A/N Alright here it is folks the chapter you have all been waiting for... The introduction of the Toph!
I hope you all enjoy and again the chapters will be coming out a little later than usual but do not worry I still intend to post as frequently as I can because I know you all enjoy this story so much.
anyway enough talk, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I do Not own Avatar the last Air-bender or it's associated properties.
After leaving Chin Village the Gaang traveled nonstop to Gaoling and in only a couple days they had finally made it.
So, once they were settled the Gaang went into town looking for the Earth-bending Master Dijin had mentioned but right now they were all standing by a stall since Sokka saw a fancy looking Earth Kingdom bag and was debating over wither he should buy it or not.
As the trio waited for Sokka he kept talking to himself saying "Its pricey, but I really do like it."
Katara fed up with waiting said "Then you should buy it. You deserve something nice."
Sokka brightened up after hearing that and looked at his sister with a smile and said "I do, don't I?"
But Sokka frowned and shook his head while looking at the bag saying "But no. It's too expensive. I shouldn't."
Dijin who was annoyed by now just snapped at Sokka saying "Fine, then don't but it! We have bigger things to worry about than your accessory choices."
Dijin then walked away followed by Katara and Aang.
Sokka made to follow the trio but his gaze lingered on the bag a second before he made up his mind and ran back to the stall saying "You know what? I'm gonna get it." Sokka then paid for the bag while holding his hands together with a huge smile.
While the trio of benders waited for Sokka to get his bag a man approached them holding a stack of flyers saying "Hey you three, do you like Earth-bending? Do you like throwing rocks? Then check out Master Yu's Earth bending academy." the man then handed Aang a flyer before walking off to hand out more.
The trio looked at the flyer and Dijin's eyes widened in remembrance as he said "That's the Earth-bending Master I heard about!"
The other two looked at him shocked while Aang said "Really?"
Dijin nodded his head saying "Yeah, I was reading a local bulletin board last time I was here and saw one of those flyers on it."
Aang turned the flyer over and said "Hey, look. There's a coupon on the back. The first lesson is free."
Katara looked at the coupon curiously before saying "Who knows? This Master Yu could be the Earth-bending Teacher you've been looking for."
Dijin spoke up again saying "Well, only one way to find out. Come on, Aang. Let's go check him out."
Dijin then went to ask someone if they knew where the academy was while the others made to follow him.
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After they got directions the Gaang went to Master Yu's academy where Dijin and Aang went inside to check things out.
So, now Dijin and Aang were lined up with some other trainees while facing another line of students all of them being at least ten years old or younger.
Both Dijin and Aang were told that to participate in the lesson they had to wear Master Yu's personally designed training Gi's.
So, now they were currently wearing round and wide brimmed green hard hats, a black sleeveless robe with gold accents that went to their waist, they wore white sleeveless shirts under the robes, they had on white puffy pants that went to their shins, they wore studded ankle and wrist bracers, and like most Earth-benders they were bare foot.
As Aang and Dijin stood in line Master Yu came out and they got a good look at him.
Master Yu was an older gentleman most likely in his mid-thirties, he had long black hair that went to the middle of his back while having a square top-knot on his head with a gold earth ornament, he had black eyes, he had a long black fu-man-chu mustache that went all the way to the top of his shoulders with a long pointed goatee that went to his collar, and lastly, he wore the same outfit as his students only his pants went to his ankles and he wore a brown long-sleeve shirt with large cuffs under his robe instead of white.
Master Yu started to walk towards the class while speaking saying "Take your stances."
The younger students instantly got into Earth-bending stances along with Dijin while Aang looked around unsure of what to do.
Master Yu then walked between the lines of students and when he was clear he said "Now strike as if you're punching through your opponent's head!"
Next all of the students lined up in front of Aang and Dijin moved in sync rotating their right forearms upwards creating small boulders. then the students let out a unified grunt while punching their fists forward saying "Hyah!"
Aang who had never Earth-bended once in his life could only widen his eyes in shock before he was hit in the stomach by a boulder launching him into some jars filled with sand.
As Aang laid on the ground covered in dirt Dijin rotated his body in a circle while using his right hand to bat the small boulder away. Then using his left hand, he rotated it upwards creating a boulder of his own before punching his fist forward sending the boulder at his opponent.
The student across from him was hit in the stomach before he could react and was launched into a nearby sand-pit not expecting Dijin to block his attack and then counter.
Dijin smiled at his display while Master Yu stomped over to him and shouted "What in the spirit's name was that! You weren't supposed to attack him!"
Dijin stared at the Master with a raised eyebrow and said "I wasn't? You mean I was supposed to stand there and let him hit me?"
Master Yu threw his hands up and screamed "Yes! Any Earth-bender who can't handle taking a hit is not an Earth-bender at all!"
Dijin glared at the man and shouted back "A key part of Earth-bending is about facing any obstacle in your way head on! Getting hit is part of any training, What kind of Earth-bending Master doesn't know that?"
Master Yu's face turned red in embarrassment before he shouted "I will not be lectured in my own school!" Master Yu then coughed into his hand to calm down before he placed his hands behind his back and said "Now, I'm willing to forget this little incident and let you and your friend continue your lessons. Provided you pay for 6 months in advance and I'll even promote your friend to the next belt if he pays for a full year."
Dijin grit his teeth in anger before growling out "What the fuck did you just say!" however, before Dijin could move to attack the wannabe Master Aang grabbed him from behind and spoke to Master Yu saying "Thanks but no thanks. We gotta go now." Aang then started to push a pissed off Dijin out of the training grounds and far away from Master Yu as possible.
A few minutes later Aang and Dijin came walking out of Master Yu's academy with Dijin back in his normal clothes while Aang chose to keep his Gi on to help blend in.
The two walked up to the Water Tribe siblings who were sitting outside the academy waiting for them with Aang knocking some sand out of his ear saying "He's not the one."
Dijin scoffed and said "Definitely not. That man is a disgrace to actual Masters."
Just as Dijin finished his statement a couple students walking out of the academy started to speak loudly with one of them saying "I think the Boulder is gonna win back the belt at Earth Rumble 6."
The other student spoke up saying "He's gonna have to fight his way through the best Earth-benders in the world to even get a shot at the champ."
Aang smiled wide after hearing the two's conversation excited to find out that there were a bunch of strong Earth-benders nearby so he quickly ran up to the students saying "Excuse me. But where is this Earth-bending tournament exactly?"
The two students smirked at each other before one of them said "It's on the island of Noneoya-" the other student finished his sentence saying "None o'ya business!" the two then laughed and walked away towards an alley.
Sokka started laughing himself before wiping a tear from his eye saying "hahahahha! Oh, I gotta remember that one."
Dijin growled at the two punk Earth-benders and was about to teach them what real Earth-bending was until Katara put her arm out in front of him and said "I'll take care of this. This calls for a more feminine touch."
Katara then ran after the two Earth-bending students shouting "Hey, Strong guy's, wait up!" before disappearing down the alley where the two boys went.
While Katara "Talked" to the two boys Sokka glared at his new bag and said "What was I thinking? I don't need a new bag. Why you'd guys let me buy this." Sokka then threw his bag on the ground which Momo took advantage of and snuggled into the bag like a bed.
While Sokka pouted over his bag Aang and Dijin just gave him "are you kidding?" looks before Katara ran back to them saying "You ready to find an Earth-bending teacher, because we're going to Earth Rumble 6."
Aang looked at her slightly shocked and asked "How did you get them to tell you?"
Katara just looked up coyly and said "Like I said, it just required a feminine touch." she then looked at them excitedly and said "Now, come on. Follow me."
Katara quickly ran off the others following her but not before Dijin noticed the two punks from earlier frozen to the walls of the alley. The only thing keeping them up apparently was their two heads pinned against one another while their bodies were completely frozen from the neck down.
Dijin smirked at Katara's handiwork before focusing on where they were going and who they may meet there.
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Earth Rumble 6 was apparently held in a cavern where there was a huge square fighting ring surrounded by Earth bleachers just outside of Gaoling. And that is where the Gaang currently found themselves that night as the group walked down the front row of seats.
Aang couldn't help but comment "Hey, front row seats. I wonder why no one's sitting here?"
Aang didn't have to wait long because Dijin pushed him and the others out of the way before he swung a left hook Earth-bending a huge boulder that would have crushed them into the stands to their right.
The Gaang looked at the boulder with sweat drops as Sokka said "I guess that's why." The group then sat down making sure Dijin was in the middle in case any more debris came their way.
Suddenly a man rose up from the middle of the ring creating an Earth-pillar to stand on in the process before he thrusted both of his Fists down making the pillar recede letting him stand in the middle of the ring.
The man then raised his left fist and shouted "Welcome to Earth Rumble 6! I am your host, Xin Fu."
As Xin Fu got the crowd hyped up the Gaang got a good look at him. He had long black hair that went to his mid-back and went over his shoulders to his collar, he had green eyes, he wore a black robe with gold highlights that exposed his defined chest but closed at the waist, he had on green puffy pants that went to his shins with a green sash around his waist, he had black sweat bands on his wrists and ankles, and since he was an Earth-bender he chose to be bare foot.
After the Gaang got a look at their host Katara just crossed her legs and started checking her nails with a sigh saying "This is just gonna be a bunch of guy's chucking rocks at each other, Isn't it?"
Sokka just smirked and said "That's what I paid for."
Xin Fu chose to speak up then saying "The rules are simple. Just knock the other guy out of the ring, and you win." Xin Fu then thrusted his arms down again creating an Earth-pillar that launched him upwards to his announcer's booth.
After Xin Fu left the ring two men walked out onto it. One man was very muscular while the other one was more on the heavier side.
Once the men stood on either side of the ring Xin Fu spoke up from his booth shouting "Round one—The Boulder versus the Big Bad Hippo!"
As the men were introduced, they showed off to the crowd so everyone could get a good look.
The Boulder was very muscular choosing to be shirtless showing off his defined back that had a Bader-Mole tattoo on it, he had six pack abs and defined pecs, he had black hair that was done up in a short top knot with a gold hair ornament, he had a short black goatee with no mustache, for pants he wore black form fitting shorts that went to his knees, around his waist he wore a brown belt with gold studs that had a green loin cloth in front, he was bare foot, and lastly, he had on black forearm and shin bracers.
The Hippo was not so muscular having a huge round belly that jiggled when he walked, like the Boulder he wore no shirt showing off his obese body, he had no hair save for a small brown tuft at the top of his head, he had only four teeth with two tops and two bottoms, he had squinted black eyes, for pants he wore blue and gold shorts that rode up the middle of his backside resembling a sumo wrestler, and like all the fighters there he was bare foot.
After the crowd calmed down the Boulder spoke in broken sentences saying "Listen up, Hippo... You may be big, but you ain't bad... The Boulder's gonna win this in a Landslide."
The Hippo just threw his arms up shouting "Hippo... Mad!"
Then the fight was on, The Boulder made the first move rotating his left Forearm in a circle creating two human sized boulders before he punched his right fist in an uppercut sending the rocks at the Hippo.
The Hippo didn't bother to move he just glared at the rocks as they hit him dead on creating a dust cloud.
The Boulder smirked thinking he got an easy win but he was soon shocked when the dust cleared and the Hippo was standing strong.
However, not only was the Hippo still standing he even went as far as to catch one of the rocks in his mouth and then actually chomped down on the hardened earth before chewing and spitting it out.
Next, the Hippo went even further by simply jumping up and down on either one of his legs which made the whole ring begin to rock back and forth.
Xin Fu looked at the feat of strength from his booth and shouted "This is unbelievable, ladies and gentlemen. The Hippo is rocking the whole ring! How will the Boulder counter this!?"
The Boulder stumbled to the edge of the ring but was just able to save himself and regain his balance before he fell out. The Boulder then glared at the Hippo who had turned his back and was congratulating himself.
The Boulder smirked before he bent his body backwards and waved his arms forward Earth-bending a slab of earth which he threw at the Hippo's head.
The Hippo not expecting the attack was immediately hit and stunned unable to move.
The boulder took advantage of the Hippo's stunned state and curled his fingers inwards while lowering his whole body into a crouch. Next, he started to slowly raise his body and arms with the earth under the Hippo breaking away and carrying the large man. Lastly, the Boulder let out a huge grunt of Effort saying "Urrrg Hyah!" sending the Hippo flying out of the ring and into a nearby wall.
After witnessing the Hippo get thrown Xin Fu shouted "The Boulder wins!" The Boulder threw his fists up as the crowd cheered for his victory.
Katara looked at the aftermath of the match and asked Aang "How about the Boulder? He's got some good moves."
Aang looked at the Boulder unsure before he shrugged his shoulders saying "I don't know. Bumi said I need a teacher who listens to the earth. He's just listening to his big muscles. What do you think guys?"
Aang and Katara looked at Dijin and Sokka for their opinions but were surprised when they saw the two with their arms wrapped around each other's shoulders while each of them shouted in excitement with Sokka saying "Whoooo! Yeah!" while Dijin said "Yeah! Fuck him up!"
Aang and Katara just frowned at the testosterone junkies before Xin Fu spoke up again saying "Next match, The Boulder versus Fire Nation Man."
After Xin Fu introduced him another large man but this one not as big as the Hippo came walking onto the ring waving the Fire nation flag in his hands. He wore a red Fire Nation cape but no shirt, he had grey hair with his sideburns growing into mutton chops, he wore red pants that were tied with a black sash, and on his feet were red curled toed boots.
The crowd including Sokka and Dijin booed at the competitor before he came to a stop at his spot in the ring and started to shout over the crowd speaking in a deep accent saying "Please do rise for Fire Nation national anthem!" Fire Nation Man then threw his arm out while singing 'Fire Lord! My flame burns for thee..." he was cut off though as the crowd started pelting him with rocks.
Sokka and Dijin were no exception to this with Dijin stomping his foot to create a pile of stones and then he and Sokka would throw them while the two shouted at the same time "Go back to the Fire Nation!"
Sadly, Fire Nation Man was so distracted by the crowd the Boulder quickly capitalized on it and made Fire Nation Man sink into the Ring up to his waist before creating an Earth-pillar for himself to stand on at least 20 feet in the air.
Fire Nation Man stared up at the Boulder from his prison with frightened eyes knowing what he was about to do and pleaded with the Boulder saying "No! No please!"
The Boulder just smirked before he jumped from his pillar and held both his feet so his knees were pointed straight at Fire Nation Man.
The trapped fighter could only scream saying "Ahhhhh" before the Boulder landed and launched him from his prison and into the stands crashing face first into the large boulder Dijin bent away earlier.
As Fire Nation Man twitched in pain Dijin and Sokka stood and pointed at the defeated fighter with Sokka saying "Whoooo! The Boulder knows how to put the hurt in the dirt! Yeah! Whooooooo!" Dijin spoke up next saying "Hell yeah! Another scrub down for the count! Whooooo!"
After that the Gaang witnessed the Boulder defeat a multitude of different opponent's ranging from a masked Earth-bender to a man who resembled a Badger-Mole.
After the last match was cleaned up by an actual Badger-Mole they had on stand-by, Xin Fu spoke up from his announcer's booth again saying "Now the moment you've all been waiting for—The Boulder versus your champion—The Blind Bandit!"
Dijin's eyes instantly widened after hearing that name and his thoughts flashed back to what the fortune teller Aunt Wu told him. "I see a great love in your future... You will find her when you see a Blind Bandit."
Dijin quickly sat up then and stared closely at ring where the Blind Bandit was supposed to show up and once the Blind Bandit entered the ring Dijin almost fell out of his seat in shock because down below in the ring was the girl he saw in the swamp.
However, now that Dijin could get a better look at her he noticed she looked to be about 16 but her hair and face were the same from when he saw her in the swamp, she wore a lime green short sleeve crop top shirt which covered her b-cup chest, over her shirt she wore a tan qipao dress that went to her shins but split at the waist, for pants she wore matching green shorts that went to her mid-thigh showing off her toned legs, she had green and black bracers on her wrists and ankles, and she had small strips of green cloth on the top of her bare-feet.
The girl paced back and forth in her spot holding up her champion's belt for all to see. A woman then quickly made her way over to the champ to hold her belt for the fight while the crowd kept chanting her name saying "BANDIT! BANDIT! BANDIT!"
Katara looked at the supposed blind girl and said "She can't really be blind. It's just part of her character, right?"
Dijin answered her while staring intently at the champ saying "No. She really is blind. The color of her eyes and the way she stands is proof enough."
Katara then looked at the girl slightly worried that she would be fighting someone like the Boulder with a handicap like that.
Back in the ring the Boulder stomped his foot on the ground before pointing at the champ saying "The Boulder feels conflicted about fighting a young blind girl."
The champ just stared forward before pointing in the Boulder's general direction smirking while saying "Sounds to me like your scared, Boulder."
The Boulder frowned at the insult before saying "The Boulder is over his conflicted feelings, and is ready to bury you in a rock-alanche!"
The champ just waved her hand in the bring it gesture saying "Whenever you're ready, the Pebble." the girl then held her hands out at her sides and cackled going "Aahahahaha!"
Aang's eyes widened at hearing the familiar laugh recognizing the girl from the swamp as well before the match began.
The Boulder went to make the first move taking a step towards the champ. However, just as the Boulder picked up his other foot the champ simply kicked her own foot into the ring floor sending a small stream of earth towards the spot where the Boulder was about to step.
Next, As the Boulder put his foot down it made contact with the champ's Earth-stream making his foot slide all the way to the right forcing him to do the splits which made him scream "Owwwwwooooooooo!"
Dijin, Sokka, and Aang all held their family jewels in phantom pain at what they witnessed before the champ took advantage of the Boulders prone state and made a quick chopping motion with her right hand sending a small trio of earth-pillars at him which hit their mark and knocked him straight into the wall outside the ring.
The champ smirked at the easy win before she raised her fist while the crowd cheered and Xin Fu announced "Your winner, and still champion, The Blind Bandit!"
In the stands Sokka was crying over the Boulder's loss while Katara stared at the girl in awe saying "How did she do that?"
Aang smiled and said "She waited and listened."
Next, Xin Fu jumped down from his announcer's booth holding a bag of coins. He then walked next to the champ and held his hand out saying "To make things a little more interesting, I'm putting up this sack of gold pieces to anyone who can take down the champ." Xin Fu then shook his bag so the crowd could see the gold shake inside.
Dijin and Aang both stood up at the same time to approach the champ and they stared at each other awkwardly before Aang said "What are doing Dijin? I'm the one who needs a teacher. why are you going down there?"
Dijin not wanting to tell Aang about his vision or his fortune from Aunt Wu just smoothly replied "She is obviously a Master Earth-bender so it makes sense for me to approach her first since I'm a Master Earth-bender too." Aang seemed a little upset at that but Dijin continued saying "Not to mention you haven't had one day of Earth-bending training and would probably have to dodge her the whole fight." Aang just sighed and nodded his head agreeing with Dijin's assessment.
Dijin then made his way to the ring while making his robe hang at his waist as Xin Fu started to say "Does no one have the will to face our champion?"
Dijin just finished climbing the steps to enter the ring before saying "I'll take her on."
Xin Fu looked at the young man who thought he could beat the champ and said "You know the rules, first one out of the ring loses."
Xin Fu went back to his announcer's booth to watch the fight unfold while the champ smirked at Dijin and said "Well, well. Looks like I get to take down another muscle head."
Dijin raised an eyebrow at the taunt thinking to himself "Muscle head?" before he shook the thought away and looked at the champ saying "Look, I'm all for a good fight, but I actually wanted to talk for a second."
The champ just got into an Earth-bending stance with her legs wide and bent while the back of her hands faced Dijin. She then spat on the ground before saying "If you wanna talk then go to your grandma's knitting circle. This is a fighting ring and we do one thing here and that's fight." she then waved one of her hands in the bring it motion.
Dijin realizing there wasn't any way around fighting her got into a stance of his own keeping his legs wide apart and bent while having his right fist turned to the side by his cheek and his left fist turned to the side by his waist. Dijin then looked at the girl and said "Fine. If it's a fight you want then it's a fight you're gonna get."
Dijin quickly rotated his right arm in circle Earth-bending a boulder half the size of the champ. Next, he punched his left fist forward sending the boulder straight at the girl.
However, Dijin was shocked when just before the boulder made contact the champ simply turned her body to the side as the boulder flew inches past her face.
Next, the champ rotated her body in a full circle before kicking the ring again only this time instead of a small stream of earth she sent a line of pillars at Dijin who had to dodge roll to the right to avoid being hit and knocked out of the ring.
Dijin rolled into a crouch but his eyes widened because just as he landed the champ had created a large boulder about twice his size and launched it at him using a simple front kick.
Dijin was unable to dodge in time so he crossed his arms and just when the boulder made contact he turned it into sand.
Dijin quickly shook himself off while thinking to himself "Her reaction time is almost instantaneous! It's like she knows exactly where I plan to move."
Dijin didn't get to think much longer since the champ stomped her foot on the ground creating a stone pillar. She then threw a round-house kick launching the top half of the pillar at Dijin who simply batted the piece of rock away with his right hand shattering it.
Dijin then waved his fists a few times before splaying his fingers open which made multiple of his own Earth-pillars erupt around the ring which the champ somehow dodged and weaved around.
One pillar though was about to hit the champ but she quickly turned towards it and back-handed the object shattering the rock on contact.
However, while she was distracted blocking the pillar Dijin had broken the other pillars that missed the champ into multiple pieces and he quickly thrusted his hands down sending all the debris towards the girl.
The champ smirked and just curled her body inwards before she spread her arms and legs out turning all the debris into dust creating a cloud that blinded Dijin.
As Dijin kept his eyes closed to stop dirt from getting in his eyes the champs voice rang all around him saying "I'll admit, you've lasted longer than any other of the meat heads I've fought against so I'll do you a favor and make sure this won't hurt...much."
As Dijin looked around trying to find the champ he couldn't see that she was standing right next to him before she thrusted her fists forward creating an Earth-slab that hit Dijin dead-center launching him into the stands where he was previously sitting in which he made a huge crater the size of the Hippo.
Katara instantly went to Dijin's side bending some water onto her hand and placing it on his head using her healing so Dijin didn't get a concussion.
Aang looked at Dijin completely stunned never knowing him to lose a fight so he couldn't help but ask "What happened?"
Dijin just weakly opened his eyes and said "She's good." before he passed out from the champs hit.
Aang looked at his friend then at the champ and gained a determined gaze. If this girl was strong enough to take down Dijin one of the strongest Earth-benders he's ever met than she had to be the one to teach him Earth-bending. Aang then made up his mind and walked down towards the ring
In the ring Xin Fu began to speak again while the champ waved at her cheering fans with Xin Fu saying "Just because I'm a good host, I'll allow one more brave fan to step into the ring to try their hand at taking down the champ!"
Just then Aang's voice spoke up from the side of the ring saying "I'll go next."
As Aang approached the champ Sokka screamed from the stands saying "Go, Aang! Avenge the Boulder and Dijin!"
Xin Fu looked at where Aang was and he slumped forward slightly while thinking to himself "Seriously? The champs gonna eat this kid alive." Xin Fu shook his head before he said "Alright, you two know what to do. Have at it!" Xin Fu took off again while the champ smirked at her next scrub to take down.
She chuckled before saying "Do people really want to see two little girls fighting out here?"
The crowd cheered on the champ's trash talk while Aang held his hands up in the surrender motion saying "I don't really want to fight you. I want to talk to you."
Up in the stands Sokka started booing at Aang saying "Boooooo! No talking!"
Katara who had Dijin's head resting in her lap since he was still passed out from his fight growled at her brother and punched him in the arm saying "Don't boo at him!"
Back in the ring the champ scoffed at Aang's statement annoyed she had another opponent who wanted to talk instead of fight.
Aang then moved to step towards her which made the champ smirk as she thrusted her left foot sideways while also thrusting her left arm downwards diagonally creating a small Earth-pillar under Aang.
Thanks to Aang's Air-bending training he was able to react in time and jumped upwards just as the pillar made contact. It was also thanks to his training that when Aang landed, his feet barely touched the ground before he was standing normally again.
The champ once again scoffed at Aang before saying "Somebody's a little light on his feet. What's your fighting name, the Fancy Dancer?"
Aang just shrugged his shoulders not that she could see it before she threw her arms up creating another Earth-pillar under him.
Aang simply timed his jump again before he started flipping in the air a few times.
The champ continued to face the direction she last "saw" Aang and moved her head left and right saying "Now, where did you go?"
Just then Aang made one last flip in the air before landing behind the blind girl and said pleadingly "Please, Wait!"
The champ just smirked however saying "There you are!" she then quickly turned around before raising both her forearms up creating a huge boulder that she punched towards Aang.
Aang's eyes widened at the incoming projectile and jumped in the air while rotating in a circle dodging the rock. Next once Aang landed he acted on instinct and thrusted his hands forward sending a current of Air at the champ.
Since the attack was Air and not Earth, the champ could do nothing but get knocked off her feet causing her to yelp in surprise saying "Agh!" before she landed outside the ring signifying her loss of the match.
The entire cavern was in stunned silence as a random newcomer just beat the reigning champion. Xin Fu who was also stunned couldn't even bring himself to announce the end of the match before suddenly the crowds attitude did a 180 and they started to cheer for their new champion.
Aang however, was more concerned that the Blind Bandit was stomping her way out of the arena and he quickly went after her saying "Please listen! I need an Earth-bending teacher, and I think it's supposed to be you."
The former champ just grumbled while walking towards the wall saying "Whoever you are, just leave me alone."
She then stood in front of the wall before stomping her foot creating a door that led to a hallway. She then stepped inside the hall before slamming her fists together making the wall close up again.
Aang ran up to wall shouting "Wait!" before trying to see if there was another way inside. Sadly, he couldn't find any so Aang trudged back to the ring where Xin Fu was waiting for him along with his friends.
Aang looked at them and saw that Dijin was awake from his previous fight but still looked a little groggy before he went to stand with them all as Sokka rudely grabbed the champion's belt and sack of gold from Xin Fu saying "Way to go, champ!"
Aang didn't celebrate since he wasn't as happy for his win as Sokka was due to the fact he lost his only lead for an Earth-bending teacher. Aang just sighed before he and his friends left Earth Rumble 6 so they could hopefully find the Blind Bandit tomorrow.
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The next morning the Gaang thought a good place to start their search for the Blind Bandit would be Master Yu's Earth-bending school since the students there apparently knew about her.
As the quartet approached the school Sokka was wearing the champions belt and his new bag admiring them both while saying "I got to admit, now I'm really glad I bought the bag. It matches the belt perfectly."
Sokka then rubbed the belt to make it shine causing the others to roll their eyes at him with Katara sarcastically saying "That is a big relief."
After that the Gaang walked for a few more minutes and made it back to Master Yu's school where the two punks from the day before were training by thrusting their hands into jars of sand.
One of the students looked up and saw the Gaang approaching before he groaned and said "Oh, great. You again."
Katara frowned at the punk's attitude and moved a step forward threateningly which made the two students scream and flinch back.
Katara just kept her frown saying "Yeah, I didn't think so."
Sokka smiled at how his sister intimated the two punks and said "Nicely done."
One of the students noticed Aang and recognized him despite him wearing his normal clothes and said "Hey, you're the kid who beat the Blind Bandit!"
Aang just ignored the student and said "We need to talk to her. Do you guys know where she lives?"
The student replied "The Blind Bandit's a mystery. She shows up to fight, then disappears."
Katara thinking they weren't being entirely truthful put her hand on Aang shoulder and said "Let me handle this." She then immediately got in the students faces one hand on her water-skin while the other pointed at them as she said "You're not telling us everything."
The students freaked out seeing her water-skin again and one of them quickly said "No, no. I swear it's true. No one knows where she goes or who she really is."
Aang suddenly brightened up having an idea as he said "That's because we're asking about the wrong person. In my vision, I saw a girl in a white dress with a pet Flying-Boar. Know anybody like that?"
The other student spoke up saying "Well, a Flying-Boar is the symbol of the Bei Fong family. They're like the richest family in town, probably the whole world. But as far as everyone knows they don't have a daughter."
Aang just looked at his friends and said "Flying-Boar is good enough for me. Let's check it out."
As the Gaang left the two punks thought they could get the last word saying "Yeah, you better run."
Dijin however, heard their remark and said "You know, you two have a shitty teacher. Your stances are all wrong." Next, Dijin just twisted his right foot making the two punks sink in the earth up to their necks.
The two punks struggled to get out but due to their poor skill they couldn't bend themselves out forcing them to start screaming for help.
Dijin just smirked as he walked up to his friends while Katara and Sokka smiled at him with Sokka saying "Nice work, Dijin." Katara spoke next saying "Couldn't have done a better job myself." The Gaang then walked off in search of the Bei Fong family.
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It took the group a couple hours but they finally were able to find the Bei Fong estate. They were currently hiding in some bushes due to the whole estate being surrounded by guards.
Aang peeked from his hiding spot and looked at the symbol on the main gate recognizing it as the Flying Boar from the swamp before saying "That's the Flying-Boar from my vision, come on."
Aang then led the group around the wall trying to find a way in. Luckily it didn't take them long to find a secluded part of the wall where there weren't any guards.
Aang quickly Air-bent himself over the wall while Dijin stomped his right foot creating an opening in the wall for the rest of them to walk through. Then once they were all inside Dijin slammed his fists together closing the opening and making the wall seem like nothing had happened to it.
The group quickly made their way across what seemed like the estates garden and hid behind some trees. However, they were quickly surprised when the ground under them erupted launching all four of them in the air causing them to scream.
Luckily since they were in a garden, they each landed in a bush of some kind except Sokka was unlucky enough to have landed in a rose bush causing him to go "Owwww. Thorns! Ow! Ow! Ow!"
As the group picked themselves up Aang looked upwards from his position and saw the former champ standing there glaring in his general direction as she spoke saying "What are you doing here, twinkle toes?"
Aang and the rest stared at the girl due to the fact she looked nothing like the way she did at Earth Rumble 6. Her hair was done up in a sophisticated bun instead of a short bouffant, she was wearing an elegant white dress with gold embroidery that went to her ankles, over her dress she wore a tan long-sleeve blouse, wrapped around her shoulders was a purple shawl, and like at Earth Rumble 6 she chose to be bare foot
Aang stared at the girl before asking "How did you know it was me?"
Sokka glared at the girl who launched him into a thorn bush and spoke to Aang saying "Don't answer to twinkle toes. It's not manly."
Katara looked at her brother incredulously before saying "You're the guy whose bag matches his belt."
The blind girl just continued to glare in the group's direction before saying "How did you find me?"
They quickly picked themselves up as Aang explained saying "Well, a crazy King told me I had to find an Earth-bender who listens to the earth. And then I had a vision in a magic swamp, and-"
Dijin noticing the girl was just getting mad at Aang's explanation quickly interrupted saying "What Aang is trying to say is that he's the Avatar and he needs an Earth-bending teacher to teach him Earth-bending soon otherwise the Fire Nation just might win this war."
The Blind Bandit just thrusted her hand in Dijin's face saying "Not my problem. Now get out of here or I'll call the guards." she then started to walk away.
Sokka chose then to try and reason with the girl saying "Look, we all have to do our part to win this war. And yours is to teach Aang Earth-bending."
The girl stopped walking for a second before she turned towards them and started screaming frantically saying "Guards! Guards, Help!"
The Gaang quickly took off running with Aang Air-bending over the wall while Dijin stomped his feet again creating another opening for the rest of them to escape.
Then just as Dijin closed the opening a couple guards came rushing to the scene with one of them checking her over saying "Toph, is everything alright?"
The now named Toph just acted like a frightened child saying "I thought I heard someone. I got scared."
The guards began to escort her back into the house with one of them saying "You know your father doesn't want you wandering the grounds without supervision, Toph."
Aang and the rest watched the exchange from an Earth-pillar Dijin made with him commenting "Well, she can act. I'll give her that."
Aang however had a determined frown on his face as he tapped his fingers together trying to think of something. He then smiled wide as an idea popped into his head and looked at the others saying "I have a plan on how to get back inside."
Dijin looked at Aang curious and asked "What do you have in mind?"
Aang just smiled coyly saying "it involves playing the Avatar card but I want to make sure they'll let us in. so I'm gonna need your help too, Dijin."
Dijin raised an eyebrow at Aang asking "What do you need?"
Aang this time gave him a wicked smile which made Dijin sweat drop as Aang told him what he needed from him.
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That evening inside the Bei Fong estate the Bei Fong family could be found in their living room talking with Master Yu.
Mr. and Mrs. Bei Fong were both sitting in elegantly designed chairs as Mr. Bei Fong grabbed a cup of tea and removed its lid using it to wave the tea's aroma into his nose before taking a sip.
Mr. Bei Fong was an older gentleman being in his early forties, he had black hair that was done up in a short top knot with a gold hair ornament, he had green eyes, he had a small fu man chu mustache that went to his chin, He wore a green and tan long sleeve Hanfu robe with gold embroidery that went to his ankles with large cuffs, and for shoes he wore brown pointed slippers.
After he finished drinking his tea Mr. Bei Fong looked at Master Yu and said "I'm pleased to hear that Toph's private lessons are going well, but I want to be sure she's not trying anything too dangerous."
Toph who was sitting next to Master Yu in a couple smaller chairs just glared at the floor as she listened to her parents and the so-called Master talk.
Master Yu just smiled at Mr. Bei Fong and said "Absolutely not. I'm keeping her at the basic level—Basic forms and breathing exercises only."
Mr. Bei Fong nodded his head saying "Very good."
Toph just continued to glare at the floor while thinking to herself "Hmph. Like either one of you knows what a basic Earth-bending form is."
Just then one of the family servants walked into the room and said "Excuse me, sir, but you have visitors."
Mr. Bei Fong frowned and said angrily "Who thinks they are so important enough to come to my home unannounced?"
The servant just gave his master an awkward stare before replying "The Avatar sir, and he has brought the Right Hand of Omashu with him as well."
Toph's eyes widened for second after hearing the servant and thought to herself "Of course Twinkle Toes would pull the Avatar card! And I can only guess this Right Hand guy is that muscle head he hangs out with."
Mr. Bei Fong looked at his servant surprised before saying "Well what are you waiting for man?! Go let them inside so we may be introduced!"
The servant quickly complied and left to let the visitors inside while Toph blew one of her bangs out of her face in annoyance.
After the Gaang was introduced, they were invited to join the Bei Fong family for dinner along with Master Yu.
However, after seeing the poor excuse for a Master again Dijin almost made a scene until Katara socked him in the lower back to shut him up.
Once everyone was seated the servants brought out a buffet of food for them to eat and everyone took their food at a normal pace. While Sokka on the other hand immediately grabbed any meat he could find and started to stuff his face.
As everyone ate Mr. Bei Fong looked over at Dijin with a solemn look saying "Master Dijin, my family and I were deeply saddened when we heard about what happened to Omashu. Tell me, do you have any updates about what's going on in the city?"
Dijin placed his utensils down before looking over at Mr. Bei Fong replying "Actually, with help from the Avatar and my friends here we were able to safely evacuate the entire cities populace with no casualties."
Mr. And Mrs. Bei Fong smiled at that piece of information with Mr. Bei Fong saying "It is good to hear some good news in these troubling times."
Just then a servant placed a hot bowl of soup in front of Toph in which her father glared at the servant and rudely said "Blow on it! It's too hot for her."
Aang who was trying to look good in front of the family held his hand up saying "Allow me." before he waved his hand in a circle creating a small current of Air that traveled to Toph's bowl and cooled it down to just the right temperature.
Dijin watched the exchange with a raised eyebrow and thought to himself "Your daughter is more than capable of blowing on her own food. Trust me on that." Dijin then rolled his shoulder remembering his fight with the girl.
Mr. Bei Fong and his wife clapped at Aang's display before Mrs. Bei Fong looked at him and said "Avatar Aang, it's an honor to have you visit us."
Mr. Bei Fong spoke to him next saying "In your opinion, how much longer do you think the war will last?"
Aang looked unsure of the sudden question before saying "I'd like to defeat the Fire Lord by the end of summer, But I can't do that without finding an Earth-bending teacher first." and as Aang was talking he was giving Toph a subtle smirk not that she could see it.
Mr. Bei Fong nodded his head before motioning his hand towards Master Yu saying "Well, Master Yu is the finest teacher in the land. He's been teaching Toph ever since she was little."
Dijin just glared at the so-called Master as he wiped the fancy food from his face with an arrogant smirk obviously enjoying the perks of being Toph's personal teacher.
Dijin then gained a smirk of his own as he subtly slid his foot across the floor making the stone tile under Master Yu's chair move forward. This in turn made Master Yu land face first in a bowl of noodles and broth which stained his clothes while making him smell like fish.
Master Yu picked himself up from the bowl while the Bei Fong's looked at him concerned with Mr. Bei Fong asking "Master Yu, is everything alright?"
Master Yu looked around trying to figure out who made him fall into the bowl before he looked at the Bei Fong's and said with an Awkward smile "I'm sorry. I guess I've been working too hard at my school and dozed off. Heh heh."
Mr. Bei Fong just nodded accepting the answer before he said "I see, please do take better care of yourself Master Yu. Otherwise, who will teach my daughter her daily lessons."
However, said daughter was smirking and laughing on the inside at what Dijin did since she "saw" the whole thing when Dijin moved the tiles on the floor.
Aang after hearing Toph's been learning Earth-bending from a young age said "If Master Yu has been teaching her this whole time, Then I bet she must be a great Earth-bender probably good enough to teach..."
Aang was cut off due to Toph figuring out what he was doing and she subtly moved her foot forward making the floor by Aang's foot erupt hitting him in the shin.
Aang quickly shouted "Ow!" before looking under the table and seeing nothing there. He then glared at Toph who was just eating her food like nothing happened.
Toph's father looked between the two wondering what was going on before shrugging it off saying "Toph is still learning the basics and sadly, due to her blindness, I don't think she will ever become a true Master."
Dijin started to cough as he choked on his tea he was drinking while thinking to himself "Never be a true Master!? She already is one you fucking idiot!"
Dijin and the rest of the Gaang shared a knowing look before Aang said "Oh, I'm sure she's better than you think she is."
Toph glared in Aang's direction before she moved both her feet backwards which made the tiles under Aang's chair move forward making him fall face first into a bowl of pudding.
The Gaang looked at the exchange awkwardly before Aang wiped his face but smirked getting an idea as his nose started to twitch.
Dijin seeing what Aang was about to do tried to stop him saying "Aang, don't you da-" But it was too late, Aang let out a humongous sneeze Air-bending the food all over the Bei Fong's including Master Yu.
Toph stood up pissed that Aang covered her and her parents with food as she glared at him while shouting "What's your problem!"
Aang stood up himself and shouted "What's your problem?"
Dijin however quickly stood up and marched over to Aang then forced his head down and made him bow while Dijin joined him as he said "I am so sorry for what just happened Mr. Bei Fong! The Avatar has no control over his bending when he sneezes."
Aang just glared at Dijin for making him bow and say sorry on his behalf before Mrs. Bei Fong smiled at the group saying "It's no trouble we have extra clothes and baths for a reason." She let out a small laugh before standing up and saying "Why don't you all retire to the Den for desert while we go freshen up."
Mrs. Bei Fong clapped her hands and then a group of servants came in and started to clean up while a couple of them led the Gaang to the Den.
When the Gaang was alone in the Den Dijin instantly rounded on Aang and said "I can't believe you sneezed their dinner all over them! Good way to get Toph to be your teacher!"
Aang just glared at Dijin and said "She was hitting me with Earth-bending under the table! What was I supposed to do just sit there and pretend it didn't happen?"
Dijin just replied "You didn't have to fucking sneeze on them!"
Before the two could argue further they heard someone clear their throat from the doorway and they quickly turned towards it.
They were surprised to find Toph leaning against the doorway all cleaned up with her arms and legs crossed. She was wearing the same type of dress from earlier only it was tan instead of white and she had her hair done up in her short bouffant.
Toph then turned her head in Dijin's direction saying "Nice going back there with the wannabe. I've been wanting to do something like that to him for years."
Dijin just rubbed his neck awkwardly while saying "I Just couldn't stand that smug look on his face."
Toph just smirked and replied "I'd agree with you if I knew what a smug face looks like. Hahahaha."
Dijin chuckled at her joke too before Toph turned her attention towards Aang and said "Look, I'm sorry about dinner. Let's call a truce, okay?"
Aang smiled at her saying "That sounds good."
Toph then made to leave but said "Hey, Twinkle Toes, come take a walk with me. let's clear the air."
Aang simply said "sure." before he followed her outside to the garden.
While Aang was talking with Toph Sokka decided to speak up to keep from being bored so he looked at Dijin and asked "So, Dijin, how did it feel to actually lose a fight for once?"
Katara socked her brother in the arm saying "Sokka!"
Sokka looked at them both indigently before saying "What!? He did lose against Toph. I can't say that?"
Katara just growled at her brother's insensitivity while Dijin just answered the rude question saying "If I'm honest I've never met another Earth-bender like her."
The Water Tribe siblings looked at each other before Dijin as he continued saying "The way she was able to react to my moves was almost unreal and it was like she could see what I was planning to do before I even finished doing it. And if I'm really honest with myself I think she could rival if not be better than my teacher King Bumi."
The Water Tribe siblings looked at Dijin completely stunned since he just basically said Toph could better than one of the strongest Earth-benders in all of the Four Nations.
However, their talk was cut short as they felt the ground shake around them.
Dijin quickly ran to the nearest window and shouted out "Something's happened! Aang and Toph are gone and the entire garden has been uprooted with debris everywhere!"
The Gaang ran outside followed by Toph's parents and a handful of guards.
Once they were outside Katara instantly found a note pinned to the ground with a knife and picked it up saying "Whoever took Aang and Toph left this." she then opened the note before reading it out loud "If you want to see your daughter alive again, Bring 500 gold pieces to the Earth Rumble 6 arena." Katara looked at the others with a hard gaze saying "It says it's signed by Xin Fu and the Boulder."
Mr. Bei Fong looked towards Master Yu and said "Master Yu, I need you to help bring back my daughter."
Dijin stepped forward with a Determined gaze saying "We're going with you."
Toph's mother just collapsed to the ground in worry before saying "Poor Toph, she must be so frightened."
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In the Arena at Earth Rumble 6 Aang and Toph were being held prisoner in metal coffins that were suspended high off the ground.
Toph spat out the opening of her prison before shouting "You think you're so tough, why don't you come up here so I can bitch slap that grin off your face!"
Xin Fu and the Boulder just had blank stares as they looked up at the girl with Xin Fu saying "I'm not smiling."
Just then the Gaang showed up with Mr. Bei Fong in tow shouting "Toph!"
Xin Fu and the Boulder turned to face them as Sokka held up a bag of gold saying "Here's your money. Now, let them go." Sokka then dropped the bag on the floor and Dijin thrusted his left foot sideways while thrusting his arm downwards Earth-bending the ground so the bag was sent towards Xin Fu.
Xin Fu opened the bag to check its contents and once he was satisfied, he nodded towards the Boulder who whistled letting someone know to lower Toph's cage.
Once the cage was on the ground Xin Fu unlocked it letting Toph out.
Toph quickly ran out of the metal prison before walking over to her father and the two quickly made to leave the arena.
Katara frowned not liking they didn't release Aang as well so she said "What about Aang?"
Xin Fu just smirked as he held a scroll up before unrolling it showing a wanted poster of Aang. he then said "I think the Fire Nation will pay a hefty price for the Avatar." Xin Fu glared at the group before saying "Now, get out of my ring."
Katara, Sokka, and Dijin got ready to fight but suddenly the ground began to shake and all the fighters from Earth Rumble 6 appeared prepared for a fight.
The trio looked at all the Earth-benders with a glare before Aang shouted at them saying "Just go I'll be fine!"
Katara and Sokka looked unsure as the fighters began to take Aang away. Dijin however, had other plans as he said "I don't think so." he then waved his arms in a circle before thrusting his palms out creating a river of Lava in front of the exit the fighters were heading to.
The fighters all jumped back in fear of getting burned before turning their attention back towards the trio as Dijin looked at the siblings saying "You two get Aang loose, I'll handle the fighters."
Sokka nodded his head while Katara looked at all the Earth-benders getting ready for a fight. Knowing the odds wern't in their favor Katara got an idea before running off to where Toph and her father left.
Sokka and Dijin shared a confused look before focusing on the upcoming fight.
In the hallway leading to the exit Katara just made it to the entrance of the hall and shouted at Toph's retreating form saying "Toph! Dijin can't handle all those Earth-benders by himself. We need another Master Bender, we need you!"
Toph held her head down in thought contemplating wither she should finally show her father who she really was or continue on with her life the way it was now.
However, Mr. Bei Fong just glared at Katara as he held his daughters' hand and said "My daughter is blind! She is tiny, helpless, and fragile! She cannot help you."
Toph raised her head with a glare and roughly pulled her hand away from her father her decision made. She then turned towards Katara saying "Yes. I can."
Toph then bent down and started to tear her dress from the thigh down on her left side so she could fight easier. Once she was done, she threw a couple kicks with her left leg to make sure she could move properly
Toph's father watched in horror as his daughter ripped her dress and rolled up her sleeves before she marched off with Katara into what he assumed was untold danger.
Master Yu grabbed Mr. Bei Fong's shoulder and said "Come this way we can watch from the stands."
Mr. Bei Fong just nodded his head and quickly followed the wannabe master.
Back in the ring one of the fighters made the first move stomping his foot and kicking a boulder towards Dijin.
Dijin was about to counter the attack but the rock was quickly sent back towards the man who threw it. The fighter was caught off guard and was hit dead-on then launched into the stands behind him.
Dijin looked behind himself and saw Katara with Toph while the blind Earth-benders hand was out stretched showing she was the one who threw the rock.
Toph then walked so she was in front of Dijin and said "Let the Avatar go! I beat you all once and I can do it again."
Dijin hardened his gaze before stepping to stand next to her and said "Only this time she'll have back up." next Dijin stomped his foot creating a small pool of magma before he raised his hand palm up making an orb of lava rise out of the pool.
The fighters hesitated in advancing after witnessing Dijin's display while Toph's eyes widened as she felt what Dijin did. Never once in her life had she ever heard of an Earth-bender that could control the actual temperature of the Earth let alone create magma.
Toph hardened her gaze however as she "saw" the fighters in front of her before thrusting her arm in front of Dijin stopping him from moving.
Dijin raised an eyebrow at her before she said "As much as I would love to see what your gonna do with that trick of yours Hot Rocks. These Assholes thought they could lock me in a cage and get away with it." she then turned towards Dijin fully and gave him a harsh stare saying "So stand back, these pieces of shit are mine!"
Dijin stared at the girl with a blush his new nickname going over his head because Toph's fierce attitude and rough appearance gave her a sophisticated amazon look so he took a step back while being grateful she was blind so she couldn't see him blushing and said "They're all yours."
Tired of being ignored and underestimated the fighters chose then to attack.
Toph just glared in their direction before she held her hands at her sides as the whole ring began to shake and just when the fighters were half way towards her she curled her body inwards slamming both her feet down creating a huge dust cloud blinding and separating the fighters.
Toph just cracked her neck before walking into the cloud and zeroed in on her first victim.
Fire Nation man waved his arms a couple times to try and clear the dust and got into a stance while looking towards his left. But due to the dust he didn't see Toph standing on his right until it was too late.
As soon as he saw her, he moved to step back and that was his mistake. Once his foot touched the ground Toph smirked and while Fire Nation Man tried to bend a wave of earth at her, she just simply stepped to the side before thrusting her right palm forward sending a stream of pillars at the fighter which hit their target launching Fire Nation Man high into the stands knocking him out.
Meanwhile over with Aang and the others Dijin was bending a small orb of lava to slowly melt the lock away from the coffin.
Aang feeling the metal get hot shouted "Be careful with that stuff! It feels like I'm boiling in here!"
Dijin just shouted back "You think this is easy!"
Back with Toph, one of the fighters who wore a mask was crawling on the ground to avoid the cloud of dust while looking for the girl.
His search didn't take long since Toph bent a rock at his head letting him know where she was.
Toph and the fighter glared at each other before the fighter jumped up spread eagle while bending two basketball sized boulders and launched them at the blind girl.
Toph just held her hands open in front of herself and just when the boulders were about to hit, she rotated her arms in a circle grabbing both boulders and throwing them at her sides. She then simply kicked her heel multiple times creating tall Earth-pillars under the fighter which hit him in the stomach and back repeatedly before being launched into the stand's unconscious.
Next, the fighter who resembles a badger mole dove underground and started to head towards Toph. Toph simply slid her foot across the ring getting an idea of where the fighter was at before he popped out of the ring launching a boulder at Toph's head from behind.
Toph just turned around and caught the boulder before throwing back at the fighter who couldn't react in time and was hit straight in the face his jaw and nose broken as he passed out right there. Toph just frowned at the fighter before kicking her heel launching him out of the ring with the others.
Over with the Gaang Dijin finally got the lock off of Aang's cage and he shot out of it like an arrow before he got ready to fight.
Dijin just grabbed his shoulder while shaking his head and pointed at what was happening in the ring.
Back with Toph again, The Hippo was blindly swinging a stone Earth Kingdom symbol like a club trying to hit Toph while the Boulder was sent flying out of the cloud before rolling into a crouch.
The two fighters faced the blind Earth-bender while she slid across the ring floor left and right and held the back of her hands up prepared for anything.
The Boulder just flexed his muscles getting ready to attack while the Hippo began to beat his chest like a Goat-Gorilla. However, as Toph got ready to face the two in front of her a third fighter came swinging down from the ceiling on rope screaming "Rahhhhhhh."
Toph slid her foot across the floor and smirked realizing she was standing on large stone Earth Kingdom symbol. Then just as the fighter on the rope was about to hit her, she slammed the back of her right foot down before twisting it sideways making the floor rotate clockwise which also made the fighter on the rope completely miss Toph and head straight into the other two fighters. The three fighters landed in a tangle of limbs before Toph smirked again and she thrusted her fists forward and then splayed her hands open sending a huge pillar at the trio who collided into the wall unconscious.
Toph then pushed her hands down clearing the ring of dust revealing Xin Fu was the only one left standing.
Xin Fu didn't say a word he just cracked his neck and got into an Earth-bending stance while beginning to circle Toph.
Toph just spit on the ground before getting in her own stance and started to circle Xin Fu the two keeping in front of each other.
Xin Fu made the first move rotating his right forearm upwards creating a large boulder before launching it at Toph with a front kick. He then threw a jump kick launching two more human sized boulders at the girl. Next, he did high mule kick launching a trio of boulders the size of basketballs. To finish off his attack he threw a round house kick creating and launching a huge boulder the size of the Hippo before he went back into a ready stance.
Toph just raised the back of her hands creating and Earth-Tent to block the boulders. She then glared from inside her tent and curled her right fingers inward and thrusted her arm forward sending one half of the tent towards Xin Fu.
Xin Fu just jumped and rotated his body horizontally dodging the slab of Earth while digging his hand into the ring floor launching a small boulder at Toph.
However, like in her fight with Dijin she waited until the last possible moment and simply stepped to the side the boulder passing inches from her face. She then slammed her right fist into the arena floor sending a stream of pillars at Xin Fu who could only widen his eyes in shock. And due to him still being air born he was hit dead-center launching him into the stands where he made a crater so deep only his feet were sticking out while he was knocked unconscious.
Up in the stands that weren't destroyed Toph's father and Master Yu had seen everything. Master Yu was acting like a fanboy after seeing Toph bend and looked at Mr. Bei Fong saying "Your daughter is the greatest Earth-bender I have ever seen!"
Mr. Bei Fong just looked at his Daughter as she smiled and gathered around the Avatar with his friends before he gained a determined look and came to a decision regarding his daughter's future.
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After the Gaang and Mr. Bei Fong called for the proper authorities they headed back to the Bei Fong estate where Toph was currently coming out to her parents.
Toph parents were sitting in their elegant chairs while Toph stood in front of them and the Gaang stood behind her for moral support.
Toph "looked" at her parents and said "Mom, Dad, I know it's probably hard for you to see me this way, but the obedient little helpless blind girl that you think I am just isn't me." She then brightened up and smiled before saying "I love fighting and I love being an Earth-bender and I'm really, really good at it." she "looked" at them sadly before saying "I know I've kept my life secret from you, but you were keeping me secret from the whole world. You were doing it to protect me. But I'm 16 years old and I've never had a real friend. So, now that you see who I really am, I hope it doesn't change how you feel about me."
Mr. Bei Fong just shook his head and said "Of course it doesn't change the way I feel about you, Toph. It has only made me realize something." Mr. Bei Fong then hardened his gaze and shouted "That you have had far too much freedom!"
Toph's eyes widened as her head snapped towards her father as he said "From now on you shall be tended to and guarded 24 hours a day."
Toph eyes widened further at hearing her father say she would basically be a prisoner and shouted "But Dad-"
Toph's mother interjected saying "We are doing this for your own good, Toph."
Mr. Bei Fong then glared at the Gaang and said "Escort the Avatar and his friends out. They are no longer welcome here.
As some servants led Aang and the other's out Dijin stayed behind and took a step forward saying "You're a fool."
Mr. Bei Fong's eyes widened as Dijin blatantly insulted him and said "What did you say?"
A servant came to escort Dijin out but he roughly pulled his shoulder away and glared at the worker making him back off.
Dijin then glared at Toph's father while saying "I said that you are a fool, Mr. Bei Fong." Dijin then pointed at Toph who was next to him and said "Your daughter is the strongest Earth-bender I have ever met, in fact her abilities could rival even that of my teacher King Bumi." Dijin glared at Mr. Bei Fong even harder before saying "But you try and hide her away from the world with your selfish and overprotective ways when in reality if she ventures out into that very world, she would take it by storm and shine brightly in it."
As Dijin chewed out Mr. Bei Fong he was so focused on the man that he didn't notice that Toph had gained a blush across her cheeks due to the fact that no one had ever spoken that way about her before.
Mr. Bei Fong stood up outraged at being talked to in such a manner and shouted "I don't know how you do things in Omashu Right Hand, but If you remain in my house any longer, I'll have the whole city guard arrest you and the Avatar!"
Dijin just frowned at the man before looking at Toph who had schooled her features and said "Toph, your too strong of a person to be locked away like this." Dijin made to leave and before he left the room he said "When you're ready to see the world, come find us." with that Dijin left the Bei Fong estate to regroup with Aang and the rest.
Meanwhile Mr. Bei Fong was fuming at how Dijin spoke to him and said "The nerve of that man! Claiming I don't know what's best for my own daughter!"
He roughly shook his head before walking forward and grabbing Toph's hand then dragged her towards her room saying "Now, come along, Toph. We need to get you out of that torn dress and into bed. You've had a trying day today."
Once they reached Toph's room her father opened her door for her and said "I'll give you 10 minutes to change then I'll be sending in a servant to warm your mattress for you." he then left Toph to change her clothes.
Toph however glared at where her father stood before while thinking to herself "Sorry dad, but I'm done with you hiding me away." Toph quickly grabbed a satchel and filled it with some clothes and other necessities before she changed her outfit then Earth-bent a small hole in her wall as she crawled through it and closed it.
Toph then "glanced" at her home one last time before thinking "It's time I finally see the world."
Toph then slid her foot on the ground to check for guards and when the coast was clear she quickly left the estate and went towards the direction she could sense the Gaang headed off to.
xxLine Breakxx
Just outside of Gaoling the Gaang was packing up Appa and as they packed Aang just looked at the city with regret.
Katara seeing his state walked up to him and said "Don't worry. We'll find you another teacher. There are plenty of amazing Earth-benders out there."
Aang just looked away sadly saying "Not like her."
As Dijin packed things on Appa he wondered out loud "I just wish I could've found out how she Earth-bends the way she does."
Aang brightened up hearing that and walked over to Dijin saying "She actually told me how she does it. It's pretty cool."
Dijin stopped packing and turned towards Aang and said "Well, don't hold out on me, spill."
Aang just replied "She told me that even though she's physically blind she's able to see through her feet by feeling the vibrations in the ground. I saw her do it myself and she was able to see me, the garden, and some ant's that were marching on the ground."
Dijin listened to the news slightly shocked as he thought to himself "That's how she was able to see my moves. She saw my body movements and acted accordingly."
However, he was broken from his thoughts suddenly as the group started to hear the sound of someone panting. The group turned towards the sound and they smiled at what they saw.
Running up the path towards them was Toph and she was wearing her outfit from Earth Rumble 6. she came to a stop in front of the group and said out of breath "My dad changed his mind. he said I'm free to travel the world."
Dijin and the rest shared a knowing look before he said "Then let's get going before you dad changes his mind again."
Toph replied "Good idea."
Aang happy to have Toph join them said "Your gonna be a great teacher, Toph."
Toph smiled before she said "Speaking of which, I want to show you something."
Aang happy to be learning already said "Okay." as he moved in front of Toph who smirked before kicking her left heel making an Earth-pillar launch Aang into a nearby tree.
As Aang hung in the tree like an ornament Toph and Dijin shared a laugh before Toph said "That's for Earth Rumble 6." she then turned towards Dijin holding out her hand saying "By the way, I'll be taking the belt back."
Sokka who was wearing the belt grumbled but conceded before unhooking the belt from his waist and tossing it at the blind girl saying "Here."
Dijin's eyes widened at Sokka's dumb move and tried to catch the belt while saying "Sokka, you idiot!" But it was too late the belt hit Toph right on the head the heavy accessory knocking her to the ground.
However, due to Dijin moving forward to grab the belt he tripped over Toph's feet making him fall as well.
Dijin quickly caught himself by placing his arms on either side of Toph's head and when he looked at Toph he blushed along with the blind girl as each of them noticed how close they were to each other with their noses practically touching.
Dijin quickly sat up along with Toph while Sokka shouted at them from the saddle saying "Sorry guys, Aang said you could see with your feet so I thought you would catch it."
Toph instantly glared at the comment the awkward moment with Dijin forgotten as she shouted "I said I can see with the vibrations in the ground not when you throw a fucking metal belt at my head dickwad!"
Toph then stood up and placed the belt in her bag before she looked in Appa's direction asking "So who's the giant fur ball and why aren't we moving yet?"
Dijin suddenly got a bad feeling and asked the blind girl "Hey, Toph. Have you ever flown before?"
Toph turned in Dijin's direction with a confused look saying "Fly? People can't fly."
Dijin sighed as he walked next to her and said "Let me get you up to speed..."
10 minutes later...
"THIS IS HOW YOU GUYS TRAVEL! IT'S FUCKING TERRORFYING!" shouted a scared Toph who was hugging Dijin's arm to her chest she was so scared as the group flew over Gaoling.
Dijin just had an awkward blush on his face as Toph hugged him tightly and for the first time ever his fear of heights didn't bother him.