Aang laughed as he left Katara's side, too confused to take anything in. He went to Sokka first, his brother almost and enveloped him in a hug

"Master Sokka!" Aang said, Sokka looked the same except like Aang he had changed at the same time, his voice also lower, his head was inside of a wolf helmet, and he was wearing a water tribe warrior uniform. He seemed pleased with himself, his usual weapons were abandoned, and he had a bag slung over his shoulders

"We just got here when Momo got to us…I figured you beat us here"

"I never left" Aang said sheepishly, looking towards the short girl he came to call his true friend "Toph" He wrapped his arms around her picking her up easily, Tonks wasn't confused as she hugged him back laughing as he set her on the ground. Aang bowed to her, and Tonks bowed in return, revealing the next companion "Suki!" Aang said in surprise

"I couldn't abandon Sokka" Suki said, her makeup on and she looked well in full uniform "I abandoned the Kyoshi warriors for the time being, after I was invited on this tour"

"I'm so glad you're here" Aang said sincerely "You are welcome…though its not my job to say"

"It's mine" Zuko said, smiling from the shadows, dressed in fire kingdom robes symbolizing unity, it was his wedding today "And I say that you are always welcome into the fire kingdom"

"Thank you Fire Lord Zuko" Suki bowed, looking majestic as usual

"We should be going soon, the ceremony is about to begin…" Zuko's voice trailed off as Sokka interrupted

"Last one in the line is a….Zuko" He smiled and dashed out of the room…Some things never change Aang thought as he smiled, Toph quickly ran after Sokka, and Suki followed, Zuko was the last one murmuring something about the name Zuko being negative. Aang turned to see one who hadn't followed; Katara. Aang began to leave when she called him back. He couldn't resist looking into her deep blue eyes once more, and he couldn't resist his feet being frozen.

"Aang" She said again "I…."

"If you're not ready…I understand" Aang said, "I don't want to make you uncomfortable. I've lived my whole life without any romance, so I won't be disappointed" It was a dirty lie and he knew it. Katara and him had been so strong at one point, and his feelings were still strong, if not they were stronger after being left alone for so long, his life had been like the night sky, with Katara he had the moon and the stars. His life wasn't happy, with trying to train but at least it had some light… Katara was his light, and when she left it was like the moon's rotation it was dark and Aang couldn't see clearly, but his eyes had adjusted, he still missed the moon though. When she came back, his eyes simply hurt. Hurt from the light, hurt from the beauty, he simply wasn't used to it, and the kiss hadn't helped. The kiss had shown him sunlight for once in his life, and now… He shook his head trying to rid himself of the depressing message. Katara was looking up at him confusingly

"I just…Why didn't you come to the Water Kingdom?" Katara asked, changing the subject "For five years, I sent you message after message inviting you over and over again and you stayed here! Here of all places! Not with Toph, not with Sokka, Not with Suki or any of the other friends, you stayed with Zuko!" She seemed frustrated, and Aang used to think it was intimidating as she towered over him, however he now towered over her. Everything was changing. "Didn't you get the messages?"

"Every one of them" Aang said, towering over her "And I was training, I've been busy"

"And you think I wasn't? I still think you could've taken a month off"

"The Avatar's job is a full time job"

"It shouldn't be!" Katara said "You look exhausted Aang!"

"Well I don't think that has to do with the training"

"What?" Katara looked at him innocently

"You kept me waiting Katara" Aang said

"I'm sorry" Katara was looking at the ground now "I didn't know how much it affected you!"

"Didn't know! I abandoned the air temple's lesson! I would go into the avatar state over and over again because you were in pain! I confessed feelings over and over again and you dare say you didn't know?"

"Aang" Katara said touching his arm lightly, Aang noticed he was slightly glowing and closed his eyes "I want to be ready, but my kingdom needs me"

"The world needs me, but that doesn't stop me does it?" Aang still closed his eyes tightly, feeling his head tingle slightly as the arrow was glowing, he disconnected himself quickly and felt the cold take over, the tingly feeling disappearing, he was normal. He opened his eyes and grabbed his winged staff, a new one after his old one had been destroyed, this one had been shaped in the Fire kingdom. He held it in his hands and called for Momo before it landed on his shoulder, he quickly left the room needing to breathe deeply. He heard the drums and music in the distance and started to walk towards the courtyard.