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Maikka Week - Weapons

"Can you throw it?"

Sokka glanced over at Mai. Her voice had cut through the general murmur of appreciation. It was the first thing he'd heard her say the whole day. "If you want to, but it's not usually a good idea. That's how I lost my first one, throwing it to take out one of the Firebenders who were attacking me and Toph."

"And Boomerang!" Toph chimed happily. "You lost that, too."

Mai's eyes never left Sokka's new sword. "I thought your boomerang came back."

"Not always." Sokka wasn't sure he liked the way she was staring at his sword. Maybe he should have carved his name into it somewhere while it was being forged.

"So, you've been without a weapon since then?"

"No. I have not been without a weapon." Sokka felt his waning smile make the transition into a frown. "I have a club and a machete, and I got a new boomerang as soon as I got back to the Southern Water Tribe."

Suki smirked. "He actually has two of them, now."

Mai finally shifted her eyes away from Sokka's sword, and onto Suki. "Wow. Two. He could have taken out a whole other Firebender."

Unnoticed in the thickening tension, Zuko pinched the bridge of his nose.

Sokka stepped over by Suki. "Do you have a problem with my weapons, Mai?"

Mai met his challenging gaze for a few moments, but then her eyes sunk back to the sword in his hands. "Only that I'm a little jealous. I want a sword and boomerang, too."

"...you do?"

"Sure. I don't think there's such a thing as too many weapons. But none of mine come back, and they have to be thrown to get any range. That's why I carry so many; you can't touch me without brushing your finger up against something sharp."

Sokka gulped. "Yeah, I hope you don't expect me to test that."

Mai shrugged. "Whatever."

She didn't say anything else for the rest of the day.

END