Zuko's Baby Sister

Chapter Twenty-Five

     "I think I see a cave below." Katara said as Aang and I cover us using our bending to make a cloud.

    "Sh! Keep quiet!" Sokka commands. Is he really telling me what to do even though I haven't been talking. Aang and I airbends the cloud surrounding Appa as the flying bison lands. Sokka jumps to the ground from Appa and reconnoiters, before crossing his arms and looking toward us. "Great job with the cloud camo, but next time, let's disguise ourselves as the kind of cloud that knows how to keep its mouth shut." He reconnoiters again.

    "Yeah, we wouldn't want a bird to hear us chatting up there and turn us in." Toph retorted. I giggled and leaned into Aang, his arm looped around my waist.

    "Hey, we're in enemy territory. Those are enemy birds." I sighed and watched as one toucan puffin jumps onto Sokka's head and screeches.

     As we walked into the cave Sokka  jumps above us and comes "diving" down. He looks suspicious, as he starts running into the cave, followed by the rest of the us.

    "Well, this is it. This is how we'll be living until the invasion begins. Hiding in cave after cave after cave after cave ..." I giggled at the boy as he turned sad.

     "I told you we could have went to my old family home we haven't been there for years."

    "Sokka, we don't need to become cave people. What we need is some new clothes."

    "Yeah, blending in is better than hiding out. If we get Fire Nation disguises, we would be just as safe as we would be hiding in a cave."

    "Plus, they have real food out there. Does anyone want to sit in the dirt and eat cave hoppers?" Toph punches the cave wall, causing cave hoppers to jump out, Momo grabs one and eats it. He turns around and spits out a cave hopper limb. I make a face and gag slightly.

    "Looks like we got outvoted, sport. Let's get some new clothes."

     We walked to a Fire Nation home near a waterfall. Next to the home, clothes hang out to dry on clotheslines over natural steam vents. Katara, Aang, Sokka, and Toph hide behind a rock wall. Where as I just picked up some fabrics as I already looked Fire nation enough.

    "I don't know about this. These clothes belong to somebody." I sighed at him and kissed his forehead.

    "I call the silk robe!" Katara jumps out from behind the rock wall and grabs two outfits.

    "But if it's essential to our survival ... then I call the suit!" Aang follows, jumping over the wall. After he changes I sat and stitched my own clothes. "Ta-dah! Normal kid."

    "Hm ... I should probably wear shoes. But then I won't be able to see as well. "Sorry, shoes." She pulls on the shoe, launching the sole at Sokka's face, leaving a red mark. "Finally, a stylish shoe for the blind earthbender."

    "How do I look?" Katara said coming out. I watch Aang as his eyes scan Katara's dress to her whole outfit. He blushes and I just stood up and walked away.

    "Uh ... your mom's necklace."

    "Oh, oh, yeah. I guess it's pretty obviously Water Tribe, isn't it?" She takes off the necklace and holds it in her hand.

    In the city, Katara puts some money on a head-wear display. She puts on a Fire Nation necklace, Toph puts on a crown, and Sokka wears a top-knot. Aang pats down Momo's ears and hides him in his shirt. My new outfit (picture) was possibly my favorite one so far, my hair in a half up half down braided ponytail.

    Aang kept trying to grab my hand but I just pulled away from him. One minute he loves me the next he's checking Katara out....ugh.

    "I used to visit my friend Kuzon here a hundred years ago. So, everyone just follow my lead and stay cool. Or, as they say in the Fire Nation, stay flamin'." He walks around the building corner. To a man eating meat on a stick. "Greetings, my good hotman."