Let it burn
Author's notes: okay guys this is my first Azula and Sokka story (not one-shot) it is set in the earth kingdom. I'm going to try (as ever) to keep Azula in character however at certain moments I'm going to break it on purpose so the story works but it will be in minor ways that are there just to keep me flowing, if you can notice them then point them out in a review as I will be impressed right on with the story.
Chapter one: first encounter
Azula looked left and then right "sergeant move your men out into a line" Azula shouted
The sergeant immediately began giving orders to his men
"Azuuullllaaaa I'm bored" Ty lee groaned as she flipped onto a log as if it was a balance beam
Azula didn't have time for Ty lee right now they had to comb the forest or else the avatar might elude there grasp again, and Azula would not fail like her worthless brother.
"AZZUUUUUULLLA!" Ty lee said again but with a raised voice
"we are nearly done Ty lee now do something useful and go with Mai and scout ahead" Azula was tired and her friends were not helping her one little bit
"Where are you avatar" Azula thought as she scanned the forest with her golden eyes.
-Later that day (dusk)-
"Princess Azula!" Azula spun around to see the sergeant.
"What!" she hissed
The sergeant paused for a second "I regret to inform you that we cannot find the avatar and his retinue" the sergeant kneeled down.
"So what you are saying is you have failed me?" Azula retorted, her eyes wild with anger at her soldiers clear incompetence
"uhh well my lady we don't have the man power to…"
"Silence I do not wish to hear your pathetic excuses" Azula was tired she didn't have time for this
"You and your men will search all night until you find the avatar, no breaks" Azula gestured at the sergeant and his men
"Understand?" she yelled
"Yes princess Azula" came the clearly shaken but stern soldiers reply
"How I despise being called princess but fire lord that would fit so much better" Azula thought to herself.
Suddenly out of nowhere ty lee appeared smiling at Azula "Azula guess what!" ty lee shouted giddy with excitement
"You found the avatar?" Azula said as she raised an eye brow
Mai then piped up and in an incredibly sarcastic tone "no even better" she waved her hands for effect.
Azula's eyes slowly trailed from Mai back to ty lee "what?"
"Look" ty lee gently unfurled her hand to reveal a small mouse "isn't it the cutest" ty lee almost screamed with a super human amount of joy.
Azula blood began to boil as she contemplated burning the mouse in front of ty lee just to prove a point, but Azula had a soft spot for ty lee or at least compared to Mai it was a soft spot
"Give it here ty lee" Azula laid out her palm.
Ty lee stopped jumping with joy "you're not going to hurt him are you?"
"No of course not" Azula said as she smiled at ty lee
"I think it's adorable and I want to hold it for myself" Azula said with a cool tone
Ty lee blinked "okay" ty lee handed the small mouse to Azula.
Azula's smile then turned sinister as she turned around and proceeded to lob the small mouse into the forest.
Ty lee squealed "Azula!"
But Azula was not fazed "is this what you do when we are on a mission go out and find pets? I ordered you to find the avatar not a mouse, are you really that stupid ty lee?" Azula scolded her friend
"I'm sorry Azula we couldn't find them, and the mouse was just sat there…" ty lee meekly said tears welling in her eyes.
Mai then stepped in to defend her friend "look Azula we have been searching all day ty lee was bored of it, she just wanted to have a little fun"
"Is finding the avatar not important enough of a mission for you two?" Azula said anger clearly in her voice
Mai really wanted to say "no it's important to you! not us" but she knew better so she just remained silent.
Azula sighed "maybe now would be a good time to set up camp"
Ty lee and mai both nodded but didn't say a word.
-Later that day (night) -
It was pitch black and Azula and her friends were fast asleep.
"Mother? Is that you?" Azula asked her voice shaky as she stared at her mother in her bedroom doorway
Azula leapt out of bed and ran for the door but her mother had gone and was replaced by her farther
"Farther, mother was jus…."
"KNEEL WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR FIRELORD!" Ozai's voice bellowed
"I'm sorry farther" Azula kneeled
"I'm scared farther please may I have a hug?" tears welling in Azula's golden eyes
"HUG? My daughter you are pathetic, you are the future fire lord and you want a hug" ozai's voice once again ringed in her ears.
"No farther please!" Azula looked up to see her father's back towards her
"You are no better than your pathetic brother" ozai would not even look at his daughter
Azula's eyes shot open, her breathing was fast and short "it was a dream" Azula said in a hushed tone trying to reassure herself. She wiped the sweat from her brow and walked out of her tent, the soldiers had not returned so they were likely still searching "good" she thought
Azula looked to ty lee and then Mai's tent before deciding to go for a walk to clear her head.
- Avatar's camp (moments before) -
"Katara, you're being unreasonable!" Sokka shouted
"Unreasonable? Sokka do you ever stop being a meat head and actually think!" katara shouted back
"urm guys maybe we shouldn't shout so loud" Aang said nervously trying to calm the two feuding siblings.
"But out of this Aang!" katara shouted
"Hey don't yell at me katara, I'm just saying we shouldn't be so loud with Azula so close!" Aang returned in a raised voice
"Ugh I'm going for a walk!" Sokka shouted at his sister before turning around and walking away from the camp.
"Sokka wait!" Aang shouted
"Let him go, the MEAT HEAD! Needs to calm down" katara shouted so Sokka could hear
-Forest (10 minutes later) -
"What was that" Azula thought as she turned to her left and crouched into a pouncing position
-Forest (same time -
"ughhhh she's such a mong" Sokka said out loud
"I mean I didn't know Aang didn't know what a period was, plus it was rather funny seeing Aang nearly puke" Sokka reminisced when suddenly he was pounced on by a tall slender figure.
"Get off me!" Sokka yelled before punching the unknown person in the gut, but whoever it was didn't seem fazed in the slightest by his hit, and instead returned it with a much harder hit of its own.
Sokka was just able to launch the attacker of him before unsheathing his boomerang.
He then wiped the blood from his nose and yelled "look I don't know who you are but if you leave now I won't kick your but"
"Kick my but? I'd like to see you try peasant" came the icy reply of Azula
"AZULA!" Sokka felt a sudden rush of fear, as his blood drained from his face.
"Aw have you missed me peasant?" Azula said as she began her slow advance towards Sokka
"Yeah almost as much as I've missed having my fingers broken" Sokka quickly replied while stepping backwards
"That can be arranged" Azula then launched a fire ball at Sokka the blue flames illuminating the forest all around them.
A second blast hit a tree next to Sokka causing it to explode showering Sokka with what felt like hundreds of tiny red hot razor blades.
Sokka then lobed his boomerang at Azula hitting her square in the face, it was too dark for her to see it and therefore she was unable to dodge.
This threw Azula off balance giving Sokka time to run, Azula picked up Sokka's boomerang and gave chase.
However Sokka didn't get far as Azula was very quick and she tackled him to the floor.
"Your mine peasant!" Azula said as she pinned Sokka down
"Ugh sorry to disappoint but I don't date girls like you" Sokka replied in his usual cocky manner as he struggled to get this super humanly strong woman off him.
This threw Azula off balance "NO I didn't mean like that!" Azula realised what she had said and also realised, she sounded like a small child when they get told they love there boyfriend or girlfriend.
However this gave Sokka an opening and he striked her left arm causing her to fall forward, however it didn't have the desired effect as it just ended up meaning Azula's face was mere inches from his own.
She could feel his panting breath on her face and she could also feel his tensed muscles below her hands and in that moment a smile crept onto her face she would have laughed had it not have been her enemy below her. She didn't find it funny like a joke it was more the kind of laugh when you play fight with your boyfriend or girlfriend smile.
Suddenly she felt his lips press against hers and hers eyes shot wide open "mmmmhh" Azula tried to formulate a word but was unable to.
She then deepened the kiss as she released her grip on his arms.
Sokka couldn't believe he was doing this, in fact he couldn't believe he was still alive but he had to do something, and it wasn't so bad I mean she was actually a very good kisser.
Her soft lips parted and her tongue came out and forced its way into Sokka's mouth, this time Sokka's eyes widened in surprise.
There tongues battled for supremacy in their mouths until Azula broke the kiss.
"I uhhh I uhhh" Azula didn't know what to do, why had she just done that and more importantly why hadn't she killed him yet!
Azula leapt up "you have 10 seconds to run peasant, before I turn you into a candle"
Sokka didn't need another warning before he, himself leapt up and began running.
Azula was never one for fair play and as soon as he started running she gave chase.
-Avatars camp (A few moments later) -
"Sokka has been gone awhile do you think we should go and look for him?" katara asked
"I think we should give it a fe…" Aang was cut short by katara
"Listen" katara said quietly
"Katara! Aang! HELP!" came a distant voice barely auditable.
"That sounds like Sokka!" katara yelled, panic in her voice
Suddenly blue flames were visible in the distance
"Either Sokka has just learnt to fire bend really well or that's Azula" katara said now visibly scared
"Katara get Appa ready to fly" Aang yelled as he prepared to face Azula
Suddenly Sokka came flying through the bushes "KATARA! AANG!" yelled Sokka as he ran up Appa's back and jumped down next to katara.
"Avatar!" came the cool voice of Azula
"Azula" yelled Aang as he squared off ready to fight
"Aang come on get on Appa" Sokka yelled and broke Aang's concentration as he turned around to the voice that had just called him.
Azula saw her opportunity and took it launching a fire ball straight at the avatar hitting him in the side causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.
"Aang!" both katara and Sokka yelled
Katara jumped off Appa and launched a water whip at Azula, forcing her back as Sokka grabbed Aang and his staff and placed them on Appa's back.
Sokka then grabbed Appa's reigns and yelled "yip yip Appa!" and the giant bison responded by whacking the ground with its great big tail, and the bison took flights.
Azula watched as the great beast took flight before waving Sokka's boomerang in there air.
Sokka looked down from Appa and saw Azula; she was illuminated by the fires she had caused
"She has my boomerang!" Sokka yelled in a childish manner almost like a kid who had lost his favourite toy
Katara looked over the side to and indeed she did have Sokka's weapon of choice.
Then katara noticed Azula do something odd she blew a kiss to them, "did you see that Sokka?"
"What?" Sokka asked still pouting at the loss of his prized weapon
"She just blew a kiss to us?" katara said as she began to tend to Aang.
Sokka went bright red "oh uhh how odd"
Katara looked up but decided her brother was just being his usual self.
Authors notes: Okay guys that's chapter one done please review but if you're a grammar Nazi then do not waste your time I know my grammar is not up to scratch (not bad just not amazing) I am dyslexic AND already know my grammar is bad so I don't need to be told by you. Any way rant over there is a lot of underlying hints in the story so if you read through this fast I recommend you go back and take some time to read it a little slower if you want to get all the underlying problems as it is actually rather extensive I wanted to get across Azula's constant battle with the fact she was abandoned by her mum, and the fact her dad doesn't love her I mean think how that would feel? Mental scar anyone? There is a lot to get other than that so if you want to read t at face value great but there is some depth to this thanks guys and ill have chapter 2 up asap.