Hey guys i'm back again. Wow i would have never guessed how many people actually like and read this story. I'm abit blown away. Anyways to Kenallo25 (i hope i spelled that right. correct me if i mispelled it), Don't worry there will definitely be more Goku x Ty Lee in the future of the story. Goku will be taking more of an active role in the story going forward, who knows he may even run into Ty lee by this chapter's end? Glad to see you like the Goku x Ty Lee pairing, it's one i think people should explore more often. In case anyone is wondering, i do have a pairing in mind for Asura. You may or may not be surprised at who it is.
disclaimer- I don't own Dbz/Dbs or ATLA or the characters thereof, i only own my OC.
Chapter 4- To Ba Sing Sé!
The Gaang snuck off from the Bei Fong's after being dissed by them. Aang, Katara, and Sokka all returned to Hunter and the other 2 saiyans. Wanting to know how it went, Asura decided to ask. "So? How'd it go? Any luck finding an earth bending teacher?," The dark skinned saiyan asked. Aang sighed. "What happened in there?," Goku asked. "We'd.. rather not talk about it. I hope you understand.,"Katara answered. Goku had a look of understanding and nodded, he didn't need to know anything else so he held up his hand. "You don't need to say anything else. I understand the situation.," Goku said. As they were turning to leave, someone called out to them. "Hey you guys.," the voice said. They turned and aang, katara, and Sokka couldn't believe it. It was Toph. Toph was a black haired girl who was blind, wore yellow and green robes, was barefoot, and had a white hairband that ended with what looked like a snowball.
As she walked towards them she stopped when she noticed, 3 people she didn't recognize. From what she was able to visualize, all 3 were very well built and quite handsome. But she stopped in front of Asura because she couldn't visualize him very clearly. "I take it you're Toph, yes?," Asura asked. Toph nodded. Who was this in front of her? She couldn't see him, but could tell from his voice that he was pretty strong and was a warrior. Asura offered her a handshake as a sign of trust. She took it and slightly blushed when she felt his arm, he was very muscular. "I'm Asura, nice to meet you Toph.," Asura said to her. His voice... it was smooth and kind, yet powerful and stern when he needed it to be. "Lik- Likewise. A-Asura.," Toph nervously greeted the teen. "A- Anyways Aang, my father changed his mind. He said i could travel with the avatar and see the world.," Toph stated. Goku and Hunter picked up on this, Toph was obviously lying and she knew it too.
But why would she lie to them like this? It didn't make sense for her to lie, unless... she was purposely not telling them something. While the others were inwardly trying to figure out why Toph would lie like she did, Hunter had long since figured out why. But for the sake of Toph's happiness, he chose not to say anything. The Gaang then left toward Ba Sing Sè, choosing to make small talk on they way to ease the awkwardness in the air caused by Toph's little explanation. As the flew towards Ba Sing Sè on Appa's back, Goku and Hunter couldn't help but to think about Ty Lee. Well, more specifically Goku since she was his Girlfriend after all. "I wonder what you're up to Ty Chan? Wonder why she's with Azula? She doesn't come off as the sort of person who'd just go along with what Ozai's doing...," Goku thought to himself.
Hunter also found himself thinking about someone, just not his sister. He had one person on his mind right now, the fire nation princess, Azula. While he wouldn't deny that he felt a special kind of connection with her, he did have his concerns. He also couldn't deny how pretty she was as much as he tried to convince himself of that fact. Azula was certainly.. attractive and he wouldn't mind being with her eventually, she was just.. misguided is all. He'd do his best to change her heart, show her the right path. Hunter wasn't sure why but he knew that he wanted to save Azula.. from herself.
With Azula
The fire nation princess was with her two friends, she was mulling over their failure to capture the Avatar and the revelation that Ty Lee's older brother was traveling with the said target. She was also mulling over the fact that Ty Lee had said someone else important to her was also traveling with the Avatar's group. "Well, this is a real mess. Now I have to convince 2 people to turn on the Avatar. That Boy though... Hunter was it? He certainly was handsome .. I guess I wouldn't mind being with him if it came down to it. Ah?! No, No! Bad! I can't be thinking like that! I have a mission to accomplish first and foremost, there will be time for such things later.," She told herself. But no matter how hard she tried she couldn't get thoughts about being with Hunter out of her mind.
Although she was raised to be ruthless and professional, whenever it came to the boy she met she couldn't help it. She was a girl at heart underneath her tough exterior. She just couldn't lie to herself that the thought of being with Hunter as a couple wasn't pleasing to her. Azula was confident that she and her friends would run into Hunter again soon, maybe then she could figure out a solution to these complicated feelings she was now dealing with.
With Ty Lee and Mai
Ty Lee stood at her window, gazing at the moon with one person in particular on her mind. That person was of course her boyfriend, Goku. When she ran into her brother a few days ago, she knew Goku must've been with them too but was somewhere else at that moment. "Goku... I wonder what you're up to right now? I want to see you so badly, it's been too long since i've seen you. That goofy grin of yours always made me warm and fuzzy on the inside. I miss you.," Ty Lee said to herself sighing.
Mai was off to the side smirking, she then decided to speak up. "Thinking about your boyfriend again, Ty Lee?, " Mai asked. Ty Lee stuttered when asked that. As much as she tried, she couldn't deny that fact. "o-of course not Mai, I-I have no idea what you mean!," Ty Lee said trying to deny her feelings. This only caused mai to smirk again and further tease Ty Lee. "Mmhmm, suuure you don't.," Mai said smirking mischievously. Ty Lee relented seeing that Mai wasn't going to drop this until she got her answer. Ty Lee sighed. "Alright Mai, you got me. I can't hide anything from you, can I?," Ty lee responded with a sigh. Mai shook her head to answer Ty Lee's question. Ty Lee then switched the subject to their other friend, the fire nation princess.
"Speaking of that.. Have you noticed how Azula is lately?," Ty Lee asked. Mai nodded in agreement. The two of them suspected that their friend's odd behaviour had something to do with her run in with Ty Lii's older brother a few days ago when they were in omashu. It'd been a few days since then, but Azula was still affected by it from their observation. They weren't wrong, She had been affected by it. Reason being is that as soon as they returned to their ship, Azula had said she needed time to think about their next step in going after the Avatar's merry little group. The two of them were more than a little suspicious of this just being an excuse for Azula, but they didn't think much of it at the time. Until now that is...
Ty Lee didn't say this to anyone, but she had a sneaking suspicion that Azula had begun to develop some strongly romantic feelings towards her older brother. That meeting between the two of them in Omashu had gotten her thinking about this possibility. She had seen how Azula was sort of 'checking out' her brother just before they fought and the smile she had while they fought. While Azula was her superior, she was her friend too. Ty Lee decided that she'd bring up 'THAT' question later.
Azula was meeting with Lo and Lii, as well as some of her fire nation commanders in the war room of her ship. They were discussing where they should go to track down the avatar next. 'What would be their next logical destination?' was one question Azula mulled over in her head while they discussed some probable leads they'd received from scouts. But in a moment, she had her answer. She knew where they'd be going. Azula wasn't sure how she knew, she just knew. It was weird. When she thought of the boy she'd run into, the answer just suddenly came to her as she got that odd feeling she had when she'd run into the boy. "Captain.," Azula addressed her subordinate rather directly. "Yes your highness?," The captain asked. "Set a course for Ba Sing Se, it's where the Avatar's group is headed now.," Azula ordered. The captain did as he was ordered and relayed the message. Lo and Lii turned to Azula with a curious look on each of their aged faces.
"Princess Azula, are you sure they're heading there?," Lo asked concerned. "Yes, I'm sure. I can feel it.," She answered. "How can you be so sure that they're actually heading there?," Lii asked. "I am unable to explain how exactly I know, I just know. It's odd but, whenever I found my mind drifting towards that boy I met a few days ago in omashu... The answer just... came to me.," Azula explained. "I see.. so you think of this boy quite abit then?," Lo asked. Azula nodded. As much as she tried, Azula couldn't help but to smile when asked this. Lo and Lii needed nothing more to convince them of it, Azula liked this boy alot. There was no question about that.
With Aang and the others
As Aang and the others were nearing the final stretch to Ba Sing Se, they noticed that there were alot of Fire nation ships on the other side of a large lake. Asura suggested that they travel the rest of the way on foot so as to not be so suspicious. They wanted to be as inconspicuous as possible after all, they didn't want to seem threatening. They got into a train station and went up to the counter to purchase their ferry tickets. It was one of the only ways to get across the lake without seeming suspicious. However when the gaang went to purchase their tickets the woman at the counter gave Aang a very difficult time and he went back to others empty handed. "I'll handle it twinkle toes.," Toph said.
Toph went to the counter in a very business like manner and managed to get the tickets after flashing her family's seal. Apparently the Bei Fong family was somewhat like royalty in the earth kingdom, and Asura guessed the woman handling the ticket sales for the ferry didn't want any trouble. The dark skinned saiyan raised his eyebrow and slightly chuckled at what Toph was able to pull off. "Rather Devious, aren't you Toph?," Asura asked amused. "D-Devious how do you mean?," Toph asked feigning innocence. "Heh. Look you may have fooled everyone else, but I saw what you did back there. Flashing the Bei Fong family seal when you went against your father's orders? Devious, color me impressed short stuff.," Asura told her. Toph had a blush and had puffed her cheeks out as if she was pouting at the nickname Asura gave her. "I am not short!," Toph snapped back. "Speak for yourself, your shortyness.," Asura chuckled while teasing her. He then turned his back and walked away from Toph leaving her fuming. "Hey! Don't you walk away from me! Get back here! Jerk..," Toph screamed.
Asura was very infuriating to Toph, but internally she actually liked it when he teased her by giving her a nickname. "Why do i even care what he thinks? Asura's such a jerkface.," Toph told herself. Unknown to them, Hunter saw their little exchange and smirked. "Huh, So little Toph has thing for Asura eh?," Hunter mused. He then went back to the others who were discussing their plans to board the ferry.
However Hunter noticed that a small family was being denied passage onto the ferry. Hunter went up to the soldier and questioned him. Well 'questioned' was a rather generous term for what Hunter did. "Excuse me sir, but what's the problem here? Why can't they board?," Hunter asked. "Huh? The heck are you? Stay out of this brat.," The man rudely said. " I'm sorry, what was that? Care to repeat that again?," Hunter asked as he shot the guard a very dark and menacing glare thay scared the living daylights out of the soldier. "Thank you for your time sir, we'll be going now.," Hunter politely said as he guided the family towards the others. "Th-Thank you, young man. Not sure what we would've done without your help.," The husband replied. "Think nothing of it, I was glad to help. Now what seems to be the problem?," Hunter asked. "Right. You see, my wife is pregnant and we need to get to Ba Sing Se. We heard it's safe there., The man explained. "I see... I'd like to help you, but i should talk it over with my companions first to see what they think.," Hunter told him. He was unaware that Goku and Asura saw his interaction with the couple and the guard and had already decided they'd help them. Hunter turned to see his friends there, he wasn't expecting that.
Before he could get a word out, Goku told him the group's decision. To say he was abit surprised would be a little bit of an understatement. Hunter was genuinely surprised. He then turned to the couple and the rest of the citizens who were denied access to board the ferry and told them that him and his friends would help lead them to Ba Sing Se through Serpent's Pass. He did notice a new face among his friends that he didn't recognize. That was when Aang, Sokka, and Katara introduced Hunter to Tsuki.
She was a friend of the gaang's before Hunter, the two saiyans, and Toph joined the group. When they came to Serpent's Pass, there was a sign that said to abandon Hope. But Hunter knew better, the sign obviously had a double meaning to it. Nevertheless, they started down the narrow and treacherous path known as Serpent's Pass. Hunter, Goku, Asura, and Toph kept the citizens safe from falling boulders and debris from the mountainside they were walking along. A sea serpent saw the group and attempted to derail them, only for Hunter to bat it away. The Serpent only got back up and appeared to taunt Hunter. The said teen only smirked when this happened and chuckled. "Oh really? You wanna play that way eh?," Hunter told the beast. "Umm... Hunter, what are you doing?," Katara asked nervously. Aang and Sokka seeing the look in Hunter's eyes knew exactly what he was doing and tried to warn him against it. Their eyes widened upon seeing him do exactly what they'd been attempting to dissuade him against. "Relax guys, he'll be fine.," Asura said. "He may not look it, but Hunter's pretty strong himself. He can take that overgrown lizard.," Goku agreed.
"Take him? Hunter, you're not serious are you?," Katara asked worried. "Course I'm serious. Someone needs to teach that overgrown snake a lesson.," Hunter answered. Before Katara or the others could stop him, Hunter flew straight towards the beast and socked it in the nose. This caused the serpent to stumble backwards and glare at him. "Alright you overgrown Snake, come and get me!," Hunter taunted it. The Sea Serpent roared and rushed forward to bite Hunter, but he was just dodging it without any effort. Katara, Sokka, Aang, and Suki stood there bug eyed at what they were seeing.
That was until Toph got their attention. "Um hello? Weren't we supposed to be helping the others crossover?," Toph asked. This snapped the three teens out of their stupor and got them moving. As they got the citizens to cross over, the woman who was pregnant started going into labor. This... complicated things even further. Hunter saw the situation and decided to give this overgrown snake a scare. So socked the serpent hard in the gut knocking it over. It tried to go and attack the common citizens, but a death glare from Hunter sent it swimming away as fast as it could to get away from him.
Meanwhile down on the ground, Katara and Suki had helped deliver the baby girl into her mother's arms. She decided to name her child Hope in honor of what the gaang had done for them. This actually helped to perk up Aang, who had been feeling down recently. The next stop was the walled city itself, Ba Sing Se.
To be continued next chapter: Journey to Ba Sing Se II.