36. Precious Treasure
She didn't seem to
realize that the reason he always covered her in battle was because
he saw her as something precious.
71. Obsession
He had been so busy
protecting her that he never saw the blow coming. When he woke up in
the prison camp, and she wasn't anywhere nearby, he cursed himself
for his obsession, and prayed to the Spirits that she was alright.
76. Broken Pieces
She didn't quite
understand why they had taken him and left her, but as she gathered
up the broken pieces of her soul in order to force herself onwards,
she realized that it didn't really matter. They had taken him, and
she would get him back.
54. Tower
It was odd, trying to
stand on her own, he had been by her side for so long, her tower, and
her sanctuary, that now it was just plain weird, not having
him around.
77. Test
Grimly, she tested the
sharpness of her blade against her thumb, and the keen edge drew a
thin line of blood, she smiled, knowing that she was about to make
them pay.
86. Seeing Red
It scared her, the
seemingly endless number of red flags, spread across the opposite
side of the battlefield.
89. Through the Fire
It seemed that the
Spirits were determined to, quite literally, make her walk through
the flames for him.
59. No Way Out
She was surrounded by
enemies, and her only ally was somewhere in a prison camp, somewhere
in conquered Earth Kingdom land. She grimaced as she pulled a spare
dagger from nowhere. She just needed to survive the battle. Just
needed to survive the next five minutes. Just the next second.
88. Pain
She was no stranger to
pain, but the searing in her side and back seemed especially
torturous. The burns would definitely leave their marks.
43. Dying
She didn't understand
at first what was happening, why the edges of her vision were fading,
or why she felt so tired, and in so much pain. His eyes stared at her
in horror, watching as her fragile body fell back onto her cot, the
lightning in her storm-eyes slowly fading to nothingness.
65. Horror
He felt the horror
begin to fade as Katara rushed to her side, water already glowing
with the power of her healing. It spread out over her broken body
slowly, and the lightning came back into her eyes.
83. Heal
She slipped quietly
from her body, pulling slowly from her tethers to humanity. Her
vision cleared again, Katara was bent over a body, healing water held
in her hands, and he looked like his heart was breaking into a
million fragments. That look was what pulled her back, more than
anything that the Water Tribe girl had done.
73. I Can't
Once Katara had gone,
he took her hand in his, and whispered, his voice hoarse from disuse,
"I can't lose you." She smiled weakly, squeezed his hand, and
nodded off to sleep.
57. Sacrifice
Their old lives had
been sacrificed for the war, but now that it was over, they weren't
quite sure what to do with themselves.
48. Childhood
She only ever wished
that they could have all remained children, if only for a little
while longer
42. Standing Still
Sometimes she felt as
if everyone was moving ahead of her, and that she was the only one
standing still, unable to forgive or forget what the Fire Nation had
done to the world.
95. Advertisement
They had never felt the
need to advertise their love, it was quiet, but it had always been
there. They were shocked, when they realized that no one had even
known that they had been seeing each other until they announced their
impending marriage.
7. Heaven
It wasn't so much a
place she looked forward to going after her time in the world was
over; rather, the place she found whenever he slipped his nimble hand
into hers and led her away from prying eyes.
75. Mirror
She despised all
mirrors, and never let her glance stray to shop windows, where her
reflection served as a constant reminder of what he insisted on
calling beauty. She still didn't know how he could find the
poof-ball that she was forced to call hair endearing.
63. Do Not Disturb
When he kissed her in
the shadow of an alleyway she pulled away, but smiled as she
whispered "Later."
32. Night
Their nights were
usually full of revelry: at first it was in their latest victory
against the hated Fire Nation, and then it was in the simple joy of
having each other.
11. Memory
She had memories of all
sorts of things, dark and light, happy and sad, but the happiest were
always with him. But still, nothing had quite prepared her for this.
70. 67
"How sure are you?"
His widened eyes seemed to ask.
"About 67 percent
give or take. I've never been pregnant before Longshot! How the
hell am I supposed to know?"
46. Family
Through her life, she'd
had three families, but you know what they say about the third time.
55. Waiting
She absolutely detested
waiting, but if it was for a good cause, she could put up with it.
"Congratulations,
it's a boy!" The healer proclaimed, smiling broadly as she handed
the small human being back to its mother.
26. Tears
Tears of grief, anger,
and pain were not something out of the ordinary in a world at war,
but tears of happiness were. That was probably why she wasn't
ashamed as they leaked down her face, her newborn baby held tenderly
in her arms.
68. Hero
If she was sure of one
thing, when she finally held her child, their child, in her
arms, it was that he would grow up to be a hero of some sort. That's
why they named him Jet.
29. Happiness
She had long believed
that happiness was only for those who hadn't felt hatred as
strongly as she had. But then she met his eyes as he took her hand,
their new born child cradled between them, and she knew she had been
wrong.
