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Back together

"Come on. I know you will be staying for quite some time." Katara smiled and led them into the heart of city.

Sokka looked around. The city looked exactly like the Northern Water tribe. He felt an ache in his heart, missing the cozy tribe that he had left a year ago. In the middle of the city, was a giant palace, for the chief. It was surrounded by houses, somewhat like Ba Sing Sei.

"We live inside, Sokka, because dad is the chief. And Aang customised every room for you guys, including an earth room for you, Toph." The girl's eyes lit up, and she ran up the stairs into her room.

"I thought she was blind." Ty Lee frowned.

Aang laughed, and explained how he fused little shards of earth into the ice, enabling her to see at least in the palace, just as a voice from a room exclaimed, "I CAN SEE! Oh my gosh! I can finally see!"

The whole group of 9 laughed, and proceeded to seeing their rooms.

The first floor of the palace was a hall, for anything, from weddings, to meetings, to dancing! The second floor was only half a floor, with two stairs converging down to the first. It contained Sokka's favourite place-the kitchen. Other than that, it was a giant dining room. A spiral staircase led up to the third floor and to the rooms. Once up the stairs, there are two ways to go-right or left. To the very end of the left hallway, there were two rooms. One of them was the chief and his wife's room, but the current chief didn't plan on getting re-married. Aang and Katara's room was on the right side of the chief's room, along the hallway.

"Ok. Sokka's and Yue's room is to our right, followed by Zuko and Mai's, which is made of metal, so you don't jeopardise the structure when firebending. On the other side of the wall is Toph and her mum's room, made of earth. Beside that, Suki's room, and then Ty Lee's room. Happy?" Katara ran out of breath, and had to be carried to her room by Aang.

"What about those other rooms?"

"Gran-Gran is in the room right beside Hakoda's. All the others are for other guests." Aang called over his shoulder, and the pair disappeared into their room. The others followed their lead and went to explore their rooms. Sometime before dinner, Sokka left his room for Hakoda's.

"Dad!"

"Sokka! Katara told me you were coming."

"Yeah. By the way how did they know?" Sokka thought about the still unsolved puzzle.

"Oh that you have to ask Aang." and he got a growl for an answer.

The two sat down and talked till dinner, catching up and discussing Sokka's future, which got him really upset and running out of the room into Yue's arms.

He refused to let Yue see him crying, and held them in against his and their will. When she asked what happened, the conversation repeated itself in his head, and he struggled harder to keep the tears from escaping. A solitary drop managed to slip from his grasp, and rolled down. He buried his head in her stomach, and she played with his wolf tail. He blurted out the story in bits and pieces, leaving her to put the pieces together to form the story.

This is what she came up with: Hakoda wanted Sokka to come back to the Southern Water Tribe to learn to succeed him to become the next chief. But Sokka knew she wanted to go back to the Northern Water tribe, and that would mean he had to choose. If he went with her, he would let his tribe down. But if he stayed, he would be separated from her. He was torn between his father and his wife. Yue totally understood his position. A year ago she faced the same hardship. But she didn't have that much of a choice then, unlike Sokka.

"Just so you know, if you want to stay here, I'll stay with you. But I'll have to leave for my home once in a while."

Sokka looked up into her sky blue eyes, as though asking "Really?".

She nodded, and kissed Sokka lightly on the lips. Just as she pulled away, he pressed her closer into a full kiss, filled with passion and gratitude. The dinner bell rang, but neither noticed. This was a moment which could not be exchanged for anything in the world.

As everyone trotted down the stairs into the dining hall, Suki noticed one very unlikely person was missing.

"Where's our eating machine?"

"Upstairs, kissing." Poppy and Toph answered at the same time. Toph smiled at her mother, and praised her for her improvement in her earthbending.

"Let's quickly enjoy this meal in peace for once." Mai said, rushing to her seat and began picking food.

Aang and Katara exchanged looks, and then shrugged, digging in to their own dinner. Following suit, everyone was soon enjoying unusual peace at the dinner table, without Sokka hoarding the food all at once. At some point, everyone started talking, and the conversation turned to the airbenders, for some reason. It was like the reception at the wedding, only this was 10 fold worse. Anyone could see Aang slinking down his chair in embarrassment, blushing profusely, and having lost his appetite, he quickly excused himself. As he was walking away from the dinner table, he found himself lying on the floor, unable to move.

"Not so fast, Twinkletoes. You're not getting away this time." Aang sighed, and reprimanded himself for letting her see. Poppy glared at her daughter, but was ignored. This time, Katara slinked down her seat and then realised she was binded too, and began expecting the worst. Suki shot questions at them, which Aang gave vague answers to.

For example, Suki asks, "What do you plan to do with the airbender problem?" and Aang would say, "Not now, Suki, we have to solve the problem of Katara's Moonstaff first." then she would ask them when they plan to have their first, and Aang would say, "Not anytime soon, Sokka would kill." Soon, Suki realised this conversation wasn't going anywhere, and told Toph to let them go. Once free, the couple rushed up the stairs and disappeared into their room, not coming out until next morning.

Ty Lee had that evil look in her eye, as if she guessed something, and immediately got hit in the head by Toph.

"Even though I cannot see into their room, they aren't doing anything. So get that mind of yours washed out."

Ty Lee pouted. "Can't a bored girl like me just think? And imagine? Sheesh."

Mai complained that she was getting a headache, so Zuko brought her up, leaving the four females there, still arguing.

Poppy cleared her throat loudly, and they all shut up. "So," she took control of the situation, and changed the subject, "What about you girls? When do you plan on getting married? I mean all of your friends are married, and Suki you're as old as Sokka! Even Aang and Katara, who are younger than you, are married. And Toph, that doesn't give you any excuse. You're older than Aang, even if it's only by a month or two."

All three of them answered simultaneously, "Haven't found anyone not attached yet."

Poppy was taken aback by their sudden unity, but asked, "You mean you have found someone, but he was taken already? Who?"

She was greeted by silence. "Let's see," she said and began to play 20 questions with them.

"Is he someone I know? Yes? Hmm next question. Is he tall? Yes. Is he nice looking? Oh what am I asking of course he does to you. Does he have nice eyes? Gah another stupid question. Does he have blue eyes?" this time, she received no answer.

She gasped, "SOKKA? How could you find him nice? And... Oh I see, he's married. Fine. But there are other fish out there! Come on, you're girls who beat the firelord! Is finding love that hard?" Poppy was acting like all their mothers.

"What if we don't want to get married, mum?"

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