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Chapter 3:
Sokka woke up the next morning and went downstairs. He was lucky to have gotten any sleep last night after the nightmare he had. And what scared him the most was, he wasn't sure if it was real or not. As he went downstairs, he saw Katara, who had made herself breakfast. She looked towards Sokka for a brief moment, and then turned her head.
"What? Your still mad at me?" Asked Sokka.
"Nothing gets by you, Sokka…" Katara said sarcastically.
"I need you to stop being mad at me for a moment, there's a problem." Said Sokka.
"What? Is it about Aang?" Asked Katara.
"No, it's about Yue. I think she was kidnapped." Said Sokka.
Katara laughed at this comment for about a minute. As she did, Sokka's face began to get grimmer and grimmer. When Katara was done laughing, she spoke again.
"Sokka, your ridiculous. Yue is the moon spirit. How could she be kidnapped?"
"I think a spirit took her."
"Sokka, your crazy. The moon was right where it's always been last night. Yue is fine."
Katara began to eat her breakfast again.
"But I had a nightmare last night, and it looked like some spirit took Yue!"
Katara finished eating and started walking towards her room.
"Sokka, Yue is fine. You're just overreacting."
"You know what, maybe I am. Maybe that's why when I looked into the sky last night, I saw that New Moon…"
Katara stopped where she was in shock. She specifically remembered last night when she kissed Aang, that it was a FULL moon. She covered her mouth in horror.
"…But you know what? You still shouldn't treat me this way. How could you treat your only brother like this? This just proves even more that your relationship with Aang is a bad thing. And when Dad gets here, I'm going to do everything I can to make sure he disapproves of your relationship."
And with that, Sokka left the cottage, slamming the door on his way out. Katara began to fill with rage. Normally, she would have let Sokka's comments go, because when he over-reacts, he usually doesn't think straight. But that last comment got her so angry…
"You… You… BLUBBER-HEAD!" Katara shouted out loud.
Katara ran into her room and slammed the door. She then began to change into some nicer clothing.
"I'm going to go find Aang… and we're going to go on our First Date… AND YOUR NOT GOING TO STOP ME, SOKKA!" Katara yelled.
Meanwhile, back at Mai and Zuko's cottage, Mai was just starting to wake up. As she did, she noticed that Zuko was facing the window, with his two swords at his side. She rubbed her eyes, and then spoke.
"Did you get any sleep last night?"
Zuko shook his head. He got up and turned to Mai.
"I didn't want whoever it was to get a chance to hurt you."
Mai slowly got up out of bed. She put one hand on his cheek as she looked into his tired eyes.
"You need your rest Zuko. Otherwise, you're going to be aggravated all day."
Zuko turned and faced the window. "I hope I am. Because when I find this guy, I want to make sure he knows how mad I am that he threatened your life."
"Zuko…"
"Mai, don't worry. I'm not going to get enraged like I was when I hunted Aang. I've learned my lesson."
"That's not why I'm worried."
Mai walked up to Zuko and put her arms around him.
"Zuko, you don't need to strain yourself looking for this guy. I appreciate you watching over me, but you still need to help Aang with the reconstruction, and you also have your regular Firelord duties to perform as well."
Zuko turned and faced Mai.
"My duty is to keep you safe, happy, and loved."
"And I am."
Mai then kissed Zuko softly on the lips.
"Let's go get something to eat." Said Mai, as she took Zuko's arm and walked with him out of his room.
Meanwhile, across the area, Aang was walking through the streets of Ba Sing Se. He was thinking about how his relationship with Katara was starting to cause problems between him and Sokka. He loved Katara, but he didn't want his friendship with Sokka to be destroyed. Suddenly, a citizen ran up to Aang. She looked panicked and terrified.
"Avatar Aang! We need your help! There's a big fire that's engulfing some homes in the lower ring!"
Aang tried his best to calm the women down.
"Show me where the fire is." Aang said calmly.
The lady began to lead Aang towards the area of the fire. As he followed her, he passed by Toph, who was also walking down the street. As he passed by, Toph shouted out to him.
"Avatar Duties, Twinkle-Toes?"
Aang called back, "Yes!" as he ran with the citizen to the fire.
Toph chuckled to herself.
'He'd run faster if Katara wanted him.'
Toph began to walk down the street for a little while, until she ran into Katara. Katara was wearing her normal waterbender outfit, and had put on some make-up.
"Have you seen Aang?" Asked Katara.
"Oh, he's out helping some lady with some problem." Said Toph. "You know, his usual Avatar Business."
"Oh… Ok." Katara said, disappointedly.
"Why aren't you wearing your earth kingdom outfit?" Asked Toph.
"I'm going to save it… for tonight…" Katara said, smiling.
"Ahh… your going to go on your first date tonight?" Asked Toph.
"Yeah…" Said Katara, as she blushed lightly.
"But, isn't Sokka still upset about you guys together?" Asked Toph.
"Sokka has been acting like a jerk. I want to spend some alone time with Aang, and I don't really care what Sokka has to say."
"What about your Dad? Aren't you going to wait for his approval?"
"I'm sure he'll approve. He likes Aang. And besides, we'll take it slow. We'll just go to dinner, walk around the city, talk for a little while."
"So basically… everything you guys usually do…"
"Except it's just Aang and I by ourselves."
"… So you aren't going to kiss him at all during the date?"
"Toph, we don't need to kiss each other every time we see each other."
Neither one of them spoke for a moment.
"You're lying." Said Toph.
"What? No I'm not." Said Katara.
"You want to make out with him soooooo badly."
"What? No I don't! I mean, I do, but not badly… I mean, I like it… but…"
"Sugarqueen and Twinkletoes, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N…"
Toph got splashed in the face lightly by Katara, who smirked and stuck her tongue out. Toph smirked back and walked over to a small mud pile near the road.
"You… Wouldn't…" Said Katara.
Toph bended the mud at Katara, getting her waterbending outfit all muddy. Toph stuck her tounge and smirked.
"Whoops! My bad!" Toph said sarcastically.
The two girls then began to bend mud at each other in the streets. As they launched mud at each other, they began to laugh and giggle. They continued to do this for a little while, until they eventually forgot why they started the fight in the first place.
Meanwhile, on a small rooftop, a man in a brown cloak with a long, black beard was watching the two girls. Behind him, was a man in a long, gray cloak, who was bald.
"Is that her?" Asked the bearded man.
"No… that's the avatar's girl." Said the bald man.
"Then where's our target?" Asked the bearded man.
"Relax… Mai is bound to come out into the open soon." Said the bald man.
"And we'll be there when she does… ready to strike." Said the bearded man.
"We have to hurry, though. Our pay gets cut if we don't get the job done soon." Said the bald man.
"And we will… Relax…" said the bearded man.
The two cloaked men then started to walk away, leaving the girls un-aware that they were ever being watched.
Meanwhile, back at Iroh's teashop, Sokka had just walked in with Suki. Sokka had explained his nightmare to her, and why he was worried.
"It's just so weird… I thought there was a full moon last night." Said Sokka.
"There was… I don't know how it became a new moon." Said Suki.
"Then what should I do?" Asked Sokka.
"Well, I wouldn't normally say this about an ex-girlfriend of yours… but we need to help Yue. She's the moon spirit, and we can't let her get hurt."
It was then that Iroh walked into the room, with a tea tray in his hand. He went to go serve tea to a near by customer.
"But how are even suppose to get to the spirit world? Humans can't go there! Only Aang can!" Said Sokka.
Iroh overheard this, and his eyes widened. He finished serving the customer, and then walked over to the couple.
"Hello Sokka and Suki." Said Iroh.
"Hey Iroh." Said the couple.
"I overheard your problem, and I think I can help you out." Said Iroh.
"Oh come on," Said Sokka, "What, have you been to the spirit world before?"
He picked up a cup of tea he had, and started to drink it.
"Actually… yes… I have." Said Iroh.
Sokka spit it out, quickly tilting his head so that he didn't spray Suki. The couple stared at Iroh with awe and confusion. Sokka's luck had just changed.
Meanwhile, Aang was just coming back from helping out the female citizen. He arrived just in the nick of time and stopped the fire. He smiled and said his goodbyes to the citizens he helped.
"And now to go find Katara." Aang said both excited and smoothly. He then got on an air scooter, and went through the streets of Ba Sing Se, looking for his beautiful girlfriend. At last, he reached the street where Katara and Toph were. The two girls were still fighting using mudbending, and didn't notice Aang. Aang got off his air scooter, and walked over to the girls.
"Hey Katara!" Said Aang calmly.
"Hey Aang." Said Katara, who was looking at Toph, distracted.
After a brief moment, she then realized Aang was back at froze. She looked at herself, and then panicked. She was completely covered in mud.
"AANG!" Katara said embarrassed. She blushed nervously at him.
Toph, meanwhile, had no idea Aang returned, and began to mudbend again. She didn't aim correctly, and hit Aang with a ton of mud, causing him to be completely covered in it. Toph then realized she hit Aang, and stopped moving. Her face had a shocked expression on. Katara, meanwhile, covered her mouth with both hands, nervous and embarrassed about what had just happened. Aang wiped the mud off his face, and grinned.
The two girls looked at each other, and then at Aang. The trio then began to laugh out loud for a minute at how ridiculous they looked. When they were done, Aang walked up to Katara, and kissed her on the cheek. She blushed and smiled as he did this.
"See? I knew you were lying! Exclaimed Toph.
Katara splashed mud at Toph while Aang wasn't looking, causing Toph to fall to the ground.
"So Aang… I was wondering…" Said Katara nervously.
"Yeah?" Asked Aang.
"Since we're a couple now… maybe we should go on our first date tonight?"
"I thought we were taking it slow."
"We are… but that doesn't mean we can't go out for dinner, or walk around the city."
"Ok."
"Cool."
"So… It's a date?"
"Yeah, it's a date."
The two looked into each other's eyes as the blushed nervously. Neither one of them talked for a moment, as it both hit them that tonight would be the first time they would hang out as a couple. After a minute of silence, Toph got up and on her feet.
"Well, that's enough mushy, romantic stuff for me. I'll see you lovebirds later." Said Toph.
"You're leaving already?" Asked Katara.
"Nope… you guys are." Toph said as she grinned widely.
As Aang and Katara were trying to figure out what she meant by that, Toph stomped her foot on the ground, causing an earth pillar to come out of the ground quickly, right under Katara and Aang. The couple then went flying into the air.
"TOPH!" They screamed.
They went flying through the air under they landed in a small pond, not too far away from the area.
"Ahh Toph… you've done it again." Said Toph proudly.
She then walked away, as the couple got out of the pond and dried themselves off.
Meanwhile, back at the fire nation, the black cloaked figure and Azula were surrounded by a bunch of fire nation royal guards.
"Do you think we can take them?" Asked Azula.
The cloaked figure seemed to have not heard Azula, and responded in a low, dark tone.
"Duck…"
Azula quickly obeyed. The figure then put his middle finger and pointer finger together on each hand. Red electric sparks began to appear around his hand. He then spun around as bright red lighting shot out of his fingers, shocking all the soldiers around the duo in the heart. When he was done, Azula got up nervously.
"I-I didn't know Red Lightning even existed…" Said Azula.
The figure looked over at Azula and spoke in a low tone again.
"Now you know what will happen if you attempt to double cross me…"
Azula nodded, and the duo began to walk away from the capital, preparing to hunt down the mysterious warrior's target…
I tried my best to make this chapter longer than the last two, since a lot of my reviews for all my stories have been asking for longer stories. I'm gonna try to make sure each chapter of Broken Hearts (as well as my other story) hits around 2,500 words per chapter. (2,300 minimum) Next Chapter should be interesting, as Katara and Aang go on their first date, Sokka, Suki and Iroh make a plan to save Yue, and Zuko continues to try to figure out who sent the death threat. But let's not forget... a messenger hawk is quickly flying to Ba Sing Se, telling Zuko that Azula is no longer in prision, and that Zuko must come down to the Fire Nation, alone, to find her. All this, and Chief Hakota is coming to visit... You don't want to miss the next chapter!
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