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Chapter 15

"Aang! Aang Aang Aang!!!"Sokka yelled overly excited. He jumped in place.

"I didn't know you were hear!!! I found out this morning!!! Oh my gosh!!!" He ran to hug him,"Aang!!"

"I missed you too..?" Aang managed to squeeze out from Sokka's tight embrace.

"Suki wouldn't let me leave her until now.. You know.. Morning sickness n' all..." He trailed, rubbing the back of his head. Aang chuckled.

"That must of been fun." Then, all of a sudden, Roku's voice violently burdened his mind, you must rebuild what was destroyed, and repopulate the air nomads.

Aang cringed. Sokka stared at him, puzzled,"What's the matter?" He asked.

He shook away the words,"N-nothing. Really I'm fine." Aang reassured , starting to walk back towards the kitchen. Sokka just shrugged and followed.

Toph was already in her average, at-home seated position in the dining room, cross legged and was sipping a cup of tea. Aang passed her into the kitchen, and asked the servants kindly if they could prepare breakfast. They agreed, and started right away. Sokka took a seat next to Toph, and groaned.

"What?" Toph asked.

"It's just that this is the first time I've sat down today. I've been helping Suki all morning..." He stretched.

"You must have hated that." Toph judged from the sound of his voice.

"Huh? No, no, I don't hate it. I mean, I don't love it or anything.. But I just mean... We're all going to go through it sometime." Sokka explained.

Toph laughed,"Heck no."

Sokka rolled his eyes,"Okay, maybe not you... But, you know what I mean." He shook his head, indicating he was changing the subject.

"So, Aang. How's life back at the South Pole?" He asked, not all that interested.

"Oh, it's alright.. The kids told me they missed you.. And Pakku fixed your watch tower.." Aang said.

"He did? That's so great! I thought I was going to be watch tower-less for the rest of my life!" Sokka complained.

"Hey, where's Ty Lee?" He asked, changing the subject completely.

" 'Dunno.. Maybe she's training or something.. Or hanging out with Suki.."

Toph sniffed.

They were then greeted by Katara.

"Morning.. Or I guess, it's afternoon now.." Katara stated with a laugh.

"Yeah, you overslept for a long time.." Sokka said.

She nodded, and rubbed her eyes,"Well I'm so used to Aang waking me up..." She said, shooting a playful look at Aang who blushed.

"Why would Aang wake you up?" Toph asked.

"He's an early riser, I guess." Katara said, taking a seat as the servants began to bring out trays of food.

"Smells good." Toph said, uncrossing her legs and rubbing her hands together.

Sokka imitated,"It does." Drool was already dripping from both of their mouths. Katara and Aang just chuckled.

They began eating, but then, they all dropped their forks when they saw how Zuko looked today.. They stared at him, and their jaws dropped at his appearance.

He was ten times worse than when Sokka had first seen him.. His hair was sticking out in all different directions, and his clothes were tattered. It was clear he hadn't shaven in days, or maybe even weeks. The bags under his eyes seemed to reach out towards his chin..

Katara began to feel rude just staring at him,"Erm.. Morning, Zuko."

"Yeah morning." The rest of the group greeted nervously. Sokka faked a chuckled.

Zuko trudged next to Sokka and slammed into his seat. The others jumped by the loud noise it made. He slumped into his chair slowly, and began poking at a pancake. Katara tried not to stare, so she began to talk to Toph about the most random of subjects. Her hair, the weather, the chairs, the food, anything. Toph just played along. Aang tried to eat, but he would sometimes peek up at him. Sokka continued staring at him.

"I'm hungry." Zuko mumbled to him.

Sokka propped an eyebrow,"Then, eat."

"I can't." He grumbled.

Sokka groaned to himself,"Want me to help you?"

Zuko looked to the side, pouting,"Yes."

Sokka rolled his eyes, and shoved a fork-full in Zuko's mouth, almost making him choke. Zuko coughed, and shot an angry look at Sokka.

"Can you try not to kill me?" He shouted, showing more emotion than he had all week.

"Well sorry." Sokka complained.

Toph chuckled, she had secretly been ease dropping,"You better get used to it, you're going to have to feed the baby."

He groaned.

Zuko cleared his throat,"Still hungry." He mumbled.

Sokka gave him another fork- full with out looking.

Toph laughed again.

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Mai stared at those devilish eyes of hers, staring her down. She began to feel a bit frightened, but she didn't at all lose her ground.

"Good to see you, Mai." Azula greeted slyly.

"What do you want?" Mai immediately challenged.

Azula groaned,"You're not even going to say hello? Well, I should have expected it, from a traitor like you."

Mai didn't speak.

Azula grew tired of waiting,"Well, since you're just so eager, I'm here to.. Well, take you away from this place." She said, looking at her nails.

This confused Mai.

Azula continued, not allowing her to speak up,"I'm here to put you where you belong." She said, with a frightening smile.

Mai swallowed, and took a fighting stance.

Don't fight her! He screamed at her. She'll hurt you! He screamed again, but what could she do? Just run away? Surely, Azula would catch up. Mai had to try, maybe, just maybe, she could pull out, or injure her enough to run away safely. It was hard, but she managed to ignore Zuko's voice.

"Well aren't you a trooper? You really don't want to fight me, Mai. If you just gave in, I just might spare you. But, if you choose to fight, then I will not hold back." Azula warned.

Mai didn't budge, and kept quiet. She honestly didn't know what she was going to do.

Azula sighed,"I won't kill you, Mai. How could I, when we are such could friends?" She teased.

Mai didn't speak, again.

"I'll just knock you out." Azula said, with a laugh. She lunged for her, but Mai dodged to the side. Azula ran up to her, and began shoot blasts of fire at her. Mai managed to dodge them, and hoped it would tire Azula out. But, of course, she had no such luck. Azula began to grow bored with this same pattern over and over, and did something Mai had never expected. She picked up a stone, and hurled it as hard as she could, directly at Mai's head.

NO! Zuko screamed, but it was too late. Mai was already on the floor, completely blacked out.