One of my all time favorite lines in the series was in the episode The Boiling Rock, When Mai betrays Azula by saving Zuko. "You miscalculated; I love Zuko more than I fear you" I just found it awesome how she proved her love for him. Like Vegeta showing his love for Bulma and Trunks in the DBZ episode Final Atonement (yea I am a dork and a sucker for cartoon love.) We chose to set it in modern time, the Aang gang is in high school, Zuko lives with his mother, uncle Iroh, and Iroh's new wife Jun. Lol we like Iroh's character and decided to give a him a hot wife. We just wanted a love story where Zuko would prove his love to Mai. Please be gentle, grammar is not perfect. Thanks. *disclaimer* Do not own any of the characters or lyrics to any songs used in this story.
Chapter one: You are so Beautiful...It Should be Criminal that you Could be Mine -Papa Roach
Zuko's golden eyes watched the clock incessantly, as he tapped his hands on his desk impatiently. There were only five minutes left before final bell, but it seemed like an eternity.Finally the bell rang and he quickly slipped his red messenger bag over his shoulder and hurried out the door. It had been a long day, and he couldn't wait to start the weekend. He made his way through the busy hallway to his locker and tossed his bag on the floor. He knelt beside it pulling out the books he wouldn't have to use over the weekend and as he stood up to put them in his locker Mai came up behind him. "Guess who?" she cooed sarcastically as she wrapped her slender arms around his neck, he smiled as he slammed the locker door shut and turned to face her. She was wearing black skinny jeans ripped at the knees, a skin tight Walking Dead t-shirt, grey converse sneakers, and Zuko's letterman jacket, her raven hair was pulled into a high ponytail showing off her stunning cheekbones. She had a deep purple lipstick on her pouty lips and her golden eyes were rimmed with an insane amount of black kohl eyeliner. Zuko was taken aback as he stared in silence admiring her beauty. Mai was nothing like Katara or Ty Lee prancing around in frilly dresses and high heels, she had her own style and that was one of the things he loved most about her. "How was your day?" she asked breaking the silence and causing him to snap out of the trance he was in. "Long, but its better now" he replied with a sly smile giving her a wink. She felt her face turn red as a soft blush showed on her porcelain skin. He wrapped his muscular arms around her slender waist and pulled her into a tight embrace, she snuggled against him resting her head on his shoulder. He held her close, loving how perfectly she fit in his arms, how sweet her perfume smelled….when suddenly they were interrupted by a cheerful voice.
"Mai we've been looking everywhere for you!" Ty Lee exclaimed as she and Katara approached the couple "where have you been?" Mai pulled away from Zuko to face her friends. "I've been here the whole time, you just weren't looking hard enough" she replied her voice dripping with sarcasm. Katara chuckled as Ty Lee was taken aback by Mai's sarcastic response. Zuko picked his bag up off the floor and took his place beside his girlfriend, draping his arm around her shoulders. After greeting the giggling girls he couldn't help but take note on how different they seemed than his girlfriend. Katara was wearing a denim miniskirt, Aang's oversized sweater, knee high leather boots while Ty Lee wore a pink polka dot tulle dress and black heels. TY Lee spoke up again, her voice as sweet as ever "cheer practice was canceled; we can go ahead and start our weekend!" Mai smiled, happy with the news, she continued to gossip with her friends before turning to Zuko. "Let's get out of here," she whispered tugging his arm as she started to follow her friends to the exit.
As they walked into the crowded school parking lot the group went in separate directions. Katara ran up to a waiting jeep, pulling Ty Lee behind her. Zuko watched them climb in beside Aang in the backseat, Soka was behind the wheel and Suki sat beside him. Soka honked the horn and waved at Zuko and Mai, and then he called out something about making plans for the weekend before they sped off, music blaring. Zuko chuckled as he wrapped an arm around Mai's waist and led her to her car. Her black BMW convertible was parked right beside his vintage corvette. "Alone at last" he whispered putting his lips to her ear. He let his ears travel to her neck leaving soft kisses behind, she closed her eyes and a soft moan escaped her dark lips. Zuko smiled as he brought his lips up to meet hers, they kissed softly before she pulled away. "You have the lips of an angel" Zuko told her, making her look away to hide the fact she was blushing. "You're horrible" she hissed, she couldn't understand why he was so attracted to her, she assumed he'd be one of the many guys chasing after Ty Lee and Katara in their short skirts but he was here, with her. Zuko gently put his hand on her chin and brought her face up to meet his eyes, "you are the most exquisite creature I have ever seen" he told her as he caressed her face. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes as she accepted his touch. He pulled away for a second and reached into his messenger bag, after fumbling around through it he pulled out a CD in a purple case. "I made this for you" he said handing it to her "it's all about how you make me feel." She had a puzzled look on her face as she took it from him but was curious to see what kind of music he was talking about. "I want you to listen to it, all the way through, then tonight I want you to stop by my house and let me know how you liked it" he told her. She nodded her head and turned away; she couldn't help but think this was his way of breaking up with her. She opened the door to her car and slid behind the wheel, Zuko waved goodbye as he watched her drive away then climbed into his own car. He had spent weeks putting together the perfect songs to express his love for Mai and now he hoped she would see how much he cared for her. Zuko drove in silence towards an unfamiliar part of town, there was another gift he wanted to give Mai and he wanted it ready by tonight.
