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I got a new betareader and She has been an awesome help. For those who say they keep finding typos...not any more. :-D

Betaread by IceBlueCrystal

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Betrayed and Loved

Aang woke up to a faint scream. "Heeeeeeeelp!"

Moaning, he pulled himself up and rubbed his eyes. "Hey that sounds like…" his voice trailed off as he was looking over at Toph's tent with the front open. "…Toph."

"Somebody help meeeeee!" It was the same voice. Toph's voice.

"TOPH!" Aang yelled wide-awake now.

He ran as fast as he could towards the lake. "Toph why couldn't you just listen for once?" He could see a figure splashing in the water. "That's gotta be her." When he saw her go under and not resurface, the dread hit Aang like an arrow. "Oh no." Using his airbending, he ran even faster. Quickly throwing off his shirt, he jumped high in the air when he reached the lake. He hit water diving as deep as he could. He breathed out some air and bent it around his eyes so he could see underwater. He frantically looked around for her. Being dark, he could barely see with the moonlight. But still he saw her; her creamy white skin stood out in the dim light. He swam over to her, she was out, and her good foot was tangled in seaweed. Tugging away the seaweed with ease, he slung her over his shoulder, and then with a combination of waterbending and airbending, he jumped off the bottom and shot out of water. He landed at the shore and laid her out on the ground.

He inhaled and concentrated. Holding his hand over her chest he bent the water out of her lungs. Her head bent back involuntarily as the water exited her throat. Aang looked at the rather large orb of water. "Wow. Th-that's a lot of water." He tossed it aside and bent both of them dry for good measure. He waited a few seconds, but she didn't move.

He cradled her in his arms, scared out of his mind. Looking down at her she look peaceful, like she was asleep, except she wasn't. He got his wish to hold her, but he didn't want it like this. He shook her trying to wake her.

"Toph are you okay?" Aang said loudly.

She laid motionless in his arms.

"Toph please wake up," he whimpered.

She didn't move.

"Please wake up."

Nothing.

"Please..."

Silence.

He rest his forehead on her, his eyes clenched shut

"No, not you too, I can't lose you too. You're the only one I have left. I can't do this alone. I need you Toph." Aang began to cry as he continued. "I promised myself to protect you. I'm sorry I couldn't kept my promise, so don't be gone Toph, please forgive me."

Aang continue to sob as he held his friend. Tears rolled down his face and dripped onto hers. He felt like he lost Katara all over again, except she was alive, and this was Toph. He had ignored the signs that have wave themselves in his face the last few days, but could it be possible that he…

"Hm." It was a soft moan. Aang raised his head to see Toph's light green eyes opening. She slung her arm over and grabbed his arm, trying to figure out who was holding her.

"Twinkle Toes?" She said weakly.

Aang could've sworn even the deaf could hear him. "TOPH YOU'RE ALIVE!"

He pressed her against his chest, and squeezed her tightly. Toph couldn't even move her arms. She didn't care. She was just glad she wasn't at the bottom of a lake anymore.

After he eased up, Toph softly said. "Than-"

"WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME?" Aang yelled with an obvious tone of anger.

"What?" Toph asked confused.

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO SWIMMING BY YOURSELF, AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!"

Toph sat up and yelled back. "WELL YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TELLING ME WHAT NOT TO DO! JUST BECAUSE I'M BLIND DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF MYSELF!"

"THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT!"

Now Toph was REALLY confused. "Then what-?"

Aang calmed down a bit. "In case you haven't noticed I forget you're blind half the time. I didn't want you swimming by yourself because you're an amateur swimmer. I didn't want anything unexpected to happen, and for me not to be there."

"Oh." Toph felt bad for jumping to conclusions "I thought it was because…when you said it too dangerous 'for you' I thought it meant…"

"Toph no…You're one of the strongest people I know. I wouldn't be worrying if I had a good reason." Aang smiled at her to show he meant it.

Toph almost wanted to cry. She was still trying to prove herself to him and he was just looking out for her. She never had a friend like Aang. She never had a friend period before Aang. He had saved her from her old life. If he hadn't come and asked her to teach him earthbending she would have still be at home, being treated like the helpless little girl everyone saw her as. Everyone except him. She never felt so close to anyone, even if she didn't know what he looked like.

"Aang?" She said softly as she moved to sitting on her knees.

"Yes?" Aang copied her tone as he matched her sitting position.

"Can I ask you something…?"

I guarantee you she's not going to ask any thing close to what you're thinking right now.

Oh and I know that everyone says her eyes are gray, but according to the ATLA Wiki the are indeed, light green. (Look closely at a picture from the show and you'll see too)

And I keep forgetting to ask so... If anyone can find a good picture of Toph with her hair down let me know. (I can't seem to find any.)

The next chapter might be pretty long, so it might be a while. (hopefully not 3 weeks though :-P)

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