Tokka Week – Betrothal

By Sanna Lan a.k.a. San-chan Reincarnated

Disclaimer: Meow? Miu mew mew miau meow, nyan miu miu mew meow gets eaten by Azula

A/N: I got the idea from the Teen Titans episode of the same name. I didn't realise the similarities with the North Pole until 1:00 a.m. today, and it was too late to do something else. This was intended to be crack, but I don't know if I succeeded. It sounded kind of serious to me.But I hopeit made you laugh. And happy Tokka Week everybody!

Outfit. Check.

Headband with puffy things. Check.

Earth Rumble IV Championship Belt. Check.

Space Bracelet...

Check.

"Toph, what are you doing?"

"I'm going back to my parents'"

"When are you coming back?"

"Never. I'm getting married."

"WHAT!?"

Sokka, Chief Strategist and Warrior of the Water Tribes and Toph's 'just friend', fainted like an old lady (again).

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When there's trouble you know who to call... sounds of tape breaking Oh, right, this isn't Teen Titans... Okay, then: Long ago, the four nations lived toge... pause too slooooow... FFW ...Aang can save the world...

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Larry the Rabbitbird was very happy today. He had caught many butterworms for his cubs to eat, the weather was sunny and the skies were silent. There wasn't absolutely anything that could ruin his perfect day...

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MARRIED!?"

Well, anything except for the manly cry of a jealous warrior flying on a flying bison (not that we'd ever imagine that a flying bison flew), which startled him and made him drop his precious butterworms.

"My butterworms!", he shouted in despair. With tears in his eyes, he flew near the group in the 'bison, trying to find a good way to exert his revenge. This also allowed him to listen to the conversation.

"Married, as in not single", the small female in green said.

"I know what married means!" The enemy of rabbitbirds was still shouting, probably ruining the lives of other rabbitbirds. "What I want to know is why in the world you're getting married!?"

"It's not like I have a choice, Snoozles. My family got into some stupid feud with another rich family, and guess who's the peace offering?"

"But why don't you just Earthbend them to next century or something!?"

"I don't think that would work, Sokka." , the one with long hair with funny blue things in it said. "It'd probably start a war or something"

"Yeah", the small female said.

"Fine"

The enemy of rabbitbirds finally stopped screaming. He looked very gloomy, like that time Lila, Larry's 31st son's mate had had cubs with another rabbitbird. The boy was making that same kind of angry-sad-disappointed face his 31st son had during that time. Larry couldn't help but to feel sorry for him, and decided to leave him alone. The poor boy had enough problems by himself.

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That night

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Sokka entered his room, exhausted. It had been a loooooooooong day. When they arrived, they had been received by Toph's parents, who had showered their daughter with affection and 'concern' until it was obvious that she was asphyxiating. Or at least it was obvious to Sokka. The others seemed to either be oblivious or purposely ignoring that fact. Then they ate the magnificent banquet the Beifongs had prepared in honor of their daughter's return –the only decent part of the day in Sokka's opinion. After that, they had all gone to meet Toph's 'fiancé', some fat ugly rich spoiled brat who couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag. Sokka could see clearly how bad that kid was for Toph.

He started pacing around the guest room, thinking about that ugly brat. He had to do something! He couldn't let Toph marry that. Toph was an amazing person, and he wouldn't let her ruin her life like that. He remembered how resigned she had looked. She had barely spoken a word since their arrival. It was so unusual of her... Sokka couldn't help but to hate her parents. It was all their fault! It was their fault that Toph looked so unhappy. Their fault that some hippotoad in disguise was stealing his Toph. Their fault that he felt so sad. Their fault! Their fault! All their fault! Sokka glared at Katara, who was sitting calmly on her bed, and at Aang, who was playing with Momo.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, GUYS!?", he shouted at them, making Momo hide behind Aang. "HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM WITH THIS!? TOPH IS GETTING MARRIED TO THAT HIPPOTOAD AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN WORRIED!"

"Of course we're worried, Sokka, she's our friend", Aang said calmly. "But this is the way things have always been in the Earth Kingdom. It's the tradition for the parents to choose their daughter's husband."

"Just calm down, Sokka.", said Katara, speaking also for the first time in hours. "Go to sleep. Tomorrow we'll see if we can do something." She tactfully forgot to mention what happened the last time he had tried to stop an arranged betrothal.

"Fine! Since you don't care that Toph will be miserable for the rest of her days..." He went to bed, trying to find a way to stop this aberration.

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In her room, Toph was sitting in her big, comfy bed wearing the expensive nightgown two of the maids had put on her. Next to her was the dress that she would use on her... her... wedding. She passed her hand over it's golden embroidery, imagining the things she could do with it. I could bend it into a sword and rip that guy's disguise. I bet I would find a hippotoad underneath. I could use it to make him trip into the cake. I could... No. She couldn't keep thinking like that. She was going to get married to that Mu Tzu Xian Pu guy. There was no choice. She would have to get used to it. Perfect Lady by day, Blind Bandit by night, just like the old times. This year's Earth Rumble would start soon. It couldn't be that bad...

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of ragged breathing. She got down and tried to feel the intruder. She wasn't really surprised when her feet told her it was Sokka. He was hanging fron the window, boomerang in his mouth.

"What are you doing here", she asked him, earthbending him into the room.

"Ah bhb bo boubh", he started, before realising he still had his boomerang in the mouth. "I wanted to talk to you"

"Well, that's obvious, Meathead. Talk about what?"

"About this, this marriage." He pretty much spat the word. "You can't be thinking of going through it!"

"Why not? It's not like you guys need me anymore. Aang has mastered Earthbending already. Just let it be."

"Let it be! I can't 'let it be'! You are a twelve-year-old girl, Toph! You can't just get married! You don't even love the guy!"

"This isn't about love. It's just tradition. Maybe it's just time for me to grow up."

"No, it's not! Look at me, I'm sixteen and I'm still immature! Heck, Aang is 112 and he's still a kid!"

"It doesn't matter. Things don't work that way. It was fun being with you guys, a nice dream, but it's over."

"But..."

"Leave, please. I have to sleep for tomorrow."

"But..."

"Goodnight, Sokka."

"Goodnight, Toph." He said, standing on the window, one leg over the frame. "But let me tell you something. You're... you're amazing. Too good for that hippotoad in human clothes. And we would definitely miss you. I would miss you. So don't let it end like this. Please don't." And he dissapeared into the night.

Toph's heart was beating loudly, even after he left. She went to the bedside and, picking up the small, round object in it, she smiled for first time in the day (even if it was the night).

Maybe she was too young to grow up.

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The day after, in the afternoon.

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Larry the Rabbitbird was going home after another hard day of work collecting butterworms for his 49 mateless cubs. Even if it wasn't a perfect day like the one before, he was satisfied. Chirping happily, he wondered what happened to the young human he met and his mate-to-be. He was surprised to see that same human sitting with the same mate in the same flying bison. He was also surprised to see that the human was looking really happy, talking animatedly with the others. Curious, he flew closer to them, eavesdropping on the conversation.

"You were amazing, Toph!", the young male was saying, making wild gestures with his arms. Larry wondered if it was some kind of mating ritual. "You were like 'I'm free to do whatever I want' and then like Bam! And Zaz! Paz! Plash! Squash! And they were all under earth!"

"You weren't bad yourself, Snoozles", the small female said with an arrogant air. "Fighting all those soldiers by yourself. Looks like your sword lessons wre good for something." Larry was pleased to notice that she was holding hands with her mate-to-be.

"Yeah... Hey!" Larry wondered what had distracted the human, before noticing with terror that he was looking at him with the eyes of a predator. "We found dinner!"

Larry the Rabbitbird flew for his life.

A\N: TOKKA WEEK IS HERE! WOOHOO!

When I first saw the prompts, my first thought was 'engagement bracelet', but after an two hours of sitting if front of my notebook, I suddenly remember the Teen Titans episode called 'Betrothed'. And I thought 'sure, why not?'. I tried to do more, but every time I got stuck I just deleted and deleted until there were only four scenes left. And this is the result. Hope you like it XD

This 'takes place' after 304 but before 310. I'm not sure if rabbitbirds, butterworms and hippotoads exist in the A:TLA world, though. If not, I'll take the credit. Otherwise, they belong to Bryke and Nick, with the rest of the characters. The Teen Titans song belongs to Puffy Ami Yumi (I think).

I apologize for the OOCness of pretty much everybody except Sokka (well, maybe Sokka's too).

P.S. If anybody gets the joke behind the hippotoad's name, they'll be my new heroes.