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"What do you mean you let this happen?" Sokka answered, "It wasn't your fault."

Aang pounded the snow with his fists.

"Yes it was!" He yelled as Sokka stared at him, "I knew it was going to happen!"

Sokka looked at Aang with a confused look.

"What do you me-" Aang cut him off.

"I received a threat the last time I was in the Fire Nation that someone was going to kidnap Katara. I didn't believe it, but I left Katara here just in case after…" Aang stopped.

"After what?"

"She didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

Aang couldn't bring himself to say it. The woman he loved who was carrying his son or daughter was on a ship miles away in the middle of the ocean somewhere. Who knew what they were doing to her.

Tears streamed down his face.

"I gave them what they wanted." He whispered as his tears fell to the ground. Using waterbending, he took them off and froze them into a heart. It began to melt in his palm.

Yue walked over to him and put her small, gloved hand on his shoulder.

"Your going to save her, aren't you?" She asked.

"Of course he is," A sudden voice said that made everyone turn to see who it was who had disturbed such an emotional moment. It was Haana.

"None of the other Avatars got anywhere by just sitting and crying. They began heroes by their actions."

Aang stood up.

"You're right," he said, brushing the tears off his face, "I have to go."

Sokka put his hand on Aang's shoulder.

"What if there's an entire army waiting for you? It is a trap after all."

"Then I'll give them what they came for." He answered, and with that Aang got on Appa and flew off without another word as Hakoda, Sokka, Suki, Yue, Haana, and the other villagers watched him fly farther away until they could no longer see him.

He was headed for Kishui Island.

And so was Katara.

"What did my father tell you?" Kuzar asked her as she finished the meal he had brought her. She didn't answer; she couldn't let him know that his father was a lunatic. Then again, he probably had figured that out by now. Instead, she tried to change the subject.

"So Kazoo," She began, in a feeble yet spirited attempt at small talk, "How long?"

"How long what?"

"Until we, you know, get to the island."

He looked surprised that Katara would want to bring that up.

"Oh, at least a day. The ship's been going full speed and we haven't run into any major storms." He frowned. "I'm afraid of what the Avatar will do to my father."

"What do you mean?" Katara asked, aware that the conversation had drifted back to Karu.

"He doesn't have an army waiting at the island. He wants to fight him himself."

Katara couldn't believe what she was hearing. If she had any doubts that Karu was insane before, she surely didn't now. Unless Karu was some sort of extraordinarily gifted firebender master he wouldn't stand a chance. She hoped Aang would go easy on him and maybe he could go somewhere to get the help he obviously needed. But what about Kuzar? She looked at him sadly.

Aang had memorized every island in the Fire Nation and had only heard of Kishui Island a few times. It was deserted and no one had set foot on it's beaches in centuries. People said that it was cursed and there was a legend involving a past Avatar.

He wondered what Katara was thinking right now. Did she miss him? Was she being tortured? Was she alive? He tried to shove the last question from his mind. They had no reason to harm her. They needed her as bait. Or did they? Karu had already told Sokka where he was going. They didn't need her anymore.

Aang forced himself to stop thinking about this. It hurt too much to even imagine. He wondered how long it would take to reach the island. It could be days! He would have to stop eventually because he had no supplies. Why didn't he bring any! He was angry with himself for just leaving in a huff. Now he had to face nothing but open sea on the way. That meant no stops. No food. No water.

He pondered going back, but only for a second. He couldn't waste anymore time. Katara needed him NOW! But would he even have the energy for the task ahead? Yes, he told himself. He was the Avatar. He could do anything.

Katara was worrying about Aang that very moment also. Was he angry? Scared? Sad? Was he even back yet? What if he never came for her?

That was silly, she told herself. Aang would come rescue her. She looked Kuzar in the eyes.

"When this is over, if we make it out," she said, "Would you like to live with us?" Where did that come from?

Kuzar was in too much shock to speak.

"Me, live with… would you?" He smiled, but then. "But my Dad…"

"Don't worry about him." She said in a calming voice. "What do you say?"

Kuzar didn't say anything, because Karu was right behind him, fists clenched.