The lost soldier: ATLA fanfiction

Part 7

'I am a soldier. I own nothing' I finally told him but I knew that we need the whistles.

I decided I must leave my past behind my back, so I unbuttoned the button at my neck and took off a chain on which was hanging a small white ball. Someone very special had given me this jewelry but this person had hurted me. I kept the chain, because it was very valuable. I shown it to the seller.

'Maybe I don't have a painting, but this is very valuable item. It is a white gold.'

'Do you think I am stupid? Ha ha ha!'

He was looking at the chain for a minute. Then he dissapeared under the counter and he came back holding the magnifying glass.

'Give it to me. I must look at this'.

I gave him the chain, but held the other end the whole time, I didn't trust this guy. The seller looked at the item from every possible angle and started laughing again.

'Ha ha ha! It's really white gold! I'll exchange whistles for this.'

'Sagi, you don't have to do that. I'm sure there's another solution.' Katara said to me.

'I'm a member of the Avatar Team. I'm really happy that I can be helpful'.

I exchanged my jewelry for whistles with the seller.

'Goodbye!' we told him.

'See you soon! Doing business with you is a pleasure.'

We walked away from there as soon as possible. We decided it was necessary to eat something before the mission, so we went to the bar. We waited a long time for our dishes and it was already getting dark, so we ate them quickly. While we were waiting, Katara went to the store and bought us black coats, which had very large hoods. I saw many people wearing them. This was very good, because we shouldn't have attract the crowd's attention. We left the bar and turned into a side street to get dressed. There I gave one whistle to Sokka and I kept another one.

'Good luck' Sokka said to me and Katara.

I was walking down the street with Katara. The city was peaceful and quiet. Nothing suspicious was happening. We walked and talked for an hour, mainly about the city and the mission. Then the conversation turned to today's situation with Sokka in the cheif's palace.

'I had no idea that it still hurting him. I know he met her here, it must be difficult for him, but it was a long time ago. He even has a new girlfriend.'

'Really?' I don't know why I was so indignant when I heard that.

'Yeah, she's name is Suki. They've known each other for long time. She helped us during the war. Now Suki is a Kyoshi warrior. She has her own responsibilities just like Sokka, so they don't see each other very often.'

'Are they happy?' I asked.

'Not really. As I said, they don't see each other very often and that is a problem. What's more she want to get married with Sokka so much, but he isn't ready for it. He is still young, there will be time for that. Sagi, tell me, do you feel something for my brother?'

I didn't ready for her question.

'Nooo, of course not!'- I lied but this time she didn't believe me.

'You're sweet but you have no chance. Sokka is a typical heterosexual men. To be honest, I thought you are like that too. Maybe it's because of your story with Yuki.'

'That story isn't as simple as it seems.'

'What do you mean?' she asked.

At that moment, we heard the sound of a whistle. They couldn't have been far from us, because the sound was loud. We looked at each other and started running as fast as we could to place from where the sound was coming from.