Hey do any of you guys want to give me the activation code for a gift card? I want to get my girlfriend the Whose Line Is It Anyways DVD collection. Who's my girlfriend you may ask. Well a few chapters ago my author's note said that I didn't get the girl I wanted…well she broke up with that prick face, pardon the language, and now we're together! Her birthdays coming up soon and she always wanted that. I do not expect you guys to give me the activation code but if you truly want to you can.
Disclaimer: We do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender if we did then Becka would have the singing nomads from "The Cave of the Two Lovers" return.
Aang, Iroh and Katara were entered the meeting room of the Council of Five and bowed and got right into the meeting.
"Have you made your decision Master Katara?" General How asked her.
"Before I make my decision, general, I have a few questions to ask if you don't mind."
"Not at all, by all means ask away and we shall answer what we can."
"First when will this city be built and who will be in control of it?"
"The city is scheduled to be finished next year. We had planned on the three masters to rule the city: Toph Be Fong, you if you accept and whomever The Avatar and Fire Lord Zuko make as the Firebending master." Hearing that Katara could be in control of an entire city was rather scary to her, sure she would have Toph and some other guy to help but that didn't change the fact it.
"I don't think I can run a small village let alone a whole city."
"Hmm, I see. It is still a long time until the city is complete; we have plenty of time to make the final decisions. Do you have any other questions?"
"Yes, what do you plan on naming the city?" Kuei perked up at this question and answered it himself.
"A very good question, the name itself is not official but we have come up with a few names. One name, and the current favorite might I add, is The Four Nation's City. It says that it is everyone's city and not ruled by one nation."
"However this name is only one that the Earth Kingdom has chosen. In one month representatives from the Fire Nation, Northern and Southern water tribes will meet here and discus the name, economic and political status of this new city. A vote will be taken on the name. One name shall be entered from each nation and the favorite name shall be what the city is known as. We would also appreciate it if you two, Avatar Aang and Master Katara, could be present at the meeting." General How asked of the two.
"I think that could be arranged, we're leaving for Fire Lord Zuko's wedding soon and I guess we'll return with him. If you don't mind, I would like to throw in a name for this city as well." Aang asked of the Council of Five.
"Not at all, we shall register you on behalf of the Air Nomads vote; now what name would like to enter?" Aang looked onto the Generals and the Earth King and stood up with Katara and Iroh.
"Republic City." Was all Aang said as he, Katara and Iroh left the meeting.
"A very interesting name young Avatar, would you mind sharing the reason for why you chose Republic City." Iroh questioned Aang.
"It just seemed like a new beginning for the world and this city needs a name that everybody shall remember."
"I see." Iroh thought about how this city would change the world for the better and hopefully bring peace for a long time. The three reached the Jasmine Dragon and had lunch. Soon after a messenger came running in.
"I have a message for the Avatar; it's from the Earth King." He said handing Aang the note and leaving them. As Aang read his face turned into a smile.
"What does it say?" Katara asked.
"The Earth King is throwing a celebration tomorrow night. He says that because we ended the war and the original celebrating was done when he wasn't here he wants another party. It's also celebrating his return, request of the Council of Five."
"Well I guess we should go out and get some new clothes for tomorrow." Katara said as she dragged Aang out the door to find an outfit for the next night. After searching the upper ring for an hour and only finding government buildings and banks they left to the middle ring. The search quickly ended as the first shop they found was a tailor with a rather large building for the middle ring. He had a three story building with several customers going in and coming out. They entered the store to find more colors than just shades of green. This store had greens, blues, reds, yellows, oranges, purples, pinks, blacks, whites and several more colors.
"This place is perfect!" Katara said happy to find a place after their long search.
"Yeah it is. Do you think I should stick with my Air Nomad colors or mix it up a bit?" Aang asked looking over to her.
"Well I like your colors; they make me feel warm and free around you. But if you want to pick out something else then go ahead, it's your choice."
"Alright then, do you want to meet back here in when we're done?"
"Ok." Katara gave him a kiss and ran off to the other levels. Aang already knew what he wanted; he just had to find the right guy to help him with it.
"Excuse me sir, can you help me with a custom outfit?" Aang asked a man measuring some suits that were hanging on the wall.
"Of course what can I help you with?" He asked.
"Well I like the outfit I'm wearing now, but I would like a copy of it, just a different color." Aang said motioning to his monk robes.
"Hmm I see, that can be arranged, how long until you will need it?"
"Tomorrow morning." Saying this made the man's eyes go wide.
"Are you crazy? An outfit that exquisite should be made over the course of a week."
"Oh, ok then, thank you." Aang began to leave when he heard the man call back to him.
"Wait! I said it should be not it will be. I can have this for you tomorrow morning, but I'm going to need to get started on it now." The man said holding his hand out asking for Aang's monk robes.
"Really? That's great! Hold on I'll be right back." Aang quickly left the store and made his way back up over the wall to the Jasmine Dragon, where all his spare clothes were. He quickly changed into his normal Airbender outfit and grabbed his monk robes and staff. He flew back down to the shop to find the man still standing in the same spot he left him in.
"Well that was fast. You were gone for about one minute and you managed to change your clothes, bring back a staff and not be out of breath. That's impressive." The man said as he took the robes from Aang, unfolded them and began measuring them.
"Thank you, my girlfriend is getting an outfit upstairs, so would you like me to pay now or when she gets back."
"Pay? You're the Avatar why would anyone ask you to pay anything?" The man asked stopping briefly at the rather odd question.
"It doesn't feel right if I take this from you without paying for it."
"Fine since I don't think I should charge you and you want me to, for some reason, how about I just charge you half off."
"That would be fine, thank you. So how much is it?"
"Well with the discount your custom outfit will cost twenty gold pieces, but that's just yours I don't know how much your girlfriends would cost. What was the color you wanted the copy to be?"
"I was hoping for the top layer to be a light shade of grey, the bottom layer white and with a dark gray sash."
Sorry brief intermission. The outfit Aang is getting done is the one he wore in the last episode at Zuko's coronation and when they were all staying at the Jasmine Dragon.
"Very well it shall be done." Aang left the man and waited where he said he would meet Katara, soon enough she came down the stair and over to him.
"Hey did you find what you wanted?" He asked her.
"Yeah, and did you change clothes?" Katara asked noticing his old airbending outfit.
"Yep, I ran all the way back to the upper ring so they could have my robes; I'm getting a copy of them just a different color."
"What color?"
"I'm not telling you now. I want it to be a surprise." Aang teased.
"Fine then, I guess you'll never know what I got until tomorrow." Katara said clutching the bag close to her chest. The couple shared a short laugh, paid the man and returned to the Jasmine Dragon.
With next day's start Aang thought that some early morning firebending would start the day off with a bang. He went through every set he knew when he was joined by a friend.
"I see your Firebending has become rather powerful." Iroh said walking up next to Aang.
"I guess it has."
"Aang I feel you are ready for the next step in Firebending, to create lightning." Aang froze in place with fear and excitement. To have the ability to create the thing that almost killed him made Aang struggle to even move his jaw.
"Don't worry, I feel that you can do it, but if you refuse to I will not pressure you."
"I don't really know what to say, I would love to learn how to create lightning but I'm terrified of it at the same time."
"We can start slow if you would like, we can simply start with the movements."
"Yeah sure, but can we do it tomorrow?" Iroh smiled at Aang and put his arm around his neck.
"Of course, come on let's get something to eat." Iroh and Aang entered the kitchen smelling the scent of fresh bread and seeing Katara and Ursa eating some at the table. They joined them at the table and had breakfast soon after Aang returned to retrieve his old and new robes. Later that night Aang was wearing his new robes waiting downstairs for Katara to come down and join him. He began to pace until he heard the creaking floorboards as Katara came down the steps. Aang's jaw dropped as he saw Katara in her dress. It's looked similar to her green one but had a few differences. Her dress was completely white with a light grey trimming, it followed every curve of her body and the best part, she had her hair down for him. As simple as the dress was she still looked like an angel to Aang.
"Wow, you look beautiful." Katara smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"You're looking rather handsome yourself. I can't believe we chose the same colored outfit though." She said inspecting Aang's outfit. Aang smiled to her and offered her his arm and she took it.
"Come on let's get going before we miss the whole thing." Aang led Katara to the royal palace where the celebration was held. As they reached the main ballroom a man announced their arrival.
"Introducing Master Katara and Lord Avatar Aang." Everyone instantly turned to Aang and wanted to talk to him until King Kuei came to his rescue.
"Come on now, they are here to have a fun and relaxing time, follow me." Kuei led them to his table and Aang sat on Kuei's right with Katara next to him.
"Hey Aang, why does everyone like calling you 'Lord' Avatar?" Katara asked Aang.
"I wish they didn't honestly it just sounds weird. Am I a lord or an Avatar?" He asked receiving an answer from Kuei.
"Well these people see you as they're lord because of what you did. They see you as an Avatar because of how you did it." This all seemed to make perfect sense to both Aang and Katara. After the dinner everyone went outside to see the fireworks display. Aang requested a blanket from Kuei who had a servant bring one for him. After swept up Katara and jumped to the top of the palace so they could be alone and watch the spectacle. Aang placed the blanket down and lay upon it with Katara resting her head comfortably on his chest. Both remand silent during the display and well after it was done, simply enjoying each other's comfort. Aang began playing with her hair.
"I never did thank you." He said twirling her hair with his finger.
"For what?"
"For letting your hair down."
"Yeah but instead of it going in my face it's always in our hands. You haven't stopped playing with it for like ten minutes." Aang smiled and kissed the top of her head enjoying the silence and comfort once more. Aang suddenly realized something.
"Hey Katara, how long has it been since we left Ba Sing Se the first time?"
"About three months, why do you ask?"
"Have you noticed any changes with yourself lately?"
"Aang where are you going with this?" Katara asked as she turned over to look him in the eyes.
"Well it's been three months since we expressed our love for each other. So I guess what I want to ask is…do you know if you're pregnant yet?"
"I had completely forgotten about that. I haven't had any morning sickness or anything like that. I guess the spirits don't want us to have a child yet." Simultaneously Aang and Katara let out a sigh of disappointment and relief. Bearing a child this young could be rather dangerous for her and the child. However they both wanted to start a family so bad. After an hour of lying in each other's arms they returned back to the Jasmine Dragon to retire for the night.
Well there you go, Katara isn't pregnant. We both thought about this event rather thoroughly. We wanted Katara to be pregnant but after a recent count of time passing, for a woman to be pregnant after three months and show no signs at all is impossible. Also I know you are all waiting for the Ursa Zuko reunion and we promise that it will be in the next chapter…along with Aang's LIGHTNING LESSON! Now that's going to be a fun scene to make.
Review Responses:
PandaLily22: Becka couldn't agree more, she always loved it when Aang blushed. She thought he looked cute doing it. I see you did your homework, the city is Republic City. At first we just wanted to write a story, but now we want to make a written prequel to Avatar: The Legend of Korra. That's why we already have an end to the story.
TheFanatics: Wow that's a lot latter than us, we started almost a month ago. Like I said in the other review, Becka loves it when Aang blushes…so yeah.
JasmineDragon22: Sweet two reviews! It all adds up in the end. Why do you not understand why we're enjoying your story? It's always a bad thing to not have confidence for your story, it affects the writing. I'll start reading your other story once I finish the first. I thought our story could have done something for you, I saw a few parts of your story that reminded me of ours.
Private LL Church: Ha! I love that everybody is figuring this out! Yes I plan to make this city Republic City.
Mithendel: I know right! It has been a hundred years since then but still, show some respect! Also Mithendel you are the best! You were review number 100! Unfortunately I can't give you all the credit, but you're the only one to have written a review for every chapter so you do get a lot of credit in the end.
The Dark Knight's Revenge: Why are you the only one who cares about the ostrich horse thing? Does everybody else here eat horse or something? Hey if I was an Airbender I would love to be launched into the air by some random pillar that appeared under me.
Kimjuni2: Well we're glad that you're glad that we updated…sounds redundant.
allikittenkat1: It was wasn't it? His people are forgotten and Iroh says he's going to be doing the no no within a few years. That's hardcore! Yeah, if all Iroh did was drop his tray of tea imagine what Zuko will do. Maybe he'll be holding a bunch of watermelons and he'll drop those! Ok maybe not.
kataang-is-my-passion: I love when stories leave you with the usual jaw drop. Sorry we just thought that we would get more involved with our readers and if we put the responses at the top that would just get in the way.
xxAnumxx: I know it makes you wonder what Aang would have done if Iroh wasn't there.
buddygirl1004: Well believe it or not, you're the first to ask that. We really struggled on the fact if we wanted her to be pregnant or not and kind of left that part out of the story until now. We did the math and since three months had past and neither of them noticed anything we decided that the answer is no she is not pregnant…that doesn't mean she won't be in the future though…or does it?