-1The Impossible

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Ahh…The long awaited update. Yesh.. Sorry for not updating yesterday, but I went to a Christmas party!WH00T! Yeah, that was fun.. We went ding-dong ditching and stuff, I got chased down the street by an old lady, and got attacked by a Chihuahua. And, stayed up 'till 5AM with my friends watching 'Sky High'..

Anyway, I should thank you reviewers before you guys get to bored with me blabbing about my life.. And thanks for reviewing so much! I WORSHIP YOU PEOPLE! -cough- Heh.

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Thank you all for the reviews!.. When I'm tired.. Or I feel like I can't think of ideas, the reviews truly help! Thanks to all, and I'd like to make a small poll. Anime Fan Team suggested making a lemon in the story, and I was wondering if anyone else would like me to add one? If so, say it in your next review!

Wow this is long.. O.o;;

-----An old friend returns----

Aang lay inside the prison chambers.

In the past few days, his burn had slowly healed, but he was beginning to get weak. He hadn't eaten since he had mouthed off to Zula, and without food and water, he was slowly regretting ever talking to her. He sneezed, and looked out the small window in the room. 'I wonder how my friends are doing..' He thought glumly about what would happen to Zuko soon. The Execution..

But, he wouldn't let that happen. He glared at the ropes restraining his arms. In a little while, a guard would come to feed him. They worked like clocks.. If he could fire bend a little, and burn off the restraints, he could knock out one of the guards, and save his friends. But then what..? He didn't know what had happened to Appa, and if he was okay, Appa would've come and saved him already. Even with his friends helping him, the odds of them winning were one to one million. He sighed. But this had to work.

He slowly began shifting his wrists, trying to spark a flame, or something close. After fifteen minutes, he had managed to get a small flame and burned off the first arm restraint, moving to the next one, and in ten minutes he was free. 'This is my only chance.. I won't screw up!' He quickly flew up towards the ceiling, and hid in one of the beams.

About an hour later, the usual guard came in, shutting the door. "Avatar here's your-" He stopped looking around, and Aang flew down, kicking him in the back of the head, knocking him out. He sighed. 'Part one-complete..' and he slowly moved toward the door..

'Wait!' This wouldn't work! They would notice him walking out.. He needed some kind of way to keep himself unnoticed.

He looked at the guard's clothes. That could possibly work.. But he was way to short to look like the guard.. Alas, he could try. He quickly took the guard's clothes, slipping them on, and shoving him against a wall. He shoved a few bits of clothe in his boots to make him look taller, and slowly slipped out the door, careful not to make to much noise. A guard walked by him, and stopped him. "Hey, go check on that old prisoner down the hall. No one can get him to shut up," And Aang quickly nodded, and walked down the hall. He reached inside the pants he had stolen, and grabbed a key.

He walked down the hall, and dropped the key. Reaching down to grab it, his helmet slipped off. He carefully put it back on, making sure no one saw him. He sighed, and almost screeched when a hand grabbed his shoulder.

"Aang!"

Aang turned his head to the familiar voice.

"Let me out of here, quickly!"

Aang cracked a small smile.

"Bumi!"

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Zuko lay in the cell, staring at the ceiling. His life had gone from bad to worse, but that didn't matter now. He groaned and slowly sat up, looking out the bars of the cell.

Every once in a while, Zula would come visit him. How he despised her..

She would tell him how many hours until his death, trying to see if he would beg for his life.. He never did though. He would face death like a man, not like a coward.

But, he wasn't most worried about his life. He worried for Aang. Every few minutes, he could see that stupid grin in his head.. And it was slowly killing him. He wanted so badly to let Aang escape, but he was to weak to break through the bars, and had no idea of how to escape.

He slumped against the wall staring off into space.

Today was the day.

He turned his head when he heard a bunch of soldiers running down the halls, yelling about something. 'Probably getting ready…' He thought, and slowly inched near the back of his cell, sighing.

Even though he knew he was going to die, he still wanted to tell Aang that they were friends, and he hoped they would be forever.

"But that's never going to happen.."

"Whats going to never happen, Zuko?"

His eyes widened, and he looked at the door to his cell.

"Aang!" He half-choked out, and stared in disbelief.

"Don't sit there all day, Princey. We want to get off this ship as much as you do," Said Sokka rolling his eyes, fallowed by Katara hitting him on the head, and once Zuko stood up, Aang grabbed his hand, and they sprinted out of the cells.

"How… did you manage to escape?" Yelled Zuko as they ran down the twisting corridors.

"With help from a friend!" He said grinning, and then they went up some stairs into some light, and watched as Bumi send giant balls of ash at the soldiers.

Aang pulled the bison whistle from his pocket. "I hope you can hear me, boy.." He said, blowing the whistle, and looking towards the sky, and they were immediately swarmed by soldiers. "You actually thought you could escape? SIEZE THEM!" Sokka rolled his eyes. "If it isn't bitchy mc. Bitch.." And she glared daggers at him, "Fine! You'll be executed after Zuko!" And that made Katara go pale. "No! You can't hurt my brother!" Zula snickered. "Watch me, girl."

Just then, a giant groaning noise was heard in the sky, and everyone stared up. "W-what..? Is that!" Zula yelled, as Appa flopped down onto the boat, knocking everyone backwards.

Zuko grabbed a hold of Aang, and jumped onto the bison, fallowed by Bumi, and finally Katara and Sokka.

Appa finally took off, and Zula yelled at everyone for letting them go, as they watched helplessly.

After a day of flying, they reached the Earth Kingdom, and Bumi returned to his throne.

Of course, they were offered rooms, and Bumi agreed to teaching Aang Earth Bending.

They all sat at a grand table, tons of food before their eyes, and Sokka began chowing down. "You realize Aang, that you don't have much time left," Bumi started, looking serious. Aang nodded glumly. "I will try and teach you the basics, and you can invent your own moves later." Aang nodded once again, shoving a pastry in his mouth and yawning.

"The past few days seem like a nightmare.." Katara said to no one in particular, and Sokka nodded. "That girl… Zuli.. Or something, isn't one to mess with." Sokka said swallowing another bit of food. "Zula." Zuko said simply, and ate a small bit of pastry. He wasn't that hungry. "Zuli, Zula.. Its basically the same thing. You fire benders' names all sound alike," Sokka added, chewing on a hunk of meat.

Zuko shrugged, and got up. "Thanks for the dinner," He said simply and left.

Katara punched Sokka in the arm. "Ow!" He yelped. "What was that for?" Katara rolled her eyes. "You shouldn't have been so rude! We were just starting to get on his good side!" Sokka shook his head, and shoved more food in his mouth.

After the dinner was finished, Aang went inside his room, and rolled up his sleeve, looking at the burn. He rubbed some ointment on it, and bandaged it up, hoping it hadn't caught infection when he had been locked inside that cell.

Without thinking, he had left his door open, and Zuko wandered in, staring at Aang's arm, and sat across from him. "What happened?" Aang shrugged. "Well… I got burned," He said, looking at the ground, and Zuko grabbed his arm, examining it. "Did Zula burn you?" He asked, the smallest hint of concern in his voice washed away with the thought of his sister.

Aang shrugged. "Yeah…" Then he looked up at Zuko's hand touching his arm, and his heart skipped a beat. 'What's wrong with me?' He thought confused. He felt strange.. Zuko finally released Aang's arm and got up and walked out. "Be sure and clean that burn every few days," He said walking down the hall.

Aang sat, bewildered. He shook his head. "No.. I know he doesn't feel the same," And he slowly crawled into the bed he was given, rolled on his side, and slipped into a dreamless slumber.

After a few hours, Aang rolled over and blinked his eyes a few times. He got up, and slowly walked down the hallway. He stopped at Zuko's room, and watched him for a minute. He then went back down the hall towards Bumi's main hall, and decided to start training.

-A few hours later-

Aang flopped down breathing heavily as Bumi smiled. "Aang, you've improved greatly, and done so much in such a short time." Aang nodded and slowly got up.

"Aang, there's something I need to tell you. I'm going to have to leave soon on an important mission, to help protect a village down near the Canyon."

Aang nodded. "So, this is the only lesson you'll get from me." Aang stared confused for a minute. "I've got someone down close to the south who can teach you though, called Omi." Aang raised his eyebrow. "So.. I need to find him, right?" Bumi nodded. "But, it was great seeing you again Aang. I know you'll do good."

Aang smiled as Bumi patted his head, and walked off.

Not long later, did Katara decide they should leave to get an early start, did they leave.

They ended up staying at a small forest near a mountain, and Katara and Sokka ended up leaving to buy some things from a village close by, and

Zuko and Aang ended up alone, again.

Zuko stared off into the sky, as Aang played with Momo.

When it became dark, Zuko slept on a mat, and Aang slept on Appa's back.

After a while, Aang started talking about random stuff, and Zuko ignored him. "Look, Aang." He said silently, and Aang stared at him. "I've got to leave. I can't stay here now.. There's some things I need to sort out."

Aang's eyes widened, and he jumped up. "B-but, c'mon Zuko!You've got to stay and teach me fire bending, and-" Aang was caught off-guard when Zuko got up and tackled him, and pulled him in a deep kiss. After a few minutes, he moved back, Aang staring confused and dazed.

"Don't fallow me," He said silently. "I'll be back in a month, possibly, and I'll teach you fire bending. I won't go back on my promise." He left, leaving Aang confused.

He touched his lips with his fingers, and sat silently.

"Good bye, Zuko."

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If your thinking, 'HOMIGAWD!DON'T LEAVE US THERE!NOOO!' Nope. This isn't the end. The next chapter, a month will have passed, and Aang will have pretty much mastered the basics of Earth bending, and Zuko will begin teaching him.

Review, please. And I hope you will see the next chapter soon!