AN: Here is the update that has been long overdue! Forgive me, I have been working on another story recently called "The Concubine Princess" and haven't had the time to work on this bad boy. Well without any further babbling, please read and enjoy!

For a moment he stood there completely shocked as to the words that had seeped from her luscious lips. Had she literally just told him that she was with child? With his child? So many emotions ran through him, excitement, worry, joy and yet sadness. Song could not bear to hear that another woman became pregnant with his child while she still continues to birth still bourns.

He sighed, "Katara," he paused seeing a flash of worry come upon her beautiful features and decided that there was no reason for him to not be happy. Sweeping her up in his arms like a gleeful child, he swung her round in the air, laughing joyfully.

After a few moments of celebration he slowly dropped her to the ground, sweeping away stray strands of hair from her face so that he could take in her heavenly glow.

"So you're not angry with me?" she asked hesitantly.

Shaking his head, he danced his fingers across her jaw line, smiling, "How could I be angry with you? It's not as if you were the only one involved in conceiving the child," he chuckled, kissing her lightly on the lips, "now come, lunch is ready and I cannot wait to tell Toph the news!"

He sounded like a child at the Fire Nation festival, so excited and overjoyed and bubbly. Katara couldn't help but smile at that adorableness.

Upon their arrival, Zuko and Katara found their way to Toph and told her the news. She of course admitted that she had known for a while, being able to sense two heart beats instead of one and said that she had only waited this long for Katara to say anything because she didn't want to ruin the surprise. Soon lunch had ended and Katara went away to say her goodbyes to Mai who was leaving shortly as Zuko and Toph went to discuss things with the Earth King.

Katara was displeased that her sister was being sent away; she really didn't want Mai to go no matter how upset she was that Mai would even begin to blame her for the current situation. Sighed she found herself at their door and knocked hesitantly.

"Come in," Mai's voice rumbled through the door.

Taking a deep breath, Katara slowly pushed the door open to see Mai packing her trunks, stuffing dress after dress into them. She closed the door behind her, then proceeded to the bed where she sat down, waiting for Mai to turn and look at her.

That didn't take very long.

Mai whirled around yelling at whoever it was that entered, "You wanted someth—" she cut herself off, seeing her sister sitting at the edge of the bed, looking apologetically at her.

"What do you want Katara?" she demanded, turning away from her and began slamming things furiously into her trunks now.

Katara gulped, swallowing the massive lump in the back of her throat, "I wanted to apologize and tell you that I missed you. I never wanted this Mai, I never wanted you to leave the first time but you did and I swear to you that I would never do anything that would jeopardize our relationship, ever. You mean more to me than anything else…well other than Sokka, Mama and Papa," Katara stood, placing a hand on her frantic sister.

At the touch Mai softened, she knew Katara all her life and knew that there was nothing that Katara wouldn't do for her and yet she still wished to be enraged with her, but knew that she could do it no longer. With that Mai turned, wrapping her arms around her younger sister, smiling in her hair and breathing in her inviting scent of lotus blossoms.

"I'm going to miss you Katara," Mai finally whispered, "so much," her hold tightened, as did Katara's.

Nodding, Katara rubbed Mai's back softly, patting it here and there as she muttered, "Me too Mai, me too."

With their last words spoken the girls separated and Mai departed. A carriage awaited her outside, her trunks already packed for the ship ride to her new home; all that was needed was her. She sighed, hugging her family members, save for her uncle and father then bid them farewell and promised to write as often as possible and only hoped that her father would forgive her soon enough.

Slowly the carriage pulled away, Katara and Sokka along with their mother stood and watched it until it disappeared from their sight. She would miss Mai greatly, but knew that she still had many other things to worry about. Now all that was left to do was to tell her father and uncle that she was pregnant.

Few hours passed before she decided to approach them with the news, after requesting that they meet her in her uncle's apartments Katara suddenly became nervous and fearful. She loved Zuko with all her heart and could not bear to use it or allow her father and uncle to use it for their own personal gain. Her hand subconsciously covered over her flat stomach as she breathed in and out, opening the doors to reveal her father and uncle.

Bato sat at his desk, eyes preoccupied by paperwork and her father pacing irritatingly at the fireplace.

"What is so important that you need call us for a meeting Katara," Agni he could be so cold at times.

"Uncle, father I am with child, the Fire Lord's child," with that she bowed then quickly darted off, leaving both men stunned and overjoyed.

A smirk splayed across Bato's features as he rose quickly from his desk, "Yes, now that Katara is with child we can only hope to move forward," he slammed his fist against the table, "if Katara's bastard is a son, then we shall be unstoppable!"

AN: I know its really short...but I promise things will only heat up from this point on...thus the plot thickens! Anyways review, I know that I haven't been working on this story for ages its seems but hey lol. If you enjoy this story, then go and read my latest story that has been taking all my attention at the moment called, "The Concubine Princess" ok enough babbling you all have a good day/night!