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Hey this is Rei I used to be TanakasHeart but I changed my penname. Of course in reality my friends call me Kikyo ( ya know from Inuyasha)! I am just getting into but nevermind…. This is another one of my fabulous storys! LOL! Please just read… Who knows how good it I wrote it from 11:00 PM last night while watching Avatar tapes until 1:00 am and I did do a little bit of it while watching Inuyasha last night (Two Hearts, One Mind). Really on with the story….

Title: Home is Were the Heart Is

Authoress: Rei Akiko (formally known as TanakasHeart)

Genre: General/Romance

Summary: Eighteen-year-old Katara leaves the South Pole to live in and attend collage in the great country of America. But will her heart let her stay?

Chapter 1: Departure

Katara stood before her Uncle Kesho's ship, the entire Southern Water Tribe gathered around her.

"Good-bye, little waterbender." Her Father hugged her. She smiled weakly at him, he hadn't called her that cince she was sixteen when Gran-Gran passed away.

"Farewell, little sister." Sokka came up to her smirking.

She wasn't that much smaller than him- she was 5'8 and he was 6'0.

"Little am I," Katara she smirked back, " you've been thinking your Mr. Macho man ever cince you got married!"

"That's me." He said hugging his not-so-little sister.

"Bye, Katara, wish you the best of luck." Sokka's wife and her friend – Kikona hugged her.

Katara searched the village crowd for Aang. Were was he? He'd promised to be here, no matter how much it hurt him to see his lover leave. She turned, but just as she did, Katara felt a strong hand grip her wrist.

"Aang." She hugged him tightly.

The sixteen year old had grown up- he was taller- 5'10 to be exact- and stronger.

"I'll miss you so much." She looked up into his chocolate brown eyes.

"I'll miss you too, Katara." He put his fingers under the waterbender's chin.

"I love you, Aang." She said.

"I love you too, Katara."

They kissed one last time before Katara boarded her Uncle's ship, possibly never to return again.

A/N: Okay that was the first chapter. Review please. As I said before I was formally known as TanakasHeart. Now I am Rei Akiko or just Rei, but if you would like to refer to me as Kikyo you may cince that's what all my Inuyasha/Avatar/Anime obsessed friends call me! SO yeah just what ever you prefer. If you have any ideas feel free to e-mail me!

Much Love: Rei Akiko aka Kikyo