A/N

Zuko: Great….more Taang in this one……curse you author!

Me: Hey…. What people want, people get.

Aang: WOOT! Thank you peoples! (blows raspberry at Zuko)

Zuko: Curse you Avatar….

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar!

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"Um, Toph? Can I ask you something?" Aang nervously rubbed the back of his head, silently blushing.

"Sure, Aang." Toph said, gazing at the airbender.

"Well, I like you, not like a friend, but more, I….."

Aang just cut off with Toph kissing him straight on the lips. She pulled away, blushing and looking away towards the roses.

"Well?" Toph asked, tired of waiting for an answer.

Aang kissed her again, gently pulling her towards him. He broke off, and asked, "Was that a good answer?"

Toph blushed and said, "That'd be the best answer you could've given me, Aang."

The two sat down on the stone bench and watched the stars go by, each, comforted by each other's touch.

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It was nearly midnight when the party ended and everyone was to go back to their rooms. Many women complained they didn't even get to dance with the Fire Lord, but Iroh assured them that, that wouldn't ruin their chances for being his bride.

Iroh walked back with a headache, from all the whining and complaints he'd gotten, he had to agree with Zuko, none of these ladies were beautiful, on the inside or the outside.

He silently, walked into his room, for a well deserved rest.

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"Thank you Zuko, for helping me, I…don't know what would have happened if you didn't show up." Katara said, turning towards him.

"You don't have to thank me," He said, just happy, he finally was back with her.

Katara laughed lightly, "Aw, Zuko stop being so modest."

He blushed.

"Katara, I have one question, did you….did you….by any chance….help defeat my father?" Zuko asked.

Katara, looked at the window towards the end of the hallway and blew out gently.

"Yes, it was me up on the windowsill that day, imagine what would've happened if I didn't come." Katara said, smirking at the irony at the end.

Zuko laughed softly, he took her hand in his and gently rubbed it.

"Katara…….I…..you don't know how much I had to go through…..I was trying to find you, but I just thought….it seemed hopeless, I tried to get you out of my mind, but……I He pulled her into a tight, protective embrace.

"I'm just glad you're back…." He whispered into her ear as he kissed her neck softly.

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"Thanks for the great night….Aang." Toph smiled as she was walked up to her room.

"I should….urm…..thank you…..Toph." Aang said, turning his head away.

"For what?"

"First, for this wonderful evening, and for, "accepting my answer"." Aang blushed as he looked at her, thankful she was blind.

"Twinkle-toes, do you really think that I can't see you blushing? I could feel the heat you know." Toph giggled.

"Um, well…you see…."

Aang stopped, as for Toph placed another light kiss on his lips.

"Goodnight Aang." Toph said, opening the door into her room and closed it, leaving a very surprised and happy Aang at the door.

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"Welcome all! Hope you had a nice stay, but now, my nephew will choose only one woman, to be his bride." Iroh finished his announcement, and up came Zuko to the stage.

"Hello, I would like to thank everyone who came here, either you were forced or not…..ahem……second of all, I just hope you will not be disappointed if you are some how not picked…..now, the woman, who I choose be my bride is…."

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Katara woke up the next morning, feeling refreshed and fine as she made her way to the bathroom.

After her wash up, she got into her casual clothes and slipped out the door.

"Morning Miss Kita." A soldier passing by bowed.

"Morning."

"Well, you'd better get to the ceremony."

"What ceremony?" Katara asked, wondering.

"It's when Fire Lord Zuko will announce who will be his bride, it'll be a quick one however, you're welcome to…." The soldier turned around to where Katara was, but she already bolted down the hallway.

"That was fast…" The soldier shrugged and went about his daily rounds.

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Katara panted as she ran down the long hallways, occasionally bumping into maids or concubines for that matter.

Her long hair flowing behind her as she neared the grand doors, leading into the room, Katara quickly took a sharp turn and slid on the floors, almost falling, but she caught her balance once more.

She burst through the doors and accidentally bumped into a horde of angry noble women.

"Well! Watch your manners! Don't be running around and about!" The woman 'hmmphh' ed and fanned herself again.

Katara ignored her and fought her way through the crowds, ignoring many angry complaints from women.

She heard Iroh leaving the stage and Zuko coming up.

Faster, she went, panting as she was sometimes blocked by the nobles.

"My new bride will be…."

Katara was too late, she didn't get to tell him.

"Katara, of the Southern Water Tribe."

Katara panted as it took a while to process all that…..she, was…..Zuko's bride now?

Murmurs went through the crowd,

"But, she's just a lousy water tribe peasant!"

"It's against the law to marry her! You two aren't from the same classes!"

"Besides! The little water wench is dead! She couldn't have survived the massacre of the waterbenders, during Ozai's reign!"

"She's not even the legal age to marry yet!"

So many reasons on why Zuko couldn't marry her were being thrown his way.

Aang stood onto the stage and yelled out, "QUIET!"

The women stopped talking and angrily glared at Aang and Zuko.

Zuko spoke up, "First of all, she's not a lousy water tribe peasant, believe me, I used to think so, but, now…..I see her as a person, not just a person, but the girl that touched my heart, second, it isn't against the law to marry her."

"What? That's insane! You can't change rules that were here for hundred of years! Fire Lord, or not!" A noble woman shouted.

"No, even though I don't have to change the rules, I can……because, she is the legitimate ruler of the water tribes."

"What? Kita is! Not Katara!" Another woman shouted, spitting out both of the names as if they were poison.

"Which bring me to the next question, she isn't dead, in fact…."

"Oh course she is! She didn't survive the waterbender massacre!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN!" Aang shouted to the crowd.

Toph, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko looked at the young Avatar with surprise.

"Wow, um Aang……I…I didn't…" Zuko stuttered, at a loss of words.

"Just doing my job." Aang smiled

"Wow, Aang! You had it in you after all!" Toph laughed as she hugged him.

"Furthermore," Zuko started again, ignoring the startled appearances of the people.

"Katara isn't dead, she's in this very room right now." Zuko said, looking straight at Katara from the stage.

Katara magnetically, walked over to him. He helped her on stage and stared at her.

"Zuko, I…."

"Just talk to them, they won't believe me, maybe they'll believe you…" He whispered into her ear as he left the stage and left Katara to deal with the angry group.

"I…..I…..um……" She was absolutely nervous.

"Who are you really?" A man shouted from the back, obviously a soldier.

"I'm…..I'm….Katara…..I traveled with…A…Aang….and over there is my brother….S…Sokka." Katara finished pointing at the water tribe warrior, who was gaping and left speechless.

"Katara, is it really you?" Aang asked quietly, as he neared her, as well as Sokka.

"Yes, it is Aang, Sokka…" Katara turned to her brother.

Expecting him to go into a full outrage, she closed her eyes.

Instead, she felt warm arms wrap around her.

"Katara…." Sokka cried into her shoulder, as Aang hugged her as well.

"Katara…. we thought you were gone…." Aang cried, as he hugged tighter.

"Guys, I'm sorry…..I left you…..back then…." Katara hugged them back, tears spilling from her own eyes.

Sokka pulled away, "Hey, we were treating you like a doormat, you had every right to be mad at us."

Toph just stood in the corner and sighed.

Aang turned to her and asked, "Did you know all about this Toph?"

"Weellll…..hate to say it, but yeah, I did know all about it." Toph smiled.

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Katara and Zuko were sitting down by the pond, where Zuko and his mother used to stay all the time.

"My mom and me used to come here all the time, always feeding the ducks and I'd just throw rocks at them."

"Well, it's no surprise…." Katara laughed, covering her mouth a bit.

"Then my mother would scold me, and the turtle duck would come up and bite me on the ankle, my mom would take it off and told me, 'You mess with their kids, they bite you back.' That always made me happy." Zuko said, ending with a sigh, tossing aside his long bangs, with the flick of his head.

(A/N Yes, our little Zuko has bangs, I just thought he'd look so cool with them! XD Yes you fangirls can scream all you want.)

After a moment of silence, Katara spoke up, "Zuko…."

"Hmm?" He'd look at her again, lowering his gaze from the pink cherry blossoms.

"But, I still can't marry you….not yet…..I'm not sixteen."

"But, your birthday's two days from now isn't it?"

"Yes, but…..still……I'm just not ready, in here." Katara put a hand over her chest.

"Oh….I see…" Zuko said, as he saw a row of ducklings following their mom.

Another silence came over them as the ducks quacked.

"Katara, but, please, just take it into consideration….." He said, softly, taking her hand.

"I……" She stopped as he reached for her neck and gently took off her mother's necklace.

He took out another one from his pocket, and tied it around her neck.

"Zuko…." She whispered as she touched the necklace she abandoned a year ago.

"Just, think about it…..please?" He whispered right into her ear.

"I don't know…." She whispered back, feeling dazed as he kissed her neck and jaw line.

He moved to her lips and kissed her gently, softly trailing a line down from her shoulders, to her hands.

"I…." She murmured.

"Shhh…." He quieted her and bit her neck gently, causing her to gently moan.

The wind blew, causing Katara's locks to blow with the breeze and Zuko's newly grown bangs to tickle her neck as well.

He continued his seductive charms on her, the pond, still and the breeze, creating ripples in the water.

A/N Was that enough fluff for you? Well for both pairings? I hope so…..R&R!

NOW!

You'd better, or…..I'll…. use Zuko's newly found tranquilizer and shoot you! MUWHAHAHAHH! Or make you chug cactus juice, your choice.