Toph held onto Aang so tightly as they glided to the ground, that he was sure he could feel her finger nails digging into his left shoulder. She also let out a loud yell, it wasn't a yell of fear, like she was scared it was a yell of enjoyment. The rush of air all around her, not being able to see a thing did scar her, but it was a good scared. Toph had always been reckless, she like that nervous excited feeling, this was the first time in along time that she had felt it.

Once their feet where back in contact with the earth, Toph who had her arms around Aang's neck held in a little closer for a second, then pulled just as fast. It was her way of saying thank you.

It was Toph's yell that got the attention of Sokka, who had gone to the large window to get some fresh air. He say them landing and decided to see how they were. On his way to the back door , he passed Suki he took her hand in his and lead her out with him.

Katara noticed them leave. A feeling in the pit of her stomach told her that something was going on. Except for herself and Zuko the rest of the gang had left. Not wanting to be left out, she to had her way to the garden. Not before she sent Zuko a look from across the room, telling him to fallow her, which he did.

In three minutes they where all outside in the garden, and for no reason they all felt smiles crossing their faces, as they tried not to laugh. It just seemed to odd, all of them finding themselves in the same place, at the same time on what could be the last night they would all be together. They didn't even seem to care that a light shower had started, that created a lot of mud.

Toph just had a good idea, she still had a score to setae with Katara, after the last time they had been near mud. She bent the mud around Katara's feet so she couldn't move, and just waited for her to try and move.

"Toph" only Toph could hear her name being called, by the water bender with her face in the mud.

"Sorry can't hear you, did you say something" Toph was trying so badly not to laugh, but it was very hard.

After a few embarrassing seconds of Katara trying to get up, Toph took pity on her and softened the ground again to let her get up again.

"Of course you can't hear me. I have mud in my mouth because of you" the tone of her voice would have stopped anyone else from smiling, and had them apologizing. Toph however was not most people, she final let out the laugh that she had been trying for so long to hold back.

Katara saw red, and bent a mud wipe at Toph, but just as it was about to hit her she moved into a stance that mirrored Katara's perfectly and bent it back at her. The mud wipe continued going back and forth for a couple of minutes. Until it hit Sokka in the face, as he had become hypnotized with watching it spinning round and got to close.

"Ok that is it" his service face, and tone coming through a mud covered face started everyone laughing, even Katara.

Bending down hw picked up a hand full of the mud and started to throw it in all direction trying to hit someone. It was his stomping that caused the most damage he ended up getting mud all over the formal dress they where wearing.

"Mud fight" shouted Aang

An all out war started. At one point when she had her back to him, Sokka grabbed Toph by the waist, and started to spin her around, until she kicked her in the knee. Aang tackled Zuko to the ground. Katara and Suki tried to hid behind a tree, but ended up turning on each other, once Suki tipped and thought that Katara had don it on purpose. Toph jumped onto Aang's back and didn't let go for a good two minutes, till he feel to the ground taking her with him. Suki tricked Sokka into getting a mud pie in the face by pretending to want to kiss him.

While all of this was going on two old masters where watching the new generation of masters from the window.

"That is the balance we have been fighting for" sighed Pakku

"Yes and isn't it beautiful" Iroh couldn't help but be proud of the six young warriors he had seen grow up so much over the last year.

"I am as proud of them as you are, But do you really think they can handle the responsibility of representing their nations. They are still all so young, especially lady Toph"

"Yes I do. Because that is balance" as he spoke he gestured to that future ambassadors in fronton them "see how no one is over powering any of the others, And even if they do it is only ever for a minute. As for representing their nations, could you honestly think of any other group of people who you would what to be in control of the balance of the world. They might be young, but they have seen the damage that war can do. That will be with them for the rest of there life's. They would do what ever it takes to make sure that it never happens again. They represent that best of their nations. The strength if the earth. Adaptability of the water. Freedom of the air, and the passion of fire"

"And here I was thinking I was wise with age, you are right they will be fine"

"They will be, and being wise has nothing to do with age. The avatar and his earthbending teacher a examples of that, speaking of which I would call her lady Toph when she can hear you"

As be spoke he let out a light smile, as he watched Toph through a mud ball that hit Aang on the back of the head. He turned to see who had hit him, once he saw it was Toph he chased after her, till he caught her and pulled her to the ground. Where they where joined by the rest of the group, as they all began to get tired. Iroh made up his mind he was going to have to talk to the avatar tonight.

Thank you for reading, and thank you to the two people that have taken the time to review. It means a lot. I know this chapter is short, and not very good. I just wanted to do something with the group as a whole, as I all that other parts of the story it is hard to get then all together in one part. I hope it worked ok, I didn't know how I was going to write this I am not good at writing action. dialog is fine, but action is hard.

So here we go. The question for this chapter, if you could spend just a minute answering them, or giving another comments on the story that would be great.

One. Did this chapter come over as badly as I fear it dose, dose it work or dose it seem out of place and doesn't make sense.