The Avatar's Angel (Avatar the Last Airbender: Book 3: Fire)

The Runaway

"Sokka, it's not gonna work." I tell my idiotic brother who was going to sneak attack Aang. Aang is able to feel vibrations now and I know my brother, he won't be sneaky.

"Don't doubt my sneak attack skills, Aya." Sokka remarks and grabs my shoulders. "This is gonna be the ultimate sneak attack."

He gives me a creepy grin before he lets me go and hides behind a ledge. He waited until Aang was by himself and Toph and Katara weren't training him. I thought they were helping him, but they began to fight with one another instead of training Aang.

With all this training, it makes me wonder if I should ask Aang if he wants to learn firebending. I know he's scared of it because he burned me, but when Jeong Jeong was teaching him he caught on really well as did some good moves. He did get careless, but he has to learn to let go of fear.

"Sneak Attack!" Sokka yells out as he pops out and runs toward Aang with his arm up.

Aang, who was able to hear Sokka's voice and was looking away with a blindfold, creates an earth wall that halts Sokka dead in his tracks. Aang lowers the wall as Sokka falls and he removes his blindfold.

"Sokka, sneak attacks don't work if you yell it out loud." Aang advises my brother as I approach my boyfriend and gave him a smile.

"I told him it wouldn't work, but he didn't listen." I say and Aang chuckles as me, wrapping his arms around my waist. I giggle and hug him back with my arms around his neck.

"How's training?" I ask him, noticing Toph and Katara fighting in the mud.

"My teachers turned on each other." Aang tells me kissing my temple and I smile with amusement

I pull away and he grips my waist, giving me a soft smile.

Sokka recovers and we go over to Katara and Toph who were still battling one another. Aang lowers his arms and grabs my hand as we approach the girls.

"Uh guys, I thought we were supposed to be training me?" Aang asked the girls who stopped fighting and looked at us.

Katara becomes her calm self, and stepped forward covered in mud. "Very well, pupil. I believe we've had enough training for today." She walks away, leaving the four of us.

Toph earthbends the mud off her body and runs to the three of us. "While Katara cleans up, let's go have some fun!"

Aang, Sokka, and I cheered.

"Yeah!"

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Aang, Sokka, Toph, and I head into Fire Fountain City. Aang and I were walking side by side with our hands interlocked and we pass by a messenger hawk coop that catches Sokka's attention.

"Look at all those messenger hawks! You know, I've been thinking about getting one for myself. That way, I wouldn't have to talk to anyone. I could just send them messages." Sokka explains to us.

"I gotta say, I like the idea of not talking to you." Toph mentions and I smile amusingly.

"So, guys. What are we gonna get with our last silver piece?" Aang questions, holding up our final silver piece.

"We can get more money." We stop and look back at Toph. "Right there." The boy's and I move back to where Toph was pointing to see a group of people surrounding a man that was sat at a table.

The table has three shells on it, all upside down. The first man places some money on the table and the second man, the owner I assume, lifts the shells to reveal that the middle one has a rock underneath it. He places the shells back down as they were and starts moving them around.