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A nauseous feeling was what got Toph out of the dreamland. A beeping sound in the background, forcing her more out of her unfocused state, slowly regaining self-awareness, and while feeling giddy by her lack of "sight", muffled by the sheets she was on a sudden surge of panic struck her at the simple reminder of what happened the last time she was awake.

Before she could completely succumb to unconsciousness, her system sent a last spike of adrenaline at the feeling of free fall. While she wasn't sure there was actually earth beneath her, Toph summoned a boulder in order not to face plant headfirst in wherever the hell she ended up at. And when she finally stabilized enough to focus on her surroundings what she detected was, simply put, upsetting.

She wasn't really a stranger to scenarios of destruction, having provoked some herself, but three years after Sozin's Comet she would have thought that this kind of trouble would wait at least long enough for everybody to get it together and find some semblance of balance after a century of war.

Apparently, she had overestimated the humankind, but at this point she really didn't expect anything from anybody. Moreover, what really struck a chord were the human signatures still alive stuck under tons of debris that, from what she gathered, understanding the severity of their conditions, without her help at getting the weirdly refined debris (still definitely in the Earth Kingdom, probably Ba Sing Se) out of the way, there weren't any earthbenders still even remotely capable of getting those people out and the fact that the majority of the people at the scene – namely a lot of people - were focused on her.

Okay, admittedly someone falling from the sky, circumstances still unclear even to the person involved, was a bit eye catching and really, if she was going to be fair, she had sensed people going around the debris, but she was petty and acknowledging the fact wasn't going to mean was any less right. For the most part.

Anyways, in her feverish state of somewhat consciousness must have given her hallucinations on top of weird space shifting because there was no way in hell any human being could have animal limbs, shapes that really were anything but human and to top it off she sensed also an array of minerals that Toph was sure, thanks to her dramatical development of her ability to detect any earth derivate, were not supposed to be there, so sue her if she had something wrong within it. Maybe she should really consider visiting Katara on that ice block she called home because sometimes not seeing shit was the solution.

And now, as she groggily woke up and started to finally get a grasp on herself, because beds and blankets weren't really her thing but what could she really do about it, she realized the of a needle poking into her arm, but last time she checked ago puncture and burnt didn't mix up very well (believe it or not after a couple – dozen – times she went to get treated due to "training incidents" she started picking up a couple of things).

Without a second thought, wincing a bit due to the fact that her free arm had been effectively turned into the human equivalent of grilled beef, she went to get rid of the unnecessary appendix when someone, probably the incompetent healer, stopped her.

"Easy there kid, you want to get better right?" a tired sounding voice of a man took her hand gently, placing it again Toph's side as softly as he could "it's good to see you're up, your situation wasn't the best when you got here"

At these words the earthbender wanted to scoff, really a bit of scorched skin and a concussion were everyday problems that a any good healer could get behind, so it wasn't really a big deal. But, irritation aside, usually people a part from reverence (she enjoyed that so much) and maybe a tad bit of fear people addressed her pretty normally, because everybody knew that even if she got injured she was too stubborn to die, so soft spoken words, being addressed as some sort of delicate porcelain tea set reminded her of her time with the Beifongs and – nope, she wasn't going there.

"-now, if you don't mind, I'm going to do a few checkups. Don't worry, nothing invasive, no need to be scared" Toph didn't really feel bad about not listening to the man, but she nodded nonetheless, understanding that, while he might have been a weird healer, if he was in charge of her it meant that he was capable. Or so it was what Zuko needed to pray for.

"Great, now first thing I'll need to check on your eye-"

"And that's why?" now, really, that went beyond incompetence. It was known worldwide that her eyes were out of commission - always been, always will be – and the first thing he needs to check were those? For real?

"Well miss, I need to see if they're working properly and-"

"Dude have you missed the fact that I'm blind?"

Silence. For a few seconds it felt like time stilled and Toph really couldn't understand why because it wasn't exactly a big shocker, it was renown fact, and even if it wasn't something he knew he should have realized that during his first assessment once she got to him, right? Her patience was starting to really run thin.

"Wh- what?" please someone stop her before she loses it.

"Exactly what I said" no, Toph wasn't a people person, that much she was sure. Even less an incompetent people person. As soon as she got out of there, oh and it was going to be very soon, the earthbender was reclaiming Zuko's head (sorry not sorry Mei).

"But your chart- for how long?" the man blurted out, clearly trying to compose himself, or sound reassuring or something, Toph really didn't quiet care "has it been since you got up? If that's so I do think there's the possibility to- "

"Hold your horses mighty healer, I've been like this since I was born don't take it personal" the earthbender retorted, somewhat trying to stop the medic from going on rampage, and wasn't that supposed to be his work "besides, right now my left arm really needs to be fretted on, and a glass of water would also be appreciated"

"Ah, yes yes" she heard him go on to pour something "but how is that possible, I mean her medical record shows no trace of that, it would normally stand out, and when she was passed out it's not uncommon for pupils not to react-" Toph soon tuned out the rumbling, too exhausted to keep her attention on half-assed theories and she was still not completely on board with what was happening and – oh that place smelled awfully who the hell would keep sick people there.

And, after getting a bit of water, she soon let herself slip into unconsciousness, not having the strength to question her odd situation.

It would have to wait. And she should also work on her self-awareness.

In all his years as an estimated doctor Amegawa Neito had never seen a case like that. He would admit that sending an intern to deal with the anomaly girl was a bit of a mistake on his part, but after assessing that her injuries were just going to scar he didn't really feel like assigning some high level doctor, Beifong or not, because shortage of staff was a thing and the Kamino incident had been absolutely horrible.

And, besides, that was just a temporary installment until she got transferred to another hospital in order to get top notch focused treatment that they couldn't give them at the moment for very obvious reasons. Then again, she was the Beifongs' daughter, those people basically swam in money, and that coming from a top surgeon was something.

But then the panicked intern that had been in charge of a very simple checkup since the Beifong girl, had woken up stormed into his office while he was examining some radios for an urgent operation and, after calming his rumbling, doctor Amegawa finally got him to spill his guts.

What he heard was bizarre and concerning all the same because for such simple injuries there wasn't really a risk of losing sight, moreover they were still waiting for the girl's brain tac. But those emotions were completely drowned as incredulity took their place, because the next words were in them of themselves absolute madness.

"-but then she told me she had always been blind and no matter how many times I checked her medical charts there's nothing that indicates that there's anything wrong with her eyes, far from that the girl had a 20/20 vision" the young man stopped a second to breath before starting again "and even though she had opened her eyes the patient seemed to be always staring into nothing and-"

"Alright, alright calm down. We need to be absolutely sure about the fact that the medical chart is obsolete, then we'll send it out to the hospital she's being transferred to today. Once we do I personally know the doctor to whom she's being handed to, he'll speak to the family and worst comes to worst we'll get Pro Heroes and social workers"

Sighing, doctor Amegawa dismissed the nervous intern, returning to his own work.

Problems really never stopped popping up.

Pacing around the lobby of the hospital was becoming almost a constant for class 1-A but this time Yaoyorozu was doing that for an entirely different reason. She heard that Toph had been safely transferred to the hospital where she and the rest of the hero students had been brought after the disastrous training trip and waiting for both hers and Toph's families had been really stressful because there was no way she could handle the situation in case of complications.

While she had been reassured, by multiple doctors at it, that her friend was fine, well stable at least since she actually got a couple of bad injuries, her nerves were still flaring and nothing could soothe them. She tried to refrain thinking about the circumstances that brought her to that point because otherwise it would be time she lost it completely. Not really the best course of action if you asked her.

"Yaomomo are you alright?" a voice from the side, Kirishima she noted distractedly, made her snap her head towards him. Right he wasn't with her and Todoroki yesterday when she had seen her best friend drop, all covered in blood, in the middle of the scene of the disaster.

"Yes, just stresse-"

"Momo-chan! Oh my goodness I'm so relieved to see you're fine!" before the girl could even register what was going on someone, a girl, tackled her into a bone breaking hug, making her worries melt even just for a split second.

"Shan you're suffocating her!"

"Shut up Hiro, I'm demonstrating affection"

"Your affection will kill her"

"Hiro is right Shan, let poor Momo-chan breathe" at hearing the voice of mrs. Beifong Momo felt air finally reach her lungs, coughing lightly as the older girl finally let lose her iron grip. Finally turning around she found the Beifong family looking at her concernedly, so she smiled reassuringly.

"Momo-chan your parents couldn't make it in time because of rainstorm that cut off every flight but you're more than welcome to come with us if you want to" mr. Beifong intervened, gaining a thankful nod from Yaoyorozu, that was already briefed about it from her worried parents, but quickly her expression turned sour.

"I think we should get going" she told them, as their cheerful mood darkened all of sudden. Momo quickly turned around and sent off Kirishima apologetically, at which the red head simply grinned and wished her a speedy recovery before setting foot to see their other classmates still in bedrest.

Then her and the Beifongs finally took off, guided by Momo towards the room she was briefed to be Toph's.

Hers and the Beifong family had always been friends. Their parents had gone to the same college and even afterwards they kept in contact, leading also to favorable economic deals between their respective companies that further cemented trust in each other.

Nobody was surprised to learn that their kids became instant friends. And now Momo was really worried sick for her friend. She never had the strongest constitution and her Quirk was rather weak so what had brought to the events to unfold this way was still a big question mark.

Before she could get into analyzing further the situation, they reached the door in the VIP ward, her companions silent behind her, finding herself in front of her homeroom teacher and a detective, Tsukauchi she remembered from the mall incident.

She expected it to be fair, with the weird circumstances that got them there in that moment, but she honestly hoped that everything would be alright.

Her gut wanted to disagree.

Here we are with the second chapter! I really don't think this is going to be a common occurrence, but I hope to get into a pretty fast publication schedule. We've got to meet the Beifong family and got a little sneak peak on their dynamics and why they're connected to Yaoyorozu but everything is still to be seen. Also Toph is still pretty shaken, so right now she hasn't had the mind to make out what's really going on, but be patient, she'll get there. Eventually.

Thanks to all the people that favored and followed the story, you guys are really awesome, I hope you'll keep enjoying it!

-White