Hey guys! How's it going? Good I hope! Anyways, I here I am with another chapter for this story! Honestly, I never realized how much you all love this story. I mean, 7 chapters and 1k favs? Damn, you guys love this story. So, here's another chapter and things are starting to heat up! I hope you enjoy it, bye!

Days had passed since the two blind Earth Benders had found their way out of the dust bowl that was the desert and now the found themselves in some forgotten town South of the desert. It was run down and looked half abandoned with a few people struggling to survive.

"There's a few hundred people living here." Naruto commented as he could feel the life in the town. Toph nodded at that, also being able to sense the life within the town. It felt so dead and given the general dryness of the area, they town was on the verge of collapse.

"This place is dying…" Toph commented. There were a lot of buildings, but the majority of them were empty, no sign of life. Naruto nodded at that as they two kept walking. As they walked, they were searching for a place to get more information regarding to their location.

"There." Naruto pointed as he felt a large gathering of people, most likely a tavern of some sort. Entering it, they two could hear little conversation. Most of the people here were minding their own business.

"Excuse me, can we have some water?" Naruto questioned as everyone looked towards the two Benders, eyes raised.

"What are kids doing here? Where are your parents?" The voice of an old man questioned them as he approached them, allowing the two to face him.

"Well, we got lost in the desert and made it out a few days ago." Naruto answered half the question. The old man raised an eyebrow before he looked closely at them, their eyes drawing most of his attention.

"And why were some blind kids doing in the desert?" The old man questioned, sternly. Who were these kids' parents? No, where were their parents? Toph rolled her eyes at the question.

"Does it matter? We got lost and then we got out. Simple as that. Now do you have some water?" Toph questioned him. The old man looked at the two before slowly nodding.

"Supplies are low, but we have some water." He stated as he walked to the back to get them some water. Naruto raised his eyebrow at that as he took a seat.

"What do you mean supplies are running low? Hasn't the capitol been sending you supplies?" Naruto questioned. While the Earth Kingdom cared little for its less than wealthy citizenry, they still had to send aid to ensure they didn't lose more territory to the Fire Nation.

"They do, but the Earth Bender forces stationed nearby keep taking most of the supplies, leaving us with scraps. Most of the town folks were…starved to death due to the Earth Benders not allowing use to leave." The old man answered.

"Why don't you guys then farm for food?" Toph questioned. If their supplies were being taken, then they could have farmed for food.

"We tried, but the soil is barren. We were mining town and thus relied on trade with the capitol to bring in food and livestock, but since most of us were drafted into the army or simply starved to death, we can't even mine thus the trade being halted." The old man explained as Naruto frowned. This is why he hated the Earth Kingdom.

"They used them and when they outlived their usefulness they were abandoned." Naruto stated, angry how the town was starved to death by the vary soldiers that were there to protect them.

"Naruto…" Toph whispered, wondering what the blond was thinking as Naruto gripped the cup of water in his hand tightly.

"This twisted game needs to be reset. The Earth Kingdom needs to be brought down, destroyed to it's very foundations before being rebuild and it starts now." Naruto stated as he stood up and began to exit the bar.

"Where are you going? Naruto!" Toph questioned as she followed after him.

"To kill those that dare call themselves soldiers, Earth Benders." Naruto answered as he kept on marching down the street, with Toph following after him.

"Naruto, there's gotta be more than a dozen Earth benders in there! Besides, we don't even know where they are!" Toph stated causing Naruto to stop and turned around to Toph.

"I can and I will defeat them." He responded with determination, but Toph sighed.

"That doesn't change the fact that we don't know where they are." Toph stated the obvious fact, but they were broken out of their conversation when they felt a large group approaching the town.

"Just found them." Naruto spoke, but he was quickly dragged away by Toph to an abandoned house.

"Lets just lay low for now." Toph reasoned, but Naruto frowned.

"We should strike when they least expect us too." Naruto reasoned back, but Toph shook her head.

"The two of us alone aren't enough. We need to rally the people of this town to take those Benders down. These people may not know how to Bend, but they can still fight, distract the enemy, and other tactics." Toph stated, causing Naruto to blink.

"Toph…did you say something smart?" Naruto smirked as he joked but received a fist to the shoulder by his fellow blind Bender. Turing their attention back to the street, they focused on their ears to hear ever last word possible.

"Alright, time to pay up!" A man shouted as he and his group of Earth Benders stood in the street, demanding the supplies that the town had received. As the town folks gathered around, the old man from before walked past crowed of people and stood before the Earth Bender.

"We have no more supplies to give. The ones we have are low as it is, and we won't have enough to feed the young if you take those away." The old man reasoned, hoping the Earth Bender would see the error of their ways, but alas it fell on def ears.

"Do you think I care? We defend you from the Fire Nation and in-turn you give us your supplies." The Earth Bender stated as he Bended the Earth into a bolder, causing his comrades to go into their battle stance.

"Now hand of your supplies or else…" He warned them, threating their lives. The old man sighed as he allowed them to take their supplies and soon enough the group of Earth Benders left. Naruto and Toph sat in the abandoned house, going over what they had listened too.

"He was lying." Naruto stated as Toph nodded. The Earth Benders didn't need those supplies. They should have been receiving their own batch from the capitol to support the small garrison.

"I wouldn't be surprised that the soldiers have been ordered to take their supplies." Toph added. The capitol was corrupt, and she was sure that someone in position of power felt that giving free supplies to those in need without getting anything in return wasn't profitable.

"Now you see why I hate this system? It oppresses the weak." Naruto stated. He had lived within the walls of the capitol and the conditions were horrible. Disease wasn't a rare sight. Food shortages were rampant. The wages were just enough to get by each day without anything left over. The system had been designed so that those on top could stay there and those below stayed where they were.

"Then how do you want to do this?" Toph questioned him as to what he wanted to do. She had suggested using the people of this town to help them in taking out the Earth Benders, but that would take too long. Still, something needed to be done.

"Simple. We use the village folks." Naruto responded as he began to head out to the street, with Toph following after him. She followed him as he walked right into the center of the dirt road.

"Are you all going to just sit here and let this continue?" He spoke up, getting the attention of the villagers as they turned towards him.

"What do you mean?" One of them asked as Naruto scoffed.

"You know exactly what I am talking about. The oppression of the Earth King!" Naruto shouted in response. Every day the people toiled the land, only for their work of their labor to be stolen from them.

"What can we do? We're just peasants. Non-Benders." Was the answer he received from a man who had already accepted his fate. Naruto sheered at that.

"Benders, non-Benders, what difference does it make? All are oppressed by those who have the wealth to buy power. You must break your chains!" Naruto shouted, trying to rally them as the crowed of people grew larger, drawing more attention.

"Your labor has been exploited by the Earth King and the elites for far too long. The point for peaceful talks and dialogue is over! Now is the time for revolution!" Naruto proclaimed as everyone realized what he was saying. To revolt. To go against the authority of Ba Sing Se, a city that they had never seen, only heard off.

"We would be crushed by the Earth King armies." A man shouted from the crowed of people as people agreed with him. They were but a small town on the verge of total collapse. The only reason it still exited was because of its strategic location and the mines that still held valuable resources.

"Then I will protect you. Others will follow soon." Naruto countered as many more nodded. Ba Sing Se was losing grip on its territory after how the Fire Nation easily conquered the northern part of the Kingdom. Not only that, there were rumors that another Earth Bender in a large city had proclaimed himself to be king! If another Earth Bender was able to proclaim himself king then the authority of Ba Sing Se was truly on the decline.

"Yh, he's right!" Someone shouted from the crowed and that did it. Years of oppression and starvation had finally brought the anger to surface and had reached a boiling point. This was it. Do or die. They either died as revolutionaries or traitorous rebels. The town was whipped up in a frenzy as they grabbed any and all weapons they could find and began to march on the garrison located just outside of the town.

"I think you may have gotten them too riled up…" Toph stated with a sweat drop as Naruto sighed.

"Come on, we better make use of the distraction." Naruto instructed her as the two began to follow the large crowed. Nearing the garrison, which was a walled fort made from Earth, the town folks started to shout and started to throw stones.

"Get out of our town!" Someone shouted.

"Yh! Go back to Ba Sing Se!" Another shouted as the Earth Benders manned the walls and looked down below at the people. The commander of the garrison snarled as he stepped forward on top of the wall.

"Go back to your homes!" He shouted, but all he received was a stone in his face. Now he was outraged and turned to his men.

"Kill them all!" He ordered as some of his men were ready to carry out the order happily, while others looked horrified.

"And there it is, the so-called soldiers of the Earth Kingdom and its people." A voice interrupted them as they turned to look inside their fort to find a…boy and a girl?

"What they hell? How did you get in here?" The commander questioned, but his question fell on deaf ears.

"The question to ask is who made you in charge? You, who steal from the weak that you were ordered to protect. You, who feel no remorse at giving the order to kill your fellow citizen." Naruto fired backed as Toph listened to his words, ready to fight at any given notice. The Earth Benders looked on at the duo of kids and then to their commander, who surprised them by laughing.

"Who am I? I am a commander! I have wealth, power, and the status to do as I please! If I give the order for these block heads to fight, they will do just that! I have power and none of you have any, making me your superior, your better!" The foolish commander fired back, angering all Earth Benders under his command. It seemed like they were nothing more then pawns, cannon fodder for the likes of him to throw at the enemy or thugs to use against the local populous.

"Then let's see how your 'block heads' feel about you." Naruto said with a smirk as the commander blinked at that before he turned to face his men, who all had a look of furry. Much of the Earth Nation army consisted of uneducated conscripts, with the officers and commanders consisting of those who were educated and had wealth. The pros where that you had an army that was very easy to commander and was very large, but the cons where that it wasn't quite effective, equipped, and was incompetent due to uneducated soldiers and corrupt officers.

"S-Stand down! I order you to stand down!" The commander ordered as he got ready to fight but was quickly subdued by his own men as they tied him up and threw him over the wall to the awaiting mob, who happily started to beat the man.

"Well, that went better than I expected." Toph stated as she relaxed. She was honestly expecting a fight and did not expect things to turn out this way.

"Can't win a war without an army." Naruto said as Toph nodded. If they were to wage war, then they would need an army.

"Well, we got plenty of time for that." She replied. The Earth Kingdom was massive and highly bureaucratic. It could take months before the Earth King realized that one of the towns had rebelled, provided that the said town kept the rebellion under the radar.

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