Chapter 3: The New Kid Part 4: The Dance

Shoji saw On Ji and the rest of the students at school walking toward a cave. Shoji, On Ji, and the rest of the students walked into the cave. There, he saw Kuzon and a few other people, obviously friends of his.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Kuzon said "the Flamey-O's! Yeah, this ought to get everybody moving." It didn't. Everyone just stood there, wondering what to do next.

"Now what do we do?" Shoji asked.

"This is when you start dancing!" Kuzon said, grinning broadly.

"I don't think my parents want me dancing in a cave …" one boy said, shrinking into his collar.

"Yeah! What if someone finds out?!" another boy said, worriedly. Kuzon sighed.

"Oh boy…" Kuzon said, "listen guys," he continued, "dancing isn't something you think about," he continued, "It's a form of self-expression that no one can ever take away from you!" he finished.

"Maybe it was different in the colonies, Kuzon," Shoji said, stepping forward, "but we don't do that here."

"Sure you do!" Kuzon said, "You have for generations! It just so happens that I know several classic Fire Nation dances. A hundred years ago, this was known as the 'Phoenix Flight'!" Kuzon said, as Kuzon ran closely to the ground.

"And, this was the 'Camelephant Strut'!" Kuzon said as he jumped from side to side and rolls close to two nearby girls, causing them to giggle. Kuzon finished the dance with a backflip, landing on one foot. The crowd of students stared At Kuzon in awe. Soon, he approached On Ji and offered his hand to her. Before accepting, she blushed a little. When she did, Kuzon brought her to the center of the room.

"And this is how they do it in the ballrooms of Ba Sing Se!" he said as he started tapping his feet side to side, On Ji joining him shortly after. Shoji smiled at the duo, before wolf whistling.

"They look pretty darn good together!" he said.

"Yeah," Kuzon said happily, "that's the sound of happy feet!" Everyone in the cave began dancing, some tapping their feet side to side just like Kuzon and On Ji did.

"All right, go with that! Everybody freestyle!" Kuzon said. Several kids danced even more, including Shoji, On Ji, Nayan, and Soniga. On Ji was still tapping her feet side to side while Shoji was attempting to do the Phoenix Flight, and failing at it. Soniga and Nayan were freestyling together, performing crazy dance moves. Soon, Kuzon and a brown girl entered the dance floor. They began dancing, drawing the attention of the entire kids. What they did was remarkable to Shoji, On Ji, Nayan, and Soniga. The employed different kicks and manoeuvres, them ending with the brown girl in Kuzon's arms. After a while, Shoji, On Ji, Nayan, and Soniga heard a familiar voice.

"He's the one we want," the voice said, "the boy with the headband!" The four kids immediately stopped dancing and employed a trick to confuse the party crashers. Shoji undid his strap and used it as a headband. Soon enough, he felt someone violently grab him while saying: "Gotcha!"

"Looking for me?" Shoji asked, as if he didn't know that they were after Kuzon.

"That's not the one," the headmaster said, "He's here somewhere! Don't let him leave the cave!" On Ji pulled the same trick, using her strap as a headband, and, much like Shoji, she felt a violent hand grab her. She turned and responded by saying: "Yes?" Soon, all the kids in the cave were wearing headbands and taunting the headmaster and his two helpers.

"Who're you looking for?" On Ji asked.

"Do you need something?" a girl asked.

"Over here!" a boy asked. Meanwhile, Kuzon slipped out of the crowd and looked back at Shoji, who winked at him. Kuzon bowed and then left the cave. Shortly after he disappeared, however, two big rocks concealed the rest of the cave, as if an earthbender enclosed Kuzon and his other friends into the last exit. Shoji's mouth quickly dropped in astonishment.

"What…?!" Shoji thought to himself. Meanwhile all the kids were filling out of the cave. As On Ji was leaving, she saw and object soaring through the sky, causing her to gasp sharply.

"There is NO WAY that's a flying bison!" She thought to herself before rubbing her eyes, making sure she wasn't hallucinating. When she stopped, she looked at the sky again and saw nothing.

"I must be going crazy…!" She thought to herself. After a while, Shoji caught up with On Ji.

"I must be going crazy," Shoji said, "because I swear I saw earthbending!"

"I must be going crazy," On Ji said, "because I swear I saw a flying bison!" The two kids looked at each other.

"He couldn't be...!" Shoji said.

"You don't think he may be you-know-who...?" On Ji whispered.

"Not possible," Shoji said, "I mean... isn't the Avatar dead?! Didn't Princess Azula kill him?

"I KNOW I saw a flying bison!" On Ji said.

"And I know I saw earthbending!" Shoji said.

"The Avatar's alive...!" The both whispered in unison.

"Keep it to ourselves...?" Shoji asked.

"Yup," On Ji said while nodding, "keep it to ourselves!"