Pilfering Lemor [Ignis]

[Katara]

Sliding down from Appa’s furry back, Karata continued talking excitedly about the new town they‘d decided to stop at for supplies. It seemed their troop needed to purchase a larger quantity of provisions since acquiring the two other water benders and small angelic air bender.

The brunette had yet to figure out exactly HOW the other air bender existed but was making mental plans to find out suring dinner. “….I don’t know about you guys but I’m starving…I know… I know…I sound just like So..ookkka…” her voice drifted off when she turned to find herself all alone…well other than the slumbering bison and the small lemur who was at present racing toward a produce cart at break neck speeds.

Katara hadn’t a moment to spend figuring out where the other members had disappeared for it seemed the small flying creature was about to grab an applepear from the top of neatly stacked reddish orange orbs. “MOMO!! NO! AHHHHH!” she cried out while racing to intercede.

The Lemur just shoved one of the delicious morsals into his mouth and grabbed another, his eyes instantly widening when he saw the approaching water bender. He hastily hopped off the pyramid of fruit and began scurrying through the crowd.

“Huff, huff … sorry..I‘ll ….be back …to pay ..” Katara panted out an apology to the pretty obsidian haired girl whose golden eyes were now wide in surprise.

“Sorry…Pardon me...excuse...“ the water nation girl huffed as she wove through the mass of citizens who were busily enjoying the wares outside the coliseum.

“YOU HORRIBLE BEAST!!” An elderly voice squealed up ahead.

“Oh Aang….where..are ..you ? Mo..mo..kill…will…swear.." 'pant pant pant..' the teen muttered between breaths. Suddenly, she pulled to a complete stop, her feet sliding the last few feet, as Momo stared down at her from atop a very perplexed looking young man’s head.

Katara’s cheeks turned bright red and she glared at the furry beast who was of course beaming down at her in victory; one tiny paw holding tight to the fruit while the other grasped an ebony strand of hair.

“Oh my…I…I’m terribly sorry.” she huffed out while blowing a wayward strand of her own chocolate hair from her face. “MOMO…GET DOWN FROM THERE!! NOW!!!”

[Ignis]

Ignis was wearing his Earth Kingdom disguise and robes. Underneath his dark green and gold robes, there were several bandages from his injuries sustained at the hands of Toph because of their match, yesterday. Ignis walked out of the medical building and had decided that it was time to leave and move on back to the fire nation. Ignis was looking foward to seeing his little sister again.

Ignis walked through the busy steets of Gaoling. The weather was sky blue almost not a cloud in sight. Ignis kept on walking giving some people a friendly smile. Mabye not everyone in this country were that bad. Ignis heard shouting and screaming. Ignis looked around and ran in to the direction of the sound. Ignis then without warning saw a furry creature run at him and jump at him. The creature took Ignis' only bag of gold which he needed to get home. "HEY!!! I NEED THAT!!" Ignis yelled trying to push the pest off his head which he clinging on to. Momo screached at his attempts. When the furry little creature saw Katara it ran off. "It's ok really. I'll help you catch him if you want? Oh hi, I'm Ignis by the way!" Ignis said before smiling.

[Katara]

"HEY!!! I NEED THAT!!" Ignis yelled trying to push the pest off his head which he clinging on to. Momo screached at his attempts. When the furry little creature saw Katara it ran off. "It's ok really. I'll help you catch him if you want? Oh hi, I'm Ignis by the way!" Ignis said before smiling.

Taking the long strand of chestnut hair and tucking it behind her right ear, Katara gave the young Earth citizen a bewildered smile. “ Hello..ummm.. I’m Katara and that..” she said somewhat disgusted while pointing to the winged creature soaring above the growing crowd, “…is…was Momo. “

The water bender had removed her heavy fur lined jacket once they’d reached the Earth Kingdom and now stood wearing only her bright azure dress. With rosy cheeks from embarrassment as well as her merry chase, the teen stuttered while returning the boy’s smile. “Well….if you don’t mind…I mean you don’t have to…I can ..but if you did we probably could surround the pesky thief..and …catch him..” ‘That sounded totally stupid!! Momo just wait until I get my hands on you …’ she thought her bottom lip now tugged between her teeth in nervous concentration.

Katara peeked up at the boy and saw a glop of fruit stuck in his hair. Reaching carefully forward, she plucked the sticky substance out and threw it on the ground. Upon closer inspection, she noticed a small scrape above his right eye. “Oh no…Momo didn’t do that to you did he?” Her voice shook in concern. She winced in sympathy while her hand reached up to touch the swollen purplish skin.

[Ignis]

"Nice to meet you Katara!" Ignis said giving another friendly warm smile. "And believe me catching that..thing, is no problem at all." Ignis said as he looked down the alley where Momo had run down. Ignis figured that he couldn't get that far on his own. Ignis then saw Momo soar out of the ally and started circuiling above the crowds. "You little..." Ignis muttered under his breath, watching the creature holding his money which he desperately needed.

Then suddenly Ignis felt a hand brushing through his hair. Ignis' eyes widened and he slightly blushed for a few seconds. It was Katara's hand brushing the fruit that had caught his attention. "Uh..Thanks." Ignis said. Katara then had spotted one of Ignis' wounds from fighting Toph. “Oh no…Momo didn’t do that to you did he?” Katara said. She sounded like Ignis' sister, Serenity but the weirdest thing was that she reminded him of Ignis' mother, who was gone. "You remind me of.." Ignis said to her before snapping out of it. "No Momo didn't do that. I went to the Earth Rumble tournament and accidently got volunteered. This girl, beat me. She may look kind of small and mabye weak, but God she's tough." Ignis said. Ignis then gave a warm smile to Katara seeing how much she cared if he was hurt.

[Katara]

"Nice to meet you Katara!" Ignis said giving another friendly warm smile. "And believe me catching that..thing, is no problem at all."

With a large sigh, Katara rose onto her tip toes to peer over a rather rotund woman in the hopes of keeping track of the mischievous creature. “Catching Momo is a bit more challenging than you realize. He’s pretty quick…not to mention his ability to fly." 'If I could use my bending, I’d freeze his little wings!’ She thought as a glint of determination sparkled in her cerulean eyes.

The brunette locked gazes with the friendly town's resident when he whispered softy, “You remind me of..” She waited expectantly to find out who she reminded him of while focusing on the smattering of scratches and bruises on his face. Her eyes widened in astonishment when he spoke of a competition during which a young girl had inflicted his injuries. “A girl …did this to you?” the water bender asked incredulously.

Katara face scrunched a bit as she struggled internally …wondering if she should use her bending to heal the poor fellow. The corners of her eyes crinkled a bit as she gave him a small smile, “Hmmm ..maybe we can help each other..” she began her eyes darting down the busy street to keep an eye on Aang’s new pet. “…I might be able to help heal..I mean put a lotion on the wounds to ease the pain if you help me catch that pesky lemur. Do we have a deal?” the brunette tilted her head slightly to the side and waited with a hope filled expression on her face.

[Ignis]

"I'm well aware of the challenge. Should be fun!" Ignis said happily. “A girl …did this to you?” Katara said. "Yes ok a girl did this to me!" Ignis said in an offended tone. "When you see her in the Earth Rumble tournament, it won't be that hard to believe." Ignis said in a emotionless voice. “Hmmm ..maybe we can help each other..” Katara said. "Go on." Ignis replied.

“…I might be able to help heal..I mean put a lotion on the wounds to ease the pain if you help me catch that pesky lemur. Do we have a deal?” Katara had then said. "You my friend, have a deal." Ignis said before smiling. "Last one to catch it is..Well I can't think of anything right now." Ignis said before smirking and back flipping ontop of the roof. Ignis gave a wave to her before running and jumping from rooftop to rooftop, with speed and agility, in Momo's direction.

[Katara]

Hearing the displeasure at her comment , Katara’s gave a short shake of her head. “No..I didn’t mean it that way..I’m sure she was probably huge and massively muscular…” the young girl gulped a large breath,’ Great that sounded so lame! I‘m such an idiot!’ “I believe you !! No …really I do!! In fact I’ll make sure to take my friends to this…Rumbling Earth thing!”

The brunette was glad to see his demeanor change to a smirk at her challenge, "You my friend, have a deal. Last one to catch it is..Well I can't think of anything right now." Before she could reply, the dark haired boy was hopping up onto the nearest roof and racing after the pesky creature.

Katara laughed and quickly wove her way through the crowd spurred on by Ignis’s dare. From the corner of her left eye, she could see the dexterous young village boy hopping from one rooftop to the next. Her cerulean eyes locked onto Momo’s tail while she moved around the mingling townsfolk. ’I wish I could use my bending but there are too many people …and if I get caught…no…it’s not safe.’ Her thoughts kept time with her steps. “Thud..thud..thud.” She soon found herself merely a few feet away from the thieving lemur. “Hah.. hah..hah..” Katara huffed a grin growing on her face as she moved into the outlying woods, each step bringing her closer to her prey. ’So close…Momo ..almost got you..!!’

With a graceful pirouette, the water bender leapt upward in an effort to grab Momo’s fluttering tail.

[Katara]

Hearing the displeasure at her comment , Katara gave a short shake of her head. “No..I didn’t mean it that way..I’m sure she was probably huge and massively muscular…” the young girl gulped a large breath,’ Great that sounded so lame! I‘m such an idiot!’ “I believe you !! No …really I do!! In fact I’ll make sure to take my friends to this…Rumbling Earth thing!”

The brunette was glad to see his demeanor change to a smirk at her challenge, "You my friend, have a deal. Last one to catch it is..Well I can't think of anything right now." Before she could reply, the dark haired boy was hopping up onto the nearest roof and racing after the pesky creature.

Katara laughed and quickly wove her way through the crowd spurred on by Ignis’s dare. From the corner of her left eye, she could see the dexterous young village boy hopping from one rooftop to the next. Her cerulean eyes locked onto Momo’s tail while she moved around the mingling townsfolk. ’I wish I could use my bending but there are too many people …and if I get caught…no…it’s not safe.’ Her thoughts kept time with her steps. “Thud..thud..thud.” She soon found herself merely a few feet away from the thieving lemur. “Hah.. hah..hah..” Katara huffed a grin growing on her face as she moved into the outlying woods, each step bringing her closer to her prey. ’So close…Momo ..almost got you..!!’

With a graceful pirouette, the water bender leapt upward in an effort to grab Momo’s fluttering tail.

[Ignis]

Ignis kept running at high speeds, leaping from rooftop to rooftop with grace and agility. Ofcourse if he could firebend right now, he could go even faster, using powerful but brief, jet propulsion by blasting fire behind him. Ignis saw Katara, nearly catching Momo and he increased his speeds, nearly tripping over a couple of times.

Momo screached as Katara nearly caught his tale. Momo took flight and flew in the direction of Ignis, gliding swiftly and speedily. Ignis jumped off the roof then and tried to catch it but failed. Ignis jumped into the woods and went leaping from branch to branch in the attempt to catch Momo. Ignis was sweating and panting at how much stamina he was using. Ignis then jumped at the lemur and grabbed his tail. They both fell and landed in the small stream below. Ignis screamed at the fall. Ignis was bruised badly, some blood coming from his head. He had the pesky lemur in his tight grasp so that how many times it screeched it couldn't escape. Ignis pushed in a tight yet gentle manner to the ground and waited for Katara, bruised and slightly bloodied.

[Katara]

[[OOC: I moved nis a little bit so we could do what we talked about . If it's a problem, I will change it back to him just laying in the river...]]


Just as Katara was about to grab a hold of Momo’s tail, the airborne pest sent an ear deafening screech echoing through the air and flapped his wings ever faster to slip out of reach.

“NO!!” she cried out in disappointment her feet thudding as they returned to the ground. The water bender scowled at the animal..trying to figure another way to reach him when she heard the sound of leaves rustling and branches breaking above her. Not long after, she saw Ignis, lemur’s tail in hand, land partially in a nearby stream.

Momo, who was now panicked beyond all reasoning, squawked and struggled to free himself from the dark haired boy’s grip. Upon noticing the blood running down the side of the villager’s face, Katara scowled and raced to the boy’s side. “NOW Look what you’ve done Momo!! He’s hurt because of your misbehavior!” She knelt down by his side, gabbed hold of the creature’s small claw like hands and extracted the small pouch. Setting it on the ground, she lifted the lemur’s chin so that the met her eyes. “Enough!”

Perhaps it was the anger reflected in her azure eyes or the frosty tone to her voice, but Momo whimpered a bit before clinging to her knee in remorse. ”Alright ..alright I can see your sorry but I’ m still going to tell Aang about this..now go sit over there by that tree trunk while I clean up the mess you just caused. “ She ordered followed by a heavy sigh. Knowing he was in deep trouble, especially upon hearing the girl mention Aang, the small creature slunk over to do as he had been told.

“I AM SOOO SORRY!! Here, let me help you. It’s probably best that we move you out of the water and onto dry land so that I can take care of this cut you have. “ She placed her hand beneath his arm pit and pulled him upward; water trickling off them as they squished toward a grassy patch nearby. Once he was comfortably situated on the ground, she knelt once more by his side. ‘Okay now what do I do? I can’t let him see me bend..I know!! ‘ she thought while pulling her shirt over her head to reveal the white linen top she wore beneath .

Katara pressed the soft cloth on top of the cut on his forehead making sure that she covered his eyes as well. “Just give this a few moments to stop bleeding” she said in a comforting tone while her right hand pulled a small funnel of water from the nearby stream. With a steady hand, she had the water hover over the cut while she used her chi and the cool liquid to mend the cut. ‘Mind as well take care of the bruises and scratches while I'm at it...’ she reflected, her eyes now focused on his other visible wounds.

[Ignis]

Ignis watched Katara scold Momo and then her coming to himself. “I AM SOOO SORRY!! Here, let me help you. It’s probably best that we move you out of the water and onto dry land so that I can take care of this cut you have. “ Katara said to Ignis. Ignis was then moved out of the water by Katara. He then felt himself comfortably placed on the ground. "Thanks Katara." Ignis said before smiling to her.

Katara reminded Ignis alot of his mother now. Ignis then felt a wet cloth placed over his forehead and eyes. Katara said she would help stop the painful bleeding. Ignis nodded on the ground. Ignis then felt water or a liquid force on his cut. Then he felt a force that didn't feel like a solid, liquid or gas anymore. Now it felt..undescribable. What ever it was it had a small sting. Ignis gritted his teeth at the healing.

Ignis then thought of how Katara, in her actions, resembled his Mother so much. Ignis the drifted off into a daydream or a flashback.

The sun was shining in the courtyard of the large estate Ignis and his family lived in. Ignis was seven at this time and his sister five. Ignis and his sister ran around playing tag, in circles. Ignis' father was in the study doing his office work, while they're mother would sit down and watch the two children play. "Tag your it!" Ignis said to Serenity after tagging her and giggling. Ignis then ran off pursued by Serenity. "No, your it!" She said cutely as she tagged Ignis a bit harder. Ignis skidded on the ground and grazed his knee.

Ignis burst out in tears as the cut was deep and bleeding. Serenity ran to Ignis and said "Igis! Are you ok, Big Bro?" She cutely and affectionately said. Serenity at that age always had trouble saying it so she said 'Igis'. Ignis' mother ran to him and cuddled Ignis. Ignis wimpered as he began to stop crying. "It's going to be ok, let me kiss it better.." Ignis' mother said in a soothing voice kissing the wound. Ignis and Serenity hugged her. "We love you mommy!" They both said.

Ignis woke up from the flash back and then stood up, the cloth falling. Then he saw it: Katara water bending. Ignis' eyes widened at this site.

[Katara]

With a smile in satisfaction at seeing the cut pull close and the redness fade. The young girl continued, now focusing on the bruise glaring from his right cheek just below his eye. Katara ‘s bright blue eyes closed for a moment as she felt her energy flow into her bending. Suddenly, without warning, she felt the body beneath her hands slip away to stand up and look down at her with golden eyes wide in shock. ‘He saw me!! ‘ her mind screamed before fumbling to her feet as well. It was then when she really took note of his eyes color and coal bleak hair.

’No…he can’t be! He’s dressed in Earth Kingdom garments how.. Fire Bender!! How did I not see before? ‘ Her eyes shifted to the path back into town and quickly back to the young boy. “Aang!” She breathed aloud before raising her voice, “Momo..go warn Aang!!” With large sad eyes, the water bender wove her hand in a quick circle that spun the liquid about the boys hands and feet. Katara made a pressing motion and caused the water to freeze his appendages so they could not move. “How could you?” she choked out before she spun about and began racing back to where she left the air bender. All she could hear as she ran was her rapid breathing and the crunch of undergrowth being trampled in her haste.

[Ignis]

Ignis was to slow to stop his hands and legs trapped in the icy prison. Ignis looked innocent now, which he was, "Katara! I'm not trying to hurt you or anyone! I swear!" Ignis said raising his voice. But Katara didn't listen. Ignis tried to reason with her again but she had already left.

Ignis felt sad, persecuted and hurt. Ignis sighed and let out a breath of steam which melted ice on his body. Ignis was wet on parts of his body now. Ignis knew that Katara would alert the villagers so now it was time to collect his things and move back to the Fire Nation, his home. Ignis ran back to the small city thinking that Katara could return and not be so merciful this time.

[Katara]

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