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A/N: Most of this is done in Toph's POV, so sorry if it sounds a little repetitive. It's kind of hard doing a POV for a blind girl XP

Toph whimpered as Gohan moved a water covered hand over her bruised stomach. It took him no time at all to learn to waterbend. All it took was for Katara to show him and he caught on immediately. He insisted on treating Toph's wounds personally while everyone(with the exception of Aang and Appa) rested, which he was currently doing right now. "Stop squirming." Gohan said with a scowl.

"I can't help it." She whined.

"Well try to help it, I'm trying to make it better here." He retorted.

Toph winced as he moved higher up. "Gohan…I'm sorry…" She said softly.

"And I'm tired. And hungry. Soooo hungry…"

"How can you treat this like it's no big deal?" She asked him incredulously.

"Like this." He said with a playful tweak of her nose. "Shaddup and lemme heal you."

Toph giggled a bit. "Seriously, you're not even mad? What's wrong with you?"

"Did you mean what you said?" He asked gently.

She turned her head to the side regretfully. "No…but that didn't make it any less—

"Shush. That's all I needed to hear." He said putting both hands on her cheeks, beginning to heal her face.

"I don't deserve you." Toph said closing her eyes.

"Nah, You don't." Gohan responded jokingly.

She opened her eyes again. "One thing still bothers me…"

"What would that be?" He asked.

"How'd you know I was there?"

Gohan's frown deepened. "I'm…Not sure… I kind of saw it…"

Toph frowned as well. "Saw it? How?"

"In a dream, I guess…" Gohan said with a shrug. "What's important is that you're safe. Heh, guess you need a bodyguard after all." He joked once more, immediately regretting it.

Toph averted her eyes guiltily. Gohan groaned inwardly. "Toph, for the last time, I'm not mad. Lighten up already." He said removing his hands from her face.

"O-Okay…" She said skeptically.

Soon enough they landed to set up camp. Gohan immediately busied himself with finding food, running to a nearby river with a jar for water. Aang and Sokka unloaded their tents and removed Appa's saddle. Gohan returned with several large fish and a full jar, giving it to Katara. "Thanks." Katara said, and looked over to Toph who was lounging against a bed of rocks.

Katara walked over to her. "Toph…"

The younger girl's nose twitched. "Hm?"

"Well, usually when we set up camp, we all try to do our fair share of work." Katara said.

Toph blew a loose strand of hair out of her face, not understanding. "Huh, don't worry about me, I'm good to go."

Katara stared at her for a second. "Um… I don't think you understand. For example, Gohan's getting the food, I'm cleaning the water, and Aang and Sokka are setting up the tent and fire."

"Yeah, but I'm fine." Toph insisted. "I don't need a fire, I brought my own food and water, and look."

She Earthbended a makeshift tent. "My tent's set up."

Katara narrowed her eyes. "Well, that's great for you but—

Toph sat up. "I don't understand! What's the problem here?" She in an annoyed tone.

Katara rolled her eyes. "Nevermind."

It wasn't until later that she decided to make peace with Toph. "Toph, I'm sorry about earlier. It's late and I guess we're tired and getting on each other's nerves."

Toph was digging into a bag of leechi nuts. "Yeah, you do seem pretty tired." Toph responded, popping one into her mouth.

Katara glared at her. "I meant all of us."

Toph ignored the irritation in her tone. "Well, goodnight." She said laying down.

Katara walked over to Gohan, who was rubbing his backside and wincing. "What's wrong?" Katara asked.

Gohan groaned. "Something must be wrong with my tailbone. My head hurts too."

Katara put a hand to his forehead. "Hmm…You do feel pretty warm…Maybe you're sick?"

The boy frowned. "What…does that have to do with my sore backside?"

Katara shrugged. "When did it start?"

"It was around when we took off. It started out like an irritation, but now it's becoming more than that." He winced. "So…what's with you and Toph?" Gohan asked, deciding now would be the best time to change the subject.

Katara gave a huff of irritation. "You'd know her better than anyone. What's her problem?"

"Cut her some slack. She's been isolated from the outside world, and she's got some trust issues. And to be fair, she isn't exactly miss personality in the first place. Give it some time, she'll grow on you."

Katara watched his eyes as they seemed to sparkle on the last sentence. "I guess you're right…"

"Get some sleep. I'm sure we can all get along after a little rest." Gohan said laying on his side.

Katara smiled slightly. "Okay…" She said standing up and walking to her tent.

Toph POV

"Toph!" Gohan whispered loudly, scaring me out of my sleep.

"What!" I whispered back angrily, sitting up.

"I think something's wrong with me." The shakiness in his voice was enough to make me worry.

"What's got you all jumpy, Riceball?" I asked playfully.

"I think I might be sick." He said.

I put my hand to his forehead. His skin was so clammy… "Geez…You're so hot!"

"T-Toph! N-Now's not the time for flirting!" He said in a frantically embarrassed tone.

I felt my cheeks heat up intensely. "Wha—Get real you idiot! In case you haven't noticed I'm blind!"

There was a long awkward pause. "…S-So you don't think I'm hot?"

The heat in my cheeks grew. I couldn't believe how unbelievably stupid Gohan was being right now. He was definitely sick, no question. The Gohan I know wasn't this stupid. "J—Can we just end this pointless conversation now?" I half groaned, half growled at him.

He laughed sheepishly. "Heh, right…sorry…"

"The point is, yes you're sick. In more ways in one…" I said, hearing another sheepish chuckle. "But what did you come to me for? It's not like I'm an expert in this kinda thing."

"Neither is anyone else." He said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And I figured if I was going to tell someone, it'd be you."

"Flattering." I said sarcastically.

"I just wanted some company…" He said solemnly, the weakness in his voice making me hate myself for making such a snide remark.

"Oh man…Gohan, I'm sorry. I'm just exhausted and stressed out. You can sleep here if it'll make you feel better." I said petting his head.

He sighed. "Do you always have to degrade me?" He asked.

I laughed. "That's the fun of it. Now go to sleep and get better." I said lying down.

I felt his breath on my neck, sending a shiver down my spine. "Um…Gohan?"

But he was already sound asleep, breath coming in even but shaky. Not long after, I could feel him fidgeting like crazy. I rolled over to face him, putting a hand to his forehead. Just as hot as before, only with a new coat of sweat beginning to form. I could hear small whimpers emanate from him, as if he were enduring some kind of nightmare. "Poor guy…" I murmured pityingly.

I couldn't stand seeing him like this, so I scooted closer to him, closing what distance there was left between us. At the very least, the shaking was less violent, and the whimpering came sporadically. I was just about to drift off when I felt a rumble far off. It was like an avalanche of metal heading straight for us. "Damn…" I whispered. Didn't look like we were getting sleep tonight, at least not here.

I shook Gohan awake. Nothing. I shook harder and even slapped him around a bit. Double damn. I didn't have time for this, I had to warn the others. "Guys!" I said getting up and running to the other tents.

They all crawled out of the tents. "What's wrong Toph?" Aang asked yawning.

"There's something big moving toward us."

"What is it?" Katara asked.

"Dunno. It's sorta like an avalance…But not…" I said, finding it pretty hard to explain.

"Your powers of observation are astounding." Sokka remarked sarcastically.

Yikes, cut me some slack, I'm only human. "Should we move?" Katara asked.

"Better safe than sorry." Aang said.

"Hold on. I need to get Gohan." I said turning heading for my tent.

"What is he doing in her tent?" I heard Katara say suspiciously.

Nosy little floozy.I thought, blushing angrily. I managed to get Gohan on my back, his arms draped over my shoulders, and carried him back to the others. "He's sick." I said, looking pointedly in Katara's direction.

"Oh." Katara said, sounding slightly embarrassed.

With that, we—and by we I mean they—packed up and we took off as soon as possible.

After a couple of hours we landed in a secluded spot. "Ugh, finally…I'll see you guys in the morning." I said jumping to the ground, Gohan still on my back.

"Actually, could you help us unpack this time?" Ugh, she was such a pain.

"What for?" I asked impatiently.

"Uh, because we're a team!" She said.

"Why should I? I didn't ask for help with my stuff. I can carry my own weight." I said turning on her angrily.

I don't owe them anything, I don't see why they can't help themselves. "That's not the point! Ever since you've joined you've been nothing but selfish and unhelpful!"

The nerve. "Look, Sugar Queen! I left behind everything so that I could teach Aang earthbending! So don't talk to me about being selfish!" I said sitting down.

I earthbended my tent, having had enough of this argument. "SUGAR QUEEN?" She repeated incredulously.

Since the princess refused to take a hint, I shut up the tent. She ranted angrily, beating against solid rock. Real smart girl, that one. I ignored it and set Gohan against a wall, putting my hand to his forehead. I sighed in relief. His fever had gone down noticeably, though he was still pretty warm. He didn't show any signs of waking any time soon either. I took out my canteen and opened his mouth. "Down the hatch." I muttered pouring water into his mouth, making sure he swallowed.

All was going fine until that stupid girl had to open her mouth. "The stars sure are beautiful. Too bad Toph can't see them."

Ouch, that was a low blow. I kicked out, sending a fissure of earth toward her. I smirked in satisfaction as I heard a cry. The smirk turned into a grimace. I opened up the tent. "That thing is back!" I called to the others.

"Well…how far away is it? Maybe we can close our eyes for a few…" Sokka said.

"I don't think that's a good idea Sokka." Aang said worriedly.

We saddled up once again flew away. "What is this thing?" Katara asked.

"And how does it keep finding us?" I said frustratedly.

"I don't know, but this time I'll make sure they don't." Aang said determinedly.

He flew us to a secluded small plateau. I laid Gohan next to me and tried to close my eyes. "Alright forget about setting up camp. I'm gonna find the softest pile of dirt I can find." Sokka said.

"That's fine, because Toph wasn't going help set up anyway." I clenched my teeth. She couldn't let it go, could she?

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize baby still needed someone to tuck her in." I shot back.

"Come on, guys." Aang intervened tiredly. "Someone's chasing us and we still don't know who—or what—it is.

"It could be Zuko. We haven't seen him since the North Pole." Katara said

"Who's Zuko?" I asked, not wanting to be left in the dark.

"Oh, he's just some crazy freak with a ponytail that chased us all over the world. Now could everyone be quiet so I can sleep?" Sokka answered.

I heard some angry chattering. "Momo that goes for you too." Sokka said angrily.

I stood up. We'd been tracked, impossible as it seemed. "You've gotta be kidding me." Sokka groaned.

"That's impossible, how could they have tracked us?" Aang asked.

Isn't it obvious?I said pulling at Appa's fur. Some came out in my hand. He'd been shedding like crazy earlier, it makes sense that he's leaving a trail. "Their coming right at us!" I said.

"We should go then." Katara said.

I stepped toward whatever was chasing us. "No. Let's fight, we can take whoever these guys are."

"Toph's right. We should face them. Who knows, they might even be friends." Aang agreed.

There was a clang, and three animals came out. "It's those girls from Omashu!" a surprised Katara said.

"Too easy!" I said creating pillars of rock, which weren't very effective because they just climbed over them.

"Maybe now would be a good idea to run?" Sokka said, everybody else retreating to Appa.

Not quite done yet, I raised a giant wall. Soon after, I heard an explosion. They'd blown apart my wall…Whoa…I grabbed Gohan then launched myself into the air and onto Appa. Aang said the magic words and off we went.

By morning we were all exhausted. "So…Wha's the plan…" Aang mumbled tiredly.

"Dunno…Too tired to think…" I mumbled back. Suddenly I envied the coma that Gohan was in right now.

I drifted off to sleep…Which was cut short by our rapid falling. "WHAT'S GOING ON?" I shouted frantically.

"APPA FELL ASLEEP!" Aang said.

He must've woken up, because we eventually leveled out. I sighed in relief, a horrifying realization hit me. Without anyone to hold him down, Gohan must've fallen off of Appa.

Gohan POV

When you fall into a sickness induced coma one of the things you expect would be fever dreams. You know, your parents melting into thin air, hearing your best friend's screams and being unable to do anything. That sort of thing. What you don't expect, however, is to wake up falling through the sky with no memory of what happened. Of course upon waking up from my coma, I wasn't scared, but kind of confused. "What the hell?" I muttered as I flipped to right myself, hovering.

"Those jerks left me." I said scrunching my face up in displeasure.

I flew off as fast as I could, trying to catch up. I could sense a few people not far from where I was. One thing that struck me as odd is that nothing was wrong. I was perfectly fine, no after effect showing from the sickness I had. In fact, felt even better than before, maybe even stronger. I did corkscrew, letting out a whoop. No doubt about it, I felt awesome. It made me wonder what had caused the sickness in the first place. I finally arrived at a river, then divebombed for the river. Maybe it was wrong to showboat, but hey, I love a good entrance.

When I surfaced, four people were staring at me. There were two girls I didn't know, Katara, who was stuck to a tree, and Sokka, who was in awkward position on the ground. I climbed out of the river shaking the water out of my hair. "You guys totally ditched me, I can't believe this!" I said squeezing the water out of my clothes.

"Who that guy?" I looked to the girl with a depressing look on her face.

"I dunno." The perkier one next to her said with a smile on her face.

I tried not to blush. "I'm Gohan. Though usually it's common courtesy give your name before asking for someone else's." I said, glaring at the two.

"Mai." The black haired on said in a bored tone.

This one was clearly the life of the party.

"I'm TyLee!" She cheerfully.

It was impossible to believe that she could be anyone's enemy.

"Nice to meet you. Weeell, you guys are messing with my friends. So I guess I have to send you down the river." I said crossing my arms.

TyLee made the first move. I had to give her credit, she was extremely agile. "Interesting technique." I mused as I made sure block her attacks with my fist.

My dad called people like her a chi blocker. They used precise attacks to render arms and legs useless. "You'll have to move faster if you plan on blocking my chi." I remarked, though it sounded more like a suggestion than mockery.

The smile on her face stayed ever pleasant as she tried to take a jab at my neck. "Clever boy. How'd you know?" She asked.

"I get around." I said, finally grabbing her wrist.

"Your tail is pretty cute too." She said, completely unfazed by the fact that I'd caught her. She was quirky to say the least…Wait, did she just say tail?

I looked behind me to see a thick brown tail swishing around. I had a million reactions, which unfortunately caused my brain to short circuit, giving TyLee ample time to disable the arm restraining her. I quickly turned my attention to the girl, cursing my carelessness. I sidestepped her as she tried to jab my second arm. I grabbed her again, immediately throwing her into the river. I looked to her friend. She sighed. "Don't bother, I'll save you the trouble." She said slipping into the water and letting the gentle current take her away. I turned to the other two. I'd deal with my tail later. "Someone better start explaining. Now!"

The girls climbed out of the water. "Ugh, Azula's so not gonna be happy…" Mai groaned.

TyLee wringed the water out of her ponytail. "Was it just me, or was the spiky-haired kid kind of cute?"

Mai facepalmed.

A/N: This was going to be explained in the next chapter, but so there are no complaints, I'll say it right here. Gohan's sickness is connected to his tail growing back. It's kind of like a metamorphosis thing. I know it doesn't happen in the DBZ series, but I don't really care. I remember in the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT series that Goku would grow his tail back and figure that it was pretty much the equivalent of Sayian's gaining power through near-death, so I just went with it. Now I've got to fight a Grizzly for my pizza. Please enjoy!

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I'LL KILL YOU BEAR! I WILL WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN YOUR BLOOD!