SunSetSoItSeems: Hello fellows! I can't believe that it's chapter eleven already! Thank you everybody that has supported me! I know you guys are just about to shoot me because of all of my cliffies, so I tried my best to leave one out this time. I don't know if I can though… I'm so used to it!

This chapter is dedicated to all people from Illinois! ... (Silence…) Oh, come on! It's for you! I expect at least two readers are from Illinois! Maybe…

Well, it's rated T: for hot damn! See? Language! (And the fact that I could very well be sued since I lack a disclaimer…)

Enjoy!

Chapter Eleven

Toph was bored. Maybe she was beginning to become too bored recently. Whenever she would go out with Aang and have some fun, she would end up with nothing to do the next day. She needed something else to do if Aang suddenly decided to go on vacation or something.

"We're back Toph!" Her parents called as they stepped through the front doors. "Did Iroh take good care of you while we were gone?"

Toph nodded slightly and slumped into her couch.

"Toph, honey, that's bad for your posture!" Her mother sounded greatly concerned. Toph just sighed quietly.

"Mother dearest?" She asked in her kindest, most polite and innocent voice. "Can I get a pet?"

Toph's parents were shocked to say the least. "What!"

"Just a small animal! I'm not talking about a dog or anything."

Toph's parents glanced at each other carefully. "I guess you could if it can be taken care of easily…"

Toph smiled brightly and leaped up from the couch. "Thank you so much! You guys are the best! Iroh's going to take me to the nearest Petsmart as soon as he's done buying mango smoothies for us!"

Toph's parents watched nervously as she entered the kitchen. "Toph! We want to be there when you buy this pet!" Her parents called out but Toph waved her hand dismissively.

"Money isn't a problem!" She yelled back. Before they could respond, she was gone with Iroh, smoothies in hand.

"Why did the hospital call anyways?" Toph's father looked sadly upon is daughter.

"I don't know." His wife responded. "I guess we could call back and see…"

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Zuko stared at the note on the ground. Katara saw him pinching his wrists tightly as if to wake himself up from a terrible dream. Katara felt decently confused, too. Hadn't the rules of Hell stated that once you were in Hell, you were stuck there? Maybe the rule was just to make the residents lose hope and feel miserable. Maybe there was a way to get up to Heaven!

"Zuko! I think there might be a way to get up to Heaven after all!" Katara whispered quietly.

"No shit, Sherlock." He replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes. "What would have ever made you think that?"

Katara punched Zuko in the arm strongly. He was obviously having a mood swing again. "I meant that I might know how!"

This statement caught his full attention. "Really? How would you know?"

Katara punched his arm again, this time a little bit lighter. "I saw Jet carry you to Lake Laogai."

Zuko looked down in thought, "I was wondering how I got there. So that's how you found the lake..."

"Yes!" Katara reddened. "I couldn't find it, so I put you down to look for a cart-"

"Good to know that I was safe the entire time." Zuko rolled his eyes.

"Stop interrupting me!" Katara nudged him lightly. "Jet picked you up and carried you to the lake. I just followed him, so he didn't realize that I was there."

"Great!" Zuko sighed. "All I have to do is carry my worst enemy to a lake and then I'm free to go to heaven! Too bad he's beaten me there."

"You've got to stop being so sarcastic! It's seriously not healthy." Katara frowned deeply. "That's not it, either."

"I seriously don't think being sarcastic is going to affect my health." Zuko folded his arms across his chest.

"Stop being so stubborn! Do you want a broken face?" Katara raised her fist but Zuko only scoffed.

"If I did I would know who couldn't help me." Zuko smirked as Katara fumed.

"Are you calling me weak?" She practically screamed, drawing some attention from the other pedestrians in the market.

"Nothing gets past you!" Zuko rolled his eyes again. "Just tell me what else Jet did."

Katara closed her eyes and looked away. "Maybe I don't want to!"

Zuko sighed. "Look who's being stubborn now!"

"What? Now you can't take turns?" Katara glared earning a tired sigh in return.

"Just tell me what happened." Zuko pleaded and Katara gave in.

"Jet confessed. He told you that what he did was wrong, and that you were his friend or something. I think that's all that he said. He was speaking so quietly…"

"Great." Zuko's palm met his face harshly. "Out of the three people I should apologize or confess to, one is alive, one is in Heaven, and one is my worst nightmare!"

"Jet, your father and who…?" Katara was confused. This was beginning to become a regular habit in Hell.

"Oh. Iroh. I've never really told him how much his opinion mattered to me. I think he might know already though…" Zuko smiled. "Uncle knew everything!"

"That's nice, but how are you going to solve this problem?" Katara pointed out. "All of them are pretty hard to get to, let alone speak to."

"I don't have to tell my uncle. I pretty much told him when he visited here." Zuko responded. "Now I just have to find a way to talk to Jet…"

Katara nodded. "Let's go to sleep first. Eat our food and then sleep through the night. We can start Jet-searching tomorrow."

Zuko and Katara grabbed some food from a nearby stand and ate while they marched home together.

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"You got a hedgehog?!" Aang yelled, staring at Toph's smile. "That's awesome!"

"I know!" She squealed back. "I wish I could see it though…"

"It's really cute." Aang admitted sheepishly. "All of my manly pride is gone, so I guess I can admit that now."

"You had manly pride?" Toph giggled loudly. "I would have liked to see that!"

Aang frowned and looked away. "I'm not that unmanly. Is that a word?"

"Yeah." Toph smirked devilishly. "It's under your name in the dictionary."

Aang ignored this and beamed. "My name's in the dictionary? Sweet!"

Toph slapped her forehead. "I'm going to pretend that I did not just hear that."

Toph heard her name called from another room. Recognizing the voice of her parents, she waved to Aang and left the room swiftly.

"What's wrong, mom? I've been taking care of my pet just fine. He's not dead yet!" She exclaimed, crossing her arms against her chest.

Toph's mother sighed sadly and shook her head. "That's not what this is about. Your father and I have something we would like to ask you."

"Well, I'm ready for anything! I would like an allowance, I will not model, and sandwiches for dinner would be fine by me." Toph glanced at her mother who was obviously trying to keep her tears at bay.

"Toph, honey, what am I wearing?" Her mother asked quietly, as if to not receive the inevitable response from her daughter.

Toph felt her heart drop in her chest. This was all happening too quickly! She was just starting to become friends with Aang, and now her parents were going to find out that she was blind! They would most likely pamper her to death.

"Uh, you favorite outfit mom! The green one." Toph mumbled, hoping to be right. Toph heard her mother sniffle.

"Pink. Oops." Toph tried to cover it up with a shaky laugh.

"Toph, sweetie, you should probably tell you friend to go home." A deep, sad sounding voice spoke out. Toph nodded in the general direction of her father and went to dismiss Aang.

"I'm sorry Toph." Aang waved as he walked out of her door.

"I'm sorry too." Toph waved back weakly and walked regretfully back into the room her parents were occupying. Trudging back into her mother's protective arms, Toph closed her eyes.

So this is how it's going to be… Was her last thought before the door promptly shut closed.

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GAH! What a depressing chapter! Sorry… Review!!!

OH! I know this is odd, but there's this guy who I have to buy a present for, and I have no idea of what to get him. Ideas would be great, because I warned him that I can and will get a Disney Princess Pez set for him if he doesn't give me ideas.

He hasn't given me any yet… PLEASE help me!!

SunSetSoItSeems

P.S. I am all cured! I had strep, but it's all gone now! Yeah!