"I can't believe that you let him kiss you?" Sokka roared, still freaked out. "My baby sister is a kissing machine, a floozy!"
The girl shot up and glared at him, "A floozy? How dare you!"
"Oh please, a normal big brother worries about tracking down one guy to beat the shit out of who kissed his little sister, you've given me what … four different guys! Luckily two of them are always on our butts, trying to kill us, but now it means I have to back track to get the other two dudes!"
"Yes, Sokka, kissing four guys makes me a floozy, why I just don't know what comes over me when I see a really fine guy, I just can't resist trying to pull him down the dark path of humanity!"
"You see, exactly, that's what I'm talking about," Sokka roared. "And it's all because of that damn Zuko!"
Aang looked at the other boy and frowned, "Wait, what? I thought it was Haru who kissed her first."
"It might have been Haru, but she kissed Zuko three times! That means that he led her to the dark side."
"Oh please, I already had five kisses in before I kissed him the first time," Katara growled, stomping a foot. Sokka and Aang looked at her like she was an alien.
"Five kisses! How many times did you kiss Haru!" Sokka asked, weak kneed.
"Just the one time," she snapped, turning away from the two boys.
Sokka began doing the math, and felt his pressure explode, "So you kissed Jet and Zhao twice each?" he nearly fainted.
"I kissed Jet once," she shuddered at the next words, "Zhao twice, but I don't want to talk about the second time." She shuddered twice, remembering his tongue slipping in her mouth, and her fighting the urge to bite down hard on it, had she, she would have put Aang and Sokka in danger again.
"So you've kissed eight times?" he asked in a stern voice. She blushed, and she knew she would wig him out, but that what kept her talking. "Twenty."
He nearly did faint that time, Aang could have been knocked down by a feather, and she was positive that Appa had pooed his pants, had Appa worn pants, Momo screeched and headed for an upper branch.
"Twenty times!" Aang roared, his jaw remaining on the floor.
"Oh shit, how many more guys am I going to have to track down now!" Sokka finally managed to shot out.
"You didn't tell us you kissed twenty other guys!" Aang barked.
"That's because I didn't," she said calmly. "Okay there was a secret kissing booth adventure I didn't mention, involving that Cabbage guy we keep running into, but the rest were," she shrugged and smiled. "With Zuko."
Sokka's mouth dropped, his eyes rolled back into his head, and this time he did faint. When he recovered a few minutes later, he was very irate. "You're lying right? You have to be lying," he grabbed her shoulders, and shook her, "Tell me you're lying."
She giggled, "Okay, it wasn't twenty kisses," she waited for him to exhale, "it's more like twelve, with Zuko way in the lead."
Sokka screeched like a little girl, and Aang fainted this time. "What have you been doing, making out every chance you get with that maniac!"
"He's really nice, and you'd be amazed by his poetry," she said with a smile.
"Yeah, that's just what guy's like that do," he tried to explain, "try to act all sensitive and coy so they can use the girl for something they …," she interrupted him in mid rant.
"Did I mention I'm carrying his baby?" she asked.
Sokka felt his skin flush, and he nearly fainted again, before she giggled and helped him put his head between his knees. Aang actually did faint yet again at what she said.
"Sorry, I just couldn't resist that," she giggled.
"Try harder," Aang moaned, waking up.
This was too much for Sokka. "This is what I was talking about with guys and girls before we started talking about our kisses," Sokka said. "Girls just can't be expected to control themselves here, they don't use common sense. There's nothing pure or sweet, or anything about this subject when talking about guys like Zuko, and girls like you who they like to use, Katara."
The girl frowned and took a step away from her pig headed brother. There was nothing indecent about how Zuko treated her, nothing wrong or cruel, despite his outward demeanor. "So you think you know so much about girls like me, and the guys who kiss them?"
"That's what I've been saying all this time," Sokka snapped.
Katara walked up to Aang, and looked him straight in the eyes. "And what about you?"
"Well, Sokka might getting a little protective on the issue," the boy began, "but I guess there's nothing wrong. You've never lied to me yet, so if Zuko is a good guy, you might be right," he said. He looked up at her and she smiled.
"Good answer," she said quickly, and put her lips on his. Zuko is sweet, and patient, but I've wanted to do this the first time I met you, Aang. They kissed for a long time, ignoring Sokka's wide eyed open mouthed stare. A cool breeze flowed around them, as they shut their eyes, and enjoyed the moment. This was different than when she had kissed Haru, or Zuko, but not much. It was like a combination, of peace and power, joy and love, happiness, and hope. It was like they were united in this way. When she pulled away, her eyes blurred, and she could tell so had his.
"Wow," the boy said, looking at her as soon as it dawned on him the kiss was over.
"Yeah," she said, holding her body, shocked and a bit pleased. She turned to Sokka and shrugged.
"Well, he's not too bad," the teenager said. "I guess it's not too wrong," he looked at Aang and sighed. "But I guess it means that I'll just have to put him on my list now."
Katara sighed as she whacked her brother in the back of his head, and the tree of them settled down for dinner, and for bed.
Surprise, surprise! Another guy to add to the list, and now Aang too! But I told you Kataang folks not to be too disappointed in this story, I made many references that this was going to happen. Did you expect it? How was it? I enjoyed working on this these last six months, and all your kind reviews and words. It amazes me how successful this was, considering that I really didn't have a plan of attack for it. It was kind of an exeriment, and I guess the experiment was a success! Thanks to all who took the time to read it, and please look for the sequel (sequels?) whenever they come out. Thanks and good night!