Thank you to all the people that assumed that the story had no plot in the first two chapters, good to know you have patience. The plot is coming, trust me. It's right below this. While I do like critics, because it helps me become a better writer, some of you need to relax haha. Think of this as a different Avatar World. Just, enjoy the story, please lol

The cold winds of the Northern Water Tribe nipped at his exposed face as he waited for his client. He was dress in dark clothing with a black cloak concealing his identity. The stubble on his chin was the other thing visible on the tall man. His eyes went to the Moon's position once again; it was at its peak. The man let out a sigh, watching his breath as it met with the cold air. "I'm assuming you're the man I'm supposed to meet?" He turned on his heel to see a teen that was at least to his chest, he had a top knot in his hair, a fur lined coat, pants and boots with the usual blue of the Water Tribe coloring them. He looked him up and down, there was no way this kid could be older than 19.

"I think you have the wrong guy," His rough voice told him, he turned back around, his hand on the hilt of the sword he had hidden to deal with this kid if he continued to bother him. He heard the teen start to shake a sack of coins, gaining his attention.

"Then I guess I can take my Gold somewhere else then huh?"

The man turned back around, "What does a kid like you need from my services?"

"I was to become a Prince of the Northern Tribe and then become the Chief, but I again have lost my chance. You, are going to change that." He tossed him the sack of coins, which he caught without losing eye contact with the boy. "All you need to do, is kill the Air Nomad known as Avatar Aang."

The man weighed the sack in his hand, "I'm going to need a little more if I'm going to kill a Nomad."

His brow furrowed, "But that is enough for a life time."

"Obviously you've never heard of the price of the girls in Ba Sing Se," He replied, "I either get my money or you can take out the Avatar yourself, as a man that has killed a Nomad before, I can tell you it isn't as easy as you think."

He growled, "Fine, you'll get the rest of your money after the job and I marry the Southern Water Tribe Princess…if you can't get that done…I'll give you half for the other Prince."

"Where can I find the Nomad?"

"He is on his way here, but they are traveling through the Earth Kingdom on the Avatar's flying bison, make sure they never make it here."

The older man tied the sack of coins to his waist, "I'll make sure my men and I take care of him, just have the money ready when I get back."

Hahn smugly smiled, "I'm going to be royalty before the Winter Solstice…but I might need to tie up that loose end when he comes back…" He began to think over his rule over the Water Tribes as he walked back to his hut.


Katara dipped her hair back into the warm water, enjoying the feeling of the water against her body. She had never seen an outdoor bathhouse and she was beginning to enjoy life outside of the Southern Water Tribe. The big bath itself was split into two parts, the women's side and the men's side. It looked like a Koi Pond that she had seen in front of the temporary home they were staying on Kyoshi Island, but the water was clean and had no insects or fish in it. There was no roof, which sent cool winds to keep the warm water bearable to stay in for long periods of time. She sat on a submerged rock, her heels on the edge and her knees against her chest. Her mind drifted off to what Aang was doing, they had barely gotten any alone time since coming to the island; Sokka made sure of it. Even though they were married, Sokka was still as protective of her as ever. Even with the weather warmer than the Water Tribes, he panicked when she went without her coat and tried to cover her up. She left her thoughts when the door to the bathhouse slid open. The brunette warrior came in, shutting the door behind her, a white towel tightly wrapped around her body. "Oh hey Katara," She said when she turned back around. Without her make-up, Suki was hard to recognize, she couldn't help but notice she looked very pretty without it. Katara looked over herself to make sure nothing indecent was showing to the Kyoshi Warrior. "I forgot that your culture doesn't bathe with each other, I can leave if you want me to."

Katara gave her a soft smile, "Its fine."

Suki walked over to the edge of the water and dipped a toe in water, "Ah, nice and warm." Katara's eyes became immediately down cast as Suki tore her towel off and stepped into the water. With the steam rising from the water, Katara couldn't see much of Suki under the water as she looked back to the Warrior. She dunked the back of her head in the water and ran her fingers through her hair, "It's nice to be able to relax in some water, you know?"

"Yeah," She replied, thinking about how rare hot bathes were in the Southern Water Tribe. "Can I ask you something Suki?"

The girl rolled her head towards Katara to look at her, "Ask away."

"Well, I've only known Aang for only about a month now and you're the only person that I've really been able to talk to for more than 5 minutes that knows him," Katara began.

"And you want to know more about him? To see if there is another side to Aang?" Suki finished for her. "The only thing you've got to know about Aang is that he has a big heart, he likes helping people and he never complains about it. Trust me Katara, you married the Spirit's perfect man, I hope my husband will be an ounce of what Aang is." Katara nibbled on her bottom lip as she thought about Aang, he truly is perfect. "Would you mind if I asked you something? Have you and Aang made love yet?"

Katara's face went completely red and she felt her nerves start to get the best of her like they usually do when she thought of her and Aang that way, "No…we haven't."

"That sounds like Aang," She smiled to herself, "He was never the kind of guy that was really into getting girls. He hasn't tried anything though, right?"

She shook her head, "No."

"Good, I wouldn't want him taking advantage of a girl or I would have to cut off his important package," Suki joked. "Don't let him do anything like that, just get me and I'll make sure he knows his place."

"Actually…I think I want to do that more than him." Katara admitted. "Ever since I was little, I was taught that as a wife that I was supposed to do everything for my husband, cook, clean, and even sex. As you can tell my brother is into that way of thinking. I do all those things…but of course not without showing that even if I'm a woman, I can still do everything a man can do."

"Of course we can," Suki smiled.

"But," Katara continued, "Aang doesn't see me that way, I haven't had to cook for him once, there is nothing to clean…and he hasn't demanded sex."

Suki slowly floated over to Katara, "That's love. You love Aang. Right now, if a man told me what to do or had expectations of me, I would tell him to go get eaten by the Unagi, but if I loved him…I would want to do everything for him. As a strong woman, you want to do all those things your culture says you need to do for your man because you love him, just like your sister-in-law does for your sexist pig of a brother…no offense."

"None taken, he's an acquired taste," Katara chuckled. She watched the other girl relax in the water as she floated, "Thank you Suki, I really haven't had a good friend other than my family."

"Anytime Katara and don't worry, as long as you and Aang are together, we'll being seeing a lot of each other," She said, "And even if you aren't with Aang, you are welcome here anytime Katara…just don't bring your brother."

Katara laughed, "Don't worry, I won't."


He sighed as he swung his legs to the side of the bed, feeling the wood under his feet. Yue sat up in the bed, holding the sheets to her chest, "It's fine Sokka, it really is."

Sokka shook his head, "No, it's not fine. We can't have a child if I can't…" He didn't dare finish his sentence.

"Maybe we can take a break on trying for a child Sokka, we're still young. This will happen," She softly stroked his back with her free hand, "Is there anything I can do…anything I can try?"

"It's not you Yue, you're still as beautiful as always and I'm still very much in love with you…it's just me," Sokka said.

Yue looked down at the green silk sheets, "Are you worried we might not be able to?" He didn't move. "You think that Aang and Katara…"

He rubbed his face, "That's kind of been on my mind," Sokka trailed off.

"You don't want to admit it…but you want to become the Chief and if we don't have a child…"

"Then I wouldn't be Chief of the Southern Water Tribe…" He finished.

She moved over to him, not minding her nudity and pressing her chest against his back, her head resting on his shoulder, "Sokka, they haven't even tried anything. I know if you talked to your sister about this, she would understand. It means a lot more to you than it does to her. She wants to travel around with Aang and you want to spend the rest of our lives in our Tribes." Yue kissed him softly on his shoulder, "Just don't think about it. No children, no Aang and no Katara, it's just you and I." He took a deep and relaxing breath as her hands went around his waist. Her kisses went up to his neck as her hands traveled down more until she found what she wanted. "There you go," She sighed happily against his neck.


Katara let her mind wander as she walked back to the house that Aang and her were staying. Could she truly be in love with Aang already? She knew that it would happen eventually, like Suki had said, it was hard not to fall in love with Aang. As much as she had dreaded the thought about being married, the thought of a man that she didn't love making love to her, making her cook for him and being happy about it was definitely not her fantasy. With Aang, she could be free to do as she pleased, become a master Water Bender, travel outside of the Water Tribe and of course make love to a man that she actually loved. Her cheeks lit up at the thought of making love with Aang, her heart pounded in her chest and her breathing became shaky. She knew this feeling well, occasionally she would think about some boys in the tribe in that way, but nothing past that. Katara opened the door and walked through their candle lit hallways to the room they shared. Once she went into their room, a gasp escaped her lips. Aang was lying shirtless on the bed, with the light from the candles lighting his body up. A small gust of wind blew through the room from his hand as he made the Air Nomad necklace he had given her float in his hand. He looked over to her and the necklace fell in his hand. Katara remembered how she was dressed, her Sarashi wrappings around her chest and a pair of white underwear with a towel wrapped around her bottom half. Aang set aside the necklace as he sat up and held his hand out to her. She let her towel drop and took his hand, she pulled her to him. Her knees rested on the bed on each side of his hips, her arms going around his neck. They stared into each other's eyes, their faces inches apart. "Aang…" She whispered.

"This is our first time alone…your parents aren't here, Sokka isn't in the next room…it's just you…and me." Aang kissed her tenderly, Katara's arms growing tighter around his neck. Their lips moved against each other slowly at first, then Katara's kisses started to become more urgent and hurried, making the Air Bending Master's brow furrow. Her hands came around to his chest and up to his jaw. He broke the kiss, resting his head against hers as she began to pant, "Katara, there's no rush."

"I know," She breathed before kissing his lips again, "But I want you Aang." Her quick kisses finally were too much and he flipped them down on the bed, her head resting on the pillow. His hands held her wrists to the sheets as he stared into her eyes.

"Katara, we don't need to take this fast. We don't need to have sex," He told her.

"But I want to," She squirmed in his firm, but gentle grip. "I love you Aang and I want to make love to the man I love."

Aang was taken back a little bit, it was the first time Katara had said she loved him. "Katara…" Aang pressed his forehead against hers. "I love you too…but I don't want to do this right now, it's not the right time for us to make love." She sighed and relaxed in his grasp. "How about I make you a deal? When we get to the Northern Water Tribe, we will make love. It will be the perfect amount of time." He saw her face sadden, her head rolled to the side. His mind went to the scrolls he had found when he was 16, it was like a guide for pre-intercourse. When he was that young, he didn't think it would really come in handy until he was older, but he knew it would be the only thing at the moment to make Katara happy. Aang moved his head down to her neck and softly kissed it, eliciting a moan from her lips. His kisses went up her neck to under her jaw, Katara rolled her head to allow him access.

Katara's soft gasps filled the room as he continued his trail across the bottom of her jaw. Her constant whispers of his name encouraged him more to go on. Aang kissed further down to her collar bone, placing a soft kiss along it. He began to kiss back up to her neck while his left hand slid down her arm and her side. Her breath hitched in her throat when his hand made it down to her underwear. Before he could continue, someone knocked on the door. "Busy," She quickly replied as Aang's hand covered her mound, her back arching as she tried to hold back a loud moan. Another knock rapped on their door, "Please go away," Katara said, nicely as possible.

"Katara it's me," Yue said from the other side of the door. Katara took a deep breath, laying her head back on the pillow as Aang rolled away from her and got underneath the covers of the bed.

"Come in," Katara sighed. Yue opened the door and shut it behind her as she entered. She was wearing her winter coat and, Katara guessed, nothing under it.

"I'm sorry, I just really need to talk to you about something," Yue apologized.

Katara sat up in the bed, "It's fine…it's just the first night Aang and I were finally alone. What can we do for you Yue?"

"You know your brother's obsession with becoming the Chief of the Southern Water Tribe, right?" Yue began. Katara gave her a nod, "And you know what must happen for him to become Chief?"

"Yes, he must have a child before me, why?" Katara asked a little impatiently. Yue looked down to her feet, taking a deep breath and Katara knew exactly what she was getting at. "He thinks that he won't be able to have a child before Aang and I." Yue silently nodded while Aang turned his full attention to the conversation.

"With this on his mind…he can't…" Yue trailed off, trying to find the exact word.

"He can't 'preform'," Aang used air quotations.

Yue nodded again, "I'm sorry I have to bother you with this, but it's my job as a wife to alleviate any stress that I can. I was wondering if it were possible…if you two could not…consummate your marriage until we get to the Northern Water Tribe."

Katara and Aang shared a look, before turning back to Yue. Katara was about to tell Yue about their conversation earlier, but Aang beat her to the punch, "Yue…I don't know if we can do that." Katara turned to Aang, not believing he had actually said that. "I mean, we just got married and we love each other very much. It's hard not to give into my desires for my wife."

"What if, when we get to the Northern Water Tribe, I will have a lavish suite for the both of you, have the best experience of your life, including night clothes, dinner brought to your room and our all new heated spring in the room." Yue suggested.

"You have heated springs in the rooms?" Katara asked.

Yue nodded, "Yes, it's been in the talks in my tribe for a while, it doesn't have a real name yet. Sokka likes to call it a 'hot tub'. You two would be the first people to ever use one. I can make your first time very special, just please wait until we get to the Northern Water Tribe."

Aang turned to his wife once again, "I don't know Katara, what do you think?"

She finally caught onto what Aang was trying to do. Katara knew that Aang wanted their first time to be special and there was no way, as they were traveling, he could really pull anything off like that. She playfully mulled it over, "Hmmm, I don't know. I have been wanting to finally use the time we have together to finally be able to make love, you know, without Sokka always bothering us…"

"I'll make sure that Sokka will not bother you guys anymore and everything else I promised, as long as you two don't have sex until we get to the Northern Water Tribe," Yue said.

Aang and Katara shared a smile, "Deal, Katara and I will not make love until the Northern Water Tribe so you can put Sokka's mind at ease."

She smiled, "Thank you both so much, I'll see you both tomorrow." Yue quickly exited the room.

"You know," Katara turned to Aang and mounted his lap, "If someone were to play my family like that, I would usually curse them out."

Aang smiled as her arms went around his neck, "But you wouldn't do that to the man who saved your life would you?"

She pressed her forehead against his, "You're never going to drop that, are you?"

"Never."


Sokka tossed up their stuff to Yue in the saddle, who began stacking it in the back of the saddle. "Hey Prince Sock Head," He turned to see the main Kyoshi Warrior.

"It's Sok-ka," He corrected her.

"It's a jok-uh," She mocked him. Suki tossed a big wooden box in front of him, "Think of this as a gift Sock Head. As much as I think you're a sexist pig…I know it's not your fault." Sokka looked at the Painted Warrior, then down to the box. He slid off the top and his jaw dropped. "Like I told your sister, I would get you the best meat in all the Four Nations." Inside the box was tightly packed meat, enough to last them until the Northern Water Tribe and then some.

He slid the lid back on, "Thank you Suki." Sokka handed the box up to Yue, while Suki stood there awkwardly, expecting a little bit more than what Sokka offered her.

Yue climbed off of Appa and slapped her husband on the shoulder, "Sokka, be nice. Thank you very much Suki, I hope you know that you and your fellow Warriors are welcome to the Southern Water Tribe anytime, right Sokka?"

"Yes…" He grumbled.

"Thank you Yue," Suki bowed slightly towards the Water Tribe Princess. "I know he's being as civil as possible…because he knows I could whoop his ass in a fight."

Sokka's hand grabbed the hilt of the sword that was on his back as he approached her, their faces inches away from each other. He wore a face of anger while a cocky smile was on Suki's face, "I could beat you, anytime, anywhere."

Suki's composure never faltered, "I'm a girl and I can handle a bigger object in my hands than you. I've dedicated my life to the art of the sword, to my job and to the great Kyoshi who was the best earth bender in the world. You're just a sexist Prince that is mad that he cannot get his way or that a girl can be as good as him."

Both of them were caught off guard as they were separated by a gust of wind, "Will you two stop?" They all turned to see Katara and Aang coming down the path, "Sokka's an ass and Suki can fight, can we stop bringing this up?!" Katara huffed, then took a long breath. "Anyways, thank you for letting us stay here Suki, I hope it has already been said that you are welcome anytime to our tribe."

"Of course, Yue already told me," Suki said, "I might take you up on that once the Warriors and I get some time off. I should go, the girls get impatient when I'm not on time." She gave Aang and Katara a hug, Yue a bow and a heated stare to Sokka. "I'll see you around Aang…and I'll see you for that 'anytime, anywhere' fight Sock Head." Aang held Sokka back as he tried to get at Suki as she walked to the dojo.

Sokka let loose his pent up frustration with a growl, "That girl is insane."

Yue was the first one into the saddle, "Sokka, you know the only reason you don't like her is because she can stand up for yourself." The rest of the group got onto the flying bison. "I'm sure if you and I weren't together, you probably would be all over her."

He scoffed, "Yeah, like that would ever happen."

"I don't know Sokka," Katara joking put her 2 cents in, "She likes to fight, you like to fight. She's tough, you're…tough-ish."

"And she's hard headed and you are very hard headed," Aang added with a laugh as he grabbed Appa's reigns. "Not to mention that you both come from groups that use War Paint."

"You know about our War Paint?" Katara asked, curious of Aang's knowledge of the Water Tribes.

He nodded, "Yep, the Warriors, usually during war time, wear paint on their faces to look like wolves to intimidate their enemies, just like Kyoshi use to."

"Okay, okay," Sokka said in an annoyed tone. "Enough about Suki, can we just get out of here?" Aang couldn't help but laugh a little more as Appa lifted off the ground and ascended into the sky. "So where to next 'Avatar Aang'?"

Katara shot an angry look at her brother as she pulled out a map from her and Aang's things, spreading it across the bottom of the saddle. "Well, we're just leaving Kyoshi." Her finger followed the line Aang had made before to the next dot, "And we should be on the eastern side of the Earth Kingdom by sunset."

Sokka grabbed the map from his sister, looking at the path that they were going to make, "We're taking the long way around to the Northern Water Tribe?! Why don't we just go straight through, by Omashu?"

"Sokka, this is supposed to me and Aang's trip, you asked for a ride." Katara shot back, "Aang wants to go this way and that's how this trip is going to go." Sokka rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest. Yue sighed and rested her head on her husband's shoulder, knowing how long he was going to pout. The trip through the day was mostly silent between the couples. Katara spent most of her trip on Appa's neck with Aang while Sokka didn't move from his spot from the back of the saddle with Yue. They had stopped by the coast for lunch, Katara was happy to make her first meal for her husband while, again, Sokka continued to pout. Just as they assumed, they reached their destination around sunset, Aang landed Appa by the local Inn. Katara stretched her arms and yawned, "I can't wait to get a good night's sleep."

"I couldn't agree more," Aang smiled as he helped her down from the bison. He petted Appa's nose, "Good job today boy, you deserve some rest." A mellow roar was his only answer.

Yue got down from the saddle, "Where are we?"

"Gaoling," Aang answered. "I wanted to stop by and see an old friend."

"I guess since we're here, I should stop by and see my friend too, she has a vacation home here," Katara looked around to see exactly where they were.

"Twinkle Toes?" Everyone turned to see a girl walk up to them, "And Sugar Queen?"

-SDB