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Chapter 96

(Aang & Katara)

(1 week after Haru and Jade left for their Honeymoon)

"Do you have everything we need for our trip to Sky Bison Island?" Aang asked Katara over dinner.

"The only thing left to pack is food, and we can get that from the kitchen tomorrow morning." Katara told him.

"We go on Appa?" Gyatso asked.

"Yep, we are going to get another Sky Bison, a girl." Aang told his son.

"Yay! We go bye-bye!" Gyatso giggled.

After dinner Katara bathed the 3 children then put them all to bed. While Aang had gone into his office to sort through the stack of mail he had tossed on his desk right before dinner. When Katata was done putting their 3 children to bed she noticed light coming from under Aang's office door. She knocked a few times on the door then went in.

Aang looked up from the letters in his hands and smiled "Hello, My Love."

"Hi, Sweetie. Whatcha doin'?" She asked.

"I'm going through the mail that Jingbo dropped off just before dinner." He told her.

"Anything intetesting?' She asked making small talk.

"Not really... a few reports from the other Air Temples and Air Acolyte Headquarters." Aang told her, he still had a huge stack to sort through.

"Like the Ba Sing Se one?" Her tone had change a bit.

"Yeah, one is from Hei-Won." Aang said.

"I don't like her!" Katara said with a nasty look on her face.

Aang started to laugh, he couldn't help it. "I know, but it was kind of you to let her see Kya and Sapphire while we were there."

"I never told you I let her see them." Katara was a little confused.

"She wrote a letter, she thanked us for letting her see them." He explained.

"She is an Air Acolyte, one of your followers, she is entitled to see them as much as the other Acolytes." She told him.

"Everyday I wake up loving you so much and by the time I go to bed, somehow, I love you even more. You are a wonderful wife and a wonderful woman, Lady Katara." The Avatar told his beautiful wife.

"Thank you, Avatar Aang. I am so happy, not because I married 'The Avatar' the bridge between our world and the spirit world, an all powerful supreame being who's sole perpose in life is to maintain balance in the world... because I married Aang, my happy little monk, my little flirt, my goofy kid with a crush." Her sapphire blue eyes sparkled as she smiled. "As Sokka put it 'that weird kid Aang"

"See there you go again... you made me love you even more." Aang laughed.

"I'm going to go make tea for us." She told him. "Would you mind if we had tea together in here?" She asked him. "I can bring in a plate of cookies I made today, too."

"That would be wonderful." He smiled at her.

Katara left him to his huge pile of correspondence. She hummed happily to herself as she heated the water. About 5 minutes later she returned to her loving husband's office, tray in hand.

"Thank you, My Love. I have a letter for you, it's from Suki." He told his Waterbending Master.

"Oh, I wonder what news she could have? We just saw them a couple weeks ago." She said. She took the letter her husband was passing to her. She broke open the wax seal and began to read out loud.

Katara and Aang,

I know we just recently seen you but Sokka and I have some wonderful news. Dad has officially set his retirement for 6 months from now. Sokka has been having mood swings between giddiness and extreme anxiety. The retiremen of the Chief however is not the only reason he had been up and down. I found out today that I am pregnant again. It took us almost 2 years to get pregnant with Little Hakoda and now not even a year later we are going to have another one! I am so excited, well except for the whole morning sickness part.

Sokka won't say it but I think he wants a baby girl. Even with his training he misses being over protective over you since you got married and moved to the Southern Air Temple, Katara. I love him but let's face it I don't need protection, I can kick his ass even with me being pregnant. I really have no preference... ok I guess I do, one boy and one girl would be just perfect. I don't want a big family. Oh, no offence against you guys. I know you want lots of kids, and the Air Nomads need to be repopulated, so enjoy having lots of babies.

We miss you guys. Please visit soon. One more thing Katara, I know Gran Gran is a wonderful midwife, but Katara I really want you to be here when my baby is born.

Sokka just got home, write back soon.

Love,

Suki

"I'm so excited for them!" Katara squealed. "They are having another baby. I miss having a little bundle of blankets in my arms. Watching it try to eat their little fists and blankets." She sighed.

Aang was starting to pick up on the signals she was giving off. She was starting to act like she was a little jealous that Suki was pregnant again, he pushed the thought to the back of his mind. The jealousy should pass quickly, Kya and Sapphire are not even a year old yet. "I think Sokka would love having a daughter. I absolutely love mine." The proud young father said. "I am very proud of my son, too."

"Gyatso is really excited about our trip to Sky Bison Island. He is a true Air Nomad. It's about the trip not the destination for us. The feeling off being free, free to roam the skies. Not being restricted by gravity. We don't do well being closed up all the time, that's why the Air Temples are above the clouds with wide open places." The young Air Nomad said.

"Gyatso has always loved to be free, to be outside. When we got snowed in by a storm he was so moody, crying all the time. One of the few things that I could do to keep him happy was to Waterbend for him, l also used Waterbending to make the wind chimes for him." The beautiful young woman said.

"I'm looking forward to our trip to Sky Bison Island, too... Baby Sky Bison are ssssoooooo cute." She said.

"Yes they are... I'm so happy they are still around." Aang told her. "I sent a letter to the sages to let them know we will be there soon."

"How long do you think it will take Appa to choose a mate?" She asked.

"The sages will know that better than I would... remember I got Appa when I was 6 years old, My Love." He replied. "My education on Sky Bison never extended to breeding, even at 12 I was still considered too young to be taught about it. The only thing I know is that they mate for life."

"Suki is right." Katara said.

"Right about what?" Aang asked.

"About repopulating the Air Nomads." Katara said.

Aang had a confused look on his face. "I don't want you to think that I'm expecting you to be pregnant all that time, My Love."

"Since when did anyone make me do anything I didn't want to do? The tournament doesn't count because I was all packed up and ready to leave that last night." His wife asked him.

"You have to wild of a spirit to do things you are told to do. To do anything you don't want to do." Her husband answered. "You may be a Waterbend, but deep down you have a bit of an Air Nomad's free spirit."

"Maybe that's why Kya always tries to escape, she doesn't want to do what others are telling her to do. You are going to have fun teaching her to Waterbend." Aang laughed.

"You can Waterbend too!" She laughed.

"Yeah, but I'll be training Airbenders." He retorted.

"Back to repopulating the Airbenders..." Katara walked around the desk and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "I love you." Then she kissed his cheek. "Our little ones are all asleep now. I'm going to take a hot bath... Will you be coming to bed anytime soon?"

He watched as she walked out of his office, her hips swaying back and forth alluringly. His mouth went dry, he gulped hard, then he squeaked "yes soon." He cleared his throat then repeated "Yes soon." He looked down at the stack of mail in his hand, he started sorting it faster. He knew he had about half an hour before she would be done with her bath.

After he was done sorting the mail he tried to read one of the letters, however he found himself reading the same sentence over and over. He could only seem to focus on one thing, and that had nothing to do with anything that was currently sitting on his desk. Just thinking about her made his mind cloudy. He gave up on the letter and put it back on the stack it had been taken from.

The thought of Katara's jealousy about Suki being pregnant crept into his thoughts again. Was another baby what they wanted right now? It's not like they were a poor family living in the lower ring in Ba Sing Se doing what ever job they could find, struggling to get by. He was a ruler of a Nation of people. He was the most powerful man in the world. He has always given her whatever she wanted, she has never asked for frivolous things. Most of the things she asks for is asked for with love as it's intent.

It's decided, if she wanted another baby then that's exactly what he would do his best to give her. The only thing is, that her first two pregnancies just kind of happened, he wasn't exactly sure how to MAKE it happen besides spend lots of alone time with her.

Katara smiled to herself as she heard him squeak. She had just gotten the answer she was looking for. She climbed into a tub of hot water. She found herself thinking about that group of dresses in the back of her closet, the over-sized ones she last wore in Ba Sing Se. Was she really ready to have another baby? Was it just jealousy? What was causing the pang in her heart?

After about half an hour Aang went into the bathroom and picked up her robe and held it out for her. "Thank you Sweetie." She smiled at him as she stood and stepped out of the bathtub. She slipped her arms into the sleeves then tied the sash.

It wasn't until after they were back into their own room that he spoke. "Do you want another baby now?" He asked her.

"I... well... I'm not sure really. My heart is telling me yes, but my mind is telling not yet." She had a confused look on her face.

He could tell she was being torn between her mind and her heart, not sure which one to listen to. He sighed "Aunt Wu once told me that I should listen to my heart in matters of love... A baby, I believe, IS a matter of love. The choice is yours either one will be ok with me." Her true love told her.

"Oh... Well, it's hard to ignore the thoughts telling me to wait, as my heart feels like it's missing a piece that another child will fill... Aang... I'm so lost right now." She said.

"Well My Love, there is a 3rd choice." He told her.

"A 3rd choice?" Katara asked her wise young husband.

"We could make love and whatever happens happens. What do you think?" He said understandings.

"How is it that you are 2 years younger than me but you are so much wiser?" She asked her lover.

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