Tale of Two Lovers

Author: heartslol

A/N: ok so after I re-read this I decided that I had lots of grammatical errors and they bugged me. Well this is the revised chapter of "Tale of Two Lovers" although now I don't like the title. Hmmmm I guess I will be weird on my own. .;

Disclaimer: No I don't own Avatar the Last Airbender. Wish I did, but I don't. Oh well.

Chapter One

Today was the first day at this new school. Toph didn't care, she never did. Her parents constantly moved her from school to school; no school was ever good enough for their daughter. She stopped trying to make friends. She found it easier being the outsider, emotional ties to friends just made it that much harder on her when it came to leaving. 'Great,'she thought, 'a new school. A new place to get lost. That's just what I need.' She sighed, 'Let's get this over with.'

As she walked through the doors she looked around and saw different types of bending and tricks that some benders came up with. 'Wow they let them bend indoors?' She thought, but as she looked around she realized that it wasn't really "indoors". It was more like an open school with a couple of actual class rooms for the non-benders. 'I see why they wanted me to come here. I wonder if they will let me stay this time.' Looking around she saw water benders, fire benders, earth benders, even air benders. 'This school is definitely cool. Who knows maybe I'll try to make friends here.'

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Zuko was walking the hall inside the dorm. He hated it here. He hated that he had to go to the same school with the Avatar and his friends, he hated that he had to go to the same school as Azula and her annoying friends. He hated going there. 'Why couldn't I just stay in my dorm today? My day has already gone to hell.' He thought. 'Whatever like it matters at this point.' As he walked the halls Ty Lee came running to him.

"Zuko!" she called. He just kept walking "Zuko!" he continued to ignore her. "I swear if you don't turn around you will be in a world of black!"

"What do you want?" he asked irritated.

"Mai said she needed to talk to you. I don't why she would want to talk to someone as grouchy as you but-"

"Where is she?" he asked.

"Weapons class-"

"Do yourself a favor and shut up I am in no mood to put up with you today." He cut her off.

"Fine. You do know you are only making your aura darker with that negative energy?" she asked.

"Does it look like I care?" and with that he walked off.

"Some People are so rude." Ty Li said offended as she stood there.

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Toph continued to walk in amazement of the school. She realized why the students were allowed to bend in the school. As she looked around she noticed that it wasn't major bending that students were doing. It was small and controlled, as if by someone other than the students. 'Hmmmm that's weird, but I guess I'll get use to it.'

She continued to walk and then she ran into Zuko.

"Watch where you are going." He said in an irritated voice

"Sorry but I don't take orders from assholes." She replied.

"Excuse me?" he said dumfounded. No one ever talked to him like that.

"You heard me Princess." She was not gonna let some idiot ruin her day.

"Look you are lucky I have to go do something or I-"

"Or what? What will you do to little me?" she said

"I'll-"

"Look I don't have time for you to come up with a comeback. Later." And with that Toph walked off giving him the peace sign.

'Who is she?' He thought, 'I have never met anyone who wasn't afraid of me.' He stood there a second longer trying to figure out who she was. Then he remembered that Mai needed to talk to him.

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"Did you see that?"

"Who is she?"

"That's the new girl."

"Did she just really tell off Zuko?"

There where so many whispers circulating the school seconds after her confrontation with Zuko. 'Wait did I just tell off the prince of the Fire Nation? Crap. I am totally gonna get it now.' As she was mentally kicking herself, a girl ran up to her.

"Did you just tell off Zuko?" she wondered

'Crap. That WAS the prince.' She thought "Yeah I did."

"Well that was pretty stupid of you, but you're new so it's not likely he'll hold a grudge." She answered back. "By the way my name is Katara."

"My name is Toph."

"Well I guess I will show you around the school since you are new and all." And with that Toph was dragged off by Katara.

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"Jeez took you long enough." Mai said when Zuko walked through the door.

"What do you want?" Zuko said.

"I was just wondering if you finally wanted to-"

"Are you serious? Did you send little Miss Airhead after me to ask me the same question, which might I add, you already know the answer to?" He said.

"You know you don't have a choice. There is nothing that you can do that will change our parents mind. So just get use to the idea that you are gonna see more of me in your life." she said in that monotonous voice she had so carefully crafted to perfection.

"Don't I already see enough of you? I think going to the same school and being in the same dorms isn't good enough for you." He shot back.

"Like I had a choice in which dorm building I was gonna be put in." she replied calmly.

"You did. You could have stayed in the dorm with all the other assassins' in training." His mood was growing darker.

"Like I said before," she was growing tired of telling him the same thing "OUR parents didn't give us much of a choice did they?"

"Well until that day comes I don't-"

"You don't get it do you? This time it's not just about you! It's about me too. Do you think that I want to marry you? Do you think that I would ever want to marry someone as arrogant as you? This marriage was arranged by our parents, I have no choice but comply with their wishes and you should do the same." She said in a cold harsh voice.

"Oh and like I would want to marry someone with no emotions." He shot back. "Look I don't want this marriage either but, there is something that we can do."

"What is it?" she asked coldly.

"Well just because we have to get married in the future doesn't mean that we have to start acting like it today." He paused, he was looking for the right words. "I think that we should have fun and enjoy other people's company."

"Do you mean we should see other people until we have to get married?" Mai wasn't one to get confused so easily.

"Yes." Zuko replied.

"What will we do, when we have to go to the palace?" she wanted to know.

"When that time comes we will think of something." He said.

"What about Azula?" this was the question she wanted him to answer the most.

"We will tell her that we wanted a break from each other." He replied simply

"That's it? Just like that?" she was dumbfounded

"Yeah just like that."

"Well you should go now this class is about to start soon." She said monotonously

"Later." He said.

As he walked off Mai just stared. She couldn't believe that her future husband was giving her permission to see other people. She didn't complain. She was going to take advantage of this new found freedom and make the best of it.

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"Katara, where are you taking me?" Toph asked

"Well, to meet the rest of the group." Katara said.

"Wait, what group?" Toph asked

"The group I hang out with." Katara replied

"Oh. I thought you said that you were gonna show me around the school."

"I will. Later though."

As they walked they got closer to the group she saw a kid of about 16 with a blue arrow on his head. To Toph's surprise Katara was friends with the Avatar.

"Wait you know the Avatar?" Toph asked.

"Yeah we have been going out for a year now." Katara said with a smile.

"Wait you guys are going out?"

"Yes we are." Katara replied. Katara liked seeing the confused look on Toph, it was cute. "Well here we are." Katara announced.

"Who's the new girl?" asked Soka

"Her name is Toph, and you will never believe what she did!" Katara said just waiting for some to ask her what had happened.

"What?" asked Aang.

"She totally blew Zuko off!" she said.

"Wait a minute there Sugar Queen I did not blow him off, I told him off there is a difference." Replied Toph indignantly.

"You did what?!" Soka Shouted.

"You heard me." Toph said arrogantly.

"Why did you do that?" Aang asked curiously.

"Because the asshole told me to watch where I was going when he bumped into me!" she stated in an exasperated voice.

"Wait before I forget I have to introduce you to the group," Katara butted in, "This is Aang my boyfriend, and he is obviously the Avatar," she said as she pointed to the bald air nomad.

"Nice to meet you Toph." Aang said as he stood up and slightly bowed.

When Aang sat back down she pointed at Sokka. "This is my brother Sokka and since he can't bend he was sent here to do warrior training."

"Yo." Sokka said, when Katara pointed at him.

"This is Suki," Katara said while pointing out one of the girls in the group. "She is from Kyoshi Island and she is in the Kyoshi warrior class for girls."

"Hi it's nice to meet you." Suki said politely

"And last but not least this is Princess Yue from the Northern water tribe. She is in the politics class for obvious reasons." Katara stated in a 'you should really know this' voice.

"Hello it is a pleasure to meet you Toph." Princess Yue said.

"Oh, and I am here to study water bending and healing." Katara added.

"Wow, there is a lot of you guys," Toph said. She really didn't want to make friends. She knew she would have to leave them soon. "Well my name is Toph and I am an Earth bender, I don't know why I was sent here since I am gonna get moved in a month anyway."

"Why do you say that?" Aang asked.

"Because no school is ever good enough for me according to my parents." Toph replied.

"Who are your parents?" Asked Princess Yue.

"The Bei Fong's" Toph replied.

"Wait your Toph Bei Fong, as in the richest earth bender in the Earth Nation!" Soka yelled.

"Yes that's me." Toph sighed.

"Oh my God! You're the one with the loft and the car and the-"

"Yes that's me. For the second time." She said as she cut Soka off. "Can you please drop it? I don't like people who grovel."

"Yeah. Sorry Miss Bei Fong." Soka said.

"And call me Toph." She said. "I hate formalities."

"Yes Toph." He replied.

"I am gonna get going now. The idiot there is gawking." And with that Toph turned around and left.

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Zuko wanted to find that girl. That girl that didn't care that he was royalty. The girl that was stubborn and didn't who's toes she stepped on. He wanted to find her.

A/N yes that's how it ends well the first chapter in any case. I couldn't find a good way to end it. Well if you liked that please leave a Review. If you didn't like what I did or if something bugged you let me know. I am open to suggestions.