Zuko had his cock buried in Katara, and she was screaming out in pleasure. He grabbed her breasts and took her harder. She was bent over the dresser, and he was fucking her from behind. He was in bliss.

He had decided that staying in Ba Sing Se was the way to go for a while. The Fire Nation controlled it, but he was trying to loosen their grip. And it was a restful place for him, away from his father. And Katara seemed the most at ease. He adored her before, but now he saw her away from the palace –she took his breath away.

She arched her back as he took her; it changed the angle, and his hands went to her firm ass. He spanked each cheek, and she orgasmed. He didn't stop pounding into her. He loved making her orgasm multiple times before he found his release and spilled himself inside her.

He leaned forward, circled, and flicked her clit to start working her back up. His other hand went to her nipple, and he pinched it. He knew that helped get her wet. He loved her breasts, and she loved it when he played with them.

Zuko heard her breath hitch, and he knew he had her. Yet, he was startled when she moved, disengaged from sex, and shoved him to the bed. She climbed on him, impaled herself on his thick, hard cock, and rode him hard.

Katara panted out, "I want to see you orgasm. It's so hot when I see your pleasure and feel you pulsing inside of me. Cum Zuko, give me everything."

He rolled her to her back abruptly and locked eyes with her. He took her frantically with hard thrusts of his hips. "You're tight cunt feels so fucking good."

She shuddered under his intense stare and smiled. "You fuck me so good, Zuko."

"Tell me," he demanded. "It drives me wild." He snapped his hips, and she orgasmed again. He didn't stop. "I'm going to get at least one more for you."

She whimpered. "It feels so good when you take me! You get so demanding in bed too. I like the gravel in your voice and your confidence. It gets me so hot." She screamed out in pleasure. "Your cock is so big. It feels so good when you stretch me and fill me up. I'm horny all the time because I know how incredible it feels to be fucked by you. When you penetrate me, I feel whole."

He felt his orgasm approach, and he drove his cock into her. "Cum for me again, Katara. I want to lose control with you."

They orgasmed together, and he rested on her. "I didn't even know this much happiness existed."

Later Mai found Katara in a sitting room, all on her own. She shut and locked the door. When she did, she pulled a knife –not threateningly. She flipped it in her fingers like a nervous habit.

Katara set down her reading. "Is there something you want? Other than Zuko, of course."

Mai slipped her knife into its holder and sat down. "You know we picked a side."

"Yes. It's why you're still here. Or does wanting to be with Zuko keep you here?"

"What if I'm honest and say I don't know?"

Katara smiled, "it would make me trust you more."

"He's my first love," Mai admitted.

"Mine too."

"How do I let go? I finally can see he doesn't want me."

Katara sighed. "I like you more because it's hard for you. Still, I don't believe you're fully in love. I think you just understand his worth. Fidelity isn't something that happens much in the palace, but he's more than capable. It's a strength of character in him. Never accept a mistress. I wouldn't."

"I kind of hate you," Mai admitted.

"You should. His love is worth more than a nation to me. It's worth more than my father's acceptance too. You should hate me. If I lost him, it would crush me."

Mai sat on a chair and frowned at her feet. "He used to love me. He could have been mine."

"And you lost him before I showed up. I get the jealousy on your part but know that I didn't steal him from you. I got the man we both want, but you had already lost him by then."

"How can you even know that?!"

"He told me. I asked about you before I ever slept with him. He promised me the role of Fire Lady before he loved me, even before he bedded me. He promised me protection, and I vowed to stand by his side and help him kill his father. And he told me he couldn't love you, a woman who was friends with his sister. That his affection for you was already gone."

"And he fell for you," Mai stated.

Katara smiled softly. "We fell in love with each other. He's a great man."

Mai looked at Katara, "what do I do?"

"Help him become the Fire Lord. You've already promised that. And keep your heart open. When you find love, and you will, you'll realize the truth. You'll see how being around Azula distorted what love was to you. I don't think you love him. I think he's the only man you respect, and that is an odd and special feeling for you." Katara placed her hand on Mai's knee. "When you find deep love, you'll understand."

Her shoulders slumped. "You don't choose Azula. She chooses you. But she was kind to me too."

"I'm sad because I believe you think that. Be open to friendship, real friendship, too. I think you'll discover so many new things now," Katara said kindly. "That said, it helped Zuko that you mourned Azula. He is glad she had someone in her life to care for her. He pities her."

Mai laughed, "I don't threaten you even a little bit, do I?"

"No, I'm sure of his love and devotion. You don't scare me at all."

"That would be an odd feeling," Mai admitted. "To know you're secure with a person –any person. I've never had that."

"You can."

"How?"

Katara smiled, "I'm not at all threatened by you. I told you. Stop annoying me, and you could have that with me."

"What makes you think I even want that," Mai asked.

"Because you don't like me right now, but you are learning to trust me. You see how I am with the others and believe I'm capable of being a good friend."

Ty Lee was doing backflips out on the lawn. It helped her think, and she had a lot on her mind. They had chosen to stay and help Zuko after he had killed Azula.

Azula, she was a whole crazy bag of issues. By the end, she had utterly lost her mind. She was almost acting animalistic by growling and spitting at them. She was furious. She frowned and stood on her hands, pausing. She believed Azula meant to kill her and Mai. She was in an uncontrolled rage.

She flipped back to her feet, frowning. She had devoted so much of her life and time to Azula, and she turned on them. It hurt. She did a series of backflips and rounded the last one off, landing on her feet perfectly.

She heard clapping and turned to look at who was there. It was the Tohru woman she didn't know much about. "What do you want?" she asked.

Tohru wasn't put off by the question. She understood a bit of what Ty Lee had to have gone through. "You don't know, but I was one of Ozai's Mistresses; he had three of us. That happened after you left. Katara rescued me after he almost choked me to death. He came back from a council meeting furious and grabbed me and almost killed me. He then demanded I fuck him. I did. I was too scared to do anything else. I had sex with the man I was terrified of. He turned on me so fast, and I saw what had happened with Azula. She's very much like her father."

"You're trying to bond with me?" She asked incredulously.

"No. I'm offering an ear to listen if you need to talk. I'll be honest; I don't even like you. Anyone who is an annoyance for Katara pisses me off. But I know her. She would be pleased if I helped you, so I'm offering to do just that." Tohru shrugged, "I won't flatter or blow smoke up your ass. You can trust me to tell the truth since I don't care if I hurt your feelings. That said, Azula betrayed your trust and your loyalty. You don't deserve that." She then walked away.