Chapter
2
A lost of Words
Kitima was sitting on the edge of the cliff. Starring out into the ocean calmed Kitima down when she was tense. She could feel the power flowing through her blood. Soon as she was totally calm she felt feet and a heart beating behind her.
"Come on sit." Kitima insisted, not looking away from the ocean. Sokka sat down right next to her.
"Kitima, can you just tell me one thing?" Kitima turned and looked at his face, Sokka was looking out in the ocean. "How are you so confident? I mean, you know who you are and you know what decisions to make for you, your brother ,and your sister. I just can't handle taking care of any one. How do you do it?" Sokka asked her.
"Sokka, it isn't easy for me to take care of them, before I choose what do, I think how it will effect them in the long run. Why do you ask?" Kitima asked
"Because when we were in the Northern Water Tribe I had to make a choice but it didn't work and she ended up leaving me. And then with Suki, Princess Azula has her and if I just didn't let her leave she wouldn't be..." Sokka started crying. And at that moment Toph came running in but stopped when she saw Kitima with him. She just listened.
"It's okay Sokka, I bet Suki is still alive. You know what Sokka? I only act strong so that Noraku and Nini don't get scared. I have to be strong for them, I am so scared when someone that I love gets hurt. Something in me just breaks, like when I left the Southern Water Tribe and I saw you cry, I lost it... and I thought I would never see you again. Then I'm here with you and I just feel together and... completed." Kitima said with care while rubbing Sokka's back.
"Thank you. But I have a bigger problem, there are two girls that I really love. One has come right out and said that she loves me but the other one can't say it. I hope she loves me like I love her." Toph smiled from behind the rock were she was standing.
"Well, can I know who there one is besides Suki?" Kitima asked. Sokka whispered in her ear, " Toph." Kitima grinned and the two babies started crying.
"Alright, well, I'm going to take care of the two kids. Good night Sokka." He waved and Kitima walked behind and gave Toph a pat on the back and headed to her siblings.
The sun rose the next morning with Toph earthbending and Zuko firebending with Aang. Kitima was feeding Nini but Noraku was attacking Sokka's warrior's wolf tail. When Noraku finally pulled out the band keeping it up everyone started laugh even Zuko. And Noraku just basked in the glory.
Kitima got pulled off to the side by Toph, who seemed slightly confused. "What is it Toph?" Kitima wondered, because pulling someone aside awkwardly isn't a thing Toph would normally do.
"Well, you know how you enabled me to see do you think you that for me again?" Toph asked. Kitima pondered for a moment and then spoke.
"Actually, I can only make it last for a few hours because I cna't make it perminant with normal water. With the correct water however, I could make it perminant." Kitima explained. "So what do you choose?"
"For now, just a few hours," Toph told her.
Kitima said that at midday she would do it. She had to take care of things at that moment though.
Midday came a long and Toph was waiting in the hall of statues. Kitima put water on her finger tips and rubbed them over Toph's eyes; she held them there and whispered somthing to herself.
"Come on great Tui, give me you powers and help me bring this helpless girl's sight back and I promise to become a better Ocean Spirit," Kitima eyes started watering. "I can do this and prove my worth to you and I will not fail you." At that moment she swiftly pressed her fingers against Toph's eyes then whipped them away. Toph's eyes shot open and she started panting. She kept blinking until she began crying.
"Thank you Kitima. I just wanted to see the 'love of my life's face'... Sokka eyes... I want to see them," Toph explained. When she said that, Sokka ran back to his room and stayed there to think.
" Suki or Toph...? tell me that Mom. Suki or Toph. "
"Toph, dear." Sokka turned around so quickly it was like the wind. He saw his mother and she repeated, "Toph". She smiled one more time and disapeared. Sokka looked out his window and saw Toph glowing in the light of the sunset.