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Summary: After finding Appa, the gaang sets of to the Eastern Air Temple were the female air benders lived long long ago.
Taking Chances
Chapter 1
"Aang?" asked a voice.
"Yeah, Toph?" Aang replied.
"Did you ever meet any of the girl air benders?"
Flashback
"Aang today, you will start your journey to the Eastern Air Temple. You have mastered the element of air so you have to start looking for wife," said Monk Gyatso.
"But, I'm only ten years old! A wife already? You've got to be kidding me?" Aang replied to his loving guardian.
"It is true; the other monks say it is your time to go there."
End of Flashback
"Hey, twinkle toes! Snap outta it!" Toph yelled to the boy.
"Oh, sorry Toph, what was that?"
"Never mind."
Sokka was tossing nuts back and fourth with Momo and Katara was flying Appa. Aang had asked her to because he had a lot of things to think about. Toph had turned away from Aang with her arms crossed in her lap. Aang lie down and tried to go asleep. Then a fast jerk of Appa's flying made him shoot up, just fast enough to see a streak of blue fly past Appa's side.
"Not, them! Why now?" asked Katara.
Then Aang heard a scream of a girl it sounded a lot like Toph. He looked over where Toph was once sitting, she was no longer there. Appa jerking must have made Toph fall. Aang grabbed his staff and jumped of Appa. He bent air around the staff and wing type things came out of the sides. He could see her and she was zooming straight down to Azula and her followers, Mai and Ty Lee. He could see Ty Lee jump off of her giant lizard, right towards Toph! Aang tried going fast enough but, Ty Lee was too fast she grabbed Toph right out of the air and landed smoothly on the ground, where she dropped Toph on the ground hit her pressure points, making Toph completely blind. Aang saw this and heard Toph cry for help. He was now really mad, he could feel himself going into the avatar state, he had to fight this. His tattoos were glowing. He thought of the first time he meet Toph and how happy he was to meet her. He could feel himself get lighter and his tattoos grew lighter also. He beat it he found out how to stop the avatar state and now nothing could stop him from winning a fight. Aang sped to the ground and blasted Ty Lee into the air with a little help of earth bending.
Mai saw this and threw five daggers at him. Aang easily dogged them and blasted her and her lizard into a tree with air bending. Azula had made Appa land and she had faced her attention to Aang.
"Well, avatar you managed to take out my friends but now it is my turn to take you-," she was cut off by the sound of a whip and she fell to the ground. As she fell Aang could see Katara standing there with a whip of ice. She replaced the water into her pouch and ran over to Aang, with Sokka trailing behind her.
"Aang, are you okay?" she said. Sokka stood next to her.
"I'm fine. Sokka, help me get Toph onto Appa," Aang said taking Toph's waist and lifting her up. Sokka nodded and took Toph out of Aang's hands and carried her to Appa. Aang jumped on Appa and quietly sat next to Toph. Katara started to heal Toph's blocked chi. Sokka flew Appa without even being asked. Momo tried giving Toph nuts but when she won't take them, Momo turned and cried. Aang looked at Momo's reaction and copied it unintentionally. He turned so Katara and Sokka wouldn't see him.
"Aang are you okay?" Katara asked him seeing he was sad.
"I'm fine, okay!" he yelled.
A/N: Please review, flames are accepted but try and keep it nice. Kinda a cliffhanger I know. If I get five good reviews I will put up the next chapter! Very short I know, next will be longer I promise.