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Katara blinked and tilted her head full of thick brown hair. "He should Toph, he'll be ok." She smiled and assured her. Toph gave out a breath she just realized she was holding. Sokka glanced over at Katara, "Katara..you seem quiet lately. Is something wrong?" he asked concerned. His sister would be staring off into the sky, silently watching and daydreaming. "She moved her head toward him, "I'm fine," she simply said, "We should write a letter to King Bumi when we get to the temple so he knows we got there safely. He's probably worried…" she suggested.
Two days after the events in Ba Sing Se, the gang arrived and Omashu, which drove the fire nation out only weeks before. There they dropped off the Earth King and his pet bear, Bosco. The Earth King assured the gang that he would be safe there with King Bumi.
Toph sighed and looked up toward where the sun was above her, she felt the rays of the sun warm her skin, she could tell it was midday. She smiled and cuddled with Momo who curled up next to her.
They all laid there for a while just talking, trying to get their minds off other things. Everyone was worried about everyone, everyone was worried about Aang. Sokka was worried about Suki, and Katara started to worry about Iroh and what faced him ahead. Toph discovered that Sokka had run away from home when he was young and went penguin sledding for hours. Bato was sent out to find him so he dragged him home.
They all laughed and joked. Katara was kneeling beside Aang so she could heal. Toph sat up straight, "I gotta go to the bathroom." She mumbled. "Right there with ya..." Sokka stood up as well. "I guess we should stop by that village down below…" Katara suggested as she tugged the reins to bring Appa down lower.
People greeted them and led them toward a restaurant. "Thank the spirits.." Sokka trailed off as he sprinted toward the bathroom. Katara glanced over at Toph, the blind earthbender shrugged and walked toward the other bathroom. The young waterbender waited there and went to check on Aang. Two women walked out of the restaurant and carried bags with them.
"Song, we'll need all the herbs we can carry if we want to heal the soldiers arriving..." the older woman said. "Alright mother, but could we please use someone's ostrich horse to carry these?" Song complained as she struggled with the bags of herbs. "I suppose so, it's a shame though...that young man with the scar and his uncle shouldn't have stolen ours." The mother sighed.
Katara froze. She turned herself toward the two women and stared at them. "W-Who? What was his name?" Katara stuttered as she walked toward them. Song stepped back, unaware of Katara suddenly asking them these questions.
"His name was Lee, he had a large scar over his left eye. He came with his Uncle Mushi, his uncle was nice and tried to make him more happy. He seemed sad, as if there was no hope left for the world…" Song murmured and looked down toward the ground. Katara just stood there with a shocked expression on her face.
Zuko? They know Zuko? Well..technically they don't know who he is.. Katara said to herself.
"Uh..I know him, just asking. Have a nice day.." Katara muttered. Song and her mother nodded and continued walking down the street. "Since when do you get panicky when Zuko's mentioned Sugar Queen?" a voice boomed behind her. Katara jumped and turned around to see Toph smirking with her arms crossed. "I don't!" Katara instantly protested. "Suuure you don't..." Toph agreed sarcastically. Katara glared at her, "Shut it. Sokka's coming…"
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