Immoral Combat
Rated M. Nuff' said.
The night air was cold and unforgiving. Katara's body shivered and shook beneath her blanket crying out for warmth. She snuggled closer to Aang only to notice he wasn't there. With her eyes still closed her arms unconsciously searched for her main source of heat, Aang. She furrowed her eyebrows when all she could feel was the mattress. Her eyes dazed and blurred momentarily opened. She searched the house but he was nowhere to be found.
"Aang…?"
"Was that it? That was pathetic!" Toph barked at her students "If you guys aren't getting this maybe I need to get serious."She cracked her knuckles trying to hide the evil grin that curled up her face.
"Wait you weren't serious!" One of her more complaisant students moaned "You nearly annihilated the whole class!" He pointed over to the other students who were scattered across the ground flinching in pain.
"I'm the Blind Bandit!" She pointed proudly at herself "Of course I was holding back."
"Toph," Aang sighed pulling one of the students out of wall "You could ease up a bit."
"Fine." Toph blew her bangs out and crossed her arms.
"Thanks Avatar Aang," The boy looked up to Aang tears streaming from his eyes out of pure happiness that there was some good to cancel out Toph's tyrannical reign.
"She always seems to listen to whatever you have to say…" The same complaisant student pointed out "It's almost like the two of you are dating or something." The boy noticed the both of them cringe and a smile crawled up his face "Oh…so that's how it is."
"Tch," Toph thrust her right fist forward and with it a slab of earth that stopped inches from the boy's face "Anything else you want to add to that?"
"N-n-no! M-master Toph I would like to take back that last comment!" the boy fell back feeling slight relief when Toph pulled the slab back into the earth.
"Good." Toph dusted herself and 'looked' over to her students. She stomped the floor and the vibrations 'showed' her everything. They didn't seem too hurt and they would be back for another day tomorrow with a good night's rest "Good work class, you can go home early. I'm feeling generous today."
She felt most of the students get up and head out the front door; others had to be carried by their friends. Weaklings, Toph thought briefly. "So you can spend more time with your boyfriend, huh master?" one boy whispered and Toph slammed her foot into the ground shooting the boy up into the sky.
"You should be more careful how you treat your students," Aang groaned blowing a stream of wind after the boy giving him a safe landing. Toph sat down on a newly made earth chair and tapped her hand lightly on the empty space next to her. Aang smiled and plopped down next to Toph wrapping his right arm around her waist.
"Don't mind them Twinkle Toes. They always complain but they still come back the next day ready for more torment-I mean learning!" Aang nudged Toph in the ribs both of them grinning widely. The two just sat there enjoying each others presence.
It had been a week since Aang ran away. He couldn't face Katara, he couldn't return to her with all the things he did behind her back. It was all just one big misunderstanding, Aang thought this is all my fault! Toph told him not to think of Katara because if he did he would go into a babbling frenzy. So he tried to subdue the thought of her to the back of his mind. Thinking of her just brought up painful memories Aang rather forget anyway.
Somehow, Toph made everything better. If she wasn't there for him, he would have broken down a long time ago. She was like his own brand of painkiller in a sense. She didn't make the guilt and pain disappear completely but she made him happy; happy enough to forget about his troubles, even if it was for a little while.
"Oh no," Aang froze. His eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. He felt like his limbs were frozen and his heart stopped like when he read the letter.
"What?" Toph asked concern filled her voice.
"It's Apa," Aang pointed but then he remembered that Toph couldn't see. Honestly after all this time he should remember important details like that. There flew his large white Sky Bison with a blue figure on his back "And…Katara…"
"Crap, she must be looking for you!" Toph got up "Aang go hide in that shed over there! I'll take care of Sugar Queen!" Toph couldn't feel Aang's vibrations move. He didn't move "Aang!" She screamed and Aang woke from his trance rushing to the shed. Apa landed outside of the school with a loud thud and soon Toph could feel Katara's prissy steps. Toph coughed and composed herself, she had to put on one of the best acts of her life.
"Hey! Sugar Queen! Long time no see! Hey, where's Aang? Isn't he always with you?" Toph smiled bear hugging Katara.
"Gah, Toph crushing me!" Toph let go "Phew, and that's why I'm here. Aang…disappeared."
"What?" Toph hid her face through her bangs not wanting Katara to notice her facial expression "I'm sure he just went on one of his Avatar trips. He'll show up eventually." Toph roughly patted Katara on the back.
"Well that might be true…" Katara looked around "But he usually isn't gone for this long." Toph just shrugged. Go already! Toph thought. Just then, Toph could feel smaller vibrations scurry across the field. Momo? Toph thought Oh crap, Momo! Just as Toph had feared Momo scurried over to the shed and began picking at the hinge. "No! Bad Momo! Get away from there!"
She carried out in vain as Aang barreled out of the shed when Momo opened it. Toph couldn't tell but Katara must have been glaring at her right now.
"Aang!" Just as Toph had thought, Katara glared at Toph who looked away whistling. Then remembering she couldn't see Katara gave up and rushed over to Aang "Why did you run away? Why are you hiding from me…? Was it something I said…?"
"No! Katara it's me not you." Aang placed both his hands over his tearing girlfriend's shoulders. It hurt him deeply to look at her face "You haven't done anything wrong. I have."
"Aang what are you talking about?" Katara looked into his eyes and she could tell that he felt uneasy about something. His silence made the air cold and awkward.
"Look Sugar Queen, Twinkles…made some mistakes and he is really sorry about them and so am I…but he just wants a little time to think right now." Toph blurted out in an attempt to break the heavy silence.
"What? Why are you sorry?"
"Just am…" Toph looked down to her feet unable to say anything else that wouldn't give them away. Katara grew more and more worried, just what weren't they telling her?
"Can't you just tell me what's wrong?" Aang shook his head slowly whispering 'I'm sorry' "What did you do that was so bad?"
Aang looked away a painful expression plastered on his face. Katara looked to Toph for answers but she looked the same as Aang. Aang gritted his teeth slightly he became frustrated. He hated himself. He was a monk for god's sake! How could he let this happen? Toph really looked uncomfortable; she fidgeted and rubbed her arms roughly. A habit she had that Katara knew very well. Toph only did that when she felt guilty. But what was she guilty about…? Just then it dawned on her. Their uneasiness, their guilty faces, the fact that Aang even came here alone should have told her that.
"No…" Katara covered her mouth with her hands trying to fight back the tears. She backed away still not wanting to come into grasp of the reality.
"Katara wait!" Aang called outstretching his hand. Suddenly a hot sensation quickly came across his face. He pressed his hand against his cheek, Katara just slapped him. I deserved that.
"Katara! Stop it! It's my fault! I…Aang…was just being nice to me…" Toph held Katara back from slapping Aang again.
"You," Katara hatefully glared at Toph "You seduced him and tried to steal him away from me? No wonder he looked so guilty when he came back." Katara's anger flared "How long has this been going on? Aang have you really been doing your duties or are you always here just messing around with this whore!"
"Hey Katara Toph is not a-!" Aang was cut off by Toph.
"Listen to me I'm sorry ok? I understand that you're mad-!" Toph was truly sorry. She knew Katara was furious so the only thing to do in this situation was to get her to understand.
"Mad? Mad is an understatement!" Aang could notice small ponds form all over the grounds of the school. A few of them turn into geysers for short moments of time. They had to calm her down and quick "You couldn't just keep your hands off him could you? I knew you loved him but I thought you could have kept your hormones under control!"
"Just calm down! Besides it's your own damn fault! You were the one who didn't know what you had! You ignored and just left him alone while you were too busy with your damn school!" Toph snapped. She couldn't just sit back when she was being insulted "It's no wonder he came to me! At least I gave him the light of day!"
"Light of day?" Katara laughed "I bet you two were just screwing the night away just like the slut you are!"
"Oh that's it!" Toph stomped her foot, raising a large rock from the earth beneath and shot at Katara. Being so close to Toph the rock hit Katara dead on flying her away. Katara groggily got up moving the rock away and took her fighting stance. Toph grinned and took her own.
"Girls stop it!" Aang dashed between them "Fighting isn't going to solve anything! I'm the one at fault!"
"Get out of the way Aang! You have no idea how long I've been itching to smash Katara's face in!" Toph kicked the floor, spun around and kicked the rock she summoned straight at Katara. Aang nimbly dodged it and Katara sliced it in half with the water that was now present at her feet.
"Aang get out of the way now!" Katara commanded and Aang cringed but stood firm. Katara swirled the water at her feet and shot it at Aang pulling him away and crashing into the School wall. Katara breathed slowly and froze the water surrounding Aang, leaving his face untouched.
"Katara! Get me out of here!" Aang struggled but couldn't move any of his limbs. He should have asked Bumi to teach him how to bend with his head.
Toph raised her fist to the sky a stone pillar along with it; Katara moving quickly gathered the water at her feet and sliced through the pillar cutting it in half. She didn't miss a beat she spun and shot twin jet streams of water at Toph. Toph quickly pressed her hand against hard ground; from it three stone walls emerged in straight row. The jet streams struck the walls piercing through the first two reducing them to mere mud leaving the first to stop the attack.
"Just stop it!" Aang screamed struggling within the ice. Katara moved her hand and covered Aang's mouth with ice. He was distracting them. Aang soon realized that this fight was not just about him but the rivalry the two had for all those years finally surfacing. Aang had to stop this or else he would lose one forever and he couldn't bare that.
"Just because you got some new weapons doesn't mean you can go seducing any man you like!" Katara pointed at Toph (referring to her breasts and figure).
"Like you're one to talk! How many men did you seduce before you got to Aang? Zuko, Haru, Jet. Who next huh Katara? Teo?" Toph punched the air madly, creating stone spikes that erupted under, in front of and next to Katara who dodged and weaved through the forest of spikes. Katara created a collection of icicles and thrust them forward with the flick of her wrist all aimed at Toph. Toph simply stood her ground shielded herself with a large wall of earth. She didn't miss a beat, her hands stretched out against the wall shooting it towards Katara.
"I didn't seduce them!" Katara twirled around the wall and using the momentum of the spin fired twin water tentacles at Toph which latched around her waist and right arm. Katara pulled her forward dragging her through the mud below. Toph gritted her teeth and pulled her left arm backwards shooting a pillar of earth knocking Katara into the mud as well.
"If anyone here is a whore it's you Katara!"Toph lunged onto Katara pulling her hair and slamming her onto the ground "You were like a prostitute just going after any guy that has any interest in you." Katara grabbed Toph's hair and flipped her through the air onto her back.
"Well you're like a freakin' bitch in heat! You know that?" Katara angrily shouted "Maybe I should warn Suki before you go after Sokka next?"
"Shut the fuck up Katara!" Toph furiously replied, groggily getting up slipping and falling from the mud below.
Katara had to think quickly. She moved her arms up and down smoothly while Toph was downed. Along with her hand the water at her feet began to rise, soon enough Katara had created a large wave. Toph could feel the amount of water Katara had built up, she gulped as the torrent of water rushed towards her. She pounded her fist onto the ground creating a round earth tent that prevented most of the water from getting to her. When she could feel that the attack was over she lowered the shell of earth and that was her final mistake. Katara swirled the water around Toph into a water sphere, or a water prison. Toph panicked, she couldn't swim, she couldn't see, she couldn't feel anything.
Toph could hear Aang's mumbled screamed and nothing else. He was probably telling Katara to stop. Toph had to concentrate. She had to find where Katara was. Toph blindly thrust her fist forward hoping to strike Katara where she last felt her. With that a stone fist jammed itself between Katara's neck and thighs with a loud 'Ugh!' shooting her away. Katara's groan was enough to tell Toph that she hit the mark. She opened and clenched her fist commanding the fist to open and grabbing onto Katara. Katara didn't lose her grip on the water prison. They were at a stalemate Toph would run out of air soon and Katara would be crushed in a matter of seconds.
Just then, the light within the ice made everything surrounding it dark by comparison. The ice began to shatter and break and within it Aang had emerged his eyes glowing a bright white "Stop this madness!" He screamed into the heavens, a large echo accompanied his voice like he was talking with someone else. The scream shot a shockwave that reduced Toph's stone fist to dust and Katara's water into steam. Both girls fell from their confinement, coughing and wheezing for air. Aang walked slowly between them, his entire body surrounded by a sphere of wind The Avatar State. Just then, his eyes returned to normal and his face was calm and stern.
"It's time we had a talk."
A.J: Cat fights are fun to watch but scary at the same time...
Anywho, Who will Aang choose in the end? I want to know what you guys think. Feel Free To Review~