The GAang and the Fire Nation School

Chapter 1: New Rewards, New Problems

This is my version of what would've happened if Hide (the jock punk) didn't tattle on Aang and the party went on without any inerruption. I always loved to imagine what would it be like in schools in the Avatar world, and the latest episode up-to-date, The Headband, ended up being one of my favorites for its creativity, humor, and animation. And on a note, I'm using WordPad instead of Microsoft Word, so i miht mes up on a few wrds annd nt notce, lol.

I do NOT own Avatar: The Last Airbender, the greatest animation show in a long time.

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Last night's dancing party was a complete success. Everyone there had a blast, learned new ways to have fun, had some more sense of freedom in them, and went back home safely without getting in trouble...well, except the ones with really strict parents. Not only did everyone have fun, Aang, or in his disguised name "Kuzon", became well known throughout the school as the most popular and fun kid there. It was the most fun he ever had since he was a regular boy over 100 years ago, before he discovered he was the Avatar.

Aang wasn't the only one getting attention either. Whenever Katara would be spotted in town (without her disguise as Aang's mother) by a student, she would be complented by them, especially the guys. Her mom form as well as Sokka's dad form her well-known for being Kuzon's parents, and the best part was, the kids never asked why they never see them often. Toph was known as one of Kuzon's first pals (like Katara) and became known by most students. Being a bit jealous himself, Sokka decided to show up in the town without his father disguise, introduce himself to some students, and he too became afflicated with the school. The GAang, the group of kids who would soon attack the capital on the Day of Black Sun, were the most popular ones in the entire town.

But with every new reward comes every new problem. Hide, one of the teens who used to be very popular, became jealous of Kuzon and needed to find a way to bring Kuzon's reputation down while his own up. He could try one of the classic school pranks, but he couldn't lay a finger on Kuzon when he tried to fight him before. He needed a gang of his own to bring down Kuzon. He no longer had On Ji as his "girlfriend", so he could care less about being too harsh or not. He spent the next few days looking for teens like him who were also jealous of not being noticed as much anymore.

With the GAang deeply connected to the townsfolk, they decided to stay here the rest of the time before having to move on to the Fire Nation Capital. One reason was because Aang was actually learning more and more useful information. He was able to get a poster of Ozai before, so what else can he get that useful? Well, it turns out that there was a secret river leading into the capital. Not only that, there is also an underground network of tunnels leading in and out of the mines and into the capital as well. Aang did his best on copying the designs and did a good job, even with noodles and smeared ink.

A total of 4 days have past since the dancing party. Another day at the school was commencing for Kuzon while the other 3 were strolling around the market. They had to find enough food for Appa and Momo without looking obvious. Katara was sent to get large fruits for Appa, Sokka was sent to get smaller fruit for Momo, and Toph was sent to get a variety of foods for the whole GAang. Apparently, she didn't realize it was harder shopping for things by herself than she thought...

"What do you mean this costs 50 copper pieces?! It's just a piece of a possum-chicken!" argued Toph, holding onto a bag of what she thought was filled with raw possum-chicken legs.

"Sorry mis, but business is business...and that is not possum-chicken, it's raw steak from the capital itself," replied the meat seller, a bit shocked by a little blind girl's attitude.

Toph felt a bit embarrassed as she put down the bag back where she got it from and walked off. While trying to feel around for more meat shops with her senses, she realized this was the first time she was apart from the GAang since she was left with Appa in the desert, and that didn't turn out too well. Even though she was apart from them, she just kept thinking the same thing over and over. This place definitely beats Ba Sing Se. She was too distracted by her thoughts to sense the boy walking right to her. They collided and were both knocked off their feet and to their bottoms.

"Ow...that hurt," said the boy, rubbing his head a bit. "You okay? Didn't see--"

"Yes, I'm fine," said Toph, tired of that question. "Next time, watch where you're -- wait, aren't you supposed to be in school?"

"I could ask you that same question, but as it turns out, it's lunch break and students are allowed to leave the school grounds as long as we come back in time for class."

Both rose back onto their feet and walked deeper into the market area and closer to the school. The boy helped Toph get what she was looking for and helped out in showing her areas where she can kill time if she wasn't busy. After about 20 minutes, the boy had to return to the school. He waved goodbye to Toph before she called out to him.

"Wait! I don't even know your name!" yelled Toph, hoping he would hear.

"I'll tell you some other time!" yelled back the boy.

When he was out of her sensing range, Toph thought about what he said. "Some other time"? He expects to see me again later or what? Thinking for a moment, she just shrugged and headed back to their home, which still was the cave.

Meanwhile...

"Kuzon! Go long!" yelled Otin, one of Aang's best friends in the school grounds. He threw the leather round ball far as Kuzon ran as fast as he could (without airbending) to the ball.

Another one of Kuzon's friends, Moto, the larger and chubby one of the group, tried to keep up with Kuzon, but was no match to the free-spirited kid's speed. As the ball neared the ground, Kuzon attempted to catch it with one hand, but was stopped by Ms. Kwan, their teacher. The ball flew past her and Ms. Kwan just stared at Kuzon.

"Recess is over, back to class, all of you," ordered Ms. Kwan. "Come on now!"

The kids pouted and followed their teacher back into class. Ever since Kuzon's party, everyone in the school also found better ways to play during recess rather the "safe" games like Hide and Explode and Marching in Place. But because of that, they were also being watched closer by the teachers and guards.

Another good day with learning. Aang managed to get a new bag strapped around his waist as a present from On Ji, one of his friends in the school grounds and the one who had a crush on him. He also learned that most of the Fire Navy ships are occupying the Blockade and the waters of Ba Sing Se rather than protecting the capital. While he was about to exit the gates of the school, he thought he heard a whisper from the corner. He looked at the corner to find a boy looking rather cool and simple. He turned away and heard the whisper again from the corner. Looking again, the boy didn't look any different. Turning away again, the whisper was no longer a whisper.

"Hey!" yelled the boy.

Startled, Kuzon faced the boy quickly in a fighting stance. The boy didn't seemed surprised by his reaction and just called him again.

"Get over here!"

Confused, Kuzon just listened and went over to the corner. He had short brown hair that was trimmed and looked similar to his own hair, minus the color. Also in school uniform, nothing else could be used to recognize him differently from the others, except that he had the darkest brown eyes he has ever seen.

"You're Kuzon, right?" asked the boy, leaning on the wall and looking calm still. He wasn't facing him like he was scared of his face or something.

"Yeah, but why did you call me here?" replied Kuzon.

"I hear things everywhere, and I know certain things you might want to know."

"...Go on..."

"You know that kid you embarrassed a couple of days ago, Hide?"

"Yeah..."

"I think he's gonna have his revenge on you soon."

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Appreciate reviews and constructive critism. Flames just make me laugh, but I don't think I'll get any here. Future chapters will be coming soon! TMT