Materialize
Oneshot
He just sat and stared at her body, the tears falling slowly. 'If she was…still here…could she use my tears to heal herself?' He looked up at the sky, which was almost as blue as her eyes wer-…had been. His vision blurring, he looked down so that gravity could continue to pull the tears down. Watching them fall and immediately evolve into a wet splotch on the blue cloth he was so accustomed to seeing next to him was fascinating…'She would have looked beautiful in white…' Suddenly, he felt something hot and burning start to devour his back. He turned to see his father standing over him, looking grim but triumphant. Zuko didn't bother to fight or put out the flames. He was ready to die, ready to feel the burning that had begun gnawing inside when she…left.
" Finally finished the job, didn't you Dad?" His father's eyes widened then narrowed.
" It's my duty. You were weak, just like your mother and uncle. I had to keep my line strong. I did what I must." Zuko closed his eyes, almost revealing as the fire spread. He ignited his fists, snapping his eyes open and looking his father head-on.
" We were weak, as you put it, because we loved. And I am happy to die weak and having known the feeling of loving and being loved. It's worth dying for." With that, he closed his eyes and set his flaming hands against his heart. It burned, oh God, it burned…Gently, the throbbing pain subsided. He opened his eyes. It looked like he was in the clouds, with white rolling mist surrounding him on all sides. Slowly, he sat up, thinking. Was this heaven? Or the Spirit world? Or something like that? He forgot his questions when, materializing out of the clouds like an angel, Katara appeared. Dressed in the purest white silk he'd ever seen, she smiled as she approached him. To Zuko, no one and nothing had ever looked so glorious. She offered him her hand, her smile widening as he accepted it and stood up.
" Did you know you look beautiful in white?"
A/N: Well, the after life does exist and he does get to spend it with Katara! Who could totally rock the color white. Personally.