Standard disclaimer: I do not own Avatar or any of its characters.

Chapter 1

"Not again." Aang murmured under his breath as Katara and Toph were going at it again. What was it with them these days? He often wondered. Sokka had suggested that it was PMS.

They were always fighting now. It could be over anything or nothing. And it was getting on the young Avatar's nerves. However, Aang knew better then to try and interfere with one of their shouting matches, that often turned ugly and bending was brought out.

Glancing over at the two girls, Aang noticed that they were using the usual tactics that drove one another crazy. Toph had her trademark smirk, while Katara was trying to be the motherly, "just trying to get everyone to work together well" figure.

Sokka sat nearby, especially wary of the two girls.

It had been Sokka who had proved not to interfere with these quarrels.

Both boys knew better to keep their distance when Sokka had had a huge boulder and a water whip behind his back as the two girls had turned on him when he had tried to interfere.

Aang busied himself with collecting firewood, stealing glances at the two girls every so often.

The way that this heated quarrel was going, it could be getting physical at any moment!

Listening with a dull interest, he tried to figure out why they were fighting this time.

"If you could just be more— Katara was quickly cut off by Toph. Aang recognized the old "if you would pitch in more speech starting up", but it never finished.

"Relying on others makes you weak. How many times do I have to tell you that?" Toph snapped.

Katara gave a sigh of fury, which was really more like a growl if anything. "The sunset is pretty tonight! Too bad you can't see it Toph!" Katara said loudly. Aang and Sokka glanced at each other briefly, grimacing.

Toph picked up a small pebble like rock, and threw it at Katara, hitting her right in the middle of the forehead.

"Did you just throw a pebble at me?" Katara asked in a shrill voice, and few octaves higher then normal.

"And you say I'm blind!" Toph scoffed.

Katara drew out her water; Toph readied some boulders that had been conveniently located nearby.

Sokka and Aang quickly distanced themselves from the battlegrounds that had once been their campsite.

"Well at least I don't think I'm all high and mighty just because I'm blind and can see through the earth!" Katara said, striking out with her water whip.

"Well at least I'm not the little girl who always gets herself into trouble!" Toph shot back.

"Well at least I can see in the air!" Katara snapped.

Toph grit her teeth, about to send a retort back when she had an idea. The ground suddenly shifted beneath Katara.

"Too slow Sugar Queen." Toph smirked, sending Katara flying high into the air.

Aang reacted quickly, knowing that it would be too far of a fall to actually survive. He quickly blew a air current up to her, the air cradling the waterbender as she fell.

Toph suddenly couldn't see where Katara was. Because she was still in the air, Toph couldn't see her. Katara took this opportunity to send out a water whip.

Toph was blind to see it, so instead of being able to block it, she was sent flying backwards.

Landing roughly, Toph did not get up for a second.

Once Katara was down on the ground, she realized what she had just done.

"Toph, I'm sorry—Toph held her hand up to stop Katara. Toph whipped the dirt from her cheek onto her sleeve. Aang and Sokka exchanged glances. "Leave it." She said, brushing off any apologies.

Suddenly Toph dove into the earth, but didn't reemerge.

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"This will be a perfect chance to pick off the little blind girl." Azula remarked, licking her lips.

Mai gave her a bored look, returning to sharpening her daggers. Ty Lee was doing her acrobatics nearby. "Hmm… luckily those two girls were fighting again hey Azula? I doubt we would have found the Avatar unless those two girls hadn't been having another shouting match." Ty Lee replied thoughtfully, twisting herself in odd positions.

"Not only that Ty Lee. We can wipe the Avatar's earthbending teacher out in one swipe. You heard what that waterbender said?" Ty Lee flipped around to face Azula and Mai. "I think so." She said, thinking.

"Somehow the Avatar's earthbending teacher can see, but the waterbender peasant said that she couldn't see in the air…" A wicked look spread across the fire nation princess's perfectly full lips.

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Hey there! I redid chapter one here, I decided that I didn't like it before…. So enjoy!