He di ho! Chapter 4. I change the title. Original it was going to be "Ying vs. Bitch" But i thought that was a little over board. So this is the next best thing, lol.

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar the last air bender, or any of it's characters, but i do own all of the kids in the wood. (not da hood. lol)

Chapter 4: Dog vs. Witch

"There's your river, now get lost," Watari added on to her friend's action. The girl got up, with the help of some of her companions. She looked at Ayumi and Watari. This stare was not new to the girls. In fact, their whole argument wasn't new to them. This went back further than today. The girls had been having their own civil war, going back to when Ayumi and the other girl, Nakashima, first met. This was when everyone else in the woods realized that even five-year-olds can build rivalries.

Nakashima pulled her arms away from the other girls, and stormed up to Ayumi. Ayumi and Watari smirked. They never lost whether it was to boys, or girls. Nakashima sighed, and smacked Ayumi across the face.

Everyone else gasped, as Ayumi slowly turned her head towards Nakashima, this was it. When Ayumi threw a hit, everyone new that that was normal, but when Nakashima threw one back, the fight had truly begun. Watari stood back with Emi and Endoh. She could only watch as the girls fought, she was only a bystander after Nakashima threw her blow. The girls exchanged smirks, and began to circle.

Ayumi lightly smacked Nakashima on her check, and Nakashima did the same back. When Ayumi gave her third smack, Nakashima lunged towards her, knocking her to the ground. She pulled at Ayumi's braid, making it even messier than it was prier, and Ayumi punched her across the face. The girls rolled down to the water, and now Ayumi was on top, continuing to punch her opponent across her "perfect" face. The fight continued for a while making the girls shriek, swear, hit, and scream.

There comes a time, even in the village the children inhabited, that sound and noise came to a low point. The noise would cease, and the woods' sounds would take over. Tonight, like some other nights, the woods' sounds including the screams of two girls. Becoming aware of the noise, Hara ran to Masahiro, Oguri, and Zuko's house. Masahiro and Oguri were always the ones splitting up the girls. Even thou Oguri loved seeing two girls fight especially Ayumi. With how many times Hara had to remind him to break it up, the girls could have made enough money to rebuild the village.

The boys, including Zuko, who was a little, confused, ran down to the river. Zuko had never knew girls to fight the way the other boys described. They arrived just as the girls were attempting to pin each other down under the water. Once again, Hara had to remind Oguri why he was there in the first place. He and Masahiro went over to the girls and separated them. Oguri had back Nakashima, who had a bruised cheek, the left one, Ayumi was right handed, a bloody nose, and bruises up both her arms. Ayumi was being held back by Masahiro, who was using all his strength to do it. He picked her up to keep her from jumping Nakashima again. She now had a bloody lip, a black eye, a bloody fist, and all of her hair had fallen down.

"Break it up, girls," Hara commanded as he stepped in between them. Ayumi was now being lifted a foot off the ground, and still trying to fight free. She finally gave in, and Masahiro put her down. "Looks like the dog is going to give up first. Good choice, Mutt," Nakashima said, still being held back by Oguri. Ayumi jumped towards her, but was caught in mid air by Masahiro, who now had his arms wrapped around her waste. Ayumi was small, but strong. Oguri let go of Nakashima, and she walked over to Ayumi, "Go back to the pound, where you, and the rest of those dogs you call friends, belong."

"While I'm there, why don't you go back to that cave in the mountain, you witch!" Ayumi suggested. Nakashima looked at her disgusted then went to leave, but not before noticing Zuko. Not wanting him to see her in her present state, she merely waved, and winked. "That bitch," Watari said staring towards the area of exit. Masahiro let go of Ayumi again, and Ayumi used her arm to wipe away the blood on her lip. Zuko stared, startled at the girl, and then noticed the very bloody fist. "We need to get you to a hospital, or something," he said, trying not to sound worried. Zuko normally wouldn't care, but he noticed that after the departure from his uncle, he had started to take on some of his traits, such as caring and worrying for people that he usually wouldn't.

Ayumi lifted her fist, to get a better look at it, and this made Endoh begin to worry. "Ayumi! That Is REALLY Bad! We Need To Get You To The Medical House!" Ayumi didn't say a word. Still looking at her fist, this also surprised Zuko. Any other girl he had met would have either screamed, or fainted at the wound, but not Ayumi. In fact, she smirked and let out a little laugh. "I'll be fine," she assured everyone. Endoh, who didn't believe a word of it, put her hands on her hips, but before she could say something, Ayumi explained, "This isn't mine. If you didn't see, on Nakashima, there is a nice big cut on her upper arm, from where I kept hitting her. If anyone needs to go to the medical house, she does. I'll be fine. She laughed again, and gestured for everyone to follow her back to the village.

Ayumi was something else that was for sure. She didn't hesitate to fight, or make rude comments, she was an excellent thief, the best for that matter, and she was no where near feminine. On the way back, she spat about three times into the woods, and declared that no one could beat her distance. Of course, Masahiro and Oguri, were being who they are, and tried. Ayumi was right, they couldn't beat her. Zuko knew, even if his sister was a great warrior, a prodigy, if she had received the wounds Ayumi did, her first stop would be the infirmary. Ayumi on the other hand, refused to go to the medical house, and it wasn't because she was scared, it was because she believed she was fine.

Everyone returned home, and Masahiro and Oguri, they spent he whole night complaining about Ayumi's stubbornness. Zuko, however, fell "asleep," and spent the night thinking about the new people he had met, in the new place he was in, and he wondered if everyday here would be this hectic.

Can you answer Zuko's question? And is Ayumi really "fine?" What will Nakashima do now? Will she make a move on Zuko when she is all cleaned up? Who knows! (Well, I do, but I'm not gonna tell!) R&R!