Hi there! I'm alyloves2read, and you may have read some of my other Taang fanfics, but if you haven't, be my guest! This is my story called "Secrets" which is basically about Toph and Aang learning a dangerous secret that takes them on a crazy adventure through all 4 nations, and through the path of true love. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender, or any of the characters. I have simply created this fanfiction story for your entertainment and Taang needs. If I owned Avatar: The Last Airbender, Zutara, Taang and Sukka would definitely be the couples at the end of the series, so, clearly, I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Chapter 1: An Unusual Teardrop
He watched as she sprinted from branch to branch, her long white dress catching the wind as she jumped, almost as if flying, from tree to tree. She giggled as he chased her through the murky swamp, her laugh light as the tinkle of a bell. He had to catch her. The lipid light green pools in her eyes drew him to her like a moth bird to a flame. Her raven hair was picked up in a bun, with a white headband decorating it. The set of bangs framed her face perfectly, capturing the shape of her high cheekbones and her bright white smile.
This fantasy swiped Aang's attention from his Sifu's metalbending lesson. "Hellooooo. Earth to Twinkle Toes!" she called out trying to get his attention back.
Trapped in his daydream, he had not realized that his eyes were looking straight at a certain waterbender's behind when he had been caught staring into space.
Disgusted by the airbender's pervertedness, Toph clutched the steel in her hand and struck it against his tattooed skull. A dim light of blue flickered through his arrows, and his eyes rolled to the back of his head as he passed out.
She heard the thud of his knees hit the floor, and felt the vibrations as he sunk into the dirt, face first.
"Twinkle Toes? Come on, wimpy pants, get up. I didn't hit you that hard. Twinkles, seriously, stop messing with me. Aang? AANG?"
"What happened, Toph? What did you do to him this time? And NO EXCUSES." A stern Katara asked as she rode in on a trail of water.
"Well…"
"Well, what?"
"I was, um, doing my metalbending lesson, and, well, he wasn't paying attention, and I kinda sorta hit him on the head with my metal."
"You WHAT?"
"I was only doing it in the interest of learning, Sugar Queen."
"Oh yeah, sure, cuz knocking the lights out of him TOTALLY helped him learn."
"Is that all you got, Sweetness?"
"Fine, you want rough, I'll give you rough!"
"Bring it"
"Why'd you have to be such an aggressive idiot and hit him against the head with a FREAKING PIECE OF METAL?"
"Well if he were paying attention to my bending instead of your stupid big ass, I wouldn't have had to hit him!"
The girls continued fighting, and it soon became quite aggressive as they started throwing dirt and water at each other. After about ten minutes of pointless fighting, they were both covered in mud.
"Gosh, Toph, you're supposed to be blind, not retarded! And now he could be DEAD for all we know!"
The Sifu bowed her head in shame as she let out her very first tear. It rolled down her cheek, taking the trail by her bangs. It soon made it to her chin and dribbled down onto Aang's forehead arrow.
"If you're so smart, why don't you heal him" she choked, trying to get out a witty comment.
"Whoa."
"What, did I just blow your mind with my sarcastic awesomeness?"
The bright, neon blue light exploded out of his tattoo where the tear had landed. It continued on around his head, down his neck, across his spine and through his arms and legs.
"Is there something I can't see that you're not telling me is happening?"
"He glowed."
"He glowed? Like glowed like flickered glowed, or glowed like Avatar State glowed?"
"Avatar. Definitely Avatar."
"What did you do to him?"
"What did I do? What did I do? You must certainly be mistaken, because YOU were the one that cried on his face!"
"I wasn't crying. I just had water fall down my face that you soaked me with!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever keeps you sleeping at night."
"What happened?" a very confused Avatar groaned.
"AANGY! You're ALIVE!" Katara screeched, clutching his neck.
"Yay, you're alive, whoopdeedoo."
"I appreciate your enthusiasm, Toph"
"It's what I do" she said with a grin.
"So, like I said, what happened?"
"Well, Toph, your so-called best friend/Sifu wasn't very happy with you not paying attention to her lesson and hit you upside the head with the steel."
"Really, Toph?"
"Well what else could I do? You were too busy drooling over this bimbo's butt!"
"No I was-"
"Ah, ah, ah, no excuses!"
"So anyways, what happened after she hit me?"
"I wasn't there yet when that happened. So what did happen, Toph?"
"I felt you fall to the floor, and I felt a weird sensation coming from your body, like you lost all your energy."
"Didn't that happen with the Azula incident, Aang?"
"Yeah."
"Oh, so when that happened your lights flickered, and they went out"
"I think that happens when I die."
"Well then Twinkles, I think it's about time you stop dying."
"I'm rolling my eyes, Toph. So anyways… what happened after that?"
"We had a bit of a… disagreement"
"So I guess that explains the mud"
"Yeah, pretty much"
"Then Toph cried on your forehead and your tattoos started exploding lights, like Avatar State glowing."
"For your information, I was NOT crying"
"Sure you weren't, your eyes were just sweating"
"Seriously, Katara? You're more mature than THAT!"
"Sorry"
"So you cried on my forehead"
"And I glowed"
"But that's impossible… the monks said… but their not real…"
"What's impossible? What did the Monks say? What isn't real?"
"Spill them tea juices, Twinkles"
"You're sure it wasn't just Katara's healing water? Or, some other water?"
"Yup! Come on Toph, it seems important. Just tell him."
"Fine. I… I… I CRIED, OKAY? I FREAKING CRIED! I CRIED ON YOUR FOREHEAD WHEN KATARA SAID SOMETHING MEAN ABOUT MY BLINDNESS, AND I JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, AND I CRIED!"
"Katara!"
"I'm sorry, Toph."
"Don't sweat it, Sweetness. But if it happens again, I swear on Bumi's grave that I will shove a boulder down your throat."
"Anyways… Toph, you cried on my forehead?"
"Yeah"
"Toph, come with me. We need to talk, now."
So, whatdya think? Interesting? Intriguing? Capturing? What was that tear, and how did it bring Aang back to life? Does Aang like Toph, (I mean for crying out loud, he's daydreaming about her!) or does he like Katara?
Please, review! I love reading what you liked, and what you think I should change! Did I capture the character's personalities well? Did I misspell some words? Did you not like it? . Well, that's what the review page is for! I promise this will not be a oneshot, or a forgotten project, just like so many other fanfics (I'm afraid to say, I'm guilty of this terrible crime). I promise I will have Chapter 2 posted by Friday! I 3 YOU! Hope you liked my story!