Avatar: The Last Airbender: Reawakening

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"Okay, I think that's it," Sokka said happily, putting the last of the group's belongings on Appa, "We're ready to go."

"It looks like that to me," Aang agreed, sitting atop on Appa's head, "just make sure we have everything and we will go ahead and leave."

His other three companions looked over the things packed on the side of the saddle and after a few moments they all gave Aang the go ahead. Appa swiftly took off and the group found themselves soaring through the clouds moments later.

Aang stayed on Appa's head for the next couple of minutes, making sure they were going the right direction, before climbing up on the saddle and taking a seat next to Katara, who smiled upon seeing him. Remembering what Sokka had caught them doing yesterday and not wanting to irritate the boy further at the moment, Aang sat just close enough to Katara so that their sides were barely touching. He could sense that she was a little disappointed that he wasn't a little closer but she seemed to understand his reasoning.

"Okay, now that Aang is back up here," Sokka said, sitting across from the couple and next to Suki, "I think now might be a good time to discuss what exactly we are going to do once we reach Omashu."

"We're going to help Bumi and Zuko investigate what happened or anything else that they need help with," Katara said simply as if the answer was obvious, "what is there to talk about?"

"Well we need to figure out how we are going to handle it," Sokka explained, "yeah, we know that we are going to be helping with the investigation, but are we going to actually go and fly out to look for the attackers after we learn more about what happened or are we going to stay in Omashu for a while and help out in the city?"

"We should probably just stay in the city," Aang spoke up, causing the rest of the group to look at him as they waited for him to elaborate, "It would just make more sense that way," he continued, "I don't see why we would leave the city unless we were sure on where the attackers went off to. I would think Omashu would have sent out some search parties right?"

"Right," Suki nodded, having knowledge on how things like this would work since she was the former leader of the Kyoshi Warriors, "They would have sent out search parties as quickly as possible, maybe only hours after the attack."

"It's been almost a week since then too," Sokka continued, "the rest of the Earth kingdom has probably been informed by now and they have sent out their own search parties. Ba Sing Se specifically."

"That would be a good thing to assume," Suki nodded approvingly at him.

"So it would be rather pointless for us to just leave Omashu and search as soon as possible," Katara surmised, "Four more people wouldn't make much of a difference."

"Exactly," Aang smiled at her before addressing the rest of the group, "We would be more use staying with Zuko and helping him instead of joining the search party."

"So it would probably be safe to say that we will be there for at least a week or two," Sokka stated, relaxing against the side of the saddle.

"Probably," Aang agreed.

"But what if we aren't able to find any clues on where the attackers went?" Katara asked, speaking out what the whole group had been thinking deep down and they we all quiet for several moments.

"We'll just have to go along with what happens," Suki stated at last, "we will find out more when we get there."

The group nodded in agreement and remained silent in thought. Sokka eventually turned to Suki to talk to her about something and Katara took her brothers occupation as an opportunity to move a little closer to Aang. Her head fell down onto his shoulder and he smiled as his head turned to see her snuggling a little closer, coaxing him to wrap his arms around her waist. They remained silent, simply enjoying the peaceful moment as they heard Sokka and Suki's whispers across the saddle.