Confusing Feelings
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Chapter 3
Aang woke up the next morning and tried to stretch, when he realized someone was still fast asleep on his right arm. Not wanting to startle her awake, he leaned over and whispered in her ear.
"Wake up, sleepyhead!" Katara just mumbled and snuggled in closer to his shoulder. An evil grin blossomed across Aang's face. Using his free arm, he reached around Katara's waist and began tickling her side unmercifully. Katara woke up and began squirming.
"Stop, stop, stop!" she cried between giggles. "I'm up!" Katara wriggled out of Aang's grasp and crawled over to the campfire to poke the embers back into flames in order to cook breakfast.
Aang snuck up behind her and rested his chin on her shoulder, watching the flames.
"I hope Zuko doesn't come and ruin all of this." he sighed and continued watching the fire.
"Me too." replied Katara, resting her head against his. "It all seems so perfect, and I don't want it to end." They both sat and watched the reminder of their biggest enemy flicker in the early morning light.
Soon Sokka woke up, stomach growling as usual.
"Hey, did you lovebirds make breakfast?" Katara and Aang jumped apart, embarrassed by being called lovebirds.
"No, we were just about to." Katara grabbed the sack of food from next to the fire. After looking through it she took out several pieces of jerky.
"I think we should eat some of the older stuff now before it goes bad." She said, giving both Sokka and Aang four pieces and keeping four for herself. They quickly devoured their small breakfast and began packing their belongings. Katara stood up after bending over to roll up her sleeping bag and shielded her eyes with her hand, looking out to sea. Suddenly out of the fog she could see Zuko's ship speeding toward their camp.
"Zuko's coming! Grab everything, get on Appa, and we have to GO!" Katara yelled, running to Sokka and Aang. Aang traded his happy look for one of alarm, and quickly began heaving stuff onto Appa's back, and Sokka followed suit. Katara quickly ran to pick up her sleeping bag and saw that the firebender ship was nearly to the shore. She grabbed her sleeping bag and raced towards Appa just as the door on the ship opened onto the sand. Zuko and several firebenders ran towards them.
"Hurry!" Aang yelled. When she reached him, he grabbed her hand and used his airbending to toss her gracelessly onto Appa's back just as the small firebender army descended upon them.
He turned around to fight; quickly summoning his staff from Appa's back and standing ready.
"Aang, get up here, you can't fight that many firebenders by yourself!" Katara yelled down to him. Aang threw his staff in the air and it turned into glider form. He jumped on and yelled to Sokka.
"Take off, when we get away, I'll glide down to you. Appa, yip yip!" With a loud groan, Appa started into the air. Just then, Zuko let out a loud yell and thrust his hand towards Aang and his glider. Aang cried out in pain as the flame caught his foot on fire when he dodged the flame. He flew down close to the ocean and dragged his foot in the water, then flew upward again, trying to catch up to Appa, who was now very far ahead of him.
Katara looked back in horror as she watched Zuko try to shoot down her beloved Avatar.
"We have to go back and get him!" she cried, turning around to face Sokka.
"We can't risk him capturing all of us! If that happens then who's gonna save us? We have to keep going and just hope he's okay." He replied. Katara just sniffed and nodded, turning back to watch the battle.
Zuko, who was getting frustrated, shot another column of fire at the young airbender, this time making his mark. The glider caught on fire and Aang plummeted into the ocean. In the distance a girl's horrified scream could be heard.
"We have to go back and get him, he'll drown, or be captured! We have to save him Sokka!" Katara yelled, climbing towards the front of the flying bison.
"We can't! They'll capture us to, and then how will we ever save him? Aang can take care of himself until we come up with a plan. Trust me!" Sokka yelled back, trying to calm his hysterical sister. Katara just start crying bitterly and stopped only long enough to yell,
"I LOVE YOU AANG! DON'T GIVE UP WE WILL SAVE YOU!" And with that she tried in vain to hold back her tears as they flew farther and farther away from the only boy who could save the world. The only boy who could save her heart.
End Chapter 3
A/N: PRESS THAT BLUE BUTTON AND HELP SAVE AANG! FIRST PERSON TO REVIEW AFTER I PUBLISH THIS WILL GET TO BE A CHARACTER IN AN UPCOMING CHAPTER!
Update: Arein was the first person to review chapter three, so watch out for her character in a later chapter!