Oh my gosh, I am SOOOO sorry for not updating! How long's it been? 1 month, 2? Anyways, I'm back and I have a few fairly reasonable ( I hope XD) excuses as to why I couldn't update :(
But I'm back and I've got another 'chapter' for you!
Sorry, this is an old oneshot that I've written but I'll got back to the actual story in the next update c:
Zuko shot another one, of his many hundred fireballs at Aang, who was forced to disperse it. Aang gave a series of harsh kicks, shooting fire out of
his feet as he did so.
His bending was amazing as always, but I couldn't focus on that right now. I had my eyes locked on Zuko, my hand on my water skin. If Zuko even
tried to harm Aang, I would be there, ready to end his 'destiny', permanently. Zuko hadn't made a wrong move yet, but I had a feeling, an
uncertainty, that something would happen, I just had no clue what. I was so fixed on Zuko and Aang that I barely noticed someone creeping up
behind me. A hand suddenly appeared on my shoulder.
"Are you STILL watching these two fight?" Toph said shaking her head
"Toph! Don't scare me like that! Yes, I'm still watching them fight. If Zuko even thinks about trying to kill Aang, well-"
"Katara, Zuko's changed. He wasn't lieing, I could feel that he was telling the truth." Toph argued.
"Just in case," I said, still glaring at Zuko. "Maybe you were wrong." Toph angrily blew her fringe off of her face, and started to walk away.
"Hey, Toph!" Zuko yelled, "We could use some targets!"
"Targets? What do you mean by Targets?" Toph had a sly smile on her face, "You're saying I get to shoot rocks at you guys?" Zuko nodded. "Sweet"
She said with a grin.
Zuko was sitting down on the fountain, observing Aang, while Toph was busy bending rock after rock at him, each one seeming to get bigger.
Aang repelled each one of them using his firebending; he wasn't allowed to use any other bending element. Toph's rocks were getting harder and
harder to repel, and Aang was already starting to break into a sweat. A huge piece of earth came flying towards Aang's head, and before I could
even leap to my feet, Zuko had already appeared, kicking the rock out of Aang's way.
"Thanks" Aang breathed
"I think we better fight off Toph together" Zuko was already struggling to catch breath,
"I am not Toph!" Toph yelled with a fake evil grin "I am melon lord, muhahaha!"
Really Toph? Melon lord? I stiffled a laugh by covering my hand over my mouth. She threw another huge rock that barely missed Aang's head, but
he cleverly kicked it while going into a backflip, and the rock broke into minute pieces. I unknowingly started gazing at Aang. I was gazing at his
brilliant bending, at the determination clearly marked all over his face, gazing into his beautiful grey eyes... My heart fluttered. I loved him, and
what was killing me was that I was fairly sure he didn't love me back. But he did didn't he? We had kissed twice, and we always hugged. But,
then again there was that girl at the fire nation dance party... He had went straight up to her, took her hand and led her to then dance floor.
Sokka even said that they were 'cute' together. It suddenly dawned on me. Maybe he did love her. No wonder he did, she was beautiful and sweet
and kind. Aang said she had looked after him on the first day, and that he was getting along really well with her. But, he had only known her a
day. You can't fall in love with someone in a day, right?
A sudden yell jolted me back to my senses. It all went too quickly for me to take in. There was a sudden jolt of fire, and Aang fell to the ground
with a force that shook the floor, clutching his now bleeding side. I didn't know what to feel. My eyes filled with tears of saddness, that almost
instantly turned into rage. I glared at Zuko. He was the one that did this.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!" I yelled with all the air my lungs could gather. I took another look at Aang, who was still lying, limp, on the floor.
My tears of saddness had returned.
"Katara, I-" Zuko started, his eyes darting from Aang's body to mine.
"I WARNED YOU! I TOLD YOU WHAT I WOULD DO!" I flipped the cap off my water skin in an instant and gathered the water in my hands and
around my arms, ready to fight. Before I could even make one move, however, a familiar hand grasped around my wrist.
"He didn't mean it," Aang muttered weakly. I didn't have time to unleash my anger on Zuko, healing Aang was the main priority. The tears started
pouring down my face as I knelt down beside Aang; he was so weak.
"Is there anything we can do?" Zuko asked, edging closer.
"Go." I simply said
"Are you su-"
"LEAVE!" I yelled. Toph tapped Zuko on the shoulder and gestured towards the building. Both of them walked off, leaving me with Aang in the
courtyard. I gathered the water in my palm, and gave a deep breath. I focused all of my energy into healing Aang. I placed my palm on his side,
now covered in blood, and gave yet another deep breath as I felt the water coursing through my veins. The water glowed a fluorescent blue, and
snaked off Aang's skin as it ceased shining. I waited wide eyed for him to wake up. He can't be gone. He can't be. He opened his eyes and gave me
a weak smile, almost indentical to the one he gave me at Ba Sing Se.
"You're okay!" I embraced him, feeling the tears yet again roll down my cheeks.
"I am now" he said, and although I couldn't see his face, I could tell he was smiling. He let out a stiffled groan as I hugged him tighter.
"C'mon" I said, standing up and beckoning towards the rooms, "You should get some rest" I helped him up, and slung my arm around his shoulder
for support.
I walked Aang to his room, and stood waiting at the doorway.
"I-It's okay Katara, I th-think I just need some rest." I heard him say. His voice was still weak and quiet and he looked as if he was in extreme pain. I walked over to him with a look of sympathy and started to heal him again. He looked up at me with his ash grey eyes wide open. I stopped healing and looked into his beautiful eyes. I didn't know what came over me, but I lifted my head down to meet his until our lips touched. I pulled back quickly as I felt my cheeks grow hot.
"Aang, I-I'm sorry, I-" I was about to explain myself when Aang interrupted.
"I love you." He grinned.
"I love you too." My smile had never been this wide, and our lips met once again.
"I KNEW it!" We both turned to see Toph pointing at us with a smile as big as mine.
"Kataang exists!" She fell onto the floor in a laughing fit. I looked to Aang who shrugged. This day couldn't get any better.
Thankyou for reading!
Okay so the reasons I couldn't update were,
One, my computer crashed along with my internet connection so I was stuck with that for 3 or 4 weeks -,-
Two, study and school got in the way of my updates :(
Three, I got hit by a car and was in hospital for quite some time, and I had brain damage and short term memory loss so I couldn't even remember I had written the story! I also couldn't remember my name... XD
But now I am free to update :D!
