"That's a good question, what are we doing here?" Shai cocked her head at Zuko and pretended to think. "Sorry Zuzu! I have no idea?"
"Don't call me that!" Zuko glared at Shai who stood undaunted. "Wait a second. How did you know my name?"
"Ah, that, my little Zukikins, is for us to know!" Rani said in a sing song voice.
"Zukikins?" Aang and Shai chorused.
"Who the hell are you and why did you kiss me?" Zuko demanded.
"We told you Dumb Arse!" Shai exclaimed earning a glare from Zuko and a slap on the arm from Rani.
"Don't insult my Zuzu!" She said pouting. Shai rolled her eyes.
"Either way, I'm Shai and kissy girl is Rani." Rani waved at Zuko who blushed but hid it with 'anger' "She kissed you because I bet her ten bucks she couldn't."
"WHAT! BUT WHY ME? AND HOW THE HECK DID YOU KNOW WHO I WAS?"
"1, Lover Girl has a huge crush on you! 2, Where we're from almost everyone knows who you are." Shai shrugged. "But no one thinks you're real."
"Why not?" Aang asked stepping in.
"Cos, your adventures are told as…err…stories." Rani said.
"So you had a crush on a 'story character'?"Aang smothered a laugh.
"Yes, because deep down I believed you were real." Rani said solemnly. The atmosphere became dramatic and grave before Shai shattered it.
"Gag me with a spoon! Excuse me while I find a place to throw up." Rani and Zuko glared at her and Aang laughed. Katara came out from the woods.
"Is everything o-" she looked from Shai to Rani to Aang. "What's going on?"
The sun had set and they where all sitting around the campfire.
"COOL! So Zuko and Iroh joined your travels?" Rani exclaimed.
"Yes, would anyone care for tea?"
"No, I'd care for the fiver Shai owes me!" Rani smirked at Shai.
"Fine! Take your dirty money! I'll get it back." Shai dug a crumpled up fiver out of her pocket and handed it to Rani.
"You weren't kidding when you said it was dirty." Aang said.
"What can I say? I'm not the cleanest person alive." Shai shrugged.
"What was the bet this time?" Zuko asked sarcastically.
"Oh, I bet Shai that you'd join the Aang on the good side."
"I bet Rani you'd wind up getting your arse killed." Shai said simply. Zuko glared at her and stood up.
"Calm down Zuko." Iroh sat his nephew back down. Shai was tempted to continue but instead decided upon looking around. She got up and went into a handstand and began to walk about.
"What's she doing?" Zuko asked confused.
"Looking around, what's it look like." Shai said.
"Why are you upside down?" Sokka raised an eyebrow.
"Cos it's more interesting, duh." Shai continued and walked up to Momo. She lowered herself onto her elbows with her legs going over her head and her feet above feet on the ground and stroked him with one hand. "Aww, he's even cuter in real life!" She looked over at the others who where giving her funny looks. She flipped herself back upright. "What? You never seen a circus freak before?" She crossed her arms. Aang laughed.
"Mad little creep." Zuko mumbled.
"Mad genius, little creep." Shai corrected. Zuko just growled. Deciding to change the subject Aang stepped in.
"Can you bend?"
"Well yeah but we shouldn't be able to." Rani answered.
"Why?" Katara looked at the strange new girl. She had muddy red hair and greenish eyes. She wore 'jeans' as she had called them, and a green 'tank top' they would need something else to seem less suspicious.
"Cos no one from where we come from can. That's one of the reasons no one believes in you. We all go by 'logic' and 'science' it's so boring!" Shai rolled her eyes. "I mean come on! Logic? It's so overrated!" Katara looked at the eccentric gymnast. Her eyes where a dark stormy grey and almost black her haircut was odd as were her clothes. 'Combats' and a black 't-shirt' as strange as her personality.
"Ok, so what elements are you?" Katara asked.
"Well I'm earth and Shai is a-" Shai cut her off.
"I'm a non-bender. Just a gymnastics performer." Rani cocked her head at her.
"Nashka inkla ka Keanibynisha takula mina?" She asked.
"Iha nashka tua Ji koruko takinta nareea coshino takoo teinto efankocha." She replied.
"Oh, ok." Rani nodded and turned back to the group of confused faces. "Sorry Shai and I do that sometimes."
"Cool! You have your own language?" Aang grinned
"Three actually." Shai corrected smiling back.
"Maniacs." Sokka stated.
"Sokka, don't be-" Katara began but Shai cut her off.
"So nice! Really, I mean we're almost there but we're not complete maniacs yet!"
"I beg to differ." Sokka said sarcastically.
"Aw you really are too kind!"
I'll right translations under the languages k? They're wired just to warn you anywho here Rani said: "But you're an Airbender aren't you?"
And Shai replied: "Yes but if I say that we'll attract too much attention."
Ok what I said would happen in this chapter but didn't: Shai being teased etc will happen soon after the gang accept them into their group after Aang has a vision k? Please R n R and I'll update as soon as I can!
Shai: ME WANNA DECK SOKKA!
Me: You will eventually.
Shai: YAY! ME CAN'T WAIT!
Rani: I must marry Zuko!
Me: Not that again!
Rani: Zuko, my beloved!
Shai: Shut up! He sucks!
Rani: He does not!
Shai: Yes he does! And he's dumb
Rani: He's just complicated.
Shai: There's complicated and there's thick. He's the latter
Rani: NO HE IS NOT!
Shai: I bet you ten bucks I could beat him at channel surfing.
Rani: You're on!