Okay… the great start for taang week! Hopefully this chapter will get a good start! So if I am correct enjoy this chapter which should hopefully follow the theme: tease!

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Chapter 10

Toph felt the air brush through her hair as she clutched onto Aang for dear life. They had been flying for hours on end. Soon the avatar had found a clearing in a forest they could land on. Once he did, Toph let go of him and he closed hi glider and looked around, "Good we weren't followed." He said. "Are you okay, Toph?" he asked his friend.

Without a word she threw herself at him and hugged him and broke into hysterics and tears. He put his arms around her and held her tightly saying, "Shhh. It'll be alright. I'm here, I'll never leave you… ever. I promise."

"I-I was s-s-so scared, Aang." She managed to say, "thank y-you. I thought I was going t-to d-d-die." She continued to cry while Aang held her tighter. He couldn't stand to see Toph cry, it always broke his heart. He kept one hand behind her head as a sense of protection, while the other rubbed her back. He continued to shush her and calm her.

"What are we going to do now?" she asked, now that she stopped crying, but she still held on to him.

"We have to make our own camp and get supplies. We'll have to hide here until it is safe to come out." He answered her. "Tobik told me that Katara, Sokka, and Zuko will be coming to Ba Sing Se to help. Once they're there, we can leave, but for now, we have to stay together."

"Can you just hold me for a little longer?" she asked

"Of course I can." He said. Her grip tightened on him. She must've been scared, she never held anyone for safety or protection. Aang felt like it was his fault, I should have been there sooner. Or better yet I should have never left her side. He thought to himself. What was I thinking? Leaving her while she was wounded, and then letting her attempt to lead a nation! Way to go Aang, you're a great avatar and even better friend! He thought sarcastically. Finally he said, "I'm sorry, Toph."

"For what?" she asked.

"For leaving you when you needed the avatar the most. You also needed a friend. And I was pretty bad at both." He said sadly.

"Well you're pretty new at the 'whole avatar, keep the peace' thing. So I won't blame you." She said forgivingly.

"Thanks, Toph. At least you're a real friend." He said.

"But don't you ever leave me again!" she yelled punching him in the gut. He couldn't help but smile.

Same old Toph… he thought to himself. Then an idea formulated in his head. Quickly he grabbed the green headband on her head and held it high in the air.

"What was that for?" she questioned, breaking away from the hug while trying to reach for the headband.

"What did all those years as queen make you say 'please' for everything? What happened to the blind bandit?" he taunted her.

"I'll show you bind bandit!" she struck out with earthbending, but Aang simply jumped and hung in the air.

"Wow, you're really out of practice!" he continued to tease her.

"Get down here and face me like a man! Then again, you were always quite feminine!" she yelled up at him, trying to sense if he came down.

He laughed and landed gracefully on the grassy clearing, so Toph could try again, but try as she might, she couldn't get the headband back from Aang. Attack after attack, tackle attempts, everything she tried failed, but she had one idea left.

Aang stood across from her, holding the headband triumphantly in the air with one hand like it was a championship belt. Finally, Toph put her plan into action, with incredible acting skills, she fainted to the ground out of exhaustion, and just as she thought, Aang ran to help her.

"Toph! Are you okay?" he knelt down beside her, but before she said anything, she lunged at him from the ground and pinned him to the ground. She began to wrench the headband from his hands, but he wouldn't let go. "Hey no fair!" he said, rolling over to pin her down. Soon they were rolling back and forth over the ground, both trying to get the headband from the other.

Finally they stopped, almost out of breath from laughing so hard. Toph ended up on top of Aang and finally rested her head on his chest, "I missed you Twinkle Toes."

He wrapped his arms around her in another hug, "I missed you too, Toph."

A/N 2 although this is short, there is taang to make up for it. I was going for an emotional chapter here (at least in the beginning, but I had to lighten it up a bit), so hope it made you tear bend (because that means the chapter did was it was supposed to do at least for the beginning). REVIEW! Hope this was a good start for taang week!