"-His eyes went serious as his hand came up and traced from the corner of my eye to the end of my jaw line. "A very brave chance indeed," is what he said before he brought his lips to mine with a sweet kiss.
All of the days after that were spent with Dakota. We took walks, saw plays, and even went to the annual Ba Sing Se festival together. We were happy together. Then the time came for us to say goodbye. He had to go back to the Southern Tribe and me back to the Fire Nation. We didn't want to leave, we were in love. I know it was such a short time, but we felt it. The spirits had granted it to be fate, call it love at first sight if you will.
"Please remember to write," I hugged him by the fountain.
"I will. How could I forget to write you?" His smile was like the sun, it warmed my face every time his lips curved up and his eyes squinted.
Dakota curved his palms around my cheeks and pulled my face toward his, "I love you," Was all he said. Then he kissed me so passionately that even the most dedicated artist couldn't capture the emotion that we felt in that moment.
I broke away from the kiss all too soon. I couldn't kiss him anymore, because I was crying. The tears streamed down my face like rain.
"I truly am sorry, my love," I whipped at my face removing my traitorous tears.
"No, no, it's okay. You don't have to cry, we will see each other again." He smiled that warm smile again.
It was three months after I'd left Ba Sing Se that I found out the most devastating news. Fire Lord Sozin wanted to start a war with the Water Tribes. Even worse then that, my parents wanted me to marry Lord Sozin's son Azulon. I hated them, I couldn't do it! I was in love with Dakota; well of course my parents didn't know it, but still, they couldn't make me marry someone as selfish as Azulon.
One month after the horrible news I heard that Sozin had made his first attack on the Water Tribes. Taking hostage thirteen water benders. My father aiding Sozin in his attack. I was worried. Dakota was a water bender and I didn't know which tribe they had attacked; part of me didn't want to know, but I used my inside resources to find out. Sadly, the water benders were from the South Pole. Now I was worried, what if they had Kota? What would they do to him? I did hear that they were killing all of the water benders.
It was one week after that I was informed that Dakota was indeed one of the captured. I threw a rampage at my parents, told my mother everything. The stolen nights, my first kiss, the letters. I hated her. She started crying. My mother, how could she! She told me that she can make a secret meeting to where I can meet with him, but there was a catch; I had to marry Azulon.
And I agreed.
One day later I was able to see my love. He looked well, but his eyes had gone cold. There was still a small warmness in them when he saw me, but the burning comfort never came like the last time we were together. I still ran to him. Something was wrong, he didn't touch me like he used to.
"Kota, what's wrong?" I asked. "Why are you like this?"
"Like what?" He asked in a rough voice. "Isn't this how you're supposed to talk to a woman who's promised for?"
"Kota, I was going to tell you, but-"
"Don't. Just don't Sakura," His jaw clenched and he glanced away from me.
"Kota…" Then I just collapsed on the floor in a heap that was my own misery. "I didn't want to do it. I really didn't," I sobbed. "My mother told me it was the only way to see you alive. Do you really think I would do something like that if I didn't love you? Do you?"
He just stared down at me, his gaze never changing from his ice cold stare. I stayed on the ground and sobbed. We remained in our positions for a good few minutes. Then Dakota knelt beside me and held me. Oh how I relished the touch of his strong hands.
I rested my head in the crook of his neck, "Oh Kota I've missed you so much."
"I know. I'm sorry for how I acted. I shouldn't have. I was just…I don't know." He laughed with nerves. "What are we going to do now?"
"I don't know. We have a lot of time. The whole after noon, but we have to stay in this room."
"What is this room?"
"…my…uh…bedroom…" I looked down with a blush.
He tipped my chin up and looked into my eyes, then he kissed me. "I love this room and I don't mind spending the afternoon with you in here-"
WOAH!!! WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM?? lol I know you all probably forgot what this even is!! LMFAO this doesn't even have any Avatar in it! lol I bet no one will read this. Even for the one person that will read this...I think my writing was improved greatly since I've taken my creative writhing class. I know, I know. It defiantly still needs work.
Would you accept the exuse of school being an issue? Oh and also I just found out that in Creative Writing I have to write a 5-10 page short fiction story! woohoo...lol Dude plus I've been reading The Mortal Instruments series! It's amazing!!
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