AN: Yay, the first real chapter! So please please please review! I really want to know how I do on this story so pretty please with a cherry on top review! So anywho please enjoy!

"Hey hot hands, when are you going to go train?" a voice asked from my bedroom door.

"Toph go away," I said into my pillow.

"Not until you tell me when you're going to train," my sister told me.

"Later," was all I told her before rolling over in my bed.

"Come on tell me," Toph whined. I grabbed a nearby pillow and threw it at her. I heard a muffled yelp and knew that I hit her head. "Zara, I have big fight today, can't you just tell me?" I lifted my head from my pillow and looked at the window. I saw that the sun was starting to rise.

I groaned and said, "Fine. I'm gonna get ready and then we'll go."

"Yay!" I heard Toph exclaim as she ran from my room. I could hear her bare feet slap the ground with every step. I groaned and put my head back down. "Zara get your lazy butt up!" I heard Toph call from her room.

"Yes mother!" I called back rolling my eyes. I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I stretched and heard some of my joints crack. Although the sun was just starting to rise I could feel the energy flowing through me. I quickly put on my bindings and training clothes.

"Hey Zara will you help me?" I heard Toph call from her room.

"Of course," I called back as I walked from my room. I walked in on her throwing her brush to the ground. "Toph you know that you shouldn't throw things," I told her.

"I know I know but doing my hair is just impossible!" Toph said crossing her arms.

"Hey rock head relax. Doing hair is one of my many talents." I picked up the brush and started to run it through her hair. I could almost feel Toph relax into my touch. I had been helping her since I was old enough to. I loved my sister dearly and would do anything for her. I quickly brushed the mess that was Toph's hair and pinned it into her usual bun.

"Are you done?" Toph asked as I slipped the last pin into place.

"Yup," I told her. "And you're beautiful as always."

"Are you ready yet?" she asked me next.

"No, I need to do my hair still," I replied. She nodded her head and I figured that was my cue to leave. I left Toph's room and went back to my own. I quickly braided my hair back. It hung about mid back when I was done. I then quickly coiled it around the back of my head so that it was out of the way. I didn't feel like lighting my hair on fire today.

"Done yet?" Toph asked irritably from my door way.

I smiled and said, "Yup let's go." I grabbed her hand as I strode from my room. Toph pulled her hand from mine with a slight growl but said nothing. I just smiled in return at her. We walked a short distance until we reached a bluff overlooking a small clearing. It was surrounded on every side by tall walls. I stepped closer to Toph and she made an Earth elevator to take us down.

"So how are we doing training today hot hands?" Toph asked me when we reached the bottom. I strode a few steps away.

"Like this," I replied as I shot a small fire ball at her. She quickly put up an Earth wall to stop it. "Nice block," I told her as I shot another ball, but this one was a bit larger. She blocked it just as easily.

"Holding out on me sister dearest?" Toph asked in a mocking voice.

"Not at all," I replied as I brought my foot up and shot a blast at her. She blocked it again. "Holding out on me rock head?" I taunted back.

"Not on your life," she replied back. She brought her fists up and two rocks followed. She slammed them at me and I jumped out of the way. As soon as I landed more rock came flying at me. I jumped around them, bending and arcing my body so that they missed me, but not by much.

"Come on Toph, is that all you got?" I cooed to her. I saw the expression on her face as she launched a wall at me. I jumped and scaled it. It suddenly stopped and I lost my balance. I was plummeting toward the Earth when I smiled. I quickly lit my hands into flaming jets and propelled myself at Toph. I knew that she couldn't feel me seeing as I wasn't on the ground.

"Where are you?" I heard her mutter to herself.

"Right here," I replied in her ear as I landed next to her. I saw her smile and then I was flying into the air. I fell to the ground this time and landed with a thump. I looked over to where Toph was and saw that there was a rock jetting out from where I had been. 'That sneaky little snake,' I thought as I got up and dusted myself off.

"Is that too much for you hot hands?" she asked with a smirk on her face.

"Of course not rock head," I replied. I lit my hand on fire and sent a fire whip toward her. I saw her build up her rock armor. A move that with my help she had perfected. I lit my other hand and attacked her armor with lash after lash of my whips. I saw her armor crumble and I let go of my whips only to kick and send another blast at her. She brought up a wall and blocked the blast. This duel went on for about a half hour, both of us on the offensive and defensive.

"Hey Zara!" Toph suddenly called.

"What Toph?" I asked mid-attack.

"I'm tired can we stop for a bit?" she asked.

"Okay." Sometimes I forgot how young Toph really is. I mean she is only twelve but she bends like she's fifty. She could be a master if she only showed that stupid Master Yu how good she really is, but no she won't. "So miss Blind Bandit, who are you fighting today?" I asked her as she bended some chairs for us to sit on.

"Not sure yet, most likely that stupid boulder guy. Have you seen him fight?" she asked as she sat on her rock. Well she didn't really sit, she more like sprawled across it. I on the other hand sat with my legs folded underneath me in a very lady like manner.

"Yea, I've seen him fight. You can totally take him," I told her.

"I know I can. I am the reigning champ after all," Toph reminded me.

I tapped my forehead and said, "How could I forget with you reminding me all the time?"

"I don't know hot hands."

"Well I guess I don't know either than rock head." Suddenly I heard a loud growl from next to me. "What is it Toph?" I asked looking at my sister.

"That was my stomach saying that it needs food," Toph said with a smile. She patted her stomach and got off her chair. I stood as well and she bended the clearing flat again.

"Toph you know you never seize to amaze me with your bending," I told her as we rode the Earth elevator back up the wall.

"Yea well I am certainly not showing Master Yu what I can do," Toph replied in a snarky voice.

"Why not? You could be made a master!" I exclaimed.

"I know but I'll show them my skills as soon as you show them yours," she countered.

"Toph, you I know I can't. I'll be thrown in jail faster than you could say badgermole," I told her. If being a firebender in an Earth Kingdom city wasn't bad enough, my nation just had to go and attack all the other nations. "If I were to go firebend in front of mother and father they would call the police and I would never leave jail for the rest of my life."

"But you're amazing at it!" Toph said.

"That's just because you've never seen another firebender," I retorted. I knew that I had won this one seeing as I spoke the truth. Toph and I walked the rest of the way back to the house in silence. I looked at the sky and deemed that we had been out for about an hour. "Toph I don't know if we're going to be able to bend anymore today," I told her as we reached our house.

"Why?" Toph asked me.

"Everyone is up," I told her. I opened the door and everyone started to yell. I gulped and said, "and looking for us."

AN: How was my first duel? I hope everything is okay. Well anywho review and I'll give you a cookie! Thanks!