Fear the crazy talking hippies... and cheese puffs... and Zuko's "no" streak... evil laughter
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When Worlds Collide
Chapter 2
They all looked around, everything being pitch black. "Uhh... Hey new dudes... Do ya'll have any torches? I like... Can't see, yo..." The leader complained.
Iroh looked at him warily, "Umm..." He hesitated, "Yes. We do." He formed a flame in one hand, lighting the area. He igured the hippies were too stupid to notice he or Zuko were firebenders. Then, he looked to Zuko. "Lee, a little help please?"
Zuko looked at his uncle again, "No."
Iroh spoke in a more sincere voice, "Please?"
Zuko sighed, not speaking. He formed a flame all around his body, enlighting the cave even more. Chong, which was the hippies leaders name, spoke. "Whoa! You guys like... Have built-in torches..." He looked around the lit cave, "Groovy... Thanks."
Iroh nodded, "Yep." He looked around the many cave tunnels, "So... Where do we go from here?"
Chong had a funny little grin on his face and shrugged, "I donno, fire dude. But we'll figure it out someday..." He scratched his head, "I hope..." He looked at Iroh again, "Does it look like I would know?"
"Uhh..." Iroh looked at Chong, "No... It honestly dosen't..." He didn't want to comment that it didn't look like he knew much at all. He got a sudden random question to ask all of them, "Just out of curiousity... Don't think about it, just answer it. What's the first thing that comes into your mind?"
Chong spoke, "Mayonaise."
Lily, Chong's wife answer, "Tree frogs."
Moku, a larger, more portly member of the ground replied, "More time to think..."
"Umm... Ok then..." Iroh shook his head at their stupidity, and looked at Zuko. "What about you?"
Zuko replied, "No."
There was a long awkward silence afterwards. You could hear the distant chirp of a criket. Then, Iroh spoke. "Alright... Then lets m-"
He was interrupted by Moku, "Well, if you asked us what the first thing was that came to our minds, what's the first thing that coems to your mind?"
"Tea," replied Iroh, chuckling. Zuko slapped his forehead, and the hippies chuckled as well. "Like I was saying, let's move on now." He looked at the many tunnels again, "Which one is it?"
"Like I said... I think... You gotta trust in love to get rhough them, "Chong stated.
"Or die," added Lily, again.
Chong chuckled slightly, "I love that part of the song.." He turned towards them, playing a note from their song earlier (again), "Or die!"
Moku and Lily clapped for a moment, while Iroh and Zuko exchanged expressions. Iroh muttered to Zuko, "They're crazy... Aren't they?"
"No," Zuko replied yet again.
"Leaning more towards insane?"
"No."
"Uhh..." Iroh thought for a moment, "Ultra insane?"
Zuko nodded with Iroh in unison. "I agree..." Iroh spoke.
"Anywho, let's move on now!" Chong said as energetic as before, and began to walk down a tunnel. The other two hippies, fllowed by Iroh and Zuko, walking behind him.
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