Epilogue

Warning: There will be a lemon in this chapter, so… be warned, I guess.

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.

A few months after the coronation, it was their wedding day. Katara was excited and nervous at the same time. It wasn't every day that one got married, after all, but she was far more excited and happy than nervous. She was just happy that she was marrying the man she loved more than life itself.

She had unfortunately not been able to see him. He had many things he needed to attend to before the wedding began, and mostly because of a stupid tradition in the city that wouldn't allow them to see each other before the wedding. She just wanted to hear his voice to make sure that this was all real. If she was being honest with herself, she had been expecting him to reject her when she had talked to him on the balcony, expressing her love for him for many people to see.

But she knew that it was real when none other than her annoying brother walked into the room with Suki on his arm. He had finally asked her out and they seemed to be doing just fine. In fact, she had asked Suki to be her maid of honor.

Or rather, one of her maids of honor.

After everything had settled down with her interruption of his announcements, she had made sure to seek out Yue and apologize, knowing that she had taken it too far and let herself get in the way of their friendship. Yue understood, and although she wasn't happy about not winning Aang, understood and they became friends again, much to Katara's relief.

She and Yue might have had some fights, but the young Northern Princess was too much of a good friend for her to not try to mend the bridges between them. And she was thankful that they had managed to do just that.

"Hey Katara," Sokka smiled as he walked in and sat down on the chair in front of her. He had made it clear that he didn't like the thought of her marrying anyone, but he knew that Aang would be good for her, and had not put up much of a fight against it. Besides, this way he could somewhat be considered royalty again.

Hakoda and Kya, though being sad about their daughter growing up so fast, were happy for her. They understood what it was like to be in love with someone, and they were just happy for her that the happy couple had ended up together in the end.

And Katara was rather happy that she didn't have to be separated from her family, either. Aang had invited them to live in the Palace for as long as they liked, making Katara very happy. One of the worries she had when she decided to join the competition was if she would get to see her family much had she won, but Aang had taken that worry away. She would be able to see her family every day. Especially when she and Aang had children, she was sure that her family would want to be there as much as possible.

She blushed at the thought. Although she had known that after the wedding they would consummate their marriage, she was still nervous about it. Her parents had told her about it, but apart from her brother bragging about doing it with Suki, she had no clue what exactly was going to happen. But she supposed it didn't really matter. All that mattered was that she was starting a life with Aang.

Toph, who had been forced to hang out with her while she got ready for her big day, sighed in relief. "Finally!" she exclaimed happily.

Katara glared at her, but Toph's unseeing eyes just kept looking forward, completely unaware of her friend's dirty look directed towards her. Seeing that Toph couldn't see it, she decided to voice her irritation.

"Gee, thanks Toph," she commented dryly before looking in the mirror again. It amazed her that the royal tailors had managed to get the dress exactly right.

Sokka smiled as he watched her. "You look beautiful, Katara," he told her, catching her completely by surprise. She hadn't expected him to say anything like this. Where was the brother who couldn't go five minutes without talking about his girlfriend or meat?

"Yeah, you really do, Katara," Suki agreed with a smile as she walked over and hugged her. "Are you excited?" Katara nodded quickly with a wide smile on her face. Suki chuckled and gave her a pat on the back. "Good. Have you seen Avatar Aang at all today?"

Katara laughed a little. "Suki, you know you can just call him 'Aang'. He doesn't like being different from others."

The young warrior simply shrugged in response. "Well, you'll have to excuse me. I don't know him as well as you do." She leaned in to whisper jokingly in her ear. "And sometimes I'm jealous of you for that."

"Hey!" Sokka complained while eating a piece of seal jerky he had produced from his pocket. The girls just laughed and shook their heads at him, knowing that he would eventually figure out that Suki was kidding. Well, half-kidding, anyway.

Katara smiled and looked back in the mirror. The royal hairdressers had done her hair beautifully, making it fall down her shoulders in long, chocolate curls. Her dress of course was light blue to match her eyes at Aang's insistence, claiming that it made her already beautiful eyes even more dazzling. She knew he was a bit cheesy sometimes, but hey, what could she say? She liked cheesy.

Actually, she loved it.

Then Hakoda and Kya walked in, gasping at the sight of their beautiful daughter with her friends. Tears started falling down their face, but they hastily wiped it away and walked up to her to give their only daughter a hug.

"You look beautiful, Katara," Hakoda murmured to her, making her smile as she hugged them back.

"Thanks dad," she said as she pulled back to look at them both, happy to know that they supported her in this decision. It wouldn't have mattered had they decided to oppose it, anyway. She loved Aang, and as much as she loved her family, she knew even if they hadn't been happy about it, they would be happy for her anyway.

Finally, Gyatso walked to the entrance and peeked in, smiling as he saw Katara. "You look lovely, my dear. Aang is a very lucky man." She smiled and nodded her thanks before he got back to business as he remembered why he had come. "It is almost time. Are you ready?" Taking a deep breath, she let it out and nodded, standing up as he motioned for her to follow, ready to start the rest of her life with the man she loved.

Half an hour later, Hakoda and Katara were arm in arm outside of the room where he would walk her to her soon to be husband. "It's not too late to back out, you know," he murmured to her.

She shook her head with a smile. "I'm not backing out, dad."

He chuckled a little and smiled. "I figured, but I thought I'd try." His eyes softened. "I just can't believe my little girl has grown up so quickly. It seems like just yesterday that I was reading stories to you on my lap in the South Pole."

Katara smiled sadly at the memory and was about to respond when the music started playing. "Well, I guess that's our cue. Are you ready for this?"

"I am," she confirmed, practically dragging him towards the door. He laughed at her enthusiasm and waited as two guards opened the doors for them as he walked her down the aisle. Aang smiled widely at her, that same smile she loved to see.

She couldn't help but smile back as they continued their march. Katara had never imagined she would get married to the Avatar, but more than that, she had never expected to meet and fall in love with someone as amazing as Aang. She was happy that he had stumbled into her that day.

As they finally reached the end of the aisle, Hakoda kissed her head and gave her to Aang, though not without whispering quickly, "Take good care of her."

Aang simply smiled in return. "Of course I will, sir. I'll treat her like the amazing queen she is." Hakoda smiled and nodded to him before moving to take his seat next to his wife.

Zuko, Sokka, and Bumi stood to Aang's left as his three best men. As hard as he tried, and though he knew he was closest with Bumi, he couldn't pick between them, and since he was the king, he supposed he didn't have to. And thus had decided that all three would be his collective best men.

Zuko snickered a little. "You do realize that the Avatar is about to be your brother in law, right?"

Sokka laughed a little and nodded. "Yeah, I do. And you know what? I'm okay with it." Zuko looked at him in surprise, but Sokka just shrugged, nodding towards the couple. "I've never seen Katara that happy before, and my job as her big brother is to make her happy, so if he makes her happy, that's all I care about."

The young prince considered this for a moment and understood what he meant. Azula had been unhappy about losing the competition, and he decided that despite their many fights, he would do his best to cheer her up from it. After all, it was just what big brothers did for their sisters.

As the minister began the ceremony and addressed the crowd, Katara couldn't help but be in disbelief that she was really there. Even if she had been determined to tell Aang how much he meant to her, she hadn't actually expected him to do anything about it. She had expected him to reject her and for her to be depressed for the rest of her life. Of course she knew someone else could make her happy, but she loved Aang so much that the thought of being without him was almost unbearable.

And fortunately for her, she would never have to.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when the minister came to the vows. "Do you, Katara of the Southern Water Tribe, take Avatar Aang, to have and to hold, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health, until death do you part?"

Her smile widened at hearing this. "I do," she whispered, her voice wrought with emotion. The minister smiled and turned to Aang and repeated it to him.

"I do," Aang smiled just as widely, placing the new betrothal necklace he had made for her around her neck, bringing tears to both of their eyes as they looked at each other with their hearts overwhelming them from how much they loved each other.

The minister smiled. "Then by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." Aang didn't hesitate as he took Katara into a breathtaking kiss. The crowd cheered all around them as the happy couple finally cemented their love with the first of many kisses as man and wife.

Several hours later, after the celebration party and after opening many presents, the newlyweds decided it was time for them to sneak out of there and go up to their room. Katara smiled at the thought. She didn't have a room to herself anymore. Now she would share a room with the man she loved for the rest of her life.

And though she was nervous about the next part of their night, she was also excited, too. Not only did it mean that they were going to begin their process to have a family, but from what she had heard from some of her friends, sex sounded like it would be enjoyable. Though she had been warned that the first time would hurt, she was assured that after that it would be good from there on.

As they finally arrived at their bedroom, Aang opened the door for her and let her walk in. When they were both inside, Aang closed the door behind him and turned around only to be pushed back by Katara with her lips on his. He smiled into the kiss and kissed her back as she started running her hands over his body, making him moan a little as she found what she had been looking for.

"Katara, we don't have to do this right now," he said as he broke the kiss to look her in the eyes. "There's no rush."

"I know, but… I want to do it," she admitted with a faint blush on her cheeks.

Aang laughed a little and pulled her into another kiss. "Whatever you want, my wife."

Katara smiled widely at that. She was his wife, and he was her husband. The thought absolutely made her heart content, knowing that she had married the man she was deeply in love with.

Kissing him again, she started running her hands over him again, this time going straight for his package, once again making him moan against her lips as she rubbed it softly, making it harden until it was firm in her hand. And to her slight embarrassment, she felt herself get a little wet.

Without another word, they hastily ripped each other's clothes off and found themselves in a heated kiss as Katara ran her hands through his surprisingly silky hair. It was short, so she had expected it to be a little spiky, but it was smooth and pleasant on her fingers.

Before long, the fire in her loins became too much for her and she couldn't take it anymore. Breaking the kiss, she laid down on the bed and spread her legs for him. "I need you, Aang." Those words made Aang become more aroused, even though he hadn't thought it was possible before then.

Moving quickly over to her, he leaned down and captured her lips before aiming his manhood just above her womanhood. Katara wasn't sure how much he knew about sex, and more importantly, virgins, but she just hoped he didn't put it in too fast.

Fortunately for her, Aang had been well-tutored on sex by his Zuko, so he knew to go in gently as he looked at her for confirmation that this was really okay. Katara laughed a little, finding it endearing that even after being married he still wanted to make sure she was okay with it. Giving him a quick kiss, she nodded that she was ready.

Still a bit reluctant, he finally slid himself in her, making her gasp as he filled it up and accidentally went right through her barrier, making her gasp again in pain as a few tears went down her cheeks. "Oh no, I'm so sorry! I-"

She cut him off with a kiss. "It's okay, Aang. Just give me a second." He nodded and watched in pain knowing that she was in pain, but before long, she kissed him to signal that she was ready.

Seeing her in pain had lessened his arousal, but upon seeing her naked body underneath him refreshed it. He started slowly, knowing that she would need time to get used to it. Katara moaned with every slow thrust, both of their heads swimming with pleasure as they made love. Before long, it wasn't fast enough for her. "Faster, Aang," she practically pleaded.

Smiling, he granted her request and thrust deeper into her with his arousal starting to take over for him. His new wife was absolutely beautiful from head to toe, and he was going to show her just how much he believed that through their love making.

His thrusts quickly picked up in speed as she clung onto him for dear life, her head swimming from the pleasure he was bringing her. No wonder her friends had said that it was a bit addicting. This feeling was amazing.

Before long, however, both of them felt their ends coming. "Aang," she panted, still getting pounded by the love of her life. "I'm so close."

"Me too," he moaned, only increasing his speed as he thrusted into her. Katara couldn't help but moan and scream a little at each thrust. It just felt so good.

A few moments later, Katara couldn't take it anymore and burst like a dam. "Aang!"

Aang himself wasn't far behind. Knowing he was almost there, he put everything he had into it as he felt his end coming quickly. With one last cry of her name, he finished inside her, making her gasp as his warm seed shot up into her.

Aang collapsed onto one side of the bed while Katara struggled to regain her breath. Both had been exhausted from their love making.

After a few moments, their exhaustion quickly caught up with them and they felt themselves falling asleep. "That was amazing," Katara murmured as she laid her head on her chest.

"Yeah," Aang laughed a little. "It was. Have I ever told you how beautiful and amazing you are?"

Katara smiled weakly at this and nodded. "Yeah, but I wouldn't mind hearing it again."

He smiled and kissed her head. "Katara, you're the most amazing and beautiful girl in the world, inside and out. And I'm the luckiest man alive that I get to call you mine." A tear escaped Katara's eye at this and she reached up to plant a firm kiss on his lips.

"And you're the most amazing man in the world, Aang," she replied with her lips inches from his. "I'm lucky that I even got to kiss you, let alone marry you." He smiled and kissed her again before their exhaustion took over them once again as she snuggled into him. "I love you, Aang."

"I love you, too," he whispered before giving her one last kiss on the head and wrapped his arms around her, making them both fall asleep happily as they enjoyed each others' warmth.

A few years later, all was well with the world. Together, Aang and Katara worked to make the world the best it had ever been, and had made much progress. Aang's assumption of Katara being the best queen had proven to be true, as she was tireless and dedicated when it came to working for the benefit of others, and he loved her all the more for it.

"Mommy! Can please stop brushing my hair?"

Katara looked down at her daughter to see that she had been so lost in her thoughts that she had accidentally ripped some of her daughter's hair out while brushing it. "Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" she asked worriedly as she gently rubbed her hand over her daughter's head, trying to soothe any pain that she might have caused.

Korra looked up and smiled. "I'm fine, mommy. It was just starting to hurt a little."

The young Queen smiled and let out a sigh of relief. "Good. I'm sorry that I did that. I guess I was a little distracted."

"What were you distracted about?" Korra asked curiously as she turned around to face her.

Katara laughed a little. There was only one thing that distracted her anymore, and he was currently in a meeting with his generals. "I was just thinking of when your daddy and I met."

"Ooh! How did you meet?" her young daughter asked excitedly.

"Maybe another time, sweetheart. Right now, we have to get ready. Some old friends are coming to visit," she replied while helping her up on her feet and bringing her to a mirror. "Maybe I'll tell you before bedtime."

"Okay!"

Smiling again, she checked her daughter over and was satisfied. With her work now done, she took Korra's hand. "Come now, Korra. We need to get to daddy's meeting. That's where we'll see your aunt and uncle!"

"Yay!" Korra cheered excitedly.

Katara laughed again at her daughter and led them away to the council meeting chamber where she knew her husband would be, probably bored out of his mind as he usually was during those moments. Though she knew that he understood why they were important, she also knew that he was a restless spirit and would much rather be spending time with his family.

As they finally reached the room, the doors opened to reveal Aang's generals leaving. They gave them a nod of respect along the way and left the doors open, knowing that the Queen and her daughter would be going in.

"Come on, sweetheart," Katara murmured to her daughter as she saw that Aang was already in a discussion with Sokka and Suki.

When Aang saw her out of the corner of his eye, he smiled widely, making Katara melt all over again. She loved his smile, and it never failed to amaze her that that particular smile was only for her.

"Hey sis," Sokka greeted her when he finally saw her walk into the room. He gasped when he saw Korra and smiled. "Hi, Korra."

"Uncle Sokka! Aunt Suki!" Korra smiled and tackled them in a hug. They chuckled and hugged her back.

"It's good to see you too, hun," Suki smiled before letting her go. "Wow, look at you! You're getting so big!"

Korra smiled widely at this. "Thanks! One day I'm going to be as big and strong as daddy!"

"You don't want to do that. Twinkle Toes is pretty scrawny," Toph joked as she came into the room.

Aang rolled his eyes. "Gee, thanks Toph."

Toph snickered and punched him in the arm. "You know I'm kidding. Don't be such a big baby." Aang just laughed good naturedly and watched as Zuko and Mai came in. "Oh, what a surprise! Mr. and Mrs. Pouty are late!" she smirked.

Zuko rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Says the girl who was late to her own wedding. Speaking of which, where's Teo?" he asked as he looked around.

"He's busy with his business that his father and he made," she shrugged. "He said to say hi and that he's sorry he couldn't make it."

Mai snickered. "Yup, you guys are a good match. You both are too busy all of the time." Toph snorted and rolled her blind eyes, but she couldn't keep the small smile off her face.

"So, has anyone heard about Jin?" Suki asked excitedly. Katara hadn't known it, but over Suki's travels, she had befriended Jin and was apparently very close to her. Everyone shook their heads. "She got married!"

Aang smiled at this, happy to hear that she finally found someone to make her not be so lonely. "That's great! Who did she marry?" he asked curiously.

"A man named Haru. He was a peasant before they got married, and now he's the king of their portion of the Earth Kingdom. But she makes it clear that she's the one in charge," Suki winked, making them all laugh.

"Well, I'm very glad to hear that," Katara said as she remembered the talk she had with her before she and Yue fought. She didn't have to worry about Yue being alone, either. After she had returned to the North Pole, she had been surprised to discover that Hahn, a young man who had once been a jerk, had ended up almost dying, which made him rethink his life and remade himself into a good man. And now they were happily married and ruled over the Northern Water Tribe together.

Azula and Ty Lee, despite their obvious feud that they had during the competition, managed to stop the hostility towards each other and had become good friends. With Zuko's help, of course. And from what Katara had heard, they had both landed nice men from the fire nation. Though they were just rumors, Katara hoped they were true. Even if Azula almost caused her to lose the love of her life.

As they all stood there and talked, Katara couldn't help but feel extremely content with her life. She had an amazing family, an amazing husband, and an amazing daughter. And she would be grateful for all she had for the rest of her life.

She felt Aang's warm lips press to her head as he took her hand in his. She smiled and kissed his cheek before leaning into his ear. "I love you."

"I love you, too," he whispered back and squeezed her hand, making Katara smile. Yes, though the road had been long and hard, it was worth it. Because now she had him. And she would spend every moment she could with the man she loved. And though she knew being a queen wasn't easy, it was worth it to be with him. Even if they had some royal complications along the way.

Hey guys! I just wanted to say thanks for following the story and letting me know what you think. Again, I'm sorry about the end of chapter six, but hopefully the end of last chapter and this epilogue made up for it. Anyway, thank you guys for your support and I will see you all later!