A/N: Hey dudes, Morllyber here again.

Okay, Chelber was supposed to write the next chapter but we've both been really busy with homework and CATs and online testing and blah, blah, blah. So, I'm gonna just wing this chapter and hope for the best. *prays that it won't be too bad*

Well, I won't spend too much time chatting and more time writing! Thanks for sticking with us this far and stay awesome! *peace fingers* Peace out, dudes!

[Toph]

Damn, I grimaced. I ran my hand over my stomach again, feeling a single, long scar across my stomach. I guess that's the one where Gaara hit the hardest. I ran my finger along it. It ran from just right of my belly button up to my side. Damn, I thought again.

There was a knock at the door, and I pulled my shirt down. "Yeah?" I called.

"It's me," Gaara replied from the other side of the door. "Can I come in?"

"It's open," I answered and turned towards the door. I heard it open and close. "Hi, me," I teased. He sighed. I grinned and folded my arms behind my back. "Yeah, you're gonna have to get used to me."

"Somehow, I doubt I ever will," was all he said.

"Yep, I'm one-of-a-kind," I replied. "So what's up?"

Gaara got straight to the point. "I want to know more about benders."

No question, no "I was wondering", no… nothing. Talk about blunt.

"Sure?" I answered. "What do you wanna know?" I made my way over to the edge of the bed (I was now back in my room. Y'know, the original one.) and sat down.

"What kinds of benders are there?"

"Earthbenders, like me," I began, "Waterbenders, Firebenders and Airbenders. Not many of the Airbenders around anymore – meaning one – but I'm sure Aang and Katara will take care of that one day." I smirked. "And then there's… sub-categories, I suppose. Like lightningbending, metalbending, bloodbending, things like that. And the Avatar, of course."

"Lightning-bending?" he asked.

"Exactly what it sounds like. Bending lightning. Only Firebenders can do that one." Damn Azula, I thought to myself.

"Metalbending?"

"Also exactly what it sounds like. Bending metal. I'm the first person in the world – or, my world – to bend metal." Another thing that makes me awesome. "Got something metal? I'll show you."

"Not with me, no."

"Damn, too bad."

"Bloodbending?"

"A Waterbender thing. Not pretty. It's actually bending the blood inside people. It can only be done on a full moon though, when the Waterbenders are strongest."

"I see." He thought for a moment. "What's the Avatar?"

"The Avatar is the only bender that can master all four elements. The Avatar is always reincarnated through the Avatar Cycle: water, earth, fire, air. This time it was Air, and that's Aang. He stopped the war."

"How can a war go for a hundred years?" Gaara asked. Damn, I did a lot of talking. Unlike mister almost-mute over there.

"Good question. Well, Aang was trapped in an iceberg for that hundred years, so… don't ask. That's a bit complicated."

Gaara didn't answer. He didn't move, his heart rate didn't increase or decrease or anything. My spirits, the guy just stood still! Jeez!

"You alive in there?" I raised my eyebrows. His heart accelerated for a second, before returning to normal. "Not the chatty type, then."

"No."

"Eh," I said. I slowly found my way over to the bed – note that the floor is wooden, I'm used to earth or sand floors – and sat down. "When am I ever going to find my way out of here?" I mumbled. "The sooner, the better."

"When we figure out how you got here," Gaara answered simply.

"I told you, I have no clue. One day I was in Ba Sing Se, for all those stupid meetings, and the next day I'm here." I sighed and put my hands behind my head, flopping backwards over the bed. I turned my head in Gaara's general direction. "Anyway, I think it's my turn to ask some questions. To make it even, I mean." Gaara was silent, as if waiting. "So, you said you had a demon sealed in you or something. Are there other demons out there?"

"Yes." You've gotta be kidding me. "The Nine Tailed Beasts. I have the One-Tails, and Naruto Uzumaki of the Village Hidden in the Leaves has the Nine-Tails. I don't know about the others."

"Where did they come from?" I asked.

"A long time ago, a man called the Sage of the Six Paths created the Nine Tailed Beasts."

"He must have had some serious issues," I commented. Gaara remained silent. Goddamn, I'm never gonna get a decent conversation outta him, am I? I thought to myself, annoyed. I guess I'm just gonna have to deal with that for now.

Like I said, the sooner the better.