Ex-v: Drat. I still don't think this is enough fluff….
The first thing Sorin realized when he woke up was that he was laying on a cold, hard, surface. Probably the good old earthen tent he shared with Toph.
The second thing he realized was that he couldn't see. He sat up and rubbed his eyes to see whether or not he was dreaming or something, but when he opened his eyes again, nothing. "Hm….." he said thoughtfully, placing a hand on his chin.
Well, the good thing was he had enhanced hearing, and could hear Toph, Aang Katara and Sokka talking outside. He hadn't been able to do that before, he reasoned.
Deciding not to pat around looking for the exit, he simply blasted a hole in whatever was in front of him and crawled out.
"Hey guys!" he said cheerfully, although he almost tripped on a stone. "Whoa! Toph, how do you live like this?"
"Huh?"
"Watch o!!" Sorin heard Sokka's voice begin to yell, but then he stopped mid sentence. "What?" Sorin asked, confused.
"You're standing in our fire." Sokka said grudgingly, knowing he was pointing out the obvious.
It took a minute for Sorin to realize what had happended, but when he did, he laughed heartily and stepped out of the flames.
Then, suddenly his face brightened. "Oh, hey! I didn't tell you yet, but I guess I'm blind." Sorin said calmly, still smiling slightly.
Silence ran through the camp for about ten minutes.
"WHAT?!"
"WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?" Sokka shouted.
"Sorin, that's terrible…" Katara gasped.
"Really?" Toph asked eagerly.
"Yeah…I'm not really sure what happened." Sorin replied, nodding.
"So can you feel vibrations or something?" Toph asked curiously.
"No, I don't think so…Maybe….I can't tell" Sorin said, grinning. "I'm not sure what vibrations look like!"
"Then how are you going to get around, and fight?" Toph asked, suddenly not so eager. She couldn't stand it to have a helpless Sorin. She was already so used to a powerful Sorin. And although she blushed every time she did, she had to admit she really, really like him.
Maybe even love, she wasn't quite sure yet. It wasn't like Aang or Katara, y'know? Not everyone is so obviously made for one another.
"Oh, I won't have a problem with that, sure, seeing helps, but as far as firebending goes, it's all about making your arms and legs into a living weapon, not making your eyes into one!" Sorin said, giggling.
"Really? That's great!" Aang shouted, hopping to his feet. He could tell by the whoosh of air he heard.
"Do you have any idea of what could have caused it?" Sokka asked seriously.
"Oh yeah!! Of course!! Sometimes, if your eyes absorb too much light at once, they can go temporarily blind. It's a problem many firebenders face, especially the masters. Because of all the pent of fire, and all that stuff. It must be a combination of too much firebending in too little time and the blood loss I got from the wound in my kidney." Sorin said, slapping his palm with his fist.
"It'll go away then?" Sokka asked, visibly relieved. Toph and Katara were equally relieved.
"Yeah, it will. Probably in about a day or two maybe even three."
"That's good, cause until youre better we can't go anywere." Sokka said, and began to unpack his things. "Its too dangerous."
"No, not at all!" Sorin said. "I told you, I'm fine, and just about as strong as always!"
Sokka seemed to consider this a moment. "Well, we'll have to put that to the test. I love how you guys can be so casually optimistic, but if we get more fireballs in mid-air, it won't help to have Sorin firing in the wrong direction. So, I've decided to make you a little quizzy, testy thingy. A battle. If you can defeat….." Sokka's eyes roamed around the group, looking for the right person.
"Katara! If you can defeat Katara in this condition, we can fly. If you can't, we stay until you get better." Sokka said, obviously happy that he'd come up with such a brilliant plan.
"Okay!" Sorin said cheerfully. "Uhhh…" Katara seemed little less sure about this.
Come on Sorin…Show me you're not helpless…Toph begged silently from the sidelines.
"Start"
Katara decided to make the first move, and moving as quietly as she could, pulled out her bending water.
With a powerful waving motion, she sent the water flying straight at Sorin in the form of a sharp icicle.
At the last minute, Sorin flicked his wrist upwards, and a tongue of flame shot up in front of him and the water turned to steam.
Without missing a beat, Sorin shot forwards, dashing at Katara with flames dancing around him like whips.
Swinging around, he sent to powerful balls of fire flying towards Katara, who blocked one with a wave of water, but wisely dove out of the way of the other one.
Immediately she scrambled to her feet, and whipping her hand around, she created a miniature wave, which she immediately sent rushing at Sorin.
He backed up one step, the ducked, jumped, spun, and created a swirling ball of fire that covered him just as the wave hit. Steam rose though the air like a fog, clouding everyone's sight but his own and Toph's.
Of course, his little shield worked perfectly, and he didn't even feel a droplet of water.
Katara of course was freaking out and didn't what to do when two raging fireballs erupted out of the mist less than five feet in front of her. The mist had clouded her vision enough that she hadn't seen them coming until it was too late.
She didn't even shriek as she was thrown back by the force of the two fireballs, and thought the pain was great, it was also mind numbing, and she happily succumbed to defeat when the mist cleared and she saw Sorin standing triumphantly over her.
"End match." Came Sokka's happy, and obviously bewildered voice. "Sorin wins in a landslide."
Toph couldn't help jumping slightly for joy.
Later, in Katara's tent
"Are you sure you're okay? Absolutely okay? Cause you know, I want to make sure you're alright!" Aang asked for the third time as he watched Katara heal the mild burns all over her arms.
"That's' very caring of you Aang!" Katara said happily, obviously happy that he was so worried about her. Maybe he really did fell the same way about her that Toph and Sorin had said he did…Maybe she felt that way too…
She could feel the heat rising to her cheeks, but when Aang asked about it, she said it was only the aftereffects of facing a firebender. She wondered if Aang had seen through this rather obvious lie, but if he had, he wasn't saying anything bout it.
Ex-v: Aaaarrrgh!! MUST!!DO!!MORE!!FLUFF!!!!!
Review please?