A. N. : I know I often joke about not knowing where I am going with this fic, but really the problem is more along the lines of needing the characters to develop before they can get to doing certain things. And development takes time. This is honestly the reason Aang was sleeping for so long. Well, now he is awake, so you can get ready to have some Aangst...
Aang is positive none of this is making sense.
He woke up in Katara's arms this time, and she explained the situation the best she could. Zuko was standing away from then but he kept throwing quick glances in their direction, like he actually wanted to say something.
It's probably better he didn't, considering Aang just passed out from seeing him – and the baby, Spirits he'll have to ask about that.
So. In short, he died – he died, no wonder everything hurts – Katara brought him back, Zuko is with them now, Jet is too for some reason, and the world thinks Aang's dead.
The world thinks he's dead.
And it hurts, it hurts to know he let everyone down once more, to know he failed – he failed, he failed everyone, he failed and everyone is acting like it's fine but it's not, why can't they see this –
Sokka says it's a good thing, says that way no one will expect him to show up, but he doesn't realize that's exactly the problem – no one expects him to show up, no one thinks there is hope anymore, and it's terrible, why is he the only person who seems to understand that, why do the others think he's overreacting –
It hurts.
The others don't understand, they tell him to hide when soldiers come, tell him to hide when they get attacked, tell him to hide even when the only thing that saves them is a giant sea-serpent – miracle.
What saves them is a miracle, but the reason they need one in the first place is because they're helping him. And he is grateful – but it's too dangerous, he can't make them do it when it's all his own fault –
If only he could scream to the world that he is alive, there is hope, he may have failed but he will set things straight believe in him – but they won't let him do that, instead they risk their lives to fix his own mistakes.
He can't let them do this.
It's nothing planned, really. He would've eaten with the others if it hadn't been for the fact that they wanted him to hide his arrow – the last thing he has from the monks, the last piece of his identity that's not broken. He is a failed Avatar, a failed person, and now they want to make him a failed Air Master too ?
So he doesn't go.
And then he realizes he doesn't have to stay – it's better if he doesn't – he doesn't have to put the others in danger – he never wanted that – he doesn't have to accept this situation – he will fix it all just you wait –
He takes his glider. Walks to the door, to the deck and it hurts, his back hurts but most of all his heart hurts – his fault his fault the world will burn if he doesn't fix this but most importantly –
Most importantly – he takes off – most importantly – he flies, flies to the Fire Nation –
He will take back his honor.