Katara and Sokka were speechless, they stared at the older sister they thought they knew. "I'm so sorry I didn't tell either of you, I only fully accepted it after talking to Roku. I had a few feelings about it but I was scared. I was ashamed and scared of what I could be" Kanya explained.

Aang listened as she spoke, understanding her feelings of shame and fear.

Sokka scooted towards his older and sister and pulled her into an embrace. "It's okay Kanya" he whispered in her ear. He could never be mad at Kanya, she had been there for him every time he needed her. So he was now prepared to do anything and everything to help and protect her.

Kanya cried quietly at the eager acceptance from her brother.

Katara wasn't happy, she held many things inside and wasn't ready to fully accept this part of her sister. She smiled though, because she couldn't bear to see Kanya cry.

From above they spotted a snow capped mountain with a village on it. They decided to stop and see if they could get any supplies.

After dismounting from Appa they walked through the gates and into the square.

"Aunt Wu is expecting you" a man dressed officially informed them.

Puzzled, the group followed the man to meet Aunt Wu.

An older woman greeted them at the door to her home. "Hello, I am Aunt Wu the village psychic" she greeted exuberantly. "Who wants to go first?" she asked. Kanya nudged Sokka forward so he went in first.

He came back out in a huff, so Katara went in to take her turn.

Kanya and Aang passed tiny air balls to each other over Sokka's head before Katara emerged with a large grin on her face.

"You two come together" Aunt Wu instructed from inside her room.

Aang shrugged and led the way to have their fortunes told. Aunt Wu laid out some bones, "pick one and throw it in the fire" she said. They followed her directions hesitantly.

The bones in the fire crack loudly, and then both burst into flames altogether.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Kanya asked after the smoke cleared.

"This is incredible! You both will be involved in a great battle; an awesome conflict between the forces of good and evil, a battle whose outcome will determine the fate of the whole world!" Aunt Wu exclaimed.

"Uh… we already know" Aang replied, "is there anything in there about my love life?" he asked as he looked out the doorway at Katara.

"No, I'm sorry." She replied, "Oh wait there is something on your bone fragments" she said to Kanya. "It says the man you will marry has great power that he has not yet realized" she gushed.

Kanya smiled, still unsure if this psychic was legitimate. "Thank you" she said to Aunt Wu as they stood and exited the room.

"Can we go explore by the coast" Sokka whined, still unhappy about his fortune.

"Yeah let's go" Kanya responded as they took Appa for a quick flight down to the coastal area.

As they began to explore the shore Aang spotted a knife lying in the sand. Sokka picked it up and examined it, "this is a Water Tribe weapon" he said. The knife had some scorch marks so Sokka scanned the area and noticed other burn marks on a few trees. Sokka followed the trail further down the beach.

"Is that dad's boat?" Kanya exclaimed as they came upon a beached boat.

"No, but it is from his fleet. Dad was here," Sokka responded.

From beyond the boat a noise echoed to their ears. "Who's there?" Sokka demanded.

"Sokka?" a man responded as he walked out from behind the boat.

"Bato?" Sokka yelled as he rushed forward towards the man.

"Bato!" Kanya and Katara exclaimed as they ran forward with Sokka and embraced the older man.

"I can't believe how much you three have grown" Bato said as they stepped back from each other and Aang made his way over to them.

"Hi I'm Aang" he greeted.

"Is dad here?" Sokka asked eagerly.

"No, he and the other warriors should be in the eastern Earth Kingdom" he responded. He continued to explain how he was injured so he chose to stay behind and heal before meeting up with them. He took the children to where he was staying and fed them some dinner.

"I'm so honored to meet you Avatar Aang" Bato said and bowed to the boy.

Aang smiled and sat down as the water tribe kids asked Bato many questions about their father.

After a while Aang grew bored and decided to take a walk down the beach. A messenger walked up to Aang, "do you know Bato of the Water Tribe?" he asked. Aang nodded and took the scroll from the man. He rushed back to the others and gave Bato the scroll.

Bato read it quickly, "It's from Hakoda" he said as he read on. His face fell as he got to the end, "I'm sorry everyone but your father was unable to send me his location. I'm afraid it will be another month before I can catch up with them"

Sokka and Katara looked most upset. "Maybe it's for the best, we need to keep traveling to the Northern Water Tribe to find a waterbending master" Kanya said.

The group said their goodbyes to Bato and packed back up on Appa to head out.

Zuko watched silently as the Air bison flew away from the mountain's coast, continuing to travel north. He caught a glimpse of the Water Tribe girl who he had witnessed airbend. He heard from a villager that her name was Kanya and she was the older sister to Sokka and Katara.

Zuko wouldn't admit it, even to himself, but he was no longer chasing the Avatar. He was chasing the girl who had eyes just like his mother's.

Please don't shoot me for taking out quite a bit of stuff.
And I know this chapter was a bit dry, but I'm trying to get them to the Northern Water Tribe more quickly.
Keeping reading and reviewing!
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