Crazy trouble with love part 6
Sokka and Yue
Series: Avatar the Last Airbender
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-Somewhere in the Earth Kingdom, after the war-
Sokka was currently helping train some earth soldiers in swordsmanship since just because they couldn't bend earth didn't mean they couldn't help defend their home.
The only problem was that they stink, like REALLY stink!
"Look out!" One yelled as his sword slipped out of his hands and nearly sliced his friends hair off before it hit a wall. "Sorry."
"You nearly killed me!"
"I said sorry!" he snapped before both turned and saw Sokka shaking his head.
"Ok everyone, stop with practice swings and look at me."
They looked at him while the two butted heads with each other.
"You two especially."
"He started it!" They yelled at once.
He sighed. "Look everyone, when it comes to using a sword, you have to keep a grip on it at ALL times. If you lose it in battle then you're defenseless, unless of course you know martial arts in which case you still have a chance, but that's only if you can manage to get up close and avoid getting seriously hurt."
"Like you and your 'space sword'?" One asked innocently.
"Yes." he pulled it out. "Sure I have other weapons, but this one is my new main one. If I let go and it goes flying away, then I'd have a hard time in a fight against a bender. It also depends on how well you grip it and how you stand. A solid stance can keep you up, but a bad one can make it easy for anyone to trip you up."
They nodded as Sokka put his sword back in its scabbard.
"Now go and give me fifty laps, with your swords in your mouths."
"But sir, what will that accomplish?"
"Think of it as training to help you keep a grip on them without cutting your mouth if you ever need to walk through a swamp or climb a cliff and can't carry them, now move!"
They ran away as Sokka chuckled to himself.
'Oh I'm starting to like being a teacher.' He thought before seeing a girl walk by the area with a hat on which obscured her line of sight.
She walked on before stopping near a crossroads and looked lost. "Which way should I go?"
"Hey excuse me, do you need help?" He asked while walking closer to her.
"Oh, yes. I'm trying to get to the next town but I don't know which way it is." She said while Sokka got a good look at her, which was the fact she was very pale, looked to be born to a noble Earth Kingdom family, and due to his...puberty issues, noticed her D cup chest and small ass under the cloth. "Can you help me sir?"
He stared for a few seconds before getting back to reality. "Oh sure thing miss…"
"Yuki, of the Mei Lee family." She said with a bow as some of her hair popped out from under the hat, which looked semi long and as white as snow.
His eyes widened while seeing a brief flashback and shook his head. "Uh, well...where do you need to go?"
"To Yama Town." She said before the hat fell off revealing her blue eyes which looked almost like sapphires. "Oops, sorry about the hat. It's been a hassle keeping it on all the time."
His breath caught in his throat while speechless as she picked the hat up. "I….I...It can't….be. Y...Yue?"
She looked confused. "Yue? Who's that?"
He bit his lips and felt tears rising up. "It is you...it's really you Yue."
"Um I think you're mistaken, I'm Yuki, not Yue. Really Sokka." She said before looking very shocked. 'What did I just say?'
"You are her!" he cried out before hugging her and began sniffling with more tears. "Oh Yue, I...I thought I lost you forever."
Yuki blushed red before unexpectedly earth bending him into the ground. "C-Creep!" she turned and ran off. "Stay away from me!"
"B-But Yue!" He groaned while feeling a little in pain. 'Why?'
(A little while later)
Katara looked at her brother as he looked very miserable and covered in dirt. "Sokka?"
"..."
"Sokka?"
"..."
"Sokka!"
"..."
She groaned before Toph punched him in the head.
"...ow…." he said in a depressed tone.
"Wow, that's just depressing." Toph said in surprise. "And he didn't even flinch."
"Sokka what's wrong?" asked Katara.
"...I saw Yue today."
"You mean miss moon head?" Toph asked while getting elbowed by Katara. "What? She is a moon spirit now."
"You're not helping." she frowned before looking at her brother. "Sokka, what do you mean?"
"I saw her, with my own eyes. She's here in the city, she's actually back."
"But Sokka, that's impossible. She's dead and on the moon."
"But I did see her!" he frowned. "I saw her and even talked to her!"
Katara looked at him with concern. "Maybe you just imagined it, or saw it in a dream when you were sleeping."
"No I wasn't!" He snapped as Aang walked by. "I saw Yue!"
"Um….did I miss anything?" He asked confused.
"Sokka says he saw Yue." spoke Katara.
"He's serious." spoke Toph. "He's not making it up, either he's really convinced he saw some girl that looked like this chick or it's for real."
Aang nodded before getting an idea. "Well maybe she's a reincarnation? Like me?"
"She could earthbend, but she's not exactly the Avatar." Sokka frowned.
"Well you have to remember, she was human before becoming the new moon spirit. If she was reincarnated then it is possible she became an earthbender."
"Wait, but don't people who are reincarnated come back as babies? If she's like what you told me then there's no way she's old enough for Sokka to recognize." spoke Toph.
"Well yes that's true but sometimes a person's spirit will occupy a body that loses its own spirit." Aang explained. "Like if she was on the verge of death or in a coma, it's common for some."
"But if that were true, then wouldn't the moon be gone?" asked Katara. "Unless...the life force! If she became reincarnated like that, would it be possible the life force in her actually became the new moon spirit in her place?"
"Well that's a good idea Katara, but more likely she split her soul when she entered the moon and that part is what Sokka saw. Like her yin side."
"See? That proves it's her!" spoke Sokka with a smile. "We gotta find her."
"Uh, that might not be a good idea." spoke Aang. "If she's reincarnated then she doesn't remember anything about before. Once reincarnated a person's soul forgets everything about their old life, memories, experience, crimes and punishments, all of it. That includes what happened between you two."
He slumped at that. "Oh…."
"Unless….no no that's a very bad idea." Aang muttered.
"Unless what?" asked Katara.
"It's not important."
"Just tell us twinkle toes or I'll give you a rock sandwich!"
"Ok! You have to get a stone from the spirit Meng Po!"
"Meng Po?" spoke Sokka confused. "Who's that?"
"A spirit that the monks say controls the reincarnation cycle, more specifically the loss of memories. One touch from her hands can wipe a person's mind and soul of everything." Aang said with a nervous gulp. "And she's very strict and well like a love child of Azula, Katara and Toph."
That made all of them shudder.
"As far as I know, the monks said there use to be a stone in one of the air temples, but when the fire nation attacked it was lost and no one's seen it since." He said while looking away.
"So let's go get it!" Sokka yelled.
"No! Bad idea!"
"Why?!"
"Because she judges the person looking for her stone and if she finds you sinful she'll wipe your soul clean and send you to the spirit world!" he frowned. "Besides, we don't know the first place to start."
"Well, maybe Zuko has an idea." said Katara.
"How?" Toph asked. "Does he have it in his shrine of your hair?"
"Toph!" they frowned.
"You've got a better chance finding a regular cat in this city then a small stone. For all you know it was smashed before he was born. Plus, what if this lady wipes away anyone who touches it as soon as they hear about it? Last I checked the fire nation was still working on being our chum. Meaning if the guys who find it lose themselves, then Zuko wouldn't get told where it is anyway."
They blinked at that logic.
"Plus if they even had it, why keep it?"
"Well….um...I got nothing." Aang admitted.
"Let's just ask him and get going." frowned Sokka.
"I don't know-"
"PLEASE!" He cried out. "For Yue!"
Aang sighed. "Alright, I'll send a message to him and ask, but if he doesn't know then there's not much we can do."
Sokka nodded while feeling his heart jump for joy.
(A while later)
The group stayed at the palace since the king was letting them stay and was waiting for the letter to arrive.
The only problem was that Sokka was getting antsy, like SUPER antsy.
"How long does it take to write a stupid letter?!"
"Calm down Sokka." Katara frowned.
"I can't wait! My beloved Yue is calling to me!"
"...Katara." Toph said seriously.
"Yes?"
"Is he obsessed with her or something?"
"If he keeps this up then I'm scared to say yes."
"Ah, then I guess Suki's going to be scared too." She chuckled. "Want me to knock him out?"
"Toph!"
Sokka ran around the room before seeing a messenger hawk land on Toph's head.
"Ka!"
"Sokka, found your message."
He rushed over and grabbed the bird's leg, which earned him a few scratches and a note.
"Ka ka ka!"
"Ow! Oh! Ah! Watch it!"
"Ka ka ka!" It cawed before Toph got its wings and threw it out the window, which was aimed wrong as it hit Aang by accident.
"OW! Toph!"
"Blind remember!"
Sokka looked at the message as he read the following: Yes, there is such a stone in the Fire Nation, but it's located in one place. The volcano Diyu, or as the locals call it, the mountain that leads to the dark spirit world.
"Woah, that's not good." spoke Aang shaking his head. "It's said anyone who finds that place are never heard or seen from again. Sometimes most are forgotten since the fear itself makes people not even want to remember what might be there."
"But what's a dark spirit world?" Katara asked.
"It's the place where spirits and humans go if they are truly sinful. It has eighteen levels, each one worse than the other. And….Meng Po governs the ten level." He shivered. "But on the bright side they don't stay long….the most being over 10,000 years or more."
"Wow, really helping." spoke Toph sarcastically.
Sokka looked down before saying. "I'm going." he looked up. "I'm going to that volcano and getting that stone."
"Sokka you need to calm down and think this through." spoke Katara.
"No Katara, I have to do this." He frowned. "I lost Yue once, I'm not going to lose her again."
Toph felt the vibrations coming out from his body and felt surprised, as it was the most batshit and sincere vibration in her entire life. 'Wow, he really loves this chick.'
"Sokka hang on." spoke Aang. "If you're going then so am I, maybe I can talk with the spirits and guide us through safely, but I can't be too sure."
"Same here." Toph smirked. "Plus you're madly in love, and that's something even earthbending can't bend easily. I'm in!"
"Guys! I don't need help! She's my moon spirit and I'm going to save her!" he spoke before Katara slapped the back of his head. "Ow!"
"Calm down or I'll tie you down and leave you here." she frowned. "She's not anyone's, she's her own person, so take a deep breath and stop acting like a kid."
"But...but…" he said before sighing. "You're right, I was stupid, but I just wanted to see Yue again, and this is the only way."
"Well think about this. Do you think she'd want to see you again if she heard you talking like that? Do you wanna sound like her fiance?"
He narrowed his eyes. "Fuck no!"
"Then get a grip and calm down."
He took a deep breath and nodded. "Ok, I'm calm. So when do we leave?"
"Anytime you want." Aang shrugged. "It's your mission, we're just going to follow, which is kind of new to us."
"Just don't lead us off a cliff." Toph said sarcastically.
"Alright, then let's get the usual supplies and get there, Zuko put a map to it on the message."
They nodded at that.
(Sometime later)
-Volcano ten miles from the Fire Nation-
KABOOM!
Lava oozed from the massive volcano as it looked almost like Ko's tree, but much more sinister.
"Wow, that's warm." spoke Toph as they flew on Appa near the volcano.
"And creepy." Katara said while feeling unnerved by the mountain of flames.
"But that's where the stone of Meng Po is." Sokka said while looking a little braver. "Can you land us anywhere away from the lava?"
"Of course." Aang said before looking for a place to land. "But it might take a while."
"Rawr!" groaned Appa moving a bit away from all the heat and sulfur which was irritating him.
Katara looked around before seeing a patch of earth not taken by the lava. "Over there!"
Aang had Appa fly down and land while they got off and sighed with relief since the earth wasn't as hot as he expected.
Toph got off the air bison before sensing a massive network of tunnels underneath the volcano. "Oh...spirits…"
"What is it?" asked Sokka.
"It's like a maze down there!" She said in shock. "A big one at that going all the way….."
"All the way where?" Asked Katara.
"...to the core of the earth."
"That's not possible." spoke Sokka. "No one's ever gotten that far, not even half."
"I'm telling you it's the truth." She said before Aang saw a cave behind Sokka. "But are you scared?"
"What no! I just don't want to get lost!" He huffed before a blast of very cold wind rushed out from the cave. It made them stumble and nearly fall down while covering their heads.
"T-That was creepy." Aang shivered while getting up.
"Reminds me of sugar queens' cold ice water."
"Yea-Hey!"
"Just telling it like it is." She shrugged.
Sokka looked at the cave while feeling his spirit getting colder before steeling himself and walked towards the cave. "Whatever it is, I'm going in. Even if I'm going to the earth's core and dying."
Katara sighed as they entered the cave.
(A few miles down)
"It's too dark in here!" Sokka groaned while trying to see in the pitch black caverns.
"Welcome to the club." drawled Toph. "Just stick close and I can guide us around."
"Oh ha ha." He rolled his eyes before Aang accidentally tripped and landed on Katara.
"S-Sorry Katara." he blushed while they tried to keep hold of Toph as they moved. "Do you feel anything else besides the tunnels?"
She 'looked' around and tried finding anything. "Just rocks, lava, knives, and….a few metal pots?"
Aang paled. "T-Those are some of the tortures used on the sinful spirits!"
"And what's so bad about a pot?"
"They boil people in them!"
That got them to tense up before hearing some faint screams in the distance. That gave them all a shiver of fear.
"I-I think we need to go." Sokka gulped before feeling something smooth on the wall. He moved his hands over it and felt a handle. "Wait, I think I feel a door."
"Then open it!" Toph frowned.
He pulled on it as a bright light overtook his sight.
Creeeeeeeeeeeek!
They covered their eyes from the sudden brightness. After a bit of readjusting they saw what was inside, a room full of pale crystals, with carvings of an unknown civilization or nation, and overflowing with thick misty water that fell from the mouths of dragon statues into a large pool in the center of the room. Near the pool was a table with a pale crystal stone with an image of a soul carved into it.
"What's it like?" asked Toph turning her head.
"It's unlike anything we've ever seen." Aang said looking around. "Not even the Sun Warriors had stuff like this."
"But what's with all the crystals?" Katara asked while looking at one next to her. "Are they part of some ancient myth or are they used in some secret spells?"
"I don't know, the monks never explained about any crystals. But they did say that the water is actually a brew of herbs that cause permanent and instant amnesia. So don't drink the water, at all."
"Well if this is where she brews it, then where is she?" asked Sokka.
The air went cold again as the water started to rise up.
They moved back as it took the form of a woman with pure white robes, translucent long hair, white eyes, a C cup chest and large ass. She was about as tall as Katara but looked very much like Azula when calculating a plan. The water moved around her body before making two larger arms that floated around her shoulders.
"Here I am mortal, the ruler of the tenth level of Diyn. The one that erases your very lives, Meng Po." She said with a tone similar to Toph.
They were stunned while Sokka tried to steal his nerves.
"Why have you come here?"
"I-I'm here to get your orb."
She frowned. "Another one? And here I thought those foolish Agni spawn were persistent."
"Agni spawn?" spoke Toph confused.
"The ones with the fire." She rolled her eyes. "For a badgermole you're really blind."
"I take that as a compliment, the badgermole I mean."
The spirit rolled her eyes before looking at Sokka. "And what do you want my Orb of Remembrance?"
"I...want a friend of mine to remember who she use to be."
"...who?" she asked boredly.
"Yue." he spoke with a frown. "I want her to remember she use to be the daughter of the chief of the northern water tribe."
She blinked. "The moon spirit? But why use my orb for that girl?"
"He loves her." Toph said bluntly.
"Toph!" he blushed while feeling embarrassed.
"So you want her to remember what you two once had, am I right?" The spirit asked.
He blushed and nodded.
"Noble, but faulty." She said while floating to the orb. "No souls has ever remembered their past using my orb, what makes you special enough to touch or even use this product of the beginning of your reality?"
"I...well….uh….look I just do!" he spoke while looking down. "When I saw her face to face after so long, I thought it was a second chance, like all this stuff that's happened and all the stuff that's been tossed at us was a way to show that maybe it would be worth it in the end. Now I learn she's here, but it's not her, she's someone different."
"Exactly, someone different. She's been cleansed of everything to live a new life and new path. Tell me, are you wanting her to remember for her sake or your own? What right do you have to make her remember something she may not want to? Did you ever think that perhaps she wanted to be oblivious and focus on her second chance?"
He looked down. "..."
"If you have nothing to-"
"She said my name." He muttered.
Meng Po blinked. "What? Speak up mortal."
"She said my name, it's Sokka. When I heard that it showed she remembered me."
"..." she floated over to him. "And how did this come to be?"
"She asked for directions and I kind of um...hugged her." He blushed. "But the point is she said my name and that means she remembers me."
"A likely story, but even so I need proof of your honesty."
"Like what?"
Meng Po pointed to the orb. "Try to touch it, if you can stay yourself I'll let you borrow it, if not." she smirked while the group felt like it was like Azula's. "You shall become one of the crystals that litters my domain for all time."
"Y-You mean…"
"Yes, they are mortals that failed the test." She chuckled darkly. "All forty million of those sinful souls not worthy of reincarnation."
"Forty...million?" muttered Katara in shock while looking at all of them.
"And soon it might be forty one million." She said while floating to the orb. "So mortal, care to test your soul?"
He looked at it and felt himself shiver. 'Come on, you came all this way for a reason, are you gonna chicken out now?!' He thought about Yue while steeling himself.
'Sokka, don't do it. It's not worth it!' The mental image yelled in his mind with concern.
'I'm sorry, but I have to for your sake.' He thought before walking to the orb. He held his hand out and slowly reached towards it.
The group gulped as Sokka took the orb…..
And was alright, not even protruding crystals or giant spikes.
"I….I'm still me."
Meng Po smiled a motherly smile. "You passed mortal, you passed the test of remembrance."
He smiled and let out a deep breath he didn't know he had been holding. "Oh thank god."
"You shall borrow my orb, but do not use it on anyone but the girl." She said as her water arms changed into dragon heads. "If you use it on anyone else then your soul shall forget everything and you shall join the many crystals of my domain."
"Yes ma'am, thank you, this means a lot." he looked at it before realizing something. "Wait, will she remember what's happened for this second life?"
"Yes, even if she's in a new form the soul will keep any memory till their time comes." She said before looking at Aang with a frown. "Something I loathe about a certain being with four powers."
He gulped. "What?"
"You heard. I hate your nature, you will never come to my domain because of your soul, and I hate you in turn." the water turned back into two hands that ushered them away. "Now get out, and the orb will return to me on it's own when it's been used so it's much easier to return."
They felt the water pushing them right out of the room and out of the caverns before the hands vanished into mist.
"I like her." Toph grinned. "She's like another me."
"Let's not dwell on that too much and get back to Ba Sing Se." spoke Katara as they climbed back on Appa.
"Wait!" Sokka yelled out. "She might not be there! She might be out of the Earth Kingdom!"
"But that was a month ago."
"Well….um…."
"But maybe we can find her family house?" Aang said. "What was her family name again Sokka?"
"Um, I think it was Mei Lee."
Toph blinked. "That's my families hated rival, which I don't mind, but they hated them for acting mellow, like twinkle toes here."
"Can you tell us where they're at?"
"No I'm gonna pass out and nap, what do you think?" she raised an eyebrow.
"Toph."
She rolled her eyes. "They live outside my old village, but they live near a lake. I recall that the wife was like sugar queen, but from….a swamp I think? Don't remember the details."
"Then let's get going."
(A few days later)
"Rawr!" Appa called out while flying towards Toph's village.
"We're almost there." called Aang.
"Just don't let my folks see me." Toph frowned. "I'm still mad at them."
"At this point shouldn't you realize that after winning a war you're all grown up?" asked Katara. "Maybe paying them a visit wouldn't hurt."
"Yeeeah, and I'm sure they will love hearing I nearly fell off a airship." She said sarcastically. "Oh they'll praise me and give me kisses."
"That's the spirit." muttered Sokka without listening while keeping his eyes peeled.
Aang shook his head before seeing a woman walking near a lake and earth bending some stones. "Sokka, I think I found her!"
He looked down and went wide eyed. "That's her!"
(With the girl)
Yuki looked bored while throwing another boulder into the lake. 'Why do I feel so...bored? It's not like me to be this bored.'
That's when she felt the wind pick up and was surprised before seeing a flying bison landing nearby. She blinked before getting hugged by the same boy as a few weeks ago. "H-Hey!"
"It's so good to see you again!"
"G-Get off me creep!" She yelled in embarrassment. She shoved him off and brought a rock up. "How did you find me? Wait...have you been stalking me?!"
"N-No! I haven't!"
"We just saw you from the air." Katara said as Appa roared in agreement.
"Look, just get away from my house before I call the guards."
Sokka looked down at the orb. "Oh, well...alright. Sorry about the trouble, I just thought you were a…" he muttered a little.
"What?" She asked before getting tackled as Sokka showed her the orb.
"My love Yue!"
"Hey! Get off me!" She yelled before seeing her reflection shift into an unknown woman's face as her eyes started to glow white.
All of them watched as she grew still and silently stared at the orb.
She felt her mind slowly gaining knowledge and emotions unknown to her as images of the boy appeared, but not as a creep, but as...a friend and lover. Her eyes returned to normal as she stopped struggling and the boulder fell down to the ground in a large thud. "W….What?"
"Yue? Are you there?" Asked Sokka as the orb faded away.
"Sokka? Why are you on me?" She asked with a blush.
He blushed and moved away. "S-Sorry, but...is it really you?"
She sighed. "Yes, I'm Yue, but I'm also Yuki." She got up. "And you were very creepy, no offense."
"Sorry." he looked away while hearing Toph snicker. "I never meant to do that, or get so wound up, it-"
"I know Sokka, I do." she cut him off. "You were just happy to see me again, but you really do need to try and keep your cool, being obsessive isn't you." she smiled.
"I know." He said before giving her a hug. "I missed you Yue."
"Me too, even if I was in a haze for about two years." She said while hugging him back. "But how did you do it?"
"Well…"
"He went to Diyu and got this orb from Meng Po." Toph interrupted.
Sokka nodded while Yue went wide eyed. "That basically sums it up."
"Sokka! That was the most stupidest thing you ever did!" She yelled in shock. "I know you missed me and we have a thing but-"
"It wasn't a thing!" he spoke up while holding her by the shoulders and looked her in the eye. "It's not like some one time crush or a 'thing' that was over before it started, to me it was love. When you were gone and had to give up your life, I was devastated."
Yue felt her heart stop hearing that as her face went bright red. "B...But….I…."
"But I faced Meng Po's challenge and brought you back, all because….I love you. More than anything in the world." He said with a sincere and loving voice.
She gulped while looking away. "I wanna believe you, I really do, it's just...with how long it's been I don't want to cause any problems if you found someone else. When I gave my life I wanted you to try and find love again, not be held back."
"But I never found anyone else." He frowned. "I've always kept you in my heart, I once tried to move on and kiss a friend, but….I couldn't. Not after I lost you. Sure there were other girls that either liked me or I liked them, but I could never forget you."
She looked him in the eye. "Does that mean if you had the chance, you could accept me as Yue and Yuki?"
"Yes." He said without hesitation. "I would."
She smiled and wrapped her arms around him. "I'd like that. I mean it's new and weird remembering my old life, especially with me being an earthbender, so much tougher compared to how I saw waterbenders bend."
He moved his arms around her. "But I'll be with you every step of the way. That's a promise."
The group felt small tears run down their cheeks as Toph sighed with a small smile.
"Let's give these two some room." she grabbed Aang and Katara's arms before dragging them away.
"Wait! I need to remind Sokka about the dragonbees and the sea prunes!" Katara cried out.
"The what?" Aang asked confused.
"It's something Gran Gran told me but she didn't tell Sokka."
"Sugar queen, let them figure that on their own. Besides, if you know that, then maybe you and twinkle toes can get to it."
Both blushed red. "TOPH!"
She smirked before sensing the two kissing, very loudly from what the vibrations are telling her. 'Well you impressed me Sokka, who knew you'd go so far for a girl?'
But as they were going on with their lives, Meng Po watched them from her domain and sighed.
"Love, such a tricky emotion even I can't stop." She turned into water and entered the pool. "But one I can tolerate."