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Memories from Western Airtemple	By : DarthAnimus Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > AU/AR - Alternate Universe/Alternate Reality > Slash - Male/Male Views: 16187 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Memories from Western Air Temple
Chapter 46
White Fire

Aang rushed to the scene of the battle, heart hammering in his chest. He really was expecting to see Zuko mortally wounded, and his heart stopped when he saw Zuko’s hunched form. But then he realized that the firebender was bent over another body, most likely Azula’s. Aang would later on scold himself for being so glad to see someone hurt, but right at that moment he only registered his relief that Zuko was still alive and well.
Well, perhaps not so well, Aang noted when he saw the white flames clinging to Zuko’s body, flickering and cracking without the firebender paying any attention to the fact that he was on fire.
“Zuko!” Aang called out, and saw the other look over to him and stand up. “Zuko! Are you okay?” The firebender didn’t answer, and Aang really worried about his state of mind. He started to make his way towards the prince, only to have Toph shout out after him: “Don’t go near him, Aang! He’s on fire! I can feel the heat all the way here!”
Aang hesitated for a moment, his concern for Zuko and self-preservation battling, and then he saw the most peculiar thing at the base of Zuko’s feet. He smiled. “It’s okay.” With that, Aang made his way over to Zuko.
Keeping his gaze locked with Zuko’s own, Aang reached out his hands towards Zuko. The firebender made to step back and Aang ran the last few steps to clamp his hands to Zuko’s face. The action had to be quick to make sure he wasn’t avoided, and Aang was certain Zuko’s cheeks would have red handprints on them once they got this…outburst under control.
Yes, Aang thought as he cradled Zuko’s face and met the other’s gaze. The flames didn’t burn. The airbender could feel the other’s warmth, but there was something strange about it, something that was out of this world. Aang did not feel the blistering heat of flaring fire, but the gentle warmth of Zuko’s soul and heart; the flames were Zuko’s feelings and Aang felt the other’s dedication against his skin, the firebender’s affection and, most of all, the overbearing love directed not only at him. This was the entirety Zuko’s love being manifested, and it was hurting the prince even as those same feelings served only to bring Aang warmth.
Zuko was clearly crying; pearly droplets shimmered in his eyes, only to vanish into the fire the moment they made to slide down his cheeks. Aang didn’t want to see this agony in the other and pulled the prince’s face closer to plant his lips against Zuko’s heated ones.
The kiss was clumsy, merely a brief press of their mouths together. The airbender pulled away from the contact almost instantly and searched Zuko’s eyes desperately for a reaction other than rejection. And Aang saw the same desperation and need that was in the flames that licked at his hands a mere moment before dissipating. The white flames were finally retreating and complete awareness returned to Zuko’s eyes.
“I love you,” Aang murmured gently. “I love you so much.”
“You really shouldn’t.” A dry laugh escaped Zuko, a broken sound only a step away from a sob. “I…I killed her…I caught up and now I’m the better firebender.” A dry sob followed, and Aang realized that the other would have cried if his tears hadn’t been dried up by his flames. “Daddy would be so proud.”
“No, Zuko, no.” Aang caressed the prince’s cheeks with his thumbs. “Don’t do this again.” He didn’t want Zuko to lose himself in his guilt again.
“She’s alive!” Toph’s sudden exclamation caused both of the boys to jump, having completely forgotten the girl was even there. They turned to look at the earthbender. “Only barely, though. I can’t imagine her hanging on much longer.”
Zuko pulled away from Aang’s hold and rushed past him to Azula’s prone form that Toph was watching over. Aang followed after the firebender, who sunk down to his knees and in a second his hands were aflame once more, the white fire somehow seeming gentle to Aang even know.
“Zuko?” Aang queried as he knelt down beside the older boy. “What are you doing?”
“There was an instinct.” Zuko’s voice was silent with contemplation. “I was trying to do something before…” The firebender slammed his fist down, right on Azula’s chest, and the girl took a sudden gasp of breath. “Breathe.” Zuko repeated the word a few times, Azula mouthing it with him, and Aang reconsidered his evaluation of the nature of Zuko’s new flame. The white fire was actually life. Zuko was forcing life into Azula one inhale at a time and Aang glanced back to where he and Zuko had stood before, regarding the batch of grass he had seen grow beneath Zuko’s feet. That sight had first given him the thought that Zuko’s white fire wasn’t dangerous. On the contrary, it seemed to be the only thing capable of saving a life.
To be continued...
Author’s Notes: I was actually planning on jumping right into the aftermath and giving you Zuko’s freakout afterward, as a sort of a flashback-chapter, but then I realized that it would be just too cruel, even for me.
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