Ok several things before the start of this: First we are terribly sorry for the ever so boring meeting chapter. Second we basically got the same review over and over again: More Kataang and action less meeting. So to announce to you all that was the last chapter having anything to do with Republic City, meaning the meetings not the place itself. More shall be mentioned in it and, if the story lasts that long, we shall see all the characters move into the city and resume their daily life in it. So to make up for it all we made this chapter a little bit longer than our normal chapters. Also this chapter is pro Kataang and majority of it is Kataang. We hope this makes up for all the lack of Kataangy goodness that was lacking in the past chapters…that was a lot of Kataang in two sentences. Also we forgot the disclaimers again…don't sue. Also technically this is the twentieth chapter as well so yeah for that.
Disclaimer: We do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender if we did then Becka would have Avatar Roku punished for destroying his temple so many times…even though it was funny.
Aang woke up to find Kataras eyes fixed on his. She was standing but leaning over him.
"Hey." Katara said to the still sleepy monk.
"Hey, how long have you been up?"
"Not long." She blankly responded as she closed the distance in between their lips. Katara began to straddle Aang at the hips as their kiss only deepened. The passion between the two only grew. Katara could feel how Aang was growing at the sudden romance. Aang took over quickly as he flipped Katara over and straddled her. He moved the kiss down to her jaw line and began gently sucking on it. His ventured up and down her sides, feeling every one of her beautiful curves. He went up and lightly kissed behind her ear. Katara gasped at the pleasure. Aang went back to her lips where his tongue begged for entrance which Katara gave. They broke the kiss and smiled at each other.
"Well that's not how I originally planned to wake up today but doing that every morning wouldn't be too bad." Aang said as he rolled off of Katara and laid next to her.
"Well maybe we can arrange that." Katara turned on her side to face him.
"That way every morning would be my favorite morning. So not that I'm complaining but what was the reason for that?"
"Well a while ago we were talking about when our birthdays are. You said you don't know when it is, but you no it's around this time. So I decided to make today your birthday. I have a whole day filled with stuff for us to do and each event you'll get a present. How was your first present?"
"If all my presents are like that then that's fine with me. So what's next?"
"Well right now we have breakfast waiting for you downstairs, so come on." Katara said as she pulled Aang out of bed and handed him his shirt. They headed downstairs to find fruits in the center of the table with a bowl of oatmeal in front of a chair. Next to the chair was a brown sticky substance in a bottle. Aang sat down and looked at it.
"What is it?"
"I don't know, Iroh came and put it on the table and said it's an ancient White Lotus delight. It tastes great in the oatmeal."
"Ok, if you say it is good then I'll try it." Aang poured some of the substance into his oatmeal and begun mixing it in. He took a bite and found out Katara was right, it did taste good with the Oatmeal. He began shoveling the food into his mouth rapidly.
"I see you like it," Katara said noting Aang taking over Sokka's eating habits. ", so how was your present from Iroh?"
"I rur rit!" Aang said with a mouth full of oatmeal.
Katara giggled. "I think you meant to say I love it." Aang nodded his head furiously. About ten minutes later they were on their way out the door to start Aang's big day.
"So what's next on your schedule?" Aang asked as he grabbed Katara's hand and intertwined their fingers.
"Well, all of our friends each have a place we can go to for your present. Right now we're going to Toph's place."
"Sounds like fun, where is it?"
"You should know, after all, you built it." Aang thought hard about what place they could be going to, that he had built. He didn't remember anything at all. They reached the train station and got two tickets for the day. They boarded the train as it headed for the lower ring. Once they entered it the train parted to the right and Aang instantly knew where they were going.
"Toph's present for me is the zoo?" Aang said looking at his creation.
"No Toph's present is what the zookeeper found a month ago."
"Katara please tell me, I don't like secrets!" He begged.
"Aang…stop, you look silly, besides we're almost there." The train pulled up right next to the zoo as everyone got off and more people got on. The zoo had become so popular that they built train tracks to arrive right in front of it. They walked over to the ticket counter.
"Hi we have two tickets waiting for us." Katara asked the old woman working the ticket booth.
"Name?"
"Katara and Aang." The ticket woman handed them the tickets.
"Here you go, enjoy your visit to the zoo." They walked into the zoo and found the owner.
"Hello there Avatar, thank you again for all of this." The zookeeper said motioning to his zoo.
"Don't mention it Mr. Zookeeper."
"Please call me Chao. I have something that I think you will really like, follow me." Aang looked at Katara who was smiling at him. They followed Chao into one of the newly built buildings they had. Inside were sick, injured or healing animals. Chao stopped in front of one cage and pulled out a small animal.
"Take a look." Aang did as he was told. He was shocked to see what it was, a small flying lemur with a bandage around its left arm.
"Where did you find him?"
"Her, and I went on a small adventure after you built me this zoo. She must have a whole family back in the swamp."
"Swamp? You mean the Foggy Swamp down in the Southern Earth Kingdom?"
"The very same." Aang was overwhelmed with emptions knowing that a part of his culture that had survived the Air Nomad genocide. Soon after they left the building and looked around the zoo before returning to the train.
"So how was your present from Toph?" Katara asked him
"It's in second place so far." Aang said relaxing back into his seat.
"Oh? And what's in first?" Katara asked already knowing the answer.
"Why yours of course."
"That's not the only present you're getting from me today so keep that in mind."
"I can't wait. So for now whose present do I get next?" Aang asked anxiously.
"Sokka's and Suki's, I think you're going to like this one the best."
"Are you going to tell me where we're going this time?"
"Yes, Ba Sing Se University."
"Why there?" Katara simply looked at Aang with a look saying "I'm not telling you." Aang sighed and awaited their arrival to the university. The train passed back through the upper ring and once they got to the university Aang followed Katara to the administration office.
"Excuse me where is professor Fong?" She asked the attendant.
"He's currently in the library. It's across from the science department."
"Thank you." Katara left dragging Aang along next to her. She found the library and ventured inside. They saw professor Fong teaching a class.
"And that students is why the moon does not come crashing down and destroying us. I will see all of you tomorrow; I have a meeting with two rather important figures right now."
"Who the moon and sun?" One student said.
"Now that's funny Chit Zu would you like to meet them as well?"
"I-"
Professor Fong interrupted. "Yes? Ok then Mr. Sun Miss Moon may you please come join us." He motioned for Aang and Katara to come over next to them.
"Class this is Mr. Sun to you Chit Zu and for the rest of you he is Avatar Aang." The classed made a series of wow, ah and oohs. "This is his girlfriend Master Katara, she's a Waterbender and could surly beat any of you." Katara smiled at the compliment to her strength.
"Now that you have all met please leave I have an important meeting with them." He said shooing the students out of the building. "Now that they're gone, are you here to retrieve the scrolls your brother found Katara?"
"Yes I am. Did you have any trouble making the copies for us?" Professor Fong left the room and came back with three large scrolls.
"Not at all, I hope you enjoy these." He said handing the scrolls to Katara.
"Thank you we will." Katara said as Aang took two of the scrolls from her to carry.
"What do they say in them Katara?"
"Just trust me Aang you're going to like them, now come on we can walk back to the Jasmine Dragon and read these." They wandered on back to Iroh's tea shop and went upstairs to their room.
"So pick which one you want to read first." Katara said placing the still rolled up scrolls on the table.
"I don't know I guess the middle one." Aang said reaching for it and unrolling it. He began reading and his eyes went wide in shock.
"Katara…is…is this what I think it is?" Aang said not breaking his gaze from the paper.
"It is Aang, Sokka found it and those other two while looking through the library at the university."
"I can't believe anything was left."
"Well go on read out loud, I want to hear as well." Aang simply read the title.
"Air Nomad: traditions, foods, ways of life, beliefs, practices and marriage." Aang looked over to Katara who instantly new the question he was going to ask.
"Yep it has that as well and it's all intact. But I don't want you to read it now, pick another scroll." Katara took the scroll out of Aang's hands and motioned for one of the other ones. He picked up the next and began reading it.
"Airbending: The thirty sixth tier. Katara do you know what this is?"
"Well I'm guessing it's the thirty sixth or final level of airbending, the one you don't know yet."
"Can I go practice it please?" Aang begged.
"You can after you read the last scroll, here." Katara handed him the last scroll.
"Monk Gyatso's final journal." Aang stopped, wondering if this scroll would make him sad or happy. Katara noticed this and placed her hand on his back and rubbed it in a circular motion.
"Aang, you really should read this. I know you're going to like it." Katara said trying to get the monk to read the final journal of his mentor and friend.
Aang took a deep breath and read. "Monk Gyatso's final journal. I was so devastated when I found out Aang had left with Appa. I miss them so much. I just hope that they made it through the storm alright. I know he has the power to survive and find new friends. He was always my favorite student. I actually thought of him as my son. Aang if you ever read this I just want you to know that I don't blame you for leaving. I blame myself more than anything else. I should have never let them tell you that you were the Avatar that soon. They should have waited –Monk Gyatso." Aang had tears rolling down his cheeks but with a smile on. He knew that Gyatso would have forgiven him to know that he actually said this made Aang even happier. He only had one question.
"How did Sokka and Suki find this?"
"Well apparently during the time Gyatso wrote that, there was an Earth Kingdom representative present. Sokka did a lot of research and found out that Gyatso didn't want the other monks know that he was so attached to you so he gave this note to the representative."
"Thank you for showing me this." Aang said as he pulled her in for a much needed hug. He felt as though it was the most important time to have Katara around now since he couldn't have Gyatso. They held each other for a few minutes until Aang got a hold of himself.
"Do you want to go get something to eat?" He asked whipping the remaining tears away.
"I thought you wanted to practice the final tier?"
"It can wait; right now I just want to be with you." Aang moved closer to Katara and kissed her. Their tongues went back and forth between each other's mouth. Several moments later, they developed the will to separate their lips, but did so very slowly.
"Alright let's go." Katara grabbed Aang's hand and they left the Jasmine Dragon for lunch. Katara brought him to a restaurant that had a full house. A waiter came up to them and instantly knew who they were.
"Hello Avatar Aang, Master Katara, would you two like to dine here for lunch?" The waiter asked.
"Actually we have a reservation." Katara said to the waiter before Aang could answer.
"Ah yes I remember now, you have quite the table reserved. Please follow me." The waiter led them through the crowd of people, into and out of the kitchen and on the back porch. There was only one table on the porch. It had a vase and a single rose in the middle. A white cloth material was placed over the table as well. They sat down in the chairs and ordered their meal.
Meanwhile in the Fire Nation a certain hooded woman was on her way to the nearby prison. Ursa walked into the prison only being challenged by one guard. She made her way to Ozai's cell, upon entry she saw the man she once loved sitting in the corner. He looked up to see who visited him, but the hood made it hard to tell.
"So who has the right to visit me in my cell? I'm pretty sure the new Fire Lord said I'm not allowed to have visitors." Ozai said continuing his gaze at the figure.
"Don't tell me you forgot what who I am already?" Ursa said removing the hood to reveal her face. Ozai stared in disbelief.
"No, not you, how did he find you?"
"By he I'm guessing you mean Zuko, and he didn't find me the Avatar did."
"That little worm! You were banished! You can't come back without severe punishment." Ozai claimed.
"Fire Lord Zuko has allowed all banished people to return to the Fire Nation, seeing how Azula banished just about everybody. Now for the reason I came here. How could you challenge him to an Agni Kai? He meant no disrespect to you he just cared for the troops!"
"That was to teach him a lesson! His weakness has always been his heart!" Ursa was taken back not believing that this was the man she had once fallen in love with.
"I don't believe what I'm hearing…Good by Ozai, may the spirits make your time in here bearable." Ursa said as she turned and left the broken man alone in his cell.
Back at Ba Sing Se Aang was continuing to enjoy his birthday as Katara led him to a new place.
"So whose gift is this?" Aang asked as they reached a rather large building.
"Mine I guess. I figured we could use a little bending challenge so I signed us up in a doubles tournament." Katara said as they entered through the contender's door.
"So does that mean we're on a team against a bunch of random people?"
"Yes, we are on a team, but let's just say not all of them are random."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You'll see when we get there; come on our first match is coming up." They walked into the giant room and up onto a stage. The arena reminded them of the new Earth Rumble tournament building. It had a pool around it and was made of earth. An announcer was standing in the middle of the ring with two other people standing on the left side. Aang and Katara walked up onto the right side.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the next match is about to begin. Remember the rules: Fight clean and know when you're beaten." The announcer said. "Begin!" He said as he jumped off the ring to let the fight start. Aang was still a little confused at how he had just been dragged into a tournament but he stayed focused on his and Katara's opponents. One of their opponents was a guy who looked like a giant compared to Aang. He had a large tattoo on his arm and was another muscle head that probably would be more talk than anything else. His partner was a woman who looked to be in her mid-twenties. She had her hair up in a bun and stood in an odd stance, almost like she had just been drinking the cactus juice. The man sent a fissure straight at Aang while the woman shot up a series of rocks at Katara. Aang kicked the ground hard and sent the fissure back twice as fast. Katara reached for a large amount of water and caught the rocks inside of the water. She froze them and sent them flying back at the woman. Both opponents fell simultaneously and neither stood even the slightest chance. With their opponents defeated in record time, Aang and Katara left the ring so the next match could take place. They sat down on a bench so they could watch the next match, although neither really paid any attention.
"So why did we do this again?" Aang asked.
"Because neither of us have had any real training so I decided to go here where we could practice."
"Ok well that answers that question, what about when you said that not all of the people here would be random?"
"I said you'll see and if you look up right now you'll know what I'm talking about." Katara pointed to the ring where Sokka and Suki were standing ready to face their next opponents. The people they were about to fight wore the exact same outfit, a black robe with a white line running down the middle. Even their faces looked the same saying they are probably twins. Finding a difference between the two proved to be difficult. The match began with Sokka and Suki charging towards the two look-a-likes. The twins jumped diagonally to attack the opposite person in which charged them. They worked in unison and struck out a swift jab hitting both Sokka and Suki simultaneously. The jab paralyzed their right arms. The twins sent up a series of kicks starting and the thigh and ending at their chest. Both Sokka and Suki fell within an instant leaving Aang and Katara in shock. The fight was over and Aang and Katara rushed to their friend's side.
"Sokka! Suki! Are you two ok?" Katara asked them.
"No!" Sokka yelled "We keep losing in the first round!"
"Calm down Sokka, you fought two very well coordinated people. They knew exactly what to do and when to do it." Aang said trying to make Sokka feel better.
"That wasn't even a match. It was more like they hit us we fall." Suki said.
"I hope we don't have to fight them next." Aang said.
"Actually, only about eight teams entered this thing so if you two win your next match you're going to fight them in the finally…since I don't see them losing to whoever their next opponents are." Sokka threw in.
"We can only hope." Aang said. The final round came up fast with Aang and Katara versus the unnamed twins. All four members stared each other down waiting for the other team to strike first. The twins decided to go first; they both slammed their feet on the ground and kicked several rocks at Katara and Aang. Not knowing they weren't benders didn't stop Aang and Katara from being ready however. Aang shattered the rock in the air and sent a fire blast back at the first twin. Katara rolled out of the way and sent a wave at the second twin. Both twins brought up earth armor to counter the attacks. They lunged forward and sent all of the armor at Aang. As he dodged the attack Katara used this opening to freeze the first twin's entire body. The second twin gasped, looked at his partner and spoke.
"Wait stop!" He said as he ran over to his partner. Katara and Aang complied with this and walked over cautiously.
"What's the problem why did you say stop?" Aang asked.
"Please, you win just release my sister." He begged of Katara. She was taken aback by the boys request at first but then unfroze the girl. She gasped for air and dropped to the ground only to be caught by her brother.
"Hey, Rui…are you ok?" The boy asked his sister as she tried to catch her breath. (Pronounced Ray)
"I'm fine, that was a nice move she did though." Back to normal Rui stood up and looked at Aang and Katara.
"Hello," She bowed ", my names is Rui and this is my brother Tian." They both did a quick bow to the couple.
"We heard you two had entered this tournament so we decided to see how good you are. Apparently you're very good to beat us in a few minutes." Rui and Tian said taking turns at each sentence.
"Thank you, but if you don't mind us asking where you learned how to fight like that?" Aang asked.
"We practice our earthbending by ourselves with each other and we learned our martial arts all over the Earth Kingdom." Rui said.
"Wow, that's impressive." Katara admit. They all started talking about the things they've done the past years and eventually Katara said that Aang and her had to leave. They said their goodbyes but not before Katara secretly invited the twins to Aang's birthday party. The couple had left the arena and found it to now be dark and a very good time to go and get dinner. They arrived at what seemed to be an abandoned restaurant. No people other than the staff were present inside the building.
"Hey Katara, maybe we can find someplace that has people. That way we know if the food is good."
"The food here is good, the only reason nobodies here is because Zuko reserved the whole place for tonight as his and Mai's present to you."
"Wow, thanks Zuko. His generosity sure has grown a lot since he joined us." Katara nodded in agreement and pulled Aang inside and sat at a table in the middle of the room. They had dinner, talked a little and began their trip back to the Jasmine Dragon. Along the way Aang decided that now as a god time to say thank you.
"Hey, Katara."
"What is it Aang?"
"Thanks for today. I didn't want a birthday at first, but a day like this with you is better than anything I could ask for. Thank you." Aang said stopping her and closing the distance between their lips. Aang had been meaning to say thank you in the best way he could and that kiss was the icing on the cake. He broke the kiss and looked into her eyes.
"You're very welcome Aang I'm just glad you actually enjoyed it so far."
"What do you mean so far?"
"You'll see when we get back to the tea shop." Katara said continuing to walk towards the Jasmine Dragon. They reached it about ten minutes later. Aang had guessed everyone had gone to sleep since none of the lights were lit. Upon his entry several small fires lit up to reveal all the people in the shop. They all yelled "Happy Birthday" to Aang simultaneously. Aang was surprised at first but he quickly regained himself to see all of his friends and some new ones there as well. He wandered around the room chatting with each person while Katara watched him. About thirty minutes into the party Katara went upstairs to their room; Aang saw this and followed suit. He went through the door to see Katara looking out the window. She turned to face Aang and he walked over to her.
"Is something wrong?" Aang asked
"No, I'm just a little tiered from today. You should be downstairs at your party."
"I want to be with you though, come here." Aang pulled Katara towards the bed and laid her down. He laid down adjacent to her and propped himself up on his elbow.
"Is that all? You're just tired." Aang asked curious of Katara's sudden mood change.
"Yeah, trust me Aang I'm ok, I just need a little sleep is all."
"Ok then, goodnight." Aang moved above Katara and kissed her lips gently. He held the kiss for a while but once he broke it, Katara wanted more. She put a smile on and pulled Aang closer to her. She kissed him vigorously and they both enjoyed it. Aang moved his hands all over Katara. She flipped him over so she could be in control. She straddled him and began rocking back and forth. Aang moaned in the great pleasure that Katara gave him. She felt how he was getting hard and stopped. She slowly slid down to his legs so her head was at his crotch. She pulled his clothes off to release his member. She grabbed it and began stroking it. Aang's pleasure was building up beyond reason. Katara decided to go faster and as she did Aang arched his back and released. She waterbent the release out the window and crawled up to lay next to her panting boyfriend. She said a simple two words.
"Happy birthday." Aang to put a smile on and turned over to face her; soon after they were both asleep.
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So...how did everyone like the return of the Kataang romance? I decided since it is a birthday there would be some lemon…I just hope it goes over well. Also did anyone else know that the White Lotus invented syrup? I didn't but I sure am glad they did.
Review Responses: Keep in mind these reviews are responses to the last chapter, meaning we write these before or during, depending on when you review, we start writing this chapter.
PandaLily22: We decided that since another reader said that there wasn't enough Kataang we would make this chapter just the meeting so in the next chapter when It's just about only Kataang throughout, it will be explosive!
Mithendel: I know! Who wouldn't like a surprise party? Well I wouldn't but Becka would! (No I wouldn't.) Don't argue yes it would. (Fine.) Did I just win?
Kimjuni2: I kind of guessed that but it might have been somebody who REALLY likes your name.
Kataang4ever1: Same here, I'm tired whenever I get home as well. I know…we originally meant for these two chapters to be one, but well…we don't really know what happened. Thank you very much and I know what you mean. Whenever I find a story that's been going on for a while (several chapters) I think that you would learn better grammar by that time. I did, look at the editing done from the first chapter compared to this one.
Diggly123: Well…sorry to burst your bubble but the Republic City thing wasn't your idea, it was mine. You just happened to say exactly what we were going into.
kataang-is-my-passion: We can't wait to read your story! Have fun at your friend's birthday.
buddygirl1004: Becka only spent $90ish on her dress. She got an unbelievable deal on it. It wasn't some terrible "Cheap" dress either it looked pretty nice.
The Dark Knight's Revenge: Trust us this is the last chapter that will be that boring. Its ok you can say the chapter was bad/boring/slow etc. I accept flames…as for Becka it all depends on what they say. We can respect your opinion enough to take it well into consideration however.
act15615: What makes you think the present would be lemon? I'm just assuming that that's what you were insinuating. Also what do you mean Zuko's dragon? Neither of us have any idea what you're talking about.
Private LL Church: Yeah bro we're really sorry, these two chapters were originally going to be one single chapter, that's why I wrote that. Once I posted it I completely forgot about it. On a better note, what did you think of the series finally of Revelation?
Hayles45: Wow you gave us one of everything! Author/story alerts a favorite story and a review! Thank you. Yeah we ordered our box set not too long ago as well.
JasmineDragon22: Yeah I'm going to say that you were kind of iffy on that chapter along with everyone else. Seeing how you said nothing about it. That's fine with us we know that chapter shouldn't have been left like that.