The Unexpected Case of Bumi, Son of Avatar

Chapter 1

I am an absolute addict for writing about the Gaang kids. This going to be a short story about how they all got in trouble again as young adults.

I say again because I wrote two stories before this "While The Parents Are Away" and "When We Were Young" and this is part three. If you haven't read them, you can still follow this but I'd recommend that you check them out at least.

Some things to keep in mind...

Ages in this story:

Bumi (30)

Kya (27)

Izumi (26)

Tenzin (24)

Lin (23)

Zari (19) (Azula's son)

Suyin (17) (daughter of Sokka and Toph) (six months ago ran away like seen in flashbacks in LoK)

Iroh (5)

I know the intro was annoying, but here we go:

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Very few things in Lin's adult life sucked as hard as paperwork did. It was like the police officer's version of homework. No one liked it, but it had to be done before you could go out and play.

That particular evening, she was sitting at her desk at the station, neck-deep in forms when she felt someone grab her shoulder.

"You're coming with me, cop!" she heard someone say in a deep voice and without missing a beat grabbed the intruder's hand, twisting it and pushing him into her desk.

"It's me, it's me! Tenzin, your boyfriend!" the airbender whimpered.

"Oh, sorry." she let go of him immediately, "What were you thinking?"

"She got you good..." Lin's partner, Jun, added from his desk, "I once tried to play Guess, who with her, and I didn't even finish the sentence she decked me. Hard."

"That's what you deserved..."

"I just thought I'd surprise you..." Tenzin started, "You know, get the moving going as soon as possible... I have all my possessions in the world packed up on Oogi and ready to go."

"Oh... Right now?"

"You didn't forget, did you?" Tenzin asked. There was no way he'd forget, since it took him weeks to convince his parents he'd still be an Air Nomad if he moved in with Lin.

"Are you kidding?!" Jun cut in from his desk again, "She's been walking on air for a week now! She even-"

He was interrupted when Lin threw a crumpled-up piece of paper at him. He smirked, picked it up and threw it right back at her just as she turned to Tenzin.

"Detectives!" the new Chief appeared in between the two friends seemingly out of nowhere, "Am I running a preschool here?"

"No, Sir." both Jun and Lin said in unison.

"Then for Spirits' mercy, act like officers of the law, not children!" Chief Hong ordered through his teeth. It was just a few months since Toph officially retired as Chief of police and even though he tried, he couldn't hold a candle to her. The crime rate shot up immediately, especially in the organized crime department, and everybody could see Hong had no idea on how to fix that. So instead, he took it out on his officers.

"Beifong, what's this? What did I say about personal visits at the station, huh?" the Chief continued, gesturing at Tenzin.

"I apologize... Sir." Tenzin started, since there was no way he'd let Lin get into trouble because of him, "It wasn't Lin, I..."