Was It Meant To Be

The Truth

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The Next Morning

Sokka's POV

When I finally woke up, I shifted to my other side so I could kiss Suki good morning.   I reached for her, but she wasn't there.  I immediately got out of bed to find a note on the table beside our bed.  It read, 'Good morning sweetheart.  I wanted you to know that I woke up early so I could check on Aang and Mai.  Love, Suki.'  I am still astonished that I ended up with a girl like Suki.  I had a feeling where her and Aang were so I put on my everyday clothes and walked outside.  I was correct.  Appa was outside in the gardens.  He had Mai laying on his tail and Suki was talking to Aang in the saddle.  I climbed up into the saddle so I could join the conversation. When Aang saw me, he gave me a small smile, but it wasn't it his.  It belonged to someone else.  That's when I truly looked at Aang and when I focused on his face, I felt tears begin to well up.  My best friend, basically my brother was gone.  He had been replaced by the shell of the man he once was.  I felt tears run down my cheeks and I saw Suki had tears running down hers.  After everything Aang had seen and felt, it took my sister, the one he loved most, to break him.  His smile was forced, his eyes filled with pain, his body language sad.  He did not have that mischievous twinkle in his eyes, he no longer had that wide smile that could infect even Zuko and Mai with a smile, he did not have that happy demeanor that was slowly making Azula a good person.  He was gone and I knew Suki saw it.  He looked at us and tried to show us he was ok, but we had already seen what he had become.  I said, "Aang, I know you will probably disagree with everything I am about to say, but I think it's time we moved on.  You need to be away from her and you need to help others.  So we are leaving.  We are going to find Toph and she will come with us.  We will find a main place to stay and then we will help everyone to the best we can."

He looked at me and said, "I would like that."

I smiled, "Good, now let's pack up then."   He gave me a smile that seemed genuine, but his eyes told me it was forced.  I ignored this and began packing.  I packed everything.  From my assortment of meats to Boomerang and Space Sword.  Suki had her things packed and when we walked outside to throw our stuff into the saddle.  We found Aang ready at the reins and Mai already in the saddle with her things.  She nodded at us when we joined her.  Of course everything went wrong after that.  Katara and Zuko just had to walk into the garden hand in hand.  I was so furious that they had the audacity to do this, so I yelled at them.  They jumped at the sound of voice and then they noticed us. I wanted to laugh at the horrified look growing on both their faces.  Yet I wasn't satisfied so I began to yell at my sister.  "How dare you.  How dare you walk around hand in hand with him after you destroyed two lifes.  Don't you understand whta you did.  You took the unconditional love of Aang, who mind you would do everything for you, and you threw it right in his face.  What's worse is that he doesn't blame Zuko and he doesn't blame you even though everyone else does."

"Sokka calm down." Suki whispered into my ear.

"No" I roared.  I was on a role and I needed to get everything out.  "He blames himself Katara.  He blames himself.  I have never met someone so selfless and so kind.  You broke hime Katara.  When nothing else would, the genocide of his people, finding out he was the last airbender, knowing there was a war, being chased around all the time by Zuko, the stress of defeating Ozai, the failure of the raid on Black Sun.  Not even dying broke him, but you did.  I am ashamed to be related to you and I swear that until you and Aang are together or Zuko and Mai are together, I will never speak or even look at you again."  She looked at me with tears in her eyes, but I felt no remorse.  I meant every word I had said and I will not take them back.  "Yip Yip," I called and Appa took off.  We left my sister and her new boyfriend in the garden to think about what they had done.

I apologize for the short chapter, but I hope it has an effect on you.  It is short so it can set up the next chapter.  Please give feedback on the story.  I hope to give you PT. 3 or The Departure tomorrow.  Also comment whether this is a Zutara or Kataang ship. Love - Dom