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Ch.6
Katara was lying in the tent, trying to process all of that day's events. I can't believe his birthday was yesterday! And he didn't tell us! The monks must have made his life a living hell if he can just ignore a birthday like that. But when I gave him that kiss, he looked so… happy.
"I'll tell him tomorrow…" She said aloud, with a grin on her face.
"(Distant) Aaaannnngggg!" Katara shot up. "Was that… Sokka?" She began to climb out of their tent, to find Aang approaching the campsite.
"Umm… is it me, or did Sokka just yell out your name?" Katara asked him.
"You heard it, too? Good, I thought I was imagining things…"
"That means that he's here… And Toph probably is, too! This is great, Aang! Let's go find them!" Katara grabbed Aang's arm and started running.
"Wait! Slow down, Katara! Its dark out and we don't know in which direction to search. If we go the wrong way, we could get lost. Let's wait until tomorrow."
"But… but… they're here! We can find them!
"They won't disappear overnight… I know you miss them. I miss them, too! But we can look for them tomorrow! We don't have so much as a fire to help us see."
Katara's eyes widened. "That's it Aang! Use your firebending! That should give us enough light!"
"No way! I refuse! I won't firebend until I've trained some more!"
"Aang! My brother is out there! So are Toph and Appa! We can find them now if you just firebend!" Katara was starting to sound angry.
"No, Katara!"
"Why not? Have you stopped caring about them?" Katara asked in an accusatory tone.
"Of course not!"
"Then why are you hesitating?"
"Because-!" He was so angry his arrow tattoo's were glowing lightly. "Because last time I tried firebending I hurt someone I care about! I don't want her to get hurt again!" A tear ran down his cheek.
Katara softened up, and she had a worried expression on her face. Wow, I didn't think he cared THAT strongly…Then she noticed the tear. I made him cry? The last time he did that was when Appa was stolen…
"Aang- I" she got cut off.
"Katara, I'm not angry at you. I just don't want to see you get hurt because of me again." He wiped the tear off his cheek. "I WONT let you get hurt again…
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"So are you okay now?"
Sokka sighed. "Yeah. I guess you're right. I should trust them. But I'm still gonna go check up on them tomorrow."
"And I'll come with you"
"Huh? I thought you didn't want to…"
"I don't. They deserve their privacy. But someone's gotta make sure that you don't kill Aang if you see them harmlessly kissing or something."
Sokka laughed. "What can I say? I'm overprotective."
"Whatever… Look, we should get some sleep. It's getting late."
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Aang was lying in their tent, next to Katara, who was already sleeping. He turned his head over to look at her. Wow, this is kind of… close. I didn't notice how small this tent was… His eyes moved slowly over Katara's body. Spirits she's beautiful… That brown hair, she looks amazing when she lets it down. And her dark, tanned skin is gorgeous. And, oh to hell with it, those curves are indescribable. She's just so… HOT!
He started getting a little… You know. Calm down, Aang! Don't do anything you might regret! He walked out of the tent, and went to the river to splash some water on his face. He sighed.
"I can't go back in there…" He said aloud to himself. "If I do, I might never fall asleep."
He lied down on the ground and started to think about what her reaction might be when he tells her how he feels. Toph DID tell me that Katara liked me back… So why am I so nervous? H sighed once more. I hate hormones… He looked back to the tent where Katara was sleeping. On the other hand, there not so bad…
Aang looked up at the moon and estimated it to be about 4 in the morning. Well, no point in trying to fall back asleep now… Maybe I should just practice a little waterbending.
Aang walked over to the small stream. He took a battle-ready stance and quickly flung his arms to make water fly out of the stream. With another swift movement, the water froze and quickly broke apart, leaving dozens of jagged ice spears. He quickly turned around and pushed his arm out in front of him. The ice spears flew forward, and all but one met their target, a large tree about 20 feet away. Aang walked over to the one spear that missed. He bent down to pick it up and noticed Sokka's boomerang on the floor.
"How'd this get here?" He asked aloud.
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"Ha-ha-… dancing sausages…" Sokka was talking in his sleep again.
"Sokka! Get up!"
"Mmm, no, give that back, Suki! That's MY jerky!"
"SOKKA!"
"AHHH! WHAT!" He shot up, instinctively grabbing for his boomerang. He rubbed his eyes. "Hey, where's my boomerang?"
"C'mon Sokka! We were gonna go find Aang and Katara today!"
"Alright! Alright! What time is it?"
"About 9. We should get going soon."
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Aang was sitting by the river, meditating. He heard some movement coming from the tent and he got up.
"Hey, Katara."
"Hi yawn Aang… How long have you been up?"
"I didn't wake up. I just never went to sleep." He smiled. "I had… something on my mind." He began to blush a deep crimson red when he remembered what he had been thinking about.
"Oh. Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Listen, can I show you something before we go looking for Sokka and Toph?"
"Um, actually, I had something to tell you, too…"
"Let me go first. I think you'll like it." He said with a grin. "Ok, close your eyes."
"Huh?"
"Just do it, trust me." She closed her eyes and Aang grabbed her hand. "Follow me, but no peaking!"
"Ummm, alright." She started to blush when Aang took her hand.
They walked for about 5 minutes and Aang arrived at his 'perfect spot'.
"Don't open them yet!" he said as he picked something off the ground. He stood face to face with her, about 1 foot away, and held the item in front of her.
"Okay, open them" he said softly. She opened her eyes slowly.
"Oh! Aang!"
Mwahahahaha! Cliffhanger! I'm writing the next chapter as I type this so it shouldn't take too long. I'm running out of ideas, though...
Rest in Peace, Mako Iwamatsu (Voice actor for Uncle Iroh)
