The island of Kyoshi was created by Avatar Kyoshi when she freed her home peninsula from the rule of the evil tyrant Chin the Great. Using the Avatar State, she seperated the peninsula the mainland and formed an island, later named after her. While its waters are home to the infamous Unagi, the island is a generally tranquil place that managed to stay out of the Hundred Year War until months before its conclusion, when the then Prince Zuko invaded the island in search of Avatar Aang. Since then the place has been mostly left to itself, with no other major happenings to disrupt the peace of the island - until now.
In one of the wooden houses on the island, two girls in warrior clothing were seated on the front porch under the thatched roof. Engrossed in their conversation, they hardly noticed the shadowy figure advancing on them, drawing nearer and nearer until he stood just behind one of the girls. Reaching out a hand, he tapped on the unsuspecting girl's shoulder, causing her to whip her head around rapidly and exclaim,
"Sokka! You're back!"
"I sure am," Sokka grinned as his girlfriend Suki gave him a giant hug. From beside her, Ty Lee pushed back her long braid over her shoulder and smiled at the happy pair.
"You said in your letter that you wouldn't be here until late afternoon!" Suki said as she finally let go of her boyfriend.
"Well, Zuko's ship has surpassed itself this time. Oh, he also sends his regards. Says he'd love to stop by, but his business in the Fire Nation was rather urgent," Sokka explained as he took a seat on the porch next to Suki.
"Of course, he's the Fire Lord after all. How's everyone back there?" Ty Lee asked.
"They're doing fine, though Zuko says Mai would cut his throat if he got back any later then what he said. Hopefully she'll be happy with his early arrival," Sokka grinned.
"She'll definitely be happy," Ty Lee nodded cheerfully before noticing the book in Sokka's hands. "Hey, what's that?"
Suki took the book from Sokka and studied the cover. "Is this the book you were telling me about in your letter?"
Sokka grinned. "Yup. Ladies, I present to you The Gaang's Companion, filled with stories of us written by people in another universe and sent by a crazy professor who got himself buried in a library under a desert."
Suki raised an apprehensive eyebrow. "O... kay."
"I know, it sounds totally weird. But wait till you hear the stories in here." Sokka took the book back from her and browsed through the pages, keeping an eye on the listed main characters. He stopped at a certain page. "Hey, we're in luck! This story has both you and Ty Lee as main characters - although I'm not so sure if that's a good thing, since you two might end up as a couple."
"As a what?!" both girls exclaimed.
"It's been done with Zuko and Aang before, you should've been there that time. No wait, maybe you shouldn't. Anyway, let's just see how bad this thing is." And with that, Sokka began the story.
Sugar! Spice! And everything nice! Oh, plus some makeup and green kimonos.
"I love sugar and spice," Ty Lee grinned. "And the kimonos too."
"Well, at least there's nothing about you too in love yet. That should be good," Sokka analyzed.
These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect teenage girls. But Avatar Kyoshi accidentally (or not so accidentally) added an extra ingredient – kick-butt awesomeness! And golden fans!
Ty Lee tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Isn't kick-butt awesomeness and golden fans two things? So that actually makes two extra ingredients."
Sokka shrugged. "Small error, I suppose. You'll find that not everything in here is entirely accurate either."
"Oh."
Thus, the Kyoshi Warriors were born! Led by their fearless and eternally beautiful leader Suki, they have sworn to always fight crime and protect their beloved home – the island of Kyoshi, a lovely paradise unfortunately plagued by the evil Unagi.
"Well, at least they got the 'eternally beautiful' part right," Sokka grinned as he looked towards Suki.
The brown-haired girl frowned slightly. "The author doesn't seem to like the Unagi much though. Sure, it's not particularly friendly or anything, but calling it 'evil' sounds a bit extreme."
"That's because you threaten to feed any strangers you meet to it. Of course you wouldn't call your torture instrument 'evil'," Sokka smirked.
Suki gave him a pointed look. "And what's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh, nothing at all."
On this fine day, Suki was leaning against the railing of the Kyoshi Warriors Headquarters front porch, fanning herself with her golden fan and looking absolutely sexy, when her perky second-in-command Ty Lee came running up to her. "Suki, the Unagi is terrorizing the beach again! All the beachgoers' picnic things are getting soaked by its Water Spurt of Hell! They need our help!"
Sokka snorted. "'Water Spurt of Hell'? Could anything be cheesier than this?"
"I didn't know I looked sexy when fanning myself," Suki mused.
"Nonsense, you're totally sexy all the time. And yeah, Ty Lee could be described as perky," Sokka decided as he scrutinized the former acrobat.
Suki stood upright immediately, closing her fan with a swift flick of her wrist. "This is abominable! How could the Unagi disturb the beachgoers on their picnics! We must stop this right now!" And she took off running towards the beach, Ty Lee chasing after her.
At the beach, the Unagi was rearing its ugly head out of the water, spraying its fearsome Water Spurt of Hell on everyone and everything on the beach. All the beachgoers were shrieking in terror as they tried in vain to save their sandwiches and fruit juices from the destructive blast of water. Worst of all, a few young ladies had fainted after having their super vital UV ray-protective sunscreen washed off by the Unagi. In short, the beach was in a complete state of chaos.
Sokka stared down at the book. "Huh. I never knew you people liked having picnics on the beach so much."
"It's not something we do often - at least, not like how the story sounds anyway," Suki stated. "And what's, erm, 'super vital UV ray-protective sunscreen'?"
"Oh, sunscreen's something you use when you're at the beach getting a tan. You know, to avoid yourself from getting sunburn," Ty Lee explained.
"Funny how you Fire Nation people know the weirdest things," Sokka said.
Ty Lee shrugged. "Well, we do have picnics by the beach and everything. Maybe the author's got Kyoshi Island confused with Ember Island."
"Maybe," Suki answered.
Suki stood on the edge of the beach, clenching her fists in righteous anger. She turned her head and shouted, "Kyoshi Warriors, fall in!" Instantly her fellow warriors appeared by her side, each one donned in her green kimono of righteousness, with her face made up with the colors of justice and peace. They all drew out their golden fans of awesomeness, waiting for their leader to give the signal.
Sokka burst out laughing. "I don't know about you, but this author is definitely the master of cheesiness. 'Kimono of righteousness', 'colors of justice and peace' - man, I wish the others were here to see this!"
"Well, you're not any better with 'The Aang Gang' or 'The Fearsome Foursome'," Suki smirked.
Sokka stopped laughing and stared at her. "How did you know that?!" he demanded. "You weren't even there!"
Suki chuckled softly. "So all those stories Katara told me were true after all."
"Thanks a lot, sis," Sokka muttered to himself.
"Attack!" Suki cried, and the girls advanced on the monster. A few of them sprinted into the water and started attacking the serpent's long scaly body, while a few more leaped into the air and tried to hold off the Water Spurt of Hell. Sui, being the bravest and sexiest of them all, went straight for the gruesome beast's face, striking its eyes in an attempt to divert its attention from the unfortunate beachgoers. It was then that she heard it.
"No... please stop..."
Suki reeled back in surprise. She almost thought the Unagi was talking, but no, that couldn't be... yet the Unagi had turned away from the beach and its large eyes were fixed on her as she stood on its snout. The deep voice was indeed coming from its mouth that was no longer spurting water. "Please... have mercy on me..."
"You can talk?!" Suki exclaimed.
The creature nodded. "Please don't hit me, it hurts very much..."
"Well then, maybe you should also stop attacking the beachgoers, since it's hurting them very much!" Suki yelled, her surprise overcome by her anger.
Sokka shrugged. "Meh, a few spurts of water ain't much."
"Says the guy who used to complain about his head getting soaked by a few waterbending moves," Suki countered.
Sokka narrowed his eyes. "Katara's told you too much."
"I'm sorry... I only wanted to cool them off, they all looked so hot as they lay there in the sun... like they were being dried out..."
"They're just trying to get a tan! And now you've washed away their sunscreen, so they're going to get sunburn! Not to mention everyone's picnic things getting completely soaked and inedible!"
"I'm really sorry..."
Ty Lee jumped up to join her leader on the Unagi's snout. "Suki, the Unagi already said it was sorry, and besides, all it did was soak a few picnic baskets. There wasn't too much damage done."
"Yet a moment ago you were the one who claimed the Unagi was terrorizing the beach," Sokka pointed out.
Ty Lee shrugged. "Guess I sympathized with the Unagi once I heard its side of the story. I tend to do that very often."
"But still," Suki spoke up, "this story has a lot of room for improvement in characterization. For one, it makes me sound like some self-glorified idiot, and then that was that scene back there when it sounded as if the other Kyoshi Warriors just materialized out of thin air."
"Oh, that happens a lot in here," Sokka piped up. "There was this story back some time ago that had three strangers from another universe landing right smack into a secret chamber in the Western Air Temple."
The two girls stared wide-eyed at him. "Wow," Ty Lee said simply.
"Yes, wow," Sokka agreed. "Also, now that I look back on things, it seemed that right after those three appeared Haru, Teo and the Duke just vanished and didn't come back until later in the story. Also," he scratched his chin thoughtfully, "for people who've just gotten themselves into a whole other dimension, they sure didn't seem to be in any hurry to find a way back to their world."
Everyone fell silent for a moment. Then Suki concluded, "Okay, so basically nothing in here makes sense."
"Glad you figured that out," Sokka grinned as he held up the book. "Now let's finish this thing."
Suki fell silent as she thought deeply. Finally she said, "Fine, we'll let you off this time. But in return, you will have to do something for them to make up for it."
"Anything," replied the Unagi. "I just want to join in their fun, it looks like they're having a great time on the beach."
"They are," Ty Lee grinned.
"Then in that case..." Suki's eyes brightened. "I have an idea..."
...
Suki and Ty Lee lay on their beach mats, all donned out in cute little bikinis and enjoying the warm embrace of the sun. In the near distance, the Unagi was taking another party of beachgoers on a ride in the ocean, their laughter floating back to the Kyoshi Warriors' ears. Ty Lee smiled contentedly. "Well, everything sure worked out fine, didn't it?"
Suki readjusted her ultra sexy sunglasses and smiled sweetly at her fellow warrior. "Of course, Ty Lee. We're the Kyoshi Warriors after all. We can do anything!"
"Yup!" Ty Lee agreed happily, and the two continued working on their tans.
"The end," Sokka announced as he closed the book.
Ty Lee's eyes sparkled. "Riding on the Unagi actually sounds like fun. Hey Suki, why don't we try that sometime?"
"You should definitely meet Aang," Sokka grinned. "He once rode on elephant koi - you two would really get along well. Oh wait, I suppose Katara wouldn't let you near him anyway."
"That's okay. The three of us could go together," Ty Lee said whimsically.
Suki sighed. "Ty Lee, the Unagi isn't for riding, and to be honest, I wouldn't advise riding on elephant koi either. And I still don't like how stuck-up this author makes me out to be."
"Don't worry Suki, we all know what you're really like. Of course, I agree completely with the author on how sexy you are," Sokka added while grinning. "Now, why don't we see what other crazy stories we can find here?"
Anyone recognize the Powerpuff Girls-esque opening of the story they read? Of course, I was drawing it from memories of when I was about seven, so it's not entirely accurate, but it'll suffice. Badfics aside, we'll be here at Kyoshi Island for quite some time yet, so I advise you make yourselves comfortable, and no matter what you do, don't ride the Unagi! XD