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Day 1: Family
The Firelord Zuko and his Firelady Katara, had just sat down for dinner, when someone came running down the hall. They stood up, sliding into defensive bending positions, when Sokka opened the door. He was breathing heavily, so it was obvious that he was the one that was running.
"Katara, we have an emergency!"
"What is it Sokka?"
"It's Gran-gran. She's not doing too well. Come on, she needs us there!"
Katara ran out of the room with Sokka, leaving Zuko, standing in shock.
"Kana," He whispered to himself. He followed the sound of Katara and Sokka's footsteps to the hospital wing in the palace. There, he found his way to a doctor and asked what was going on.
"Well, Kana was eating in her room, when a maid came in to take her dishes away, and Kana was on the floor, twitching. She had a stroke 20 minutes before the maid came, and now her heart is failing."
"Where is her room?"
"It's right down this hall, number 13, it'll be on your left."
"Thank you. Tell me if you need anything special for her."
Zuko walked down the hallway and peered into his grandma-in-law's room. Sokka was sitting in a chair, and Katara was sitting on Kana's bed, holding her hand, and stroking her face. Zuko just leaned against the doorjamb, watching Katara.
Sokka turned his head, and saw Zuko there, and tried as hard as he could to make Zuko look at him, but it didn't work. He gave up and returned to looking at his grandmother.
Katara looked into her dying grandmother's eyes, and felt her hand caress her short, white hair. Kana's hand grabbed one of Katara's hand and squeezed it tight for a little bit, then the pressure faded away as Kana started twitching again. Katara started screaming for a doctor to come and help. It looked as if Kana was having another stroke/heart attack. When a doctor came in and looked her over, he said it was no use; there was no way that they could help her. Katara just sat down in another chair and started crying.
Zuko saw that Gran-gran was twitching, and ran to find a doctor. Luckily, Katara's screaming drew a lot of people near the room, so it was easy to find a doctor. When he pulled in a doctor in, he saw something that Katara didn't, Kana was starting to glow slightly, as if she was becoming a spirit, or one was entering her body.
Soon, she was starting to glow a bright blue, and she stopped moving completely. Her eyes were closed, then they opened. They were the color of Aang's eyes when he is in the Avatar state.
"Katara, Sokka, and Zuko, I am glad that you could join me today." Those words came out of Kana's mouth, but it wasn't her voice, it was Yue's. "I wanted to talk about things that are going to happen in the very near future. One thing that we all can't stop is Kana. I'm sorry, but she is going to join me in the spirit world. I will take care of her here. Another thing, there is going to be 2 new additions to your family. So while you are losing one, who has days left, new ones will be arriving. I'm sorry, and good luck." Yue left Kana's body like that. Kana returned to her normal color and closed her eyes again. Katara returned to her spot at her grandma's side. Sokka got up and grabbed Zuko by the arm, leading him out of the room. There was a crowd outside the door, but they shut they door behind them, so no one could disturb Katara.
"What do you want?" Zuko asked Sokka as he was being pulled along.
"I just want to talk with you about something, and let 'Tara be with Gran-gran for a little bit."
"Whatever." They continued along the hallway for a few more minutes, then Sokka stopped.
"Ok, you know how Gran-gran practically was Katara and my mom when our actual mom died? Well, she did things that mothers would do for their daughters, like choosing husbands, and seeing if what their daughter's choice would fit their situation?"
"Where are you going with this?"
"Well, Gran-gran did that with you. She looked you over, and decided that you weren't good enough for Katara, but let Katara choose for herself. So where I am going with this, is that, in Kana's last few days, I want you to make a really good impression on her. In other words, let Katara see her whenever she wants to, give her food when she's there, carry her to bed if she falls asleep in one of those chairs, and stuff like that. Make her feel special, and prove to my grandmother that you always were, and have been, the right choice for Katara."
AN: I's Zutara Week! Who else is excited? Well, sorry I had to make Gran-gran die, but it was what I thought of. I had a different idea before, but other people had taken that idea too. So, I made this one. Darn, now that I think about it, I should have put Pakku in it too! Oh well, it's already written and done. See you guys tomorrow for more Zutara fluffiness!