Enjoy! A double update - for both my stories!
Orange is for danger
"I don't care where you try to hide, I will find you!" Everyone at the temple was in hiding once again, now that Katara was in another rage about Zuko. She heard a muffled "Eep!" from one of the empty rooms, but it was a false alarm - it was only Haru.
She turned to exit the room but soon found her feet attached to the ground by rock. "TOPH! $*#!" was her response when she saw Toph at the doorway. "Let me out of here right now so that I can kill you!"
"Tempting as that offer is, Katara, you need to listen to this," Toph said. Katara tried to turn away, realized she couldn't, and placed her hands over her ears in a very dignified manner, yelling "NANANANA I can't hear you! I know you're just going to tell me to forgive Zuko, and I've heard enough of that from Aang." Toph's next words, which she heard despite her attempts not to do so, surprised her.
"Katara, you need to think about what you've been doing to the rest of us at the temple. If it was Zuko, I would say, get him. But look at Haru. Look at how pathetic he is," Toph said. Ignoring Haru's aggravation and later subtle exit from the room, she continued. "I want to help you get revenge on Zuko, but why not do it in a more effective way? He seems to be taking your current treatment as penance. What I tell you will work, and even Aang will think you're trying. You win on all counts."
If Katara was smarter, she would have wondered what was in it for Toph. As it was, all she said was, "I'm listening."
It took a few minutes and repitions - Katara insisted on exclaiming "WHAT?" a lot - for Toph to finish explaining her plan. It took even longer to convince Katara it was a good idea.
"So, I should...seduce Zuko?" Katara asked uncertainly. "Exactly," Toph smirked. "He's used to your hate, but your adoration will totally blind-side him. He won't know what to think, and he'll be forced to reveal his true intentions, whatever they are."
"But what if he actually likes me?" she asked. "Not to worry," Toph replied. "There's some girl with knives who he likes in the Fire Nation. You won't do anything to him but make him uncomfortable." Katara thought it over.
"I'll do it!" she exclaimed, and Toph hid a grin. "But I don't really know how to seduce someone..." she trailed off.
"Not to worry, Sugar Queen. I'll demonstrate. Not on you," she added hastily as Katara took a step back. "But don't be so homophobic." She knew Katara didn't have the faintest idea what the word meant. "I'll demonstrate on Aang."
Katara thought it over, and discovered she didn't feel a pang at the thought. Toph was only demonstrating, Aang wouldn't be hurt by it. Besides, she was pretty sure Toph fished on the other side of the island (A/N - guess what that means!). How wrong she was.
more crack-fic!
title: orange sometimes represents danger, and this plan will be dangerous!
recommended reads: Zutara Week '08 (Jade Sabre)
A Matter of Honor (Adridere)
