To anyone who is a little confused, please remember that this story is incomplete and that all will be explained in the following chapters. To those of you who just can't bare to read another chapter, deuces.

Little bit of back ground info:

-Aang was born about 6 years sooner in this universe, so he was 18 when the monks told him he was the Avatar. After they tell him that he would have to give up his attachment to Gyatsu, he ran away, and we all know the story after that.

Ages for all characters are:

18 - Aang and Suki

17 - Sokka and Zuko

15 - Katara and Toph (just so she isn't so many years younger then everyone else)

In the last chapter...

Kya and Bumi explain to Katara and Zuko who they are. Katara promptly faints.

Chapter Ten

To say that Zuko was a little shocked would be an understatement. He and Katara had speculated that Tom Tom was somehow related to the royal family, but he hadn't thought it was actually possible. It made no sense.

"Tom Tom? Mai's brother, Tom Tom?"

"Lady Mai's son, Tom Tom, yep!" Bumi confirmed.

"Son? You're wrong, Tom Tom is Mai's brother."

"Only because his grandparents adopted him after finding out that their 15-year-old daughter was expecting the Fire Lord's child," Kya explained, "They had informed the Fire Lord that it was a boy, and he officially named Tom Tom as one of his successors should he die."

"But... I don't understand," Zuko groaned, head in hands, "Mai and... my father?"

"Don't tell me you haven't caught your father with numerous hand-maids, because you know there are others. Tom Tom just happens to be the child of a noble as well."

"But, why would Mai sleep with... him?"

"Duh," Bumi snorted, "political advantage. How do you think her father landed that job as Governor of New Ozai?"

Zuko's head was spinning at the concept of Mai having anything at all to do with his father in... that sort of a way. Why hadn't she told him? Why was she hiding something like that from him, knowing that it could affect him and the future generations of the royal family?

"Why would Sozin think Tom Tom was a threat and not you two?"

Kya and Bumi looked at each other, trying to think of the correct way to explain the situation to the young Fire Lord.

"When you and our mom got together," Kya began, "she and Avatar Aang were already married. To everyone but our mom and step-dad, they had a perfect marriage, a prefect relationship. Mom stayed on Air Temple Island and raised Tenzin, and he traveled the world, keeping peace and all that good stuff. But they knew, and you and Aunt Toph and Uncle Sokka knew that... things weren't as they seemed. You and Mom kept your relationship secret, so when she found out she was carrying us... she passed us off as Aang's. How were you suppose to explain to your people that you had an affair with the Avatar's wife? And that he knew about it, allowed it even. There was nothing between them but a political marriage. So Mom brought us here, to the Fire Nation Capitol, and we spent time here with you and Mom while Avatar Aang was traveling with Tenzin, who he was training in the arts of Air Bending. You were training Tom Tom to take your place as Fire Lord when the time came, because you refused to marry or have an heir with anyone but Mom, but you also knew that could never happen because she was married to Avatar Aang."

Zuko growled as he stood up, pacing the rugs before the fire place.

"How could we let that happen? I mean, surely there would be some way to get around all this!"

"Only if Avatar Aang died a premature death, which I don't think anyone would have liked. Aang's a good guy, even though all of this is one big mess," Kya sighed.

"How can you be so calm about this? Your rightful place, your birthright is to the throne!"

"Actually, that would have been me," Bumi sighed before looking away from his father, "you see, Kya's a Water bender, but when I was born, I was a Fire Bender."

Zuko's blood ran ice cold as he picked up on that key word.

Was.

"You mean you aren't anymore?"

Bumi shook his head.

"Avatar Aang knew that if I lost my temper even once that I would show the world that I was a Fire Bender, and then there would be so much turmoil surrounding our family, no one would come out unscathed. So the first time I ever bent, he took away my Fire Bending. He didn't even tell Mom until it was too late."

The flames in the fire place shot strait up the chimney as the young Fire Bender's rage took over him and he pounded his fist on the wall.

"Aang... is so dead!"

"That's why we came here!" Kya interrupted before her father's temper got out of control, "We came here because you and Avatar Aang started a war when you found out about Bumi! You destroyed everything you had worked for, and more! That month of war devastated the world a hundred times worse then the Hundred Years War! The entire world turned on each other, every man, woman, and child for themselves! All because of a decision made by a desperate teenage when she found out she was pregnant with the Avatar's child, the only other Air Bender in the world!"

Cliffie! You guys have been so awesome, and so patient with me. I hope that this chapter kind of makes the future plot of the story a little more clear. Mission: Get Mom And Dad (AKA Katara and Zuko)Together Before Mom Flips out and Marries Avatar Aang- commence!