The fire war renaissance

Chapter 15: Bell toll, part one

And comes the pre-wedding awesomeness!

This is the way it's going to be for a while. I choose Friday to be my update days mainly because school is starting up for a lot of us soon and having an update on Fridays is a good start to the weekend. So when all you school lads and lassies come home you can look forward to Friday night Fire War Renaissance. (Excitement?)

Anyway, it's officially midnight, so I updated…I just couldn't wait any longer.

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Chapter Fifteen: Bell Toll, Part One

"What do you mean, you're leaving!?" Katara exclaimed.

"I have to go, right after Zuko and Mai's wedding." Aang explained, feeling rather small at the moment.

"And where are you going that's so dangerous that I can't come?" Katara placed her hands on hips.

"I didn't say it was too dangerous for you to come, I just know that you had plans to go back home and I didn't want to be in the way of you seeing your family, again."

"We had plans to go to the South Pole, not just me." She grabbed his hands. "Can't I come with you?" Aang just shook his head.

"Katara, no, I want you to go home and spend some time with your grandmother and your father, and Master Pakku. And I need to take care of this rebellion." Aang had to admit, with all the talk of him finally meeting the family as her official boyfriend did have him rather excited, but when the news of the escalating rebellion on the Northern tip of the country, him and Zuko were assigned to go with the Kyoshi Warriors to the front and put a, hopefully, peaceful stop to the madness. Needless to say, Sokka wasn't happy about Suki leaving either.

"So what am I supposed to do while you're gone for all that time?"

"I shouldn't be all that long, a few weeks tops."

"And what about your birthday? It's at the end of fall, what if you don't make it back in time?"

"Katara I promise," he said, cupping both her hands in his. "I'll be there so we can celebrate my birthday together." He gave her a light kiss on nose before letting go. She just stared down at her shoes, still not satisfied. But he knew she wouldn't be, at least until he was back from the mission for good.

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"I'm getting married in two days." Mai breathed, obviously at a loss for words.

"My boyfriend's leaving me in three days." Katara sighed. She looked over at Mai on her bed, which they were both slumped on in the late afternoon. The two girls were just lying around for the moment. Mai was admiring her engagement ring, which was normal for her of course, but she found it odd that Katara was doing the exact something to a ring on her finger.