Okay this chapter is all over the place. Angry, sad, overjoyed, frustration, love, hate, worry, regret. You name it. I think I squeezed it all in. So be very warned. OH and just a forenote I cried writing the last section, and I don't cry that often.

Katara stormed through the streets making her was to the edge of the village, which was bordered all the way around by a post fence. The gates were being guarded by two Fire Nation guards. She walked her head down as she tried to walked pasat them and out the gate. They stopped her.

"Where do you think you are going?" She took a deep breath realizing that she was very close to losing her temper, again.

"I'm sorry I was just passing through. I just want to go home." She saisd not looking upa t them and mustering up the sweetest voice she could. The guards obviously weren't going to have it.

"You will stay here until sun up."

"LISTEN HERE! I have had a hard DAY! An even HARDER NIGHT! I'M TIRED I JUST WANT TO FUCKING GO HOME! I AM NOT IN THE MOOD TO PUT UP WITH ANY MORE SHIT FROM YOU PEOPLE!" She screamed at the two men. She could feel the water in both her cantine and her pouch trying to escape.

"Look little lady.." Katara screamed again.

"AND QUIT CALLING ME LITTLE! DO I look like a little girl to you!" She huffed. The a thought occured to her. She pulled her collar down and pointed to the stone.

"If I don't get back, and he so much as even raises a voice to me, I swear I will come back and hunt the two of you down!" The guards took one look at the delicate blood stone and stood up straight and rigid.

"Sorry My Lady. You go on ahead." She growled.

"Glad to see everyone recognizes MY DAMN STONE!" She was fuming as she walked past the two guards. She felt eyes on her back and she turned around with a glare. The two men jerked their heads back around and acted like nothing had happened.

She wanted to puke. No she wanted to cry, or kill something. Hell she wanted to do something and needed to before she went completely insane! So she walked. And walked. And just for the hell of it walked some more. But it seemed with each step she took, each bend of the path, her mind would think up something else, another reason for her to be angry with Zuko. She came to a small lake just about the time she was ready to completely explode. She turned and looked at the lake with a distrusting and almost disgusted stare. The lake was so small, so restricting compared to the vastness of the ocean.

She threw all of her things down near a tree and walked over to a large boulder that ourcropped over the shallow water. She knelt down and looked into her reflection. But for some reason the water didn't calm her like it used to, it only further infuriated her. She stood up and threw her arms up bending a great wave.

"WHY DID I HAVE TO FALL FOR A FIRE BENDER!" She screamed and threw the wave as hard as she could, before the wave was out of sight she pulled a stream from the lake.

"Why did he have to lie to me!" She tossed it across the lake. Again with the wave.

"Was that WENCH the previous owner to this damned rock!" She threw this wave into the trees to her left. She brought up an orb and stared into it.

"Am I just another pawn! A playthign for his fucking amusement?" She tossed the orb as far as she could into the dense forest behind her. She brought another orb up over her head and started to throw it out in front of her but she lost her control over it, causing it to bust and completely soak her. She couldn't stand it anymore. She screamed out in utter frustration and confusion, collapsing to the ground buring her face in her hands. She couldn't help it. She loved him but now she hated him. Did he love her or was he using her? And what of Riyo, this child that she had come to love, no had loved since the very moment she set eyes on him, and took him as her own? What would become of him? Who would protect him like a mother could? She sobbed violently into her hands.

Sokka stopped and looked back at Aang with a cautious glance.

"Did you hear something?" Aang looked up at him, the dark circles under his eyes making the monk look even more his hundred and twelve age.

"No." His voice was desolate and a tad bit morbid. Just as the young avatar answered a giant orb of water fell down and drenched the two weary travelers. Sokka immediatly looked up then over to Aang.

"Did you feel that?" Aang cocked his eye brow and looked down at this clothes, then back to Sokka. Aang looked around.

"There's a waterbender around here somewhere." Sokka nodded taking out his boomarang.

"And they don't like us." Both boys froze as the heard a shrill scream. Sokka's eyes got wide and looked at Aang, who had the exact same expression.

"It couldn't be.." Sokka muttereed but Aang was already in a full on dead sprint in the direction that the scream had came from. He broke through the thicket and stopped dead in his tracks. It was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen.

Katara.

Sokka came running up behind Aang and stopped. He looked over the boys shoulder and saw his baby sister sitting on her knees on the rock. Aang took a step forward not to sure that he should trust his eyes.

"Katara..." He whispered. Katara turned with a jerk and was up on her feet ready to fight. All eyes widened.

"KATARA!" Both of the boys screamedin unision, and ran tackling her into the water. Both grabbign her up into a very tight bear hug.

Zuko sat watching as the room started to gradually lighten from the sun slipping through the door. He hadn't slept at all. He was worried. About the girl, about his son, and just generally worried. He stood up and walked over to his son and looked down with a smile. But the smile disappeared as he leaned down closer to look at the baby. Riyo was covered in sweat and his little face was as red as it could be. Zuko quickly grabbed the baby up and the first thing he noticed was that Riyo was as cold as ice. Zuko's breath quicken. He bursted out of his door and ran at full force to find his uncle.

"UNCLE!" Zuko shouted as he nearly knocked down Iroh's door as he opened it. Iroh sat up sleepily and looked through his sleep clouded eyes at his nephew.

"Prince Zuko? What is it?" He ask standing up. As his vision cleared he seen that his nephew had a paniced and worried look on his face.

"Something is wrong with Riyo!" Iroh quickly hobbled over to his nephew taking the baby from his arms. The baby woke up for a moment before closing his eyes back.

"I don't know what is wrong. He needs a doctor!" Iroh said, trying the urgentcy in his voice from further panicing his nephew. Zuko started to hyperventilate but tried to calm himself down. He thought for a moment before jetting off to find the captain, who was on deck with his navigator.

"Captain! How far away from any village or city are we!"

"It is far to early for you to be giving orders isn't it?"

"HOW FAR!" He barked. He felt as if his lungs were ready to explode if his heart didn't first. First he had to push away the one woman he loved, not what did he do to his son! The captain caught the seriousness in the prince's orders and looked at the map.

"In the direction we are headed a week, but if we turn back only a day or so." Zuko's body burst in to falmes and quickly disappeared as he walked off.

"Dammit, that could be too long!" Zuko growled to himself as he ran back down to the infermary. They ship had a doctor, but he wasn't nearly as experienced as he needed to be in child care. He walked in and the doctor looked at him. Zuko stared as his sone jerked as he woke up. Zuko's heart began to break and bleed as his son started screaming in pain. Zuko picked up the child and tried his hardest to comfort him. Fear ran through his veins like a thick ooze.

Zuko didn't know what was coming over him. All of the sudden his life didn't matter. His quest for the avatar didn't matter. All that mattered was finding some way to save his child and take away the pain.

Iroh watched in a solem sense of pride as his nephew crumbled before his eyes. The prince, for the first time since his banishment, broke down into tears. Iroh knew that his proud nephew was finally realizing just what the world was about, and what the important things in life are.

See I told you it was speratic. Oh and for those Zutura fans I have, please check out my other story if just the first two chapters. Thanks love you all