Alright here's the next chapter, sorry for the wait.

First note: I have the next chapters planned but i want to work on some of my other fics so you wont be seeing an update for a while. (not to long, but i needd to write another chapter of What Could Possibly Go Wrong, Happy Holdiays From The Gaang, and I Can't Love You first.

Other note: What happened to everyone..... Like fan fiction rates are going really down lately and people are disapearing off the site. So if anyone is still radin this please review. Right now i have three constant reviewers im gratful for. For all of you readin silently or reviewing are awesome. XD

On with the story....

oh also the first part with Ty Lee is when the incident is happening, not a hour or so later. XD

Ty Lee turned at the explosive sound coming from her temporary home. A trail of smoke floated through the jungle. Ty lee's face paled in shock as she tried to infer what was happening.

Tao and Zuko met, she inferred. Please let it be just that

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Tao groaned and kicked hard into the mud, splattering it in ever direction. "We're going to shore" she declared.

One of the Kyoshi Warriors, Lina, looked up, obviously annoyed. "Who died and made you-" she was interrupted.

"You go back" Tao ordered. "All five of you! Wait for Ty and his friends" she pointed an accusing finger as Zuko again.

Zuko rolled his eyes and whispered up to Sensu. "Is she always like this?"

Sensu chuckled softly and nodded. Without much a protest the Kyoshi Warriors left. Lucky them.

Tao kept walking, every once and a while mumbling things in an angry fashion. Otherwise things remained silent. Tao held a good lead from the boys and she seemed to want to keep it that way.

From where the boys stood there was a quiet yelp ad faint slipping sound. Tao called out the them. "Watch out for the-" she couldn't finish however as her warning was shown.

Lee stumbled, slipping off the ledge and like any other ten year old he grabbed what he could to hold himself up. Unluckily for tem, that was Zuko's leg. Both boys slipped off the ledge, Zuko's bad arm straining to support Lee as Sensu's hands were wrapped on Zuko's other hand.

Zuko began to lift Lee up, gingerly cringing as he added weight, his limbs aching from the pressure. Sensu took one of his hands off Zuko's in attempt to grab Lee. As the teens transferred the younger boy, Zuko's hand began to slip out of Sensu's.

"Tao, a little help!" Sensu called. Tao began gingerly walking, trying to avoid falling into the ledge herself. Sensu felt Zuko slipping out of his hand.

Zuko pressed his good leg onto the side but it was to slippery to offer any support. Just as him and Lee were about to fall into the darkness Tao showed up.

Tao grabbed Lee and the two hauled Zuko over. The teen had blacked out only moments before. Zuko's eyes feebly opened. "Damned spirits" Zuko mumbled, along with a few other words someone Lee's age shouldn't have heard.

"Can you stand?" Sensu asked. Zuko tried and as much as he hated to admit it, he couldn't. Zuko had to will his body just so his weight wouldn't be entirely on Sensu.

"Here" Tao pulled a small bottle of red liquid out of her small pack she had managed to grab before the place burned.

"What is it?" Zuko asked, his voice dazed slightly.

"Some kind of pain reliever" Sensu gave her a weird look. Tao shrugged. "I got it from Aiko's cabinet"

"Sure it's not poison?" Sensu asked.

Tao sniffed it and scrunched her nose. She shrugged. "How should I know?"

She examined it a bit more before they all agreed on giving it to Zuko. Zuko didn't actually get a say in it being that he was slipping in and out of consciousness during the argument.

Tao poured a sip of it in Zuko's mouth. The scarred teen's eyes shot opened and he began coughing. "What the-" he started. Tao showed him the bottle as she put it away. Zuko said something else but the effects of whatever the bottle contained were kicking in and his words were slurred.

Sensu glared at Tao and groaned. She shrugged mouthing a "sorry"

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Katara, Sokka, Toph, Aang, and Suki had finally made it to shore. Appa lay there, more heavily wounded as if he fought a battle. On top of Appa was bare.

And Katara began crying, and this time even Toph didn't have the indecency to stop her. She instead made a small earth tent and locked herself in probably experiencing the same grief.

After a few moments of silence Toph's tent flew back. She dug her hand into the sandy shore without an explanation. Suddenly she seemed to remember the others. 'There are more people on the island. There's a little kid, a man a few years older then Sokka, and a girl about the same age. Someone else is with them though but they're not moving." Toph's face scrunched a bit as she tried to identify the figure. "Wit someone's coming" she pointed in the opposite direction.

Hmm hope you guessed who that is...

Next chapter has some zutara hints.

Uh i don't think anything really needs to be cleared up here.

Hope you guys liked it and also Tao isn't a mean person she's just really ignorant and unexpressive. Tough love. xD

Please review.

(note to appa-appa-away: i remembered :-P)