And now, a little portion of cute childishness!!!! A little segment of Zutara and a little Taang this time. Well, sorry for the long wait. Here goes nothing!!!!
Chapter 2
"...And the little Fire Prince and the the little Fire Princess lived happily ever after..." the last words of the story left the red lips of Fire Lady Katara. "... The End." She closed the red hard back book and glanced at her son's napping figure on her lap. She pet his dark brown hair as he cuddled closer. She leaned closer and pecked his head.
She looked at the bright-lighted facade. Her blue eyes scanned the pond that Zuko told her where his mother and him spent time. Her lips curled into a small smile. "Like it there?" a deep voice asked as the Fire Lord's figure appeared in the serene scene. Katara smiled back at him.
"Pretty much" she responed. She looked away smiling, letting her eyes wander where her eyes could go.
"It brings back memories" Zuko said and sat beside his son, the next heir to the throne. "And I miss it so." He said as he pecked on Yuan's head which caused him to wake up a little. He shifted his head from side to side.
His little eyes opened, revealing his dark blue eyes. "Hi daddy" he sleepily greeted. Zuko smiled at the attractive sight of his own son.
Katara held his hand as he gazed into those deep pools of ocean in her eyes. Zuko smiled and held the large lump that sat on her stomach. "We're having the third one soon," Katara reminded. "The doctor said so."
"That's good news, isn't it?" Zuko stated and watched his wife's head bob slowly.
"Daddy! Mommy!" a shriek was heard from the distance. They quickly swerved their heads to that same direction as Yuan's head went up from his nap. From the distance, their four year old daughter was seen running with gusto. Then she came to them as she panted from the running. "Uncle Aang's here!" she reported.
The spouses looked at each other. "What that might be?" Zuko asked. Katara just shrugged aimlessly.
"Let's go!" Zhilan said as she held her mother's hand for support. Zuko followed while carrying Yuan in his arms.
They watched the bison fly in the sky then land at their wide facade. "Hey Katara, Zuko!!" Aang waved like a child and airbended himself down. Gale led her mother down the bison's tail as Sokka helped Suki and Meilin get down.
Aang turned to meet the royals. Then they all did a respectful bow. "What brings you here, Aang?" Katara asked lightly as the two fire children ran to hug the playful Avatar.
After some moments of hugging and laughing, the children went to their respective kind. Aang turned to face the Fire Lady that stood majestically. "Remember?" he responded.
Zuko and Katara exchanged confused glances. Sokka's face turned to utter shock. "You mean you don't remember?!" he shrieked. "You just became the Fire Lady and then you forget everything?!"
Suki stopped her husband from doing insane antics. "What's Sokka trying to say is that this week is King Bumi's birthday" she explained briefly. "We're going to meet him in Omashu for a surprise, remember?"
"Oh yeah, right" Zuko said, obviously remembering everything. Then he looked at his wife. Katara looked at their children who were mingling with Meilin and Gale. Zuko's eyes followed her range and understood everything. "What about the children?" he asked before Katara could say anything.
"Oh," Toph said confidently. "We already took care of that..." she added.
"Hello, Katara! Long time no see!" a teenage girl's voice filled the air. They all looked up at Appa's saddle and spotted a Water Tribe girl waving at them.
Katara's face gleamed with utter joy as she looked at the teenaged girl from her own tribe. "We picked up Kalla from the South Pole before leaving for Fire Nation" Aang explained. (A/N: Kalla is a little OC I made. Let's just think that she was one of the group of kids in the South Pole)
The little Fire children looked at the descending figure and ran to her. "Kalla!" they shouted gleefully and hugged the girl.
Kalla hugged them back in response and a missed smile plastered across her lips. "I can see that you've grown well here" she stated. "Oh I missed you!" She hugged them tighter as Yuan and Zhilan cuddled closer.
"Okay..." Sokka's voice filled in. "We all know that we love each other now can we please leave for Omashu?" he stated impatiently. Kalla stood up from their cuddling and looked at the reunited gang.
"I think you better leave now..." Kalla said and smiled at the children. But behind that smile, something was going on.
"You sure?" Toph asked and somehow underestimated the girl.
"Sure I am!" she responded with glee. "Now you guys..." she said as she grabbed Zuko's left hand and Katara's right hand. "...better go now or you'll be late!"
"Bye Mommy, Daddy!" Yuan and Zhilan waved their little hands. Seeing this, Gale and Zhilan did the same process.
"Bye honeys!" Katara waved. "Kalla!" she called as the young Water Tribe teenager looked at her direction. "Make sure that they don't stay up past their bedtime!" As she spoke, Yuan's and Zhilan's face grew to a frown.
"I will!" Kalla promised.
"And no sweets before dinner and bedtime. Make sure they brush their teeth and don't let Zhilan hit the turtleducks with bread and don't let Yua---" she was cut off when her husband spoke.
"Katara, they'll be fine" Zuko reassured.
"I promise they'll be fine!" Kalla called.
Toph came next into reminding: "Don't let Gale go near trees... she'll get stuck if she does her airbending..." she said as Aang sat her comfortably next to him. Kalla nodded.
"And don't let Meilin use her bending if not needed" Sokka reminded. "If we see icesicles (A/N: What's the spelling?) on the wall, you don't want to know what will happen next..." his voice trailed off.
Zuko then nudged him and whispered. "You do know you're going to pay if that happens..."
"I know" Sokka whispered back. Aang then commanded his bison to go. Appa flew away gracefully as both parents and children bid their goodbyes.
Kalla then turned to the group and clasped her hands together. "Well then..." she said with complete glee and assureness. "...what shall we do first?"
Zhilan brushed her foot against the green grass. "We could knock the apple on one's head like what Aunt Azula did when they were young like us..." she said innocently with a hint of Azula-ness.
Kalla's face grew cross and waved a finger at her. "You know that your Aunt Azula did a bad thing when they were young..." she said in a mother-like tone. Then she straightened up and sighed. "I guess I could just make lunch for you guys..." she said as the group cheered. "Then after that, we'll get to the sweets..." she winked at the group.
Yuan broke the silence. "But mommy said that we shouldn't eat sweets..." he wailed.
"But did she say that you shouldn't eat sweet after lunch?" she exaggerated. The little ones exchanged hopeful glances.
Two days later at night time, Kalla prepared the group for bedtime. Everyone jumped into their sleeping robes and undid each other's hair; Kalla brushed Gale's jet black hair while Zhilan undid the buns of Meilin's dark brown hair which she inherited from both parents while Yuan sat and watched Kalla brush Gale's hair.
A guard then came in the vast bedroom draped with red curtains with a scroll in hand. He bowed respectfully and handed out the scroll. "A message from the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu" he stated. The children exchanged glances.
Kalla took the parchment from his hands and let the guard out. She undid the knot and opened the scroll carefully. She eyed on the letter with her deep ocean blue eyes.
"Well," Meilin said. "Who's it from, Kalla?"
Kalla took time in reading. "It's from..." she said and let them wait. "... your Uncle Sokka." Meilin plastered a large smile and a hopeful look in her deep blue eyes showed.
"He says..." Kalla told and took time in reading. "...that your Aunt Katara has given birth..." A gasp was heard among the children and waited for their babysitter to continue. Kalla's emotionless face turned to a happy face. "...and it's a boy!"
"We have a baby brother!" Yuan and Zhilan chanted while they turned on their bare feet.
"And he says that..." she leaned closer to the scroll while they looked at her with confused faces. "Meilin shouldn't have sweets..." she looked up from the scroll and sheepishly looked at Meilin while she returned the sheepish face.
"I think we'll keep that a secret from them..." Kalla reassured.
Kalla rolled up the scroll again and smiled at the rejoicing children. "Well, you better get some shut-eye now." As the children ran to their respective beds, Kalla headed for the door. "Goodnight, guys!" she bidded.
Yuan was about to close his heavy eyes, when a harsh whisper called to him. "Hey Yuan..."
Yuan sat up and leaned on his elbows. "What is it, Gale?" he whispered back
"How's it like having a baby brother...?" Gale asked.
I think I'm going to leave you there for now. Tell me what you think and please leave a nice review. No flames please. You know how much I despise them... well, then, good day guys!! Still have a lot to do around here!!