Me: sorry for such a long wait for chappy 7 , kinda busy and everything ^-^' sorry if this chappy looks like it's in a rush, because I really want to finish this episode and move onto the next. And theres been some debate….someone reviewed and said 'Mai' was spelled 'Mei', personally I agree I had just made a small typo. Then another person reviewed and 'Mei' was spelled 'Mai'. And now I'm confused….. Either or the spelling, we all know who were talking about. So, I'm going to continue to spell it 'Mei'. Enjoy the chappy!
Board Games Are Evil
Chapter 7
Tomtom
Fire
"I apologize, but you've come to Omashu at the wrong time." The Governor knelt before Azula explaining the situation, "At noon, were making a trade with the resistance to get Tomtom back."
Azula flipped her hair with her hand, "Yes, I'm very sorry about your son." she crossed her legs and folded her hands under her chin, "But really, what did you expect by letting them leave?" She glared and shot up, "My father has trusted you with this city, and you're making a mess of it." She raised her voice.
"Forgive me Princess." The Governor got on all fours as well as his wife and the council.
Azula walked past them, "You stay here, Mei will handle the trade so you won't mess it up." She spat, "By the way, there is no 'Omashu', I'm naming it in honour of my father; New Ozai."
Water
The gaang stood a great distance between the people they were trading with. There was a giant statue of the Fire Lord Ozai in progress with the beams and wood holding it together.
Bumi was brought down in a metal coffin from the top of the statue, "Hi everybody!" he snorted as the coffin spun around while he was lowered to the ground. Drey and Aria exchanged glances at the sight of Bumi…he was quite the character.
"You brought my baby brother?" Mei; the one in the middle inquired. Azula looked at her, "I'm sorry, but a thought just occurred. Do you mind?" Mei shared a small smirk with her, "Not at all, Princess Azula."
"We're trading a two year old for an earth king," she looked at Bumi, "A very powerful earth bending king." Bumi nodded to Azula, she shrugged, "It just seem like a fair trade, does it?"
Drey glared at her, sticking her tongue out whenever she thought they weren't looking. "Bitches…" she muttered under her breath. Aria let out a quiet laugh, "Hell yah…"
Mei glared, "You're right." She stepped forward and raised her hand, signalling for the workers to bring Bumi back up.
"Woahh~!" Bumi was raised up, "See you all later!" he looked towards Aang and gave him a loony small.
"Bumi!" Aang raced the beams holding the statue together while avoiding Azulas fire. He jumped off the beam and opened his glider. Azula's eyes watched him and his hat unravelled revealing his arrow, he took it between his mouth and sailed towards the earth king.
"The Avatar…" Azula smirked and followed him up the beams, "My lucky day."
Aang made it to Bumi and rested himself on the top of the coffin, "Aang, what're you doing here?"
"Don't worry Bumi, I'll get you out of here." He breathed in some air and started blowing cold air on the chain, making it freeze.
Drey dropped Aria and pulled out her katana, "How's your leg? You ready to fight?"
Aria nodded, "Mhmm, Katara works wonders with some water, you know."
"We've got to get the baby out of here." Katara took stance while Mei and Ty Lee came running. Sokka blew in the whistle that attracts Appa, "I'm already on it." He held the Tomtom tighter and let him hold the whistle.
The four of them ran towards the ladder to get Tomtom and Sokka on Appa. Aria eyed the construction holes on the ground; Ty Lee was under one of them. Drey spotted it before her though and made a run for Sokka, pulling out of harm's way.
Ty Lee jumped out of the hole and ran after them; Sokka went down the ladder and ran for Appa while Drey and Aria remained to fight.
"Katara, be careful. The one that tried to trip Sokka can block your chi!" Aria yelled out. Katara nodded, "Alright."
Katara bended her water, lifting up the blanks in front of her to block the knives that Mei threw at her. She ran a little farther and Aria decided to take care of Ty Lee. She bended some water to Kataras surprise and poorly made it into a whip. Hey, she still wasn't that good. Drey jumped in front of the acrobat and thrust her sword forward, making her jump back. Aria bended the whip near her feet and the water wrapped around her ankle forcing her to fall, "Ahh!"
"Aria, I didn't know you could water bend!" Katara looked at her. "Talk later, fight now!" Drey called out to them.
Aria stood beside Katara, copying her stance.
"Aang, stop your blowing for a minute." Bumi craned his neck as far as he could to take a look at his buddy; despite the order, Aang continued. Azula blew one of the roofs off and threw fire at the pair.
"Hold on jut a mo-AHH!" Bumi yelled as he fell. Aang twisted the coffin horizontally then made an air bubble in one of the slides that carried baskets of foods and other things to make a softer landing. The coffin landed correctly into the slide and they made it downwards. Aang rode the coffin like a surf board he looked down to smile at Bumi, "Just like old times right?"
Azula watched them from a tall rob embedded into the ground, she jumped onto one of the stone baskets and rode after them.
"Aang, I need to take to you!" Bumi yelled urgently over the rushing winds around them. Aang, mishearing the message grinned, "It's good to see you too!"
Azula, being on the higher basket threw lightning at them, Aang, noticing the lightening beforehand repelled the lightening by spinning his staff over top of him to diminish it.
It was a two on one battle as Katara did offence while Aria did defense. Drey watched intently on Ty Lee just in case she was to reach the hull of the katana to put it out. Katara eventually caught Mei's hand in the water and froze it, disabling her to fight. Her eyes widened as she tried to break it with her other hand. Drey took her attention off of Ty Lee to watch. Unfortunately, Ty Lee used both her hands and avoided the sharp edges and pulled the sword out.
As she came near, Drey sprinted to her katana. She flipped, she twirled and made it over to Katara. Drey sliced through the air where Ty Lee should have been.
"Katara, watch out!" Aria tried bending her water over to her side where Ty Lee was, but to no avail. Ty Lee began jabbing her chi points her arm, wrist, bicep, tricep, until it left her completely useless. Aria panicked but did her best to fend her off.
"Will you stop flipping around like some pink slinky!" Aria yelled in aggravation as Ty Lee finally got a hit on her. Katara tried bending her water, but it only bubbled then sunk back into a puddle.
Mei smirked, "How're you supposed to fight without your bending?"
Drey ran forward, raising her katana, as Mei raised a compact knife from her sleeve.
"I seem to manage." Sokka threw his boomerang at Mei's wrist, sending a shot of pain through her arm causing her to let go of the weapon.
Drey chuckled and sheathed her katana then ran to get Aria. Sokka landed Appa right where Ty Lee had been; she jumped where Mei was. Drey picked up Aria and threw her to Sokka, "Gah!"
Sokka caught her bridal style, "How you doin'?" Aria blushed then noticed her friends were still on the ground.
"Flirt later!" Katara shouted from the bottom. Sokka set her down gently then helped his sister up. Appa flapped his tail, lifting various planks from the work site and blowing Mei and Ty Lee away.
Drey climbed up onto Appa, "We gotta find Aang and Bumi!"
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"I don't understand, why didn't you free yourself? Why did you surrender when Omashu was invaded? What's the matter with you?" Aang stomped his staff on the earth.
"Listen to me Aang," the older of the two, chastised, "There are options in fighting called jing, it's a choice of how you direct your energy." He explained.
Aang nodded, "Yes, I know," even though Aang was in an iceberg for a hundred years, he still remembered the things he learned from the monks in school, "There's positive jing when you're attacking," he raised a finger, "and there's negative jing when you're retreating." He recited lifting yet another finger.
"And," Bumi flashed a crazy smile, "there's neutral jing, when you do nothing!"
Aang looked at his two fingers then raised another in confusion; the monks hadn't taught him that, "There are three jings?"
"Well, technically there are eighty-five, but let's focus on the third one." Bumi told him. "Neutral jing is the key to earth bending. It involves listening and waiting for the right moment to strike."
"That's why you surrendered, isn't it?" Aang concluded. Bumi nodded, "Yes and that's why I can't leave now."
Aang frowned, "I guess I'll have to find someone else to be my earth bending teacher."
"Your teacher will be someone who has mastered neutral jing, you need to find someone who waits and listens before striking." Bumi advised him. Momo hopped on Aangs shoulder. Aang turned back around to face Bumi giving him and Momo a smile, "Hey Momo." He patted his ears.
"Momo mastered a few jings himself!" Bumi exclaimed. Momos ears shot up and he made a disbelieving sound to Bumi's remark.
"Good bye Aang. I'll see you when the time is right." Bumi threw his head back and created a boulder to roll himself back up the hill laughing madly.
After he was out of sight, Sokka brought Appa to the opening where Aang was and let him get on to steer.
Fire
"So, we're tracking your uncle and brother, now are we?" Mei talked to her superior from the outside of her carriage.
"It'll be interesting seeing Zuko again, won't it Mei?" Ty Lee smirked at her friend. Mei hid her smile.
"It's not only them now. We've got a third target." Azula replied ominously, her shawdow the only thing showing from the outside.
Water
Later that night, Aang flew himself over the top of the Governors house and watched the couple hold each other with sad expressions lingering on their face. Aang looked down to make sure Tomtom was securely tied to his chest with some white sheets.
Aang lowered himself down quietly and removed Tomtom, giving him a smile before nudging him lightly to his parents. Tomtom made gurgling sounds and smiled cutely while wobbling over to his parents.
The Governor turned around first, thinking it was his mind playing with him. His wife gasped, "Tomtom!" she knelt down and scooped her baby into her arms.
Aang smiled to himself as he hid on the roof.
Earth 2
"Will you two come with me?" Jay asked with pleading eyes, willing to get on his hands and knees if need be. Scarlet and Suki exchanged hesitantly glances. On one hand, Scarlet wanted to go with Jay; he was, after all, searching for her friends and Sukis; and in order to get back to their world, they would have to meet up and discuss it. On the other, Suki couldn't just leave the Kyoshi Warriors; she was the leader- but she also wanted to go with the friends she'd bonded with so much in such a small amount of time. Also, Suki had gotten a job helping refugee's crossing over the sea to Ba Sing Se she had to attend to the month after.
Scralet looked at Suki warily but sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder, knowing she had to stay. "I'll come, Jay." She strained a smile at him, scine she wouldn't be able to see Suki for a very long time. Suki frowned, "I'm sorry. I just have so many things to do, I-"
Jay engulfed her in a hug, "It's not a problem, Suki. I'm sure we'll all meet again on better circumstances later on in life."
Suki rubbed her eyes as her lips trembled. Scarlet slapped her arm, "Don't cry, Suk-Suk. If you do, then- then." She sniffed and the two girls embraced, sniffling into eachothers shoulders.
Jay smiled sadly. Scarlet had known them for around a week or so, and Jay had only known them for a day or two; yet they both felt so close to the people in Kyoshi Island. It was sad that they had to leave her, but it was what they had to do.
The Kyoshi warriors as well as the villagers and the chief stood around the bison as Scarlet climbed Foo Foo first then Jay came on.
The Chief stood forward, "Be careful and don't forget to return soon." He smiled at them. Suki stood there with the Kyoshi warriors lined up beside her; she smiled beyond the tears. The rest of the warriors sniffed and rubbed their faces; some of the white paint started to come off.
Jay smiled at the chief, "Sure thing, we'll bring along the Avatar too." Scarlet waved as Foo Foo began to lift of the ground, "I love you guys!"
Suki jumped up and waved back, "Come home soon! I'll miss you!"
Jay and scarlet hung onto the fur and waved back to their best ability without falling to their doom. Scarlet made one last shout out, "If you see Sokka, remember to use protection!"
Jay laughed out loud as Suki blushed heavily. Jay crawled over to Foo Foo's neck, "Alright, to the town of Chin!"
"No, wait! Jay!" Scarlet crawled her way over to Jay, "The gaang comes to Kyoshi Island after they go to Omashu. All we need to do is wait, and they'll come to us!"
Foo Foo hovered above ground while Jay thought it through, "Well….he looked at Suki and the villagers, "Okay, reasonable plan. Foo Foo, let's go back down!"
As Foo Foo slowly made his way to the town, Oyagi (the chief, finally got his name!) looked confused at their antics. "What're you doing?" Jay and Scalet slid off of Foo Foo.
"We're back! We've decided to stay here for a while." Scarlet declared as the citizens of the town cheered. Suki pounced on Scarlet giving her a hug, "It's good to have you back."
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TBC