This should be more of an interesting chapter than the other ones. However, I'm trying to keep this story more. . . Er, what's the word I'm looking fore?. . . 'conservative'. And no, not in a right-winged way. Okay, anyway Chapter Three!
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Disclaimer: I do not own the television show Avatar: The Last Airbender. Just keep it simple.
All throughout the morning, Katara had kept a close watch on Aang. While it was only a dream, the thought of it still horrified her.
Katara shuddered as she was making breakfast, still thinking about it.
"It was only a dream. Aang's okay. Nobody's hurt." Katara kept telling herself.
But looking at Aang, and remembering all that he has been through. Losing his family, countless encounters with Zuko and Azula, almost dieing, being ejected by his one true love-
Katara stopped her trail of thoughts there. She didn't want to think of herself as rejecting Aang. He did confess his love to her, and she hadn't said a thing. Katara still didn't know what to say, or think, really. She didn't know enough about love to do anything. While yes, Katara does love Aang, but does she love him more than you love your best friend, or brother?
Katara shook away the thought, and tried to concentrate more on cooking the breakfast. It wasn't much. Just a small fish, fruits, and nuts. The usual. However, Katara was working a little harder; she tried roasting some of the nuts to give them more flavor. She didn't want to lose too much concentration, otherwise they would burn and become tasteless. Not even Momo or Bosco would eat the nuts after being burned.
"Katara, is breakfast ready?" A hungry Sokka asked.
"Almost." Katara sighed heavily.
"Mmmm, it smells good! Ooh! Roasted nuts!" Sokka squealed like a sheepig. He was a pig, or at least just ate like one.
"Hey Aang, how about we do a bit of practice after breakfast?" Toph asked.
"Sure."
"Erm, Aang, I don't know if you're ready for something as rough as Earth bending just yet." Katara said quickly after he had responded to Toph.
"Well, if you'd rather splash around in the water with Sugar Queen, be my guest." Toph smirked.
"Either element sounds good to me." Aang shrugged.
"I don't know Aang." Sokka said in between bites of food that Katara had gestured for him to begin eating. "This one time, I broke my ankle, and three days later I tried to go hunting. Not good. Mmmm, these roasted nuts are good!"
"Sokka, even with out a broken ankle you still can't hunt properly." Toph said, taking a bite from an apple.
"Alright. Katara, can we water bend after breakfast?" Aang asked.
"Yes, and you can start earth bending tomorrow, or the next day. Depending on how water bending goes for you."
Aang sighed, but knew Katara was just doing this because she cared for him.
"Those
roasted nuts were quite delectable." The Earth King complemented
Katara.
"It's a little extra work, but it's worth it, every
once in a while." Katara smiled. "Er, so Aang, there's a
stream just down that small path."
"Okay." Aang jumped up, and fallowed Katara to the stream.
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It started off as a normal water bending lesson would. Just passing water to each other, nothing to difficult. There was an awkward silence between the two of them, which is a little unusual. Most of the time, they have something to talk about.
"You seem to have a lot of your strength back." Katara said, breaking the silence.
"Erm, yeah, I guess." Aang said, not really paying attention to the water he was bending.
They continued in silence, but now melting and freezing the water, still passing it back and forth.
"Why don't you test me?" Aang asked, not liking this unusual silence among them.
"What do you mean?" Katara asked, a little befuddled.
"You know, test me to see if I have my strength back. See if I still got it in me." Aang explained, sounding a little like Sokka.
Katara wondered for a moment, whether of it was a good idea or not. She figured it wouldn't be too much, just water bending.
"Okay, but only water." Katara said, now smiling because of what was about to hit Aang.
Both Katara and Aang got in their stances, their legs standing in the water. They stared at each other, waiting for one of them to move.
Aang drew some water out, and tried to grab Katara's leg. Katara saw him, and blocked it. She then quickly water wiped him back, freezing his left leg. Aang glared at her, unfroze his leg, and pulled the water up into a massive wave. Katara looked up, and saw the water about to crash into her. She thought quickly, and froze it, sending it back towards Aang. He fell to the ground, and melted the ice that had become him.
"I don't know Aang. You're still getting beat up by girls." Katara laughed.
"No, I think you're confusing me with Sokka." Aang said, laughing a little too.
Aang got himself back up, and preformed one of his favorite water bending moves; the octopus. He managed to grab Katara's right leg, but she fought back on the 'tentacle' trying to get her arm. Katara drew some water from the stream, and attempted to cut off the 'tentacle' that had her foot. As Katara managed to Aang's octopus bending move off of her, Aang had tried to pull back, causing both of them to collapse on one and other.
Katara's
face was just inches from Aang's. She could feel his breath, as a
deep shade of red crept upon her face.
Aang
knew that he was blushing feverishly, but tried not to show it. He
wanted to do something, but stopped himself, afraid of what would
happen next.
Katara and Aang were panting from their fight, breathing heavily, and still on top of each other. Their bodies were warming to each other, the cold from the water long forgotten. Faces only mere centimeters apart, aching to touch the other.
It was like the Cave all over again.
Both
Aang and Katara's breath had slowed, and there surroundings became
a blur. It was as if once again, the spirits had just stopped
everything for the two of them.
They
were so close, that it would probably be considered illegal if
nothing happened.
Their lips were now barely a millimeter apart. Every thing had stopped completely, as Katara and Aang kissed.
Wow, I really stretched that out! I bet all of you hated it, too. Hee Hee! Ooh, it took me 187 words to type it. That's longer then most of my Kataang poems! Well, at least it happened.
Anyway, as always, please review. :-D
