Aang had spent most of his time packing the next couple of days, sending Appa to several doctors to make sure everything was perfect, even sending Momo in for a few check ups. He was packing everything they could possibly need, herbs, medicines, maps of the world, stars, oceans, air currents. He packed several travel robes and several formal clothes and many canteens of water. He was filling up yet another canteen from the well when the water disappeared in his hand. He didn't even turn around …

"Hey! Be nice!" Aang was smiling as he heard a delicate laugh… a laugh that had grown so much in five years, from a hearty strong forced laugh to a genuine delicate laugh. He turned to see Katara playing with a ball of water.

"Or what?" she asked

"Or you'll find yourself on fire" Aang smiled at her, he was happy they were trying to get along but his feelings were still shown clearly as she called his bluff

"You wouldn't dare" She said mocking horror, Aang easily sent a whip flying past her hair, it was one of the easiest moves he'd mastered in fire bending, but she didn't know that. Katara smiled sneakily Aang noticed a cold feeling in his feet and noticed ice had formed around them, pinning him to the ground

"Isn't that cheating Master?" Aang teased

"I told you before Aang, Call me Katara!" She laughed as another water whip whizzed by him, they battled for what seemed like hours, Aang kept his feet frozen to give her the advantage of movement, as he had the advantage of all four elements. In the end they were both covered in a thick layer of sweat and both heaving, Aang with little energy thawed his bare feet out of the ice and laid onto the rocks.

"I used to beat you easily" Katara was gasping for air

"I remember" Aang said "I always hid in the end"

"I guess all this training has really paid up" He looked to see her head on her knees still gasping for air, he crawled over to her feeling her forehead, it seemed hot against him, but then again, her flesh was always warmer then usual when she was exposed to the fire nation.

"That feels so… cool" She said as her head followed his palm he moved his hand away and started to get up, remembering all the work that had to be done, when he felt her grip on his arm tighten, he heard her hiss as she leaned on her elbows sitting up. "Aang" She began, she sounded exhausted and calculating "I am ready you know that don't you?"

"Katara- we don't have to talk about this?"

"I want to talk about this"

"You're not ready though, as much as you want to prove your strong you don't have to when your around me, if you're not ready or you don't want to ever be ready you can tell me because honestly, I just want the truth but your not telling me what you want honestly, every time we draw closer you keep pushing me away and at this point, unless your certain you want me, I don't want to keep talking about this as an option, its like showing a man who is dying of thirst a vision of the water, he wants it so badly but if its just a vision and he can't taste or touch it, I personally wouldn't want to see it at all" He paused looking into her eyes for once that were welling up with tears "I love you, I've loved you for as long as I can remember and as soon as you start showing me those feelings in return I can't control myself" He said holding her hand that was on his cheek tighter to him. For a long time Katara didn't say anything, and then she crawled into Aang's lap still keeping her hand on his face and kissed his cheek

"I'm like water huh?"

"No"

"What?"

"You're my ocean" Aang said kissing her cheek back. Katara hugged him around the waist, and Aang wanted to cry because he knew that no matter how hard he tried… she wasn't going to be ready for him until she was ready. He gently separated himself from her and stood up still weak from the bending battle they had just done. "I have to pack…"

"Just a few more moments" Katara said looking up at him "We don't have a lot of moments to ourselves"

"Katara" He sighed hugging her closely to him

"Aang" She was kissed his neck gently

"I love you…"

"I…"

"Don't" Aang said suddenly tilting her chin up " I can't let you say it… It would hurt too much"

Katara at that point started to push him away when he gently held her wrists "Don't be angry now"

"I feel selfish enough as it is Aang! I'm not trying to torture or hurt you!"

"I know" Aang said, his face expressionless

"Its going to be hard enough trying to put my emotions aside for a couple of months"

"It gets easier after a while," Aang said "I'm sure you can cope… I've done it for seven or eight years now"

"I'm not trying to hurt you Aang your throwing yourself under a cart every time you confess your feelings"

"Your throwing yourself under a cart every time you deny there are feelings" Aang kissed her lips passionately and for a second Katara didn't fight it, he felt like they were children again kissing in a broom closet, passing notes during war councils, gossiping about Zuko or Sokka deep into the night. Katara had changed, but their feelings had done nothing but grow stronger for eachother. "Don't you feel that?" He asked placing his hands on the side of her head, he felt her push away from him and start to leave the courtyard, though not before whispering something that made Aang would hold onto…

"More then you know"

AN: from now your going to see alot of the tour/ traveling chapters... fluffy chapters to come soon! Sorry for a lot of "Katangst" PLEASE REVEIW!