Author's note: Epilogue.
I had so much fun writing this story. Spread the word of it! I want to reach 200 reviews eventually, so help me out, pleeease.
I love y'all who kept reading even when I disappeared. It drove me to finish this story. =]
The first story I've ever fully finished that's more than a one-shot, and honestly, I'm proud of it.
For y'all who DIDN'T notice, the final chapter was posted tonight as well and is one chapter behind this epilogue, so don't forget to read it. xD
Katara fit the role of Fire Lady perfectly.
She was stubborn and hotheaded. She had the temper and attitude of a well-bred Firebender woman, with the body, beauty and skills of a master Waterbender. She and Zuko were a widely accepted couple by most. Many weren't happy, but over time, they grew accepted. Katara and Zuko got married when Katara was around four and a half months pregnant, not quite showing yet. Her dress was a mix of traditional Water Tribe and traditional Fire Lady, the dress being slim fitting and light, with full but gauzy sleeves that were see-through, and slits up each side that rose to her thigh. The color was a deep cerulean to match her eyes, and her hair was down and full. Zuko had carved her a betrothal necklace to respect Katara's family and upbringing. It was beautiful, sapphire, on a black velvet band, the swirling figures a mix of the Fire nation symbol and the Water Tribe symbol intertwining.
She gave birth five months later to a healthy baby boy, named Iroh, after Zuko's Uncle. He had gold-grey eyes and tanned skin, with his father's jet black hair. He was a promising Firebending Prodigy, and Zuko trusted no one to teach the little boy as he grew up. No one, except the child's own Great-Uncle Iroh, who taught him and kept him amused with tea time and stories.
By the time Little Iroh was four, Katara was pregnant again, at twenty years old. She soon gave birth to twins, a little boy and a little girl. The little girl, Silah, was a Firebender like her father, born with flaming red hair and shimmering blue eyes, and the porcelain skin of her father. Shiahn, the boy, was a Waterbender, to Katara's delight, and had Katara's hair and dark brown eyes, but the same pale skin as his father, as well.
After having three healthy heirs, Katara and Zuko planned no more. Right after Little Iroh turned 11, when Katara and Zuko were nearing thirty years old, Uncle Iroh passed away. The Nation mourned for the loss of an amazing, revered and well-respected hero.
Katara and Zuko themselves remained headstrong and stubborn, constantly butting heads, but loving each other nonetheless. They stayed strong, and practiced bending together regularly to help themselves stay healthy. Zuko ended up filling out quite well, growing to be 5'11"-6'0"-ish, his muscles growing and making him what would have been a heartbreaker. Katara didn't grow much more, but her own body finished filling out, with the womanly figure the Water Tribe women were known for.
Ty Lee and Mai's allegiance...changed, when Azula was dead. Somewhat. It changed to each other. Ty Lee and Mai opened up about their relationship not long after Zuko named them the trainers of a woman's defense force. Not an army, by no means, but they were to train women in self-defense and control if they were non-benders.
Sokka and Toph did not get married until Toph was 16. She was officially of age. They married, happily, and Toph definitely wore the pants in the family. She had her Snoozles whipped. By 18, Toph her first child, Jin Ma, an Earthbending little boy with his father's shaggy brown hair and goofy smile, and deep brown eyes. Within a year, she had Kala, another Earthbending male child, who had Toph's pale green eyes and sightlessness, which was deemed genetic. He had Sokka's strong features and Toph's ebony hair. She soon had two more children by the time she was 23, a girl named Soo Yin, who by some genetic miracle, inherited the Waterbending gene from Sokka. Soo Yin had mottled brown hair, tanned skin, and deep green eyes. Their final child, who Toph had at 25, was Yan, who looked like a little boy version of his mother, with Sokka's eyes. He had no bending abilities.
Toph remained rock strong and steady, healthy and in shape. She never let Snoozles get the best of her (and also never let him get fat and lazy). She trained Jin Ma and Kala, working to teach Kala to see the same way as his mother. Soo Yin trained with her Aunt Katara and her cousin Shiahn. Katara was a renowned Waterbending teacher.
Aang finally found love. With a young, very pretty Earthbending woman. She was small and slight, with large honey-brown eyes and ebony hair that shone blue in the light and curled to the base of her back. She had sunkissed skin and small features, a slightly upturned nose, and was very delicately pretty. But she was a hell of a bender. Her name was Xing Xing Yin. Aang met her on his travels, he traveled the world with Appa and Momo and met her in Iroh's Ba Sing Se tea shop.
They married, and had three children. Two were Airbenders, a young girl with grey eyes and a high forehead, but the delicate features of her mother. She was named Yuki, and got her tattoos the day she first managed to Airbend. The other was a boy, named Shika. He was lanky and thin, a mirror image of Aang, goofy smile and all...just incredibly tall. He got his tattoos before his younger sister, and learned Airbending like a complete natural. The third child was another girl, Miki, an Earthbender, with black curls and grey eyes.
Suki went back to the Kyoshi Warriors. She lost touch with the Gaang, but it was known that she married a nonbending Earth Kingdom man, and did not wish to have children.
The Gaang still often met up, their children were close and always played together. They had futures. They shared bending secrets, techniques and stories from life. They relived memories over tea. Wounds were still healing- mental wounds moreso than physical. The most physical wounds remaining were scars or muscle damage, such as Katara's leg which, despite how well it was fixed, still ached and made her limp as she got older. But they all worked their lives out, and lived in peace as long as the peace remained. Until Aang's death, when the Avatar cycle started all over again.