Sokka rubbed his eyes, sleep still floating behind his eyelashes. "Wake up," he heard a voice say quietly. "Come on, I can't stay here long." Sokka groaned. "Five more minutes." He began to roll over when there was a sudden downpour of ice cold water on his chest. He screamed, his eyes opening wide. He jerked away, sitting up quickly. "Finally!" He looked towards the voice to see Katara, his sister, standing beside his bed. "Katara!" He smiled and stood, giving her a hug.
In their childhood years, they had been so close they could've said best friends. As they matured, they went their seperate. He moved into Ba Sing Se to get a fresh start, and Katara moved into the Palace to be closer to Zuko; they rarely saw one another anymore. The last time he had seen his sister had been at the funeral.
Katara pulled away, smiling. "I haven't seen you in a while, eh?" Sokka laughed. "It's only been about a week." Katara shrugged. "That is still a while." Sokka grinned suddenly. "I have to show you something." Katara did not return the smile. "What is it?" He smirked. "I redid Iroh's tea shop." Katara smiled. "They gave you a key?" Sokka shook his head. "I broke in." Katara punched his arm. "What was that for?!" She groaned at his stupidity. "If someone saw you, you would never LEGALLY be allowed in again." Sokka shrugged. "Ok, does this look like the face of a guy who actually cares?
"Well, I still want to show you the shop. I cleaned it all day yesterday and fixed everything that was broken, and-" Katara smiled. "So you are accepting the job?" He shrugged. "Maybe. I'm not sure I want to leave my other job." "Well why not?" He shook his head. "I really like it there, but I think I'll like the tea shop more. Then again, I'm leaving my best friend to fend for himself." Katara didn't smile. "Well what are you going to do?" Sokka shrugged. "What can I do?"
Katara suddenly took a deep breath. "I need to ask for your help." Sokka looked up from his stare at the floor. "Anything." She let out a breath before breathing back in slowly. "I received word that Jet is alive." Sokka groaned. "Not that jerk face again! Don't tell me he raised from the dead using the power of the demons we all know he is posessed with?" Katara giggled, despite the rude insult. "Stop it. He didn't actually die; he was taken prisoner by the Dai Li, and then escaped from prison. He told a man to pass the message on that he was looking for me." Sokka cried out. "No! You are not dating that two-faced liar again."
Katara frowned. "Well, too bad for you I run my own life." He rolled his eyes from his spot on the bed. "Why did you actually come here? To annoy me or did you actually want something?" Katara sighed. "I need you to come with me." Sokka started laughing, the volume increasing with every HA. "you don't..." he interupted himself with his own laughter. "You don't... actually think that... I would... go looking... for him with.... you?!" He laughed harder, but suddenly stopped, growing seriously. "I'm not going to help you get together with Jet; I hate him more then you did before you fogave him."
Katara huffed. "Fine! Then I'm going into the forest by myself." Sokka put both of his feet on the floor. "No, you aren't. I can't actually let you travel out into the woods at night by yourself." "I'm old enough." "You're seventeen." "That is old enough." Sokka rolled his eyes. "You don't even wash your own laundry." Katara cried, "That is because there are servants who do it for me!" Sokka laughed, holding his hands up in retreat at Katara's crazed look. "Alright then, go without me... but will you take Toph with you? I'd feel a lot better about this whole situation if she went with you."
Katara hesitated. "Fine, but I wanted you to go with me. You are really good at tracking." Sokka slicked his hair back with his hand. "I know I am." Katara laughed. " I'm leaving today before the sun rises and th-" Sokka made a strange squeek. "What was that," Katara asked. "The sun hasn't rose yet?!" She smiled. "No it has not." Sokka poked her arm roughly. "I hope your happy."
Ki Huna stared up at the tree tops from her place in the grass. She felt footsteps in the air, but recognized the steps as Longshot's so she did not attack him. "Hey," she said quietly. He sat down beside her silently. "What is it?" He looked at her but said nothing. "Is something wrong?" He shook his head slowly. "Do you have news?" He shook his head faster, sure of his answer. "Is it about Smellerbee?" He nodded slowly. "Is she okay?" He began to nod, but instead shrugged. "You don't know. Well, is she sad?" He shook his head. "Are you sad?" He nodded slowly. "Did you guys break up?" He shook his head. "Do you think you might?" He nodded slowly, as though not wanting to answer.
She frowned. "Why?" He met her eye, and she immediately understood. "Jet." He nodded. The look in his eyes was enough to tell her everything. "Well, she really likes you, I'm sure-" Longshot rolled his eyes. "Well, if you're meant to be together-" He rolled his eyes once more. Ki Huna sighed. "Can you just say something for once?" To her surprise, he did. "I love her; but, I think she is slipping away." At his words, Smellerbee came walking into the grass land. "Hey guys, what are you doing?" Ki Huna lied smoothly, "Trying to get Longshot to tell me what his favorite food is."
Smellerbee smiled. "It's sushi." Longshot nodded with a smile as Smellerbee sat down beside him. Ki Huna stood and left; if they broke up or started kissing, she didn't want to be there; she knew one of the two was inevitable.
Author's Note: Jet is travelling, he isn't in this chapter. Zuko is by himself, and it is very hard to write a story about someone who is just sleeping and ruling a nation. So here ya go; review, or the story can't get better!