Chapter 5 is done, and I'm finally gonna see what Katara's gonna do…

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar the Last Airbender, but if I did, would I be writing this?

Aang walked down the streets of Ba Sing Se with his new 'girlfriend', with a sullen face, and carrying all her bags of who-cares-what. He had initially refused when Lena had come to his room, begging him to go shopping with her, but she had then stood watch outside his room, pestering him whenever he had to come out, which was too annoying for him to endure. He looked at her ruffling though dresses in the shop, and rolled his eyes, wishing Katara was here. Okay maybe not, otherwise he'll be killed on the spot. He sighed.

His request for a one-week leave to visit Ba Sing Se had been turned down by all the governors, who had then said they needed him here, and he could only leave at the end of the month.

"They need me here?" He muttered. "Yeah, to attend those pointless meetings. Don't these people ever get tired of the same excuse?"

"Come on Aang let's go to another shop," Lena said cheerily, grabbing his arm. Aang just pouted and went with her.

"Remember what you promised; after this shopping thing, no more guarding my room door," Aang said grumpily.

"Yeah, yeah sure," Lena said, not caring. She dragged Aang to another shop and went in, leaving Aang outside again. He sighed. Maybe it was better if the Fire Lord had actually killed him.

XxX

"Sokka, we can't keep taking a break every 10 minutes!" Katara chided her brother.

"Relax Katara, we'll get there eventually," He said lazily. "Besides, its 15 minutes."

"Whatever, let's go!" Katara said, pushing him up. He groaned.

"I shouldn't have suggested this…" He complained, climbing onto his Eelhound.

"Now you know what you did," Toph said sarcastically.

It had been a few days of travelling, and Katara had really begun to wonder how she had ever survived with Sokka for a whole year when they were travelling together.

After another few hours of travelling, they finally approached the Palace City, with the huge hill that they were so familiar with, having battled there during the Invasion. As they landed at the coast, several Fire Nation guards came up to them.

"Identification?" one asked.

"You don't know me!?" Sokka said indignantly. "I helped save this screwed-up nation, and you don't know me!?"

"It's the Avatar's friends," another guard whispered to him.

"Oh…right, please," He indicated towards the city.

As they walked in, Sokka was muttering unhappily about the guard.

"How can anyone not know me?" He complained.

"Sokka, just get over it," Katara said, annoyed by his overdramatic ways. "Its not like you're some big hero."

"Hey, I single-handedly stopped the fleet of warships from burning the Earth Kingdom to a crisp! I think I deserve some— Ouch!" He was punched by Toph. "Toph, what was that for?"

"Single-handedly?" She questioned, as Sokka rubbed his arm.

"Fine, you helped too okay?" He pouted.

"Whatever, the real hero is Aang," Katara pointed out.

"Yeah I know I'm not as popular as your boyfriend," Sokka teased, prompting snickers from Toph, and an angry glare from Katara.

As they reached the palace, Sokka rushed into Zuko's throne room eagerly, anxious to see his old friend.

"ZUKO!" Sokka yelled.

"Sokka? You guys are here?" Zuko asked, surprised.

"Group hug!" Sokka screamed, causing Zuko to rush behind one of his pillars. "Come on Zuko!"

"Ugh…fine," He said, embracing each of them.

"Where's Aa—," Katara started to ask, before Sokka covered her mouth with his hand.

"Wait Katara, I've got something important to ask Zuko," Sokka said, before walking over to him.

"HOW COULD YOUR GUARDS NOT KNOW ME?" He shouted, shaking Zuko. "DIDN'T YOU TELL THEM WHO SAVED THIS PLACE?"

"Chill Sokka, I can't help it if no one likes you," Zuko said, laughing at Sokka's incredulous expression.

"Where's Aang?" Katara asked. Immediately the mood changed and Zuko's face paled, and Toph could sense something big had happened. Really BIG.

"What is it Zuko? Tell us!" She said. He sighed.

"I think its better if he were to tell you later," Zuko said, clearly not wanting to talk about it. "Right now, why don't you rest in your rooms first."

After they were brought to their rooms, Katara curiously asked Toph.

"What do you think Zuko meant?"

Toph was serious for once. "Something bad for sure."

"Let's go look for Aang, maybe he'll tell us," Katara suggested. Toph shrugged.

"Whatever; but I have this feeling its something to do with Aang."

XxX

Aang followed Lena to yet another shop, sulking the whole time. Just how many dresses can one girl have? After a long, long while, he heard her calling him, and sighed. As he walked in, she ran up to him and smiled, before pleading with him in a whiny voice.

"Aang, can you buy that for me?" She said, pleadingly.

"Uh…why?" Aang asked.

"Because you're my boyfriend!" She said happily. Aang saw people turn around and look at them, so he quickly agreed and paid for her ridiculously overpriced dress, before grabbing her and pulling her out of the shop. He didn't really want everyone to know he was forced to marry some girl he barely knew.

As he walked down the street, Lena wrapped her hand around Aang's, and kissed him lightly on the lips. As they stood there, Aang remembered the last time he felt like this, after the war, when he had kissed Katara on the balcony. Except it was full of love and passion, not idolization from an overly affectionate fan. As they broke apart, Lena whispered.

"I love you."

XxX

After Aang had returned to his room in the palace, he flopped onto the bed, thinking about what had just happened. He didn't love Lena, it was forced. He curled up on the bed, trying to forget it. After what seemed like forever, he looked up, and saw a figure in the doorway. He gasped as he recognized the person.

There was Katara.

An hour ago,

XxX

The three visitors walked through the marketplace, looking for Aang. As Katara turned a corner, she saw Aang standing in a clothes shop, looking embarrassed. What would he be doing in a clothes shop?

"Hey there's Aang!" She shouted, running towards him.

As the trio neared him, they stopped when they saw Aang pull a girl out of the shop, who seemed vey happy about something. Katara's heart froze when she saw that.

As Aang walked a little further, that girl quickly grabbed Aang's hand, before pressing her lips to his. Katara could just look on helplessly.

"Ouch…" Toph said, looking at Katara(or in her general direction) sympathetically.

"I'm gonna kill that jerk…" Sokka fumed, before that girl whispered something to Aang.

"…I love you…"

Katara turned and ran.

XxX

She sat in her room crying. Crying her heart out. She couldn't believe that after a few months of not meeting him, Aang had gotten a new girlfriend. And forgot about her. Katara started sobbing again, feeling so…alone and unwanted. After a while, she heard Sokka's voice come from the outside.

"Come on Katara," He said. "You know Aang better than this; maybe you should talk to him."

She ignored him, and continued her crying after she heard Sokka sigh and leave. Maybe I should see what Aang has to say. Her sensible side said. What is he has a reason?

A reason for betraying me? A reason for being a two-timing bastard? Her very pissed off side said. After a long struggle with herself, she decided to find him.

As she stood in his doorway, seeing him curl up on the bed, she very much wanted to go there and hug him, while also kill him for cheating on her. She just stood there and watched him. After a while, he looked up, and their eyes met, his with surprise and fear in them, hers with hurt and anger.

He got up and walked to her.

Poor Katara, ok I hated to do that 'Lena loves Aang' thing, but I wanted Katara really mad at Aang.

Aang: What for? She's gonna kill me!

Me: -shrugs- fun?

Never mind that, I'll try to get the next chapter up asap! Pls review!