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22 years after the end of the 100 Year War
"Sit down, you are freaking me out." Suki told Ozlon as they sat in the living room of the royal air ship. She was trying to read a book but was unable to because of the boy who was all over the room. He was touching things, looking out the window and over all being very agitated.
"I'm sorry." He told her, sitting on the sofa across from her and laying down on it. "How long have we been on here?" He asked, his voice sounding annoyed.
"Its been a day Ozlon." She told him.
He groaned and rolled off the sofa, flopping down on the floor hard. "I'm SO BORED!" he yelled, holding his head.
"I told you to bring your school work." She told him as her eyes went back to her book.
"But then you would expect me to do it."
"Well yes, that is the point." She said chuckling. He just growled a little bit, his body laying sprawled out on the thick gold carpet. She smiled at him and got up, setting her book aside. She went over to Ozlon and laid down on her stomach next to him. She turned her head towards him, smiling at him. "Can I ask you something?" She asked him.
He just shrugged, not looking at her. "I guess."
"Are we still friends?" She said.
He looked at her somewhat surprised, "What do you mean?"
"Are we still friends?"
"Were we ever not?" He asked her, frowning a little bit.
She shrugged as she looked at him, "I'm not sure, you've just not really talked to me here recently." She said a hint of sadness in her voice.
Ozlon frowned because he knew it to be the case. He had been unintentionally snubbing his aunt for the past few months. He was not sure why exactly, but he had been feeling neglected as of late. He had heard Ursa talking to one of the ladies about how Suki had been researching means of getting pregnant, and that it made him feel very uneasy. It may have been jealousy or something, he was not really sure. He did know that he had just been really angry at his Aunt recently.
He just nodded, "I'm sorry." He told her sadly.
"Is there something wrong?" She asked him. He shook his head at first; but then looked at her and nodded. "Tell me." She told him, patting his cheek.
"When you have a baby you won't love me anymore." He said quickly, his honest words even surprising him.
She sighed "I'm sorry you feel that way hun, but your wrong." She told him with a soft smile. "You are just as much my child as the one that I will have will be." He sat his chin on the floor, looking forward to avoid her eyes. "Your uncle and I raised you Ozlon. That bound is just as true and strong as that of blood." She reached out and petted his black hair as she looked at him. "So when your uncle and I do have a child you will not loose parents, you will gain a sibling." She told him. He just smiled a little bit at the thought of having a little brother or sister. He always thought that it would be fun. "Please don't be sad." She told him. "We love you so much and nothing will change that." She leaned over and kissed the side of his head, smiling at him.
A door on the far side of the cabin slid open as Zuko walked in, a familiar face behind him. "Look what I found outside." He told them both.
Ozlon looked up and smiled wide, "AANG!" he cried happily, jumping up and running over to the Avatar, hugging him around his waist.
"Its my favorite child of a crazy person, other than my own children!" He said happily as he hugged the boy. Zuko went over to Suki and reached down, helping her up. When Aang pulled away from Ozlon he turned his attention to her.
"Hello old friend." She told him with a smile.
He hugged her close smiling, "Hello Suki." He pulled away, looking her over. "I swear you get prettier each time I see you." She laughed, blushing gently. "Just don't tell my wife I said that." he said with a smile.
She laughed again, rubbing his bald head playfully. "Deal."
As they walked out of the cabin and into the hall way leading up to the top of the airship Aang and Ozlon walked together, Suki and Zuko behind them. "How is your training going?" Aang asked him, excited to her about it.
Ozlon just nodded, "Its going ok. Its getting harder though."
Aang nodded, "Bending is like that. Listen to what your Uncle tells you, he is a good teacher." He told him, looking back at Zuko with a smile. Zuko returned the smile and took Suki's hand into his own and squeezing it tightly. "Just sometimes he is wrong, but you have to kinda deal with that." Aang said, his eyes facing forward again.
"When he is wrong?" Ozlon asked as they walked up a flight of stairs.
"Well... sometimes."
"How will I know when he is wrong?"
"Well you won't; and neither will he. And even if he was he could never admit it to himself if he was. But then again he is usually not right, but not really wrong. He is always right though, make sure you remember that. " Aang told him scratching his bearded chin. Ozlon raised an eye brow to him, not really sure what to think of the Avatar from time to time.
They reached the door that lead to the top of air ship. The four of them walked out into the windy area towards the Flying Bison that was resting nearby. Their bags had already been loaded onto the saddle and they were ready for take off. Zuko walked over to the bison and placed his hand on Appa's huge nose.
"Hey Buddy." He told him with a smile. Appa growled happily at seeing the fire Lord. Suki and Ozlon petted Appa's head, giving him their greetings.
"You drive." Aang said, grabbing Suki around the waist and Airbending them up onto the saddled. She laughed happily as he did so.
Zuko helped Ozlon up and then got on himself, sitting at the top of the saddle. It had been a while since he had flown the giant beast but figured that it would be something that you never forget how to do. He grabbed the reins tightly looking back. When he knew that everyone was seated he pulled on the rains gently saying "Yip Yip!" Just laugh enough so that he could be heard over the whirl of the air ship engines.
Appa smacked his tail onto the top of the ship and lifted up into the sky. Zuko let the reins go, knowing that Appa knew the way home. He looked back to see Suki and Aang sitting next to one another toward the back of the saddle, Ozlon looking over the end of the saddle. Zuko saw laid before him the ever expanding Republic City. It had only been a few months since he had last seen it, but he was taken aback by how much it had already grown.
Aang looked at Zuko, then at Suki who was next to him. "How is the baby bending going?" He asked her quietly enough so that Ozlon was not to hear.
She just looked at him and smiled a little, "Its going."
He frowned a little bit, "Is there anything we can do to help?" He asked her.
She motioned up toward her husband. "Can you just talk to him? He won't talk to me about it."
Aang just nodded, "With please m'dear."
Appa flew closer to Air Temple Island. Zuko saw Katata, Kya, Bumi and Tenzin below on the ground near the stables. The kids had little red flags in their hands, directing where to land the bison. Zuko smiled at seeing the children waving their flags around frantically. Ozlon smiled at them as he hung over the edge of the saddle.
"Cool flags!" He called out to them happily.
"We have some for you!" Kya yelled up to him, a grin on her face.
"Ozlon be careful!" Suki called out to him. He leaped over the edge of the Saddle when Appa was a few feet off the ground, landing on his feet below them. Suki groaned softly once he leapt, knowing that he was only going to get more rambunctious as he got older from here out.
Appa landed on the ground and Suki jumped down turning to Katara. "Its so good to see you." She told her happily. Katara had a child a little over a year old on her hip, smiling at Suki. Suki hugged Kara around her neck happily. "Is this Lin?" She asked as Katara nodded, reaching out and taking the black hair, green eyed girl. Lin looked at Suki with her large eyes as she held her. "She has gotten so big. And pretty too." She said, holding the child, poking her nose gently.
Meanwhile Zuko stood up on the saddle and turned around to face his friend. Aang picked one of the large suitcases up and threw it at Zuko, who then threw it down to the ground only a few feet away. The second bag was a little more heavily and when Aang threw it at Zuko he threw it at a weird angle. He managed to catch the back but he stumbled back a little bit. Zuko narrowed his eyes at him, making Aang smile.
Katara looked at Zuko standing up on the saddle and smiled up at him, "You know if i did not know any better I would think that you were getting handsome." She told him with a smile.
He laughed and hopped down from Appa, "Good thing you know better then." He told her. She laughed and hugged him. He hugged her back, lifting her off her feet. "Its good to see you." He told her as he sat her down. As soon as she was set down the kids came over to him with smiles on their faces.
"Hi Zuko." Bumi said to him, his eyes wide. Kya, Tenzin and Ozlon both looked at Zuko with the same expression on their face.
"Hi... kids." He said slowly, feeling weird that they were all looking at him with semi-terrifying faces.
"Can you..." Kya said, not finishing his sentence.
He just rolled his eyes and walked off from the group to the edge if a clearing. He looked back at them and held his hands out, showing them both sides of them as if he was about to do a magic trick. He put his hands below his belt as he got his footing right. In one swift in powerful movement he swung his arms with him as he spun his body around twice. He thrusted his open palms into the air in an upward movement at the end of the move. Form his hands came a bright white light that flew into the air. He stood up from his position and watched the white light ascend, everyone else doing the same thing. Zuko lifted his hand up in a position that they could all see it. As soon as the light was high enough he snapped his extended fingers once. As soon as his ring fingers made contact with the palm of his hand the light exploded; it shattering into thousands of fractions of light in all colors.
The kids watched the light and their eyes shot open with joy. They jumped happily waving their little flags around. Zuko looked back at them all, a smile covering his face as he watched their happy reactions. Aang, Katara and Suki were smiling as well, watching the bits of fire dissipate into the air.
"Why can't you do that?" Kya asked her father with her large blue eyes.
"Well... if I did it then it would not be as special when Zuko came over." Aang told her.
"And we would not want that." Zuko said as he walked back over to them. The kids ran to him, Bumi and Kay hugging each of his legs as they looked up at him. He just laughed softly at them, "I'm glad to see you guys too." He told them, patting their heads.
"Come on kids, lets let Daddy and Zuko get on their way. They have a council meeting to get to." Katara told them. She kissed Aang on the cheek and started to walk back to the house, the kids following.
Zuko looked at the tiny Lin in his wife's arms, touching her cheek with the side of his finger. Lin giggled softly and turned her face toward Suki, hiding it. He just laughed then kissed Suki on the lips. "We won't be gone long." He told her.
She nodded and smiled at him, "I'll miss you." She told him as she kissed him again quickly, then walking away toward the house.
Aang was on the head of the saddle, watching them with a smile on his face. Zuko looked up at him with a confused look. "What?" He asked.
Aang just shrugged, "Nothing. Its just good to see the two of you."
Zuko smiled, "Its good to see you too." He said to himself as he climbed onto Appa, the bison lifting off.