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(A/N)

~At Zuko's hideout~

(last time; He is frustrated, how had this 'saiyan' created that explosion. By all the signs he is a fire-bender, yet he sure as heck isn't one. Judging by his face, accent and clothes. The banished prince is struck by a brilliant idea, his lips curl into a smirk. "I will release you on one condition..")

"If you tell me how you made those explosions, I will release you, and tell you where your friends are" Zuko offers, this could be the chance he needs to finally defeat the avatar and regain his honor. The saiyan laughs "You are funny, what makes you think a human such as yourself would be able to learn something so powerful?" his tone patronizing. The fire-bender is struck by brilliance all of a sudden "I bet I could this form of bending in less time then you did" he challenges, Vegeta scoffs at the thought "it is much harder then your 'fire-bending'. It would take me less time to learn that, then for you to learn how to manipulate your ki" Zuko masks his emotions, then speaks "Challenge accepted, lets make a bet, we will try and teach the other how to fire-bend/ki manipulate, and whoever perfects it first will be considered the winner", the older man thought for a moment, he never backed down from a challenge "I agree, now release me from these bonds" Vegeta commands. After Zuko had released the bonds, the other man cracked his neck, and started stretching his muscles "well then, shall we start?" the alien says with a smirk, before the fire-bender could nod, two metal cages fell down, trapping the princes within.

~with the Gaang~

~Aang POV 1st person~

I ran as fast as I could, when we reached the garden, we saw Toph's mom and dad, her mother is sobbing while kneeling in the dirt, her father is looking uncomfortable, and upset. "What happened?" I ask, looking around, all I could see is one large, rectangular imprint in the dirt, along with a curved knife stuck in the ground, a piece of parchment stuck to the blade.

"We where walking around the grounds when we heard Toph yelling, by the time we got here, no one was here" Teo says, his face worn with worry "I do hope she is alright"

Sokka walks over to the note, and plucks it up, "it says, 'Bring 1000 gold pieces to Earth Rumble VI tonight if you want to see your daughter again'" he reads solemnly, I couldn't help the sudden feeling of guilt that rushes through me, it is my fault Toph got kidnapped, I hear Sokka talking again "I've got the Boulders autograph!" he yells, then yelps as Katara smacks him over the head, I would have slapped him too, but he is to far away.

"I will go get the money, oh my poor Toph, she must be scared to death!" Toph's mother complains, wiping tears out of her eyes.

~At Earth Rumble VI~

"Let me down so I can wipe that grin off your face!" Toph shouts abuse at her captors, her eyes not even reaching above the level of the cage.

"I'm not smiling" Shin-Fu says in a emotionless voice.

"hey, we're here, and we have the money" Teo calls out from the other side of the arena, as they walk in, they notice not one, but three cages hanging from the roof, they walk up, and bend the money over to Shin-Fu, "There, now release my daughter" a head pops up from one of the other cages "Oh, look who decided to come join in the fun, if it isn't the Aang Gang" a familiar mocking voice calls out, Vegeta's head is barely visible at the bars of the cage, but his hair is plenty visible

~Katara POV 1st person~

I let out a sigh of relief when I hear his voice, I was worried that he wouldn't be here, "Hey, Vegeta, what are you doing in there?" I ask, I almost laugh at the tone his voice takes when he responds "what does it look like I am doing in here? Having tea? If you can get them to let me out, I will happily crush them all!" he growls, he looks so cute when he is threatening pain on someone, whoa, wait there Katara, concentrate! Then I notice that Toph has been released, but Vegeta hadn't "hey, let Vegeta out too!" I call, the guy -Shin-Fu I think his name is- shakes his head "No, I don't think so, the fire-lord has a reward out for someone looking like him, he doesn't have blond hair, but hair color is easily changed" I lift an eyebrow at this, how would the fire-lord know anything about Vegeta, I felt a sudden streak of protectiveness blindside me, I wasn't going to let someone else get hurt because I didn't do anything to stop it "Hey, let him down now, or else we will bring the pain!" threatens Sokka, I was a little surprised by his aggressive tone, but I nodded, ready to fight them, thats when the numbers got a little uneven, I turn and see Toph and her family walking away "Toph, please, you have to help us!"

(A/N: The rest plays out similar to the episode, with Toph beating them all up, after the battle they move to remove the prisoners when to their surprise)

~still Katara POV 1st person~

I walk over to the cage holding Vegeta, and cut it open with some water, he springs out, looking around for any threats, I giggle quietly "everyone is unconscious, there isn't any threats right now, relax Veggie" I tease, he whirls around to face me so fast I wonder if it hurt his neck "do not call me by that idiotic pet name!" he growls, it only makes me giggle harder, he glares at me then turns to the other cage "Hey, you still alive, we made a bet that I intend to win, so you better not be dead" I feel horror fill my body as a chillingly familiar voice sounds from the metal box "I'm fine, get me out of here, and we will see just who wins that bet"

I hoped you enjoyed, and see you next chapter, also, I dropped a hint on who one of the DBZ villians that will be appearing to cause trouble, please leave a review on who you think that is, or just leave a review with your opinions, thanks for everyone who has reviewed/favorite/fallowed.