The time had come for Azula. No longer would she listen to her fathers orders like a dog, she would rule the nation. She walked out of her room, down a few corridors in the palace, and then finally strutted confidently down the corridor leading the large double metal doors, leading into the Firelord's throne room. The guards stiffened as they opened the doors for her. "Good morning, princess." They said. Azula nodded to them, and then walked on. She gazed at the seat in the back of the room surrounded by fire, a silhouetted figure sat upon it. She advanced to the throne, keeping her eye on her father. As she got closer she began to speak.
"Father, I think it's time I let you in on some valuable information." She said.
"What is it, Princess Azula?" Ozai asked in a rather tired tone.
Azula stopped when she was only a few feet away from the throne. A flicker of nervousness filled her, but she quickly regained her confidence.
"I am through following your orders father, now it's my turn to call the shots." She said coolly.
Azula could not see Ozai's reaction, but she knew her father well and could tell he was not pleased. This for once however, did not faze her.
"And what…. Do you mean by this, Azula?" Ozai said through gritted teeth.
"I'm done," she said, examining her finger nails. "I am sick of waiting here for you to take action, to bring the world to our feet! You are acting like a coward, father. I think I have been the most successful in this war. I have made the most progress. Maybe it's time you step down from the throne and allow me to take the throne."
Ozai stood up. "How dare you defy me? This was always expected from Zuko… But from you?" Ozai exclaimed. "Azula, my advice to you is to repent for your defiance, or you will suffer the same fate as Zuko."
"No father." Azula said sighing. "Zuko wanted your love more than anything. He actually cared. For a moment I thought I did too, but then I realized you were much less intelligent then I am." Azula spat. "Might I remind you who brought down Ba Sing Se? Not even with your help. From that moment on I knew I was better than you, I deserve the throne." She brought her eyebrows together, giving her a fiercer look.
Ozai started to laugh. His laugh grew louder and louder, and for a moment Azula became frustrated that he was taking her as a joke.
"Azula, you are very clever. If you were Zuko I would have killed by now, but your strength and confidence is admirable, and for that I will give you one last chance to stand by my side."
Ozai eyed Azula suspiciously. He never took his eyes off her in the few moments he waited for her to reply.
"No." Azula said flatly.
Ozai made a loud growling noise. He raised all the flames in the room and formed them into one large and powerful missile of flames. It flew forward at Azula. She immediately did a back flip as the blast hit the floor, sending flames everywhere. At one point her shin was slightly scorched by the heat.
She landed on her two feet, facing Ozai. There was a large dark spot on the floor in the middle of the two. She looked up at Ozai and saw the rage on his face. Never in her life did she see him as mad as he was now. For a moment this scared her. Her breathing got slightly heavier. She knew her father wasn't done yet. She was right.
Ozai shot a powerful bolt of lightning at Azula. The room turned dark except from the light generated from the bolt. If she did not notice a few seconds earlier she would have been electrocuted. She did another back flip as Ozai lashed out and landed on her feet again. The bolt missed, hitting the floor and shaking the palace. There were scorch marks all over the wall from smaller stray bolts that came from the original bolt of lightning. The air in the room became hotter.
Azula looked at her father angrily.
"Is that all you got?" she said tauntingly.
She dodged another bolt of lightning that was shot at her. Ozai jumped down from the throne. Now the battle would become intense. He advanced quickly to Azula. She stayed still.
"So Azula, this is the path you choose? Never would I have believed you would die by my hand, but it does not matter. I am through dealing with you traitors carelessly. I shall end it now!" he then lashed out at Azula, flames forming in his hand. He aimed a hit at her. She quickly jumped over him before she was struck. She landed behind him, and sent multiple blasts of blue fire at him. He quickly turned around and swiped the blasts away.
The fight continued. Ozai was doing most of the attacking as Azula was evading most of the time. She jumped closer to him then did a sideswipe at his feet, trying to take him off balance. He jumped over the kick and shot a jet of flames at Azula. She jumped back, but was burned on her shoulder. It was extremely painful. She felt she could stop right there, but this was a battle, and there was no time for that. She continued jumping around and evading attacks by her father.
"Father you seem to be holding back or are you just too weak?" she asked him sarcastically.
Ozai responded angrily at this and was in frenzy. He started making faster and powerful attacks, shooting fire at her as much as he possibly could. Finally he stopped.
"Azula, I was trying to go easy on you, just trying to maybe remind you of what you're dealing with, but it seems you will not change. Oh well." He said as he lashed out once more, shooting an incredibly powerful bolt of lightning at her. The room got dark, and the air was hotter. The palace shook once more. Ozai looked where the lightning hit, but his target was no where in sight.
"Father I am right here!" Azula called out.
Ozai looked to where the voice of Azula was coming from. She was at the door. It seemed she was ready. She raised a wall of flames that scorched the ceiling above her. Then she thrust her hands forward and the wall of blue flames flew at Ozai. She then ran out the doors.
"Guards, get Azula now!" he yelled out from the room. His voice was so loud and booming even Azula could hear it from the hall. Guards came from no where, snatching at her. She fought back, blasting them away with missiles and jets of fire. At one point a powerful guards cornered her and pinned her against the wall. He grabbed her by the neck with a tight grip.
"Looks like you time has come, Princess. No longer will you boss us around with petty orders." He said as he tightened his grip on her throat. Azula gasped for air. More guards came out of no where. There was a loud BOOM and the sound of metal and stone being blown away. Desperately, she kicked fire up into the guards face, and then knocked the rest of the guards away with a wave of fire. She looked around and saw that the blast came from the stone room. Ozai has shot a bolt of lightning at the wall and blasted it away. He was running toward Azula. This was her last chance. She created a large wave of fire and projected it at him. It completely obstructed the view of anything behind it, including her. She took this time to run down the rest of the corridor and turn into another corridor. The halls she knew so well suddenly felt like a challenging maze that she had to get through. She ran as fast as she could down halls while fighting off multiple soldiers that advanced on her. She finally found the exit and quickly making sure no one could see her, she left the palace.