Zuko, put his arm in front of Katara protectively. He then pulled out his swords and slowly walked over to the bushes. But before he could make another move the same group of natives that had been following them around for the past few days, jumped out of the bush. Zuko stepped back once again protecting Katara.

Katara, who was somewhat surprised at the natives coming out of the bush, decided she had enough of this. "Why do you keep following us?" She asked over Zuko's shoulder.

The natives all stood in a somewhat line. One man with a large hat came to the front and looked down upon the young couple. "We have been trying to chase you out of our forest." The man simply stated, his face was like a rock it didn't change at all.

"Why? We didn't do anything!" Katara asked angrily pushing down Zuko's arm and standing right in front of the tall native.

The native looked down at her, he realized she was strong willed and immediately respected that, but still took a while to answer her question. "You and your "partner" have been causing our forest such horrible weather!"

Katara looked shocked, and so did Zuko who had now put away his swords and stood next to Katara.

"How could we have done anything to the weather? It's impossible! We had nothing to do with it!" Zuko told him angrily.

The native, who they assumed was the chief, looked back at the men standing behind him giving them a hardly noticeable smile. "You two have been lost in here since the strange weather began, you have also been fighting and were awkward with each others company, is this not true?"

The two looked at each other, the chief was right, it was sort of strange that the weather had started acting up like this when they had run into each other.

"And now the weather seems to be normal, do you have any idea why?" The chief said looking at the confused pair in front of him.

"Because we told each other how we felt…" Katara practically whispered. She had figured it out. All the weather was happening was because of their uncertain love and when Zuko had finally told Katara how he felt the weather seemed to have gone normal.

Zuko looked over at her, trying to put it all together. His brows were furrowed until the realization hit him and his brows shot up. He looked back at the chief. "We are sorry to have caused such problems for you." He said respectfully.

The chief just nodded knowing that they understood. "Just be sure to leave or woods as soon as possible. Outsiders are not permitted."

Katara snapped out of her world of thought. "But we're lost and are searching for the village on the other side of the woods! Do you happen to know how to get there?"

The chief thought for a moment before answering. "Continue east, you shall arrive by tomorrow's morning. But you had better not return." And with that the chief and the natives had retreated into the shadows of the forest, leaving Katara and Zuko alone once again.

"So all that horrible weather was our fault." Zuko said looking at Katara who was now looking at the ground.

"Yeah, strange huh?" She didn't really know what to say… but if it hadn't been for Zuko telling her that he loved her, the weather could have gotten worse and they could have died.

"I wonder how that's possible…" Katara looked up at Zuko, he was staring off into the woods. "I mean, it must have been the spirits watching over us, hoping we would make the right choice… it's the only explanation that makes sense."

Katara nodded. "Maybe we were destine to be together."

Zuko looked back down at her, their eyes locked.

His eyes were so golden, like honey, or kings gold, they were amazing, and so rare. Katara could look at them forever. Zuko on the other hand felt as if forever was to long and pulled in kissing her lips. He had his hands around her waist pulling her in tighter. Katara closed her icy blue eyes and allowed his tongue to venture.

Iroh and Aang sat outside; they had walked to the town's entrance and sat on the fresh green grass meditating. Iroh explained why they were to do this and how it would help. Aang listened with intensity

Sokka was near by sitting beside Appa. Since Toph had decided to take a nap he had no one else to talk to and began talking to the bison. "I don't understand why no one is taking this so seriously, Appa. My sister could be very hurt out there."

Appa grunted.

"They say I'm being to overprotective!"

Appa made another grunt like noise.

"That's right, I'm not too over protective, I just have her well being at heart! I am worried she's hurt and there's nothing wrong with that!" Sokka smiled and patted Appa. "Thanks buddy, you're a great listener."

All of a sudden Momo landed on Sokka's shoulder striking Sokka with an idea! He grabbed the lemur and hugged it. "Momo! Thank the spirits you have wings!" He set down the lemur and ran to get something to write with and something to write on.

The lemur sat on the ground and scratched its head curiously.

Sokka ran into the Inn and ran to the room they were staying in. He quickly said a hello to Toph who only grunted in return, grabbed paper, a brush, and some ink and ran back out the door. When he returned outside he saw that Momo was now snoozing on Appa's head.

He sat down and began writing on the paper quickly. He then rolled it up and tied it with a small string he had found. "Hey Momo?" Sokka called in a sickeningly sweet voice. Momo's ears perked and he flew over to the water tribe boy. "Momo, could you possibly fly into the woods with this and find Katara?" Momo looked at him and tilted his head.

"KA-TAR-A, long braid, plays with water…" Sokka was now doing actions to try and show the lemur who he meant. Momo seemed to have gotten the idea and flew off into the woods. Sokka smiled, he hoped that if Katara were ok, Momo would find her.

"Where did Momo go?" Aang asked walking over to Sokka.

Sokka looked over at him with a determined face. "I sent him with a message to Katara."

Aang's expression changed to shock. "He doesn't understand very much! He could be flying around for days!"

Sokka looked back at the trees. "That's a risk we'll have to take… we need to find Katara."

Katara was now walking with Zuko, they had been talking about this and that. About how they were going to stop Sokka from killing Zuko when he found out all this time they were spending alone. And even worse, what was he going to do when he found out they were in love? It was all very confusing.

Zuko looked up into the sky.

"What's wrong?" Katara asked.

Zuko continued to look into the sky. "Do you see that? …What is that?"

Katara looked up into the sky and saw something flying towards them. She looked hard at the small figure until she recognized it. "Momo!" She screamed in exitement.

"What's a Mo-mo?" Zuko asked looking at her and then back at the creature that was now closer.

Momo flew right into Katara knocking her down. She just laughed and hugged the small animal. "Momo, its so good to see you! How did you know where to find me?" Momo chirped a lot of nonsense then handed her the rolled up paper he had.

Katara looked up at Zuko while taking the paper. "Momo is one of Aang's pets, he's a flying lemur."

Zuko nodded. The Avatar had some strange pets.

Katara unrolled the paper.

Dear Katara,

If you actually are reading this that means Momo has found you and your still alive… or semi alive… You need to send Momo back with some sign of telling us what's going on. I miss you so much little sister.

Sokka

Water tribe

Katara smiled. "My brother!" Zuko looked down at her, she handed him the note and he read it.

"So how are you going to signify that your alright and that we should be there by morning?" Zuko asked. But inside he was thinking: How are you going to tell him about me?

Katara shook her head. "I think I have a quill in my bag… and possible some ink." She began digging through her bag until she found them.

She squealed with excitement and began writing on her brother's paper.

Dear Sokka,

I am so happy to know you haven't given up on me! I am completely fine out here, I ran into Zuko and we have been surviving the wilderness together. Don't worry everything is fine, we ran into some natives who told us how to get to the village and we should be there by tomorrow morning. I miss you all so much!

Katara

Water tribe

She rolled the paper back up and tied it. She gave it to Momo. "Ok Momo, Bring this back to Sokka. SO-KKA. You can do that can't you?" Momo flew off with the paper.

Katara sighed, she wasn't sure she could trust Momo to get back after the last incident with the Water… but he did find her, and even if he got confused he would always go back to Aang.

"Do you think it was best to tell your brother you were with me?" Zuko asked.

Katara looked up at him. "Well, he had to know, I am coming back with you. Besides we are going to have to face it some time or another. We have to tell him the truth about us."

Zuko sighed. "It isn't going to be all that easy…"

A/N: ha, that episode was sooooo funny, with the whole being sick thing and the toad sucking, and every time I saw Zuko in the blue spirit mask I laughed! I don't know what it is about that mask that makes me want to laugh…shrugs meh

Sokka's version of Appa looks like a peanut!

-Teenfox