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Zuko would keep his promise to Toph, he watched and made sure Aang didn't realise she was gone till her ship left. Once he had given her, her head start he went to tell Aang she had gone. He didn't like the situation at all. He understood why she was doing what she was, but he didn't agree with her running off like this. It was so unlike her. A clear sign that something was very wrong.

The fire lord walked slowly towards the Avatar, who still sat under his wife's tree "She's gone."

He expected a bigger reaction, any reaction from the younger man, but all he did was sit there, holding a cherry blossom in his hand. "Get up." Zuko kicked his friend in the leg, for his own good, and a little for himself. "Go after her."

Aang slowly pulled himself off the grass, and stood facing his friend. "It's just going to make it worse if I go after her." Zuko had never heard his friend sound so defeated. "You know what she's like."

Zuko wanted to punch him now, but he held himself back. He would leave the punching to Toph. There was some true, a lot in-fact to what he said. It was still the only think that he could see that Aang could do right now. "Maybe, but she is still your wife, she is having your baby, she needs you now."

Aang now felt his anger at Toph, the whole situation take over him finally. "You have no idea!" he look Zuko right in the eye. Speaking in a lower voice after yelling. "You don't understand what is going on..."

"I understand that she lost her mother before she ever got to know her. I understand she is so scared that she is anything like her father. I understand what some morons think about her, what they would think..."

"Shut up!" Aang felt the hate he had for Toph disappear, it now turned to hate for himself. Zuko understood her, what was worrying her, what she felt better than he did. He was meant to be her husband, and he had to be told by some other guy what she was feeling. She didn't deserve that, not when she clearly needed help and understanding.

"Just go." With that Zuko left Aang alone. Not before he patted him on the shoulder first.

Aang clenched his fists, as he looked at the setting sun. He noticed the cherry blossom he still had in his hand. He remembered the cherry blossom he had put into a letter he left for Toph, the letter had asked her to understand. She had tried, even if in the end she still didn't understand, she had tried. He had to at least try to so the same now.

He pushed Appa more than he had in a very long time. He wanted to get to Ba Sing Sa as fast as he possibly could. He just wanted to see her, he hoped once he did everything would fit into place. That was a very unrealistic idea he knew. At the very least being with her meant that they could talk and move forward from this. It took him almost three days to get to the large city. Once he saw it in the distance he felt suddenly nervous. He had been so focused on getting to her, that he hadn't that what would happen when he finally reached her.

The earth king had had a small house built for the earth kingdom ambassador, and her husband. It was just on the outer wall of the palace, joined to the palace by the garden. Aang made it to his house as the sun was rising on eth morning of the fourth day since he last saw his wife. He ran to the bedroom, imaging his wife sleeping in their bed. He pushed the door open, but the room was empty. The bed was un-slept in, she wasn't here.

Zuko hadn't told him where Toph had gone too, he just felt she would come here. She still hated being here for too long. It had made sense to him, if she was trying to get away from him, she would go somewhere he would have thought she would avoid. Now fear that he was wrong, that he really didn't know her as well as he thought crept over him.

He sank onto the bed. Maybe he didn't know her at all. Maybe he never had. What was he going to do now, Appa needed to rest before he could travel anywhere else, but where would he go next. He tried to answer that question, but he couldn't shack the feeling that she was close. She could have gone to her earthbending academy. Maybe even Omashu, where she had told him she was pregnant. Where this all started.

Then it hit him. She knew he would come here, and the first place he would go to was their house, so she would stay in the palace.

It was very essay for Aang to get in to see the earth king. Even when he came rushing in. He would have tried to avoid him normally, but the palace was so large, it would take him to long to find Toph. His race looked a little flushed as he pushed through the large doors to the throne room.

"Avatar Aang, I wasn't expecting you." The earth king was always a little nervous around Aang. That was nothing compared to how scared he got around Toph.

"I've come to see my wife, I know she is here." All the strength Aang had went into making his voice should as strong as he could.

"You mean general Be Fong." It was clear the king was staling, Aang knew he wouldn't last long so he would play along. Walking slowly towards him.

"Actually its general Toph, it has been since we were married, and her family disowned her."

The underlining anger that was clear in the avatars voice broke the resolve of the earth king. "She has asked, that if you come...you are... not to be allowed to see her."

Aang lost his thin grasp on his composure. "She is having my child. You are..."

"Are you just going to tell everyone!"

Her voice rang around his head as he slowly turned to face her. Her voice had been so calm controlled, but when he looked at her he saw that she was fighting just as hard as he had been to maintain that control.

"Toph I. We..."

"There is no point. You are just going to say the same things, you have said a hundred times before. You should just go."

Just as quickly and as silently as she had arrived she was gone. He moved to run after her. He was blocked at the door by two guards. They blocked his path with two crossed axes on long poles. He could have fought his way through, but he didn't want to turn this into a fight.

"I wish to return to my house, let me past." Aang was just as uncomfortable with using his titles, and station over people as Toph was, but he saw no other way.

After a few minutes, to make sure he had calmed down he was allowed to leave. He could feel himself being watched as he walked towards the door. Making sure he was head here he said he was going. He looked along a corridor, with eyes on him. At the end of the corridor, which opened out onto the gardens of the palace, he quickly turned right instead of left as he was meant too. This way lead round the palace to the west wing where the guest rooms that had to be where she was.

It was more difficult than he had expected to get past the guards that patrolled the palace grounds at all hours of the day. When he found what he was looking for, her window, he used a trick he had seen her use before. He ran up the wall, it was more difficult than he had expected, you had to focus completely on the earth under your feet. After a few steps he was comfortable running up the wall. He knew it was her window, as it was the only one that was open. She always had the windows open, no matter how cold it was. It was her way of lessening the feeling of being boxed in.

Toph was sitting on the bed, with her back to the window. She was clinging to the sheets so tightly, to try and stop the tears from falling, it wasn't working. The second he came in throw the window, she spun round to face him. "What are you..."

"You are too good for me, I don't deserve you." She looked at him as if he was speaking a different language "You what me to say something different. So that is what I am doing."

Aang started to make his way towards Toph "I saw you in the swamp, and you where this beautiful thing that I couldn't reach. Then I meet you, and saw that you are the strongest bender I have ever known. The more I got to know you, the more I saw how amazing you are. I never let myself think about you as anything other than a friend, because you are too good for me. Until I couldn't control myself anymore. I took a risk."

They were now facing each other, Aang was surprised she let him get this close. "You are saying, that you the Avatar, felt you aren't good enough for a blind earthbender."

"No. I Aang feel that you Toph are too good for me."

"That is sweet, but it doesn't change anything."

Aang took a risk, he reached out and took hold of her hand. "Zuko understood. He knew what was worrying you, I should have, but I didn't. I am trying."

She felt a small faint smile cross her face, she knew he was trying "Aang..."

"I am not saying we have to decide what we are going to do now, can't we just enjoy it, and deal with it as comes." This was so like him, just going with the flow, not really thinking ahead.

She couldn't answer, he was being so reasonable, and understanding, at least he was trying to be. She found herself nodding, then being pulled into a hug. Aang wrapped his arms around Toph's waist, he had a faint smile of relief across his face. Toph pleased her arms around Aang's shoulders, she tried to smile, but she could only manage a slight curl of the corners of her lips.

Toph and Aang stayed in Ba Sing Sa, for a few days. They made small talk, avoiding anything serious, as to avoid another fight. The fragile understanding they had wouldn't last long they knew, but they wanted to make it last as long as possible. The first real conversation they had was the day before. Where planning to leave. They talked about where they were going to go next. Toph couldn't stay in the city of walls any longer, without going crazy. Aang knew of a small town, that was the farthest southern point in the earth kingdom. It was mostly isolated, the perfect place to go when you wanted to be left alone.

Aang was just finishing packing the food they were taking with them on to Appa's saddle, when Toph appeared at the door of the stable.

"I think, the earth king wants to get rid of us." Toph had just been to inform the earth king they were leaving, and from her point of view he was very short with her.

"I'm sure he wasn't trying to get rid of us." As he spoke Aang lead Appa out of the stable, Toph moved to learn against the outside wall to let them pass.

Once he was outside, Aang got a look at Toph. She seemed to be paler than normal, and her normally graceful movements were much more relaxed, she seemed to move as little as possible. He had never seen her like this, without a reason for it. He was sure she must have been sick before, but he had never seen her sick. Lowering his gaze a little he noticed that there was still no visible sign of her condition. Her stomach was as flat as ever. "Are you felling ok." he walked over to her, and placed his hand on her forehead, pushing back her hair. He really wasn't sure if she was hot or not, he just knew that this was what people did to see if someone was sick.

Toph could feel Aang's confusion, in his heart beat "No, but I am meant to feel like this. Don't worry."

Aang's confusion now turned to embarrassment "Is there anything I can do."

"No. There is this plant in the garden here that is meant to be good for this, blended with tea. I'm going to get some, while you get Appa ready."

Toph wished she had been told about this, instead of having to find out on her own. When she had been in the fire nation, she had asked Katara to tell her everything. To be really honest with her. All she had told her was that she really couldn't remember, and it was all with it in the end. That was not much help for her.

She had felt like this before, but it had always worn off by now. Something wasn't right, she knew it. She always had. As she walked across the grass to the plant she was looking for, she felt the earth beneath here start to spin. Everything started to become really fuzzy. She couldn't feel anything, till a sharp pain in her stomach, like she was being cut in half hit her. Letting out a faint groan of pain, she felt someone coming towards her. That was the last thing she remembered. The pain was too much and her mind want blank.

Toph had been gone for a while, so Aang decided to go after her. He took his time; he didn't what her to think he was checking up on her. He kept his distance, as he saw her walk across the grass lawn. More than half way across, she started to lose her balance. She took two more steps before she stopped. It was faint but he hear her painful sound so clearly. Before he knew what he was doing, his feet cared him towards Toph as fast as they could. Just before he reached her, she fell to the ground. His arms wrapped around her before she hit the ground.

"Toph... Toph... wake up." He held her tightly in his arms. She looked so pale, completely drained.

When she did not respond, he lifted her up and carded her towards the palace. The king had healers, they would help her. They had to. The only thing the avatar was focusing on was his wife's heartbeat, as he walked through the gardens. If she could at least keep her heart beating, then she would get better. She had to.

Aang was forced to wait outside, as the healers worked on Toph. He sat in a chair by the door, he wanted to get up, and more, but his body wouldn't move. He just sat there as frozen as ice.

After what seemed an eternity the three healers left the room. The first two made their way down the corridor, avoiding making eye contact with Aang, or even looking in his direction. The last turned to him. He stood in from of him, not speaking till Aang got to his feet. He didn't look him in the eye either.

"She is going to be fine, with some rest." Aang felt like all the air left his body, as he heard this. She was going to be fine. "However." With that one word, the world fell out from under him. "She lost the baby. It was nothing that could have been prevented; her internal injuries from the stab wound haven't fully healed. She was very lucky; it could have killed her, if the pregnancy went on much longer."

Aang didn't hear anything after the word lost. All he could think was she was right, she had been right about the whole thing, and he hadn't listened. He wouldn't let himself think about what they had lost, he tried to focus of what he could have lost Toph.

When he allowed himself to take in the world around him, he found he was standing in a small room, with a large window. The tiny figure of his unconscious wife lay in a bed by the wall. The healer must have guide him in, and left them alone. The young avatar made his way slowly towards the bed. When he reached it he took hold of Toph's small hand. The second he did he felt tears build up, he couldn't let them fall. He had to be strong, even if she could see him know. She would still know.

She was going to blame herself for this, and he had to let her know that she did nothing wrong. She would be the one to move on, dealing with what was going on in the present, not what had happened in the past. From the minute she came into their family, she had taken up the position, of the strong one. The one that keep them focused on what they had to do. She would do the same thing now, she would be strong, so he could fall apart.

This time though he would be the strong one for her. He moved to lie on the bed by her; he lay with his head just above hers, so she could rest her head on his shoulder. He still held onto her hand. He would stay with her, like this till she woke up.

Thank you for reading; this is the last chapter of this part of the story. I know it has a real downer ending, but there is a reason for that, that will be clear in the next part of the story. So people don't stop reading I can say that things will get better. If you want it to, then the whole story will have a happy ending.

Please review, I really want to know what you think about how the story as a whole is going. Any comments are appreciated even negative, how else am I going to get better.