9 months later

Chapter 11 Almost here

Ever since Zuko and Sokka had talked to each other about what was going on with Katara; Sokka was starting to warm up to the prince and Aang had actually managed to master fire bending. Things were going great. Zuko was now the only heir for the throne and only his father stood in the way of that. Iroh was ecstatic that he had a little niece or nephew on the way. He had even begun to give Katara information about Zuko when he was a baby. Things were going great, there was only problem though.

"Sozen's comet is on the way here." Sokka said after a returning from his shopping trip with Aang and Iroh. He had found out through the eight months of traveling with the two fire benders that Iroh spent money on worthless things like Aang did.

Katara looked up from cuddling with Zuko. "Are you serious?" She asked.

"Does this look like a face that would kid you?" Sokka asked pointing to his own face.

Katara elbowed Zuko the gut before he had a chance to say anything. She still hadn't forgiven him completely for getting her pregnant but you couldn't change the past. Plus she always wanted a family, though she thought it would be with a water bender not some fire bender.

Zuko turned towards Iroh and Aang who were just coming up on the ship since they were done with their shopping. It was about December now and Katara was due in about three weeks. He looked down at the water bender in his arms and sighed. If they made their way towards the Fire Nation now things might turn for the worse causing him to endanger both his soon to be wife and his new born child.

"Tell the helmsman to head towards the Fire nation. I'm anxious to get back home." Zuko told his uncle who nodded and began to carry out his orders. He stood up and moved Katara off towards the side. Things were going to be better as soon as he was sitting on the throne. "Avatar we need to train." He snapped.

Sokka helped his sister move off towards the side so she was out of danger. "If you guys think you're going to battle the Fire Lord by yourself you're sadly mistaken."

Aang looked at the seventeen year old warrior. He wasn't as goofy as he was before he found out about his sister. Things actually started to change when Zuko admitted to his mistakes. The Avatar looked at the two teens glare at each other. They still hated each other with a passion but if they were willing to put aside their differences for the same cause than things might turn out better than the fourteen year old had hoped.

"I want you to hit me with everything you got I want to see every moved you've ever mastered." Zuko said taking a fighting stance.

Aang shrugged and started out with a simple attack to start things off. It happened to be one he learned from Zuko. He shot out a fire stream at the prince who just dodged it by stepping to the side gently. Aang then looked at the water that was around him. Of course he could use his water bending to distract the prince while he used a different bending skill to hit the prince dead on.

Aang did a double water whip and shot it at Prince Zuko who just used his fire to make the water turn into steam. Aang took the chance to cause a rockslide with his newly acquired earth bending skills. Zuko jumped to the side to avoid being crushed but it wasn't working to well. Aang had put a little more of his 'magic', as Sokka calls it, into it than he wanted to. This caused Zuko to get squashed by a good size rock.

Katara stood up and ran over to the fire prince. She looked at Aang who shrugged sympathetically before using his earth bending skills to throw the rock into the ocean. Katara dropped to Zuko's height and ran a finger over his face. She was worried about her boyfriend.

"I'm sorry Zuko." Aang apologized helping the fire bender up. "I didn't expect that to happen."

"Yeah I know." Zuko coughed trying to regain his breath back. "Anyway I shouldn't expect any less from the Avatar. My father will be defeated for sure."

Katara threw her arms around Zuko and nuzzled his neck. "Katara…" Sokka warned after seeing this affection towards Zuko. "What was the deal?"

Katara looked down and blushed slightly. She was supposed to back off of Zuko slightly before they were married. After all she shouldn't have been exerting herself, since the baby was due in less than three weeks. After all she had to rely on the others for her safety since her water bending mysteriously disappeared over the last few months.

"Zuko are you all right?" She asked standing up straight.

"Yeah perfectly fine." He turned to Sokka. "We're not in public moron."

"No you're in front of me. Meaning that you can't cuddle, hold hands, kiss, hug, or touch each other in any sort of way." Sokka said standing up like he was proud of himself.

Katara laughed at Zuko's reaction. He tried his best to get along with her brother. Really he did but it wasn't working out to well. Especially when Sokka pulled his stunt like he did today. He could stand not cuddling, kissing, or hugging Katara. But holding hands is where he drew the line.

Growling at Sokka's remark Zuko walked down into the ship. Katara and Aang knew where he was going. He was going to mediate. Katara turned towards Aang and nodded. The air bender still didn't have complete control over his fire bending powers so he needed to mediate just as often as Prince Zuko did to keep them in check.

Sokka smiled and walked over to his sister. "Katara what do you see in that prince?" Sokka asked for like the thousandth time.

Katara laughed and lightly pushed Sokka in a playful matter over. She stood up and followed Zuko down into the ship. She needed some time alone with him anyway. They needed to talk about things.

Katara stood outside of Zuko's door for what seemed like hours. He must have been really mediating. She allowed her head to droop slightly but she wouldn't allow the darkness over come her. The door opened and Aang walked out giving Katara a signal that Zuko was almost done himself.

"Close the door Katara." Zuko said staring into the flames of the candles, without looking up.

She walked in and shut the door behind her. She sat down were Aang once sat. She looked at Zuko who was now concentrating on her. "What do you want master?" She joked.

Zuko smiled and stood up and locked the door. Katara smiled as Zuko walked up to her. "I want you my princess."

Katara giggled and leaned up against Zuko to give him a kiss. Before she had a chance to kiss her lover she fell down in pain.

"Three weeks came quickly." Zuko said dropping next to her.

"I told you last night Prince Zuko that she was due this week some time." Iroh's voice came from behind the door. It just showed that Iroh had been listening on the two teens.

"Very funny Uncle!" Katara said grasping her stomach. "Zuko if you don't dock this ship before this baby comes out then I'll kill you."

Zuko nodded and picked up Katara bridal style, unlocked and opened the door. "Uncle, go get the healer. Oh and tell the helmsman to dock this damn ship!"

Iroh nodded and ran off to do what his nephew commanded.

"Did I ever tell you I wasn't ready to be a father?" Zuko asked wiping sweat from Katara's forehead.

"Well it's too late for that now!"

K15: Okay there you go guys. This is I guess chapter 12… I was planning for this to be a fic by itself. But hey I went brain dead on any ideas for chapters after last. So remember what happened in the last chapter… you will be quizzed about it later… ha ha… just kidding. So anyway here's an updation. Oh and if any of you can tell me how to do those gray lines that would be great… I'm kinda on a Mac… I don't know if that will make a difference. Well until next time. Later. K15