Elements Joined

Chapter 6

Written by FK and DP

FK Hey guys this is FK. Finally I get my own authors note! MUWAAWWAWAWAA! Anyways,

We have been working to the bone making this fic, so you guys better like it. Or I'll feed u to the bears, understand! KAJI RULES!

DP: You have horrible grammar. I had to go through this thing ten times to get out all the mistakes. And what do you have against punctuation?

FK: Shut up.

BOTH: Onward to the fic!

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Kaji was pacing. He always paced when he was thinking. Or, trying to think.

"YOU IDIOT!" Kidate's voice screeched. Kaji's eye twitched.

"Idiot? What kind of insult is that?"Kaze yelled right back. Twitch.

"An effective one!" Twitch.

"Sure it is…"

"It is, you stupid bastard!"

"Is that all you can say?"

"No, I can say this too; GO TO HELL!"

TWITCH.

"THAT'S IT!" Kaji shouted, fire appearing around his clenched fists. "YOU! That corner! You, over there! I'm trying to think of our next course of action, so if you'd SHUT UP, it be much appreciated.

Both glared at him, completely ignoring his order. "What are you, my sister?" Kidate asked scornfully.

"Who made you the leader?" Kaze whined simultaneously.

"I'm the leader because I'm the only one who get's anything DONE around here!" Kaji growled, extinguishing his fists. He sighed. "Besides, I could hardly imagine what chaos you two would bring up." Kaji briefly imagined two monkeys shouting orders at a battalion.

"For your information, I was the top student in all my classes back in Zakra," Kidate said confidently. "That's better than you to can boast."

"Who cares?" Spat Kaze.

"Listen, airhead, I'm sick and tired of you already, and I've only know you for a couple of hours. So I'll tell you straight up right now… SHUT THE HELL UP!" Kidate shouted, hitting him in the back of the head

"I may not know history, or grammar, or any of that crap. But I do know how to fight and that's what really counts right now." Kaji said, glaring pointedly at the both of them. "Now," he added his tone somewhat lighter, "shall we set up camp?" With that he walked over to the pile of sticks he had gathered, and with a flick of his wrist started a roaring fire.

"Right." Kidate grumbled, grabbing her supplies and setting up her stuff.

Kaze nodded, noticing how many supplies Kidate had. "Need any help, Princess?"

Kidate stiffened, whirling around and grabbing Kaze by his collar. "YOU KNOW!" She screeched, face turning red.

"Know what?" Kaze squeaked, his voice rasping oddly.

Kidate sighed, setting him down. "Nothing, nothing." She said, a little too quickly.

Kaji nodded silently, as if confirming a thought.

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Kaze hummed a little as he sat. Kidate was cooking, but he was recovering from a cold and couldn't smell it. Kaji was looking apprehensive, but Kaze wrote it off as Fire-bender paranoia. Finally, it was ready. Kidate yelled "Dinner's ready," Sounding slightly put-out.

Kaze jumped high into the air, and landed softly on one of the fallen trunks around the campfire. "What's cooking, Kida?" He asked. Kidate glared, throwing his bowl at him. If he hadn't caught it with airbending, it would have smashed against his head. "HEY!"

Kidate plopped down a pot, and handed Kaji his own bowl. He smiled politely at her, accepting it.

For the first time, Kaze looked into his bowl. There inside, was a burnt mass of charred meat and soggy vegetables. But, at that point, Kaze was so hungry he would have eaten his grandma. "I can't eat this!"

"Why not?" Kidate asked, her voice low and dangerous.

"I'm an Airbender! I can't eat meat!"

"WHAT! You're not a monk. First of all, you're not bald, and second, you're not humble!" She sighed. "Just eat the damn vegetables."

Kaze took small nibble, dramatically spitting out. "MY GRANDPA CAN COOK BETTER THAN THIS"!

Kidate ignored him, turned to Kaji and politely asked. "So how is it?"

Kaji took a bite, flinched horrifically, uttering out a painful. "It's uh…… Great".

"Great huh, you really are a piece of work Kaj. I've eaten expired ramen that has tasted better than this!" Kaze yelled.

Kidate left the campfire, quickly returning and shoving a random frizzy pink apron on Kaze. "Fine you be the cook, I'm done with this." She plopped down and stomached her dinner, knowing that it was horrible herself.

"Fine I'll be the cook, and I'll be a hundred times better than you!" Kaze said immaturely.

"Whatever," Kidate muttered.

The oddball group sat underneath the moonlight, finishing their meal and thinking to themselves, with the occasional skiff between Kaze and Kidate.

"I'm going to sleep" Kidate yawned.

"Need your beauty sleep huh," Smirked Kaze.

"No, I'm just tired; it's been a long day for me." Kidate glared at him harshly.

"Well you must be suited for the life of an aristocrat then," Kaji muttered.

Kidate blushed, wondering if Kaji was on to her. She quickly tried to change the subject, "So where are we off to tomorrow anyways?"

"Well, I think were heading north." Kaji said emphatically.

"You think huh? Well, as long as were going away from Zakra, I'm fine."

"Kidate, I have

question for you. I've only seen your earthbending once, and it was just a basic technique. Where are you in your training?"

Kidate quickly informed them on her placement. She had all the basic techniques down- taught to her by her uncle- but her training was interrupted before she learned the advanced moves.

"Right, don't care. Bed. Now." Kaze pulled out a blanket and lay down on it, snoring immediately. Kidate nodded, walking into her tent and zipping it up. Kaji lay down, staring up at the stars.

Kaze opened one eye. "Hey, is she gone?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Get her out here."

"Why?"

"Just do it!"

"Fine…Kidate! C'mon out here! The stars are really…uh…nice.

"What? Oh, whatever." Kidate stepped out, dressed in pajamas.

In a flash, Kaze dashed for the tent flaps, zipping into the tent before anyone had time to react. He laughed outrageously at the cowed looks on his camp-mates' faces and stuck his tongue out at Kidate.

"GET OUT OF MY TENT YOU BASTARD!" Kidate shouted. Grabbing him, once again, by the scruff of the collar, Kidate hoisted him out of the tent and throwing him against the ground.

"Awwww, how come YOU get the tent?"

"Because I am a LADY, and I'm ABOVE you." Kidate growled viciously.

"No, Kaze might be right this time. I mean, he is a lady himself." Kaji said, smirking.

Kaze glared at Kaji, before sitting down and sulking. Kidate smirked in triumph, sitting down between the two males and laying back. "You're right." Kidate said, gaze bright. "The stars are nice tonight."

The three sat in a friendly silence, before Kaji voiced a thought he had been contemplating for the last few hours. "Hey, isn't it weird were all named after the elements we bend."

Kidate paused a moment, thinking, before replying, "Yeah, we are. Think it means something?"

"Naw, probably not." Kaze said loudly. Kidate retaliated verbally, and another fight erupted.

Kaji smiled slightly, still staring at the stars. It almost felt as if he had a family- a noisy family, but a family all the same. And he would take whatever he could get.

With that thought, Kaji drifted off to sleep.

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DP: I once again gain control of the AN's! 'Cause FK sucks at grammar. I've had to go through this thing over and over to get out all the mistakes.

FK: grumbles angrily

DP: Anywho, review, or we'll unleash Zuko's insane fan girls on you. Mwuahahaha!

Toodles,
DP and FK