Guardian II

Appa loved each and every one of the group, even though he had to haul all their weight around the world constantly. He had learned patience, even if he wasn't so much older than his lovable Aang, who was one of the most immature humans he'd come across. He, honestly, wouldn't have it any other way.

But sometimes, in this instance, there were times when Appa got annoyed. One of the things that bothered him the most was not spending time with his rider; this was one of them. And it was all because of this blue-eyed girl.

"Come on, Appa!" Katara yelled at him, "I haven't had time to be with him for nine days, nine days!"

Appa roared right back, trying to stress that it was the same for him. Aang had been cooped up in the fire palace and Zuko had refused to let him go before everyone came to an agreement. Zuko had said no distractions; his flying partner and girlfriend fit exactly into that.

"Appa has a good point, Katara," Aang said as he patted his friend's nose, "I haven't seen him in that time either."

As the white beast nudged Aang in thanks, Katara argued, "But I'm your girlfriend!"

"But Appa is my spirit animal, he's my best friend."

"I thought I was your best friend!"

"You are! But, in a different sense," Aang tried to back wheel.

"I can't believe this," Katara huffed to the sky, "You're picking your bison over me!"

Appa roared right in her face, causing her hair to be spiked back from the vocal force. The pretty teenager's face snarled up in warning, and Aang knew to jump in and intervene; he had only been doing it for the past few days in that stuffy room anyway.

"Alright, alright guys; you're just tense and frustrated because you haven't seen me, not because you don't like each other."

The two different specie individuals continued to glare at the other.

"Why don't we compromise?" the young airbender offered, "How about we all have a nice, long fly together?"

"We'll be able to cuddle?" Katara asked in hope as she finally turned away from Appa.

Appa groaned in a similar tone, his fluffy ears perked in interest.

"See? Won't you both be happy with that?" he asked in hope.

Not a minute later and Aang airbended himself and Katara onto his beast's head and yelled out in excitement 'Yip-yip!'

While Appa darted off into the sky and felt Katara move even closer to his caretaker, the beast couldn't help but let out a bellow of elation. He had always known he would have to share Aang with this special girl one day (he had helped them in certain instances even) but that didn't mean he had to make it easy.

AN: Stop flying around in my head Appa; let me have other ideas! Totally different view on the last, but I thought I'd connect them *shrugs*