A/N:(edit : 7/1/07)Although I love this chapter, I sort of consider it a one shot and even though it has meaning later on, I wouldn't mind if some of you think this chapter is rather pointless... although Kataang is NEVER pointless, you all know what I mean lol. the next chapter will have some sort of plot line, trust me. I sometimes feel bad writing chapters like this one but that's all right, it's good just to forget about the plot for one chapter and have a good Kataang chapter every once in awhile. It's what I live off of LOL
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Book Two – Water and Air
Chapter Two - Bliss Kiss
"Mmm... This is tasty..." Sokka said with his mouth full of meat. The three had finally found food for Sokka and he instantly was put in a great mood once the meat was in his mouth. Aang and Katara talked with each other about how weird Sokka was, making sure that they were out of hearing distance from said person.
"Why would he want to eat something that he found on the ground? I mean, it's gross, let alone it's meat..." Aang shuddered as Momo jumped in is lap.
"I don't know, Sokka's just weird...I can't understand why he loves meat so much... I mean MEAT of all things... Why couldn't it be fruit or-or nuts or something..." Katara questioned with a small laugh.
"Although there was that one time all Sokka brought us for dinner was nuts," Aang said with a smile.
"Those weren't nuts, Aang, those were rocks," Katara laughed softly as Aang pondered, "We never tried to eat any to find out."
"Oh yeah," Aang laughed as he pointed at Katara, "I remember that... There was also that one time when Sok-"
"Guys stop talking about me…I'm only at the other end of Appa's saddle!" Sokka hollered as he finally finished his food. Katara and Aang looked up and laughed at Sokka; his arms were crossed and he was glaring at the two teens across from him.
"Sorry Sokka," Katara said with a small laugh. Sokka rolled his eyes and fixed his gaze on Kaimah; she was comfortably laid alone, sleeping the evening away.
Sokka sighed softly before he yawned along with a small moan. He then peered off of Appa's saddle curiously.
"Guys," Sokka started, interrupting Aang's and Katara's conversation, "we should find some place to land... I'm getting pretty tired."
"Okay," Aang said softly before he stood and walked to Appa's head. He gently took the reins in hand and kept his eye out for a place to land, although it was a little difficult to see anything, considering the sun was almost set and Appa was flying over an ocean. Nothing but ocean for miles.
A good three hours went by and Sokka and Katara were already starting to get annoyed of each other. You'd think a few hours on Appa's saddle would go fine without bickering, but, soon enough; the two were at it again, arguing over the simplest of things.
Aang could've sworn he'd gone crazy keeping his eyes peeled for land. He wanted to get Appa on solid ground so that they could get off of him, allowing the two siblings to stop their annoying arguments over who got to hold Kaimah, who got which side of Appa's saddle, where they wanted to stop to sleep, when they were going to get food.
Aang sighed loudly with relief once he spotted a lone island in the distance, and, at that, he quickly sat up, grabbed Appa's reins and steered him towards the small speck of land. It wasn't much, but at least it was something.
Once Appa was landed, Aang, Katara, and Sokka all got off of Appa's saddle, Katara and Sokka STILL arguing. Aang sighed impatiently as he set up the tent by himself, seeing as how the other two were preoccupied, hollering things at each other, another fight beginning to brew.
"I don't like oranges!" Sokka yelled as he tossed the small fruit back to Katara.
"Well then, I guess you'll have to starve!" Katara beamed as she put the orange back in the food bag.
"I knew I should've picked up the rest of that meat," Sokka said to himself angrily as he fingered his chin thoughtfully.
"It was lying on the ground! I don't see why you picked it up in the first place! You never know where it came from, what has stepped on it, if it was poisoned!" Katara yelled before she noticed Aang slowly stroll over to the two.
"So that's it, huh? I'm poisoned…I'm of no use!?" Sokka hollered.
"I never said that! You're infuriating and I-"
"Guys, remember what I told you, words won't solve our-" Aang was cut off.
"Problems yeah yeah yeah action will," Sokka stressed before he took a deep breath and headed towards the neatly put up tent. "I'm going to bed."
"You didn't even thank Aang for putting up the tent!" Katara hollered as she stomped her foot on the ground.
"You didn't either!" Sokka yelled through the tent material.
Katara stared at the tent for a moment before she warily glanced at Aang with a small frown.
"Oh Aang, I'm so sorry... thank you for doing that, I would've helped but..." Katara broke off and sighed softly before she took a deep breath and shook her head. "Sokka's been so annoying lately..."
"That's ok, Katara... Although I wouldn't know, I never had any brothers and sisters... Just the younger monks I would hang out with, u-until they discluded me," Aang said softly before he looked at Katara happily, "but no sense worrying about it now, I'm off to bed too," Aang said before he headed towards the tent Sokka disappeared into a moment ago.
"Alright," Katara sighed as she looked away slowly. Aang stopped walking and turned around to face her.
"You coming?" Aang asked softly. Katara fixed her eyes on him for a moment before she smiled softly and shook her head.
"Not now, I-I think I'm going to take a walk," Katara said gently as she glanced about her surroundings. Aang nodded slowly before he peered at the tent behind him.
"OK," Aang started softly before he averted his gaze back to Katara, "be careful."
"Thanks, I will," Katara smiled before Aang headed into the tent after saying goodnight. Katara eagerly looked around and began to stroll along the island. She had a lot on her mind, and she felt as if the very depths of all her thoughts urged her to think about everything at once. That's just what she did.
Katara sighed softly as she walked along the small beach of the island, the murky, cold water of the ocean lapped against her feet as it delicately rose and fell amongst the sand with the steadily changing tides.
She felt as if she needed to take a step back and rethink everything that had happened to her lately. Suddenly, the thought of Aang suddenly flooded her mind.
Katara was almost relieved that the two were together, and, even though their relationship was small at the moment, Katara wanted to make it grow, wanted to turn it into something pure and everlasting. Katara dreamed to live that way, to just have the perfect guy come and stay in her life, to live, love and be happy.
Katara thought about their love for minutes on end until she thought further into that topic. Aang had made her become the Vyntresser, he gave it through love, through his hugs and kisses, and, at that, Katara almost felt overwhelmed about it all.
The fact that she could change into a different animal with each kiss almost frightened her. How long would this go on? Katara smiled into her thoughts and even wondered what animals were to come next.
She already knew that she could turn into a cheetah a while back and that the cheetah represented Earth, the cheetah being a strong and steady earth animal.
Katara pondered further remembering that she was a dragon only yesterday. She figured the dragon represented fire, it being able to breathe the very element it represented. Although she couldn't bend the element each animal represented, she felt almost connected to them when in those forms, as if all of the elements, water earth fire and air, were a part of herself, her inner being, not just water.
Katara's mind began to wander to the animals to come. It excited her to think and imagine of what was to come next. Water, she thought, Could it be a-a penguin? A fish? Maybe even a crab of some sort? Or maybe something bigger, a shark? A whale?
Katara continued to think about everything until she realized something. She had strayed too far from her tent. Katara instantly whirled around to face the direction she had come from, only to find beach. No tent at all.
Katara grew nervous as her mind suddenly began to taunt and play mind tricks on her. She'd think she'd see something that she really didn't, hear noises from the forest beside her. Katara nervously looked out to the almost pitch-black sky and ocean warily; she figured she'd better head back.
She heaved a long sigh before beginning to slowly stroll back to the camp site where her two traveling companions, as well as Appa, Kaimah, and Momo were. Once almost halfway there, she noticed Aang sitting on the sand, staring out to the ocean. Katara instantly smiled as she felt her heart skip a beat. She eagerly headed over to him in a small, happy, skippy manner.
She slowed down once she reached Aang. Once he noticed her presence, he hopped to his feet and smiled.
"What are you doing up?" Katara asked softly as she stepped closer to Aang. Slowly, he frowned and fixed his eyes on Katara for a silent moment.
"I was worried about you, you've been gone for about two hours now," Aang said softly.
"Sorry to worry you," Katara said with a small frown before she took a good look around, heaving a long sigh before continuing, "But the thing is... that walk didn't make me tired at all..." At this, Aang frowned and stared at Katara before his facial expression lit up, as if he had come up with an idea.
"W-well, if you're not tired and I'm not tired, we could go for a walk together," Aang suggested with a sweet smile. Katara quickly averted her gaze from the dank ocean to Aang with a small grin.
"Okay," Katara said. In no time, the two were headed down the beach, casually talking to each other as a normal couple would. In time, Aang averted his gentle gaze to Katara as she was speaking, only to see something glisten in the forest to the left of the two.
Aang suddenly stopped walking and gently held onto Katara's arm, signaling her to stop walking.
"Look at that," Aang said as he pointed to the dense forest. Katara stood next to Aang and peered into the foliage, noticing little specks of yellow light fluttering through the trees. Katara blinked a couple of times before she shook her head and shrugged softly.
"What are they?" Katara questioned. Aang shook his head and slowly began to stroll to the forest. Katara quickly put her arm out, " Aang stop, what if it's dangerous? We could get hurt."
"It's just little specks of light, what's the problem?" Aang said softly as he continued to head towards the forest before he motioned for Katara to join him. "Come on, I'm right here and I won't let anything happen to you," Aang assured softly with a smile as he held his arm out to her.
Katara bit her bottom lip and slowly headed over to Aang. She was somewhat surprised to feel Aang gently draped his arm around her waist once she got close, and lead her into the forest with her by his side. Katara blushed slightly as she leaned closer to Aang, loving this type of closeness between the two, and, at that, every once in awhile, Aang would glance at Katara with a small, reassuring smile.
Katara felt so at peace in Aang's loose grip, it was almost as if he'd never let her go, he'd never let anything, or anyone for that matter, harm her.
Aang gently lifted his arm and pointed slowly before he leaned his head a little closer to Katara's and moved his lips close to her ear.
"Look," he said in a soft whisper as he softly tightened his grip around Katara's waist in a delicate manner, his gentle, soothing voice sent chills up and down her spine.
Katara slowly fixed her eyes on what was before her, only to see any enormous, not too dense, swarm of fireflies, floating about in the gentle ocean breeze. The tranquil and calming light the little insects gave off lit the large clearing of the forest just to Katara's liking.
A big smile instantly broke free across Katara's face as she gently slipped out of Aang's grip. She then happily skipped over to the enrapturing sight. Aang let out a small laugh and joined Katara as she skipped about, arms spread out wide beside her. She gazed up to the moon kissing treetops in an enamored manner.
Aang slowed his joyful spins and skips to a stop. He then fixed his gentle gaze on the waterbender a few yards away from him, twirling about as if she didn't have a single care in the world.
Aang was instantly enthralled by her natural beauty and the dim lights the small fireflies gave off made her smooth, tan skin glisten and look like the finest silk, not to mention her loosely raveled braid that flicked about with her as she cavorted with the feeling of being withdrawn by the mystic little creatures.
After a couple moments, Aang was somewhat surprised to see Katara suddenly stop what she was doing. She began to stumble in a restless manner from dizziness; soft giggles from the feeling of being confused and dazed escaped her lips as she continued to wobble about.
She suddenly tripped over a fairly large rock, causing her to lunge forward and gently dive into Aang's arms, Aang quickly fastened his arms around Katara's upper waist, hoping to break her sudden descent.
Katara panted slightly and shut her eyes. Her hands were tenderly pressed to Aang's chest and the top of her head was delicately rested in the curve of Aang's neck. Katara slowly opened her eyes and continued to breathe heavily yet softly; she could feel Aang's gentle grip around her waist tightened ever so slightly.
Katara blinked a couple of times before she slowly pulled her head away from Aang's neck. She stared into Aang's eyes, the warmness of the soft brown shade of his eyes flickered with the small fireflies that danced about the two in the calm night. He instantly let a small smile etch across his face. His smile. It made Katara's heart swell with affection for the boy she knew so well, the boy whose arms were encircled around her, the boy who could literally save Katara's day with one smile.
Katara's heart began to flutter madly as she ever so gently slid her arms around Aang's neck and shoulders. The two held each other endearingly close in a soft, loving manner, not too tight yet not too loosely.
Katara stared into Aang's eyes longingly. Aang was delighted to see the look of sheer bliss written all over Katara's face, and, with that, Aang could feel himself inching closer to her slowly as if he had all the confidence in the world.
No words were spoken between the two. Katara couldn't even get up the courage to apologize for so suddenly plunging into Aang because she figured it'd ruin the perfect moment between the two. From that point on, she also figured Aang didn't mind this delicate closeness; the sense of pure delight seemed to enliven everything about him.
After what seemed to be an oblivious few moments, Aang found himself literally centimeters away from Katara's face. He was so close that he could feel her warm, gentle breath wisp past his lips and nose.
With a small smile and a glance into Katara's eyes for reassurance, he slowly leaned forward the rest of the way before he gently pressed his lips against Katara's. His heart skipped a beat in the process as he slowly tightened his warm grip around Katara's waist.
Katara more than happily returned the sweet, tranquil kiss as she firmly tightened her gentle embrace around Aang's neck. He was surprised to find that this kiss lasted a little bit longer than the other four or five kisses they had shared within the last couple weeks.
Neither pulled away from the moment they were so wrapped up in. Nothing could interrupt them, not even Sokka, seeing that he was fast asleep, hundreds of yards away from the two.
The pretty little fireflies continued to dance around the two and light up the scenery almost in a romantic manner. The cool ocean breeze whisked by, making the forest beyond seem as if it was singing a soft song into the night.
Nothing could divert the two from the sweet and romantic moment they shared, and at that, they continued to fly away into the night, holding each other endearingly close. As true lovers did.
A/N:-sighs happily- so romantic, I wish it'd happen to me sometime soon, lol. Someday later, most likely, but whatever. I can wait... or can I.. WOW, anywhoodls, yay! I absolutely love this chapter...
Uhh, to my reviewers out there, let me know if this chapter is totally drawn out and boring cuz... I wrote this at two in the morning, so I'm drained and have nothing better to do with my life than sit on my laptop, typing away. But that's just me and my life of nothing to do in the summer LOL
OKAY so OMG! have any of you out there heard of the new MOVIE of Avatar! I almost DIED! I'm soooooo excited! I'm prolly the most excited out of everyone! I'm getting a headache just thinking of how slowly Friday is coming!
AH!... ok wow, I'm okay...R&R pleeez! tell me what you all think. Literally, I'm so glad you guys want me to update my story but I need like... advice if I'm doing something wrong, or if there's something you all think I should change... yah. Please and thank you! you all ROCK:)
- Katara -
Mohalo ;)