A Kiss in Ba Sing Se

[A/N: This is an A/U story. The Toph character does feel inferior to Katara and so in order to compete for Aang's affections pulls out all the stops. Aang is a boy with near infinite power and is being offered love and comfort from the two girls most dear to him.

Disclaimer: I do not own any rights or titles to the characters of Avatar: The Last Airbender. ]

Chapter 5

Heat

As she laid on the bough, her body was undulating uncontrollably now and with every kiss, it just brought something strange and wonderful closer.

"What... are... you... doing... to... me... you... crazy... this feels... wonderful!" she panted heavily.

She could hear his breathing, strangely in rhythm with her own, his free hand, laid still upon her clothed abdomen. But what she couldn't see was his eyes and arrows periodically flashing in time with the peaks of her pleasure.

"AANG! It's-it's like... I feel... YOU... you're inside... inside... movingggg... touchingggg... everythingggg!"

The Avatar continued to do his specialized bending as she trembled and thrashed with each new growing sensation. Aang really didn't know how this started, it just seemed to take hold of him the moment he touched her stomach. He felt the avatar state suddenly kick in and he was bending... her waters! He could also sense and react instantly to her sighs and tremors. His body was apparently in locked stepped with hers.

He was causing her to vibrate on the inside with waves of pleasure building, and she began to shake involuntarily from deep within her core. Never before had she felt anything like this. She threw her head back, moaning, seething… gripping him as hard as she could.

His eyes widened at the site… the wonder... the absolute beauty of her convulsing so in the moonlight. He stopped bending for a moment.

"You stop... I'll bounce a boulder on your head!" she threatened though gritted teeth.

He started up again.

"Oh... please... don't... stop..., Aang... Aang... Aang!" she cried out as she began to crest. Her voice rose into a crescendo, followed by several more deep moans and shudders, as he had sped back up and continued.

He loved hearing his name, especially when she said it like this.

Aang now felt something as well. A deep, churning, wave building up within him. It was as if what had happened to Toph was recoiling upon him. He gazed upon her, still cooing and trembling from her experience. Her face was bright crimson, lips full and slightly parted, beckoning him to imbibe was more. He was unable to look away, not that he wanted to. This vision was just to wonderful! And then... the heat over took him. All he could do was grab her up and cling! He started to shake as wave upon wave coursed through him in what he could only deem, a glorious explosion.

She pressed her face deeply into his chest, capturing every sensation she could. "O Twinkle Toes did you just…"

He couldn't answer, just nodded into her shoulder.

"Good Boy, that's my man," she sighed in satisfaction with a small giggle.

She laid against him quietly now, recounting what had happened moments before. She had heard many women speaking about this thing called an orgasm, but thought she would have to wait until later in life to experience such an event.

"Well, score one for me!" she thought with a half grin, "Didn't even have to take my clothes off.

She suddenly felt something in her on her head and realized what her new beau was doing. He was nuzzling her hair with his face.

"What are you doing you weirdo?" she asked pinching his thigh.

"Ow, be nice. I just wanted to smell and feel your hair at the same time," he said innocently, swooping over to take of nibble of her ear.

"With your face, Twinkle Toes?"

"Hey, I thought I was Aang now?"

"Lovey, lovey, time is over. Back to being Twinkle Toes," she stated regally, "So what's with the face again?"

"O Monkey feathers, and I thought we had... never mind," he sighed. "I'm using my face because my hands are a little tied up, massaging your shoulders and back, because you said... if you recall... the tree gave you a cramp!"

She laughed, "O yeah, you may continue then," she replied, sounding like a perfect princess.

This whole scene felt so familiar… savoring the moments of the present, but somehow also being a reflection of the past.

"Hey Aang, that thing you did just a little while ago..." she finally started to ask after much embarrassing thought, "how... I mean, how did you know how to do that? Have you done that with Sugar Queen before?"

He shook his head, not stopping the massage for a moment, "Don't you think if I could have done that to Katara, we would have been dating ages ago?"

"Good point, Twinkle Toes. So how did you do it?"

"I don't know," he admitted. "One moment we're making out and I'm just getting more comfortable...shifting position ya know, and then I place my hand on your tummy and whammo!"

"Whammo? What's whammo?"

He stopped the massage now, "Remember when I couldn't control the avatar state?"

"Yeah, like when that Sand scum stole Appa. You were about to put a real hurt'n on all of them."

"Yeah, well when we were flying over the swamp, I was taking Appa down and I didn't realize that. Like some force had a hold of me. It was taking me to a vision of you. Now I think, some how, that same force kind of tapped into my Avatar power to do what we did, but also send it back through me."

"So do you think you can do it again?" she asked hopefully.

"We'll have to see," he whispered into her ear.

Aang felt a sudden wave of panic come over him as he jerked his hands away.

"Hey! I didn't give you permission to move those Twinkle Toes "Toph yelled as she sat up. "I was just about to give you a new nickname."

"I have to get back to the teashop," Aang screamed as his voice rose an octave in pitch. "I told Katara I wouldn't be long. How long has it been... an hour... maybe two?"

He was heading into full scale panic mode as she could tell from having had seen many times before... rather heard. She twisted about an wave a hand about, attempting to find his face in her sightless condition. He took it and placed it upon his cheek.

Her soft smile was followed by a gentle kiss directly on his lips. She loved that she had this kind of control and intimacy with the airbender. He immediately began to settle down.

"Help me get re-assembled here and then we… I mean you… can run back to the teashop and tell Suga… I mean Katara, it was all my fault you were delayed." she said happily to be the scapegoat.

Aang actually enjoyed helping her get herself together, but they had to leave her hair down, it was a total nappy mess.

He leaned in and kissed her again passionately. Once, then twice and then…

"I thought you had to get back to the teashop," she spoke through the third. " Ya know I can do this all night, but I think you really should go?" Toph said, giving him one last hug and a wink, "I'll talk to you tomorrow. Meet me at the rock pit, the one outside the city, okay?"

He kissed her once more, "Okay," he said into her mouth as he loosened his hug. She slid from his grasp and unto the ground. She was gone as fast as he could turn to look past the tree.

With no time to think, Aang made a fast retreat back to towards the teashop, wondering what he was going to say to Katara! Was he going to be able to even look her in the eye? "What have I done," he thought. "Everything I promised not to do... I did!" he suddenly realized. "I'm nothing more than a low down two-timing sewer viper. I don't deserve her. She's to go for me. When I get to the shop, I'll say that and break it off," he decided. "Besides, we've only just started this relationship, better to end it now, right?

His decision to tell her everything sound totally practical and logical, until he opened the door of the Jasmine Dragon.

There she stood. Katara, beautiful, radiant, Katara... with the warmest, sweetest smile on her face. She stepped over and hugged him, in full body style, like she had done earlier. His mind became a blur.

"Did Toph make it back to the inn okay Aang?" she asked a tone so sweet, it could rival honey. "She really must have had a lot to say, but I thought she wasn't much of a talker. Go figure... I guess I was wrong since you've been gone for awhile, uh?"

The hairs on the back of his neck stood straight up. "Um, she can be quite surprising sometimes... down right chatty."

"Really, with all the time I've spent with her, you would think I'd know that," she stated as she left the hug and walked over to a table.

She closely examined the rather nervous demeanor of her boyfriend. She had felt something different about him the moment he left with Toph, though she could put her finger on it. But the way he was looking at the little earthbender… it worried her. Now the extended period time he was away, conjured many imaginings in her mind. Most she dismissed as sheer foolishness, but still, she had to wonder. She was about to go look for him when he walked through the door. It was all she could do to not go off on him. But of course,she didn't want to appear as a suspicious, jealous, overbearing girlfriend.

Aang wrung his hands together and his mind raced, "Oh yeah, you know when comes to certain thing… she had quite a bit to say."

"Oh, yeah, like what Aang?"

"Well, she needed to vent a bit about why I took so long to take down Ozai, an-and asked if we were going to continue training. You know Sifu Toph and training, always thinking I can improve even though I'm a full avatar, " Aang replied as he looked away, avoiding any direct eye contact.

"Even though you're a full realized Avatar, that does sound like a good idea Aang. You still need to master all the elements outside of your Avatar state don't you think?" she commented beginning to feel more comfortable about their time together.

Aang simply nodded in agreement as he made his way over to the counter, "I guess, but my duties are only gonna grow Katara, when will I have the time?"

"Well, if we all stay together for a while, then you can keep up your training, how does that sound?" she suggested.

He took a cup a tea for a severely dry throat, "(Cough) Sound great, but Zuko has to govern his Nation, he won't be able to come."

She slowly walked over to where he stood, "Hey Aang, what's that red smudge on your shoulder? I didn't notice it before when you left with Toph," Katara asked. She always had an eye for the details.

It was a good thing the lighting in the Dragon wasn't that good or she might have also noticed his really wrinkled robes as well.

Aang looked down and saw where the moon flower he had placed in Toph's hair had left its mark on the shawl of his robe. He swallowed hard, trying to come up with a feasible explanation.

The room suddenly felt too hot as his mind churned, "Huh…ah we stopped... yeah and I had a cherry tart… must have spilled some, and... and didn't notice. You know what a sloppy eater I am."

"I hate lying to you Katara, but what else am I gonna say?" he thought to himself.

"Well, take that off and let me use a little cold water to get the stain out before it sets," Katara said. "You have to be careful eating tarts."

"Yeah, especially a... little earthbending tart," a voice whispered from the corner table, just low enough for him to hear.

His eyes darted toward the threatening voice, only to end up in the face of Sokka. His expression was filled with disappointment and anger at his friend.

Aang could only look down in fear and shame.