My last chapter for the week.

Full Moon Phase

Aang watched as Katara cried her heart out, his arms around her, stroking her back and trying to make her feel less guilty. Her scent was overflowing with sadness and guilt, and it made him sad just seeing, hearing and scenting her. A little while later, tears reduced to sobs, she rested her chin on his shoulders, still very much sorry for her actions.

"Shh... It's ok... I don't blame you, it was my fault..." Aang whispered into her ears.

Katara wriggled out of his embrace and looked away as he held her by her shoulders.

"It's not ok. What if I end up hurting you? Honestly, I have no idea why!" her mind reeled back to Toph's question and she looked out the window at the full moon, sighing, "You better get out of here." She said to Aang, who nodded.

Katara walked over to get her staff and stood in the balcony, waiting for it to come. It always happened on the second night of the full moon, but she was sure she could get it to work even during new moon with more meditation.

It came in the form of a strong wind, sweeping her up, as light coursed through her body and filled the world with light. Underneath her, Aang stood with Team Avatar, all of whom had come to watch Katara in the 'full moon state', as Sokka called it, for the first time.

She listened as the winds spoke to her. They were telling her things that she could not comprehend. She saw a shadow float towards her.

Team Avatar saw Yue fly up, her body glowing as well, and grasp the staff.

The two waterbenders circled each other in perfect harmony, tracing out the moon's figure. Light flooded out of the staff, blinding everyone. It seemed as though the sun had risen that night, except it was a hundred folds brighter. Up in the air, the moon spirit spoke, but only the two of them could hear.

"Finally we meet, Katara of the Southern Water Tribe. I've been waiting to tell you, this state has been, unlike the Avatar state, for you to regain energy when you've lost a lot. The first time you entered it, it drained your energy faster than the moon could give, so you fainted. Your body is growing stronger, that's why you are here. Because you, are finally ready. From this moment on, this state will become what it had been made for, an attack mechanism. It is entered the same way the Avatar state is, but you can control it without going through the same chakra-opening sequence. Yue, I would like you to help her. Goodbye, but we'll meet again."

She faded back into the direction of the moon, just as Katara wanted to shout "Wait!"

Aang and Sokka were getting very worried, especially Sokka, whose wife and sister were out there pouring light out of their bodies.

Aang clutched on tight to his staff, thinking, what if something happened? She had never been up for that long, let alone with Yue.

Just as he was about to call her name and ask her to snap out of it, the two figures descended, the light slowly fading away. The two guys ran forward to catch their falling bodies, and Suki caught the staff, which fell out of Katara's hand. She held it, feeling its warmth, and walked over to where Aang was carrying Katara.

"Put me down, Aang, I can walk." Katara was protesting, but he only tightened his grip on her.

Secretly, she was enjoying him touching her lovingly, and leaned her head on his chest, giving in to the protection he insisted on giving her. Suki passed her staff to her, and everyone exited the room, as there was nothing else to see. All except Sokka. He laid the unconscious body of Yue's on the bed in Aang and Katara's room, and brushed her hair out of her face.

"Please be ok, Yue. Please wake up."

Aang walked over to him, putting Katara down, and laid a hand on his shoulder, "She'll be alright. This happened to Katara the first time, and she was out for a week. Yue will be different, seeing as she is the moon spirit..."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? Do you really see me that weak?" Katara looked up from examining Yue with water, another skill she acquired from the Moonstaff, and glared into Aang's eyes as though trying to get into his mind and give him a reason to regret saying that.

"Nothing! I don't mean you're weak, just that she's the moon spirit, so she should be stronger during the full moon..."

"OH! So that's what you think!"

"No, what I meant to say was she is the moon spirit and you're just a more powerful waterbender..."

"Great, now you regret marrying me? Fine!" She threw up her arms and left the room, leaving Yue behind with the two boys.

Aang sat down and buried his head in the sheets, muffling his voice, "Why does this always happen?"

Now it was Sokka's turn to comfort Aang, "Don't worry, you'll get used to it soon."

Katara stomped down the hall and into the only unoccupied room- Sokka and Yue's. Sitting down on the bed, she thought over what had just happened. That was the second time in the two weeks she had lost her temper at Aang. It was as though some external force entered her and drove her against her love. That's it! She suddenly realised that what may keep them apart was her! That put her in a bad position. If she kept at shouting at him, he would eventually leave her. But if she left to prevent shouting at him more, they would still be separated. Then I'd just have to keep meditating and keep away, but also close enough, she decided. Yawning, she realised she was very tired, and fell back, and fell asleep, for the first time without Aang.

She woke up to his absence, and it quickly left her uneasy. Getting out of the bed real quick, she ran back into her room, not caring that there were three people sleeping there, and into Aang. He awoke at her impact, and smiled sleepily seeing her. She hugged him tightly, and he returned it, the two of them seizing the moment to make up for their mistakes. They didn't care that Sokka was still sleeping there, and Yue was lying on the bed, still unconscious. All that mattered was that the other half was there, the half that was connected in a kiss soon after.

Their bodies quickly moved to accommodate the other, the two moving as one. Aang twirled Katara's dark hair between his light and sensitive fingers, feeling their softness, and releasing a little of her scent trapped within the thin strands of that bunch that was in his hand. The threads of sweetness wove a cocoon around them, interwove with his scent, and found their way into both of their lungs. Deepening the kiss, Katara found her way to his head by touch, and enjoyed the sensation of his skin on hers. In that moment it was only them, them in their world, with each other, all other thoughts banished. Leaning into the frame of the bed beside them, the kiss was intensified as the pressure of the hard ice on their heads got to them. Aang shifted his position to push Katara against the ice, to feel the sensation of her body pressed on his. She didn't mind; she enjoyed it too, and used her arms that were already wrapped around him to pull him closer. They crushed each other, in a pleasant way, and stayed like that until Katara's lungs were so crushed they could not take in air anymore, and released her pressing hand slightly. He took that as a sign it was going too far, and stopped, as she breathed deeply.

As if on cue, a yawn came from the other side of the bed, signaling that another person has just awoken. The two of them stood up and straightened their clothing, and Katara bent a little water around her hands to pretend she had woken up early to check on Yue. Aang caught on, and bent some water into a basin and melted a little water into it. Just in time to see Sokka open his eyes.

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