Disclaimer: No, I don't own Avatar, or any of the Avatar Characters. I do, however, own Lexi, Avirey, and Chito. No stealing them, please.
Warnings: No warnings this time. Just because this chapter rocks.
Lexi raised her slingshot up, adjusted the rubber band that was pulled back almost as far as it would reach, and closed her right eye to aim. Avery, hiding in the bush next to her, was doing the exact same thing with a slingshot of her own.
The target was a large flying bison, hovering in the air. It was a good distance away at the moment, but was rapidly approaching and about to fly directly beside the hilltop that Lexi and Avery were hiding on.
Avery tapped Lexi, and handed her a tiny rock; no bigger than a fingernail and perfectly rounded. "Ammo," Avery explained. Lexi nodded and positioned her ammo in place so when she released the slingshot band it would be launched.
She looked up to see Appa (they'd gathered from multiple sources that the bison's name was Appa) almost directly out in front of them—just slightly to the left. Onboard, Aang was handing something to Katara. It appeared to be her necklace and she was overjoyed to receive it.
Lexi managed to block out the Kataang-happy line that came next, but her ears suddenly perked up when she heard Katara declare, "Oh, that's so sweet of Zuko," Lexi could tell she wasn't sincere; but still, it was amazing to hear her say such a thing, "Would you give him a kiss for me when you see him?" Lexi's happiness shattered.
"Fire!" she cried. Avery let go of her rubber band at the exact same moment Lexi did. Their ammo went flying.
Lexi's pebble rammed into the corner of Katara's mouth while Avery's caught Aang squarely in the nose. "What was that?" Katara asked, forgetting her kiss and rubbing her mouth tenderly. Aang shrugged and began stroking his nose where he'd been hit. "Did you say you wanted me to give Zuko something?" he asked hopefully. Lexi and Avery groaned.
"Oh, yeah…" Katara smiled and leaned forward.
"Fire two!" Avery yelled. Lexi snapped the rubber band back and launched a second rock; this one a little bigger. Avery's hit Katara in the eyebrow; causing her to jump backwards and away from Aang. Lexi's, on the other hand, was misaimed and smacked Sokka in the back of his head. Sokka immediately jumped up and struck a karate pose. "We're being ambushed!" he shrieked. Katara was pressing her hand against her head where she'd been hit.
"Katara, are you okay?" Aang asked. Katara didn't answer. "Let me look at that," Aang suggested, leaning closer…closer…dangerously close!
"Fire three!" Lexi announced. Both she and Avery launched two more rocks, which rained down on Aang and Katara. "Where. Are. All. These. Rocks. Coming. From?" Aang gasped. Katara looked away, and Sokka just shrugged.
"Maybe it's a sign," he suggested in all his wisdomy glory.
"A sign? Of what?" There was a pause.
"You two shouldn't be sitting together. Aang, you go sit waaay up there and Katara, go sit waaay down there."
"Fine by me," Katara agreed, moving as far away from Aang as possible, still holding her head.
"But—" Aang began to protest, but was unexpectedly hit by a series of flying rocks that came out of nowhere. "Okay! Okay!" he called, diving to the front of the saddle. Sokka was left sitting in the middle all alone. He leaned back and rested his head on his folded arms.
"Sometimes, I'm so smart that I amaz—" but he was suddenly cut short by an extremely large flying rock that connected with his temple. His body instantly slumped forward and the guilty rock tumbled somewhere into his lap. The rock had a note tied to it; and if Sokka was conscious at the moment, he could have read that it said, "Zutara and Taang 4ever!"
Authors Note: (Scene Epilouge)
"Nice shot; and amazing note! But I thought that we were aiming for one of them—" Lexi told Avery. Avery raised her hands up in a surrendering way.
"Don't look at me; I didn't shoot that rock," Avery admitted.
"Well, neither did I," Lexi scratched her head as she pondered the thought, "Well if it wasn't you and it wasn't me…" Both girls thought for a minute; and then an 'I got it!' expression appeared on their faces. They turned to look just behind them, where Lexi's pet Chito was sitting next to a slingshot five times bigger than either of theirs. "Mew?"
