Coming Together

Confrontation

Katara walked towards the main temple and saw Aang standing in the courtyard, waiting for her. When their eyes met she felt a surge of energy pass through her and picked up the pace. She started to run towards him and he opened his arms for her as she crashed into him, laughing and kissing her on the head. She laughed and looked up at him.

"I'm guessing you're happy to see me? It's just been one day." Aang said.

"You're saying that while I was gone, you weren't aware of my missing presence?" She asked playfully.

"As if you even need to ask." He said and cupped her chin, pulling her up into a kiss. She smiled into the kiss and enjoyed the taste of her other half. After going a day without him she felt like she needed to make up for lost time, letting herself melt in his arms. After a while she heard someone clear their throat. She broke the kiss and looked around, seeing a few Acolytes gawking at them. She blushed but Aang didn't see the problem. Everyone knew how in love with her he was, even if she didn't know it herself. He smiled and gave her another kiss on the lips.

"Did you find what you needed?"

"Yes, and at a very reasonable price; free."

"You didn't steal them, did you?"

"Of course not! I was actually on my way to the herbalist and happened to stumble upon a section of herbs growing in the wild. The exact herbs I needed. So I picked them." She said and smiled at him, handing him a small cloth bag. "Treat it like tea and make sure she gets at least three doses of that a day until the bag runs out. It will help with her fertility now so when she is older there are no complications."

Aang put the bag in his robes and hugged her, picking her up and giving her a little spin.

"You are truly amazing, you know that? I didn't even know herbs like this existed... without you, she'd be dead and Appa would have no one to be with. You can't understand what this means to us..." He said and looked deep into her eyes, feeling like he was going to tear up. She simply kissed him again.

"But we lost a lot of lives still... the mother, and the other four babies... Yangchen was wrong."

"No. I thought she was too, but do you remember the first night we stopped to rest with Amhi?"

"Not much of it, I remember passing out curled up next to Amhi..." She said truthfully.

"Well, while you three were asleep I went and had a little chat with her."

(One week earlier)

Aang sat, leaning against Appa, looking over Katara and the newest member of his little Air Nomad family. He sighed softly and put his fists together, calling his past life to come before him. When he opened his eyes, Yangchen was before him and there was no one around. He was in the spirit world with her.

"You need further assistance, Avatar Aang?'

"You need to explain yourself. My hands are stained red with the blood of five innocent bison I failed to save. You never pressed the urgency. You lied to me. Death still surrounded us."

"Avatar Aang, I did not lie to you. You simply cannot see forest through the trees. Had you not saved the little female, your companion would die alone, leaving yet another breed of bending creatures extinct."