"Well if it ain't the li'll Xian gal." A rather gruff voice spoke from behind Liang - a voice she hadn't heard in nearly half a year. The short woman turned on her heels to stare at the tall man who's black hair had a thick reddish-brown lock on the left temple which he keept away from his eye with a silver hairpin. His strong jaw and at least twice broken nose was just as comically twisted as Liang remembered it to be. Despite that she had to remark that Gen had remained just as handsome as ever - and he looked real good in the uniform of the Metalbending Police. "Gen?" The former firebender managed to utter as she was pulled in to a friendly - if a bit painful - hug.

The tall earthbender smirked and pointed himself with the thumb of his right hand. "That's me alright." The two began exchanging friendly little insults as they walked away from the arena towards Liang's small apartment. The trip wasn't very long, but it felt much longer than it was - mostly because they ran out of funny insults and they really did not feel like talking about the past at the moment. "You know, Liang... Shin's back in town." Gen remarked with a slightly teasing tone which caused the former team captain's face to go rather red. "R-really?" Liang managed to ask while doing her best to regain her composure. "Yeah... and he'd like to see yoooou..." Gen's teasing, sing song tone was silenced by a quick jab to the side. "H-hey! No need to get hostile li'll missy." He smirked and lifted the dark haired woman to sit on her shoulder like she was a ferret of some kind.

"O-oi! Let me down you... YOU!" Liang squirmed a bit and just got a little smirk in response from Gen. He was actually going to say something when a stream of water hit his face. "The pretty lady wishes to be walking on her own two feet, ruffian!" The assailant was a quite broad shouldered  fellow - he actually seemed a bit top heavy due to his thin arms and legs. His warm blue eyes were fixed at the two as two fingers adjusted the shoulder length hair that partially covered the left side of his face. "Shin!" Liang squeaked with excitement and managed to wrestle herself down from Gen's shoulder. The waterbender barely had enough time to fix his most charming smile to his lips as the former captain of the Lion-Turtles more or less gave him what was something between a tackle and a hug. He quickly moved his hands on Liang's waist and lifted her off her feet. "Yes, ma'am - it's me."

The black haired woman giggled as she was spun around twice by the silly waterbender. "Oi! Y-you can put me down now. I need to get to my place to change some clothes and..." Before she had time to continue Gen interjected with "We'll tag along!" Shin chuckled and added just a bit sheepish "I-if that's ok with you captain." The little sheepish comment got a dopeslap from Liang. "I'm not a captain any more, silly." The former firebender poked out her tongue and giggled "But since you boys asked so nicely I guess you can tag along - atleast to my place."

The trio arrived to Liang's apartment and with some help from the two goofballs - since Shin was just so polite that he'd offer his help and Gen was just too stubborn to take a no for an answer - Liang was wearing the prosthetic arm of hers and the long red coat. "So is there a party of some kind then?" Shin inquired after massaging Liang's sore neck - after all he just couldn't say no when the firebender stared at him like a lost puppy. "Well... I don't know what it's all about, but that... Bolin guy... You know, this tall, has been in movies..." Gen rolled his eyes "Oh right! I know the guy! His brother was in the MP with me... or is... Haven't paid attention to those who are still working and those who are not."

Liang shook her head "You'd probably forget if you'd be fired... You'd just show up to work as usual and all that... Well, anyways... they are having a party and I've been invited." She sounded quite excited and the way she was looking at her two friends made the two men glance at each other. They knew their old captain had just came up with a plan of some kind - and for some reason they weren't quite sure if it was a good one this time. Shin sighed "Ok, we both know that little glint in your eyes... What's the plan this time?"

Liang could barely hold her excitement at bay as she made a goofy little pose - even taking the time to move the prosthetic in to a better position "The Leaping Lion-Turtles are going partying! Together! Again!" She tilted her head a bit to the side and smiled. "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?"

Shin shook his head a bit "I dunno... We kinda... uh..." Gen tried to hastily finish the pretty boy waterbender's sentence "...Have... things... Uh... Cabbages..." Liang tilted her head to the opposite direction "...Cabbages..?" She didn't quite sound convinced and could barely hold back a giggle. "Y-yes. Cabbages... a... night shipment of cabbages... Definately a night shipment of... yeah..." Shin nodded his head hastily. He had a noticeable difficulty to keep a straight face - admittedly Gen had the same problem. "Definately... an early night shipment... at this particular hour." The earthbender nodded.

The two both got playful little smacks on the backs of their heads and glanced at eachother like they had been sorely insulted. Shin fell on the floor like he had been hit with a hammer and the trio burst in to laughter as the waterbender collected himself from the floor. "We'll atleast walk you there - though only in one condition!" Liang blinked her eyes curiously and managed a puzzled "Whazzat?"

Shin and Gen took their places on both sides of Liang and smirked. Gen rolled his eyes and did his best to seem like he would have so much better things to do with is time, but Shin just smiled so annoyingly sweetly "Come on captain! Let's strike a pose!" Liang hesitated for a moment and shook her head while holding back laughter "I don't know if I can... W-we haven't done those in eight years and...." Gen patted the comparatively small woman on the head and smirked "You still got the hang of it." After a brief while the Leaping Lion-Turtles made one of their rather goofy victory poses.

Soon the trio was heading towards the agreed partying place. Gen had rather politely - and stubbornly - insisted that he'd carry Liang there, just like old times. The woman hadn't really gotten any choice on the matter as she was easily lifted from the ground and was now sitting on the tall earthbender's wide shoulder and pouting quite adorably.