"What do you mean My Uncle escaped?" Azula snapped at the unfortunate guard. He cowered in front of her. Deathly afraid of what she would do to him for being the bearer of such bad news. Azula turned away towards Mai and Ty-lee.
"Girls get ready we have a soon to be dead dragon to hunt." Mai stood up and smiled at Azula.
"I'll just get Zuko then, shall I?" Mai said not waiting for an answer.
"Yes, it's time Zu-Zu realized what a traitor Uncle is" Azula said while turning back to the unfortunate Dai-lee.
Zuko, who had already felt unsure of his choice to join his sister, was even more disgruntled to have to track his uncle. What was wrong with Mai making him come! Zuko was snapped out of thought by the sight of a lao-sho piece. Hoping no one would notice Zuko leaned down from his ostrich-horse to pick up the game piece. He looked at it and was about to tuck it away when Azula noticed.
"What's that Zuko? Is it Uncle's?" She went to snatch it from him but Zuko pulled it out of reach without thinking.
"Do you think it wise to defy me when you are already on thin ice with father?" Azula said coldly to her elder brother. Zuko was about to make a retort that he would surely later regret.
"Look up ahead it's the avatar's Bison. Is that Iroh riding towards them?" Ty-Lee said the last part uncertainly. No one but Azula really wanted to find him.
Zuko quickly tucked the piece away while Azula called for a charge. Zuko hoped his uncle would get away but the avatar he couldn't wait to capture. He smiled for the first time in what seemed like ages.
They soon reached the Avatar and his crew. They were holding Iroh as if they thought he had lead the war party to them. Unfortunately in a way he had.
Azula sent a Lightning strike at her uncle. His arms held in place by earthen shackles he couldn't stop it and received the full effect. Toph realizing their mistake tore down the shackles and sprang at Azula. Mai got in Toph's way throwing knives at the little blind girl. Sokka didn't seem to like this and jumped in to the fray. Ty lee was jealous of any one else fighting her hunky Sokka. Attacked separating him from Toph and Mai.
Zuko had been ready to launch himself at the avatar until his sister had attacked his uncle. He sat frozen in shock. Then he ran to his uncle crying silent tears. "Uncle!" he gasped. Katara stood a few feet away unsure what to do. Aang was fighting Azula while Toph and Sokka where likewise engaged in battle. Usually she just jumped into the flurry of battle but she also wanted to help Iroh it was their fault that Iroh had been struck by lightning. Her decision was soon made for her when Azula set a blast of fire at her. Katara just barely got of the way in time. She was about to slap Azula's Evil grin off her face with a water whip when a noise cut through the cacophony of battle. It sounded like a war cry and a sob of grief. "AZULA!!" Zuko stood up next to his uncle's motionless body. "I am going to kill you! How dare you hurt uncle!"
"He was a traitor and a worthless old man. You better watch yourself brother dear if you don't want to end up like him." Azula said icily. For a moment the battle stopped to see Zuko's response. They didn't have to wait long.
He unsheathed his swords using them to send fire at his sister. Azula hissed in anger and returned fire. Zuko dodged out of the way.
"If you side with uncle you side with the Avatar! Do you want that Zu-Zu" Azula spat.
"Ha! She called you Zu-Zu! What a stupid nickname. Oh that was a classic." Sokka said hitting himself in the head. With Sokka's reverent comment the other battles started up again.
Azula on the other hand wasn't done taunting Zuko. "What are you going to do Zu-Zu? Die in great glorious blaze? Oh wait you have no honor how can you even glimpse glory." She chortled at her own joke.
Zuko however wasn't listening. He had turned to Katara. "You water peasant you can heal right?"
"My name is Katara! She shouted before she thought, "Not water Peasant, Jerk!" Zuko looked at Her. Katara got the feeling it wasn't time to argue and went to heal the Dragon of the west.
Azula didn't take being ignored well. She shot fire blasts to punctuate her next sentence. "Stop talking to the water peasant Zuko. There are more pressing matters to attend to. Like whether or not I'll scar you before I kill you. Oh, wait father already did."
"What's the matter Azula you jealous of my beauty mark or the fact some water peasant is better looking than you?" Zuko sneered.
Azula did not take this with grace. She was shooting fire non-stop. Zuko was no longer angry his emotions were too wrung out for him to feel anything. He numbly dodged Azula's attacks till he could get closer and press an advantage. Azula seemed to notice at the same time that she was running out of steam and decided she needed a distraction for a clean get away.
"Well Zu-Zu, Let us see how pretty the water peasant is after this." Azula directed another strike of lightning at Katara. Katara turned away from her patient and blinked. Zuko had jumped it to the lightning's path and caught it with his sword point. He did not hesitate before he brought the lightning through his own body careful to avoid his heart and into his stomach before sending it out again.
Although it had all happened in the blink of Katara's eye Azula and her cronies were gone. Aang stood gawping at Zuko for a second. He looked as if he was about to speak when Zuko turned to Katara. "How is he?" He saw the answer in Katara's sad eyes. He sighed. "I – I need you to help him but if you stay here Azula will come back. I can't ask any more from you."
Sokka immediately put his two cents in. "Your absolutely right. Now if you'll excuse us, we will be going." Again Aang looked as if he would do his peace making Avatar duties but Katara beat him to it. "Sokka! How can you say that look at his uncle. It's our fault that he is in this shape." Katara eyes welled up at the end.
"No it's mine and only my fault," he said. Without thinking he whipped the tears from Katara's eyes.
Author's note: remeber write horrible things about me and i will love you forever!!