We do feel like the South Pole scene was a little rushed, but have no fear! Aang and Katara will return…eventually, BUT! What would the occasion be and how much time would pass before they return? Oh that's just exciting, back to what I was saying: The South Pole was a little rushed but Kyoshi Island was supposed to be that short. Sokka staying with Suki on Kyoshi was the point of that part… and the foamy mouth guy as well. Nobody has yet to guess who the mysterious figure is yet one person came close. Will it be revealed this chapter? Nobody knows…except Becka and I, as for the disclaimer Becka and I are going to say something about each other in each disclaimer. I had the last one so now its Becka's turn.
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After a few hours of flying the wind up in Appa's saddle seemed even colder to Katara now that half of their group was gone. She still had Zuko, Mai and Aang, but even then their numbers would eventually dwindle down to just Aang and her. Seeing how Zuko has to return to the Fire Nation and Mai would go with him.
Stupid Sokka, breaking up the group, I'm sure that if Toph stayed with us then she would have made Sokka stay as well. The thought of Toph Earthbending Sokka up onto Appa's saddle brought an evil smile to Katara, yet loneliness still set in. She brought her knees up to her chest and buried her head.
With Zuko soon to be gone it's only going to be Aang and me. I wonder if he'll leave me like all the rest. Katara soon felt an assuring hand on her. She looked up to find Aang smiling down on her.
"Hey what's wrong?" Aang asked as he sat down next to her.
"I just feel like everyone is leaving me. First Toph, then Sokka and Suki and soon it will be Zuko and Mai."
"Well you'll always have me." Katara faced Aang and smiled at him.
"Thanks Aang you really know how to cheer a girl up." Katara rest her head on Aang's chest as he wrapped an arm around her. Their nice happy moment was ruined by a rather annoying question.
"Hey there Guru Goody-goody, who's flying Appa?" Zuko asked.
"He knows the way Zuko just enjoy the scenery."
"What scenery, to the left it's water and to the right it's mountains, that's not scenery." Zuko complained expressing his irritation for the constant flying.
"Zuko calm down we'll be there in an hour or so." Mai said trying to calm her boyfriend. Zuko let out an annoyed sigh and crossed his arms. The group sat in silence until they arrived at Haru's village. They made their way into the town to find the shop that his mother owns. Upon their entry they found it to be quiet empty.
"Well this is quite a popular place." Mai sarcastically said.
"Hello!" Aang called out as he made his way to the back of the shop with Katara close behind. They came to the back of the shop and found nobody, upon their return to the front the door opened to reveal an all too familiar face.
"Haru!" Aang and Katara said in unison.
"Hey guys what are you doing here? Oh hey Zuko, who do you have with you?" Haru asked.
"Well this is Mai, my girlfriend, and we're all on our way back to the Fire Nation." Zuko said introducing Mai.
"Hello there, so where's everyone else?" The curious Earthbender asked. He soon wished he hadn't, Katara had stormed off and left the rest of the group alone.
"Was it something I said?" Haru looked over to Aang who answered his question.
"Katara's a little upset at the fact that Sokka and Suki stayed on Kyoshi Island and Toph stayed with her parents. She understands why they stayed where they are it's just that we were a family and they all kind of broke it up. So if you'll excuse me I have an upset girlfriend to calm down, bye." Aang ran out the door after Katara and left Haru looking at Zuko rather shocked.
"Did he say girlfriend?" Haru ask Zuko.
"Yep those two have been a couple pretty much ever since we arrived at Ba Sing Se. Of course it was obvious that they both liked each other a long time ago." Zuko explained the situation to Haru several times, who was still confused in the end. A few minutes later Aang found Katara up by the barn they stayed in last time.
"Ok now you have to tell me what's really going on. Why did you leave?" Aang demanded Katara who was laying on some hay with her back to him.
"Katara I can't help you if you don't talk to me, what's wrong?" Aang asked as he sat on the ground across from her.
"I don't want anyone else leaving that's all."
"Come on we both now that's not all. Katara I want to help you so please let me do so."
"Fine, the reason I left is because I'm not sad that everyone's gone, I'm mad…mad at Sokka."
"Why are you mad at Sokka?"
"He did the same thing my dad did all those years ago. He was there one minute and gone the next. I made peace with that when my dad did it but now that Sokka repeated his actions I feel the same pain, just from a different person."
"Well sooner or later we'll be back with the whole family just like the old days." Aang assured her as she sat up and looked at him.
"I know we will, sooner or later." Katara let out a sigh. Aang remembered some of the times that he was mad at Sokka or Toph and had to calm down; he went and practiced waterbending with Katara.
"Come on lets go." Aang said as he stood up and extended his hand out to Katara. She grabbed it and he pulled her up.
"Where are we going?" Katara asked as Aang dragged her back to the village to find Appa. They hopped on top of flying bison and began flying south.
"Aang where are we going? You haven't said a word since we left, all you do is turn around and smile at me." Right as she asked Aang did as she said he turned around and smiled at her.
"Fine I'll talk we're going to the ocean."
"Why are we going there, not that I'm complaining I just don't understand."
"Well whenever I was stressed out or needed to be calmed down I always went with you to waterbend. So I figured that I could do the same to you."
"So are we going to practice or play?"
"Well I don't see any problem with playing, unless you would prefer to practice."
"No playing sounds fun, besides I don't really know what I could teach a fully realized Avatar."
"Don't worry about that, I still have a lot to learn from you. There's another special technique I would also like to learn but that's all in due time."
"What are you talking about, what technique?"
"Oh nothing when the time comes I'll tell you. Hey, we're here!" Aang and Katara had spent an hour or so in the water showing off to each other. They eventually decided to make their way back to the village for dinner with Zuko, Mai, Haru, Tyro and his wife. They enjoyed a pleasant meal and slept in a cottage this time instead of the barn; however Appa and Momo remained in the barn. The next morning came fast as they said their goodbyes and returned to their long journey to the Fire Nation. Around midnight they reached the Fire Nation Royal Palace and all went straight to bed.
Ok guys we're terribly sorry for the EXTREMELY short chapter we just had to get this out so it could be a pretty little bridge for the next chapter. We promise that the next chapter will be more than triple the length of this chapter. To add another little question what bending technique could Aang want to learn from Katara? If you guess both the technique and who the mysterious 'figure', not figures, is then you might just get a little something special.