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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 26

Aang woke up next to the woman he had loved so much, for so long, In fact he had loved her as long as he has been in this new time. 'MY wife... Not my girlfriend, not my betrothed... MY WIFE.'

He looked down and realized that they were still completely naked from the day AND night before, and oh what a wonderful day AND night it was. Katara was still asleep, and her hair, tangled, was spread all over her pillow. She sighed in her sleep, and then rolled a bit. Her hand came up to rest on his chest, she sighed again, and this time it was joined by a smile.

Aang laid there a little while, holding her close to himself. He decided to let her sleep, she wore herself out pretty good. He slid ever-so-slowly, as to not wake her, out of bed. Aang dressed himself quickly, and then left to go get his son from Hakoda.

As he walked out of the igloo, the sun was just coming up. Everything was so bright and beautiful, as if the world had known how great his new life was. "My new life... Bright and Beautiful." He said aloud to himself, grinning.

Katara got to sleep in again. When she woke up she heard Aang talking to Gyatso. He was actually just coming into their room to wake her up.

"Good morning, Katara, my wife" he had a huge smile then repeated "My Wife."

She was stretching, her hair still spread out on her pillow. "Good morning my husband" she smiled too.

"Did you sleep well, My Love?" He asked her.

"I feel so good right now." She said as she sat up, holding the blanket over her bare breasts. "How long have you been up?"

"About 2 hours." He answered.

"Why didn't you wake me sooner? What time is it?" She asked him, now alert.

"Because you looked so beautiful sleeping, and you were really tired still... it's about 8." He told her.

"When are we planning on leaving?" He asked her.

"We need to get supplies for our trip, I already have some, and we need to see Suki and Sokka before we leave." She said, listing off everything to do as she stretched, the blanket falling to the bed.

"Do I need to feed and change Gyatso?" Katara asked.

"Nope, I already did all that." Aang said.

"I love you." She said. "I love that you are here. You have no idea how much I wished you could have seen Gyatso. I knew you would be so proud of him, as you are now. He is our Mini-Airbender. I see you every time I look at him. I missed you so dearly... Secretly I was looking for the new Avatar born into the water tribe. I was so desperate I even thought of the swamp benders."

"Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww, I would hate to be reborn into the swamp benders!" He shuddered.

Katara laughed. "That's what I said. I know you too well. I should have known you weren't gone there weren't any Waterbenders born at the time you disappeared... well there was the swamp benders but still..."

Katara was dressing as they talked. "What should I make us for breakfast this morning?" She tied the sash at the back of her dress.

"I did that too." He told her.

"You are so wonderful..." she smiled even wider, and went up on her tippy toes to kiss her tall husband and their son.

"You have taken care of him for this long. The pregnancy, the birth, and raising him by yourself."

They walked into the main room together. She stopped short "How beautiful!" she breathed.

Aang had not only prepared breakfast and took care of Gyatso for Katara. He had gone to the market and bought flowers, fruits, candles, and a beautiful tea set.

On the table was a large ceramic bowl with a lid on it, the tea set he had bought just hours ago, and bowls set at the 3 seats. Above the table hung a beautiful ice chandelier, Aang had made with Waterbending, with lit candles in it.

"Oh, Aang, you did this all for me?" She asked, hugging him.

"On the day of that final battle with the Azula Loyalists I told you I would come back and take care of you. Of course I would do this all!"

"You said you were going to nurse my 'stomach bug' away." She reminded him "it wasn't a 'stomach bug' and it lasted 2 1/2 months long. I forgive you though." She said standing on her toes again to kiss him on his cheek.

"Wow, I didn't really notice it until now but I am looking down on the top of your head." Aang said, teasingly patting her hair.

"I told you, you got taller... a lot taller actually, your voice has become much deeper, and you face has gone from the boyish look it once was to a VERY handsome man's... Quite dreamy actually." She told him, then added "I hadn't recognized you when got here. You looked like a bandit. All covered up." When they last left the village the top of her head came just above his nose, now it only comes to his shoulder.

"I had to be covered up, I wanted to surprise you." He told her. "I have Tattoos from the back of my hands to the tops of my feet."

"And on your head." She added "Did they hurt?" She had never wondered until now.

"Yes and No... As a master Airbender you can remove your mind from your physical body with deep meditation, leaving your pain with your body. But I was sore for weeks." He explained to his new bride.

They sat down at the table together as a family. Katara lifted off the lid to a bowl of steaming creamy hot cereal. It smelled wonderful. She served a bowl with a little sugar and butter mixed in for Gyatso. She started feeding him, as Aang prepared their cups of tea. She picked up her cup of tea and took a sip. "Thank you." She leaned over and kissed him again.

She couldn't get enough kisses from him... He had been away for far, far too long.

They all enjoyed their breakfast together as they chatted. "Where did you learn to cook? This is delicious!"

"Song taught me." He told her, oblivious to the change of Katara's expression.

"Oh, how nice of her." She smiled. Jealousy shown in her eyes, she knew deep down that Song was a bit more than 'a girl that took care of him' all that time. Here Katara was pregnant and this girl is playing doctor with the lost father of her child.

The last time he saw that look was back at the Ba Sing Se chapter of the Avatar Aang fan club... now Air Acolytes. "What's wrong, sweetie?"

"Nothing... I'm sorry, we should thank her... I should thank her for taking care of you." She told him, a tinge of bitterness in her voice.

"What do we still need to do to be ready?" She asked, changing the subject.

"Uuummmm... food... please no sea prunes." He said, shuddering at the thought of eating that goop again.

"We have other fruits and vegetables here now that we have a trading port. What do you think I feed Appa? I have an arrangement with 'Cabbage man' for Appa's food... I felt bad for how many times we ruined his cabbage cart."

"Oh good, I know you love sea prunes, but I really don't like them." Aang told her, relieved.

"That's fine I'm not going to make you eat meat, either, I've never feed Gyatso any meat."

"Really? Wow, thank you for respecting the Air Nomad teachings!" Aang loved her all the more every minute.

"He is still nursing so he gets cooked fruits, vegetables, and grains but no meat. He is an Airbender and I wanted him to live like one... as best he could in the Southern Water Tribe that is." She told him, giggling.

"I was really happy with your decisions to take him to the Air Acolytes for training. That is exactly what I would want you to do." He told her.

After everything was cleared and washed she started packing all the stuff they needed for their trip. She fished out the boxes from under their bed. One of them contained Aang's belongings that had been given to her. She opened the box and pulled out a set of Aang's Air Nomad robes. She put all the boxes with the other stuff she had packed.

"Aang, I have something for you." She said as she came out of their bedroom.

"What is it?" He wondered. As he turned around he was surprised to see his clothes in her hands. "You have my clothes?" he asked, confused.

"They gave me all your belongings." She explained. "I kept them to show Gyatso when he's older... I kept all your stuff to show him. I talked about you everyday, I wanted him to know you even though I thought he would never even meet you."

"I'm going to go change." Aang kissed her on her cheek then went into their bedroom. After a few minutes he came back looking more like himself again. "I feel much more comfortable now." The robes were loose so the pants and sleeve lengths weren't too bad, they could use a bit of length but otherwise it wasn't the worst.

"Okay, I'm ready. Let's go shopping for the stuff that we still need for our trip." Katara told him.

They left their igloo and walked, hand in hand, to the market. Aang chose some lovely vegetarian foodstuffs and Katara picked out some tea, some fish, and seal jerky for herself as well. "How much for all this stuff?" Aang asked.

"For the Avatar... free." The cart owner said, smiling graciously.

"Okay how much for me?" Katara asked

"For the wife of the Avatar... Free" The cart owner repeated.

"Please let us pay you." Aang begged.

"Okay 3 silver pieces." the market owner conceded.

"Thank you." Katara said, paying the man.

"Okay, so we have all the money we could ever need, a tent, blankets, pillows, a cradle, foodstuffs, and clothes, that thing that you carry the baby in, anything missing?" Aang asked.

"Yeah, we need Momo". Katara said "And I need to get those space rock chunks Sokka got. The day after we... Made Gyatso."

"Sokka never got a new space sword?" Aang asked, surprised.

"No, but he was going to after the Azula Loyalists were taken care of. But with you going missing, the search for you, and with me being depressed and pregnant -only Suki knew about that last part- we decided to just go home." She explained.

"I almost forgot about Momo. I guess this little guy made me forget about that little guy." Aang chuckled at his own joke.

They got to Sokka and Suki's and as soon as Aang walked in Momo was so happy to see him he immediately clung to Aang. Momo wrapped his tail around Aang's head, like he always did.

"I think he is almost as happy to see you as I was!" Katara laughed, then turned to Suki.

"Suki can I talk to you in the other room?" Katara asked.

"Sure, no problem." Suki told her as they walked into Suki and Sokka's bedroom.

"So did you have fun last night?" Suki asked.

"Oh yeah many times, but that's not what I wanted to talk to you about." Katara said.

"OK, what's up?" Suki asked.

"I need Sokka's meteor pieces for a new space sword." Katara told Suki.

"Really! That would be so awesome!" Suki exclaimed.

"Yeah I have to thank you guys for helping me, for taking care of me. Unmarried and pregnant." Katara told her.

"You are family, and the people who mattered didn't care that you were unmarried and pregnant, it was The Avatar's child, and another Airbender." Suki said.

"I know... but now we are together again... and married." Katara said with a huge smile. "Can I tell you a secret?... It can't get out EVER! It would be mortifying if it did... not even to Sokka. Promise?" Katara asked.

"Yes of course I promise It will never get told to anyone... EVER!" Suki said.

Katara to a deep breath and whispered "he glows."

"Huh?" Suki was a little confused.

"When he... finishes... He glows." Katara said.

Suki's hands covered her now open mouth and her blue eyes bulged. "Every time? How long does it last?"

"Yes EVERY TIME! Only for a few seconds. I think it's adorable." Katara answered.

The girls came out of the room with a sack. "You ready to go?" Katara asked Aang.

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