It had been several days since leaving the southern Air temple and the group was settling into life on the road, or rather sky, quite well. They had made multiple stops looking for this place Aang was wanting to visit but had been having no luck as to actually finding it.

Though at each stop the group had touched down for a day and night before leaving, Ty had said this was how they were to do things, as they could possibly have that fire nation ship still after them for Aang, the rest of the group had seen the reasoning in his words and had gone along with it.

Ty had often spent the time when not goofing off with Aang, training with his bisento, he was finally starting to get the hang of it after the fifth day and was now more than comfortable using it, he still insisted he and Aang spar to keep their strength up, and Aang had been trying to get him to teach him earth bending, but Ty had told him to focus on one element at a time, and they would find him someone else to teach him, Ty's actual words being, "like hell, I'd have you killed three minutes into a lesson, I'm no teacher give some other pour soul that headache"

Now the group were over the middle of the ocean on Appa, Sokka was looking hopelessly at the map, while Katara was stitching some repairs into Sokkas pants, after he had ripped them falling on his boomerang, or at least that was his cover story.

Ty was currently lying to the side with his legs over the side of the saddle as he crossed his arms behind his head as he watched the sky above them, Aang was at the reigns as Appa flew.

"You have no idea where you're going, do you?" Sokka asked Aang sarcastically.

"Weeelll, I know it's near water" Aang replied rubbing the back of his head sheepishly

"I guess we're getting close then." Sokka said rolling his eyes.

Ty opened one of his eyes looking to Sokka, "you're only figuring out we're lost now, I figured that out four days ago"

Sokka shrugged, "well excuse me for thinking someone knew where exactly it is we're meant to be going"

Ty smirked, "oh we know where we're going Sokka, its getting there that's proving to be a headache" he then close his eye again and sighed peacefully, "we are but all tiles and life is a pai sho board, all being moved around to create the bigger picture"

Sokka and Katara looked at him and Aang looked over his shoulder, "Ty, sometime you say stuff that just doesn't make any since"

Ty smirked, "to you all maybe" he said before he smirked and tried to go back to sleep, listening in on a conversation that he just couldn't help but sigh at, as Aang tried to show off his marble air bending trick to Katara but she was busy sewing to watch, which made Aang mope, Ty couldn't help but feel for his bald buddy. But those went out the window when Sokka spoke.

"Stop bugging her, airhead. You need to give girls space when they do their sewing." Sokka said in a know-it-all manor, making Ty cringe seeing where this was going.

"What does me being a girl, have to do with sewing?" Katara snipped back at Sokka's comment

"Simple, girls are better at fixing pants than guys, and guys are better at hunting and fighting and stuff like that. It's just the natural order of…." Sokka started but stopped when he suddenly found his mouth full of sand.

"Will you shut up already, I swear you talk the biggest pile of Gemsbok bullshit, women can fight to, and I personally knew multiple women back in the desert who could put any man on their ass in three seconds flat, at the same time as steeling their coin purse and every scrap of valuables they had on them, before leaving him wishing he wasn't a man" Ty said still lying down as Sokka was now leaning over the edge of Appa spitting the sand out of his mouth.

Katara smirked at Tys words, at least he knew better than her brother, before she looked at the pants in her hand and tossed them at Sokka, "Better learn how to sow yourself, if you think it's that easy then"

Hearing that Sokka quickly turned around and started begging, "Wait! I was just kidding! I can't wear these! Katara, please!"

Ty rolled his eyes, "just learn how to sow already, it's a skill everyone should learn, not just women"

Sokka sighed in defeat, before Aang called back, "Relax Sokka. Where we're going, you won't need any pants!"

Ty's eyes immediately widened, "Ok, I'm liking the sounds of this place already, all it will need is some tropical beach and drinks and I'll be right at home"

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The group landed on the shore of a small island in the middle of the ocean, everyone started getting off Appa. Ty just crossed his arms in a huff. "I was promised a beach, sun shine, and tropical drinks, and what do I get? A snow covered island in the middle of winters and beach with a freezing cold wind" he huffed as he wrapped himself in the blanket teeth chittering in the cold.

"Oh come on its not that bad" Aang said with a big grin

Ty sighed, "And I was looking forward to walking around without any pants"

Sokka came around from the back off Appa, "We just made a pit stop yesterday. Shouldn't we get a little more flying done before we camp out?" he asked looking around the area

Katara nodded in agreement, "He's right. At this rate we won't get to the North Pole until spring."

Ty shivered, "I'm in agreement, I say we leave and head for warmer climates"

"But Appa's tired already, aren't you boy?" Aang said looking to Appa, who just sat there not moving, "I said, aren't you boy?" Aang repeated give Appa a nudge, getting a roar/yawn from the large furry bison

"Yeah, that was real convincing. Still, hard to argue with a ten ton magical monster." Sokka said sarcastically.

Ty sighed, "fine, I'll just cocoon myself in my sand an try to keep from catching frost bite" Ty said sarcastically and began to move away , when they all heard a splash and looked out to see massive fish the size of large boat breaking the water in jumps.

Ty blinked and then licked his lips, "ok I think I've just found a way to heat myself up, one of those would be mighty taste"

"That's why we're here elephant koi. And I'm going to ride it. Katara, you've gotta watch me!" Aang said as he began to strip off down to his skivvies, Ty blinked at the bald teen jumped into the water in not but his boxers, before bursting from the water the next second, "Cold!"

Ty immediately wrapped the blanket tighter around himself, "Are you nuts Baldy, that water will freeze your nuts off"

After a few seconds Aang dove into the depts. Of the water only to emerge seconds later holding onto the top fin of one of the huge fish, riding it like he was kitesurfing, as the massive fish sailed across the water at high speeds.

Ty blinked before smirking and cheering, "Woooooow, go baldy, ride that bitch"

"He looks pretty good out there." Katara said in agreement, "Are you going to join him?"

Ty shook his head, "No thanks I prefer my skin pale not blue from ice water"

Katara was about to respond when she heard a crunch behind them and she saw Appa trying to eat a tree, "No, Appa! Don't eat that!" she called before running off to stop the bison.

Aang was having the time of his life out surfing on the giant fish, he looked back to shore hoping Katara was watching him, only to see her run off, and he sighed disappointed, "Aww, man"

However un-noticed by him as his fish and another veered off, a shadow came up behind the one that didn't under the water, before pulling the third under in a rush of water.

Both Ty and Sokka saw this, Ty immediately threw his blanket off and using the sand of the beach to launch himself over to where he had left his bisento lifting it up and swirling the sand around him before he lifted himself up into the air an raced towards Aangs location.

"There's something in the water!" Sokka yelled as Katara heard and came running

"What's wrong?" Katara asked worried

"Aang's in trouble." Sokka said pointing at the second fish was dragged under leaving just Aang.

Ty was racing trying to catch up to warn Aang and get him out of there but the elephant Koi was too fast.

Aang looked over to the beach to see Katara and Sokka waving to him, but didn't hear their warnings, only to be suddenly thrown forward and into the water when the Koi he was riding was pulled backwards and under.

Aang emerged from the water confused at what had happened and looked to see Ty racing towards him on a cloud of sand, when suddenly he was shadowed by something, he looked behind him only to see a thirty foot tall dorsal fin protruding from the water, Aangs eyes bulged. But he was soon snapped out of it when he felt something wrap around his waist, he looked to see it was a thick line of sand from Tys spear, as Ty pulled a hard left with Aang in his hook.

"Move it you idiot, unless you want to become fish food" Ty yelled as he started speeding for the shoreline Aang in toe, just above the water.

As they raced towards the shore line the massive fin began to give chase.

"AAAAAH, Ty FLY FASTER!!!!" Aang yelled seeing the fin was closing in on them.

Ty looked back to see what Aang said and his eyes widened, before turning back to the shore and increasing their speed, not wanting to see how ugly that thing was up close. As they got closer to the shore line, Ty thrust his bisento forward while yelling, "Sokka, Catch!!!!" he yelled as he slingshot fired Aang towards the shore and crashing right into a shocked Sokka sending them both flying back and crashing into a mound of snow.

Ty immediately pulled a ninety degree vertical climb and shot into the air to get away from the large under water threat as it started to turn.

Reaching his apex of his climb, Ty turned to head back to the ground as he saw the fin disappear under the water's surface, and he went back to the shore.

"What was that thing?" Katara asked as she rushed to her brother and Aang

"I don't know." Aang responded pulling on his clothes fast

"Well, let's not stick around and find out. Time to hit the road." Sokka said as he stood up, he was about to look to see Ty coming in when multiple figures dropped down from the trees behind them and took the three of them by surprize, and in seconds they were dropped to the ground cloth covering their eyes and their hands and feet boned, even Momo was tied up in a bag and tossed on the ground beside them.

"Or we could stay a while" Sokka said with a groan.

The figures surrounded them and were about to take them when, Ty dropped down from his cloud of sand and landed on his feet eyes narrowed, "well it would seem we've found the natives to this island, care to tell me why you've so rudely introduced yourselves" Ty said his tone cold, his bisento at the ready.

One of the attackers turned to him gold fans at the ready. Now Ty could get a good look at them, they were dressed in adorned metal headdresses and heavily armoured green kimonos and wore face paint, white bodies with black eyes and red lips, armed with golden fans, Ty raised and eye slightly he had remembered seeing one of the statues back in the air temple sanctuary wearing the same. He was about to say something when the girls took a stance.

"You and your friends are trespassing on our island, we are taking you to be questioned as to your reasons for being here, you will come, or we will force you" she hissed angrily showing she meant business.

Ty smirked relaxing his stance, "you've got a lot of guts, challenging a sand bender on a beach, your ether really stupid, really brave, or you've got a death wish, and make no mistake, try to fight me and you will lose your lives" he said as sand started to swirl around his feet, the warriors gulped seeing his bending but they froze when he spoke again, "perhaps I won't kill you, perhaps I'll just bend the very sand beneath your feet and turn it into glass, before cutting off a foot each, hard to fight back when your only standing on one foot"

The girls started to shake in fear that he might actually make good on his threat, but they were broken out of it when Aang called out.

"No Ty wait, don't do anything!" he yelled making Ty sigh, "They just want to ask us some questions no one has to die, or lose any body parts"

Ty closed his eyes and shook his head, "Fine then Aang we'll do it your way for now" Ty said as he started walking towards the path

The girls watched him go and shivered as he shot them glares as he passed them, he was clearly not impressed by them, and every bone in their bodies were telling them, "do not piss this one off."

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Aang, Sokka and Katara were tied to a tall wooden post, which Ty observed at the top was the same statue that he had observed back at the air temple. 'So this island was the birth place of an avatar, Kyoshi if I remember my history, Hm interesting'

As he was looking up at the pillar an older voice broke through air, "Why is this one armed and not boned?"

Ty looked around to see and older male with tied back grey hair and a beard, wearing thick blue robes and a white fur over cover, and was glaring at Ty, Ty retuned it in kind as he spoke.

"Because they're not stupid enough to attack me because unlike my friends I would end them in a second if they even tried" Ty snapped back with the same tone that the man spoke with.

The man only glared back at him, "You dare to threaten the protectors of this island"

Ty smirked, "I threaten no one that was a promise, they try to attack me and I cut off their feet. A simple exchange of force, I see nothing wrong with that, if they want to keep their feet don't attack simple" he said in a sarcastic tone like it was a joke which seemed to unnerve the man.

"To speak like that at such an age, you would think your parents would have taught you some manors" he said still glaring

Ty rolled his eyes, "that would have to mean they didn't leave me to die in the desert at birth, and actually gave a damn. Now why do you presume to have the right to take me… well my friends captive when we weren't even out this island ten minutes and were actually about to leave"

"All those who set foot on this island are detained, to protect the sanctity of this island, and outsides polluting this island" the man said with force

"Sanctity, year right the only thing special about this island is its connection to avatar Kyoshi who was born here, if that makes this island special then I've got a news flash for you, there are over seven hundred places just like it one for each avatar, so I ask again, what right do to assume to detain my friends, and I suggest your answer be a good one" Ty said heatedly glaring at the old man

The girl who was obviously the leader of the group of warriors glared at Ty and walked up to him eye to eye, "We're the one asking the questions here, and if you don't answer all our questions, we're throwing you back in the water with the Unagi."

"You mean that over grown cat fish that try tried to eat Aang before? Sure go right ahead, I'll cut that things head off before mounting it in front of your village" Ty in a mocking tone right back at her face making her only glare more at him, "And then just for good measures perhaps I'll mount your head right up there with it, see which one looks better" Ty smirked

The girls eyes widened and she leaped back and pulled out her fans as the other warriors did the same. Ty just smirked, "you want to go down this road fine with me" he said as he spun his staff and stopped with hit horizontal from his body, "looks like your precious over grown guppy will be eating well tonight"

Just as the stones around Tys feet began to move Aang called out, "Ty stop it, no fighting!"

Ty sighed before twirling his staff again and returned to his original positon, "Hey they started it, not my fault they can't take a joke baldy"

At that all the warriors fell flat on the ground in a face palm moment as they all shared the same though, 'that was a joke!'

"Could someone take off these blind folds already" Sokka said trying to look through the blindfold.

The next second the leader and two of the warriors took off the three blindfolds leaving Sokka blinking and looking around, before looking to Ty, "Ty where are the men who ambushed us?"

Before Ty could respond the leader glared at Sokka, "There were no men. We ambushed you. Now tell us, who are you and what are you doing here?"

Sokka scoffed, "Wait a second, there's no way that a bunch of girls took us down."

The leader didn't take to kindly to that and grabbed Sokka's collar "A bunch of girls, huh? Your friend was right the Unagi's gonna eat well tonight."

Ty scoffed, "Sokka she's telling the truth, you got your ass handed to you by them, which only serves to prove how useless you are"

That only served to shock Sokka and then apparently depress him as he lowered his head as the leader of the warriors let go of him.

"It's my fault. I'm sorry we came here. I wanted to ride the elephant koi." Aang said in admittance trying to get out of the situation,

"How do we know you're not Fire Nation spies?" the old man accused.

Ty scoffed again, "Oh that's rich, like the fire nation would send a nineteen, eighteen and two sixteen year olds off as spies. On top of that how in the hell do we look fire nation to you, they're water tribe, *points to Sokka and Katara*, he's an Air nomad, *points to Aang*, and I'm a sand bender, what part of that makes you think we would have anything to do with the fire nation. Or maybe you're going partly blind and senile in your old age" Ty said as he walked up to the old man and waved his hand in front of his face as if to test his vison, "hello….do you remember your name?" he said in a mocking tone before the old man slapped Ty's hand away making him smirk, "well motor control seems to be working fine, unless that was a muscle spasm"

The old man was red with anger at this point at that made him lose it, "Enough!!! Kyoshi has stayed out of the war so far. And we intend to keep it that way!"

Hearing the name of the island's name Aang blinked, "This Island is named for Kyoshi? I know Kyoshi!"

"Ha! How could you possibly know her? Avatar Kyoshi was born here four hundred years ago. She's been dead for centuries." The old man laughed

"I know her because I'm the Avatar." Aang said with certainty

"That's impossible! The last Avatar was an air bender who disappeared a hundred years ago." The leader of the warriors said pointing her fan at Aang

"That's me!", "that's him" Ty and Aang said in unison

"That's enough throw the imposter, and this insolent bastard to the Unagi!" the old man ordered as all the warriors drew their fans.

Ty scowled and spun his staff and pointed it at them, "I'd like to see that happen" he said gripping his weapon hard his eyes darting from left to right keeping all the girls in his line of vision as he backed up as he ran through strategies in his head, in truth he didn't want to hurt them but if they attacked then he would return the curtsy.

As Ty backed up Katara leaned over to Aang, "Aang do some air bending" she whispered

Aang got the idea before taking in a deep breath of air, and blew it out hard as he launched himself up the thick pole and cut his restraints on fan of the Kyoshi statue at the top before manipulating the air currents beneath him to gently lower himself to the ground much to the awe of the warriors and old man who had been knocked on their backsides from the blast of air that he had used to propel himself up there. Ty had heard the plan and had braced himself for the air and had smirked when Aang had landed.

"It's true you are the Avatar!" the old man said in awe much to his dismay at the very big grin on Ty's face that just screamed I-told-you-so, "are you sure we can't still throw him to the Unagi?"

Ty's grin changed to a smirk, "if you prefer keeping your heads attached to your bodies I'd recommend you don't try"

They all blinked unsure if it was an actually threat or just his twisted sense of humour again, they voted mentally not to test it.

Aang blinked as he reached into his shirt getting something, Ty saw it and sighed, "Now check this o…" he tried to say only to be slapped on the back of the head by Ty.

"Enough with the marbles already, I swear if I had known you'd have pulled them out every time we'd meet someone to show off that trick I would have never made them for you, a guy can only look at spinning balls of glass so long before he gets board, and that was about seventy viewings ago" Ty said in a mini rant making the entire group and villager sweat drop.

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The group had been set up with a room and a table filled with delicious looking pastries, Katara and Aang were sitting at it cross legged, Sokka was at the side of the room arms crossed in a strop. While Ty was lying down on the opposite side spinning a glass knife in his fingers.

A man came in and finished setting out a finally tray of pastries as Aang cheered, "All right! Dessert for breakfast! These people sure know how to treat an Avatar!" Aang said as he took a bite into one of the pastries, "Mmm Katara you've got to try these!" he said as he offered her one of the pastries.

"Well, maybe just a bite" Katara said taking the pastries and taking a bite.

Ty looked over to Aang, "hey baldy toss me one"

Aang grabbed one and tossed it above him, Ty grinned as he threw his knife up skewering it before it fell and he grabbed the knife handle and taking a bite out of the pastry, "pretty good" he said as he took another bite.

Aang looked to the other side at Sokka in a slump, "Sokka, what's your problem? Eat!"

"Not hungry." Sokka grumbled

""But you're always hungry!"" Ty and Aang said in unison

"He's just upset because a bunch of girls kicked his butt yesterday." Katara said with a smirk

"He's still going on about that?" Ty asked rolling his eyes

"They snuck up on me!" Sokka argued

"Right. And then they kicked your butt." Katara said smirking at him making Ty laughed.

"In less than five seconds, I swear if I'd blinked I'd have missed it" Ty grinned at the two of them shared the smirk and a mental high five.

"Sneak attacks don't count!" Sokka said getting up and was about to storm off when the glass dagger imbedded it in the wall in front of him.

"And I suppose that didn't count as well Hm Sokka" Ty said standing up, "sneak attacks are just as viable an attack strategy as any other, you catch your enemy off guard or you out manoeuvre them, a smaller group can easily take down a big one with a surgical strike rather than head on, they minimize their losses and prevent casualties, or in this case injuring those they want to capture. Not everyone thinks with a pea size brain when it comes to strategy"

"And what would you know about strategy, your just a kid" Sokka argued back

Ty smirked, "back in the desert the tribes often fought each other for territory and finders rights over any green patches that came up. When one tribe got something another wanted plans were made on how to steal said item, these were always done with stealth never with force, and do you know why" Ty said now glaring at Sokka who gulped, "because there is one rule in the desert, blood for blood, if we had killed one of theirs they would have done the same to get revenge, so planning was key and even at the age of thirteen I was one of the leaders sent of scouting and retrieval runs I made the plans at thirteen years of age I already had more experience than you currently have, that's how I know about strategy, so to listen to some loud mouth go off about how stealth isn't a strategy, makes me want to slap you upside the head" Ty said as he pulled the dagger out of the wall, "instead of moping about, you should be training to make sure you don't get your ass kicked again, and if I here you whine about how it was girls that kicked you butt, I'll knock you out tie you to a tree branch like a piñata and give those girls clubs and tell them to aim for you manhood. You got me?"

Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.

Sokka immediately gulped and nodded before quickly exiting the room to find somewhere to train leaving Ty smirking who picked up another pastry and taking a bite. Before looking to a staring Katara and Aang.

Ty blinked, "What?"

"Why did you just go off on him, he was just being Sokka?" Katara asked looking at him strangely

Ty shrugged, "he was getting on my nerves, and it was either that or I turned him into a piñata"

Katara blinked, "you wouldn't really do that, would you?"

Ty shrugged, "maybe for five minutes or so, but I grantee it will beat the sexist right out of him"

"Please don't" Katara said in a dead pan voice making Ty smirk as he turned and walked out before calling back

"No promises" he said shutting the door.

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Ty left the building and looked down the streets to see people up painting the statue of Kyoshi giving it a fresh coat of paint. Ty smirked looking at it, 'at least us being here has brought some life to this village, but we'll have to go soon, if that fire nation ship is following us, they're bound to hear of where we are soon', he though before he looked to see Sokka heading up a path do a house up the hill. 'I wonder what stupid thing that idiot is going to do now' Ty thought before he started after him.

He arrived at the house a few seconds after Sokka went inside and he was close enough to hear what was said

"Sorry ladies! Didn't mean to interrupt your dance lesson." Ty heard Sokka say in a pompous tone, "I was just looking for somewhere to get a little workout?"

Ty groaned, 'I really am going to have to string that idiot up aren't I, and you know what screw the five minutes, I'll just let him swing until the girls are done with him' Ty thought as he leaned at the side of the door way.

"Well, you're in the right place." Ty heard a voice reply, he recognized it as the girl that was leading the group the day before and he smirked, 'oh goody the one with spunk, hopefully she can beat some sense into him', "Sorry about yesterday. I didn't know that you were friends with the Avatar."

Ty sighed, 'no not like that aim for the plums and keep kicking', Ty thought wanting to hear the dumb ass get an ass kicking.

"It's all right. I mean, normally I'd hold a grudge, but seeing as you guys are a bunch of girls, I'll make an exception." Sokka replied in an arrogant and ass of a tone, making Ty flinch while begging for someone to put him in his place.

"I should hope so. A big strong man like you? We wouldn't stand a chance." The girl said in obviously fake tone, one that Sokka obviously didn't catch, but Ty did as he smirked feeling that judgement was nigh.

"True. But don't feel bad. After all, I'm the best warrior in my village." Sokka boasted as he puffed out his chest proudly, and Ty couldn't hold it in.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, oh that's rich" Ty laughed as he fell on his side in the doorway, "Best warrior my ass, more like only warrior, or rather boy playing man, you were the only male left in the village who's balls had dropped, and the way you act sometimes I doubt they even have" Ty laughed making some of the other girls giggle at the joke.

Sokka clenched his fists, "S-Shut up" he said his pride suddenly gone.

The leader smirked seeing it and an idea came to her head and she grinned before speaking in an obviously sarcastic tone, "Wow! Best warrior, huh? In your whole village?" she said as she walked up to Sokka trailing her finger down his cheek, as she gave him puppy dog eyes, "Maybe you'd be kind enough to give us a little demonstration." She said beating her eyes making Ty smirk.

'Oh this girl is good' Ty though as he watched Sokka instantly go red.

"Oh well I mean I" Sokka started to stutter out never having been this close to a girl his age who wasn't his sister or old enough to be his mother.

The leader girl saw him breaking and turned to the other warriors, "Come on, girls! Wouldn't you like him to show us some moves?" And got a resounding set of "come on" from the girls, Ty smirked and walked up behind him

"Go on Stud, they want you, go get some of that" Ty said slapping him on the back snapping him out of his funk.

"Well, if that's what you want, I'd be happy to." Sokka said confidence restored as he put his hands on the leader girls, "All right, you stand over there." He said as he positioned her. "Now. This may be a little tough, but try to block me." He said as he took a poor stance and drew back his fist ready to punch.

Ty was torn at that very moment, he didn't know what to do, marvel at Sokkas complete stupidity, face palm at it, shake with excitement at what she girl was likely going to do to him, or just plain laugh his ass off, he voted to do all when appropriate and hold his laughing till the end.

He wasn't left disappointed when Sokka threw a wide punch, the girl simply lifted her arm and held out her fan straight where Sokkas shoulder was heading, he basically stabbed himself in the shoulder joint with her fan.

Sokka recoiled in pain at the motion, Ty couldn't help but smirk as Sokka rubbed his shoulder.

"Heh-heh good." Sokka said trying to brush it off as he flexed his shoulder, "Of course, I was going easy on you."

"Of course." The girl responded with a partially sadistic grin on her face making Ty smirk at what was going to happen next.

"Let's see if you can handle this!" Sokka yelled in a frenzy in his stupid attempt at a surprize attack and threw a high kick at the girl's head. But it never connected, the girl simply swooped down below Sokkas foot and caught his high leg with her fan and threw him backwards landing with a thud.

Ty snorted and chuckled to himself at the attack as he saw Sokka get his ass kicked, Sokka was way out of his league with this girl and it was obvious to all except the one getting his butt kicked.

"That does it!" Sokka yelled in embarrassment as he got up and tried to punch the leader again, only for his punch to be easily avoided, before Sokka had a chance to counter his arm was grabbed and the next thing he knew he was being swung in one direction and then another, he was completely disorientated. But then he suddenly stopped and felt the sash he used as a belt pulled loose and his right foot lifted off the ground as he was spun.

Ty blinked seeing the speed and skill the girl showed as she quickly tied Sokkas right foot and hand together one handed, before pushing Sokka forward, he tried to hobble off but lost his balance and fell flat on his face, and Ty burst out laughing at the sight.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, oh that's perfect, I take back what I said earlier Sokka, I wouldn't need to hang you from a tree for them, they'd be able to do it themselves, one handed to" Ty bellowed much to Sokkas err and the girls confusion.

"What do you mean hang him from a tree for us?" the leader asked

Ty chuckled as he calmed down, "it was just a threat I made earlier, Mr best-warrior over there went on a little rant earlier saying that real warriors don't use sneak attacks, I threatened him by saying, if he didn't shut his mouth I'd string him up like a piñata and let you girls take turns swinging for his man hood with clubs"

The leader blinked, "that seems a bit extreme"

Ty shrugged, "well Sokka is an extreme idiot"

The leader smirked, "oh and I suppose you could do better than him, sure you have your bending but that's all that makes you special"

Ty smirked right back, "is that a challenge I hear"

The girl grinned as she pulled out her second fan and took a stance one fan low and another high spread and ready, "You bet is it, I've been wanting to put you in your place after that little stunt at the beach"

Ty smirked as he spun his staff and the blade changed to the same shape as their fans as he finished holding it to his side, "goodie, I was hoping to get some practice in today, though judging from the skill level I've seen so far you girls have a lot more training yet before you can hope to best me"

The leader scowled at what she took as an insult and ran at Ty who smirked as she came at him, she thrust for his mid second with one of her fans but her eyes widened when it was suddenly stopped by the body of his polearm. 'such speed' she thought as she quickly pulled back, only to quickly jump up dodging the blade of Ty's polearm as he swung for her lower legs, but the second she was in the air Ty spun before thrusting the butt of his pole at her chest, she brought her fans up to block the hit and only barely made it before she was send backwards and skidded along the ground, the hit took her breath away as she closed her eyes and gasped to get it back she opened them again only freeze, Ty was now directly in front of her, his polearm low and the blade just barely touching her throat, she looked into his eyes and all she saw was cold and unfeeling, devoid of all light, the eyes of a trained killer, trained not to feel any emotion what so ever. This boy scared her, what he must have gone through to get this good at his age, just what kind of life had this boy lived.

Then as soon as she saw it, it was gone and Ty stood up a smirk on his face and light back in his eyes. "Like I said, much to learn" he said before turning and walking out while whistling with a smirk still on his face, ignoring the looks of complete shock that was on all the warrior's faces and Sokkas look of awe.

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Time skip

Ty was lying back in the room they had been given to stay in while in the village, he was lying back enjoying the peace and quiet, but he couldn't help but let his mind wander in the silence, he went back to his meeting with Avatar Wan and couldn't help but think of when Wan touched him, he said it was some kind of booster but he just didn't understand what it was meant to do, he frowned as he sighed from thinking, 'noting I can do about it now, I guess I'll just have to wait for when the time comes, whatever that means' Ty thought as he tried to sleep.

But his attempts proved unsuccessful and the door to the room slammed open and in came a rather irritated Katara.

"Oh that bald headed idiot!" she yells as she slammed the pot carrying the food down but it stopped just before it hit the table as a small cloud of sand cushioned its landing.

"Easy there Katara, I don't think taking your frustrations out on the fruits and vegetables are going to help any" Ty said as he got up

Katara sighed in frustration, "Yea you're right I don't know what came over me there"

Ty smirked, "from the sound of your little blow out when you came in it was a certain bald monk friend of mine, about this big with an arrow on his head" Ty said as he held out his hand at Aangs height with a smirk, "so what's the idiot done this time?"

Katara frowned, "it's stupid, I asked him to help me carry the basket back here, but he said he couldn't because he was "Busy" and that he was taking all the village girls up for a ride on Appa"

Ty quirked an eyebrow, "so you got mad cause he blew you off?"

Katara shook her head, "no he acutely invited me to come along but I turned him down, he's letting all this attention get to him, and then he had the gall to say I was jealous"

Ty sighed and ran his hand down his face, "I swear some time people can be so dense"

Katara nodded her head, "I know right, how the hell am I jealous?"

Ty shook his head, "I wasn't talking about Aang, Katara." Ty said with a frown, "though he is going about what he wants in a completely idiotic way and the attention might have something to do with it, the dense one around here is you"

Katara glared at him, "What! How am I dense?"

Ty shrugged, "cause you can't see what's right in front of you, the reason why he's acting like that. Besides the attention,m n. he's getting, it's not from the one he really wants it from those girls are just the only place he can get it from"

Katara looked at him confused, "what are you talking about?"

Ty rubbed his forehead with his hand, "Think about it Katara, who is the one person he's been trying to impress and get the attention of ever sense we left the southern air temple, heck the south pole for that matter, who has he been trying to show off for, you!"

Katara looked at him like he was crazy, "what! Why would he be trying to show off for me for?"

Ty looked at her with a deadpan stare, "because he has feelings for you dummy, but yet every time he tries to show off for you, seventy percent of the time you ignore him or do something else, and yet you're wondering why he's going off looking for attention from other girls"

"Hey I do not ignore…"Katara started but stopped as she began to think, she had been ignoring him a little but she didn't really think anything of it, when they were making camp he would try to talk with her but she would just keep moving trying to get camp set up, when they were gathering fruits and berries, he would try and do it with his air bending and fail, she had just though he was being silly, but he was trying to impress her.

Ty crossed his arms, "see it yet, cause I have, he's trying to make you jealous with all the girls and get you to actually look at him for more than seven seconds, and being a complete idiot in the process, next thing that's going to happen he'll get himself hurt in the process of it all by doing something reckless." When Ty said that a look of shock and worry came on Kataras face, that worried Ty, "what is it?"

"Oh no, Aang said they were going to the beach again, he said he was going to try to ride that thing that was chasing you two yesterday, I thought he was just joking" Katara said in worry

Ty face palmed before running for the door, "That stupid, bald, arrow headed, idiot" he said running out with Katara behind him as they both sprinted for the shore.

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An hour before this all

Sokka was pacing back and forth outside of the warriors training house thinking about events earlier from that day, he had been put on his ass three times in a row by a girl none the less, who he'd asked around about and found out her name was Suki, and after the fact he has witnessed a boy three years his younger fight her and beat her without using his bending, he felt completely outmatched here, Ty hadn't even used his bending to beat Suki so it's not like he could argue that was the reason he won, but one thing was certain to him now, he had to get stronger to be useful, but he couldn't deny the fact that he had been beaten now on multiple occasions by a female, thoroughly and it hurt to admit it but they were all better than him and he knew that what he was about to do would be hard but he needed to do it.

Swallowing his pride he walked up and into the training house to see Suki at the front of the group as they went through different stances that he had called a dance earlier that day. Seeing him they all stopped moving and relaxed, Sokka took that opening to speak. "Uh hey, Suki."

Suki looked to him and smirked, "Hoping for another dance lesson?" she said with a bit of hope in her voice, she was still rather sore about losing to Ty before and the look in his eyes that she saw worried her, for someone his age that wasn't normal.

"No I well-… let me explain." Sokka tried to say something but just couldn't find the words

Suki looked at him with a dead pan look, "Spit it out! What do you want?"

Sokka stopped talking for a second and clenched his fists this was it now or never, he looked down to the ground as he lowered himself to his knees and bowed his head, "I would be honoured if you would teach me."

The sudden action shocked Suki and the rest of the warriors, but Suki had to see if he was being honest in his resolve, "Even if I'm a girl?" she said in a spiteful tone that made Sokka flinch.

"I'm sorry if I insulted you earlier. I was wrong." Sokka said bowing his head even lower cursing his actions from before.

Suki could see that he meant what he said, for whatever reason he had changed and was willing to swallow his pride and ego to get it, there might actually be hope for him.

Suki crossed her arms across her chest plate, "We normally don't teach outsiders, let alone boys."

"Please make an exception." Sokka said as his forehead touched the ground, "I won't let you down."

Suki smirked, "All right. But you have to follow all of our traditions." She said with an evil glint in her eye.

"Of course!" Sokka said in Ernest as he sat back up grateful that he could learn but that wavered slightly when he saw the look and heard her tone.

"And I mean all of them."

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Time skip

Fifteen minutes later Sokka was standing in the middle of the training house dressed in the full Kyoshi warrior's attire, face paint and all.

"Do I really have to wear this? It feels a little girly." Sokkas said as he adjusted his wrist straps

Suki walked up behind him wither arms behind her back "It's a warrior's uniform. You should be proud. The silk threads symbolizes the brave blood that flows through our veins. The gold insignia represents the honour of the warrior's heart." She said with pride

Sokka looked down at the uniform again and felt each part as Suki mentioned it and he began to feel it, granted he was in a dress but it was still a warriors uniform, and he had to respect what it stood for, "Bravery and honour." He said with slight pride in his voice.

Suki looked at him and saw he was starting to get it, and smiled thinking that she might actually be able to make something out of him. Then her mind went to the other boy traveling with them the one who beat her and she decided that now she might try and get some info.

"Hey can I ask you something, the other boy traveling with you, the one who beat me, what's his story?" Suki asked

Sokka turned and looked to her, "I'm not too sure exactly, he was trapped in the ice with Aang so they were frozen for over a hundred years, and the first time I really saw they guy was when he was holding a glass blade to my throat threatening to kill me if I didn't back off, he was kind of scary for someone so young, I know I was never anything like him"

Suki raised an eyebrow, "what about his parents, where he grew up?"

Sokka frowned, "from what Katara told me, he was abandoned at birth and left in the desert to die, but was found and raised by a sand tribe, and was a warrior by the age of thirteen, it's hard to imagine the life he lived"

Suki looked at him in shock, "that would explain what I saw then, when he held his blade to my throat, his eyes they were…" Suki began to explain but was cut off by Sokka.

"Cold, lifeless, without feeling, like he wasn't even there" Sokka said with a frown

Suki looked to him, "you've seen it to?"

Sokka nodded, "yea I have, when he was holding his blade to my throat, his eyes were all I could focus on and they were just like that, and I see it every day were on the ground when he trains on his own, he practices for hours on end with the same look in his eye, it's frightening"

Suki shivered slightly, "then there was that threat he made at the shore and then again in the village, people don't do that"

Sokka frowned, "he's got his own way of looking at things, however he grew up. It's just the way he is, and if you'd seen the way he fights with his bending you'd know he can back himself up, I saw him practically cut an iceberg in two with a glass blade"

"That's what worries me, he's that strong but what if someone does anger him enough that he kills them, or what if it's already happened" Suki said slightly afraid of the blond bender.

"Ty would never do that, he may be a little sharp around the edges but he means well, worst I've ever seen is him is when you all attacked us on the beach" Sokka said trying to remain positive.

"Exactly what you've seen" Suki said looking at Sokka seriously, "but what about before he met you, what about when you're not around, his eyes are that of a killer he will kill"

"Last I checked we're at war with the fire nation, most people fighting out there are killers" Sokka said with a sigh.

"I know that, it's just I've never seen it in someone so young like him, the world truly is a dark place." Suki said looking away.

Sokka placed his hand on Sukis shoulder, "hey come on, he may have been like that in the past but he's not like that now, at least not all the time, he's strong for his friends to protect them, and that's why I want to get strong to, so he doesn't have to carry the weight himself and so that I can help him carry it, so what do you say will you help me?"

Suki smiled, "alright let's get started"

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Shoreline

Aang was out floating in the water about thirty meters out in the deep part of the open coast line, while on the shore sat eight or nine teenage girls around about fourteen each wearing blue tinted clothing.

One at the front moaned out, "What's taking so long?"

Aang chuckled nervously, "I'm sure it will be here any second!" then an idea came to him as he reached into the pocket in his trunks, "Um what about this?" Aang said bringing out his marbles and using his air bending to spin them in between his hands, the girls didn't seem impressed.

"Not that again.", "Boring.", "Where's the Unagi?", "It's getting late." Some of the girls started talking before they stood up and started walking away.

"Where're you going? Don't leave!" Aang called to them wanting them to stay, but they kept walking.

One turned to back to him, "Sorry, Aang! Maybe next time." She said trying not to hurt his feelings but it only served to depress Aang more as he sung lower in the water wanting to hide. That was until he looked back at the shore line and saw a cloud of sand heading for the beach.

The cloud of sand landed showing both Katara and Ty, Katara looking worried and Ty not looking happy.

"Katara! You show up!" Aang cheered happily

Katara frowned, "I wanted to make sure you were safe. You really had me worried."

Then Ty stepped forward, "you bald idiot, are your wires crossed or something, survival is more important than getting your small arrow blown, get the fuck out of the water"

Both Katara and Aang just looked at him for a few seconds at that point blinking a few times in confusion before Aang spoke. "Um Ty have you been smoking your sand again or something"

Ty sighed, "No but by the way you're acting trying to get Katara's attention I think you have, get out of the water before we have to go looking for your next reincarnation idiot"

Aang blushed beet red, "What! I don't know what you're talking about I wasn't try to..." Aang said trying to deny his motives for his actions but Ty cut him off,

"Just get out of the water already!!!!" Ty yelled

"Ok, Ok alright already I'm coming" Aang said before he started swimming back to the shore.

As Aang swam, Katara looked to Ty, "Small arrow?" she asked

Ty shrugged, "the bath house at the air temple was open for everyone, it's the one reason I'm grateful for not being born an air bender" Ty said before shivering making Katara cringe as she got what he meant and then blush slightly as she remembered what he said before it all.

Ty looked back to the water just as a dorsal fin broke its surface and the water around Aang started to move, Ty immediately started gathering the sand below his feet as Aang started yelling as he was lifted into the air.

Ty took off heading for Aang to help, he was about to reach him when the head of the massive monster rose up from the depths, it was long and scaly, mostly black and grey but it had yellow stripes on the sides of its head, with two long black catfish like whiskers on its nose, and dark green eyes.

Ty gulped, "that's one biiiiiig ugly bugger" Ty said as he flew to get Aang.

The Unagi brought back its head as Ty flew in, before its head show forward sending a current of water out of its mouth at both of them.

Aang held onto one of the fins on the Unagi's body which he was lifted up on as he tried not to get washed away by the current. Ty manoeuvred his sand so that he evaded the waters by going wide and making the shot go wide for him before he came back to try and get Aang.

But before Ty could reach Aang the Unagi brought back its head and lunged for Aang trying to eat him. Aang saw it coming and used his air bending to shoot himself into the air as the head closed in, just in time for it to miss, in the air Aang grabbed one of the Unagi's whiskers out of institution not to fall, and he soon found himself being swirled around like bait on a hook.

Ty went wide eyes as his best friend was swung around like a rag doll, and cursed himself for not grabbing his polearm before they left in such a hurry, he would have just cut the beasts head off to save Aang.

The Unagi whipped its head all around before making a sharp snap and threw Aang flying, Ty saw him go and tried to fly to catch him but didn't make it in time before he hit the water. Katara started wading in from the shore to get to Aang while Ty flew in from above.

The Unagi saw them all converging and took off to get its prey, it passed under Ty and went straight for Aang and Katara and was just about to eat them both when Katara hit the water with her hand and used her bending to launch them clear of the monsters jaw. They both hit the rocks with the water breaking their landing, Ty breathed a sigh of relief seeing them both safe, but in doing so failed to realize is own position, as the Unagi dived, its Tail rose up out of the water like a whip that Ty didn't see coming and caught him like a catapult before launching him to the rocks.

Thinking fast Ty called his sand to cushion his impact but there wasn't enough to slow him down and he hit the costal rocks with a sickening thud and multiple cracks were heard as pain shot through Tys body. As he rolled down the hard surface before laying on the ground clutching his chest.

Katara peered over the rock edge to see the Unagi vanish below the surface, but looked around and couldn't see Ty, and was worried, but that vanished when she heard the sound of pressure being released, she looked to see a fire nation ship docking at the far shoreline.

"Zuko!" she said in shock as she heard his orders called out as he and his men disembarked on komodo rhinos,

"I want the Avatar alive!" Zuko yelled form the lead rhino as he fixed his helmet now completely kidded out in full fire nation armour

Katara quickly climbed back down to Aang and tried to wake him up but with no response, she looked him over but then a though hit her, maybe he couldn't breathe. She took a deep breath and ran her hand up his body as the water in his lungs came up and out his mouth.

Aang coughed and spluttered for a bit as he got his breath back before groaning, "Katara don't ride the Unagi. Not fun."

Katara smiled a happy sad smile at him, but slowly Aang began to get a bearing of his surroundings and looked around, "Where's Ty?"

Katara shook her head, "I don't know, he was in the air on his sand before but then he just vanished before the Unagi was gone, Come on lets go look for him, but be quiet, Zuko is close."

The two of them started climbing over the rocks looking around, after a few minutes they heard a groan of pain and headed in its direction to find, Ty on the ground clutching his chest.

"Ty!" Aang yelled rushing over to him to help, but Katara stopped him before he touched him.

"Wait Aang, in think he might have broken ribs, we need to be gentle" Katara warned as she knelt down to Ty.

"She's right air head… I count four at least... three on my right and one on my left" Ty said in a low pain filled voice.

Katara blinked, "You can tell that just from the feeling" she asked in shock.

Ty groaned, "Not my first time with broken ribs, never liked the feeling much" he hissed as he moved himself onto his back and both Katara and Aang flinched, he had already started bruising and it was already looking like a deep purple in colour.

Aangs eyes widened, "Oh god, Ty I'm so sorry I never meant for this, you were just trying to" he said in a frantic panic looking at what his actions had done.

Ty let out a pained chuckle, "don't go blaming yourself air head, it was my fault for not watching its tail as well as its teeth, not yours, though I recon I'm going to be out of commission for a few weeks, unless Katara knows how to heal yet"

Katara looked at him like he was speaking gibberish, "what do you mean?"

Ty flinched in pain from his ribs, "Some water benders have the ability to use water to heal wounds, but I didn't know if you did, and if you don't know I don't want you practicing on me, I'll wait till you learn how, no offence but I prefer a professional healer"

Katara nodded understanding, "then what are we going to do, Zuko and his men are here, and we can't move you in your condition, you could puncture a lung"

Ty flinched as he closed his eyes and sand started to gather beneath him and raised I'm up from the ground and sat himself slowly up, "I can move on my own, I'm nobodies dead weight, we head for the village, sorry Aang looks like you'll have to do all the fighting, I'll help where I can but until these ribs heal I'm useless in the majority of it."

Aang nodded as he put his hand on his friends shoulder, "it's alright I'll handle it, just rest I'll take care of it" he said before looking to Katara, "Can you help him?"

Katara nodded, "I'll keep him safe" she said putting her hand on his shoulder and Aang nodded before rushing off to the village.

After Aang left, some sand of Tys went to the water dropped in before rising out and flowing to Ty and encased his chest, "Katara, do you think you could freeze this for me?"

"For the pain?" Katara asked getting a nod in response, she breathed in and then out slowly as the water in the sand slowly froze and Ty breathed out a slow breath of relieve.

"Thank you Katara" he said as he slowly relaxed as the ice numbed his chest.

Katara frowned, "You were hiding the pain from Aang weren't you? You didn't want him to worry." Katara said softly

Ty nodded, "he doesn't have time to be worrying about me, the village needs saving, and you should go too, he'll need help and you're more mobile than I am right now"

"But what about you?" Katara reasoned

Ty shook his head, "I'll be fine now go, Aang will need help, I'll catch up on Appa"

Katara reluctantly nodded and started running towards the village to help. Once she was out of sight Ty breathing became shallow as he tried to manage the pain he was in, it hurt to breathe every breath felt like a kick in the chest, but he had to move. He mentally commanded his sand to lift him up above the tree line and head for the house they were staying in.

Flying overhead he looked over to see flames already rising from some of the house, the battle had begun, and he was totally useless.

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In the village

Each other Kyoshi warriors were fighting, Sokka, Suki and another had corners Zuko and were trying to subdue him but were failing as he send out a wave of flames from his feet knocking Suki back and sending another warrior into the house, Sokka managed to dodge the first wave but Zuko caught him with his foot and slammed him to the ground hard.

Zuko went to bring his foot down on Sokkas head with flames behind it, but he was hit by a blast of water knocking him down the village slope.

Sokka looked to see Katara coming over to him fast. Sokka got to his feet, as Zuko got to his, he was about to return the attack when a blast of air slapped him across the face.

He looked to see Aang, and glared at him, "finally" he snarled as he walked out to face him

Katara came over to Sokka and Suki as she helped them around the corner to get out of the arc of fire.

"Katara, thanks for the save, where's Ty, we could really use some back up here" Sokka asked as he got his breath back.

Katara shook her head, "not going to happen, he's been injured, he can barely move and's in no shape to fight right now"

Sokka look like he took a punch in the gut, "what happened?"

"I'll explain later, but all that matters not is that we save this village" Katara said sadly before she got up and ran over to some of the girls from the shore before and started to help them find shelter as Aang and Zuko fought on the main street.

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With Ty

Ty's sand came into the vicinity of the house they were staying in, and as he flew closer Ty closed his eyes as his polearm came flying out of the open window of the top floor to him, he slowly held up his hand to take it, but when he did his eyes widened and he dropped it as pain shot through his arm and he grabbed his arm, it was too painful to even lift his weapon now, he cured his own stupidity as he used his bending to lift his weapon up by the glass in its head and follow him.

He flew around the corner to Appa and used the sand from his gourd to lift the supplies up and onto the saddle as he flew around to Appas front.

"Hey ya fuzzy monster, mind taking the rides a little easier for a while so I can heal" he said as a joke, but the bison looked to him and nodded.

Ty nodded back with a pained chuckle and flew up on his sand onto the saddle and slowly his sand lowered him to the flat of the saddle, "get to the others" he said for Appa to hear as he tried to keep his breath slow and steady from the pain as Appa started moving off to the village.

After a few minutes, they stopped and Katara and Aang climbed on, Katara went to check on Ty as she blew on the ice to keep it frozen to help with Ty's pain, Aang checked the reigns were secure to Appas horns, looking back to Ty every few seconds with a look of total regret on his face. Ty would have seen it if his eyes weren't contorted in pain.

After another minute Sokka finally climbed on and he clinched seeing Ty's state, "oh man, you alright?" Sokka asked concerned seeing him like that.

Ty opened his eyes and smirked, "yea I'm good, it only hurts when I breathe, but you look like you've finally accepted your feminine side much more, good for you" he said in a fake funny tone before laughing but stopped after one, "ow, never mind, it hurts to laugh too"

Sokka frowned, "Are you sure he's alright for traveling?" Sokka asked Katara, she frowned but before she could answer Ty cut in.

"I'll be fine, we have to move, Aang, Yip-Yip, and get us the fuck out of here" Ty yelled in pain from the strain

Aang frowned, "we're not going if it's going to hurt you"

Ty leaned his head up and looked Aang in the eye his own showing absolute anger, "Baldy get us out of here now, or do you want this village to burn, the needs of one don't outweigh the needs of the many, if I have to suffer a little to save this village then so be it, now move it or so help me broken ribs or not, I'm going to come up there and beat that logic into your bald arrow tattooed head of your" Ty hissed in anger.

The two of them glared off at each other for a few seconds before Aang finally gave in and nodded as he took the reins, "Fine then you thick headed fool, Appa Yip-yip" he said in anger as Appa pushed off the ground into the air, making Ty's eyes widen as the pain of the take off, and Aangs threatening to tear up blaming himself for all of this.

The group began to fly away on Appa and after a few minutes of flying were over the coast, the town burning in the distance. Ty was lying down breathing shallowly trying to keep his pain to a minimal as Katara sat at the front of the saddle with a frown looking at Ty, she then turned to Aang.

"I know it's hard, but you did the right thing. Zuko would have destroyed the whole place if we had stayed. As much as I hate to admit it Ty was right, leaving was the only way. They're going to be okay, Aang." She said trying to make him feel better.

In that moment Aangs eyes changed from ones of sadness to ones of determination as he dropped the reigns and jumped off Appa from high in the sky and started diving.

"What are you doing?!" Katara yells just in time for Ty to look and see Aang jump, but instead of a look of concern it was a small smile that came on his face.

"Always have to try and fix things don't you, bald idiot" he said in a low tone, before he succumb to his pain and passed out as the darkness took him.