I reread this and decided it needed some work. Thank you for reading and bearing with me.

Aang's POV

It was eighty years since we beat the Fire Lord. The world was at peace, after a few rebellions were put out. And we were happy.

After the war ended we stayed together mostly, with a few separate vacations here and there. Zuko became Fire Lord and ruled with his queen Mai. Sokka and Suki got married and settled down, fighting the rebellions. Toph met a firebender named Yushi, who could tolerate her, and started a family.

Katara and I eventually married and had been for seventy-three years. Our children and their children are grown and continued to visit us. We had three kids, two were air benders and the youngest was a waterbender like her mom.

Every day since figuring out we were getting old we tested each other, dueling all the time and it was great, until another rebellion started.

Katara and I were strong in our old age, and I may have been the avatar, but nothing prepared us for the surprise attack. They hit hard and quick, hardly giving us the chance to fight. It lasted about twenty minutes; we got separated in the brawl. Sokka showed up and helped us force a retreat.

"Thanks for showing up Sokka, we're dying out here, how did you know?"

"I've been tracking them for a few weeks now, I didn't realize where they were headed until it was too late, I'm sorry I didn't warn you."

"Its okay Sokka, I understand. Where's Suki?" I asked, looking around for her.

He hesitated in his strike almost imperceptibly and I immediately wished I hadn't said anything. "She was killed a month ago, they were the ones who killed her."

"I'm so sorry, we'll all miss her." I said, dodging another plume of fire.

"Wait, where's Katara?" Sokka said, noticing her absence.

I quickly scanned the court yard of our home. I saw nothing, "KATARA!" I yelled, but the only response I got was silence.

We started running; I felt the ground with my feet, trying to locate her through vibrations like Toph taught me. "I found her!" I yelled to Sokka.

He looked around, "Where?"

"She's at the fountain in front."

We ran as fast as two old warriors could, and got to the fountain in record time. Katara was lying against the side of it trying to reach the water. She had a hole in her chest, a stab wound.

"NO! What happened to you?" I ran to her side.

"It's nothing, Aang, I just need to…get some…water…so I can heal." Her face was pale and drawn with pain.

"No, you're not ok, you need help." I tried to pick her up, but she hissed in agony. I set her down, "Sokka, get some rags, we have to bind this."

He immediately turned and ran.

"Aang, I'm…I'm fine, really," She said, trying to be upbeat.

"You're lying."

She hung her head, "Aang, I'm not going to make it."

My heart felt like a stone in my chest, "You have to make it, what am I going to do without you?" Tears caressed my cheeks.

"We both knew this day would come. Aang, you're going to be reborn and forget about me someday, but I will only live this one life. Remember, I will always be with you." She was crying now, too.

"No. NO!" My eyes started to glow and my tattoo's did the same, the air beginning to stir."

"AANG!" She grabbed my arm and I looked down at her, she was sobbing. I couldn't handle it, I fell. Looking at her, I collapsed into her arms and sobbed.

"Goodbye Aang, I love you and will always be watching you."

"But, Katara, I love you! Please don't leave me!"

She smiled at me, and her eyes sparkled for a second, then dimmed and she was gone. I could feel it.

When Sokka, came out and found me, I was cradling her head in my arms, my tears falling softly on her still face. His knees buckled, he bent over her and closed her eyes.

Three days later…

I was standing in the Fire Lords palace, where the funeral was to take place. Every one was there for her, for me.

Zuko walked up to me, staring at the same scene beyond the window as I had been the past hour. We stood in silence until he breathed a sigh and spoke, Katara was a brave woman and wonderful friend, you shod be proud of her."

"I am." I said, no emotion on my face. I had already cried my last tears.

"I think you should go in there, their all waiting for you." He looked at me with a face I knew all too well.

"Okay," I said. My ears felt as if they had been stuffed with cotton, my senses dulled.

I walked through the doors, Zuko behind me. Looking out into the massive crowd that showed up, I saw many familiar faces close to the front. I heard sobbing all around.

"Hello," I begun, "Today we are celebrating the life of my true love, Katara." I tried my hardest, but I couldn't put any sort of sadness or even a hopeful melancholy, me grief having gone beyond that. People thinking I didn't care enough. Loving her as much as I did, and still do, that the place she inhabited next to me for eighty-one years felt cold. I knew that she said she would always be with me but I didn't believe it. "Please, feel free to pay your respects."

"I would like to say a few words first." Zuko said and everyone sat once more. "When I first met Katara, I was hunting Aang, trying to redeem myself in the eyes of my father. Over the years, I did many things….. I did many things I'm not proud of, but violence was always my answer. A couple weeks before Aang faced my father and won the war, I went on a journey with Katara that changed my outlook on the way I always believed to be right. We learned together that revenge wasn't the answer, and because of that I spared my sister when the old regime came to an end. All of our experiences with her made us better people, sharing knowledge and love with her like the tide pushed and pulls the water. I'm not that great at speeches, I'm more of a rant person, but I guess what I'm trying to say is: Katara will always be with us because she lives in the hearts and minds of all those who loved her, Aang in particular."

During Zuko's speech all I could do was stand there. While people laughed at memories and cried with love, I stood there, unmoving. For a while that's all I did, for hours after it was over and people left, I stood there looking at her peaceful face bathed in the moonlight.

Finally I couldn't handle it anymore, I ran.

So this is the first chapter to get a face-lift, I hope you enjoyed it. :) ~J