OMG, I hate college… at the end of the semester you feel like your life is gonna end! I had sooooo much crap to do over the past week, I nearly committed Seppuku (Taking your life by gutting yourself with your own katana/ tanto if you don't know.) The only way I survived was watching the Avatar Season Finale! It was awsome! I got kinda upset though, I didn't think Katara and Zuko would fight! So yeah Zuko has seen her abilities but you guys will just have to deal with my short falls. Anyway I survived to write another day! Let's do this bitch!

Chapter 6

Katara grumbled when she woke up she felt the place next to her and she sighed. The spot was cold, he had been gone for a little while now. She sat up and looked around yawning profusely he was nowhere in sight and it looked like he had left her some breakfast. She took the smoked fish and berries and savored their mingled flavor. She sighed and began to nibble on her fish her thoughts bothering her. Had he left her? They were pretty close to the village now, she had seen signs the other day, and maybe he thought she could make it on her own now. After all she had displayed her powerful abilities to him, he probably went on his way back to wherever he came from. She frowned and started to cry.

" What's wrong?" she gasped and looked up shocked to see him standing in the doorway. She leapt off the floor and wrapped her arms around his neck. " What is it?" He asked gently.

" I thought you had left." Came her reply muffled by his shoulder. She started shaking as more sobs came to her.

" I'm not going anywhere. I promised you I would get you back to your friends and I will." He was rocking slightly trying to soothe her like a mother would a child.

" I know… but… but you'll just leave then too."

Her voice stung him like a stab to the heart. He didn't want to leave her but he had to. He sighed. " I'm sorry. I don't want to hurt you but you must understand I have things that I must do. When those objectives are completed I will come back for you."

" You promise?" she stared at the eyes behind the mask, golden orbs that held a gentle gaze.

" I promise you, Katara, on my honor that I will return to you." He relished the smile she gave him, he would never make her unhappy again.

They left the shack and continued along the path towards Kimori, it was a warm sunny day much more pleasant than the evening had been. They walked rather slowly neither wanting the trip to end. Katara kept smiling at him, and he was smiling back even though she couldn't see him. Zuko grinned to himself he reached over and took her hand. She started blushing and couldn't look at him, she was so silly, she was so embarrassed over holding his hand! They both sighed and smiled, what a wonderful day.

"KATARA!" Sokka yelled for the millionth time as he leaned over Appa's saddle looking for any sign of his sister. He swore he saw flashes of blue a few times but those leads had all been useless. Eventually Aang gave up on Sokka's instructions completely. They were following a main road from the sky they had seen a few people walking along it but none resembling Katara at all. Aang was becoming frustrated, if anything happened to her he couldn't forgive himself. She was his best friend, and he hoped one day that she would be his girlfriend. " KATARA!" He belted the shout out and sent the sound waves into the wind so that it would travel farther.

" Aang?" Katara's eyes went wide and she smiled. " My friends came looking for me!" She started running in the direction that she heard his voice.

Zuko ran after her and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her back to him roughly. " Wait." He hugged her close to him. " Goodbye." Zuko lifted the mask and kissed her deeply. Katara melted into his kiss, he was so warm. She felt his tongue caress her lips and she opened her mouth and let him devour her taste. This was heaven.

" Aang!" Sokka made his way over to him and pointed to the ground. Aang peered over the side and was struck dumb. There was Katara… KISSING SOME GUY! After he stared at them another realization came to him the guy she was kissing was the Blue Spirit, Zuko. Aangs fury was unmatched, how could she do this! On instinct Aang grabbed his staff and jumped from Appa.

" Aang stop!" Katara released the kiss from Zuko and looked up, there was Aaap with Sokka grabbing onto his reins and there was something else coming closer to them very fast. Aang? She was pushed back and she stumbled regaining her balance, she had been pushed by air, it was Aang. " Aang! What are you doing! You could have hurt someone!" She started to chide him and stopped when she heard the serious tone in his voice.

" Stay back Katara." Aang stood with his back to her his staff at the ready voice dripping with anger.

Zuko stared in horror as Aang came down from the huge air bison, all was lost now, he would lose Katara in one short sentence. Why was he so stupid as to walk in the open with the girl? He gritted his teeth, his happiness had overruled his judgement today. He gripped his broadswords and quickly unsheathed them. He was pushed by the Avatar with a slash of wind that knocked him against a tree. He looked up to Katara, she appeared to not have been hurt in the least and he was thankful for that. He had a feeling the Avatar was very angry.

Aang let lose a sharp air blast at Zuko. Zuko dodged and stood back up at the ready. Aang furiously threw a barrage of air at Zuko who had dodged them all except for one that spiraled him into a boulder he slammed into it and could feel the blood come to his lips. He knew he had to firebend if he was going to have any chance against the furious Avatar, the charade was going to end soon anyway.

" Aang stop it!" Katara yelled gathering her courage back up. She couldn't stand to see her savior pummeled to death. " Aang he saved me from the firebenders! He saved Sokka too!"

"Huh, I wondered why the rope broke." Sokka lamented. " Aang if that's true then we should thank him for his help." Katara beamed at her brother, he was the best!

" You don't know who he is, but I do." The siblings stared at him with puzzled looks. " Show yourself Zuko."

Katara's mouth gaped. " What?" she whispered to herself. This had to be some sort of nightmare, yes that's it! I'll wake up and the real Blue Spirit will be lying next to me, certainly not Zuko of all people! She waited. Oh gods this is real!

Zuko sighed. He jerked the tie of the mask and watched if fall to the ground and land with a chime from the ceramic surface, he pulled down the cloth covering his neck, ears, and hair. He slowly looked up at Katara with apologies written all over his face.

She stared at his. " No… no…" she collapsed to her knees but kept her gaze on him. " you… you are not the man I love!" She spat the words at him and sunk her head into he hands. Sokka gathered his sister in his arms.

" Aang, we should go. She's out cold." Sokka lifted Katara and headed toward Appa.

Aang nodded. He looked at Zuko and almost felt pity. " Don't ever come near her again." He threw another blast of air hitting next to Zuko's head producing a large crevas in the boulder. " Or else."

Zuko didn't doubt the seriousness of the boy. He watched helplessly as they lifted off and flew away. He sat a stared at the last place he saw them. Zuko's heart had broken and he could do nothing but weep.

WOW! What a long chapter! Hope you guys like it! Thanks for all the reviews BTW. I am gonna write one more chapter a kind of epiloge, just cause I like a happy ending and I would never let poor Zuko suffer too much. Love You All! Ciao!