Sorry for the late update, but I will be updating from week to week. Sorry guys, anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter.
"What's so funny?" Toph asked slightly offended.
"Oh nothing, go home and get your stuff ready I will pick you up tomorrow from your house." Naruto said. He was about to walk away before she stopped him.
"How did you cure my blindness? I have being blind since birth, and how is my eye able to know what is what? I mean I know the world color, but I have never seen any kind of color in my life. So how was my eye able to identify the color red?" Toph asked. It was a veiled point. She knew many things, but could never see them as such she was unable to identify them, so how as her eyes able to identify something they had never seen?
"I did it by healing your optical nerves that were damaged when you were born. I was able to heal them by using my Chakra, as to how your eyes are able to identify colors and other stuff I simply gave your eyes the memories of seeing it before. Therefore you are able to identify things such as color. However I must warn you now to over use your eyes for now, because the nerves are still mending. Overusing them will cause pain and blindness again." Naruto explained. Toph could tell by his heart rate that he was not lying.
"So now can see through your eyes, and by your feet's as well, now that is indeed a deadly combination." Naruto said as he chuckled and walked away. Toph was amazed that her blindness was cured so easily, she also now had the chance to leave home and see the world and find her sister. She would have to hide the fact that she wasn't blind anymore. She would have to act as if she was blind.
"So this is what it feels like to see...not much of a difference." With that said Toph began to walk home.
2 hours later:
"You have got to be kidding me." Toph muttered. It seemed like that boy from the tournament was at her house along with his two friends. He was looking for an Earth bender to help him master the element. What's worse was that all 3 of them recognized her and asked her to help the boy, Aang, master Earth bending. Thankfully Toph's mother and father both refused stating that she was blind and was barely any good at bending. Toph was laughing mentally about the fact that she was not blind anymore and that she was a master bender in her own rights.
"Mother I am going outside to get some fresh air." Toph said.
"Ok, just be careful." Her mother replied. Aang decided to follow. He needed an Earth bender to help him master Earth bending, and most of the Earth benders were either captured by the Fire Nation or are soldiers and generals who are fighting the war. He saw her Earth bend and she was a master at it too. He knew that the Fire Nation was finished his biggest concern was Whirlpool and there Prince Naruto Uzumaki. He would never understand why the prince was chasing after him. First it was Zuko, and now that redhead. Aang hid behind tree when she stopped.
"I know you are there so come out." Toph stated. Aang eyes widened. There it was again! She could see him even though she was blind.
"How can she see me?" He thought. Seeing that she was going to attack he stopped hiding and walked out.
"I am not here to harm you I just want you to help me master Earth bending." Aang said nervously.
"Listen here twinkle toes I am not going to help you master Earth bending, so go and find another master." Toph sighed. She was really getting tired of the boy asking to teach him.
"Please you have to help me. If you don't I won't be able to stop Whirlpool's forces." Aang begged. Toph knew what he was talking about from what Naruto had told her about Whirlpool. From what he had told about Whirlpool it sounded amazing to her. They were far ahead in technology then the rest of the world and they didn't look down on women, like some people do in other Nations. In all honest Whirlpool sounded like just the place she wanted to go to.
"Who is this 'Whirlpool' you speak of?" Toph asked. She decided to play dumb and see what the thought of it. Aang saw that he might just have an Earth bending teacher. So he decided to make Whirlpool look bad as possible so she would teach him. Little did he know that she knew a lot of Whirlpool then he did?
"The Whirlpool Nation showed up about 2 months ago and declared war on the whole world. They have already taken the South and the North Pole. The Fire Nation stands no chance against them, and soon they will invade the Earth Kingdom. They will not stop until the world is in their control. They are worse than the Fire Nation and will spill innocent blood to achieve world domination." Aang explained while lying to her. Toph narrowed her eyes. She knew he was lying from his heart rate, not only that, but Whirlpools goal was not world domination, but rather unification from what Naruto had told her.
"You are lying." Toph said shocking Aang. He knew he wasn't a good lying, but for a blind person to tell he was lying was pretty depressing.
"How did you know?" Aang asked. Toph just scoffed.
"I can feel your heart rate and you were nervous when you were lying to me. So tell what the Whirlpool Nation really is." Toph asked once again. Aang seeing that he couldn't lie explained to her everything. How they were sealed by the Avatar 300 years ago, and how they were unsealed a few months and are now after the Avatar.
"300 years ago, so Avatar Kyoshi sealed them eh? That explains what happened to Kyoshi Island a few days ago." Toph said. Aang raised an eyebrow.
"What happened at Kyoshi Island?" Aang asked, but he had a bad feeling in his gut.
"A few days ago Kyoshi Island was attacked by an unknown force. They were bombarded for 4 hours straight by unknown ships. All the civilians escaped, but the Kyoshi Warriors stayed behind to confront the invading forces. Out of the 100 Kyoshi warriors only 3 managed to escape. They explained how the enemy struck like lighting leaving them no chance to regroup and recover. They also watched Avatar Kyoshi's statue was torn down while the enemy cheered." Toph answered. Aang eyes widened. Kyoshi Island was lost along with most of their warriors, if not all. This was bad, if Kyoshi Island was lost then the Earth Kingdom was next.
"Please you have to teach me. You have heard what happened at Kyoshi, so why are you not helping?" Aang begged/asked.
"Look from what you have told me it is the Avatars fault for sealing such a powerful Nation, and by proxy it is your fault. Now they are back and making the world pay for what happened 300 years ago. I will not help you Avatar." Toph replied with steel in her voice. She knew what Whirlpool wanted and that was to bring the world under their rule, however Naruto wanted something different. He didn't want to rule with an Iron fist or a dictatorship. He wanted to create a world where there won't be war, poverty, discrimination, and hatred. He wanted to create a world in which people of all religion, race, and ideology could coexist. That was his goal ever since he had started to fight. He had the darker side of war and human nature and he would not let it happen again.
"You realize that Earth Kingdom will fall if Whirlpool attacks right?" Aang asked. He was Shocked at the girls response.
"Good then let it fall. The Earth Kingdom is ruled by nobility who don't even bat an eye to the poor, which are the masses of their Kingdom." Toph replied angrily. Unlike other nobles Toph had talked too many of the impoverished of her town and he hated how such good and innocent people were ignored and left to their own devices by their rulers and all because they were poor. Aang had no reply to that. He had seen the poverty here and could only pity for them. He didn't try to help them, but that was only because he had other things to do, like finding an Earth bender to help him master Earth bending. He was going to say something, but stopped when Toph sent a bolder at the tree behind him. He was going to ask why she did that, but then saw two men from the tournament.
"Thank god I was able to spot them." Toph though. It was only through sheer luck did she spot movement by the tree. The first man she spotted was the bolder and the second was the host of the tournament. The two men were stunned by the unexpected attack and Toph quickly launched them up in the air and smacked them both with two pillars made up of Earth sending them flying out of the compound and into some random lake. Soon everyone came rushing out due to all the noise.
"Well time to act again." Toph thought with a sigh. She started to act like a blind girl once more. Aang was going to ask her what she was doing, but was hit in his family jewels thanks to a small pillar made of Earth. Soon everyone retired to their beds for a good night sleep. Aang and his friends were allowed to stay in the guest room, but were told to leave the very next day due to Aang who kept saying how great of an Earth bender Toph was. Toph's parents didn't know that their daughter was a master Earth bender; all they saw was there blind daughter who needed help with the simplest of tasks. Everyone thought that the next day everything would go back to normal, what they didn't know was that a small force of 200 was heading their way and leading it was Naruto.
His goal was not only to extract Toph, but also take the town as well. This was a small force that he had formed and it was tasked with taking everything North from their Base, while a force of 400 was heading towards Omashu to take the city from the Fire Nation. They were also tasked with taking town and village they come across, but where ordered not to destroy or harm the people. Naruto was not just going to take the Earth Kingdom, no, he was going to liberate it and its people from a failed government who's king and nobles are being controlled there own secret service. This also reminded him of what happened a few weeks ago.
A Fletcher class destroyer was badly damaged by a few Water benders. As it turned out they created a mist and used it to hide themselves to get close the vessel. Once they were close enough they started raining down spears made of ice on the ship. A few of the spears were able to pierce the deck of the ship and into the magazine causing a huge explosion. It was only through luck did the destroyer didn't rip into two pieces and they were able to put out the fire, but it was badly damaged and sent back for repairs. Now each vessel was required to have at least 3 Water benders on board to watch out for enemy Water bender. That was not all thought as a few new Fire Nation ships were spotted and there seemed to be bigger and well armored, but still they were nothing compared to Whirlpools vessels. It was a funny sight really. The Fire Nation had lost all Islands and was completely cut off from the outside world. Un-rest was starting to occur in the Fire Nation and the Fire Lord was forced to put them down. It wouldn't be long before the people revolt and overthrow him and when the revolt happens his forces will be there to aid the Fire Nation people. Whirlpool would be seen as a liberator who freed them from an oppressive ruler. It was a good strategy, after all the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Well that was all for now people, I shall see you next week I guess.