Epilogue

Three Years Later

Lakota

"Come on, Kya! Push!" I tell my wife who has spent the last few hours in labor.

She lets out a bloodcurdling scream before we finally hear the sound we've been dying to hear: babies squealing.

"It's a boy!" the doctor exclaims.

He cleans off the squealing, squirming baby, and hands it to its mother. She smiles as she pants, out of breath from the delivery.

"He's beautiful," she says. "Help me get cleaned up so our family can see him."

I help the doctor reposition Kya and our son so she looks as if she wasn't giving birth, but rather just sleeping. I leave and return quickly with our huge family following behind me.

"Congratulations, sweetie," Katara says as she kisses my wife's sweaty forehead. She gasps. "He's handsome. Like his dad."

Our son has semi-dark skin and golden eyes. He does resemble me quite a bit.

"So have you thought about names yet?" Kaori asks.

"Yeah. I thought about one," Kya says. "I want to name him after my brother, and after grandpa."

"Iroh?" I ask.

"Yeah. Is that okay?" Kya asks.

"I wouldn't have it any other way. Iroh III. It has a nice ring to it," I tell her.

"If only he were here to see him," Zuko says. "He'd be very proud. As I am."

"As am I," Katara says.

"Can I hold my nephew?" Iroh Sr. asks me."

"Of course!"

I hand him the squirming baby, and he turns it so it faces his one year-old baby girl. "Hey, Jasmine, This is your baby cousin, Iroh III. Don't get us confused."

We laugh, and I find a sense of peace as I watch my wife rock my baby, Avatar Aang and Sokka argue over what kind of bending Kaori and Iroh's daughter will have, Katara shake her head, and Zuko, well, he just pats my shoulder and says, "Job well done".

Whew! It's been a long road, but the story is finally over, sadly. I know it ended rather quickly, but I wanted to tie this up before summer. It was my goal. A ginormous, universe-sized thank you goes out to everyone who reviewed, subscribed, and favorited this. You guys all make every day special. Signing off for the last time on this story, this is Symphonic Madness. Hope you enjoyed the story.