Alright, guys. I'm back with more of the story "Blind." In case you didn't notice, I left off at a freaking HUGE plothole—and JJ was aware of this—so I could continue it from its ending point, into a new beginning.

Ugh, damn that girl. She's been writing me mad for like four days...

Anyway, it's STILL Tokka, STILL Dark-Fluffy goodness, and STILL just as insane as you'd come to expect from anything I write.

Enjoy!! Props to Lady, she suggested a sequel...

1st person

So where were we? Where did I last leave the "Gaang" and their accomplices before I turned my mind to another part of the world that so desperately needed my attention? Where were we when I drifted off into the end of this story, completely oblivious to the fact that I'd left a giant effing plothole smack dab in the middle of a pretty decent—because of the fluff—ending?

Well, I'll tell you. I'll tell you where I left off. I left off right before Ty-Lee and I returned home to the Fire-Nation, right before the whole damned country was thrown into an uproar because some little nutcase decided to murder my cousin. Mai had sworn her Love for Zuko, and had proven it, ironically, by taking his Life. I was the one both stupid and unfortunate enough to have walked into the home belonging to The Avatar and his friends, marched up the stairs, throwing on all the lights, calling for both Zuko and Mai to come downstairs, and had found Zukos dead body splayed across the floor, split open like a side of meat.

Apparently, she Loved him to Death. It's ironic, definitely. Sick, but ironic.

So now where were we? Now where did you go when you return home to throw your entire home country into a state of madness and dillusion, only to tell the council—who had questioned Ty-Lee and myself until she had cried and I had become violent—that the killer was currently at large...

Where? They had asked.

Somewhere in the Earth Kingdom, some forty-thousand miles away. Now do you understand why I sound so angry? Why I sound so tired? Why I sound so...Well, a lot like Zuko did before he stopped hunting the Avatar.

But Lee is right. I quote her often, and she helps me through just about anything, from this foolish murder business, to the complete massacre of when I attempted to ask her out on a date. She's right about a lot of things. A lot of things, and then some. She also says that Mai isn't crazy, but I beg to differ. I guess seeing your favorite cousin slashed to ribbons on his girlfriends bedroom floor can do that to you.

I might be acting foolish. I might be acting stupid. But I wanted Mai Dead, and I would be damned if anyone was going to catch her before I did.

Ty always said. "If you spend your Life chasing destiny, disappointment's what you'll find."

Maybe I need to slow down. Maybe, maybe not. I don't want to slow down. I want to find Mai, and make her pay for what she's done. I want to make her feel the same way Zuko did, before she killed him. Only after doing that, will I slow down.

These royal duties are gonna be the Death of me. I was currently on a ferry—emblazoned with a giant Fire-Nation symbol, laced with gold and equipped with a food bar that carried just about anything you could imagine—bound for the Earth-Kingdom city of Ba-Sing-Se. I had left there, just...Maybe not even so much as a year before. Ty and I had literally spent every waking moment trying to amend the situation which had rapidly gone from "Bad" to "Moderately Bad" to "Absolute freaking Hell and Chaos" within a weeks time. We had spent almost every waking moment in meetings, interrogations, council functions and trying to select a new Fire-Lord to run the country in Zukos untimely...Absence.

I don't want to believe he's Dead. Ty says it will kill me, and perhaps she's right—I can't tell you how many sleepless nights or times I've woken up crying since his Death—Perhaps she's right, but even if it does eventually destroy me, I want to make sure two things happen before I spontaneously combust.

One: I find and take out Mai. Screw the law, I don't need to apprehend a murderer.

Two: Ensure the safety of Ty-Lee while away from the Fire-Nation, which now rested in Iroh's wise hands.

That man was an absolute genius. Sometimes it actually frightened me. He was just so wise, so knowing, that its as if he was a God in his own right. He's seen much more of the world than he has let on to me, about. And I believe that's why he's the best candidate for Fire-Lord, now.

There's no way in Hell I'd do it.

So Lee and myself were in-bound for Ba-Sing-Se, where Mai was supposedly lurking. I didn't know. She could be anywhere, but I would find her, and I would get my...Zuko's (?)...Revenge.

If there's one thing I learned from that cousin of mine, it's his determination. Never give up. Never.

Oh, here's the dock. I guess I've got to go, now.

3rd Person

Well, all's well that ends well. Everything was okay last time you checked in with the "Gaang" was it not? Did you expect everything to stay that way, especially with everything so chaotic—Katara giving birth, Toph and Sokka being brought together via music and repeated threats of blackmail—which worked wonders, regardless—Suki moving away, back to Kyoshi Island with the rest of her tribe, and Aang being put through all the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

Take a minute to say "Awwwwww" Even as God, I still think it's cute.

1st person POV—Toph

These last few months have been Hell. I mean, I realize that Katara and Aang have had a baby, and with the way everything is now, after fully marking its recovery from the War, was plenty to get excited about, but it was nowhere near enough to scream. Which is exactly what Katara was doing, now, overtop the baby. The combination of this sound, as well as Sokka's own hollering about something—and at this point, I didn't even care what—was just about enough to drive me insane, and make me wish that I was deaf, rather than blind.

Well, wouldn't you? Don't tell me you'd just sit here and smile and act like you're enjoying it.

Remember, I can tell when you're lying.

So you'd figure everything to be happy, I mean, after the War was over, after everything was okay, after Zuko, JJ, Mai and Ty-Lee had returned to the Fire-Nation completely unharmed—if not a little drunk, someone spilled wine on Zukos bedroom floor, and it refused to come out no matter how many cursing fits Katara threw at it—but I guess everything's okay with them, now. They're back home, everyone's happy, and I guess we're more-or-less back to normal. Besides the baby, me Loving Sokka, and the past few weeks being Hell.

That kid was driving me nuts. He wouldn't eat, he wouldn't sleep, he wouldn't even go and take a...Well, you get it, without balling up his face and screaming. I know, I sound like an idiot, it's a baby, right? Babies cry. And cry and cry and...

I swear, I though that he was gonna explode once he hit the five-hour mark, according to Sokka's watch, and my own sanity which was all but torn in half. He's supposed to be letting us know he's completely healthy. Or at least, that's what Sokka says is happening. I don't even really know. I don't know much about marriages, or babies, or giving birth—thank God—and I really don't wanna find out. I just wanna make sure I can Live another few weeks without going completely crazy.

It was fine that he was healthy. Completely great. But did he have to do it at 32,000 decibels?

Everything was in complete madness. Completely and totally crazy.

And, of course, it only got worse from there.

JJ was back. JJ, the same JJ who had disappeared a year before, taking Zuko, the Human Slinky, and Mai with him. The same JJ who had said that he'd Loved me in some stupid bar down the street, after playing the song that'd brought me and Sokka together. I still remember the name even, AC/DC'S "You Shook Me All Night Long" Apparently he must've though this was funny, because the song was about two people having sex, yeah, and he seemed to enjoy this as he played the damned song up on stage while Sokka sang vocals and the band slammed away in the background. He had shown up, with Ty-Lee by his side—looking nervous, and she should be—just grinning, just grinning like he didn't have a care in the world, and I knew he was, because I could sense it as he clapped me on the shoulder, saying.

"Hey, Toph. Long time no see?"

I drew back to punch him in the face, but was interrupted as the room fell dead silent. The baby had stopped screaming. Everyone had stopped Dead, and were staring at our two guests with huge, bulging eyes. I would've laughed, but I knew exactly how they all felt, just then.

What happened after was really funny.

Katara detached herself from the baby's side, and began pummeling JJ with all the force in her body. JJ didn't know why. I don't even think Katara knew why. But if you were to see the cousin of your ex-Lover show up outta nowhere in your home with one of the girls that used to follow around his psychopath of a sister—who was still evil, Dead or not—just as carefree as he pleased?

Well, what would you have done?

Obviously, he had some serious explaining to do, or else some serious injury was going to be thrown his way, and I was gonna make sure I got first dibs.

Let's hope he talks as smoothly as he can sword fight.