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Chapter 3 Taang
Market Day
Ty Lee's Pov
I slowly opened my eyes and noticed that there was an amazing amount of light shining into the cave. I went to go stretch my arms but noticed I couldn't move them and then I looked down. My arms were wrapped around Aangs waist and his arm was around me. I tried to get out of his arm but he was strong even when sleeping. I started shaking my arms. "Aang, Aang wake up!" I whisper yelled in his ear. He just opened his left eye and looked down at me with a smile. "Morning.." He said with a yawn. I smiled back up at him. "Um.. Could you take you arm off my waist?" I asked while I slightly blushed. He opened both his eyes and looked down at his arm around my waist. "OH yah sorry.." He said sheepishly. He removed his arm from my waist and I could breath a whole lot better. "So uh could you take your arms off my waist?" He asked me. I looked down and noticed I hadn't moved my arms from his waist and I immediately pulled them away. I gave him a smile then quickly moved away.
After we both woke up officially we decided that we needed to get some food and clean clothes. We began walking down towards a nearby city. "Hey why aren't we using your glider thingy?" I questioned him as we walked. He noticed I was looking at his glider and he opened it. The wings had huge holes in them and the back wings were gone. "What happened?" I yelled in a shocking tone. "Well when the storm came in you fell asleep while I decided that I would try to go get food and well I crash landed and well this happened. I grinned at him almost saying how stupid he was going out right before a storm. "Well is there any way that we can get to the city faster?" I asked. He looked at me then smiled. He did a few moves and a big boulder came out of the ground. It was flat on the surface and had some holes. "Get on!" He said playfully as he jumped on. I cautiously stepped towards the board. Aang held his hand out to me to help get on. I toke his hand and he pulled me up swiftly. "We can rock slide down!" He exclaimed as he started to bend the rock forward and in no time we were at the city.
He stopped the rock and we both got off and he reburied the boulder quickly. We both looked at each other before walking into the city. His clothes were ripped and his arrows were showing. "Um… what are you gonna do about your arrows?" I asked. He looked up at his forehead and shrugged. He then pulled off his pant leg and mad a quick hat. Then threw his arms out in a 'Ta Da' motion. I giggled at him before grabbing his wrist and pulling him into the city. "So what do you plan on getting?" He asked me. I shrugged before saying. "Food!" I said as I pointed at a cabbage cart. Aang looked at the merchant and stepped back. "Maybe you should get the cabbages.." He said with a sheepish smile. I gave him a confused look. "I've knocked over his cart way to many times to count, he might remember me." He said before stepping back further. I gave him a grin before walking up to the merchant myself. " Two cabbages please!" I said politely. He nodded with a smile and handed me two. "That will be one silver piece." I dug into my pocket and pulled out a silver piece. When I went back to Aang I noticed he had a lot of food. Bread, fruit, meat, vegetables, and many others. He gave me a big smile. "I'm a vegetarian but I don't know if you are so I got you some meat." He said happily.
We continued walking around before I came across a basket stand. "Aang look at all these baskets!" I yelled almost dropping the cabbages. There was large assortment of them ranging from tall to short and long to wide and even some strange ones. I started jumping up and down. "Aang can we get one?" I pleaded with him giving him the biggest smile possible. He grinned and tossed me five silver coins. I grabbed one that would fit all the food. I bought the basket and walked over to him showing him a really pretty red wood basket. "Put the food in this." I told him. He immediately dropped all the food in the basket. I rolled the cabbages in and we continued on through the market.
"How much money do we have left?" I asked. He pulled out 10 silver coins and smiled. I then got confused. "How do you have money?" I asked him. He gave me a quick smile. "Well I know better then to go some where without money, the earth bender that I traveled with is a good scammer! She played many different games and every round got bags of money. I just took one bag." He said with a wink. I grinned at him and we continued on our way before I talked again. "We need knew clothes." I mentioned to him motioning at his ripped pants. He nodded and we looked for a clothes merchant. After about what seemed like hours of searching we finally came upon one. My eyes went wide as I looked at all the clothes. "Its all so PRETTY!" I squealed. Aang grinned at me then checked the prices before pulling my arm away. "It's all way to pricey." he said sadly. I hung my head down as we left the market.
We arrived back in the cave and I just fell to the ground. "My legs really hurt!" I said annoyingly. Aang just sat down and grinned at me while he ate. "How's your ankle?" He asked. I hadn't noticed it at since the spring. I looked at it and felt it. "Feels great!" I said with a big smile. He smiled too and handed me a fruit. "Thanks." he is really sweet!
Katara's Pov
Why does he have to carry me like this. It's already noon and he still hasn't gotten me anything to eat. "Zuko, when are we going to get something to eat?" I said asking politely as possible. He just let out a small laugh. "What's so funny?" I asked in a dangerous tone. He just shook his head and kept walking. Ugh! He just gets on my nerves without even trying! "Could I at least walk on my own? I am a big girl!" I yelled. He then actually listened and let me down off of his shoulder. I looked dead at him with a glare before pulling my hand back and slapping him across the face. "Ow!" He yelled as he held his cheek. "What was that for?" He yelled at me. I smirked at him before showing him my cut hand. He looked at it then glared at me and I returned it to him. "Pull something like that again and I'll go back to carrying you1" He snickered. I just rolled my eyes as he walked past me. "Come on!" He yelled back at me. I just followed knowing that even if I did run he would manage to somehow catch me. "It'll take at least 2 days to make it all the way up the mountain." He said while staring up at the huge mountain. Great look what I got myself into. Now I have to walk up this mountain!
"Hurry up! It's almost dark." Yelled Zuko from further up the mountain. I was struggling from being to tired. I'm barely making every step up. A hand soon appeared out of the darkness and I quickly grabbed it. I was easily pulled up into a covering. "What is this?" I asked. It was very dark and never ending. "It's a tunnel. Or more like where were camping out for tonight." Said Zuko as he threw me a blanket. He started to walk out the tunnel but soon returned with some wood. Grabbing his sleeve he pulled it straight off revealing his very muscular arm. "Whoa" I mumbled under my breath. He looked up at me but returned to the fire. He threw his sleeve onto the stack of wood then quickly lit it.
We both sat near the fire although me closer trying to get warmer. "Why are you looking for my friends?" I finally asked him. He looked up at me through his long black hair. "You'll find that out once we get to them." He said calmly. I returned to staring at the fire as it grew. "I'm sorry for cutting your hand." He said quietly. I looked up at him kind of shocked that he said sorry. Zuko, the mean cruel fire bender, saying sorry. "Thank you.." I said. He just looked at me then looked down again. I let go of the topic of finding my friends and laid down. Pretty soon I was asleep and dreaming.
Next Day…
Ty Lee's Pov
I woke up yet again snuggled up against Aang although something was different. There was a breeze. I opened my eyes and I was flying. "AHHHHH" I screamed. I held on tighter to Aang. "Good morning to you too." Said Aang with a grin. I smiled at him sheepishly. I would've let go of him from the awkwardness but I was in the air so I just held on tighter. "Why are we in the air?" I asked in a scared tone. "Really early this morning I heard some people down the mountain and checked and they were fire nation guards." He said alarmingly. I held on tighter as he soared up. "They must have been coming for me…" I said as he came to a level position. He nodded and looked down at me with a comforting smile. "Wait how are we flying? Isn't your glider thingy all torn up?" I questioned. "See I had to carry you about a mile away and when I stopped I ripped my clothes to help repair it and grabbed some wood I found around to help remake the back wing." He said sounding very accomplished. I looked down at the ground and noticed some fire nation tanks following us although I knew that there was no way they could attack us. Aang noticed too and sped up and soon we couldn't even see them. "I'm gonna have to land soon, the weight is to much to handle right now." He said while looking down at me. I nodded and we landed near a tiny, tiny town and made a small campsite.
When we landed Aang immediately started gathering wood. When he came back he set up stones in a circle and threw the wood in it. "Um how are you going to start a fire? Or did you learn how to bend fire?" I asked. He nodded his head no and showed me two rocks. I gave him a confused look and just sat back and watched. He then took off his shirt and threw it over the wood. For a skinny boy he is pretty muscular. I slightly blushed but turned away trying to look busy but glanced over every now and then. -Woosh- I turned around and he had started a fire. I then smiled really big and clapped. "I now give you fire!" he said as he gave me a grin. I grinned back. "Um but what are we gonna sleep under? What if a storm comes?" I said as I started to get panicked. What if a storm comes? What if there's lightning? I started pacing back and forth biting my nail as I did so. Eventually I was stopped by two gentle hands and I looked up. "There's not going to be a storm." Aang said as he led me to a earth tent. "Here you can stay in this. Okay?" He said. I nodded to him and looked at the sky. It was already dark out. "What are we eating?" I asked trying to calm myself. He looked over at the basket of food. "Uhhh… does bread and some meat sound good for you?" he asked me looking kind of disgusted by saying meat. I nodded and thanked him. I sat down and waited a while for him to cook the meat.
After about 20 minutes he returned with the meat and bread. "Here you are my lady." He said while handing me the food. I stood up and curtsied and looked at him with a grin, then returned to sitting while he handed me the food and shook his head with a smile. I blushed but looked down at the food and ate to keep him from seeing. I finished soon and got up to throw the scraps in the fire before turning to Aang and sitting next to him. "It's been an interesting 3 days huh?" I asked. He nodded and leaned back on his hands. "Well I'm gonna go to sleep then." I said and leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Night.." I said as I stood and walked over to my earth tent and went inside it blushing.
Aang's Pov
I reached up and touched where her lips met my cheek. It was so gentle and meaningful. I smiled to myself while I sat on the ground by myself. I just don't understand how a girl like her is part of such a cruel nation. Images flashed into my head of her and I smiled to myself. I completely laid down and look at the stars wondering how tomorrow would play out. The morning is going to be very awkward. "Ty Lee.." I mumbled to myself. I just still also don't get it. She's an Airbender and probably will be an amazing one at it if I teach her some moves. I closed my eyes imagining Ty Lee in a monk's clothing doing air moves. Wow that would look amazing coming from someone to flexible. It's official I'm going to make her an amazing Airbender starting tomorrow. Although I think were going to need new clothes. I looked down at my torn clothes and decided that was a positive. I stood up and made an earth tent close to Ty's and finally rested my head down. I fell off into a dream land or what I thought was a dream land until I saw Roku.
Aang's 'Dream'
I was surely in the spirit world although probably just in dream form. I looked around and noticed I was in a prairie and the grass was a little shorter then usual. I looked up and there was Roku floating as always. I bowed down to him before maintaining a regular stance. "Roku, Why am I in the spirit world?" I asked him. He bowed to me as well before speaking. "We needed to talk. You are not in the spirit world, this is indeed a dream I am just visiting you in it." He said as the surroundings changed. We were now on a mountain with a massive storm taking place. Roku motioned to a light in a nearby cave. The view zoomed in as I saw that it was just a fire. "Your abandoning your friends has led to this." He said as he motioned to the people sitting by the fire talking. "Zuko!" I yelled in a confusing manor. There was Zuko sitting by a fire with a girl. I looked closer at the girl before my eyes went wide. "…and Katara?" I said in a very confusing tone. What were those two doing together? "Zuko captured her for reasons I do not know." Said Roku. The only reason that the fire prince would capture Katara is to get to me. Right? "Shhh listen closely!" Roku whisper yelled in a calm tone.
Why are you looking for my friends? Asked Katara. He looked up at her. "You'll find that out once we get to them." Said Zuko. After a moment of silence finally Zuko broke the silence. "I'm sorry for cutting your hand." My eyes went huge. Whoa did Zuko just apologize? Wait.. He cut her hand? "Thank you…" Said Katara right before the surroundings changed again. Now I was back in the prairie with Roku still floating. "Why'd you show me that?" I said starting to get angry. He just continued looking at me. "You need to know what you are causing by your run away." He said calmly. "Let me out of this I don't want to see anymore." I said trying to control the anger growing inside me. He bowed his head and the next thing I knew someone was whispering my name "Aang.." Said the voice. "Wake up sleepy head." said the voice again with a giggle. Ty lee…
Aang's 'Dream' ends
I heard her sweet voice and opened my eyes. She looked at me with a grin before grabbing my wrist and pulling me out of the tent. "Look at this!" She said while pointing at the sky. There was a big meteor shower going on. They weren't even close to hitting us but boy was it cool. I walked up to Ty Lee and smiled up at the sky with her. She stepped away from me doing flips and putting on a little show. She looked just beautiful underneath the light. She jumped up a little but was pushed further as air swept her up. I grinned. She just air bent to push herself further up. Ty Lee did about 5 flips in the air before landing gently on the ground and walking back over to me. "Hey you just air bended!" I said flailing my arms up. She did a small blush before turning away. I walked up behind her resting my hands on her shoulders. I just noticed she was a little shorter than me. She turned her head a little for me to see her gray eyes. I smiled down at her and she leaned back against me. I was a little surprised and moved my hands before placing them back again getting used to it. "It's so pretty.." She said as yet again she started to fall asleep in my arms. "Yah you sure are.." I mumbled to myself as I picked her up bridal style and carried her back to her tent.
I laid her down gently putting her legs down first followed by her torso then her head. I walked over and sat down at the edge of the tent admiring the beauty of the meteor shower. The light coming from them was just amazing! After a little bit longer of looking at them I got back up and crawled towards Ty Lee. "Night Ty.." I whispered in her ear as I kissed her cheek. She smiled in her sleep before mumbling "Aang…" I grinned at that and left her tent. I yet again laid my head down and fell asleep hoping for no more spirit dreams.
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