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Borealis: A Zutara Story	By : jaded_priceless Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > AU/AR - Alternate Universe/Alternate Reality Views: 33555 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Chapter 146

Katara watched as Zuko’s face scrunched up and his body tensed while in slumber. She never imagined she would think of Zuko as hapless. She sighed, yes she would. She had often thought that when he told her stories of his childhood, but she’d never imagined she’d think of him, this age, this size as being so pitiful. Her head dropped again and she shook it once more contradicting herself; yes she would, she’d felt so very bad for him during mail call on the Ursa when the Fire Lord had sent gifts to her and Azula but he’d received nothing. Zuko began to jerk and whimper as if remembering that day also.
“Zuuuu, Zuko, I’m here. I’m here, zuzu, zuzuzuzuzu. Relax and sleep peacefully, I’m here with you,” Katara cooed softly while caressing his cheeks and stroking his hair until he stilled once more.

She massaged his brow and held him closer even after she’d chased away the nightmare. She couldn’t believe how fragile he was. He was almost as bad as Sokka had been after they lost their mother. No one should be that easily broken. She was glad she hadn’t realized that back when he was chasing them or she would have completely destroyed him. When they found Iroh she would have to protect him from Toph.
Katara let her had fall back against the metal wall. He’d kidnapped and raped her repeatedly then let her think he’d sold her. Then kidnapped and raped her again in midst of doing so but she wanted to protect him. She was an idiot. She was a soft-hearted naïve idiot. She should be happy she’d broken Zuko. He would be happy to break her. No he wouldn’t. Even though he’d done horrible things to her he did what he could to keep her from breaking. He could have easily broken her the first night he raped her or the next day. He could have tossed her to the nobles when they were at court. He could have let her mind remain in whatever place it floated off to the morning Ozai had watched. Katara had let go of everything that morning. She wasn’t planning on coming back. He’d told her to keep her strength up for the people that needed her. She never imagined he would be one of them.
She lowered her gaze to look at him, “Zuko what am I going to do with you? I have the overwhelming urge to castrate you like a pig then gut you like a seal but there is a soft spot that wants to keep you as a pet.”
She kissed his forehead, “One way or the other. I will be the one to end your life. I’m not sure of what will happen between now and then, but I will kill you for what you’ve done to me.”
Unbeknownst to her he’d woken up when she started to speak. Zuko nuzzled his face against her breast and wrapped his arms more tightly around her. He drifted peacefully back to sleep knowing once again all was right between them.

Zuko did not wake again until the next morning. To the early riser’s surprise Katara was still holding him and watching him sleep, “Why are you up already?”
“I was thinking,” she replied absently caressing his scar. For some reason the transition from between textures reminded her of the two person scraper used to skin large animals. It was worn smooth on both ends where it was held and pushed forward to separate fur from flesh but rougher in the middle where it received less handling.
He adjusted himself so his head was cradled against her shoulder but didn’t say anything as the pads of her fingers glided back and forth across his skin. If she wanted to tell him she would.
She continued rhythmically stroking his scar in contemplation, several moments later as his eyelids were in danger of closing she replied, “What if there is a point to all this? What if this was meant to happen? What if there is no great force of good in the world and life is meant to be unhappy?”
Zuko yawned then drowsily answered, “Then you wouldn’t have found the Avatar and I wouldn’t have found you.”
Katara considered his words: If life was meant to be unhappy and there was not great force of good she wouldn’t have found Aang. Katara hated how Zuko sometimes had the ability to say the words she needed to hear. It was as if he read her mind and understood the areas in which her thoughts were floundering. She replied without thinking, “I hate you, you know that?”
“Wait, Zuko. I didn’t mean that. I mean I hate you but I don’t hate you hate you,” she said earnestly hoping she didn’t send him into another bout of depression. It had been lonely having no one to talk to for so long. “I kinda sorta almost hate you, but in a good way.”
For the first time in almost a month he laughed. It was hesitant at first but soon turned into hearty rumbles. He had to let go of her waist to clutch his own.
“You sound like Mai. I hate you, but I don’t hate you hate you. I kinda sorta almost hate you, but in a good way,” he mimicked raising his voice.
“If you keep laughing I will throw something sharp and pointy at you,” Katara said monotonically while briefly wiping her face of all expression before bursting into a fit of giggles.
Zuko snorted. She pointed and laughed then snorted mimicking him then demanded he do it again. When he refused she pulled the pillow from behind her back and bopped him over the head with it. She ordered him to do it again miming Azula’s speech patterns, “Zuzu, I command you to snort for the Waterbending peasant.”
He snorted again. When Katara pointed triumphantly and told him to do it again he tickled her. The tickle fight escalated into a pillow fight which escalated into giggling shrieking madness. The unusual sound of joy drew Azula to his room. Mai, Ty Lee and Mu were with her.
Katara had twisted both ends of his robe belt around her left hand and wrist to keep him from getting away while the right hand reached inside to tickle him. He was squirming and squealing like a frightened picken while trying to lift his bathrobe overhead with one hand and hit her with a pillow with the other. The Princess opened the door to see the pillow Zuko was wielding explode sending feathers raining down on both of them
“Mai, I can understand why you chose not to mate with Zuko. His tastes are clearly abnormal,” Mu deadpanned when a mostly naked Zuko bent over amidst the settling feathers. Everyone in the doorway to cringed and turned away from his exposed ass.
“It’s not what it looks like!” Zuko yelped struggling back into the robe.
Katara was the only person to see all five of their expressions. Her giggles turned to snorts and she curled into a ball pulling Zuko down with her. Katara regained enough composure to lower her voice and clear her face. “It is exactly what it looks like. Zuko’s tastes are abnormal.”
She had somehow managed to match Mu’s bass voice exactly. Ty Lee giggled. Mai’s lips twitched and Mu chuckled. Zuko sputtered and snorted then collapsed face first in her lap slamming his fist against the mattress as he howled in laughter. Her next comment of “His favorite animal is koalaotter” using the veterinarian’s voice sent them both into hysterics.
“What exactly is a koalaotter and why are they Zuko’s favorite?” Mai asked calmly.
Ty Lee stopped giggling long enough to exclaim, “Are they cute and furry? It sounds like they should be?”
Zuko yelped “Absolutely” from Katara’s crotch and burst into another round of laughter. Katara fell over backwards clutching her stomach.
“Why would his favorite animal be something soft and furry? Knowing my brother it’s something edible,” Azula intoned.
Katara’s eyes widened and she blushed. She kicked her feet and shook with laughter while still holding onto her stomach, “Oh La, make it stop! Please make it stop!”
Zuko managed to point at her, “That’s kinda what one looks like” before dissolving into another round of snorts and chuckles. Every time he or Katara would stop laughing they’d look at each other and start all over.
Exasperated she was missing the joke Azula finally huffed, “So what is a koalaotter and are they cute, furry or delicious?”
“Yes!” Zuko screamed once again latching onto Katara. Until that point she had been rolling from side to side with her face buried in the mostly unstuffed pillow sending its few remaining feathers flying about the room.
“So what do they taste like?” Ty Lee asked innocently.
Zuko snatched the pillow away from Katara’s face to cover his. She was red as an apple and howling.
“Waterbender, you heard Ty Lee. My brother is clearly incapable of human speech and coherency,” Azula growled, “What do koalaotters taste like?”
Zuko lowered the pillow away from his face to gulp for air when Azula said Waterbender right after Ty Lee’s question. Katara had rolled onto all fours and was struggling to breathe as well.
“Finally,” Mai droned once Zuko and Katara had become somewhat quiet.
Mu had been watching Zuko and Katara. He had spent enough time with Zuko and the Zhao twins to suspect that a koalaotter was most likely a close relative of the phoenix and tigerdillo.
“So what do they taste like?” Ty Lee repeated with a pout.
Zuko and Katara took one look at each other and shrieked, “Waterbender!”
This time they sounded like a herd of boarcupines, gharial-hogs and screeching dodos as they rolled about the bed kicking, clutching and slapping each other in mirth.
Mu lowered his head and began laughing as well. Apparently he’d guessed correctly.
“Why are you laughing, Mu? You are a veterinarian; do you know what it is?” Mai asked.
“I am not exactly sure but I suspect it closely resembles a phoenix, tigerdillo, bearded cat, elephantcamel, pygmy puma and badgerhole. I imagine they go quite well with dragons, eels, snakes, woodfrogs, and badgermoles. If you want a clearer explanation I suggest you ask Azula or bend over and get a mirror,” he twittered before hastily making his exit. He didn’t want to be around when the princess realized what he had insulted her.
“But those things don’t look ali – ick…Mu you pervert! I’m telling Quanli you said that!” Ty Lee shrieked bounding down the halls after him.
“I’m going to throw up again!” Mai screeched pushing past Azula to Zuko’s bathroom. Zuko said it was cute furry delicious and tasted like Waterbender reminding her that she’d kissed and sucked him the day before.
Azula tossed a small fireball at Zuko and Katara declaring them “Disgusting morons” before rushing into the hall to chase after Mu.
“No thank you! I prefer my koalaotter raw not roasted,” Zuko caught it and snuffed it out while Katara made sizzling and dying sound effects.
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