"HEY!" Roku dodged Tei's third blow. "You almost hit me in the crotch!"

Silence. Tei was choosing her words, and then chose none. She ignored the Fire Nation boy's complaints.

"C'mon Migoto." Tei called to her pet and walked off.

Roku waited to see if the Air Nomad would realize her mistake. Apparently not.

"Aren't I your ride out of here?"

Tei stopped, turned on her heels and walked towards Roku, who already had a grin creeping it's way across his face.

"I don't want to hear a word from you."

But no words were needed; the smirk on Roku's face spoke all of his satisfaction with the fact that he had been right. That smirk was annoying Tei, but getting worked up over it wasn't worth it and only wasted time.

"So, how are we getting out of here?" Tei asked. "LiNa said something about a dragon…?"

Roku raised an eyebrow. "Oh! Kouen!"

"Somehow, I don't like the sound of that." Tei's eyes widened as a massive snake-like creature came into view behind the boy Avatar. "Let me guess…" Tei started, pointing to the dragon. "Kouen."

Roku nodded.

"And this is our ride out of here?"

"Yeah…" Roku answered, climbing onto Kouen's back and giving his hand to Tei. Tei rejected it and instead airbended herself on top of the creature.

"You may want to hold on." Roku commented.

"Hmph." Tei responded, folding her arms over her chest.

"Fine then. Let's go Kouen." In response to Roku's command, the dragon flapped its wings and lifted off the ground. All of a sudden, Tei's arms weren't across her chest anymore; instead they were around Roku's chest. Even though the rest of her stayed as far as possible from him, Roku gave her a look.

"Hey buddy! Don't get any ideas!"

Roku shook his head. "How long is it going to take us to get to the Air Temple anyway?"

"Should only take a couple of days, but considering that we're travelling by air, we're gonna need good weather."

"Well, that shouldn't be a problem. The sky's never been clearer."

A few hours later, the trio, including Kouen, had landed. It was pouring down rain the sky wasn't the only place where lightning played. If looks could kill, the glare that Tei was giving Roku would've done so in half a second. It wasn't Roku's fault that it had started raining severely, which would probably put them behind at least a couple of days, but Roku was sure that Tei wouldn't be willing to negotiate who's fault the storm was.

"What was that about 'the sky's never been clearer?'"

Roku gave a nervous grin, as though his goofy face would direct Tei's frustration with the weather somewhere else.

"Well, how was I supposed to know that the weather was going to change?"

Tei was silent for a moment, trying franticly not to let Roku have the last word. "I don't know! You're the Avatar. You should've had something figured out!"

Roku frowned and then looked down at his feet.

'Ah, shit. I messed up.'

"Ugh…Look…it's no big deal….let's just get through the storm."