'After proof from the Avatar showed that King Ozai had hired men to create fake terrorist attacks on our own country, he went mad and attacked the Avatar, nearly killing him. But as the Avatar went into the Avatar State, he over powered the King, bringing his downfall. But in a turn of events, Avatar Aang seemed to remove the King's bending only for Princess Azula to shoot him with lighting. As soon as it happened, it ended. The Princess was bent into the ground and the King was defeated. Both members of the royal family have since been imprisoned, on treason and attempted murder. It has been said that the Avatar is good condition and will be okay in soon, this has been June Hunter with GHS News,'
Aang stretched in the giant bed, but stopped when he felt the pain in his back. "Ugh, I really need to stop waking up like this," He groaned. A hand stopped him from moving more.
"Well good afternoon sleepy head. Don't move too much Aang, you might reopen your wound," Katara said. He looked at her and smiled.
"Is that why I am on my stomach?" He asked. Katara nodded to him, "I am so not use to sleeping like this for an extended period of time, how long have I been out?"
Katara lightly stroked his hair, "I would have to say, 2 weeks?"
His eyes almost shot out of his head, "2 Weeks!? Spirits, what's happened since I've been out?"
"The King and Azula have been imprisoned. Zuko will be King as soon as he graduates High School. We already had his little ceremony. They had to totally cut out your part it in, it saved about an hour. But that is pretty much it, everyone else comes to visit some days, but I've been here every day."
Aang smiled, "I'm surprised you're not freaking out, like hugging me and kissing me now that I'm okay."
"That was most of the first week, but I knew you would pull through. Whenever I was around, the doctors said your vitals would approve, so it kept me positive. They said if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have made it." He smiled and pushed himself up, ignoring the slight discomfort. "Aang, why weren't you going to tell me that you were going to be hurt?"
"What do you mean Katara? I had no clue I was going to get hurt," Aang broke eye contact and looked around the room, hoping she would catch his lie.
"I know you're lying Aang" 'Damn it', "Sokka told me that you knew a long time ago," She told him.
Aang sighed, "Your brother is a blabber mouth."
Katara laughed, "Try living with him Aang, once I started my period he went around telling all the guys that I was riding the red sea and was moody." He laughed but stopped, his ribs starting to hurt. "Why didn't you tell me…"
"Do you remember the last time we were here Katara? I told you, no matter what, don't break down because I would need all the help I could get?" She nodded, "I couldn't tell you Katara, I mean, I died…but you remember what I taught you and what I told you," He explained.
She stood up, "You still should have told me Aang, I was the only one going around not knowing the Spirits had your number and were going to try to take you away from me. Do you know how long I have been here? I literally have skipped school the whole time you have been here, making sure you were okay."
It took all his energy to get out of the bed and held her hand in his, "Katara, I'm sorry, you know I wouldn't ever do something that I knew would hurt you. I thought it would be for the best, but you were the one who ended being hurt," He kissed her. "It seems like forever since I've done that."
She giggled, "I was thinking the same exact thing…oh I got you a surprise."
"What is it?" He asked.
Katara sat him back down, "You need to close your eyes." He put his hands over his eyes while he heard her shuffling around. "Okay, open them." Aang removed his hands from his eyes and his jaw dropped. Her pants were unzipped and she had lowered the top of her panties to reveal a tattoo in the right corner. It was a small old blue air bending tattoo that was for master air benders.
"Katara, you got an Air Bending tattoo…for me?" He asked, looking at the little arrow, it was like a map to her pleasure zone. "That's the greatest thing anyone has ever done for me...wait, so this is why you didn't want to have sex for a while."
"Yeah, I thought it would be a good surprise for you since you got Sokka and I all of that old Water Tribe clothes and jewelry. It hurt like hell though," She looked down and admired her new skin ink. He gently placed a kiss on it.
"I love it Kat, but you do know what it means to get a smaller tattoo like this right?"
Katara nodded happily, "I know exactly what this means Aang, you're an Air Bending master and I am your soul mate, it's weird that I have to mark myself, but anything to show that I am yours Aang."
Aang grinned, "You could have done that by marrying me Katara, but this is also awesome. Does it still hurt?" She shook her head, "Spirits you are the most amazing girl, do you know that?" He stood back up and kissed her again.
"Hey Katara, is Aang up yet…IS THAT A TATTOO?!" Sokka screamed as he saw Aang pull away from her. She pulled up her pants quickly, trying hiding the tiny arrow. "I am so telling Dad that you got one, I've been bugging him about one, but no, 'we don't have enough for tattoo for you Sokka', probably because he was busy paying for yours." Sokka sat down next to the bed with Suki quietly in tow, waiting for the bickering between the twins to stop.
"Sokka, you tell Dad and I'll kill you, I've saved a life, I think that gives me one free 'Take a Brother's life Away' card and I only have one brother…" Katara shot back, "Call Aunt Wu, she has a friend here in the city that gave me a free tattoo, but shut your big mouth."
He put his hands up in fake defensive, "Fine Katara, but if I am not able to get it, Dad is going to find out that you have something clearly indicating the way to your vagina."
"Whatever Sokka, you are so culturally ignorant. Suki, why are you even with my brother? I would find it would be hard to deal with someone who puts what he thinks with inside you," Katara shot an angry glace towards her brother.
"Whoa, don't bring me into this…and by the way, it's great to see that you're okay Aang, you had us all worried. Isn't great that Aang is better, right Sokka?" Suki nudged him in the ribs.
"Uh yeah, it's great that you are fine Aang…and that my sister has made her privates into simple directions to fuck her," Sokka muttered out.
Katara was one step from having steam come out of her ears, "That's it, I'm going to kill you Sokka," She tried to lunge at Sokka, but Aang held her back, ignoring the pain shooting up and down his spine. A painful grunt took Katara out of her berserker mode and she sat him down, "I'm so sorry Aang, you shouldn't have held on to me, please just relax." She tucked him back into bed so he was lying on his stomach and turned back towards her brother, "This isn't over Sokka, where are Toph and Ty?"
"Where do you think Katara?" He shot at his sister, "Phone's on silent, blinds are closed and music is turned to the max, I don't even want to think what they're even doing."
"Would you call Zuko and ask him to stop by there before he gets here?" She tried to ask as nicely as possible without calling him bad names. He sighed and got up while going through his phone. After he left the room Katara sighed and shook her head, "He is getting on my last nerve."
Suki softly smiled, "Sibling rivalry isn't always fun. How long does Aang have to stay here for?"
"Not sure, they doctors told me earlier that it matters how he is once he comes out of his coma, hopefully they will let him out by tomorrow," She said, starting to run her fingers through his onyx hair. "Do you want some morphine honey?" He nodded and she pressed the button on the controller on his side table, his sigh of relief ensured her it worked.
"So what's with the tattoo Katara?"
Katara smiled, "It's an old tattoo that Air Nomads use to get once they became masters, but when the soul mate of the Air Bending master gets a smaller one placed on the body, it means they are bound to them for life and that you are theirs." She held Aang's hand as he seemed to start to drift back to sleep.
Suki smiled widely as she watched the happy couple, "That's so sweet. I wish Sokka would do something romantic like that. But then again, the only thing I really know about my past ancestors is Avatar Kyoshi. There really isn't anything Sokka could get me since my family has a lot of her artifacts."
The conversation ended as soon as Sokka came back into the room, "Zuko said he would stop by on his way here, he is taking care of some quick things now. Apparently Jin is going to be his Queen."
"Really? A little bit fast to between them isn't it?" Suki asked.
Sokka shrugged his shoulders, "I guess, I mean we already know that we are going to get married and so do Aang and Katara, don't you think that's fast? How many relationships from high school really last the tests of time and have successful marriages?"
"How many teenagers take down a conspiracy to take over the world?" Suki challenged. "What's the difference between the love Katara has for Aang that Jin has for Zuko?"
"Katara is a sex addict…" Sokka bluntly said, earning him a shoe to the head. "Ow! Why a shoe?!" He cried out as he held his head, Katara shrugged in response.
Suki also hit him in the shoulder, "Will you be nice to your sister and actually answer the question seriously?"
He rubbed the new injury, "Fine, their love is really not different." Sokka tossed back Katara's shoe to her.
"If they want to get married, let them, I think they make a great couple. It's not like either of them would need to work a day in their lives or even go to college, they would be royalty until the day they die," Suki said.
Sokka's phone started to go off. He opened it up and hit the speaker phone, "Hello?"
"Sokka, I am going to kill you," Zuko's voice came out from the speaker, sounding deadly serious.
"You're not the only one to say that," Katara shouted, making Suki chuckle.
He flipped his sister off, "Why are you going to kill me Zuko?"
"Why didn't you tell me that they were having their…special time?" He asked, "You're lucky I'm not Azula, because if she was in my position, she would have you thrown out of the country."
Sokka nervously laughed, "But you aren't going to do it right?" There was a silence on Zuko's side, "Uh Zuko…"
"Just hand the phone to someone else Sokka or I might actually change my mind," Sokka instantly tossed it over to Suki.
"So what's the news King Zuko?" Suki asked.
"Oh great, someone as sarcastic," Zuko sighed, making both of the girls laugh, "Anyways, we are on our way to see Aang. How's he doing?"
Suki looked at the lightly snoring teen, "Well, after sleeping for two weeks…he fell back asleep, but I'm sure he will wake up sometime soon."
"Okay, well I should probably get off the phone before I am pulled over or something, bye,"
"See ya Zuko," Suki hung up the phone and tossed it back to Sokka, "You really just want to piss everyone off today don't you?"
"Well it's a change from just pissing you off all the time," Sokka thought out loud. Suki playfully hit him on the shoulder as a doctor walked in.
"Have there been any changes with the Avatar?" The doctor asked, flipping through his chart.
Katara nodded, "Yes, he was woken up, he seems to perfectly fine except from the pain from the wound."
The doctor looked surprised, "Wow, could you please wake him up. I'm just going to look at him." She gently shook him and he raised his head up and looked at her with half lidded eyes and smiled at her. "Mr. Ono," Aang turned over, wincing at the pain, "I'm sure you remember me, Dr. Jeong, from the last time you were here. Do you remember what happened?" He nodded. "Any problems with breathing? Thinking? Vision? Anything?"
Aang shook his head, "Nope, nothing, the only problem is my back."
Dr. Jeong looked back at his charts and starting writing, "Okay, well we will give you some pain meds and you'll be able to go home tomorrow, no use keeping you here when you seem to be doing fine."
"Thanks Dr. Jeong," Aang smiled as he left. "Oh, where is my Dad?"
"He'll be by later Aang, it's a work day," Katara explained, fluffing up the pillow behind him.
"Spirits Katara, if you do keep babying him, you'll be his mother," Sokka poked fun at his sister.
Katara closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Sokka, if you don't stop pissing me off I'm going to tell Suki about that dream where you were saying Yue's name." Sokka's eyes got wide as Suki angrily turned towards him.
"Yue, huh?" Suki said through clenched teeth.
The tan boy wanted to just disappear, "Katara!" Suki picked him up by the collar and dragged him out of the room, "No! I want to liiiiiiiive! Spirits! Aang! Someone, help me-ah!" She finally pulled him enough to make him let go of the door way.
Aang gently laughed as Katara now was started to give him a shoulder massage, "He really actually saying Yue's name in his sleep?"
She shrugged, "I was just kidding, but I guess so," Both of them laughed as Sokka's shouting echoed down the hallway.
"Oh thank the Spirits, Zuko help me!" Sokka shouted as he was still being dragged through the hallway.
Zuko looked down at Sokka and then up to Suki, "What did he do?"
"He's been having dreams about another girl," She spat, dragging him into a vacant room.
Zuko laughed, "Why are you dragging him to a vacant room, no witnesses? Because I can just get you pardoned for that."
Suki shook her head, "Nope, I'm going to screw him until he forgets what another girl even looks like."
Both Zuko and Jin laughed. He crouched down, "Well Sokka, I don't think you would want me to interfere if you are going to get lucky."
Terror was still in his eyes, "No…when she's angry…she bites…HARD."
"Good bye King Zuko," Suki plastered on a smile and dragged Sokka all the way through the door and shut it. Sokka's cries got worse as the couple walked away.
"And I thought you were a little wimp," Jin giggled, much to the displeasure of the Fire Bender.
"Jin, the first time we had sex you asked if I wanted a gag…and ass less caps…" He mumbled.
She giggled, "Aw come on Zuko, it was a joke, at least Sokka gives S&M a try."
Zuko scoffed, "The only S&M Sokka knows is Sarcasm and Meat. Besides, Suki isn't that freaky in bed like you."
"What? So you don't like that I am adventurous in bed?" Jin asked seriously.
"I think we past adventurous when you asked if I would want another guy to join our bed…while you sat out." Zuko cringed at the thought. She already had had the guy waiting in bed for him.
"So what would be a better experience for you then, King Zuko?"
"I don't know, maybe a night where we light some candles, soft mood music and try missionary?" He suggested.
Jin's eye brows furrowed, "What's missionary?"
"Oh Spirits, save me now," Zuko muttered as they both walked into Aang's room, Katara was behind him on the bed giving him a massage. "Aang, it's good to see you up again man, will you help me solve his argument?"
"Well I am the Avatar and it is my duty to help solve arguments, what can I help you with Zuko?" He asked, sitting up a little bit.
"I want to have normal sex for once and Jin wants to have freaky-deaky bisexual, S&M, 'things going to places they don't need to go' sex…I'm okay with some of the stuff, but a lot of it is just messed up," Zuko explained, Jin hid her face, not knowing he would air their dirty laundry to the Avatar. "What should we do?"
"Well I would have to say patience is key, like waiting for people to finish," Toph said as she came through the door. "I heard Twinkle Toes is finally up, which is good because I think Katara was a day away from locking herself in the bathroom like last time."
"Anyways," Zuko a little bit frustrated at the interruption, "What do you think Aang?"
Aang sighed, "Um, why don't you try switching off between regular and that freaky sex that I don't want to know about."
"But he wants to try this thing called missionary, what the hell is that?" Jin asked, figuring since their sex life was already the topic, she might as well get her questions answered. Toph and Ty Lee snickered while Zuko sighed in his hands.
'This is gonna be a long day' Aang thought as the couple waited to hear his answers.
The sun had already set and it was dark in the room except for the lamp on the side table and the moon light shining through the windows. Most of the doctors had gone home from the night, so it was quiet in the hospital except for the Avatar's room. Only Katara and Toph were left out of their friends, everyone was either asleep or doing other things. "So then Sokka thought it would be funny to freeze my bra because he thought it would totally get me back for catching him sneak out, but he didn't realize that Dad had unplugged the freezer because we were getting a new one the next day, let's just say my Dad had some questions the next day." Both Aang and Toph laughed at Katara's story.
"Man he is a Meathead, anyways, I should probably get going, it will be my first night free with Ty since the battle," Toph got up and stretched.
"Are you sure you are going to be okay Toph, I haven't seen you walk alone since the beginning of school," Aang asked.
"I'll be fine Air Head," Toph assured him, "I'm the world's greatest Earth bender. I'll 'see' you both tomorrow." She made a pointless wave and left the room.
Katara shut the door behind her and turned back to Aang, "Okay Aang, it's time for you to get some sleep."
"Aw, come on Katara, can't we just stay up for a little while longer?" He whined like a little kid.
She shook her head, "Nope, you need your rest anyways, the faster you go to sleep, the faster you get out of here tomorrow."
"Fine Mom," He fake pouted.
"I hope you don't think I am your mother or you have some weird fetishes," She crawled into bed with him and turned off the light.
He let out a final sigh as he got comfortable, "Hey Katara, have you noticed that no one has even commented that a visitor is sleeping in the same bed as the patient?"
"Oh the Doctors have commented, said it's probably not a good idea, but not to my face, probably because I was crying."
Aang turned towards her, "You knew I was okay Kat, it just took me a little bit to come back."
"Okay, how about I have Zuko kill me then you can save me, see how you like it," Katara tried turning away, but Aang's arm stopped her.
"Don't be that way Katara, I've told you before, I won't leave you ever, you keep me here with your love."
Katara smiled, "Aang, you silver tongued devil, you always know what to say."
The couple sat across from each other in silence, the tension between the two was at its breaking point. They had been fighting all day and all night, enough to drive anyone away from them. "So does this mean you want to break up?" Jin asked, trying to come to the solution.
Zuko shook his head, "No, I don't want to break up…I think we need time apart. We seem to not know what we want in this relationship."
"It just sounds like you are dumping me…" Jin angrily replied.
"Jin!...just stop, okay? I'm done fighting," He stood up and looked out the window, trying to clear his head.
She got off the bed and huffed, "Fine, I'll just go home."
"No," Zuko turned towards her, "Don't go home, go to Toph's at least, I don't want you having to go back there just because we are having a fight."
Jin tried to hide her smile, but came up short, "You are still that sweet guy I fell in love with…I change my mind."
"What do you mean?"
"I want to stay here until we work it out, I know exactly what I want you know what you want, I have no problem with compromise, also I don't want to spend a night away from you…" Jin came closer to him. "I don't care what we said today anymore, can we just get some sleep?"
He hesitated, but nodded, "Get ready for bed, I'm going to go take a quick shower." Zuko went into his bathroom as Jin crawled up onto the bed and waiting for him. She didn't know what came over her, she should of just done what he said and go to Toph's, but the boyfriend that had been on her nerves all day showed his kindness and made her remember how sweet he was when she had met him. But her sexual fetishes seemed to be getting in the way of both of them. Her last boyfriend had shut her off completely, not wanting to even talk about what kind of stuff she was into. But at least Zuko gave some of them a chance. She couldn't deny that she wanted to be with Zuko, even be his Queen, but she also wanted to have a chance to be herself. Like she had told him, she had no problem with compromise, so why had it been so hard to do? She was brought of her thoughts as Zuko came out of the bathroom only in his boxers. "Have I ever told you about the time when I was younger, I wanted to be part of the circus and I made a little tent that I would perform in?"
Jin shook her head, "Wait, let me guess…you juggled?"
His face got a little bit darker, noticing she missed the point, "Yeah…I juggled, but anyways, when I told my Dad this, he instantly destroyed it, telling me that there are things that we do and things we don't, being royalty and a circus performer is something we don't. What I am trying to get at is, my Dad is an asshole." He stood up and walked to the other side of the room.
"Is that really the point of the story?" She asked.
"No, I'm just kidding," He came back at sat with her, "I compromised by doing cool tricks with Fire bending," Zuko created a fire ball in his hand and turned it in a phoenix.
"What does this have to do with us Zuko?"
He made the phoenix fly away, "Like you said, we should compromise. If I can learn how to compromise by learning cool tricks, I can deal with all of weird sex, I shouldn't of had made a big deal out of it in the first place…but please…just no guys."
Jin held back the tears and wrapped her arms around his neck, "Oh thank you Zuko, I'll try to tone it down on the kinky stuff…we can even try that 'missionary' thing you were talking about."
Zuko laughed, "Sometimes I worry about you honey…"
3 Months After the Incident
The white car pulled into the first available spot, the blue headlights turned off as Aang and Katara both got out of the car. He put his backpack around his shoulder and put his other arm around her waist. People stared in awe at the two, the Avatar and his girlfriend who stopped the old King from bringing them to war. He opened up the door for her and they both went inside. Everyone stopped their conversations to see the two walked by. It had been this way ever since Aang came back to school after his injury.
None of the gang had gotten to school yet, so they walked around the hallways, hoping to find some sort of entertainment. Aang was glad that no one was in the hall they turned and saw a flyer tapped on the wall that made him smile. He pulled Katara into his chest and gave her a kiss. She smiled, breaking the kiss. "What was that for?"
"You trust and love me right?" Aang asked, pulling off the flyer from the wall behind her. Katara nodded, wondering where he was going with this. He showed her the flyer, "I think you should join the softball team."
She took the flyer from him and looked at, "I don't know Aang, like I told you…ever since my Mom died, I don't think I can be on the field."
"I don't want to pressure you into something you don't want to do Katara, but from what I've heard from Sokka, you are a really a great player," Aang coaxed her into agreeing.
Katara's eyes narrowed, "This isn't one of those things where you saw the future and you know I am going to do this is it?"
He laughed and shook his head, "No Katara. Please, will you at least try out today?" He begged her.
She looked between Aang and the flyer, "Fine, but you have to be there because if I break down, you have to drag me off the field."
Aang gave her a kiss, "You'll be fine. Plus Suki says she is going to try out today."
"Oh really? Did your secret girlfriend tell you that," Katara playfully asked.
"Oh come on, you know that I don't like Suki that way," Aang was completely tired of the jokes.
"Like Suki in what way?" The couple turned around to see Suki standing behind them.
"Nothing, why isn't my brother with you?" Katara quickly changed the subject, Suki had no idea she made jokes about something she secretly sometimes thought was happening. It wasn't that she didn't trust Aang, she was the same around a lot of girls that paid close attention to Aang.
She took out her cell phone, "'Babe, at the golf course with Toph, I'll be there for your try outs, hugs and kisses'."
Katara sighed, "Why the hell are they skipping school to play golf?"
"I think I know…"
The scruffy chinned man grinned as he paced back in forth at the driving range. "Anyone want to take on the champ? The person who can top me can have all the money in my pocket and my Masters Green Jacket." He looked around at the group of people who just ignored him, knowing they couldn't even come close to hitting near him. "Oh come on, I will even write a check for $2000 AND the money in my pocket." Ever since his decline in popularity in the golfing scene because his gambling addiction, he now hung around local golf courses, out driving the competition for money. It completed his need to golf and feed his addiction. A tiny girl and her tan friend came over to the range. She had a pair of smaller green clubs in her black bag. She didn't seem to know where she was going, if he were to guess, she looked blind. He ignored it and called out for any challengers again. The golfer was surprised when the girl came up to him.
"I'll try your challenge Sir," She innocently answered his call. He had beat a lot of people at this, but to play a little girl who probably couldn't even see? Now that's a new low.
He looked down into her eyes, now he knew that she blind. "Um, I don't know. You seemed to be blind ma'am. Also, to play this challenge, you are going to need to put in at least $200."
The girl stuck her hand out while the boy beside her placed a stack of money in her hand, "This should be enough." That was it for him, he took the money and grinned. 'Easiest $200 I've ever made.'
"Now, the challenge is to out drive me, which I say will be hard to do. I'll of course take the first shot," The man set up the ball and took his driver out of his bag. He swung and crushed the ball down the range. It landed near the 300 mark and rolled 15 yards. "Okay, your turn." Toph nodded and blindly reached for her driver from her bag. Sokka set up her ball and led her to fake grass. He raised her arms so the club was by the teed up ball.
"Thank you," She thanked Sokka in her, still, innocent voice. He backed away and gripped the club a little bit tighter. Toph hit the ball with all she had perfectly down the fairway. The man was astonished, he would have thought she wouldn't even hit the first time she swung. Her ball neared his, but rolled incredible fast, right past any ball hit that day. His jaw dropped as she turned to Sokka, "Where did it land?"
He walked over and helped her back to her bag, "You beat him, good job."
Toph 'looked' at the still amazed man, "So I'll take my prize, if that is okay with you sir. Fair is fair." He reluctantly handed over his jacket and money. "Thanks!" Both of the teens sprinted away, leaving the pair of clubs.
"Hey!" The golfer started running after them, "You aren't blind!" He tripped over a piece of earth Toph bent. "Someone get that girl! She just scammed me!" They both jumped into a waiting car and the tires squealed as they car sped down the street.
Both of them laughed as they sat up right, "Man, that guy was pissed Toph. Where did you learn to golf like that anyways?"
"I use to golf as a little girl, always had to have a spotter though, or I would be on the course all day feeling around for the ball. But I use to be able to drive the ball pretty far…also doesn't hurt that I used Earth bending," She put on her classic smirk as Sokka laughed again. "Thanks again for driving Ty, I would drive but, you know, I don't drive well."
Ty Lee smiled, "No, thank you, I love my new car."
"Yeah, but we probably shouldn't use it as a get-away car anymore, nothing says, 'Hey, let's get caught!' then a pink car with a license plate with your name on it." Sokka suggested. "By the way, hey Toph, can I have that jacket?"
She tossed the jacket to him and started to blindly count her money. "Toph, why did you scam the guy out of money? We have enough money to live wealthy…in the Bahamas," Ty Lee asked, still focused on driving.
"You'll see soon honey," Toph threw the money back to Sokka who was admiring his new jacket. "Hey Meathead, count that for me."
He started going through the bills, "Hey Ty Lee, go down to the pool hall, I think we can get some more money there."
"I can't play pool Snoozles," Toph said, "Maybe if everything was made out of earth I would be able to."
"Well let's just say both of us can't play…or have won 3 tournaments," Sokka grinned.
"To the Pool Hall!"
Aang sat on the steel bleachers as Katara and the other girls stood on the field listening to the coach explain the try outs. Her eyes roamed over to him, he gave her a reassuring smile as Sokka sat down next to him. "How are they doing? Did Katara and Suki get on the team?"
"Sokka, they just got on the field. Also, you better learn some way to keep me silent on this scamming deal you and Toph are doing," Aang told him, not even looking away from the field.
"Like what Aang? Aren't you like a millionaire?" Sokka questioned. "Can't it be enough that I let you give it to my sister on a regular basis?" He shot him a look. "Okay, sorry. But you know we need the money."
Aang paused for a second, "Wait, do you feel that?" A warm and comforting sensation ran over him.
The tan boy shook his head, "Uh no, what is it Aang?"
"I think a spirit is trying to contact me."
Sokka raised an eyebrow, "Spirits contact you? What are they doing, texting you? Do you have a special ring tone that happens in your head that can tell you when they contact you?"
"I just feel it Sokka, do you want to go to the Spirit World with me?" Sokka shrugged his shoulders, "Just put your hand on my shoulder and our Spirits will guide us." Aang got into Lotus Position as Sokka placed his hand on him.
Suki watched the two on the bleachers and nudged Katara a little bit, "What in the hell are Sokka and Aang doing?"
Katara looked towards them, "I have no clue, but if he is thinking of going to the Spirit World while I am here, I am going to kill him." She saw his eyes light up and growled, "That's it, I'm going to kill him."
*In the Spirit World*
Sokka and Aang now sat behind their bodies, the world around now had a blue tint. "Whoa, this is what the Spirit World looks like?" Aang nodded, "I was thinking more of an upbeat attitude to it, but I guess making the world like the first Twilight movie is good too…"
"Avatar, thank you for coming," The two turned around to see an older woman sitting behind them. She had on a white gown and dark brown hair that cascaded onto her shoulders. Aang couldn't help but think she looked so familiar, her tan skin and light blue eyes made it apparent…it was Katara's mother.
Sokka jumped up and brought her into a fierce hug, "Mom! I can't believe it's you! I missed you so much."
Kya gently patted his head as she hugged him back, "I missed you too, Sokka. You've grown up so much since I have seen you." It was silent as the reunited mother and son hugged. He eventually let go and looked towards Aang, "Thank you for bringing my son with you Avatar, it has made my afterlife just a little bit better."
"My pleasure, Mrs. Aqua," Aang gave her a slight bow.
She was taken back a little bit, "You know who I am?"
Aang smiled softy and nodded, "Uh yes…I am engaged to your daughter."
Sokka's jaw dropped, "When did you get engaged to my sister Aang?!"
"Um, when I gave her the betrothal necklace…and when I found out that I am going to marry her in the future…and then again when I asked her," Aang replied nervously.
Kya smiled, "My own daughter is going to marry the Avatar, this is a great honor. Be nice to the Avatar, Sokka. And you have a smudge on your face," She licked her thumb and wiped off the smudge on his cheek.
"Mom, stop, you're embarrassing me," Sokka whined but she simply smiled at him.
"No matter what I am still your mom Sokka. Now Avatar-" Aang stopped her.
"You can call me Aang."
She nodded, "Aang, I asked you here because I wanted you to give a message to Katara from me. I thought it was going to be awkward since I didn't know you knew my daughter, but this has worked out perfectly. Please tell her that I will always be with her, she seems to forget that."
"Me too right?" Sokka asked with a hopeful smile.
She softly smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Oh Sokka…that's why you have your Father." He sighed sadly as Aang chuckled, "I'm just kidding honey, I would have been there for you before, but…there is this thing in the Spirit World where you have to, well, stay in a certain place before you can fully roam around."
Sokka raised his eyebrow, "What do you mean Mom?"
"You have to 'pay your dues' before you can be a wondering Spirit," Aang explained for her, "Not every person gets to be a wandering Spirit, or we would be surrounded by Spirits right now." Sokka finally understood and nodded his head. "I'll make sure she knows, but what if she doesn't think I'm telling the truth?"
Kya thought for a moment, "Tell her that she is my little penguin, she would know it was me then."
Aang smiled and nodded, "Okay, well it's been nice meeting you Mrs. Aqua and I hope to see you again soon."
"It was nice meeting you too Aang, please take care of my daughter, she is my everything," Kya pulled him into a hug.
"What about me Mom?!" Sokka whined.
"You know you are both my everything, but I was just talking to Aang," She leaned over and kissed Sokka on the head. "Now go to her." They both transported back to their bodies and Sokka fell back.
He rubbed his head, "Why did I get shot back?
"It happens the first couple times your Spirit comes back, I'm more use to it now," He explained while helping him up. They looked over to see Katara leaning against the fence with some of the other girls, waiting for their turn. Aang and Sokka walked down behind her, "Katara."
"How was the Spirit World? Good? Because I am still here freaking out," She seethed through her teeth.
Aang wished he could have held her to make her feel better, but the chain link fence was in between them. "Katara, we talked to Mom…" Sokka told her, making Katara and Suki turn towards them both.
"You talked to your Mom Sokka? But I thought she was…" Suki trailed off, not wanting to bring up bad feelings.
Sokka nodded, "But she is now a wandering Spirit in the Spirit World. She wants you to know that she is always with you."
Katara wanted to believe him, but it sounded too good to be true, "How do I know you aren't just lying Sokka?"
"She said that you are her little penguin," Aang told her. She froze instantly. Katara wiped the tear forming at her eye and sniffled. "You can do this Katara, your Mom is with you, it will be like one of those inspirational movies."
She smiled and nodded, "Katara Aqua. You're up."
"To Katara and Suki for making the team!" Zuko rose his glass, every joined him and cheered. Ever since Zuko became King, he had been lonely in the house so he usually had everyone over instead of at Toph's house. It wasn't a problem for the blind girl. It saved her money on food since Sokka hadn't raided her fridge in weeks. "So, I forgot to ask, what positions did you two get?"
"Suki got catcher and I am the pitcher," Katara repeated, making everyone burst out laughing, except her and Suki. "Okay, okay. Would you all stop? This is the fifth time you all laughed about this."
"So when you and Twinkles are in bed, do you put on a strap on and go to town on him?" Toph asked, stopping Aang's laughter now.
Katara fake laughed, "Oh you're so funny Toph, no, we don't do that. Unlike Zuko, Jin, Ty Lee and yourself, we just have normal sex." Now Zuko wasn't laughing.
"Okay, that was a cheap shot," Zuko pointed at the Water Bender.
"Yeah," Jin joined in, "We have normal sex…just not all the time."
Aang stood up, "Okay, that's when I bid you all a good night. Thanks for the dinner Zuko and I'll see you all tomorrow." Katara laughed and got up with him.
"But we don't have school tomorrow, how will we see you?" Ty Lee asked.
"Ty, hun, we see them every day, it wouldn't matter if we have school or not." Toph assured her. Aang took Katara's hand as they left the mansion.
It was silent as Aang drove down the road. Katara finally looked over to him and asked what she was dying to ask. "How was she?"
"I'm guessing that you mean your mom?" Aang asked, she nodded, "She reminds me of you. I told her that we were going to get married later in life, she said she it was a great honor for her daughter to be with the Avatar. I wish I could have gotten to know her more."
She smiled, "Me too Aang. Do you think I could…well, go with you one time to see her?"
"Of course Katara, as soon as she contacts me again, I'll make sure to bring you along with me."
"What if I'm not around when she contacts you?" Katara asked.
Aang laughed, "When are we not around each other Katara?" He parked his car in his drive way. Aang yawned and stretched as they both got out of the car.
"So do you know why my brother and Toph skipped school today?"
"Yeah," Aang unlocked the door and opened it for her, "But I have to keep it secret from everyone…well I'll keep it a secret if your brother keeps me silent."
Katara jumped on his back as he was going on the stairs, he quietly laughed as he gave her a piggy back ride and try not to wake up Gyatso. "Please Aang, tell me. We can even have sex, in a different way."
"We are not having different sex Katara, I think your butt is cute, but I don't want to have sex with it," Aang told her. He opened his bedroom door and tossed her lightly on the bed making her laugh. After shutting the door, he got on the bed with her and hovered over her while giving her light kisses. "Do you really want to know?" She nodded. "Well, your brother and Toph are out scamming people."
She pushed him off and looked at him, "They're scamming people? That's wrong Aang, you can't let them do that to people, they're going to get themselves killed. A lot of people don't like to get scammed and about a half of them will actually do something about it." Katara got off the bed, much to Aang's displeasure. She turned on the computer screen and got on the internet.
"Katara, what are you doing?" He asked, getting up and looking at the screen.
"Look at this," She turned the computer screen towards him. "'All over the city a white petite sized girl and her bronze skinned friend have been scamming people. One of the biggest scams was ex-PGA tour golfer, Kuei Smith. The girl pretended to be blind and out drove the golfer, taking over $2000 and his green tour jacket. Because he had a verbal agreement with the girl, the police cannot legally take the money or jacket back. The girl has been named 'The Runaway' while her accomplice has been named 'The Wolf' for the wolf tail in his hair. Be sure to watch out for these two before you are scammed.'"
Aang raised an eyebrow, "How the hell did you find that so fast…"
"Never mind that, you have to tell them to stop this Aang," Katara turned off the monitor.
"I have as much power over them as you do Katara," He argued, "But I'll try my best okay?"
"Fine," She got back on the bed and took off her clothes, "Come to bed." Katara patted the spot beside her. Aang didn't need to be told twice and stripped off his clothing and got in with her. He turned off the light from the bed and cuddled closer to her. "Goodnight Aang."
Aang placed his head in the crook of her neck, "Goodnight…Penguin."
Katara seemed to stiffen, "What?"
"I said, 'Goodnight Penguin'?" He seemed to ask innocently, hoping he didn't cross a line.
She smiled, "Now that you talked to my mom you're going to start calling her the same names she used to call me?"
"I like it, I thought it would be a cute couple name," Aang happily replied.
Katara laughed, "Even though it is my Mom's name for me…you can call me that too. Good night Aang."
"Good night Penguin," He grinned as he closed his eyes.
Sokka admired himself in his new green jacket while Suki sat on her bed reading her book. He kind of felt bad now for scamming the golfer out of his jacket, but it looked so damn fashionable. "Sokka, would you stop checking yourself out? You been in front of it longer than I have the whole time I've had it." Suki pleaded, putting down her book. He looked one last time before he took off the jacket and placed it on her chair. After crawling into bed with her, he let out a relaxing sigh and closed his eyes. "So are you going to finally tell me why you and Toph are scamming people?"
'Fuck,' Sokka cursed in his head. "You're going to have to wait and find out like everyone else who doesn't know." He confidently answering, hoping she would give up on it.
Her eyes narrowed, "You're planning a trip with all that money aren't you?"
"What?! How did you know?!" Sokka exclaimed.
"My military experience," Suki told him, "…or Ty Lee told me."
"She is such a blabber mouth when her head isn't buried between Toph's legs-"
"Sokka!" She stopped him, "Just because she made you mad doesn't mean you can be that mean." He huffed, knowing that he wasn't going to win against her. She rested her head against his chest, "So why are you planning a trip?"
Sokka sighed as he ran his fingers through her hair, "Because…I want to do something for the group. I'm the poorest person in the whole group. Toph said she would help me so I can actually feel like I can actually contribute to this group."
Suki's hand gently roamed over his chest, "Sokka, don't say that. You are an equal in the group just like everyone else. It doesn't matter if you have money, it doesn't matter if Aang is the Avatar and it doesn't matter if Zuko is the King, we all contribute to the group with our friendship. Don't you ever forget that."
"Thanks Suki…but I'm still taking everyone on this trip, I already have the money now," Sokka closed his eyes again.
She laughed at her boyfriend's complete ignorance of the serious talk they just had, "Good night honey."
He kissed her on the head, "Night babe."
Kuei took a puff of his cigar as he threw down his cards, "I'm out, this just doesn't seem to be my day."
"So we've heard," Long Feng joked, putting down his cards, "So, Kuei, what I have heard is that you lost to a little blind girl."
The men around them laughed as Long Feng dealt out the cards again, "She couldn't have been blind or she wouldn't have been able to see the golf ball. That girl scammed me."
"Weird, because I heard that the little girl's name is Toph Bei Fong, one of the members of the White Lotus that stopped Ozai," Long Feng smiled, seeing the dark look grow on Kuei's face, "We all know how much your gains from this game went down since he was imprisoned."
"That damn girl, she has ruined my life," He slammed his fist against the table.
"Now now, Kuei, relax," Long Feng didn't change from his calm demeanor, "I know of a way to get back at her, but…let's just say it is a plan in the works…"
-SubDelBubz