Katara and Snow
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Chapter 21
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She could honestly say she was quite confused and kind of angry with herself. Here she was talking normally to the one who was basically kidnapping the village children and handing them over to Ozai.
Her stomach twisted into a naught of guilt, she suddenly felt like she was betraying all the people she loved… Aang. Her whole body was shaking she whispered in a hoarse voice;
"I-I have to go.."
Zuko looked up from the peaceful ocean. "What's wrong?" But she didn't answer him. She just turned and ran.
"Katara!" He yelled out to her, but she ignored his call. Once she reached her room, Yuki was already asleep. Katara felt the tears threatening to fall and not wanting to wake her daughter she quietly walked out of the room, unsure where to go she just feel down against the door, and cried silently to herself. The last time she cried like this was...
"Lady Katara…"
Katara looked up with her tearful eyes and saw Iroh standing over her, worry filled in his eyes.
He held out his hand she grabbed it and he helped her up. He started walking down the hallway and Katara fallowed him.
As she entered the room there was already two cups of tea, waiting patiently on the table, for them. He motioned her to sit in front of him; she did everything without speaking a word.
They both sat quietly taking sips of there tea. Iroh placing down his cup and spoke;
"May I ask what is troubling you, Lady Katara?"
She didn't answer him immediately; she waited until she was capable of speech.
"I…am…. I'm confused."
He nodded and waited for her to go on.
"I don't understand anything anymore! I feel like… -Like I'm loosing hope! As if I'm betraying all that I believe in, and the worst thing is -I don't even know why I feel like this way!"
She looked at him with desperate eyes waiting for an answer from her old friend.
"You cannot understand what you cannot see. And at this moment, you cannot see hope. If I understand correctly Katara, you have not lost hope. You've just lost sight of it. Those many years ago you saw hope. You made the Avatar your hope."
He took a sip of his tea.
"Sooner or later you will once again see your hope. For you will place it in another being."
She gripped tightly on her knees. Somehow it only made her feel worst. But it sounded true enough for her.
"So I only used Aang?" She whispered quietly. But Iroh heard her.
"No. You used each other. That is what people do. They depend on each other. Aang depended on you to be his family. While you depended on Aang to grant you hope."
Katara let out a breath of relief. That sounded much nicer. A pause came over them. Iroh was quietly sipping on his tea while Katara sorted out her thoughts and tried to find words for them.
'Why do I feel this way…? Why now…?'
She closed her eyes and tried to look deep inside herself. And then in her thoughts of nothing a face appeared.
Yuki…
And then Yuki's eyes went downcast.
So he was a bad guy?
"Zuko!"
Iroh jumped a bit by the sudden name. "Lady Katara?"
"Is Zuko a bad guy?" She said, ashamed of herself for sounding so childish. Iroh let out a warm smile.
"He chose me over his throne. To me he is a very good person."
Katara let out a small smile;
"Who just makes the wrong choices…"
That night there was a certain understanding in between the young lady and the old general.
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End of Chapter
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Well this is the revised version I should do this fore the earlier chapters since they were the worst after all. But I'm to lazy. So screw it…
Have a happy new year! (19 days late!)
Got to update to many things! Nooo T.T''