Disclaimer:I do not own Avatar: The last Air bender, but I do own Cho.


Chapter 2: Stitches

"Arrows!" Katara exclaimed, staring in awe at the faint blue arrows on Cho's hands.

"Woohoo!" said Aang happily, jumping in the air at least five feet. "I can't believe it! There is actually another Air bender that's alive! I'm not alone anymore!"

"But how…" Katara began. "How long were you with the fire benders?"

"Ten years." Cho said, letting her hands fall to her sides. "Said I could help them find avatar…I said no and he got mad. He put me here so I could not escape."

"Who is 'he'?" Sokka asked then took another bite of a pear.

"Zuko…" she said quietly but loud enough for them to hear it.

"Ugg…He's awful to his prisoners…I feel so sorry for you." Aang said then paused. "Hey! Wanna come with us on our journey?"

Cho smiled and nodded. "Thank you." she said and placed her hands together, bowing. "Where exactly are you going.

"To the North Pole so Katara can learn more about her magic water…" said Sokka, only to be on the ground after being hit by Katara.

"It's not magic, It's water bending!" she said angrily. "But yes, we are going to the North Pole."

She raised up and looked at Katara. "So you are bender also?" she asked, then looked at Sokka.

"Yes, I'm a bender." she said and smiled. "But my brother isn't one." She looked down at Sokka who hadn't moved from his spot on the ground yet. "Maybe Aang can help you with your Air bending."

"Would Aang really do that for me?" Cho asked, smiling at Aang.

"Sure, us Air benders have to stick together." he said and smiled.

"Thank you!" Cho said happily and hugged Aang.

"Hey…where did Momo go?" Sokka asked, looking around. He had sat up a few moments before.

"Food." Cho said, pointing off to where Momo was coming from with it's arms full of fruits and vegetables. "This place still has food….all good."

Sokka's eyes got wide. "This should do us for awhile." he said, taking the food from Momo's arms and placing them in a sack.

"How did you get the food in your room?" Katara asked, looking up at Cho.

"I think Zuko Granddad did it…Not on his own…I pulled his pants and some fell out without people noticing it." she said.

"Did you know you talk funny?" Sokka said as he stood up and looked at Cho.

"I haven't been around people much since age four…" she said, turning around and crossing her arms.

"Good going Sokka…" Katara murmured, glaring at Sokka.

"I think we should go…"Aang said as he exchanged glances between the three of them. "Appa!"

As that name was said Aang's huge flying Bison appeared to that side of the Temple. "Bison!" Cho shouted gleefully as she ran over to the shadow on the ground, signifying it would land there.

"H-hey!" Sokka said. "Watch out…That thing with crush you!"

Just as he said that Appa landed right next Cho and she rubbed her hands in his fur. "Someone is a little overprotective…" Katara mused at Sokka.

Appa moved around a bit and made a small noise that caused Cho to move away. "He does not like me." she said nervously.

"Of course he does! He likes everybody." Aang said happily as he bounded over to Appa and used his air bending to land on Appa's neck. "Well, unless there is anything else to do here I think we should go…we still have some giant pigeons to ride before they finish migrating."

Katara and Sokka made there way over to Appa and climbed on, helping Cho up when they were settled. "Thank you again for letting me come." Cho said and sat down.

"It's no problem, really." Katara said. "It's really great that Aang isn't the last air bender." She looked at Cho's arm and noticed that her cut had reopened and the blood was now seeping through her shirt. "We need to bandage your wound."

"Ok." Cho said, rolling up her sleeve.

"Yip, Yip!" Aang said and Appa took to the skies. He looked back at Cho momentarily the back at the skies in front of him. 'Wow…I might not be the only air bender that is left on this planet…' he thought.

Katara took some water out of one of their bags and began to clean her cut. She began to wonder hoe it had healed over in the first place considering it had been so deep. "I might need to stitch this…" she said, looking up at Cho.

"Like sewing…right?" Cho asked, watching Katara.

"Yeah…it's just like sewing only it would be your arm and would most likely hurt…a lot." she said, taking out a needle and some thread.

"I'll be fine…" Cho replied and clutched her pant leg, also squinting her eyes, as Katara began to stitch up the cut.

"I told you it would hurt…but don't worry, the pain will fade away soon after I finish." Katara said as she pulled the thread and let the stitches tighten to hold the skin together. She tied a knot in it and broke the thread with her teeth. "It should feel a lot better tomorrow…" She cleaned off some of the excess blood.

Cho let go of her pant leg and opened her eyes. She pulled her sleeve down and let out a breath she didn't know she had held. "Wasn't so bad…" she said, lying to herself and the rest.

"Oh come on…you know it had to hurt…Even I can't stand to be stitched up without at least yelling." as soon as the words left his mouth he covered it. "I cannot believe I just said that…"

Cho giggled a bit and Katara had a fit of laughter, soon followed by a few chuckles from Aang. "Oh really Sokka? I thought you were the toughest guy in your tribe?" Aang said in amusement.

"Well I didn't mean to admit it out loud…" Sokka muttered, crossing his arms. "Cho made me do it…"

"I…did?" Cho asked, looking at him skeptically.

"It's a figure of speech…" Sokka said, somewhat angrily.

"Oh…" Cho said, looking down.

"Maybe we should've just stayed at the air temple…It's starting to get dark." Katara said, putting the sewing needle and the rest of the thread up.

"Fire benders stayed at island nearby before they took me here." Cho said, pointing down. "About two months ago…fire benders should not be there now."

"Aang, there is an island nearby that we could stay at so keep an eye out." Katara said so he could hear.

"I know, I heard Cho when she told you." Aang replied back.

"Must warn you….Humpback lizards there." Cho said.

"That's great! We can catch a ride before dark!" Aang said as he spotted the island. Appa, down there, Yip, yip!" Appa began the ride downward as soon as Aang had said that.

"Really peaceful here." Cho said, looking down at the water that surrounded the island they were to land at.

"It usually is up in the air." Sokka said.

"I know…" she said as they landed.

"Well, we're here." Aang said. "And, despite the humpback lizards, this place seems pretty peaceful."

"No humans here…just lizards." Cho replied as she got off of Appa with a bit of help from Katara.

"I think we can set up here, these kinds of lizards don't like large bodies of water, especially around these parts." Aang said as he got off of Appa. "We need to get some firewood and set up camp."

"I'll help." Cho said. "I will get firewood." She began to walk off into the forest.

"It might not be safe for you to go alone, maybe you should go with one of us." Katara said, helping Sokka get the camping materials off of Appa.

"No…I be fine, did this while fire benders were here." Cho said, walking a bit deeper into the forest while collecting random pieces of wood.

"Do you really think that we can trust her?" Sokka asked, jumping off of Appa.

"She seems nice enough but I get what your saying." Katara said. "We'll just have to be careful."

"Careful, why?" Cho asked, coming back with her arms full of wood.

"Uhh…" Sokka stuttered.

"About the lizards." Aang chimed in, he had heard the whole conversation.

"Ok." Cho replied, setting down the firewood and arranging it so it would burn better.

Katara lit the fire while Sokka set up the rest of the camp and Aang showed Cho how to 'center' her powers through meditation. Sokka had finished setting up camp the same time Katara had managed to start the fire. "Where is Cho going to sleep?" Sokka asked, looking around.

"Be fine right here." Cho said, as soon as Aang had finished their small lesson for today. She laid backwards and placed her hands on her stomach.

"Are you sure?" Katara asked, looking over at Cho. "It's pretty cold out."

"Be fine." Cho repeated, yawning a little. "Used to it."

"Ok then." Katara replied as she laid down in her sleeping bag along with Sokka and Aang.

Cho closed her eyes and almost immediately fell asleep, regretting it with every fiber in her being.


I don't know how mad you all will be that I made Cho an airender but it will take her a bit to acctually be able to control her powers, and if you are mad at me, plase don't flame.

Also, I would like to thank all my reviewers so far.