Thanks for all the reviews! I would've posted it earlier but you know me, LAZY AND UNPRODUCTIVE! For this fanfic chapter I had to rewatch "The Guru" in order to fill things out. Sorry that I put this off for so long, like most people I WAS DOING NOTHING for the past week. I would've posted earlier but my internet was down for a while. And I got sidetracked.
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Turns out this is being pushed into three parts. Sorry, if you want me to update I have to give it to you in fragments.
As you heard before I don't own avatar, you better already know who does own it. If you don't look them up! I also don't own 'I'm Alive' by Becca. I also used the english version of Bad Apple by Miku Hatsune. And no, I don't own that either.
B/N: I recommend reading the song with the music. ^u^
Recap of what happened in my story so far:
The gaang is in Ba Sing Sei when Hawky returns to Sokka three years after the war, carrying a letter from Mr. & Mrs. Bei Fong telling Toph to come home. Zuko is broken up with Mai and Toph discovers that Suki and Sokka broke up in their last trip to the fire nation palace. They travel to Gaoling on Appa for three days and they stop by a forest. They find Mai, Ty Lee and the rest of the Kyoshi warriors there. Suki decides to ditch the group and leave with the Kyoshi warriors, while Mai decides to ditch Ty Lee and join the avatar and others. They arrive in Gaoling where Lao is sick and the Christmas festival is on. Toph and Sokka show attraction to each other, while Katara was begged by Toph's mother to save Mr. Bei Fong's life…
Toph and Sokka Under the Mistletoe Pt. 2
Katara's P.O.V.
"Where is he?" I asked. I know that Toph's dad isn't exactly the nicest person in the world, 'Because Aang is', but he is still a person and I'm just another good healer that feels for other people. 'Damn you emotions.'
"Right this way." Toph's mom said, walking quickly (read: running like the devils after her) down the left hall -opposite from the one we previously walked through- and rushed into the last door. I quickly followed Toph and her mother, but two guards stopped before I could get through the door.
"I am sorry, only medics and members of the Bei Fong dynasty are allowed to proceed further." The larger guard spoke in a firm voice.
"Hey! Oatmeal brain." Toph yelled from within the room, "This is the greatest healer in the entire world! She brought the freaking Avatar back to life and saved fire lord Zuko from death! She is my best friend, and one of my only friends, you will let her pass or I'm going to do it for you!"
"Wow, thanks Toph." I said, still being halted by numerous nurses assisting the medic.
"My pleasure, Sugar Queen," Toph said and started yelling at the nurses to move aside, so we could reach her father. He looked very pale, like he hadn't eaten or slept for weeks. Poor guy. You know… if we liked him. When I reached the place where he lay he started to thrash.
"It's okay," I said calmingly, the last thing he needed was to use more energy, "I'm not here to hurt you, I'm here to help."
"You're not Chirō-shi*." the weak man said.
"No, I'm not." I said softly, "Calm down. Good, where does it hurt?"
"Mostly my head." He replied faintly.
"Okay..." I said, "I need fresh water, now."
"You heard the lady, fresh water! Move!" Toph said to the unmoving servants, Toph scowled when she stood there in surprise, "NOW, you numbskulls!"
When they -finally- returned with the water, I moved my hands to his forehead, where he told my most of the pain in his head was directed. The process was exceedingly slow because I was use to healing people with wounds not sicknesses. The problem was clear, but very difficult to explain.
"I know the problem, Toph? Do you know what chakras are?" I asked.
"Yeah, duh, everyone does." She stated and I could've sworn that heard Aang bang his head against the wall and say '! Even Toph knew what they were!'...Huh, must be my imagination.
"Well, the water chakra that deals with pleasure, is blocked by guilt. When the balance in your body is thrown off, this particular sickness is a result of it." I said trying my best to make it simple for them, "He is feeling guilty and it preventing his body from delight, this is why water is the key element in this sickness."
"So he is guilty and unable to forgive himself?" Toph said. "That's why he is sick...?"
"My best guess is he feels bad for driving you away from him. This is more inner turmoil then a bug."
"Okay, he's sad about Tophykins -"MOM STOP CALLING ME THAT!"(By le Toph)- but will he die?" Toph's mom asked worriedly.
"Oh, quite the contrary, he will be fine." I informed them, "Just no hard foods only liquids and water, he should be better in about a week or so."
"Thank you so much, master Katara." Toph's mom answered, bowing to me. The rest of the staff also bowed, but the medic still had his precautions.
"How do we know you aren't lying?" He said, He thinks he's soo great.
"Why don't you ask Toph, she can tell if anyone is lying." I snapped back.
"That's virtually impossible. No man has ever done so." The doctor argued.
"Hey, surprise! I'M A GIRL YOU IDIOT!" Toph said, and she slapped the medic who was treating her dad and walked towards the door.
Third Person P.O.V.
~Christmas Day~
"We shall celebrate tonight! We will have a huge party." Poppy said the next morning at breakfast. "That Tophy-buns will design." she smiled.
At that Toph smashed her face into her waffles. "Mom, what did I say about the nicknames?" She said, with syrup, whip cream, and waffles still on her face, "Wait, I get to design my own party?"
"Of course honey, you requested freedom, if I am not mistaken." Toph's mother replied, taking Katara and Mai's plates so the servants could wash them.
"YES! IT'S THE BEESST DAY EVERRRR!" Toph exclaimed, running around like a hyper five-year-old on steroids.
"So this won't be a snobby party with classy girls in frilly pink tasteless dresses." Mai asked being the gloomy self she is.
"No, considering Toph and the boys are almost inhaling their food." Katara said sarcastically, gesturing to Aang, Zuko, Sokka, and Toph, "Anybody want to explain?"
"I didn't eat for a long time." Zuko whined, and then when back to his food. Likely story.
"Rich people food is the best kind there is." Sokka said mouth still full.
"I. Am. A. Fifteen-year-old-boy. Note. A. Growing. Fifteen-year-old-boy." Aang said never removing his mouth from his plate.
"I like food." Toph said simply, getting more food from the kitchen.
"They all do have pretty good answers." Mai said, walking to the couch.
"Thank you, ... uh… we never did catch your name." Katara said sheepishly.
"Please, call me Poppy." Toph's mom said with a warm smile.
Aang's P.O.V.
~PARTY TIME!~
"So, we gonna have that party or what?" Sokka said four hours later. Toph and Katara had spent all day setting up and creating the agenda, now it was slightly past noon.
"Contain yourself Snoozles, the food is still there." Toph said sarcastically, "Are you ready to par-tay until we pass out?"
"Wait! The girls have to get ready." Poppy called, running with three white dresses in hand.
"Mom! I thought we weren't wearing pink, frilly, tasteless dresses?!" Toph whisper-yelled.
"This are aren't pink or frilly and definitely not tasteless." Toph's mom said, holding the exquisite clothing up for the girls to see.
Katara squealed with delight, Toph frowned (read: pouted) in the opposite direction, and Mai said "As long as they're not itchy." with an indifferent expression.
It was about ten minutes before they came back, so Sokka and I wrestled, and Zuko looked at us as if we were monkey-tiger poop on his shoe.
When the girls came out Sokka and I were in a really weird position, he had put me in a upside down head lock, while I was pulling his left leg above his head, I repeat weird.
Sokka blushed at Toph and I paid him back for flicking me three years ago. After I flicked Sokka, Mai came out and Zuko blushed. He looks like a tomato.
Katara came out after and heat rose to my cheeks. I was use to it, it's kind of embarrassing but Katara thinks that when I blush I look cuter. Jackpot.
When everyone was settled Toph yelled, "LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!" The lights dimmed and music started playing really loud. This is my kind of party. I've been to a lot of parties in the past two years, I'm not talking about fun parties, I'm talking about formal boring arse* ones that make me fall asleep, this… this was much, much better.
After about an hour of extreme dancing, Mai turned down the music.
"Aww…" Sokka complained, dropping his arms from the air.
"Don't worry, it's for a good cause." Mai replied, smirking, "Look what I found."
"A karaoke disc?!" I gasped in disbelief, "Well, come on, what are you waiting for! Put it in, make Toph sing something!"
"No, I'm not going to sing anything!" Toph argued as I pushed to the front of the living room, "I can't even see the words!"
"Oh don't worry, I think you know this one." I said evilly and pressed the start button.
"I think I'm rubbing off on you too much." My earthbending teacher said as the music started.
Toph's P.O.V.
I can't believe Twinkles is making me do this, he knows that I hate karaoke. I think I made that very clear at last year's fire nation fire festival. Wait… I recognize this song. Damn, I have to start singing…
Nothing I say comes out right
I can't love without a fight
No one ever knows my name
When I pray for sun, it rains
I'm so sick of wasting time
Nothing's moving in my mind
Inspiration can't be found
I get up and fall but...
I'm ALIVE!
I'm ALIVE! Oh yeah,
Between the good and bad's where you'll find me
Reaching for heaven!
I will fight
And I'll sleep when I die
I live...My life...I'm ALIVE!
Every lover breaks my heart
And I know it from the start
Still I end up in a mess
Every time I second Guess
All my friend's just run away
When I'm having a bad day
I would rather stay in bed
But I know there's a reason...
I'm ALIVE!
I'm ALIVE! Oh, yeah
Between the good and bad's where you'll find me
Reaching for heaven!
I will fight
And I'll sleep when I die
I live, My life, I'm ALIVE!
When I'm bored to death at home
When he won't pick up the phone
When I'm stuck in second place
Those regrets I can't erase
Only I can change the end
Of the movie in my head
There's no time for misery
I won't feel sorry for me!
I'm ALIVE!
I'm ALIVE! Oh, yeah
Between the good and bad's where you'll find me
Reaching for heaven
I will fight
And I'll sleep when I die
I live, My life, ohohh!
I'm ALIVE!
I'm ALIVE! Oh, yeah
Between the good and bad's where you'll find me
Reaching for heaven
I will fight
And I'll sleep when I die
I live...my hard life...
I live, My life
I'm ALIVE!
"GO TOPH!" Fireflake cheered as the song ended, until Gloomy whacked the upside of his head.
"Who wants to go next?" I asked dropping the microphone then going to dig for gold.
"Uhh…Nobody." Gloomy said enthusiastically. (Did you catch the sarcasm)
"Yay. Mai's going!" Fireflake said, pushing his ex-girlfriend up where I once was.
"When I'm finished you are going to have one more scar buddy." Gloom and Doom snapped, while looking for a song.
"Found one…" Gloomy said sadly and a strong beat went on.
Ever on and on I continue circling
With nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony
Till slowly I forget and my heart starts vanishing
And suddenly I see that I can't break free-I'm
Slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity
With nothing but my pain and the paralyzing agony
To tell me who I am, who I was
Uncertainty enveloping my mind
Till I can't break free, and
Maybe it's a dream; maybe nothing else is real
But it wouldn't mean a thing if I told you how I feel
So I'm tired of all the pain, of the misery inside
And I wish that I could live feeling nothing but the night
You can tell me what to say; you can tell me where to go
But I doubt that I would care, and my heart would never know
If I make another move there'll be no more turning back
Because everything will change, and it all will fade to black
Will tomorrow ever come? Will I make it through the night?
Will there ever be a place for the broken in the light?
Am I hurting? Am I sad? Should I stay, or should I go?
I've forgotten how to tell. Did I ever even know?
Can I take another step? I've done everything I can
All the people that I see I will never understand
If I find a way to change, if I step into the light
Then I'll never be the same, and it all will fade to white
Ever on and on I continue circling
With nothing but my hate in a carousel of agony
Till slowly I forget and my heart starts vanishing
And suddenly I see that I can't break free-I'm
Slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity
With nothing but my pain and the paralyzing agony
To tell me who I am, who I was
Uncertainty enveloping my mind
Till I can't break free, and
Maybe it's a dream; maybe nothing else is real
But it wouldn't mean a thing if I told you how I feel
So I'm tired of all the pain, of the misery inside
And I wish that I could live feeling nothing but the night
You can tell me what to say; you can tell me where to go
But I doubt that I would care, and my heart would never know
If I make another move there'll be no more turning back
Because everything will change, and it all will fade to black
If I make another move, if I take another step
Then it all would fall apart. There'd be nothing of me left
If I'm crying in the wind, if I'm crying in the night
Will there ever be a way? Will my heart return to white?
Can you tell me who you are? Can you tell me where I am?
I've forgotten how to see; I've forgotten if I can
If I opened up my eyes there'd be no more going back
'Cause I'd throw it all away, and it all would fade to black
"Wow." Snoozles said, "Mai can actually sing. Good job."
"Thank you." Mai replied proudly, then she sat back down and went back to her gloomy self. "I'm bored."
"Well, this party is dying, so lets play seven minutes in heaven." Captain Boomerang suggested. He had gotten over the fact Twinkles and Sugar Queen were dating years ago, like before they were actually dating. They just didn't know it.
"Yeah!" I cheered, "Wait… Sweetness and Airhead would be pissed off if either one of them went off with another person. If it lands on either of them just spin again."
"Deal." Sparky agreed and sat in the circle.
"So…" Meathead said, "Spin to see who goes first?"
"Yeah! I'll spin." Airhead offered, the bottle just had to land on me.
"Great. JUST great. Pass the damn bottle." I droned holding my hand out and I spun the bottle as hard as I could.
"So… Who'd it land on?" I asked anxiously, hoping for Sokka.
"Uhh…" Sweetness started, her tone of voice wasn't good, "It landed on… Zuko."
HAHA I've always hated cliffhangers. NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS! Yay! Well part three soon to be added. And WWF (WhiteWingsFlutter) thank you for beta-ing everything I do because I spell simply wrong. Where would I be without you? Review if you want to, actually review or DIE. Just kidding. But if you review it would raise my self-esteem. GO SPELL CHECK! Happy New Year!
~ From ME! FlameoInstantNoodles! HNY!
I forgot this earlier! I need you to choose between if Toph should go with Zuko or Sokka. Those for going with Zuko write TOKO at the end of a review and those for Sokka write TOKKA at the end. Thank you for reviewing! I need your decision.