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I have started writing Prequels, here is a list of them:

A Second First Date; One month after Aang defeated Fire Lord Ozai

Nightmares; A One-Shot Prequel to Together Again. Aang saved the world, he faced Ozai on his own. Everyone kept saying that he was a great hero, that he was so brave. He wore a brave face and acted all the hero they thought he was. But at night in his sleep he was a scared boy, scared for his life as he tried to get away from a psycho Firebender. The Battle came back at night.

Anila's Story; This is another Prequel to Together Again. It's about a Young Female Airbender just starting out in life. She was ready to travel the world as soon as she turns 16. Little does she know, Destiny has a grand purpose for her first child.

I Want to thank my beta readers for their help, advice, and contributions: 116788 (pen name not user ID) and ReverieNishio

*116788 (pen name not user ID) is available to beta read for others, she has 3 slots open right now.

Chapter 19

Two days later the last of suitors' ships came into the docks. Katara went in disguise so that she could see them without them knowing she was watching them. As the men exited the boat Katara watched them, some were tall, and some were short. There where fat ones, there were skinny ones. There were ugly ones, and even uglier ones. There were men who displayed their wealth in the form of fine clothes, jewellery and in gifts for her. There were with so many, far more than she had expected. As the last man walked off the ship, she couldn't see what he looked like, he was tall, very tall, with a muscular athletic build, he had long black hair that fell into his eyes. He wore a long black hooded cloak and gloves. He looked more like a bandit than a suitor, he piqued her interest.

Would any of them be a good father to Gyatso? Would any of them be as good as Aang would have been? Oh how she missed Aang, when that blast went off she not only had lost Aang, she had lost a piece of herself too. She thanked the spirits every day for her pregnancy and for Gyatso. He was a part of Aang, a part of him that she would be able to love always, Gyatso was her proof of how much love was shared by Aang and herself. Aang had loved her so much, he had given her a piece of himself.

As he walked off the boat, still in disguise, Aang caught a glimpse of a young woman, she had most of her head and face covered, he could only see her eyes but he KNEW it was Katara, those sapphire blue eyes, he could never forget her eyes, he would always recognized his true love. It took all of his will not to run to her.

The day before the tournament started Aang, in disguise, was walking around trying not to be noticed. Everywhere he looked he remembered the last time he was here. Things have changed quite a bit in the year and a half. Aang had decided, since nobody from the boat ever paid any attention to him or his bending abilities he would be a Waterbender in the tournament.

All of a sudden he saw a strange gust of wind come OUT of an igloo. 'That was weird' he thought. 'Maybe someone was shaking off a fur rug... shaking it REALLY hard.'

Aang saw Katara come out of the igloo that had the gust of wind came from. Seeing her again made him want to run to her, to hold her, to kiss her. It hurt so bad that he couldn't, at least not yet. He was going to kick all the other contestants' asses. She would be his again no matter what, she would be his again!

A horn blew announcing that today's portion of the tournament would start soon. Everybody started going to the arena.

Bending was permitted, it had large boulders everywhere for Earthbenders, and pockets full of water in the ice for Waterbenders.

The day went on, by the end of that day's portion of the tournament more than half of the men been eliminated. Katara had watched the mystery man in black, the one with the hood and gloves turned out to be a Waterbender. A Master Waterbender at that, he alone took out nearly half the contestants. She thought maybe he was trained by Master Pakku because his stances where so much like the ones she uses. Stances were like dialects. IE Northern Waterbender vs Swamp Benders.

After the tournament that day Katara went back to her igloo and played with Gyatso, he has gotten so big, he was 9 months old now. A cute black-haired, gray eyed, smiling, little chunky ball of blue and white fur clothes. He was her whole world, the most important thing in her life. He was in his play pin that Katara had made for him. He was always so happy, he reminded her so much of Aang. He liked to airbend, well as much as she had been able to teach him. It wasn't really much, just blowing mainly, but when he got mad there was a tornado inside her house. She did her best to keep him as happy as possible during the time the men were here. There was a couple of times that he blasted air before she could get him what he wanted.

He was being really fussy because he wanted to go outside. Katara and the nanny got him all bundled up, she bent a door into the back wall so they could go outside without any of the competitors seeing the baby leave her home. After about an hour walking around she noticed the mysterious man kept glancing at her. The nanny was pushing the stroller as they walked and chatted about today's part of the tournament.

There was something oddly familiar about the mysterious man in the hooded cloak. She just couldn't figure it out, 'maybe I have seen him before in the North Pole. Or maybe in the foggy swamp, he doesn't move like the swamp benders though' she thought. She must to have seen him at the North Pole, not dressed like he is now, though.

While walking back home she saw Sokka and Suki fly over on Appa, they were returning from a visit with Suki's parents. She was so happy to see them that she and the nanny ran to greet them.

Sokka and Suki knew of the decisions that Gyatso would not be seen as Katara's baby in public. So when Katara came running up they couldn't greet their nephew until they were inside.

Aang was so happy to see Appa again after a very long year and a half. From how it looked Aang had guessed that Appa had been given to Katara, if he had really died he would have wanted all his stuff given to Katara. He sneaked around to where Appa was housed, it was a cave made of ice, Probably something Katara had made herself. *RRRRRR* Appa said. "Hey Buddy! Ssshhhh" He told Appa. Aang cried as he hugged Appa's head. Appa licked him leaving him covered in slobber from head to toe. Aang Airbent himself dry, like he always did, some wind chimes chimed then he heard voices coming. "Crap, they heard that!" He hid behind Appa. After it was quite again Aang came out. "I'll come back later buddy!" Aang said as he hugged Appa's head once more then tossed a couple heads of cabbages, from the food trough, into Appa's open mouth.

Back in Katara's igloo Sokka and Suki where over visiting. Gyatso was absolutely adored by the entire family.

Gyatso sneezed and blew a gust of wind, almost slipping out of Suki's grip. "Wow, that was a good one."

"I hope no one sees the wind blowing from inside my igloo. We are trying to keep the last Airbender a secret right now." Katara said.

After everything quieted down, Aang sneaked back into Appa's ice cave. "Hey buddy, I'm back" Aang said with a big hug. "How have you been?" Appa replied "RRRRR" quietly. "I've missed you so much, but I'm back now, back forever I promise."

Aang spent the night with Appa. Best night's sleep in almost a year and a half. He wished he could go to Katara, to hold her, to kiss her... to share her bed, he wanted to feel her naked body pressed aginst his again, to make love again. He was going to win the tournament and have her back. He couldn't let anyone else win, he couldn't let anyone else touch her. She was his and he was hers, and that is how it will be forever. He thought about marrying and starting a family. Aunt Wu told him he would have children who would be Airbenders. He already had dreamed several times about a chunky little Mini-Aang.

He was so close to Katara but at the same time he was so far from her. He got so frustrated he bent a block of ice and hit it as hard as he could. "Damn it!" Aang help back the loud yelp of pain, he broke his hand. Now he needed to have his hand healed before the tournament started today.

Aang talked to someone in charge and they told him to go to the medical igloo for his hand. When he walked in he saw her, she was the one healing the men. He took a deep breath, hoping she didn't recognize him, and walked up to her.

He kept his head down and said (knowing his voice had deepened quite a bit) "I injured my hand practicing."

"Ok sit down and let me take off your glove." She told him.

He pulled his hand away, "No, I'll take it off" It was hard to be this close to her, close enough to kiss her.

He put his hand under the table and winced in pain as he pulled off his glove. He put his hand back where she could see it, palm side up, arrow down.

When her glowing water covered hands touched his it was almost like a shock went through his hand. He lifted his gaze to hers, their eyes met but only for a second. It seemed that she had also felt the shock, he had seen the surprise in her eyes. She continued to heal his broken hand. He noticed the light glinting off of the Silver and Sapphire necklace he had given her... 'She still loves me' he thought, seeing it on her neck gave him even more determination to win this tournament as quickly as he could and reclaimer her as his.

"How did you do this?" She asked trying to hear him talk again. He felt familiar to her, she felt his energy as she healed him.

"I... I was practicing." He told her.

"There is a lot of damage, what were you practicing? You must have hit something really hard." She asked him.

"Just practicing." He could tell she was trying to get him to talk more but he wasn't going to let himself say too much. Not yet at least.

"OK, it's healed, let me see the back of your hand." She tried to turn his hand over.

"No!" He said and pulled his hand away from her and put it under the table and put his glove back on. "Thank you." He said as he got up to leave.

"You seem so familiar to me, do I know you?" Katara asked.

"We've seen each other before." He told her as he walked away.

"That was weird!" Katara said to Gran Gran, who was in the medical Igloo with her.

"What was?" Kanna asked.

"Him... his energy seemed really familiar... like I've healed him before... and when I touched his hand I felt... it was like a shock. I think I'm going to keep watching him." Katara said somewhat confused.

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