Note: I made Tohru's backstory wretched. My point was to humanize her after she was so dehumanized in my story. It was to show that our heroes aren't perfect, and she was a hurting woman who was used by Katara to control Ozai. Also, to show how much Kyo doesn't judge her for her past and what she felt she had to do to survive.

Kyo was tapping his foot impatiently. Tohru was trying to talk Zuko out of letting them marry. He smiled as Zuko shook his head, "I'm not against your wedding, no matter what you say. This is between you and Kyo."

Katara was just laughing. Kyo whispered, "you're not helping."

"But he's being a big dummy!" Tohru said in frustration. "And he made me promise. He must realize it's not too late to back out of this."

Kyo sighed, "the official is literally standing in front of us, Tohru. Just say yes, or I'm going to spank your firm ass in front of everyone here." He then whispered, "they'll all find out how much you like spankings, naughty girl."

"Yes!" She squeaked out.

The official then asked Kyo if he would take Tohru's hand in marriage. "Yes," he quickly replied.

Tohru rolled her eyes, "you're an idiot."

The official grew concerned. "Should I really go through with this, Prince Zuko? She doesn't seem like she wants to marry him."

"Yes, I do!" She shouted out angrily at the now pale official. "It's not that at all. Don't be ludicrous! He's too good for me. He needs to have better taste in women!" She frowned and crossed her arms.

Kyo cupped her cheek. "You're a great fuck. Let's just go with that for now. You'll realize why I love you later. I'm a patient man, and now you're mine. There's time."

She blushed and shrugged. "Okay." The official then pronounced them husband and wife.

Sokka, Kei, and Yamato had made it all the way to Kyoshi Island. Yamato was stunned that Sokka's easy manner and smiles got them help across the Earth Kingdom. Yamato knew with his scar and his build that he looked intimidating to people, but Sokka was able to set everyone at ease.

Yamato was walking hand in hand with Kei, and he noticed she paused and looked back. He turned and noticed she was looking at Sokka. He was crying tears of happiness and exclaiming excitedly, "I'm in love!"

As Yamato looked for the pretty woman that Sokka was talking about, Sokka said, "look at all this meat; I'm starving!" He tossed money at the vendor and grabbed a meat kabob. "Mine!" he yelled before devouring it and purchasing another.

"I'm glad to be home," she said, flopping on the couch. She held up a bottle of wine. "I don't have to mess with a wine glass. It's such a waste of time." She then toasted her husband's mistress. "I'll drink to your baby tonight—an heir for his wretched family line. Still, I am happy for you."

"Thanks, I think," was her reply.

When her husband entered the room, she stood and said, "I'll leave you to your fun. Her tits look perky in that dress."

He frowned. "You're vulgar." She just shrugged and left the room.

"I don't know how you deal with her."

She stood and walked over to him and kissed his lips. "Easy. Most wives totally abhor me. It bothers me. It's why Katara came to me when she wanted a woman for you. This is a relief to me."

He kissed her neck. "The part that pisses me off is I must admit she's right about something." He grabbed her breasts. "Your boobs look damn fantastic in this dress."

She giggled, "well, you had all these dresses made for me, so I'm glad you enjoy them."

He leaned down and licked, then nipped at the exposed portion of her breasts. "I'm tempted to take her advice and have fun with you."

"I thought that was what you were doing," she said, moaning as he nipped her skin and pinched her nipples.

He chuckled darkly, "true, but I had something else in mind." He led her over and bent her over the back of the couch. He lifted the bottom of her dress and moaned. "No panties?"

"Why? They would get in the way of things like this."

He caressed the globes of her bare ass. "Do I ask too much? I know you're my Mistress, but you can say no. Do you know that?"

He couldn't see her roll her eyes, so she did. "You're adorable. Madam would kill me if I ever denied you."

"Who would tell her?"

She blushed and turned to look at him. "Um… I don't want to say no. I enjoy…."

"It doesn't mean you want sex every time."

She walked away from him and fidgeted. "Can we just leave it? I want sex now." She spun and faced him. "Please take me."

He strode over to her and pulled her to him, and kissed her hard. "I'm going to fuck you. Can't you feel how hard I am?"

She moaned and caressed his back with her hands. "Yes. Have me. I'm yours willingly."

"Why?" He demanded. "I don't want you to be unsure around me. You're giving me a child –an heir. I had given up on ever holding a child of my own. I need you to trust me."

She blushed again, "please. I don't want to-"

"Tell me," he insisted. "I need to know you more."

"I do like sex with you." She dropped her head. "I've fallen in love… With you. I'm sorry. I know-"

He cut her off by kissing her passionately. His hands were frantically yanking open his pants. Once they were around his ankles, he kicked them off. He then pulled up her dress, lifted her, pressed her to the wall, and drove himself into her. He locked eyes with her. "I love you too. Damn, I've never had so much sex in my life before. I want you constantly; it makes me feel like you're mine. I know I have your whole focus when I'm inside of you."

He started thrusting his hips and taking her. She moaned, "you really love me?"

"Yes. So damn much." She wrapped her legs around him. He said, "a child and your love. You gave me everything. I've never been loved by a woman since my mother died."

"So much sex!" She declared. "I want you to fuck me until you're worn out tonight. It's what I was afraid to say. Loving you makes me want you desperately. That's why I don't want to say no."

He pounded into her. "You're mine. I can't marry you, but you're in every way my wife now."

Ozai lay on his stomach in bed naked, with his Mistresses as they rubbed him down with oil. He was watching them in the mirror. He loved looking at them.

Still, he frowned. The one he choked and lost to that bitch Katara had been the one he liked fucking the most. He only realized that recently. He noticed in the dark while he was switching between them fucking them that neither of them was his favorite cunt.

He surged up and yanked one of them onto her back and thrust in. "Mine! If you leave me like that stupid-whore I will track you down and kill you!"

She laughed. "Slap me and fuck me harder. If you had choked me like that, it would have gotten me so damn wet. Just talking about it gets me hot."

Katara held Zuko tightly in her embrace. "I'm so sorry that you're going through this."

"I don't regret killing her," he said, running his fingertips over the ridges of her spine.

"I didn't say you do or even should. I'm sorry it came to that. My brother can be a dope, but he's a good man. I want a sibling like him for you."

He chuckled, "Katara, you're my wife in my heart. I have him for a brother. I got roaring drunk on fire whisky because I was too damn happy to be smart. He feels like family –like my Uncle."

She teared up. "I'm glad."

He pulled back and cupped her cheeks and kissed her lips tenderly. "You've given me more love and family than I could have dreamed of. Think about everyone at that funeral. Most of those people were there to support me. Do you know how comforting that was? I pitied Azula at her funeral. I was relieved that Mai and Ty Lee were there. Someone should mourn her."

Katara nodded, "I was too. As annoying as Mai tries to make herself, I will be honest and admit it makes me respect her. You should be hard to lose. It should hurt like hell to miss out on being loved and held by you."

He pressed her to his chest to hide that her words made him tear up a bit. "I'm not worthy."

"Think, Zuko. Could anyone love me more than you do? Is there another man in the world who would keep me in his heart like you?"

"No," he said with certainty. And his world tipped a bit on its axis. For the first time, he realized he could be enough for her. Or at least he could love her completely –more than any other man.

She rested in his embrace. "Just so you know, I was totally willing to cheat the rules if Azula looked like she was going to win."

He went back to running his fingertips over the ridges of her spine. "I expected as much."

She laughed. "Yeah, I won't lose you."

"I know you will always fight for me. Katara, we all do. Tohru ran to you when she was terrified. Not the Madam, not a guard, not a servant –you. Aya sought you out because you're her hope. Because I love you, she knew I would make a way forward for her to be Haru's wife." He grabbed her ass. "You and Uncle have been my best teachers. The way you can control a situation is like a General going into battle."

"I've been crazy lucky," she admitted. "If you hadn't tried to protect me the day of the plucking ceremony, your father would have chosen me. I don't even know what you saw in me."

"Your eyes, for one thing. But really, I wanted to save you the moment you bit him. When you spit on him, I had to. You were so brave and stood up to a man that so many feared. I knew that you were strong, but he is depraved. He would have gotten off on breaking you. I knew it would take a long time, but that monster would win. It was your sexy eyes that made me look forward to having you. That's when I knew you had to be mine."