Author's Disclaimer: I don't own a thing belonging to "Avatar: the last Airbender." Nothing.

Author's notes: And onto Ember Island. I swear no matter which ATLA story I do, we will gravitate toward Azula and Ty Lee's little family.

Charliebarrow: Thanks for the words. This one may be abit short but we'll be time jumping next chapter.

"Tumbling Boulder: the Toph Files"

Chapter three "Azula's community"

Toph clenched the railing on the edge of the ship, her bare toes curling into the wood floating on something she couldn't 'see' at all. She'd always disliked traveling on water or in the air; may as well be a drifting piece of flotsam. Another thing she couldn't see.

A burst of familiar perfume and Toph smiled. Suki leaned on the railing next to her. "Almost there, Toph."

"Good."

Suki touched her arm to comfort the adrift earthbender, and Toph could feel her bare hand. Further touch revealed Suki wasn't wearing her usual heavy Kyoshi Warrior garb. She was wearing a light and airy tunic from the feel. The voluptuous shape inside burned its way into Toph's mind.

"We'll get you on dry land again." Suki's voice was teasing. Toph grinned in her direction.

"And the floating feeling will be gone; good."

Suki giggled, and the sound was pleasing to Toph's ears. The ship docked and Toph could hear the crew rushing around them. Toph hated relying on someone else's eyes, but she was not going to risk falling into the water and embarrassing herself.

It WAS Princess Azula they were seeing, and she took stock in appearances. Zuko may have asked them to keep an eye out on her activities, but Toph was just going to go up and knock on her front door. She didn't care THAT much about etiquette as it were.

Suki took the crook of her arm and by glance alone it would seem they were courting, but Suki used the gesture to guide the blind bender down the gangplank and onto the warm sand. Toph sighed and wiggled her bare toes in. Ah. Connected again. Even if the sand made everything look 'fuzzier' than solid stone would.

Suki patted her arm but held onto her. Toph allowed herself a sly grin as she walked with the woman through the small beach town. Merchants hawked wares and inhabitants lounged on blankets on the beach side.

"Any thoughts on how to go about this?" Suki asked. Toph took a deep breath. Suki's subtle perfume entered her nostrils and inflamed her skin. She had to take wide steps to try and focus on not shifting.

"Just go up and say hi. And look around."

"Do you think Ying and Tsung will be there…." Suki sounded worried. Toph patted her hand.

"Let's go drop in on them too. I know you miss them."

The flare of interest from Suki's chi told Toph she had spoken right. The ex-Kyoshi Warriors had formed their own small family and taken up residence alongside Ty Lee and Azula. Their pups were growing up together. Toph had a strange thought about that but pushed it aside.

Suki and Toph made their way around some of the beach houses, looking for one that was more out of the way. They bypassed a twining couple on the sand, Toph's footfalls silent in the sand, and picking a silent way for Suki to follow.

Suki kept her hand on Toph's arm as they snuck up the stone walkway to one house nestled by the edge of a rocky range of hills and flanked on one side by the beach and water.

"We're just going to go up NOW? Princess Azula won't listen to royal decree if we present it!"

Toph waved a careless hand. "The princess and I get along. Don't worry about it, Suki."

Her casual tone did relieve some of Suki's worrying, but she still clung to the alpha's arm. Toph's skin burned at the touch. They bypassed the front door and curiously made their way around the side of the backyard area. The sliding doors were wide open, letting in the warm morning air. Suki was shocked to notice Princess Azula, clad only in a small silk robe that was half fastened. Her bare pale legs were visible, as well as the musculature of her thighs as she walked quickly. Suki blushed to notice the bulge between her thighs showing on each step as the robe began to give way.

Then Lady Ty Lee was behind her, one hand smacking Azula's ass with a satisfying whack. She murmured against her shoulder and her words made Suki laugh aloud.

"Hey there, sweet sugar cakes, where you going…"

Azula gave her mate an incredulous dumbfounded look, then her head whipped to the side doors hearing Suki's laugh.

"Really, Azula?" Toph drawled. She picked out the wooden deck above the sand and moved up. Ty Lee squeaked and hid behind her mate. Azula's chest puffed out, but she didn't adjust her robe. She only moved to tie the sash when Ty Lee swatted her shoulder. Suki looked away, biting her lip. Her fingers dug into Toph's arm, indicating something interesting was being seen by her. Toph straightened her shoulders as she and Azula stared at each other, neither giving an inch. "We came to say hi. 'Sweet sugar cakes.'"

"Watch your tongue, earthbender."

"Don't forget, it's Sifu Metalbender the First."

Ty Lee blushed behind Azula, but her hand pressed against her mate's side. "H-hello, Suki! Toph Beifong! What are you two doing here?'

"Come to check on the homestead?" Azula drawled. She readjusted her robe and tied the sash in a hard knot.

Toph waved a careless hand, falling into an easy banter with the fire princess. "Something like that. How's about inviting us in already?"

"Where are your children?" Suki asked curiously. Azula gave a laugh and gave her mate a fond look. She patted her thigh.

"Sent them off with the help. Hazard a guess why."

Suki blushed brightly. "I…that is…."

Toph took over the conversation before her friend could lose all words. "Pups keeping you busy?"

"More than. They want to firebend with me all the time," Azula admitted. She sat on a sofa, long legs sprawled. Ty Lee adjusted her robe before she could flash Suki again.

"Speaking of, we should get back to your students," Ty Lee suggested. Suki raised an eyebrow. So, there was a firebending class of sorts here. And she was getting a front-row invitation by the fire princess to see how big it was. Well, Zuko would be getting his report in good time it seemed. Suki ignored the Fire Lord's handsome features in her mind and gave Toph a smile she couldn't see. She did surge her chi toward her, caressing it and watched Toph give a small smirk to herself.

"Lead the way, sweet….."

"STOP. IT."

"Fine, fine….."

There was a commotion at the side door and Zirin burst in, hair slightly disheveled as if errant fingers had been running through it. She coughed into her fist and adjusted her trousers, a giggling woman bumping into her back.

"Princess! I… didn't see them…" she flashed a look to the erstwhile guests. Azula gave her somewhat friend a sharp look but Suki could see some flare of fondness. Fondness for someone other than her mate? Suki was shocked to see it.

"It's fine, Zirin. Sachi," Azula gave the servant woman a nod, gesturing to Zirin with a slight smirk. "Get Zirin to calm down before she has a stroke or something."

Zirin blushed even further, but her lover caught her hand, dragging her back to the sandy path.

"Yes, my princess!" Sachi simpered.

"Give us a moment to get dressed and we'll head out to the beach," Azula purred. Suki sat up straight as her golden gaze pierced her. Toph swirled her chi around the Kyoshi Warrior's, soothing her. Suki relaxed beside her.

"Of course," Suki answered. Ty Lee flashed her friend a grin as she went with her wife to the bedroom.

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The help Azula had referred to happened to be their erstwhile friends. Suki was thrilled to see Tsung and Ying, their own child in tow with the royal triplets. Zirin and her lover had evidently opted to help and Zirin paused, braid over one shoulder and one of the girls riding her piggy-sheep back style.

"Suki!" Ying called. Her young daughter, a bright-eyed six-year-old was put into her mate's arms and she bounded to give the Kyoshi warrior a hug. Suki hugged her back and Toph was glad to feel her chi spike happily.

"Everyone's having kids it seems," Toph said by way of greeting. Tsung bounced her child and swung her up to one shoulder easily.

"Ever thought about giving it a shot?" she asked. Toph's eyebrow raised high.

"Uhm…." She blushed to think about the woman she wanted. Toph blushed.

"Oh, leave her alone, she's playing the field," Suki teased. Toph blushed and turned her face to her bangs hid her eyes. Suki had no idea her feelings….

The party moved toward the adjoining beach where Toph could feel several chi signatures.

Toph could smell the sharp sting of fire as benders worked their craft. Whether in combat or practice, she couldn't tell. Suki guided her over the lumpy landscape and Toph shook her head to clear it of the fuzzy feeling her feet gave her from the beach.

"Stance stronger! Get back in line," Azula called. She was moving among a few lines of young men and women, firebenders all by the look of them. Azula's pups were transfixed by their sire as she got the bender's attention. The six-year olds were watching their sire with wide eyes and two of the pups escaped Ty Lee's grasp to stand at attention beside their sire and Azula allowed it, giving a smirk down to them. The third wriggled in Ty Lee's lap before darting forward to join her sisters.

As Azula began a firebending kata, Suki noted the three girls followed her example. Two of the girls surged small blasts of blue fire at the proper intervals, but the third didn't. Perhaps she was a non-bender; but either way, her form was even better than her sisters. Toph sprawled beside Ty Lee, Tsung and Ying. Their daughter patted her arm curiously and the earthbender allowed it.

"So, how's the island life treating you?" she asked by way of trying to keep up appearances. Tsung and Ying assured her their life was well and their friendship with Ty Lee and her family helped. Suki was glad to hear it. Toph felt a bead of sweat coil down her spine beneath her tunic. She sat up straight.

"Is it always this hot?" she muttered.

"We should head into the water later," Suki teased. Toph raised an eyebrow in interest.

"Don't make promises you can't keep," she said. Ty Lee giggled.

"We have a private strip of beach if you want to try it out."

"That sounds about right," Suki teased. Toph felt her face enflame.

"Sure."

"Great, it's decided."

Toph had no idea what Suki had just decided but her alpha instincts felt amped. Her inner thoughts were telling her to take what was being offered. But later.

Azula ran her students hard. She seemed to bask in the hot sun, barely sweating at all. Her pups kept up at her dogged pace, going through form after form with the students. When a few miles jog had been added to the end of the lesson, Suki was startled to see the triplets picking up small limbs counterbalanced with small weights. She hoped it wasn't too heavy for them.

Age or not, the pups were getting off light. The firebenders all picked up fallen tree branches hacked to large pieces, struggling to jog under the extra weight. Ty Lee gave her mate a slight nod of her head and Azula gave her a fierce smirk. They had had to fight to come to a compromise over what their pups could handle at this age. Azula could have handled more at age six. But she had had to realize through her mate's ministrations that her father's lesson plan was too hard for most.

She had survived. But Ty Lee wanted their pups to have a better upbringing. Ministrations, and lots of shouting and finally a shared sexual release. That hadn't come easy. Ty Lee had used her flexibility to counter her reach and Azula had found herself downed in more than one moment. After, laying in a pile of limbs, still joined and panting for breath, did they come to a compromise more in the middle concerning their progeny.

And then some.

Azula jogged beside her pups, helping lift one end of Nozomi's stick with one hand. She did this for all the pups as they went and when they all staggered back home, Ty Lee was waiting with heated towels to rub down her pup's legs. Suki was astonished how docile Azula was, helping rub down her pups, and taking a turn for a leg massage herself. Ty Lee was tireless in caring for her family.

"You guys know how to treat a guest," Toph commented to Azula. After a short bath, she was dressed in airy clean garments. Azula leaned against the bark of a half-felled tree on the beach, watching her firebender students approach their house. Often, they paid homage to her tutelage, bringing meals and gifts. It looked to be the beginning of a large community meal.

Toph could smell fried pork-cow and she licked her lips.

"Often we are besieged with company. I have to steal my mate away for my own time," Azula rumbled. Toph's chest ached as she searched to pick out Suki's chi signature across the beach. She relaxed when she located her, her bare feet digging into the hot sand.

Azula regarded the blind earthbender with a wry smile she couldn't see. "I know what it's like."

"What what is like?"

"To want something that is right before you. Take it. That's my advice," Azula rumbled. Toph's lips quirked up in a smile.

"I intend to, Azula."

"Good. Now then…."

Before she could speak further, a whirl of pink tackled her to the sand. Toph blinked as she made out a frenzied whirl of chi indicating Azula's mate was on top of her, pressing kisses across her face.

Azula enjoyed it so Toph tried to ignore them.

"What was that for?" Azula murmured into Ty Lee's lips. Her mate smoothed her bangs out of her eyes and kissed her longingly.

"I felt how sad you were….for just a moment….I love you."

"I love you…."

If Toph was surprised to hear her ardent declaration even in a muttered breath, she ignored it. She could feel Suki coming closer. She angled her face toward the woman's, listening. She giggled.

"Ying and Tsung are doing fine. Have we 'seen' our fill? I could use for some relaxation."

Toph grinned. "Let's do it."

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Toph nervously disrobed. Azula and Ty lee had led them to their private hot springs on their strip of land. It was shielded from view by three high rocky walls. She had been given a simple robe in the house and it felt strange to trek across the tricksy sand toward the bathing area.

At least Suki was similarly under dressed. She waited at the pool side and Toph could tell when she was naked and easing in by the sigh she let out. Toph flushed to herself. She coughed, toeing sand carefully.

"Hot enough?"

"It is at that." Suki's tone was teasing. "Undress."

Toph smirked as she eased her robe open. Her shift was halfway coming, and she let Suki get a good look. "Did Sokka put up with this mouthiness? I wonder."

"Just get in here!" Suki said. From the hitch in her tone, Toph knew she was flustered at seeing her. Toph eased in, letting the warm water seep into her muscles. Blood rushed between her legs and Toph sighed. Easy now….. "And he liked anything I did."

"Good man," Toph grunted. She didn't want to keep talking about Sokka. A splash beside her and finally Toph was brought closer to Suki who trailed her wet fingers along her strong shoulders.

"I'd rather not talk about him. Did I thank you for coming with me here?"

Toph was beginning to feel lightheaded. She swallowed. "No?"

"That's right, I didn't." Suki's hand roamed down Toph's back, feeling shifting musculature. "How shall I thank you?"

Toph growled. She chased after Suki in the natural tub, sloshing hot water as she went. When she pressed Suki up against the edge, she was pleased to feel smooth arms and legs wind around her. Warm flesh pushed against her now erect length and Toph gasped as Suki rubbed against it.

"You keep teasing me. Sukes….you keep pushing me." Toph smiled against Suki's throat, feeling her harsh intake of breath. "I think you need to be reminded…..you are desired….."

Suki shivered in her arms and Toph held onto her, hands soothing over her damp hair. This was all going so fast, but her instincts told her this was good. In fact, her inner alpha was roaring, urging her to take the woman writhing against her. The omega's scent told her all good things so Toph pressed her advantage.

When Suki's hands went low along her hip and curved to cup her length, it was Toph's turn to gasp. She shook, momentarily stunned by the omega's clear indication of what she wanted.

"I think I know that…"

When Suki's legs wrapped around her waist, Toph pushed her back hard against the rock wall of the natural hot tub. When she entered Suki, her amped feelings and lust made her surge and spasm too soon. She was barely inside when she spent and Toph's biceps trembled beneath Suki's hands as she gasped for breath.

Suki trailed nipping kisses along her jaw and throat. When she reached her lips, the passionate kiss pressed on her stole Toph's breath. Suki clenched her length and she began to harden again.

"I'm…." Toph gasped. Suki shushed her.

"It's okay….I didn't think you were that eager…."

Toph growled, pushing her up against the wall and thrusting into her. The water sloshed around them. "I'll show you eager…"

The gasps she pulled from Suki's mouth spurned Toph on. Suki knew Toph was eager to prove her stamina in the wake of her first orgasm and she let her.

End for now

End notes: Want to see more? Drop a review! Stay strong, lovelies.

Sincerely pen

1/21/2019