Sup guys, Lighting Wolf here, back with another story, this one about Avatar. Enjoy the 1100-word chapter. I don't own Avatar, Nick, Michael Dante DiMartino, and Bryan Konietzko do.

(Fire Nation, Royal Palace, Royal Gardens.)

Azula sighed as she watched Mai and Zuko play, she rolled her eyes as her mother walked over with a small blue-eyed boy with hair the same colors as hers.

"Mother who is this…."

Azula said as she searched for the right word, her mother ignored her town as she smiled as the boy looked at her directly, not intimidated.

"Azula, this is Diyu, he's Duke's Ran Shao's son… He wanted to play with you."

Her mother said as Azula sighed as Diyu looked at her.

"Well maybe I don't want to play with him, mother."

Azula said as her mother started to respond before she turned to see Zuko talking to Mai as she turned back to her daughter.

"Azula, just give him a chance while I deal with your brother."

Her mother said as Azula sighed as her mother walked away.

"I guess I'm stuck with you… Sad, isn't it?"

Azula said as Diyu rolled his eyes before walking next to her.

"Not as sad as the fact that we lost Ba Sing Se, first to break the outer wall, your highness."

Diyu said as Azula's smile turn to a frown before turning into a small smirk as she spoke up once more.

"Yeah, Uncle Iroh would have had taken the entire city if well… You know."

Azula said as Diyu sat down on a rock in front of her as he shook his head.

"Diyu, do you think my grandfather will win our war against the other nations?"

Azula asked as Diyu smirked the same way a boy would before they did something they enjoyed more than anything.

"Of course, we're the Fire Nation, we're going to win this war easily… It is just a matter of time, why?"

Diyu asked as Azula smiled before shrugging and speaking up.

"Nothing, just wondering what you thought of things… Your starting to grow on me."

Azula said as Diyu smiled and Azula smiled back, genially before they were interrupted by a flash of pink as a small girl back flipped into the rock Azula was sitting on.

"Hey, Azula, who's this guy?"

The guy said as Azula turned to look at the cheerful face of Ty Lee as she spoke up.

"Ty Lee, this is Diyu, one of my newest friends. Why don't you introduce yourself?"

Azula asked as Ty Lee turned and waved at Diyu as he waved back.

"Hi, I'm Ty Lee, one of Azula's best friends, nice to meet you!"

Ty Lee said as Azula turned to look at her brother as he tried to fire bend only for a shower of sparks to fall around him as Azula laughed and waved two of her fingers back and forth, moving a small flame between them.

"Poor little, brother, he's never going to be able to beat me at this rate… Weird."

Azula said as Diyu looked at her as he rolled his eyes and held up his hand as a small fire formed in the palm of his hand.

"Firebending is easy, you just need to have something to be aggressive about, your highness."

Diyu said as Azula launched a fireball at the boy as he caught it with his other hand and clenched his fist, putting out the fire as Azula smiled at him.

"We're going to be good friends, Diyu, I'm sure of it now."

Azula said as Ty Lee looked between the two Firebenders, tilting her head with childlike innocence.

"Does this mean Diyu will be playing with us more often?"

Ty Lee asked as her mother started to bring Zuko and Mai over as Azula spoke up, choosing the moment to speak up as her mother drew within earshot.

"Yes, Ty Lee, I think I'd be happy if Diyu came over more often… I would like to play with him more often."

Azula said as her mother smiled as Mai and Zuko sat down with the trio, Mai with Azula and Zuko with Diyu as Diyu looked at Zuko before turning his attention back to the princess.

"I'm glad to see you and Diyu are getting along, Azula. Zuko, this is Diyu, he's the son of Duke Shao, he'll be playing with you and your sister from now on, say hi."

Ursa said to her son as Diyu held out his hand as Zuko spoke up.

"Does that mean Azula will stop shooting fire at me for telling on her?"

Zuko said as Azula looked at her brother with annoyance.

"Why you little-!"

Azula hissed as she lunged at her brother as Diyu held her back.

"Azula, Zuzu here is just jealous you have more friends, right Zuzu?"

Diyu teased as Zuko growled as Ty Lee and Azula laughed as Diyu let her go.

"Fine, Zuzu can have that one small victory, just thank Diyu for that, Zuzu…. I'm going to use that nickname all the time now."

Azula said as she nearly fell over laughing as Zuko turned away in embarrassment as Ursa frowned before Diyu sighed and spoke up.

"I'm sorry your highness, I just don't feel like letting the princess get into a fight… It'd be a shame."

Diyu said as Azula rolled her eyes and turned to face her new friend as she spoke up.

"You can call me Azula, it's not like I have much power yet like my grandfather and uncle do."

Azula said as Ursa was about to speak to her daughter before one of the royal servants came out and whispered something into her ear as she turned to the group of children.

"Azula, Zuko, I have to speak with your father for now, both of you play nice with each other…. Diyu, will you tell me if anything happens between them when I get back?"

Ursa asked as Diyu nodded as Ursa left with the servant as Diyu turned back to Azula.

"So… Anyone want to do something besides sit and talk about boring things?"

Mai asked as Azula hopped off the rock she was sitting at to address the group.

"Well, I say we go to the fountain, Zuzu, you and Mai can walk in front of us to there if you want."

Azula said with a smirk which Diyu shared.

Author notes

Ok, so Azula is going somewhat different in this story and Diyu is going to be with her a lot more. Next chapter will be Sunday. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!