Author's Corner: I do apologize for taking awhile, but I did warn you it would be awhile. I'm still working on some original works with in the intention of going pro, but I didn't want to keep you guys waiting forever. I don't like abandoning projects and I won't with this story. It's just going to have slower updates. I have asked some of you about the graphic nature of this chapter, and the general consensus was that you guys wanted to read it anyway. PLEASE READ MY WARNING

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar The Last Airbender, it belongs to Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Koniezko. I only own a twisted sense of humor and a laptop.

Warning: Ahead there's some graphic stuff, namely: Zuko getting laid, Sokka being the one that gets Zuko laid, and Zuko genderbending in both directions. In other words: Zuko and Sokka having sex with parts Zuko didn't have before. The way this story is heading is skirting uncomfortably close to mpreg. If any of this squicks you in any way, please don't read it.

Chapter Four

The Phoenix Host

In the Spirit World two men were huddled together in a cave, fighting off the harsh cold outside. It was nearing their second night in the cave in the odd Spirit World. The oddest sight was the black sun that travelled across the sky, the sun was eclipsed but for far longer than a few minutes. It reminded Sokka and Zuko of that terrible night when Zhao slayed the old Moon Spirit, Tui. Yet Zuko was still able to firebend. Both had wondered if something similar had happened to the Sun Spirit.

Sokka had gone out scouting for any game, but turned up empty. He did find odd tracks that belonged to some large spider like creature, but the odd thing was that those same tracks turned into human ones. 'What could possibly make these tracks?' He shivered and not from the cold. Both of the men were out of their depths. He came back from another fruitless search for game. He found Zuko in their sleeping bag clutching his lower belly and groaning in pain. Sokka clasped Zuko's shoulder, worried for him. Zuko looked up at him with his face scrunched up the same way Aang's did when Gram Gram made stewed sea prunes. "I think that egg gave me food poisoning."

Sokka watched as Zuko walked unsteadily to their lone pack of supplies and bent over to take out some food. Sokka found himself staring at the sight of Zuko's rear, which had a distinct feminine curve. With the water tribe women's clothes Zuko was forced to wear, he looked like a water tribe woman from behind. 'Huh, is it just me or is Zuko starting to look more and more like a woman?' The thought latched on like an elbow leech and wouldn't leave. Sokka never before thought of Zuko in the sexual sense, or at least not as a someone he could think of in the romantic sense. To him Zuko was always just his jerk-bending buddy, not one of many girls he flirted with over the years. Now Sokka couldn't stop staring at his friend, seeing Zuko in a new way. 'He's actually really pretty in a certain light, and he's one of the most compassionate people out there. Has anyone ever realized this?'

Suddenly Sokka wondered why Zuko just couldn't make any relationships work with any woman. Zuko once told Sokka that Mai had fallen for a person that no longer existed. He couldn't blame the Fire Lord for not wanting to go back to being the angry prince.

Sokka thought back to all the times they spent together and examined their relationship as friends. If an outside observer construed Zuko as a woman, it could easily be interpreted as romantic. Had Zuko been a woman, he would have easily seen himself falling in love. The realization hit him like a ten ton bison: Zuko was not just a friend. Friends don't feel this kind of attraction. 'Oh shit, am I in love with Zuko?'

Sokka seemed to almost reel from this knowledge, made worse by the current situation. 'Why do I choose now of all times to develop feelings? Azula killed Suki, and I'm marooned in the spirit world with only Zuko for company. Feelings like this will only make things worse!' Sokka tried to lock away the new and uncomfortable emotion but a treacherous part of his mind reminded him that Zuko was all he had right now. 'Though if Zuko does share these feelings, then being stranded in the spirit world will be a lot more pleasant. It may even keep us sane.' Sokka looked at their shared sleeping bag, and images of the two of them making love danced in his mind. Sokka let out a small groan as he felt the blood flow from his brain to somewhere more south.

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Zuko dug in his uncles strange backpack for food. Zuko hunched over in pain again, except the pain moved lower, this time uncomfortably close to his groin. 'You'd think I would have learned my lesson about picking up strange golden eggs after that fiasco on the Sun Warrior's island. At least I can firebend now. What was in that egg anyway?' Zuko drank some water, the pain subsided little by little with time. 'Ug... I hope that's the last of that. That's the worst food poisoning I've ever gotten. I think it gave me some bloating. My pants don't seem to fit right this morning.'

As Zuko was bent over he felt the prickly sensation of someone staring at him. He peeked over his shoulder and saw Sokka's heated gaze focused on his backside and deep in thought. Zuko quickly turned away, blushing. The dream from the previous night flooded back to him and Zuko found that he could no longer deny that a part of him wanted Sokka. He did after all share a strong bond with the Water Tribe man, probably since their little misadventure at the Boiling Rock. 'I do feel something for him, but am I confusing friendship for love out of loneliness? And what of him?' Zuko wondered what Sokka's feelings for him might be. The way Sokka was staring at him, gave Zuko hope that perhaps finding love would not be impossible for him. 'There is one way to find out, I could kiss him. If he punches me I could just claim insanity, and he would believe me, just look at my family. Though if he kisses me back...'

As Zuko thought about kissing Sokka, he felt heat rush to his groin, and the more he thought about it the more it seemed like a good idea. 'Okay, tonight when we go to sleep, I'll kiss him.' Zuko felt something within him, driving him forward. Thoughts of Sokka's lips, of the other man holding him barraged his mind. Zuko was starting to feel like he was possessed by some evil spirit. 'Shit! Forget pretending insanity, I'm already there! Screw it, I'll kiss him right now!'

As Zuko stomped closer and closer toward Sokka, the pain faded completely. Zuko's eyes burned intensely with desire, determination, and something else. Sokka stopped stoking the fire and looked at Zuko with trepidation. "Zuko? Are you okay? You look sort of angry. Did I do – mmpf!"

Sokka was suddenly cut off when Zuko's lips crashed onto his. Sokka's eyes were wide, trying to process the fact that Zuko was kissing him. Then he stopped thinking and leaned into it. Sokka felt a warmth bubble up inside of him. He wanted more. Sokka held Zuko's head to keep him there. He deepened the kiss, and Zuko's tongue slid in eagerly. Suddenly he was feeling too warm.

Zuko moaned with pleasure. The pain that Zuko was feeling was long gone, and replaced with warmth, and lust. He felt hot, he felt like they were wearing too many clothes. Blood rushed to his groin, and pressed up against Sokka for more. The kiss wasn't enough, he needed more. Zuko started fumbling with Sokka's clothes like a man possessed. Sokka clawed at Zuko's clothes. Sokka parted from Zuko's lips only long enough to say "Bed!"

Zuko and Sokka threw off articles of clothing as they kissed and walked to their shared bedroll. They only separated from each other's embrace long enough to pull a shirt over their heads and wrestle out of their pants before diving under the warm soft blankets. Zuko lay on his back, presenting his naked body before Sokka. His golden burning eyes gazed into Sokka's blue eyes that burned with equally. There was no doubt now, they burned for each other. A fire of desire had been kindled, and they could see it in each other's eyes. There was no going back.

Sokka laid on top of Zuko, pressing his body against the other mans. Their naked skin burned as where their skin made contact, kindling the fire inside of them even more. Sokka's lips left Zuko's and went to explore the rest of the young Fire Lord's body. Sokka nibbled on his good ear, making Zuko gasp with delight. Zuko licked and sucked on Sokka's exposed neck.

Zuko thrust his hips up against Sokka's hips, and rubbed his straining erection against Sokka's. Sokka started grinding his hips against Zuko, wanting more. Their breathing quickened, coming out in short pants. Sweat started beading on Sokka's back as he thrust his erection against the other man beneath him. Sokka strained for more pleasure, craving more, and needing more. Sokka wanted to be inside of Zuko and never leave.

Zuko clawed down Sokka's back, leaving imprints of his fingernails. Zuko increased the rhythm of his thrusts, trying to get more pleasure. Their naked bodies ground against one another and still wasn't enough. Zuko needed more of Sokka, he wanted Sokka inside of him. Zuko felt moisture drip down his thighs. Instinctively he spread his legs for Sokka, who then thrusted against Zuko harder with frenzied need, and penetrated into Zuko. Sokka gasped in pleasure as he felt his erection encased in Zuko's moist warmth. Sokka's thoughts were muddled with a thick haze of lust. 'Oh spirits, Zuko feels so good! He feels like a woman...'

Zuko's cry was strangled with both pain, and pleasure as he felt Sokka thrust in and out of him. He felt like Sokka had ripped into him, and into some place inside of him that he didn't know existed. He felt like he and Sokka were finally joined physically. It was a feeling that was as pleasurable as it was strange. A small sobering thought started to nibble at him. 'Wait... Where exactly is Sokka putting that thing? Its too far in front to be my ass...' The thought fled as Sokka reached between them, grabbed Zuko's erection, and massaged the member with his rough warm hands. Zuko found that he no longer cared, and waves of ecstasy crashed over him. Zuko met Sokka's thrusts eagerly, finding a rhythm to match Sokka's rapid pace.

Sokka's thrusts became more erratic, and he felt a fiery powerful beast inside of him sprang. Sokka felt pleasure as intense as the sun, as he felt his seed and that fiery beast spill into Zuko. He felt for a moment that they were not two separate beings, but one powerful beast, like a bird made of flames. Zuko's legs clenched tightly around Sokka as they both rode their orgasm together. Their eyes lit up like the sun, and they floated in the middle of their cave. Around them their meager belongings and rocks circled around them in the air. An ancient voice that belonged to neither of them spoke from their own lips. They called out in perfect unison. "I am one again! Rebirth at last!"

Then everything crashed into the earth. Zuko's own seed was splattered onto both of their stomachs. They looked at each with wide spooked eyes. Sokka realized that he was still inside of Zuko, and awkwardly pulled out and collapsed next to Zuko. Zuko pulled the covers over them, trying to preserve any sense of dignity that he had left. They lay next to each other in silence, both men feeling awkward and strangely refreshed. Sokka tried to break the awkward silence. "So... got a question for ya, buddy. Did we just float three feet above the ground or was the sex just that amazing?"

Zuko turned his head and glared at Sokka. "Are you joking? This isn't funny! Something possessed us. Something in that egg that I told you not to touch. Ever since we got here weird things have been happening, and it surrounded that egg that we ate."

Sokka furrowed his eyebrows, the just-had-amazing-sex grin had vanished like Aang on stewed sea-prunes night. "Yeah, I know. I had a weird dream last night. I heard that voice, it came from the egg, and it told me to cook it up and serve it up to the two of us."

Zuko's eye twitched angrily, and smoking embers snorted out of his nostrils. "We're marooned in the Spirit World, and a strange glowing egg with a scary booming voice tells you to eat it, and what do you do?! You eat it!"

Sokka looked away shamefully. "Yeah, I thought it was a rather reasonable request at the time. Who am I to argue with food that wants to be eaten? Hmmm... I think this may actually top the cactus juice incident. Katara yelled at me too back then. Though to be fair, I think eating that egg may have its benefits. You got you firebending back at least. So... Are we going to talk about the fact that we had sex or are you going to avoid it?"

Zuko stopped glaring and turned away from Sokka. Like the proverbial elephant mandrill standing in the room, it was hard to ignore. Sex, or any kind of intimacy for that matter, was a topic that was as foreign and uncomfortable to Zuko as literature was to Toph. He heard great things about it from Uncle Iroh, and had tried once, maybe twice with Mai with mixed results. Sex with Sokka was not something he had ever thought about, but he couldn't help but feel like he wanted more. Zuko turned to face Sokka. "I was never any good at relationships, much less sex, but... Yes, I thought it was amazing. And you're not disappointed in my performance?" Zuko asked hopefully.

Sokka grinned. "Are you kidding?! It was amazing! Weird, but amazing! I hope we can do more of it in the future."

Zuko's smile reached his eyes. "I would like that, too. I never thought that I would ever have sex with another man."

Sokka laughed. "Yeah, me niether! Though I thought sex with another man would feel more different..."

Zuko wiggled awkwardly under the covers, feeling a weird sticky ache between his legs. "It feels pretty different on my end. Spirits what did you do to my ass?! It feels like it moved a few inches! I know Uncle said that things have a tendency to move to different places as you get older, but I thought he meant hair, not your own ass. I think you moved it."

Sokka raised his eyebrows. "You want me to take a look?"

Zuko paused and looked at him. His natural response would have been a glare with a "Hell no!" But the circumstance are more dire. Zuko couldn't just call the palace healer, he and Sokka were alone. The slightest cut could mean certain death. Not to mention any sense of modesty between them was abandoned the moment they dove panting in ecstasy under their sleeping bag. Zuko sighed wearily. "Fuck it... Go ahead. You've already stuck one head down there. Why not the one you eat, and breath with as well?"

Sokka laughed. "That's the spirit! Now, Zuko? If someone told me seven years ago that I would be asking you this, I would have laughed my ass off. Could you please spread you legs for me?"

Zuko snorted, remembering well the angry prince he used to be. He could see his reaction to the thought of some prophet telling him that he would someday sleep with the Southern Water Tribe's village idiot, and like it. Zuko pulled the covers off, and spread his legs for Sokka. Sokka kneeled between him and bent down. "Thanks, Zuko. Could you get me some light?"

Zuko complied, and created a small fire in the palm of his hand. Sokka hovered close to Zuko's royal parts, and then furrowed his brows. "What the hell is that?"

Zuko's heart sped up, and felt a little panic rising. "What? What did you find? Am I bleeding or something?!"

Sokka continued stared at something between Zuko's legs. He then gingerly lifted Zuko's member, and his balls, and slipped a finger into a thus far unknown entrance. Zuko gasped in surprise. "What the hell did you just do?"

Sokka wiggled his finger in Zuko, making the Firelord's royal parts rise to life. "Sokka! What are you doing?"

Sokka looked up at Zuko. "Uh... Zuko? You're a man, right?"

Zuko glared at Sokka. "What kind of stupid question is that?! Of course I'm a man! Now where on earth are you sticking your finger?"

Sokka grimaced awkwardly, looking a lot like a messenger bearing bad news. "Well, let's start with the good news. You may finally have a new understanding of women no man has ever had before!" Sokka grinned like a merchant trying sell the best points of a rotten head of cabbage.

Zuko narrowed his eyes. "What is that supposed to mean?"

Sokka wiggled his finger again, making Zuko arch his back and gasp with pleasure. At the same time, a horrible realization came to Zuko. "Oh spirits, no! It can't be!"

Sokka nodded grimly. "Yeah. I think those pains you've been having all morning were these new lady parts growing in. That magic glowing egg did something to you alright. It looks like you have a vag-"

"Don't say it!" Zuko screamed.

Sokka fell silent for a moment, and relented. "Alright, have it your way. We won't call it that. Instead we'll call it something else." He paused, and then had an idea. "We'll call it your secret tunnel! Though that would put a horrible new twist on the song, not sure how the last line 'and die!' would fit in."

If looks alone could kill, Zuko would have reduced Sokka to a pile of ashes. Sokka shut up immediately, finally figuring out how the 'and die!' line would work on the new secret tunnel song. Surprisingly thought, Zuko agreed. "Fine, but only because its better than that other word, which is now off limits."

Sokka wiggled his finger again, this time humming the secret tunnel song. Zuko flushed with both anger and pleasure. "Get your finger out of there! And stop humming that stupid song!"

Sokka pulled his finger out, and Zuko promptly snapped his legs closed. Sokka looked at Zuko, worried. "Sorry, Zuko, its a catchy tune. Look lets all calm down and think about this rationally."

"Rationally? Says the man that hummed the secret tunnel song while wiggling his finger in my..." Zuko grit his teeth trying to spit out the next two words. "Secret tunnel."

Sokka sat up cross legged, and found it hard to think since they were both still naked. "Okay, we're trapped in the Spirit World with your crazy sister still out there. That egg gave you back your firebending, among other things. And now we both might be possessed by whatever spirit that was in that egg. It said it wanted rebirth."

Zuko thought back to the strange dream he had and the voice that spoke from his own lips. Zuko felt a little violated. "It manipulated us, and me! It found out our desires and used them to its advantage, your desire for food, and mine for an heir."

Sokka sat up at attention at Zuko's confession. "What was your dream about?"

Zuko looked at Sokka, both of them were naked. There was no use hiding any secrets between them. "I've been under a lot of pressure by the fire nation to produce an heir. I saw two dragons, one sounding like Azula and wanted me to pick any fertile woman, the other sounded like my uncle, and he wanted me to find love first."

Sokka scooted closer to Zuko and put an arm around him. "I'd listen to the one that sounds like your uncle. He's right you know. You can't marry someone you don't love, much less someone you don't know. A miserable Fire Lord would make a miserable nation of fire monsters."

Zuko swallowed wondering how Sokka would react to the next part. "I heard that voice, it asked me about marrying for love, and having a child as well. It showed me a reflection of myself as a pregnant woman, and you were holding me. The voice said rebirth and called me mother, and then you asked me if we could name our child Sokka jr. after its father."

Sokka eyebrows rose. "Wow. You wanted to name your kid after me? I'm flattered. I have to admit that Fire Lord Sokka jr. has a nice ring to it. Wait... this magic egg keeps talking about rebirth, and calling you mother, and now you have... a secret tunnel. Oh spirits we had sex! What if there's a Sokka jr. on the way right now?!"

Zuko clutched his stomach in growing horror, and wondered if there was some weird half Water Tribe, half Fire Nation, half spirit creature growing inside. "I can't be pregnant! I don't know how to be pregnant! Being pregnant is for women! I'm not a woman!"

Sokka gently put a hand over Zuko's stomach. Zuko looked up, and saw Sokka looking at him with nothing but compassion. "We don't that for certain, but haven't you wanted an heir? I don't know about you, but I've always wanted to be a father. I failed to protect two women I loved, I thought my chance to be a father was lost. This could be our only chance to have a family."

Zuko shook his head. "That's what I'm worried about. I don't know how to be a father, look at mine! What if I turn into a monster like him?"

Sokka laughed. "There's no chance of that happening! If you're afraid of turning into Ozai, how about you turn into someone else? Who was it that raised you? Who was it that truly loved you?"

Zuko smiled. "My mother, and my uncle."

Sokka slapped Zuko on the back. "Alright, how about you turn into them instead? Follow their example instead of the monster that never gave a elephant rat's ass about you. Oh and besides, you won't be a father, you'll be a mother. I never met your mom, but she sounds awesome. Think you can be like her?"

Zuko sniffed back unshed tears, and surprised Sokka with a hug. "Thank you, Sokka. You seem to always have the right answer. I don't suppose you know why that spirit in the egg used us, do you?"

Sokka hugged Zuko back, clutching onto the other man protectively. He didn't have the answer, but he wished he did. Then Zuko doubled over, his eyes glowed like the sun, and his hair turned crimson. Zuko looked at Sokka, and spoke, but not in Zuko's voice. It was an ancient, almost feminine, one, it sounded like many voices at once. "Survival. Protection of all life. The abomination, servant of the Face-Stealer, it comes for me. It seeks the death of us all."

Sokka backed away with wide eyes at Zuko, or rather whatever was possessing Zuko. "Who are you? What are you?"

Zuko's whole body began to glow, and he floated weightlessly above their sleeping bag. His crimson hair fanned out, and he looked down at Sokka with glowing eyes that held much longing. Zuko looked to Sokka like a radiant goddess, and was awed at the beauty. "Be not afraid my beloved warrior. I am the first fire. I am the phoenix that hatched from the great cosmic egg. I am mother of all. I am the sun. I am Fenghuang."

Sokka's eyes widened as he realized who the powerful spirit was he was naked before. "You're the Sun Spirit! You're the Moon Spirit's twin! But why manipulate us?"

Fenghuang stated. "Rebirth. I have heard your wishes and I shall grant them. A child, and a lover for Zuko, and the power to protect your loved ones for you. Rebirth is my price, I must have rebirth, and change my face. The Face-Stealer always covets my face. Its servant comes to slay me! You must protect me, and your mate."

Sokka no longer felt any anger toward the spirit. It was scared for its life, and all life in the world. Sokka wondered what horrible ramifications the Sun Spirit having its face stolen would be. Sokka didn't want to picture it. He saw what effects the Moon Spirit's death had, if the Sun Spirit was slain it would be unimaginably more horrible. A world with a black sun, or worse, no sun at all. "Sun Spirit, how can I protect you? I failed to protect Yue, and Suki. How can I protect Zuko? I don't have any special powers! I'm not bender!"

Fenghuang cradled Sokka's face lovingly. "You are more powerful than you realize. You have wisdom, courage, adaptability, love, and now I give you the power to throw off the chains of the grave. I will not permit death to fetter you. Now run, my warrior! The Abomination will soon be upon us! Protect us!"

Fenghuang collapsed into Sokka's naked lap, and Sokka saw Zuko come back. Zuko's hair turned from crimson to its normal black, and his glowing eyes faded to their usual amber. Zuko looked at Sokka. "Sokka? Why am I in your lap?"

Sokka wasn't sure how to tell Zuko, so he went for deadpan honesty. "Ah. You're possessed by the Sun Spirit Fenghuang, or pregnant with it. Not sure which word fits better. Anyways, there's a face-stealing abomination that's coming this way, and we need to haul ass out of here."

Zuko's eyes widened. "What?! We need to move! Put your pants on, and help me shove our junk into my uncle's sack!"

The two of them got dressed in the warm water tribe clothing, and hastily packed everything else. Zuko wondered for a moment if he should take the egg shells of the Sun Spirit, but decided against it. Sokka kept his boomerang handy as well as Zuko's pearl dagger, it wasn't his sword but it would have to do. Zuko, and Sokka then started headed out of the cave.

They had almost reached the entrance when something large crashed down and blocked the way. Sokka and Zuko blanched at the horrible sight of the thing. It was a gigantic spider with eight legs, a scorpion like tail, and woman's head and torso with arm that ended in blood red monstrous was Azula. In one of her claws was Sokka's space sword with Suki's betrothal necklace still tied to it, she dangled it mockingly. In the other was the mirror with the crown still in it. She smiled revealing long sharp fangs. "Hello Zuzu! Surprised to see me? Look at what I have become! By shedding away my weak humanity, I have become a powerful spirit! Without your bending, you are at my mercy! Why don't you give up this game?" Azula crooned. "Come out and greet your dearest sister properly. I want to give my beloved brother a big hug!"

Sokka clenched his boomerang, pure anger coursing through his veins. He wanted nothing more then to charge at her and slash her to pieces. He looked at Zuko beside him, Zuko stared, petrified, at the monstrous thing his sister had become. It was a nightmare come true for Zuko. Sokka's anger died down. He couldn't afford to be angry, he would make mistakes like last time during the eclipse. He had someone to protect, someone that really needed him. Sokka looked at Azula's new monstrous body, it looked too big to fit in the cave entrance. Outside he could see that the moon had risen, and the mirror in Azula's claw. He had a plan. Sokka whispered to Zuko, "Stay behind me, I've got an idea, trust me."

Zuko gave Sokka a nod, and Sokka called back to Azula. "We're not coming out, you big fat ugly bitch! It's no wonder your mother always loved Zuko more! Even with that scar he's still much prettier then you've ever been!"

Azula growled, but reined in her temper. "Are you goading me? Using my own trick against me won't work, snow savage."

Sokka huffed, he didn't think it would be that easy, but then he remembered the disturbing paintings in Azula's cell in the asylum. Sokka whispered his plan into Zuko's ear. Zuko balked, and whispered loudly. "Are you serious?! I'm not doing that!"

Sokka whispered back. "Come on, it'll work."

Zuko sighed, and called to Azula. "Get lost, Azula, men are talking. I've decided that when we, as in this snow savage and I, get back to the capital, I'm going to change a few laws so that I can marry this non-bender common man, whom I love with all my heart." Zuko then pulled Sokka into a passionate kiss.

It worked. Azula snapped. "What?! How dare you! You stupid, insignificant snow savage! Zuzu is mine! The throne is mine! Everything is MINE!" Azula crashed into the entrance, trying to squeeze through. She swung the sword randomly at them, but the two men stayed just out of reach. Sokka lurched forward, his boomerang sliding down his sword, and slashed at her wrist. Zuko lurched to her other side to make a grab for the mirror.

Sokka had underestimated her strength and she swung the sword into his side. He cried out in pain, as the sword sliced through his rib cage, and got stuck in his rib bones. He steadfastly held onto the hilt of his sword, and yanked out from Azula's grasp. Zuko's eyes widened when he saw the sword hit his lover. "Sokka! No!"

Zuko held on tightly to the mirror, and sent a huge jet of flame out from his mouth and straight into Azula's face. Azula screamed in agony, and backed away. The moment she recoiled Sokka and Zuko ran toward each other. Sokka stumbled, he was quickly losing blood, and they had to escape. Sokka smiled at Zuko. "Don't worry, I'm going to protect, and I won't fail you. Not you, and never again!"

Sokka grabbed the mirror and tilted it toward the moonlight. The mirror glowed, and the reflected light hit the floor, forming a portal. Azula backed into the entrance causing the rocks to fall. "I won't let you get away, Zuzu!"

Azula's scorpion tail swung randomly around the cave as rocks crumbled. They dodged rocks and Azula's tail. Sokka took the crown out of the mirror, and with an pain fill scream, yanked the sword from his rib cage and smashed the mirror. Zuko screamed at him. "You crazy bastard what are you do-"

Sokka cut off Zuko with a kiss, and pulled them both down into the newly formed portal. They heard Azula's scream fade away. Down the tunnel of whirling light, and whipping wind they went. Sokka held stubbornly to Zuko in his arms, with both the crown and his sword in his hands. Zuko clutched to the bleeding Sokka for dear life as they exited the portal, and splashed into an ocean below them.

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Author's Afternote: I apologize for the delay in the update, but I will continue working on this story. Yes, it does look like that this will be an mpreg. I hate mpregs, and I usually stay away from those like the plague, but the story had other things in mind. The way I see it now, is go with it, and challenge myself to see if I can do the impossible and be one of the first to write a good mpreg fic. I'm not sure if that's possible but I'll see what I can do.

Trivia: Fenghuang, the Sun Spirit in this story, is the Chinese name for the phoenix. Feng were the males, and Huang are the females. In short, the Sun Spirit's name means male-female, which is reflected onto Zuko whose body is now playing host for the spirit. Sorry Zuko...

Another note: I had also juggled with the idea since the beginning of the story to do a cross over with Zuko and Sokka visiting other worlds. One idea for the next chapter was Zuko and Sokka find Neverland (from the movie Hook) and meet Rufio (who was played by Dante Basco who is also Zuko's voice actor). Let me know what you think. So who wants to see Zuko meet Rufio? Any hands out there in the audience?