A/N: Okay, so you guys must, like legit hate me by now. I have no idea when the last time I posted a chapter. I've been super busy and frankly, I forgot about the story at one point. Gah, hopefully I'll be more on track and finish this. Since this is chapter 9, after this one there will be five more chapters and this story will be done. I hope you guys are still with me! Thanks to the people who have stuck with me.

I do not own A:TLA nor am I trying to make money off it blah blah blah.

Enjoy!

Azula glared at Ozai. "How could you just leave her alone? We're stuck now! Put me down!" yelled Azula, quickly losing patience. Ozai dropped Azula, causing her to shriek at the pain. She pulled herself over to the wall and grab a rock that was stuck in the wall. Azula pulled herself into a standing position.

"So how do you plan on getting out of here?" asked Ozai bitterly.

"Give me a second." snapped Azula. She faced the wall and put her hands to it. The rock glowed red and started to melt away. She smiled. "That's our way out." Ozai stared at her. He walked over to help her but quickly realized that he could no longer bend. When Azula finished there was a hole big enough for the two to walk out.

The gang walked out of the prison, talking. "So what about Azula and Ozai?" asked Aang.

"Stuck underground some place." replied Toph as she kicked a rock.

"Nice." said Sokka, smiling.

"Aren't we going to get them and bring them back?" asked Aang with a concerned look painted on his face.

"Why on earth would we do that?" remarked Zuko.

"We can't just leave them there!"

"The world can go without them, Aang."

"But they're human! They don't deserve to die!" argued Aang. He stopped and looked at the rest of the gang.

"Again with the monk thing! It's okay, Aang." said Sokka, throwing his arms in the air.

"Appa!" shouted Aang. Appa came flying towards the group. Sokka, Suki, Katara, and Toph climbed onto the flying bison. Momo perched himself on the Avatar's shoulder. "Yip yip." said Aang angrily. And they were off back to the palace.

The palace was a welcoming sight for everybody. They were happy to be back were they had started. Everything was where they had left it expect the food had been taken away. It was almost one and the gang was hungry. "How about we finish celebrating a certain Firelord's birthday." said Mai as she sat down. Zuko sat down and everyone else followed. It was nice to sit after a morning of running.

"Here." said Suki as she handed Zuko a wrapped gift. "It's from me and Sokka."

"You guys didn't have to get me anything." said Zuko as he unwrapped the gift. It was two swords. Zuko picked them up and looked at them. "They're beautiful." he whispered. "Thank you." Several hours passed of eating and talking. Dinner had been brought out and everybody was relaxing. Everybody wasn't worrying about Azula and Ozai. The day was passing quickly and soon it was almost ten. Mai and Zuko stood up and looked at the rest of the group. :Well, Zuko and I are going to bed." said Mai, as she yawned.

"Yeah. Thanks for everything you guys." added Zuko.

"Night." Suki and Sokka were the next to go and Toph and Ty Lee were last. Iroh had gone earlier. Katara and Aang were left alone. Katara looked up and the stars and sighed. "You were great today Aang." she said, moving closer to him.

"Thanks. You were too." Aang pulled Katara closer. The courtyard was light by torches and their shadows swayed along the walls. "Aang?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

"I love you too, Katara." Aang looked at Katara and kissed her. They pulled away. Aang and Katara walked towards the bedroom hand in hand.

The sun hadn't risen yet when Aang woke. He opened his eyes and looked around. Katara was still asleep. He threw the covers off himself and got up. Aang went over to get his shirt. "I'm sorry Katara." said Aang as he walked out with his staff. He couldn't just leave Azula and Ozai alone under ground.