Disclaimer- I don't own Avatar, or Toph. Oh I wish I did, but the courts won't let me even own ONE tiny bit. Oh well haha.
Teen- Fluffy, maybe kissing or something. I don't know, I'm still writing it!
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Toph and Kenshi looked around themselves. They were surrounded; not the best place to be on the streets at this time of the night. Kenshi trembled a little, shaking at the knees while appraising his nearby enemies. Toph barely showed surprise, opting to crack her knuckles and hurl out taunts.
"Are we going to get started ladies, or do you need to be invited to the tea party?" she said, mocking them with each syllable. Their anger was practically tangible by now, boiling over the top as they closed the distance. With every step they took the ring grew smaller and the noose got tighter. Toph barely seemed disturbed, laughing even.
"We'll wipe that grin off your face." snarled one man, wielding a sword. He was the only armed member, and presumably the leader of the motley pack of men.
"Your friend already looks like he's wet himself." taunted another one, grinning to reveal a mouthful of rotten teeth. This proved to be a big mistake for him, as he ate fifty pounds of flying rock via Toph.
"You stinking b-"a man began to say, before he got cut off by a swift knee to the gut from Kenshi. The man wheezed before dropping like a stone; he never saw Kenshi coming. Toph spun around and dodged a flying rock before returning the favor and hitting the mark dead on. Kenshi chose the less damaging route and trapped his opponent's feet in the stone street before knocking them out as painlessly as possible. Then it happened. The man who had a sword was watching his gang becomes decimated in the onslaught of the two skilled Earthbenders, until he could take no more. He lunged and made an expert swing, timing it so it caught Toph across her stomach. It wasn't mortal or for Toph. Still, it was bad enough to
"Taste that you bra-"the mans sentence hadn't even finished before Kenshi's foot was planted in his face. The second he saw one drop of her blood hit the ground, he went berserk. He let loose a scream of rage and despair and kicked the man with the swords jaw as hard as he could. He whipped around. Instead of his usual subtle earthbending, in his despair he chose brute force instead. A man stepped forward to stop him, but received a rock-hard fist to his stomach and flew a total of seven feet before landing unconscious on the street. The others surrounded him.
"It's six on one, we can take hi-"once again, another man was cut off in mid-speech by a flying rock. Kenshi turned slowly and picked up Toph. He was crying, cradling his friend in his arms. And then something in him snapped.
"Never again." he said, staring at Toph. "Never AGAIN." he repeated. This time, he punctuated the words with a stomp of his foot. The ground around him rumbled and splintered, shooting up and sending the remaining five thugs soaring into painful positions. Iroh finally came out of the tea shop after hearing the explosion of rocks and began to survey the scene. He gasped; the area was a total mess. Men where lying everywhere, groaning in pain. At the center of this devastation was Kenshi, cradling something and crying. Iroh walked over and clapped a hand on the young mans shoulder in sympathy. Then he saw what Kenshi was cradling.
"Oh no…" he said. "Young man, bring her into the Tea Shop." He turned to the tea shop. "Zuko, Ty Lee we need a first aid kit, now!" he shouted. Then he touched Kenshi's shoulder again. He was crying and clutching Tophs unconscious body close.
"I-I hurt all those people and lost her again!" he screamed, still crying. Iroh dragged him into the tea shop and pried his hands off and took Toph to a back room for healing. Kenshi sat in the empty tea shop which Iroh had evacuated moments before, crying. He had almost lost her again. It was almost too much to bear for him. He had searched high and low for eight years to find his friend and when he at last saw her as a beautiful person that he had been searching for, he had gotten her injured. He blamed himself for it, and sat there for an hour while Iroh and the others attempted to heal Toph. After the hour ended and Toph walked out, he was still there holding his head in his arms. She strode over to where he was still sitting and pulled a chair over and sat next to him.
"Where you hurt?" she asked, her voice low but comforting. When he didn't respond, she put an arm around him comfortingly. "Are you ok?"
"N-no", he sobbed, "I almost l-lost you after eight years a-again." He began to cry into her shoulder. She understood the strain on his mind that seeing her blood had caused and held him tighter while whispering into his ear.
"I'll always be here for you. Always." With that, she patted his back and went out in the street to earthbend it back to its normal look. When she came back in, he had dried his eyes.
"When are they going to start kissing already!" whispered Ty Lee, staring from the back room.
"Quiet!" said Iroh, "It's starting to get good!" Kenshi walked towards Toph and hugged her tight. Tophs eyes widened but she didn't pull back. She closed her eyes, rested her head on his shoulder and hugged him tight. It was good to see her friend again.
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-The Next Morning-
"Gah! Orders are coming in too fast!" yelled Kenshi while dashing across the tea shop, trying not to let his trays tip over. He had slept the night on a bench while the others slept on the third floor that was their home. The first two floors were the shop; the Jasmine Dragon was a prosperous and large shop. He was happier then he had ever been. He could see his friend Toph at any time of the day and had made many new friends. For now though, all he could do was run around and fill orders. Kenshi ran and started filling more tea cups. It was going to be a long day…
That's right, the third chapter is done. Fourth one will be coming up soon, while I'm still on break. So far I've only gotten one review, but it was very helpful and led to me editing the first two chapters per suggestion. PLEASE Review!