Chapter 2

This chapter is going to be dark as hell. I don't know what I was thinking. Its my first time trying a dark and sad theme. Please let me know what you think!

Aang POV

I groaned as Suki adjusted my suit, "Suki do I really have to wear this? It is your date. I am just going to stay there talking to my salad."

"Don't worry Aang you will be talking to something better this time." Suki giggled as she got in the car. I sighed and took the drivers seat, "Where to, Miss Suki Yoshi?"

Suki smiled as she barked, "Off to the Aqua house!"

I shook my head as I started the engine and started driving. I reached their house within a few minutes. I slowly parked my car in front of their house. Suki jumped out of the car and opened my door. She tugged on my sleeves like a child and pulled me out. I groaned, "Suki let go of my sleeve. I will come out. Are you happy now?"

Suki smiled playfully at me. I groaned as I thought of how awkward it was going to be driving them to the restaurant. I felt like I was being used as a chauffeur for Suki. Well of course, I was being used as a chauffeur. Well at least I got to strike off being a chauffeur as one of my Avatar to do job list. Though I wanted to yell at her, I maintained my cool comportment. I watched Suki as she yelled out at the house, "Sokka! Katara! Are you in there?"

My ears shot up at the name. Katara? Oh yeah Sokka's Sister. Well its time to introduce myself. I straightened my suit as I turned towards them to look at the woman who was referred to as Katara and yelped. I saved the same woman that evening. My eyes widened as I looked at her. Holy!...

She looked insanely beautiful. She wore a thin blue robe that outlined her slender body. Thin lashes framed her emerald blue eyes. Her silky hair streamed down in waves to adorn her flawless tan skin. I couldn't help but be stunned by her beauty. This woman definitely deserved someone better than Jet. They slowly opened the side doors and got in.

Meanwhile Suki gave me a stern look and said, "Aang will you stop acting like a shy idiot and be normal."

I was shaken out of my daze as I responded, "This is the same girl that I saved this evening."

Suki beamed as she spoke, "Isn't that great? You guys know each other's back already! Literally!"

I scoffed silently, "Ha Ha very funny. You set this up didn't you?"

Suki smirked, "So what if I did? For all you know tonight might actually be fun."

I groaned as I got in the drivers seat. Suki sat next to me and constantly tried to make eye contact with Sokka. I saw the Aqua siblings staring at each other through the rear mirror. Katara let out a sigh. Something told me that the siblings went through a discussion similar to the one I had with Suki. I started the engine and began driving towards the restaurant.

Before Katara and I knew Sokka walked off hand in hand with Suki to a nearby table. I looked at Katara and sensed that she was feeling equally awkward. I sighed and let out an unsure laugh, "Well guess they kind of ditched us."

Katara POV

I sensed him feeling awkward about the evening's events. I smiled back at him weakly and decided to break the ice, "Yeah, how about we use this time to introduce us proper?"

Aang smiled as he stretched out his hand and shook my hands gently, "I am Aang, new Physics teacher."

I smiled back and said, "Katara biology teacher."

With that, we sat down on another table that was reserved for us. We both ordered some food and waited for it. It was definitely awkward.

Sokka/Suki table

Normal POV

Suki glanced at Aang before leaning towards Sokka, "Do you think our plan will work."

Sokka who was previously admiring her didn't catch the question. He gave her a dreamy look and spoke, "Why am I so lucky"

Suki smacked his head and said, "Will you shut up Sokka. Our purpose here today is to hook up our siblings."

Sokka's shook his head to get out of his trance and spoke, "Though I feel disgusted doing this I wouldn't trust my sister with anyone else."

Suki shot him a confused smile and asked, "How do you know Aang?"

Sokka's eyebrows shot up in shock as he gave an unsure laugh, "I don't think you know about this but I have had a crush on you ever since high school. And what is a better way to talk to you other than befriend your brother."

Suki couldn't help it but giggle at Sokka's hopelessness. Sokka smiled and spoke, "You know back then everything was so different. Aang was previously the weakling of our group. Now he is probably the hottest guy. You were so beautiful back then…" Sokka bit his tongue as he noticed his tongue slip.

Suki glared at him and said, "And NOW…"

Sokka raised his hands as though surrendering and cried, "YOU are more beautiful now.

Suki playfully cheered and said, "I was just messing with you with you." She spoke as her eyes wandered towards the other 'couple', "So what do you think they are talking about."

Meanwhile at the other couple's table...

Katara scooped up a few greens from her salad and ate it while telling Aang of an incident at class, "…Then he stood up saying that his grandmother used his homework as an oil extractor and threw it away. That was funniest excuse that I have heard from a student."

Aang let out a hearty laugh as he said, "I don't have much experience teaching but when I was studying I once tried a witty mathematical answer to escape the punishment. When my teacher asked me for my homework I stood up and said 'It is currently under 12, 477.7 Kpa pressure as my pet lemur buried it.'" Both Aang and Katara laughed together.

Katara POV continues

I laughed as I thought of how much fun I ended getting whilst next to Aang. Normally most guys would just laugh at my lame humour sense however Aang tried his best to relate to me. Throughout the entire duration, Jet didn't even rise up in my mind. We slowly walked out of the restaurant into the park nearby. We decided to walk home instead of using the car.

The pale moonlight lit the ambiance. A chilly wind was brewing all around us. I tucked my arms close to myself to preserve heat. Without us even realising the distance between the two of us reduced drastically. The feeling of exhilaration took control of me at each point of contact. I could honestly get used to this. Though the conversation between us was limited, the silence was not one bit awkward.

Aang's phone suddenly beeped as he started to type in a message furiously. I slowly peeked at his phone secretly to notice a girl's name on the screen. I cursed the spirits as I wondered "Just when you show me an amazing guy"

Aang soon finished texting and sighed as he looked back at me with his moonlight glistening grey eyes. I forced a smile and asked, "Girlfriend trouble?"

Aang's eyebrows rose in bewilderment as he shook his head, "No no. It was just my student who was asking me a question. I knew it was against the rules to give students my number but I thought it would be good if I could break the student teacher boundary. Besides I have no girlfriend."

Though one part of me was happy, that he didn't have a girlfriend, another part became extremely curious. I looked at him closely and asked, "Why not?"

Aang became a bit flustered as he wiped the edges of his mouth with a napkin and said, "You wouldn't want to know?"

Though I was not supposed to be, snooping around in his personal issue what he had said just made my curiosity worse. I gave him a concerned look and spoke, "Aang if it is making you feel bad, please share it with me. It might help you relieve some stress."

Aang looked back at me unsure and spoke, "Katara you don't have to do this for me."

I shook my head vigorously and said, "I do Aang, after what you did for me this evening I am pretty sure I have to be at least a good friend. Please tell me…"

He sipped on the glass of water and let out a cough signifying his nervousness. I could see the child like fire within Aang eyes slowly diminishing. His previously up beat attitude was waning.

"Suki and I aren't really siblings." He said silently as my eyes widened. "It is not a time period that I wish to remember. When I was young i used to love my parents with all my heart. My parents brought me up to be the Air bender that I am today. They were many things to me. A best friend. A wise Father. A loving mother. However, one thing that hey could never accomplish was see me to be the person I am today."

He spoke as he purposely avoided eye contact with me, "When I was twelve my entire family had to go to the fire nation for a yearly business re-establishment. It used to be one of my favorite times of the year as my dad and I used to have a lot of fun bending. I loved them with all my heart. Just when I thought this was going to last forever, a group of fire nation bandits took them hostage. I tried to save them with all my might however before I knew anything they were killed right in front of me. All I could do was stare at how gravity was finally able to act on my family as they fell head down to the ground. It was as if my world just shattered in one day. I was slowly robbed of all my family fortune by my relatives and i incidentally lost almost all of my friends"

"That's when Suki's family took me in. If not for her I would not have been standing in front of you." He finished wiping a small drop of tear from his eyes.

I felt terrible. Memories about my mom came back to me. I looked at his tear brimming silvery eyes as I spoke, "Is that why you don't want to have a girlfriend?"

Aang nodded silently and spoke, "I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me. I am just a curse. I don't want to lose anyone else who is close to me. "

I wiped away the tears and put a hand over his shoulder. He spoke facing away from me, "Sorry for sharing my sorrows with you. You are probably thinking I am some loser. I didn't expect a beautiful girl like you to even go on a date with me. It was a pleasure…"

I couldn't help it but fall in love with him more and more as he spoke. I slowly walked closer to him and hugged him tightly not caring what he thought. I hugged him not willing to let him go of him. I slowly took in his scent as I sensed his startled figure starting to embrace me with his long arms. The warmth that we shared blanked our minds, as all the previous clouds of sorrow were drowned out. Though it was just a hug, I definitely enjoyed the feeling of being so close to him.

He slowly broke the hug as he spoke, "Thanks Katara, no one other than Suki has ever done anything that nice for me. Normally whenever I tell this story to any other girl they always think of me as a hopeless loser and don't want anything related to me."

"Well next time you are feeling down you know who to call. Are you feeling better right now?" I asked forcing a smile trying to cheer the mood. Before we both knew it, we reached my home. We were in a dilemma on how to bid good-bye as we ended up shaking our hands due to the over bearing awkwardness that was present.

Later that night, I couldn't sleep as I was constantly wondering about Aang. I wondered why I had to meet Jet before Aang. I wasted precious time of my life with a useless jerk. I was able to feel Aang's pain and suffering. Yet he was still forcing a happy and cheery attitude in front of everyone else. I couldn't believe that someone could face so many tragedies and yet live life to the fullest. Previously I only fell for his physical appearance however currently his physical appearance was merely a distraction to his already amazing personality and character. I have never met someone with so much pain and vigor hidden within and yet not show it to others. I couldn't help but feel more attracted to him. If only there was a way to alleviate his pain. If only there was a way to share his burden.

The wooden floor creaked under the weight of the looming demigod in the warehouse.

"Have we gathered enough manpower at Republic city?" came the booming voice from the darkness.

"Not yet sir but the drugs are ready to be initiated at twenty different schools throughout republic city. The work has been recently slowed down as there are rumours about the Avatar is working undercover"

"How much does he know?" the voice boomed once again through the old dilapidated wooden house.

The messenger felt like he was about to shit bricks. This was not a common mob leader who was struggling to keep his men. One simple misstep and that might be the end of the messenger.

"Not muc..Much I believe sir. No one knows how the Avatar looks like. All we know is that the avatar is a twenty five year old male" the messenger spoke with his fingers trembling, "...but believe me sir we are trying our best... We are trying our level best!...Sir"

The shadowed figure took in a deep breath, "I need information about the Avatar. You may leave."

The messenger blinked and placed his palm over to his chest to see if it was still beating. Yes it was. He blinked and bowed deeply before slowly edging out of the wooden mansion that was hidden in the forest.

If there were two things, he knew about the shadowed leader, it was one not to mess with him under any circumstance. And the two you got to have some guts to even utter his name. To the city he was known as the agent for chaos and destruction. His name was Amon.

Thank you for your continued support. I am not very satisfied with this chapter. This was my first attempt at writing a tragedy. as you can also see I have added Amon to the story. Please tell me if I should proceed on with this style or do you want more romantic banter mixed with comedy. Please let me know what you think in the reviews. THANK YOU.