A/N: A drabble about a secret stash of that crazy cactus juice that Sokka just happens to have… and uses it.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Avatar.

Cactus Juice

He sighed. They were at it again. Ever since the fire prince and his tea-loving uncle had joined the group, his sister and the prince were everything but getting along. Shouting insults, using their bending at each other for hours. Yep, he thought, complete opposites. They say opposites attract, but at the moment, not for those two. And for him, it was way beyond bad. They would fight for hours and hours, and he would never get even the tiniest hint of sleep. And he loves his sleep. His sister came over to him.

"Augh! I can't stand him! I try to be nice to him, but no-o. 'I don't need your pity!'" she said furiously, trying to mimick Zuko's voice. She's trying, but not succeeding, he thought. "He doesn't do a thing around here! He just sits around, thinking he's the best because he's a prince! He shouldn't have to do anything! He's the most selfish, spoiled, lazy brat ever!" she almost screamed. "Even lazier than you." His eyelids shot up at that.

"Well," he said. "It's nice to know I've gone up a level." But his infuriated sister ignored him. "I can't believe him!" "I just can't believe him!" she said, and she started going on and on about how terrible Zuko is and how utterly lazy he is and everything. While she was practically screaming this to her brother, she didn't notice that he was slowly reaching in his bag with wide eyes staring at her and slowly pulling out a slice of cactus with its mysterious juice inside of it. He slowly and carefully brought it to his mouth and sipped. Then he suddenly froze, dropped the cactus, his small, black pupils turning huge; his eyes dilated. He just stared ahead at first, but then his whole body sort of twitched. (A/N- i.e., the Sokka dance; see 'The Cave of Two Lovers Episode' for more info) Then he jumped up, ran to where Zuko was standing, and yelled at the top of his lungs so everyone could hear,

"Good evening, ladies and germs!" even though it was mid-afternoon. "Tonight we have a very special guest with us! He's the most arrogant, selfish, spoiled, lazy brat in the world, but you still love him!" He grabbed Zuko by the arm and shoved him in front of the group.

"PRINCE ZUKO!" he said excitedly, waiting for everyone to start applauding. Everyone just stared at him.

"O-ookay… that was odd." His sister said, with a weird look on her face, staring at him.

He looked at the group for about ten seconds before falling over on the ground and swinging Momo by the tail while staring up at the sky with a goofy grin.

Zuko turned to Katara and said,

"What's wrong with your brother? He's acting more idiotic than usual."

Iroh agreed with him, and said with a confused look,

"Yes, I think there's something wrong with him. He did not drink his usual Jasmine tea this morning."

"That's because he doesn't like it, you old gasbag." Zuko said to his uncle.

But Katara did not reply, instead, she looked through her brother's bag, throwing numerous things behind her until she found it.

"Ah-ha! He has a whole compartment of cactus juice! He must have drank it while I was talking." she said.

"More like screaming." Zuko muttered under his breath. Katara shot him a nasty look.

"So anyway," she said, ignoring Zuko's comment, "Nothing's wrong with him. He's just hyped up on cactus juice." She looked confused, and said, "But I wonder why he used it…"

"Maybe because you two were being such jerks to each other." Toph said. She was blind, but she could still feel their bending and vibrations from the ground.

Katara was going to protest, but she thought about it.

"Maybe…"

And that is why Sokka always keeps a secret stash of that crazy cactus juice from that blasted desert with him at all times.

A/N- So that's it! This is my first story, and I thought it was pretty good. So review please! Oh, sorry Zutara fans that I had them fight a lot. (I'm a Zutara fan F.Y.I.) And Aang's not in this one, I'm sorry! No flames, please; but reviews!