Two chapters in one day, three chapters in one week. Not a bad start for the summer. Enjoy.

"Sokka you didn't?" Suki asked Sokka the next morning after he told her about confronting Aang and I the previous night. He shrugged and raised an eyebrow.

"What? It wasn't like I gave them the talk or anything. I just basically told them to be carful. Besides, they won't last long." he said heading to the cupboards to look for food. Suki watched as he took down a bag of bean curd puffs, opened them and started shovelling them into his mouth. She shook her head at him. Toph walked into the room looking fully regenerated and back to her old self.

"Morning girls, what's up?" she teased, standing beside Suki. Suki giggled at this, but Sokka merely gave her a look.

"Nothing much, we were just talking." she said. Toph moaned as she stretched her arms over her head.

"So where's Sugar-Queen and Twinkle-toes? In their own rooms I hope." Suki smiled.

"Please don't get him started Toph," she said, casting a look over at Sokka who looked extremely unamused.

"He already checked their rooms three times each before Aang finally got up." Toph raised an eyebrow.

"So he's up? Where is he?" she asked, this time Sokka answered, putting the bag of food back in the cupboard.

"In the shower." He grumbled. Suki and Toph chuckled. It was clearly going to take Sokka a while to get used to the fact that his best friend and sister was now a couple, and as much as he hated it, he was going to have to suck it up for their sake.

Not soon after that Aang came in the room, his only source of clothing being his pants. Both Suki and Sokka looked at him, though for different reasons. Suki knew that he was young, so she found it very impressive that he could be so muscularly built. Sokka on the other hand was praying to the spirits that he would put a shirt on before Katara woke up.

"Morning guys," he said, lazily walking over to the sink and getting himself a glass of water.

"Morning." Suki and Toph said in unison. Sokka mumbled his good morning, and slunk off to sit down at the table. Aang looked after him while he sipped at his drink.

"Oh hey," Suki said, looking rather excited for a minute. "Iroh stopped by earlier while you were asleep and told Sokka and I that Zuko was going to be back today." she said. Aang smiled.

"Yeah? That's great." he said with a smile. "Did he say when today?" Suki's eyes looked to the side while she thought about it.

"Er…I think he said by lunch time. But I'm not sure." She turned to Sokka. "Sokka, he said by lunch time, right?" Sokka mumbled something again, never once taking his eyes off of Aang. Aang's face flushed and he looked away awkwardly.

"Well, I'm going to go feed Appa. I'll be back." he said, turning and heading towards the door. As he past, Sokka muttered something that sounded a lot like "maybe you should put on a shirt too" under his breath.

Toph giggled at this and Suki shook her head. "Sokka…"

I woke up to the sound of Appa roaring happily outside my window. I was still a bit tired but when I heard Aang's laugh I decided to get up. So I lifted myself off the bed and walked out onto my balcony. Outside, Aang was running around Appa, shirtless I might add, laughing hysterically as Appa repeatedly turned around in a circle, trying to catching him. I laughed too myself at the sight and Aang heard me. He stopped laughing and running and looked up at me. But because he had stopped, Appa collided with him and laid his enormous head down on him, causing him to fall to the ground.

"Appa!" he called trying to push the creatures head off. I laughed again. "Appa, get off, buddy…" Appa raised his head and moseyed away from him. Aang got up, brushed himself off, and jumped about twenty feet into the air, landing on my balcony's railing. I stepped backward and smiled.

"See, you still got it." I said. He smiled too and sat down, the muscles on his chest tightening as he did so. I looked down at them for a minute before looking back at his face. "Are you still mad at me?" I asked cautiously. He raised an eyebrow.

"No. I was never mad at you." he told me honestly.

"Then why'd you leave?" I demanded, getting a little rude. He looked down and his cheeks turned pink.

"I was just…nervous. I really didn't want you to get in trouble. I was scared that Sokka would walk in and find out, which he found out anyway, but still." I nodded but was still a little unsure.

"I was only taking your shirt off." I said, taking a step closer to him. "It's not that big of a deal, kissing without shirts on." He looked at me and clutched onto the railing as I rested my lips on his. "See." I said, pulling away ever so slightly. I heisted and waited for him to kiss me this time. I wasn't sure if he was going to, but after a few seconds of letting what I was saying sink in he did, and slid off of the railing so that he was standing up. I molded myself closer to him, so that I was pressed against his hard chest and stomach, wrapping my arms around his neck. But just as luck would have it, a familiar shriek cried out from behind Aang and we both spun around quickly to look. Aang smiled.

"Momo,"

The small lemur-bat flew over to us out of nowhere and landed on Aang's shoulder, licking his cheek repeatedly. Aang chuckled as he stroked the creature.

"What are you doing here?" he asked happily. Momo gurgled something before turning to me and licking my cheek as well. I laughed.

"It's good to see you too, Momo." Aang looked over the balcony, trying to see down the road, the way the house was angled however wouldn't allow him to see.

"Zuko must be here already," he announced, turning towards the doorway. "Let's go greet him." I nodded, but then looked down at myself. I was still in thin, blue silk nightgown, my hair was a mess and I probably had the worst morning breath. I couldn't believe that Aang actually put up with kissing me, I was a wreck.

"I have to get ready first." I said, looking back at him. He looked my over.

"You look beautiful." he told me. I smiled.

"Thank you, Aang, but really, I have to get ready. You go on." He nodded and rushed off, Momo still on his shoulder.

Aang ran downstairs, just in time to hear the knock on the front door. Sure enough, when he opened it Zuko was standing there, his appearance no different from the last time Aang had seen him. He still had his shaggy black hair that covered his forehead, and he was still wearing the green Earth Kingdom robe he had bought for times when he wanted a break from being the "Fire Lord". And of course, he still had the same dark scar across his left eye, marking him from when he spoke out against his father, four years earlier. The moment he saw Aang he smiled, and Momo jumped from Aang's shoulder to his.

"Aang," he said, taking the younger boy into a quick hug. Aang smiled as they pulled away from each other.

"Zuko, it's good to see you again. I see you've been taking good care of Momo." he said, looking from Zuko to the lemur on his shoulder. Zuko reached his hand to pet Momo's side, causing him to screech contentedly and nuzzle into his cheek.

"Yeah, he's been one good little side kick." Zuko stopped smiling and looked more serious. "Can I come in?" Aang stepped aside, allowing him to make his way in.

"Of course."

Zuko walked in, closing the door behind him. Sokka, Toph and Suki all came into the room when they heard the door close.

"Zuko!" Sokka said before holding out his hand to the Firebender. But before he could accept it, Sokka pulled it away again and gave a horrified expression. "Wait…do I call you Fire Lord Zuko now? Can I even shake your hand? You're royalty." Zuko smirked.

"You can still just call me Zuko, Sokka. And you can shake my hand." Sokka smiled again and shook his hand.

"Hi Zuko," Suki said, bowing her head at him. He bowed back just in time to be roughly punched in the arm by Toph. He jumped in confusion before realising why she had done it, remembering that it was indeed her way of "showing affection".

"Good to have you back Hot-Shot." she chimed happily. Zuko smiled.

"It's good to be back."

Just then, the sound of feet thudding down the stairs could be heard and I dashed over to them.

"Zuko!" I called, flinging myself at him and grasping him in a hug. Zuko hugged back, resting his hands a little too far down my back for Aang's liking and he made a face. Suki caught this and laughed.

"Be careful where you put your hands Zuko, Katara's Aang's girl now." she said. Zuko removed his hands so quickly it looked as though he had just touched something extremely hot. I let go of him and along with the others, except for Sokka, laughed.

"So did you find out anything about your mom's whereabouts?" Aang asked Zuko a little later when we were all sitting down in one of the family rooms. Zuko shook his head.

"Not really, but I have a feeling I'm close. I met a woman in a small Earth Kingdom tavern who told me she had met a Fire Nation outcast many years ago who lived in a town called Shengshu. It's on the western side of the Si Wong Desert, not too far away from Dichio, the town where I was staying previously. I would have gone there right away, but I had told Uncle that I was coming home. Which reminds me, why are you all here?"

We all looked at each other and looked down; it was Sokka who spoke first. "We're here because we have a problem." he said. Zuko frowned and scrunched his eyebrows together.

"Why, what happened?" he asked. Nobody said anything, bringing up the subject when Toph was right there and was just getting over it was a bit uncomfortable for all of us. But it was Toph who finally answered.

"My city was burned down by two rogue Firebenders. My parents where killed too." she said, saying the last part very quietly. Zuko narrowed his eyes.

"Two Firebenders did it?" he asked, soundly very angry. Everyone nodded, and it went silent. From outside you could perfectly hear Appa and Momo howling and roaring with happiness as they chased each other around the yard. It was the first time they had been reunited in weeks and they were both happy to see each other again. Unfortunately the atmosphere inside was not as bright as everyone sat there thinking about what next to say.

"Do you have any idea who it is?" Zuko finally asked Aang, keeping his voice quiet as if he didn't want anybody else to hear. Aang shook his head.

"Actually, we were kind of hoping you would." Zuko shook his head.

"What are we going to too about this? We can't just let people get away with burning down an entire city, and killing innocent lives. This war is over." he yelled, slamming his fist down on the table. Aang looked down.

"We'll think of something to do together. All of us."

It was mid afternoon when the train arrived at the Ba Sing Se inner wall station. Everyone that was on it piled off in a hurry, pushing past each other trying to be the first ones off. When it had cleared, two last people cleared themselves from inside the train; Longwei, the dusty haired Earthbender, and a petit Earth Kingdom woman. They both walked to the balcony of the station and looked over the city.

"It's a big city…" Longwei said quietly, looking over all of the rooftops. The woman looked over them as well, her topaz eyes scanning for any sign of what she was looking for.

"Don't worry," she began calmly. "We'll find them." she said, her mouth twisting into large, demonic smile.