Wow guys thanks for the reviews! And I'd like to say sorry because I forgot to put Aang's thoughts about Kay in. They were in my head but when I was thinking of what was missing, sleep deprivation hit me and told me everything was fine and that I should post it and go to bed. Oh well, what's done is done and now I move on to the next chapter.

P.S. this chapter has a lot of Magic references so just bare with it. And also two cards I named I'm not sure if they exist and I apologize to those who play if they do and I used the wrong names.

In case you haven't figured it out by now. I own nothing relating to Avatar!

Chapter 5 'Sokka and the Draft'

Aang was having an amazing dream. Kay and him were out on a beach, by themselves, and the waves were crashing gently against the shore. They were alone on the beach just staring out enjoying the view. Kay hugged his arm and leaned into him, giving him a warm sensation that made him smile. He turned towards her, held her arms, and looked into her big sapphire eyes. She looked so pretty to him, just absolutely perfect. Then he leaned in for a kiss. She closed her eyes and he closed his as he approached her lips. Just as they were about to kiss Kay said; "Oh Aang." In a very sexy voice that told him she wanted this. He kept moving closer towards her lips; just a millimeter closer and she would be his….BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!

Aang's eyes shot open and he groaned out loud. He reached up and turned off his alarm, trying very hard not to smash the damn thing into a million pieces. As he lay there remembering the events that happened in his dream, before they disappeared, he felt unusually warm. He was shirtless and the cover was off him but he didn't know why he was so warm, until he looked down. All he saw was a huge swath of light brown hair on his chest and a then he realized what or more accurately who it was on his chest. He almost forgot Ty Lee slept in his bed next to him. Then he started blushing as he realized the dream he had, got him overly excited! The only thought he had was 'Shit I need to get out of bed before she thinks the wrong thing.' Aang very carefully slid out of bed letting Ty Lee's head gently fall onto his mattress. The last thing he needed was her thinking he's some kind of pervert. So as he tip-toed towards his bathroom he was stopped in his tracks by a simple;

"Good morning." Said a sleepy eyed Ty Lee.

Aang froze where he stood, in quite a comical position, and slowly turned his head and said;

"Hey Ty Lee what are you doing up?"

"It's morning silly why else would we be up?" She asked with a yawn.

"I'm just going to the bathroom you should go back to bed, it's only three o'clock." He lied. "You need your rest and I need to pee."

"Oh really, okay then." She said as she laid her head down, on what was previously Aang's pillow, and drifted back to sleep.

Aang breathed a sigh of relief. That was a little too close for him. Now he eased his way to the bathroom this time without any disruptions. He crawled into the shower and let the cold water 'ease' his 'stress'. After a long and for that matter cold shower he exited and got a change of clothes before returning to the bright bathroom. As he changed he thought about his dream again. Why was he dreaming about Kay? Sure she was beautiful but why now? Why not last week when she was sleeping fifteen feet from him? As he strapped his watch on he realized how late it was, ugh so many questions so little time! He burst out from his bathroom and wrote a note for Ty Lee:

TL, there is stuff in the kitchen to make breakfast. I woke up late and had to leave in a hurry. Enjoy your day in the city; I hope to talk to you after work. Call if you need anything my cell number is on the fridge. -Aang

Then he was out the door. If he sped he might make it on time! As he left his apartment he hoped Kay was late too, if she was late he could be late with no repercussions.

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"Damnit!" Kay said aloud. She woke up late and was rushing, trying to be at work before it was too late! As she finished buttoning her top she realized she forgot to put on a bra. Another "Damnit" escaped her lips. Screw it she thought I go commando, I just hope it's not cold out today. She grabbed her bag and left. It was 8:55.

As Kay sped off for the office her cell phone went off. She looked at the display which told her it was Sokka. She threw her phone in her purse and ignored it. If she was too late the ethics committee would have her ass so Sokka could wait. She ended up at work at 9:15, not too late she reasoned but to make the others happy she would give them a compromise. As she entered the floor everyone simultaneously stopped what they were doing and looked at her. They all knew she was late, and when she's late they get a little prize. Kay sighed deeply and said:

"Okay everyone I know I'm late so today everyone can leave…." She looked at her watch. "Wow twenty minutes early!"

The room went up in a roar of 'Yeahs, and alrights!' Twenty minutes was unheard of in South Pharmaceuticals so of course they couldn't hold their excitement. She looked around the room with a smile on her face and walked over to her office. It was always a good feeling to give back to the people who work as hard as they do. Something seemed off though, what it was she was unsure of. She stopped at her office door and took another look around. Everyone had settled down and was seated when she noticed it. Aang wasn't at his desk! A smile appeared on her lips, if he was late he just jumped into liquid nitrogen! But her dark thoughts disappeared when Aang came out of the break room with a fresh thermos of coffee and marched right over to her with his usual morning report under his arm. She sighed deeply and unlocked her office and let Aang in, just what she wanted to do, listen to how busy today was.

"Good morning Kay!" Aang said with an unusual happiness.

"Uh Good morning Aang, are you feeling okay?" she asked concerned.

"Yeah I'm fine just a little happy this morning is all." Cause I was late too! Aang thought.

"Oh okay, so what's on the agenda for today?"

"Nothing! Absolutely nothing until after lunch, unless you want to advance on your paper work."

"No thanks, I'll do that later. But since I'm not busy, who was this friend you had to pick up?" She asked.

"Oh just one of my old friends. You know the one friend who you grew up with and they have always been there for you."

"What's his name?" She asked.

"Well her name is Ty Lee. Yeah she hasn't been to see me in like seven years."

"Your friend is a girl." Kay asked completely surprised.

"Yeah, she's the reason I'm nervous around girls. He-he when we were little she wasn't like most girls. She liked weird things like I did. So when I went on my first date, with another girl, and mentioned the things I liked she laughed me off and walked away. Later I found out that most girls weren't like Ty Lee and because of that you have the me you know today!" Aang explained.

"Oh okay very interesting so when could I meet this Ty Lee?"

"Whenever you want! She'll be around town for the next week so just let me know and I can hook you up!" Aang said in a very reassuring voice.

"Well thanks Aang let me think on it some and I'll let you know." She finished with a smile.

Aang smiled back and walked out of her office. Truth be told the last person he wanted his boss to meet was Ty Lee, but if Kay asked he would oblige. Just as Aang leaned over his desk to check his e-mail Duke comes crashing into him, out of breath and at an apparent loss for words.

"Dude the thing with the things and at the place with the dudes!" Duke spurted.

"Ok calm down or I will deny knowing you and walk away." Aang said calmly. Duke took a few deep breaths and seemed capable of talking. "Now what the hell are you talking about?"

"Dude there is a secret Draft going down at this old warehouse. It's a huge release, something like three sets in one go!"

"Holy shit, three sets? That's freaking huge!"

Aang and Duke sat there for a moment to let this information set in. Finally Aang broke the silence.

"When and where will this draft take place?"

"Whoa a Draft! As in a Magic Draft? Awe dudes how can I get in on this." Said an unknown voice from behind. As they turned around they saw the source of the annoying voice. It belonged to Sokka, Kay's brother.

"Hey Sokka, right?" Aang asked.

"Yep that's me Sokka! So what's this I hear about a Draft and how can I get in on it?" Sokka asked.

"Well it's kind of secret and for experts only." Duke said in an attempt to deter the rambling idiot from their game.

"If I can beat

"Well it's kind of secret and for experts only." Duke said in an attempt to deter the rambling idiot from their game.

"If I can beat you can I join you guys?" He asked as he pointed to Duke.

"Ha, sure if you think you can handle The Duke!"

"Alright at your guys' lunch break we throw down and if I win I join you guys for this secret Draft ok?"

"Deal." Duke said as he held out his hand and shook Sokka's hand. Sokka entered his sister's office with a smile on his face and closed the door behind him.

"Awe man I'm going to crush him!"

"If you think so." Aang said with skepticism in his voice.

Duke just smiled at him and took off. Aang suspected it was to go get his deck. "Oh this week is going to blow up in my face. I can feel it building up now." He said out loud.

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"I'm gonna destroy him!" Said Duke with a very audacious attitude as he shuffled his deck.

"Don't be so sure stumpy." Sokka said as he entered the break room. He slammed his cards down on the table, and so it began. As they started their game Aang watched intently. Every card Sokka played seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't quite pin it down. Duke ran a heavy green deck and Sokka was running a white deck that was surprisingly strong. Every card Duke played was either destroyed or locked down. Then everything hit Aang all at one time when Sokka played one card, Blinding Light. A white spell that taps all non-white cards and without missing a beat he summoned Sunblast Angel, an angel that destroys all tapped creatures. Successfully clearing Duke's field and leaving him completely defenseless and allowing Sokka to win in one sweep. Aang knew where he had seen this combo before. He used this very same strategy on his first tournament win. Duke just sat there in complete denial that he lost. And Aang was the first to talk over Sokka's gloating.

"Hey Sokka can I look at your deck?" Aang asked.

"Sure man it's totally sweet isn't it?" He said as he handed it to Aang. Aang sifted through the cards and was dumbstruck. This was a perfect clone of his old deck. "Yeah man that's a cloned deck of the great Mr. White. Took me forever to get it down but after I did the opponents started falling like flies!" Sokka continued gloating.

"Yeah it's nice but can't hold a candle to my deck." Aang said as he thought about the deck he designed to kill this deck.

"Well if you think so. So tell me The Duke can I join you for the Draft?" Sokka asked.

"Yeah I guess." Duke grumbled. "It's tonight at this old warehouse on 9th and Baltimore St. be there at Nine or you're not getting in okay?"

"Nine got ya!" Sokka said as he sped off in a hurry to get ready.

"Great just what I needed another fan-boy following me around all the fucking time!" Aang said with a sigh, and a hint of anger in his voice.

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Aang was speeding towards the warehouse for this Draft. He knew it would be off the hook, due to the fact that it was at night and in such a desolate area. He got lucky tonight, Ty Lee decided to see the sights at night and didn't care if he was around. So he packed his ceremonious White robe and was off. He noticed the large number of people here and started getting excited. He got out and unpacked his robe, he got dressed and walked in with it covering his face. Everyone who was there stopped and looked at him. He loved this feeling of being almost god like to others. As he looked around the room he recognized a lot of people from previous tourneys. There was some high class talent here and he was ready to take them for everything they were worth. Then he groaned aloud as Sokka saw him and nearly blew a load at being in the same room as Mr. White! Sokka rushed over and began bowing to him in the way a worshipper would pray to his god. Aang knew this had to stop, so he bent down to get this bumbling idiot off the floor, and as Sokka looked up he saw under his hood, and fainted from who was under it. Everyone else laughed and decided to start the Draft without the local idiot noob.

Aang and the others had a great time trying out all the new cards. Everything was going normal for a Draft when the ring leader came out, a very strong and wicked player by the name of Bumi. He looked over the proceedings before speaking up.

"Well, well, well I hope everyone is having fun!" He asked. Everyone nodded and started laughing as the new guy lay on the floor still in shock from seeing Mr. White's face. "Good, good glad to hear it! Now I have a challenge for you all. This is a very special event as it is my one thousandth Draft and to celebrate I would like to have a little tournament! What do you all say?"

The crowd of people went crazy. This was something they all lived for.

"Good now I don't expect you to play for nothing! So I've decided to put up a special prize for this Draft." Everyone was immediately alert. "The winner of this little unofficial tournament will get a signed copy of the Black Lotus from the alpha set!" The crowd nearly passed out! No one gave out that card even in poor condition. "It is ranked with a solid nine on the mint rating and has a street value of ten thousand dollars!"

Aang was the only contestant who wasn't foaming at the mouth. Why, because he had a few copies of that card himself. Various tournament winnings and just luck of the draw, but still it would be nice to have another bragging chip. Sokka finally woke up and asked the first question much to everyone's surprise.

"Can we use our own decks or do we have to use the cards we got from the Draft?"

"Good question young man and the answer is the Draft is over so use whatever you want to!" Answered Bumi. "It's ten right now! I'll give you ten minutes to fix your decks then we begin."

Aang was, once again, the only one not running around with his head cut off. He only had one card to put into his deck. Out of the one hundred and thirty cards he got today only one would make the cut for his deck. And it would help him if Bumi stayed true to his form. Aang put away one deck and grabbed his classic tourney deck and then all hell broke loose! For thirty minutes players were at each others' throats. Eliminating one after the other until there were only two! And much to everyone's surprise the ones left were the noob Sokka and Mr. White. Sokka looked at Aang and said.

"I know every move you can make with that deck. There is no way you can beat me!"

"You're absolutely right so I would like to request one thing." This confused everyone including Duke and Sokka. "Bumi I would like to invoke your swap rule, if it still applies!" Aang was banking his victory off of this.

Bumi looked at Aang and said; "Of course my dear friend I just need your current deck and all the cards you got from the Draft." Bumi said as he held out his hand. Aang handed over his prize deck and the huge stack of cards he won this night over to Bumi. "Now that I have your cards you understand what you're agreeing to right?"

"Yes I understand. If I lose, my Draft cards and my old deck minus five cards go to my opponent. At this risk I am allowed to use any deck I have on my person as a substitute!" Aang said with a clear understanding of this rule.

"Very good then what deck are you using?" Bumi asked.

Aang handed him the deck he was going to use and Bumi smiled. "Very well young man it is your funeral."

Aang and Sokka sat down across from each other and Sokka spoke up.

"Just so you know, just because you're my idol and I worship the ground you walk on don't think I'll give back your cards when I win this. I'm using the best deck you ever made and I can't be stopped." He said with a smug grin on his face.

"We'll see young noob!" Aang said.

The fight started like any other fight. Slow to start but when things pick up the really get going. Sokka was confused like no other. Every card Aang played had no good effect worth playing his Arrest's on or even Pacifism! They were just green walls with no attack and minimal toughness. He had no idea where this was going so he stuck to the play he defeated Duke with. Build up his forces then smack him with a Blinding Light and Sunblast Angel. Finally after a prolonged apparent stalemate Sokka had the manna to play his combo. He began by playing Blinding Light successfully tapping all Aang's walls then he tapped the last of his mana to play Sunblast Angel but when he tapped Aang played a card on Sokka's Sunblast Angel. The card was Conversion Burn! A card that would end the game because of Sokka's Blinding Light, Conversion Burn deals X damage to target player. X being the total toughness of all tapped cards on the field. And you can deal an additional damage for every tapped land that is not a forest land. Sokka looked at the field and the shock that appeared was priceless. It took fourteen land to play Sunblast and Blinding Light, add that to the ten creatures he had who all had varying toughness and no power and he was completely sunk. In one move because of what Sokka played he lost all thirty four life! The game was over before his Angel could finish White's monsters.

Aang was greeted with praise and further congratulations as he walked over to Sokka.

"I wouldn't worry about it Sokka, I knew exactly how you were thinking, and all I had to do was wait." Aang was worried he crushed Sokka's dream but in reality Sokka couldn't have been happier.

"Are you kidding that was awesome! I just wish I knew you worked were you did earlier so I could have joined you sooner." Sokka said with a huge smile on his face.

Bumi walked over to Aang and handed him his Draft cards and his old deck, as well as a signed copy of Black Lotus. "Well there you go young man, I'm glad that this card will be going to a player as skilled as you."

Aang held it up and the warehouse roared in delight. It was time to leave but he had to be last one out, winner shakes everyone's hand, you know spread the good fortune. Sokka walked right up to Aang and said;

"Aang is that really you?"

"Yes Sokka it's really me." Aang said as he removed his hood.

"Holy shit dude I can't believe it! You're my sister's secretary!"

"Yes I am now get going I have work in the morning." He said as he held out his hand and Sokka shook it almost violently. Sokk skipped to his car and took off.

Aang had fun but he just wanted to go to sleep. That is until Bumi walked up behind him.

"So young man any chance of me winning my Black Lotus back?" He asked very nicely.

"Sorry old friend no can do! You bet against me and lost now it's mine!"

"Ha-ha very well you have a good week and please take good care of that card." Bumi laughed.

Aang smiled as the senile old man walked out and got into his own car and drove off. Aang started walking to his car wondering how Suki fared during her night touring. This thought was quickly interrupted by another thought. The other thought was a smiling Kay, standing with him on a beach staring at a sunset. He stopped for a second and looked around. That was weird, he thought, more thoughts of Kay popping in his head at odd times. In-fact looking back on his day it happened all day long, just random times his mind would be flooded with thoughts of Kay. Kay smiling, Kay in a bathing suit, Kay naked! All those thoughts had been in his head at one point in time or another today. He continued to his car and tried to ignore the strange thoughts about his boss.

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Aang opened the door to his apartment and was surprised when nothing jumped out to hug him to death. He looked around and saw nothing on but a small desk lamp. He walked over and turned it off and proceeded to his bedroom. There Ty Lee was asleep in his bed holding onto a teddy bear. He smiled and decided to leave her be, she looked comfy. So he eased the door shut and walked out to the couch where he laid down and decided to go to sleep. It had been an eventful day for him and all the adrenaline that was fueling his body during the Draft was causing him to crash. His arms felt heavy and his eyes were closing fast, he barely had enough time to cover up before he was out cold. But before he lost conscience one last thought popped into his head, it was Kay and she was smiling again. But this time he thought she said something, something that sounded like, 'I Love You Aang!' Then he was out with a smile on his face and nothing but sweet dreams for the night.

Well another 5am chapter! Woot. Ok let me know what you think and as always…..

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