Sorry it's been so long since I updated this, but here is the next chapter:

Aang quickly walked down the hall with Zuko and Toph behind him. While he was slightly worried about Sokka's safety, he knew that the Dai Li protected every inch of the palace. His first stop was the dining hall, the most obvious place for Sokka. He was surprised to walk in to what seemed like a party. Sokka stood at the head of the table with Yue sitting in the chair beside him, he was mid-toast. "-This is a great day to be the Prince of the Water Tribe," He happily announced. "Not even since my Father took me out Ice-dodging or when I saw my wife's smiling face on our wedding have I been this happy. Also, thank you Earth King and Queen Bei Fong for the gift of this excellent Earth Kingdom Whiskey. To my child and the Bei Fong family!" He raised his glass, along with his parents, Bei Fongs and a small handful of higher ups of the Earth Kingdom. Aang looked around for Katara as Sokka spotted them, "Ah! It's my Brother-in-law and the God parents!" Zuko and Toph shared a 'look', wondering why he would make them God parents of his child. "Aang, Yue is pregnant!"

"That's news?" Toph spoke up, "I knew she was pregnant since Gaoling."

Sokka felt as though a bucket of water was dumped on him, "What?!"

She laughed, "I'm just kidding Snoozles, congratulations. Now if you wouldn't mind, I want to announce something." All the attention turned to her, "I'm going to become the First Earth Bending Fire Lady in history." Everyone erupted in applause while Toph smiled, Zuko felt his heart elate when he heard the excitement in her voice. While everyone congratulated the Prince and Princess, Aang made his way over to the very relaxed Water Tribe Prince.

"Sokka, we need to talk," He told him.

Sokka laughed and put his arm around his shoulders, "Aang, you don't need to be so uptight man. Relax, take a load off. It's a great day," He leaned down and kissed the top of his wife's head. "With the first born child between me and Katara, I will officially be the Chief of the Southern Water Tribe…well, of course once my Father passes."

"Which will be a long time," His Father called, both of them laughing.

Aang leaned in closer, "Sokka, someone tried to take my life tonight." Sokka's body froze, "The same people that tried to get me in Gaoling…and they're coming after you too Sokka. Someone wants us out of the way. The leader of this group is apparently coming here to Ba Sing Se to take care of you personally. Now think, do you have any enemies that would want to kill both of us?"

Yue looked up at her husband's stern face, "Sokka, what's wrong?"

His smile returned, "Don't worry about it Yue. It's a celebration." Sokka gave her a loving kiss. "I just need to have a quick conversation with my Dad and Toph's Father." He signaled for both of their attentions and nodded towards the exit of the hall. Zuko saw them leave also, deciding to follow. Yue watched with worry as the most powerful men in the all the Four Nations walked out of her and her husband's happiest moment.

Lao led them to his private study. He shut and locked the door as the men sat in the provided leather chairs. "Would you mind if I started it?" Zuko motioned towards the fireplace. Lao gave him a nod and poured himself a drink before joining the others. Aang and Zuko quickly filled in the two men while Sokka stayed silent and took sips from his drink. The two men stayed in silence as they thought over the situation.

"Obviously we will increase how many Dai Li agents we have around your family," Lao finally spoke up, "I will not let a drop of royal blood spill in the Earth Kingdom, especially if it's someone from the Water Tribe."

"While I do thank you for protecting my son Lao, I think we should get to the root of the problem: The Black Lotus," Hakoda replied. "What's stopping this organization from coming after you, me, Fire Lord Zuko or even your daughter? We don't need this group hiding in the darkness while we wait in fear. How come when we run the Nations, we've never heard even a whisper about this group?"

"I think I know someone who might know about this group…mainly because he is part of The White Lotus," Zuko answered. "The retired Fire Lord Iroh, if anyone knows about anything…it will be my Uncle. He is currently on his way to Ba Sing Se for the Ball."

Lao took a drink from his glass, "Then we wait for Iroh."

"But the question still remains, why are they targeting me and Sokka?" Aang asked. "While I may be the 'Avatar', I'm not that special. I give no threat to anyone. My people have no enemies and never will. And Sokka…the only person I've seen him butt heads with is Suki of the Kyoshi Warriors. What could be the factor that both Sokka and I share?"

"We married the only two Water Tribe Princesses," Sokka broke his silence, his eyes still on the fire. "Yue was promised to marry someone before I made my offer for her hand…then you show up with my sister in your arms after saving her, my Father gave you her hand and he had to tell the same man that he wouldn't marry the last Water Tribe Princess. His only chance to claim the 'spoils' of marrying a Princess of the Water Tribe which includes-"

"Becoming a Chief of a Water Tribe," Aang finished for him.

Hakoda looked at his son, "Are you saying that Hahn wants you two dead because he wants to be a Chief?"

"The only places I've been in the world before traveling with Aang are the Water Tribes and I've never met anyone with more of a smug attitude than him. The look in his eyes when he found out that I was marrying Yue…" Sokka shook his head at the memory, "He must have hired the group to kill us."

"We can't make assumptions Sokka," Hakoda said, "Until we find out more about this group, we're going to keep you and Aang secured within the palace and if we still cannot find out anything…your trip to the Northern Water Tribe will need to be canceled." Both men remained silent, the crackling of the fire keeping the complete silence at bay. "We should return to the party before people become worried about our absence."

Aang stood up with the rest of them, "Where is Katara?"

"She should still be in your room," Hakoda told him. Aang immediately made his way to their room.


The door opened and light poured into the dark room, he quickly shut the door behind him so he wouldn't wake her up just yet. Walking over to her, he smiled at her sleeping form, a cup of water on the table beside the bed. Aang softly sat on the bed and gently stroked her beautiful face. Sometimes he couldn't believe that she was his wife. Her eyes slowly opened and she smiled, "Hey."

"I heard you had a little too much to drink," He brushed some of her hair from her face, "How are you feeling?"

"If you get me some water, I would be feeling peachy," Aang handed her the cup, which she quickly drank. "Do you have anything to eat too?" He nodded. He walked over to his knapsack and brought it back to the bed. After a second of searching, he pulled out a peach. "Since you're feeling peachy, how about a peach?" She rolled her blue eyes at his joke. Katara expected him to hand it to her, but he held it in front of her face, she leaned up and took a bite out of the fruit, some of the juice rolling down her chin.

Katara wiped her chin, "You just like feeding me don't you?"

He smiled, "Well, I don't hate it." Aang let her eat the rest of the peach by herself as he went around the bed to disrobe and climb into bed with her. After everything that happened that night, he was beat. He soon felt her arms go around him.

"Hey, you shaved your head." She finally realized, seeing him in a better light. Her fingers went along the arrow on his head.

"Yeah, I know you liked it, but I wanted to represent the Air Nomads correctly," Aang said.

Katara smiled, "You look good, but I will miss the hair."

"Maybe I'll grow it out after," His hand went over hers, "Oh, by the way, Yue definitely knows that she's pregnant now. I'm sure you'll want to go visit her in the morning."

While that would be on the list of things to do tomorrow, Katara's mind went somewhere completely different. She remembered Yue telling them that he 'couldn't lay a finger on her' until she found out that she was pregnant. Though while she wanted to take advantage of this news, her head was killing her. "You know what that means right Aang?" Katara asked.

"Uh…yeah. Do…you…" He stammered nervously.

"Do you?"

"I mean we could…" Aang trailed off again, his nerves were starting to get the best of him. "But with everything…"

"I know what you mean," Katara took a relaxed breath, happy to know that they were both on the same page. They shared another kiss as he turned to meet her, her head resting on his chest and he nuzzled against her hair. "How was the rest of your night?"

His mind went through the events, going to Earth Rumble, fighting Toph and then being attacked. He knew if Katara knew anything about what happened, she would freak out like in Gaoling. "It was pretty good. We introduced Zuko to 'The Blind Bandit' and I spared with her in the ring."

"Really? Who won?"

"We both decided there was no winner," He partially lied, "I didn't want to embarrass her in front of Zuko."

She yawned, "Well that was nice of you Aang. How about we spare tomorrow?"

"You want to fight me?"

"Are you afraid a non-master might beat the great 'Avatar' Aang?" Katara teased, her fingers lightly skimming across his arm. "It's not like we're going to attempt to hurt each other, we'll just fight until one of us gives up, which will be you."

Aang smiled at her confidence, "I highly doubt that. Just because you're my wife, that doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on you."

"What are you going to do? Blow my clothes off?" Both of them blushing at her comment.

"I'm going to remember that when we're fighting, I might make that sarcastic comment come true…even if there are people there watching," Aang smiled.

"We'll see if you'll be saying that when I freeze you up to your neck," She shot back.

Aang kissed her, "We'll just have to see tomorrow."


The stairs were set down before he walked onto Earth Kingdom soil. He looked at the flame lit city of Ba Sing Se as his men followed him. A messenger stood in wait for the man, once his eyes were set on him, he quickly handed the man a letter. Knowing its content, the messenger quickly left. He ripped open the letter and quickly read it, the paper lit up in his hands and was ash before it touched the ground. "Your men have failed me Jiro. Though I'm not surprised, I'm still a little disappointed." Jiro and the rest of the men remained silent, waiting for his next word. "It seems our way into the palace has been blocked off, the whole place is on lockdown."

Being one of the senior members of the group, Jiro treaded on thin ice with their leader. "What is next sir?"

"Well, it looks like we have to wait. With the palace on lockdown, they won't lax security for a while. At the ball, we will make our move. Until then, don't stir too much trouble here Ba Sing Se gentlemen." The group was stunned at the kindness of their leader. He turned back to his men, "Did I stutter?" The men quickly left, except for Jiro. Being his second in command and right hand man, he knew better. "Jiro, your men have failed me."

"I am sorry sir, I shouldn't have sent them out to do a job that required my aid." Jiro told him.

He turned to him, "I'm afraid since they have been captured, I would like you to end them before they talk. The last thing we need is someone blabbing our secrets."

"That was going to be my first action sir."

"Good…now after you have taken care of business, enjoy your time off Jiro. Because at the Ba Sing Se ball, I will kill the Avatar with my own hands."

Jiro nodded, "Of course sir."

"And if you go by the brothels, tell them Zhao sent you."


Aang held Katara's hand as they walked into the newly 'renovated' training grounds. An Earth shelter went around the usually outdoor practice area. Toph and Zuko were already standing in the arena. Aang only wore a pair of long shorts while Katara stuck to her usual Water Tribe clothing, her fingerless gloves and arm bands included. The arena had a surrounding gated floor, rushing water running below it. With a heavy flow of Water, Fire, Earth and Air Benders coming to the palace for royal meetings, the Bei Fong's made a training ground for their visitors. "Did we interrupt anything?" Katara asked with a smile on her face.

"The only thing you interrupted was us talking about bending," Toph said. Zuko was helping her stretch, his knee against her back as he pulled on her arms. "He suggested I should limber up a little before bending." She grunted as her back popped.

"Or maybe he just wants an excuse to touch you Toph," Katara teased, Toph's cheeks reddening. "Would you mind if Aang and I have a little spare before you guys do…whatever you're going to do?"

"Sure," Zuko stood up and easily picked up the Earth Bender, but not without her letting out a girlish scream at how easy he lifted her. He concealed his laughs as he carried her off bridal style.

She snarled, "I can't see, put me back down."

"Relax honey," Zuko said. He carried her to benches that were provided. Once her feet touched ground, she punched him hard in the shoulder. "I'm just going to take that as a sign of affection."

Toph blew the bangs out of her face as Aang and Katara walked onto the grounds. He rolled his neck as Katara got herself prepared. "Are you sure you still want to do this Kat? I told you, I'm not going to go easy on you."

Katara bent two giant waves of water, "I'm not worried about you dear." She sent the waves of water at the Air Bender, Zuko watched as waves met the apex of their climb before crashing down on Aang. The smug smile was wiped from her face when she saw the air current that Aang had bent around him for his protection. She threw a few strikes at him, but he easily cut through the water as if it were paper. Panicking, Katara went to the move that she had invented, the octopus form. He smiled as she went on the defensive and decided to use his own invented move. Creating an air current, he hoped onto the small ball of rushing air and sped off towards her. Once he was in grabbing distance for the octopus, he moved quickly around her. She tried to keep her eyes on him, but it was nearly impossible with his speed. Katara tried to grab him with one of the tentacles, but was always a little bit too slow. "Are you scared that you can't win on a straight on fight?"

"I'm an Air Bender, we don't fight head on," He reminded her. Katara decided the best option was to slam down all tentacles at once. Aang leapt up between two of the tentacles and cut through the water before landing gracefully on the ground. Katara let her anger get the best of her and let the water form around her hands like gauntlets. He glanced at the new technique and she started throwing punches at him. Aang dodged and ducked her attacks, "Kat, relax, there's no need for this much violence."

She didn't listen as she sped up her attacks and would send a quick blast of water at him. Katara's determination to beat him continued to rise with every blocked attack. Aang made the mistake of walking over the water grates and Katara raised the water around them, she quickly encased them in a tomb of ice. Their eyes met as their bodies stayed still. Katara slowly exhaled and the ice started to melt. As she went to attack him, Aang was melted just enough blow her and the water out of the tomb of ice, her body rolled to a stop as Aang stepped out of the ice. She slowly got up and Aang flipped in the air and once his foot landed, he blew a strong current at her, stripping her down to her underwear. Katara looked down and instantly covered herself up, Toph covered Zuko's eyes when she felt his heart beat pick up. "I told you that I would do it no matter what," Aang told her, quickly drying himself with his Air Bending.

Katara picked up her clothes and covered her body, "Damn it Aang, you're such a dick." She stormed off and Aang quickly followed her. Thankfully there wasn't anyone in the hall as he finally caught up with her, he put his hand on her shoulder, but she shrugged it off.

"Katara, what's wrong with you?" Aang asked.

"You just blew off my clothes in front of the Fire Lord," She hissed as she continued down the hall, "You embarrassed me Aang."

Aang pulled her into their room, "Well I'm sorry, but you were getting out of control, you were actually trying to hurt me out there. You used a technique that I've only heard about in death match fights in the lower rings here. If I wasn't trained well enough in Air Bending, you would have really hurt me. I decided to do the only thing that would take you off your war path." She remained silent. He couldn't help but let out a chuckle as he walked over to the window, "I can't believe it, it's our first major fight. I thought it would at least be a little further into our marriage…"

He grabbed his things from the pile they had put against the wall, "What are you doing?" Katara asked.

"I'm going to stay with Zuko for a little bit," He said, "I need some space right now."

Katara grabbed his arm, "Aang, don't go. I'm sorry okay? I was getting too competitive about who was the better bender. I shouldn't have freaked out. Just, stay here with me tonight." She pulled his arm between hers and rested her cheek against his shoulder, "Let me make it up to you…" Katara led him to the bed and sat him on the edge. She stripped the rest of her clothing off and stood in all her pride in front of Aang.

She mounted him with a sexy smile, "Katara, why were you getting so competitive?"

"Do you really want to talk about this right now?" Katara asked, "I'm naked and on you right now."

"We need to communicate about this Katara," Aang said, "As much as I want to end our first fight this way, I want to make sure we don't fight about this again."

She sighed heavily and hung her head, "Years with Sokka have gotten to me. Learning Water Bending was tough for me and I practiced all the time and was top of the class. My brother and I trained a lot down in our Tribe and losing isn't something neither of us are used to. That's why I got so angry and tried to hurt you…but I married the most powerful bender in the world and I should have understood that."

Aang brushed her hair back, "Katara, I'm not the most powerful bender in the world, I'm just good at what I do. I'm sure if we fought in one of the Water Tribes or near a lot more water, you would most likely beat me." She smiled and they kissed each other again. "See? We just got through our first fight."

"If you let me solve it my way in the first place, it would have been solved sooner," She ground herself against his crotch.

The door opened, "Hey is everything fine in here?" They both turned to see Toph standing in the door way. Both had no idea whether Katara should cover up anything or remain in their position. She hid her chest against Aang's and his arms around her butt to cover it up.

"Yeah Toph, everything is fine," Aang assured her, "Just a small issue."

Toph was silent for a moment, "Gotcha, have fun you two." Katara blushed as Toph shut the door.

"Take off your pants," Katara whispered to Aang. He lifted his hips and slid off his pants and kicked them off, his erection standing proudly between them. "We can if you want to…"

Aang shook his head, "I think it's time I returned the favor to you." He moved them around and she sat on the edge of the bed and got on his knees before her. She bit her lip and her face lit up as he spread her legs, her heat on display for the man she loved. He leaned in and softly blew on her wet lips, her whines of pleasure made him smile. Aang spread her flower and plunged his tongue into her entrance. Her hand grasped his bald head as she felt back on the bed. Katara's eyes, that had shut momentarily, shot open when his fingers entered her. The feeling of someone else's fingers pleasuring her felt 20 times better than her own. Slowly pumping his fingers into her, he encase the small nerve filled nub at the top of her slit. Her back rose of the bed as she moaned his name louder. If no one had heard her before, they definitely heard her now. The pressure began to get too much for her, she felt like she was going to lose her mind.

The door was pulled open again and Sokka appeared, "Hey, what's hap-"

Katara took one of the pillows of the bed, "GET OUT!" She yelled and threw the pillow, Sokka pulled it closed before the pillow hit. "Keep going." Aang did as he was told and increased her pleasure. She rose off the bed again as she experienced her first orgasm, "Oh Aang!" Katara loved the feeling of his touch during her post-orgasmic bliss. Aang pulled him to her as he laid back on the bed, her face resting against his shoulder as she fell into a deep sleep.


"Introducing, Prince Sokka and his wife, Princess Yue," Katara and Aang watched as the couple walked into the Ball room and heard the applause. After a few days of being locked in the Palace, Katara was glad to be around this many people. She was still unsure what made Toph's Father put the group on lock down, but all she knew was that they were all hiding something from her. But this event kept it off her mind. "Introducing, Fire Lord Zuko and his new fiancée, our lovely, Princess Toph Bei Fong," Katara smiled as she watched her Toph walk with Zuko into the room, louder applause and whistles filled the room.

Katara started to hyperventilate, but Aang squeezed her hand, "Don't worry, you look beautiful Kat." He gave her a quick kiss before she heard the announcer again.

"And finally, introducing, 'Avatar' Aang and his new wife, Princess Katara," Her heart beat against her chest as they walked into the ball room. All the eyes on them made her feel even more nervous, but Aang seemed perfectly fine with the attention. They eventually blended in with the crowd as music started to play. He took them to the dance floor, her hands going around his neck as his rested on her waist.

"Now how hard was that?" He smiled.

She sighed, "Shut up."

"Great to see the happy couple once again," They both turned to see the familiar painted face of the Kyoshi Warrior.

Katara broke away from him and pulled her into a hug, "Suki! How have you been?"

She smiled as she patted her back, "I'm great Katara." Once Katara pulled away, Suki pulled Aang into a hug, "Hey big guy, how are you?"

"Great, I didn't know you would show up to the Ball," Aang hugged his friend tighter.

"I got invited to represent Kyoshi Island and I happily agreed," Suki smiled. "Now, where is Prince Sock Head?"

"I'm sure he's around here somewhere," Aang told her. All of the sudden, the lights in the Ball Room went out, flames and all.

"Is this a normal thing?" Katara asked, holding onto her husband.

"No…be prepared for a fight…"

-SDB