The Epic of Tokka Chapter 13, an avatar: last airbender fanfic

The Epic of Tokka

Chapter 13

"Unlucky 13"

Disclaimer: I, Mitch Wise, does not own "Avatar: The Last Airbender." The characters of this story are based off the characters of "Avatar: The Last Airbender."

Team Avatar was dismayed at the announcement, but they had more important matters to take care of this morning. As of last night, they have been in the Fire Nation, and last night before going to bed they decided to get disguises, so they will be able to blend in.

They found a clothes line, on the out skirts of town, and picked out their Fire Nation disguises. Aang had the hardest time, as he had to hid his arrow tattoos. He managed to find a long-sleeved shirt, and matching pants. On top of the shirt, he wore a leather jacket, while on his head he wore a bandana, giving him an unintentional tough guy look. The clothes were reds and where accented with blacks, while his bandana was a solid black.

Sokka found a sleeveless shirt that fit him a little too tightly, and gloves to replace his blue ones. He found some arm wraps, that he carefully wrapped around his arms, paying more attention to his left one. The wraps added some comfort to his broken arm, but Katara scolded him for moving his arm. His bottom half was covered by some shorts, that was colored a redish-black. It had pockets running down the leg, which was the main reason he stole them.

Jet took off his blue, long-sleeved under shirt, leaving his red komono on top. He found a t-shirt with short sleeves to act as a new under shirt. He kept his signature afro, but he tamed it with a red headband. He removed his shoulders guards, but kept his metal greaves. He had to switch his blue pants, and he found a pair of black ones, that had red blotches on it that looked painted on.

Katara, found a top that had a diagonal cut making it only cover one shoulder. She then found a long, red skirt that stopped at ankles. She removed her 'hair loopies' and made them into a column of her that ran past her shoulders. She realized that she couldn't wear her mother's necklace, and decided that back in town she would buy another necklace.

Toph found a red undershirt, and she put on a one piece over it, that flowed into a skirt. The top of the one piece was a deep V-cut, and was supported by her shoulders. The piece was accented by gold strips. She didn't know this, but she knew that she couldn't wear her old headband, and decided to let her hang down. Her hair reached down to her mid-back, and flowed beautifully around her. The hair was straight from being tied up in a bun for most of her life, but she knew that her hair was naturally curly and it would curl sooner or later.

Lin abandoned her Earth Kingdom komono, and replaced it with a very, similar Fire Nation komono. It was red a mid-section, with black sleeves. The Fire Nation crest as embedded on her chest, and had gold strips on the end of the cloth, and was held together by a gold rope. Lin loved komonos, as they were basically fancy robes, and when they fit correctly they showed the curves of the wearer beautifully. To Lin's luck this konomo did fit her well, and gracefully flaunted her still developing curves.

The boys looked like a tough biker group, while the women looked like heiresses. Lin and Katara helped Toph pick out her clothes, while everyone else was left on their own. With their disguises complete they could walk into the village without fear of being caught. They walked to a restaurant for a well deserved breakfast. Sokka, Jet, and Toph order some type of meat platter, while Lin, Aang, and Katara ordered for fruit. During their meal they heard the town crier announce to the village,

"Attention, citizens of Fulu! A report from several Earth Kingdom soldiers, has stated that they were attacked by fire benders outside of the village. The village has been put into a quarantine until the fire benders are found and caught. No one leaves and no one enters."

Team Avatar was floored at the announcement, and even more when Aang got up and left, with a angry look on his face. Katara went to follow him after he left, and she shadowed Aang till he stopped at the village's main gate.

"What is the meaning of this lock down?" Aang shouted at the guard, poking him in the chest.

"You heard the town crier." the guard said looking down at the boy, "There are fire benders out there."

"I need to get to Whale Tail Island!"

"Sorry, you can't leave." the guard said, preparing for a stand-off.

"Don't you know who I am! I'm the Ava..."

"Lee! what are you doing?" Katara said calling to Aang.

"Huh?" Aang responded, turning around to met Katara.

"Lee," she took Aang's arm, "I've been looking all over for you!"

"What are you talking about?" Aang whispered to Katara's ear.

"I'm sorry officer, I'll take Lee home now." Katara said bowing to the guard.

Katara dragged Aang away from the guard, both shot glares that said, 'This isn't over.' to each other. Katara dragged Aang down an alley-way and prepared to scold him.

"Katara? Who's Lee?" Aang asked, calmly to the girl.

"You! You're Lee! I can't go around calling you Aang! Someone would notice!"

"Oh, I didn't think of that. Good job thinking ahead." Aang said giving her a thumbs-up.

"Don't think that complimenting me will get you out of trouble, mister."

"Maaaannn." Aang said and kicked a pebble.

"What is wrong with you! I know you lost Appa, but come on! You almost lost your temper! Get a grip!" and Katara did something she never does. She slapped him, in hopes to knock some sense into him.

"Katara, why did you slap me?" Aang said turning his head back to her's.

"You aren't yourself, Aang. You go through so many mood swings. Like you were raging mad at the guard and now you are cool and calm. You're a polar opposite of yourself Aang." Katara said.

"I can't feel now!" Aang shouted at the girl, scaring her.

"See, Aang. You scare my when you are like this. Why can't I have the old Aang?"

"Katara..."

"Look, Aang. Just come back to me when you are your oldself. The Aang I knew. The Aang I loved."

Katara turned around, and walked away from her man. Aang stood there stunned. "The Aang I loved. Aang I loved. I loved. Loved...What have I done? What is wrong with me? Why am I like this?"

Aang thought to himself, and he set out to explore the village by himself.

"Sokka, stop moving your arm." Toph told the man, who was holding her hand, guiding her through the village.

"I'm not moving my arm." Sokka lied.

"Not smart to tell me a lie."

"Fine, I moved it, but how did you know?"

"I can feel your body outline through my earth bending."

"I thought you could only see what was touching the ground?"

"If it's touching earth, I can feel the whole outline of it."

"All right. What else can you feel about me?"

"Your heartbeat and your breathing."

"Wow. How do I sound? Healthy right?"

"Yeah, very healthy." Toph blushed, she found herself uncomfortable talking about personal things with Sokka, especially if they were about him.

"Thanks."

The couple walked hand in hand down the street in silence.

"What do you think about Lin?" Toph asked Sokka. She wanted to her his opinion on the girl, plus she could tell if he was lying.

"She's nice."

"Do you think she's cute?" Toph said getting straight to what she wants.

"Yes."

Toph knew he wasn't lying on how he saw Lin. She was disappointed in not hearing the answer she wanted.

"Do you think I'm cute, Sokka?" Toph asked, fear in her voice.

"No, I don't think you are cute..."

Toph knew he wasn't lying, and she almost started to cry, she wanted Sokka to be attracted to her, or at least think she's cute. She felt the world abandoned her, all happiness left her, her touch became cold, and she was scared and alone.

"... I think you are beautiful." Sokka said kneeling, facing Toph.

All the happiness that left Toph, came back ten fold. She wanted to jump for joy. The boy could play with her emotions like how she could mold earth to her will. She liked earth bending, and like how Sokka could 'emotion bend'.

"Really?" Toph asked trying to confirm what she heard.

"Yes. You're better than cute, you're beautiful."

Toph turned around to hide a blush and a smile. Sokka saw her let down hair, and was amazed at it.

"I like it when you wear your hair down like this." Sokka commented.

"Maybe I'll wear it down more, then."

"Maybe, you should."

"Then it's settled." Toph said turning around to met Sokka.

Sokka pecked her nose, and said,

"You are the best, Toph."

Sokka got off his knee, and lead Toph to a destination they both didn't know.

Jet and Lin sneaked into the woods, to practice against each other. Jet thought she would have pulled some type of knife that she hid on herself, but was surprised when she started to earth bend at him. She sent rocks at him, which he dodged and broke apart with his hook swords. She practiced her target practice, while he had to dip, duck, dodge, dive, and dodge some more to keep his body intact. After 'practicing' for a couple of hours, they congratulated each other on their skills, and walked back to the village.

"What were you two doing out in the woods?" a guard patrol asked the couple.

"Practicing." Jet answered.

"Really? I doubt that." a guard from the patrol asked.

"They could be the Fire Benders." another guard answered.

"May I speak to your supervising officer?" Lin asked.

"What?" the officer said making himself known by stepping out of the group.

"May I talk to you privately?" Lin asked.

"I guess. Men watch the boy, fire benders are tricky."

"Yes sir!"

Lin and the officer walked a distance off, and Lin started to explain.

"Officer, I am a Dai Lee Agent, who is undercover and on an assignment. You are interfering."

"A Dai Lee Agent!" the officer shouted.

"Keep your voice down. I don't want the boy who was with me to know."

"Can you prove that you are Dai Lee?"

"Yes."

Lin began to tell perform a secret handshake with the officer, while doing this Jet tried to attempt some small talk.

"So, you guys Fire Nation?"

"Yes." the second-in-command answered.

"Then, why are you chasing fire benders?"

"Well...you...see..."

"You don't know do you?"

"I know!" the guard answered, defending himself.

"Then tell me. I have a right to know why."

"We have reason to believe that one of the fire benders is Prince Zuko. He was banished from the Fire Nation, and as of last night he has been in Fire Nation lands. If caught he will be put to death."

"So, Zuko is his name?"

"Correct."

"I'll keep my eyes out for him."

Lin and the officer finished the ten-minute long handshake, but the commander still was wondering why the Dai Lee was in Fire Nation territory.

"I'm following the Avatar." Lin said, before the commander could ask.

"Why?"

"The Dai Lee has asked me to make sure he gets to Whale Tail Island."

"Well, I won't interfere with the Dai Lee's affairs."

"Very well then. Let us return to the patrol."

Lin and the commander returned to the patrol, and the commander ordered the couple to be set free. Jet and Lin walked back to the motel, and took showers to take off the grime, sweat, and dirt.

Azula

Princess Azula's clothes, along with her friends, were tattered and shown bare skin underneath. They stayed in a small hotel, and booked in the same room to save money. In the morning they got up early, and went out to get new clothes.

Mai, kept to her fashion to long robes, to cover her skin. She found a lighter version of her old robe, and found that she could run faster with it on her body. She bought it and equipped her regular knives and throwing darts under her clothes.

Ty Lee, kept to her clown outfit, and found similar clothes to them, except that they were a darker red, and she wore bandages around her calves, and kept her feet bare. The cloth around her calves gave her support when she performed her acrobatic moves.

While shopping for Azula, and going from store to store, they heard the town crier announce,

Azula was curious as to why the Fire Nation was helping the Earth Kingdom, but she had to find new clothes and change her appearance, as she understood she was the fire bender they were looking for.

Azula walked into a store that sold komonos. She remembered that she wore komonos back at the Palace during important events. She found and bought a red komono that was outlined by black ends. A design of a gold dragon was embroidered at the end of the komono by her feet. The dragon was chasing it's tail, and looked beautiful. She also let down her hair, that reached somewhere around waist, but she kept the two bangs that framed her face.

After purchasing the komono she approached the first guard she found and asked her,

"Why is the Fire Nation helping the Earth Kingdom?"

"We have reason to believe that one of the fire benders is Prince Zuko."

"Thank you." Azula remembered that peasants bowed, and being the great actress she is, she bowed.

Azula's mind was racing, "Prince Zuko. Zuzu, is in town. I must pay him a visit. And which one of my friends looks more like little Zuzu? ...Me...super. Men are stupid, they can't even realize that I am a woman! The commander of theirs did, but that doesn't mean the rest of the soldiers knew that. Do I look like a boy?"

Azula returned to her friends, and got lunch after they spent the whole morning shopping. During lunch, Azula became self-conscious of herself and asked,

"Do I look like a boy?"

"Why do you ask?" Ty Lee eagerly responded, Mai was leaving her to do all the talking.

"The guard said that one of the fire benders might be Prince Zuko. I was the one who fire bended, so someone who reported to the guards must have saw me as a man." Azula whispered the latter of the two sentences to her friends.

"Azul...I mean, Fille," Ty Lee said using Azula's new name, "you are a girl."

"That's not what I asked."

"You look like a girl, to me." Ty Lee said.

"Who cares if you look like a boy?" Mai asked.

"I do! I don't want to be compared to my brother, let alone have someone say that I look like him!" Azula shouted at her, catching the attention of the people in the restaurant.

"Check please!" Ty Lee asked with enthusiasm in her voice.

The girls returned to their booked room, and continued the conversation there.

"Azula," Ty Lee could use her real name now in the privacy of the motel room, "You look like a girl."

"It's just how you act, that seems like a man." Mai said.

"Well, how does a girl act, that is different to how I act?"

"You take control, girls usually stand back." Mai said.

"They are also manipulative, but you are already do that." Ty Lee said looking down.

"I'm all of that, go on."

"I can't think of much else." Ty Lee said.

"You can't of much of anything." Mai said.

"Hey!"

"Azula, it's how you hold yourself around people, you don't seem approachable, which is why must people shy away from you." Mai went on.

"Speak for yourself, Mai. You are all gloom and doom!" Ty Lee said back to her.

"Girls, please. Your fighting isn't helping me." Azula said calming down the two girls.

"We still haven't answered my original question. 'Do I look like a man?'." Azula went on, "Mai, you first."

"Yes." Mai plainly said.

"How so?"

"I bet if you were to act approachable and appealing, and then were to look at how men look at you. You would see that they would be attracted to you."

"All right, Ty Lee?"

"You got curves, and such." Ty Lee responded.

"I know that."

"A lot of women would kill for those curves." Ty Lee pointed to her body, and how her komono fit her body snuggly.

With some new found confidence and advice, Azula and her friends went out to enjoy themselves.

Zuko and Iroh slept till mid afternoon. They went out to pick up new clothes to help blend in to the village.

Zuko picked up a red and black stripped vest. He wore no undershirt, and found shorts that matched his red bandana that was tied over his scar. The bandana was covering half of his head so that his long bangs still covered the other half of his face, helping to further disguise his identity.

Iroh settled for a plain robe that was tied by a matching rope. He and Zuko have been training and working out together, and the robe did little to nothing of hiding his personal progress. While Zuko's vest barely hid his toned mid-section, and since all vests are sleeveless his muscular arms were no secret.

Iroh went out to find a tea shop after they shared lunch. Zuko explored the village, and was walking down a small, back alley, and his eyes met someone fimilar.

"Zuko?"

"Aang?"

The End (of Chapter 13)

New clothes for everybody. I guess I love komono's :\. I hope they what I am thinking of in my head. So who knows. This chapter has a little bit of everything. Some Tokka, Kataang, some Lent. Azula shows her human side, and Zuko is...well...Zuko. I know they is some OOCness, Katara slapping Aang and such, but this is how I want the characters to act, to show more and different emotions. Longer chapter because you guys deserve it!

Dedicated to justthisguyyouknow.

PLEASE R&R