So I think i finished really finished this a day or two ago, but i had to reread it several times before i thought it was ready to read. I'm actually not a fan of writing sappy moments (if you havent already guessed that), so the second part was much easier for me to get down without struggling much on wording and such. I'll stop boring you with pointless details of my writing...nah. I'll just stop for now.

K, so this does have two parts, the second being around twelve years after the first, both they switch around a bit. The chapter is called Goodbyes, so you can probably figure out what's going on here.

It broke his heart to look at his tiny daughter with tears in her eyes as she gripped tightly to the end of his robe and tried to pull him further away from Appa, who just watched them both curiously from a few feet away. Aang crouched down and she rushed to hug him, burying her face into his chest as he hugged her closely in return.

She looked up at him and he wiped the tears off her cheeks, "I don't want you to go!" he could feel her sobbing and his heart practically shattered.

"I know. I don't want to go, but I have to. It'll just be two weeks. I'll be back before you know it," he tried to reassure her with as much of a smile he could muster, but she just shook her head, not believing a single word.

"I wanna go with you."

Aang sighed, "I know, but I need you to stay and keep your mom and brother safe while I'm gone. Can you do that for me?"

Kya shook her head again, "Mommy and Bumi will be fine! I wanna go with you." Aang sighed again and sat cross legged on the ground, letting Kya crawl into his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck and cried into his shoulder as he just sat and let her cry herself out, trying not to even consider asking Katara if they could just come with him.

In truth, it was his first trip in a long time where he had to leave for more than a day or two. He couldn't remember the most recent, but it had been so long that he doubted Kya could've remembered if she tried. She was only four now, and Aang hated having to leave them behind, especially since Bumi was hardly a year old now, but he couldn't just take his growing family everywhere he went, especially on longer trips, so he had to break the news to Kya, and she didn't take it well.

The entire day he spent packing, she was hiding from him. He put his bags in Appa's saddle and said goodbye to Katara and Bumi, still being avoided by the suddenly absent Kya, and had slowly made his way to the waiting bison, sad that he might not get a goodbye from her after all. He was met with the sight of Kya trying to climb up into Appa's saddle. While it made him smile, he had to tell her that she couldn't go, yet again, and that's when she grabbed the end of his robe and refused to let go.

He hugged her tightly once again, "Kya, you need to stay. I promise I'll be back as soon as possible. If that means Appa and I have to fly day and night to get home early, we will."

Kya pulled away from him and rubbed her eyes with the palm of her hands, "But I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too."

"Promise?"

"Avatar promise," he reassured, but her eyebrows knitted together tightly and her face twisted up in thought. "What?"

"Mommy says you're terrible at keeping Avatar promises," she looked up at him with wide eyes as he tried not to laugh, "I don't want you to leave and not come back! I don't want you to forget us!"

Aang stared at her. That's what she was worried about? He sighed, "Kya, I would never leave you or your mother or Bumi if it wasn't this important, and I'll be back soon, and I'll write every day. I'll never be able to forget you, and I wouldn't want to anyways." Kya didn't look so sure, "I can promise, and keep it, that I will always do everything I can to make sure I come home for you three, and if I can't…" he mentally berated himself for saying that without thinking it through or knowing how to finish.

She didn't understand the dangers that came with him being the Avatar yet. While he was perfectly fine that she wasn't constantly worrying about what it meant, he would hate to tell her that he could get hurt or even die if things got too out of control, which was always a possibility since everyone was still recovering from the war, even after so many years, and there would always be people who rejected the Avatar working with all four nations. As much as he hated thinking about it, he had to admit it was an unavoidable risk that he had to take so nothing like the war would happen on such a large scale again.

Kya waited for him to finish, but when he looked deep in thought, she snapped him out of it, "Then we'll come for you."

He stared down at her, but she just nodded like there was no way he could change her stubborn little mind if he tried. Instead, he laughed. "Okay," he said, "If I take too long getting home, you can come and rescue me from boring old people."

Kya grinned.

"Just make sure your mother knows first."

Kya instantly pouted, "Mommy doesn't let me do nothing."

Aang smiled, but after a moment, sighed, knowing he would have to leave soon if he was going to stay on schedule, "Kya, I'm sorry, but I have to go. Will you be okay while I'm gone?"

Kya looked up at him sadly. "I guess," she said weakly.

"That's my girl," he smiled, airbending them both up and she squirmed out of his arms.

She immediately ran to stand in front of Appa, looking at him as seriously as she could, "Appa, you make sure Daddy comes back for me." Appa grumbled in agreement as she rubbed his nose and laughed. She then moved to his ear and turned to look at her father, who was smiling curiously at the scene, before standing on the tips of her toes to get as close as she could and cupping her hands, whispering to the bison, "He's bad at keeping promises so you have to make sure he doesn't forget." Appa nudged her affectionately and she laughed as she ran back to her father again.

"Kya!" a voice called from the house. Kya sighed, and Aang turned his head and smiled when Katara came outside and saw them, stopping and smiling back.

Aang looked down at her, "Two weeks. Promise. I love you." He bent down to kiss the top of her head and she hugged around his neck.

"Love you too, Daddy," she let go and grinned at him before running to her mother. She pointed back at him and said, "Daddy said I have to go rescue him if he can't get home. No takebacksies!" Katara shot him a quick glare, but it softened as he smiled nervously at her and shrugged. Kya looked between the two of them before running off towards the house, laughing.

Both Aang and Katara stared after her before Katara walked over to him.

"How does she do that?" Aang asked in bewilderment. "One minute she's crying that she doesn't want me to leave her, the next she's laughing and running off perfectly happy."

Katara rolled her eyes and laughed, putting a hand on his shoulder, "She's your daughter."

"Yeah," Aang smiled, and then furrowed his brows, "Am I really that bad?"

"What do you mean?"

"Am I really that bad at keeping promises?" Aang asked her curiously. Appa roared in response. Aang looked at his bison, who just yawned at the glare that was sent his way, and Aang turned to Katara, who was shaking her head, a soft smile on her face.

"I'd say you're good at nearly everything you do, including not keeping so-called Avatar promises. Regular promises are a little better, but still," she shrugged, smiling when he pouted. She rolled her eyes and kissed him lightly on the lips before turning to leave, "It's one of the many reasons I fell in love with you, Sweetie. Now, you better hurry before she starts crying again. I'm not sure I can let you leave her for all of our sakes. I just got Bumi to sleep, and there's no telling how long that will last."

Aang laughed a bit, "Fine, but I promise to not break this promise. I'll be back soon."

"Bye Sweetie."

"Bye Katara," he smiled, airbending himself onto Appa's head, "See you in two weeks." Katara smiled back to him as she walked up the steps. Aang returned his attention to Appa, "Ready Buddy?" Appa grumbled in response, "Yip yip." He flicked the reins and Appa lifted off the ground, quickly soaring above their home.

Aang looked down just in time to see Kya waving excitedly to him. He smiled and waved back, "I guess we better hurry Buddy. This is one promise I definitely won't be breaking."

"It's two weeks Daddy, not the rest of my life, and it's not like I'm going halfway around the world," she laughed as he hugged her tightly. "You act like you'll never see me again."

"I know, but…"

Kya rolled her eyes and finished for him, "But this is my first trip alone. I know you're worried, but I'll be fine."

"I don't know. Couldn't you just take one of the bison?" her father looked down at her, completely ignoring the bustle of people around the docks or on the deck of the ship. Kya had already taken her bags to her room below deck, and was anxious to leave, except that also meant she had to say goodbye. She had already gotten most out of the way at home, but now would have to be the most difficult, and the one she suspected wouldn't be as hard for herself as it seemed to be for her father.

"Dad, I'm sixteen," she laughed, "I can handle myself, and I'm pretty sure I know the way well enough from my stop. And I can't exactly keep a bison in an apartment with me."

"But if you get lost?"

"I'll ask for directions. If I get seriously lost enough that I need to, I'll send you a letter to let you know." He raised an eyebrows and she rolled her eyes, "I'll write every day anyways, so you know where I am and what I'm doing pretty much all the time."

"If you get hurt?"

She rolled her eyes again, raising both of her hands and wiggling her fingers, "Healer, Daddy. Don't you think you're being a bit excessive?"

"What if you can't heal yourself?"

"Daddy," she looked at him seriously, "that's the whole reason I'm going. I'll be with dozens of people who know more about healing than even Mom, and different ways of healing too. I'm sure I'll be okay if something happens. Besides, it'll be a great way for me to learn to take care of myself," she joked, but he frowned. "I'll be fine. I promise."

"Are you still sure you want to go?"

Kya nodded, "I'm ninety-nine point nine percent sure that I have told you this about a hundred times in the last couple weeks."

"If you get homesick?"

Kya laughed, "Nomads don't get homesick."

"I beg to differ," Aang stated matter-of-factly. "I get homesick all the time."

Kya bit her lip and hugged him again, but she only stayed for a second before the horn blew and more people moved around the deck quickly, getting ready to leave, "Daddy, I have to go. You gonna be okay?"

He laughed, releasing her, but kissed the top of her head, "I guess."

"Good," she nodded, pointing behind her and smiling, "Ship's about to leave, so…guess I'll see you in two weeks."

Aang closed his eyes and nodded, "Okay."

She laughed when he just stood there, "Daddy, you can go now. I'm sorry, but you can't come with me."

"I know," he sighed, "Good luck. I love you."

"Love you too Daddy," she replied as he opened the glider he had carried with him and grinned before flying above the clouds and out of sight. Her father usually preferred flying most places, but he had suggested taking the ferry to the port, which she suspected was because he didn't want to say goodbye so soon either, but he had brought his glider for the return trip to the island.

She grabbed onto the railing and watched the water as the ship left the bay, but a few people on the deck were talking and pointing at something in the sky, so Kya looked up and smiled.

Her father's glider was just a spec on the horizon, already returning to the island, but that wasn't what they were looking at; they were pointing at the clouds. Kya laughed, seeing that he had bended the clouds into words. "Have fun. See you soon. I'll miss you," they read.

She leaned over the railing and stared at the reflection of the city in the water with a bright smile on her face, "Miss you too."

Strangely, i dont have anything to type down here. I guess i will just ask what you all thought, and leave you alone until i finish the next chapter. Sounds good to me. You guys really should tell me if these notes get too long, because i just like venting, but it can annoy people who want to know if i have something actually important to say. Not right now though. Absolutely nothing.

*sigh* Thank you for reading. Review if you would like. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon, but i have to study negative ions, write an essay, draw a picture of straight lines and solve each equations (the first one i did was a horse, but that ended up w/ over 70 lines so i decided not to use that one. Maybe i'll draw a flower...), and of course study for a history test next week, which means getting my evil book out from under my bed and read thirty page chapters. So, we'll see when the next chapter is eventually. I hate school sometimes.

Thanks again...i did exactly what i said i wasnt going to do, didnt I? Yep. Oh well. I'll eventually stop.