While the family bonded, Azula ran a staff meeting. They didn't know it, but it was a test to see who would stay and who would go. She paid attention to the people who seemed defensive about Zuko's decisions and those who seemed to disagree with them. She wanted to know who didn't fit in with the current group and why. A few names stood out to her as she observed the group, and she would be following up with them later.
She finally got them out of her hair and went to check on her babies. It was time to feed Lu Ten. Ta Min had eaten earlier.
He looked up at his mother and smiled as she got ready to feed him.
"I hope you and Rei are close. My brother and I used to be best friends before we found ourselves on opposite sides of one crown. I hope you and Rei never fight like that." She kissed him and decided to take him for a walk.
She showed him the wall of Fire Lords past starting with herself. "This is your Mama."
Lu Ten had no idea what she was saying, but he knew his mother was talking to him, which made him happy.
"This is your uncle Zuko. He's my brother." He got the throne after I tried to kill him, and I got the throne after he tried to kill me.
Lu Ten had never seen this man up close, the image unfamiliar.
"This is your grandfather Ozai. He's my father, and he pitted Zuko and me against each other."
Ozai looked scary. Lu Ten whimpered.
"This is Azulon, your great-grandfather. He used to sneak me extra desserts when my parents weren't looking."
Lu Ten cooed.
"This is Sozin, your great-grandfather. He started the Hundred Years War and tried to take over the world."
Lu Ten yawned
She decided this was enough for now. "This is our bloodline. I'll tell you about the past ones another day."
She took him back to the crib, just to see Rei looking at an empty crib. "Oh there he is." Rei picked him up. "You're getting so big. I'm not going to be able to pick you up." She kissed his forehead.
"Want to burp him?"
Rei sat down with him, and Azula told her where to touch his back. She loved all of her children equally, but it was extra special to have her firebenders together. Her other children wouldn't have to deal with the wrath of the crown. They wouldn't be at risk to its temptation.
Ta Min started to cry. Her mother scooped her up. "Are you hungry again?"Haru must love this, Azula thought to herself as she fed her baby. Her boobs were always 1-2 cup sizes bigger when she was either pregnant or breastfeeding. No wonder I'm always pregnant.
Aang had gone to visit Zuko again.
Zuko feared the worst. He shivered in the corner.
"I'm not going to take your bending any time soon."
Zuko cringed at soon. "What does that mean?"
"It means Azula hasn't decided if she's going to ask me to yet. She wants to see if you can redeem yourself before she decides."
Redemption. "What does that even mean?"
"You have to find something worth living for other than the Crown. Azula learned to let it go. You have to learn to do the same."
"In here?"
"This isn't about where you are. It's about what you did to get you here, and what you took for granted along the way."
"Azula was born lucky," he hissed to himself.
"No she wasn't," Aang told him. "You had a lot of hardships. So did she."
Zuko glared. "She was always his favorite."
"I'm not sure if that's a good thing. Ozai ignored you, but he demanded perfection from her, burning her for every mistake."
"Last time I checked, she had all of her face."
"He used to burn her where people couldn't see them. The only thing worse than everyone knowing was no one knowing."
Aang left Zuko with that thought.
The ex-Fire Lord only groaned in anguish.
Suki had been in her treatment program for 30 days at this point. It was her first milestone, and she got a token to commemorate it.
"The hardest part is over," her counselor told her.
"I'm not so sure about that." The physical withdrawals were gone, but Suki had to confront everything that led up to that point.
Over the next few sessions, she explained how her life fell apart. "I thought that I loved him," Suki said of Zuko. "He was so sweet to me and so kind. His marriage was falling apart, so I thought. He said he wished we could be together. I knew it was wrong, but it felt so right."
When she got pregnant, she was terrified that he would leave her and deny it was his. When he said he wanted to her to keep it, and he would help her, she thought there was hope that she could leave Sokka, he would leave Mai and they would be together.
"When I told him I thought I was having a firebender, he was ecstatic. He said that he would teach our child, so he could stay close, and it wouldn't be suspicious. He would have one of the guards claim paternity if need be. I was sure that he would pick me over Mai if I had a son, and I did have a son, a beautiful son, but he was Sokka's somehow.
The fevers had been a false alarm. Zuko disappeared after that. He said I should try to work it out with Sokka since we have a son now.
I tried, but Sokka just ignored me. He would come home, scoop up his son and I was an after thought. After almost two years, I couldn't take it, and I left him. I thought Hakoda II and I could start over, but Sokka wanted custody and he sued me for it. I asked Zuko if he could help me pay for counsel, but I got no response.
I lost the case and now my own son doesn't even know me anymore. Sokka's dating a former friend of mine and he calls her mommy now."
Suki went from everything to nothing, or so she felt. The counselor had a different point of you.
"Try looking at this with a different perspective. Before, you had one husband but you wanted another. You had one son, but you hoped for a different one. Trying to get something that wasn't yours ended badly, but now you have a second chance.
Your son has a father who loves him, despite the stress that his questionable paternity put on your marriage. Hopefully, Sokka is raising Hakoda with a woman who wants to stay with him, and your son has the stability that he would have lacked if you and Sokka stayed together.
You told me you never really liked living in the tribe, but you would have had to live there permanently when Sokka became chief. You tried to sign up for his life because the one you wanted wasn't available. Now, you have a chance to find what makes you happy.
I'm not saying you'll never reconcile with your son, but right now, you should work on being the best Suki that you can be, and when the time is right, you can explain why you weren't there. He's a little young now, but someday you should write to him. He will want to know what happened to you."
The Wedding
Invitations went out to people of every nation for what would be an unprecedented wedding. Seldom did tribesman divorce and remarry and they almost exclusively married from within the water tribes.
Ty Lee would be the first noblewoman to marry into the tribe in a very long time, the first Fire Nation noble well, ever.
Her friends were coming from around the world and most of them had never seen the Southern Water Tribe before.
Ty Lee's sisters were meeting at the dock before going to the southern water tribe as a group. She was the last of them to be married. Some of her sisters already had children, but given the climate, they were leaving their husbands and children at home.
"She's finally getting married," one of them said.
"To a peasant!"
"A handsome peasant."
"Do all tribesman have big …?"
While they gossiped about their sister's marriage, Ty Lee's surrogate sisters made it onto a different boat headed for the tribe.
The ex-warriors that Ty Lee had worked with were excited for their reunion with the giddy acrobat. "She and Sokka are going to have good looking children," one of them remarked.
"Has anyone heard from Suki recently?"
None of them had seen her since she went into treatment. They were told she couldn't have visitors during the program, since she had to learn to confront her own issues before she could have healthy relationships with her friends and family.
"She got out of her 90 day program and is some kind of supportive housing," one of them said. Suki had sent a letter, apologizing for not really being there as a leader or as a friend by the end of her tenure.
"Can we visit her there?"
"We should send a letter first and see if she's up for visitors. Surely, she wouldn't be at the wedding."
Azula was struggling to get her family aboard the skyship. They were so difficult. Ursa II was afraid of heights.
Kiyi didn't want to go to the middle of nowhere when summer was just beginning. "All of my friends are having beach parties right now!"
"There will be beach parties all summer," her mother told her.
Azula got sick of her arguing. "If you don't get on the boat, I will be your chaperone at them, and I will embarrass you in front of your friends, all summer."
"You suck!" Kiyi ran on board.
Ursa frowned at her.
"What? It got her on the boat."
Haru got Rei and Hiro settled and then went back for Ursa II. "I know you've never been on a skyship before, but they're safe. I took one to get here and I was just fine."
"What if it crashes or breaks down?"
"Then I will use my earthbending to get us onto land. I can fly with it you know."
"You cannot!"
Haru picked her up and launched the dirt underneath him into the air,
She squealed in delight as he landed on the ground with ease.
"You'll be just fine."
She got on the ship and they were finally ready to take off.
They decided to leave Lu Ten and Ta Min at the palace in case it was too cold for them.
Mai was the maid of honor and was tasked with trying to figure out how to make a flower arrangement survive in the Southern Water Tribe.
She got the flowers on board and then said, "I'm sleeping until we get there."
Toph, Satoru and Lin took a sky ship together. Toph hated them, but she hated boats even more.
"I hate being blind up here."
"You're blind everywhere," her husband teased.
"You suck."
"I thought that was your job."
She smacked his butt. "Cow Pig."
He kissed her forehead. "I love you, and I'll be your eyes."
Lin was luckily sleeping through Satoru's attempt to distract Toph from her hatred of the sky ship.
Katara was already at the tribe, barking orders left and right, trying to make sure everything was perfect.
"Calm down," Sokka said. It's not like this was his first wedding.
"This will hopefully be your last wedding. I want to get it right." She turned to the men setting up the benches. "To the left…. Your other left."
Aang was making waterbending sculptures. Bumi was playing with Hakoda II while Ty Lee made some tea and was trying to relax.
"I can't believe so many people rsvp'd," she told Gran Gran.
"I know; we seldom get nobility, much less royalty."
Arnook was the only royalty who ever showed up and even that wasn't very often.
That afternoon, a ship with a Fire Nation insignia lowered itself so that it could land on the water, allowing its passengers to get onto the dock.
Most of the tribe had never seen a sky ship before and it was exquisite.
Hiro ran off the boat, ready to go find his friends. Rei was right on his tail. Ursa was kissing the dock until her mother pulled her away from the wood. Kiyi looked around. It was pretty, even if there was no beach.
Ursa and Ikem stayed on board. Ikem had gotten airsick.
Azula and Haru looked around. "How does anyone find their way in this?" Haru wondered. Everything looked the same and there was very little earth to for him to use his bending to direct him.
"They probably describe everything in relation to one focal point, like that big hall in the middle of the tribe."
Azula was unsure of where exactly Ty Lee lived. She described it in her letter, but Azula swore it all looked the same to her.
The servants moved the royal family's belongings from the sky ship to the ship that had sailed to meet them there. They would be staying aboard on it as supposed to trying to build an igloo. Azula had managed with humble livings before but she did not dare attempt it with all of her family.
Katara appeared. "Mai what's the situation with the flowers."
"Way to greet your visitors," Azula said dryly.
Katara rolled her eyes. "That's my brother's job. It's his wedding." She beelined for the flowers, wanting to keep them pristine for tomorrow's ceremony.
Azula and Mai followed her into the tribe and Azula was able to recognize her friend's voice.
"ZULA!" Ty Lee ran and hugged her. "You made it."
"Barely. My family's crazy."
"Azula, this is Gran Gran."
"Gran Gran, this is Azula."
"I never met a Fire Lord before. Well I met your brother when he tried to hold me hostage but …"
"What?"
"It was when Aang tripped a light beam and Zuko was looking for him."
"Well, it is a pleasure to meet you. I have heard wonderful things.
The kids were having a snowball fight, boys vs. girls, which put the girls at a numbers disadvantage, but Rei had her firebending.
"No fair. I can't earthbend here!"
"Too bad!"
Once Mai escaped Katara, she snuck out while the waterbender's back was turned, she made her way to Gran Gran's house.
"MAI!" Ty Lee hugged her tightly.
"You're going to break my ribs."
"I'm so happy you're here."
"I'd be a pretty bad maid of honor if I stayed home."
"Who is the best man?" Azula asked. Zuko had been for the first wedding, ironically, and he clearly wouldn't be now.
"Toph!" She would have been the best man the first time if she and Sokka hadn't had a falling out before the wedding. The earthbender could sense that something was off with Sokka and Suki before the wedding and when she mentioned it to him, he flipped out. They argued. He accused her of being a bad friend and she said a bad friend would say nothing while he married the wrong woman because he didn't want to be alone.
"Aw, Mai and Toph are going to have a dance together."
"Oh shut up!"
"Maybe she'll let you cop a feel," Ty Lee teased.
"We wouldn't want to upset Mai's boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend!"
"You've just been writing to him for four months," Azula said with a sly grin.
"Four months! What have you put in these letters?" Ty Lee questioned
"None of your business."
"Are they salacious?" Azula continued.
"I bet they're romantic. Oh, Mai, I can't wait to hold you in my arms!"
The two friends made kissing faces, mortifying Mai as she wondered if she should have fled Katara.
"There you are! There's so much to do." Katara dragged her away, poor girl.
Kiyi was wandering around the tribe when she saw some kids that looked to be about her age huddled in a corner.
"What are you all up to?"
She clearly wasn't from around there. They all knew each other.
"Just hanging out," they said. They were drinking. "Here for the wedding?"
"Yeah, my sister is a good friend of the couple. I'm Kiyi."
"Koto," one boy said.
"Hestia," said the girl.
"Kazo," said the other boy.
"Want a drink?" the girl offered.
This might be fun after all.
When Ikem could get off the sky ship, he did and the sky ship took off. He went to their regular ship and decided to nap. Ursa wanted to meet people before it got dark and headed off the boat.
A boy pointed her to Gran Gran's house and she headed over to see her with Azula and Ty Lee drinking tea as the kids play wrestled each other.
"Isn't that dangerous?" Ursa questioned.
"Nah, Katara will heal them," Azula went back to her tea.
Ty Lee shook her head. "They go by size, so that they are evenly matched."
Just then Bumi tackled Hakoda II into the snow.
"Good one," Hakoda said to his grandson as he came into the house.
Ty Lee made the introductions although Hakoda knew some of them.
Ursa saw a strong family resemblance. "Your grandsons look just like you."
He was so happy to have two of them, but he secretly hoped for a granddaughter that he could spoil.
"And they're so close. I hope it stays that way."
It was Bumi and Hakoda v. Hiro and Ursa II in a tag team wrestling match. They didn't quite understand tag teams and everyone fell on everyone else. End result, it was completely adorable.
Kanna asked if they were staying for dinner.
"All of us, that would be too much of an intrusion. We can eat on the ship."
"How many of you are there?"
1 husband + 2 children+1 niece + 1 sister in law + 1 sister + 1+ mother + 1 stepfather= "Including me there are nine of us."
She was glad Azula refused the invitation. "I don't think I could fit you all in here."
"You don't want to try."
Azula got her kids back to the ship, so they could have dinner there. They were all bundled up, even though Rei insisted she wasn't cold.
"I'm not cold either," her mother retorted, "but we don't want to stand out unnecessarily."
Hiro needed the protection.
Haru had been with Sokka, learning about what the men do at the tribe. He had been observing how they build their weapons. He had been more of a transportation guy, but any building project could get his attention.
"This is all fascinating." He never thought about how they make their own weapons down here. He had to admit that he didn't think they were so advanced technologically speaking. He only had one final question. "What do y'all do for booze?"
"We have sea prune vodka, which gets job done, but isn't so nice on the palate. I have to admit, the Fire Nation fares much better with booze as does the Earth Kingdom."
"You don't have many options when it comes to fermentation. What is a sea prune?"
Aang came back to the tribe for dinner. He packed some tofu so he could survive the trip. When the only non-meat food they have is a sea prune, it was wise for any vegetarian to pack food.
"Where's Katara?"
Probably still driving everyone mad. "Still working on the wedding."
"She's kind of lost it," Ty Lee admitted. She's just happy to be married, so it was fine with her if Katara went a bit overboard with the help.
Aang thought for a minute and then he knew why.
The others returned, and they had dinner.
"It must be nice to see so many familiar faces," Hakoda said to Ty Lee.
"Oh it is. I wasn't sure how Azula would get her family here, but she did, mostly."
"Who isn't here?" Kanna thought they were a huge family already.
"Her two infants are at the palace, and her uncle is on the way, but he's leaving from Ba Sing Se."
"She has four kids?" Most people in the tribe have one or two. They might have more if an earlier child perished.
"Yeah, I don't know how she and Haru do it."
"Not to mention running the country," Pakku commented.
Azula wondered how she was going to survive this wedding, given her family's antics. Kiyi was drunk. Ursa confronted her just to get lip service. Ikem didn't do anything, until Kiyi called her mother a rhymes with itch and Ikem said she was grounded.
"How are you going to ground me? I'm trapped in a blizzard."
"I will make you sleep outside in an igloo," Azula threatened, "if you don't behave yourself. Go get some water and eat some bread and then go to your room to sleep it off. I think you're done for the night."
Kiyi stormed off, with the water and bread.
Azula knew these years were tough, but at least she had her family. Azula just had Ozai.
"I don't know what's gotten into her?" Ursa commented.
"Teenage rebellion?" Haru posited.
Azula thought there might be something else, but she wasn't quite sure yet. "It will be better in the morning."
"She'll be hungover."
"Exactly. She'll face consequences for her actions and will have a chance to think."
The rest of the family finished the meal of cow pig daishi and rice and then put the children in bed.
The following morning was quite the frenzy. Daylight had only broken about an hour before Ty Lee's sisters descended on the tribe, confusing everyone with their identical features and similar clothing. They rushed to find their sister. To make it even more confusing, all of their names started with T.
"Tori, Tali, Tasha, Ta Mina, Taryn and Tina. You all made it."
They all started asking her various questions about her fiancée, her stepson and her life in the tribe.
Sokka had just left for work.
Hakoda II was still sleeping.
While Ty Lee was managing her sisters, Azula was trying to manage a hungover Kiyi who was somehow more difficult than a sober one.
"This is why you shouldn't get drunk," Ursa told her.
"Who asked you?"
They started name-calling and finger pointing
The Fire Lord threatened to put them both on time out.
"I'm your mother."
"And this is my boat."
Haru was getting breakfast ready for the kids.
Kiyi objected to the smell of pretty much everything. Azula gave her some spicy orange juice and told her to rest.
"This tastes weird."
"Well it will help with your hangover so just chug it."
Katara's wedding planning got derailed by the six siblings who said, "Together we've made it through six of these. Relax we got it."
She tried to object but Aang led her away. "Let's go for a stroll."
Katara just wanted everything to be perfect.
"I think I know why you've been so uptight."
"I haven't been uptight," Katara denied.
"I think you want your brother's marriage to succeed, so you're trying to make the wedding perfect."
In the back of Katara's mind, she remembered how difficult things had been for Suki when she first got here. She hoped Ty Lee wouldn't tire of the cold too. "I guess."
"It's going to be great. They have everyone they love right here and they're happy. Ty Lee isn't Suki. This time will be different."
"I know she's not the same person, but I didn't see it coming with Suki at all. No one did."
"Toph did. That's why she and Sokka fought before his last wedding."
"Well, hopefully, she sees good things this time."
The earthbender could see nothing as the sky ship landed, but she was happy to be on the ground.
She hated wearing shoes, but needed boots to manage through the snow and ice. Satoru grabbed the bags while Toph carried Lin off the ship.
"So where is Snoozles?"
He had a half-day at work, wanting to make sure they had everything they needed for the whale hunt. They would be starting without him since he and Ty Lee would be on their honeymoon.
Eventually, his father told him to skedaddle and go get ready to be married.
Mai was more than happy to take a back seat in the wedding preparations. All she had to do was stand there and give her speech at the banquet.
Iroh arrived to see Azula and Haru trying to get their kids in their outfits.
"This itches," Hiro complained.
"Formalwear always itches," his father told him.
"Pain is the price we pay for beauty," Azula told him.
"Can't I just be ugly instead?"
"No."
"Uncle Iroh!" Hiro ran to hug him.
"You still have to put on your formal robes," his father told him.
Iroh scooped him up and helped them get him dressed. "Boys are always fussy when it comes to getting dressed up."
Just when Ty Lee thought she had enough sisters, five former warriors showed up, all hugging the bride and eager to catch up with her.
"You'll get her dress wrinkly," one of the sisters scolded. The showdown had begun.
Piando and Jeong Jeong arrived, as did Arnook and his wife. Now that everyone was here, the celebration could begin.
Ursa II was the flower girl. She had on an adorable pink dress that Rei was relieved she would never have to wear.
Sokka waited anxiously at the altar.
"Calm down Snoozles," Toph told him. Even without her earthbending, she could tell he was a nervous wreck.
"I can't believe this is it."
"Well, believe it buddy."
Hakoda walked Ty Lee down the aisle. She was wearing a gorgeous white dress. Her father refused to come to a wedding because she was marrying a peasant, and her mother thought it improper to go without her husband, but she did send Ty Lee a nice present and a letter saying she wished her daughter the best.
The bride found it awkward that her mother sent her lingerie, but it was nice and the right size. She had her own garments for her wedding night but had a whole week to put her other option to work.
Hakoda II was the ring boy He was excited to be able to be apart of his parents' wedding.
Pakku, being the oldest elder, presided over the ceremony.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we are here to join this lovely couple in matrimony. If anyone has a reason that these two should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your piece."
"No!" Kiyi yelled loudly.
Everyone turned to her.
"He took my candy," she was pointing at her nephew.
Ursa was appalled. "Be quiet."
The crowd starting laughing.
"Any other objections," Pakku teased. Silence. "Very well. We will proceed with the couple's vows."
Sokka went first and put a ring on his bride's finger. "When we first saw each other in Omashu, I thought you were beautiful. Then I saw you chi block my sister's arm and I was simultaneously scared and delighted to have encountered you.
Every experience has been like that with you, not that I think you're going to paralyze everyone but I am both eager to be around you and scared that things are too good, as if we are in the calm before a terrifying storm.
No matter what comes our way, I know we can weather it together. Today, I'm the happiest man on Earth and I will be every day that we are together."
Ty Lee put a ring on his finger.
"Growing up with six sisters is quite the experience. I always felt a need to stand out when we all had similar faces and names. I'll never understand why my parents thought we all needed a name that started with "T."
From conquering cities to protecting the palace, I was always unsure of where my proper place was. It wasn't until we ran into each other in Omashu that I started to realize that my favorite place is beside you, and your home is mine too.
You asked me once if I thought I would ever tire of the snow. As long as can throw a snowball at you, I'll never tire of it."
The couple said their I dos and kissed in front of an awaiting crowd.
They proceeded out and everyone started to get ready for the reception.
It was a simple affair, a buffet was set up and there was no seating chart. The head table of course was reserved for the couple and their family but everyone else could sit wherever.
The kids all ended up together. Bumi was happy to see Lin again and introduced her to his other friends.
Kiyi was not so thrilled with the food. It was a traditional Water Tribe buffet with sea prune stew, roasted fish and tiger seal steak. She wanted to go back to the ship but her mother insisted she celebrate and stop being such a brat.
During the dinner, Azula took her to the side to talk to her.
"Something is bothering you, and I think it's more than just spending a couple of days in this icy wonderland."
Kiyi didn't know where to start. "I don't belong anywhere."
"What?"
"Everyone in the palace has a place. You run the country. Haru watches the kids. Mom dotes on them. Dad goes out and does whatever. When I'm not in school, I just float around. I'm too old to play with the kids all day like I'm one of them, but mom says I'm too young to go out by myself which leaves me no where."
Azula was starting to understand. "I know it sucks, but you're at that age, straddling the line between a child and an adult. Nothing seems right because you're trying to figure out who you are. It's okay to have doubts and to get anxious, but it's hard to help when you just get drunk and snap at everyone."
"I'm sorry about that, but the other kids my age just sat around drinking away and it was like no one cared, that they could just get away with it."
"I don't know if that's a good thing. When I drank too much, no one tried to stop me. I don't even know if Ozai noticed at all. It became a medicine of sorts, and it was not pretty. I know mother is a bit much, but she is that way because she cares.
How about you work on making up with Mom and I'll work on getting you and your friends a weekend at the vacation house?"
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"You're the best."
"Remember that."
Now it was time for speeches. Mai went first.
"I always thought Ty Lee would be the first of us to get married. She was the prettiest and the boys always loved her. Then again, she's indecisive and had too many options.
As the years went by, I got married and even Azula got married which was really a surprise. The girl always said she'd set fire to any boy dumb enough to marry her yet she settled down while Ty Lee was a free spirit.
When I saw her with Sokka, I realized she couldn't possibly settle down with anyone else. Her optimism perfectly balances with his sarcasm, his crazy plans align with her ability to adapt to any situation and most importantly, they make each other happy, really happy, and I can't see Ty Lee any other way."
Toph was next.
"When I first met Snoozles, he was pretty goofy. He wanted to sleep all the time and he was always getting his foot in his mouth saying something dumb. We used to pig out on food and pull off scams together.
Over the years, he grew up, in some ways more so than anyone else in our little group and he truly emerged as a leader, helping to establish Republic City and taking on rebellions as they popped up here and there.
They say behind every great man is a greater woman, but in this case, I see two great people standing side by side, truly an amazing thing.
My one piece of advice, don't get too drunk tonight Snoozles. A groom with whiskey dick is a useless one."
Katara was appalled by the ending.
Aang laughed. "Could you really expect anything else from her?"
"What's whiskey dick?" Rei asked her mother.
"Why don't you ask Toph? I'm sure she'll explain it to you."
Next, Azula presented her present. "So I asked Ty Lee what she wanted for a wedding present, and she said she wanted something money couldn't buy, which of course really confused me. Money can buy anything. After a while, I realized that the one thing money can't buy is affection, so as a symbol of my affection to her and Sokka, I wrote their wedding song, so let's get ready for their first dance."
Azula went to the piano and began to play "You're My Best Friend."
Sokka and Ty Lee shared their first dance as a married couple to the song that described them all perfectly. At the end of the song, he kissed her in front of a cheering crowd.
The dance floor filled with people. They skipped the father daughter dance since her parents had skipped the wedding and instead, Ty Lee's sisters rushed Sokka, each of them wanting a dance with him.
The bride laughed and went to go mingle with her guests, leaving him defenseless.
Toph couldn't believe Rei asked her what whiskey dick was. "Why don't you ask your mother?"
"She told me to ask you."
That bitch. How do you explain this to a child? "Well, if a man gets too drunk, he's in a state where he can't produce a child."
"Really, does that mean Ty Lee and Sokka are going to make a baby tonight, well if he doesn't get too drunk."
Why is she so curious?
The other children were starting to dance. All in a group, it was an adorable scene.
"They represent every nation," Azula said to Mai as they shared cocktails.
"I know. I never would have imagined this as a child."
Kiyi was dancing with a boy her own age. She had a happy look on her face.
"Oh, she's got a boyfriend," Azula commented. "I'm so making fun of her the whole ride home."
"You're terrible."
"Duh. Big sisters are supposed to be annoying. Don't you tease Tom Tom about his crushes?"
"Like he tells me about them."
Haru shared some of his whiskey with the other guys, not feeling curious enough to try sea prune vodka.
"Toph gave me sea prune vodka once," Satoru said. "She told me it was juice."
"Oh that's mean," Hakoda said with a laugh.
"That moment, I was sure I wanted to marry her. What does that say about me?"
"That you're a masochist?" Haru offered.
With Ty Lee's sisters and the warriors at the party, there was a surplus of young women and the young men were excited to flirt.
At least some of Ty Lee's sisters wanted to find out if the rumors about the tribesmen were true. This would be an interesting night.
Sokka found his way back to his wife and scooped her into his arms. "I love you."
She kissed him. "I love you too, and we have a week just us."
Sokka felt slightly guilty about leaving Hakoda II behind, but Katara was bringing him to the Air Nation so he could play with Bumi while they were away. "Yeah we do."
Rei of course, came up to them. "Are you two going to make a baby during your honeymoon?"
"What?" Sokka questioned.
"Why else would Toph be worried about his whiskey dick?"
Ty Lee started cracking up. Azula is so going to kill Toph for this. "Well when you try to make a baby, you don't know if it worked for another six weeks, so we'll have to wait and see."
"Alright." The girl ran off.
"What did Toph tell her?" Sokka questioned.
"Who knows?"
"Are we making a baby?"
"We can try."
