Thank you for the reviews! That just made my day and I had a very crappy day. Hopefully I can keep kicking out these chapters. This one is a pretty long one. I hope you like it as much as the first one.

I really wish I owned Avatar, but unfortunally I don't. Boo Hoo!

Chapter Two: Something's Brewing

"Aang! It's been too long!" Sokka clasped the young airbender on the shoulder. He really couldn't call himm young anymore. Aang had certainlly grown up in the years since the comet. They only saw each other once, maybe twice a year, with Sokka living in the Southern tribe and Kyoshi Island, and him helping rebuild the world. Being that Avatar, he had certain responsibilities to the world and the rebuilding process. "You have to catch us up on what is going on in the world."

Aang laughed. His voice had gotten deeper and he filled out more. No more was there a skinny little boy of tweleve, but a tall young man of sixteen and a fully realized Avatar to boot. "I will tell you anything you want to know, but first, I'm starving! It was a full three day flight here from Omashu. Bumi had Toph and myself rebuilding the mail chutes. There are times I hate being an Earthbender." Aang shook his head.

"Hey Twinkletoes, speaking of Earthbenders. You wanna help me down off this big fluff monster?" The clearly annoyed voice of Toph came from the saddle of Appa. "I hate flying and I don't want to be up here no longer than I have too."

Everyone started laughing. Toph was blind, but through her earthbending, she could see the world around her, but away from her element, she was forced to see the world the was it was when she was born, black. "Alright Toph, keep your pom poms on, one of us will get you down in a minute." Sokka smiled up at her, but she scowled at him in return.

"Now I'm not giving you your present, Snoozles. So ha ha!" She smiled at him and sat back in the saddle waiting for someone to get her down.

"Hold those thoughts guys, let me get Grumpy down before Appa throws her off." Aang, using his airbending, jumped up onto Appa's back and retrevied the blind earthbender. He glided gracefully to the ground with Toph in his arms. "There you go, Lady Ba Fong. You can see again."

For his trouble, Toph slugged him in the shoulder. "You don't have to be a smart ass, Twinkletoes. Now, the only voice I haven't heard would be Sugar Queen's, and I know you are here, Katara." Now that her feet were firmly on the ground, she could see everyone around her. She looked over where Katara was standing. "You can come over a socialize, you know that right?"

Katara smiled at the blind earthbender. " Nice to see you again, Toph." She walked over and gave her a hug. She then turned araound and gave a hug to her best friend. "It great to see you, Aang."

Sokka stepped back and put his arm around Suki, his soo to be wife. The gang was back together, the world was working toward a lasting peace, but there was one thing missing and that was the Fire Lord. Zuko hadn't tried to contact any of them in years. Katara was the one trying the hardest. She thought he was her friend and possibly something more after her and Aang broke up. She never told anyone about what she felt, but as her older brother, he had a knack for reading between the lines. Suki also tried to get in touch with him, but to no avail. Either he was too busy being the Fire Lord, or he really didn't want to be their friend any longer.

"Hey Toph, you said you have a present for me. What did you get me?" Sokka looked at the Blind Bandit with his eyes all aglow. He loved getting presents.

"Uh uh, Snoozles, you will get it in two days. That is your punishmant for leaving me up there for so long." Toph smirked at him. "Besides, we always get something for everyone on that day."

"TWO DAYS!?" Sokka cried. "But that is sooo far away."

The whole group started laughing him. This is what they needed. To enjoy each other and to be together like the old days.

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"Hey, you need to go to bed, your Highness."

Zuko lifted his head from the stack of papers that had his attention for the past five hours. Small skurmeshes on the southern side of the main island had not died down yet. He sent his best people over to deal with it, but to no avail. He was about to go down there and find out what their problem was himself. "Sorry Mai, I have to get this done, or I will be twice as busy tomorrow."

Mai walked over to him. "You work too hard, Zuko. You need to leave it for awhile and take a walk with me. I'm sure I could get your mind off of your work." She began to rub his shoulders. "You need to relax."

Relax. He didn't even know what that meant anymore, but he did know what Mai was hinting at. She wanted him to go to bed with her. For four years now, she had been trying to get him to marry her so she could become Fire Lady. At first he would have taken her in a heartbeat, but as time passed he saw what she really wanted and that was power. She had a taste of it with Azula, and yes she betrayed her for him, but he was now ina major position of power and there was no higher. He fell out of love with her within six monthes of assuming the throne. He just couldn't bring himself to tell her it was over. He also remembered what she said when they saw each other again after the battle.

"Not right now, Mai. I really have to get this done." He took her hands off his shoulders. "I want to get this work done so I have time on the battle aniversery. I really don't have any free time."

Mai glared down at the top of his head. "You never have time for me. All you do is spend hours in here, going over news from the generals, the rebuilding , and the trade routes. When you do come out of here, you are soo tired you go right to sleep." She turned around and headed for the door. "I bet if she showed up, you would have time for her."

Zuko turned and looked at her. "I have no clue waht you are talking about. I am the Fire Lord of the whole Fire Nation. I have responsibilities to my people, Mai. I do this maintain peace."

If looks could kill, he would have been dead right there. "I am part of the Fire Nation as well, Zuko, as well as your girlfriend. You should have some responsibilities towards me as well, but no, everything else comes before me." She turned her back on him. "That water tribe girl hasn't written you in years. I dout they even care about you." With that, she walked out of the room.

He watched her walk out of the room, and sighed. She was right though. Katara hadn't written him in years. The last letter he got was telling him that her and Aang broke up and that she missed him. He sent a response to her, but after that he never heard from her again, and that was almost two and a half years ago. He wished he knew what was going on.

Turning back to his papers, he began to read again.

Can anyone guess what Toph and Aang have for Sokka? Also, I promise Katara and Zuko are going to meet back up in the third or forth chapter. When they do, it might be hell on Earth. Hehe!