Here is the final part of my brief tokka fic.

As usual I do not own ATLA

Part 4: The Great Revelation

By the time Poppy and the girls were ready (by Poppy's standards) guests had started to arrive at the Beifong estate. Lao and Poppy had left the Gaang by themselves and gone to meet the various guests as they were announced. This was so that the Gaang could be announced in tradition Earth Kingdom style before all the assembled guests. Suki and Ty Lee who had insisted that, because they didn't have an escort, they should not be introduced with the others but Poppy had ignored them. Toph knew the reason why her mother was doing this was not because her mother actually approved of them, but was more to show off how she knew all the important people from the war, even if she didn't want her daughter to associate with them.

All of them, even the Fire Lord and his fiancee, were wearing clothes that any upper class Earth Kingdom citizen would wear. While Toph had told them she didn't care, they had all decided to anyway. Partly they did it because it was an Earth Kingdom event so they fitted in, but another part of it was political. It would send the world a good sign if both the Fire Lord and the Avatar were dressed in Earth Kingdom clothes, it was a sign of peace between the nations.

Midway through the long line of guests (and even longer line of the various titles that was announced with each guest) a servant came to escort Sokka and Toph away to a different part of the estate. This was because Toph's entrance with Sokka was a little later than the others because all the guests had to be in attendance before Toph and her escort could be introduced. Toph's introduction to society was supposed to be to the whole upper class so even though it was her party she would have to wait the longest before actually joining it, but she didn't mind it gave her a bit of alone time with Sokka which she hadn't had all day.

Soon as the rest of the Gaang was alone near the entrance to the outdoor area in which the party was going to take place. They knew that soon all the remaining Earth Kingdom nobility would be announced and it would be their turn to enter in pairs. First Suki and Ty Lee because they were the least important, then Zuko and Mai and lastly Aang and Katara. After they were announced they would head to a stage set up at the far end of the area where Lao Beifong and his wife would be waiting. There they would stand as the honored guests of Toph. Once they were inside then the formal presentation of Toph would begin.

"So how was your makeover ladies?" Zuko finally asked to break the silence.

"Boring and tedious" Mai said, "I was hoping that a fight would happen midway through but alas it didn't."

"Why, what happened?" Aang asked his natural curiosity peeked.

"Her Grace inadvertently insulted Suki and Ty Lee." Katara told her boyfriend.

"Let me guess she made some sort of homophobic comment." Zuko said.

"Yup" Suki replied, "I know she didn't realize but its still upsetting to find such bigotry still exists even after the Fire Nation stopped their discrimination."

"Its ok darling" Ty Lee said soothingly while taking her girlfriend's hand, "soon we will be back in the Fire Nation and can actually be an open couple, I know you want that."

"I know but I'm coming out tonight." Suki said boldly, "I don't care what these Earth nobles think. After today I'll rarely be in the Earth Kingdom."

Zuko and Aang were slightly shocked at this. They knew it had taken Suki years to come out to herself and another few months before she came out to the rest of the Gaang, minus Sokka. Even with the changes in the Fire Nation there was still a lot of homophobia in the Earth Kingdom.

"Are you sure you want to?" Ty Lee asked.

"Yes I'm sure" Suki said, "its about time. I was so happy when I finally told someone and even happier when I told all of you. Who cares what some stuck up nobles think, so long as I am happy with who I am and can walk around proudly with the woman I love then I'll know I have won."

"Then I'll be there to support you." Ty Lee said.

"Thanks babe" Suki replied kissing the limber acrobat.

"We all will" Aang said, "its your right and they can't do anything about it, if they do try I'm sure Toph will earthbend them as far away as possible."

"Thank you all" Suki said holding back tears to keep her elaborate makeup intact.

"Are you just going to get up midway through and tell everyone the truth?" Zuko asked the warrior.

"Well I was thinking more along the lines of a demonstration right in front of the Duchess." Suki said, "so long as Ty Lee's ok with it."

"Yeah I am" her girlfriend said, "I'm confident with who I am and I've had to put up with this upper class bigotry for far too long."

"Good but lets wait until after the opening dance." Suki said, "I know Toph may hate all this fancy shit but I know she wants to enjoy that dance because it will be all eyes on her and you know she loves attention. So long as it is directed at her."

Suki knew the real reason was because it was a dance with Sokka but as far as she knew only Zuko had discovered the secret couple and was sworn to secrecy about it on pain of a gruesome death. Just then they heard his majesty, the 52nd Earth King, King Kuei be introduced (along with his pet bear) and knew it was time for their own introductions.

"Ladies and Gentlemen" the specially paid announcer said, "now that all of the guests have arrived it is time to announce the special guests of Lady Beifong herself. All are heroes of the 100 year war and deserve our utmost respect for ending the war. First I present to you Commander Suki of the Kyoshi Warriors, one of only 4 people to ever escape from the Boiling Rock prison and a member of Team Avatar. Along with Commander Suki I present her deputy Ty Lee, also of the Kyoshi Warriors."

At this the two girls walked through the main entrance to the party to applause and thanks from the assembled aristocracy. There were a couple of wolf whistles and calls at the two apparently single beautiful girls but they just ignored it as they headed to their assigned places on the stage near the Beifongs.

"Second I present to you Fire Lord Zuko, ruler of the Fire Nation, escapee of the Boiling Rock, firebending instructor to the Avatar and a member of Team Avatar, and his fiancee the fair Lady Mai of the Fire Nation."

Zuko and Mai walked into the party to even more cheers than Suki and Ty Lee got. Zuko had proved to the world that he was not his father and even though they had be hesitant at first he had delivered on his commitment to peace. They quickly took their spots on the stage behind a very pleased looking Lao who clearly was happy to be seen aliened with such powerful people as the Fire Lord or the Avatar.

"Finally I present to you Princess Katara of the Southern Water Tribe, waterbending instructor and girlfriend to the Avatar and an original member of Team Avatar, and of course along with her is none other than Avatar Aang himself, Grand Master of the Air Nomads and current reincarnation of the Avatar spirit."

Aang walked in with Katara on his arm to a tumult of cheers from the crowd. Shy about his fame Aang just looked nervous as he escorted Katara to the stage to join the others. Katara was shocked at being introduced the way she was. She had never considered herself a princess, even if she was the Chief's daughter, because the Southern Water Tribe was just so small. As soon as the party guests had died down Lao began his prepared speech.

"Thank you all for coming to my daughter's 14th birthday party. In addition to this being her birthday party it is also the formal introduction ceremony, to present her to society as a woman now eligible to be called upon by suitors." At this a several of the young men in attendance looked happy at the chance to try and win the affections of such a rich girl as Toph, not knowing her complete unavailability.

"For many years my wife and I foolishly kept our daughter hidden from the world because of her blindness." the Grand Duke continued, "however over the last year and a half many of you will have either met her or have heard of her heroic exploits during the war. We now understand her independence as a person and skill as an earthbender and are truly sorry for keeping her away all this time. Now however it has come time for her presentation to society, a moment every father both dreams of and fears because it means that he must accept that his child is old enough to make their own choices in life. Now it gives me great pleasure to present my daughter, Toph Beifong, one of the six great heroes of the 100 year war, earthbending instructor to the Avatar, the inventor of metalbending and a member of Team Avatar. Her escort tonight and the man who will lead her in her first dance as an eligible woman is none other than Prince Sokka, Crown Prince of the Southern Water Tribe, the Wolf of the Southern Waters and the leader of Team Avatar."

With this all eyes turned to the curtain that faced obscured where Toph and Sokka would walk in and onto the dance floor.

When the servant came to lead the young couple to their entrance point they followed in silence. As soon as he had left though, and they knew they were alone, Toph grabbed Sokka and kissed him.

"I've been needing that all day." Toph said when they finally broke apart.

"Same" Sokka replied just holding her in his arms, "you look beautiful by the way."

"I would say the same to you but you know I don't know what you really look like." Toph replied, "but I feel so fake with all this crap on my face."

"Well I do prefer your natural beauty, its part of why I love you, but you do look nice when you are actually made up like a girl."

Toph just punched him in the shoulder for that before adding, "I love you too."

"So how was your girls day with your mum?"

"As horrible as expected" Toph replied, "she tried to get to know us but ended up insulting Suki and Ty Lee by condemning homosexuality and called Katara uncivilized because she's from the Water Tribe."

"So just as you thought it would go then."

"Pretty much."

"Well its almost time for our great revelation. After over a year of waiting and hiding we can be the ones to give the others oogies and not the other way around." Sokka said.

"I know, finally its been so long." Toph replied, "I can't wait to just be able to kiss you or hold your hand in public. I wonder what the others will think when they see me acting like a girl around you."

"I dunno you don't normally act like a girl around me." Sokka replied.

"Normally I wouldn't but once the others know about us I may not be able to control myself." Toph said blushing at the embarrassment of her reaction to the man she loved. "Beside you are the only person who makes me feel like an actual girl. At least a girl in the sense that my mum would expect."

"Oh ok well thank you I try." Sokka said with a smirk

Toph just punched him in the arm again at this saying, "don't you dare tell anyone what I just said. That is between you and me, you got that."

"Of course I wouldn't dream of it." Sokka said rubbing his now permanently bruised arm.

"Good" Toph replied, "also I don't think we're going to be the only ones revealing something tonight."

"Why is Mai pregnant or something?" Sokka asked.

"No she's not pregnant yet" Toph answered, "Suki's probably going to make out with Ty Lee in front of mum. She really angered her earlier with her high society anti-gay shit."

"That should be interesting." Sokka said, "I wonder how she will react."

"I hope she faints." Toph said with a note of glee in her voice.

Just then they heard Toph's father begin his speech. Toph had to fight back tears as she heard her father praise her for her efforts in the war.

"They do enjoy long titles in the Earth Kingdom" Sokka observed as Lao started listing various titles for Toph.

"Yeah it makes them seem important" the blind earthbender replied, "come on its time."

With that Sokka offered her his elbow and lead her through the thick curtain and down the small path that lead to the dance floor. As he lead her there were cheers for their deeds during the war, comments on how beautiful Toph looked and general applause and respect given towards the two heroes. As soon as they reached the dance floor the band started to play a popular tune among the upper class of the Earth Kingdom.

Once the music started Sokka took Toph's right hand with his left and placed his right hand on her waist. Toph place her left hand on the young warrior's right shoulder and let him lead her in the traditional waltz they had pretended to learn. The plan was to begin the dance as the Grand Duchess had wanted them to dance it and then transition into their own dance.

"I didn't know either of them could dance." Aang quietly whispered to the rest of the assembled Gaang as they watch Toph and Sokka gracefully dance in front of the gathered guests.

"Neither" Zuko replied observing the couple.

"Sokka knows all the Southern Water dances and I assumed Toph already knew how to dance but still they look so graceful." Katara said, a little surprised at her brother's proficiency, "but I guess they must have spent the last month practicing it, no doubt her mother would want it perfect."

Suki and Zuko inwardly groaned at Katara's complete obliviousness. It was clear to anyone with a brain that the pair on the dance floor defiantly had feelings for each other. It was subtle though and Zuko thought that if he didn't know they were a couple he might have made the same mistake as Katara.

Toph and Sokka were just lost in their own little world as they danced. Soon they heard the part of the song in which they had planned something different to what Poppy wanted them to do approaching. As soon as Sokka heard the right note he let go of Toph's waist and spun her. From then on it was clearly no longer a waltz as Poppy had wanted it to be but more of a tango set to the same music.

Most of the guest found the sudden change a good thing, it added more to the dance than was supposed to be intended. However the more conservative guests ranged from upset to appalled in the opinion of the Grand Duchess. The Gaang just watched in amusement at the new routine.

"It looks like they have combined the fluidity of the Water Tribes with the rigidity of the Earth Kingdom." Aang said to no one in particular as he observed the pair. He would have to come up with a combination of air and water styles in the future.

Finally the song was drawing to a close and Sokka and Toph resumed the waltz so that they could make their way over the where the stage stood. Once they were in position to give both Katara and Toph's mother the best view of what was about to happen Sokka whispered to his girlfriend, "you ready."

"Let's show the world" she whispered back to him.

With that Sokka spun Toph again but this time he let go and she continued the spin for a few more rotations so as to put a little distance between the two. As soon as she stopped they both moved towards each other as they had practiced. At the last moment Toph leapt, with a little earthbending help, so that Sokka caught her. She placed her hands on his shoulders as he grabbed her waist and performed a 360 degrees spin. Sokka slowly lowered his beloved to the ground. As soon as her toes touched the ground he moved his arms to around her waist pulling her towards him at the same time her hands went behind his neck pulling him to her. His lips found hers as her feet returned to the ground, pulling him with her in a passionate embrace that eclipsed all but the first kiss they had shared on that cliff over a year before. It had gone perfectly and the reaction to the young lovers displaying their love to the world was instantaneous.

The moment Sokka and Toph kissed Katara's jaw dropped farther than it had ever done so before. This was not what she had expected, she had never thought that her brother and her friend could be an item but their they were sharing a kiss that was ten times more passionate than any she had shared with Aang. She wasn't the only one with a shocked expression though.

Like Katara, Aang's jaw had dropped at the site of his friends kissing. Suki and Zuko just had knowing smiles on their faces, pleased the young couple had finally shown their love to their friends. Ty Lee was just giggling and bouncing on the balls of her feet at the sight of the two lovers. Mai just found the whole thing amusing and was enjoying Poppy's reaction.

The moment the Grand Duchess saw her daughter kissing the Prince of the Southern Waters she almost screamed. It took all her training to prevent it. It didn't however stop her from going white with horror and shaking with a mixture of rage and surprise at the sight in front of her. What made matters worse was that her husband just applauded the couple smiling as if he had known all along that they were together (which he had but hadn't told his wife).

The rest of the crowd just had mixed reactions. They ranged from disappointment among the men and women who wanted the respective person in the embrace, to amusement at the sight, to anger at the public display of affection and everything else in between.

Eventually Aang was able to get over his shock and find his voice.

"Well that is a surprise to say the least." the young monk said to the rest of the Gaang.

"I'll say" Mai replied, "This whole event has suddenly got much more interesting."

"When on earth did this happen!" Katara said, ignoring her boyfriend and the future Fire Lady, "and how did we no notice this sooner."

"They got together the night I told Sokka I was gay." Suki said nonchalantly, "and you didn't notice because you were so wrapped up in your feelings for Aang that you didn't notice anyone else. That and they were really good at hiding it."

"They kept this up for over a year without telling me," Katara said, now angry, "I'm going to give the pair of them an earful about this as soon as I can."

While the others were still reacting to Katara's sudden anger (and Toph and Sokka continued to kiss) Suki lent over and whispered into Katara's her so quietly that only the waterbender could hear.

"Now now Katara they don't want you overreacting, if they wanted to keep it secret then its their right to do so. If you even try to have a go at them for not telling you I'll tell Aang about how you kissed me during our girls night out. That is if Toph doesn't beat me to it. Nod if you understand me."

As soon as Suki reminded her of that night Katara went pale. She knew that her brother and her best friend had every right to keep their private lives to themselves, she was just so shocked at this revelation. All Katara could do was nod her head.

"Good" Suki whispered before pulling away just as everyone was getting over their shock at Katara's anger.

"Did anyone else know about this?" Katara said after recovering from Suki's threat.

"I was the only other person who knew." Zuko said. This caused everyone, even Suki who knew Zuko had found out, to turn to him.

"And how did you know about this." Mai said gesturing towards the couple still making out on the dance floor.

"And further more why didn't you tell us." Katara said, some of her anger back in her voice.

"Yeah, Sokka told everyone after he walked in on me going down on Suki, why didn't you tell us about him and Toph." Ty Lee said quickly before realizing what she had just said. As soon as she did her face went red with embarrassment.

"Ok firstly Ty Lee all Sokka told us was that he walked in on you and Suki together, he never told us what he saw." Zuko replied looking at the embarrassed acrobat, "and I didn't tell any of you because I was given a choice, tell you or face a wrath greater than Azula."

"So Toph just threatened you and you didn't say a word." Aang said.

"Yes have any of you met Toph, she can be very intimidating."

"That still doesn't explain how you found out," Katara said looking at the scarred face of the Fire Lord.

"Remember that day when I walked into the house in Ba Sing Se and Toph earthbent me through the roof."

"Yeah wasn't she surprised by your presence when she got out of the indoor waterfall." Aang said remembering the day.

"Well that wasn't the reason for my unexpected flight that day" Zuko said, "Toph sent me skywards because I walked in on her straddling a topless Sokka wearing only his vest and her undergarments I think. As soon as she felt me there she reacted in the only way she knew how, with violence."

Katara really wanted to lecture her brother and friend about all this but knew that if she did Toph and Suki would explain, in long and vivid detail, what happened at that lesbian bar and she really did not want that to happen. Not because she had anything against lesbians just that she didn't want to have to explain it all to her sweet and innocent boyfriend.

"That would explain it better than Toph reacting when she got out of the indoor waterfall." Aang said before suddenly remembering something Suki had said earlier, "wait how did Suki know they were a couple?"

"Because Toph overheard me coming out to Sokka and Sokka declaring his feelings for her and then told me in the morning when she thanked me for making Sokka admit all that." Suki said, "now if you don't mind I have to come out to what looks like the entire Earth Kingdom nobility, excuse me."

With that Suki grabbed her girlfriend's wrist and practically dragged her onto the dance floor so that a still shocked Poppy Beifong could see them. As soon as Suki was in a position which the Grand Duchess could see what she was about to do she grabbed Ty Lee's face and brought her lips to hers.

The Grand Duchess had just started to come down from her shock at her daughter's still ongoing embrace with the Water Tribesman when she saw Suki leading Ty Lee onto the now slowly filling dance floor. Poppy was at first confused by this but that confusion changed the moment she saw the two Kyoshi Warriors kiss. This time she was unable to contain her scream and the combination of all the shock she had just endure pushed the noblewoman over the edge of her limits and she fainted where she stood. Immediately Lao and several servants rushed over to where his wife had fallen to check if she was ok.

Ignoring the Grand Duchess Aang and Zuko lead their respective girlfriends onto the dance floor to join the rest of the Gaang.

All of this was lost on the young couple who continued their embrace enjoying finally showing the world their love. They knew they would have to ask Suki or Zuko later for the reactions of the others, but for now they were content to be in each others arms, blind to the world around them.

There you have it folks, the last of the four parts in my short tokka fic. Sorry for the terrible descriptions about the location and costumes, I'm not very good at that sort of thing so i felt it was best to let the reader imagine their perfect descriptions to my setting. I am considering a series of oneshots in conjunction with this story, so if any of y'all are interested let me know in the reviews. Otherwise I am in the very early planning stages for two new avatar crossovers. One with Legend of Korra that details the years between the two series and one with star wars that's just for fun. Anyway I hope y'all like this story please review and let me know what you thought.

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