No More!

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Zuko bit his lip, and tried his best not to scream. As it was, he couldn't help a faint whimper. Yeah, Katara was pregnant again, and yeah, he was pretty sure by now that it hurt, but did she have to dig her nails into his arm? Asamiya, now ten, sat nearby, giggling at the situation.

Katara pushed, grunted, and glared up at her husband.

"I swear," she snarled, "if you put me through this, again, I'll sick Sokka, Aang, Jet, and my father on you, Zuko. We'll see then how the Fire Nation does without its precious Fire Lord!"

"I'm sorry?" he whispered, hoping that would help. He was wrong.

Katara growled, and Zuko's eyes widened in fear. He would have stepped back, but Katara's grip on his arm was too strong.

By this time, Asamiya was really laughing.

Zuko groaned. Why, oh why had he decided to come in this time? Why hadn't he played it safe and waited outside the room?

"Daddy," little Iroh asked, pulling on his father's robe.

"What is it, son?"

"Is Mommy gonna be okay?" the five-year-old asked worriedly.

"It's not me you should be worrying about," Katara hissed, her voice low and deadly. Again, Zuko was afraid for his life.

The healer called for Katara to push one more time, and then a high yell was heard. Asamiya and Roh both rubbed their ears at the pitch.

"Hey, Zuko," Uncle Iroh said, sounding a bit concerned for his nephew, "It's another girl..."

Zuko whimpered again, and Katara smacked his head before reaching out and taking the baby from the healer.

"Oh, look, Zuko, her eye color's a combination of both of ours!"

Zuko looked down at the little girl – the second girl born – whose eyes were a mixture of blue and gold flecks, so close that, at a distance, they looked pure green. Her skin was darker than Roh's, but clearly lighter than Asamiya's. Already, this little girl had a bit of brown hair – about as brown as Katara's – on her head. The Fire Lord smiled. Until Katara glared up at him, and Zuko bit his lip, feeling like a fly being asked into the parlor of a spider...

"No. More." the Fire Queen snarled, and Zuko knew exactly what she meant, and decided that three kids was plenty...

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Eh, what can I say? I like comedy. Review, please.