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Chapter 17: Lover's Spat
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Magma
Chapter 17: Lover's Spat
"This is all your fault," Toph had used her earth bending to break the fall, thus preventing injuries for Zuko and herself. But the fact still remained, that they were trapped underground.
"Everything is my fault," Zuko's statement carried both sarcasm and honesty.
"Don't go all emotional on me, let's just get out of here," Toph was clearly upset. She wanted to get to know the badgermoles, but Zuko had to scare them away with his thoughtless fire bending. Sure he was trying to protect her, but he was too jumpy and defensive, which made things complicated since a fire bender's defense is a strong and fast offence.
"Toph, I'm sorry," Zuko felt as if he had spend the most recent part of his life apologizing all the time. He apologized for chasing the avatar, sending an assassin after them, burning Toph's feet, accidentally stealing her body her, and now scaring away her new earth bending friends and ending up falling deeper underground; a fate which passed without injuries only because of her skills and fast action. "I really am a disaster waiting to happen."
"Glad you admit it, now do the world a favor and keep your clumsy fire bending to yourself." Zuko did not say anything and Toph tried to earth bend a way out. She felt odd, as if something was blocking her abilities. Earth had always been a stubborn element, her stance was firm, and her energy was focused, but the earth felt a lot harder to move that time. Toph tried it anyway, and forced the earth to form a pillar, carrying them slowly up with vast effort. It took a lot just to keep the pillar up, and even more effort to open up the cave ceiling so they could reach the previously level. Toph practically never broke a sweat when she was earth bending, but now it was taking everything she had.
Zuko was standing next to Toph in the darkness, he said nothing, and dared not light the way with fire.
"Almost... ah!" The small opening in the ceiling rocks was closed, and Toph's pillar of earth sunk into the ground. "We're trapped," she announced.
"What's wrong? Did you lose your earth bending for some reason?" Zuko asked sounding concerned.
"I'm not as weak as you. I'm not the one who can't decide what to do with life, and I can actually control my bending. The badgermoles are angry, they're above using earth bending to keep us here. They're the original earth benders, and I'm outnumbered."
"But there has to be something you can do!" Toph had always been on top of any situation, he couldn't imagine her being trapped by badgermoles.
"I wouldn't have to do anything if you haven't made enemies of those badgermoles!" Toph yelled, she was looking forward to this and now it was ruined.
Zuko did not reply with anything but started to walk away.
"Where are you going, princess?" Toph half yelled, she didn't feel like babysitting an emotional fire bender.
"Away, the badgermoles are angry at me. If I'm gone they might let you out," Zuko replied.
"And you're just going to stay down here?" Toph knew that Zuko would stay, but that would be troublesome.
"Yeah," Zuko continued walking away in the darkness, occasionally coming close to losing his balance with the rocks and uneven terrain, but he didn't light a fire to see where he was going.
"Then who's going to tech Aang fire bending?" Toph brought up a valid point.
"Someone who actually knows how to fire bend..." Zuko's footsteps became more distant and a wall of earth closed behind him, when he was far enough from Toph.
"Zuko!" forgetting her anger, and without wasting a second, Toph rushed to open the wall with her earth bending. She felt the badgermoles trying to counter her earth bending, but she forced the wall open and ran in. She remembered something she heard about badgermoles, their liking for music, but she did not carry any instruments. Then Toph remembered her singing lessons when she was little and how much she hated the repetition they involved until she got just the right note with her voice. "If you tell anyone what I'm about to do, I'll beat you up worse than the badgermoles could have!" Toph sang an old Earth Kingdom song, her voice calming the badgermoles enough to soothe their thirst for vengeance. The badger moles retreated peacefully and Toph could no longer feel them trying to counter her earth bending. "We're safe now, and don't tell anyone about that."
"You saved my life... and you're a really good singer," Zuko couldn't help it but to be amazed with Toph.
"You owe me one, actually more than just one, and you better keep this a secret. Honestly, you're like a child, always needing someone to take care of you," Toph was very independent.
As independent as Zuko may appear to be sometimes, he always had someone to take care of him. First his mother when he was a child, then his uncle after he lost his mother. His uncle continued to care for him after being banished from the Fire Nation, yet he left his uncle's side to try to recover his lost honor.
"Hey, why are you getting so emotional all of a sudden? I'm surprised you're not crying yet," Toph interrupted Zuko's angsty thoughts.
"I made a lot of mistakes, and I can't make it right. I wonder if it's best if I give up and stay out of the way." Zuko considered it, there had been many ups and downs, but it felt as if there had been more bad experiences than good; most of which he blamed himself for.
"You're not going to fix anything by just giving up," Toph reminded Zoku, and she realized that he needed her, perhaps more than he knew.
"Then I'll keep trying..." Zuko didn't sound too eager, but none the less he would stay with the Avatar's group and try to make things right somehow. "I'll just have to-ouch!"
Toph laughed. "You'll have to ouch?"
"I tripped; I can't see without a fire to light the way, but those badgermoles might come back and get angry again if I use fire, even if it's just a small flame to see where I'm going." Zuko got up and kept walking. He would just have to endure the darkness even if it bothered him, Toph must be very brave, she could see with earth bending, but still.
"You big baby, give me your hand, I'll lead the way." They continued hand in hand, exploring the cave of two lovers.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own Avatar. I know everyone must want fluff, but hey, these little experiences are needed to make Toph and Zuko become closer, okay? Zuko is falling for Toph for real now and she will soon start to see her own feelings too.
Chapter 17: Lover's Spat
"This is all your fault," Toph had used her earth bending to break the fall, thus preventing injuries for Zuko and herself. But the fact still remained, that they were trapped underground.
"Everything is my fault," Zuko's statement carried both sarcasm and honesty.
"Don't go all emotional on me, let's just get out of here," Toph was clearly upset. She wanted to get to know the badgermoles, but Zuko had to scare them away with his thoughtless fire bending. Sure he was trying to protect her, but he was too jumpy and defensive, which made things complicated since a fire bender's defense is a strong and fast offence.
"Toph, I'm sorry," Zuko felt as if he had spend the most recent part of his life apologizing all the time. He apologized for chasing the avatar, sending an assassin after them, burning Toph's feet, accidentally stealing her body her, and now scaring away her new earth bending friends and ending up falling deeper underground; a fate which passed without injuries only because of her skills and fast action. "I really am a disaster waiting to happen."
"Glad you admit it, now do the world a favor and keep your clumsy fire bending to yourself." Zuko did not say anything and Toph tried to earth bend a way out. She felt odd, as if something was blocking her abilities. Earth had always been a stubborn element, her stance was firm, and her energy was focused, but the earth felt a lot harder to move that time. Toph tried it anyway, and forced the earth to form a pillar, carrying them slowly up with vast effort. It took a lot just to keep the pillar up, and even more effort to open up the cave ceiling so they could reach the previously level. Toph practically never broke a sweat when she was earth bending, but now it was taking everything she had.
Zuko was standing next to Toph in the darkness, he said nothing, and dared not light the way with fire.
"Almost... ah!" The small opening in the ceiling rocks was closed, and Toph's pillar of earth sunk into the ground. "We're trapped," she announced.
"What's wrong? Did you lose your earth bending for some reason?" Zuko asked sounding concerned.
"I'm not as weak as you. I'm not the one who can't decide what to do with life, and I can actually control my bending. The badgermoles are angry, they're above using earth bending to keep us here. They're the original earth benders, and I'm outnumbered."
"But there has to be something you can do!" Toph had always been on top of any situation, he couldn't imagine her being trapped by badgermoles.
"I wouldn't have to do anything if you haven't made enemies of those badgermoles!" Toph yelled, she was looking forward to this and now it was ruined.
Zuko did not reply with anything but started to walk away.
"Where are you going, princess?" Toph half yelled, she didn't feel like babysitting an emotional fire bender.
"Away, the badgermoles are angry at me. If I'm gone they might let you out," Zuko replied.
"And you're just going to stay down here?" Toph knew that Zuko would stay, but that would be troublesome.
"Yeah," Zuko continued walking away in the darkness, occasionally coming close to losing his balance with the rocks and uneven terrain, but he didn't light a fire to see where he was going.
"Then who's going to tech Aang fire bending?" Toph brought up a valid point.
"Someone who actually knows how to fire bend..." Zuko's footsteps became more distant and a wall of earth closed behind him, when he was far enough from Toph.
"Zuko!" forgetting her anger, and without wasting a second, Toph rushed to open the wall with her earth bending. She felt the badgermoles trying to counter her earth bending, but she forced the wall open and ran in. She remembered something she heard about badgermoles, their liking for music, but she did not carry any instruments. Then Toph remembered her singing lessons when she was little and how much she hated the repetition they involved until she got just the right note with her voice. "If you tell anyone what I'm about to do, I'll beat you up worse than the badgermoles could have!" Toph sang an old Earth Kingdom song, her voice calming the badgermoles enough to soothe their thirst for vengeance. The badger moles retreated peacefully and Toph could no longer feel them trying to counter her earth bending. "We're safe now, and don't tell anyone about that."
"You saved my life... and you're a really good singer," Zuko couldn't help it but to be amazed with Toph.
"You owe me one, actually more than just one, and you better keep this a secret. Honestly, you're like a child, always needing someone to take care of you," Toph was very independent.
As independent as Zuko may appear to be sometimes, he always had someone to take care of him. First his mother when he was a child, then his uncle after he lost his mother. His uncle continued to care for him after being banished from the Fire Nation, yet he left his uncle's side to try to recover his lost honor.
"Hey, why are you getting so emotional all of a sudden? I'm surprised you're not crying yet," Toph interrupted Zuko's angsty thoughts.
"I made a lot of mistakes, and I can't make it right. I wonder if it's best if I give up and stay out of the way." Zuko considered it, there had been many ups and downs, but it felt as if there had been more bad experiences than good; most of which he blamed himself for.
"You're not going to fix anything by just giving up," Toph reminded Zoku, and she realized that he needed her, perhaps more than he knew.
"Then I'll keep trying..." Zuko didn't sound too eager, but none the less he would stay with the Avatar's group and try to make things right somehow. "I'll just have to-ouch!"
Toph laughed. "You'll have to ouch?"
"I tripped; I can't see without a fire to light the way, but those badgermoles might come back and get angry again if I use fire, even if it's just a small flame to see where I'm going." Zuko got up and kept walking. He would just have to endure the darkness even if it bothered him, Toph must be very brave, she could see with earth bending, but still.
"You big baby, give me your hand, I'll lead the way." They continued hand in hand, exploring the cave of two lovers.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I do not own Avatar. I know everyone must want fluff, but hey, these little experiences are needed to make Toph and Zuko become closer, okay? Zuko is falling for Toph for real now and she will soon start to see her own feelings too.
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