The war was finally over. I couldn't believe that the new avatar, that little boy had really managed to defeat firelord ozai. Three year ago, shortly after Zuko had been banished, I had fled to ba sing se. I knew that I would be safe here, the soldiers of the firenation wouldn't find me here. Life had been easy until the firenation had managed to get into the city. From this day I was hiding out of fear that they would recognize me and bring me back to my father. He was one of the upper generals of the firelord and who knew what he would do with a traitor even if it was his own daughter. Luckily General Iroh and some mans with a coat with a white lotus, who looked like the lotus stone from Pai sho, had freed the city. It was early morning and I went to the Yasmine dragon in the upper circle of the city, I've had heard that it belonged to Iroh and that the avatar was staying there at the moment. I never accepted the behavior of my nation I had decided to join him and to repay some of the things my nation had done to the others. As soon as I arrived there I heard how one of the sliding doors opened, quickly I hide behind one of the statues who was standing in the garden. A young man at my age left the teashop, followed by a boy with a tattoo on his head and hands, this had to be the avatar. "You will return to the firenation don't you?" the avatar asked as they passed my hideout. "Of course. There is still a lot to do", the other said and turned around. Just now I saw the scar on the left side of his face. "Zuko", I whispered. I've had heard what his father had done to him, but since he had been banished I hadn't seen him. This action from the former firelord had been the reason for me to leave the firenation. "I see. I thank you for your support, also in my newest intent", the avatar said. "No big deal Aang." "When do you leave?" Aang wanted to know. "My ship takes off tomorrow", Zuko sighed. It seemed as he wanted to delay his departure. But than a smile got across his face. "By the way Aang I hope you're coming to my wedding." "Wedding?" it slipped out of my mouth by mistake and I slapped my hands on my mouth. Luckily the two hadn't heard me, than Aang had asked the same at the same time. "Yes I'm going to ask Mai to become my wife", Zuko said with a red shimmer on his cheeks. The two disappeared into the teashop and as soon as I heard that the sliding doors where closed I ran away. I didn't know why, but Zuko's statement that he wanted to marry this stuck-up bitch did hurt me.
Because I didn't fulfill my plan yesterday I went to the pier today. I was sure that the avatar would say goodbye to his friends and I was wright than there was a group standing in front of a ship of the firenation. I decided that I would show myself when Zuko was gone. He hugged his uncle and the girls from the group and shook the boy's hands and went on board. It went off as soon as he was on board. "And you really don't want to come?" the Avatar asked wistfully. "No, we got a lot to do at home", the older girl said. "Yes we have to rebuild a new nation with the help from the people from the northern watertribe", the boy said exuberant. I could only shake my head about this statement. "What about you Toph?" Aang asked the other girl. "I'm sorry Twinkle Toes, but I like to meet my mother that's why I'm going back to Gaoling", she answered him. I couldn't help myself to smirk about the nickname she gave him and decided to ask him why she called him so. The small group went to a ship and I followed unnoticed. As they reached the ship Toph and the boy went on board and Aang and the other girl where standing in front of it. She turned forwards him and said: "I'm gonna miss you Aang." "I'm gonna miss you too Katara", Aang said and then they kissed. "Katara!" the boy shouted from the ship. She brake away from Aang and rolled her eyes unnerved. "I'm coming Sokka!" she screamed back, she hugged the Avatar once more and went on board. After the ship had left and nearly disappeared on the horizon the boy took a whistle and blow into it, I didn't hear a thing. But than a flying bison appeared in the sky and landed beside him. Now or never I thought to myself and came out of my hiding as the avatar wanted to climb his big friend. "Avatar Aang?" I asked unsure and the boy turned around. "Yes", he said, looked me over and asked: "You're from the firenation aren't you?" I laughed, although I lived in Ba sing se for several years I still preferred the clothes from home. "Yes. My name is Sakura", I introduced myself. "How can I help you?" Aang wanted to know. "You can't help me", I said and he looked at me confused. "I was hoping that I could help you. I want to help to repay the actions from my nation", I explained quickly. He nodded and thought for a moment, than a smile crossed his face. "There's one thing you could help me with", he said and told me everything about the city he wanted to build. "Okay than let's start", I said after he finished his explanations. "Really?" Aang asked confused. "Sure" I laughed. "Good than climb on Appa and we fly away", he said and hopped on the head of the bison. Unsure I was standing in front of the huge animal. "And how I'm supposed to get up there?" I asked finally. Aang only laughed and bend a stair from the earth beside me so that I could climb on Appas back. As soon as I was sited Aang shouted "yiep, yiep" and Appa took to the sky.
7 years later-
I came from the city where I had been shopping for today's dinner. The last seven years had been uneventful, well at least as uneventful the life with the avatar and the building of a city could be. I went into the temple of the air nomads, this was one of the last buildings we had finished, when an air acolyte came into my direction. "Hi Kazuya have you seen Aang?" I asked him. "The master? The last time I've seen him he was in the courtyard" he answered and went on. Amused I shook my head I found it funny that someone who was at my age called Aang master. On the way to the courtyard I laid my shopping bags into the kitchen. As I came into the courtyard Aang was laying with his back forwards me against a rail and was starring wholes into the air, he had done that more recently since we had nearly finished the building of the city. "Well shorty are you moping again?" I asked and laid across from him against the rail. "Sakura how often have I told you that you shouldn't call me shorty?" he asked nerved and looked down at me. It was true, Aang had been taller than me for several years, but I couldn't resist to call him shorty after all. "Hmm", I said and thought faux. "A docent time" I said laughing. Aang shook his head. "Besides I'm not moping", he said and looked sad to the sky. "Aang" I said sympathetic and laid my hand on his "I know you long enough to tell when you are grieving. You miss them", I said dryly. He smiled at me sadly. "Is it so bad?" he asked. I shook my head. "No after all you went through it is naturally", I said. "Yeah, besides they are my best friends," he said. I laid my hand on my chest and said theatric: "Oh that hurt." He laughed this time for real and took me into his arms. "You know how I meant it", he said. I released myself from his grip and looked into his face, which still looked sad, then I had an idea. "Why don't you invite them here?" I spluttered out. "What?" Aang asked confused. "The city is almost finished. Why don't you invite them here and show it to them?" I explained. He thought shortly about it and shook his head. "The idea is not bad, but who says that they would come. I mean for the last seven years we only wrote letters", he said sad. "With a personal invitation they would surley come, they are you're friends." "Personal? Sakura I can't go wright now", he said dryly. "I know Aang but I can. You write the invitations and I travel to your friends and bring them to them", I said triumphant. Aang looked at me with big eyes. "You would do that for me?" he asked. I just nodded, he made a leap of joy, gave me a kiss on the check and went to his office. He would remain forever the little whirlwind as which I have met him.