"I guess this is goodbye."
"Could it be a... See you later?"
Naruto smiled at the mute girl's 'words.'
Right now they were just outside the walls of Ba Sing Se, near the registration offices where Team Avatar would be separated from the small refugee family.
"I wish you the best of luck," Aang humbly requested, giving a formal greeting to the small refugee family.
"Thank you, Avatar..." Smiling, the now mother beamed with joy with her little baby in her arms, "Thanks to all of you for helping us get here and having a chance at a good life..."
"Dear, it's time." The boat's whistle had sounded, giving the signal that at any moment they would leave, and since only the small refugee family had tickets, well, they had to go.
But before the family could leave, Yoru stopped halfway and looked at his older sister, who gave him a little push.
That being what she needed, she was much more determined to run to Naruto. The latter was taken by surprise when the teenager wrapped him in a tight hug, which made his head rest on the girl's soft chest.
'I hope to see you again very soon.'
As soon as he said that through sign language, he gently took the hand of the Orange pillar and gave him a soft, short kiss on the cheek.
"Ehhh! Me too!"
Still stunned by that soft kiss on his cheek, Naruto said goodbye to the mute girl, who never stopped smiling as she turned on her feet and ran after her family.
"Clean up the slime, little girl, you might slip on it," Toph growled, who didn't have to see to know what happened; it could be said that she was angry at the mute girl's audacity.
"Shut up, Toph." Naruto didn't want to listen to the blind bandit now. "I got kissed by a pretty girl. I feel like the king of the world." This was the third kiss they had received since he was in this world; it was more than he had expected to have in his adolescence.
Mio.
Counted.
And now Yoru.
I felt like the king of the world.
He felt like a god.
Well, he was almost thirteen years old; a kiss on the cheek was something incredible to him.
"You are a great sorcerer."
Like every good friend that Sokka was, he had to congratulate the boy, giving him a high five, a gesture that the sorcerer gladly returned.
"It's just a kiss, I don't understand why it's important," said Toph, who didn't see why there was so much fuss among the team, although she had her own reasons to be upset that the girl kissed Naruto.
"You wouldn't say that if an attractive boy kissed you; it's incredible," the blonde responded without thinking, still feeling the girl's soft and warm lips on his cheek.
Not noticing the dangerous smile on Toph's lips.
"Then do it. I'd like to know what it feels like."
"Hey?" The blind bandit's request took Naruto by surprise, barely able to move when he was forcefully grabbed by the collar of his jacket and his face brought close to Toph's. "I... ehh... I'm not attractive. Don't you want me to do it, Sokka? I conquered a princess at the North Pole."
"Princess of the North Pole?" Suki's piercing gaze made Sokka take a step back with a tight smile.
"I don't want Sokka," Toph kept a stone expression as she tightened her grip on the shinobi's neck. "Now give me my kiss, or you'll kiss my fist when it hits your face."
The earthbender had an incredibly heavy hand, and he wouldn't want to receive a punch in the face from her.
Naruto looked for help, but Katara gave him an amused smile, while Aang gave him an apologetic look.
With no options, the boy had to give in.
The kiss was short and brief, with his lips gently resting on the girl's forehead. As soon as he received that kiss, he released his grip on her.
Naruto almost stumbled when he was released and sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck. "So how was it?"
"Horrible," Toph growled, turning her back to the group so they wouldn't see the red burning in her cheeks.
"Awful?" Naruto felt like a rock the size of a mountain had fallen on him; it was the first kiss he had ever given.
And they told you that?
Wow, his manhood felt like it was reeling from its pedestal.
"You two are adorable," said Suki, who found it very cute how two people so strong and brutal when it came to fighting could act so shy when interacting with each other when the atmosphere became romantic.
"Yes, they would make a cute couple," Katara was in the same boat as the Kyoshi warrior.
"Couple?!" It's a shame that Naruto and Toph didn't think the same.
"As if the little girl was man enough to be my partner."
"Hey! I'm man enough!"
"What kind of tough man smells like flowers?" Toph's smile grew as she heard the boy growl; she had hit a sore spot for him.
"And what kind of girl cuts her toenails with her teeth?"
"It's more effective than scissors." Toph was not affected by the 'Ewww' of disgust from the girls in the group.
"I think we already discarded the word adorable for you," the others had to agree with Sokka that he would never see the blind girl the same; well, maybe that wasn't a good analogy, but the idea was there.
"Let's just go." Naruto didn't want to continue listening and walked ahead of the group to go wherever they needed to go, to see the supposed king of this kingdom.
A new adventure awaited them.
….
The place was a garbage dump.
Well, it was to be expected considering they were sent with all the other refugees, confined to a third-world area where houses barely seemed to stand upright, stacked on top of each other to accommodate as many people as possible.
It wasn't pretty, but between this and the battlefield, they didn't have much choice.
Walking through the bustling streets of this suburban area, the fire family continued without a fixed path.
"What are we supposed to do now?" Azula could already hear her stomach growling; it had been over a day since they had eaten anything, and hunger was knocking on her door.
At any moment, she would go to an alley, ambush someone, and steal everything they had just to buy something to eat.
"Look for a job," Iroh responded as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Every good life begins by looking for a good job."
"And what kind of work can we do?" Zuko asked suspiciously. What did he think? Maybe he thought just like his younger sister. Both of them had been educated since childhood to be on the battlefield and one day have the possibility of taking the throne. None of that would help him now to get an honest job.
"I think I know now."
The two brothers stopped when their uncle stopped in front of a small business that made them both look at each other, then give a sigh of resignation.
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