"Wait … You're an actual princess?!" Aeron said with a raised voice.

Azula nodded and looked him in the eye. "I couldn't tell you. We just started this while process of maybe dating."

Zuko groaned. "Yes, lets not mention the important part that no one was supposed to know until I took the throne."

Ursa giggled a bit and stood up. "Aeron, I like you for my girl. I really do. If you can look past the fact that we are royalty, you can keep dating her."

Aeron and Azula both flushed red. "W-We aren't dating yet."

"Yet?" came my nosy reply.

"Later!" came Azula's quick response.

I laughed a bit and snuggled into Zuko's side.

"Okay, let me get all of this straight. You guys are roylaty. Katara is dating Zuko and the god of Fire wants them to get married?"

"You forgot the part where you can't tell this to anyone. At all. Ever." Zuko said with such authority that I shivered with delight. He glanced down at me and smirked.

"Yeah, of course. I won't tell a soul." Aeron replied with a frightened tone.

Ursa nodded. "I'm satisfied with that answer."

"Come with me." Zuko mumbled before standing up.

Before I could ask where we were going, he pulled me up and led me to the stairs. Once we got to the stairs, he told me to go to his old room. I stopped outside the door and he pulled me into a tight back hug.

"So, you like when I use a commanding voice?" he whispered before kissing my neck. My knees went weak and I gasped.

"Is that a yes?" he said into my neck as he opened the door and walked us in.

"Yes." I moaned softly. He turned me around, shut the door and began to kiss me. Not short pecks, but long and passionate kisses that told of how long it had been since we had the chance to be alone.

He picked me and laid me on the bed.

"This needs to go." he said before unzipping my vest and sliding it off. "Hmmm number 23 .. I wonder who that was."

I rolled me eyes and pulled his face back to mine. "Shut up and kiss me more."

He laughed and closed the space between our lips. We kissed for a while before he slid my sweater off and yanked off his own sweater.

Quiet gasps and soft moans filled my ears as he kissed my neck. A sharp knock on the door interrupted us.

"I don't wanna know what y'all are doing, but the pizza is here." Came Azula's disgusted voice.

"Okay!" Zuko yelled back.

He moaned and laid down next to me. "Wanna sneak back up when Aeron leaves and Zula falls asleep? I don't wanna sleep alone tonight."

I rolled so that I was lying on top of him. "Maybe. I need some incentive."

He smirked and kissed me. "Is that good?"

I smiled and nodded. "Where is my sweater?"

"Probably the same place mine is." he said with a laugh.

ZUKO POV

Tara laughed and stood up to find the sweaters. I admired her small and fit body from my spot on the bed.

"You have a fantastic ass. Did you know that?"

She laughed long and hard. "No. But thank you for noticing."

"I'm serious. Now that I've noticed it, you can't wear yogas to school anymore. I will literally yank you into a janitor's closet."

"Okay Mr. Black." she said seductively with a wink. "Here is your sweater."

We dressed quickly and went downstairs for pizza.

Mom shot us a knowing smirk and then handed us paper plates for the pizza.

"What were y'all doing?" she said offhandedly as Katara was sipping some water.

"Studying anatomy." I said with a straight face.

She spit out my water and started laughing. "Oh my gosh stop!" She yelled before slapping my arm.

Mom rolled her eyes. "I don't want grandchildren just yet. I like to think I'm still young."

Azula turned red. "Were y'all actually doing it?"

"Oh my gosh why are we discussing this over dinner in front of her boyfriend?!" Katara cried.

I pulled her into my lap and rubbed her back. "No, we were just kissing. We haven't seen each other much lately. Also sorry if we make you uncomfortable Aeron, we are just sorta open in my family."

"No, its totally fine, just trying to accept that y'all are actually engaged."

"Huh?" Tara said. "No, we are just dating."

"But the Fire god said you guys are getting married. So you guys are engaged."

I got quiet and Tara shifted uncomfortably in my lap.

"We'll be right back." Tara said before standing up and grabbing my hand. She led me back to my room and we sat on the bed. She leaned forward and stared out the window.

"Umm I guess I knew we would be engaged at some point, but I was giving myself a year to prepare for that. I believe we are meant to be. I really do. Zuko are we already engaged? I need time to process that. We've only been together for about 2 months." She started. I could see her hands starting to shake.

"Tara, take a breath hun. Yes, Agni wants us together, but we still have a year until the coronation. That is a full year that I have to help you fall in love with me. There is nothing about our story that makes me think we need to rush. All I know is that this time next year, you'll love me as much as I'll love you."

"I'm sorry, I just got nervous. Ho-How many Fire Lords have been assassinated?" she whispered.

I sighed painfully. "You think you'll end up like you dad."

"He and my mom loved each other so much. I have a vague memory of him looking at her picture and just crying. Not just silent tears, but loud gut wrenching sobs. It was so clear how much he loved her and I don't want to end up like him because I really like you already and I know it won't be hard for you to make me fall for you, but I don't know how I could handle it if you were gone."

"Tara look at me."

The ocean met the sun when our eyes connected. "I promise you that no matter what happens, I will always be there for you. Nothing will separate us."

"How can you promise that?" she asked softly in a scared tone of voice.

"Agni wants us together for some reason. He won't let death separate us, but aside from that, I am a fighter. I wouldn't die knowing I'd be leaving you here alone." I said softly before pulling her onto my lap. I leaned us back onto the headboard and rubbed her back as she lay cuddled into my side. Her breathing evened out soon after and I laughed softly. I pulled the blanket at my feet over us and kissed her forehead.

"All hail Fire Lord Zuko!"

I smiled as the Fire sages introduced Tara. Her caramel skin shone with the sun in her red dress.

"All hail Fire Lady Katara." the crowd chanted.

I could see us getting married.

"How do you like your bride?" a deep rumbling voice asked.

I turned from the crowd and was met with complete darkness.

"She is stunning." I said honestly. "I love her so much."

"Yes, you do. You just haven't married her yet." the voice came again.

I squinted confusedly into the darkness.

"We haven't?"

Suddenly fire began to swirl around me. Colors of fire I'd never seen before began to form the outline of a man.

"Do you know who I am?" the man asked.

I gasped and quickly went to bow before him.

"No, do not bow. We are one in the same. It is true that every Fire Lord is a descendant of Agni. I am coming to you so that you will be at peace. No one will try to kill you or Katara. The tides will change and people in the Fire Nation will become very accepting of your policies and of your bride."

"T-Thank you!" I sighed happily.

"Your only true adversaries will be her parents. Do not get caught together in front of her parents. They will only prolong your story."

I nodded. "May I ask a question?"

"Yes, you already love her. You just don't realize it yet. When you wake up, you'll know and you won't have to do much to make her fall for you."

I nodded again. Still surprised I was having a casual talk with the god of Fire.

"I will leave you now."

AGNI POV

Soon after leaving Zuko in his dream, I went to Ursa.

"Hello my love." I whispered as I faded into my human form.

"Agni." she gasped.

"I've missed you. I've missed your touch." I said as she hugged me tightly.

"Isn't he amazing?" she asked.

"Yes, thats why I picked Katara for him. She'll keep the bloodline pure because of her heart."

"When am I going to tell him? Its been 21 years and 10 years since Ozai died." Ursa mumbled into my chest.

"I'll tell him. I'll just have to appear before him over the course of the year. I told him in a dream that every Fire Lord is a descendant of me, but I didn't go into specifics." I replied before brushing her hair from her face.

"Agni, he needs to know before he gets married." she warned with the same tone that made me love her so many thousands of years ago.

"Okay Myumi."

She smiled. "Its so wonderful to hear my real name. Thank you for always giving me my memories of my past lives."

"And thank you for giving me such wonderful children." I beamed.

She smiled. "When will I see you again?"

"Soon my love. Your time to leave this Earth for good is coming. After Zuko is married, you will pass quietly in your sleep and we will be together for the rest of eternity."

Myumi smiled and kissed me softly. "I can't wait. Now go, you have a million and one things to take care of."

I faded back into my spirit form and left my love. My heart hurt as I left her yet again, but knowing her time to join me was soon made me smile.

As I was headed back to the Spirit World, I passed Mai's home. I went in and found her in bed with a Earth Kingdom boy. I smirked and inflicted her with a stomach bug that would take effect in a few hours.

I smiled and went back into the Spirit World, satisfied that she wouldn't be able to both Katara for a while.