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Chapter 8: The Secret of Kiyoshi

At these words, Sokka spat out his tropical cactus juice, while Katara started to choke on her papaya fruit. "Hey who said that?!" he shouted turning to face the culprit only to find...Aang? The two water tribe siblings simultaneously rubbed their eyes. Not believing what their ears heard and what their eyes saw. But sure enough, when they had lowered their palms from their eye sockets. There still stood their friend Aang the airbender.

Aang's anger quickly subsided when he realized what he had done. His cover was blown, the mission was compromised. His head told him to abort the mission, run and hide under a rock for the rest of his natural born life. But the pounding embarrassment kept him from doing so. He sighed; there was a terrible awkward silence. Sweat poured from his brow, and the only thing that moved, was the wordless flapping of Aang's mouth, looking like a fish on dry land. Maybe if he just calmly explained the situation Katara and Sokka wouldn't laugh...as much. Aang started to explain...sorta, "...Uhhhh...".

But his explanation was cut short when something green and giddy launched itself at the unsuspecting Avatar. Aang turned his head just in time to see Toph, smiling wide, arms outstretched, and of course eyes full of mischief. Eyes full of passion. In the brief moment right before they collided, Aang couldn't help but notice what a lovely shade of green Toph's eyes were. Right before...

BAM

The earthbender slammed into her aribending boy toy with the force of a thousand fangirls. The impact of her hug knocking both of them off their feet to the ground. The next part of the fruit induce love fest happened very fast. For the second time in this story Aang screamed like a little girl, as Toph's pervy hands continued to fondle any part of the monk they could find, while her lips had been charged with the task of kissing any part they could find. Then the blind girls hands found an all too familiar part of him, which caused him to yelp and scream, "You shall not steal my innocence, you demon of lust!".

The sudden outburst had caused Toph to loosen her hold, and allow Aang to slip between Toph's perverted hands and make a run for it. "OUT OF MY WAY!" he shouted, brushing passed the two water tribe siblings, and running full speed down the street and out of sight. Toph sensed her lovers escape attempt, and gave chase to recover her lost 'property'.

"Wait for me my little monk hunk. You forgot your kiss" she called as she ran past Katara and Sokka. The two blue clad teens only stared bug eyed as they watched the whole spectacle unfold in front of them from weird beginning to disturbing end. Silently, they watched Toph take off down the street and disappearing down the same corner Aang took. The water tribe brother and sister stared down the street where they had seen their two best friends disappear around a corner. Neither of them dared to move, blink, or even speak. Until the silence was broken by a deeply disturbed warrior.

"...Katara"

"Yes Sokka"

"Did we just see what I thought we saw?"

"You mean Toph grabbing Aang's ass, then chasing after him, whistling and cat calling?"

"Yeah"

"No"

"Me neither"

Sokka's attention turned to the tropical hallucinogenic drink in his hand. "I had a feeling I should have stopped when I first started hallucinating ten minutes ago" he mumbled to himself, as he poured the mind altering beverage on the ground. He then walked away, taking deep breaths of air. Trying to clear his mind from the tropical cactus juice, as well as the disturbing illusions that came with it. "I need some meat." he said in a definite tone, "All this hallucinating is making me hungry, come on Katara let's leave this evil mirage" he called before continuing his endless search for meat.

"Yeah...sure" said Katara a little unevenly; her eyes were still glued to the scene where she too had 'hallucinated' Toph chasing after Aang. But had she truly hallucinated. She didn't remember having any tropical cactus juice; although Sokka had been tried to sneak some to her several times this trip. She looked down at the papaya in her palm, before she squealed and dropped the fruit like it was on fire. Rubbing the juices off on her shirt, before picking it up again and tossing it in the trash. "Now I know why I hate papaya" Katara said to herself, blaming her hallucination on the papaya. . Taking a few steps to catch up with her brother, she suddenly stopped and turned around yet again. Looking down the street, thinking about her papaya induced hallucination. "...Aang and Toph huh?" the waterbender thought aloud.

"...Aangtoph...Tophaang.." She just chuckled at her musing and shook her head, "No way...'Little monk hunk'. Wait til Toph and Aang hear about this" she giggled, before leaving to catch up with Sokka.

"OUT OF MY WAY! SHE'S TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME!" Aang hollered as he bolted down the streets of the market, weaving between the townsfolk. And knocking a few of the slower ones out of the way, shouting hysterical, that some earthbender was trying to seduce him. Close behind, said earthbender was in hot pursuit of the frantic monk. Every now and then calling out certain things like—

"Slow down my little love slave. Your master wants a kiss"

"That's it Aang, shake what your previous incarnations gave ya!"

"Wait til I get my hands on you. Cute butt or not, you're in trouble you naughty little airbender!"

The series of cat calls/threats only spurred Aang to go faster, hands covering his behind as he tried to escape. This was proving difficult however, Toph was gaining on him, and the airbender was having difficulty manipulating his element. The streets were packed with people, come to see take part in the festivals festivities. Making it impossible to use his airbender speed. Toph had no trouble chucking people out of her way to get to her beloved Aang. Not to mention Aang was having trouble finding enough space to unfold his glider and take flight. Coupled with Toph's cat calls and whistles he could barely concentrate on using his unique speed. And worst of all...he was starting to tire. But the fear of being glomped, captured or worse(worse being Toph trapping him with eartbending, then dragging him to a chapel and getting married against his will), was enough motivation to keep him going.

Finally, when Toph felt she was near enough, she pushed off from the ground in a mighty leap. Effectively turning her into 'Toph the flying Fangirl'. Aang looked over his shoulder just in time to see what he first thought was flying female airbender...only to realize it was only a flying female earthbender. Big difference.

The flying earthbender, not airbender, came crashing down against Aang's back who immediately toppled over. After securing him in place by wrapping her arms and legs around him, the blind bender went to work on kissing the back of his neck. Where his new tattoo which read: PROPERTY OF TOPH was now resided. "Heh heh -Toph- ha ha-stop- ha-That tickles-hahahaha". But she refused to listen, and instead only continued her glomp fest with ticklish kisses. The struggling Avatar tried to pull himself out from under her; but only to go a few inches before being clawed back into the perverted hands of the walking definition of some ' raging hormones' that was Toph Bei Fong. "Please Toph-hahaha-please-heh heh- I'm ticklish-hahaha-STOP!"

"Never"

Aang continued to flail about but to no avail, the power of the Avatar was powerless against the sheer power of Toph, her hormones, and her ridiculous upper body strength. All the while the blind girl continued to assault the aribender with love and affection. "Thank you smooch Thank you smooch kisshug" she said between neck kisses. Despite being in danger of becoming the first D.B.G. Death by glomping. The thanks that passes between kisses was enough to intrigue Aang and make him ask.

"Thanks for what hahaha?" he asked still pinned.

"smooch for doing this for me" Toph said briefly as she kissed and talked at the same time. "Kiss For loving mehug, kiss, hug. For accepting me."

Kiss, kiss, hug, kiss, glomp, kiss, hug, hug, glomp, kiss, glomp, glomp, glomp

The young Avatar no longer fought back. But just laid his face in the dirt, feeling guilty for lying to his best friend. He should have been honest from the beginning. Toph was a good person and deserved no less than the truth.

"Toph...I'm sorry."

Toph's eager hands stopped their caroming, to gently pat him on the back. "It's okay Aang. I know." Toph still sat on his back, so Aang couldn't fully turn. But instead craned his neck back so fast he cricked his neck.

"You do?" he said breathlessly. The blind earthbender nodded, as she got off. Allowing Aang to stand up and brush the dust off his clothes.

"I know, you were just trying to be nice."

"Yes Toph I was. I wanted to tell you. But I didn't know what to say." Toph put a finger to Aang's lips, effectively silencing him.

"Don't worry I'm not mad. I know you're intentions were good and that you were very thoughtful as well."

"Thanks for understanding Toph."

"Oh I understand. And don't worry I was still surprised."

"...what?"

"I know that Sokka ruined your surprise for me?"

"...what?"

"I don't blame you for yelling at him, he deserved it. Let's just forget about him and enjoy our date tonight."

"...what?"

"And don't worry, because I still have my surprise for you."

"...who has what for who now?"

Toph just giggled a little, "You are the silliest airbender I've ever met".

The present airbender just quirked an eyebrow at the odd earthbender, "How many airbenders have you met?" he asked. Genuinely interested in her answer. Her smile only broaden before responding-

"Just you" she whispered, and tapped him lightly on the nose with her index finger.

Aang just rolled his eyes at her response, 'Of course' he inwardly groaned, as Toph enveloped him in a bone crushing hug that squeezed all the air out of the airbender.

"Come on let's hurry" she insisted jumping in his arms bridal style. Aang grabbed her waist and swung her around onto his back in a more modest carrying method, to which she only said, "Giddy up."

"Where are we going?" he asked over his shoulder, walking in no particular direction.

"If I wanna look cute for our date; I'll need a cute kimono" she replied airily. Aang nodded, and scanned the market for any stores that might sell women's clothing. Though the guilt hadn't escaped his mind. Far from it. The fact was; he lied to his best friend, not to mention his earthbending teacher.

The elder monks had lectured all the young ones about the shame and dishonor in lying. It was a terrible thing to lie, they had said. Especially to those you care about. Even if the truth is unpleasant, it is far better to admit that unpleasantness and move beyond it together. The best thing to do was to restore honor and friendship by telling the truth. "Hey Toph" Aang announced to her, turning his head back, ready to tell the earthbender the whole truth. Only to stop by what he saw.

Her smile.

Even through the dark curtain of hair, Aang could see a shine that he had never seen in them before. Not even after winning a fight during their sparring practice, or an argument with Sokka. The corners of her mouth were puled back in joy from a truly happy and genuine smile. Not a smirk. Not a grin. A smile. "Yes my one and only" she answered briskly, turning that beautiful smile on him.

The guilty Avatar got a better grip on her legs that he supported in carrying her piggy back style. "...You know you'll look cute with or without a kimono; right?" Toph leaned forward to nuzzle her cheek with his in a loving and playful manner.

"I know. And you know you look cute with or without clothes too; right?"

Aang snorted through his nose, and started to laugh. "That's not what I meant. But thank you for the compliments Blind Bandit."

Still flustered from her previous comment, Aang started to feel a strange fire start to grow in his stomach. It was the same feeling he had when he saw Toph laying on the futon. This stomach fire was very distracting, and spying a food cart nearby, the airbender bought a large clay jug of ice cold water. Uncorking it with one hand, he brought the clay gourd to his lips and took a big sip of cooling water. Instantly he felt the fire in his belly settle. 'That's better' he said mentally. Aang took another sip of ice cold water, and continued looking for a clothing store.

The familiar sound of giggling girls caught the Avatars attention, and caused him to turn his head in the direction of the noise. A group of young girls stood, gathered around a window display at a large building. Walking toward them, wondering what all the fuss was about, Aang peeked over the shoulders of the women clustered in front of the window. Beautiful kimono and gowns, were the focus of their attention. The most exquisite he had ever seen. And the ones that hung in the window were not just limited to the earth kingdom style. But from the water tribes and fire nations as well.

The pale blue one, he recognized as one of the water tribe. He knew it was from the North Pole, from the many layers of clothes that was part of it's elegant design, and kept the wearer warm. Not to mention he had seen princess Yue wear a similar gown once before. And there was no mistaking a kimono of the fire nation. All the dresses and kimono's from that region were made of a combination of the softest silk and smoothest velvet. Highly popular there because of the cloth's unique ability to create the illusion of flames when worn. He even caught sight of what looked like the kimono of an airbender nun. Just proves fashion was timeless.

"This places looks good. Let's shop here." suggested Aang to the bender on his back.

"Where's here?" was her reply.

Aang backed up a bit to get a better view of the sign that rested above the store.

KIYOSHI'S SECRET

The airbender was vaguely familiar with the name of the store. It had been around in his day too. There were stories of air monks who had gone corrupt, only eighteen seconds after entering. But he never knew why. "...Kiyoshi's secret" he informed her. Toph hopped off his back; Aang just took another humble swig of water to cool of his fiery hormones and pressed his back against a less crowded window display. He planned to wait outside while Toph did her shopping. But Toph had other plans.

"What's wrong, aren't you coming in?" she asked his stationary vibrations.

"Um...I don't think I'm welcome here." he mumbled shaking his head. "This is a girls store after all" he added, looking at some of the more 'risque' items in the window.

"Nonsense" she chided, pulling him into the store, ignoring his pleas, "I'm sure they have a boy's section. Plus I need your help picking something cute." Clutching the water jug for dear life, Aang looked at the floor and allowed Toph to pull him along and guide him threw the store. Though his eyes were glued to the floor, the air nomad couldn't help but notice the murmurs of 'perv' and 'sicko' from the other female shoppers in the store. Suddenly Toph's hand left his, and he hesitantly chanced a look upward, he saw the blind girl feeling the soft materials of several kimono's on the racks.

Not being able to see what she wore, how the garment felt was the main factor in her fashion choices. Taking a handful of kimono's off their respective racks; and quickly hiding something else among the clothes in her hands. He didn't like that look she had in her blind eyes. Even though her eyes never changed or moved, after traveling with the blind earthbender for so long he could tell she was up to something. It was the same look she had right before the thorn bush incident. He shuddered at the memory. 'So many thorns' he mentally sobbed. Aang led her to the changing rooms to try them on. "I'll be outside" he murmured, before turning around.

"Now Aang, I know this is hard. But no peeking, okay?" she teased, secretly hoping he would try.

"I won't" he lazily replied, not bothering to turn around. Toph frowned at this. Why wasn't he getting embarrassed, she loved it when got all flustered and nervous around her.

"Seriously Aang no peeking."

"I won't."

"Even though you could probably get away with it; and I would never know."

"That's nice."

"Okay. I'll just be here then... changing my clothes."

"Take your time."

"Wait! Hold my bag for me" she said, handing him her green bag. The airbender nodded and went to find a place to sit down.

Finding a lone chair close to the dressing rooms, Aang collapsed in a tired heap. He looked at the bag in his hands; "Holding a girls purse while she shops for clothes. This wasn't supposed to happen for another twenty years" he whined. Uncorking his water jug, the airbender took several gulps of water, trying to quell the hormones that raged in his stomach. All the while, trying to keep his eyes on the floor and not the skimpy items that littered the store. Despite his previous calmness he had to admit; Toph was driving him crazy, and in more ways than one. He took another sip of cold water and clutched it close to his chest. As long as he had this, everything would be alright.

"So what do you think?" Aang opened his eyes. crack splash. At that moment, Aang was incapable of any reaction. No sound escaped his lips, there was no sound to reflect what he felt. In fac the only part of him that did works was his thoughts, which came out jumbled and sputtered.

'Toph. Swimsuit. Squishy. Curvy, double squishy. HHHHOOO00TTTTTT.'

"Aang?" she repeated, wanting to know what he thought of her two piece she picked out. She leaned in close to his face, and waved a hand in front of his face. Smirking her trademark smirk Toph straightened up, "Like what you see?" she asked striking a pose. His answer was a whimper and what sounding like a strange choking noise. "I'll take that a HELL YEAH!" she yelled triumphantly. Satisfied that she had kept the spark in their relationship alive; and turned it into a raging inferno.

It was about around that time that Aang came out of his hormone coma, and started to blink and breath again. Wiping the drool from his mouth, he managed to say, "I don't think that's a kimono Toph." The earthbender only smiled and struck another pose in her green two piece. "Wha- What are you doing?" the now flustered airbender managed to choke out.

Taking several more poses, she answered casually "Nothing. Just showing you some...earthbending stances." The young Avatar gulped hard, as she sat in his lap. "OW!" she cried, jumping up out of his lap, "something poked me in the butt." It was then that Aang noticed something wet was in his pants. Looking down, he saw the shattered remains of his clay jug. Upon seeing his earthbending teacher in her new attire, he had squeezed the gourd so hard that it shattered in his hands and spilled all over his pants. With a word of apology, the monk stood up and air blasted himself dry before throwing the shards away in a trash can. But when he looked up; Toph was gone.

"Time for a little payback" said a still bikini clad Toph, as she approached a few of the male employee's of the store. "Hi boy's" she cheerfully greeted. Once again, got the same reaction she had got from Aang. "I need a little help; I was wondering if I could ask a favor." she asked innocently. All three of the boys nodded their heads vigorously. 'This will teach Aang to replace himself with a watermelon and let me make out with it' she cackled mentally.

"Toph? Toph where are you?" the monk called out, searching for his teacher. Started to get worried, he combed through the store searching for any sign of a black bun, or a green swimsuit. It was then he recognized said bun and swimsuit by a group of drooling boys. He let out a sigh of relief. "She's fine, she's just talking..with other guys." He faltered the last bit, seeing his friend flirt with three other guys. His worry quickly dissolved and was replaced by something else; something different. 'What is this feeling?' he wondered holding his burning stomach. It wasn't the same burn as before , not like when he saw Toph on the futon or her two piece.

Seeing Toph talk to other guys invoked a new kind of burn, he rubbed his temples in an attempt to figure out this new emotion. 'Blinding fury...no. Raging animosity. That's not it; if I didn't know any better I'd say that I was -

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

The laughter of Toph and her three man fanclub broke him out of his thoughts. All four of them were laughing at something she had said, but none had laughed harder than her. With no water to cool him off, Aang let the new burning feeling take him over as he made his way over to the group. Trying to fight off the glow of the Avatar state.

15 seconds before

"See I'm trying to make my boyfriend jealous, so pretend I said something funny and start laughing."

Presently

Toph felt extreme satisfaction, when she felt her love stomp his way over, anger and jealousy apparent in his vibrations. "Now when he comes over, I want one of you to ask me out." she whispered to them

"Would you like to go out...really?" one asked sincerely.

Toph just shook her head no, "Sorry, I'm taken" she explained showing the writing on her arm.

PROPERTY OF AANG

Toph had given herself this tattoo after she had done Aang's. When the thoroughly pissed Aang arrived at the scene, the boy couldn't get even one word out of his lines before, Aang exploded in their faces. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I DON'T CARE!" he roared at the three boys. "BUT YOU BETTER LEAVE HERE ALONE OR I'LL...I'LL TELL YOUR MOTHERS!" he added, pointing a threatening finger at them. While Toph had the time of her life watching from the side lines as her monk in shining armor defended her honor, doing a little victory dance in her head. "SHAME ON YOU!, AND YOU, AND YOU" he concluded before dragging a very pleased Toph back to the changing area.

Toph hugged him from behind, "You know Aang, there's no reason to be...jealous." she whispered in her ear.

"I'm not jealous, why would I be jealous, cause I'm not...stop laughing" he snapped noticing her crack smile that held her laughter.

Toph merely kissed his ear before say, "You know I only have eyes for you - no pun intended." Aang just pouted and huffed in a very Toph like manner. "Buck up lover boy, why don't I try on some kimono; as a special treat" she offered as she disappeared once more into the dressing rooms.

As she did Aang had to fight the urge to say, 'Sounds great'. "What's wrong with me?" he asked aloud, burying his face in his hands as he sat down again. He groaned as the days events replayed themselves in his head. He rubbed the back of his neck in slow circles over his new tattoo; or cattle brand in his opinion. Out of all the things that had gone wrong today, like living in a love hotel, having his cover blown and have Sokka and Katara now know they were on the island(or so he thought). But what bothered him the most, were what he was feelings and thinking when around the young Bei Fong girl. "Her eyes are beautiful" he grudgingly admitted remembered when he had seen them before. There was no denying it, but lots of girls had nice eyes. "And she does have a nice smile, when she shows it" he slowly muttered to himself. "And by Agni, if she doesn't look amazing in a swimsuit."

But hey, he'd bet Katara would look good in a two piece too, but that didn't mean he was in love with her either. This wasn't really the best things to think about for a hormonal awakening preteen, and wished more than ever he hadn't broken his water jug. But before he could dwell any further on the two female bender in bikini's, he heard a door opening and turned in the direction of the noise. "Does this look good on me?" Toph asked hesitantly as she stepped out of the booth. The normally green Toph was now dressed in orange and red. A traditional fire nation kimono now clothed her.

"It looks very nice Toph" Aang politely responded. The excited blind girl jumped up and down, making it look for a brief moment that she had caught fire.

"Hold on. want to show you a few more." she told him, heading back to the dressing room. A few moments later, she emerged in kimono with a light shade of blue.

"The airbender just smiled and said, "If you had hair loopies you'd look just like Katara." Toph just giggled and went to try on more kimono's. The next hour was spent Toph trying on clothes and Aang judging them.

"Too pink."

"To frilly."

"Too short."

"Oh my God I can see your-

"Alright I think I've made my choice. I"ll be right back, don't move" she said happily. Aang nodded and said he'd wait. 'I think I'll get that fire nation kimono. Aang said he liked it' she decided in her head. Weaving her way through the racks of clothes, something incredibly soft brushed her arm. At first she had thought it was just a breeze from an open window. But somehow it felt like it was more than that. She reached out once to search for the mysterious breeze. Her fingers seized something; something smooth. The sleeve of a kimono. Never had she felt anything like this. Gently, she took it off the rack. "Hm."

Aang sat in his chair waiting for Toph to finish her shopping. Humming softly and playing with his thumbs. Today had been; fun. Who knew shopping with Toph would be fun. Still he doubted his 'date' would be. But his contemplation of Toph had been shattered by a familiar voice,"Excuse me, where is your water tribe section?" Aang's heart skipped several beats when he looked over and saw Katara only a few yards away, searching the vast selection of clothes

'We've got to get out of here' he screamed in his head, crawling over to the changing room to find Toph. Normally he would have given Toph proper privacy and have waited for her. But he didn't want to risk being seen by Katara and face her again, not realizing that she had passed off their last encounter as a hallucination brought on by a bad papaya. He knocked on the door, "Toph." No response. He knocked a little harder and called a little louder, "Toph?" He looked back for any sign of Katar, when something grabbed his color and pulled him into the darkness of the dressing room. Aang's eyes didn't have a chance to adjust to the dark when he heard,

"I knew you couldn't resist a peek you pervy airbender." Then Toph's arms came through the darkness and pulled him into a hug. The fire immediately erupted in his stomach again. Still he had not forgotten why he was there.

"Toph. Katara is in the store."

"Good, I want to show her something I- umph." Aang covered her mouth with his hand.

"You can't do that because..." he racked his brain for a believable excuse. "Because don't you want some alone time?" Toph nodded. "And you don't want Katara tagging along on our ...date" he shuddered a the last word. Toph shook her head no.

"Let's sneak out" she suggested. The blind bender was already into her regular clothes and had tucked her kimono and a more modest swimsuit into a bag. Unlocking the door, the two started to crawl through the store hiding amongst the clothes trying to avoid the waterbender. Once they arrived at the register, Toph paid for her items while Aang kept a look out. "I'll take this dress and this swimsuit please" she whispered to the cashier. Tossing a handful of coins on the counter she left with her monk hunk saying "Keep the change."

"That was close" Aang sighed, wiping sweat from his brow.

"I know, wasn't it great?" Toph asked excitedly. Aang didn't respond.

"We need to find a place to hide" he said more to himself than to the earthbender next to him.

"I know the perfect place" Toph answered as she pulled him toward the place she had in mind.

"The beach?" he asked incredulously.

'Yep" she replied with a big grin, "no one will find us in this crowd. And it's the perfect place to spend our vacation." Finding no reason to disagree, Aang let Toph change into her suit behind a rock. Taking her arm the two walked along the beach together. 'You don't see so well on sand' was the excuse he gave for holding on to her. Yeah right. Not that Toph minded, and it was true after all. But the main reason was that Toph; although had a more modest swimsuit on was attracting attention for several boys on the beach. Every time he saw one drooling over her, Aang held a little tighter and glared at the boy. Later telling himself he was being so protective was because she was his friend and convincing himself he did not love her.

Hearing the waves in the distance, the wind in her hair, and the soft sand beneath her toes was such a romantic setting in Toph's opinion. How could she make this even more romantic, and idea struck her. "Hey Aang, can you teach me to swim?"

"Hm? Sorry Toph what did you say?" Aang answered, he was only half listening as he glared at some guy who was ogling Toph.

"Tach me to swim" she repeated.

Aang looked at the water, the waves didn't look to big. And the water looked clear and inviting. "Sure Toph" he answered as they walked toward the water.

"Okay, that's it just keep kicking. Keep your head above water" Aang coached. The monk held both of Toph's hands in his and walked backward s in the water while she kicked forward. "Good" he praised. With Aang's back toward the ocean and Toph being blind, neither of them noticed the set come in. Aang didn't know what hit him, but the next thing he did know, he was knocked off his feet and tumbling around under water and got disoriented before losing consciousness. Groaning, Aang opened his eyes, the sun blared down on his face. His grey eyes widened when everything came flooding back. "TOPH!" he cried sitting bolt upright. The earthbender was laying down next to him in the sand.

He grew worried when he noticed her eyes were closed and she wasn't moving. Flipping her on her back, Aang placed an ear next to her lips. She was breathing but faintly. He had no choice; he had to do; 'it'. With the help of his airbending, Aang took a deep breath to give to Toph, he placed his hands on her chest.

"Hee hee."

He stopped. The worried Avatar looked up to her face and inspected it. Her face still had color, and looking at her mouth, he saw a tiny smile that trembled slightly from laughter. "TOPH YOU BIG FAKER!" he yelled, standing back up.

A moment later, the supposedly drowned earthbender opened her eyes and only said, "So close."

The relieved but still peeved airbender looked around, "How did we get back to shore?" he asked to no one. But it was Toph who answered.

"I pulled you back." she said with a smile.

"Wait a minute...you could swim all along?"

"Woops. I forgot, Katara gave me swimming lesson months ago" she told him also standing up.

Aang smacked his forehead with his hand, "I wanna go home."

"Good idea, I need to get ready for out date."

Exhausted and a little irritated, Aang fell onto the joined futon and hugged the pillow. All he wanted to do was sleep. "Say Aang, why don't you go somewhere else while I get ready. The receptionist said that room K/T was free." Except for going to the magically and mysterious K/T room.

"...I guess" replied the Avatar, speed walking to the door.

He was just about there too, when Toph stopped him, "On second thought why don't you stay. I know you couldn't bare to be away from me and wait in some musty old room."

You could practically hear the sound of Aang's crest falling.

Chapter 8 finished at 2:17 P.M.

Sorry for not updating this chapter was a real bitch and I wanted to make it really good for you guys. Plus I had finals and I graduated from highschool last Thursday. Woo-Hoo! Anyway I wanted to wait til summer before finishing "Thank you for the compliments Twinkle Toes" I finished it last night and I am freaking out. It was sooooooooo good. Bleeding Wings this chapter is for you. Also I made a list for Taang fics idea's and so far I have 26 ideas for some totally awesome taang fics. And There are two I really want to write and post so I will do that before continuing with this story. Don't worry it won't take long. Sorry for any spelling errors. See you all next chapter.