Chapter 15: Peace

Well usually I do my Pokemon fanfic today, but with this one so close I decided to just finish it off tonight. One fanfic down, five to go, assuming I don't start another one. If anyone is a Star Wars fan I have a fanfic on that if you want to read my other stuff, as well as two Pokemon advanceshipping stories, and two Narusaku fanfics. Hope you enjoyed this one but now its time to wrap it up, a little earlier then expect but ah well.

Even with Ozai dead, the battle wasn't over. But by the end of the day, the Invading forces had defeated the Fire Nation. The soldiers surrendered and were rounded up. Now everyone sat in the Royal Palace. They sat in the war chamber where the throne was, though it was currently unoccupied until things were decided. Zuko, Aang, the rest of Team Avatar, and Iroh all sat on the table with the men of the White Lotus as well.

"Now that my father is dead, will you take your rightful place uncle?" Zuko asked.

"No, someone must new take the throne. An idealist with a pure heart and unquestionable honor. It has to be you Prince Zuko," Iroh said.

"Unquestionable honor?" Zuko repeated. "But I've made so many mistakes."

"Yes, you have. You've struggled and face much adversity. But you've always walked your own path. You restored your own honor… and only you can restore the honor of the Fire Nation."

Zuko bowed his head. "I'll try uncle. But what about you?"

"Once we order the troops to withdraw from Ba Singe Se, I'll move back down there and reopen my Tea shop," Iroh said. "And I'm going to play Paisho every day."

Aang and the others smiled. A week went by as Zuko and Iroh both worked to clean up the mess caused by Ozai and their ancestors war. Azula was sent to a Fire Nation Prison for insane people, she'd broken from being defeated by her so-called failure of a brother and having her friends betray her. Zuko would order prisoners from the Earth Kingdom, Water Tribe, and anyone who was anti-war from the Fire Nation released. On the day of crowning, a large crowd gathered in front of the Royal Palace. People from all the nations were here… there probably hadn't a been a coronation like this in the Fire Nation in history.

In the crowd, Sokka saw someone familiar.

"Sukki!" he called.

"Sokka!" the leader of the Kyoshi warriors ran over to her boyfriend.

They hugged for a moment then she captured him in an armbar.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!"

"That's for not coming to rescue me from prison!" Suki said. "This is for ending the war!"

She kissed him on the lips. He kissed back then said.

"Sorry… I didn't know where you were!"

"Its okay. It probably would have been a hassle for you to break into the Boiling Rock anyway."

They embraced each other tenderly as Katara watched a few feet away with a smile.

Aang stood in the room as Zuko came out. Both of them were in new garbs, Zuko the Firelord robe and Aang in a robe as well with an airbending medallion on his neck. They had been relics taken as trophies from the Fire Nation's genocide of the Air Nomads, once he found them… Zuko felt they belonged to Aang. They would help to rebuild the near dead culture.

"You ready Aang?"

"Yeah!"

They stepped outside where the crowd clapped at seeing Zuko. But he kindly dismissed them.

"Please, the real hero is the Avatar!"

He gestured to Aang who was behind him. The clapping increased by twice as much.

"Hey now what about me?" Sokka asked. "I'm the one who beheaded the Firelord! They should call me the Ozai-Killer! Or maybe Firelord-Cutter!"

"You would never done it on your own Sokka!" Katara calmed down her brother. "And you probably don't want to do that with Zuko."

Zuko continued his speech. "Today this war is finally over. I promised my uncle I would restore the honor of the Fire Nation, and I will. The road ahead of us is challenging, a hundred years of fighting have left the Earth scarred and divided. But with the Avatar's help, I know we can all walk the right path. I want to create an era of peace between our nations! I know it won't happen overnight, but I hope that one day we can all look at each other from different lands and see one another as friends! That is what I found with the Avatar and his companions. This is a world I will work toward."

Zuko sat on his knees as a Fire Sage took the Firelord heapiece which had been removed from Ozai's head.

"All hail Firelord Zuko!"

Weeks later, the gang headed back to Ba Singe Se where they got together at Iroh's Tea shop the Jasmine Dragon. Mai, Suki, Ty Lee, and Hama were there as well. Zuko walked around serving tea. All of them were in fancy Earth Kingdom clothes fit for nobility.

"Zuko stop moving!" Sokka shouted.

He was painting a picture which he turned his attention to with a smile. "I wanted to capture the moment and draw a painting of all of us together. So we always remember the good times."

They all walked over to see his work.

"That's very thoughtful of you Sokka," Katara praised her brother, only to narrow her eyes when she saw it. "Wait… why did you give me Momo's ears?"

"Those are your hair loopies!" Sokka objected.

"At least you don't look like a porcupine! My hair is not that spikey!" Zuko said looking at his picture.

"I look like a man!" Mai said.

"I like the smile you gave me!" Ty Lee said giving a wide smile.

"My smile looks wicked!" Hama said.

"And why did you paint me Firebending?" Suki asked.

"I thought it looked more exciting that way!" Sokka said.

Momo got the table and chirped in a way Sokka deemed offensive.

"Oh you think you can do a better job Momo?" the bad painter demanded.

"Hey my bellies not that big anymore I've really trimmed down!" Iroh said.

"Well I think you all look perfect!" Toph said.

They laughed at the Blind Earthbenders joke. Aang walked outside, patting Appa on the nose as he did so. He turned and looked at the sunset. Soon Katara walked out and looked at him with a blush. They hugged, looked at the sunset again, and shared a loving kiss. Finally… it was over and there could be peace.

The End.