It took me a long time to think up the perfect revenge. I couldn't get my hands dirty and Suki, Azula, and Yue couldn't know about it. Something humiliating that would cause her not to show her face again. If she found out I tried to pull her away from Sokka, my life would be miserable. To get Suki and Azula out of the way, I could just turn them against each other.
I started with Anji. I only arrived at this school a few monthes ago, and me and Anji talk sometimes at lunch. I decided to ask her about Suki and Azula.
"Hey Anji!" I said at lunch.
"Hey. How have you been?"
"I've been good though the homework is murder. Do these teachers ever let up?"
"I've been trying to figure that out myself." Anji chuckled. We began to eat in silence. I noticed Azula, Ty Lee and Mai strutting through the doors maneuvering around tables. They finally stopped in the middle of the lunchroom and Ty Lee began to whisper to Azula. Azula shook her head and pointed to the empty table they were heading to. Ty Lee seemed to whine and Azula gave in. I turned around to not seem interested, then turned back. They were all heading towards Sokka's table. He was too busy talking with all of his friends to notice the three. Ty Lee startled him by beginning to blab—well I'll say flirt—with him. Suki, who was counted as his friends, stared at Ty Lee. Azula began to glare at Suki, and Suki mimicked. They both held their gazes, and I turned back around.
"What's with Suki and Azula?" I asked trying not to sound too sudden. Anji, who missed the whole thing, glanced at them and looked back at me.
"I don't know anything that happened to them recently."
"What about in the past?" I asked. She looked surprised at my unexpected question, then replied.
"Well something happened in sixth grade…"
"What?"
"They used to compete over everything. I guess you could say they were friends before then, but they both found out they had crushes on Sokka.
"Suki was smart, funny, and popular. Azula was smart and popular, but she still wanted to be better than Suki. So she always told her what to do and made fun of her. Sokka didn't like Azula that way, though he liked Suki. They got together and Azula believed it was Suki's fault that she wasn't with Sokka."
"Jeez… Talk about pretentious." I commented. A plan was rapidly formulated in my head.
In 6th period, I happily skipped into the room for a free period in Art. I already had my plan started. I saw Suki and Azula go out to their locker several times, but they never came back looking any different. Finally, Azula went up to Suki and pulled her outside. I peeked out the door. They were luckily near the girls bathroom, so I snuck in without them noticing and eavesdropped.
"I think you put your letter in the wrong locker." Azula said threateningly.
"What letter?"
"What letters do you remember putting in lockers today?" Azula said beginning to get irritated.
"None!" Suki yelled, also getting irritated of her game. Azula pranced to her locker and grabbed the note. She unfolded it and began to read.
"" Suki's eyebrows lifted.
"And you think I wrote that?"
"It is signed by you and it has your handwriting. Don't try to hide it." Azula said. She showed the letter to Suki.
"I did not write that!" Suki shouted trying to convince Azula.
"It doesn't matter how you try to convince me. I'm going to show it to everyone. You'll need to work on convincing them." Azula said. Her words got down to Suki. She suddenly reached for it, but Azula held the note up high.
"This is for sixth grade, goody-goody." Azula said darkly. Suki pounced on Azula, reaching for the paper. Azula pushed her off.
"You'll have the permanent nickname, skank." Azula taunted some more. She really was evil, even more than me. Suki hesitated then abruptly smacked her. Azula's eyes were wide as her hand held her red cheek. Azula did the same. Suki was in shock but quickly got over it. She pushed her down with a loud thump and her fist struck Azula's other cheek. They were growling and screaming at each other. People from other rooms began to come out and huddle around them. Teachers came out and attempted to break up the fight. I quickly joined in the crowd and watched. Suki's her was a mess. She was helped up by a teacher as she wiped blood off her lip. She had many scratches on her arms from Azula's nails. Azula had a bloody nose and had some bruises around her body. I was alarmed by how much damage the two had caused on each other. The teachers led them to Principal Ozai's office.
Ty Lee was flirting with Sokka the rest of the day since Suki and Azula weren't there to stop her, but Sokka seemed to be pretty annoyed. Finally, at the end of the day, I was able to catch Sokka while his wasn't with his friends or Ty Lee.
"Hey Sokka." I said grabbing his attention. He turned around and smiled.
"Hey Toph." He said. We both looked around awkwardly.
"Finally, school is out for the week." He said. I nodded.
"Poor Suki and Azula." I began.
"Oh yeah. The fight. I hope they're alright. I invited them to my house on Saturday."
"Oh?" I said with all the shock and disappointment I could manage.
"Yeah."
"Bummer. Now you probably can't invite them both since they might fight again."
"I could invite one of them." He said happily. I sighed at how long he was lingering on it.
"I think one kid said Suki started the fight so I'm sure she'll be punished by her parents."
"Yeah." We sat for a while. Sokka began to quietly talk to himself.
"Does your offer still stand?" I finally said.
"Offer?"
"You were starting to ask me—at least I think you were—if I wanted to come over on Saturday."
"Oh yes," He remembered, "Do you still want to come?"
"Absolutely!" I exclaimed. Sokka began to talk out his address and directions, but I was too busy remembering what I had done. I had just gotten Suki and Azula grounded for at least the weekend, plus detention for a few days. All I did was give Yue a fake letter to a party.
"Did you get all that?" Sokka interrupted my thoughts.
"Yeah." I would mapquest it.
"Okay. You know, most of the girls in this class wouldn't ask me like you did, they would wait for me to ask them."
"I guess you could say I am a direct kind of person."
"That's one of the things that I think all girls should have." he said. I heard the principal's voice on the intercom calling for students whose parents picked them up. Sokka smiled and waved then walked away.
I, of course, do not faint when a boy compliments me. I don't giggle. I do not scream. But who said there was an exception to blushing?