This is an Avatar the Last Airbender FanFiction. Disclaimer: I do not own the characters but I use them because Taang is awesomesauce.

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Feeling Like No Other

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"Where were you Aang? You missed out on lunch yesterday," Sokka asked before he sank his teeth into his sandwich. It was lunch time and everyone gathered around the new official lunch table. Aang looked around, noticing that Toph was already chewing on her crepe and her guards were on the table over.

"I got interrogated for knowing Toph." Aang groaned, plopping down on the sit next to Toph.

"Don't blame me for that." Toph replied without turning to him. She just took a bite into her food.

"It's totally your fault, you know."

"Blame the math teacher not me!" Bits of her crepe spewed on Aang's face.

"Alright alright. Calm down you two. It's nothing to fuss about," Katara waved her hand in a dismissive manner.

"So what did I miss yesterday?" Aang grabbed his handkerchief and cleaned his face.

"Well Sokka blew up the science lab…again." Katara hung her head and sighed.

"You can't prove that!" Sokka shouted pointing his finger at Katara.

"Sokka you're the one who put the-" Before Zuko could finish Sokka covered his mouth.

"Shhh! No one needs to know," Sokka turned to everyone with a suspicious glare "You heard nothing."

"So nothing new?" Aang ignored Sokka and continued his question.

"Nope," Katara was quick to answer.

"Well well, what do we have here?" Toph followed the sinister voice to a girl, no taller than Katara. Her liquid topaz eyes, filled Toph with familiarity. Her raven black hair tied up into a lengthy ponytail that stretched to her lower back. Her small slender body was covered with rose jacket, with a sleeveless Ivory blouse under it. Her blouse hung over the medium length ebony skirt that she wore.

Toph's eyes trailed further back to the two girls behind her. One girl had the same soft grey eyes, as Aang did. She even had the carefree smile down. Toph could already tell, that girl was another person who defied her image of humans. Unlike, the first girl, her clothing was eccentric to say the least. Her outfit comprised of a lavender-pink and cream sleeveless shirt that more than tightly clung to her body with black pants and black heeled sandals.

The other girl was more like Toph's image of Humans. Frankly, she looked like she was dead - completely lacking in a will to live. She was a Goth. She wore a long flowing black dress with purple flowers adorning the bottom section. Though she didn't have the girlish well-developed figures that the other girls had but she definitely had her own personal charms.

"What do you want, Azula?" Zuko replied angrily.

"What's gotten into him?" Toph moved in closer and whispered to Aang.

"That's Azula," Aang shrugged "His sister and her friends Ty Lee and Mai."

"Aw, don't be angry Zuzu." Azula smirked. But then her attention drifted from her brother to the new girl seated next to boy who was too cheery for his own good. "And who's your little friend?"

"The name's Toph." Toph returned to her crepe.

"Toph? Strange name." She held her chin as she stared at Toph. "I knew I remembered you. You're the Bei Fong's daughter."

"I give you 10 points for figuring that out."

"Might I ask what is it you're doing here? I'm sure a girl of your status would be home schooled. I was certain you were, until now that is."

"Yeah well it was getting cramped in there. I needed to stretch my legs."

"I see. Although, I must warn you. Be careful around my brother. I can usually handle him but if I'm not around you need to be careful. He often gets into this fits of anger that are seemingly getting harder to control." Azula explained plainly. Zuko stood up loudly, faced Azula with a glare before turning away and stomping out of the cafeteria.

"Way to go Azula" Mai said in a dull tone before chasing after Zuko.

"Azula that wasn't nice." Ty Lee placed her hands to her hips.

"What? I just warned her. I did absolutely nothing wrong." Azula sat down on the table next to theirs and began eating her lunch like nothing had happened.

"This is how she always is, straight to the point with no regrets." Aang whispered "Talk about family problems…"

"And I thought my parents were bad…" Toph blew the bangs out of her face.

After school the two wondered around the campus, not really having anything else to do. So rather than go home, the two decided that they would stroll through the school before Toph could call one of her servants to come pick them up.

"So have you decided with Club to join?" Aang asked as they walked through the empty school halls.

"How about the 'Go home club'?" Toph lazily responded as she took the wax out of her ear with her fingers.

"Why don't you think about it more? Clubs are generally fun."

"Clubs are as fun as a hernia."

"You're exaggerating. Come on just think about it."

"Nope. I like my free time just fine, thank you very much."

"Oh come on! Just try one out." Aang whined giving her the puppy dog eyes.

"Geez, Twinkle toes! Alright! If we find one I actually like I'll join the stupid club. Happy?"

"Very." Aang smiled. Mission success.

They aimlessly walked through the school passing every classroom and lab until they came to the school field. The track team occupied the field whilst they practiced and ran. Toph could see Aang's face light up at the site. Did he like track and field?

"Hey kid," a tall dark-skinned senior came up to them. He had a track meet suit on.

"Me?" Aang pointed to himself.

What did he want with Aang? Toph thought.

"Yeah, your Aang right? I heard you were the fastest runner in the Middle school competitions."

What? Why wasn't I told of this? Toph flashed her gaze onto Aang who only shrugged as he responded.

"I guess." Aang turned to notice Toph's look of surprise.

"Oh I didn't tell you?" Toph shook her head. "I'll tell you later you later then."

He loved the running on the track. He was a star runner back in middle school. He didn't talk about it because it felt like bragging to him. He couldn't care less about the competitions. He only cared about the fun of it all.

"So you wouldn't mind if you had a race with me and my friends? We're the best at this school and we just wanted see how we compare." Aang's face momentarily lit up then quickly faltered. He came with Toph and he didn't want to leave her alone.

Toph shrugged. If it would make him happy "Knock yourself out Twinkles."

She turned away and walked over to the bleachers. Aang never told her anything about the track. He was obviously amazing if seniors wanted to race him. There must be so much I don't know about him. Whenever he comes to visit we always end up doing what I want. He never talks about himself, he usually just asks about me.

Aang always felt like he was at his happiest when he ran. It was the best feeling in the world. He looked down at his clothes, and nodded. He didn't want his shirt to get dirty so he took it. Too much of the female athlete's disappointment, he had a vest under his shirt.

"Over here Twinkles! Just set them here."

"What did I say about the name?" Aang sighed before he threw his shirt which she caught easily enough.

"Go Aang!"

No sooner had Aang began his stretching that he heard familiar voices. Aang whipped his head around to see Zuko, Sokka and Katara sitting on the bleachers cheering and waving to him.

"Go Aang!" Katara cheered.

"Go, Go, Go!" Sokka shouted.

"Um…good luck or whatever," Zuko said not really caring to be here. Katara must have dragged him here. Aang wasn't going to let Zuko ruin his mood. He had apparently calmed down from his earlier outburst. Mai must have been talking to him. Those two had been getting closer lately, Aang thought I wonder.

"Zuko put more life into it," Katara nudged him.

"Thanks guys!"

I wonder how they knew though. When Aang looked at Toph she had a black device in her hands. Aang smirked, she must have called them.

"That's quite a cheering squad you got there." the senior from before asked "By the way, names Edward. Ed for short."

"Yeah!" Aang responded enthusiastically.

"Nice to meet you Ed, I guess you already know my name. Good luck!" Ed nodded and made his way to the track.

Before got on the track, he took of his shoes and threw them near the bleachers. Aang preferred running like this for short distances. He felt like shoes only slowed him down anyway.

Aang did a few stretches before he took his position on the track. He was up against Ed and two of his friends. They were tall, lean and muscular. They had been doing this for a long time maybe even longer. But Aang but he didn't let that scare him.

Aang gazed down the track, blocking everything else from his mind. His friends all stared at Aang with anticipation as their cheering stopped. Everything else melted away, he was now completely focused on his goal. He closed his eyes and waited for the whistle's loud ring. When it entered his eardrum he launched with blinding speed as he tore down the track. Adrenaline poured into his system. His heart beat sky rocketed.

God, he loved this! The wind through his short shaggy hair, the brush of the wind against his face and the rapid beating of his heart. He felt like he was flying amidst the clouds but the burning in his lungs always pulled him back to reality. This was the sensation he loved, this was why he loved the track. Aang had not bothered to see if he was first or not he was enjoying himself too much to notice. His pace began to slow as he crossed the finish. He had returned from his world of adrenaline and flight, back to reality.

He turned his head back to the track to see Ed and the other boys standing only a few paces away. They didn't look angry but impressed. The cheers of his friends along with a few people on the field came in muffled at first until it became louder and louder.

"Hey Aang," Ed called out "Ever think of joining the track team? You'd be our star. Just think about it."

Soon enough people gathered from across the field, congratulating and patting Aang on the back. Most of them were the female athletes. They swarmed around Aang asking him questions.

'Were you always this good?'

'Wow, you're amazing!'

'What kind of training do you take?'

Aang grinned.

I bet he is enjoying this Toph thought slightly annoyed. For some reason, she didn't like it. She didn't know why or what caused it maybe it was Aang goofy smile or the fan girls but she got up and tore through the crowd.

"Ok break it up ladies! Give the man some air!" Toph yelled shoving all the girls out of the way. Vultures…

"Toph did you see that?" Aang seemed more excited when he saw Toph. It completely cleared the frustration she felt.

"Yeah, you were great!" She smiled and he grinned. She was positively…blissful. It was like a warm blanket wrapped around her in that moment. But that moment shortly came to an end by the screaming of the girls. Toph quickly grabbed his hand and pulled him through the crowd finding the first excuse she could to get away from them.

"Now come on everyone's waiting for you."

"Hey! Where are you taking him? Are you his girlfriend or something?" One of the girls blurted out.

Toph opened her mouth to yell out 'No!' but then a she grinned devilishly "Of course I am. You know what that means? It means I don't want anyone of you crowding up on my property, got it?" The girl just gritted her teeth.

"What was that all about?" Aang laughed waiting until they had walked far enough for the girls not to hear them.

"Please Twinkle Toes I just saved your butt."

"Oh? You sure you weren't serious?" Aang raised an eyebrow with a grin crawling up his cheek.

"Oh right. I don't want another girl to even look at you." Toph rolled her eyes sarcasm dripping off her words.

"Don't be jealous my love. I would never leave you." Aang wrapped an arm around her shoulder and began to use a British accent "My heart is forever yours and you know I can't resist your heavenly beauty."

"Oh Aang," Toph replied with a sultry voice, Aang chuckled "Please tell me more."

"My love for you is like an eternal roaring flame burning through my heart and soul!" Aang couldn't help but snicker as he said it.

"Aang none of those girls could love you as much as I do." Aang's eyes widened her joking voice was nowhere to be found. Toph only noticed her normal tone afterwards. She covered her mouth, blushing a deep red.

"Hey Aang! That was amazing! You're so fa- why are the two of you blushing?" Katara asked.

"Umm…the heat?" Aang was quick to respond.

"Yeah! It's really hot out!" Toph squeaked as she blushed even more.

"Okay…?"

They would never speak of this again for a long time.