I am so so sorry that it had been about a week since the last chapter. I meant to have this up sooner but some stuff came up. I still would like to get this part done by the end of this month, early next month. So I will be better from now on.

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TaangFanToph. I liked writing that part. I wish they would have really interacted in they show. I think it would have been interesting. Thank you.

Everything around him was blue. A vast horizon of clear blue expanding out around him in all directions. It he thought was meant to help him feel calm. So he could stay as long as he needed too, it wasn't working. The thought that at this minute Toph could be in danger, never left his mind. He couldn't believe that he had let her go off with Zuko, to talk to someone that at one time or other had tried to kill each of his closest friends. Less than a second after he arrived, before he had a chance to refocus more on the real world, Aang was joined by Roku.

"I am aware of the reason you have come here..."

"Then tell me how to stop it."

Aang wanted to get this meeting over with quickly so he could go and find Toph. She would hate him if he went after her, but he couldn't just sit back and do nothing. In all honesty he didn't know what he really could do for her by being with her, but it would make him feel better. If he knew something, anything that could help or explain so much the better.

Roku was reluctant to answer the question. As he knew Aang was not going to like the answer. "I can't tell you that, but I can help you to understand what is really going on more clearly."

"Ozai is after Toph so that he can get his bending back. What more is there to know!"

It still surprised him how much of Toph had rubbed off on him. Even just a two years ago it would have taken him longer to slightly exploded like that. Roku allowed Aang to have his outburst, it was clear that he had a lot of anger that he had to let out.

"That is true, but there is more to it. It is not just Ozai that wished to use Toph's power." Aang's eyes narrowed. "He was told about Toph's powers by Koh." He gave Aang a minute to recover from what he had just told him before he went on. "It was Koh that showed you the vision of Toph in the swamp. He can exist in the swamp as well if he needs too. It is the only other place he has power. That is openly linked to the sp..."

"Why. Why did he show me Toph, and what does he want with her!"

As if he had never been interrupted Roku started speaking again, where he had left off. Answering his future life's questions. "He showed her to you, so you would find her. He forced you to see her, to be aware of her. If he is able to steal her face, then he will have the power to leave the spirit world."

All of this made sense. A spirit that wanted to freedom that he had past unpleasant dealings with, was oddly normal in the scheme of things. However there was something that didn't seem right. There was something he was missing, but he couldn't figure out what it was. It was like it was in the back of his mind, just out of his reach. Something that would make all the pieces fit together. Hopefully let him know what to do next.

"Ozai is simply a puppet, Koh is using him to draw Toph out. You must watch her."

Aang was now blinded with visions of a past life. He saw Toph being taken by Koh. Like Kuruk had watched Ummi being taken from him. The faces were different, but the feelings were the same. Toph was Ummi's reinsertion, as he was Kuruk's he wasn't going to let history repeat itself. He wasn't going to lose her like that. The spirit of the avatar could not take that kind of lose again. As the vision cleared he saw things more clearly. He finally realised what was missing.

"Koh stole Ummi's face. She was a fated spirit. Why didn't he gain the power to leave the spirit world then."

"Toph is different, as you know. She also possess a small part of the power of the avatar spirit. It is that part that he wants. He tried to get it from you, and failed..."

"So know he is going after Toph because he thinks she will be an easier target."

Even with everything that was going on, Aang couldn't help but smile a little. Koh was going to be in for a big surprise, if he ever met Toph. That was something however he wasn't going to let that happen. Thou a part of him did slight enjoy the thought of seeing the look on the sprits face, when he realised that he had greatly underestimated the blind earthbender. It had been such a long time since he saw that look on someone's face. There was no way that she would give up without a fight. She would prove him wrong for thinking of her as an easy target.

"That would seem so"

"So I just have to keep her away from..."

"No. The most important thing you have to do is stop her from unlocking the power of the avatar sprit. If she does, it will mark her out to every sprit that might wish to try and use that power. Like your power hers are blocked by the seven chakras. From her skill as an earthbender it would be safe to assume that she has already open at least three of her chakras. There is nothing else that I can tell you that will be of any help."

Aang found himself getting more frustrated. He had come here for answers, and he had more questions now than before. "How am I meant to stop her from unlocking her other chakra gates!…..get Zuko to shot her with a bolt of lightning to the back. She's with Azula now, maybe she'll do it."

"You are the avatar, and her husband. You know her better than anyone, and what opens the chakra gates. You can do it, you are the only one that can."

Before Aang could ask any more questions, Roku was gone. Leaving him with a faint smile, offering his best wishes for what was to come. The blue all around him came into sharp focus just before it quickly faded and he was back in Zuko's study. Looking at the door to the veranda and out on to the sky that had faded to from bright blue to a cool evening glow.

"Aang. What did you find out."

Katara moved out of her chair to stand by his side, as he pulled himself to his feet. Slowly he turned to face his friend. She looked tired and so worried, he hadn't seen her look like that in years. I hated seeing that look in her normally caring eyes. He wanted to take it away and take away the worry he felt too.

"I know what I have to do."

Before she could ask him anything else he was walking passed her towards the door, picking up his glider, which rested against the wall as he left. He was going to find Toph, she knew that. She was glad he was had a plan, but she didn't know what it was. That is what worried her. Things as she remembered then never went well when he or any of them went off on their own. She Sokka, and Suki were still in the dark about the majority of what was going on. They just had to wait for the others to come back. She hated that and knew her brother and sister in law did too.

Katara left the room after she had watched Aang open out his glider and take off into the sky, to go and check on the children. When she was a few steps along the corridor she saw Sokka and Suki walking towards her. They must be coming to swap over with her so she could see the kids. She smiled at them but it didn't show in her eyes. They still looked the same as Aang had seen them. Tired and worried.

"He's back and he's left to go after them."

"I knew it." Sokka crossed his arms, and leaned against the wall on his right. "Did he find out anything, what did he tell you."

She couldn't take her eyes of the floor in front of her. It was clear her brother was mad at Aang for going off on his own and still keeping things from them. She didn't want to make that any worse. When the three of them came back she knew that they were going to need to work together. She didn't want to make that harder.

"He just said he knew what he had to do, then left." Suki placed a comforting hand on her sister in laws shoulder.

"They are going to be fine. This is the avatar, fire lord and the grand master earthbender we are talking about. I bet they will be back by sunrise tomorrow."

They believed in what Suki had just said, but a part of all three of them had this feeling that something wasn't right. Something dark was on the horizon, and all they could do was sit back and wait. This feeling for all of them brought back unpleasant memories. Powerless to do anything, they would just have to wait and hope.

Thank you for reading. I plan to have the next chapter up on Monday. As always I hope that you liked it and will like they rest of the story. All comments are welcome.