Alright guys.
Thanks to The Mechanical Hogmonkey…I have decided to continue switching characters around. I'm hoping I'll get more reviews so I can keep doing this. )
Review please!
And I don't own anything…
Me: After a scene with the sister swap… How did it make you two feel?
Sokka: Oh man… It was horrible. Azula was OBSESSED with killing the Avatar! Anything I said was used against me! It was a nightmare.
Zuko: Actually, it wasn't that bad. Katara really made me come to my senses and opened up my mind a little.
Me: That's good! Anyways, today we have our next victims. We will be switching… Iroh with Toph!
Toph: WAAAT!? Why am I always the one being separated! First my parents… now the Gaang…
Iroh: What a nice opportunity to spread my tea making!!
Zuko: Uncle!? You're leaving me?
Iroh: Just for a little bit. Try not to make any poor decisions.
Toph's Tale-
I was born blind, so ever since I was little, I was used to people thinking I couldn't take care of myself. But most of the time, that isn't true; it kind of sets in after a while though. You get used to people always being worried about you. But this… this was something totally different.
"Hey! What are you doing just sitting there? Let's get going! The ship has been ready for some time now!"
Zuko pretty much thinks I'm useless because of my blindness. He always blows up at me. Well, now that I think about it, he blows up at everyone. I'll show him. I sent a wave of rocks on the ground towards him. Before he could do anything, a slab of rock popped out of the ground and caused him to fall and sit on the rock.
"Hey! What are you doing just sitting there? I thought you wanted to leave Zuko." Yeah… I pretty much showed him.
"You know what!?" he yelled in protest. He quickly got up and I sensed the anger in him. Actually, I always sensed anger in him, this was just a little bit more than normal. "Once we get back on the ship, I'll deal with you!!"
On the ship? Why not now? "Oh the ship is too far away. Why don't we just settle it here?"
"Because!" He paused for a moment. "I don't want to beat you without people seeing me."
"Ha! Seeing you what? Fail? I could beat you with a pebble."
"Why you…"
"Prince Zuko, the crew is waiting for you." A sailor shouted.
Perfect timing. This way, no one gets hurt, and I win!
He turned towards me and said in a low hiss, "I'll get back to you later."
The ship was not far away, just past a couple of trees. He walked a ways in front of me as I took the time to brood over a couple of things. What were we doing again? Oh yes, hunting down the Avatar, like always. I guess this time Zuko thinks he has a better chance because he's working with pirates. A couple of rag-tag nonbending pirates. Joy. Oh well, whatever seems to please him. I don't really care too much. I don't even know how I got stuck with this crew of firebenders.
"Toph…Walk faster!"
What is his problem? "Why don't you walk faster! We're not even there yet!" The ship is still a ways away!
"I just don't want you walking behind me. And I know very well we're not there yet."
He doesn't want ME walking behind him? Fine. HE can walk behind me now.
"What the!?"
I raised the section of earth he was walking on and moved it behind me. I let the earth fall along with Zuko.
He got up and brushed the dusty earth off of him. "What was that for!?"
I turned to face him. "You didn't want me walking behind you. So now you're walking behind me!" I turned and started walking forward again. "And why don't you walk faster huh? You're slowing us down!" He was beaten.
And he knew he was beaten too. He opened his mouth, but nothing came out, so he once again, started walking; this time behind me.
We finally reached the ship without another confrontation. I summoned up a boulder and raised it above my head as I walked aboard the ship. I needed at least some earth with me if I'm to be on a ship full of firebenders. The boulder also allowed me to make a room for myself and make me feel somewhat at home.
The captain of the pirates walked up to Zuko. "Shouldn't we stop to search the woods?"
"We don't need to stop! They stole a waterbending scroll right?"
The captain nodded. "Mmmhhhmm."
"Then they'll be on the water. We'll just have to listen and look for water splashing around abnormally."
Gahh. All he ever talks about is capturing the Avatar. I'm sick of it. Wherever we go, what ever we do, it's all about the Avatar.
"Why don't you guys put it to a rest and be done with the Avatar? Everything we do around he is for getting the Avatar! I don't think your crew is very excited about catching something that can totally whip your butts!"
Zuko stormed up to me and yelled, "BE DONE WITH THE AVATAR!? How can we be done with the Avatar!? We've come too far already!! And we'll see about him whipping our butts. We have more than five times the number of people they have!"
"Well if all of you lose to a bunch of kids, then you guys are pretty pathetic."
"I'll show you pathetic!" He launched a fireball at me. Good thing I had that boulder. I put a defensive wall of earth in front of me and prepared to summon up more from the shoreline. My shield shattered upon impact with the fireball, but I was ready. I hurled the remaining shards of my boulder at him and readied more with my supply.
He dodged my boulder and once again, launched a fireball towards me. "WELL DON'T JUST STAND THERE! ATTACK THE BLIND EARTHBENDER!"
This was going to get interesting. Pretty soon, I had the entire crew of pirates and firebenders attacking me. The funny thing was, it was a relatively easy job fending them off. The pirates couldn't do anything but charge at me, and I was always ready. I had flung over half a dozen off the ship and more were still coming. The firebenders were a little harder. I had to place their footing with the rest of their body to be sure they were actually sending waves of fire at me. Once they did though, it was simple enough to block the flame and send the rock towards them.
In a short time I could no longer sense any movement aboard the ship. I had to double check to make sure there wasn't any thing on the ship. I moved to the side of the railing and slowly felt my way around until I reached the walkway. I proceeded down until I touched down on hard sand.
Zuko came out of the water along with most of his crew. Many pirates were also around him. I turned back to face them. "Oh dear, did I just whip all your butts? I am dreadfully sorry! So now, I think you'll have to capture not only the Avatar… but me too!"
Before Zuko or anyone could do anything, I flipped the chunk of earth they were standing on over. To my delight, I heard the splashes of every one of them. Now if only I could see their faces…
Aang's Tale-
I need an earthbending teacher pretty desperately right now. We had just come from Omashu and learned that Bumi was unable to teach me earthbending. What was up with that? So now we're stuck in this place. Well, we're not exactly stuck. Actually, we're headed to an earthbending arena where they're holding the Earthrumble Six!
"So Aang, do you think you'll find an earthbender there who can teach you?"
I turned to Katara. "I'm not sure. Bumi said I have to find someone who waits and listens. We'll see."
We arrived at the arena, paid for out tickets, and found our seats. It was pretty strange actually. Almost no one was sitting in the front section at all. "I wonder why no one is sitting here."
All of a sudden, a huge boulder crashed into a large section of the seats we were right next to. Sokka looked towards the boulder and said, "I guess that's why."
The tournament started off with a muscular man named "The Boulder" versus a really huge fat man named "The Big Bad Hippo." This guy was huge. I don't even think Appa could fly with him on his back if he needed to. Anyways, The Boulder defeated him pretty quickly. Sokka was screaming pretty wildly now. He had obviously taken a liking into the boulder and was probably his number one fan now.
"How about The Boulder Aang? He seems like a pretty good earthbender. He might be able to teach you."
"I don't know… Like I said, Bumi said I needed to find an earthbender that waits and listens to the earth. He's just listening to his muscles." It was true. The Boulder was just using brute force and power to knock down his opponents. "What do you think Sokka?"
Sokka was pretty much going crazy now. "WAAHAWAAA!!! WOOOOHOOO!!!"
The Boulder quickly advanced round after round with cheers from the audience. With every move or word The Boulder unleashed upon his victims, Sokka was almost sure to be screaming up a storm and flapping his arms like a drunken man.
In time, it was the last round. The Boulder was still flexing his muscles with the delight of Sokka. The host threw up his hands and yelled, "And now! The moment you've all been waiting for! The Boulder versus… THE DRAGON OF THE WEST!!!!…wait… where's the Blind Bandit?"
What? The Dragon of the West? Isn't that…
"Oh wow! Isn't that Zuko's Uncle?" Katara asked.
And sure enough, The Dragon of the West stepped onto the giant rock platform. It was pretty surprising to everyone. This was an earthbending competition… right? What was he doing here?! And how was I supposed to find an earthbender that waited and listened now?
I think he was pretty surprised to be there too. He was looking around and looked puzzled.
The audience was rather confused also. There were murmurs and hushed discussion that could be heard as a buzz throughout the stadium. "Where is the Blind Bandit!?" someone yelled.
The Boulder put his foot down forcefully and yelled, "The Boulder feels conflicted for fighting a fat old man who can't even earthbend!"
The Dragon of the West looked towards the boulder and then looked towards the audience. Then he looked at the host and then back at The Boulder and asked, "I'm supposed to fight you? HAHAHAHA!!!!" He through up his arms and slapped his big belly.
I don't know what was too funny about that actually. If I were him, I would've been pretty scared. The Boulder was right. All he was, was a fat old man that couldn't even earthbend… Did he have a chance?"
The Boulder put his foot down once again as he pointed at the firebender and replied. "We'll see who's laughing once I'm done with YOU!"
But before The Boulder could even react, The Dragon of the West had already launched fireball after fireball towards him. The Boulder put up a quick, loose shield in defense, but that was quickly blown away as the fireballs hit it one after another. The shield shattered and The Boulder was blown back. Taking the opportunity, The Dragon of the West fired another wave of fireballs; a row of ten fireballs that traveled at the same speed towards the fumbling Boulder.
The Boulder dropped down towards the ground and waited for the fireballs to pass him. Luckily, they did. He grabbed a hunk of earth and launched it at The Dragon of the West. In defense, he stuck out his right hand and the earth collided with a forming ball of fire. As a result, a smog of dusty smoke surrounded the old firebender.
"Is he okay?" Katara asked with a worried tone.
"I think he's GOING DOWN!" Sokka screamed as he jumped up and down.
I wasn't sure what was going on in the haze of the smoke. The Boulder didn't seem like he knew what was going on either. He slowly moved towards the smoke. In an instant, a gigantic fireball appeared out of the haze and was headed right for The Boulder. He put up a very weak shield of rock. The shield was quickly destroyed and in a result, The Boulder was thrown back and off of the arena.
The crowd didn't know if they should cheer or not. Here was one of the greatest earthbenders, beaten by an old firebender.
The Dragon of the West walked out of the dusty smoke and coughed. "Alright. Now that we're done with that. Does anyone want to join me in a cup of tea?"
Yay… another one done.
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