Love Unearthed
A/N: This fic is for the lack of Toko!
Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar the Last Airbender! Nor do I own Reflection; but I own Mulan on DVD ;)
It was a cloudy afternoon Aang, Toph, Sokka and Katara were on a boat and Zuko and his Uncle were on another, when, a whirlpool appeared out of no where! Aang and Katara sprang into action; waterbending them away from the center of it. On the other boat Iroh was steering the ship away from the whirlpool, but in all the commotion; Toph and Zuko fell into the water.
Later Toph was awaking in a cave and screamed! She could see! As she was screaming Zuko waked up.
"WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING?!" He yelled
"I CAN SEE!" Toph yelled
"And…" Zuko said calming down
"I WAS BLIND BEFORE!" Toph shrieked
"Please calm down," Zuko said walking to the pond "if we work toget-ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHH" he was looking in the water, his 3 year old scar was gone! "WHAT HAPPENED?!" Zuko yelled
"I DON'T KNOW" Toph shouted at him they then started arguing
"LISTEN" Toph yelled
"NO! YOU LISTEN!" Zuko yelled
"I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM ANY MORE!" They both yelled
"Uh" Toph said "Awkward"
"I know" Zuko said.
"Well, I'm going to see if there is a way out," Toph said, getting up and going deeper in the cave, "If a rock comes at you, first jump over it! And then come after me!"
Toph was walking by these mirror like objects she looked into one and remembered something her dad said 'Toph can't get married because of her blindness!" She sighed and sang:
Look at me
I will never pass for a perfect bride
Or a perfect daughter
Can it be?
I'm not meant to play this part?
Zuko heard her; he wondered what was up so he followed her voice.
Now I see
That if I were truly to be myself
I would break my family's heart
She was walking in the cave, she saw thousands of Tophs but none were her.
Who is that girl I see?
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone I don't know?
She walked up to a final mirror with a gold frame and at the top a phrase was engraved: I don't show how you look, I show you who are
Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am, though I've tried
When will my reflection show?
Who I am, inside?
She felt that someone was behind her, she turned around and was Zuko standing there.
When will my reflection show?
Who I am, inside
"I tried" Toph said sadly as they walked back, "But we're trapped"
"Ah well," Zuko said as they walked back to their campsite "Why were you on a boat any ways? Wouldn't you just ride on Appa?"
"Yea, Sokka wanted a change though" Toph said "and now I'm trapped in a cave with; what's your name again?"
"I'm the exiled prince, Zuko of the fire nation, son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai" Zuko said bowing "you?"
"I'm Toph Bei Fong, daughter of Lao and Poppy Bei Fong of the earth kingdom; also know as, The Blind Bandit; 42 time winner of Earth Rumble VI." Toph said curtsying "and Avatar Aang's earthbending teacher."
"Hello Toph" Zuko said shaking her hand
"Hello Zuko, you look nothing like Sokka said you did,"
"Oh?" Zuko said
"Yea, he said you're 'an angry freak with a pony tail'"
"WHAT?!" Zuko yelled
"He did!" Toph said "What happened to your ponytail?"
"I cut it off when I became a fugitive" Zuko said "And now I'm traveling with my uncle, Iroh."
"Oh, cool!"
"Well I traveled with him for a while, I traveled alone; but then he was almost killed my insane sister!"
"Oh, I met him"
"You did?"
"Yeah, before he was struck down; he gave me tea and some very good advice"
"Yeah he's good at that"
"He also said if you need him, he'll be there."
"He did?"
"Yeah, I then said you're very lucky, even if you don't know it."
Zuko smiled, rare thing...
"NO… NO… NO… NO…and NO!!"
"Sokka! Shut up!" Katara said "We need to help!"
"NO!"
"Sokka…"Aang said "Toph could be with Zuko…"
"Let's fly!"
"You know Zuko; you're not as bad as the others say…" Toph said punching Zuko's arm
Zuko flinched "You're not like anyone I know Toph"
"Come on!" Iroh said "they couldn't have drowned!"
"Hey!" Aang yelled "There's a cave!"
"Let's go!"
"The opening is not big enough for Appa, I'll stay here" Aang said as the others climbed through the hole
"ZUKO!"
"Uncle?"
"TOPH!"
"Snozles? Sugar Queen?"
Toph blinked and became blind again. Zuko's scar came back, just before the others saw them…
"Come on!"
They all ran out of the cave and onto Appa, just before it caved in…
They were on the beach and Iroh was thanking the Gaang over and over for helping him…and just as Appa took off, for a spilt second; Toph's blind eyes locked with Zuko's eyes…
There ya go…be on the look out for updates!