"Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed her most, she vanished. A hundred years passed. my brother and I discovered her, and an airbender named Aang. Although her air bending skills are great, she had a lot to learn before she was ready to save anyone. But from the day I first met her, I believed Gyawa would save the world. And you know what, I was right. With the help of her friends, Gyawa defeated Fire Lord Ozai and ended the hundred year war. Zuko, Ozai's son and our ally, became the new Fire Lord. Together with Earth King Kuei, Gyawa and Zuko promised to restore the four nations to harmony."

                                    ~*~

It's me now, not Katara. I now had no idea what I was doing. Everything was new to me now. I had never read the comics so I was just winging it. But anyways back to the story.

"I never realized the Fire Nation had built so many colonies in the Earth Kingdom." Aang said, pointing at a map that had all the colonies on it.

We were in the Be Sing Sa palace talking with the Earth King, everyone was there. "Yes." Zuko replied.

"For the earth people, they're a constant reminder of the war. Like an old scar. Oh I... I- Fire Lord Zuko, I meant nothing personal!" The Earth King stumbled to say.

"No, Earth King Kuei, you're right, after all that pain my father had caused, it's my duty to bring healing to the world. I'll remove those colonies, I'll do whatever it takes." Zuko stated, so sure of his statement.

"Removing the colonies won't be easy. A lot of people might not want to leave, I should over see the process to make sure everything goes smoothly." I said looking over to the two main rulers in the world.

"Really? You'd want to do that?" Zuko asked with a smile.

"Yeah, I'm the Avatar. Making things go smoothly is my deal." I replied with a smirk.

"Wonderful. The Avatar will help." The Earth King said, with a slight bitterness. He was acting like that to just me, no doubt because I almost ousted him.

"I'll help." Aang quickly added.

"Sokka and I too." Katara also added.

"I was going to go visit Kyoshi Island."

"It'l be a movement-- a movement towards harmony. We'll call it.. we'll call it..." The Earth King said, trying his best. "The Harmony Restoration Movement!" Sokka butted out.

"Yes! The Harmony Restoration Movement! I like it!" The Earth King shouted, putting his hand in the other.

"What's up with you and your goofy names for everything?" Toph asked, in more of a annoyed tone.

"It's a gift." Sokka had an evil grin.

                                    ~*~

Later when we were all back at Iroh's tea shop I couldn't help but feel content. "Well I think you all look perfect." Toph said, making everyone laugh, as I walked out.

The sun was setting, giving off its typical ray of color, however this day was far from normal. Leaning on rails I was glad to leaning on, seeing a sun I was grateful to see again, being in this world at least one more day.

Soon faint footsteps approached, I turned to see it was a boy with chocolate hair and a strong heart, Zuko.

It was nice to see those beautiful golden eyes looking in mine. After months of chasing and confusion he finally found out who he was and what he meant to me.

I could see it in his eyes, moving closer to him felt like the best thing in anything. Soon enough we were within arms reach.

He held tight on my waist, blinking a few times I stared in his galaxy of gold.

I felt our lips finally touch. After all of it, after all the conflict it was finally over.

I had it all, I had what I wanted. I got Zuko, and that was the punch line.

I had no idea what could come next, but I knew I would be ready for it with Zuko at my side. I knew if we won once, we could win again.

But it was interrupted by the rest of them running out. "Ohh, aaugh. Right now? Really?" Sokka covered his eyes. I just had to laugh at his childish response.

"What's it to you?!" Zuko asked, getting a little hostile as he darkly blushed.

"Nothing, nothing." Sokka quickly replied.

"We're going to ride on Appa before the celebration starts." Aang explained with Katara around him.

That night we went again and again through Aang's crazy flying.

Zuko held on tight but I couldn't feel more at home. I found myself staring at Zuko, I finally got that hunka hunka.

I was drove out of my daze to hear Toph scream in Sokka's ear. "You too, you should learn to smile now and then. We did win." I said holding his arm. "Zuko?" I asked, noticing he was deep in thought.

"I visited my father in prison the other day... I've been meaning to ask you a favor, Gyawa."

I nodded at his dead serious tone. "If you ever see me turning into my father, I want you to... I want you to end me." Zuko almost whispered, I froze and backed up a bet.

I couldn't believe what he was asking me to do. I mean I could believe it but I hated that he asked me. My face had every expression Zuko needed to see. We just got together about a week ago, I wasn't about to kill him.

"Even now after everything that's happened, my family's legacy is still a part of me. That's why it's my duty to heal the scar the Fire Nation left on this world. But the Fire Lord's throne comes with a lot of pressures. And if I'm honest with myself... I need a safety net. The world needs a safety net. That's what I need you to be Gyawa, the safety net." He explained, "I need to lean on you." The brunette breathed through his last sentence, as he held my hand with softness I didn't think he was capable of.

But damn him for using that one thing I said once in my life! And yet I didn't think something of this would lead to anything, maybe he was just over reacting.

"I... you're not your dad. And you're my boyfriend, how can you expect me to do that?" I asked in a whisper, looking at those firey gold eyes.

"As your friend, I'm asking you if you ever see me go bad, end me. Promise Me, Gyawa!" He now held my hand tight, I looked to the side, nonetheless, something was telling me to disagree.

"If that makes you happy, than I promise." I sighed, looking down, I couldn't believe what I was saying.

                                    ~*~

One year later, we were doing our usual routine of taking the colonists back to the Fire Nation. "Don't worry, Mayor Nishi." Aang told the mayor as he drove Appa.

"Mrs. Mayor, if anything goes wrong I'll make sure no harm comes." I said, sitting next to her on Appa's saddle.

"That's not what I'm worried about. These colonists were young. Their people had no roots in the Earth Kingdom."

"I'm afraid of that too." I looked down at Momo, who sat on my lab.

"Things are different in the Fire Nation now, you'll see. Fire Lord Zuko's been reintroducing classic Fire Nation culture to his people. You'll learn so much about your past by living here. And you'll have fun too!" Aang said, before breaking into a Fire Nation dance. "Check it out--- this is a Fire Nation dance from over a hundred years ago." They all seemed confused by what he was doing. "Isn't this fun?" Aang asked with a huge smile. I shook my head, he was still a kid after all that.

When we were unloading the ship Fire Nation soldiers walked up. "Stop! Stop unloading! You're colonists?"

"Yes." The mayor answered.

"Return to the Earth Kingdom, by order of the Fire Lord." The soldier said.

"What?!" Aang asked, dropping everything he was holding.

"Fire Lord Zuko has officially withdrawn his support of the Harmony Restoration Hovement!" We all were in shock, even the colonists. Why would Zuko do this??

                                    ~*~

On our way to the Earth Kingdom, I knew I would have to talk with Zuko. Hopefully he did all this for good reasons, hopefully he would listen.

I didn't save the world to only have Zuko follow in his father's footsteps. The promise I made to him rang through my head all day and night, I could barely get any sleep.

The promise that if he stepped out of line I would have to kill him. I could never bring myself to do that, I hated that I just blew it off when he asked me. What was I thinking?!

I knew I needed guidance so I put my Avatar necklace in my hands, the same one Zuko used to track me down those two years ago. It's hard to think that I'm eighteen now, I feel so much older.

I meditated and there was Roku. "You've done your duty, the war is over. And yet the world is still not at peace. I'm sorry, Gyawa. You are still dealing with consequences of my own indecisiveness." Roku said, when he appeared. I only had one question for him, the one that was driving me crazy.

"Avatar Roku, I should have never promise Zuko. *sigh* I don't know what I was thinking, his my friend! I- I didn't even kill Ozai, the man who wanted me dead just for being the Avatar! The man who held onto the war of his fathers! And I promise the man I love, a man who's been through trial after trial! I won't do it! He could still change his mind, Roku!" I shouted at his almost expressionless face.

"All those lives that have been lost in the hundred years... I could have saved them. I had so many chances. Sozin almost never had his guard up when he was with me." Roku replied looking to the side.

"So you regret not killing Sozin." I hissed back.

"Yes." I hissed at his answer, I started to see where he was going. "When you are in the position of power, you must put the needs of the world above your own. Zuko, at one time at least understood this." Roku said without a twitch, he truly believed what he was saying.

But I didn't know if I did, the military back home always told me to put the safety of the innocent above my own. "Zuko could still change, we just need to talk about it and see where we're both coming from. I know he'll understand. He just needs a second chance." I replied.

"Remember the wisdom I offer you, Gyawa. You must be decisive. A promise is a promise." As Roku said, this he faded away but I had no intention of killing Zuko. Nonetheless I felt even more conflicted.

                                    ~*~

When we got down I saw Toph out of nowhere on my back.

"Toph, it's great to see you!" I smiled, holding on her arms that grabbed my neck.

"You too, Twinkle Sparks." Toph replied with a smirk.

When we got down we heard people outside the town chanting for the Fire Nation out. "Look everybody it's the Avatar!" Jet shouted.

They all started saying 'Avatar Gyawa.'

"Gyawa, we were hoping you would come. So what's the plan of attack! The freedom fighters are at your service." Jet grinned, putting his fists together.

"Wow, I ain't fighting anyone. I'm here to talk with Zuko, not attack his men." I replied, holding my staff in one hand and the other on my waist.

"What?! The time for talking was over as soon as Zuko broke from the Harmony Restoration Movement! Besides we're not getting in that city without a fight, there are Fire Nation soldiers everywhere." Jet said, not getting the point.

"We'll brake open a new gate for you. Just say the word!" Smellerbee added.

"Did you hear anything besides 'attack' in my sentence?! I'm not going to start another war!" I almost yelled at them, they were just blood thirsty.

"You're just going to do nothing because you're dating the worst of the ash makers!! You're the Avatar! You're suppose to keep balance!" Jet shouted, grabbing my arm.

"Wait did you just say that?! You have no idea! Don't call me things you barely understand!!! And what are you doing, Jet? The war's over, go home! Make a home, start a Life!" I mocked, getting inches from his face.

"You're the one who doesn't have any idea!" Jet hissed back, Longshot put a hand on his shoulder and he took his hand off me and backed off.

I hissed before opening my glider to fly over the walls.

"You ready, sweetie?" I could hear Aang ask Katara as I flew over.

I landed in the courtyard to find myself in front of Fire Nation soldiers. Aang and Katara landed right behind me. "This city is under the protection of the Fire Lord himself! No one may under without his express permission, not even the Avatar. Leave now!" He said pointing at me.

"Not even his girlfriend? I just want to speak to Zuko. Please just take me to him." I asked, putting my hands together.

"You were warned." The guard said before attacking.

He threw a fire blast at me but I quickly jumped up and dodged it like nothing. He threw a fist of fire at my landing and I rolled over and connected his whole body to the earth where he couldn't move.

"Just stop attacking, I don't want to fight!" I pleaded to the other soldiers now that the captain was no threat.

"What are you dolts waiting for?! Attack!" He shouted at them.

They all threw fire blasts at all of us, and I went low and threw an air blast at them. "For the love of- I don't wanna fight!" I shouted, as I hit another with a boulder, then took the earth from under them and slid it. And then slid it all the way to the wall.

"Aang, you're on fire!" Katara shouted.

"Oh what do I do?!" Aang asked me as I grabbed the water from a fountain and threw ice to keep them on the walls.

"Whoa." Aang expressed with a smile.

Just one more soldier ran up as a last resort with a fist while I kicked him away with air bending and attached him to the floor with earth bending.

However, out of nowhere I felt someone grabbing my arms and putting them behind my back. "Gyawa, Stop!" I heard the sweet sound of Zuko's voice demand in my ear. Yet I didn't like that he held me like a prisoner.

"Zuko, let go! You're hurting me!" I growled at him.

"I'm hurting you?! What were you doing to my soldiers?! My people?!" Zuko shouted back. I sighed as I looked back to see Aang boiling.

"Let go of her, Zuko! She said you're hurting her!" He shouted with clenched fists.

"Don't make me go into the Avatar State." I threatened, hopefully it would work.

"First you agree to stop attacking my people." Zuko hissed in my ear.

"Fine, just like old times." I mocked as he let go. "You'd think after a year of not seeing me you'd be happy." I pouted as I dusted myself off, looking back up at him with tired eyes.

"Don't get me wrong, I am happy to see you..." Zuko softly said, only to have him finish his comment. "But you were attacking my men."

"Well I just wanted to talk but you gave them orders to attack." I grabbed my staff.

"Not you, they did that on their own. C'mon I want to show you something." Zuko said, walking deeper in the city.

"Did you know that Yu Dao is the oldest of all the colonists? Many of the Fire Nation families immigrated over a hundred years ago, when Yu Dao was just a tiny village at the bottom of a valley. Together with Earth Kingdom people who were already here they built all this. Yu Dao now makes the finish metalwork ever produced, using both fire nation and earth kingdom expertise. That's why this is one of the richest cities in the world." Zuko explained, with tired eyes as we walked through seeing Earth Kingdom working with Fire Nation, in shops and just about everything else.

"It doesn't seem like Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom citizens share equally in that wealth." Katara said, as we noticed that the Fire Nation were the owners and rich ones.

"It's not perfect, Katara, but all the city's people, including the Earth Kingdom people are better off now then they were a hundred years ago." Zuko replied as we kept walking. I started to see where he was going with it and honestly he was right. I didn't see Earth Kingdom or Fire Nation.

"Sure that's nice but you're walking a line here Zuko, you could start another war." I said.

"Look, Gyawa, when I came here a week ago, I had planned to personally enforce the removal of Yu Dao from the Earth Kingdom. But then... I met the mayor's wife an earth bender who invited me to stay and see for myself how they lived. So I stayed. I saw what my people created here. I saw what the Harmony Restoration Movement would destroy. I changed my mind. Ever since my coronation I've had trouble finding peace. Now I think I've finally figured out why. I'd forgotten about my people. I know you defeated the Fire Nation, Gyawa, but my people still deserve respect." Zuko said, raising his voice again.

"You helped. And it was Ozai, not the Fire Nation people." I replied, trying to keep my cool.

"It'd be disrespectful to take from them a life they spent generations building! I won't let you do that!" Zuko shouted at me, but I didn't want to shout back.

"Harmony requires four separate nations to balance each other out! You can't have balance if one nation occupies another." Aang shouted back.

"Aang! *sigh* if I get the Earth King to set up talks will you be there?" I asked putting a hand on my chin.

"I'll be there." Zuko replied.

"Talks are good I guess." Aang pouted looking to the side.

"By the way," it was burning in my head. "You should have had a talk with the Earth King before doing anything. That's how wars are started!" Zuko sighed, looking away.

"Bye, Zuko." I said, walking closer and putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean for us to be like this." Zuko said, putting his hands through my hair. It felt so soft and peaceful, almost washing my stress away.

I gave him a tired smirk before walking off with Aang and Katara. I looked back to see Zuko with a guilty look, yet nothing was his fault. He looked tired, but it was understandable, he was Fire Lord with a busy life, and I was the Avatar and I had to travel a lot while. And yet I couldn't help but feel like I was starting not to know him anymore.

                                    ~*~

"So what happened?" Sokka asked, as we went back over the wall.

"Did you have to.. do it?" Toph asked.

"Did you kill the Fire Lord?" Jet also asked eager for an answer.

"For the love of- No!" I shouted back, it just made that little talk with Zuko even more depressing.

"So what's going on? What are we supposed to do now?"Jet asked.

"I'm going to the Earth King and ask if he can meet with Zuko. Now would you people please go home. We need to figure out what to do now. And this won't help, you're adding to the fuel of a new war." I replied.

Jet thought about what I just said with a hand on his chin. "The Earth King has waited a hundred years to be rid of those ask-makers. We'll give you three days, Avatar Gyawa. After that the freedom fighters will figure out a solution of our own." Jet replied.

"Please don't." I Mocked.

                                    ~*~

"I don't totally get why you need to talk with the earth king. Zuko knows he's wrong doesn't he? The Fire Nation colonists have to go." Toph said, as we were on Appa leaving for Be Sing Sa.

"I'm not just saying this because he's my 'boyfriend' but Zuko made a good point." I said, and everyone pricked up.

"What?!" They all asked at the same time. (Except Katara.)

"Gee, forget I said anything." I sighed, sitting back like I was about to go to sleep.

"Anyways." Aang smiled, leaning on Katara. He was the purest. Thing. Ever.

"Uagh Aang? Katara? You two are giving me the oogies over here." Sokka sighed.

"I am sick of hearing about your stupid oogies, Sokka! I don't even know what that means!" Katara busted out in anger.

"I can explain, give me your hand." Toph grinned, holding her hand out.

With suspiciousness Katara gave it to her. Toph immediately gave Katara a good lick on the hand. "Oogies!" Katara shouted in horror.

Truth was; I was afraid the Earth King wouldn't listen to me, I wasn't exactly in his favor, and I wouldn't blame him. But it was worth a shot, to stop another war.