I stared out into the fire as the older man told a story about air-benders. Personally it seemed more metaphorical than anything else, but maybe I was reading into it too much. I was sitting between Katara and Sokka as the story went on. Sokka looked completely bored with the story and I nudged him when he yawned. It was nice to hear a story if I wasn't able to read one.

He nudged me back and I stuck out my tongue. Katara coughed as it seemed she had caught us both. I looked away from the boy to bring my focus back onto the man telling his tale.

"So next time you hear a large bird talking. It might not be a giant bird, but a flying man. A group of secret air walkers that laugh at gravity and those who are bound by it." The story teller said as he seemed to be finished.

"Aren't airbender stories great?" Aang asked with a wide smile. He seemed to be happy that someone was appreciating his culture.

"So was it really like that back then?" Katara asked.

"Yeah, I laugh at gravity all the time." He proved his point by laughing. "Gravity."

"Well, I thought it was pretty interesting. It gave airbenders an air of mystery." I said, wiggling my fingers. The monk grinned at my pun. I glanced over to Sokka who was zoned out looking down at the fire. "What did you think about it, Sokka?"

"Huh, it was good." He said with a shrug and a yawn.

I raised my brow. "Not very enthusiastic, are you?"

He scrunched up his face at my taunt. "Hey, I'm tired. What do you expect?"

"You hear that Aang? Sokka doesn't want to know about your elements culture." I said with a fake disappointed sigh.

"What? I didn't-"

"Jingle, jingle." The story teller said holding up a hat. I had to guess that he expected money, but he would be sadly mistaken to know we were broke. Sokka went through his pocket only to find crumbs and a dead bug. Ew.

"Sorry..." He said, putting it back into his pocket. I furrowed my brow. Why would you put a dead bug back into your pocket? Sometimes the things Sokka did made me cringe.

The man grumbled to himself and walked away. "Ugh, cheapskates." Aang suddenly stood up and walked over to the man. I sighed and leaned back and looked up at the sky. "How close do you think we are to the North pole?"

"Well we haven't looked at the map in a while, but it shouldn't be that much further." Katara said. I nodded and yawned. "It looks like you might actually win the bet."

I turned to her and smiled. "There shouldn't have been any doubt. Sokka embarrasses himself more than anyone else." The two of us laughed as said boy spoke up.

"Hey!" He said. "I still have time, so you'd better keep up your guard." Sokka pointed at me with a knowing expression.

I subtly scooted away, which he noticed. "Yeah, you wish..."

The truth was he wasn't wrong. He did still have time and I was more guarded than ever. I knew it was just a silly game, but it was starting to bother me that I was actually beginning to be nervous around him. Somehow that confused me. He was only one boy. It wasn't like he was any different than Aang and I was around him all the time. Perhaps it was because the monk was younger than myself.

I shook my head. Whatever it was, I just had to make to the Northern water tribe and I'd be home free. Hopefully.

We looked over up at a very excited Aang who smiled at us. "Guess what, the stories were all true!"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I mean, there are real air benders at the northern air temple!" He sounded so hopeful.

"Really?" Katara asked. "Did the story teller say that to you?"

He nodded his head. "He said his grandfather saw them! We've got to go check it out."

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Sokka asked. Aang seemed to know what that look meant and nodded. I wasn't sure what was going on, but apparently something had happened before.

"Yeah, it's alright to take a look."

"I'm curious too, it wouldn't hurt to see." Katara smiled.

"I've never been to an air temple before, so you can tell me all about it." I told Aang and we grinned at one another. "Looks like you're the odd man out Sokka."

"Yet again." He grumbled. "Alright, let's go see some flying bird men."

Katara yawned. "Let's get a few hours of rest and then we can all go in the morning."

"Sounds like a plan." Aang said as I found a stop on the ground and closed my eyes.

When the morning came I felt someone shake me lightly as I opened my eyelids. I saw that it was brighter out and everything around me looked fussy. That was mostly because I'd taken off my glasses. I searched around for them, but they weren't where I put them the night before.

"Looking for these?" I turned around to see Sokka behind me, at least I thought it was him. I knew it was his voice.

I sighed. "Can I have them back, please?" I held out my hand waiting, but it seemed like he had another idea. I blinked when I saw him clearer. Realizing that he'd put them on my face his self. He held his usual goofy grin and I slipped back.

"What's wrong?" He asked in a casual tone. "Am I bothering you?"Sokka seemed to sound more and more amused as time went on.

"It's too early in the more for this." I avoided his eyes and turned around, quickly standing to my feet and picking up my sleeping bag. I packed everything up and set it on top of Appa. Turning back to Sokka, he was whittling some piece of wood he found. "I want you to know that I am going to win."

"We'll see." He said, carving off shards of bark from the wood.

"We will." I stated as I adjusted my glasses and turned my gaze back to the flying bison. I patted his head and smiled when he licked my shoulder.

Aang jumped on top of the bison with a smile. "Let's get going guys."

"Someones excited." I said as he helped me up onto the saddle.

"I can't help it. From what the man told me, his grandfather might have actually seen real air benders." The twelve year old was filled with so much. It was cute.

I tilted my head with a grin. "Well let's see what the rumors hold for us, hm?" He turned the gesture and called to the water tribe siblings as they climbed onto Appa. We were soon on our way and took off into the sky.

I shivered and rubbed my arms. I didn't have anything warmer than the clothes on my back and I was starting to regret that. I glanced to Katara and Sokka who had winter coats, because of course they were from the South pole. I'd never really needed one before because Zuko tended to light a lot of things on fire and we were always somewhere warm. At least we usually were. I grimace and let out a shuttering sigh.

"What's the matter, Sozai?" I looked over at Katara who stared at me with a curious concern. "Are you cold?"

"Y-Yeah." I mumbled. "I'm not use to colder environments."

"You came to the South pole didn't you?" She asked.

"Yes, but I was cold then too. Though I think that was the upside to Zuko's temper, I didn't have to worry about freezing."

"Well we could huddle closer together if you want." Katara suggested and I knew she meant well. I glanced to Sokka whose eyes turned to me.

"We?"

"Yep, you, me and Sokka. Some winters were a bit too chilly to handle back home, so we stayed close to keep warm."

Said boy lowered his carving to join into the conversation. "Yeah Sozai, what do you say? I never did get that hug."

I was suddenly feeling warmer now. "No, I'm fine."

Katara raised her left brow. "Are you sure?"

"Positive."

"Okay..."

It got awkwardly silent and I hated moments like this so I decided to blurt out anything. "So Aang are we getting close?"

"Yeah I think so!" He said. "This is where they held the champions ships for sky bison polo."

"Oh." I leaned my head over the side of the saddle to look at the snow covered mountain. We were traveling high above the clouds and I had to admit that it was rather pretty, despite being so cold.

"Guys look we're here!" I looked up to see the temple along with several actual flying people.

"Wow! Real air benders!" Katara yelled. I looked to see Aang excited face only to find a frown.

"No their not." He said as he crossed his arms.

"What do you mean? Those guys are flying!" Sokka insisted.

"Yeah Aang, how can you tell?" I asked, squinting my eyes to see them in the distance.

"You can tell by the way they move. Their not air bending those people have no spirit." He said as he continued to frown. I could understand why Aang was mad. He was hopeful to find more of his people, but that turned out to be a dud. Though there was no reason to be mad at people that seemed to be having fun.

"Hey Aang maybe- WOW!" I yelped as a boy in a flying machine zoomed above me and I barely had time to duck. He almost killed me! And he's laughing!

"I don't know Aang, he seems pretty spirited to me." Katara said with a smile.

"Go take revenge for me." I said, adjusting my glasses. He nodded and took off after the unknown boy.

Suddenly there was several other air gliders in the sky, which seemed to be bothering Appa as he roared. This cause myself to be knocked back into Sokka face first. We stared at each other for a moment as I blinked and realized what had just happened. I yelped and crawled back.

"Let's find somewhere safe to land." Sokka said. I didn't look at him as I climbed to the front of Appa and steered us toward down to land. We jumped off of Appa to look up at Aang and the other boy tried to out due each other. I had to say that it was a very entertaining show. The young monk showed off by running on walls and such. While the other boy started to let out a gray colored gas. At first I wasn't sure what he was doing until I realized that it was Aang face.

I laughed and clapped. Though I was also amazed. Apparently the boys name was Teo as the other children were yelling it repeatedly. Teo came down for a landing shortly after again. When he stopped I saw that he was actually in a wheeling chair. I decided not to pay attention to that factor too much since that might be rude. I've never met anyone with a real disability before now.

"Wow, so you're a real air bender?" The boy asked.

"Yes, I am." Aang stated simply.

"Then that means you must be the Avatar. That's amazing! I-I've heard stories about you!" He sounded so excited.

Aang seemed bashful as he rubbed the back of his head. "Thanks."

Sokka came up looking very excited to take a look at the boys chair. "Wow this glider chair is incredible!"

"You think this is good. Wait until you see what else my dad has designed."

We followed the boy inside the temple and I was excited to see the things I've read so much about. The Air Nations culture was so pure and untouched by a lot of things that might have caused it harm. It had statues of many worthy advisories and I was excited to see them all. My smile started to drop as I looked around at all the pipes connected and torn throughout the walls. I looked over at Aang who seemed to be looking at the scenery with solemn expression as well. He'd actually been here when other air benders were alive so I couldn't say I understood what he was feeling.

"Yeah, my dad built this whole place." Teo said and seemed to be really proud of his father. Something else I couldn't relate to. "Everything here is powered by hot air. It even pumps hot air currents outside to give us a lift when were gliding."

"This place is unbelievable." Aang said.

"Yeah, it's great right?"

"No, just unbelievable." He said walking off. Oh he must really be upset.

"Aang use to come before all of this, a long, long time ago." I clarified without looking at the boy.

Katara gave an uneasy smile. "He might be shocked at how...different everything is."

"Yeah, you mean better." Sokka said.

I deadpanned. "No, it's not. You're really insensitive."

He looked at me with a questioning expression. "What do you mean?"

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, unbelievable is right." I walked away as he spoke.

"Wait, what did I say?" I wondered how someone could be so smart and dumb and still make me feel so uncomfortably nervous.

Teo decided that he would try and make Aang feel better by taking him to a part of the temple that hasn't been touch yet. We walked across a sketchy pathway that made me nervous because of how high up we were. It was different than being on Appa, I trusted the bison. The path was an inanimate object that wouldn't catch my fall if I fell. I was determined to walk faster so not to think about my impending doom.

I was the first to get across and see the unscathed beauty. "Wow this is amazing! Really pretty Aang."

The boy smile in appreciation for the compliment. He took pride in his culture and I knew that from how he's talked about air benders in the past. We looked up at a monk craved into the wall. "At least this part of the temple hasn't been touch."

Moments later the wall was suddenly struck down and I yelped, covering my head. Through the clouds of dust and rubble I saw a man and several others behind him walking in. "Hey! Don't you all know that it's dangerous to wander around construction? We're trying to make room for the bath house."

I looked at the man in bewilderment. He was an older with a monocle, and his eye brows were patchy. Aang looked at the man with anger. "Do you have any idea what you just did! You destroyed something sacred for a stupid bath house!"

"Well people around here are starting to stink." He stated bluntly.

"This whole place stinks!" Aang blew the device that knocked down the wall off the cliff.

"Wow, Aang calm it down." I said.

"No!" He yelled as I winced. "This is a sacred place. You can't use it like this! I was here when the monks were alive and I know what it was suppose to be like."

"The monks, but you're twelve." The man said.

"Dad that's the Avatar." Teo explained. "He came here one-hundred years ago."

"What are you doing? Who said you could be here?" Aang asked in a aggressive manner. I was starting to feel worried that he might knock the man off the cliff as well.

"Mm, what are we doing here?" The man asked more to himself than the younger boy. I listened as he started to explain that this group of people became refugees after a terrible flood. His son was hurt badly. That was most likely the reason Teo was bound to a wheel chair. They needed a place to stay and they found the Northern air temple. Somehow I found it strange that this place was the first thing they found, but I ignored that feeling. I sympathized with him despite having ruined Aang's culture.

"Well would you look at the time." He pointed to three candles. I raised my brow. How was that able to tell time? "The pulley system must be oiled before dark."

"Wait, how can you tell time with this?" Sokka asked. "All the notches look the same."

"The candles will tell us, watch." I walked over to them as I was curious as well. I saw the middle candle pop four times.

"Ooh, I get it. There's spark powered in the candle." I said, adjusting my glasses.

"That's right." The man said with a nodded. "So it's exactly four hours past mid-day or as I call it four o'candle." Sokka laughed and I raised an amused eyebrow.

He smiled. "If you like that, wait 'til you see my finger safe knife sharpener." I blinked when he held up his hand. Three out of five of his fingers were wooden. "It took me three tries to get it right." He pulled the fingers off and tossed them to Sokka. He yelped as I laughed.

"Follow me." He said to Sokka. "You too young lady."

I blinked. "Um, okay."

I squinted my eyes as we descended down the stairs. The mechanist had give me a lantern, but it wasn't doing much in regards to lights. I suddenly bumped into Sokka.

"Ak!" He yelped in surprise.

"Sorry." I scooting away. "I can't really see where I'm going."

"I know what you mean, these lanterns are terrible." He went to open up the top of the jar and I leaned over his shoulder. "Why would you use fireflies for light?"

"Hey, close that up! They'll get loose." The mechanist said. "Fireflies are a nonflammable light source."

I furrowed my brow. Well yes, that was true, but what in here would be flammable? Teo said that everything was powered by air didn't he? Questions were piling up in my head until we reached a door that was sealed shut. "Cover your nose and hold your breathe."

I did as he said as he opened a slot in the door. I peeked inside, but saw nothing there. "So what's this room for?"

"It's filled with a natural gas." The older man answered. "I encountered it the first time I came down here. Of course, I was holding a torch and nearly blew this place even higher than it already it is. It also took my eyebrows with it. I thought they would never grow back. Anyway from time to time there are gas leaks and there nearly impossible to find."

"So this place is an explosion waiting to happen?" Sokka realized.

"Yes, until I figure out how to locate something I can't smell, touch or see." The mechanist continued.

"That does sound impossible." I mumbled before looking up at the door. "But I mean, have you ever attempted to find a way to locate it?"

He sighed. "Of course I have, but there's only so much you can do without letting the source free."

"Well, maybe we can look it over together." I suggested.

"I suppose we could do that." The mechanist said with a hand to his chin. "Very well, let's head out."

"Wow look at all this stuff." Sokka said in fascination. When we walked into the man's office I was overwhelmed with everything I saw.

I looked at the shelves and shelves of scrolls. "Yeah, I know what you mean. All this perfect reading material."

Sokka shook his head. "Seriously, Sozai? Only you would go for that first."

"Hey, reading is an essential part of life." I was itching for something new to read. I've looked over that white lotus book who knows how many times. Everywhere else we stopped I haven't been able to pick up a book because we didn't have any money. However, the mechanist told us not to touch anything so-

"Sokka what are you doing?" I whispered harshly. He looked at me as he was grabbing for a contraption out of his reach. "You heard what he said, did you?"

"Oh come on it's just-" As he grabbed for the object making scrolls fall off the shelf and he dropped the device as well.

"Hey, didn't I tell you not to touch anything?" The man asked.

"Yeah, you did." I said with frown towards the guilty boy as a scroll hit me in the head. "OW!" I rubbed my scalp and mumbled to myself, picking up the scattered paper.

"Ah, don't worry. This is just an old project and the eggs were last weeks lunch." I paused. Last week? I grimaced as I was starting to smell the egg. It must have cracked upon hitting the floor.

"Ugh, gross." Sokka said holding a hand over his nose.

"Quickly find that egg." The mechanist said.

I began to search around, beginning to feel sick to my stomach. Why would you keep a rotten egg around? Perhaps he'd forgot about it, but still. I glared at the back of Sokka head. It seemed as though he felt my melting stare.

"What?"

"This is your fault." I said. "If I throw up, it will be on you."

"Well, I don't see how something that smells so bad can be so hard to find!" Sokka cried.

The mechanist blinked. "That's it!"

I tilted my head. "What is?"

"Yeah!" Sokka seemed to understand as well. "If we get a whole bunch of rotten eggs where the gas is seeped up-"

"The gas will mix with the smell of rotten eggs!"

"Ohh," I was finally starting to understand. "then if there's a leak, you can follow the smell of rotten eggs."

"And plug up the whole where the gas is leaking!" Sokka said.

"Genius!" The two said together. I just looked at the two with a raised brow.

Suddenly there was a ring of a bell behind us. "Uh oh, I've got to go!" The older man said in a worried tone. He quickly stood to his feet and ran out the door. Sokka and I looked at each other for a brief moment before following after him. We continued to run until I saw Aang and the others come into view.

My eyes widened when I saw the Fire Nation symbol in front of them all. "This is a nightmare." The young monk said.

"You don't understand." The mechanist said.

"You're making weapons for the fire nation!" Aang accused.

The man didn't open his mouth to deny it and why would he? All of the evidence we needed was right in front of us. "Explain all this now!" Teo said with the sound of anger and his voice. I wouldn't blame him either, that was his own father.

"It was about a year after we moved here. Fire Nation soldiers found this place. You were too young to remember this Teo- they were going to destroy everything. I begged them not to and they asked me what I had to offer, I offered my services. You must understand, I did this for you." Teo looked teary eyed and turned away from his father. The man didn't seem to have much more to say and turned to walk away. He was probably too ashamed.

"How could he keep something like this from me?" Teo said with betrayal written all over his face. "I was so proud to show you guys everything and then all of this happened."

"It's not your fault Teo, you didn't know." Katara comforted.

Aang looked everything over and frowned. "I just can't believe that my peoples' temple is being used so wrongly."

"Well, I'll admit that Teo's father started it, but it isn't completely his fault." I said. They looked at me in surprise.

"You're defending him?" Sokka asked.

"Yes and no." I rubbed my arm. "Look, I think you guys know my father is a tyrant. So I know from personal experience that Teo's dad isn't a bad guy. He just wanted to protect his son. Now I'm not saying it was right to hide it, but what else would he have done? There's only so much you can do against the forces of fire."

Everyone was silent for a moment. "I'll go talk to him." Teo said with a determined expression.

"I'll come with you." Aang said. They walked out of the door and I sighed as I stretched my arms. I suppose that should do it for now.

"That was pretty insightful." I glanced to Katara and I shrugged with a quirked smile.

"No, I just thought that he should it see from a different point of view." I said. "I'd probably have done the same thing if I were him."

"Really?" Katara asked. I nodded. "For Zuko?"

"In a way, I think I already did." I said.

Katara blinked. "What?"

I shook my head with a smile. "No, it's nothing."

"Hey, let's get out of this room." Sokka called as we followed behind him.

I thought of Zuko as we walked out of the room. I didn't hate Zuko for choosing the Avatar over myself. I think I knew more than anyone else why he was so determined to capture Aang. However, I just couldn't be on his side. If Zuko's life was ever truly in danger I'd try my best to help him. Despite being on opposite sides, I loved my brother, I really did. And I'd hope that he would do the same for me if I was ever really in any trouble. I couldn't say the same for Azula. I'm sure If I was hanging off the side of a cliff, she would ask how it benefited her to save me. I frowned at this thought. I think deep down I despised my sister and she felt the same about me. Though I only disliked a memory of her. I hadn't seen my sister in two years. Maybe she hadn't changed or gotten worse.

Apparently Aang had picked a fight with a Fire Nation soldier or maybe even a general and now their all coming to destroy the temple.

Sokka began to freak out once we were told what had happened. "Oh this is very very bad!"

"Aang what are we gonna do?" Katara asked. "How can we possibly keep them all away?"

The boy smiled. "I'll tell you how. With air power. We control the sky and something the Fire Nation doesn't have. We can win."

"I want to help." The mechanist said.

"Good, we'll need it." Aang smiled back.

I was feeling more relieved now. With everyone wanting to help we could get out of this alive. We met inside of the mechanist's office after he and Sokka were conversing on ideas.

"I finally got the war balloon working thanks to Sokka. He's a genius." He said with a smile.

Said boy grinned. "Thank you, you're a genius."

"Thank you." The older man said. I rolled my eyes with a smirk. They were being silly, but I already knew Sokka was smart. He knew what was going on before I did. I was reader and he was the hands on type. He didn't need to look everything up to know things. I suppose that's one of the reasons why I like him...

Wait, what?

When did I start thinking that way? Let's think about this logically for a moment. Of course I think highly of Sokka, he's my friend. He does tease me and I guess that makes me feel weird sometimes. Getting close too. Come to think of it this is how Zuko was with Mai. Ah man, do I seriously like Sokka? I frowned. I mean yeah he's my friend, but come on. He eats like a pig, snores and keeps bugs in his pocket! Is my brain malfunctioning? There's no way. I looked at the boy as he spoke confidently about the the war balloon. I groaned internally. How dare my female mind feel obligated to like him!

The only question was what was I going to do about it?

Nothing, that's what.

I mean, really. What else would anyone expect me to do in my situation. 'Oh Sokka I like you now. Even though I've given no signs in the slightest before and you probably don't care.' No way. I'm gonna keep it to myself until it goes away.

"Does everyone got that?" Sokka said.

I blinked out of thought. "What?" I was so busy thinking about girly feelings that I didn't listen to what he was saying.

Katara bumped my shoulder and she smiled at me. "Didn't you hear? You're with me."

"Yeah...of course..." I said with lost expression. I couldn't tell her I was thinking about her brother. That would just be weird. I would just have to read into the situation and help the best way I can. After all we're trying to save the air temple, not deal with my feelings.

When we got outside several people went for the gliders and I climbed on top of Appa. After Aang and the others were in the sky I pulled Katara up with me and we flew out and Katara steered us out into the open. I watched the Fire Nation as I flew into view and for a while the plan that I didn't listen to seemed to be working. The soldiers were retreating and it was all-

Katara and I yelped as chain came from under us and flew into the air, latching onto the side of the cliff. Aang tried his best to knock them off but that wasn't working.

"Their relentless." I said with disbelief.

"I think I know how those things work." Teo said as he flew beside us. "I saw my dad tinkering with a counter balancing system. Something to do with water."

"Water?" Katara said.

"If that's it then you can take care of that no problem." I said to the water bender.

She grinned. "Sozai you take over and lower me down."

"Go it." I said jumping to the front and patted Appa's head. "Let's go buddy." We flew down and Katara slid into the snow. I circled around to get away from the shots of fire. When I looked back Aang and Katara were being over run by the machines.

"Full force, Appa!" I said gripping the steering so I wouldn't fall off from the impact. "Ram them head on!" The bison did just as I said, flipping all three of the contraptions at once. I smiled as Katara and Aang climbed on.

"Head back to the temple." Aang said. I nodded and when we got back, Teo spoke.

"We're out of bombs." He said frantically.

"Come on Sokka where's that war balloon?" Katara asked in a worried tone. I was concerned too. If the Fire Nation actually got up here they could capture Aang and turn me into my father all at once. I looked up when I saw the balloon coming up from behind the cliff.

"There!" I yelled as everyone turned around. There was four large bombs attached to the war balloon. The men weren't shooting at them and I could only assume it was because the Fire Nation symbol was on the side.

This gave them an advantage, I thought.

They dropped the bombs and it only stopped about two thirds of the troops. There was still a portion coming up the hill. Suddenly, something was dropped out of the war balloon and I realized that it was the fuel. What were they thinking? Without that they couldn't possibly stay in the sky. Before I could think anything else there was an explosion and I was knocked off my feet from the rumble. The jolt brought something to my attention. Perhaps that was where the gas was leaking. That meant that they fixed two problems at once didn't they?

Everyone cheered seeing the Fire Nation retreat, but the war balloon was fall out of the sky. "Sokka!" Katara called.

"There going down!" I yelped.

Aang swooped down and saved both Sokka and the mechanist. I was relieved.

Soon it was time for us to leave. The sun was going down and we had to be on our way. Aang turned and spoke to the Teo and his father.

"You know what, I'm really glad that you all are living here now. I realize that it's like the hermit crab. Maybe you weren't born here, but you found this empty shell and made it your own and now you protect each other."

"That means a lot coming from you." Teo said. They smiled at each other.

"Aang you were right about air power, as long as we have the skies we'll have the Fire Nation on the run!" Sokka said. The crowd cheered and I felt a bit awkward to be the only person from the Fire Nation among people who hated them. Of course it wasn't to say that I approved of them either. Just somehow I felt left out even though I was apart of this.

"Hey." I blinked and turned to Sokka. Oh great.

Yeah it is.

Shut up feelings! "What is it?"

"Someone tells me that you were worried about me." He said with a smirk. I narrowed my eyes at Katara who quickly turned and began to talk to someone beside her.

"Of course I was. I'm not heartless." I said.

"Hey no need to be defensive. It's a simple statement." With raised hands.

"Yeah, well I'm sure you would have been worried if I fell to my death too." I said, adjusting my glasses.

"Yep, I would." I glance up to him. He looked at me with the most casual expression he had or least that's what I thought.

"...good." I said after a moment of silence. I cleared my throat and put an arm around Aang neck. "Well I say you should give Aang a big hug to thank him for saving you!"

"Ah, Sozai!" He yelped as I pushed the two together. I laughed at the scene I had caused.

I was going to win, that was a fact. But how was I going to act after that? I didn't come here for a love story, I came to help Aang in any way I could. Well now I had two missions: just be friends with Sokka.