Note: This is the second to last chapter for this story! I can't wait to finish it and I'm even considering doing a sequeal called The Laughing Moon, but it may be a while before I get started on it. These are my stories:

The Weeping Sun

Chapters: 20

Anime: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Glass Roses

Chapters: 30

Anime: Naruto

Corinthans

Chapters: 25

Anime: Fruit Baskets

Once all of these are complete I'll do The Laughing Moon.

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar: Last Airbender, nor do I own the storyline.

Chapter Nineteen

"Wait a minute," Zuko cut in, running his hands roughly through his short, messy hair, "I thought Caine was the Spirit of the Island, and hes the demon from the legend?"

"NO!" Caine and the spirit both cut in at once.

"The Spirit of the Island isn't Caine," Laia explained to him as Jade waddle from his father, who had been petting his head, to Zuko's leg and tugged on his pants, "The spirit or Faer took over Caine's spirit when Jade allowed you to pick him up."

"But why?" the prince looked down at the child on his pants, then crouched down so that he and Jade were eye level.

"Because he knew you two were the ones to break the curse when Jade spoke to you- Jade is a very special child," Laia replied watching her son and the fire bender with considering eyes.

Looking up at her Zuko said, "My mother told me that when I saw her."

"Yes well Princess Ursa is one of the wisest I've ever met," Laia smiled at him, "So that was no surprise."

"But why is he so special?" Zuko picked up the now whimpering boy.

"Why indeed," Faer snorted out from under his mask.

"When my father slew him and he dragged my human body into hell I was pregnant," she explained, "Jade is the only spirit to age on this island, and he will contuine to age, but he will never leave- even now that the curse has been broken and all the spirits have been released."

"Its sad really," Princess Ursa appeared out of the darkness along with another woman, "he will never be free from this island."

The woman with his mother wore the attire of a southern water bender- he knew this because it was the same type of outfit he often saw Katara wearing, her hair was tied in a long braid that hung over her right shoulder, and her sapphire eyes held a kindness that rivaled even his mother's own.

"Mother," he was surprised to see her.

Hadn't Laia or Shi or whatever she called herself said that all the spirits had moved on?

"Hello Zuko," his mother smiled, "I just wanted to say goodbye before I move on and she wanted to meet the man who had saved her daughter."

"Your Katara's mother?" he knew the answer to that question but asked it anyways.

"Yes," the woman said walking to him, Jade squirmed out of Zuko's arms and waddle back to his father who then picked him up.

"So you were on this island too?" it never occured to him that Katara's mother could have been on the island, but then his mother had said that all those who were killed by the fire lord was trapped on the island.

"Yes," she smiled then said, "thank you for watching over my daughter."

He didn't know what to say to her, all he could think to do was to reach out and give her a hug; her scent was sweet like the roses that grew in his mother's garden in the spring.

Katara's mother reached out to Caine, once their hug had ended, and said, "Come on Caine its time for us to move on."

Caine walked over to her, taking her hand he said to Zuko, "Take care of her for me."

Zuko nodded as the two water spirits began to fade.

"Prince Zuko," Katara's mother called out, "Promise me you'll take care of her and watch out for Sokka too- he tends to get himself in more trouble than anyone else in our village."

"I will," he said as they fully vanished from sight.

"I should be going too," Zuko's mother said with a smile on her ruby lips.

They was a strong tightness in his chest, but he knew that she had to leave, "When will I see you again?"

The words sounded as if they had come from a child, but at that moment he felt like a child.

"Not for a while," there were tears in her honey eyes as she walked forward to give him a hug, "Take care of yourself."

He nodded his head, the words suck in the back of his throat.

"There, there," she said soothingly, "It will only be for a while."

He nodded once again.

"Just know," she pulled away from him so that she could see his eyes and he could see hers, "That I'll always be watching you and I'm very, very proud of you."

"Wait," he said as she began to fade, "Wait can't I go with you?"

"No," Laia broke in, "We have something in store for you young prince, so you must remain with us."

"Mother," he looked at her hoping that she would say that he could come with her, and when she didn't he felt the threat of tears in his eyes.

She released him and began to fade herself until finally she was no more.

"Zuko," Laia spoke, "you have shone your love for Katara and there fore I offer you one wish."

"A wish?" he couldn't believe his ears.

"Yes," Jade's father said, "Any thing you want will be granted with this one wish, but remember its only one thing."

I can wish for anything in the world I want!

He could believe his ears as he stared at the island's god and goddess in awe.

I can wish to go home or even wish to get rid of this scar- or I could wish for Mother to be alive again.

His thoughts trailed on and on about all the possibilities until a certain pair of jade orbs met his amber ones.

"I wish," he said slowly wandering if what he was about to do was the right thing, "For Jade to live."

Laia smiled at him and said, "That is a very noble wish, very well your wish is granted good-bye noble prince and one more thing-"

She tossed him something blue in the air and then she waved her hand, he could feel his body hurtling, but through what he didn't know.