Chapter Two
Confrontation
"You met the Avatar?" Kiruna yelled while running in circles around me. "Yes K, I did" I said with a wide smile on my face, turning to the table to cut the few things I got, to make enough food for all of us. "Big deal" was Siru's response, "oh for all the wind gods, Siru would you stop!" I yelled, "What?" he said shrugging, "stop saying things about him" "oh by Agni, you did not just fell into a crush for him now did you?" he said, Kiruna's head was going crazy between the both of us. "NO" I said firm, but blushing madly. "Kiruna, go get the table ready" Siru told him and Kiruna ran out of the room. "You did too" he accused "so?" "so? Aisui for spirit's sake what is wrong with you? He is the darn Avatar, he ain't gonna look at you" Siru walked to me and spun me around. He grabbed my shoulders tight "you're hurting me" I said but that didn't make him let go. "So what?" I said to his face, "you haven't even seen him, the way he talks, oh by the spirits…. he BOWED at me, as if I was important in any way" I took his hands off my shoulders, "oh by fate and all those cursing gods" he said bagging his head against the wall. One of this days, the gods are gonna give Siru all the curses he has thrown at them. "The gods are gonna curse you" I said matter of fact, "so, they already cursed me enough" "Ouch" thought my conscience "low blow" "what do mean?" I said walking to him, "mom died and this person called himself our hope ain't doing anything" "how are you so sure?" "by gods Aisui, what has he done so far?" I could have given him LOTS of responses, but I was not about to fight again.
"Aisui" I heard Kiruna yell, but I was out the door by then.
/Aang/
"Toph are you OK?" I asked her, she looked like a balloon, but I did not dare to say that to her face. "Does it look like I'm OK Twinkle Toes?" "not really" I said, "then there you go. SOKKA" she walked farther ahead, Zuko and Katara had invited us to a royal dinner, celebrating their wedding and the world peace that was made. "Hey Aang, we gotta stop, Toph is about to kill me if she doesn't sit down" "OK" was my answer. She bended a chair and sat on it, rubbing her feet. "Oh by the earth, my feet are killing me" "anything you need Toph?" I asked when I got close to them. "Naw…. Actually yeah" I nodded, "I'm nodding Toph" I announced, "Sokka, walk farther would you" she said bitter, I really didn't understand what Sokka saw on her to go to the extreme of marriage. I shrugged mentally. When Sokka was out of earshot Toph tried to face me. "Come sit here Twinkle Toes" she bended another earth chair for me to sit next to her, as I sat she grabbed my hands. "What's eating you Twinkle Toes? You are usually jolly and happy, even at 18" she said tilting her head. I laughed, "is nothing Toph, I'm perfectly fine" I said with a smile I knew she couldn't see. "HEY, Airhead, you are sitting on an earth chair next to the girl who feels everything through such element. Why is it that our heads are filled with our elements?" she wondered.
"I'm not doing my job" she stopped her thoughts and turned her head to me, "Aang you just brought WORLD peace, you are the Avatar" she said, "yeah" I stood up, "but what else? Go around villages getting handshakes and girls throwing underwear at me, 'cuz they want me to marry them?" Toph stood up as well, "Aang" "NO, that is not my job, I'm suppose to be helping the poor and needy, those who can't defend themselves" I said, tears showing in my eyes. "I'm not doing what's right" I said, "Aang, people still believe in you, how about you start doing it now?" she said smiling. "What about those who had stop believing?" I asked.
"Aang" Katara said running to me, I hugged her, "hey Sugar Queen, where Sparky?" Toph asked, "wow, busy much Champ?" "hey Sparks" Toph said with a smile while hugging Zuko, well trying to, Zuko had a hard time with the 'little' bump coming from Toph's stomach, "Aang" Zuko bowed, "Zuko" I repeated the action. "So, how was your trip?" "DEATHLY" Toph said, "I need a bed" she declared, "come on Champ, I'll show you your room" Zuko grabbed her hand and signaled us to follow them. "Failure" my thoughts repeated.
/Aisui/
"Crush? on the Avatar? Really?" "So what he IS a hottie" "tsk tsk, my friend" I hate when my thoughts battle, is like two different persons in me. I kept walking around the village. I looked up at the fire palace, home to the Fire Lord Zuko. He was cute, hot actually, but not better than the Avatar. I shrugged to myself. The guards stared me down. Having my hair covering half of my face and long sleeve in a hot summer night isn't helping with their thought either. "Keep her watched" I imagine them saying, you don't need to read minds to know what this ones are thinking.
"Hey Sokka look at the view" I heard a voice say, I looked up to see Avatar Aang sticking his head out a window of the palace, "Wow... amazing... well, I gotta go before she kills me you know?" The Avatar nodded to the voice and kept looking outside. He eventually looked down, his eyes fixed on me. "Hey" he said, he flew down to where I was. "Oh Happy Day" my mind sang, "shut up" the other half yelled. I hated myself. "Avatar" I said bowing to earth, "oh by the spirits" he sighed, he grabbed my arm and brought me to my feet. His face inches from mine, "you know how much I hate that?" he whispered, I shook my head. My brain wasn't working right, his sweet breath had made my senses and common sense shut down for the day. "Well, a lot" he said with a strong hold on the 'lot' as if to make sure I didn't do it again. I nodded. "Good, now what are you doing here?" he asked tilting his head, his gray eyes trying to take mine, I looked at the ground. "Walking" I said casually. "Oh, you live near by?" he asked, with the curiousity of a child. "Not really" I answered, "mind if I walk you?" he said in a sweet, enchanting voice. "Agni please kill me" was all I thought. "Sure" was all I manage to say.
Aang was like a child, he got distracted at every movement and the slightess grunt from me got him hoovering over me. "Are you OK?" "What happened?" "Are you pregnant?" his sweet voice would ask. He had force me to call him Aang, since we were walking like friends, not like nations, I agreed, not that I mind though. "You live here?" he asked once we reached the outside of the village and got to the front of our little cottage. I blushed, "He just saw how poor you are" "Would you shut up!" I hate my brain. All I did was nod. Then the door opened, "where on Angi's deathday were you?" Siru stopped as soon as he saw him. "Avatar" he gasped and bowed, "faker" my thoughts screamed and for once I agreed. "Runs in the family, doesn't it?" Aang asked, Siru looked at him and then straighten himself, "If it offends you Avatar, I would not do it again" Siru said. I heard Kiruna gasp loudly at the sight. "The Avatar" he said breathless.
Aang stayed over for dinner, one of the village ladies had come up here and delivered food for us. "So Avatar, what's on agenda for next?" Siru asked casually. "Earth Kingdom, big dinner, lots of important people that would like to deal trade routes" he answered, I looked up and Siru's face got serious. "What about the poor and the weak Avatar? When do they get your help?" Aang looked down at his plate, Siru laughed and his fist banged the table making everyone but the Avatar flinch. "Here is your hope Aisui, going to big dinner to discuss trade to make the rich, richer, and the poor die" Siru screamed. The Avatar's face darken at the comment been made. "Siru" I said but he didn't hear me. "The hope of the world? bah, by all the curse that might fall upon the gods and spirits you are nothing but a poser, someone who stands there and gives false hopes while the poor die believing" Aang didn't look up from his plate, but the anger in his presence was felt in the room. I yanked up and pushed Siru, actually airbended, but it looked more like a strong push. He hit the wall behind him. "Keep believing you hag, you think this poser is gonna do anything? you heard him, BIG DINNER" Siru yelled. I heard Kiruna's little footsteps and when I turned he was behind the Avatar. "Siru not gonna like it" "KIRUNA" he yelled. Aang stood up, "you might say what ever you please about me, because is true, I'm not doing my job, I'm a fake poser, but you hurt the boy, and you, can stop believing" Siru took a deep breath and I ran to Kiruna, "go over to Siru, help him get the house clean, I will walk the Avatar half way" Aang's true voice terrified me, it was deep and cold, almost as if he didn't have any feelings "No need, I'll get back on my own, thank you for the dinner" He bowed and exit the cottage. "I HATE YOU" was the last thing I yelled at Siru before airbending him to the other side of the kitchen and going to my room.