Post by Aanglover on Dec 11, 2010 11:40:59 GMT -5
Wow...this thread is dead.... 
Okay, i put this on Kataang Forever Forum and people seemed to like it.. so i figured i'd post it here...
It's a fanfic of the night of EIP a few hours after the play ended..
Chapter 1: Internal Conflict
The play had only been over for a few hours, but the memories of it, and of Aang, were still etched into her mind. It was like ink and a brush to parchment; it couldn't be erased and she hated it.
"Aang, I'm sorry, but right now I'm just a little confused."
Even now she could still taste the sourness of her words in her mouth. Every replay of the account in Katara's head was racked with guilt, and that look...oh, that look in his eyes as she turned to go inside didn't amend the guilt or the heaviness she felt in her heart either. He could have crumbled mountains with his eyes if given the chance, and Katara was no mountain, much less a good friend as of late.
Admitting defeat, Katara slumped down on the wooden floor of her bedroom's outside balcony with a ‘thud', curling her arms around her knees; saddened.
Normally, looking up at the moon's luminous glow and the ocean waves brought a sense of comfort and kept her head straight....unfortunately, tonight was not one of those nights. She was a swirling typhoon of uncertainty, one that gave no comfort.
They had been staying at Zuko's family vacation house on Ember Island for a few days now and since it was unoccupied it was the last place the Fire Nation would look and the perfect place to keep Aang safe while practicing firebending. But up to this point, Katara didn't feel like she was keeping him very safe-more so very confused and hurt.
"I guess he just caught me off guard. I didn't know how to react..," Katara murmured to the heavens while slowly brushing her finger over her lips, where his were earlier that night.
...I still don't."
He was her best friend that much was certain, but since the kiss at the invasion she began to question everything, even double guess herself. Why did he do it? Was it out of fear of not coming back? Why was her heart fluttering so erratically in her chest afterwards? But it wasn't until now when he stole another peck of her lips that she could actually start to answer some of these menacing riddles. Though, she would like to have them remain unsolved, much to Aang's dismay.
"Why don't' you know?" Aang pressed.
"Because we're in the middle of a war and we have other things to worry about. This isn't the right time."
Aang pressed further, hoping to get an answer, "Well, when is the right time?"
Katara buried her head in her knees, shivering from the colder-than-normal night's breeze blowing across her smooth visage. His questions buzzed in her ears like a swarm of angry buzzard-wasps. They not only annoyed the heck out of her, but made her frightened. Frightened of not knowing the possibilities of their relationship and even more so of not knowing if there would ever be a "right time". Focusing on helping end a century old war was always the first priority; teaching Aang waterbending- first priority, bringing Aang back to life-first priority! Every move was for the greater good of the world.
The Firebenders were getting stronger with every day Sozin's Comet drew closer to the Earth and they couldn't afford to squander any time they had. And to put her feelings (or whatever she felt) on a pedestal above the fate of the world was just selfish and irresponsible; two characteristics that never made up Katara. She was the responsible one, the one that kept their gang out of trouble (or helped get into it), and provided hope when things were the most grim; the characteristics that the play writer of that awful adaptation regrettably left out.
‘It's all that stupid plays fault. If we hadn't gone to it we'd still be talking to eachother, we would still be freely practicing waterbending at night...' Katara thought.
This was the excuse she made up but something clenching deep in her stomach told her that this encounter would have happened sooner or later anyway; play or no play. Afterall, they haven't been alone together for a long time to actually talk rather than focus on training...not since.....
Katara suddenly envisioned herself being kissed passionately on the submarine by Aang, her legs were melting butter, her face flushed red. It was quite the extraordinary kiss....
"Spirits, what's wrong with me???... It's like I enjoyed it!!", Katara said frustrated, making a confused gesture with her hands.
No longer against the wall of her room, Katara flattened out parallel to the balcony floor to stare up fully at was the night's sky had to offer.
Why couldn't this be easy; like waterbending with its pushing and pulling of the lapping waves against the shore and the moon which helps her command each of them? Now, all she could think about was how Aang was taking all of this...
"Does anyone know where Aang is?"
"He left to get me firegummies like..ten minutes ago, and I'm still waiting.", Sokka exclaimed very impatiently for not having his snacks on time before the intermission.
"I'm going to go check outside.."
As she walked, worry and anxiousness filled her being. She saw he looked upset when he got up and walked out of the theater and maybe a little...betrayed? She wasn't certain, all she knew was she sought to make sure he was alright. Suspecting he was out where they were during the first intermission, she checked there. Sure enough, she saw him. His silhouette against the moon's rays made him blend into the balcony's banister. He looked very distressed.
"Are you alright?" was all Katara could muster.
"No, I'm not. I hate this play." Aang said, snatching his hat from his head and throwing it on the floor, exposing his trademark arrow tattoo.
"I know it's upsetting, but it sounds like you're overreacting."
Aang looked to her, "Overreacting!? If I hadn't blocked my chakra I'd probably be in the Avatar State right now!"
Katara just stood there, watching the millions of emotions play over his face. There was no way of talking to him when he was like this. Not when he blamed himself for leaving his people to be massacred, not when Appa was stolen, and definitely not now.
The silence was unbearable even for only what seemed a few minutes.
"You know, if you told me what this ‘cosmic energy' chakra pertains to, maybe I could help you try to unlock it..I've calmed you out of the Avatar State before...how different can it all be, really?", Katara concluded, putting a reassuring hand on Aang's right shoulder.
"It's not the same as that, Katara. You just don't understand", Aang said quietly, shrugging his shoulder of her hand, then continued in a whisper, "You'll never understand how hard it is to try to..."he stopped, remembering that she was still next to him.
"Try to what Aang?"
Aang pretended to not hear her question and swiftly changed the conversation.
"...Katara, did you really mean what you said in there?"
This was presumably the most perplexing piece of the puzzle that was Aang. Ever since he went to the Eastern Air Temple to meet the Guru, he's been avoiding to speak about what actually happened there. The dawn before the invasion he said a bit about unlocking six of seven chakras...whatever those were... The last one, this ‘cosmic energy', seemed to have really beaten him into the ground though. She wanted to know more to aid him, but Aang never went so far as to elaborate on it to anyone. It was strange...he never kept anything from her....
Clasping her hands together, she put them beneath her head as a barrier between the hard wood. She was much too tired to be philosophizing about such confounding things or get up to go to her bed none-the-less. Her psyche and body was utterly somnolent. And she needed her strength for the impending days of drilling Aang on his octopus form.
"I guess you can't help me out here, huh Yue?" Katara asked with a hint of sarcasm in her voice slightly laughing to herself. The last object she saw before her eyes fluttered shut was of a large bird passing over the moon with striking fluidity and speed.
I have a Fanfiction account... go herewww.fanfiction.net/~aangloverkf if you want to keep reading. Chapter 2 should be up soon.
How you all like it so far? feedback?
Okay, i put this on Kataang Forever Forum and people seemed to like it.. so i figured i'd post it here...
It's a fanfic of the night of EIP a few hours after the play ended..
Chapter 1: Internal Conflict
The play had only been over for a few hours, but the memories of it, and of Aang, were still etched into her mind. It was like ink and a brush to parchment; it couldn't be erased and she hated it.
"Aang, I'm sorry, but right now I'm just a little confused."
Even now she could still taste the sourness of her words in her mouth. Every replay of the account in Katara's head was racked with guilt, and that look...oh, that look in his eyes as she turned to go inside didn't amend the guilt or the heaviness she felt in her heart either. He could have crumbled mountains with his eyes if given the chance, and Katara was no mountain, much less a good friend as of late.
Admitting defeat, Katara slumped down on the wooden floor of her bedroom's outside balcony with a ‘thud', curling her arms around her knees; saddened.
Normally, looking up at the moon's luminous glow and the ocean waves brought a sense of comfort and kept her head straight....unfortunately, tonight was not one of those nights. She was a swirling typhoon of uncertainty, one that gave no comfort.
They had been staying at Zuko's family vacation house on Ember Island for a few days now and since it was unoccupied it was the last place the Fire Nation would look and the perfect place to keep Aang safe while practicing firebending. But up to this point, Katara didn't feel like she was keeping him very safe-more so very confused and hurt.
"I guess he just caught me off guard. I didn't know how to react..," Katara murmured to the heavens while slowly brushing her finger over her lips, where his were earlier that night.
...I still don't."
He was her best friend that much was certain, but since the kiss at the invasion she began to question everything, even double guess herself. Why did he do it? Was it out of fear of not coming back? Why was her heart fluttering so erratically in her chest afterwards? But it wasn't until now when he stole another peck of her lips that she could actually start to answer some of these menacing riddles. Though, she would like to have them remain unsolved, much to Aang's dismay.
"Why don't' you know?" Aang pressed.
"Because we're in the middle of a war and we have other things to worry about. This isn't the right time."
Aang pressed further, hoping to get an answer, "Well, when is the right time?"
Katara buried her head in her knees, shivering from the colder-than-normal night's breeze blowing across her smooth visage. His questions buzzed in her ears like a swarm of angry buzzard-wasps. They not only annoyed the heck out of her, but made her frightened. Frightened of not knowing the possibilities of their relationship and even more so of not knowing if there would ever be a "right time". Focusing on helping end a century old war was always the first priority; teaching Aang waterbending- first priority, bringing Aang back to life-first priority! Every move was for the greater good of the world.
The Firebenders were getting stronger with every day Sozin's Comet drew closer to the Earth and they couldn't afford to squander any time they had. And to put her feelings (or whatever she felt) on a pedestal above the fate of the world was just selfish and irresponsible; two characteristics that never made up Katara. She was the responsible one, the one that kept their gang out of trouble (or helped get into it), and provided hope when things were the most grim; the characteristics that the play writer of that awful adaptation regrettably left out.
‘It's all that stupid plays fault. If we hadn't gone to it we'd still be talking to eachother, we would still be freely practicing waterbending at night...' Katara thought.
This was the excuse she made up but something clenching deep in her stomach told her that this encounter would have happened sooner or later anyway; play or no play. Afterall, they haven't been alone together for a long time to actually talk rather than focus on training...not since.....
Katara suddenly envisioned herself being kissed passionately on the submarine by Aang, her legs were melting butter, her face flushed red. It was quite the extraordinary kiss....
"Spirits, what's wrong with me???... It's like I enjoyed it!!", Katara said frustrated, making a confused gesture with her hands.
No longer against the wall of her room, Katara flattened out parallel to the balcony floor to stare up fully at was the night's sky had to offer.
Why couldn't this be easy; like waterbending with its pushing and pulling of the lapping waves against the shore and the moon which helps her command each of them? Now, all she could think about was how Aang was taking all of this...
"Does anyone know where Aang is?"
"He left to get me firegummies like..ten minutes ago, and I'm still waiting.", Sokka exclaimed very impatiently for not having his snacks on time before the intermission.
"I'm going to go check outside.."
As she walked, worry and anxiousness filled her being. She saw he looked upset when he got up and walked out of the theater and maybe a little...betrayed? She wasn't certain, all she knew was she sought to make sure he was alright. Suspecting he was out where they were during the first intermission, she checked there. Sure enough, she saw him. His silhouette against the moon's rays made him blend into the balcony's banister. He looked very distressed.
"Are you alright?" was all Katara could muster.
"No, I'm not. I hate this play." Aang said, snatching his hat from his head and throwing it on the floor, exposing his trademark arrow tattoo.
"I know it's upsetting, but it sounds like you're overreacting."
Aang looked to her, "Overreacting!? If I hadn't blocked my chakra I'd probably be in the Avatar State right now!"
Katara just stood there, watching the millions of emotions play over his face. There was no way of talking to him when he was like this. Not when he blamed himself for leaving his people to be massacred, not when Appa was stolen, and definitely not now.
The silence was unbearable even for only what seemed a few minutes.
"You know, if you told me what this ‘cosmic energy' chakra pertains to, maybe I could help you try to unlock it..I've calmed you out of the Avatar State before...how different can it all be, really?", Katara concluded, putting a reassuring hand on Aang's right shoulder.
"It's not the same as that, Katara. You just don't understand", Aang said quietly, shrugging his shoulder of her hand, then continued in a whisper, "You'll never understand how hard it is to try to..."he stopped, remembering that she was still next to him.
"Try to what Aang?"
Aang pretended to not hear her question and swiftly changed the conversation.
"...Katara, did you really mean what you said in there?"
This was presumably the most perplexing piece of the puzzle that was Aang. Ever since he went to the Eastern Air Temple to meet the Guru, he's been avoiding to speak about what actually happened there. The dawn before the invasion he said a bit about unlocking six of seven chakras...whatever those were... The last one, this ‘cosmic energy', seemed to have really beaten him into the ground though. She wanted to know more to aid him, but Aang never went so far as to elaborate on it to anyone. It was strange...he never kept anything from her....
Clasping her hands together, she put them beneath her head as a barrier between the hard wood. She was much too tired to be philosophizing about such confounding things or get up to go to her bed none-the-less. Her psyche and body was utterly somnolent. And she needed her strength for the impending days of drilling Aang on his octopus form.
"I guess you can't help me out here, huh Yue?" Katara asked with a hint of sarcasm in her voice slightly laughing to herself. The last object she saw before her eyes fluttered shut was of a large bird passing over the moon with striking fluidity and speed.
I have a Fanfiction account... go herewww.fanfiction.net/~aangloverkf if you want to keep reading. Chapter 2 should be up soon.
How you all like it so far? feedback?
