Chapter Five: The Chase

"Hey you guys picked a great camp sight. The grass is so soft." Toph commented as we stopped to make camp.

"That's not grass, Appa's shedding." Sokka replied as we stood in white fur.

"Oh gross." Katara sighed.

"That's not gross it's just a part of spring. You know, humming birds, flowers blooming, and Appa gets a new coat." Aang explained, as butterflies and birds twirled around him.

"Ah the beauty of spring." Katara scoffed. Just then Appa shook, which sent hair everywhere. "Stop! Appa stop!" Katara yelled as she tried not to get any of it on her.

"It's not that bad Katara, it makes a great wig." Sokka said putting on a Simmons looking hair due.

"And I finally get to have long white hair." I smiled, putting white fur all along my hair.

"And a great beard." Aang added as he walked up with a pure white beard. We started laughing at each other, holding our stomachs.

"I'm just glad we finally have another girl in the group because you three are disgusting." Katara commented before Toph walked up.

"Excuse me, but does anyone have a razor because I got some hairy pits." Toph laughed as she showed tons of fur in her armpits.

We all started laughing again, Aang sneezed and it caused him to fall on Appa and then to the ground. It made us all laugh even more.

As we set up camp we could hear Toph and Katara talking. I wanted to get some sleep so I decided to intervene. "And look my tents all set up." Toph said, pointing at her Earth tent.

"Well that's great for you, but still need to finish-"

"I don't understand?! What's the problem here?!" Toph asked Katara, with a high pitch voice.

"Katara leave her alone, it's voluntary." I sighed with a hand on my waist.

"Never mind." Katara said walking away.


                                     ~*~

That night when we were sleeping, "There's something coming toward us!" Toph warned, I immediately sighed.

How in the earth???

"What is it?" Aang asked.

"Oh no!" I sighed again, at the thought of Azula, I thought I lost her.

"It feels like an avalanche, But also not an avalanche." Toph replied, still holding the ground.

"Your powers of perception are frightening." Sokka mocked as he was half asleep.

"Should we leave?" Katara asked in my direction.

"I'm tired... so no!" I hid my head in a pillow, it would be a little better to fight then with some energy instead of non.

"But Gyawa, better safe than sorry." Aang said, making me groan.

"Did y'all hear what I said? Oh come on!" I yelled as I looked over, I was out ruled.

"Fine!" I puffed as I grabbed my sleeping bag.


"What is that thing?" Katara asked as we flew away. "Probably some kind of tank." I answered with a yawn.

                                     ~*~

When we landed again, I couldn't wait to collapse. "Ah land sweet land." Toph sighed, as she touched the grass. "See you guys in the morning."

She started for her side of the clearing when Katara spoke up: "Actually, can you help us unload?"

"Really? You need me to help unload Sokka's funky smelling sleeping bag?" Toph asked, with a frown as Sokka smelt it and almost fainted.

"Well yeah. That and everything else." Katara answered.

"Katara, leave it be. I'm tired and I don't want to have to stop a fight." I yawned, walking by them.

"What?!" Katara snapped.

"She's right. I didn't ask you to help unload my stuff. I'm carrying my own weight." Toph added to my comment.

"That's not the point. Ever since you joined us you've been nothing but selfish and unhelpful!"

"Here we go." I sighed, as I laid on the grass.

"What?! Look here Sugar Queen! I gave up everything I had so that I could teach Gyawa earth bending, so don't you talk to me about being selfish!" Toph yelled, at her before she walked in her tent.

"Sugar Queen?!" Katara snapped. Toph then put up a door in her tent. "Did you just slam the door in my face?! How can you be so infuriating?!"

"Should we do something?" Aang asked me and Sokka. "Don't bother, already tried." I yawned as I rolled my eyes. "Hey I'm just enjoying the show."

"Okay okay. You both need to calm down." Aang suggested as the peace keeper he is.

"Both?! I'm completely calm!" Katara shouted, at him with a furious wired expression.

"I can see that." Aang replied as he wished he hadn't said anything.


                                     ~*~


"The stars sure are beautiful tonight. To bad you can't see them Toph!" Katara bickered at Toph's tent as we laid down to 'sleep.'

Toph groaned and through a rock alanch at mainly Katara. But it still threw everyone up.

"Hey how's a guy suppose to sleep with all this yelling and earth quaking?!" Sokka shouted in the air.

"That's it! There will be rules!" I also shouted in the air, I knew we had to sleep sometime.

"That thing is back!" Toph said coming out of her tent.

"Well how far away is it? Maybe we can close our eyes just for a few minutes." Sokka suggested, as he put his head in his pillow.

"I don't think so Sokka." Aang replied, pointing at the smoke it left in it's trail.

"I think we should stand our ground. If we keep going we'll only get more tired." I said, looking back at already tired eyes.

"Gyawas' right, we should found out what they want. And find out how they keep finding us." Toph answered, taking a fighting stance.

"Come on Gyawa we should leave. We don't know what or who it is." Aang said, with very tired eyes.

My hands and legs were starting to shake from being awake too long.

"It could be Zuko." Katara suggested, as she grabbed her sleeping bag.

"Who's Zuko." Toph asked, with a completely oblivious tone.

"Ah Zuko." I sighed, under my breath as I sat down, remembering that beautiful face.

I then realized they all heard that and turned to see glaring or suspicious faces. "What? that came out wrong." I defended.

"What happened in that cave?" Aang asked, making me blush at the thought.

"Some angry freak with a ponytail who's tracked us all over the world. Who apparently Gyawa finds attractive." As Sokka finished I immediately got up.

"I don't find him attractive! I- I never said that!" I said, throwing my hands in front of me.

I had to cover this up! They could never know our love for each other!!!

"Right." Sokka replied, completely unconvinced.

"Well I'll be sure to tell him that you're a fun and perky nun!" Katara mocked.

"Anyways will everyone just shh. They're just about here and we need to put up camp."

                                     ~*~

We didn't wait that long after we finished packing up to see the tank right there. Azula, Ty Lee, and Mai all came out with their beasts.

"Who are they?" Katara asked, as we stood in a line against them.

"We can take em. Three, on four." Toph stated.

"Actually Toph there's five of us." Sokka said, looking over to her, she chuckled a bit.

"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't count you. You know, No bending and all."

"I CAN STILL FIGHT!!!" He shouted, as he tried to look masculine at her.

"Okay, three, on four, plus Sokka." She added Sokka at the end as fast as possible, it made him growl even more.

Azula threw Blue fire, while Mai threw her knives. I thrusted a huge fire blast at Azula, while Toph made a wall and blocked it all.

"Well we wanted to find out who they and we found out. Now let's get out of here!" Sokka said, before running to Appa with the others.

"What?! No!" I hissed, It was now only me and Toph. Azula lightning blasted through the wall, and they were just about on us. "Ah for the love of-" I yelled before me and Toph jumped on Appa.

"Appa Yip Yip."

"I still think we could have taken em." Toph pouted as we flew away.

"And I agree! What was that back there?!" I bucked at the unleadership I just found out about.

"The crazy blue fire and and the deadly knives with the circus freak, no thank you." Sokka replied, I scoffed before diving my head in the saddle. "Oh no the sun is rising. We've been up all night with no sleep." Sokka groaned at the sun.

"Sokka it's fine." Aang replied, with a tired voice.

"Are you sure?! I've never not slept before. What if I fall asleep now and something happens?! And something always happens!" I think I could hear the Spooky music going on in the back.

"We should keep flying so we can lose them. And I'll make sure they don't find us."

                                     ~*~

After a little time of flying I woke up to find we were free falling. "What's going on?!" Toph asked with horror, she couldn't see. I kept forgetting.

"Appa fell asleep! Wake up buddy!" Aang said, trying to wake him up.

When we were about to hit the ground, Appa woke up and moved up. We crash landed and I am still surprised Appa didn't get hurt.

"Appa's exhausted." Aang sighed as we walked down.

"Okay we've put a lot of distance between us and them. The plan right now is to follow Appa's lead and get some sleep." Sokka suggested as he collapsed on the ground.

"Of course we could have gotten some sleep earlier if Toph didn't have such issues." Katara bickered, somehow finding the energy to pick on Toph.

"WHAT?!!??!" Toph shouted with a squeaky loud voice.

"No, no, no, we just need sleep. Not yelling. Now just stop." I groaned, putting my head in the grass.

"No, I want to hear what Katara has to say. You think I have issues?!" Toph pointed at her with a huge sour face.

"I'm just saying. Maybe if you helped out earlier we could have set up our camp faster and gotten some sleep. And then maybe we wouldn't be in this situation!" Katara shouted back holding her sleeping bag.

"You're blaming me for this?!" Toph asked, like she was about to attack her.

"No! No, she's not blaming you!" Aang tried to reassure.

"No I am blaming her!" Katara threw her bag down and gave Toph the signal to fight. It was like this was her sleeping time.

"I never asked you for dildly doda! I carry my own weight! Besides if there's anyone to blame it's sheddy over here." Toph grabbed some fur off Appa to show the shedding.

"What? You're blaming Appa?!" Aang asked, I just didn't have the energy.

"Yeah, you want to know how they keep finding us? His leaving a trail everywhere we go!" Toph shouted, making Aang more furious.

"How dare you blame appa. He saved your life three times today! If there's anyone to blame it's you! You're always talking about how you carry your own weight, but you're not. He is, Appa's carrying your weight. He never had a problem before flying when it was just the four of us!" Aang shouted at her, Toph didn't say anything and grabbed her bag with Earth Bending.

"I'm out of here."

"Toph!"

"Wait." Me and Sokka said, stepping in front of her. She just Earth bended us out of the way, we both were a little stunned from that.

"What did I just do?!" Aang shouted, at the sky to himself, as his eyes were wide teary and holding his face.

"I can't believe I yelled at your Earthbending teacher. Now she's gone." He said, on the ground making himself feel bad.

"I know, we're all just trying to get use to each other. I was so mean to her." I wanted to tell Katara what I really thought but I didn't have the energy.

"Yeah you two were pretty much jerks." Sokka remarked, as I laid my head on his lap, and he ran his fingers through my growing hair.

"Thanks, Sokka." Katara scoffed.

"No problem." He answered, making me grin as my eyes were half open.

"We need to find Toph and apologize."

"Okay, but what are we going to do about the tank full of dangerous ladies chasing us?" Sokka asked, in my direction, I just looked up with wide puppy eyes, but then I remembered what was about to go down.

"I think I know how to get them off our tail." I said, with a yawn as I stood up.

                                     ~*~

"Are you sure his okay to fly?" Katara asked, after we groomed Appa and got his fur for a fake trail.

"He'll be fine as long as we leave his saddle and all our stuff here." Aang replied.

"I'll go use Appa's fur, ya'll keep flying." I said, before flying away with my glider and the fur.

                                     ~*~

I went as far as the fur lasted, and put myself down in a abandoned town in the desert. I used the last of it, and sat in the middle of the street. I yawned one more time before waiting for Azula.

After sometime Azula stood across from me in the cowboy town.

"Congratulations you caught up to me, Azula." I mocked, holding my stance.

"Mm did the family resemblance give it away? Did you get the hint? 'I must find the Avatar to restore my honor.'" Azula's impersonation of Zuko was hilarious to me, I couldn't help but give off a laugh.

"Now do we exchange joke notes or what?" I asked, forcing the smirk off my face.

"Now? Now it's over. You're tired and you have no place to go. You can run but I'll catch you." Azula clenched her jaw as she explained her Azulaness

"I don't run." I hissed back, as I held my glider as tight as possible.

"Do you really want to fight me?" Azula asked, as she took her stance.

"Yes, I really do." A familiar gorgeous voice said, as he walked up and stood between us holding his own pose.

"Zuko." I said, under my breath with a grin.

"I was wondering when you'd show up, Zuzu." Azula scoffed in her way.

"Zuzu." I stated, with a chuckle.

"Back off Azula. She's mine." He borked back.

"Oh I'd hate to break your true love, but I'm not going anywhere."

All of a sudden I felt like the Mexican guy in the good, the bad, and the ugly. Good movie, don't care what you say. You know back when Clint Eastwood was hot. I just like brooders.

Azula shot at Zuko, who blasted fire back. I punched a few fire blast back, she slide through them all.

Zuko then kicked flames at me, I put them out with air bending. 'I could really use earth bending right now.' I thought to myself as I rolled away from blue flame.

Through all the fire they punched at me or each other, or the air or fire I punched at them I still ended up running in a house.

Azula followed to find there was no floor, I sat on a air scooter, she had to regain her balance and get on what was left of the floor.

Meanwhile when Zuko ran in he fell straight to the floor. Right when my scooter was about to die, I kicked fire at Azula and used air to shoot me out of the house. Azula bursted back out with blue flame and kicked a few shots at me.

I cartwheeled away and kicked a slice of air when I landed. But I still found myself dodging her Blue blasts. I jumped up and kicked more fire at her, she blocked each one. I was starting to get frustrated, I hadn't landed a single blow on her. I kicked three fire balls and punched air fists at her.

I heard her cat screech before getting knocked in a building by her blue flame.

When I looked back up I saw her walking in and setting the room on fire. But then water grabbed her leg and knocked her down. Katara gave me a smile before Azula kicked fire at her. She blocked and sent a water whip at her. Azula started to run, we all followed her.

She then took her stance again only to have Toph move the earth under her. "I thought you guys could use a little help." Toph remarked, with a grin.

"Thanks." Katara said, with a smile.

Azula started to run again but was knocked down by Iroh. She backed into a wall, and held her stance against all of us.

"Well look at this enemies, and traitors all working together. I'm done, I know when I'm beaten. You got me, a princess surrenders with honor." Azula put her hands up but non of us made a move.

I kept my eyes fixed on her, watching her every move.

Just then, Azula shot at Iroh, I could hear Zuko gasp as he hit the ground. We all laid siege on her with our bending but she was gone.

We turned to see Zuko over Iroh's body. "Get away from us!" He hissed, as I walked a little closer then the rest.

I saw that Iroh was alive, it was a huge relief I didn't do something foolish.

"Zuko, please, I can help. For your uncle's own good." I tried to plead, daring to step closer and lay a hand on the Prince's shoulder.

"Leave!" Zuko shouted in desperation as he threw weak fire at us.

I backed away, I hadn't changed Zuko yet and I was starting to wonder if I ever would. I thought maybe he wouldn't be so harsh, but I was wrong.

Would I change anything with Zuko? Should I even. The last time I'd changed things, I wish I hadn't.

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