The Smell of Hotness

Seven: Accusations

Previously on Avatar: -"How the heck did I end up in this situation?" Zuko crossed his arms and leaned his back weight against the concrete wall."I can't believe I'm going to do this…"

-"Thank you so much Lee-san." Kiame blushed a little.

"Well then! Let's go!" Sokka smiled big.

"It is up upon this hill o'er there." Kiame pointed to a small mount of a hill in the distance out from the town. It wasn't too close nor too far; it was close enough to still see the city itself below…

"Great, what am I supposed to do?" Toph crossed her arms as Sokka and Kiame ran off, and seeing as Aang and Katara already left. She heard a purring sound beside her. It was Momo. "Well, there's no one else around…"

-"This plan is so genius…" Azula smiled while lying back in her bed; she was tossing the colored rock up and down in her palm. She was so relaxed and carefree. "Zu-zu won't even know what's coming to him…" Azula grasped the rock tight at hand and stared at it, giving it a smile of satisfaction. "Scraping bits of the rock's granite into my own mixture of cologne was quite intelligent of me. Now, wherever Zuko goes, girls' follow… nothing can mess this up. He can't hide. He can't run. They'll always track him down…"

-"Zuko! There you are!" a girlish scream interrupted his sentence.

"Err, when is this going to end!" Zuko was getting fed up with this and just began to run again. Mai watched and stared as Zuko ran off with a crowd of women chasing after him…

"That's my boyfriend!" Mai growled and went running after them…

-"Something's going on here…" Zuko shut his door, "— I have a feeling Azula knows something I don't…"

Zuko grabbed the bottom of the dress and pulled it up, taking it off and pulling it over his head. He shook his head, making his hair fall back into place.

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"It's so nice up here." Sokka stared up at the sky while he waved his ankles back and forth from the hanging edge. Kiame smiled.

"Yes, I know this. It's my favorite place in the world…" Kiame resituated herself and placed her hands upon her knees. Sokka stared over at her. Kiame stared straight into Sokka's eyes; her eyes were like gleaming emeralds with the power to sedate. They looked so beautiful. The sun tipped perfectly, shining onto her and her eyes reflected the sun's glory making it mutualism.

"Kiame…" Sokka began.

"Yes— Sokka?" Kiame looked into Sokka's eyes and smiled.

"You're— you're gorgeous." He smiled. Kiame blushed outrageously. A slight smile of ego appeared on her face from his compliment.

"Thank you, Sokka… I can't tell you how long it's been since I've heard that." Kiame leaned her head back. Sokka seemed a little discouraged; as her words ruined the tension he was trying to build at the moment. He still tried to look comforting and sensitive.

"Why's that?" he leaned back onto the grass and placed his hands behind his head; he figure dif he kept talking he could get back that chemistry. "I don't understand why someone wouldn't say that…"

"Well, Sokka, people around here— are different. They see me differently than you do. Sometimes, I feel like I don't even exist… like I'm just some speck of dirt that helps look after this place with Lee…" Kiame looked down upon herself and a frown perked its way onto her face. Sokka sat up and got at eye level with her.

"You do exist, Kiame. You exist as perfectly as ever…" Sokka smiled.

Sokka slowly but surely, scooted his hand over to hers' and held it. Kiame blushed once more; this time, no words exited from her mouth. She just over at his glistening, sapphire eyes that shined along with his smile. Sokka leaned in towards her. Kiame felt a little awkward at first but waited until he was just inches away from her face and her lips softly touched his. Sokka closed his eyes and completed the kiss. Kiame closed her eyes and her heart did a back flip. Sokka tightly clenched her hand in his as they sat there underneath the rainbow sky…

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"Stupid girls… stupid town… err! Stupid everything!" Zuko yelled.

Knock! Knock!

Someone knocked on Zuko's door. Zuko didn't say anything or do anything because he wasn't sure who it might be.

"Zu-zu, it's me." He heard Azula's voice calling through the door. Zuko walked over to the door and opened it to her face.

"What, do you want?" he narrowed his eyes. She smiled at him.

"Just so you know, there's a legion of girlish followers at our door." She walked in and past Zuko with a smirk upon her face.

"Oh, I didn't notice." Zuko said with sarcasm while shutting his door.

"I think they're finally leaving…" Azula peeped out of Zuko's window to find all of the girls walking down the stairway of the palace.

"Good… they're just stupid girls… why were they even following me? They have no business chasing me around like that!" Zuko threw his arms up in the air with anger.

"Oh Zu-zu, calm down. It's just a few girls. What could that hurt huh? I mean— just face the facts Zuko, they may think that you actually 'look good'…" Azula smirked. She folded her arms.

"What do you care anyway?" Zuko eyed her with suspicion. Azula held her hands up in the air in almost an acting of bewilderment.

"Can't I just talk to my brother and just wonder what's going on?" she asked in a rhetorical tone.

"Just get out…" Zuko stated. Zuko watched Azula carefully as she brushed past his shoulder while she was walking out; Azula smirked a bit as she caught a glimpse of the cologne sitting on top of his drawers.

Azula exited his room and Zuko cracked his door. He walked over to the window and glanced outside at the town. There were actually quite a few people still out; thankfully, the women at his doorstep were all gone and separated…

What did those girls want? I wonder if it has anything to do with how Mai's been acting lately… Zuko thought.

"Hey Zuko!" he heard a loud and annoying voice call; it made his fingers cringe. Zuko turned his head slightly to see who was approaching him. It was Ty Lee.

"Ty Lee, what are you—" Zuko stopped in the middle of his sentence to find Ty Lee all up in his face. "What do you want?" he took a step back towards his wall.

"You silly!" Ty Lee smiled and dotted his nose with the point of her first finger. Zuko crinkled his nose.

"Well get out, you're not wanted here! Go home." He stated still trying to keep his voice under control. His temper was raising but he didn't want to take it out on Ty Lee— no matter how annoying she was. Ty Lee just kept a big smile across her face, and she held her hands behind her back mischievously…

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"Wow…" Kiame's words jumped up from her heart and slid down her lips. She touched her lips, which still trembled from Sokka's touch.

"You seem so—" Sokka rubbed the back of his neck, "— new to this…" he smiled trying his best not to offend her by his comment. She turned her head while she blushed a little.

"It's just… no one's ever really touched me like that before… it makes me feel— so free, and so loved… I love how that feels Sokka…" Kiame smiled at him. She moved her hand over on the grass and gently grabbed a nice hold on his— making her face blush even more.

"You're beautiful." Sokka smiled while trying to act chivalric.

"Thank you… just thank you Sokka…" Kiame bit her lower lip while still happily holding Sokka's hand…

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"Ha!" Aang pushed the water forward towards Katara with a slight smirk upon his face, perhaps of predicted victory in his mind.

"Don't think so Aang!" Katara slightly leaped into the air and caught the water, quickly slinging it back towards Aang. Of course, being the Avatar, he caught it with a smile.

"Not bad Katara." He smiled big, dropping the water onto the soil— which soon sucked up its minerals.

"Thanks," Katara smiled back, "you too."

"Hey Katara…" Aang began.

"Yeah, Aang?" Katara walked over next to Aang and sat down on the grass. The ground was a bit damp from the released water, but it was still firm enough to not turn to pure mud. Katara spread her legs out a little and placed her hands behind her, shifting all her weight to her palms. Aang sat down beside her with his knees bunched together and his arms hanging by his sides.

"There's something I want to talk to you about." He looked up at Katara with puppy dog eyes.

"What is it Aang?" Katara's voice grew sympathetic. She was afraid something bad might've happened.

"It's nothing really… but—" he looked up at Katara who was still listening intently, "— well, last night… I kind of might have… taken a small look around town…" Aang smirked innocently but callow.

"What do you mean? Kiame already showed us around town." Katara said.

"Yeah but, I'm talking about somewhere she didn't show us… the big building that well uh— ha ha, looked like a mansion." Aang quickly put on a big smile that reached to both ends of his face.

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"This is so boring…" Toph sat down on a rock close to town with her chin buried in her palms. Momo sat beside her, cleaning himself. Toph looked down at him. "So how's life been?" she asked without motion in her voice.

"Pwuwarrr?" Momo looked up at her and tilted his head.

"I can't believe I'm talking, to a monkey…" Toph sighed.

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"You need to be a little happier little Zu-zu." Ty Lee smiled happily.

"Don't call me that! I told you to go away!" Zuko continued yelling, but Ty Lee was just so persistent.

"It's okay Zuko-kins," Ty Lee hugged Zuko and rested her head against his chest, "I know you love me."

"Ty Lee— get off!" Zuko backed up against the wall with Ty Lee rubbing her cheeks against his bosom. "I don't want to hurt you, so get off!" Zuko yelled.

"Aw, Zuko-kins, stop being such a pooh head." Ty Lee stared up at Zuko and batted her eyes.

"Who even let you in? Go home!" Zuko just couldn't seem to keep her away. Then—

Muah!

Before the blink of an eye, Ty Lee's lips were glued to his and his eyes bulged from shock. Zuko's eyes stayed open while Ty Lee's arms were wrapped around his neck and she was putting everything into her kiss…. And it actually felt… good.

"Zuko?" Zuko heard a calm yet disturbed voice. Ty Lee released and looked over at Zuko's doorway. There stood Mai with a face full of disbelief. Zuko looked down at himself and then pushed Ty Lee.

"Mai!" Zuko yelled. Mai just turned her back towards him and walked away. Zuko ran towards Mai.

"Zuko-kins! Wait!" Ty Lee just smiled and ran after Zuko.

"Humph…" Azula smirked from around the corner as she watched them run around. She actually found all of this quite amusing. "A girl comes within feet of Zu-zu and immediately becomes attracted to him… genius…" Azula smiled at her work and walked off to her room…

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"You what?" Katara raised her voice, "Aang, Kiame was nice enough to show us around and you deliberately go somewhere she didn't want you to?" Katara jumped to her feet and paced the ground in front of Aang.

"Well, she didn't actually say we couldn't." Aang smiled. Katara stopped and stared at him. Aang sighed and looked down.

"I know, I know, Katara," Aang began, "— but it's not the fact that I went there, it's what I found," he said. Katara stopped her yelling and began to listen because she now seemed to be intrigued.

"What— did you find?" he voice was much calmer.

"Well… there was this rainbow colored rock, and it had a piece taken from it… and the room it was in was all fire nation… something weird is going no here." Aang explained.

"Do you think they're hiding something from us?" Katara asked.

"Maybe… but that's what I need to find out." He stated.

"But, why would they give us all of this food, as well as a place to stay?" she questioned.

"To hide their guilt? Who knows?" Aang said.

"You want to know what we're hiding eh?" Katara and Aang heard a voice…

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