The girl had said no more since waking Xiu and had no intention to. For the bordering winter months today was warmer and the girl sported a short sleeve shirt which showed her left arm covered in complicated swirling tattoos.
Xiu sat, barely eating her whatever vegetarian meal this was and stared at the girl with her headphones on.
"What?" the girl snapped at Xiu, fed up of being stared down like a freakshow.
"Your tattoos, they aren't airbending tattoos." Xiu said, quite puzzled.
"That's because I'm not an airbender. I'm a soundbender you nimrod." the girl said rolling her gray eyes.
"Sound….bender?" Xiu said, now very confused.
The girl pulled down her headphones in frustration, "Yeah. A soundbender. I soundbended you last night." the girl put a finger to her ear, "I bent the air and sound around in your eardrum which messed up your head for a little while so I could get away from you."
Xiu blinked in amazement, "I knew I was right to talk to you. You have to teach me that."
The girl scoffed, "I don't have to do anything, uhvatar." she said then stood up and headed out.
Xiu frowned, this girl was definitely not pleasant. Neither, Xiu decided, was airbending. She thought herself to be a very spiritual girl but Rohan's method of just sitting and meditating was becoming far too much. Earthbending involved movement, you didn't just sit and wait for the earth to move around you, you got up and moved it yourself. So Xiu had decided that air was her least favorite element, but in the other hand Rohan was nice and let her visit the City even though, truth be told, Xiu didn't want to go out to the dirty, polluted, crime filled city. Or at least that's what her parents told her Republic City had become.
Xiu put on the clothes she had worn yesterday and checked her messages. Three from Sung, two from Fen, one from Chang and one from her mother.
'HEY! MISS YOU! -Sung' 'I WANT PICTURES!-Sung' 'Hey can you get me some of that tea?from that famous tea shop?-Sung'
'Hey, miss you.' 'You should text Sung back, she's driving me nuts.'
'Sung says to text her. -Chang'
'Hi honey! Hope you settled! Rohan called us we'll send some of your clothes! We miss and love you!'
So, to soothe Sung, Xiu took a picture of her room and the view from her window and sent them to her friend in the Earth Kingdom then headed out the door. Just as she was getting ready to board the boat there was a disgruntled sigh beside her.
There, leaning over the railing with a lit cigarette in her hand was that girl, "I'm starting to think you're following me."
Xiu blinked, "Following you?"
The girl put the cigarette to her lips and inhaled, "You part mimic bird?"
Xiu didn't know what to say, she was not a mimic bird but still didn't know what to say. The girl inhaled a few more times then flicked the butt into the water before the boat started to move.
"I didn't get your name." Xiu said.
"That's because I didn't give it to you." the girl said flatly.
Xiu pouted, "You're not very kind are you."
The girl looked over, one eyebrow raised, "You're not very bright to just get that now."
Xiu did her best to glare down the soundbender but she was unphased.
"That your scary look uhvatar?" The girl smirked.
Xiu looked away with a pout, "Hmph."
The girl shrugged and looked out over the water. The rode in silence and suddenly an idea came to Xiu's mind.
"So you're not airbender, but what were you doing on Air Temple Island?"
The girl looked over, "I promised Grandma Ikki that I'd help out when I could."
"Grandma Ikki? Like, Tenzin's daughter Ikki?" Xiu asked.
"Yeah," the girl said and by her tone that was the last of it.
The boat docked on the other side of the bay and the girl was quick to get off. Running towards the two girls was a tall, lanky man with flame red hair wearing charcoal black and dark red.
"SUUUUUEEEEE LIIIIIIII!" he shouted and jumped over the small gate and his arms went out as if to tackle the dark girl.
"Yo." she said in a bored tone and lifted her arm, a sudden blast of air blew back the tall man and knocked him flat on his ass.
The girl headed up the ramp to the man laying on his back.
"Oh Sue Li!" a dark skinned woman with long flowing white hair ran over to the girl. The woman was wearing a rich dark blue dress with a white fur trim on the bottom of the dress and long white boots, "Oh Sue Li darling, must you be so cruel to our Sun?"
"May Lee, if he wasn't such an idiot I wouldn't have to beat him down all the time."
"Wait," Xiu interrupted, "Your name is Sue Li?"
The woman turned around and let out a weird scream, "OH MY YOU'RE SO CUTE!" the woman ran over and looked over the girl.
This woman was a good two feet taller than Xiu, she didn't know if it was the boots or that the woman was just extremely tall. The woman looked over every inch of the young avatar and once she was done mumbling to herself she stood in front of Xiu.
"After thorough inspection I would say you're from the Earth Kingdom, Upper Ring. Oh yes, very chic, very cute." the woman nodded, "I'm May Lee, Northern Water Tribe's princess, charmed to me you, uh," she said extending her hand.
"Xiu, my name is Xiu, your highness." Xiu said and bowed her head.
"Ooo! Sue Li! I like her! Wherever did you find such a lovely girl?" May Lee asked clapping her hands together.
The girl, Sue Li, rolled her eyes, "I didn't find her, I've been trying to lose her ever since last night.
The man, Sun, picked himself off the ground, "Well that's hardly nice there Sue." Sun made his way over to Xiu, "Hi, I'm Sun it's nice to meet you Xiu." he said and also held his hand out.
Xiu took his hand and shook it lightly, "It's nice to meet you, Sun."
"Oh! Are you doing anything Xiu? We were going to go see a mover, it would be just wonderful if you could come along!" May Lee said.
Sue Li glared, "I don't think that's a good idea May, I'm sure she wants to see the city or something."
"Actually, I didn't have any plans." Xiu said looking at May Lee.
"Wonderful! All of us can go!" May Lee said excitedly, "It's Sue Li's turn to pay." she said turning to look at her dark clad comrade.
"Swell." Sue Li said and lit another cigarette.