After about a minute, Katara let go of Aang and looked at him with a smile. Her smile quickly faded into rage and she pushed him to the floor. Aang's eyes widened at the suddenly furious teenager.
"Wh-Why did you do that?" Aang managed to stutter out.
"DON'T YOU EVER LEAVE LIKE THAT AGAIN! I THOUGHT YOU HAD BEEN CAPTURED OR KILLED! I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN!"
Still wide-eyed, the young avatar stood up and embraced Katara tightly. She clung to him tightly as well. Sokka and the others walked up to them smiling, happy that they were all together again. Soon the fire sages came out to take everyone inside.
"Prince Zuko, where would you like your friends to stay while we wait for the day of your coronation?" One of the fire sages asked. Zuko thought for a moment and decided.
"In the first class suites on the upper floor, the ones meant for the highly ranked generals."
"Ok," The fire sages replied, but then to the rest of the gaang, "You can come with me, I will take you to get settled in." The fire sage handed Sokka some crutches and the gaang followed him to the upper floor, while two of the other fire sages went up to Zuko.
"Where is Phoenix King Ozai? Where would you like us to put him?" One of them said.
Zuko replied, "Do not call him Phoenix King any longer, he does not deserve that title anymore. He is in the ship, most likely in the prison chamber. Take him to the prison in the boundaries of the palace, the one where my uncle was put."
The fire sages nodded and ran into the ship to get the ex-Phoenix King Ozai. A few minutes later they came out with Ozai, who was struggling like a weak wolf-bat in a cage. Zuko walked up to his father and frowned.
"How could you do this to your own father! You're a disgrace! A mockery to the entire firenation." Ozai shouted in his face.
"No, father. As of today, you are the mockery of the firenation." Zuko said, still with a frown, "The Phoenix King who was beaten by a twelve year old boy, you and Azula are both ridiculous take him away." The fire sages took the still struggling Ozai away to be placed in the prison. One of the two remaining fire sages ran to grab the now calm Azula from her seat on the arena floor.
"Where do you want her, Prince Zuko?" The fire sage asked.
"Put her in the Mental Facility. I want her to be put in the cooler any time her temper rises. Not just when she firebends. chain her also" Zuko said, turning his head away from them.
"As you wish, Prince Zuko," said the fire sage as they took her away. Zuko didn't look back until she was gone.
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1st class suites, Upper floor of the Fire Nation Palace
"Here are your suites, get comfortable. Food will be served an hour. in the meantime help yourself with these and some of the food in the room" The sage said while giving them basket of bread and fruits before walking back down the stairs.
"Thank you for your hospitality," Aang said, shaking the fire sage's hand.
"No thanks necessary, Avatar Aang." He said, smiling. He then left the room, leaving the five teens to their rooms.
"I call the room at the end of the hall!" Sokka yelled happily in his usually high-pitched voice. He went as fast as he could down the hall with his crutches and he dashed in the room. A few seconds later they heard, "Oh! The beds are so comfy!", come from the room. The rest of the teens laughed and entered their rooms.
Suki went to the room across from Sokka's and Toph went into the room next to Suki's. Katara went into the room next to Sokka's and Aang followed into the one next to her. Soon all of the doors were closed as the gaang admired the high-class suites.
In each room, there was a king-sized bed and a small library area. There was even a bathroom (which everyone was very glad to find). Much to Sokka's happiness, there were cabinets in the kitchen stocked with all sorts of snacks. Katara and Suki had settled down to a few romance novels in the libraries and Sokka had taken to eating everything in the cabinets. Toph was in her room picking her toes. Aang had settled into bed for a nice, much-deserved nap.
An hour later, right on schedule came the servants. They kneeled and said, "It is almost time for dinner; we are here to escort you."
"Ok, we are just going to go get our things and we'll be right out." Katara said to them. They nodded and stood up to wait for them.
So Sokka, Katara, Toph, and Suki went to go get their things. They walked out but Katara realized that Aang wasn't there. "I'm gonna go get Aang, I'll be just a second," she said, walking into Aang's room.
OoO
She saw him huddled up under the covers of the bed. She walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder, "Are you okay?" she asked him. She noticed he was asleep and gently shook him. He woke up and slowly turned towards her.
"Hey," he said, rubbing his eyes and sitting up, "Do you need anything?"
"Oh, it's just time for dinner so I came to wake you up." Katara said, smiling.
"Oh, wow." Aang said, standing up, "I've been sleeping for a while haven't I."
"Well, you did just defeat the baddest man on the planet," she said, putting both of her hands on his shoulders, "I would be tired too."
Aang smiled and walked to the door. He looked down and realized he didn't have a shirt on because it had gotten ripped off. "Oh, ummm, what should I wear? I don't have any clothes " he said, blushing.
"Oh, well, I'm sure they have some in that dresser over there." Katara said, pointing to the dresser standing against the wall.
Aang walked over and opened up the drawers. "Too big. Too big. Too big. WAY too big .There's nothing my size here "
Katara said, "Well, I guess you're going to have to be shirtless."
But you have no problem with that, Katara, you don't want him to have a shirt.
Gah! What am I thinking! I don't like Aang like that.
Yes, you do.
No, I don't!
Yes, you do.
No, I don't!
Stop lying
I'm not lying!
Then why are you blushing?
Well
Haha! Caught in the act!
"Katara? Are you okay?"
"Huh? Huh? What?" Katara said, snapping out of her thoughts.
"Well, you said I'd have to be shirtless and then I said 'fine' and then you started staring off into space, frowning, and then you started blushing and I am really confused." Aang said, replaying what he saw.
"Oh hehe, yeah, I was just thinking." Katara said nervously.
"Oh, okay." Aang said, walking up to the door.
OoO
They both walked out into the hall and were greeted by the two servants kneeling in front of Aang. "Umm, hi?" Aang said, looking at the two servants on the floor. They were carrying some sort of yellow cloth in their hands.
"We were told you had nothing to wear so we went to our 'Greatest Achievements Hall' and found this robe. It was from the Southern Air Temple. That is where you are from, correct?" One of the servants asked.
"Yes, that's where I'm from," Aang said.
"Well, then. Here you are, Avatar Aang." The servant said, handing Aang the clothes.
"Thank you," He said, running into his room to get changed. About a minute later, he came out in his outfit. It was a long-sleeved yellow shirt, much like the one he wore under his old orange shawl, with a little left over going under the belt. On top of the shirt was a faded orange cape-like shawl with a yellow collar. It had long yellow pants and brown shoes and his belt was red.
He smiled and said, "Now let's get something to eat."
The rest of the group agreed and started their way down to the dining room. Sokka was having fun with his crutches using them as a swing, if that makes any sense. Suki was laughing at his playfulness and Toph was kicking a pebble across the floor. Katara couldn't help but ask, "What's the 'Greatest Achievements Hall'?"
One of the servants said, "It is where we keep all of our memories of our greatest achievements. We have many air nation souvenirs there for our great success in destroying the air nomads." The whole group got silent.
Aang was the most silent. He closed his eyes, trying to block the tears from falling from his eyes. Katara's eyes widened and she ran up to Aang to give him a hug. She looked at his face and saw him struggling to keep from crying and whispered, "I'll make him keep quiet, okay?"
Aang simply nodded his head.
Katara turned towards the servant and gave him a glare that could kill. The man reeled back in fear. "Can't you see that's hurting him! To talk about his people like that!" she yelled, sending a wave of water at him from her waterskin. He hit the wall and she froze him against it.
She turned back to the rest of the gaang and said, "Now then, where were we?"
She started walking down the hall and everyone else followed. Aang ran up to Katara and whispered, "Thanks for standing up for me."
Katara smiled and said, "What are friends for?"
Aang smiled back and they continued walking down to dinner.
OoO
West Dining Room, Fire Nation Royal Palace
"We are proud to present the Avatar and his friends, the winners of this hundred-year war, to celebrate with us here in the Fire Nation!" The head fire sage announced. There was a loud applaud from the room.
"Yes! We finally got the love back!" Toph yelled, raising her arms in the air and smiling.
Aang laughed, "Yeah, it's good not to be chased by these people, this may sound weird, but I feel free."
"Yeah, we've had to live with this war our entire lives. Now, it's like something inside me has disappeared something that I've had forever," Katara said.
"Wow," Toph said, "That was seriously deep."
"I couldn't tell if you were saying you liked the war or not, you were saying it like it was something you wanted to keep " Suki added. Katara's eyes widened.
"No, no!" Katara quickly said, "I hated the war, and I'm so glad it ended. It just, I don't know how to feel without it."
"Oh, okay," Suki said, "Now I understand."
Zuko walked up to them wearing a red and gold robe. "Come on, guys. We're about to eat," he said, smiling.
"Okay," the gaang replied. They took their seats at the table. Katara sat down and Aang dashed to sit next to her, making her blush. Sokka sat next to Suki and Toph went to sit by Zuko.
"Let the end-of-the-war feast begin!" said the fire sage.
"Don't need to tell me twice!" Sokka said, grabbing for every single meat product he could find. Chicken-Pig, Cow-Pig, Lizard-Eel, Frogfish, Duck, etc.
Suki slapped her forehead and shook her head in embarrassment. Katara and Aang laughed at the typical couple, but then went into silence. They all eat. Of course they are very hungry.
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"So," Katara said, desperately trying to break the silence.
"So?" Aang replied, grabbing a veggie roll from a platter.
"How did your battle go with Ozai? How did you beat him?" Katara asked, grabbing a bowl of noodles.
"Well," Aang said, taking a bite out of his veggie roll, "I took his bending away, it was the only thing I could do to stop him' he was out of control."
Katara's eyes widened. "Took it away? How?"
Aang began to tell her about what happened, "Well, when I went missing, I met a giant lion turtle who taught me about not bending the elements, but bending the energy within ourselves. I'm guessing that was like a billion years ago, but he taught me that by placing my hands on a persons forehead and heart, I can concentrate the energy in their body and turn it into light "
"So that's what those light beams were. I had a hunch it was you and I got so worried! What was happening when the whole sky almost turned red?" Katara interrupted.
Aang continued, saying, "Ozai's spiritual energy was temporarily stronger than mine, so it began to take over mine. In the end, my spiritual energy was stronger and Ozai's power was sucked into me."
"Does that mean you're a ton better at firebending now?" Katara asked.
"I guess, I haven't really bent anything since." Aang said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Oh ," Katara muttered, but then asked, "So what if Ozai did take your energy? What would happen then?"
"Oh, I don't know, It was really freaky because when I was taking away Ozai's bending, I heard the lion turtle say 'To bend one's spirit, your own spirit must be unbendable, or else you will be corrupted and destroyed', I mean, seriously, if he wants me to be 'confident' in this, he wouldn't have told me that." Aang said, imitating the lion turtles voice.
"Destroyed?" Katara asked, growing worried.
"Yeah, but I'm fine now, so." Aang said, looking at Katara's very worried expression.
No wonder I was worried, I knew he had been in trouble
"Yeah " Katara muttered.
So the day went on, Sokka stuffed himself and there was much laughter.
After that they went on the lounge. Nothing much was going on. Zuko on the other hand was busy with his unofficial Fire Lord bussiness. He always with the generals, Fire sages, servants and minister around him.
After lunch on of the servants said that many things will be arrange for the rebuild of the nation.
At night, the gaang went up to their suites early to have a much-deserved night of peace.
"Well, we did it Team Avatar. We ended the war and we are all still alive! Even though a few of us encountered lightning on the way." Sokka said, eyeballing Aang and Zuko. "But we are still alive!"
The group laughed and cheered and finally decided to go to bed.
"Good night, Suki,"
"Good night, Sokka."
"Good night, Katara,"
"Good night, Sokka,"
"Good night, Aang,"
"Good night, Sokka,"
"Good night, Zuko,"
"G'night, Sokka"
"Good night, Toph."
"Good night? Toph?"
"YO TOPH! G'NIGHT!"
"Shut up! Good night!"
"Now I know how annoying I was those few days before the eclipse." Aang whispered to Katara.
Katara quietly giggled and said, "Night, Aang, I hope you get some rest."
"You too,"
They all went to bed peacefully that night. Momo flew into Aang's room and cuddled up against him. All was peaceful and happy.
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The next morning, everyone slept in and was happy about it. Though it made it even harder to get up.
Sokka limped into Katara's room and started whining like a baby without it's bottle. Katara threw her pillow over her head in a futile attempt at blocking out her brother's whines.
"What do you want, Sokka!" Katara ended up yelling.
"I hurt my foot," Sokka whined.
"Yah, it's broken." Katara replied very annoyed.
"No, I mean I hurt it more! I think I twisted it in my sleep because it hurts really really really really really really bad!" Sokka complained.
"What do you want me to do about it?" Katara asked in an aggressive tone.
"HEAL. IT." Sokka said, now also annoyed.
Katara's eyes shut tight as she realized how stupid she's been lately. She's a healer! She could heal him that whole time!
Yeah, smart one
Oh, you stay out of this, stupid
You're the one who forgot you could heal, and your calling me stupid?
Yes, Yes I am
"Oh, I'm sorry, Sokka, somehow my brain forgot I could heal," Katara said, embarrassed.
"It's okay," Sokka replied. He sat down on Katara's bed and laid out his foot. Katara got up, yawned, stretched, and walked across the room to get her waterskin. She walked back with it and took the water out. Soon the blue glow filled the room and the purified water began to heal Sokka's foot.
"It won't heal all the way because we've waited so long, but within a few days of healing it should be better. As long as you don't twist it again in your sleep." Katara said while healing parts of his foot.
Soon, Sokka stood up and limped around the room. "Well, it's definitely better than it was. Thank you, Katara."
Katara smiled and said, "You're welcome."
She laid back down as Sokka left the room, using only one of the crutches. She yawned and closed her eyes as she gently drifted off to sleep
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK
Katara groaned as she slid out of bed and walked to the door. "Whhaaattttt " She whined as she approached the door.
"Katara?" came the voice on the other side.
"Aang? What is it?" Katara asked, opening the door.
"My back hurts," Aang said; he was in obvious pain.
"Your back? As in your scar?" Katara asked, getting worried. Why would his back be hurting?
Aang simply nodded and Katara led him into her room. He sat down on her bed and she sat behind him. She got some water from the bucket of water the fire sages gave her. He pulled off his shirt and she got to work re-healing his wound.
"Where does it hurt the most?" Katara asked, following the chi paths in Aang's back.
"I-It's right in the center, ah, yeah, right there." Aang said as she brought her water to the center. Aang stiffened up when she healed the burning area on his back. Soon the burning faded and Aang loosened up.
"Why do you think it was hurting all of the sudden, Aang?" Katara asked, putting his shirt back on him.
"Well, when I was facing Ozai, I went into the avatar state ,"
"Oh, that's great Aang!" Katara interrupted, " Oh, sorry, continue."
"But right before I entered it, I had stabbed my back against a rock by accident, it felt like the shock all over again. I guess it really only started hurting now." Aang continued.
"Well, I hope it feels better." Katara added.
"Yeah, it does now thanks to you." He said with a smile. She blushed and smiled back.
"Oh yeah, the other reason I came here was to tell you to get ready. Zuko's coronation is tomorrow morning. In the meantime we can have a little relaxation we deserve." Aang added as he walked out the door.
Tomorrow morning, huh? I can do this.
OoO
Katara walked to her bathroom to take a nice, warm bath. She filled up the tub, got in, and sighed. She had never been so relaxed in her life. After her thirty-minute bath, she got out and began to do her hair.
Should I do my hair loopies again? Nah, I don't feel like doing a braid. Uhhhhh, I'll just do what I have been for a while.
She waterbended the water out of her hair pulled some of it back into a swirled bun and placed her two, skinny beads on her bangs. She slid her bangs into the bun and started to comb her hair. She walked into her bedroom and walked to her clothes roll. She pulled out her short-sleeved watertribe tunic with a white belt and slid it on over her white undergarments. She pulled on her navy-blue Capri's and put on her boots.
She walked out of the room as she slid her waterskin over her shoulder, searching for the rest. As she walked out she saw Sokka and Suki sit by side. Suki lean in Sokka shoulder while his hand wrapped around her. Aang was having a small chat with Toph. As she saw Katara she looked at her.
"Hows your scar?" (Katara)
"Well, its not causing any pain or some sort. i think its okay for now." replied the Monk with a small smile.
"Thats good" (Katara)
They enjoyed thier peacefull time untill noon when one of the servant came. "Lunch will be serve in a moment"
"Alright! The best part is coming!" shouted Sokka as he hears lunch. Everybody laugh at his excitedness of food.
After lunch they are back on being lazy again. doing nothing. Aang was on the roof going to the spirit world
He called upon Roku in particular, summoning him from the Avatar Collective. Roku was more than happy to see him. But it wasn't just Roku that appeared. Avatar Kyoshi, Avatar Kuruk, and Avatar Yangchen were there too. The four of them surrounded Aang in a circle.
Roku was the first to speak.
"You have proven me wrong, Aang You must not only be decisive, but you must also choose with the heart You have truly redeemed me and all my past mistakes I couldn't be more proud of you. Because of you, you have brought the universe back into balance You have brought peace back into the world "
Aang smiled. "Well, you helped me a lot "
"There are strange cases where justice is more than enough to bring peace," spoke Kyoshi. "You have proven that to me when you faced your destiny. And in turn, I conclude that you have given others another option for justice. Your wisdom is truly great, Avatar Aang "
Aang rubbed the back of his neck. "It was nothing really "
"You have taught me a lot, Airbender," Kuruk said. "I have been driven far too long to kill and to seek revenge on Koh, the face-stealer. You have opened my eyes and given me peace of mind. I cannot stop searching for him, but when I face him, I will not be consumed by revenge. I have learned from you "
Aang was embarrassed. "Oh Yes That's very good "
Behind him, Avatar Yangchen was the proudest of all.
"I can see that there is nothing I can teach you now But you must take note, Aang, that the Avatar's duty is still to the world and you can never fully detach yourself from it." But she smiled. "But you are almost there, Avatar Aang "
Roku nodded. "Wise, brave, pure, Avatar Aang "
And then, a strong gale-force wind shot down at Aang from above. It spread throughout the ground and at all sides. As the wind passed the ground, more Avatars began to appear. All their eyes glowed and they appeared with a wisp. They surrounded Aang and they extended as far as the eye can see.
He then returned to the world. he shoots back happily inside the lounge and catch up with his friend.
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The next morning is a beautiful one. It was Zuko's Coronation. and also the servant said, Zuko had asked all the prisoner of war to be released and transported to the plaza for the coronation. There are event some important peole in earth kingdom are here specificly for the coronation.
Most of the gaang are up early. It was such a nice day and important day for Zuko and everyone though.
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Zuko was trying to get himself ready. he slipped a robe, and suddenly felt pain on the spot where she had been shot by Azula. he groaend a bit, "need some help with that?" a female voice heard from the door
Zuko turned back and saw Mai. " Mai, you're OK? Mai went closer to Zuko and help the soon to be Firelord with his shirt and answered " my dad pulled some strings. and it dosent hurt when the new Firelord is your boyfriend."
"That means you dont hate me?"(Zuko)
"That means i actually kinda like you" said Mai while she blush.
they kissed and then suddenly "but dont ever break up with me again" Mai said with serious tone and her face turned annoyed too. Zuko just grind, but then her face loosen up Zuko and Mai shared a hug.
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On the crowd, Toph received hug from The Duke. Then out of nowhere a boy called to Toph. "Toph is that you? over here!"
The blind girl went to the direction ofthe boy. "Ujie?"
"Yes, its me. Boy am i glad to see you here." said the boy with a litle blush. luckily Toph cant se this.
"So, what brought you here?" (Toph)
"well, the war is over and i am here for the coronations. I came with some delegates and warriors and diplomats." said Ujie with a smile.
"I see" (Toph)
"You not are here just for the coronation too, arent you?" (Ujie)
"Well, we kinda in the war and we help defeated the Fire Lord together with Aang, the Avatar."
UJie hug Toph, she didnt saw it coming. "im proud of you Toph. and good thing you are okay."
Toph just smile and blush. He strand of hair conceal the flush.
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Coronation Plaza, Fire Nation Royal Palace (late morning)
Zuko walks out onto the coronation balcony with Aang slowly following. The crowd cheers as soon as they see Zuko. "Please the real hero," He says as he steps aside letting Aang through, "is the Avatar." The crowd goes wild as they see the young Avatar proudly stand before everyone.
"Today, this war is finally over. I promised my Uncle that I would restore the honor of the Fire Nation .. and I will. The road ahead of us is challenging. A hundred years of fighting has left the world scarred and divided. But with the Avatar's help, we can get it back on the right path, and begin a new era of love and peace." Zuko said proudly. He then kneeled down as the head fire sage walked behind him with the Fire Nation diadem.
"All hail," The fire sage said as he placed the diadem on Zuko's topknot, "Fire Lord Zuko!" The crowd cheered and cheered as the avatar and new Fire Lord stood before them.
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Coronation Plaza, Fire Nation Royal Palace (early afternoon)
"Is everyone ready to go?" Aang asked his friends.
"Yeah," They responded. They had been invited to the Jasmine Dragon for tea with Uncle Iroh. How could they say no?
They all took off on Appa, heading for Ba Sing Se. Katara sat next to Aang on Appa's head, while everyone else took their seat on Appa's Saddle.
Later that evening, everyone riding on the saddle was asleep. Katara kept little conversations with Aang to keep him up. Soon, fatigue attacked Katara and she laid her head down on Aang's shoulder. Aang blushed madly.
Soon enough, Katara fell asleep as well. The dull, boring quietness made it very hard for the young avatar to keep up. That is until he saw the fireworks. At first he thought it was just his imagination. But then he realized the fireworks were for him and the rest of the gaang, celebrating their victory in the war.
Towns all across the globe were shooting off fireworks in honor of them. The night was filled with the colorful brilliance of the sparkling bursts.
Aang shook Katara gently awake and she gawked at the spectacular lights filling the sky from town to town. Sokka woke up and stared up into the beautiful sky. Soon, everyone, even Momo, was awake.
In a few hours they arrived at the Jasmine Dragon, where Iroh had set up all of the guest beds in the back rooms. They all crawled into bed and fell quickly to sleep, dreaming of the amazing fireworks they saw that night.
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Jasmine Dragon, Inner Ring of Ba Sing Se (late morning)
Katara yawned as she got up in the morning. Toph, Mai, and Suki were all wide-awake talking about random things. She went and took her bath, took the water out of her hair and combed it, she put her usual bun in and attached her "hair loopies" to it. She walked outside of the teashop to smell the fresh air and noticed a young avatar, sitting, and picking flowers.
Katara smiled and walked up to him. "Hey," She said.
"Oh Hi, Katara," Aang stuttered, quickly pulling a flower behind his back.
"Ohhhh, what's that? I saw it!" Katara said, smirking.
"Ohh, well, ummmm, ya see It's .I picked it for you." Aang quickly said, feeling his blood rush up to his face.
"Aw, Aang. That's so sweet. And I know just the place to put it, too." Katara said, "I'll be right back!"
She ran quickly into the bathroom and tied the large pink flower in with her bun. She was about to run back to Aang when all of the sudden
"Katara! Iroh went out and bought us all new dresses! You have to see them! They're gorgeous!" Suki yelled to her.
"Okay! Be right there!" Katara yelled back, running in the direction of Suki's voice.
The dress was gorgeous. It was green with a brownish color flower lace and white on the bottom. It was the most beautiful earth kingdom dress she had ever seen. She grabbed it and said thank you to Iroh, then she ran to the room to get changed into it.
In about a minute, she came back to Aang and his mouth nearly dropped to the floor when he saw the love of his life walking toward him, looking more beautiful than ever.
"See?" Katara said, spinning around, "I put it in my hair!"
All Aang could sputter out was, "Wow."
Katara giggled and thanked him for the flower. They both walked in the teashop and hung out there until after noon.
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Later on in the afternoon, Zuko served his friends the best tea in the shop. Jasmine Tea. Sokka was attempting to paint everyone and constantly complained about everyone moving.
"Zuko! Stop Moving!" He yelled, very annoyed. "I'm trying to capture the moment! I wanted to do a painting, so we always remember the good times together."
Katara walked up to him as he seemed very involved with his work. She seemed very pleased, "That's very thoughtful of you, Sokka."
That is, until she sees the painting, "Wait! Why did you give me Momo's ears?" She seemed very annoyed.
"Those are your hair loopies." Sokka answered. The rest of the group except Aang walks over to see Sokka's 'painting'.
Zuko said, "At least you don't look like a borcupine, my hair's not that spiky!"
"I look like a man," Mai added.
Suki looked down at the picture and said, "And why did you paint me firebending?"
"I thought it looked more exciting that way," Sokka stated matter-of-factly. Momo jumped up on the table next to the picture and started chirping at it. "Oh, you think you could do a better job, Momo?"
Then Iroh joins the group and looks down at the picture, "Hey, my belly's not that big anymore, I've really trimmed down."
Toph then says, "I think you all look perfect!" raising her hands in the air. Everyone laughs at her comment and Aang walks outside.
He touch Appa on the face and continue to walk outside.
Katara sees him and follows him out onto the balcony.
Once she catches up to him, looked at him and blush a bit then she puts her hands on his shoulders and gives a big friendly hug. After the hug they both pull back to look at the sunset.
Should I do it?
YES! DO IT! THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
Is it really?
YES! YOU FOOL! KISS HIM BEFORE IT'S TO LATE!
Oh fine!
Katara turned towards him and he follows by turning towards her. Both of them blush. This is it! She kissed Aang passionately and he returned it by deepening it. They continued to kiss as the sun sets behind them.
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