Thanks for reading. I hope you will enjoy this story. Which is part ten in the whole twenty part story that I am rewriting. This is also the third of five new parts that I am adding to the original fifth-teem part story. That means that it may take me I little longer to up-date, as I have to write the chapters from scratch, and I am a slowly writer. Getting any feed back good or back always make me feel that I have to up-date sooner as there is at least someone reading. So if you like the story and want it up-dated faster, you know what to do. Thank again.

Toph sat her in her office at her earthbending academy. The academy was now half way through its third year in operation, and was doing well. The office was large, with a lot of selves covering most of the walls stacked high with scrolls. There was also a futon pushed up against the right wall. This was where Toph slept when she was staying at the academy. Her desk was not very larger, but looked smaller as it was always covered with scrolls of varying sizes. Behind her desk like in most offices was a window that looked out onto the hills that surrounded the academy.

She had a trade treaty, dealing with the shipment of meat, fruit and vegetables to the water tribes spread out in-front of her, when she felt her assistant walking towards her door. Rolling the scroll up, she waited to hear what was going on. Even when she was acting as a sifu, she still couldn't get away from her other jobs, in this case ambassador.

"Master Toph." Shan, Toph's assistant spoke as she closed the door behind her. This was very unlike her, she was normally very formal. "There is someone, a man here to see you. He says he knows you, but...he I think he has been in a fight his lip cut... I think he has been drinking. I did..."

"Let him in." Toph sat back in her chair. Her hands moved to rest on the table, as she started to pick at her nails. A silence feel over the room after that, she waited for Shan to leave, but when it was clear she wasn't going to she spoke again. "If he says he knows me, then I would like to talk to him."

"As you wish." With a slight bow and nod of her head Shan left, closing the door behind her.

While she let out a deep breath, Toph got to her feet and moved to stand in-front of her desk, leaning back onto it. She crossed her arms, and fixed her sightless gaze on the door in-front of her. Soon she felt two pairs of footsteps walking towards the office. One had felt a few minutes ago, the other she hadn't felt in almost half a year. Her hear started to race, as she franticly tried to think of an escape rout, but there was no time for that now. She would just have to face this head on. Just before they arrived at the door, she shook her head back, moving her hair from her face. Her hair had now grown to reach her waist.

The door was opened more slowly this time. Shan was in-front, guiding the visitor into the room. Once in she stepped back as he moved to the centre of the room. He was taller, slightly more muscular than she remembered him, but there was no mistaking his footsteps. "Aang."

They feel back into silence again after she spoke. Shan was to shocked to speak. The man in-front of her with matted brown hair, scruffy clothes, a cut lip and the smell on a tavern on him, was the avatar. "It's good to see you Toph." his voice sounded forced.

Toph quickly, having decided to act, pushed herself from the table and took a few steps to the centre of the room. "Shan can you get me some warm water, an old rag, antiseptic cream and dose he have more serious injures."

"No."

"That's all then." As she did before Shan left the room with a bow and a nod.

Aang had is eyes on Toph the whole time. He now moved to follow her over to sit on the futon. He had thought he would be anger with her, but he wasn't. Honestly though he wasn't to sure if that was really how he felt, or if it was the three pints of ale he had drunk the night before. "It is good to see you again." His voice was softer now. As he spoke he edged a little closer to her on the futon.

"What are you doing here, what happened to you. Have you been drinking." The questions tumbled from her. She didn't know which one she wanted an answer to first.

A smile now creped across Aang's face. "Which one to you want me to answer first." Again he turned to get a better look at her. She kept her head down. Like she was looking at the floor. Her long hair feel over her shoulders, covering her face. Her intention for letting it grow out he guessed. He was close enough now for her to smell the ale on his breath. She let out a disappointed sigh and she lifted her head.

"The first one."

"What was that again." He saw her face curl into a frown. "I'm sorry, but you did ask a lot of questions."

"Aang." Her voice for the first time sounder stern.

He opened his mouth, but before he could get any words out, the door blew open, for the third time in also as many minutes. Shan had kicked the door open, as he had a bowl of warm water in one hand, and the cream and a rag in the other. Without a word she walked over to Toph handing her the bowl first, which she rested in-between her and Aang on the futon. She then handed her the rag. Placing the cream on the small table next to the futon, behind Toph she still without a word left the room.

"I came to see you." Toph was dipping the rag into the water. If she could see he would have thought she was avoiding looking at him. "And to ask for your help."

"Is drinking what led to the fight. I bet you didn't use any bending did you. Didn't want to hurt an non-bender. Or was it cause you couldn't use any bending because of the ale."

Aang wasn't sure why she was talking like this. It was like she hadn't been listening to him. As she started to figure it out a smile again crossed his face. "I was staying in the inn at the village next to here. They have a tavern attached, and I went there to eat."

"And drink."

"Not at first. My hair has grown in. no one knew I was the avatar. I could just be normal it was nice." Toph wanted to interrupt again, but she held back. She lifted her hand with the damp rag. To wipe away the blood on his lip. "A guy was talking about you." Toph's hand dropped to her side, not knowing what to say to that. "He was saying things about you...that you where a...I got angry and then this." He gestured with his hands to his ripped clothes and cut lip.

Dispute herself Toph couldn't hold back the laughter that took over her. As she bit her lip to stop laughing any more, she lifted her hand back to finish wiping his face of blood. "You got into a fight. Over me. To stand up for my honour." Behind her laughter and light voice, she was actually touched by this. In response Aang simply nodded his head. This reminded Toph of where her right hand was, and she moved to take it away. "Why am I doing this. You can do this yourself." She tried to laugh as she said this, but he didn't believe it.

Before she was able to pull her hand away from his face, Aang took hold of her wrist and pulled it back. "I want you to do it." He heard the words come out, but he felt like he had no control over them. This he would have to put down to the ale still in his system.

Toph with a little more force than she really intended, gave one last wipe at Aang's cut lip. She then pulled her hand away from Aang's gentle hold, turning to pick up the cream. Which she dipped the rag into, then rubbed it onto Aang's lip. "What do you need my help with."

Aang let out a sigh as he moved back to set further back onto the futon. It seemed that she had heard what he said. "The earth king's asked me to come to Ba Sing Sa, to help him with a secret matter of great importance. He asked me to bring you too."

He was telling the truth. She knew that much, but she was still not sure, there was something he wasn't saying. This all felt very familiar. "Did the earth kind really ask you to bring me along."

With his hands sliding along his legs to his knees, Aang moved his upper body forward so he could get a better look at Toph. "Yes."

Toph nodded her head once, them stood up. "Shan." She didn't have to raise her voice very high. She could feel Shan's heartbeat from her desk in the room next door. Once she entered the room again. She bowed to Toph and Aang. "Can you get me a razor and a fresh change of clothes for Aang." Before she had left Toph spoke again. "Thank you." Shan turned to look at Toph, giving her a smile. This let Aang know that despite the way Toph was acting, like a noble lady she was still friends with this other girl. Toph now turned to face Aang. "You are going to go back to looking like the avatar. If we are going to Ba Sing Sa."

Shan returned a few minutes later, while Aang was telling Toph about the route he planed to take to get them to Ba Sing Sa. He took the clothes and razor, and was told he could go and change in the boys dorm. Shan waited till he left before turning to face Toph. Who was standing behind her desk leaning on it with her hands placed on the cold wood. "What are you..."

"Don't send him the message. There's no need to now. I'm going to Ba Sing Sa myself, I'll talk to him personally." Her face curled into a grin. One more harsh than she would normally ware.

Shan moved towards the desk. "Are you sure that's going to be safe."

Toph pulled herself up to her full hight. Which was a little shorted than Shan, who was three yeas older than Toph herself.

"No, it's not going to be safe, but I can handle it. In fact I'm looking forward to a little action."

Being the older one, Shan worried about Toph. There was nothing she could say though. She thought of Toph as a friend, and in way they maybe were, but she knew there was only a small group of people that Toph really carried about and called friends. One of those people walked through the door a few second later. He looked more like she imagined the avatar would look like now. Tall, strong, handsome and with his tattoo's showing proudly.

"Are you ready to go." Aang didn't fully enter the room. He waited by the door.

Toph moved in-front of the door. Picking up the pack of cloths and supply she always had hidden under her desk in cause she ever just wanted to take off, as she did. "Yeah. I'll met you outside in a minute. I have to organise the teaching rota with Shan first." Aang nodded and left. Appa and Momo were currently resting a mile from the village so they would have to walk a little first.

As she crossed the Room to leave, Toph gave one last order, in a low voice so as not to heard. "Stop that message before it gets sent, and don't have any contact with him. I don't want to there to be any suspicion on me."

Without out faltering at all Toph left the room. Shan left her breath finally come back to her. She knew what Toph was doing was the right thing, or at least Toph believed it to be, but she was still worried. The avatar and the earth king might not see it that way. She might even be going to Ba Sing Sa to get involved with something she was already involved in. she would have to play both sides. She would have to lie to a close friend, and someone that put a lot of trust in her, for her principles. As determined as Toph was, that was still going to be hard for her.

I hope that was interesting. What is going on will be explained will be told in the next chapter. It also not for sure that Toph is going to have to play both sides, that she is the mole at all. It could be someone else.