This is post war a few years into the future, Katara and Aang are dating ;D I did this for a FF contest at Kataang Pool. The theme was Past, Present, or Future of Kataang. Mines not totally obvous but I did all three.

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Pieces of a Puzzle

Aang just sat there, saddened, alone, and humiliated...

after the incident he just ran. He didn't really take notice of exactly where he was going, he just couldn't bear to hear Katara's reaction to what had happened. After about five minutes of running at top speed through a dense Earth Kingdom Forest he collapsed and cried. Aang cried until his system could no longer produce tears. Then he sat up and brought his knees to his chest,

"Maybe it'll be better this way," Aang thought, "Now maybe she can find someone who can be faithful to her." Tears began streaming down his eyes again. "Well technaclly this wasn't my fault, it was er...Roku and Ta Min's fault, yeah. Why has Roku been sending so many visions of her to me lately anyways" Aang sighed, "No it's not their fault, I'm the one who messed up, I'm the one who called Katara, Ta Min. I'm sure that addressing your girlfriend as the name of your past lover is licence for her to never speak to me again" Almost on cue Katara's voice came through some shrubbery behind him,

"Aang, can we talk?" She said calmly as she sat next to him. Aang didn't look at her, he couldn't. Katara took the silence as a yes,

"So...who's Ta Min," she asked still feighning calmness. There was a scilence between the two until Aang finally answered her question.

"Roku's wife," he responded still not looking at her or moving from his position, "he's been sending a lot of visions of her to me lately and I don't know why." Aang didn't notice as a slight wave of relief passed over Katara, unfortunatly it quickly vanished as Aang continued. "Katara, I think we need to break up."

"What, why!?!?" Katara asked franticly.

"Katara, I can never be faithful to you, like you can to me. Katara, I'm the avatar, I've had thousands of previous lives, thousands of previous lovers,... doesn't that bother you! Katara, you deserve someone who doesn't confuse you with a past lover." Katara looked at Aang a moment, her face completely blank.

"No, it doesn't bother me so it shouldn't bother you, Aang you shouldn't feel so badly about this, it was a mistake. I've had past love-life too, remember how I had that crush on Jet." Katara said as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders trying to comfort him.

"Katara that's completely different and you know it," Aang said, "You never kissed the guy, I went so far as to have children with these people." Katara put her hands on Aang's cheeks and turned his head so he would look at her,

"Aang the situation with you and your past lives is different too. It's true they were all your past lives, but you are different from them." Katara paused, "Think of the Avatar spirit as a puzzle, and each Avatar as a piece of it. All together they create one spirit, but when you take them apart each piece is unique. Each piece is shaped according to the problems endured, joys shared, and mistakes made. Aang you are not responsible for things that Roku or Kyoshi did. You are responsible for yourself and the problems you face. Aang you are your own piece of the puzzle that fits with all the other avatars, yet it fits within the world around you, your friends, and especially me." Katara said as she smiled at the boy.

"Maybe the Avatar has had many past lovers, but Aang has always been faithful to me, and Aang's the only one I care about. I didn't fall in love with the avatar, I fell in love with Aang."

Aang looked at her as if he was moved by her words but it looked as if he wasn't convinced. Katara rolled her eyes.

"Aang, did you even stop to think about why Avatar Roku was sending visions of his wife?" she asked calmly.

Aang thought about this for a minute. Katara had a point, Aang had been too afraid of having visions of another woman and afraid of his lack of loyalty twoards Katara that he totally forgot that the visions might actually mean something. Well Avatar Roku had been sending images of his wife to Aang...maybe the old avatar was telling the new avatar that he should find a wife of his own. Aang blushed at realizing the meaning of his visions, Avatar Roku wanted Aang to marry. Aang realized that calling Katara, Ta Min was a symbol. Katara was destined to be the Avatar's wife.

"Did you figure out the meaning of the visions," Katara asked with a smirk.

"Yeah, and I'm sorry," Aang said.

"It's okay," Katara said playfully, "I understand that there are many other avatar's with many other lovers, but the piece of the puzzle that is you is mine and only mine, are we clear."

"Yep, but only if you are only mine aswell," Aang responded, Katara smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Aang, I love you and you love me, and that's all that matters." Katara said as she leaned and kissed him. The two pulled away.

"I'm sorry Katara I guess I over reacted, I guess I just thought that since I was having visions of another woman I was afraid that I might be able to be drawn away from you. But I realize that no possible force in the universe could drive me away from you and since those visions mean that I'm destined to spend the rest of my life with you, then keep them comming." Aang said, Katara giggled as Aang put an arm around her the two looked up into the starry sky, silently realizing that their puzzle pieces were so small compared to the rest of the universe. Yet the two tiney pieces of Aang and Katara matched each other perfectly so that no force in the universe could ever take them apart.

Past: Symbolicly Roku and Ta Min are the old Aang and Katara

Present: When the conversation takes place (well actually it's two years into the future but whatevs)

Future: Meaning of Visions Katara and Aang are destined to be married.

Please R and R

Oh, Yeah and I've noticed that I'm getting kinda a close to 100 reviews, thank you to all who have reviewed it makes me so happy. For who ever gives me my 100th review I will take a request form them ;D.

Edit: Oops Forgot to add this wee bit; I wanna give alittle credit to Artemis Rae. I was reading her last chapter of Shadows where Aang is seeing the Avatar's past lovers. And then I started to think about that a while (like a few months) like how Aang and the Avatar spirit were the same but seperate too and it evolved into this.