By: The White Dragon Rider
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING! Are we clear? Good P.S. Please don't sue me
(Ok here's the next chapter. I'm so glad for the reviews I've gotten so far. On that last chapter I got 5 reviews in the first 2 hours I posted it (A new personal record!). Also it looks like this might be KataraXAang at the current rate we're at with reviews. But don't worry it's still a while before I make a final decision so it can easily change before then. Personally I don't care about the Katara pairing at all so don't expect me to favor one over the other.)
(Here are the planned pairings so far: (Note they can be changed if reviews say so)
Ty LeexSokka
Katarax?
Aangx?
Zukox? (Mai is a possible choice for any who like that pairing)
TophxNaruto (The rowboat in the world of Avatar ship wars!)
SasukexSakura (Please don't bother me about this)
(Ok we got that all cleared up? If anyone has any problems please write)
Chapter 4: TravelingNatruto's Camp
Toph woke up in the early morning when the dew was still fresh on the ground and the sun was just beginning to rise bathing the sky in a deep orange glow
She sat up in yawned contently
Toph could hear some of the early waking animals just beginning their days and scampering around in the woods nearby and she could feel the cold dew on the grass beneath her and some on her clothes
She let out a deep breath and just enjoyed the peacefulness of the early morning around her as she sat up off the ground
Then she realized something was off
"Where's that Naruto guy?" she asked curiously
Toph could not hear his snoring and she could not feel any vibrations nearby that showed he was there
Of course her earth powers and senses were still not at full power thanks to the holes that were still in her legs
She could feel things around her but it was a lot weaker and she couldn't feel too far
Toph again tried to get up onto her feet
Like last time her legs gave way after about three seconds on her wobbly feet
She came crashing down on her butt with a painful thud
"Owww" moaned Toph rubbing her sore bottom a bit
"Where the heck is that kid?" asked Toph annoyed doing her best to listen for any sound that meant he was nearby
She focused as hard as she could to listen to what was around her
Toph heard a faint sound nearby through some trees that sounded like running, jumping, grunting
It sounded like a fight!
Toph turned in the direction the sound was coming from quickly
"Is the Fire Nation back?" she asked slightly worried
For a second she thought that Naruto had run off to tell about her to the Fire Nation troops that might be in the area
But then she realized that wouldn't make sense
She heard fighting but if he had just told about her there shouldn't be any fighting
Toph quickly realized that Naruto couldn't have told on her
Then she thought that Naruto could be under attack or something
She tried to get up and head to the noise but she couldn't walk
Toph then began to crawl over to where the noise was at a slow pace
RiverAfter a few minutes of painful crawling Toph came onto the river where Naruto had found her half-dead the day before
She staggered past some trees and stopped behind a bush
"Here's where the sounds came from" said Toph
She was confused by the fact that she didn't feel anything nearby besides that river she really hated
"Where is he?" asked Toph confused
Then she heard the sound of someone walking or…splashing?
Toph didn't feel anything but she was sure she heard splashing
"All right! At this rate I'll be better at chakra control than Sakura!" came a voice Toph recognized as Naruto's
Naruto was busy training by walking on water
Toph couldn't feel him since he wasn't on land
"Naruto?" asked Toph coming out from behind the bush she was hiding behind
"Whhhhhaaaa!"
(Splash!)
Naruto was caught off guard by Toph coming out of nowhere and lost focus and fell into the water he was walking on
He got back to the surface of the water and looked over at where Toph was
"Geez don't do that" said Naruto annoyed
"What the heck are you doing? Swimming?" asked Toph going over to the bank of the river and sitting down
"No I'm training" said Naruto
"This early?" asked Toph surprised
"Of course I need to train hard!" said Naruto seriously
"What for?" asked Toph curiously
"I've got to get stronger!" said Naruto determinedly
"Why?" asked Toph curiously
"To become the Hokage!" said Naruto fiercely
"What's so important about doing that?" asked Toph
"What! You've got to be kidding me! It's a huge deal to be Hokage!" shouted Naruto
Toph had no idea what the Hokage was but based on how Naruto was acting she guessed it was really important to him
She figured that it was probably some sort of position like general or king
"Ok if you say so" said Toph mostly disinterested
"So you get up this early to train always?" asked Toph
"Yeah" said Naruto as he finally got out of the water
He shook off a bit of the water after he got onto the bank next to Toph
"Hey careful!" said Toph annoyed as she got some water on her from Naruto
"Sorry" said Naruto
He then sat down next to Toph on the sandy river's bank
"Is this where you found me yesterday?" asked Toph as she put her feet in the water a bit to relax
"Yup you weren't breathing or anything. I almost had to use mouth to mouth" said Naruto
Toph understandably nearly turned red at the comment
"It was kind of funny actually. For a second I thought you looked like a girl!" said Naruto to make light of the situation
"Ha ha yeah" said Toph weakly
'He still hasn't figured out I'm a girl!' thought Toph amazed
"So what are you training for?" asked Toph curiously
"It's for the Chunin exams" said Naruto
"What's a Chunin exam?" asked Toph
"What? You don't know what the Chunin exams are!" asked Naruto shocked
"Should I?" asked Toph
'How can she not know what a Chunin exam is?' though Naruto
"It's the test you have to take to be a Chunin" explained Naruto
"What's a Chunin?" asked Toph
"Wait! You don't know what a Chunin is?" asked Naruto surprised
"Yeah, what is a Chunin?" asked Toph
"You aren't a ninja are you?" asked Naruto
"Wait you're ninja?" asked Toph
"Yeah I said I was from Hidden Leaf Village, everyone knows they have the biggest and most powerful ninja army" said Naruto
Naruto was confused now
This Toph guy had no idea about common knowledge like ninja ranks or the hidden villages
He could not understand how Toph didn't know this stuff that almost everyone knew
"I've never heard of it" said Toph honestly
"I said it was the Land of Fire" said Naruto
"You mean the Fire Nation?" asked Toph again
"Why do you keep calling it that?" asked Naruto
"You honestly mean to tell me you don't know about the Fire Benders, Hundred year war, and Fire Lord?" asked Toph
"Whoa! What are you talking about?" asked Naruto surprised
The two of them were now very confused
"I just don't get it, you talk about stuff I don't know like everyone knows about it and I talk about this that everyone knows and you don't have a clue" said Toph
"Yeah it's totally weird!" said Naruto
"Just who are you?" asked Toph
The both of them realized they had never bothered to find out more about each other last night
"I'm a ninja from Hidden Leaf Village" said Naruto
"Tell me more about it" said Toph
"How about you tell me more about you?" asked Naruto
"Well first off I'm a Earthbender" said Toph
"…what's that?" asked Naruto with a confused look
Later(Don't think I'm lazy I just don't have time to talk about the entire series every time they have to explain stuff to someone)
The two talked for a while into the morning by the river
Toph explained about bending to Naruto who thought the idea of using elemental attacks without using handsigns was awesome
He was also surprised when Toph told him that she/he was a powerful earthbender (She left out why her earthbending was so powerful)
She also told him about the hundred year war with the Fire Nation and how she though he might've been from the Fire Nation because he said he was from the Land of Fire
Naruto understood why Toph was reluctant to tell him about himself why he though that he might've been from this evil Fire Nation place
Toph also talked about how she had been so powerful that the Avatar had asked her…wait begged him to train him in Earthbending
Naruto looked at Toph with amazement
He was shocked to see that this guy only around his age was so powerful in this Earthbending that he had been begged by this all-powerful Avatar guy to be his sensei
Naruto imagined this Avatar person to be some huge tough looking guy with amazing attacks capable of leveling entire villages in one blow
He was also enraged when he heard about all the stuff the Fire Nation had done; about all the people driven from their homes, people put into slave labor, and even genocide
Naruto could've sworn he felt his chakra become more powerful and wild as he heard about this Fire Nation
It was almost like his demon chakra was being released with every word
Naruto was pretty sure his demon was getting riled up about something but he figured it was just because he was mad
When Toph was done she asked Naruto about his world
Naruto began explaining about how he was from a village of ninjas
He told Toph about how he could use jutsu to do a lot of different things
Toph found the fact that he had to do handsigns to attack annoying but she knew these "jutsu" provided a lot of possibilities that any bending couldn't match
Naruto told her about how he and his team were going out into the woods to train for
the Chunin exam in peace when he was attacked
"Hey I think I know what is going on!" said Toph
"Really what?" asked Naruto intrigued
"Well based on what you said I think that you're from another world" said Toph
"Really!" asked Naruto
"Yeah, I've heard Aang talk about the spirit world. What if there is more than those two worlds? I think you are from another world" said Toph
"Really? That would explain a lot" said Naruto thinking about it
"But what happened to my team then?" asked Naruto
"Maybe they ended up here also, either that or they ended up in other worlds" said Toph
"Oh No! Then how will I find them?" asked Naruto in a panic
"Maybe Aang can help" suggested Toph
"You think so?" asked Naruto
"Yeah, he's into all sorts of weird stuff so he might know what to do" said Toph
"All right! Where can I find this guy?" asked Naruto excitedly
"I got separated from them on a cliff up river, I need to find them" said Toph
"So how can we find them?" asked Naruto
"All we have to do is follow the river until we find the cliff I fell from" said Toph
"How'll we know it's the right place?" asked Naruto
"Look for signs of a battle" said Toph
"Oh" said Naruto
"So how'll we get there? I still can barely walk" asked Toph
"I guess I can carry you on my back" said Naruto unsure
"What!" asked Toph surprised with a blush
"Well it's either that or you crawl" said Naruto
"Fine" said Toph still slightly red in a slightly stubborn tone
Naruto knelt down next to Toph and turned around
Toph hesitantly wrapped her arms around Naruto's neck and held on tight
She couldn't help but blush
Toph might've been the world's biggest tomboy but even she couldn't help but be affected by something like this
Naruto stood up slowly and tired to get his balance with the weight of Toph and his backpack on his back
"Wow you're heavier than you look" said Naruto with a strained voice as he struggled a bit
"Are you calling me fat?" yelled Toph angrily
"Well you ain't a feather!" said Naruto back
"Maybe you're just weak!" yelled Toph
"Geez I though only girls got this upset about weight…well Choji too" said Naruto
"Just get walking!" yelled Toph
"Fine! Which way do I go?" asked Naruto
"Follow the river upstream, you'll have to find a way up onto the cliffs" said Toph
"Great I have to climb up some cliffs while carrying this guy" said Naruto annoyed under his breath
"Quit complaining!" yelled Toph
"Wow good hearing" said Naruto impressed
Naruto then began walking with Toph on his back upriver
The CliffAfter a while Naruto finally managed to find the cliff
It was around lunchtime when Naruto finally walked near the ledge of the cliff Toph had fallen off the day before
He was pretty sure this was the place
The ground was cracked from Toph's earthbending, trees had been uprooted violently nearby, there was various projectiles embedded in the ground, and several areas had been burned
Naruto could tell there was a battle here from the condition of the area
"Hey is this the place?" asked Naruto to Toph who was getting bored riding on Naruto's back
"Put me down" said Toph
"Ok" said Naruto unsure why Toph had to be put down in order to tell him if this was the spot
Naruto put Toph on the ground gently
Toph could tell from the ground that it was the spot
"Yeah this is it" said Toph
"Wow looks like a serious fight broke out here" said Naruto at all the damage
Naruto looked around the area while Toph sat nearby
He saw all the damage and thought that whoever fought he was strong
Naruto could even see where Toph's blood had been spilled next to the cliff and the hole Azula had blasted in the bushes
He also bent down to inspect the needles and other projectiles embedded in the ground
Upon inspection he could defiantly see that they looked a lot like the ones pulled from Toph's legs
He even picked up all the projectiles he could carry
All he had was the shuriken and kunai he had brought with him and even one or two demon wind shuriken in his backpack
He had no idea when he could get more ninja weapons if he ran out
They looked to be of good quality and he figured that if he could spare wasting his own weapons he should
The projectiles looked different from his regular ones and all had red on them but he figured a shuriken was effective no matter how it looked
Naruto then looked closer at the trees
He was wondering what could be powerful enough to rip those trees out like that
"Hey what happened to those trees?" asked Naruto pointing over to them
"Take me to them" said Toph
Naruto helped Toph walk/limp over to the trees
She could feel that they had been yanked out of the ground
Toph guessed that only Aang's airbending was powerful enough to take out the trees that easily
"This is Aang's work" said Toph
"You mean that Avatar guy did this?" asked Naruto in shock
"Yup, he used his airbending to rip these trees out" said Toph
"Wow!" said Naruto impressed
"Where are they?" asked Naruto looking around for any signs of Toph's friends
"I don't know" said Toph
"Could they have been captured by those people who attacked you?" asked Naruto
"I don't know, I don't think twinkle toes would go down that easily" said Toph knowing Aang wouldn't be brought down easily
Naruto looked around for any signs of what happened to them
He spotted some footprints leading away from the site
"Hey here are some footprints!" said Naruto to Toph
Naruto helped Toph limp over to the prints
The two bent over the footprints and looked at them
Toph could feel the footprints in the ground and recognized them
She could feel that they were her friends based on how deep they were
"They were running" said Toph upon inspecting them
"How can you tell?" asked Naruto
"They're far apart and deep. If they were walking they would be light and close together" explained Toph
"Oh" said Naruto
"Did they get captured then?" asked Naruto
"No" said Toph
"How can you tell that?" asked Naruto
"See these other prints?" asked Toph pointing to another set of three prints nearby that headed in the same direction
"Yeah who are they's'?" asked Naruto noticing Toph didn't even look at the prints as she pointed at them
"Those belong to the people who attacked us" said Toph
"How can you tell that?" asked Naruto
"I'd recognize those prints anywhere" said Toph
"Ok I guess" said Naruto still a bit confused
"They're also running prints, that means they were chasing my friends" said Toph
"So your friends escaped?" asked Naruto
"Probably, if they had been captured the Fire Nation's troops they would still be around here. We haven't seen a hint of the Fire Nation all day so that means the Fire Nation must be chasing after them" said Toph
"So they escaped?" asked Naruto
"Probably" said Toph
Naruto put Toph on the ground to rest as they talked
"So what do we do?" asked Naruto
"We were heading to Ba Sing Se to talk to the Earth King, I'm guessing they would still be heading there" said Toph
"What's Ba Sing Se?" asked Naruto
"The Earth Kingdom capital, it's a huge city surrounded by massive walls, it's one of the only safe havens from the Fire Nation" said Toph
"Almost too much of a safe haven…" added Toph under her breath
"What?" asked Naruto not hearing that last part
"Ah nothing" said Toph
"So we should head to the city?" asked Naruto
"Yeah if Aang is still heading to the city we might be able to catch up to him if we head there too" said Toph
"Ok sounds like a good plan!" said Naruto enthusiastically
"Yeah but we're going to have to hurry, if the Fire Nation is on there tail still Aang and the others will be moving fast" said Toph
"Ok let's go then!" said Naruto beginning to walk away
"Hello? Forgetting something!" yelled Toph after him
"He He oops!" said Naruto nervously
Naruto came back and picked Toph back up
"So which way do we go?" asked Naruto as he helped Toph to her feet and supported her
"The way the footprints are heading duh!" said Toph on Naruto's back
"Oh yeah" said Naruto embarrassed
"You had better speed up if we're going to stand any chance of meeting up with Aang" said Toph seriously
"Ok! I'll show you speed!" yelled Naruto hyperly
He then did a ninja jump high into the air
Toph screamed in surprise when she felt they weren't on the ground
Naruto landed on a tree branch in the forest with a scared looking Toph on his back
"What the heck was that? Airbending?" screamed Toph in an angry and scared tone
Naruto looked down until he spotted footprints on the ground heading in the right direction
"Hold on!" he shouted to Toph
"Hey wait!…" began Toph frightened
Before she could finish Naruto began leaping on tree branches following the footprints at high speed
Toph screamed as they flew through the air
She could only see when they touched a tree branch and the vibrations went through the tree
It was like only being able to see at certain intervals
This was all she needed though to tell that they were going the right way
That NightAfter a full day of following the footprints at full speed with Toph on his back Naruto was beat
He landed in a small clearing in the woods around sundown with a nervous, scared, and shaking Toph on his back
Thankfully she had stopped screaming after about five minutes
Naruto couldn't help but notice Toph screamed like a girl but didn't mention it
All that high speed jumping and being unable to see had taken affect on her and she kissed the ground happily when Naruto finally let her off
"I don't think I can do anymore jumping today" said Naruto panting
"That's alright" said Toph just happy to be back on the ground
"We can rest here tonight, we covered a lot of ground today so I think it we'll be able to catch up with your friends soon" said Naruto
"Sounds good to me" said Toph
"I'll make camp while you rest" said Naruto to Toph
"I don't need to rest" said Toph
She then tried getting up onto her feet
"What are you doing?" asked Naruto
"Seeing if I can walk yet, the sooner my legs heal the sooner I can Earth Bend" explained Toph
Toph slowly got onto her feet
Her legs were shaky still but after a few moments she was able to stand
Naruto left her to do her rehabilitation while he went and set up camp and collected firewood for dinner that was, you guessed it Ramen!
At the Camp FireNaruto and Toph sat down next to the fire when it was dark out
They were waiting for Naruto's ramen to cook
Toph had been working to stand for the last hour
After a while her legs got a bit steadier and she was able to stand on her own for a short while
She tried walking too but was only able to get a few awkward steps a short distance before she fell
Toph had also tried to do a little Earthbending
She got into the steadiest stance she could and raised her hands forcefully
Sure enough two small pillars of rock came out of the ground in front of her
She was on nowhere near the scale of power she used to be but it was better than nothing
Toph was willing to bet she might be able to make an earth tent that night for bed
Naruto told her that her legs couldn't have healed much over only one day and that it would be a while before she would be back to normal
She was sick of waiting and relying on another but she had no choice
Right now the two of them were talking next to the fireside
Currently they were on a subject that Naruto was a qualified expert in…Ramen
"Are you sure this stuff will be good?" asked Toph suspiciously
She had never heard of this ramen stuff and was unsure she would like it
"Oh course it's good!" yelled Naruto
"I never heard of this premade food stuff" said Toph
Normally all the food in her world was fresh and made by cooks since they had no way to preserve stuff or package it
"Trust me you'll like it!" said Naruto happily
Toph had skipped out on the ramen Naruto made the night before and she was starving so she knew she had no choice
Naruto could tell she/he was hungry too since Toph's stomach grumbling sounded like a 4.0 earthquake
"So what other stuff is there in your world?" asked Toph
"Well let's see, we have TV" said Naruto
"What's that?" asked Toph
"It's like a picture but it can move and you can hear what the people are saying" said Naruto just unsure how to describe TV to someone who had never heard of it
Based on what Toph had told him Naruto guessed this world had little primitive science and no electronics at all
"How the heck does that work?" asked Toph wonder just how it was possible to get a picture to move
"It's too complicated to explain" said Naruto
"Oh, you also said you have ninjas in your world right?" asked Toph
"Yeah I'm one of them, and when I finish the Chunin exams I'll be a real ninja!" said Naruto excitedly and forcefully
"You said you were training for those things before you got warped here" said Toph
"Yeah I just got done training with my temporary sensei and me and my team were going into the woods to work on coming up with some fighting moves" said Naruto
"By sensei, do you mean sifu?" asked Toph
"What's that?" asked Naruto unfamiliar with the word
"It means teacher" said Toph
"Oh, yeah" said Naruto
"Who was your sifu?" asked Toph
"Well my normal teacher is a really weird guy that lead my team called Kakashi Hatake" said Naruto
"What's he like?" asked Toph curiously
"He's really weird and mysterious, you wouldn't guess it at first but he's really powerful!" said Naruto
"What could he do?" asked Toph wondering just what kind of powers he had
From all that Toph had heard of ninja she was beginning to believe they might be a lot stronger than your average bender
"He could do all sorts of stuff, he's really good at Taijutsu" said Naruto
"That's hand to hand right?" asked Toph
"Yup, he can move so fast you can't see him!" said Naruto
'A bit of irony there' thought Toph
"He also has a ton of jutsu also" continued Naruto
"Really?" asked Toph
"Yup! He is said to know over a thousand jutsu!" said Naruto
"A thousand different ways of attacking, now that sounds dangerous" said Toph
"Yeah but he couldn't train me since he was busy training Sasuke" said Naruto bitterly
Toph was beginning to think Naruto didn't like this Sasuke guy based on how he talked about him
"Anyway Kakashi got this closet pervert named Ebisu train me" said Naruto bitterly again
"Closet what?" asked Toph
"Pervert! That guy couldn't keep his eyes off the girls, that guy was so pathetic I beat him in our first battle with one attack!" said Naruto fiercely
Toph though the guy had to be pathetic in order to lose to his student in their first battle with one attack
A little voice in her head told her that she had also done the same thing with Aang but she ignored that
"Thankfully I got a really good guy to teach me after he kicked the crud out of Ebisu" said Naruto
"Who was that?" asked Toph
"This old guy called Jiraya" said Naruto
"What was he like?" asked Toph
"He was a bigger pervert than Ebisu! I met him when he was spying on naked girls at the hot springs! He even writes a book that is nothing but naked women! It was actually Kakashi's favorite book" said Naruto
"Are all your teachers perverts?" asked Toph
"Pretty much" said Naruto
Toph let out a half interested "hmph"
"Was he strong?" asked Toph
"Yeah! He might've acted like an idiot and weird but this guy was the real deal! He was even stronger than Kakashi!" said Naruto
"So you trained with him for the last month to get stronger?" asked Toph
"Yup he showed me some really cool new tricks and attacks!" said Naruto happily
Toph scoffed when she heard this
"What's wrong?" asked Naruto
"Let's just say I would hardly mind a teacher who was a pervert if he actually taught me new stuff" said Toph
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto confused
"My parents got me a privet tutor in Earthbending, he was this really elite tutor who was just a moron" said Toph bitterly
"Sounds like Ebisu almost" commented Naruto noticing the similarities
"Yeah well my parents told him to take it easy on me since they didn't want me getting hurt and they thought I was totally helpless on my own" said Toph
"So what happened?" asked Naruto intrigued
"He kept me at basic drills forever and never let me do anything advanced because my parents wouldn't like it" said Toph bitterly as she stared at where she thought the fire was
She could still remember doing the same drills over and over again
All baby steps that any new earthbender could do in their sleep
The same things, move a pepple there, raise a small rock pillar here
Even in her severely weakened state she could do those with ease
It drover her crazy!
She hated being limited to rules and boundaries and here she was with a natural gift for earthbending doing basic drills!
"What did you do?" asked Naruto
"I just got so sick of it that I just taught myself how to earthbend" said Toph
"Really? How'd you do that?" asked Naruto impressed
"Well I found out a little from overhearing things from other earthbenders but other than that it was trial and error" said Toph
"Wow that's so cool! I've never heard of anyone becoming a master at anything just by teaching themselves!" said Naruto impressed
"Well I would've gone crazy on just basic lines alone" said Toph
"So how'd your parents react? I bet they were impressed" said Naruto
"I didn't tell them" said Toph
"Why?" asked Naruto confused
If he had singled handedly become a master ninja all by himself he would brag it to everyone
"They were waaaaay to over protective of me, they freaked if I so much as had a cut on my hand. If I told them they would never let me earthbend again. So I played along with the "Poor little helpless Toph" act until Aang and the others showed up looking for a earth bending teacher" said Toph
"So you just acted weak to you teacher when you were becoming stronger?" asked Naruto
"Yup, he and my father found out in a bad way. I got captured along with Aang by some elite earthbending fighters. My dad and teacher were watching in the stands as I trashed nearly a dozen elite earthbenders single handedly. I was hoping my dad would finally like how strong I had become" said Toph
"I'm guessing he wasn't" said Naruto
"He freaked and said I had too much freedom, I was to be placed under 24 hour watch and never allowed to leave the estate" said Toph
"How'd you end up with Aang?" asked Naruto
"I ran away" said Toph with a happy smirk
"Sounds like you're better off on your own anyway" said Naruto
That was one of the best things Toph had heard in her life
"So do you think you'll ever go back?" asked Naruto
"Please if I went back there odds are my dad would place me in a cage hanging off the ground for the rest of my natural life" said Toph knowing the odds of that were good
"You're a lot like me" said Naruto
"How's that?" asked Toph
"Well everyone back home always underestimated me and treated me like dirt" said Naruto
"Being treated like dirt doesn't sound that bad to me, at least I would get some peace and freedom" said Toph
"Yeah well at least you got attention and people cared about you, you try having your entire village hate your guts" said Naruto bitterly
"You entire village hated you? Why?" asked Toph
Naruto looked down at where the seal had been for the fox
"I can't say" said Naruto quietly
"But anyway the point is that all our lives people had underestimated us and didn't take us seriously!" yelled Naruto
"I hear you on that" said Toph
"Yeah and we have to show everyone that we deserve respect too and that we are stronger than they think!" yelled Naruto fiercely
"How?" asked Toph
"Well I'm going to become Hokage and you can get respect by helping defeat this Fire Lord guy" said Naruto
"Hey! How about we help each other? Let's work together to finally get some respect!" said Naruto fiercely
Toph looked over and Naruto and smiled
"You got a deal" she said happily
"Alright and the first thing I want to do is challenge you to a fight as soon as your healed" said Naruto
"Why?" asked Toph
"Because if I can beat you I can become stronger! Plus I want to see how a earthbending master fights!" said Naruto loudly
Toph got a mischievous smile on her face
"You're on" she said happily
"All right!" said Naruto fiercely
"Hey is that ramen stuff done yet?" asked Toph
Naruto checked it
"Yup here you go" said Naruto handing Toph the bowl
As she ate she though that she was really starting to like this Naruto guy
End ChapterNext Chapter:
Chapter 5: Sharingan Eyes
As Zuko and Iroh travel to the Ba Sing Se ferry they come across two odd travelers. They don't know what to make of the odd pair with weird ways that seem to know little of the war or bending. Iroh becomes fast friends with the guy with one eye and Zuko sees the familiar look of revenge in the eyes of the boy with black hair. Later when Zuko is attacked by Azula and co. the boy shows up and reveals that revenge isn't the only thing hidden in his eyes.