Surprise was the second of the follow ups I promised at the beginning alongside First and Noise becoming a favorite, I mean, this was the continuation of Rescue and in this we have the whole GAang ready to jump into the fray and rescue their petite companion just to realize that she is safe and with company.
I always pictured for this Aang and Sokka attacking Zuko but for some reason the idea was erased for the actual one and seemed funnier, I just love the reaction of those three and the way Zuko is somehow dreading the future, and like I said this is the second of fourth different drabbles, Rescue, Surprise, In-law and finally the last part will come soon called Contract.
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28: Surprise
"Aang, would you please sit down and rest a bit? We still have some hours to travel, you need to save your energy" Katara said looking how tense the avatar was, he was still walking from one side to another; they have been traveling for some time to go for their friend Toph Bei Fong and they were close, but by the reaction of Aang when they discovered about the 'rescue' of her parents, which was nothing more than a kidnap things weren't going to be peaceful once they were in their house.
Katara sighed leaning against Appa's soft fur; Toph was a valuable member of their group, someone who was most of the time rough and obstinate, but in the end she was one of them, a part of their family.
"I don't care, we have to go and help her!" Aang said, and both siblings raised an eyebrow at his outburst, few times they have seen something like that on Aang, but they knew that he will do the same for each other, just like the time they were about to die, when that Earth Kingdom guy wanted Aang to get into the Avatar state.
"Really, Twinkletoes, I'm touched, I never knew I was that important to all of you" said a voice coming from the shadows that the forest created, in a second the figure of the black haired earthbender entered the circle of light that the bonfire created.
"Toph!" Said the three of them while they quickly hugged her.
"Hey! Drop me now! You know I hate it when you do this! Stop!" when they finally left her in the floor they shared a good laugh that let them vent out their nervousness.
"Is good to see that you escaped from your parents, we were really worried about you, and it seems you didn't need help" Aang said with one hand on her shoulder, Toph only grinned.
"Who said I did it by myself?" she said pointing to the darkness of the night where they saw a really familiar scar, in a second the three were in their guards "are you just going to stay there like a statue?"
"They are not really fond of me, right?" Zuko said leaning against a tree never really stepping into their 'territory' while Toph only grumbled in annoyance.
"You mean… he helped you?" Asked a really surprised Sokka.
"He was the one who rescued me… two times" She said holding out a paper to Katara, she knew the water tribe girl would take it better.
"So, it was true that arranged marriage, Zuko retrieved this too?"
"Keep reading Sugar Queen" Toph grinned when she heard Katara choke on air when she came to the signs part.
"THAT YOU TWO ARE WHAT?" Screamed Katara making everyone cover their ears.
"Geez, you don't have to act like that, so what? I'm free, besides, why not? Usually it is when you are older and all that but it was clear my parents weren't exactly following those rules" said Toph.
"Give me that, what's so important about this docu…" Sokka's words were lost in the air when he noticed the signs and Toph's smirk was now a real ear to ear grin; Zuko was expecting the screams of rage and the murder attempt of them but he simply stood watching how Sokka and Aang stayed like rocks looking at the document.
"Are they alive, or we gave them a heart attack?" asked Zuko a little worried about the Avatar, he was after all the last hope of humanity… Sokka could die, there wasn't any mayor lost.
"They're gonna be like that for about an hour, wanna eat something?" asked Toph just before collapsing in the floor laughing like if there was no tomorrow; Zuko only sighed and grimaced imagining how life was going to be from now on with her; maybe he could ask Azula to kill him, it would be less traumatizing than being married to the blind bandit.
