Only 90s kids—I mean people who have read The Confrontational Approach will get this. (Please be aware of potty mouth.)


Day Seventeen

Moonlight

(A TCA intermission by Yue)


Yue sighed in exasperation as she watched the Avatar's group settle in for their evening meal at the Western Air Temple. Katara and the scarred firebender—Zuko—were fighting again.

That's all they'd been doing for the past week. Fight, fight, fight. Bicker, bicker, bicker.

Well, that's what Katara had been doing, anyhow. Zuko simply seemed perplexed and a little wary of her.

There they go again, she thought as Zuko approached the irate waterbender with his usual offer of help. Just as Yue expected, he was promptly snubbed and sent away.

Yue had never held much love for Zuko—he'd attacked her and Katara in the Spirit Oasis, after all—but even she felt pity for the guy after watching his head get repeatedly bit off by Katara. He was trying to turn over a new leaf and his persistence was admirable. He was also highly easy on the eyes, a fact which Yue was pretty sure was actively working against him at the moment. Katara had a history with bad-news pretty boys.

But the biggest reason watching them butt heads all the time was so exhausting was because Yue knew what they didn't: that Katara had a big, fat, badger-mole-sized crush on Zuko.

And Zuko returned it.

Just pork already! she yelled down at them whenever they got like this. Oh, but they were infuriating. Bang, boink, shag! Just fucking do it.

Alas, her voice couldn't be heard. That was the problem with being the literal fucking moon.

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"You have done the spirits a great service, Katara. Because of you, the wheels of fate have begun to turn once again."

Yue gave Katara's hands a light squeeze and then pulled away. Her time was up. She had to go.

"Yue, wait!" the young waterbender cried after her. Katara's brow was scrunched in confusion and her blue eyes shone with distress.

Yue imagined Katara had many questions, but unfortunately she didn't have the time nor the permission of the spirits to answer them. "You have the chance to achieve a glorious destiny," the told the girl, giving her an encouraging smile. "Don't let it get away."

She felt her body begin to dissolve and knew that her connection to the earthly realm would terminate in a matter of seconds. She had one last thing to say though before he disappeared. "And Katara," she beseeched, her voice growing faint in her own ears. She brought up a ghostly hand and used her pointer finger and thumb to make a hollow circle. Making certain Katara was watching, she lifted her other hand, extended her pointer finger, and jammed it forcefully into the circle. "We all know you and Zuko like each other so hurry up and smash that son of a bi—!"

She faded away before she could finish.

Bummer.

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I really have nothing to say about this one. I think it speaks for itself.