Its been forever, I'm so sorry. And that chapter I have for you now isn't even all that great. Truthfully, I have no clue where I"m going and am at a massive writers block...which translated to, I'm goign to give the gaang more problems so I can stall on coming up with a proper plotline. xD
Anyways, ta-da, chapter. Again so so sorry, thank yous to anyone that is still reading this, and..well, the usual stuff.
"I'm b-"
"Toph, if you say you're bored one more time I'm gonna…." Sokka trailed off, knowing there was the threat he could give to Toph that wouldn't eventually end up bad for himself. "Well it was your idea anyway!" he lamely retorted.
The blind earthbender sighed in exasperation. "Fine, fine. We're here anyways." she jerked her arm forwards and pointed at the various carts and shops.
Sokka grinned childishly and headed towards the nearest one which, much to his delight, happened to sell meats. Toph stood next to him boredly since, while she did like meat, she had no idea what the difference in them was.
"Stupid shopkeepers wont let me touch anything" Toph grumbled the second they were out of earshot. Sokka shoved the bag of food and extra money in his bag and they moved on to the next shop.
"What's this?" Toph asked, gesturing to all the racks. She picked up a bottle and sniffed it, recoiling immediately and placing it back. "Herbs?" she guessed.
After a moment Sokka nodded in agreement. "Well Katara said she wanted some….but how am I supposed to know what's what…." he mused.
Toph shrugged. "Ummm….this one. And this one. And this one." she pointed to three completely random seasonings and herbs. "Now lets go."
"Bu-" Sokka sighed. "Okay…..But if Katara get's mad it's on you."
He was met with a cheeky grin. "I wouldn't have it any other way."
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"I suppose we should get to cleaning." Aang finally said, slightly unnerved by the lengthy silence that has passed between himself and the fire price.
There was a slight nod in confirmation as Zuko rose. He looked around for a moment before turning to Aang. He hadn't particularly thought about it bit, being royalty and all he didn't really ever have to clean. And when he was in exile they never really lived anywhere long enough to have to worry about that.
Zuko rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly and figure red he could just follow the airbender's lead. "So…where do we start?" he asked generally.
"Hm," Aang started thoughtfully, "I suppose we should clear away the dust and throw out anything we don't want." Aang picked up one of the rags to use for dusting and cleaning and stuff.
Once Zuko saw what Aang was doing he made a suggesting. "Hey, um, Aang? Can't you use bending?"
The avatar thought in silence before suddenly letting a large blast of air across the countertop. He then bended water over it, and dried it again. And in a matter of seconds the area had became spotless.
Aang smiled gleefully. "Great idea Zuko!"
Zuko couldn't help but smile a bit at Aang. Now he was left to think what he could do to help out. "Should I start in the bedrooms?" he wondered, and after earning a nod from Aang he left for said area.
The fire nation teen stood there a at the doorway to the bedroom "Well," he mused to himself, "This can't be TOO hard…."
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"Oh, oh, Katara! Come look what I found!"
Katara maneuvered through the racks and people and over to where the younger water bender stood. Kiama was holding up material. It was a green, most obviously, but it had traces of aqua and blue in it.
There was no denying that both girls loved it. "Can we get this for the furniture?" Kiama asked meekly. Katara glanced at the price. It actually was less than she'd anticipated, leaving extra money in their budget.
"Sure." she smiled and pulled down the roll before walking up to the counter and requesting what they would need made. She glanced at the remained coins and figured they could all use a change of clothes.
"Kiama, do you see another fabric you like?" Katara asked sweetly, and the girl quickly picked out a pale lime green. "How would you like to make a dress in this fabric?" she suggested, receiving an overly anxious nod.
Kiama was beaming. "My mommy started to teach me, but I didn't do good, so she wanted me to wait till I was older. Well now I'm a few months older." she declared proudly.
Katara chuckled. "Yes, yes you are." she picked out some more fabrics and things for the others and the two started to head back.
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Mizu walked around the various shops, unable to believe he got stuck with supplies. He'd so far gotten a few items but was having trouble figuring out what they actually would need.
Sokka had also requested a map, even though it was probably going to be more harm and arguing than good. Still, he figured he should at least try to find one. Well, he'd found a whole cart full. And he had no idea which was which.
The young teen had never left the water tribes before, so he really didn't know where he was, where they were going, or well….many other things. And he hated asking for help or directions.
So that left him in a pretty bad position.
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Sokka and Toph were walking out of the market place when Toph suddenly stopped in her tracks before speeding up and backing for Sokka to do the same. "Don't turn back. We're being followed."
Of course, Sokka looked back, and Toph hit him. "I said don't!" she hissed. "When I count to three, I'm going to make us move quickly. You will be quiet. Understand?" Receiving a nod, Toph quickly counted. "ThreeTwoOneNOW!"
And the earth under them quickly shifted and slid. Sokka turned around just to see a group chasing them, but they quickly stopped, obviously beaten and unable to keep up with them…for now.
Yep, issues. So there you are. Neewfound enemy, or maybe old one...Nobody knows xD Well, I'll try not to take forever getting out the next chapter! I promise, once school starts again I'll write more. Wow that sounds odd. lol, everyone always stops for school and....whatever! i'm a bad student and the randomness and sheer boredom give me insperation.
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