Crazy trouble with love part 4

Toph and Aang

Series: Avatar the Last Airbender

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It was a sleepy day as team Avatar was busy doing whatever, even for the Avatar who was taking a nap under a tree. Katara was making sure they were caught up with supplies, Sokka was sharpening his boomerang, and Toph was staring at the sky, bored out of her mind.

'Ugh, nothing to do.' She thought while grabbing some grass and tried using it as a grass whistle. But all she managed was blowing it away which just made her groan in annoyance. "Damn it suger queen! Just why did this day have to be so damn boring?!"

"Toph, don't go getting mad just cause it's one of those days." sighed Katara. "Just try to figure a way to pass the time."

"Like what? Bending a mountain because I did that already."

"Well if you ask me." Sokka said while looking at his boomerang. "Maybe you should try something new, like bending metal or making a new sport?"

"Really? That's what you think is fun? Suuure, and then maybe Sugar Queen over there is gonna learn how to control everyone like some weird puppet master."

"That's actually a great idea." He smirked before Katara hit him with a water whip. "Ow! Katara!"

"No it's not a good idea, it's sound like a scary story and that's something I would never do." spoke his sister.

"Still." He grumbled as Toph got up with a grin on her face.

"I got it!" She turned and earthbended Aang into the air as he landed on the ground next to her. "Twinkle Toes, you and me are going on an outing."

"You could have just walked over and asked." he grumbled standing up.

"Meh, I was bored." She shrugged. "Ever been on an outing?"

"Yes, with Katara."

"I mean without Sugar Queen."

"Oh, then no."

Toph frowned before grabbing his shirt and pulled him towards her. "Just listen here! I'm bored out of my wits end and I'm asking you to join me in an outing, so if you got a problem with it then I'm going to make sure your stuck in quicksand for a LONG time Twinkle Toes!"

He reeled back while Katara intervened.

"Toph, if Aang doesn't want to go, then he doesn't have to."

She glared at her while getting madder before she punched Aang in the gut and stomped off.

"Oof." he groaned. "What's with her?"

"Toph is bored and she wanted to take you out on an outing." Sokka explained. "Don't know why but boy she's mad at you now."

"I never even said no, just I've only done it with Katara, that's it."

"But even if that's the case, Toph might be in a sour mood."

A massive rock was shot into the air and sent flying into a lake.

"Maybe just give her time to cool off."

Aang sighed as more rocks were sent flying everywhere. "Alright, I'll try."

(Five hours later)

CRASH!

BOOM!

CRACK!

Toph growled while throwing the last massive block of stone into a forest. "All he had to do was just say yes, that's one word! How hard is it? Because I'm not Katara? Or is it because I'm tough and not all girly?"

As she stomped her foot in anger said person walked carefully trying not to get to close to the enraged earthbender.

'By spirits, she's really upset.' Aang thought while seeing all the destruction around Toph.

"What do you want Twinkle Toes?" she frowned.

"Oh um...I wanted to check up on you."

"Yeah I'm fine. Now leave." She growled.

"You don't look fine to me."

"I am." she narrowed her eyes at him. "I'm just peachy."

He gulped a little. "Toph, I know you got upset before but I don't see why you're still mad about the outing. It's done and over with."

"Yeah, except if it was with Katara then it would just be getting started." she remarked with sarcasm.

"Toph, ugh, you know what. Fine be angry. I was about to reconsider but if you're going to act like this then I'm leaving." He frowned before getting stopped by a pillar of earth.

"Hold up, say that again."

"That I'm leaving?"

"Not that, the other thing."

"Oh that I was reconsidering the outing. What about it?"

"If you're reconsidering it then I gotta ask, is it just to keep me calm or because you actually wanna do it?"

"The latter." Aang sighed. "But if you're too angry then I'm not going to bother."

She sighed and shook her head. "Look, if I TRY to keep my anger in check, do you promise you'll go on that with me?"

"Well if you put it that way, yeah." He said while the earth pillar went back down into the earth.

"Great, now we can head out now." she turned and started walking with a small smile.

'I hope this isn't going to end me.'

(A while later)

Both of them walked through a forest without many animals around. Which was creepy yes, but that didn't matter as they got to the town.

"So what do you want to do Toph?"

"No clue." She shrugged. "Unless there's some sleazy place this is gonna be more boring than picking my toes."

"You always do that."

"Which means toe picking is getting boring."

Aang sweatdropped. "Maybe we could try getting some food?"

"If it's from a bar, I'm game."

"I doubt they'd let us get in, we're kids, remember?"

"Meh, you're a hundred and twelve." She said. "Meaning you can enter any bar you ever wanted."

"But I'm a monk!"

"Monks can indulge once in awhile, but if it's you Twinkle Toes, then maybe it's not possible." she remarked before turning her head. "I'm sensing a lot of stuff going on down this way, let's go."

"Hey wait, don't run off."

"I'm not even running." she spoke while jogging down the road. "I'm jogging!"

Aang grumbled while jogging after Toph. He saw they reached a building with loud noises inside and what sounded like a fight going on.

"Ah finally, a fight club." Toph grinned. "An earthbending fight club to be exact."

"Wait what?"

"Oh don't be a pussydog, it's just a club where they fight to near death."

"How is that even allowed? At least with the one you were in you didn't end up dead, but here?"

"Maybe." She shrugged. "But don't worry Twinkle Toes, we're doing doubles today."

"Wait they do doubles?"

"And triples and all outs."

"You're not seriously wanting us to compete, do you?"

Toph rolled her eyes before grabbing his arm. "I am because I know we can win."

"But-" he was cut off as she dragged him inside where they saw a ring in the middle of the place with people cheering as two men were earthbending each other.

The earthbenders then sent several spiked boulders at each other as the one with a missing eyeball started to bend a boulder to the others face.

He narrowly dodged it but got shot out of the ring from a pillar coming out and hitting him in the gut.

"And it's a knockout!" The announcer called out. "The Pirate has don't it again!"

"Ahahaha!" he laughed as the crowd cheered or others groaned at losing their money. "Keep it coming you shash bulkers! Bring on the weaklings!"

"Toph we really should leave." whispered Aang.

"Oh so you're chickeneeling?" She smirked. "Wow, I know you're a floozy but now I know you're a big time floozy."

"No, I'm just keeping us from getting in trouble. Besides, even if you wanted us to fight, I bet they have age restrictions to keep kids from getting hurt."

Toph frowned at that before looking at a man with no nose. "What's the age limit in this joint?"

"There's none." He said while drinking some alcoholic drink. "Just fight, that's the only rule."

"Good, because me and my friend here wanna get in on the action."

"Oh? Then hurry up and got to it then." He said before passing out.

"Come on Twinkle Toes, we're going in."

"But Toph!" He tried to say before being grabbed as Toph jumped into the ring.

"Hello you pussies! The Blind Bandit and the Avatar has arrived!" she declared with a grin as Aang tried to give a small smile while feeling nervous.

"Oh so you're the Blind Bandit?" Spoke the Pirate. "You're small then I imagined." He then looked at Aang. "And if that's the Avatar, then I have barricades in my teeth."

"That explains the rancid breath I can smell." grimaced Toph which got half the people chuckling.

"Oh? Then what's with the eyes? Got lost in a glass eye convention?" He jabbed.

That made her lose her smile while Aang knew he hit the wrong spot. "Let's see how much of a mouth you have after I send you through the roof."

The Pirate laughed while snapping his fingers as a man with one arm jumped in. "Try it when Scurvy makes your friend see six feet under."

"Ah, little man." he smirked while the referee moved on the stand. "Your girlfriend and yourself will be eating the floor in no time flat."

"We aren't a couple." Aang blushed.

"Still, I'm going to smash your skull into dust." Scurvy grinned while cracking his joints.

"It's the match of the hour, The champion of bone breaking and the champion of ball breaking, The Pirate and Scurvy vs the Blind Bandit and the Avatar!"

DING DING!

"Round one!"

Aang gulped before having to dodge a boulder from both fighters. "Can't we talk this over?"

"Squash boy!" Scurvy yelled while making a spiked boulder and threw it at Aang. "Squash puny boy!"

He ducked and saw Toph start firing several rocks at them while he kept moving around. "I knew this wasn't a good idea!"

"Oh don't be like that." Toph said while dodging some boulders from the Pirate. "It's fun."

"Especially when I rip your eyes out you landlubber!"

'That's not fun!' Aang thought before earthbending at boulder at Scurvy who...bit it and crushed it as it was revealed he had iron teeth.

"Was that all?"

"Um, no?"

He laughed before punching the ground and caused a spike to shot out.

Aang quickly used the air to propel himself above it and slid down the spike before quickly earthbending a rock that shot out and hit the guy in the face.

"Gah!" He cried out before punching Aang in the gut and used two square pillars to try and squish him. "You're dead!"

He went wide eyed before they were broken from Toph sliding over and smashing them together away from him.

"Pick up the pace or you'll get crushed."

"Same for you!" The Pirate said while sending large slabs of stone at Toph. "Keep your eyes on the prize you little cabin boy!"

Her eye twitched before sliding her foot and raising a wall to take the stones. "I'm a girl."

"Could have fooled me." He smirked before he saw Aang getting somewhat serious as he bended the ground under him and caused it to sink. "Ha! You think this is gonna stop me?"

"Ah!" Aang jumped before earthbending out. Only to get punched again by Scurvy.

"Puny girl!"

Toph made a hand rise up and started pulling Scurvy back. "Aang just cut loose!"

"But-"

"Do you want to die? Just cut loose!" She yelled while trying to dodge more spiked boulders. Only for the Pirate to grab her by the legs.

"I'm going to enjoy plumbing you your cabin boy." He smirked while getting ready to punch her. Only for Aang to bend a pillar into him and send him flying.

"Toph are you alright?"

"Yep." She smirked before looking at Scurvy. "And look, master iron breath."

"Um...mercy?"

(One beat down later)

"And we have our winners! The Blind Bandit and the Avatar!" The announcer called out as Toph held up Aang's hand with a big grin. "Give it up to our new champions!"

The crowd cheered while Toph soaked up the praise and Aang felt embarrassed while lightly waving.

"And now for the free for all!"

The groups of people grinned while getting up and cracking their joints.

"Wait, free for all?" spoke Aang nervously.

"Yep, a free for all for the championship. That's what the doubles are for." The announcer smirked. "Now round one!"

DING DING DING!

(Later)

"Ow…" Aang groaned while walking down the street as Toph held a large championship belt up like a trophy. "I hope you're happy."

"Yep." She smiled. "Really happy Twinkle Toes."

"I was being sarcastic."

"I'm not." Toph smirked while punching his arm lightly. "I really appreciate you helping me out."

Aang groaned while feeling like he needed a long nap. A ten year one to be exact. "Next time maybe you could bring Sokka out on something like this."

She rolled her eyes. "He wouldn't survive that long, plus I wanted you not Meathead."

"But why? You know I'm not….as eager to fight as you."

"But you are fun. That's why I asked you before." She smiled. "And you were slow yes, but you acted really tough when you got your mind into it."

"Um...was that a compliment?"

"If you want to think that."

'I'll take it then.' He thought before seeing that Toph stopped and started to put the huge belt around both of them. "Um what are you doing?"

"Putting on the championship belt around us." She grinned.

"But won't that stick us right against each other?"

"Meh, not my problem." She said while finishing putting the belt on them. "There, much better."

Aang groaned while trying to walk off only for them both to fall on the ground. "See how this won't work?"

"Yeah yeah." She rolled her eyes. "But I get to see you better." she smirked. "You know your heart is racing right now."

He blushed and looked away while glad she couldn't see his blush.

"Twinkle Toes, did you have fun?"

"And by fun you mean getting hurt? No."

"...I mean the fact you and I kicked some ass." She frowned. "And here I thought you liked hanging with me."

"What? Toph hang on. Yes I do like hanging out with you, I'm just saying it's hard to tell when you're joking or being serious sometimes."

Toph scoffed. "I may be a smart aleck but I don't joke with you Twinkle Toes."

He raised an eyebrow at her. "Really?"

"Dead serious." She said. "Especially today."

"Um…"

"What? I'm telling the truth!" She growled. "Like how your heart is...beating faster?"

He blushed as his heart started to beat faster again. 'Oh no! Why is this happening?'

Toph sighed a little. "Look, I'm not trying to joke."

"Well….like I said, I did have fun, even if my head nearly got crushed a few times."

"But I saved you each time." She pointed out. "And it was fun for me."

"Oh? So you had fun getting punched?"

"No! I had fun with you!" she growled. "How hard is that to understand?"

"Wait? You had fun with me?"

"Oh damn course! Why else would I ask you to come here? For spirits sake, you're the most densest person I ever liked!" she cried out before going wide eyed and covered her mouth.

"W-What?" Aang blushed.

"Nothing."

"You said-"

"Nope, I didn't, I don't know what you mean."

"But you said I liked you, I mean you liked me!" He blushed while turning away in embarrassment.

"I don't know what you mean, but your heart race just skyrocketed."

"Um…" he gulped. "What about yours?"

"This got nothing to do with me! Really why do I even like you-"

"You said it again!"

"No I didn't!"

"Yes you did you annoyingly cute girl!" He yelled before blushing red. "I mean...ah! Damn it!"

"Ah ha! I knew it! You do like me Twinkle Toes."

Aang blushed while his heartbeat neared faster. "Fine I like you, but I know you said you like me."

"Ha, I never said that." She smirked. "Why would I even say I like you Aang."

"Because you just did, now."

Toph blushed at that. "Um…."

"Just tell the truth. I'm not going anywhere." 'I couldn't even if I wanted too.'

She sighed. "Fine, so maybe I like you."

He raised his eyebrow.

"Alright! I like like you! Happy!"

"A little but why now?"

"I figured if we had a good time doing something, maybe you and I could get even closer. Maybe even closer than with Sugar Queen." she muttered.

Aang blinked. "Oh...I didn't know."

"No duh."

"But that's kind of what I was doing also." He admitted. "But without the flying rocks and punches."

Toph blinked and was surprised at that remark. "Say what?"

"Um...I was also hoping we could get closer." He blushed. "I mean you are a nice person once you get past the tough affection."

"I ain't no girly girl so what did you expect?"

"That I know, especially this morning. But...maybe we can take it slow-"

"If we're doing this thing, we aren't going to do it willy nilly. We are going to take it on Twinkle Toes." she cut him off with a frown. "Got it?"

He nodded heavily at that.

"Good, now let's get back before Sugar Queen and Meathead get too worried."

"But we're still stuck with this belt around us."

"You can airbend." She raised an eyebrow. "Or did you forget you're an airbender?"

"No, I just didn't know if you were fine with that since you prefer staying on the ground."

"Normally yes, but I'm on you at the moment so I'm alright if you airbend once in awhile."

"Then hang on tight." He said while taking a deep breath and got them off the ground before making an airscooter and moved out of the village.

(Back at camp)

"Sokka, do you think that they've been gone too long?"

"A little, but Toph probably got into a scrap and Aang's getting her out of it right now."

"Maybe." Katara sighed before seeing Aang returning to camp with Toph stuck to him with a belt. "Guys? Why do you have a belt around you like that?"

"Simple Sugar Queen." Toph grinned. "We just became fight club champions."

"Fight club?" spoke the siblings at once in surprise and shock.

"And Aang here finally confessed."

"You did it first Toph."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Wait, you two went to a fight club, and didn't invite me? That's cold." remarked Sokka.

"Sokka!"

"What? Just saying."

"It was for my new boyfriend only." Toph admitted. "Not you Meathead."

"You two, are a couple now?" spoke Katara who felt slightly disappointed hearing that.

"Yes." She frowned. "Got a problem with that?"

"No, no I don't."

"You're lucky I'm on Twinkle Toes back." She frowned while looking at Aang. "Say Twinkle Toes, forgot anything important?"

"Like what?"

She rolled her eyes before kicking his leg. "Maybe letting me go so I can kiss you!"

Aang blushed and quickly unfastened the belt just to get her off his back. "Um….isn't that moving a li-"

Toph didn't hesitate as she kissed him with passion.

"Katara." Sokka said to his shocked sister. "Maybe you should have asked Aang for a kiss before tod-"

"Sokka!"

"What just saying."

Katara frowned while seeing the two benders kissing wildly. 'I hope they don't try anything else before the Fire Lords defeated.'