Gonna be honest; we can't really do this anymore. School/Life/Other fics are just... too much. However we still have a TON of ideas that we still want to communicate to you and we will be doing that. So there will be things that we post, but it won't be in story format. Keep an eye open.

Here though, we have the end to this story.

"Are we gonna do this or not?"

"Well…" Zuko frowned, looking over at Sokka who had already taken his shirt off and was standing in the back yard of the Kimura family home. "We don't HAVE to do this."

"Yeah we do Zuko, it's man code." Sokka was bouncing around, making punching motions with his clenched fists.

"Man code?" He laughed, rolling his eyes and taking his own shirt off, "It's still kinda dumb."

"I know, I won't say it's not dumb."

"Then why are we going it?" Zuko lifted his arms above his head, stretching.

"I told you, it's man code. You fucked my girlfriend. I fucked your sister. Taken alone both of those things justify an ass kicking."

"I would think they would cancel one another out or something."

"One would think but no." Zuko rolled his eyes, starting to stretch as well. "Fact of the matter is you still fucked my girlfriend."

"Who you were about to break up with."

"Like that fucking matters." Sokka groaned.

Zuko looked over at his friend with his hands on his hips, a frown on his face, "If you want to say something, just say it."

Sokka looked over at him, his voice now somewhat serious, "Did you ever stop to think about me? That you were throwing away our friendship when you slept with her?"

"Oh course I did."

"And yet you still did it."

Zuko thought about it, his hands going to the hair on the back of his head, "You wanna know the truth?" Sokka nodded, "I didn't give a shit. I just wanted her."

Sokka could not help but laugh at that, his head shaking, "And that is why I get to kick your ass."

Zuko smirked a little proudly before Sokka lounged at him, a fist raised towards Zuko's face. Zuko lifted a hand to stop Sokka's, and with the other he sought to strike Sokka's ribs.

Both punches struck their targets with far more force than they had envisioned, and Zuko found himself grimacing at the pain on his left hand while Sokka gritted his teeth, trying to ignore the promising bruise that would spread through his left flank. Surely Azula wouldn't like it much, even if it would make him look rather fearsome… ah, he really was a hopeless fool in love. He was about to get pummeled by Zuko and all he could think about was Azula's reaction to his wounds.

Zuko was shocked to find his left hand hurt as badly as it did, even when he had deflected Sokka's blow. Flexing it hurt horrors… which was an advantage for Sokka, who used to opportunity to strike Zuko's face with his right hand now.

Zuko stumbled back, putting some distance between himself and his friend as he touched his face with his wounded hand.

"Did my sister teach you how to punch?" Zuko asked, grimacing at the pain "You weren't this strong before"

"Oh, your sister has taught me a lot of stuff, believe me…" said Sokka, snickering.

It was the last straw for Zuko. Maybe he could make fun of the fact that he had fucked Sokka's ex-girlfriend… but hearing Sokka boast about whatever Azula had taught him made him want to retch. He jumped forward again, and Sokka got ready to deflect his punches… but that made him open to another attack. Zuko's two fists collided against Sokka's open hands before Zuko struck his knee into Sokka's stomach, making him lose his breath.

Sokka should have been rendered helpless upon that, but to his own surprise, he bolted forward. The butthead he gave to Zuko's chin made Zuko bite his tongue painfully, and upon the force of this last attack, they both rolled down to the ground.

They both panted, side by side, trying to make sense out of the situation. Should they keep fighting or would this be enough? In all honesty, they both had made their blunders and they were well aware of it. The fistfight was pretty much a formality. Sokka didn't mind at all that Zuko would be with Suki, if anything, he welcomed it. And Zuko, as disturbed as he might be about the idea of his best friend doing unspeakable things to his younger sister, could accept that whole-heartedly as well. So… could they leave this be as it was?

"Is this enough…?" Zuko asked, looking at Sokka sideways "Or would you rather I send you back to my sister in pieces?"

"Hah… you're worse off than I am!" said Sokka, as Zuko grimaced upon tasting his own blood.

"Wanna make it even, then?" Zuko asked.

"No, no…" said Sokka, gasping for breath as he laughed "No need for that. I'm pretty sure Suki will be pretty upset about you being unable to use your tongue properly, won't she?"

"That's... ugh, we should have set some boundaries" said Zuko, grimacing at the thought "I need my tongue as much as you need yours, damn"

"Well, I won't be able to twist into the best positions, mind you" said Sokka, clutching his ribs. A red mark was starting to spread over his flank, and the abs he bore proudly were also darkening due to Zuko's latest strike.

"So we're even, despite it all?" Zuko asked "This is enough?"

Sokka flashed his friend a crooked smile that reminded Zuko too much of Azula's smirks "Yeah, let's leave it as it is"

Zuko stood up, rubbing his aching face before stretching his hand out to pull Sokka to his feet. Sokka accepted his offering, his smile becoming a little weaker now.

They looked at each other for a moment, their long history flashing through their minds for a moment. They had been friends since they were children, the very best friends. Back then, Azula had a crush on Sokka, but Sokka's main interest had been to preserve his friendship with Zuko. A friendship that became strained some time later, when they both drifted apart as Zuko changed schools… and then Zuko had befriended Suki, who would later become Sokka's girlfriend when Zuko entered a relationship with Mai. They'd had fall-outs, they'd had conflicts, but all in all, they couldn't have asked for a better friend in life.

Sokka chuckled before embracing Zuko, taking him by surprise. Zuko found himself smiling also, patting Sokka's back with a hand and hugging him back. Despite everything that had happened, they would remain friends for as long as it was possible. Even if Zuko was dating Sokka's ex-girlfriend, even when Sokka had been fucking Zuko's sister. They wouldn't allow anything to get in the way of their friendship, not anymore.

"Guys, lunch is on the…" Katara called for them from the house's door, having noticed both Sokka and Zuko had gone out of the garden… but ignoring completely what the purpose of leaving the house had been "Guys?!"

"Oh, sorry, Katara" said Sokka, pulling away but still having an arm slung over Zuko's shoulders "That's not at all what it looked like, I swear!"

"What the hell?! You two were fighting?!" Katara asked, horrified upon looking at the bruises on Sokka's body and Zuko's face.

"I guess you can tell just by looking, can't you?" Zuko asked, with a crooked smile.

"What the hell is the matter with you two?! Why did you do something like this?! Are you crazy?!" Katara asked.

"Well… it was the manly thing to do" said Sokka, chuckling as they both walked towards the house.

"Sure, because all men beat their friends up upon seeing them" said Katara, sarcastically "Come on, you idiots. I'll patch you up"

Katara healed them quickly, earning their gratitude for it. Zuko particularly was relieved when the pain on his mouth subsided. He was sure Suki would have been worried rather than upset about his tongue being out of service, but he didn't want to worry or upset her at all. He only wanted to please her and make her happy, from here on, forevermore…

"Why the hell did you two end up like this?!" Katara asked, when she had finished healing Sokka's ribs "Honestly, you can't say this was just a stupid fight to prove your manliness, this is much more than that! So tell me, what the hell was it?"

Zuko grimaced and looked at Sokka warily. Everything they said now would be held against them… but Katara had to find out anyways, didn't she?

"Uh… well, you see, Katara…" Sokka started, gulping "Zuko and I had a score to settle… sort of"

"We did a few things that might have been seen as betrayal at one another…" Zuko muttered, lowering his eyes.

"What sort of things?" Katara asked, grimacing.

"Well…" said Sokka, taking a deep breath before "Things like banging his sister"

"And I banged his ex-girlfriend" said Zuko, holding back a guilty smile.

The water pouch Katara had been holding fell to the floor and spilled all over it, but even though normally she might have made a fuss about that, she couldn't react at the mess. Her mouth hung open as she looked at Zuko and Sokka accusingly, unable to digest the information they had just given her. Sokka and Azula? And Zuko and Suki? Sokka and Suki had broken up and now…?

"What… the hell?" Katara repeated, looking at both of them in disbelief. Oh, how she regretted having asked now…

Zuko and Sokka exchanged a look and smiled weakly at one another. So now it was out in the open… everyone would know what had happened. And it was likely that they would be judged by their friends and family, much like Katara had to be judging them now… but it hardly mattered to them. It was true, the story behind how Sokka had gotten with Azula and how Zuko and Suki had hooked up wasn't something they were really proud of… but they knew the outcome was as it had to be, as they wanted it to be, because they had finally realized whom they truly belonged with.

Zuko goes home to Suki, and she nurses him and makes him feel better. Sokka goes to Azula who mostly just makes fun of him for getting his ass kicked by her brother.

A few months later Azula and Suki run into one another at some place at another, and they get into a conflict. Suki tells Zuko about it, and he kinda talks to her about how they can't be like this. They both kinda agree that what they have is serious now, and that they need to look forward to kids, and marriage, and everything. Sokka has kinda the same talk with Azula, telling her "Judging by how those two are, you'll be related to her eventually, Azula..." And Azula kinda submits, knowing that it's the truth.

The end of this one, lol.