As Aang and Zuko take off in the early morning everyone decides to sleep in except for one person. A young woman sitting on the ground and writing a quick note saying that she will be out and about looking around the temple and won't be back till later on in the evening. Once she was done writing she places the note under Sokka's sword.

Then walks back to her room, as soon as she enters her room she is greeted by an interesting sight. There sitting by the table eating an apple was her lover and right next to her was a sleeping Momo.

"How did he get in here?" Katara asked walking over to Azula

"He flew in through the window as soon as he saw me come in here" the young woman responded back finishing off her apple

"Looks like you made a new friend then" she said smiling

"Yea I guess I did. He reminds me of Xorshiid which is always nice." The princess stated slowly standing up "Ready to go?"

"Where are we going?" Katara asked raising a brow

"Well I found a nice spot for us to hang out at. Maybe swim there and stuff. What do you think?" she said walking over to her waterbender giving her a hug

"That sounds really nice actually." Smiling at her lover

"Alright then let's get going" Azula walked away going to the window then she turned around looking at her lover "Don't worry you can trust me I won't do it again promise."

"Ok then let's go" Katara said walking over to her lover

They made their way down slowly till they touched land. Once they did they walked off together hand in hand with their fingers enlaced. The first place that they had to stop at was Azula's campsite. She had to check to see if her hawk came back yet which he did. Instead of reading the letters right away she decided to take off Xorshiid little carrier and take him with them.

As they walked the rest of the way Momo and Xorshiid took off ahead of them flying around enjoying the nice weather. Katara followed closely beside her lover enjoying the comforting silence around them. Then they slowly come to a stop as Azula moved some braches away showing what was on the other side.

"Wow Azula it's beautiful here" Katara said seeing a large water fall flowing down into a large lake then looking further down seeing it turn into a small river.

"Knew you would like it here. After all you are a waterbender; it's in your nature" the fire nation woman said taking her lovers hand and guiding her over to the lake

"And what about you?" the blue eyed woman asked

"I love playing in the water but the sun tops it off" Azula said while removing her clothes

"Because it's in your nature right?" taking off her clothes as well

"Yup pretty basic knowledge, now let's go swimming" the young woman said stripping down only wearing her undergarments.

They quickly dove into the water and started swimming around. At first they were just playing around splashing water at each other or doing sneak attacks on each other. Then somehow it moved on to Azula doing diving tricks off the water fall. As minutes passed they started to calm down by just floating around in the water.

"Hey I'm going to practice a bit of waterbending. You don't mind do you?"

"Not at all beautiful, go ahead I won't go anywhere"

"Ok, if you want you can watch."

"I think I'll do that and maybe dry off while I'm at it"

Azula swam back to shore while Katara got into more shallow water. The young warrior sat by quietly watching her lover slowly bend the water into a small stream and letting her hands guide it to where ever she commanded it. Azula was amazed by it because she only studied waterbending movements in scrolls and books. But now she got to see the real deal right in front of her. After studying Katara's body and hand motions she slowly stood up and walked over to her lover.

Katara noticed this but stayed quiet and kept doing her slow movements. Then she blushed red feeling her lover coming up behind her slipping her hands over her own. She slowly realized what she was doing when she felt Azula positioned her feet just like hers. Katara closed her eyes and began doing her waterbending feeling her lover's body sync with hers.

They both were amazed at how they easily synced together. Their mind, body, and soul were moving as one. Even their breathing synced together. As time passed they stayed quiet following each movement as one.

Katara slowly stopped but kept her eyes closed she could feel her lover moving. Then she felt light kisses on her shoulder and neck. She smiled as she felt strong arms around her bringing her closer to Azula.

"Katara?" she said almost in a whisper

"Hm?"

"Remember when you asked that I didn't care for my father much? And I told you we would talk about it later."

"Yea I remember" Katara slowly opened her eyes

"I want to tell you my reasons now."

Katara didn't say anything she had a feeling that this was something serious Azula wanted her to know about. So she gently took her lovers hand and led them back to shore. They both sat down under some shade. She watched her lover's body stiffen a bit noticing how Azula was trying to calm herself down.

"It all started when I was a child, before everything happened. Zuko was mother's favorite and my father didn't have any interest with me at the time either. I was basically alone. I did all I could to gain mothers attention I even acted like a horrible child just to get something from her." She closed her eyes

"She thought I was a monster, and she probably still does till this day. Later on I met Ty Lee and Mai, we became friends. I always wanted to be around them because they were there for me. Sadly that was during the time I learned firebending as well. Father took a quick interest in me because he noticed how easily I was picking up on things." She combed her hair back with her fingers.

"He started giving me special training. And of course like the fool that I was I didn't care just as long as I had his attention. There's a lot that Zuko doesn't know about not even our own mother knows. Ty Lee and Mai don't know either." Thinking about a small flash back

"Focus on your stepping more or you won't get it right" The fire lord said speaking in a hard cold tone to his daughter.

"I'm trying, but this is hard. I can't be perfect" Azula said taking her stance again trying to keep her balance.

"Then I will make you perfect" out of the corner of her eye she sees him pull out a medium size bamboo stick then strikes the bottom of her feet hard. She whimpered after each hit. She couldn't cry it wasn't allowed. But she could feel the blood leaking from the bottom of her feet.

"I still have the scars on my feet, my servants knew what was happening but they couldn't do much. They just did their best taking care of me after training"

"Azula I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I had no idea." Katara spoke quietly

"It's ok what's done is done. Can I please continue?" her lover nodded her head wanting Azula to open up more to her.

She signs and looks at the shimmering water "Training became rougher and rougher each time I succeeded to the next level. My body was badly beaten and tired by the end of each training lesson but I didn't care I just wanted his approval more than anything."

"What are you doing! Get back up and face me" Ozai yelled seeing his daughter struggle to get up.

"Your nothing but weakling just like Zuko and a failure just like him too"

Azula finally stood up breathing heavily she gave out a battle cry and charged at her father once more. She sees nothing but a smug grin on his face.

"The better I got the more praise I would get from him. Then one night everything changed. That one night I will never forget." She stayed quiet for a bit clenching her fist tightly then she calmed down feeling Katara take her hand "The night mother left, she left so she could save Zuzu from certain death. She told him good bye. She didn't tell me anything."

Azula paused for a moment then continued with the story "After she left it was just me and Zuko, Father didn't like it though. He separated us by giving him to Uncle Iroh in order to stop both their grieving. Two years passed and my skills became great but not great enough for him. Later on my brother was banished for speaking out in the war room and uncle with him too."

"The only people I had left were my friends Ty Lee and Mai. It was great for a while because I got to be a child and hang around outside with my friends. Father noticed this and separated us by sending me away for two years to teachers all across the fire nation to learn different skills, tactics, anything to teach me about war. To make me his perfect warrior and successor; by the time I came back I found out that Ty Lee ran away to the circus and Mai's family moved more into the east and out of the fire nation capital."

"All I had left was my father. Over time he got me more and more into polities so that way I could learn the ways of the fire nation and be the next heir to the throne. I felt so pathetic because I feed off any attention he would give me, any praise of any kind. The next thing I knew I was heading out on a mission to find Zuzu and Uncle then bring them back into custody. He also added next mission which was to find The Avatar and kill him." Azula sighed and lowers her head

"I was not the same as I once was when I got Mai and Ty Lee back. They saw the changes in me. I could feel it too but I couldn't acknowledge it, it wasn't allowed in my father's eyes. I made myself to be cruel, cold, and calculating just like what my father always wanted." She spoke quietly then looked at her hand noticing Katara was still holding it.

"Then I met you, the first time I saw you, you sparked an interest in me. After that I started hunting you down just too somehow get closer to you. And-" she paused feeling a kiss on her cheek.

"And now you're here with me." Katara said smiling.

"Yea, I'm here with you now." Azula smiled then slowly leaned in kissing her lover deeply.

The waterbender didn't say much after the kiss. She knew for a while that Azula didn't take pity from anyone. Her guess was that Azula was stronger than this and she didn't need anyone's pity. Like she said before what's done is done and you can't change the past. But there was a chance for her to change back to someone normal instead of being a used tool for her father.

Katara slowly leaned her head against Azula's shoulder and closed her eyes. The young warrior saw this and gently smiled. It felt like centuries for her to feel this way, to feel loved by someone without her having to giving it her all. Just her heart was all Katara ever wanted.

As time passed the young couple got dressed and made their way back to the temple. As they walked back they noticed Xorshiid flying around a certain area. Azula walked over to where her hawk landed and smiled.

"Well this is interesting" she said looking at the small tree

"What did he find?" Katara asked walked up beside her lover

"Tea leaves" she gently grabbed one and lightly sniffed it "Black Dragon. I knew they grew in high altitudes but I never imagine it growing out here"

"Is it good?"

"It's the highest quality of tea. The ways people dry it are strange." Examining the leaves

"Why is that?" Katara asked curiously

"Well they roll it up in a ball and let it dry. Then later its call Black Dragon Pearls"

"You seem to know a lot about teas"

"You'd be surprised how much I listened to uncle when I was little. I didn't look it but I still listened." Azula said gathering some leaves

Once they were done they started walking back to Azula's campsite, they dropped off the tea leaves and started heading to the temple. Once there they both got into Katara's room.

"We better split up; I have to cook dinner in a bit for everyone." The young woman said with a sad smile

"Understandable princess no need to explain." Her firebender said going back out the window

"Well alright. Do you wanna come by tonight?" Katara asked hopefully wanting to spend more time with her lover.

"Can't beautiful, I got a surprise for you tomorrow morning and I want to make sure it's good" the young woman said slightly blushing

"Oh ok. I'll see you in the morning then" she said smiling before giving her lover a quick kiss on the lips

Azula nodded her head then gently grabbed her lover's shirt bringing her closer and kissed her deeply. Katara didn't complain for the fact that she was enjoying it. But sadly the kiss had to end and once it did Azula slipped down the rope and going back to her hide away.

"Wonder what's she going to bring me?" Katara wonder to herself then walked out of her room to prepare dinner for everyone.