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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:

Chapter 118

Zuko flicked his hand and lit the two lamps on his desk, then sat in his chair. He didn't say anything, he pressed his fingers to his temples massageing them while he concentrating on his breathing; in, the lamps got brighter. Out, the lamp had barely a flicker of fire on their wicks. Zuko was hurting pretty bad inside, he had been sleeping with the enimy for three years now and didn't even notice. He felt so stupid, so played... She said she loved him, she said Ursa made her happy... If Ursa made her happy then why could she just leave like she did? She could have stayed and stopped being a spy for the New Ozai Society... It was all a lie, every bit of their marrage, their family... it was all a lie. How could she do this.

Azula could tell that her brother was quite upset. "This is why I never let anyone get close to me... not after what father did."

"Well for what's worth," Zuko said to his sister, "I care about you... I'm sorry Azula but I need some fresh air... just... just lock the office door when you leave."

Zuko walked out to the place that he always felt most relaxed, closest to his mother, her turtle duck pond, it was pitch black outside no moon to be seen, Zuko stood just off the covered walkway, waiting for his eyes to adjust. Once they had he stalked over to the pond and sat down lotus style at the water's edge, he then closed his eyes. Memories of the time he spent here with his mother came back to him. When the mother turtle duck bit him, he remembered how he use to play hide and seak with his sister. More memories came to him, memories of when Azula and her friends as they played out here. These memories weren't welcome, they hurt badly and just made him angrier.

He stood up and started yelling, "Why would you do this to me?! I loved you!" His voice echoed back to him as if the garden was yelling also. He started to throw random fire punches and kicks as he contenuied to yell. "Why do I always end up getting hurt?! It's not fair!" He contenuied throwing fire balls everywhere. "Why do I get treated this way by the people who said they love me?" Zuko heard footsteps approaching, he didn't know who it was but he was so angry it really didn't matter to him, he whirled around and threw a fireball at them.

"Whoa!" The voice said as they stopped the fireball, then bent water to put out all the small fires in the grass and trees. "So... What's got you so angry?" Aang asked him.

Zuko dropped down into the lotus position again. "I'm sorry Aang..."

"Man, no, I'm fine, don't worry about me." Aang said sat lotus style himself, across from the Fire Lord. "What's got you so angry?" He repeated

"Azula... She... She came to talk to me..." Zuko hung his head, his heart hurt so bad right now. "She said that..." he shook his head.

"I'm here for you man, you are part of my family, take your time." Aang said as he watched his friend be ripped apart by his own emotions.

"Mai... She was... is... part of the New Ozai Society. Azula told me... That's why she left the day Toph got here. She knew that with Toph around she would be found out... Mai wen't back to her parents." Zuko finally managed. Aang sat quietly and listened intently to his best friend. When Zuko looked up there was tears spilling over, "I... I love her and I thought she loved me... She always said she did."

"I don't know how you feel, I can't know... But I know that being seperated from those you love is a pain so bad... a pain like no other I have ever felt." Aang said as he sat with Zuko on the grass. "Hey, let's spar. I can take everything you throw at me Sifu Hotman." Aang said trying to cheer his best friend and Firebending Master up.

There was a small sparkel in Zuko's eyes when he looked up at Aang... He hated being called 'Sifu Hotman' it was WAY outdated and stupid, but when it came from Aang he knew it was a term of endearment. "I told you, don't call me that!" he said then followed with a smile. "Are you sure you can take what I have to dish out?"

"Let's see... Let's see if I surpassed my Firebending Master." Aang said with a cocky smile.

"What about Katara? Doesn't she need you right now?" Zuko asked Aang.

"Nope I told her I could hear you yelling... She told me to come see how you were feeling, she knows where I am, besides she's already in bed. This pregnancy has been going quite easy for her, except she gets tired easily." Aang told Zuko. "All our little ones are in bed already too... It's about midnight."

"I hadn't realized it was so late..." Zuko thought for a moment, "Ok, lets go to the court yard where you were sparring with Toph." Zuko said as he lead the way. "More room to move around. We're gunna do this Agni Kai style, except the first one down looses."

They reached the long court yard, standing at different ends as they readied themselves for the Agni Kai they were about to have. Not for honor just to get all of Zuko's anger and pain to go away. They both removed their over robes and shirts. They took a few deep breaths then took a starting stance. "Fire only!" Zuko yelled from his spot near the steps. "And no Avatar State!"

"No problem!" Aang hollard back. "I know!"

Then the sparring started. Kicking and thrusting, punching and flipping. They countered everything they threw at each other. Aang's power had grown over the last few years, he didn't even need to think about using the Avatar State.

Zuko punched fireball after fireball at Aang, Aang blocked and countered with such gracefullness and ease. It was almost like a dance, both so intune with each other. The Agni Kai lasted until the rays of morning began to turn the sky from black to a light orange. They had been fighting hard all night, neither held anything back, it was exhilerating and it helped Zuko clear his mind and let go of his problems, if only for a little while. As the orange turned into yellow then blue, Aang ended the Agni Kai with a bit of hand to hand combat that his wife had used on him several times. He grabbed hold of Zuko's wrist and flipped him over, Zuko landed on his back with an "oof!" He was breathing hard and he was tired but he felt good, too.

Aang stood over Zuko smiling, "Looks like I only have one master to surpass now." He offered his hand to Zuko, pulling him to his feat.

"That... felt good! Thanks Aang." Zuko said giving his friend a back pounding.

"Yes it did!" Aang responded.

"So when are you going to battel your Waterbending Master?" Zuko laughed.

"Not for a while, and not just because she's pregnant, she is still a WAY better waterbender than I am... We need to spar more often." Aang said as they collected their shirts and robes. They sat on the steps, both still trying to regulate their breathing.

A servent came out, "Do you need anything Fire Lord?" the girl asked.

With a smile Zuko said, "Yes, cool water please."

The girl hurrien inside and returned quickly giving them each a large glass of cool water.

"This all needs to end..." Aang said shaking his head. "I get very uncomfortable when I cooped up someplace for too long... I can't even imagine how hard this is on Gyatso and Sapphire... They are still to young to understand that they HAVE to stay inside... Airbenders don't do well all locked up and hidden, we need freedom, we need to be one with the sky. That's why all the Air Temples are so open."

"I think we are going to need to prepair for The New Ozai Society fast, with Mai going back they don't have the leverage, and intel on me and you anymore... We need to prepaire for whatever may come." Zuko told the airbender. "But for right now... Lets spend a little time with our children... You," Zuko sighed, "You with your wife. Just in case something does happen to us."

"That, I think I will gladdly do." Aang said as he stood up and turned to walk away.

"Hey, man... thanks for everything, and thanks for letting me borrow your wife, so she could teach me... what I need to know to be a mother too... I bet she told you what I said about a secret crush I had on her." Zuko's cheeks blushed a bit.

Aang turned around smiling, "She did, but I already knew... I've known for a LONG time... I was 12, not stupid." Aang laughed. "I need to go get cleaned up, I don't think this is a cent that she would like very much." Aang said refering to the sticky sweat left after their hard sparring.

"Yeah, I think you're right..." Zuko laughed. "I should get myself cleaned up too... I don't think it is very becoming of a Fire Lord to smell like sweat either."

Once inside the Palace both men went their seperate way to clean themselves up and get ready for the long day ahead of them, with no sleep from the night before.

After Aang bathed and dressed himself, he sat down on the bed watching his beautiful wife slept, she was snoring lightly and her short hair was half sticking up from the night's rest she had recieved. She let out a soft mone "Where were you? You didn't come back." she said softly.

"Zuko recieved some bad news, so I helped him fight it out... Congradulations, My Love, You are now my only Master that I have not surpassed." He said with a soft chuckle, then leaned over and kissed her softly. "I love you so much." He told her as he rested his forehead on hers.

"I know." She said with a smile, "I love you so much too. Since the little ones are still asleep come lay with me for a little bit."

"Okay." Aang layed next to her, pulled her aginst himself then and nuzzled her neck.

Just as Zuko, clean and redressed, collapsed on the couch Ursa came walking out of her bedroom. "Hi Daddy!" She said as she ran to him and hugged him. "I love you!"

"Hello my beautiful little girl! I love you too!" He said as he picked her up and hugged her then put her on his lap.

"Is mommy coming back soon?" The little girl asked.

"I don't know when she is coming back." He told his daughter, on the inside he didn't even know if he even wanted her to come back. "She went to visit your Grandma and Grandpa." Mai had went at least once a month, when they were home, to visit her parents, and only once or twice she took Ursa with her. Now he understood the perpose of the visits. "My beautiful little Ursa... I love you so much, I want you to know that."

The small girl sitting on her Daddy's lap giggled, "I know Daddy!"

"I want you to know that no matter what happends in life that I love you dearly. I want you to always be happy." He told her.

"You silly Daddy!" She said then kissed her Daddy's scar. "Make owie go bye bye!"

He always smiled when she kissed his scar. As he held his little girl aginst him a few trears fell, he just didn't understand how someone could leave their sweet happy beautiful child... just up and leave.

He hated his mother for a few years, she just left and he didn't understand why. He didn't understand how she could leave her children with an evil monster of a father they had. He didn't find out until many years down the road why she left like she did. She left because she had commited a terrible crime aginst the Fire Nation, she had created a poison to kill Fire Lord Azulon. She had done this to protech her precious litte boy, the Fire Lord had ordered Prince Ozai to kill his first born to feel the pain that his brother, Iroh, felt. The only way to keep Ozai from killing Zuko, his mother gave Ozai exactly what he wanted, the thrown and the title Fire Lord. He then bannished her for her treason. Now that he had a child, a child that meant so much to him, he understood what lengths a parent would go through to protect their child.

Zuko chuckled, "Yes, I'm silly! Now... I'm gunna eat you!" He said then playfuly munched at her neck making her giggle and squeal in delight.

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