I sighed, and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. he turned to look at me, and gave me a small smile. I just smiled back. If I was right about anything, it would be that I have to get Katara and Aang together. the faster I do that, the faster it will sink in that he's not mine. I sighed again only this time it wasn't directed towards Aang, or any one of my friends. it was towards myself. 'he isn't yours.' that stupid little voice in the back of my mind chanted. I just rolled my eyes at it. why did it have to be so bossy? wasn't your conscious just supposed to help you make the right choices, and not litterally tell you what and what not to do. it was actually quite annoying...
I was right about one thing though. it took a couple days to get from the Southern Air Temple, to Kyoshi Island. "do you even know where were going?" asked Sokka from the back.
"well I know its near water." Aang replied.
"well we must be getting close." Sokka retorted.
"hey Cortni! look at this new airbending trick." I look up at Aang. he takes some marbles out and whips them around. I giggle a little at this. why did I have to have a crush on him?
"ya know, since you got me interested in this new move, your gonna have to show me how to do it." I say with a grin on my face. he grins back.
"sure thing." he says. "hey Katara, look at Aangs' new airbending trick!" I say already trying to connect the two. Aang does the trick again.
"oh yeah, thats great Aang!" she says. "but you didn't even look up" Aang retorts dejected. "thats great Aang!" she says overenthusiasticlly. "but he's not doing it now" I say. "leave her alone Aang. girls need their space when they sew." Sokka says in a bored tone.
"what does me being a girl have to do with sewing?" asks Katara increduously.
"i'm just saying that girls are better at cooking, and cleaning, and guys are better at hunting, and fighting." he says.
"wow. sexist much?" I ask. dude seriously. "alright, I'll make you a deal. if you end up wearing a dress at the end of the day tomarrow, you have to stop being so sexist. and if you're not wearing a dress by the end of the day, then I'll buy you a crate of meat." I say. his eyes are locked on mine. "your on!" he says. I extend my hand, and he shakes it. "but back to the sewing incident, YOU JERK!" I say. Katara and Aang snicker behind me. "all done with your pants and look at what a great job I did!" Katara says and throws them back in his face. right about then I spot the hole. "oh my goodness! Katara! that is the most excellent stitching I've ever seen!" I say in mock awe. she just smiles, and Aang starts cracking up. "what? no Katara! I can't wear these!" Sokka exclaims.
"awe come on Sokka, you know you love them." I say. he sends me a 'your not helping' look.
"don't worry Sokka! where were going, you won't need any pants." says Aang as we turn and descend towards Kyoshi Island. nobody really says anything until we land. Sokka put his pants back on, and was trying to ignore the medium sized hole.
"we just had a pit stop yesterday. shouldn't we get some more flying done before we camp?" asked Sokka.
"yeah hes right. at this rate, we wont get to the North Pole until spring." says Katara.
"but Appas tired already arent ya boy?" nothing. "I said ARENT YA BOY?" Aang tries again. this time he recieves a grunt. I just chuckle at the whole situation. "yeah thats real convincing. then again, hard to argue with a ten ton magical monster." says Sokka. "there! thats why were here!" he says pointing towards the elephant koi. "oh! oh! can I go to?" I say. it seriously looks fun. one of the many things I've learned from being an airbender, was to just go with the flow, and try everything that comes your way. plus this looks like a good time.
"yeah! come on!" he says I jump in first. let me tell you it's cold, but not freezing. "COLD!" I hear Aang shout from behind me. I turn around.
"so? i'm not complaining." I say with a smirk. he just smiles. we keep swimming, and I see a shadow underwater. I dive down and latch a hold of it's fin. and off we go! these things are super duper fast. I almost fell off a couple times thanks to the slippery scales. I start laughing and I vaguely hear Aang up ahead laughing to.
"GET OUT OF THE WATER!" I hear Sokka yell from the shore. really? I must have short term memory loss or something. how come I keep forgetting what happens in these episodes? I am so having a little talk with Roku later. I look behind me, and see this huge fin up ontop of the water, and theres a 50ft. shadow under it. crap... i'm in deep _. I think you should know how that sentence ends. next thing I know, I jump off of the Koi, and I start running ontop of the water back to shore. I stop as I get to the beach. when I get there, Aang was getting off of Sokka. awww I missed it. darn it. I airbend myself dry, and put my outer clothes back on. I wear those wraps under my clothes. "what was that thing?" Katara asks. "I don't know. well time to hit the road." Sokka says. then suddenly were ambushed. I knew what was going on, but I didn't have time to react.
"or mabe we could stay awhile." Sokka finishes.
"where else could we possibly go?" I say sarcastically. I can visualize Sokkas' glare and I crack a grin.
"it was a rhetorical statement!" he yells. I mentally roll my eyes. we're led away. then a thought comes to mind.
"wait. wheres Appa?" I ask. "yeah where is he?" I hear Aang ask. but we get no reply. "ok, ok I get it. you think were firenation spys like Sokka did. but were not! Sokka, the annoying one, and Katara, the one with the hair loopies, are from the Southern water tribe. and Aang is the avatar. I'm just a peaceful airbending bystandard."
I explain purposely ignoring Sokkas' complaint when I said 'annoying one' and Katara and Aangs' chuckles at hair loopies, and annoying one. then were tied up against what I think is the statue of Kyoshi. "show yourself cowards!" Sokka suddenly yells from right next to me. "really? two things. one, were blindfolded, and two, do you HAVE to be so loud? your right next to me." I complain. then our blindfolds were ripped off. "and a little warning next time would be greatly appriciated." I add. "who are you, and where are the worriors that ambushed us?" Sokka asks ignoring the obvious.
"dude. its kinda obvious that they ambushed us." I say "were the Kyoshi worriors. and your friend is right. we ambushed you." said the girl in front who had short hair.
"yeah Sokka your friend was right." I say. he just ignores me.
"theres no way a bunch of girls ambushed us." he says. then She gets up in his face. "a bunch of girls huh? the Unagi will eat good tonight." she says grabbing the collar of his shirt. "no wait! my brothers just an idiot sometimes." says Katara.
"sometimes?" I ask. I hear Aang and some of the other Kyoshi Worriors crack up. "Kyoshi has been able to stay out of the war so far, and we plan to keep it that way." says and elderly man who stepped forward.
"this islands named after Kyoshi? I know Kyoshi!" exclaims Aang.
"how could you possibly know Kyoshi? shes been dead for three hundred years." says the old man.
"I know her, because I'm the avatar." says Aang. woo hoo! go Aang!
"nonscence! girls, throw the inmposters to the Unagi!" says the old dude. "Aang, Cortni, do some airbending" says Katara. don't have to tell me twice. I leap up over the pole just before Aang does.
he lands right beside me about three seconds later. "your loosing your touch pretty boy." I say looking at Aang with a smirk. he just blushes a little. I look back at the villagers and the old dude was standing there in shock. "it's true. you are the avatar!" he says in awe. "yup. now check this out!" Aang says as he whips out the dice and does his spinny trick. I roll my eyes. then I look over towards the worriors. "so do you know where Appa is?" I asked. they looked at me for a second. then the same one that almost threw Sokka into the lake/ocean place. "he's still there. unless you mean the lemur. he's in this bag. Tawaaya." she said, and then a different worrior walked up,
and released Momo. "nope. thats Momo." I say as I watch him fly over to me, and land on my shoulder, and wraps his tail around my neck. I chuckle a little. "hey, i'm sorry about earlier. I didn't know you were friends with the Avatar, let alone an airbender." she says.
"naw it's fine. I understand. Aang and I ran into the same problem at the South Pole. Sokka thought we were firenavy spies." I said with a light chuckle. she just smiles.
"I'm Suki. nice to meet you." she says and I extend my hand. "Cortni. you to." I say as she takes it in a firm but friendly grasp. I smile. "hey, we don't usually do this, but I would like to know if you'd be interested in training with us." she says "I already got offence down, and thats all I really need, but if it's ok with you, would it be alright to observe?" I ask. she just lights up with a smile. "sure. thats fine. be there one hour before sunrise." she explains as she stops at a house. "this is where you guys will be staying while your here." she says. I didn't even realize we had started walking, or that Aang, Katara, and Sokka had joined us. as she went to walk away, I almost forgot the most important detail.
"wait! where at?" I call. she turns around. if she wasn't wearing all that makeup, she'd probably be blushing right now. "sorry. it's at the dojo." she replies. I smile.
"ok thanks!" I call. I then turn back around, and head into the house. I walked through the whole house. there was a kitchen,
a living room/dinning room, and two bedrooms, and a bathroom. I guess that Katara and I would have to share a room. "Katara?" I call out. "in here!" I hear her call out from one of the rooms. I push the curtains aside. to see her preparing her bed. they must've went down to Appa while I was talking to Suki. Momo flew off of his perch on my shoulder, and lands next to a bowl with cherries in it. I sigh. Momo will never change will he? "hey, uh do you care if I share a room with you?" I ask. she looks up and smiles. "sure!" she says I smile slightly as I climb into my respective bed. I abruptly fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. I wake up when the sky is still dark but getting considerably lighter every second. that means I'd better get cleaned up if i'm going to go to Suki's training dojo. I do my daily routine. get dressed, brush my hair, brush my teeth, slip on my flats, and stretch a little. when I deem myself fit, I head out for the dojo. eventually I find it. they were already practicing. "i'm really sorry guys. I got lost on my way here." I explain. Suki just smiles and nods. they practice for a while before I get hungry. thats when I realize that I didn't have breakfest. "hey uhh do you care if I go grab a bite to eat, then come back?" I ask. Suki just nods. I get up, and head home. when I get there, everyone else was up. Aang and Katara eating, and Sokka sulking in the corner. "whats his problem?" I ask. Aang looks up and Katara just eats another bite. "oh he's just mad because a bunch of girls kicked his butt yesterday." replied Katara after she swallowed.
"they snuck up on me!" he yelled back. "right, and then they kicked your butt." she replied. I crack up. he just grumbled, walked over, took some of the MANY sweets,
and left. when he walked by me, I swear I heard him mutter 'mmmmm this is tastey'. I just smirked.
"well alright then." I say. I took a seat next to Aang. "you gotta try these!" Aang said as he shoved a pastery in my face.
"whoa dude, slow down." I said. I took a small testing bite these taste almost like Gyatsos' moon peach pie. my eyes widened.
"these taste like the ones Gyatso used to make!" I said. Aang just smiled and nodded.
"I knew you'd like them." he stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "these people sure know how to treat an avatar." said Aang as he handed Momos hand a pastery. "ok, but I don't want you to get too attached. were gonna have to leave soon." stated Katara. "but look at how happy I make these people! their even repainting the statue in my honor." said Aang looking out the window excitedly. I however couldn't hold back my eye roll any longer. "I just don't want all of this attention to go too your head." she said. "aww come on, you know me better than that. i'm just a simple monk." he said as he looked out the window I looked out this time to, and saw a bunch of girls screaming. stupid fanclub. whoa... wait. am I jealous? no, no thats rediculous. why would I be jealous over Aangs fanclub? 'because you like him'. my mind chanted taunting me. well that explains that.
I looked away before I got too jealous, and dragged Aang away from them, and went off on our own adventure. like exploring the island, or going on a hike, or something ya know?. I ate another pie thingy, and got up. I walked out of the room with out even looking back. I went right up to the dojo. I got there just in time to see Suki beat Sokka, and tie his arm to his foot.
very amusing might I add. I walked in clapping. "wonderful performance everybody. to Suki, overlydramatic dramatization, to Sokka, overly sexist, and to the other worriors, with their fits of giggles and laughter." I say in an announcer type voice. Sokkas already beet red. Suki and the other worriors started laughing at my arrival. I then leave again, and I walk down to the market, where I see Aang and Katara talking while he walks away over to his beloved 'fanclub' ewwww I just! ugghhh! my mom used to beat first ask questions later, and my dad, used to beat first ask questions NEVER. and let me tell you I was so close from using my dads' method, 'cas do I really need to ask questions when I know the awnsers? no. Katara starts to struggle with her pot/basket.
"need some help?" I ask walking over. she nods. I take the basket from her hands, and use airbending to make it lighter than it's supposed to be. we walk back to the house. "do you like Aang?" she asks. I don't even look at her.
"do you like Aang?" I retort. I wasn't giving up without a fight.
"I asked you first." she says.
"yeah? well I asked you second." I say I sneak a glance at her face. she has no emotions circulating on her face.
"I thought so." she said. I shot her a confused glance.
"but I'm serious." she said. "yeah. I guess you can say I like him... AS A BEST FRIEND!" I retorted.
"oh...ok" she said. "but I'm serious as well. i'm his Best Friend. more or less like an older sister. do you like him?" I tried again. mabe if I can get her to admit it to herself, they'll get together faster then the last episode. I look at Katara. "yeah, hes a good friend." she says. darn! so close!
"I understand." I say. then Aang runs in.
"hey do you remember how I was almost eaten by the Unagi?" he asks. I look at him.
"yeah. remember how it almost got me first?" I asked in the same tone that he was using. he flinched a little before going on with his story.
"well i'm gonna try and ride it." he said obviously trying to get someones attention. "ok." I say nonchalauntly. I sneak a glance at him, and he looks like he wasn't expecting that reply.
"it's gonna be really dangerous." he trys again.
"have fun." I say.
"I will." he replies.
"fine." I say in the same tone of voice.
"fine!" he yells as he storms out of the house. I look up at Katara whos looking at me like i'm crazy. wait... that was the argument that Katara and Aang were supposed to have... great. could I screw up my plan any more? ok I can fix this...
"what? its all part of my plan. I know whats gonna happen. in a couple of minutes I'll go check on him, and see how he's doing, and then Zuko's gonna arrive, and burn a couple houses, and then we all get back on Appa, and while were airborn, Aang will jump off, and ride the Unagi making it spit out water, and put out the fires. oh, and Sokka's gonna be wearing a dress." I finish. she looks at me like i've lost my marbles. "oh would you look at that, two minutes just came early. if I were you, start packing some supplies onto Appa." I say as I walk out of the house, and all the way down to the shore. I passed all of his fanclub girls on my way there. when I get there, he's just floating the water. "CORTNI!" Aang shouts as he sees me. "hey!" I shout back.
"back there you acted like you didn't care!" he said.
"thats 'cas you were gonna do something stupid and dangerous, how was I supposed to act?" I asked. he looked at me for a minute.
"I'm sorry. I guess I was just acting like a big jerk." he said.
"well get out of the water before you catch a cold you big jerk!" I call out to him. I see a smile on his face, as he swims back to shore. then I spot that dark shadow in the water. the same one from yesterday.
"AANG! BEHIND YOU!" I call. he turns around, and yells. he grabs ahold of it's antenae, but epicly fails, and falls back into the water. I airbend my self to where he is, grab ahold of him, and I airbend up back to shore. well some rocks by the shore. when I notice that Aangs not breathing, I do CPR, and mouth to mouth. all earlier feelings long forgotten. the only feeling I have, is fear. the fear of losing your best friend. eventually, he starts to caugh. I hug him tightly.
"Cortni?" he wheezes out. "yeah?" I ask my voice full of concern.
"don't ride the Unagi. not fun." he says. I manage out a light chuckle. then I hear Zukos' rhinos right above us. crap...
"shhhh." I say as I put my finger to my lips. after they pass, I help Aang up. "you ok?" I ask. he nods.
"yeah." he says sounding like his old carefree self again. then we run to the village. Aang and Zuko duel a bit, and the Kyoshi worriors take out most of Zukos men. I run over to Appa, and Momos sitting there chattering away. "here boy." I say as I hold my arms out for Momo to lay in. he comes over, and snuggles into my stomach. then Katara and Aang scramble up Appas tail. soon Sokka comes up wearing a dress. yup looks like i've won this bet. when we start flying, Aang looks back at the town morosely. then he jumps over the side of Appas head, and into the water. he then shoots up riding the Unagi. he makes it spit out the water on the houses to put out the fires. I look over at Katara. "see what'd I tell you?" I asked. she looks at me in shock. I then turn around to Sokka whos just sitting there in his dress watching Aang. "hey looks like your not gonna be sexist anymore huh?" I ask him. he looks at me in surprize. then a small smile slides across his face.
"I don't think I am." he says. then he reaches over and hugs me. I hug back.
"anytime buddy, anytime." I say. just then Aang jumps back into the sattle. soaking wet. "I know, I know, that was stupid and dangerous." he said glancing in my direction when he said that, knowing that he basically said what I had earlier.
"yes it was." I say then I kiss him on the cheek. he blushes. we then again fly off into the sunset. "nice dress Sokka." says Aang. I chuckle.
yes, I do like to add suspence.
sincerely, RockhopperMcMuffin