“You three have some explaining to do.” The village headman glared down at the captives, arms folded across his chest. Aang gulped.
Behind him, a knot of girls with strange face paint, in strange red and gold armor eyed them impassively. Their leader stood to the headman’s side. “And if you don't answer all our questions, we're throwing you back in the water with the Unagi.”
“Fire Nation!” Sokka gasped. “You’re-”
Katara tried to stick her elbow in her brother’s mouth, but it didn’t quite work. It left a trail of saliva running down her arm. “Ew...”
“That’s it,” snapped the leader of the girls. “Throw them to the Unagi.”
The headman glanced up in exasperation. “Suki!”
Sokka struggled to pull himself up on his bound legs, but he just managed to roll onto his side. “Who are you? Where are the men who ambushed us?”
“There were no men.” Leaping forward, Suki land in the middle of the captives, fist trailing fire as the brought it down next to Sokka’s head. “We ambushed you. Now tell us, who are you and what are you doing here?”
Aang giggled anxiously. “Well, you see, there’s this, well...”
The headman’s eyes narrowed. “How do we know you're not Fire Nation spies? Kyoshi stayed free of the Firelord so far, and we intend to keep it that way!”
“Wait,” Katara cut in. “So you’re not ruled by the Firelord?”
“This island is named for Kyoshi? I know Kyoshi!” Aang tapped his upper lip with his finger. “I thought she was an earth Avatar, though... She’s one of my past lives! I’m the Av-”
Sokka slammed his body into Aang’s. “Shut up.”
Aang scowled at him and snapped his bonds and back-flipped over the crowd, bending the air around him to make himself go higher. “So anybody want to teach me firebending?”
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branchandroot
Suki's a Firebender
Date: 2010-10-02 04:28 pm (UTC)Behind him, a knot of girls with strange face paint, in strange red and gold armor eyed them impassively. Their leader stood to the headman’s side. “And if you don't answer all our questions, we're throwing you back in the water with the Unagi.”
“Fire Nation!” Sokka gasped. “You’re-”
Katara tried to stick her elbow in her brother’s mouth, but it didn’t quite work. It left a trail of saliva running down her arm. “Ew...”
“That’s it,” snapped the leader of the girls. “Throw them to the Unagi.”
The headman glanced up in exasperation. “Suki!”
Sokka struggled to pull himself up on his bound legs, but he just managed to roll onto his side. “Who are you? Where are the men who ambushed us?”
“There were no men.” Leaping forward, Suki land in the middle of the captives, fist trailing fire as the brought it down next to Sokka’s head. “We ambushed you. Now tell us, who are you and what are you doing here?”
Aang giggled anxiously. “Well, you see, there’s this, well...”
The headman’s eyes narrowed. “How do we know you're not Fire Nation spies? Kyoshi stayed free of the Firelord so far, and we intend to keep it that way!”
“Wait,” Katara cut in. “So you’re not ruled by the Firelord?”
“This island is named for Kyoshi? I know Kyoshi!” Aang tapped his upper lip with his finger. “I thought she was an earth Avatar, though... She’s one of my past lives! I’m the Av-”
Sokka slammed his body into Aang’s. “Shut up.”
Aang scowled at him and snapped his bonds and back-flipped over the crowd, bending the air around him to make himself go higher. “So anybody want to teach me firebending?”