Higosha ~ Guardian

Chapter 20 ~ Footloose

"I think I see a cave below," Aang said as we floated along on Appa, disguised as a cloud.

"Leep quiet!" Sokka said annoyed, "great job with the cloud camo, but next time let's disguise ourselves as the kind of cloud who knows how to keep its mouth shut."

"Yeah, we wouldn't want a bird to hear us chatting up there and turn us in," Toph said sarcastically.

"Hey, we're in enemy territory, those are enemy birds," Sokka said as one sat on his head. We all went into the cave, but it was dark and boring. "Well, this is it.this is how we'll be living until the invasion begins, hiding in cave after cave after cave after cave..."

"Sokka, we don't need to become cave people, what we need is some new clothes," I reasoned as I looked down at my burnt water tribe clothing.

"Yeah, blending in is better than hiding out," Toph said.

"If we get fire nation disguises we'll be just as safe as we would be hiding in a cave," Katara reasoned.

"Plus, they have real food out there. Does anyone wanna sit in the dirt and eat cave-hoppers?" Toph asked.

Momo quickly grabbed some as Toph spooked them, "looks like we got outvoted, sport. Let's get some new clothes," Sokka said and we went to what looked like a laundry place.

"I don't know about this," Aang said, "these clothes belong to somebody."

"I call the silk robe," Katara called out as she ran.

"But if it's essential to our survival then I call the suit," Aang said as everyone ran.

I giggled at them and went looking, I grabbed some clothing that would be easy to fight in, but also hid my necklace. "Ta-dah normal kid," Aang announced tying a headband around his arrow.

"Hmm I should probably wear shoes," Toph said, "but then I won't be able to see as well. Sorry shoes finally, a stylish shoe for the blind earthbender."

Katara came up shy wearing her silk skirt, "how do I look?"

Aang looked star-struck, "uh, your mom's necklace."

"Oh oh, yeah. I guess it's pretty obviously water tribe, isn't it?" Katara said as she took it off. 

We quickly went to town and finished off our looks with an accessory, I decided on a matching arm bracelet with a hair piece to complete my fire nation look. I looked at my reflection and sighed, "I never thought I would look like this again..."

"I used to visit my friend Kuzon here one-hundred-years ago," Aang said. "So everyone just follow my lead and stay cool, or as they say in the fire nation 'stay flamin'."

I leaned over to Sokka, "they don't say that though."

Sokka shrugged, "just go with it." As Aang went about with his odd hundred-year-old customs I just gave everyone apologetic looks when they looked at us funny. We stopped somewhere to get some food, but Aang didn't want to go in. greetings, my good

"Oh, we're going to a meat place?"

 "Come on, Aang, everyone here eats meat even the meat," Sokka said.

"You guys go ahead. I'll just get some lettuce out of the garbage," Aang said. I gave him a weird look but went in anyways. After a wonderful meal that I haven't had since I was a little girl we left, but Aang was nowhere to be found. Rather than making a scene of ourselves, we decided to wait in the cave in case Aang came back. If he didn't come back by tonight, well the firenation was going to get a rude surprise with an angry Katara.