Crazy trouble with love part 8
Ty Sisters and Aang
Series: Avatar the Last Airbender
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"Ty Lee, what are you doing?" Azula groaned as she rubbed her head. 'What fresh hell is this?'
"I'm having some of the soldiers help me get a care package together." She said as she held up an armful of Earth Nation pots, clothes and other trinkets that she and the soldiers ...liberated from a nearby village.
"A care package?" Azula didn't look amused.
"Yeah, to my sisters! I'm the first member of my family to leave the fire nation in decades, there's so much I want to show them!" She said as she gestured to the soldiers behind her who were also carrying various Earth Nation memorabilia.
"And you chose NOW to do this because…." Mai trailed off without losing her usual expression.
"Well now it finally occurred to me that I could actually send mail! With the circus we were always on the move, but here we have a constant convoy back to the ship for supplies, so I thought they could take the package back and deliver it to my home when they make another supply run."
"Ty Lee? What are we doing out here? Please remind me." Spoke Azula taking a deep breath.
"Chasing the avatar." She said as she rocked on her heels.
"And does that sound like something we should be overlooking, just to send mail to family?"
"No, but it won't, it'll be a small one, and they'll already be heading back to the boat, so what's the problem?"
Azula facepalmed and groaned before walking away. "Fine, get it over with, but don't take too much time with it."
"Thanks Azula! Come on boys, I got a nice big metal crate in my tent!"
"Right away ma'am." Spoke one as they followed the girl over to her crate while trying not to drop the souvenirs.
"So, you think she'll be able to fit all of that stuff into a single crate? I think I saw some of them carrying canteens full of water…" Mai asked as she looked at them follow her to the tent.
"Not even close, but at this point it will be easier to let her try and get it out of her system."
"Honestly it's better than her trying to get a pet, I don't wanna imagine what kinda small fuzzball she'd try to bring with."
"Knowing her she'd try to befriend some kind of dangerous animal that looks vaguely 'cute' to her." Huffed Azula before walking away. "I'l be doing some meditation until she's done and we can get moving."
"Alright, I'm going to sharpen my knives." Mai said as she headed back to her tent.
While all that was going on, a bit away from the camp was where Aang was on his glider before he ducked down in a tree and peered around.
"Ok, Sokka said their camp should be somewhere around here, now I just have to stay on my toes." He muttered quietly. 'Just get in, grab any and all maps they have so they can't follow us and then get out, simple.'
He carefully climbed down the tree before he started to stay low in the foliage while keeping his eyes peeled. 'Ok, I need to be stealthy...good thing that's one thing I know how to do.'
Over at her tent, Ty Lee hummed while looking through the souvenirs to make sure the right ones went in the right way so they didn't get crushed. "Ok, so they'll definitely want some Earth Nation mineral water, so that has to go in there, will fruit survive?"
"Well judging by our current position and the local weather, there's a middle way chance of it staying fresh." Spoke one soldier.
"Great! That's perfect! Now let's see, what else, what else?" She hummed as she loaded the items into a massive metal crate. "Oh! These little figurines are definitely gonna need covering or else they might shatter."
"Would you like us to find some ma'am?"
"That would be appreciated." She said with a smile as the guard nodded and left. "Hmmm, I bet I could fit these dresses on the bottom easily." She remarked to herself while Aang had spotted the camp and was using some branches as camouflage as he moved closer.
'Ok, maps, maps, where would they keep the maps?' He thought before seeing a fire nation soldier leave a large tent. 'That might be it!' He carefully scooted closer to it while Ty Lee held up a flute.
"Hmmm, I bet Ty Lin would like this, but would the others get jealous if I added it?" She mused before shrugging. "Eh, why not, it's her color too." She set it in the crate and walked over to the other pile without noticing someone creep in and made his way around the tent's side while not spotting her.
'Ok, there's a lot of stuff in here, a bed...wait, are those the maps?' Thought Aang as he spotted several large scrolled in a giant pile of earth nation items. 'Bingo.' He smiled and crawled towards it with Ty Lee turning to the pile and spotted said maps and reached out to them.
"And these will be great to show th-" She stopped when she found another hand grabbing it before she blinked and turned, staring right at a surprised Aang who got caught. "..."
"..."
"..."
"Um...hello?"
"Hi cutie?" She said before quickly tugging the maps, knocking him off balance and pulling him towards her. That's when it clicked and she went wide eyed. "Hey wait!"
"Later!" He spoke before he made a bee line for the tent flaps.
"Oh no you don't!" She cried as she quickly grabbed a net from the pile and threw it towards him, wrapping his legs up and making him fall to the ground before he could leave the tent. "I got you now!"
"Not this time." He smirked before he bended the air around his legs in a dome, causing the net to come loose before he rushed out and let it fall as Ty Lee took off running after him. She lunged at him and tackled him to the ground, causing them to go rolling across the ground in the tent as they fought.
"I don't know why you're here, but if you think I'm gonna let you slip away, you're wrong." She spoke while keeping a grip on his legs with one arm and used her other to jab at some pressure points on the back of them.
"Ah!" He gritted his teeth before bending a blast of air right at her face, which merely caused it to get messy and undid the braid.
"Hey! That was rude, do you know how long that took to braid?!" She cried out in annoyance.
"Do you know how long it'll be to get feeling back in my legs?" He retorted while blasting her with another gust of wind to try and get free.
"Hey, if you keep this up I'll have to take out your arms too!" She cried as she was blown back a bit, unaware of the air making the large pile of earth nation goods start to sway.
'I need to get out of here, all this racket is bound to get the others here.' thought Aang before he bended the surrounding air into his mouth and inhaled before blowing out another gust right at her, causing her to let go and fly backwards, hitting the side of the crate and fell backwards and right into it. 'Yes! That worked! Ok, now I can get away!'He thought as he tried to bend the air around his arms to raise himself into the air, not seeing the pile start to collapse behind him, sending a tidal wave of items towards him. "Woah!"
This lead to him getting sent into the crate with the pile burying the two. Just then several soldiers entered the tent to investigate the noise.
"Hello? What's going on in here?"
"That's weird, could have sworn there was some racket."
"I guess it was just Ty Lee packing… huh. Looks like she's done, let's close this thing up and get it moving, the sooner we send for supplies the sooner we can go after the avatar." He said as he and the others moved towards the large metal square that served as a lid for the crate as one picked up several large metal nails and a hammer.
"Not to mention the sooner the princess doesn't get angry at us, she wasn't happy seeing all this stuff."
"Well I don't blame her, if I had to wait because someone wanted to send some mail, I'd be a bit grumpy myself."
"Yeah, but then again she usually isn't happy, I've only seen her smile when someone was withering in pain before her." Groaned one as they positioned the lid on the crate.
Inside the crate, both occupants were dazed and a bit confused due to the darkness and sudden close quarters.
"Oooh, hey, who turned out the lights?" Groaned Ty Lee rubbing her head.
"Ugh, what's going on, why do I feel like Appa sat on me?" Groaned Aang while trying to move, but it was hard and felt his hand touch something and squeezed. 'Huh? What is this. And why can't I move?'
"Hey! Watch where you're touching."
"H-Huh? Ty Lee? Sorry!" He said as he let go before connecting the dots. 'Wait, she's the enemy, where are we, what happened?'
"Don't you know it's rude to grab a lady by the arm without getting to know her?" She remarked as Aang pulled his hand away and she tried to move, but was weighed down. "Hey, what happened? Why is it so dark?"
"I don't know, I knocked you back into your box, then I tried to leave, but something hit me in the back and knocked me off balance." He said as he tried to move with no luck.
BANG
BANG
BANG
Both blinked and looked up hearing the banging before hearing a sigh.
"Alright, let's lift it men."
They felt the crate shake around them as it felt like the whole thing turned around, causing the contents to shift around while Aang hit the side with his head and Ty Lee hit her arm against the bottom.
"Ow!" Groaned Aang while Ty Lee hit her arm and winced.
"Hey! We're still in here!" She called out while Aang tried to sit up and braced himself with his feet. "Let us out!"
"Wait, are we in your box? Where are they taking us?"
"It's a crate, and yes! Oh this is not good!" She groaned as she tried to sit up. "This is a care package for my sisters!"
"Wait, you have sisters?"
"Yeah, but I don't like to talk about it." She tried to push at the lid with a grunt. "Hey! I'm stuck in here with the avatar!"
Unfortunately none of the soldiers could hear her as they loaded her onto a tank train.
"Man, I can't believe her sisters need this much garbage."
"Yeah, I'd be happy with some of the expensive sweets they make, you can't get that in the fire nation."
"Whatever, the damn thing is on the train and no longer our problem. Alright, you guys are good to head on out!"
The conductor of the tank gave a thumbs up and started to turn it on while Ty Lee and Aang tried desperately to push the lid off.
"Damn it, can't you bend us out of here?" She groaned as she tried to push the lid off to no avail. 'How many nails did they use to close this thing?!'
"There's no water or earth in here, and if I bend the air we might suffocate." He said as he shook his head. "Plus there isn't enough room for me to bend anything. So… how far away are your sisters?"
"All the way at the fire nation of course." She replied making Aang's eyes widen before he tried harder to push at the lid with a grunt. "But can't you just bend this crate open?"
"You mean bend metal? No, no one can do that." He groaned. "I don't even know if that's possible."
"Damn it.. Azula is not going to like this, she'll be worried sick when she realizes I'm gone!"
Over with said princess meditating, she for some reason felt a weight rise off her shoulders and felt more calm than usual. 'Huh, this is ...nice.'
"And I have to get back to my frie- ow, did you just poke me?!"
"Well it's hard to see where everything is without any light! Not to mention all the souvenirs I wanted to mail over doesn't give me much room to move you know." She said as she poked him again. "Now do me a favor and hold still, I want to make sure I hit the right pressure points."
"Wait, why?"
"Well, it's going to be a long trip and I just want to make sure you're nice and secure, and possibly capable of being a pillow." She smiled before hitting a point and making Aang groan as his arm slowly went limp.
"A pillow?!"
"I don't have any! All I'm on is a few canteens full of water, those aren't comfortable to sleep on!" She pouted and hit a few more, making Aang get more limp.
"Stop that!" He groaned. "We should be focusing on getting out of here, not getting comfy."
"Well how are we supposed to do that, you can't bend us out, metal doesn't have any pressure points for me to utilize, all we can do is get comfy cutie and wait for someone else to open the crate." She remarked before hitting one more and made Aang go completely slack and limp. "Besides, this is probably your first time alone in the dark and so close with a cute girl."
"S-So what if it is, you tried to kill me and my friends before!" He protested as she tried to pull him towards her.
"Technically that was Azula and Mai, I prefer to block chi and draw less blood." She said as she managed to get him next to her. "There we go cutie, is that better?"
Aang was glad it was dark or else she would have seen him turn red at how close we were and felt his throat get dry and couldn't get a word out. 'I hope this pressure point thing ends before someone finds us, and that someone does find us soon!'
"Well, might as well try and get some sleep, not really much else to do in here." She said as she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him close so she could lie her head against his chest. "Welp, see you when we get to the fire nation!"
Aang gulped hearing that while unable to move or speak up while debating whether to feel terror or joy. 'What am I supposed to do now?!'
(Two weeks later)
"I can't stand it anymore…" Groaned Ty Lee while she and Aang laid against the wall. "How long have we been in here….?"
"Two weeks….two long, long weeks…" He groaned as help up a pear. "Good thing you packed all this food and water."
"Yeah ...but nothing but fruit ...and stuck in here for so long ...I feel like I'm withering away to nothing…" She groaned as she shook her head. "I can't wait to take a shower and change into some clean clothes…"
"You could change now, you did pack Earth Kingdom dresses."
Ty Lee blushed and lightly nudged him. "I'm too tired to do that...and I can't see a thing in here. Besides, it's pointless to change into clean clothes without getting cleaned up first."
"I guess that makes sense… how close to your home do you think we are?"
"I don't know, it depends which mansion we end up at." She sighed while covering her mouth. "I just hope I don't get sick, nothing but pears and water for so long can't be good for you."
"It could be worse, you could have packed meat." Aang shuddered.
"True, too much of it would really make me feel bloated, plus it would go to my hips." She said before the entire crate began to shake. "Oh, someone is carrying us cutie!"
"Which means we're on land!" He cried out in relief as they held on and felt it moving around them. "Any more time at sea and I was gonna be sick!"
"You make it sound like it was a nightmare, like you didn't enjoy those times you passed out against me." She teased.
"N-no, I didn't! You paralized me, remember!"
"Only for the first few days." She chuckled. "After that, I didn't need to do anything."
"W-Well being stuck in a small space is the reason why!" He protested as she chuckled and scooted closer too him.
"That and other reasons~" She whispered with his face turning more red, only for the crate to stop and slowly move. "Sounds like we're on a cart, which means we're off that boat."
"Great, do you think we're close to your families ho- wait, if we're off the boat, then that means we're in the fire nation!" Gasped Aang with wide eyes. 'Which means as soon as we're out, I could get spotted by the soldiers or even get caught since I'm too weak from being stuck in here.'
"Yep, home sweet home, you're gonna love it here." Smiled Ty Lee. "When we get out, I can show you some of the best sights."
"Uh, any chance we could skip that?" He suggested.
"Huh? Why?"
"I uh, kind of have to get back to my friends? Also everyone here wants to kill me?" He pointed out with Ty Lee feeling like hitting herself on the head.
"Right! That part slipped my mind…"
"Besides, I'm sure your sisters would love to spend time with you, so I'd just be in the way." He remarked, unable to see Ty Lee give a doubtful look.
"Like I'd be-WOAH!" She let out as they felt the crate drop down on the ground and groaned in pain. "Ow…."
"Are we here?" Aang groaned as rubbed his head. 'You'd think they would be a bit more careful.'
"Let's just hope someone's home or we're gonna be stuck in here a little while longer." Groaned Ty Lee. "if we're really unlucky we got delivered to one of the abandoned mansions."
"How rich is your family?"
"Well my father supplies the Fire Nation Navy with their ships, so very rich."
"One man? The ENTIRE navy?!" Spoke Aang in disbelief.
"It's more like he owns the company that builds them." She clarified before they heard the sound of footsteps and giggling.
"Someone's coming."
'Wait… I know those giggles!' thought Ty Lee with dread. 'Why couldn't it have been one of the help? I didn't wanna be here when they showed up.'
"Hey, what is this, when did we get mail?"
"Must have just arrived, and it's huge!"
"Ye- hey, it says it's from Ty Lee!"
"Really?! Cool, lets bring it inside!"
The two inside held on as it jostled a little with frunts heard outside.
"Woah! What'd she put in here, bricks? It weighs like a ton."
"I dunno, but I bet it's good! Dibs on the good stuff!"
'Dibs on Aang.' Ty Lee thought with a frown.
The moving eventually stopped with the box getting put down and a groan heard.
"Why the heck did we let the help get the day off? They could have done this grunt work for us instead."
"We'll remember that tomorrow, for now let's open this baby up! Go get a crowbar Ty Lin."
"On it."
"So, what do you think it is?"
"Don't know, I'm more amazed she'd go on and even send us something, but still go off and run off on her own."
"Yeah, I was starting to wonder if she got kidnapped by some crazy earthbenders."
"With her attitude, she probably went gaga over some random stranger, you know how she always got."
Ty Lee frowned hearing that with a huff. 'Like they're not the same way.'
"I got the crow bars! Let's open this thing up!"
The people started to pry at the lid with all their might as Aang tried sitting up and started to help push with all his strength. 'Yes, I can finally get out of here and figure out how to get back to Sokka and Katara!'
"Come...on...budge!"
And cue the lid going flying off and fresh air coming into the crate, much to Aang and Ty Lee's relief as they closed their eyes due to the sudden light.
"Yes, fresh air!" Aang sighed happily before a flurry of hands dove into the crate, quickly taking things out before a pair grabbed his head.
"Look what I...got?" Spoke a surprised tone as he was turned around and looked at a girl who looked EXACTLY like Ty Lee, who helped and jumped back as his chin hit the side of the crate, making him groan. "Holy cow! There's a boy in here!"
"Holy shit, she sent us a boy?! Do….Do we keep him?" Asked another girl who also looked like Ty Lee.
"I don't know, he's kinda...bald."
Aang looked up, and swore he was seeing things since he saw a total of six Ty Lee looking at him, but the difference being they all weren't wearing her usual brand of pink. Same outfit though, just different colors. "Ooh...I'm more hungry than I thought." He rubbed his eyes as said girl poked her head out, which made the others gasp.
"Ty Lee?! Is that you?! Did you ship yourself from the Earth Kingdom?!"
"If you wanted to come home, you should have called!"
"Or at least just come in here like a normal person would."
Ty Lee groaned while rubbing her head. "Give us a moment here, it's been a LONG trip, and right now I need a shower, along with some food other than pears."
"Whoa whoa whoa, before you do anything who is this, were you traveling with him? Is he your secret lover?" Asked one who was wearing orange.
"I didn't know you were into younger men." Remarked one wearing green.
"Hey, he's close enough to my age! His name is Aang." She said as she crossed her arms.
"Whoa whoa whoa, hold on, just where exactly am I and who are they?" Asked Aang who was blown away.
Ty Lee sighed with a hand on her face. "Aang, these are my...sisters."
"Wait, THESE are your sisters?" He was stunned. "They...all look like you."
"Well no duh, we were all born the same night." Remarked one in yellow with a hand on her hip and an annoyed expression.
"I... but... I gotta go right now!" He said as he looked around for the door.
"Why though?" Asked one as she quickly moved over in front of it, this one wearing light green. "You just got here."
"Well you see, there's been a mistake. I wasn't supposed to really end up mailed here."
"Nor was I, I was supposed to be with Azula so we could bring him back to the fire nation and present him to the fire lord." Remarked Ty Lee. "The next thing you know, we're stuck in a box and end up all the way, here."
"Well, since you meant to send us a gift we'll just take him and call it even, cool?" Said the one in purple as she moved towards him. "Why was Azula after him though, and why would the fire lord want him?"
"He's the avatar." She replied, catching her sisters off guard once again. "Seriously though, can we skip the questions and just get some real food? I stink and we've had to eat pears and waters for two weeks." She said before turning to Aang. "Also can you not try to leave yet?"
"I….don't think I could." He groaned while feeling his stomach rumble while a bit woozy. "I feel ...uh…" He let out before falling out of the crate and landed on his face.
"Whoa, what happened to him?" The sister wearing green asked in surprise.
"What part of two weeks on pears and water don't you get!" Snapped Ty Lee in annoyance. "Just help us get some real food so I can get changed."
"...fine, but we're having a serious talk when we're done." Spoke the one in light blue firmly. "So don't try to sneak off."
"Please, like I would do tha-"
"You did last time!" The rest snapped at once as the one in light green and orange picked up Aang.
Ty Lee groaned and had to keep herself from falling as she headed up the stairs and using the rest of her strength to push her, the need to get clean being more important right now.
"Come on, we can put him down in the dining hall."
"Right ...ew, he reeks! Should we wash him?"
"Maybe, and we might as well toss his clothes in the laundry."
"Woah there, hold up." Spoke the one in light blue. "You two aren't seriously gonna wash him, with him being naked, are you?"
"Hmmm, you do have a point, but what do we do, we can't leave him as he is, he'll stink up the place!"
"Well, we could just give him a bathrobe." Suggested the one in purple. "It'll stink less and we can try to get him some food."
"Good call. Speaking of which, how do you think Ty Lee will react to us moving all her clothes to the other mansion?"
"Probably really mad."
"Hey, she was gone for about two years, none of it would have fit her anyway!"
"Especially with her fat ass." Snickered the sister in yellow as she and the one in light green carried Aang to the dining hall and sat him down at one of the seats. "So...who's gonna strip him?"
"Um…. I can do it." Said the one in purple. "Can one of you grab me a bathrobe?"
'On it." The light blue one rushed out.
"So… what do we do after we change him?" Asked the one in orange. "He's still the avatar, right?"
"I dunno, Ty Lee may just be pulling our leg, isn't he a bit young to be the avatar?"
"Yeah, didn't the avatar vanish years ago? He'd be an old man if he was still around."
"Yeah, this might just be her new boyfriend… though he is kinda cute."
"Please, I've seen guys who are way better looking, and they had hair on them."
"I dunno, I think he just shaved his head, but his tattoos are pretty cool." Remarked the orange one looking at them closely. "Wonder where he went to have them done, they're pretty slick compared to some of the tattoos I've seen."
"Maybe they're an Earth Kingdom thing?"
"Maybe…"
"Hey, I got the robe, we can strip him now!" The light blue ran back with a red robe while the one in purple blushed.
"You heard her Ty Lao, get to stripping him." Spoke the one in yellow impatiently.
"Fine, fine, I'm on it." The purple one said as she began to take off his shirt. "Y'know, if we are stripping him we might as well wash him, right? Maybe just dump some water on him or in some water?"
"Hmm...hey, why don't we kill two birds with one stone? If he IS Ty Lee's boyfriend, then maybe he won't care taking a shower with her."
"Yeah, you're right! Is she in the big shower or the big tub room?" Asked the one in purple with a devious grin.
"I'm willing to bet she went in the big tub."
"Alright ladies, let's do thi- oh, I have a better idea, lets see if he can tell us apart too!"
"Wait...you saying what I think you're saying?"
"Yep, the tub us big enough for all of us~"
"...y'know, if he's seen Ty Lee naked then he's practically seen all of us naked too."
"Yeah, so it's not like it'd be anything different. If anything, we're giving him a free show AND seeing if the two of them are really close. If he can't tell the difference, they might not be that close."
"Alright, let's do this, I could use a bath anyway." Said the one in light blue as they picked Aang up and headed for the stairs.
(Upstairs)
"Ahhh! Oh man, this is the life." Sighed Ty Lee, naked, and soaking in a big tub with a smile. "I can already feel all the sweat and grime go away." She slowly sank deeper into the tub as she began to think. 'What am I supposed to do now, I can't go back to Azula, she'll think I abandoned her, and I don't know if I want to stay here and be part of a matching set, just one of seven sisters again…'
Knock knock
"Huh? Who's there?" She called as she sat up.
"Yes, she's in here girls!"
Ty Lee saw the door open up before her sisters came in and crossed her arms. "If you're gonna tell me to hurry up, forget it. Two weeks of being stuck in a crate makes someone real gross, so wait your turns."
"No, you can stay, we all just decided to join you and bring a gift~"
"What gift?"
"Your boyfriend!" They spoke showing a naked Aang, making Ty Lee blush and stare aghast.
"You stripped him and brought him here?!"
"Well he DOES stink, and we figured since you were getting cleaned up, this would make things go by quicker without having to wait."
"Plus we could catch up, we haven't seen you in years!"
"You still stripped him!"
"Well he can't take a bath naked, plus his gross old robes had to go, so we burned them." Shrugged the one in light green before they started slipping in the tub.
"No, no, no, he is not coming in, put him outside and put some clothes on him!" Spoke Ty Lee while trying to keep her eyes from drifting downward as they brought him in the water. "This is a bad idea, a terrible one, get him out of here before he wakes up!"
"Oh calm down, what's the worst that could happen?"
"Everything!" She cried as Aang began to stir.
"Geez, just calm down, he is your boyfriend, right?"
Ty Lee opened her mouth, but that's when Aang started to open his eyes.
"Ugh… what happened, and why am I we- aaaahhhh!" He let out when he saw Ty Lee naked, in the water, who covered her chest quickly with a bright face. "I-I'm so sorry!" He cried as he turned away, only to see one of her sisters naked body. "Ah! S-Sorry again Ty Lee!"
"I'm not Ty Lee, I'm Ty Lao."
"S-Sorry!" He said as e turned, only to see another sister. "S-Sorry again!"
"You can call me Ty Lin." She said as he just kept turning.
"Hey, I'm Ty Lat."
"Name's Ty Woo."
"I'm Ty Liu."
"My name is Ty Liu hotstu- oh, he fainted."
"No duh!" Yelled Ty Lee with a glare. "Of course he would react that way to seeing this many girls naked!"
"Fine, fine, so maybe there was a SLIGHT miscalculation, but it was pretty funny, right?"
The others nodded while Ty Lee facepalmed.
"He fainted!" She cried as she lifted up the unconscious monk so he wouldn't drown.
"Well I don't get he would, I mean if you two are close, haven't you two seen each other naked?"
"NO! No we have not!" She denied with a frown. "God, you are all insane!"
"No, we just wanted to have a little fun, which is more than I can say for you chubby ass." Retorted Ty Woo.
"CHUBBY?!" Ty Lee shouted in anger. "My butt is not chubby!"
"Coulda fooled me." Muttered Ty Lin, only for Ty Lee to grab her butt.
"If my butt is chubby then so is yours!"
"Ah! You bitch!" She cried with a blush. "Let go of my ass!"
"Then don't agree with it being fat!"
"You're the one grabbing my ass!"
"It's to prove a point!"
"Fine, it's not fat, now let go!"
Ty Lee let go and moved over to Aang and lifted him up. "This is one of the reasons I didn't want to be here."
"What, the talking?" Asked Ty Lin in confusion.
"All of you pulling something like this on someone who isn't use to girls doing stuff like that!"
"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad, and we thought he was your boyfriend!"
"And why would you think that, I told you he was the avatar!"
"..."
"See! None you can't come up with an excuse!" She shouted in annoyance.
"But ...how?!"
"He should be older than grandpa!"
"I don't know! But listen, he is the avatar, I've seen it!" She frowned. "And I'm sure he can prove it, AFTER he wakes up!"
"...ok, we're sorry Ty Lee, we should have listened to you." Sighed Ty Woo.
"We were just so happy to finally see you that we just got carried away."
The others nodded with Ty Lee huffing.
"Look, can you all just leave? I'll make sure he's cleaned up and we'll be down shortly."
"Sure, we'll leave you some clothes in the changing room.. Just so you know none of your old clothes are here, after a year mom and dad had them moved into storage at the main mansion."
"Oh that's just perfect, really, it is." She spoke sarcastically.
"Hey, we didn't decide that, besides, it's been over two years, nothing would have fit anyway." Ty Lum defended.
"Just give us some privacy."
"Sure, sure, see you in a bit." Said Ty Lao as they left the bathroom.
Ty Lee sighed and looked at the naked Aang while trying her hardest NOT to take a peak. 'Just keep your eyes above the waist, above the waist, above the wai- damn it!' She thought as she unconsciously looked down. 'Oooh.' She thought with a blush. 'I guess the rumor about avatars being 'gifted' are true.'
(Later)
"Ugh… my head…" Aang groaned.
"Hey, he's awake!"
"Hush up! Give him time to wake up."
"Alright, alright, I got it." She said with a sigh.
"Hey, do you think he'll mind the clothes we gave him?"
"He better."
"Huh? What...what's going on?" Groaned Aang as he sat up.
"You're just waking up after SOMEBODY'S got reckless and stupid." Ty Lee said, now wearing a red version of her normal outfit as the other sisters looked away sheepishly.. "How are you feeling?"
"I..I feel better." he said as he looked down. "Wait, these aren't my clothes, where are my robes?"
"Uh…"
"Well ...we uh…."
"Apparently they got rid of them." Frowned Ty Lee.
"What?!"
"It's ok, we didn't burn them or anything, we just threw them away, we grabbed them, but they were thrown in the same bin that had some old food in, so they have to be washed."
Aang dropped his jaw hearing that with Ty Liu coughing.
"Sorry, about that, and the whole ...going in completely naked."
"Yeah, we may have gone a bit overboard, but you're dressed now, though we didn't exactly have a lot of mens clothes so we found a spare servants uniform for you to wear."
"Uh ...thank you?" He replied, still overwhelmed while looking away with a blush while Ty Lee coughed.
"Aang, I know that was a lot to see, and I do mean a lot, but since we're here, I think now is a time to introduce my sisters, especially since they offered to help get us some real food so we don't drop dead from starvation."
"Yeah, and I'll start, I'm Ty Lin." Said the girl in light green as she held out a plate of food to Aang. "I hope you like steak."
He turned green seeing the meat while feeling awkward. "Uh, thanks, but uh...I don't eat meat."
"Really? Why?" Ty Lee asked in confusion.
"Maybe he's allergic? Hi, I'm Ty Lat, I have some fruit if you want." Said the sister in dark green as she held out the bowl of produce.
"Thanks." He reached out and grabbed one and bit into it while feeling relief at tasting something that wasn't a pear.
"Glad you like it, my names Ty Lao, are you really the avatar?" Said the sister in purple.
"Yeah." he nodded while looking at their faces for a reaction.
"Really? I thought the avatar would be like, super old?" Said the sister in orange as she tilted her head in confusion. "But you look younger than all of us."
"I dunno Ty Liu, maybe it's an avatar thing?" Asked the sister in light blue before the sister in yellow hit her on the head.
"No Ty Lum, the avatar ages, remember the super old statues of Roku?"
"Oh right!" She said as she rubbed the back of her head. "Did you really have to hit me Ty Woo?"
"I could do it harder if you want me to." She asked with a huff.
"Um… is it ok if I go now, I have to get back to the Earth Kingdom." Spoke up Aang making all of them turn to him like he was nuts.
"Why would you need to go back? You just got here."
"Because I have to end the war, I have to stop the fire nation, plus I have to get back to my friends." He spoke while Ty Lee started eating the steak while he ate more fruit. "It's my job to try and put the world back in balance."
"Well if you want to do that just wait, we'll win the war soon." She said with a shrug. "It shouldn't take too long, maybe the next year or so, then everything'll be even."
"That's not balance though, the fire nation has to stop, it can't win the war!" Spoke Aang up firmly. "What they're doing isn't bringing harmony to the world, it's just destroying it."
"No, we're bringing culture to the savages, duh." Said Ty Lao as she shook her head.
"No, they n- look, I'm not going to get into a debate, thank you for the fruit, but I have to go." He stood up. That's when a loud bell was rung making Ty Lum stand up.
"Hang on, someone's at the door." She said as she headed towards the door. "Just stay there for a bit, ok cutie?"
Aang blushed at that remark with Ty Lee frowning.
'Why did she call him that, I already called dibs!'
All of them went silent and heard the muffled sound of the girl before the door shut and she came racing into the room looking panicked.
"Well, who is it?" Ty Lee asked curiously.
"A messenger from the circus, the one all of us have been performing at."
"Yeah, kinda like what you went off to do when ditching us." Reminded Ty Woo with a frown. "Especially since some of us had acrobating covered first."
"For the last time, I had it first! What did they want?' Grumbled Ty Lee. 'If they are with a circus why were they at the mansion?'
"They said they need us for an emergency show since some of the acts suffered bad food poisoning and there's a huge crowd they're expecting in the next two hours."
"What? Oh come on, today was supposed to be our day off!"
"Can't they get some bigger last minute act besides us?"
"No, they said they need us or they won't let us come for the Earth Kingdom tour!"
That made all of them gasp and stand up right away. "Come on, we gotta go!"
"Yeah, let's go!"
'Did they say Earth Kingdom?' Thought Aang with interest. 'If I got on that tour, it'd be a quicker way back home then trying to sneak around here and take the chance at getting caught.' He thought before clearing his throat. "Excuse me, do you mind if I come with?"
The girls all turned to him surprised, especially Ty Lee.
"Wait, you WANT to come with?" Asked Ty Lao. "But I thought you said you had to leave?"
"Well, it would be nice to see a fire nation circus." He said quickly. "I can cover my head and I'll be good to go."
"Hold on, maybe we can use you." Spoke Ty Lin with interest.
"Wait, what?" He asked in confusion.
"Yeah, maybe he could help us."
"How, how could he help you?" Ty Lee asked, also confused.
"He could help us with our act." Ty Lum said with a smile.
"How, he just met you all." Ty Lee said as she shook her head. 'What are they planning?'
"Yeah, but he's the avatar, which means he must have some pretty impressive skills besides bending under his belt." Said Ty Woo, making Aangs face heat up.
"W-What?"
"Yes, he's the avatar, the most wanted man in the world, and you want to use him in a circus act?" Remarked Ty Lee with her arms crossed. "You might as well put a bullseye on his forehead and yell out for Azula's dad to come there."
"Hey, we'll cover his head and tattoos. Besides, people think he's an old guy, right?"
"They'd probably think he's just our assistant."
"Yeah, also you should join us Ty Lee!"
"Yeah, that would be awesome!"
"Wait...really?" She spoke, caught off guard.
"Yeah, think of it, it would be amazing!"
"Especially after we spent a long time trying to hunt you down, it's the least you could do for us."
"Wait, hunting me down? Since when, I left almost two years ago and you're still in the Fire Nation!"
"Well when you ran off we thought you were still here, but we couldn't find you anywhere."
"That's why we joined the circus, it's a lot harder to find your way to the Earth Kingdom without being in the military."
"I went straight there when the circus was leaving, and I've been there the whole time."
"Well sure, we know that now. So, wanna join us?"
"Well...it has been awhile since I got to perform in a circus and not go on some crazy chase instead, eh sure, why not?" She said before her sisters cheered.
"Yes! Let's go, I have a spare costume that you can wear! Just a heads up the manager is doing a new thing, he is trying to make it seem like we're one person so the costumes all look the same and we have to wear masks."
"I can work with that." She said with a nod. "Ok, I guess we can go Aang."
"Well it's not like there's gonna be too much. I mean, it's not gonna be one of those really death defying acts." He smiled with Ty Lee's sisters glancing at each other.
'We'll wait to show him.'
(Later)
"Ok, you ready to go Aang?" Ty Lee asked as she pulled on her mask.
"Kinda, but this robe is heavy." He remarked wearing a pair of red robes with his own mask while rolling up his sleeves. "And I think it's a bit big on me."
"Well you are kinda small, it's the best we had on hand for you." Said Ty Woo with a smirk under her mask.
"Just focus on keeping your feet open so you don't trip, and you'll be ok." Spoke Ty Lat.
"Thanks. So, what did you want me to do for your act?"
"Well we usually work together in using acrobatics over a high space from platform to platform, while occasionally using hoops or circus balls. You know, stuff you need to be in tip top shape for while being incredibly limber, like this." Ty Lat raised her right leg up over her head straight and held it there. "See?"
"Whoa, that's amazing." He said in awe, making her smile.
"That's nothing, I can do that too," Ty Lum said as she did just that.
"Oh please, I can do that while balancing on one of the balls." Ty Liu waved off.
"I can balance myself on your shoulders while you're on the ball." Ty Lao said as she rolled her eyes.
"Girls? The act?" Reminded Ty Lee who didn't want Aang staring at their raised legs. 'How are they already competing for him, I already called dibs on him!'
"Oh, right! Come on girls, lets go!"
All of them moved to their spots while Aang stuck behind the curtains while the sound of the crowd could be heard before it was hushed by a drum roll.
"Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, welcome to the magical circus de fire!" Called the ringmaster. "Tonight, we have a special act for you all! An act so daring and risky, that we have removed all the safety nets."
'Is that normal? Are they going to be safe?' Aang thought nervously.
"And now presenting the ones to perform it, our very own Ty Sisters!" He called as siad sisters came out, waving happily in their uniforms. "They will climb up to their designated platforms, and when the show begins, will use the wires to scale higher up to the top of the tent, while not only trying to juggle balls, but also going through rings of fire!"
'They're doing what?!' He thought in shock. 'That's insane!'
"And with them is an unknown assistant, who will be assisting the act by providing several obstacles of pure flames to make it harder for them. If they manage to reach the top without so much as a single singe, then they will have proven to be the greatest acrobatics in the whole world!"
'Wait, they want me to firebend? I don't know how to do that yet!' Thought Aang breaking into a sweat. 'Does this mean I'll need to improvise without giving myself away? That's gonna be nearly impossible!'
"Now then, let's get this show started!" He declared shooting fire out which dispersed into embers making the crowd cheer. With that the sisters began to scramble up the posts with grace. Each of them easily with several flips and limber expertise while Aang poked his head out from his spot.
'Maybe the hoops will be enough and I won't even be called out.' He thought nervously as the girls got into place.
"Now these lovely acrobats will show off their juggling skills." The ringmaster nodded to one of the helpers who started hurling bouncing balls up which made the girls start to juggle them around themselves while hoops rose out which got lit up with flames.
'Ok, so the hoops light themselves, that's good.' Thought Aang who saw the girls start jumping across the platforms while tossing the balls up in the air, narrowly avoiding any of the flames while the audience watched in awe. 'Wow, they're amazing.' He thought in awe as he watched them. 'They could pass as airbenders with the way they move.'
"Come now ladies, I'm sure our lovely audience would love to see more than that." Called out the ringmaster with a smile.
"Oh big time." Smirked Ty Liu who tossed her balls over to Ty Lin who did the same, letting both sisters catch them and juggled them with ease while Ty Lao and Ty Lum tossed theirs back and forth, making an archway of them.
"Hey Ty Lee, try to keep up." Ty Woo did a cartwheel off her platform and spun, dipping past the balls and swung up on a trapeze wire with her legs.
"Oh please, I was just holding back for you girls." She chuckled as she balanced on a large ball with one hand and began to roll it across the highwire.
The audience clapped at the sight.
'Wow, they're really good. I'd probably fall off at this point.' He thought as the audience cheered happily.
"Well, aren't they amazing folks?" Called the ringmaster with the crowd calling out in agreement. "But they have yet to really avoid the big part. Would our new stage hand be ever so helpful as to come out?"
'Is he talking about me?' Thought Aang as the ringmaster turned where he was and nodded his head over. 'I'll take that as a yes.' He thought as he approached the ringmaster. "Um, what do you want me to do?"
"Something that'll wow the crowd and make it look like they're in danger." He whispered.
"So, it can be anything, right?"
"Sure, just don't actually hurt anyone, got it?"
"Yeah, got it, and I know what to do." He said with a smile as the ringleader nodded. He looked around and spotted some paperworks near the ring and felt it click before he rushed over. 'These should do.'
'This new help better not mess this up.'Thought the ringmaster as he went back to working the crowd up and giving commentary on the sisters performance.
Aang grabbed as many fireworks as he could hold while thankful he found a pair of fire rocks and set up the fireworks around the floor before he tied the fuses together and tried to get a spark going. 'Come on, come on, light! Think hot thoughts!'
"Wait, is he doing what I think he's doing?" Asked Ty Lin looking down.
"I think he is, should we be worried?"
"I'm not, can't say the same for you all though." Smirked Ty Woo.
"Please, I'll be fi- oh, looks like he got the fuse lit." Ty Lee said as Aang stood up and began to back away.
"This should do the trick." Muttered the avatar before the crowd watched as the fireworks shot up towards the roof of the tent before they started going off with all kinds of colors being seen.
"Oooooo…..aaaaahhhhh…." The crowd cheered as the sisters kept up their act, trying to avoid the dangerous explosive missiles.
"Whoa! Hey, what was Aang thinking?!"
"This is more than what I was expecting!"
"Ow! One just hit me!" Winced Ty Lat shaking her hand from the burning sting.
"Augh, can we keep this up?" Groaned Ty Lao as she barely managed to avoid an exploding firework, but did feel the heat.
"This is harder to avoid than a paper cut making a crane!" Spoke Ly Lum leaning back and saw one fly up and explode above them.
"Just keep it up, we're almost done!" Called Ty Lee before one of the fireworks hit her in the chest. "OW!"
"Ok, that's it, we're ending this before we end up in the hospital!"
As if hearing them, the last firework went off with the crowd cheering and clapped.
"I think it just did." Said Ty Lin as the girls landed in the rafters.
"What an excellent performance, now that's our show, I wish you all a good night!" Bowed the ringmaster as the audience cheered louder. "And give it up for our lovely ladies!"
"Just smile and wave girls, smile and wave." Ty Lee said with a grimace beneath her mask.
(Later)
The girls and Aang made it back to the mansion with all of them groaning and rubbing their bodies while Aang looked guilty.
"Girls?"
"Don't talk, just wait until we get some cold towels." Groaned Ty Lee. "Ugh, everything hurts… why did you use fireworks?"
"I panicked, I don't know how to firebend yet!" He held his hands up while looking away. "I just grabbed the first thing I could find. I figured I was gonna get found out if I didn't do anything."
"Well great job, shoot a bunch of explosives at us, that surely will end well." Ty Woo said with a frown.
"I swear if I had something else I would have done it. I'm really sorry, really." He said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Well you should be, now we can't go on the tour!"
That made Aang look down and feel awful. "I… I'm so sorry…" He said remorsly.
"Well ...it's not too bad." Spoke up Ty Lin seeing his expression while an idea slowly ebbed into her head. "I mean, who's to say we can't make the tour if we get healed up in time?"
"Oh come on, we have a ton of injuries, plus I'm pretty sure the ringmaster is pissed about the holes and scorch marks in the tent." Spoke Ty Lao rubbing her shoulder.
"You know, she's not wrong." Spoke Ty Lat seeing her sister glancing at Aang. "I mean, we are pretty popular, and if we get some help to heal up and talked to the ringmaster, we might be able to make it."
"Wait, really?" Asked Aang as he perked up.
"Yeah, but I think we'll need some help, someone to help nurse us back to health~."
The others were starting to see where this was going with Ty Lee about to say something, but Ty Woo nudged her.
"Yeah, someone like, oh this is just off the top of my head, you maybe."
"Wait, what?" He asked in surprise.
"Yeah, in fact it would be a nice way for you to pay us back."
"I mean, since you did do it, accidental or not, it only makes sense for you to help nurse us back to full health." Spoke up Ty Lat as the others nodded.
"Well… I guess that does make sense." he admitted rubbing his head. "What do you need?"
"Well, some wet towels would be nice. You can find some towels to wet up in the main bathroom."
"Alright, I'm on it, I'll be back soon." He said as he headed off to the bathroom. "Do you all want to lie down somewhere?"
"We'll all lie down in the living room, take your time." Said Ty Lee as he nodded.
"Actually I'll be in my room, I want to lie down on my nice soft bed, can you meet me in there?" Asked Ty Lao with a devious smile.
"Uh, s-"
"She means she'll stick with us so it's easier on you." Spoke up Ty Lin. "We wouldn't want you running around and getting lost."
"Oh, um, ok then, thanks. I'll be back soon." He said before finally leaving.
"What was that?" Frowned Ty Lat turning to her sister. "Trying to get some alone time with him? Are you nuts?"
"So what if I was, what's the problem?" She asked with a frown. "It's a free fire nation!"
"What the problem is the fact you trying to get one up on us." Frowned Ty Lin. "Think about it, the plan I was hinting was if we can keep him here to help us, we could use the chance to make him fall for us, especially since one of us isn't making an attempt to get him."
"Well what if I want him for myself, huh? What if I don't wanna share?" Frowned Ty Lee with her hands on her hips. "Maybe I'd rather date him by myself and not get taken by someone who met him barely a day."
"Hey, we're sisters, we share ev-"
"What if I'm tired of just being part of a matching set, huh?! What if I want to just be Ty Lee, HIS Ty Lee and not just one of the Ty sisters?" She frowned. "The whole reason I left was because I was done being seen as part of a matching set. We look the same, dress the same, even sound the same. If we didn't have our hobbies and different taste in colors, no one would be able to tell the difference."
"That's not true!"
"Yes, it is! It very much is, if we were to take off our clothes before Aang came back he wouldn't be able to tell us apart!" Ty Lee shouted angrily. "You all even started doing gymnastics, that was my thing!"
"Hey! Don't try that!" Glared Ty Woo. "I'M the one who did gymnastics first and you know it!"
"No, I did!" Ty Liu said with a frown.
"Liar, it was me, you all stole it from me!" Shouted Ty Lin.
"I had my eyes on it since I was in diapers!" Growled Ty Lum.
"Bull! I only took up dancing because it was the second best AFTER I called dibs before any of you could speak!" Spoke up Ty Lao.
"Enough! See, we're practically the same, that's why I want this one thing, why I want Aang for myself!" Snapped Ty Lee. "Besides, if you all are so famous, why can't you just get some other boys? I'll bet you all have hundreds of fans."
"Well what if we don't want them, what if we want Aang, huh?"
"Then I guess I'll have to make it clear that you don't have a chance." She threw back with a smirk. "I didn't just run away to be myself, but unlike you, I have experience in fighting."
"Oh please, like you could take any of us." Ty Woo huffed.
"Is that a challenge?" She asked as she cracked her knuckles. "I can beat you all, on the battlefield and with matters of the heart."
"Oh please, if I wanted I could seduce Aang all by myself." Ty Lin said as she rolled her eyes.
"Not if you can't move." She said as she took a step forward only for Aang to walk in.
"Ok, I found the towels, anything else I can do?"
"Yeah, if we can cool down these spots it'll help immensely." Smiled Ty Lee innocently.
"Ok, what do you want me to do?" He asked curiously.
"Well, there's this spot on my back that I can't reach, if you would hold the towel there I'd really appreciate it~" Ty Lee said as she began to take off her top.
Aang blushed seeing the back as Ty Lee turned it to him.
"Don't worry, I won't take it all off, just enough for you to reach." She said as she shot a smirk at her sisters. 'First point goes to me~'
The others frowned seeing the smirk as Aang carefully put the towel against the spot making Ty Lee jump.
"Sorry, is it too cold?"
"No, no, just a bit more wet than expected." She replied with a smile. "Just move it around in a circle slowly."
"O-ok… like this?" He asked as he did as instructed.
"That's spot on."
"Hey, I have a spot that needs rubbing too!" Piped up Ty Lum. "After you're done with her, you can help me."
"Me too!"
"Same!"
"Oh woe is me, I feel so weak, I need some strong airbender to help me to my room!"
Ty Lee glared at her sisters with Aang a bit caught off guard. 'You all won't get the last laugh because I'M going to charm him before any of you.'
(Later)
"Say, Aang, it just occurred to me that you don't have anywhere to sleep tonight, right?"
"Well, I didn't really make any plans on sleeping here, so not really."
"What? Ridiculous, you can sleep in my bed tonight." Ty Lat said with a smile.
"No way, he can bunk with me." Ty Lin spoke up.
"Both of you shut up, it's my fault he's here so he can sleep in my room." Ty Lee said, making the others frown.
"Oh please, my room's clean and more comfy." Remarked Ty Liu.
"How about we let Aang decide, huh? Aang, who do you like more and who do you want to bunk with the most?"
Aang saw all of them smiling at him and felt like a mouse in front of a bunch of komodo rhinos. 'Why do I feel like any answer I give will be my downfall?'