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After their conversation with Long-Feng the Gaang had begun to try and adjust to life in Ba Sing Se while trying to figure out where Appa might be.
So, Currently Everyone was doing their morning routines.
Sokka, Dijin, and Aang were in one of the bathrooms cleaning up.
Sokka noticed he had some stubble on his upper lip and shaved it off with his knife.
Dijin had a straight Razor and had some shaving cream on his face as he shaved the five-o clock shadow he had growing.
Aang also had a straight Razor and was shaving his head since he noticed his hair was growing back.
Meanwhile in the other bathroom Katara was just finishing up doing her hair by braiding her hair loops.
When she was satisfied, she left the bathroom to see if Toph was awake yet.
Katara made her way down the hall until she was at Toph's room before she knocked on the door and said "Toph, you awake?" when she didn't get a response Katara said "I'm coming in."
Katara opened the door and was greeted with the sight of a sleeping Toph wearing a tank top and a pair of shorts.
Katara shook her head and placed her hands on her hips before she said "Come on Toph, everyone is awake already. Aren't you gonna get ready for the day?"
Toph just groaned before she sat up revealing she had the worst case of bed head with her hair being all over the place and unkempt.
Next, Toph spat out a loogie she had in her throat into a nearby spittoon before she stood up and brushed herself off while saying "I'm ready."
Katara saw dirt covering Toph and asked "Aren't you gonna wash up? You've got dirt on your... everywhere, actually."
Toph just went to grab her clothes and said "You call it dirt, I call it a healthy coating of Earth."
Katara just frowned before she smiled and said "You know what we need to do."
Toph put her dress on before asking "what?"
Katara clapped her hands together and said "A girl's day out!"
Toph blew some hair out of her face and said "Do I have to?"
Katara just grabbed Toph's hand and said "Come on! I know just the place."
As Katara dragged Toph out of the room she quickly shouted out "At least let me do my hair first!"
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Katara and Toph made their way to a building in the upper ring of Ba Sing Se with Katara looking at the building with a smile.
Katara looked at Toph and said "This is it. The Fancy Lady Day Spa. I heard they pamper you like royalty here."
Toph repeated the name saying "The Fancy Lady Day Spa?" Toph then spoke sarcastically saying "Sounds like my kind of place."
Katara just ignored Toph and said "You ready for some serious pampering?"
Toph spoke a little hesitantly saying "Sure, Katara. Whatever you say. As long as they don't touch my feet."
The two girls then made their way inside the spa.
After paying for a full day's treatment the girls were led to a locker room where they undressed and put on some fancy robes.
after putting on the robes they were led to a room where the first part of the spa was getting pedicures.
Katara had a content smile on her face as the spa workers massaged and treated her feet.
Toph on the other hand had two spa workers holding her down as a third used a grinding stone to scrape off the callouses on the bottom of her feet.
Since Toph's feet were the most sensitive part of her body she constantly struggled against the workers with sweat pouring off her brow.
Finally, Toph had enough of the treatment and Earth-bent the floor sending the spa worker at her feet flying through a wall.
Katara witnessed this and quickly apologized to the workers and asked them to take them to the next part of their treatment.
Luckily the next treatment was something Toph greatly enjoyed which was the two of them being put in some warm mud baths with some facial masks.
A Spa worker showed up with some warm towels for the girls but Toph thought it would be funny to Earth-bend her mask to look like a monster face which scared the worker.
Both she and Katara couldn't help but laugh before settling down in their baths.
After soaking for a little while the two were led to sauna where the girls just wore towels around their bodies as they enjoyed the steam.
However, as they sat in the sauna Toph had begun to think about something that had been bothering her since she and Dijin were alone in the desert.
Toph then looked at Katara and asked "Hey, Katara, can I ask you something?"
Katara smiled at Toph happy to have a little girl talk as she said "Sure, Toph, you can ask me anything."
Toph then gained a huge blush as she curled her legs up and wrapped her arms around them while saying "How do you know when you're in love?"
Katara's eyes nearly bugged out of her sockets after hearing that as she sputtered and said "w-wait a minute! Are you saying you love someone!?"
Toph's blush increased as she said "I don't know. That's why I'm asking you."
Katara was just stunned at how Toph was acting. The older girl was usually so strong and sure of herself but here she was acting like a confused child.
Katara then thought about what Toph asked and she herself hadn't been in love before but then she smiled as she remembered something.
Katara looked at Toph with a smile and said "Well, I personally haven't fallen in love with anyone but I can tell you what my Gran-Gran told me."
Toph instantly leaned in close to Katara and nodded for her to continue.
Katara leaned back and said "When you love someone, you want to always be by their side and spend as much time with them as possible. No matter what their faults might be you look past them and love them for who they are. If that person is ever in trouble, you do everything in your power to protect them. While finally, you can trust that person no matter what happens."
Toph nodded her head and thought about how Dijin has always stuck up for her and even saved her on occasion. She then remembered how mad she got at Aang when he had hurt Dijin as well as how she felt when he told her his past and the words he said to her.
"I just feel I can trust you, No matter what."
While Toph was thinking Katara had a huge smirk before saying "So, who's the lucky guy?"
Toph instantly sputtered and said "T-that's none of your business!"
Katara just kept her smirk and said "I bet I can figure it out. Let's see..."
Katara put a hand to her chin as she said "It can't be Aang because he's too young for you, and Sokka is too much of an Idiot. So, that only leaves..."
Katara's eyes widened as she figured it out shouting "It's Dijin, isn't it!"
Toph just buried her face in her hands saying "I told you, it's none of your business!"
Katara just had triumphant smirk knowing she hit the nail on the head before saying "Hey, I can't blame you. He's a really good guy."
Toph just whined as she listened to Katara who said "I mean, he's strong, has a good heart, he's really smart, not mention he's highly respected in the military."
Toph just whined again and said "Please stop, Katara."
Katara smirked again before saying "Plus, he's got a rocking body."
Toph perked up at that and asked "What do you mean?"
Katara smirked even harder before saying "I've seen him without a shirt and I'm telling you, you could grind rocks on those abs of his."
Toph leaned in closer and said "What else?"
Katara smiled and started to tell the blind girl everything she could about Dijin.
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After the two girls enjoyed their time at the spa, they began to walk back home with both of them wearing make-up on their faces.
As they walked Toph spoke up saying "Thanks Katara, for the spa day and for the talk it really put some things in perspective for me."
Katara smiled at her friend and said "No problem Toph and I want you to know I'm rooting for you."
Toph gained a slight frown and said "What If Hot ro- I mean, what if Dijin rejects me?"
Katara kept her smile and said "Are you kidding? Your strong, beautiful, and you don't take shit from anyone. If he rejects you, I'll personally freeze him in a block of ice till he sees sense."
Toph smiled at her friends' words before Katara said "But I will say this, he tends to be a bit of blockhead when it comes to love. We were with some freedom fighters a while back and this girl was all over him and he didn't even notice. So, you might have to be pretty direct when you tell him how you feel."
Toph nodded her head and said "I'll keep that in mind."
Just then the two were walking across a bridge over a small canal where a trio of noble girls were walking past them.
When the trio was close to them one girl said "Wow, great make-up."
Toph thinking the compliment was genuine said "Thanks."
But the girl quickly showed otherwise by saying "For a clown!"
The girl and two friends then started to laugh at Toph as she had a sad frown.
The one of the girls spoke up again saying "I think she looks cute. Like that time we put a sweater on my pet poodle-monkey."
Katara put an arm around her friend and said "Don't listen to them."
Toph however just brightened up and turned around towards the trio of girls and said "No, No, that's funny. Like a poodle-monkey." Toph then smirked at the trio of girls and said "You know what else is funny?"
Toph then slammed her foot into the ground making a hole where the three girls stood.
The three girls screamed as they fell into the canal below as they got wet and their make-up smeared.
Katara looked down at them and said "Now, that was funny." Katara waved her arms sending a huge wave of water at the girls making them scream as they were sent down the canal and into the sewers of Ba Sing Se.
The two benders continued their walk and Katara tried to cheer Toph up saying "Those girls don't know what they're talking about."
Toph replied with "I know that Katara, one of the bright sides to being blind I don't have to really care about how I look." Toph then looked down sadly before saying "But if those girls thought I looked ugly, what would Dijin think?"
Katara instantly frowned and got in front of her and said "Look here Toph, you are the strongest, most attractive girl I have ever known and If Dijin can't see that then you don't need to waste your time on him."
Katara smiled at the girl and said "No matter what people say Toph I want you know that you are very beautiful, okay?"
Toph smiled at her friends' words before she said "I would say the same to you but I don't know what you look like."
The two shared a laugh before suddenly Dijin came hopping over the wall next to them panting frantically.
He noticed the two of them and quickly said "Hey guys, you look great but got no time to talk. gotta run!"
Dijin then started to sprint down the road as the two girls looked at his retreating form curiously.
However, soon after that, a random girl hopped over the wall and saw Dijin running away and shouted "He's heading down the street, after him!" next a river of girls started hopping the wall and started to chase Dijin down.
Katara and Toph just stared shocked before Katara said "Okay that was wei-"
But she was cut off by Toph screaming "You Bitches stay away from him!"
Toph then started to chase the river of girls to stop whatever they planned to do to the Lava-bender.
Katara just shook her head with a smile and said to herself "Love makes you do crazy things."
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With Dijin about an hour earlier
After Dijin saw the girls leave he decided to take a walk around the city to figure some things out he had going on his head. The main thing on his mind however, was the blind Earth-bender he had come to know.
Dijin didn't know how he really felt about the blind girl but he did know he trusted her and felt closer to her than any other of his companions.
Now Dijin knew what love was but he himself had never found anyone he could say he felt that way towards. This was mostly due to the fact he was always focused on his duties as King Bumi's Right Hand and never thought about such things.
However, the more he thought about it the more he started to realize he might have feelings for Toph.
For example, she was the only person besides King Bumi who he shared his past with. He also noticed that when Toph was in danger he felt a compelling need to protect her. Then to top it off when Toph had kissed him in the serpent's pass he felt an overwhelming warmth throughout his body.
As he was lost in his thoughts Dijin came across a jewelry store that apparently had items for benders.
Dijin seeing no harm in browsing went inside the store.
Inside the store the clerk was an old woman who appeared to be in her sixties and she seemed to be pretty bored.
However, when she saw Dijin she instantly brightened up and made her way over to Dijin saying "Hello Right Hand, how may I serve you?"
Dijin raised an eyebrow at the woman and said "How do you know who I am?"
The woman waved her hand dismissively and said "Who wouldn't know of the man who helped protect our city. Not to mention the story of how you repelled the Fire Nation in the North Pole is almost legendary."
Dijin just sweat dropped not expecting that answer before he shook himself off and said "Well, anyway I'm not even sure why I'm in here."
The woman smiled and said "Well, if I had to guess there must be a special girl you had in mind when you walked in."
Dijin thought back to Toph and shrugged his shoulders saying "Now that you mention it, there is someone I had in mind."
The woman kept her smile and said "Tell me about her. Perhaps I can help you find something for her."
Dijin put a hand to his chin and said "Well, she's an Earth-bender, she has a tough attitude, and her favorite thing is the world is her bending."
The woman brightened up and motioned to a certain part of the store while saying "Come this way, I have some amazing bendable jewelry that she would just adore."
Dijin followed the woman and after she showed him a few things he ended up leaving the store with a small wrapped package in his hand.
However, as soon as he left the store the woman quickly went to a messenger bird she had in the store and wrote a note then gave it to the bird before sending it off.
As the bird flew away the woman thought to herself "I have got to let my granddaughter know that the Right Hand of Omashu is single before it's too late."
Unbeknownst to the clerk her granddaughter told her friends about Dijin and they told their friends which began setting off a chain reaction.
While this was happening Dijin was walking down the street holding his present for Toph with a smile.
Suddenly though, He noticed an attractive young woman in her late teens began following him.
He ignored it at first thinking they were just walking in the same direction but soon a couple more girls started to walk with him.
Dijin getting a little uncomfortable began to walk a little faster but the faster he walked the more girls seemed to show up.
When the number of girls amounted to that of a small river, he began to sprint down the road hoping to get away from the crowd.
But sadly, as soon as he started running the first girl shouted out "He's running! First one to grab him gets first dibs!"
After hearing that Dijin started to run as his life depended on it which it probably did.
Dijin tried to lose the girls by taking a sharp turn but they were right on his heels so he tried a serpentine pattern but the women would not give up.
As he was running Dijin thought to himself "What in the spirits is going on! It's like I'm the last man on earth or something!"
Dijin raised his fists and waved them to side Earth-bending a small horizontal pillar to try and stop the girls, but they showed surprising skill by jumping over the pillar and continuing the chase.
Dijin began to panic after that never having to deal with something like this before.
He ran across every street and turned every corner he could find to try and lose the mob of girls but they proved to be very resourceful.
Suddenly Dijin noticed a wall in front of him and raised his forearm creating a pillar that launched him over the wall.
When he landed on the other side, he saw Toph and Katara wearing make-up and looking refreshed.
He then quickly said "hey, guys, you look great but got no time to talk. Gotta run!"
He then sprinted down the road hoping to lose the mob behind him.
Sadly though, the mob was in hot pursuit and he had to keep running but the funny thing was the more he ran the more girls seemed to disappear before he finally noticed all the girls that were chasing him had gone away.
When Dijin saw he was alone he collapsed onto the ground spread eagle and started to breathe heavy while thinking "I have no idea what the fuck just happened but I'm glad it's over."
Dijin then got up and started to slowly make his way back to the house completely exhausted from running for so long.
As he walked home Dijin had one last thought thinking to himself "I wonder what everyone else has been up to?"
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With Aang same time
When Aang noticed everyone leave that day he had decided to fly around on his glider to see if he could find Appa anywhere.
His search came to a halt though, when he saw a Zoo down below and he quickly landed so he could get a better look around.
As Aang looked, he noticed all the animals seemed to be very sad or depressed in their cages. Not to mention that the cages that animals were in seemed to be too small for them.
Suddenly the Zookeeper showed up and spoke to Aang saying "It's pretty sad isn't it."
Aang nodded his head saying "Why are all the animals cooped up like this?"
The Zookeeper replied saying "The Dai Li won't give me any money because the kids stopped coming. And the kids won't come because my Zoo's nasty and broke.
Aang then noticed an animal he hadn't seen before and walked over to it saying "What kind of animal is this?"
The zookeeper saw the animal in its small cage and said "Ooh, That's a Rabbiroo."
The animal had white and brown spotted fur, it had a brown pouch on its stomach, it had strong legs with small arms, and it had the head of a rabbit while having the body of a kangaroo.
The Zookeeper sighed and said "I wish I could get her a big, open prairie, like she likes. I'd let her hop her way to happiness."
Aang just smiled and looked at the Zookeeper and said "Let's do it!"
The Zookeeper confused said "Say again?"
Aang explained himself saying "There's a big open space right outside the city walls."
The Zookeeper then said "But how are you gonna transport all these wild critters?"
Aang just gave him a confident smirk and said "Don't worry, I'm great with animals."
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RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! THERE'S WILD ANIMALS ON THE LOOSE! Screamed a random citizen as all the Zoo animals rampaged throughout the city.
Apparently Aang thought it would be a good idea to release all the animals at once to try and get them outside the city.
However, the animals quickly took off and started to run wild throughout the city.
Hog-monkeys were destroying stalls, a Buffalo-Baboon was charging down the street, a platypus-bear was destroying anything it could see, and the Rabbiroo was eating a certain Cabbage merchants cabbages.
Aang was clamoring to try and get the animals under control and failing at it.
After Aang got done getting some wasp-snakes to stop attacking some citizens he scratched his bald head saying "This was so much easier in my head."
However, he suddenly got an idea and pulled out his bison whistle.
Next, Aang used Air-bending to take in one huge, long Breath before blowing into the whistle as hard as he could.
Then by some miracle all the animals heard the whistle and started to head towards Aang who began to lead them to the wall of the city.
Meanwhile the Zookeeper was trying to convince the guards at the gate of the wall to open it for Aang saying "You have to open the gate!"
The guard just glared at the Zookeeper and said "Or what?"
The Zookeeper turned behind himself and pointed at Aang with the oncoming stampede of animals screaming "Or that!"
The guard's eyes widened before he shouted "Open the gate!"
The guards on top of the wall began to open the gate as fast as they could and just as the gates finished opening the animals charged right through it.
Aang then followed the animals and started to Earth-bend to create natural pens for the animals to live in.
He first created his Air-scooter and then raised his fist creating a round Earth-wall as he moved along the ground. Next, Aang raised his hands before quickly slamming them down making the ground collapse into perfect squares under the animals. After that, he raised his arms diagonally creating different sized Earth-pillars. Finally, he thrusted his right hand forward creating large gaps to separate the different pens he just made.
When it was all said and done Aang had now created a brand-new Zoo where all the animals could freely roam and be happy.
The citizens came outside the wall to see the new wonder and children pushed passed the adults to see all the animals and the new Zoo.
Aang smiled at how happy the animals and people looked while the Zookeeper approached him and Aang said "Well, Mr. Zookeeper, how do you like your new facilities?"
The Zookeeper smiled and said "Excellent job, Avatar. You should think about working with animals for a living."
Suddenly they heard a child speaking to his mother saying "Mommy, Miss snowflake got out of the house again."
Aang got nervous as he looked in one of the pens and saw some house pets trapped with the other animals while a little girl said "Fluffikins, what are you doing down there?"
The Zookeeper gave Aang a deadpan stare and said "I take that back, maybe you should stick to working with people."
Aang just gave him an awkward laugh and he scratched the back of his head.
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With Sokka same time
After seeing the rest of group leave the house Sokka decided to go for a walk and he was currently walking down one of the many roads of Ba Sing Se.
He then threw his boomerang for fun while he walked before catching it as he suddenly heard a commotion coming from a nearby building.
Sokka made his way over to said building and looked through a window.
He then saw a group of girls speaking Haiku poetry with one girl speaking a poem saying "All the long night, Winter moon glows with bright love. Sleet, her silver tears."
Sokka leaned on his hands in the window sill with a sigh saying "Ahh, Poetry."
Suddenly however, a nearby Ostrich-horse kicked him in the butt sending him flying into the room and onto the center stage of the poetry group.
The women in the group gasped in surprise at Sokka's sudden intrusion while he picked himself up and said "I am so sorry. Something struck me in the rear. I just... wound up... here?"
The girls clapped at Sokka's unconscious Haiku poem which he smirked at.
However, his praise was short lived as the woman in charge of the girls walked onto the stage while clapping sarcastically and speaking to Sokka in an insulting Haiku poem saying "Five, Seven, then five syllables mark a Haiku, remarkable oaf."
Sokka just had a twitching eyebrow at the not so veiled insult before he placed a hand on his chin and thought of a good comeback.
Sokka then replied to the woman in a Haiku saying "They call me Sokka, that is, In the Water Tribe, I am not an oaf."
The group of girls laughed at his comeback while the woman in charge just replied in Haiku again saying "Chittering Monkey, In the spring he climbs treetops and thinks himself tall."
The girls around them just said "Ooooh." to the woman's insulting Haiku.
Sokka did not let the insult bother him as he swiftly replied "You think you're so smart, with your fancy, little words. This is not so hard."
The girls once again just said "Oooooh." at Sokka's comeback while the head lady just had a twitching eyebrow as she replied "Whole seasons are spent mastering the form, The style, none calls it easy."
Sokka once again swiftly replied saying "I calls it easy like I paddle my canoe, I'll paddle yours too."
The girls laughed at Sokka's response while the head lady got even more upset and said "There's nuts and there's fruits in fall, the clean plum drops, always to be squashed." she then held a small plum and dropped it before stomping on it with her foot to emphasize her point.
Sokka just smirked and replied in Haiku again saying "Squish-squash sling that slang, I'm always right back at ya, like my... Boomerang." Sokka then held out his boomerang to emphasize his point.
The girls once again laughed and cheered at Sokka's response while the head woman was clearly upset and walked off the stage.
Sokka who was now arrogant in his new Haiku abilities spoke another poem saying "That's right, I'm Sokka, it's pronounced with an 'Okka,' Young ladies, I rocked ya!"
However, instead of the usual applause he was getting all the women just glared and frowned at him.
Sokka then started to count on his fingers and realized he said one syllable to many for a proper Haiku. Then to add insult to injury a large man walked up behind Sokka and said "Uh, that's one too many syllables there, bub."
The large man then grabbed Sokka and instantly threw him out the front doors.
Sokka crashed through the doors and tumbled across the street before he came to halt.
Sokka groaned in pain before sitting up and saying "Aww, man, Poetry."
He quickly stood up after that and began to sadly trudge home.
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With Katara back at the Gaang's home
Katara walked into the Gaang's house and was surprised to find everyone there in different circumstances.
Sokka was sitting on the couch depressed, Aang was in the corner playing with Momo, while Dijin and Toph were laying on the floor face first next to each other.
Katara walked into the middle of the room and placed her hands on her hips before saying "Well, what happened to you guys?"
Sokka just picked up his head and simply said "Poetry."
Aang turned his attention away from Momo and happily said "I helped make a new Zoo today." he then turned his attention back to Momo.
Dijin just picked his head up and said "I ran a marathon that I didn't want to run." before he slammed his head back down.
Toph just said "And I dealt with some irritating idiots." However, unbeknownst to the group, Toph had spent her day creating alternate pathways and beating up the girls who were chasing Dijin to get them off his trail.
Katara just raised an eyebrow at the groups response before heading to the kitchen to make some tea.
After hearing Toph speak Dijin reached into his robe and pulled out the wrapped package he had for her and handed it to her saying "Here, Toph, I thought you might like this."
Toph sat up on her knees and grabbed the offered package before opening it.
She had a confused look on her face as she felt the object in her hands. the object was smooth and round with a small gap in it.
she then looked at Dijin and asked "What is it?"
Dijin realzing he forgot Toph couldn't see his gift sat up for a second and said "It's a jade arm bracelet that you can bend into any shape you want."
Dijin then plopped himself back on the floor as he spoke with his face down saying "I figured since you like bending so much that it would be perfect for you to mess around with."
Toph just turned away from Dijin and held the bracelet in her hands and started to bend it into different shapes.
First, she made a disk, then a star, before she made a heart and blushed heavily while saying softly "Thank you."
Dijin didn't move from his spot on the floor and just simply said "Your welcome."
Katara who was still in the kitchen just smiled at the display and thought to herself "Go get him, Toph."
