The 3rd Fire Nation Betrayer

Ok… I'm SOOOO sorry for not updating that soon…I've been so busy lately… anyway, I hope you like this chapter and everything… Anyway, hope you like it!

Zuko crumpled up the wanted poster and threw it on the floor.

"She's like me… Wanted… Whatever. She's still with the Avatar, and that's unacceptable." Zuko hopped back onto his ostrichhorse and rode off, following the direction he though Appa went.

Naomi looked forward.

"Hey, what's that?!?" She yelled, pointing. Aang, Sokka, and Katara looked at where she was pointing.

"What's what?" Toph said, a little freaked out.

"I think it's some type of Earth Nation village," Aang said. Toph relaxed, knowing they weren't going to run into any fire nation or anything.

"We should go. Get something to eat," Sokka said, putting his arms around his neck, relaxing.

"Whoa whoa whoa… Do you mean you ate ALL of our food?!?" Katara yelled, sitting up.

"We didn't get a lot you know… Besides, I eat when I'm bored," Sokka said, rolling his eyes. Katara sighed, knowing she could never fully understand her brother, no matter how much she tried.

"Ok then, let's go!" Naomi said, putting her catbunny back into her bag and putting the bag over her shoulder.

"Wait. If you come with us, we couldn't even walk 5 steps without them attacking us. Nobody trusts the fire nation ever since the war. You don't think they would let you in just because you are young and with the Avatar do you? I mean, they might think we are all in disguise," Toph said, leaning back onto the edge of Appa's saddle.

"What? Ok I understand that, but still! Are you saying that you can go inside, but I can't?" Naomi said, a few small sparks coming from her fists, extinguishing themselves before touching the surface of Appa's saddle.

"Uh… Guys? Cool it before you hurt somebody!" Aang said, pushing Toph and Naomi apart. That didn't quite work. Toph was still blabbering on.

" Well duh! Of course you can't! They would just kick us… You out! I bet you wouldn't want to be alone again, 'cause if you get kicked out, then we might not be back for a while, so you would be long gone when we get back!" Toph yelled, pushing Aang away. "Stay out of this Twinkle Toes."

"Well, I'm going anyway. At least if they kick me out, I would be away from you!" Naomi shouted, hanging her feet off of Appa.

"Wait! At least wear this. They probably won't notice your shirt then," Katara said, giving Naomi a big dark cloak. Naomi looked back, taking the cloak. She waited for Aang to get Appa close enough to the ground that it wouldn't hurt terribly much if she jumped. When it got to that time, Naomi slid off, landing on her feet. She made sure her cloak was tied tight enough not to blow off too easily. She began to walk through the town, not really caring about everybody else. Aang landed Appa, and he hopped off, followed by Sokka, Katara, then Toph, who was still a little steamed. She ran towards Naomi, feeling her way with vibrations.

"What's your problem?!?" Toph yelled, turning Naomi around to face her. Some more tiny sparks came from Naomi's fists. Naomi wasn't looking at Toph right now, but at the ground.

"There's nothing wrong with me. Why can't you understand that I'm not harmful? I'm younger than you… Not that that really means anything, but still. If you want to go find another fire bender that wants to help the avatar, fine! Go ahead, what do I care," Naomi said. She turned around and walked away. Toph just stared into the direction Naomi is. She turned around when she felt Katara, Sokka, and Aang walk towards her.

"What just happened?" Katara asked, glancing from Naomi to Toph.

"Nothing. She's being ridiculous," Toph said. She turned around and walked towards a shop, leaning against a wall, 'staring' at the ground.

"Great…" Aang said, sighing. "If those two don't come together soon, we'll have to get rid of one of them. And I don't think Toph is going to let us get rid of her… But I have learned earth bending, so I… I'm being crazy." Aang looked around, a worried look on his face. Sokka put a hand on Aang's shoulder.

"Don't worry… We'll make sure they get better. Just get some more food! I'm starving here," Sokka said.

"Ok that's it… All you can think about is food… Why don't you go talk Naomi into being friends with Toph while I go talk to Toph," Katara said, walking toward Toph. Sokka sighed and walked towards Naomi, running towards her after a while, knowing he wouldn't catch her for a while if he walked. He caught up with her and turned her around.

"Stop it ok?!? I'm going, what else d…" Naomi noticed it was Sokka. "Oh… Hi Sokka… What's up?" she asked.

"The sky… But who cares about that? It will stay for a long time… Look we have to talk," Sokka said, bouncing in rush. Naomi giggled slightly.

"True… What is it?"

"You know Toph? Don't le-"

"I know… Toph doesn't want me there. I don't care!" Naomi said, pretty steamed.

"No… Don't let her make you go away. She and Katara were enemies once, although it was Toph who ran off. They are friends now. That's going to happen with you and Toph. No matter what." Sokka said, trying to pull Naomi, but she dragged her feet.

"Fine… But I won't like it… Believe me. Toph's stuck up…" Naomi started to walk slowly, not as fast as Sokka had wanted. While that was going on, Katara and Toph were talking.

"Toph, you should really light up on Naomi… She's just trying to help." Katara said.

"I don't care. She's still a fire bender, and I don't trust her. And what is she trying to help anyway?" Toph said, turning away from Katara.

"Uh… Help save the world," Katara said. "It's obvious."

"Whatever…"

"Come on, I think Aang's ready. Let's go back. We should have as much distance away from Zuko and those three girls as we can," Katara said, walking back with Toph. Aang was sitting on Appa, piling up fruits and vegetables. Toph and Naomi didn't even glance at each other as the hopped onto Appa.

"We're ready. Where next?" Toph said, crossing her arms.

"Uh, I don't really know… Anywhere I guess… How about Ba Sing Se?" (This is sort of in the middle of the episodes and stuff… just… not… sorry to confuse you…) Aang said, looking around. " I don't think it's too far from here."

"Didn't we pretty much get kicked out from there?" Sokka asked, as enthusiastic as ever. (That was sarcasm)

"Well, yes, but maybe they don't remember us… I said maybe," Aang said, glaring at the giggling Katara.

"What did you do wrong?" Naomi asked.

"Noting really. They just don't really like me or… Something. We were pretty annoying too. And by 'we', I mean Sokka mostly." Aang replied.

"Hey, it was your idea to go there. I just wanted answers." Sokka said, shrugging.

"I don't think that's a really good idea… We need to go somewhere else…" Katara said, shaking her head.

"You know, Naomi and Toph have probably never been to the water tribe…" Sokka said, grinned at his friends.

"That's a long way from here," Aang said, unsure.

"Sounds fun! I like the cold anyway… The heat is too common for me," Naomi said, looking at a map Sokka had. "We are about here," Naomi pointed to a piece of land not too far from the ocean. "Which part of the water nation? Northern or Southern tribe?"

"Southern… This is great! I'll be able to see Gran-Gran again!" Katara said happily.

"More penguin sledding!" Aang yelled.

"I thought by now you would be over that," Sokka said.

"Well, yah, but… Never mind" Aang said, guiding Appa upward. "So, where do we go?"

"That way," Naomi said, pointing southwest." Aang steered Appa in the direction Naomi was pointing and headed over the ocean.

"This will be fun… My feet are going to freeze!" Toph said sarcastically, putting her arms in front of her so they were straight up in the air.

"Well, then we'll get you boots and stuff. Both you and Naomi need different clothes for the cold temperatures," Katara said. Naomi giggled silently.

"Even though I like the cold," Naomi said, "I don't think I could survive in a skirt…"

"So, it's settled. To the Southern Water Tribe!" Sokka yelled, falling back onto Appa's saddle.

Azula looked on the ground and saw Naomi's crumpled up wanted poster.

"So, the Avatar was here… Or, at least it's possible," Azula looked at some foot prints that looked like a giant bird. She followed them, knowing it would lead her to something.

Mai quickly made her way across a barren field.

"This is boring," Mai said quietly. She looked up and saw Appa high in the sky. "I wonder," She went the bison's direction until she got to the edge of a beach. "Great…"

Ty Lee was about to fall asleep on the lizard. She wasn't paying much attention. She looked up sleepily and saw Mai.

"Hey!" Ty Lee yelled as awake as ever. "How did you get here?"

"Oh, hi… We probably changed directions. And by "we", I mean you. You look exhausted!" Mai said sympathetically.

"Yah… I guess so… I wasn't paying attention at all. Princess Azula's been pushing us around a lot!" Ty Lee said after a yawn.

"Yah you're right. Anyway, I saw the Avatar's bison go that way. It's over the water, so I don't know if we can catch them." Mai said, pointing in the direction she saw Appa go.

"These mongoose dragon can go over water you know." Ty Lee said, having an expression as if saying "Duh". (I just found out what those lizards are called)

"Yes, but probably not the whole distance of the ocean! They will get tired Ty Lee," Mai said. "Come on… Let's try to follow them on land." The two girls ran across the sand, following Appa as well as they could.

Zuko was getting tired. He hadn't slept in a while, and even when he did, he did sleep, he didn't get much. His eyes were getting heavy, so he was closing them every so often. Zuko looked behind him and saw that the saturated ground had formed the shape of the ostrich horse's feet.

"What the?" Zuko said quietly. "All this time I have been practically giving people a direct route to me… Great. I can't see the Avatar anywhere, and I need sleep." Zuko looked around for somewhere to be safe. He spotted a dense forest and made his way there. When he got off his ride, Zuko went back and tried covering up the tracks he had made. He walked back and guided the ostrich horse further into the forest. He found a very leafy area and lied down, camouflaged. He closed his eyes, and began to rest for the first time in a long time.

Azula reached the end of the tracks, and sighed.

"Whatever." She hopped off her mongoose dragon and walked around, thinking. After a minute or two, she walked into the forest, leaving her animal in the moist field.

Naomi looked out of Appa and onto the beach. She couldn't see anything except land and small green dots she expected to be trees.

"When will we get there?" Naomi asked, getting impatient.

"It will take a while. Just be patient. We are as excited as you are I'm sure," Katara said, lying on her back. Naomi crossed her arms, looking around the cloudless sky.

"Where are we anyway?" Naomi asked, petting her catbunny.

"I think we are about… fifty miles from the Southern Water Tribe. We're getting there, Naomi," Sokka said. "You know, I thought you would stop asking after the third time."

"Ugh… Still a long ways away…" Naomi put her hands against her cheeks, leaning against the side of Appa's saddle.

"This is taking forever," Toph whined.

"Don't worry… We'll be there soon," Aang said, tired of all the complaining. "Just be patient!"

Hi… Sorry… I finally found out that lizard animal's name! And yah. Sorry it's taken a long time… Writer's block and I've been EXTREMELY busy… Anyway, I'll make sure I'll get my next chapter done before Thanks Giving… Oh, and this is pretty long… I hope… It's about 4 pages, so yah…

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