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The group got back to their country side hide out quickly and just relaxed, not knowing what else to do. "Maybe we should train a little." Kama suggested as she laid out in the middle of the little field they were in.

"It's too hot." Toph stated as she wiped sweat from her forehead.

"How hot is it?" Aang asked in a joking tone as Kama looked up at him.

"I don't know. Real hot?" Toph replied, not having caught that Aang was trying to start a joke.

"It's so hot...it's so hot Momo is shedding like Appa." Katara stated as she ran a hand over the lemur's fur, picking up some of it on her hands. "Huh? Huh?" Katara asked with a smile at her joke as all was heard was crickets.

"I guess the jokes don't run in the family." Aang stated as Kama snickered at the comment.

"Oh everyone's a critic." Katara said before falling back onto her back.

"It's so hot a firebender could burst into flames with no effort." Jet stated as Kama laughed at that joke.

"That one was good." Kama stated as Aang sat up, feeling like challenging Jet now.

"It's so hot a firebender couldn't even bend, because if they did, the sun would overpower them." Aang stated and again there was silence. "Oh screw it." Aang muttered as he laid back down, hearing the laughter from his Vala.

"Nice try bud." Kama stated before rolling onto her stomach.

Sokka had been training with Piandao for a while now and the master asked him to perform calligraphy. He asked Sokka to stamp his mark on the piece of paper, and in response the warrior painted his face and pressed it to the paper. "How's this?" Sokka asked with a big smile as the master shook his head at him.

Kama smirked deviously as she dug through the dirt, piling it up as she kept the sculpture hidden from all, smiling to herself. "What're you doing?" Jet questioned as he tried to see what the Vala was doing.

"It's a secret." Kama said in a singsong tone as Aang watched her tiredly from Appa's tail, stretched out in only his fire nation pants due to the heat of the day.

"You could be an Earthbender if you tried." Toph commented, knowing what the Vala was doing due to the vibrations.

"Eh, I was in a past life. I'm happy as an airbender." Kama stated before finishing, jumping up happily. "It's done!" Kama stated as she indicated the statue of muddy earth.

Aang looked up to see the comically done sculpture of himself, frowning slightly at how Kama was obviously making fun of him. "My tattoo's don't pop out like that." Aang stated as Kama smiled teasingly.

"I think it looks just like you." Toph stated as Kama began laughing, falling back to the ground in her fit of laughter.

"Maybe we should get out of the sun." Katara commented before laughing as Kama's sculpture was sent flying.

"Hey." Kama growled as she looked up towards Aang.

"What? I didn't do it." Aang stated nonchalantly as he moved back onto Appa's tail, smiling deviously.

Katara pulled out the map as they began trying to figure out where they would go next. "We're starting from here..." Katara stated as she pointed at the map.

"No, we're over on this island." Aang spoke up as he pointed to a different island.

"No we're about here." Jet butted in as he indicated a peninsula on the map.

"You noodle brains don't know what you're doing! I miss Sokka." Toph stated as Kama snickered at the comment.

"Oh I got one, if you miss him so much, why don't you marry him?" Katara questioned jokingly, and again was answered by silence.

"Or better yet, why not go follow him around like a little polar bear pup." Kama stated as Aang and Jet chuckled at the joke.

"Everyone's a critic." Katara grumbled again before turning back to the map.

The group continued bickering over the map before passing out around it. The next day Sokka came back to get their help in getting materials for his sword. "Sokka's back!" Toph announced as everyone sat up excitedly.

Everyone jumped up to greet Sokka excitedly, glad to have the joker back. "I need some help." Sokka explained before leading them off to where the Meteorite had landed the day before, looking down at it.

"We could probably lift it with three earthbenders." Kama mused as she looked down at the rock, glancing towards Jet as he gave her a warning glare.

"There's only two earthbenders here." Katara stated like Kama had suffered heat stroke a bit.

"Oh, on the contr...ah!" Kama yelped as she dodged a punch from Jet, running down towards the space rock as he chased her. She stuck her tongue out at him tauntingly before he tried again to silence her, accidentally hitting the rock and knocking it back a bit. "Oh now you did that one." Kama stated as the others at the top of the crater gaped in shock.

"You're so gonna pay for that." Jet stated warningly as Kama blew raspberries at him.

"Oh I'm so scared." Kama teased sarcastically before the questions began flying.

"Why didn't you tell anyone?" Aang questioned as Kama and Sokka began looking over the meteorite.

"Because I don't use it. I can punch boulders but who cares. I don't plan on using it." Jet growled as he glared down at the Vala who was examining the meteorite still.

"Kama, why don't you call on Yung to help with this?" Sokka questioned as he looked up from the space rock.

"I cant. It doesn't work like that anymore." Kama grumbled before everyone moved down to help roll the rock to Piandao's castle. It took a while of pushing the rock until they arrived.

"We'll make a sword unlike any other in the world." Piandao said as they arrived with the meteorite, Sokka having asked to use it as his material.

The group stayed at the castle with Sokka while he made his sword. "Maybe you should practice in swords." Kama teased Aang as she stood beside him.

"I can use my bending." Aang reminded as Kama shrugged at him.

"I'm aware, but it doesn't hurt to have more knowledge. Jet and Smellerbee taught me in sword fighting." Kama stated as she indicated the ex-freedom fighter leader behind her.

"And you still need to practice." Jet stated as Kama glared at him playfully before turning back to see Aang was paying attention to Sokka now, the Vala frowning slightly before moving off.

Sokka worked on his sword for a long time until finally it was finished. The group went to the courtyard to meet with Piandao as the man announced he had some things to say to Sokka. They all arrived as Piandao began his speech about the warrior. "And as we trained, it wasn't your skill that impressed me." Piandao continued as Sokka frowned slightly at the speech, looking down in shame.

Piandao gave Sokka the meteorite sword once he was finished with his speech, the water tribe boy frowning instead of smiling at the scene. "I'm sorry master. You're wrong. I'm not who you think I am. I'm not from the Fire Nation. I'm from the Southern Water Tribe." Sokka revealed out of his guilt as the others gaped in shock at Sokka having revealed such a secret.

"I'm sorry too." Piandao stated once Sokka was finished, attacking him quickly with his own sword.

The team moved to help Sokka but he stopped them. "No, this is my fight." Sokka stated before he continued the fight with his master.

"Why aren't you worried about this?" Jet questioned Kama as she watched calmly, almost bored.

"No reason." Kama stated as her eyes drifted to the White Lotus emblem that was almost everywhere in the masters castle.

"You're not worried at all that Sokka's going to get hurt?" Aang questioned as he looked at his Vala curiously.

"Nope. He's a good fighter, I think he'll be fine against Piandao." Kama stated as she continued watching, smiling slightly to herself at the sight of all the White Lotus emblems everywhere.

The fight continued for a while while Piandao praised Sokka for his good techniques. "Good use of terrain, fighting from higher ground." Piandao praised as they fought on a stairwell.

Kama watched in complete boredom as everyone else was on the edge of their seats for Sokka's well-being. She smirked deviously before leaning over, lips connecting ever lightly on the nape of Aang's neck to try and get his attention. She frowned when he ignored it, eyes trained on the battle. It continued until Piandao finally disarmed Sokka. "Sokka!" Katara yelped in horror as they moved to help quickly.

Piandao held his sword to Sokka's head like he was going to stab him, before swinging it to halt the approaching team. "Excellent work, Sokka." Piandao praised as Sokka looked up in confusion. He sheathed his sword once more, signaling the battle was over.

"What's going on?" Aang asked in confusion as to why Piandao halted his attack.

"I'm a little old to be fighting the Avatar, let alone both the Avatar and the Vala." Piandao stated before Aang looked at him in shock as to him knowing their identities.

Kama just sighed in boredom, playing with a White Lotus flower head by levitating it on her hand with her airbending.

Piandao explained how he knew of the groups true identities, that he had been around for a long time and picked up on things. "But why would you train someone from the Water Tribe?" Katara asked as Sokka stood up from the ground.

"The way of the sword doesn't belong to any one nation. Knowledge of the Arts belongs to us all." Piandao explained before advising Sokka that he would continue his training alone, giving back the black meteorite sword to the warrior.

Sokka smiled widely at the words of praise that Piandao gave him before bowing to his master, the master bowing back. The group left not to long after, only getting past the gates when Piandao's butler Fat caught up to them, giving Sokka a small bag that Piandao wanted him to have before going back inside.

"What's in it?" Toph asked curiously before Sokka pulled out a Pai Sho tile, The White Lotus symbol on it as Kama smiled slightly.

"The White Lotus. Hmm..." Aang stated as he began thinking why that sounded familiar.

"It is a powerful piece in the game of Pai Sho. I would know." Kama said as she pulled a tile out just like it from her own pockets. "I am after all a very skilled Pai Sho player." Kama said with a smirk as Aang rolled his eyes at Kama's confidence.

"Oh that reminds me." Sokka stated after a bit of talking, pulling a chunk of the Meteorite from his pockets and handing it to Toph.

"Sweet! Check this out!" Toph exclaimed excitedly before she began bending the space rock into many different shapes.

"Maybe one day Jet will be good enough to bend like that." Kama stated with a teasing smile before fleeing with a yelp as the teen went after her.

Aang glared at the two in jealousy before they all followed to go back to Appa. They got back quickly and hopped onto Appa to take off for their next destination. "Where to next?" Katara asked as Sokka pulled out his maps, glad he was the navigator now.

Toph smiled as she continued bending the space rock. "At least now we have someone who can read a map." Toph stated as Sokka began planning their route.

Kama crawled up onto Appa's head where Aang was as the Avatar held the reigns, laying back a bit. "Someone's quiet." Kama commented as the Avatar looked towards her a bit.

"Just thinking." Aang said with a shrug as his hand grazed over Kama's lightly.

"About?" Kama asked as the others continued planning the days until the invasion.

"Nothing you need to know about." Aang stated as his eyes landed on Kama's.

"Okay, I don't want to know what's going through your mind considering you just started pub..." Aang silenced Kama before she could finish by pressing his lips into hers.

"Don't start. Please, just one day without mentioning that." Aang stated as Kama chuckled lightly at him, moving over closer and pecking him on the cheek.

"Oogies." Sokka gagged in response to the two as Aang looked back at him curiously for the statement.

"What the heck is Oogies?" Kama questioned as she pulled away from Aang.

"I don't know." Aang said with a shrug before focusing on the sky ahead.

"It's Sokka's way of saying he's disgusted." Katara explained as Jet laughed at the term.

"Well I'd be able to say Oogies to everything he does too then." Kama responded as Sokka looked up from his map, glaring at her.

"Come on, let's not bicker for once." Aang stated as he tried to break up the two before something worse started.

"Then tell him to keep to his own business and we'll be fine." Kama said as she fell back onto her back to watch the sky.

The group flew until the sun had begun to set, deciding to land at a nearby abandoned hot spring to rest a little while. "Nice choice Aang." Katara stated as she looked around at the huge hot spring.

"Thank you, thank you." Aang said with a cocky smile as he bowed playfully, the rest of the group beginning to set up camp.

"This is great, now no one will keep us from bending." Toph stated excitedly before creating a chair out of stone.

"Or from showing our tattoos." Kama said as she dove into the water of the spring, already having ditched her Fire Nation clothes.

"I'm up for that." Aang said before ditching his own fire nation gear and jumping into the springs.

"Try not to splash me this time when I'm looking over my maps." Sokka stated from the shore as Katara and Jet went into the water as well, leaving only himself and Toph on shore with the animals.

Kama laughed as she dodged a thrown water ball from Aang. "Gotta be quicker than that." Kama said before diving under water, yelping as she was shot into the air by a pillar of stone.

"I didn't do it!" Aang exclaimed as Kama charged him for revenge.

"Revenge!" Kama announced as Aang yelped in horror and fled from the revenge bound Vala.

Jet chuckled as he kept his distance from the two airbenders. "Jet? Did you do that?" Katara asked as she turned to the tall teen.

"I may have had a hand in it." Jet stated with a smirk before laughing as Kama tackled Aang, dragging him down into the deeper water.

"You're earthbending though, I thought you didn't want to." Katara stated as she watched the two airbenders struggle before turning away as Kama retreated with Aang's outer pants, leaving him only in his undergarments.

"Kama!" Aang yelped after her as he tried to get them back from the Vala.

"Well, I guess they're making an impression on me. All of you." Jet stated with a shrug as his eyes locked with Katara's, smiling slightly at how the team had a big affect on things.

"Revenge is fun." Kama teased as she kept Aang's outer pants out of his reach, smirking deviously at him before he tried to grab them with a water whip.

"Kama come on, give them back." Aang stated as Kama splashed him and swam backwards quickly.

"Be glad it wasn't your teeny panties." Kama teased as Aang flushed red, sinking under water in embarrassment.

"How long are they going to be in there?" Sokka questioned Katara and Jet about an hour later when the got out, the two airbenders still going at each other to get revenge on the other as Kama kept Aang's pants.

"Who knows, Kama stole Aang's pants so he's trying to get them back." Jet stated as he sat down beside the fire that Sokka got going.

"How did she get his pants?" Sokka asked carefully before seeing a whirlpool start in the middle of the hot spring, knowing it was Aang already.

"I don't know, and I don't wanna." Jet stated as Aang quickly fled from the water, pants in hand as Kama finally broke free from his whirlpool trick.

"Well, I'm going to bed before they start. Goodnight." Toph said before she created her earth tent and shut herself in quickly.

"Maybe one day you'll learn that." Kama teased as she came up towards the fire, eyes on Jet to show her teasing.

"Nope." Jet stated simply before turning to Katara to talk to the waterbender.

Aang came back over to the fire fully dressed again and sat down beside Kama, glaring playfully at her as he leaned back a bit. "What's tomorrow's plan?" Aang asked as Sokka finally put the maps he had been looking at away.

"We can stay here for a bit tomorrow. This place is secluded, so no one should bother us." Sokka explained as Kama smiled at the idea of staying at the hot spring another day.

"Tomorrow I think should be a training day. We haven't practiced in a few days now Aang, so that should be a priority." Katara stated as Aang glanced towards Kama, having wanted a day with her with no training or anything.

"Kama seemed to have gotten the idea of what he wanted to do before he even said it. "Well...I kind of wanted to relax tomorrow..." Aang started before Kama silenced him.

"Training is a top priority. We all have to be ready for that invasion." Kama stated as Aang frowned slightly before nodding in agreement solemnly.

"Maybe Jet can even try some earthbending, the more benders the better." Sokka put in as the Freedom Fighter frowned at the idea.

"No thanks. I'll be fine with my swords." Jet stated as he pulled out his dual hooked swords to emphasize the statement.

"I'm going to bed. It's been a long day." Sokka stated before going to his tent to sleep.

"We all should sleep. Goodnight." Katara said before she went to go to bed as well.

"I think I'll follow before you two try and pull me into something." Jet said before moving off to go to bed as well.

"And that leaves just you and I." Aang murmured to Kama, his tone showing how he was trying to flirt with the Vala as his arm went to move around her.

"Don't even think about it." Kama warned with a playful smile at him before leading Aang over to Appa's tail to lay down.

"Are we really going to do this again, I mean, considering last time Katara saw us like this she threw a fit." Aang stated as Kama laid beside him, ruffling his hair playfully.

"Then don't try and pull me closer to you this time." Kama stated as Aang opened his mouth to argue, but was silenced when Kama gentle pecked him on the lips. "Goodnight, Avatar." Kama stated as Kage joined them on Appa's tail, sleeping between them.

Aang chuckled at the Armadillo Lion. "I think he wants us separate too." Aang stated as Kama chuckled tiredly, stretching out.

"That or he wants me to stop dating you and pay more attention to him. He'll get that wish soon though if you don't keep to our deal." Kama said as she turned her head to look at Aang.

"I'm focusing on my training, don't worry." Aang stated as Kama smiled before settling in to sleep.

"Go to sleep Aang." Kama muttered before she let herself drift off to sleep.

Aang smiled as he leaned over and kissed Kama gently on the cheek before laying back to sleep as well.

The next day the two airbenders were scolded again by Katara before fleeing into the hot springs. "They're not going to listen you know." Toph stated as Katara watched the two swim to the other side of the hot spring.

"Well they need to calm down. We're about to invade the Fire Nation. We cant be sidetracking from what we're supposed to do." Katara stated before deciding to practice her waterbending and lure Aang in.

"You swim like a waterbender, you know that?" Aang asked the Vala as she popped back up beside him.

"So? I was taught differently back when I was at the Eastern Air Temple." Kama stated before diving back under as a ice shard was thrown towards Aang by Katara, the Avatar grabbing it quickly and flinging it back.

"Reflexes of a master." Katara commented as Aang smiled at her confidently before beginning to use the Octopus form.

Kama smiled before swimming off quickly away from the training waterbenders, going back to the camp sight. "Lose your buddy to bending?" Jet asked teasingly as Kama walked up onto shore.

"He's gotta train, I told him that already. He's not the only one." Kama said with a smirk as Jet frowned at her in response.

"I'm not going to Earthbend." Jet stated as he leaned back on the ground.

"Maybe that's because you don't know how, or because you're bad at it." Kama stated teasingly, knowing that Jet would take the bait.

"I'm better than you could hope to be." Jet stated as Kama scoffed at the comment.

"Prove it then, because I doubt you're better than Yung." Kama said before dodging a thrown rock about the side of her hand with ease. "Oh it's so small!" Kama teased before yelping as she fled from Jet.

"Try encasing her in the ground." Toph advised before Kama took to her Wind Surfer.

Kama blew raspberries at Jet teasingly as she floated above the water on her Wind Surfer. "Only a really good Earthbender could get me now, which means you cant." Kama chimed teasingly before dodging a shot boulder that landed near Katara.

"Watch it!" Katara called over to the two before noticing Kama was forcing Jet into Earthbending by taunting him.

"Oh is someone crushing on a girl? Oh, how is that a way to get her? Crush her with a boulder? Oh dear." Kama teased as she moved again as another boulder was sent flying, this one landing near Aang.

"Okay I'm getting out before I get hit." Aang stated as he threw up his arms in defeat, moving out of the way of the boulders.

"Here, try this." Toph stated as she got up to show Jet a proper Earthbending stance. She then fired a spike of earth at Kama who dodged easily by flying off on her Wind Surfer, smirking victoriously.

"Airbending beats Earthbending." Kama chimed before yelping as both Toph and Jet began attacking her.

"Why're they both attacking her now?" Katara questioned her brother who just watched in amusement.

"It's good training, you have to admit." Sokka stated as he hoped Kama would get struck.

Kama yelped as Aang joined in on the attack. "Okay that's one too many now!" Kama exclaimed as she sped up, knowing Aang would try to go after her with his own Airbending.

"Too bad. You're not going to be able to say that during the Invasion." Sokka called up to Kama as she began slashing at the Earthbending attackers with her airbending.

"Try this." Toph offered to the beginner Earthbender beside her before she shot a makeshift Earth coin into the air, not knowing where Kama was and sending it flying into the side of the crater that was the Hot Springs.

Jet smirked before he began shooting earth at Kama quickly, the Vala finally giving up and diving down into the hot springs, hiding under the water.

"That wasn't a smart idea." Aang stated before he began creating a whirlpool to lure Kama out of the water.

Kama snickered as she came out on the other side of the hot spring, taking off running.

"She's getting away! Get her!" Sokka ordered before going off running with his sword.

"Why're we attacking each other?" Katara questioned before all four of the team mates that had been there were off and running to attack their "enemy".

Kama yelped before taking off into the air on another Wind Surfer as the others got near. "Attack!" Sokka ordered loudly before Aang took off in pursuit on his own Wind Surfer.

"Now I wouldn't do that." Kama stated as Aang neared her. She then smirked as a tornado formed, sending Aang flying.

"This isn't going to end well." Katara commented as she watched Jet continue firing earth at the Vala and tell Toph where to fire as well.

Aang went off after Kama again as she floated on the Wind Surfer, smiling confidently that she wouldn't be attacked. "I'm only using one element, you have a choice of four. What's that say about your abilities." Kama teased before another tornado formed around her to protect her.

"Stop doing that!" Aang yelped before diving through the tornado, tackling Kama as they both lost their focus and went plummeting down into the Hot Springs.

"She's down! Attack!" Sokka ordered playfully as he ran into the water quickly.

Kama growled at Aang as she came back up, brushing wet hair from her eyes as he smirked victoriously. "You'll pay for that one, single boy." Kama growled before she was off and running again.

"Single?" Aang questioned before going after his Vala.

The battle continued for a while until everyone was exhausted, collapsing around the camp as Kama chuckled victoriously. "An Airbender cant be beat." Kama said before collapsing to the ground, stretching out tiredly.

"Oh just stop already." Jet muttered from where he lay, tired from the Earthbending practice.

"Well at least I got you to Earthbend." Kama stated with a smirk as Kage rolled over and jumped onto her lap to lay down.

"Whatever." Jet muttered as he kept his eyes on the sky above them.

Aang laid down on Appa's tail, glancing over towards his tired friends, the workout having exhausted even him. "What's next?" Aang asked as he ruffled his hair to keep it from sticking to his scalp with sweat.

"Next? Next we need to keep training. The Invasion isn't far off." Sokka stated before laying back to take a nap.


Ah the joys of training. It can be so tiresome, but also so fun. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter as much as I did writing it for all of you. It is a joy to see so many people reading my story. Next chapter will be out on time, and please remember to review as usual.