Chapter 1
It was a few hours after Sokka and Zuko left. The sun was shining, and everything seemed peaceful. No fire nation troopers attacking the temple. No combustion man trying to kill the gang. Yes, it was just perfect for the gang.
"Well, this stinks," said Toph. "Without Sokka around, what else are we suppose to do here? Aang is off doing hot-squats, and Haru, the Duke, and Teo are… Well, I have no clue what they are doing, but they're just not here!" Katara chuckled and walked over to toph. The two girls were in another part of the western air temple, trying to see if they could find something to do. "Relax Toph. I'm sure there's something we can do here while we wait for Sokka and Zuko to come back." Toph groaned. "Don't you remember the last time sokka left? We were bored out of our minds! And listening to your jokes didn't make time go faster either." "Oh come on. My jokes weren't that bad." said Katara. Toph didn't say anything and just kept walking. Katara pouted for a moment, as the two continued to walk through the temple.
They didn't talk for a few minutes, and then toph spoke again. "Maybe I'll go ask Twinkletoes if he wants to train. It might be fun to torture him after he's bored out of his mind." Katara sighed and said, "Oh come on, Aang's been working hard learning firebending for weeks now. Maybe it would be better if he practices waterbending with me for a little bit. He seems less stressed out whenever he's practicing waterbending." Toph groaned. "But it's more fun to kick him when he's down…" Katara giggled from toph's comment. "Ok then. Why don't we let Aang decide?" Toph nodded, and the two began to walk over to where Aang was.
Meanwhile, Aang was continuing to do hot-squats as Zuko told him to do. He was starting to get really annoyed of the badger-frog, because everytime Aang had finished his set, he would hear another croak. "Ugh! Why did Zuko choose a badger-frog! Is he friends with it or something? Why couldn't he just said, 'every time Appa growls?'" Appa suddenly growled as he woke up from his nap. Aang looked over and sighed. "Yeah, really funny Appa." Another badger-frog croaked, causing Aang to get more aggravated. "UGH! Shut up!" "I didn't say anything aang." Aang suddenly jumped up in shock. Katara and toph had just entered the room Aang was in, and were giggling from Aang's reaction. "Man, I never get tired of that!" Said Toph.
"What do you guys want?" Questioned Aang. "We just wanted to know which of us you wanted to train with today." Said Katara. "And you better choose wisely twinkletoes." Said Toph and she cracked her knuckles. Aang sighed and said, "But I have to finish up doing this first." Katara smiled. "Well now your taking a break." "But Zuko wants me to…" Katara cut off Aang before he could continue his sentence. "Oh please, do I really care what Zuko thinks? Besides, you've been doing this for hours now. Take a break." Aang smiled and said, "O.k." Toph groaned and said, "Come on! Choose who you want to train with!" Aang thought for a moment, looking at katara, who was smiling at him, and then at toph, who was cracking her knuckles again. "I choose Katara." Aang suddenly said. Katara looked at toph and grinned. "Wipe that smirk off your face sugarqueen." Aang chuckled and faced katara. "So, where are we going to practice? By the fountain?" Katara looked at aang and smiled. "Maybe we could go find a lake near by. We could take Appa and fly around until we find one. It be nice to get out of the temple once and awhile." Aang nodded. "I'm out. I'm not flying unless I have to." Said Toph. And so Katara and Aang got on appa, and flew off to go find a near by lake.
Toph sighed, and walked over to where the gang's stuff was. Momo was just waking up from his nap. "Well, I guess I could either find Haru, Teo and the Duke, and find out what the heck they are doing. Or I could just sit here with Momo." She thought about this for a moment, and then sighed and looked at Momo. "Guess I have no other choice…"
This first chapter is really acting as a prologue, so it's going to get better from here. There's gonna be some Kataang Fluff, but don't expect anything where aang admits his feelings for katara. I'll put in some romantic tension, but it's basically going to end at a point where whatever happens in 316, 317, and the finale, this storyline will still seem like it could have happened when sokka and zuko were at the boiling rock. Also, there will be some toph crush moments as well. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter!
