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This is a Ty LeexSokka fic dedicated to all the pairing's lovers.
Ty Lee shook in pain against a tree in the forest. She felt tears roll down her eyes as Azula spoke to her.
"Tell me Ty Lee," she smirked, "Where is that water peasant now? He's probably sleeping at this hour of the night. Perhaps dreaming of another girl?"
Ty Lee groaned as she felt the pain, the terrible pain as Azula slashed at her again with her long, sharp nails. Ty Lee was trying to hold her screams in, but didn't succeed. She cried out.
Ty Lee saw Mai leaning against a tree, but Mai looked down. She was truly alone now.
"Why are you doing this to me?" whimpered Ty Lee as she felt her many wounds ease down a bit. We're friends."
"True," remarked Azula as she cleaned her nails with a handkerchief, "But before, you were of some use, but now, you've let yourself love that water filth and have become a burden." Azula said with disgust, as though love was the foulest thing in the universe.
"Azula, perhaps you should stop now," suggested Mai nervously. Azula was truly a monster when she go like this. The bloodlust in her eyes was that of a demon.
"Perhaps you are right," said Azula, "We have to keep tracking the Avatar." Azula then smacked Ty Lee's lizard steed as she and Mai got on theirs. Mai noticed with satisfaction that the lizard ran away faster than ever before, probably to get away from Azula.
Ty Lee's last sight before she blacked out was Mai meeting her eyes for the first time in their encounter. Perhaps she just thought she saw tears in Mai's eyes.
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Sokka felt his legs start to hurt already as he was almost done walking for the day or rather night. A day previously, Sokka had left Aang and the group because of reasons even unclear to him. Though he was tired, something urged Sokka on and he continued to travel through the woods. Suddenly, he felt as if his own heart stop and then he ran. Sokka didn't why, but the urge drove him on until he found the reason why.
Sokka gasped as he saw Ty Lee, of all people, with multiple wounds and lying against a tree, unconscious.
"Please God," muttered Sokka, "Let her be alive."
Sokka examined Ty Lee's body and saw what looked like claw marks… No, not claw marks. Sokka learned from his brief training at the North Pole that those marks were that of a human. Sokka shook his head. Enough pondering. He needed to take her pulse and bandage her quickly, before Ty Lee bled to death. Sokka smiled when he felt her pulse. She was going to live.
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Ty Lee woke up with a start to find the starting to rise and tried to get up but felt pain prevent her. Ty Lee looked around and found someone had set up camp around her. She spotted a pack, a fire, and gasped when she saw him.
It was the Water Tribe boy she that had made her heart quicken when she was near him Ty Lee blushed when she saw that was in some of his clothes, some of which were torn cloths used to bandage her.
Ty Lee found herself giggling a little as he grunted and woke up when a single leaf fell down his rather wide mouth. After a few seconds, he managed to get rid of the leaf.
The boy noticed her at last and asked, "Are you okay? I found you lying on the ground and bleeding."
"I'm fine now, thanks to you," Ty Lee replied in her usual cheerful manner but saddened as she asked, "Why did you help me? I'm your enemy, but you took care of me."
"You were hurt," he replied, "What was I supposed to do? Wait for a platypus bear to eat you? Besides, my father always told me the greatest warrior loved his enemies."
There was a pause for about a minute until he asked, "What happened to you? Why were you hurt?"
Ty Lee felt a few tears fall down her eyes but wiped them away quickly, "It was… Azula. S-she got angry at me. She scratched me with her nails. A lot…."
Sokka looked at her with concern, "Why did you let her do this to you. You're strong. I've fought you before and have been defeated by you every time."
Ty Lee felt herself be warmed by his concern, "I was scared of her. I have always been. Before I joined her, I ran away to the circus to get away from her, but she only showed up again and asked me to join her." Tears were rolling down her eyes freely now as she remembered her past wit the Fire Nation Princess.
"I refused," she continued, "But Azula stayed for the show, to watch the show she said. When I was on the high-wire, she lit the net on fire and had all the wild animals be released." Ty Lee couldn't stop crying then. It was as if all the emotions she held in from being with Azula were being unleashed.
Sokka's eyes widened and out of instinct, put an arm around her. How could Azula do this to one of her friends?
"It's okay," he said quietly, like his mother had used to do with him on several occasions, "I won't let her hurt you anymore."
Ty Lee's tears slowed and she laid down and closed her eyes out of exhaustion. Sokka stared at her. She needed to rest more than he had thought. The wounds in her were deep and Sokka felt anger burn in him. She was usually so happy and lively, but because of Azula, she was wounded and exhausted, even after full night of sleep. Sokka kissed her forehead before looking for something to eat in the forest. Probably nuts and berries again.
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