Haru opened the door, letting it slowly open to his dark room. "This is where I usually clean it."

Yue flipped on the lights, "Any reason why you clean it in here?"

He shook his head, "Not really, I just wanted to comfy as I cleaned it." They walked further into the room, a king size bed was opposite the door, a flat screen on the wall across from it. A dresser was against the right wall beside a window looking out the backyard and a bathroom door to the left. She was surprised that his room would be this empty. "I clean it on the bed." She walked over to the bed, flipping the covers and pillows haphazardly, not finding anything. "I'm not going to lie, if the head piece was on the bed still and it flew off...I think I would kill you."

"I knew the head piece wasn't here," Yue admitted, looking through the covers again. "I'm looking for something that could point me in the direction of whoever took it." She flipped the covers back on the bed, looking down on the blanket, pulling a dark brown hair from the bed. Yue looked at the hair length and back to Haru. "Think this could be yours?"

"No way, I haven't had a hair that long since Toph nearly cut off all of my hair," Haru said, running his hand through his short hair. "And I haven't had a girl in this bed in months."

Yue's face scrunched up at the thought, "Good to know...I guess." She examined the hair, taking a quick sniff to see if she could catch any scent off of the hair. "Have any girls been in this room other than me?"

He thought for a moment, "Um, I don't think so."

"Well, I think I know who it might be then…"


"Azula Goto," Sokka paced back and forth on the opposite side of the table as the girl in question filed her nails. "You think you're so clever huh? You thought you could get away with it didn't you?" He slammed his hands down on the table, Azula didn't even flinch as she continued with her nails. "But you were wrong! I should have known it was you from the start...it's always you…"

She looked up from her nails, "Is this going to take long? I would like to go home at some point tonight."

"Oh you're not going home tonight, I'm taking you downtown Goto," Sokka said.

"Last time you said that to me, it was 5 minutes before you finally finished and then fell asleep," Azula replied nonchalantly before going back to her nails. "Hopefully this doesn't end the same, I can only be disappointed so much in one night Sokka."

"Just admit that you stole the head piece Azula so we can call this a closed case," Sokka attempted to ignore her comments about his lackluster performance, but they started to get at him.

Azula snorted a little, "The head piece? Why would I steal that ugly thing?"

"Oh I don't know Azula, maybe it's because without your Daddy's money, you miss living the lavish lifestyle that your brother lives now. The vacation house on Ember Island, being able to drive those fast cars, going to the nightclubs, eating at expensive restaurants, meeting famous people like Britney Spears or Kevin Federline…"

Azula raised her brow, "I think that was the most dated reference I've heard in a while."

"Stop stalling Azula, Jin heard you talking to Jet about how the head piece was just sitting there and that no one would notice that you took it," Sokka explained.

She chuckled, "So Zuzu's little girlfriend told you that I took it huh?"

"Well not exactly, but she said you were saying that in the kitchen."

Azula put her nail file away, "You continue to prove that you're not very smart with that feeble brain of yours. All the smarts clearly went to your sister. I'll tell you what really happened."


Azula silently stared at her boyfriend as he cleaned out a glass before finally looking at her, "What babe?"

"There's something wrong with you."

"If I had a nickel for every time you've told me that throughout our relationship, I think I would be rich," He placed the glass down, looking into her eyes. "Why do you think there is something wrong with me this time?"

She studied him, "There is something you're not telling me and I want to know."

"It's nothing Zula," He said, grabbing the bottle of fire whiskey, setting off an alert in her head.

She grabbed his hand from pouring himself a glass, "You got fired didn't you…"

He angrily sighed, "It was the fire whiskey that gave it away wasn't it?"

"Whenever something bad happens, you always drink that horrible stuff," She chided. "What happened?"

"Laid off," Jet sighed, "Things are slow and they didn't have enough to keep me on."

Azula felt her anger rise, "Well I'll go talk to them and I'll show them a layoff. By the time I'm done with them, they'll make you CEO."

"Don't," He sternly told her. "As much as I appreciate you doing something for me Zula, I can't have you fighting all of my battles for me. I'll find a new job and everything will be fine…"

She sighed, leaning back against the counter, attempting to find something that would make him feel better. As much as she hated to admit it, she really did want to do something to make him forget about the whole situation. Sex was out of the question, while it is a good distraction, it never distracted him long enough to remember the fact he was out of a job once again. Though there was something that he had always wanted to do since they were teenagers and knew that would be the only thing that could make him feel any better. "Let's go for a drive."

He chuckled as he unscrewed the cap on the bottle, "Where are we going to go? We can't drive away from our problems Azula."

"That's not what I'm talking about, we should go to Highway 99," Azula said.

Jet glanced over to her, "Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?" She nodded. "Azula, we're almost thirty now, we're supposed to be planning on getting a house in the suburbs, buying minivans and having kids, not stealing street signs."

"You've wanted that sign forever," Her tone becoming softer, "If anything can make you feel better, I know it's that."

"It's childish Azula," Jet said. "I don't need a sign that has my name on it."

"I didn't say you needed it, but I know it will make you feel better. I'll even go get it without you. I'm just saying, no one is watching it, we could just take it and no one would probably notice it." She stopped when she saw her brother's girlfriend come into the kitchen. They looked at her until she smiled, making her roll her eyes. She didn't have an actual problem with the girl, but she just tried too hard in her opinion. "So what do you think?"

Jet poured the rest of his drink, "No Zula, I don't want you doing that."

"Such a little pansy," She sighed, giving Jin a quick glance before leaving the kitchen. It wouldn't be her if she didn't attempt to intimidate the poor girl. She joined the group as they talked about Spirits know what, she was too busy in her own mind. It wasn't too much longer until Jet and Jin joined the group again. She tuned back into the group conversation to hear them talking about something idiotic. Taking a page out of her brother's book, she excused herself to the bathroom, deciding to use the upstairs bathroom, she had heard that it had a heated seat. Looking around the upstairs, she saw the auburn haired girl, whose name continued to escape her, quietly backing out of a room. She turned and nearly shrieked at the sight of her. "Why are you so jumpy?" She questioned the girl.

"You were the one who scared the hell out of me," Suki accused. "I wasn't expecting you to be standing right behind me."

Azula eyed the room that Suki had just come out of, "What were you doing in there?"

"Nothing, I was just...looking," Suki said. "I'll just be going now."

"Wait," Suki stopped in her tracks, "Where's the bathroom up here?" Suki pointed down the hall and Azula let her go.


"Passing the blame onto someone else?" Sokka shook his head, "Classic Azula."

"Do you really think I want that stupid head piece?" Azula questioned.

Sokka resumed pacing back and forth, "Well let's see. You gave another possible motive in stealing the head piece. Jet has been laid off, money's getting tight, why not steal the expensive head piece to pay for your bills?"

"You do realize that if I needed money, Zuzu would just give me money right?" She pointed out. "Just because he got the money from our Father, doesn't mean he wouldn't help me out. He was the one that paid for all of my psych bills after our Father's passing. Money isn't a problem dumb-dumb and is it that hard to believe that I would do something like that for someone I care about?"

He was silent for a moment, "Yes...yes it is hard to believe."

"I didn't steal the damn head piece, how about you ask your other ex? She was the one acting all suspicious." She said. "Plus, doesn't she basically worship that Kyoshi woman? Her whole martial arts practice is made after her. Wouldn't she want that stupid thing?"

Sokka thought it over for a moment, "Fine, I have no further questions, but I'm going to double check your story with the others to make sure you're not the thief."

Azula got up, "Whatever...idiot." She said as she left the room.


Haru followed closely behind her, "How can you be certain that hair belongs to the person who took my head piece?"

"I'm not certain, but it's the only thing I can go off of," Yue continued down the hall. "It's not like there are any other clues that were there unless you want me to black light your bed, which I think I would never be able to hold down food ever again if I did."

He sighed, "Do you really think I'm that gross Yue?"

"Not really, I just like giving you crap," She admitted. "It's pretty fun."

"Oh, so you get to give me crap huh?" Yue nodded. "Well if that's how you're going to play, when are you going to tell Katara that you're sleeping with her brother? Don't you girls have a code too about that?"

She chuckled, "I think Katara is past having a problem with her friends sleeping with her brother. I mean, Aang has slept with a few of her friends too."

Haru's eyes widened, "No way."

"Yes sir," Yue answered.

"Like who!"

Yue grinned, "Haru, you nearly live on gossip don't you?"

"What can I say? I have a lot of free time on my hands, I like knowledge."

"Well, let's see, there was Toph of course. Aang was very apprehensive about that, not wanting people to think that he was taking advantage of a blind girl. Then I think there was Ty Lee, but then again, who hasn't had or almost had a sexual experience with Ty Lee?" Yue rhetorically asked.

"She was the first girl to strip and give me a dance." He commented.

"First lesbian experience," Yue added. "That girl really enjoys sex."

They went down the staircase, "She literally is the female version of Sokka."

Walking into the sitting room, she looked over the group. "Wait...where is Ty Lee?"


"Suki…"

"Sokka…"

He was leaning against the wall as she sat at the table, her body facing him with one leg over the other. "Why did you do it?"

"I didn't steal the head piece."

"That's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about you, Zuko and Jin."

She pinched the bridge of her nose, "Please tell me that this isn't why you brought me in here…"

"I just want to know," He said, "I think I have a right to know."

"Sokka...we broke up back in college. You literally went out and slept with Azula 3 hours after that. I don't think you have the right to know anything," Suki replied, nearly stunned by the idiocy of her ex-boyfriend.

"I was hurt and was looking for someone to make me feel better," Sokka defended himself.

"...you literally eye-fucked every girl you saw when we were together. I caught you feeling up Ty Lee and I'm pretty sure you slept with my cousin…" Suki listed off. "I can keep going if you want."

Sokka scoffed, attempting to find words to argue with her, "I-I take offense that you would think I would stare at other girls and I did not feel up Ty Lee, she was showing me how tight her jeans were."

"And my cousin?"

His silence was her answer, "Anyways, about you stealing the head piece."

"You are literally the worst detective in the world Sokka," Suki amusingly said. "Sherlock Holmes would probably hang himself from your stupidity."

"Then tell me what exactly you were doing sneaking around upstairs early…"


Suki rebuttoned her jeans, looking back at Zuko passed out on the bed. She snickered softly and placed a kiss on his temple before exiting the room. The familiar hum of Ty Lee rang through the hallways, making her groan, knowing her drunk antics were far from over. Going towards the sounds of her humming, Suki rounded on of the corners, surprised to not find the drunk acrobat. Suki continued searching until she wound up in the foyer, seeing a flash of an ankle disappearing at the top of the stairwell. She quickly climbed up the stairs, "Ty Lee, get back here." Approaching the top of the stairs, she held in an annoyed sigh when there was no sign of the girl. 'This must have been what it was like when Katara had to watch over us in High School,' She thought, stopping on the last step. Suki begrudgingly started her search by checking each room. On the end of the hall, she opened the door to one of the many bedrooms to see Ty Lee face down on the bed. She rolled her eyes and shut the door behind her. "Ty, why are you running around the house?" She heard a mumble against the covers. Suki sat down next to her, "What did you say?"

Ty Lee rolled her head to face her, "I want to be free."

She raised an eyebrow and concealed her laugh, "You want to be free huh?"

She nodded, "I want to be one with the Spirits and be free."

"Now you've definitely had too much to drink," Suki smiled, brushing the girl's hair. "Why do you want to be with the Spirits Ty?"

"Have you ever been naked in nature? It feels so wonderful, to live like the animals do, to be with nature and the Spirits," She mumbled, sleep threatening to overtake her once again. "I want to feel like that all the time."

Suki brushed some of Ty Lee's hair behind her ear, "Well, if you were to do that Ty, that would mean no more bikini waxes, no more coffee runs and no more going to the gym to watch cute guys. I don't think you'd last too long without one of those."

"I could totally do it," She pouted.

"Just like you could go a year without taking body shots or how you could totally go on that smoothie diet for two weeks or my all time favorite, the time you swore that you would stop sleeping with girls at your work," Suki teased.

Ty Lee groaned, "Hey, it's not my fault they continued to hire hot girls."

"I'm sure it isn't honey," Suki softly stroked her back. "You going to fall back asleep?" Ty Lee nodded, snuggling her face against the pillow. "Well this time don't go running around the halls. Haru has some priceless stuff around here and I'm sure he would sell one of your kidneys if you broke something." When she didn't receive a response, she assumed she had fallen asleep. Suki carefully got off the bed and crept out of the room. She quietly opened the door and slipped out before turning around to come face to face with Azula. Every fiber of her being told her to scream out, but held it in.

Azula gave her a questioning look, "Why are you so jumpy?"

"You were the one who scared the hell out of me!" Suki accused, attempting to bring her heart rate back down. "I wasn't expecting you to be standing right behind me!"

Azula looked at the door behind her, "What were you doing in there?"

Suki nearly panicked, she knew the past between the two girls and knowing that Azula would do something to break the poor girl's heart again. "Nothing, I was just...looking. I'll just be going now."

Her attempt to escape Azula was quickly ended when she called after her. She turned back towards her, "Where's the bathroom up here?" Suki pointed down the hall. Without a goodbye or even a thank you, Azula went down the hall to the bathroom.

Suki made it down the stairs to see Toph come into the foyer and paused for a moment. "Is that you Suki?"

"Uh yeah, what's up Toph?" She asked, slowly going down the steps.

"I'm bored," She sighed, crossing her arms over her chest, "We should break something."

Suki chuckled, "Isn't that your excuse for everything?"

"Yeah...but it's fun and I have yet to have a bad time doing it," She smiled. "Now, let's find something expensive."


"You're lying," Sokka stopped her.

"No I'm not," Suki retorted, slightly offended by being called a liar.

"Why would Toph just say that to you? It would seem a little too convenient of her to say that to you Suki," He said.

She shrugged, "I don't know why Toph does half the shit she does Sokka. We all know that Toph is possibly the most scatterbrained person we know. I'm still not even sure what she even does as a job. All I know is that she gets paid and beats up people while still being blind."

"So you're telling me that if I bring her in here, she's going to tell me exactly what you told me?" Suki nodded.

*2 Minutes later*

"Yeah, sounds like me," Toph said, putting her feet up on the table.

Sokka gave her a confused look that they knew that she couldn't see. "You do realize that makes you a suspect in this case right?"

Toph picked at her teeth, "Why? Do you really think I care too much how I look? I don't even know what the damn thing looks like. Go ahead Sock Head, ask me what it looks like."

He sighed, "I'm not going to ask you that Toph."

"No, no, come on, ask me what this head piece looks like."

Sokka was silent for a moment, "What d-"

"I don't know! I'm freaking blind!" She shouted, making Suki laugh. "Plus, my headband costs way more than that."

He eyed the green and tan headband that she had worn since they had met years ago, "That thing? Really?"

"Duh Snoozles, this thing is basically priceless, woven with rare badgermole fur, dyed with special berries found at the highest peak in Ba Sing Se that only grow for a week in the coldest week, all put together by a woman with one hand who is blind, mute and deaf," Toph explained. "So, this thing costs all of about…4 Billion dollars."

"Or $3 at the corner store where you got it," Suki said under her breath.

Sokka sat down in the chair, "I'm not too interested in your stories anymore Toph, what did you destroy of Haru's?"

"Nothing, I couldn't find anything expensive enough." Toph sighed, "Princess here just followed me around, trying to talk me out of it. I basically gave up when Sugar Queen and Twinkle Toes passed us on the staircase arguing about something."

"What exactly were they arguing about?" He asked.

"I don't know man, I don't listen in on other people's conversations intentionally, that's rude," She said. "I heard a mention of money or something, I don't know."

Sokka thought it over for a moment, "You two can go back then...send in Katara and Aang…"