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Chapter 3: Plans Made
"Come on Sokka, we were supposed to be at The Jade Dragon ten minutes ago!" exclaimed Katara, who was violently shaking Sokka awake.
Sokka finally opened his eyes and stared blankly at Katara, he sat there for a second then seemed to suddenly realize that he had somewhere to be. He jumped out of bed not even trying to avoid bumping into Katara, he went into the bathroom for what seemed like two seconds and came out perfectly cleaned and groomed. He walked over to Katara grabbed her had and quickly drug her out of the room. "Come on Katara, we are late! Why didn't you wake me up earlier!?"
At that Katara was seriously tempted to slap Sokka as hard as she could, but then figured that it would just cause an un-needed scuffle. She couldn't help but smile at the way her brother was acting. Ever since yesterday when they found out that Mai, Zuko and Iroh had joined their side. Sokka was certain that they would know where they would have taken prisoners of war. He was determined to save the Kyoshi warriors. But more importantly…Suki. When they found out that Mai, Zuko and Iroh had joined their side. Sokka was certain that they would know where they would have taken prisoners of war. He was determined to save the Kyoshi warriors. But more importantly…Suki.
Sokka and Katara finally arrived at The Jade Dragon. When they entered they were pleased to see that everyone was there. Iroh and Zuko had closed the shop for the day to make sure that no one would be listening in on their conversation. They took a seat in between Aang and Toph, Sokka yawned quite violently then proceeded to speak. "So what is our next move?"
Aang stood up and began pacing around the table. "Ok. We need more fighters, the Earth King's army will help a lot but it isn't going to be enough. We need help. I meditated all night trying to figure out who else we could get to help us, but then I realized that I was thinking too hard and that the answer was right there in front of me. So our job for the next few days will be to split up into groups and get more warriors. Toph, do you think that you could convince the earth bending wrestlers to help?"
Toph laughed "Well I can try, but they all have a grudge with me ever since I demolished them. But If I could convince them to join our side they would definitely be a big help. I will go." Toph was very confident that she could convince the other wrestlers to come and fight for them. She stood up, "Ok, I think that since they are the closest, I can travel there by foot. She made for the door, just then Iroh cleared his throat. "No offense to your fighting skills, but I think that you are a little young yet to be traveling on your own. I will accompany you on your journey to seek the earth benders." Toph only nodded, she had secretly been hoping to get some alone time with Iroh in hopes that he could offer her some advice on how to handle her situation with Sokka. They started making their way toward the door when Aang stopped them. "Hold on, we need to decide when we need to decide when we are going to
meet back up. I don't think any of the trips should take more than four days. So if anyone doesn't return by the fourth day, assume the worst. Toph, Iroh…Good luck." At that Toph and Iroh continued out the door.
Aang turned back to the rest of the group and sighed, "next, Katara and Mai…you two head up to the North Pole and see if you can convince Yue's father to send some of his Waterbenders and maybe even a few healers with ya'll to help us defeat the firelord once and for all."
Katara was curious as to why Aang put her with Mai, why didn't he partner up with me? She thought to herself. She decided that it was probably for the best that she get time to bond with Mai. Just a few days ago if someone would have told her that she would be teaming up with Iroh, Zuko, and Mai she would have never believed it. But now that she has thought about it a little, it seems like all along that this was destined to happen. She smirked and thought to herself, well if I am going to be spending the next few days with Mai; I should probably break the ice first by starting a conversation with her…how hard could it be? Katara stood up and stretched, "well Mai, since our trip is going to be the longest we get to take Appa. Are you ready?"
Mai looked up at Katara, her lips perked upward in a faint smile. She stood up and made her way over to stand next to Katara. She sighed, "Let's go." Katara nodded and turned to walk for the door. She and Mai were almost out when she heard Aang say "Please be careful you two." Mai and Katara both nodded to Aang before quietly exiting the shop.
As soon as the door shut, Sokka figured now was as good a time as any. He turned to Zuko and began, "umm…Zuko? If I were say…umm…looking for prisoners of war in the Fire Nation where would I go?" At this Zuko choke on some of the tea he was currently drinking, "why on in world would you want to know something like that?" Sokka seemed hesitant at first, but after thinking about Suki and the other Kyoshi warriors he said, "I am going to rescue Suki and the rest of the Kyoshi warriors."
At this Aang stepped in, "Sokka that's a great idea! But you are not going alone…Zuko and I are coming too.
A/N: Hey guys! I know this had an abrupt ending but don't worry. It is all leading up to the next few chapters which will be in the format of Book 2:Chapter15: The Tales of Ba Sing Se. So just keep on reading and Reviewing and I will keep updating!