-1Okay. I'm sorry for not updating earlier, my hard drive got soap in it and died. Thankfully, most of my stuff was on my flash drive so I didn't lose much, though I did have to buy a new hard drive and learn how to use Vista.
Anyway, I would like to thank Serodezha (I think I spelled that right) and H2P2 for reviewing, and here's chapter 3!
"Ireallylikeyou-and-Zuko-kept-flirting-with-you-and-I-was-jealous-and…"
My eyes widened. I couldn't believe he could like me, a normal water-tribe girl, when he was the Avatar. I suddenly threw my arms around him, kissing him on the lips, just like I had in the cave.
But this time it wasn't just to escape from the caves, this time it was because I loved him and he loved me back. I had never been happier in my entire life.
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Suddenly my moment of bliss was interrupted by a shout. I broke off the kiss and looked up as fast as I could, expecting to see Sokka ready to skin Aang with his knives for touching me, but instead it was Zuko, looking furious and hurt.
I blushed bright crimson. "We were just…" I trailed off, not knowing how to finish the sentence. Aang was blushing just as red as I was and scratching the back of his head, the way he did when he was really embarrassed.
"I hate you!" Zuko screamed. I sat there, not knowing what to do, when Zuko continued to shout angrily at us. I sat there, staring, trying to process what he was saying. I didn't realize he had stopped shouting until he had already turned and started to run.
I leapt up and tried to follow, but he had a head start and was a lot faster than I was.
"Zuko, I'm sorry, please come back, we'll talk about this! Zuko!" I yelled, but he was gone.
--------Aang's POV---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I sat there, staring in shock as Zuko ran off. I could hardly believe what I had just heard. I was jolted back to my senses as Katara turned around and walked slowly back towards me, crying. I quickly got up and put my arms around her as she cried.
The yelling had, of course woken Sokka and Toph, who had both rushed out, ready to fight, Sokka clutching his boomerang and Toph in an earthbending stance. Now they were both staring at the place where were Zuko had been standing, seemingly in shock.
Toph was the first to regain her composure enough to talk. "What happened?" she asked, still staring at the spot Zuko had disappeared.
"Yeah, what was this 'taking away the girl I love' stuff?" Sokka asked, looking at us.
"Umm…" I said, turning red again. I was saved by Katara, who had stopped crying and was now standing next to me.
"There's no time now," she said. "We have to find Zuko before he goes to far."
"Right," I said hurriedly. "Sokka and Toph, you try to follow him on the ground. Me and Katara will go on Appa and see if we can find him."
"Right," said Sokka. "But I want to know what happened after we find him," he said glaring at us.
"Fine," I shouted back to him as I airbended myself onto Appa and waited for Katara to get on after me. "Yip yip," I said and Appa rose up into the air and started flying the way we had seen Zuko run.
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I watched as Appa flew away, smiling slightly. It seemed that Twinkletoes and Sugarqueen had finally confessed their feelings. Right in front of Zuko. I couldn't believe they had managed to mess things up so badly.
"Come on," I said, grabbing Snoozles the arm and pulling him towards the spot where Zuko had disappeared.
"Why do we have to do this so early?" he said as he followed me. "Can't we get any sleep?"
I didn't answer, I was concentrating on trying to feel the vibrations of Zuko's footsteps.
"Fine, don't answer," Sokka said grumpily, starting to follow the broad trail of broken twigs that marked Zuko's path. I couldn't feel Zuko running, so I started to follow him.
Unfortunately, since I was blind, Snoozles was doing the tracking.
"This way," he said confidently, pulling me along impatiently behind him. I followed reluctantly, hoping he wouldn't get us completely lost. Especially since I hadn't had breakfast yet.
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(A/N: this is about five hours later, just so you don't get confused.)
"There it is," I said tiredly, pointing to the clearing we had been camping in, which was just become visible. Aang steered Appa towards the clearing and landed him. I slid off and went to find something to eat. I still hadn't had breakfast, and I was hungry.
"Are Sokka and Toph here yet," Aang said, climbing down from Appa and stretching.
"No," I said, leaning back against a tree and starting to eat a mango. "They'll probably be here soon,"
"Do you think they found Zuko," Aang said worriedly. I really need a fire bending teacher."
"I know," I said, frowning. "We need to find him soon, I'm a bit worried about him."
"Oh," Aang said, looking at the ground. "D-do you love him," he asked hesitantly, still examining his shoes. I could tell he actually thought that I loved Zuko more than him, even after this morning. I went over to Aang and lifted hi head up so I could look him in the eye.
"I will always love you Aang," I said, staring into his eyes. Then I leaned down and kissed him.
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"We are NOT lost!" I yelled, "I know exactly where we're going!"
"Then why have we passed that boulder three times?" Toph said, pointing to a large, moss covered boulder that was a little to our left. I did have a feeling I had seen it before, but I squashed that particular feeling and glared at Toph.
"I am a wonderful tracker," I said in a superior tone, "and I NEVER get lost." I turned around and immediately walked into a tree.
'Why has the world turned against me," I screamed, holding my nose and looking pleadingly up at the sky. Maybe some passing spirit would show me mercy. Instead, a passing bird pooped on my face.
"That is it," I yelled taking out my boomerang, "You have met your doom, foul bird!" I threw my boomerang expertly at the bird. It flew twenty feet under the bird and got stuck in the top of a tree.
"Damn it," I muttered, starting the long climb up the tree.
---------------Toph's POV-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I sighed, watching as Snoozles tried to climb the tree his boomerang was stuck in. I knew we were completely lost, and it would be dark soon. I sighed again. This would be a long night.
"Ahhh!" Sokka screamed as he fell out of the tree, clutching his boomerang.
"Come on Snoozles," I said, kicking the large pile of tree branches and leaves that Sokka was under. "We're going to stay here until tomorrow,"
I made an earth tent appear and climbed inside of it, stretching. We had spent the entire day looking for Princess and I was tired.
"Where am I supposed to sleep?" Sokka asked. "I can't just make earth tents!"
"Find a comfortable log somewhere,"
"I'm coming in there," Sokka warned, starting to walk toward the entrance to my earth tent. I quickly sealed off the entrance, just in time to stop him entering. Then I rolled over and fell asleep.
-----------Sokka's POV-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Toph" I bellowed, tugging on my hand, which had been caught in the opening g to her earth tent. When she had created the door, my hand had been in the way. Now I was trapped. "Toph!" I yelled again, pounding on the door with my other hand.
There was no answer. I groaned and flopped down, getting s comfortable as it is possible to be when you're stuck in the middle of a forest without a sleeping bag and your hand is stuck in the door of an earth tent.
"And there isn't any food," I grumbled, trying to roll over, only to be stopped because my hand was stuck. sighed resignedly and tried to sleep.
----------Aang's POV-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I leaned in to Katara's kiss as the whole world seemed to vanish, leaving only me and Katara, together in the clearing. Then Katara slowly broke of the kiss.
"I love you Aang," she said softly, pulling me into a hug.
"I love you too, Katara," I said, returning her embrace.
Then I looked around. It would be dark soon, and there was no sign of Sokka or Toph. "I wonder where Sokka and Toph are," I said. Katara pulled back and frowned.
"I don't know, they should be back by now," she said worriedly.
"Maybe they found Zuko and are trying to get him to come back." I said, trying to get her not to worry. "Anyway, Toph can take care of herself, and she won't let anyone hurt Sokka.
"I'm more worried about what Toph will do to Sokka," Katara said, laughing. I was glad she was laughing, but I could tell she was still worried.
"We'll look for them tomorrow, when it gets light," I said. "They probably just got lost,"
"Okay," she said, smiling.
"We should go to sleep, if we're going to get up tomorrow and look for them," I said. All of the sleeping bags were still there from last night. We had left in such a hurry that nobody had packed them up.
Katara went over to her sleeping bag and climbed into it. I went over and lay down by Appa.
"Um. Aang," Katara said, sounding a bit nervous.
"What?" I asked, turning towards her.
"Ummm…" she said, turning red. "N-nothing. Never mind,"
"What is it, Katara," I asked, sitting up.
"Well, w-would-you-like-to-sleeep-with-me-tonight?" she said, as fast as she could. (A/N: No that's NOT what she means, this is a T rated fic.)
"Ummm," I turned red too.
"It was a stupid idea," Katara said quickly, before I could say anything else. "I'm sorry,"
"No, that's okay, I-I'd love to," I said, blushing furiously.
"O-okay," she said, smiling as she blushed. She moved to the side of her sleeping bag to give me room and held the sleeping bag open so I could crawl in.
The sleeping bag was amazingly warm, especially when Katara put her arms around me. I put my arms around her in return, and she nestled her head into my shoulder. I felt a great wave of happiness and snuggled closer to Katara. Then I closed my eyes and fell quickly asleep next to Katara.
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Okay, that was a lot longer than I had thought it would be. Hope you enjoyed it.
Please review. Flames are fine, constructive criticism is better.