Chapter 2 - The Headband

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After I've changed into my new outfit, I walk over to Sokka, Aang and Toph who are still waiting for Katara to finish getting ready. Just as I join them, Aang finishes tying the belt from his suit around his forehead to conceal his arrow. "Ta-dah!" he exclaims, while turning to face us. "Normal kid." he smiles. "Hmm... I should probably wear shoes, but then I won't be able to see as well." Toph says making the others and I to look at her. She sits down on the rock behind her, bringing one of her knees to her chest. "Sorry shoes!" she grins as she pulls onto the shoe's upper part, popping out the sole with her foot. In her doing this, the sole hits Sokka in the face, causing me to giggle at his predicament. Toph gets to her feet again, evaluating her new customized footwear. "Finally, a stylish shoe for the blind earthbender." she says.

"How do I look?" Katara's voice rings out, causing the others and I to look over at her. I smile at the sight of my little sister. I have to admit, she does look good in Fire Nation clothes. In the corner of my eye I see Aang blushing heavily, obviously smitten at the sight of my sister like that. Aang's blush then disappears as he realizes a problem with Katara's outfit. "Uh... your mom's necklace." "Oh... oh, yeah. I guess it's pretty obviously Water Tribe, isn't it?" Katara asks as she reluctantly removes it from her neck.

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Not far away from where we had gotten our clothes, there's a village. We all decided that if we wanted to fit in more than just by wearing Fire Nation clothing, we might as well get some accessories to match our new looks. Katara and I go to a jewelry stand for some new necklaces. I chose a choker necklace that has a flower made out of gold, much like the Earth Kingdom necklace that I had gotten for my Earth Kingdom disguise, back when I was in Ba Sing Se with Zuko and Iroh.

 I chose a choker necklace that has a flower made out of gold, much like the Earth Kingdom necklace that I had gotten for my Earth Kingdom disguise, back when I was in Ba Sing Se with Zuko and Iroh

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I put the necklace around my neck as the others put on their own accessories. For Toph, it's a new headband, a topknot clasp for Sokka. For his part, Aang smoothes down Momo's ears and tucks him beneath his coat.

Once Momo is tucked away, Aang turns to us. "I used to visit my friend Kuzon here a hundred years ago." he explains. "So everyone just follow my lead and stay cool. Or as they say in the Fire Nation - "Stay flamin'"!" He saunters out of the alley, the others and I following him. Not even a minute later we pass a guy eating a meat shish kebab and Aang waves to him. "Greetings, my good Hotman!" he greet. "Uh, hi." the man replies, sounding surprised. "I guess?" he questions. I'm starting to think that Aang's lingo is a little out of date.

Sokka leads the way to a butcher's shop. "Oh, we're going to a meat place?" Aang asks. "Come on, Aang. Everyone here eats meat... even the meat!" Sokka exclaims as he indicates the cow-hippo not too far away from us, that is greedily scavenging a pile of fly-blown fish. "You guys go ahead." Aang says, unconvinced. "I'll just get some lettuce out of the garbage." he explains. The others and I leave him to it and enter the butcher's shop to get some food.

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When we came out of the butcher's shop, Aang was nowhere in sight... The others and I had figured that he had gone back to the cave to wait for us. When we got back to the cave though..., he wasn't there. We then just figured that he had gone exploring around town.

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