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1. Warmth: All Katara remembers from the nightmares is that she is running. She's running and suddenly she falls into a pair of strong, warm arms that wrap protectively around her. There's a deep, husky voice that whispers, "I'll save you. I'll save you," over and over. But she doesn't recognize the voice; all she remembers is the warmth.

2. Voice: Katara knows she's heard that voice before, but this time it doesn't whisper, "I'll save you. I'll save you." Instead he's shouting at his men to capture them. And all she wants to do now is run away and hide from the embodiment of her once sweet dream.

3. Prejudice: "I hate you," she sneers. "Look at what you've done to us! To Aang!"; "I didn't do this; my father did," he yells. She turns away from him, "You're his son; you did it just as much as he did."

4. Comfort: He's never been very good with people, especially crying, female ones. When she turns away he wonders if he should leave. Instead he places his arm around her shoulders and pulls her closer. And for the first time, someone he's tried to touch hasn't pulled away.

5. Bruise: She can't breathe because of the pressure against her chest; her arms are cut and bloodied and she can't bend down without a searing pain throughout her back. But she won't ever quit their sparring sessions because she enjoys being around a shirtless Zuko much more than she should.

6. Chase: He wasn't used to not being liked. He was used to not having girls fawn over him. And it bothered him much more than it should have that she didn't like him. He realized that he wanted her to like him. So the chase began.

7. Stare: "Can you please not walk around in your skivvies?" he asks, looking away, his cheeks red. She looks down at her white under-wraps and then back at him, blushing at his bare chest. "Can you not walk around shirtless all the time?"; "No," they both say.

8. Splash: Zuko knew he shouldn't have splashed her, but he was desperate. "That's how I Waterbend," he says. Katara smiles mischievously and runs and jumps into his arms. After she kisses him on his lips and he feels himself blush, she says, "That's how I Firebend."

9. Coins: If she had just one coin for all the times she thought about him, she'd be as rich as his family. Then again, she'd be rid of the coins just as easily, using them all to wish that he'd think about her just once.

10. Drive: Now that he's found the Avatar, he needs a new mission. And as he runs across the courtyard to block the lightning his sister fired at her, he realizes what his new drive is: a certain blue eyed girl who he can't ever bear to lose.

11. Adrenaline: "Did you do it because you care about me?" she asked; his heart fluttered, but he couldn't admit to feeling anything toward her. He couldn't bring himself to look at her as he broke her heart. "No. It was only the adrenaline."

12. Pride: "Can you honestly say that after everything we went through together, you don't feel anything for me?" she asks. His voice is cold as he answers, "Yes. I could never love a peasant." (But unfortunately you are one.)

13. Command: She was always ready with a command him. Gather some firewood. Light the fire. Stop Sokka before he hurts himself…and teach him to use that stupid thing. And the most frequent of commands: stay away from me. He listened to her and never complained. But he was waiting for one command he knew she wanted to give, and yet was also afraid to. But if she ever was to give it, he would obey it without hesitation: Be mine.

14. Elements: He grew up as Fire; grew to hate Fire. He hated Air for making it impossible for him to return to Fire. On principle, because he was Fire, he hated Earth. But try as he might, whenever he tried to hate Water, he would only create Steam.

15. Erase: Katara wishes that she could forget about all the evil in this world; that she could feel safe again. But even when Zuko kisses her, she remembers the smell of the burning flesh amongst the freshly fallen snow. And she wishes that his kisses could erase that, but they can't.

16. Date: "Sokka, can I take your sister on a date?" Zuko asks. Sokka narrows his eyes and stares at the Firebender. "You better not have said what I think you said, or else your ass will become very good friends with my foot," the blue-eyed boy threatens. Zuko tries again, "Can I take her on the word for a small brown fruit?"

17. Study: "Do you want to go out tonight?"; "I thought we could stay in and study," Katara said; "Biology?" Zuko asked. Katara smiled, "Chemistry."; Zuko grinned wickedly, "What about Anatomy?"

18. Young: Though he knows that she has done many things that have made her wise beyond her years, Sokka thinks his sister is too young to be in such a serious relationship with the Firebender.

19. Cactus: Sokka thinks it's the cactus juice that makes his sister say she's going to Zuko's room. He knows she isn't really going there. For a while, he isn't worried, until he discovers that neither of them drank their juice that night.

20. Wake: When she has a bad dream she'll wake and hurry down the hall to his room. Zuko will wake only when she pulls the blankets off him and all but pushes him out of his own bed.

21. Icy: His laugh is throaty when she chills him with her cool hands. "Sorry," she says. "My hands are always like ice." He places her icy hands on his bare chest and smiles, "The colder the hands, the warmer the heart."

22. Close: He flinches as she throws herself against him in an embrace. "Sorry," he says, when he sees the hurt and fear of rejection in her eyes. "I'm not used to being this close to anyone." She smiles, and snuggles her head into his chest, "Get used to it."

23. Resist: She had ignored her brother's antics for years. She had ignored Aang's affections because she knew it was nothing more than a silly boy falling for the first girl he ever saw. But try as she might, she couldn't resist the dark haired, husky voiced Firebender for long.

24. Ignite: She's on fire from the inside out. Never mind Firebenders, she is the human torch. And as quickly as Zuko's lips leave hers, the burning sensation inside her leaves with him. But she likes when he ignites her, so she grabs his shirt and pulls his head down once more.

25. Desperation: He groans and pants as she pulls away. "I'm not ready. But I know I won't be able to say no," she says, panting equally as hard. He pulls her close again, "Well I can't stop myself."

26. Patience: It's never been Zuko's strongest attribute, but when Katara hides herself beneath the silken sheets and quilts of his bed and cries into her pillow, he knows he'll be able to wait however long it takes for her to be ready.

27. Union: His uncle had told him time after time that the union between a man and a woman was a happy occasion. Zuko was afraid though, when Katara refused to look at him once the deed was done.

28. Cleanse: When she kisses him it feels as if his entire past has been erased; there is nothing but the future they have together.

29. Fate: "That word is overrated," Zuko says; "Then what would you call us?" Katara asks, leaning into his chest. He turns her mouth towards his and kisses her. "Destiny," he says.

30. Strength: Katara has taught him that strength isn't about how many benders you can fight at once, or how many hours a day you train. It's the intensity with which you love.

31. Accents: Their accents and their features are very different. She is the dark skin to his light. He has a refined tongue to her slight drawl. But they both say "I love you" with the same ferocity.

32. Shoulder: Katara walked up to him with tears in her eyes. "What's wrong?" he asked as she wrapped her arms around him. "Who do you need me to beat up?"; Katara shook her head, "Right now I just need your shoulder."

33. Priorities: He knows that it's their duty to stop this war. He knows that's the only reason they're all together. But as he lies next to the sleeping Waterbender, stroking her hair, he wishes they didn't have to do it quite so immediately.

34. Fire: When all was said and done the small group went their separate ways. It was not long after that that Sokka called upon the eldest boy of the group to return. He hoped that when Fire came, he would return even just a small spark of the spirit his sister used to have.

35. Sight: "I never want to see you again," Katara cries. Zuko grabs her by the waist and pulls her closer; "Well that's too bad for you," he hisses before his mouth crushes hers, "Because I'm not willing to let you out of my sight."

36. Survival: When she left, not even the most basic of survival skills his uncle had taught him could keep him alive. He wouldn't eat for days, nor could he bring himself to breathe without pain from where she ripped out his heart. Without her next to him, he was sure he wouldn't be able to survive.

37. Together: Oh, my love, he thinks, what have I done? He remembers the summer nights they spent together. She got him to open the closed doors of his heart. To tell his secrets and to love with a passion as never before. So he continues to run, run back to what was and forever will be.

38. Distance: She looks down the gravel road, but sees nothing. He should be here, she thinks, running to me, arms open. Did his declarations of love mean nothing? She sighs, even the truest of lovers must part their ways. And she continues to walk, away from what was and might have been.

39. Return: She only returned because Iroh wrote to her and begged her to come back. But when she saw the state that Zuko was in, she knew she had to stay. "You're pathetic," she says, stroking his hair as they lay in his bed. He smiles and wraps his arm tighter around her waist, "But it worked. You came back to me."

40. Cheer: She knows that it is a happy day for her old friend. But when she breaks the vow she made to herself and looks toward the altar, she just can't bring herself to be happy for him.

41. Jealousy: Zuko isn't really sure what the feeling he gets when he sees Katara kissing someone else is called. All he knows is that he is with Mai, and he shouldn't be feeling it.

42. Picture: Zuko liked that picture of them the best. He's staring at her and she's smiling into the camera. That picture was from a time when they were happy; when they were together; before he was married. That's why he's saved it all these years.

43. Pretend: "This is wrong. I'm not your wife," she says sadly; "I know," he answers. He pulls her closer and whispers, "But can't we just pretend?"

44. Altar: She often told her mother that she would never get married. She smiles now though, as she stares into the amber eyes of her true love, and says the two words she should have said so very long ago.

45. Gallery: He's always vowed never to enter that room, but when he takes his wife on a tour of the palace and she asks with her usual charm, "What's in this room?" he knows that with her by his side the monsters from his past won't haunt him anymore.

46. Children: He's afraid of having kids because of the history of bad blood in his family. But when he looks at his blue-eyed wife he knows that the goodness in her will cancel out everything bad in him.

47. Whatever: She placed her hands on her slightly rounded stomach and stared at her husband. "Are you mad?" she asked tentatively. He seemed to break out of his trance at that. The Fire Lord rushed to his wife and twirled her around. "I could never be mad at you," he said, setting her down and placing his hand on her abdomen, "Whatever you have in there is perfect."

48. Pulse: As his grows fainter she makes a deal with the Spirits. When it dies all together Katara realizes that she'll never love again.

49. Vengeance: "I can't believe you would put me through this," she says, her voice barely more than a whisper. "You said you loved me. You promised me!" The tears fall freely now. "If you weren't dead I'd kill you myself," she cries before turning away from the casket.

50. Coping: "I'll get over him when the oceans dry up. I'll be fine when the grass turns purple. And I'll return to normal once everyone stops reminding me that he is gone!" Katara shouted. And that was the last time anyone ever asked her how she was dealing with Zuko's death.

A/N: Well, that's all folks. We have successfully reached 100 drabbles after what feels like a million years. Even though it's only been like 2 or 3. I don't remember. It's just been a really long time.

I hope everyone likes the sentences! I tried to order them in such a way that they actually tell a story.

I'm sorry I must now leave you. *TEAR* Please review one last time to cheer me up.

Thanks to all who stayed with me from the very beginning and kept with me throughout my many, many long absences, especially lately.

-TwistedFury