Title: A Night Out

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar...sigh, if only!

Warnings: None.

Summary: slight MengLee/Sukka/Taang, Postwar-Gaang Wins, response to Masako MoonShade's The Three Bachelors Challenge A Fortune Teller. A Crush. A Warrior.A Blind Master. A Rumble and a Contract. A night out, all together...What could possibly go wrong?

Notes: Yays! See? I kept my promise that once I get three reviews I'll post! Now can you keep up with four? LOL, This chapter's a little bit over...2,200 words. And I want to thank, drumroll please? Drumroll...DRUMROLL!!!

Aw, shucks you guys are no fun.

Thank you sooo(oooooo...) much to Kimbalynn616 for betaing this chapter for me! It's so much better than it originally was, because of her help. Thanks again Kimba!!!

Toph wove through the crowds with practiced ease. She had to admit; the night wasn't going totally bad, yet. Her mind wondered, she also wondered what Aang was doing. She pictured him telling (or shouting, or laughing, or whispering, or- ) Iroh about their escapades, and she laughed out loud.

Suki munched on her snack absently. Toph's fight had been, to say the least, awe inducing. Vaguely she also wondered what Sokka was doing. A mental picture of Sokka stuffing his face while Zuko stared at him in disgust appeared, and she laughed out loud.

Meng giggled as she walked alongside Lee. She really liked him and blushed at the thought that he might actually like her back. Vaguely she also wondered what Aunt Wu was doing. She imagined Aunt Wu sighing warily as Katara begged for more predictions about her future, and she laughed out loud.

"That was the best Earthbending I've ever seen!" Lee exclaimed. Sen Su nodded, he hadn't seen such intense fights in his life, and he'd been in the army.

"Yup! Toph's the best in the world. No doubt!" Meng replied with a smile, "She can even bend metal!"

"Metal? That's impossible." Sen Su said, his eyes wide in disbelief.

"Not for The Blind Bandit. Hmm, what are these?"

Toph had found the small group easily and was picking at the small snack in Suki's hand.

"Hey, get your own, Toph!" Suki laughed pulling it away from her. She pouted and laughed with her.

"Who're they?" She asked pointing behind her at the brothers.

"You- you're the Blind Bandit!" Lee gaped. Toph raised an eyebrow at him and made a quick move at the sizzle crisps. She popped some in her mouth. She nodded in approval and replied.

"Doy. Who else would I be? Marbles?" Fonzu sneered at her as he and Elgo walked past the small group. She blew an air kiss at him, "Thanks for the cash!"

"Cash? What did you do!?" Suki exclaimed.

"Oh, who cares it's easy money, Suki." She smirked tossing the moneybag at her friend.

"Toph, the Fire Lord gave us more than enough for the night!"

"Well, you haven't been living on a budget for the past three weeks!"

Meng shook her head and turned to Lee. She blinked when she noticed the confused look on his face.

"Lee? What's wrong?"

"You guys know Fire Lord Zuko?" he whispered.

"Yeah, why? Is something wrong?" Meng asked him.

"No, nothing it's just…I knew him. He helped my village once, but we turned him away... Looking back, we were awful to him."

"He wouldn't hold a grudge against something like that." Meng told him confidently.

"How do you guys know the Fire Lord?!" Sen Su asked, astonished. It was Toph who answered.

"I'm one of his head advisors or something. But we're, like, never there, so it doesn't make much of a difference."

"We?"

"Me and Twinkle Toes" She paused, seeing no response to the nickname, "…Avatar Aang."

"…Wow! You guys sure have connections!" Lee laughed. Meng smiled; she like him a lot better this way.

"Toph was Aang's Earthbending teacher two years ago. Now, they travel together and help with villages and stuff like that." Suki explained.

"You should have seen him the first time he tried Earthbending. He blew himself into his flying bison! You'd think the Avatar would be better at it. He's practically a prodigy at everything else; he said that he was the youngest Airbender to get his arrow thingies. I don't just see the reasoning behind being happy about getting all those needles and dye inserted into your body." Toph laughed, stealing a few more sizzle crisps. Suki shook her head, not even bothering to move the food out of the way.

"I'm hungry."

"You're always hungry."

"No, I'm not. You're thinking of Snoozles."

"No, it's you."

"How would you know?"

"…"

"Hah! See, besides I'm a growing girl!"

"Yeah sure." Suki rolled her eyes at Toph. They had half-heartedly been bickering until they had all gotten out of the whole arena area.

"Wow, so you're a fortune teller? That's so cool! I've never had my fortune told." Meng giggled and nodded.

"So, do you guys want to grab a bite with us?" Suki asked, exasperated. Toph grinned and playfully punched warrior in the arm.

"See, that wasn't so hard!" Suki rolled her eyes rubbing her upper arm.

Lee looked at Sen Su a smile plastered on his eager face. "Can we, Sen su?"

"Sorry, we can't. We promised to meet up with Dad as soon this thing was over. He'd be worried." Lee visibly wilted; Meng did as well.

"We have to get going, Lee. Sorry guys. Maybe we'll see each other again, before we head back home." Sen Su continued.

"Okay then, don't get killed on your way back to the Earth Kingdom. There's this giant sea snake on the way out that nearly took off Aang's foot." Suki shook her head at Toph, and the two girls began walking away.

"You coming, Lee?" Sen Su asked his brother.

"Yeah, just a second!" Lee called back, "I really wish we could've spent some more time together, Meng."

"Yeah, me too."

"I- I really like you..." Lee rubbed his neck awkwardly. Meng blushed, and she looked up at him hopefully.

"Well…I, um, well…" he trailed off. Then, he looked up at her, a spark in his eyes.

The farm boy leaned in closely and lightly kissed the fortuneteller right on the lips. It was gentle, but Meng's heart was on fire and felt as if it were about to melt.

"Bye, Meng!"

Meng waved dazedly at him. Sen Su shook his head at his brother as he knocked into multiple persons. Meng blushed as she watched him walk away, vanishing into the masses heading away from the large arena. She sighed and twirled around giddily. She returned back to earth when she realized she had no idea where her other companions had disappeared to.

"Guys?!"

Meng looked around desperately. She needn't have been so worried, for her friends had been watching her interaction with Lee... and were giggling! Well, Suki was giggling; Toph was smirking.

"Three copper, pay up."

Meng's mouth dropped open…Toph and Suki had made a bet…about her!

"Oh, that was so sweet, Meng!" Suki squealed. Meng bit her lip, but…

SQUEEE!

Toph rolled her eyes but joined in with, "Yays."

"Oh come on, Toph. I know that you were just as happy when you kissed Aang!" Suki smiled at her bluff, expecting to hear angered refusals. You can imagine her surprise when she heard…

"I don't squeal! That's for little…girls. Wait a minute…Katara said she wouldn't tell anyone!" She whirled around to face the other girls. Her eyes were wide when she realized that the two had no idea what she was talking about…

Damnit!

"You kissed Aang!?" The girls shouted in unison. Several people in passing turned to see what was wrong.

"Oh, shut up!" Toph growled and stomped away; several people grabbed at each other to keep from tipping over.

"Oh, come on, Mrs. Avatar Aang! Don't be like that!"

"At least I don't publicly make out with SNOOZLES!!!"

"Well, that one's true." Meng laughed and ran after the champion.

"So, when'd you first kiss 'im?" Suki asked Toph as they waited to be seated in a small restaurant.

"Why do you even care?"

"We're curious!" Meng answered, "To tell the truth, I never thought Aang was your type."

"…You know, Toph, Aang's the last Airbender." Suki said with a smile.

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

"It means, Toph, that Aang can't really continue as a monk if he wants to revive his people…!"

"Suki! That's disgusting! Me and Twinkle Toes?!" Meng giggled as she watched them argue.

A smiling woman walked up to them, counting how many in the group. Meng nodded at her and followed her to a table.

"Meng! Wait up!"

"Suki, I'm fourteen! How 'bout you and Sokka get to work?" Toph continued.

Suki folded her arms and sat back in her chair.

"Whatever, Toph. It's not our business…"

"Thank You!" Toph glared in Suki's direction. Suki picked up the menu in front of her.

"Would you like anything to drink?"

The girls looked up at the portly woman in front of them.

"Hmm, you have any moonberry wine?" Toph asked 'politely'.

"Wine?" The woman replied, unsure.

"Moonberry." The young girl nodded.

"Toph…" Suki said almost warningly.

"Now, Suki, don't tell me you've already forgotten our agreements?"

"I'll try some, too!" Meng piped in.

"And, and you miss?" The waitress turned to Suki.

"Guys, I rea-"

"Suki…"Toph mimicked the older girl's earlier tone.

"Fine, I'll have some, too. But I swear guys…"

"Um, I'll be right back with those…" The waitress left quickly.

Suki rubbed her temples. The last thing she needed was two drunk little girls to take care of.

"Meng, you won't like it." Toph told her younger companion.

"How do you know!?"

"I hated it when I was little. I just got used to it. So, yes, Suki; I can hold a couple of drinks."

"Whatever. What are you guys going to get? This possum chicken seems good…"

"I'll have whatever sounds better. Meng?"

"I'll probably have the leopard chicken."

"Is there anything else on this thing besides chicken?"

"Yeah. They have like this steak stuff and pasta and salad and junk. Pick something." Meng told her.

"Well, what other types of chicken are there?"

"Why can't you just look…oh never mind."

"'Oh, never mind'? You guys are idiots."

"Well, you certainly don't act like you can't see anything! We forget sometimes!" Suki defended.

"We just got back from a place where I was known as the Blind Bandit!"

"So?" Meng asked.

"Arghh!!!"

"…Hey, I have an idea! Let's figure out each other's fortunes while we wait for the food!"

"Hell no."

"Oh come on, Toph. It'll pass the time!"

"No way."

"Fine, then. Meng, you can do mine." Suki sighed, sticking her hand out at Meng.

"Thank you!"

"Here you are." The waitress said with a smile, "Careful! They're hot."

Toph rolled her eyes and shoved some rice into her mouth. The waitress stared at her appalled by the young girl's manners. Suki shook her head, and Meng smiled while blowing on some of her meat.

"What?! Oh and can we have the bill when you have the chance?"

The waitress blinked and narrowed her eyes, but she turned away.

"Why can't we get dessert?!" Meng complained.

"We'll get some later. This place is getting boring." Toph replied easily. Suki shook her head when she saw that the waitress had brought them back their bill; she had a scowl on her face.

"Excuse me miss, but you don't seem the type to be so snobbish." She sneered gesturing at Toph's dirty hair and face, the rips in her outfit, and scratches on her body. Toph raised her eyebrows at her.

"I suggest you don't go by what you see. I'm a very influential person in all four nations." She replied in what was a perfect imitation of her mother's 'I suggest you treat me with respect' voice. It would seem better if Meng and Suki had ever met her parents…

"Four?!" The woman smiled, "See, this is why I wouldn't believe a child such as you. There are only three full nations-"

"And the Avatar Aang." Toph smiled as she stood. She only reached the woman's shoulder.

"Come on, guys. Have a good evening, madam." She said, mockingly bowing into curtsy and dropped the coins in her hand. The woman gaped at Toph, as the young girl pushed past her.

Suki sighed heaving the small sack they had taken over her shoulder, Maybe we should fix Toph up a bit…?

"Ohhh! Look, Suki! They have makeovers! I've always wanted one of those. Please!" Meng giggled as they left the restaraunt.

"Well, it sounds fun…" Suki shrugged jogging up next to Meng.

Toph chased after the other girls, shouting,

"I am not getting a make over!"

"I can't believe I'm getting a make over."

The young heiress groaned as a young woman powdered her face. The worst part was that she would have to trust somebody else's judgment. And with the idea her two companions had of makeup (vivid descriptions of Suki's warrior paint filled her mind) she'd be lucky if she didn't come out of looking like a possessed clown.

"Toph, don't worry! You look great!"

"Oh, thanks Meng! Oh! That is such a great color on you. Why, you look stunning!"

"Really? Thank y--Hey!"

Suki rolled her eyes at the girls. She was handed a small mirror and smiled into her reflection, "She's right, Toph. You look really great when you want to. Or are forced to. Whichever."

Toph huffed.

"Finished!" The young woman exclaimed, exasperated. Why was it that she always got the hard people?

Suki paid the women with a smile as Meng grabbed the scowling Toph and led her out.

"Now, that Toph's cleaned up, what should we do?" Meng asked, glad that she remembered to bring extra clothes for her…well, it was as close to friend as she'd probably get!

"…I hate you guys."

"We love you too, Toph."