Uzumaki's Wrath
Chapter 12
Tales of Ba Sing Se
Yeah…this is going to a fairly long chapter….enjoy! Besides, I though you all could use a pick me up after yesterday, since it was 9/11 after all….so technically it is two days after bu hey. I got done with this after midnight.
No lemon's anymore…for the time being, so I will clean up my chapters for now
Aang
Aang flew around the city of Ba Sing Se, searching for any sign of his large furry friend, before he landed to look around at a local zoo, which was in poor condition.
Looking at all the animals behind bars, Aang felt sad. Soon he came upon some sort of large cat that was mixed with an armadillo. "Hey there fellow. You look hungry." He said trying to pet it, but it roared at him before curling up.
"Hmph, they are hungry." A man said as he was sweeping the ground before he started walking around with the Avatar, explaining things. "The Dai Li won't give me any money because the kids stopped coming and the kids won't come because my zoo is nasty and broke."
It was a sad fact and this made Aang not like the Dai Li even more. However, he was distracted by a strange creature that he had actually never seen before. It was a mix between a rabbit and a kangaroo. "Oh that's a rabaroo! I wish I could get her a big open prairie that she likes and let her hop her way to happiness."
Aang put on a thoughtful look before he smiled. "Let's do it!" He said, his natural wanting to help other people kicking in.
"Say again?" The man asked.
"There's a big wide open space right outside the city." Aang said, indicating the space between the inner and outer walls.
"How are you going to transport all these wild animals?" the zoo keeper asked.
"Don't worry, I'm great with animals." Aang said with a big smile.
Five minutes later, all the animals were loose on the streets, causing utter chaos. Monkey-boar like hybrids were tearing up nearby food stands, the rabaroo was eating all of the cabbage man's cabbages, and bigger animals were chasing about people. "This was so much easier in my head." Aang said lamely as he blew away some animal to protect the people.
Then he got an idea as he took out the bison whistle, used air bending to gather up a bunch of air, and then blew hard, attracting everyone animal in the vicinity to him. He then lead them to the inner wall.
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"But you have to open this gate!" The zoo keeper begged to the guards, guarding the gate.
"Or what?" one the gruff looking guard asked snidely.
"OR THAT!" the zoo keeper screamed as he pointed to the stampede of animals heading their way, led by the local air bending Avatar.
"OPEN THE GATES!" one of the guards yelled in a panic as they ran away, leaving the zoo keeper in their dust, before he too gained enough common sense to run out of the way at the last second.
With the gates open, Aang lead the animals into the wide open space between the two walls, he then used earth bending to create a new and much larger zoo for the animals so that they may run around and interact with each other. It was much better than the last one, that much could be said because of all the commotion, people flocked to see the new zoo, with the kids being the happiest.
"Well mister zoo keeper, how do you like your new facilities?" Aang asked the man after he had enough time to look around.
"Excellent job Avatar. You should think about working with animals for a living." The man said, very pleased.
"Mommy! Miss Snowflake got out of the house again," a small boy told his mom.
"Fluffykins? What are you doing down there!" a girl asked.
The zoo keeper and Aand sweat dropped once they saw all the house pets there had gotten into the zoo, probably because of the whistle. "On second thought, you should probably stick to saving people." The man said with a smile, which caused Aang to laugh nervously.
"All in all, I must say, you did a good job Aang." Naruto's voice rang out as he walked up to him, the zoo keep sweating because there were two local celebrities in his presence.
Aang turned to his blond friend, with Kyuubi resting in his hair, but that is not what caught Aang's attention. "Whoa! Naruto, you look awesome!"
Naruto
"Thanks Aang, the guy who worked on this is pretty fast, considering that I put the order in a few days ago. That and he is making more for me since I like it." Naruto said with a smile. "The Akatsuki cloak was getting old."
Flashback
"Hey old man!" Naruto loudly called as he entered the little clothing store. "I got your message to come in. "Something up?"
"No, not really." An old voice said as an elderly voice said as he came up to the front counter. He was probably are 50, white hair that was slicked back, black eyes, and tattered earth kingdom clothes.
"Ok then, what is up?" Naruto asked.
"I am done with your order." The elderly man said with a smile. "I put your order on the top of the list since you helped me all those years ago. I owe you." The man said.
Naruto held the bridge of his nose. "No, you don't I keep tell you that."
"Nonsense!" The old man said. "You saved my ass, along with the asses of my family on our way to Ba Sing Se from the Fire Nation that wanted us dead. You know, if my daughter was not married, I would have her marry you!"
Naruto nervously laughed at that. "I have a girlfriend."
"Oh, so who is the lucky girl?" the old guy asked.
Naruto smiled, "An old friend that I am always thinking about."
The old man smiled. He could see the blond was telling the truth and the fact that he feelings were genuine. "Glad to hear that boy. Now here is your new clothes. Now go try them on."
Naruto nodded, going into a dressing room, before coming out a few minutes later. Naruto's new clothes were very different and looked good on him. He had on a pair of black combat boots, black baggy pants with many pockets and a white stripe down the side of each pant leg and the old head bands acting like a belt, a white muscle shirt with no sleeves that showed off his muscles, a white trench coat with the sleeves ripped off, and black fingerless gloves with metal plates on the backs.
However, looking in the mirror, he smirked that the old man had down what he asked with the coat. On the bottom of it, there was rocky terrain with a few mountains, and up near the neck line was a storm. In the middle was multiple lightning strikes, but the cool thing as that they were arcing around, forming the words, 'Golden Fox.' In a way, it showed off his three elements while telling the world who he was. Earth, Lighting, and Gravity; which was pulling the lighting downward to strike at the earth.
It looked badass.
Naruto went up to the front counter and said, "I love it! It gives me a badass look, thanks old man! So how much do I owe you?"
The old shop keeper smiled. "Nothing."
"Nothing? I can't just accept this!"
The old man sighed. This kid was too nice for his own good. "Tell you what, you get that outfit for free, but I have you pay for the other sets that I will make in a few days. Deal?"
Naruto thought about it before smiling. "That sounds fair. Deal!"
End Flashback.
"Wow, that was a nice guy." Aang said. "So what are you doing now?"
"Well, since I managed to do the Shadow Clone Jutsu, I sent it over to the university to see if I can find any info on the past…my time."
Aang nodded in understanding. "Wait, why not that lightning clone? I don't get it."
Naruto smirked. "Because, unlike the lightning clone, whenever the shadow clone learns, I will learn when it dispels."
Aang's eyes widened. "Now that is useful!"
"Yep!" Naruto said with a smile before a figure jumped down and punched the blond away, further into the wide open space between the two walls, scaring everyone, including the animals.
"Naruto!" Aang shouted in fear for his friend. Turning to see who attacked his friend he saw a middle aged man with red hair that was held up in some strange head gear that had his village's symbol on it, and some purple robe. He also had a red beard as well. However, the odd thing was that his eyes looked dead, like he was under the control of someone else. The man then ninja jumped to where the blond had landed.
"W-what is going on!" Aang asked in a panic.
"It would seem that the four tailed Jinchuriki is under the control of someone else, otherwise he would not attack someone out right." A voice said next to the bald avatar. Aang looked to see two people next to him that were not there a few second a go, freaking the zoo keeper out.
The first person wore strange red armor that was called Steam Armor that covered his face up to his eyes. He wore a red kasa over a white cloth on his head and on that a metal plate that showed where he was from, which was the same symbol as the red haired man. There also looked to be a furnace like device on his back and a black gi over his armor.
The second person that looked a little sickly and a bit girly. He is tall, thin, young man with pale golden eyes and black hair that reaches down to his shoulders. His side partition lets a large portion of his bangs cover the left side of his face. He wears a long, light blue kimono adorned with a small emblem of three bubbles on the back, a pair of black pants underneath his kimono below the collar, and an orange sash. He carries a bamboo jug, filled with a soap solution, and a pipe.
However, the strangest thing that Aang saw were the animals accompanying men. He had noticed that a red furred monkey with green skin and four tails followed the red haired man that attacked Naruto. Next to the man in odd red armor was a cross between a horse and a dolphin with five tails. Next to the girly man was a white, chubby, bipedal slug with small arms and feet. It has two prominent optical tentacles (eyes) and hole-like openings as a mouth. Its entire body is covered in a slimy substance. It had six slimy tails. These animals were the same size as Kyuubi….small.
"Who are you guys?" Aang asked as Toph, Katara, and Sokka ran up to help their friend and then the first three former jinchuriki appeared to the side of the group, making Sokka blush when he saw the former two tailed jinichuriki.
"I am Han and the one fighting the blond one is Roshi." The man in red armor introduced himself and his comrade. "We are from the old version of the Earth Village."
"I am Utakata." The girly man said politely. "I am from the old version of the Water Village."
"So are you here to fight Naruto as well?" Toph asked.
"Roshi is under the control of someone else, it was the way we found him a couple of minutes ago." Han said. "Gaara and the others found us a couple of days ago. I suppose I will join Roshi in testing the blond one like the others have." With that, Han jumped away to join the fight.
"I will not. I do not feel like fighting." Utakata replied. "I just wish to observe, like these nice people are." He said, indicating all the citizens of Ba Sing Se that were watching. They wanted to see the famed Golden Fox in action.
"He hasn't fought two at a time yet!" Katara said, worried for her friend/crush.
"She is right!" Aang said.
"Don't worry; he would go down that easy!" Toph said as she watched with her earth vision as well.
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Naruto saw the others out the corner of his eye and saw what was happening, so he figured out what was going very quickly. "Here we go again then. You ready for this Kyuubi?"
"Hell yeah! I am getting the feeling that you are going to need my help anyway!" the small fox said from atop the blond's head.
Naruto twisted away from a flaming punch from the zombified Roshi before he jumped out of the way of Han's kick. For some reason, the man had his right hand in his gi. "Ionic Storm!" Naruto yelled out as the sky darkened and lightning rain down all around the blond. The two elder former jinchuriki easily dodged through the attack like it was nothing for them.
It would seem that they worked well with each other because they both started using attacks that were heat based. Han used steam produced by the furnace on his back to create large claws that were way bigger than the man himself. Roshi used his lava abilities to make it hard to fight, i.e. changing the landscape into that of a lava pit while also flinging balls of lava at the blond.
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"Am…am I seeing this right?" the zoo keeper asked. "These people are using elements not normally used! How is this possible?"
"Simple." The former six tailed jinchuriki replied. "We are using the powers of the old spirits…the 9." The old man seemed to understand immediately after that, also whoever else was listening. "Like this Golden Fox, we are from the past as well, so we know how to use their powers effectively."
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Naruto was sweating heavily from the heat around him. So they really know what they are doing. They bath their opponent in heat to slow them down and make them tired. He thought with dodging a swipe from Han's steam claws.
Thinking back to his battle with Yagura, he was able to make ice, if he could do that again, he could win easily. "Ionic Freeze!" Naruto yelled as he spread his lighting all across the area, freezing all the lava, actually making the place bearable again. "Heh, chill out."
The frozen duo didn't stay frozen for long thanks to their heat based jutsu. The shattered the ice around them quickly and attacked with their respective elements.
"Ok…this isn't working." Naruto growled before he got into an earth bending stance, making Toph smirk. She knew what he was capable, having seen him in action when they were kids. He could have only gotten better. "Time to put my large reserves of chi to use!" With that he stomped on the ground while bringing his arms in a flowing motion.
The result was a large wave of earth that knocked Han and Roshi off their feet and kept tumbling. Han glared at the blond as he got back and sent a wave of steam that Naruto to block with a wall. It melted the rock wall some, but that was it. Roshi followed up with a straight shot of lava that completely obliterated the wall and kept on going, shocking many people.
Thankfully, Naruto had used his earth bending to quickly move out of the way by going into the ground. He then shot out of the ground with four sky high pillars of earth that made a lot of earth benders green with envy. Naruto rock walled up the pillars with relative ease.
Once on top of one of them, he smirked at his opponents, who were eyeing him with confusion. With the blond on the middle one, Naruto stomped down on it while bringing his fingers inward along with his arms before he shot them outward, causing the pillars to break apart in sections the sprouted razor sharp edges.
What baffled everyone was that the flat sections were all floating in midair. It was because of his gravity bending skills. The flat sections were floating in midair, creating odd patterns before they stopped and Naruto smirked. He directed the moving razor blades of earth right towards to the two, who began to dodge like their lives depended on it. Some created crashed into the ground and stayed there while the rest flew back for another round.
The two earth shinobi soon had enough before they used their respective jutsu to blow apart the razor blades of earth. Seeing this, Naruto frowned before he got another idea. He let the platform he was on fall to the ground before the pieces of his old attack converged on his and covered him from head to toe. But he was not done, the ground then rose up in a dome around him.
The audience was confused on what the blond was doing before the ground began to shake and a large golem made of stone rose high above the two men. It was even taller than Shukaku, who was one of the shortest of the tailed beasts.
It looked it some civil war soldier for the body while the face was a cross between Cyclopse's and Robo Cop's. It hands looked like giant balls with spikes all over them. Naruto voice then rang out. "Ha! Take this! My super awesome golem!"
"He could have picked a better name." Toph dead panned, getting nods from the rest of the group.
Naruto then proceeded to try and bash his two opponents into the ground, but they were dodging. However, it was near misses. Suddenly Roshi seemed to gain some common sense because he and the red monkey combined, with Han and his tailed beast doing the same.
Soon, two taller being appeared before Naruto in his golem form. A large red ape with 4 tails and a dolphin-horse with five tails. Naruto looked at the two and sweat dropped. "Well….shit." His voice echoed throughout the field.
"COME ON MR. GOLDEN FOX! YOU CAN DO IT!" a kid's voice echoed out before the whole audience echoed the kid's words, including his own group.
Smirking at their encouragement, Naruto got into another earth bending stance that rocked the ground so much that it flung Han in his tail beast form away from him and when he landed, he made the sure that the ground would trap him for a while.
While Han was busy trying to get himself out of the ground, Roshi was just recovering from the shaking and was about to attack, but the golem right fist, the actually turned into a fist, slammed into the giant red ape's stomach, stunning it and knocking it off its feet. As it was getting back up, Naruto was forming a new attack the had been wanting to try for a while now. With his giant right hand extended, Naruto sent a massive amount of his own chakra to it to create the biggest Rasengan he had ever made. He wasn't done because he sent chunks of earth into it, gaining a brown and rocky version of the attack. "Time to end this! Earth Style: Earthquake Rasengan!" With that, he slammed the giant sphere into the bigger ape's stomach.
The life returned to the giant ape's eyes as it regained its mind before it was blown away by the golem, which created an earthquake. When the dust cleared, Roshi was back to normal, but he and his animal companion were knocked out.
Naruto smirked, he won that battle….obviously he forgot about Han because as soon as he turned, a concentrated blast of steam rammed into him, making his lose balance before the giant hybrid beast took a swipe at him and shattered his golem.
Naruto was violently ejected and skidded across the earth until he came to a sudden stop. Staring at the sky, he said, "Damn…that was a hell of a hit."
"Don't give up now kid. You may not have all the jutsu down that you should have learned from that scroll, but you can still win." Kyuubi said.
"That is true, but this going to be a hard battle, especially after all that chakra and chi that I wasted on that Golem and the Earthquake Rasengan. Man I waste a lot of energy." Naruto said as the five tails was making its way to him.
"Well, there is always level two." Kyuubi suggested.
"Are you serious!" Naruto said in shock. "I can barely hold that from for a few minutes and then I am drained afterwards!"
"And that is all we need." Kyuubi said with a smirk. Naruto got the hint and smirked as well. The blond put his hand on the fox's head before power exploded. It was enough to stall Han in his tracks.
There, standing before his was a Kyuubified Naruto. He whisker marks were deeper, had golden slitted eyes, 9 golden tails with red tips, and his finger nails were now claws. Not to mention his hair went past his shoulders and was wilder looking. "Let's do this!" He said in a voice more feral then his normal one.
Naruto used earth bending to create some giant stone fists that held up like it was nothing before disappeared with pure speed and then slammed a fist into Han's side. When Han tried to get at the smaller blond, he missed because Naruto was gone again. He then proceeded to bash Han with his stone fists until the Five Tailed Beast finally fell from the speedy beating he was receiving. Han too was unconscious thanks to a rather hard hit to the head.
A few seconds later, the stone fists fell apart and Naruto fell to his knees in exhaustion. "Ugh…that form….is not complete." He said to himself as Aang and the others had it towards him. "So….did you like the show?"
"It was amazing!" Toph said as she hugged her boyfriend.
"Man o man…I knew not to mess with you, but this made me not want to even more!" Sokka laughed. He still messed with the blond whenever he got the chance.
"I am so glad Toph talked you into being my earth bending teacher too. I can't wait to learn that Golem Technique!" Aang said excitedly, which made the group laugh.
"Aang, calm down." Katara laughed.
"Heh, seeing as you're the Avatar and all, you might be able to." Naruto said with a laugh. The Other former Jinchuriki watch this with smiles. Their leader was something else. He had great friends and he gained a second form to his tailed beast form….something they have not figured out how to do. Soon, they took the body's of Han and Roshi and left, saying it should not be to hard to find the eight tails….the seven tails was another story.
Up on the inner wall, Long Feng growled in anger. His plan to get rid of the blond with one of his own had failed….terribly.
Iroh
The old fire general stopped at the small shop, looking at small basket. The shop keeper saw this and said, "If this is for a romantic picnic, may I suggest this lavender one."
"No, it's not a romantic picnic, but it is a special occasion." Iroh said with a chuckled as he paid. As he was leaving he saw a familiar flower that was not opening up. He pushed into the shade while saying, "The Moon Flower likes partial shade." He then left, with the shop keeper smiling, happy the old man helped him with that.
Browsing though a few more shops, he came up a music store that held different types of stringed instruments, but he was interrupted by a small boy loudly crying for some reason.
"It's ok!" The mom said gently, trying to calm her son down.
Iroh then slowly came over, playing a tune with the stringed instrument he just bought. "Leaves from the vine, falling so slow. Like fragile tiny shells, drifting in the foam. Little soldier boy, come marching home. Brave soldier boy, comes marching home." He sang, calming the boy down. It worked, making the boy smile before he pulled on the old man's beard.
Naruto saw this from a top a roof, practicing his roof hoping. "The old man is here too?" he said a loud. He had met Iroh and Zuko long time ago back at the circus. It was there that he learned that not all fire bender were evil. He still hated most of them, but the old man was alright. "This I gotta check out." He said before following the man.
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Iroh came upon a few boys playing a game of soccer while also using earth bending to play. However, they took it too far and smashed a window open.
"It is usually best to admit mistakes when they occur, and to restore honor." Iroh told the boys kindly.
Soon a hulking man looked through the window, "When I am done with you kids, the window won't be the only thing that is broken!" the man screamed.
"But not this time. RUN!" Iroh ordered the boy as they all high tailed it out of there in fear.
Soon the old war general found himself in alley, and he was about to get mugged. However, the man was doing a poor job at it and iroh quickly defused the situation, listening to the man's story, and then helping him over a cup of tea. When the man left, Naruto made his presence known.
"Still helping people, eh old man?" Naruto asked as he jumped down.
"Naruto?" Iroh asked in shock. "I have not seen you for a long time!"
"Yeah well, I have been busy." Naruto said off handedly. "You know, saving the world and all."
"Oh come on, that's the Avatar's job." Iroh laughed.
"Yeah, I know, but it never hurts to help." Naruto said as he walked past the old guy to sit next to him. However, Iroh saw the words on the boy's coat.
"You're the Golden Fox?" Iroh yelled in shock.
"Yeah…now you know why I had to leave that day. I figured Azula had found out about me, so I just left and I know I hurt you guys and I am sorry. I learned from you all that not all fire benders are bad. And it turned out that she did not know. So I ran for just being paranoid."
"I can understand that, Azula can be very….scary at times, but I believe she has a softer side that she is not showing." Iroh said cryptically.
"Wait, you're not going to outright attack me like Azula did?" Naruto asked in shock.
"Oh no, I won't do that. To be honest, I was more worried for your safety instead of mad at you. You were pretty back then." Iroh said truthfully.
Naruto smiled. "I am glad to hear that. Oh and I have girlfriend now."
"Oh, you're back with Ty Lee?"
"No…my oldest friend, Toph." Naruto said sheepishly.
"I see." Iroh said with a thoughtful look on his face before he took out a piece of paper. "Here, this is a coupon to the Tea Shop I work at. Come by some time if you plan on taking her on a date."
Naruto blinked stupidly before he took the coupon with a thank you. He then looked at the basket and somehow knew what today was. "That day of the year again." He said with sadness. Iroh nodded solemnly. "Come on, I'll go with you to keep you company like last time." Iroh seemed to perk up at that, grateful to have Naruto as a friend, even though the blond hated fire benders.
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Naruto and Iroh made it to a field with a lone tree. There was nobody for miles and that is just what Iroh wanted. Naruto made a small rise in the ground so that Iroh could put a picture on it. He built a small shrine and finished it by lighting a couple of scented sticks with a small amount of fire bending. "Happy birthday, my son. If only I could have helped you." He said sadly as tears flowed from his eyes. Naruto put a hand on the man's shoulder before they both began to sing the song that Iroh sang to that small boy.
When it was over, Naruto actually let a tear fall and thought, This war…brings nothing but pain.
In Honor of Mako.
Naruto and Toph
Naruto looked at the coupon in his hand while he was sitting down in their temporary house before looking towards Toph. The others just looked at each other before shrugging. Naruto smiled, he would take the old man's offer and take Toph there on a date.
"Hey, Toph?"
"Yeah?" the blind girl asked boredly.
"Wanna go on a date?"
"Wha?" she asked with wide eyes as she fell over. She then remembered that they were a couple now and they have yet to go on a date. She smiled fondly at his offer after she recovered before saying. "Yes, I would like to do that."
With that, the two made their way out of the house, completely missing the look on the remaining trio's face.
"Did I miss something?" Sokka asked, the other two shrugging, thinking what Naruto did was just so sudden for them as well.
Kyuubi smirked. "Oh I am sure you did miss something, but your puny mind couldn't process it." He teased, getting an annoyed look from Sokka.
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Once they were near the tea shop that Iroh and Zuko worked at, Naruto just then noticed it was basically dinner time and it would be night soon. Oh well, he could work with that.
Naruto gently lead the girl in the teahouse, both of them smiling the whole time. Once inside they saw Iroh was alone in serving tea and the place was kind of…dead. "No way." Toph said with a laugh. "I know him."
"Oh, I didn't know that." Naruto said, surprised.
"Yeah, it was just before you came back, I was separated from the group. I accidently attacked him and he gave me tea and advice on what to do next. You saw the result of my coming back to the group, just in time to help fight Azula." Toph answered.
"Yeah…that sounds like the old tea lover." Naruto laughed as they sat down.
Not long after that, Iroh came over with a huge smile. "So, the Toph you were talking about was the same girl I met not long ago."
"Seems so doesn't it, old man." Naruto said with a smile. "Where is your nephew?"
"Oh, 'lee' is not feeling well, so he took the day off." Iroh said cryptically. "Not what can I get for the two of you?"
When they put their orders in, Toph looked at her blond boyfriend with a smirk and asked, "So, how do you know the old man?" Naruto just chuckled before he told her of how they met, a bit before Zuko got his scar. After that, they just made small talk until their food and tea came.
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It was dark now, but Naruto did not mind and neither did Toph. As they walked through a small park, Toph stopped at a small gazebo and said, "Thanks for the wonderful night, Naruto."
"It was my pleasure, Toph." Naruto said softly before he gave her a kiss, to which she was happy to return.
Soon, they had to stop for air and while their foreheads where press together, Toph asked, "Hey, Naruto? Why me?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" the blond asked.
"I mean, you could have any girl in the world. So why me, the blind girl? You could have fought me, but you choose me."
Naruto smiled. "Because, there is really no other girl I want to be with. I have known you for a long time, you were my first real friend and I fell for you. I may act like a flirt to other girls, but I am just playing around. I love you, that's why I chose you."
Toph eyes began to water up at that. "I love you too." She said before she smashed her lips to his. After a while, they just held on to each other, enjoying each other's presence before a song entered her mind. She looked Naruto right in the eye and somehow, he knew what was going to happen and he just smiled.
"Look at the sky, tell me what do you see?" She sang, "Just close your eyes and describe it to me."
"The heavens are sparkling with starlight tonight, that's what see through your eyes." Naruto sang with a smile.
"I see the heavens, each time you smile," Toph sang with tears running down her eyes in happiness. For a moment there, she thought she could see the crazy blond's face and that was all she needed. "I hear your heartbeat just go one for miles. And suddenly I know my life is worthwhile. That's what I see through your eyes."
"That's what I see through your eyes." That both began to sing as they walked out of the Gazebo to a small pond, which Naruto began to walk on with Toph on his feet. "Here in the night, I see the sun. Here in the dark, our two hearts are one."
Other people, who were in the park, like Iroh and the old man from the clothing shop, smiled at what they were seeing. "It's out of our hands, we can't stop what we have begun. And love just took me by surprise, looking through your eyes."
Naruto smile before he pecked Toph on the lips. "I see a night I wish could last forever. I see a world we're meant to see together. And it is so much more than I remember."
"More than I remember," Naruto sung by himself with a loving smile.
"More than I have known." Toph finished before they began sing together again. "Here in the night, I see the sun. Here in the dark, our two hearts are one. It's out of our hands, we can't stop what we have begun. And love just took me by surprise…looking through your eyes. Looking through your eyes." Toph then kissed her blond boyfriend passionately, with Naruto deeping it as they danced on the water.
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Lemon Warning Yeah, we can't see this any more
Toph and Katara
The group was currently in the bathroom of their apartment. Aang was shaving his head, Sokka was cutting off the peach fuzz on his upper lip, Naruto was trimming his hair that was over grown in some places, and Katara was fixing her hair; putting those odd hoops on. Even Momo and Kyuubi were washing themselves.
Katara, however, noticed that someone was missing and, so she went to Toph room, only to find the female earth bender sprawled out on the floor, face first on the floor, asleep. Her hair was all over the place as well.
Katara scowled a bit before she called to her fellow female. "Toph! Aren't you going to get ready for the day?"
Toph groggily got up, spat in a spittoon of sorts, and brushed herself off a bit. "I'm ready."
"You're not going to wash up?" The water tribe girl asked. "You've got a little dirt on your….everywhere actually."
"You call it dirt, I call it a health coating of earth." Toph said with a smile.
Katara put on a thoughtful look before she said, "You know what we need? A girl's day out!"
"Do I have to?" Toph groaned.
"It'll be fun!" Katara said cheerfully while Toph put on a defeated look.
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"The Fancy Lady Day Spa?" Toph repeated after Katara told her what the place in front of them was called as a couple of beautiful women walked out of the fancy looking building. "Sounds like my kind of place." She added sarcastically.
"Are you ready for some serious pampering?" asked Katara excitedly.
"Sure Katara, whatever you say, as long al they don't touch my feet." Toph grumbled out as they entered.
The time they spent at the spa was interesting to say the least. The spa attendants did in fact touch the blind girl's feet, trying to get the caked on earth off, which was painful for the girl The result was the attendants being flung away from her.
When they were having a much bath, Toph scared away an attendant by manipulating the earth on her mud mask, which made both girls laugh. After that, they spent a lot of time in the steam room, relaxing.
XXX
"Well, that wasn't so bad." Toph said in a good mood, while she and Katara walked down the street with make up on their faces, giving them an elegant look. "I am usually into that stuff, but I actually feel…girly."
"I'm glad, it's about time we did something fun together." Katara said as they walked over a bridge.
They were passed by three rich looking girl with snobbish attitudes, the girl with some sort of umbrella indicating the snobbish conversation. "Wow, great make up."
"Thanks!" Toph said, oblivious.
"For a clown!" the girl with the umbrella finished, making her friends laugh.
"Don't listen to them, let's just keep walking." Katara said as she glared at the girls.
"I think she looks cute." A rich girl with buns on both sides of her head said, "Like that time we but a sweater on your pet poodle-monkey!" she and the other two rich girls laughed at that.
"Good one star!" One on the girls complimented her friend.
"Let's go Toph." Katara said, trying to get her friend away from these girls.
Toph looked sad for a moment before she too laughed, confusing the girls. "No no, that was a good one. Like your pet poodle-monkey! HA! HA! You know what else is a good?" she asked, turning around before she used earth bending to put a hole in the bridge, right below the girls so that they would fell in the water below.
"Now that was funny!" Katara said with a smirked before she used water bending to drive the girls down the river, them screaming the whole time.
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"Those girls don't know what they are talking about." Katara said when they were walking again and when she caught up to her blind friend.
"It's ok." Toph said. "One of the good things about being blind, that I don't have to waste my time worrying about appearances. I don't care what I look like. I am not looking for anyone's approval. I know who I am and besides, I know that Naruto loves me for you I am as well." At that she put on a sad smile, glad to have the idiot blond with her.
Katara smiled, "That's what I really admire about you, Toph. Your so strong and confident and self assured." She heard Toph sniff a bit at that. "I know it doesn't matter but, you're really pretty."
"I am?"
"Yeah, you are."
Toph seemed happy about that and began walking again. "I really shouldn't have doubted myself. I keep forgetting that I have Naruto and he sees me as the prettiest girl around." She said with a chuckle. "You know, I'd return your compliment, but I have no idea what you look like." This just made the water bender giggle.
Toph then put on a serious look. "Katara, I know you like Naruto."
"W-what?" Katara asked, a bit shocked.
"Your heart beat speeds up a lot when you are around him, just like mine, which is how I know and don't think I didn't 'see' you outside our door the other day." Toph said with a smirk, teasing the girl.
Katara sighed at that. "What is not to like, he is a great guy."
Toph smiled. "You're right, he is." She paused then before saying, "You should go on a 'date' with him. I know he has a lot of love to give and I would be selfish to keep him all to myself. I know he is a flirt to a lot of girls, but I know he cares for us all. So I am willing to share him if you are."
Katara could not help but stare at her only girl friend in the group. She could not believe what she was hearing. Toph….was willing to share her boyfriend? "You can't be serious."
"Oh I am." Toph said with a smirk. "So are you in?"
Katara let a small smile grace her lips. "I will try but it will be hard to get him to agree. He seems content with you."
"Oh, I am sure I can get him to agree with it. Besides, Kyuubi will help as well, so let me take care of it, so just go on a date with him for the moment, ok."
Katara was hesitant, wondering if this was a trap, but relented. "Ok, I'll give it a try."
"Good!" Toph said cheerfully, with a small blush on her face. After what happened that day, she often had wandering thoughts. Some even included the three of them.
Naruto and Katara
Naruto sighed as he walked through town. Since the girls went on another girl's day out they also kicked out the boys, so they would not stay in all day and be bored. "I wonder what Aang and Sokka decided to do." Naruto asked himself. He should have went with them instead of go off by himself.
"Naruto?" a familiar voice asked.
Turning around, the blond saw Katara standing there with a confused expression. "What are you doing by yourself?"
"Oh, just going for a walk." Naruto said boredly, "I am not sure where the others are. Where's Toph?"
"Oh, she decided to go to the park after she brings all our stuff that we bought home." Katara said. She then noticed that it was near lunch time and that this was the perfect time that she could go on her 'date' with Naruto. "Hey, wanna hang out and go get something to eat?" she asked, hoping he would say yes.
Looking to the sky, he saw that it was about noon and he was a bit hungry. He smiled at the water tribe girl, which was infectious because she smiled as well, but with a small blush. "Yeah, sure. Eating with friends if better than eating alone after all."
"Cool." Katara said with a smile as she lead the boy to a nearby restaurant.
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Ironically, she chose the same place that Zuko would take his date to. The duo laughed as they told each other jokes and messed around. Katara would tell him stories about her brother back in their village in the South Pole, while Naruto stories about his and Toph's adventures were they were younger.
"Excuse me sir, would you and your girlfriend care for desert?" their waiter asked, making Naruto choke on his drink while Katara blushed.
"Um, she is not my girlfriend." Naruto corrected the man politely, making Katara's eyes go downcast. "We just friends that have been traveling together for a while, but dessert does sound nice. What do you say Katara?"
"Dessert would be nice." The water tribe said happily, recovering before the blond noticed her downtrodden look. Naruto smiled back before they ordered what they wanted.
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The two were walking down the street to their house as the sun began to set. Katara quickly noticed Toph in the distance and noticed that she was gesturing to the water bender to make her move. Katara looked at the oblivious blond next to her, who was looking at the clouds with a smile on his face and smiled herself. It was now or never.
"Naruto, I had a great time hanging out with you today." Katara said happily.
Naruto looked at her and smiled as well. "Thanks and yeah it has been great hanging out with a beautiful girl such as yourself as well. You basically made my day more interesting. Thanks!"
Katara blushed at being called beautiful by the boy she had a huge crush on. She didn't know when it started, but she did not care. If Toph was giving her this chance, she was going to take it. She leaned up and kissed him on the lips, shocking the boy, but before he could say anything on the matter, he saw Toph with her arms crossed and….smirking?
"T-toph!" Naruto said as he broke the kiss with Katara and lightly pushed her away. "T-this isn't what it looks like." He tried to explain, guilt rising up in him.
"Oh shut up and kiss her." Toph finally said with mirth in her voice.
Naruto put on a dumbstruck look on his face. "Wait what?"
"Look. She likes you like I do and well; I decided to give this a try. Besides it would be selfish of me to keep you all to myself and I know you. You would love us both equally, so that is why I said it is ok." Toph said truthfully with a loving smile.
"You see, it is ok." Katara said to a shell shocked Naruto as she leaned in for another kiss. Naruto stared in shocked before Toph words finally registered. She was ok with this? He had two girls now? Holy crap! He thought in shocked before he just accepted this and closed his eyes to kiss the dark skinned girl back.
Toph smirked. Oh yeah, Things are defiantly going to be interesting from now on. She thought with a light blush dusting her face at the thoughts running through her mind.
Aang and Azula
Azula looked at the city below her from her hotel room. In a few days, she and her friends would present themselves to the Earth King as the Kyoshi Warriors. After defeating them, she thought it would be a brilliant idea to impersonate them. And to get into the city after Naruto had sealed up their way in, they had to in like the refugee do.
Looking to Ty Lee and Mai, she saw they her dark friend looked the same, she did not have to do much other than change her clothes to get into Ba Sing Se. Ty Lee, however, was a different story. Since see her old boyfriend again, the girl had become less bubbly and to get in, she had died her hair streaks of yellow and wore Earth Kingdom clothes. Azula could tell the circle performer was still in love with the blond and maybe she could find a way to help, even if he was the Golden Fox.
"Alright, we are going to do a little recon and explore the city." Azula said before she took a look at herself in the mirror. In addition to Earth Kingdom clothes, she had her hair down and it was light brown instead of black. It was different enough so that she could get in without a panic. "Ty Lee, I want you to find Naruto and act as a spy for me. Do what you want with him, I don't care."
"R-right." The circus girl said, a bit happy and nervous to see her old boyfriend again.
"Mai, you hold down the fort while Ty Lee and I do some recon and when one of us come back, you may go and familiarize yourself with the city as well." Azula ordered.
"Whatever." Mai dully said. "At least I'll have something to do."
Azula nodded before she left the room.
XXX
Currently, the princess of the Fire Nation was resting at a park, bored out of her mind. This place was way too quiet for her taste. However, that boredom quickly melted away when she the Avatar, walking up to her.
"Hey, you're new around her aren't you?" Aang asked.
"Yeah, I just got to Ba Sing Se the other night."
"Not a city person, are you?"
"How could you tell?" Azula dead panned, but could not help but chuckle. This kid was so easy going that it was growing on her.
"You look so bored, like my friends." Aang said humorously.
"Yeah? I guess so." Azula said with a smile. On the inside, she was trying to figure out how the Avatar was making her act all nice.
"Hey, what's your name? I'm Aang!"
She then had a mini freak out. She forgot to figure out a fake name for herself! CRAP! "Uh…it's Aluza" She said quickly, using the backwards spelling of her name.
"Nice name." Aang smiled again. "Come on, let's go and get something to eat. And I'll tell you want else you can do here for fun!"
As he lead her away through the city by hand, Azula could not figure out what was going on. Back home, she would fry a guy just for touching her. Then Aang comes, makes her smile, and is basically taking her out a on a date without even noticing it. This was just crazy!
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Lunch with the Avatar had been good for the fiery princess. Aang natural kindness and easy going personality had calmed her aggressive nature down and she actually enjoyed his company. She did not understand what was going on, but she liked it.
She felt so at ease with the bald kid that she felt at ease talking with him with just about anything. So much so that gave him a twisted view of her plans. She wanted to save her home from its darkness by ruling it, but to do that she had to gain her father's respect. So she is doing all these small things like getting into this city for one and the helping out where she could.
"My home is not the best there is and I wish to save our people, that's why I want to do this. I would do anything for it." She said truthfully.
Aang had a genuine smile on his face. "I'm glad. But you know, no one could save the world on their own."
"This, coming from the Avatar himself?" Azula teased, making Aang blush.
"Hey, I am getting help from my friends. Heck, I got the Golden Fox on my side and his friends." Aang said with a big smile. "So what I am saying is, you can't do this all by yourself. Carrying the weight of the world on yourself will only hinder you. That's why we have friends to help us with our problems." He said putting his hand on the girl's for comfort.
Azula couldn't believe it. She was blushing because of this boy. He was just so damn nice to her and didn't expect anything of her, unlike her father. He was just so…so…so, well she could not figure out the word, but for some reason, she was falling to him. The AVATAR, her target!
Calming down, she decided that this could be a good thing. Maybe this could work out for her and she could get her dad to agree, when she got her respect.
"Hey, where are you from, I forgot to ask." Aang asked.
Azula smiled at the avatar. "That's my little secret." She said slyly with one eye closed as if winking at him, making the avatar blush a bit at her cute expression. He blushed even more when she leaned over the table and closed the distance between them, give him a quick peck on the lips. "Til we meet again, Aang." She said before she quickly left to go back her hotel room, blush hardly at what she had just done.
Aang had a goof smile as he paid for the meal and then walk home in the sun set. Aluza was a very attractive girl and she had a lot of ambition. He really did like her and he thought she was a good person. Maybe this could work.
When he was home, he stopped dead in his tracks, because he saw Naruto and Katara kissing with Toph a few feet next to them with a blush on her face. Well, she obviously didn't mind. Looking back to the two kissing, Aang actually smiled. However he was confused. He was not as upset as he thought he would be. He still loved Katara, but it had turned into a brother-sister love. Naruto had better treat her right, or else. He guessed he had Aluza to thank, since he was falling for her now and maybe, he would see her again, tomorrow.
Then his thought went off tangent. Hey, if Katara is basically the mom of the group….that would mean that Naruto is the dad! Holy Crap!
Ty Lee
The former circus performer strolled down the street at a leisurely pace. She had no clue where to find her former lover or his friends. So she asked a few old people and they pointed to the richer part of town.
Look at their house, her heart ached. She still loved Naruto and was crushed when he just up and disappeared after he cut it off between them so she would not get hurt. She still got hurt, emotionally. Looking determined, screw Azula plans, she was going to get Naruto back, no matter what!
Knocking on the door, a dark skinned male opened the door rather boredly. "Um, hi?" he said.
"Hello." Ty Lee said cheerfully. "Is Naruto in?"
"Yeah, but what do you need him for. I, Sokka, am right in front of you." Sokka said, trying his hand at flirting like Naruto usually did. He failed, epically.
"I don't care, I want to see Naruto!" Ty Lee said a bit angrily.
"Ok ok! Come in." Sokka said with a sweat drop. "Naruto! Someone here to see you." He could not understand it, how did the blond attract all the girls? First had had Toph and now he also has his sister! So who is this chick and what has this got to do with Naruto?
The blond came to the living room with Aang and the others following and Kyuubi instantly knowing who this girl was. "Oh…this can't be good."
"Can I help you?" Naruto asked, genially confused as to why this girl was here and who she was, but in the back of his mind, he felt like he recognized who she was.
"Yes, you can take me back!" Ty Lee nearly shouted.
Naruto backed up. "W-what?" he said, completely off guard while the others eyed the girl.
"It's me, Ty Lee." At that, the group was instantly on guard.
"Why are you here?" Naruto asked.
"I was originally sent to spy on you, but if you'll have me, I could be your double agent." Ty Lee said truthfully. "Please, just take me back, I still love you!"
"She is telling the truth." Toph said. "The vibrations she is putting off through her heart are indicating that she is being truthful."
"Can we trust her?" Sokka asked Aang, who just shrugged his shoulders.
"I like to this positive, so yes." Aang said with a smile.
Katara glared at the girl for a moment before saying. "I have a small grudge on her for her chi blocking skills that she used on me and my brother when we first met, but if Toph believes her, then I can give her a chance."
"Yeah, but I already have a girlfriend….well two now thanks to Katara." Naruto said while rubbing the back of his head nervously. "So it would be up to them as well." Out the corner of his eye, the blond saw Toph smirk with a blush on her face and he knew her answer. Dear kami, what have I created? He thought with panic.
"Oh I don't mind." Toph said with that smirk on her face before she went over to Katara and whispered something in her ear, making the girl blush…hard.
"Y-yeah. I guess it could work." Katara stuttered with a blush, looking anywhere but Naruto or Ty Lee. The two boys looked at each other before shrugging. They were both really confused by their behavior and Kyuubi rolled his eyes at their stupidity. Momo just shrugged and went off to do what he did.
"Well then." Aang said with a smile at gaining a new friend. "Welcome to the group."
Ty Lee nodded with tears in her eyes before she ran to Naruto and planted one on him. She would still be their 'enemy', but she could go back to them whenever she wanted. It worked out. Still she would not tell either side all that either side was planning.
Sokka
It was night time and Sokka was very…bored. For him, there was not much to do in Ba Sing Se. So while he walked, he used his boomerang as a toy, flinging it about haphazardly.
Soon he came upon a stylish looking build and as he passed it, he could hear girl's voices. Deciding to check it out, he was given the site of many pretty girls, whispering to themselves. In actuality, it was a class on Haiku. As he was looking through the window, a nearby ostrich-horse kicked him in through the window, making the girls gasp. "I am so sorry. Something struck me in the rear! I just wound up...here?" he said said while getting up, performing a perfect haiku, making the girls giggle and clap.
The instructor, however, was not happy. "Five, seven then five. Syllables mark a Haiku. Remarkable Oaf."
Sokka's eye twitched at being called an oaf. He decided to play her game, just to impress the girls. "They call me Sokka. That is, in the water tribe. I am not an oaf." He said while counting the last few syllables, making the class clap for him while the instructor just kept on glaring.
"Chittering Monkey. In the spring he climbs tree tops. And thinks himself tall."
"ooh!" the girls commented on the tension between the two.
"You think you're so smart. With your fancy little words. This is not so hard." Sokka said while crossing his arms before giving off a smug grin
"Whole seasons are spent. Mastering the form, the style. None calls it easy!"
"I calls it easy. Like I paddle my canoe. I'll paddle you too." Sokka replied cockily while smacking his ass.
"There's nuts and their fruits. In fall the clinging plum drops. Always to be squashed." She said while taking out a plum and then stepping on it, to prove her point.
"Squish squash, sling that slang. I'm always right back at cha. Like my boomerang!" Sokka said with a cheezy smile. Then he got even cockier when the instructor decided to sit down. "That's right I'm Sokka! It's pronounced with an okka. Young ladies, I rock ya!" The room went dead quiet at that before he decide to count how many syllables that was and found out there was one too many.
"Uh, that's one too many syllables there bub." The guard said before he literally threw Sokka out of the class.
As Sokk was getting back his barings, he saw Kyuubi walk up to him with that foxy smirk of his. "It sucks to be you. That lady will always be right. You are such an oaf!" Kyuubi said in perfect Haiku, further annoying the water tribe boy.
"Shut up Kyuubi!" Sokka whined that the fox could do better than him. "I hate poetry!" That made Kyuubi laugh at his human friend.
Zuko
While working in the teahouse, Zuko noticed the a young girl, that was pretty cute, had been watching him for a while. Walking up to his uncle, he said, "Uncle. We have a problem. One of the customers is onto us. Don't look now, but there is a girl over there at the corner table. She knows we're Fire Nation. " Iroh smile before he took a look before Zuko jerked him a way. " Didn't I say don't look!"
"You're right Zuko." Iroh said with a smile. "I've seen that girl in here quite a lot. Seems to me that she has quite a little crush on you!"
"What?" Zuko asked, completely put off. He wasn't used to this type of stuff.
"Thank you for the tea." The same girl they were talking about said from behind them, ready to pay. Zuko took the money nervously before she said, "What's your name?"
"My name's Lee. My uncle and I just moved here." Zuko replied.
The girl smiled. "Hi Lee, my name's Jin. Thank you and…well, I was wonder if you want to go out some time."
Zuko had a dumb look on his face, so his uncle answered for him. "He'd love to!"
"Great! I'll meet you in front of the shop at sundown!' The girl said happily before she made her way out of the teahouse. Zuko just glared at his uncle kept on a big smile.
XXX
At sundown, Zuko walked out the teahouse in his nice Earth Kingdom clothes with his hair parted back, making his look like a dork.
Jin can around the corner smiling. "Hey, well look at you! You look so cute!" She said, messing up his so that it was back to normal.
"It took my uncle, ten minutes to do my hair." Zuko complained as he patted it down before she led him away to the restaurant that Naruto and Katara went to.
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So, how do you like the city so far?" Jin asked as Zuko picked at what was left of his food.
"It's ok."
"What do you like to do for fun?" The girl asked after she took a drink of her tea.
"Nothing." Zuko replied nervously.
"Excuse me sir, would you and your girlfriend care for dessert?" Their waiter came up and asked.
"SHE NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" Zuko nervously shouted, which made the girl giggle at his antics, while other people stared at him. The waiter quickly left, mumbling about how the yellow haired boy was much nicer about it than he was. Now that caught the exiled prince's attention. Naruto is here?
After that awkward moment, he looked to see his date quickly eating the last of her meal. "You have…quite an appetite for a girl." Zuko said, trying to complement her…and failing.
"Um…Thanks?" She said nervously. "So Lee. Where were you and your uncle living before you came here?"
"Well, we've been travelling around for a long time." Zuko nervously said.
"Oh? Why were you traveling around so much?"
Zuko panicked and said the first thing that came to mind. "We were a….part of this traveling circus." He said lamely.
"Really? What did you do-wait let me guess. You juggled!" The girl guessed.
Zuko frowned. "Ya, I juggled."
"I've always wanted to learn how to juggle!" Jin said happily before she gathered what was on the table and gave it to him. 'Can you some me something?"
Seeing the happy look on her cute face, not even Zuko could say no, so he tried his best….and failed…epically. Most of it fell on him, making the girl laugh. "I haven't practiced for a while." He said, giving an excuse for his lame circus skills.
"You got that right! You suck!" A familiar voice laughed at Zuko's misfortune.
Turning their heads, they saw a small red fox with nine tails smirking at them….mostly Zuko. "Kyuubi?" the fire bender asked in surprise but still glad to see an old friend.
"In the fur!" the fox said happily before his gaze went to Zuko's date. "So scarface, who is this lovely flower?"
Zuko's good eye twitched at the nickname the fox had given him, but he guesses he should not be surprised. After all, Kyuubi was naturally rude to everyone. Even to Naruto. "Hey, don't be so rude!" Jin scolded the talking fox.
"What else can I call him because I am sure the Prince of Emos has already been taken by someone else?" Kyuubi asked.
"It's ok." Zuko said with a smile that she liked. "This is Jin, my date. Kyuubi, where is Naruto?"
"Oh…he's around." Kyuubi said cryptically. "If you're on a date, I guess I should leave you to it. Good luck?" He said he before hopping off the table and began walking away before he stopped. "Oh and just so you know, your complements suck!"
Zuko blushed at that. Jin saw this and smiled, "Old friend?"
"Yeah, but if he is here, Naruto should be too." Zuko replied, his mood better now thanks to seeing an old friend.
"Hey, I wanna show you one of my favorite places in the city." Jin said with a smile.
XXX
"I am so excited for you to see the fire light fountain." Jin said as they ran down a random street. "The lamps make the water sparkle and reflect in the pool in the most beautiful way." However, when they got to the fountain, the area was dark. "I can't believe it! They aren't lit!"
Seeing her sad face that was usually with a smile, Zuko decided to be nice and brighten up her day. Besides, that has been what she has been trying to do with him. "Close your eye. And don't peek." He said firmly. She did as he asked and closed them. Zuko took a deep breath before he used fire bending to shoot out little balls of flame to light all the candles in the area. If she asked, he would just blame it on Kyuubi. He was a fire creature after all. "Ok, you can look." He said.
"Oh wow!" she said in awe. "What happened? How did they light? What did you…" She then stopped, deciding she did not want to know because he was smiling gently at her. The two gaze at the beautiful sight in silence, enjoying it.
Looking him with a cute smile, she ran a hand through hair before taking his hand. They both turn and began leaning towards each other, into the moment. However, Zuko ruined the moment. He brought up a coupon from his teahouse between their faces. "I brought you something. It's a coupon for a free cup of tea."
"Lee, this so sweat." Jin said while taking it.
"Don't thank me; it was my uncle's idea." Zuko said nervously, "He thinks you are our most valued customer."
"Your uncle is a good teacher." Jin said cheerfully.
"Oh brother! Just kiss her you flaming pussy!" Kyuubi's voice rang out from somewhere.
Zuko sweat dropped at that while Jin laughed. He vowed to kill that fox the next time her saw him. Jin looked to her date with a smile and half laden eyes before she react up and kiss the exiled prince, who leaned into the kiss before he back away, looking ashamed of himself. "What's wrong?" Jin asked sadly.
"It's complicated. I have to go." Zuko said before he made his way home, leaving her there.
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Iroh looked out the window for his nephew before the door opened, revealing the boy. "How was your night Prince Zuko?" He said while acting like he was busy with their flowers, but Zuko didn't seem to care as he slammed the door to his room, making the old man wince.
A few seconds, later the door slid open a little and he said, "It was nice." He said softly before closing it gently this time. Iroh gave of a smile after that.
Kyuubi
The nine tailed fox was no expert on human relationships, preferring to stay away when Naruto was with his…girls. So he was at a loss when he saw the very sad girl that Zuko just left at the fountain.
He felt that he had to do something though. So he jumped down from where he was and sat down next to the girl who was sitting down on the fountain edge. "Hey, are you going to be ok?"
Jin looked to the small bad mouthed fox and said, "I…am not sure. I honestly thought he was starting to like me."
"Lee has always been shy and awkward with other people….especially girls. I guess you can thank his sister for that." Kyuubi said softly. "Sometimes, he just needs a push in the right direction."
"Oh. Was I moving too fast for him?" Jin asked.
"I am not sure I can ask that, but I think it was more concerned of his past, thinking he needed to do something before pursued a cute girl like you." Kyuubi offered.
"Like what?"
The fox shrugged, "Beats me. That's something you have to ask him on your own. But I suspect it has something to do with that scar."
"Oh." Jin said before she looked to the fox again. "You are far nicer than I thought."
"Don't tell anyone, ok." Kyuubi chuckled, trying to cheer her up. "I usually act like that just to mess with my friends. I have an image to up hold after all."
It worked because she laughed at that. "Your weird, you know that?" Jin said.
"So I have been told." Kyuubi said with a smirk. "Come on, I walk you home since the shmuck decided to bail on ya." Jin giggled at that and led the fox home, with them talking about random subjects.
Soon, they came upon a small home that the fox assumed with the girl's "Thanks again Kyuubi." Jin said with a smile.
"It is no problem." Kyuubi said cheerfully, her nature affecting him. As she was walking in, he continued. "For what is worth, if I was human, I would not have done that. I would have continued the date since you are very beautiful young woman and nice too."
Jin smiled with tears in hers. "Thanks Kyuubi. That means a lot to me." With that, she walked into the house, the small fox watching her with sad eyes.
"If only I had my human form. Then you would not be so sad and then we could both be happy, even though I am an old spirit from the past." Kyuubi said quietly. It seemed that he really like this girl. He never knew that the girl had heard every word.
Momo and Kyuubi
Momo slept soundly , dreaming of Appa, himself, and Kyuubi up in the cloud, looking for food. However, when the bison roared in the dream, thunder roared in the real world waking him up. "Awe man. That was such a good dream too!" Momo complained from inside sokka's hand bag that he had jumped into out of fear.
"Dreaming about food or Appa again." Kyuubi asked lazily.
"Uh, both." The flying lemur replied.
"Figures." Kyuubi laughed.
Momo then noticed that a piece of Appa's hair was on his head. "Hey! I bet we could find Appa! We can use our sense of smell!"
"Great Scott! Why didn't I think of that?" Kyuubi asked before he put on a dead panned expression. "Oh that's right. I am too lazy."
"Oh come on man!" Momo complained before he saw a shadow on the ground that resembled Appa and so, he chased after it, but not before he tied the patch of fur around his wrist, intent on find his big friend.
Kyuubi watched him go. "Poor kid. Might as well follow him to make sure nothing bad happens to him."
Momo found himself chasing after large object that resembled his friend, but in the end, they were not. "Where are you?' he said sadly.
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Momo flew around town while Kyuubi roof jumped, following his friend. Soon Momo became thirsty and got some water from a nearby barrel, but his tail was so active that it knocked over a broom, getting the attention of three mean looking black cats. Momo looked behind him to see the cat and said, "Uh…hi?"
"Food!" The middle cat yelled as all three of him pounced, however, Momo quickly flew away.
"Oh come on! I try to find my friend and I become lunch to some large cats!" Momo cried out before he was punched out the air by one of them who had climbed up the wall. Kyuubi winced at that. Now that had to hurt. Momo then ran into a crowd of people, hoping he would be safe, but he ended up being a street performer with a couple of monkeys.
"Yeah dance monkey boy, dance!" Kyuubi jeered from his spot on a roof. However, when he saw the large cats attack his friend he quickly made his way over there. He got inbetween Momo and the cats. "Yeah, no."
"More food!" The cat's growled before a net came down and captured before being put in separate cages.
"I blame you." Kyuubi groaned to his lemur friend, who just looked sad with his ears pinned down.
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Soon they came to a slaughter house and while the humans were arguing about something, the large cats were freaking out. "Someone get us out of here! I don't wanna die!"
Momo had noticed that Kyuubi had gotten out by melting his cage and with waiting for Mom to get out. The lemur nodded before he used his opposable thumbed to unlock the cage with easy. As they were leaving, he took one look at the cats and decided to help them out as well, even though they did try to eat him.
After that, they quickly made their escape.
"Thank you new friend!" The leader of the cats said to Momo once they were far enough away on top of a large building.
"No problem!" Momo said cheerfully, Kyuubi rolling his eyes.
The cats nodded to each other before they quickly got the patch of Appa's fur off the lemur's arm and lead the two animals on a chase throughout the city until they left it in a huge paw print. Momo noticed who's paw print this was and said, "He was here!"
"Seems there is hope after all." Kyuubi said in shock.
"There is always hope." Momo replied.
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My God….33 pages. I thought about doing this in two chapters, but I just wanted to get this done. You better have enjoyed it. This took about two days to write!
Now, if anyone can guess where I got that song from, you get a cookie. I didn't really do anything with Mai because she is a real stale character to me. She'll have more scene time later.
REVIEW. Seriously I want a lot of helpful reviews for this chapter before I start on the next one.