Hey, Y'all! This is An Assassin's Violin, Here! Wow, this is my first multi-chapter story! Yay! Well, this page is sort of like a prologue to the actual story. Here's the info guide you might need while you're reading':

Story: Smoldering Coals

Pairings: Toko/Kataang/Sozula

Ages: Everyone is between the ages of 15 and 17

Toph: 15

Zuko: 17

Aang: 15 ½

Katara: 16 ½

Sokka: 17

Azula: 16 ½

You're all smart enough to guess the ages of the rest of the characters. If you can't, well, still try to enjoy the story. Laters XD

Flashback

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"Haha, I got you, HotHead", a ten year-old Toph Bei Fong victoriously ranted at her twelve year-old best friend, Zuko Kuzon. They were playing a delightful game of hide-and-seek ( well, it was delightful to Toph since she was winning. Zuko was ticked off that he was losing hide-and-seek to a blind kid).

" No fair! You're cheating! You can sense things with your feet and know where they are", Zuko huffed.

" Well, it's not my fault that you're so easy to detect. You having a fat butt and all", Toph smugly shot back.

" I do not have a fat butt. You're the one with the big head!" Zuko was best friends with Toph, but he absolutelyloathesToph when she beats him at games like tag, duck-duck goose, hide-and-seek( he really gets frustrated when she beats him at that. You have to be able to see to seek! Duh!). Just then, his eleven-and-a-half sister, also one of Toph's best friends, came , looking for a way to annoy Zuko. When she saw them playing hide-and-seek, her evil, conniving brain got an idea.

" Oh, Zuzu…", Azula loves to use her demeaning nickname for Zuko. Zuko then whipped around to see Azula.

" Azula, I've told you a million times! DO NOT CALL ME THAT! ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF TOPH!!" Azula just smirked. She was hoping he would say that.

" Awww, I understand. You don't want to be embarrassed in front of her since, oh I don't know, that's she's your girlfriend." Hook, line and sinker.

" She. Is. Not. My. Girlfriend!", Zuko shouted, furious that Azula would suggest something so preposterous. Toph just looked stunned, too speechles for any way to retort. However, if one looked close enough, one would see the slightest blush of light pink across her face. Then, after a moment, she regained her composure and retorted, " Ewww, Azula! I wouldn't stoop that low!" Toph then remembered one of Azula's deepest, darkest secrets.

" Well, if Zuko and I are boyfriend and girlfriend", Toph started with a smug look on her face," I guess you and Sokka are together, too." Azula then turned beet red and lost her composure.

" Wha-What are you talking about? I don't like him!?", Azula frantically half yelled.

"Haha, you like Sokka?!", Zuko taunted, amazed that his sister would like anyone on the planet Earth.

"Well, guys, I have to go home. See y'all knuckleheads later", Toph said, rather proud of herself. Azula, after calming down a moment after the Sokka fiasco, looked at Zuko. She saw that he was blushing, apparently because of her teasing him and Toph.

In a caring, nurturing voice, she said," You know, you'll have to tell Toph that you like her more than a friend", Azula counseled her brother, a dead serious expression on her face. " I mean, you've liked her since you met her ." Zuko just looked at his feet, bashful. He couldn't believe his sister was being so caring to him all of a sudden.

" Well, when are you going to tell Sokka that you like him?", Zuko taunted, trying to catch Azula off guard. " And besides, we're too young to like each other that way, anyway." His voice dropped to a whisper. " She probably doesn't like me like that, anyhow." Azula stood beside her brother.

Then, very randomly, she put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. " I bet you she does. Just wait if you aren't ready to reveal your feelings to her." She then said, " And as for me and Sokka, I am going to wait, too. I hope he can."

Then, as quick as she began being caring, Azula quickly shoved Zuko to the ground, a smirk on her face. " Come on, let's go play inside. It looks like it's going to rain." Azula's prediction was true, raindrops starting to fall from the sky. Zuko got up and started running while yelling over his shoulder, " Race ya!" As the two children ran, too busy trying to outrun the other, they didn't notice that someone was eavesdropping on them. Toph ,revealing herself from a nearby hiding place, started smiling to herself, happy what Zuko said about her. In a voice softer than a whisper, she said to no one in particular, " I'll wait, Zuko. I'll wait, too."

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