A/N Well, here's the new chapter. Don't own it, never will, not quite sure I want to, 'cause I'd ruin it or get sick of writing the same thing for so long. Anyway, the end is near! Of the story anyway. Well, the world too, but the story first. I hope. There's a three-day weekend coming up, so I hope to update then, but last weekend I had a cold, and my friends wouldn't quit bugging me, and it was all I could do to finish my homework. I've always wondered about that expression. I mean, what was all I could do? But I digress. Hehe, I love that word. And I digress again. Back to the story.

"Okay, how's this?" asked Katara finally, noticing Iroh bemoaning the speed with which his friends were concritting the Sue. "We'll each write down our suggestions, and Iroh will tally them up at the end. But we won't interrupt."

"Am I sensing an ulterior motive here," teased Sokka.

"What are you talking about?" snapped Katara.

"Nothing," her brother answered calmly. "Just that you don't like being interrupted, and you're getting slightly crabby on us. PMS-ing," he whispered to Aang.

"What's that mean?" asked the Avatar obliviously.

"Never mind," Zuko said hastily, not wanting to have to sit through an explanation to the young Air Bender.

Aang shrugged. "Whatever."

Iroh passed out the paper and pencils he had gotten from a plot hole, and Katara began reading again.

"I have a plan," Belle said.

"What is it?" Katara said.

"I will make Zuko let us go," Belle said. "I will make him fall in love with me," she said.

"Excuse me?"

"Zuko, shut up, please."

"You cannot do that," Katara said. "I will not allow you to endanger yourself," she said.

"I will not," Belle said, making a promise. "I will be in no danger."

"I hope you are right," Katara said. "You are brave and strong, and will be in no danger," she said. "But you are my friend, and I do not want to lose you," she said.

"You will not lose me," Belle said. "We will see each other again," she said, making a promise.

A guard came up and took Belle away.

"Where is the Avatar?" Zuko said.

"No," Belle said.

"Where is he?" Zuko said.

"I will not tell you," Belle said.

"Why not?" Zuko said.

"Because the Avatar is my friend," Belle said. "I will not abandon him," she said. He is my friend, and I will never betray him," she said. There is nothing you could do to make me tell you where he is," she said.

Zuko was staring at her. "You are as strong as you are beautiful," he said.

The real Zuko was staring at the book, with a very different expression on his face. "Excuse me, please, while I go vomit," he muttered, standing up.

Sokka yanked him back down, feeling a little too happy to get to make the scarred prince sit through this.

"Oh, no, you don't," Katara said. "We all have to listen to the Sue's story, all the way through, Zuko," she said.

Suddenly, Iroh screamed.

"What is it?" Aang asked.

The old Fire Bender pointed a quivering finger at Katara. "Th-the Sue… She's taking over this fanfic!"

Aang jumped up, holding his staff like a sword. "Where is she?" he demanded. "I'll kill her!"

"OOC, OOC," moaned Iroh.

"Wait… We're in a fanfic?" Sokka asked, stopping them in their tracks. Everyone turned to look at Iroh and Katara.

"Are we?" asked Zuko.

Both nodded. Iroh, having opened a plot hole to learn more about this subject, was now an expert on Sue-ness.

"The Sue will spread," Katara whispered. "She will take over this fanfic, then another, then another, until the entire fandom is corrupted by her evil!"

"Not if we get her first," Zuko said determinedly.

"Katara, get back to reading," ordered Aang. "The rest of you, keep concritting!"

"This isn't a game anymore…"

"Thank you," Belle said. She was modest.

Zuko was ripped.

"Ripped?"

"I think she means torn…"

"Idiot."

"I love you," he said, "But I cannot let you go," he said.

"I understand, because I love you," Belle said. She was sad.

"Why are you sad?" Zuko said.

"Because I am ripped," Belle said.

"Torn!"

"Hush, Sokka, let her read."

"Why are you ripped?" Zuko said.

"Torn!"

"Because I love you," Belle said. "But I also love Aang," she said. (A/N, Like, you totally didn't see that coming, did you?)

"I love you both," she said, "But I am afraid of what this war will do to us," she said.

"Do not be afraid," Zuko said. "No one will be hurt," he said.

"I will not be afraid," Belle said, "Because I am brave, but someone will be hurt," she said. "And so, I am afraid," she said.

Zuko was ripped.

"Okay, by now, I'm not even going to bother."

He loved Belle, and did not want to hurt her. But he had to find the Avatar to regain his throne.

"Honor! It's honor, not throne," moaned Zuko.

Belle read his mind. "I love you, with or without throne," she said.

"I love you too," he said.

Zuko was ripped. But he decided. "I will not try to capture the Avatar any more," he said.

"Oh, that's realistic," muttered Sokka.

"That easy, was it?" asked Zuko.

"Guys, don't interrupt," hissed Aang.

"It's okay, Aang," Katara said with a smile. "That's the end."

"Already?" demanded Zuko.

"Well, no," she admitted. "That's just as far as the Sue has gotten. Now we must invoke the sacred rite of the review!"

Everyone stared at her.

"We've gotta review her story so that she gets our concrit," explained Katara with a sigh. "Honestly, can't a girl be a little melodramatic once and a while?"