Wow, seven reviews? I feel so loved!

Firestar's Gal- Yeah, I know. But I really don't know who to trust on TV(dot)com, or anywhere for that matter, because everyone seems so hyped about it. –shrugs-

TheAngelFromYourNightmare- LOL I'm glad you like it!

Nova- Meh everyone's a critic. People do this with their fanfics all the time, so I didn't think it was that big a deal.

nichan- Don't worry. Mai and Zuko will be back together by the end of the story.

Ok, I changed my mind about having another songfic in this chapter, but the first half is gonna be monologue, and I'm gonna add quotes at the beginning of some chapters.

Chapter 2: The Western Air Temple

Where do we go from here?

This isn't where we intended to be

We had it all, you believed in me

I believed in you

-Madonna

The seven teens were silent as Aang steered Appa to the Western Air Temple. They had just lost their one chance at defeating the Fire Lord. On top of that, the invasion force has been imprisoned. They were on their own again.

Toph was thinking about how her lie detecting skills didn't work on Azula. She was wondering if they would work on anyone else in the royal family.

'Iroh's part of the royal family' Toph thought. 'I could tell he's telling the truth. Maybe Azula's the only one in the Royal Family who is good at lying.'

Sokka was getting more worried about Suki. Is she okay? Did she really give up on him rescuing her? Is she even still alive?

Katara stared at Aang with a sympathetic look in her eyes. They failed. Again. They were doing so well with the Northern Air Temple invasion and the invasion of the North Pole; what happened?

Oh yeah…Azula happened. Katara hated that girl. Long Feng is a sweetheart compared to her.

They got to the temple and landed. Everyone got off (Sokka, Aang, and Haru helped Teo off) and set out to explore the temple.

Aang looked and Katara and sighed inwardly. He loves her, and he kissed her. Aang wasn't sure if she feels the same way. What if she didn't? Not to mention what it would do to their friendship.

The temple was big and bright. Despite being partially destroyed by Sozin's armies, the air temple looked beautiful and somewhat livable.

Katara found Aang wandering in a hallway. "Hey, Ang, I found some bedrooms we can sleep in. Come on!"

Aang let Katara lead him to another hallway lined with enough bedrooms for everyone plus one more. There was a wash room at the end of the hall. Katara took Aang to a vacant one.

Aang managed a smile. "Bed looks comfortable.

Katara returned the smile. "Yeah, it really does."

Aang's expression turned serious. "Katara, what are you doing? You seem so calm after what happened."

Katara sighed. "It's too soon. I'm afraid if I break down now, it'll get worse and I'll do something stupid."

"I understand." Aang put a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Thanks, Aang." Katara smiled. She paused. "Let's talk about something else."

"Like what?"

"You kissed me."

Aang blushed and removed his hand to rub the back of his head. "Oh…that."

Katara nodded. "It…well, it caught me off-guard. It was nice."

"Really?" Aang's eyes widened. "I mean, I know I got caught up in the moment, but…"

"Aang…to tell you the truth, I kind of expected it." Katara admitted.

"You were?"

"Yeah." Katara answered. "The way you look at me all the time, you blush around me and smile, Sokka told me you mumble my name in your sleep in a dreamy voice."

Aang blushed deeper. Sokka, I am going to kill you.

"So, uh…what now?" Aang asked.

"Well…" Katara blushed. "We could…do an activity together."

"Sounds great!" Aang smiled widely.

Katara returned the smile. "I'll make sure the others are distracted."

As soon as Katara left the room, Aang cheered silently and leapt for joy. The avatar sighed happily and fell back on the bed, which was covered in dust. Aang quickly sat up and coughed from the dust.

'This place really needs to be dusted.' Aang thought.

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Meanwhile, back in the Fire Nation, Azula decided to head to the prison tower to visit a certain Kyoshi warrior. Her brother Zuko just betrayed her, and left. Her punishment from her father was to clean the entire palace inside and out by herself.

Needless to say, Azula was pissed. She needed someone to take her anger out on.

"Hello, Suki. Did you miss me?" Azula asked in a mocking tone. Suki didn't look up. Azula smiled evilly. "I saw your boyfriend today. What was his name again? Sokka?"

That got Suki's attention. She looked up half hoping to hear that he's still looking for her.

"He looked good." Azula continued. "When I mentioned your name, he just shrugged and ran off."

Suki's breath caught in her throat. He wouldn't do that…would he? "He wouldn't…" She whispered.

Azula tilted her head a little to the right. "Sorry? I didn't catch that."

"He wouldn't do that." Suki said louder. She began panting angrily. She leapt up and grabbed the bars on her cage. "He wouldn't do that!"

Azula didn't flinch. She enjoyed torturing Suki. Smiling, Azula turned and left Suki to crumple to the ground sobbing.

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Yeah, there's gonna be some Sukka and Maiko drama.