Hey, I know I'm completely utterly late with this Azutara fic, but...
I was re watching all of ATLA with one of my friends when she through Azutara at me.
At first, I thought she was crazy, then I started picturing their relationship and how it would all come about and thought of this story.
Hopefully you like it! RRC ENJOY!
Chapter 1: Thrown Together
Katara was being dragged and pulled by the Dai Li agents- one pair of hands clutching her torn water tribe clothing and another tugging at metal chains around her wrists. She was blindfolded, so she could only guess where they were going.
"Let go of me!" She demanded, struggling to break free from their iron grasp. "...I said let go of me!" She yelled again, but her demands fell upon deaf ears. She struggled and struggled -slowly feeling her strength waning. She wasn't going to go down without a fight.
"The Avatar will find me! He won't let you get away with this!" She warned, as she continued to thrash wildly.
"Quiet! Waterbender!" One of the Dai Li agents yelled into her ear, causing her to recoil away from him.
"We're here." The other informed with an indifferent voice. Katara was panting heavily as she heard the sound of moving earth.
"You've got company." The Dai Li agent said. Katara felt the chains on her wrists loosen and finally slip off. 'Who is he talking to?' Katara thought, but before she could ask, she felt a solid push to her back. She tried to catch herself from falling, her arms flailing out in front of her. She rolled down a steep hill of dirt and rocks before coming to an abrupt stop. The only other body in the room stiffened and held its breath, trying to go unnoticed.
"Owww" Katara groans. During her tumble her blindfold came off and she looked up just in time to see the hole she rolled through close up. "Great..." She mumbles sarcastically under her breath. Looking around, she notices she's in a large dark space being lit up by glowing green crystals that seemed to sprout up everywhere. Katara brought her hands up to her throbbing head as she tried to slow her fast beating heart. What did the Dai Li agent say before he threw her in here?.
"You've got company."
Katara's brows furrowed in confusion, before her eyes grew wide. "There's someone else in here..." She realized. She jumped up and began looking around, she made a 360 degree spin, before her eyes landed on someone she noticed trying to hide behind a large rock.
"Hello?" She called out to the person who ,in return, didn't reply. "It's okay..." She continued. "I won't hurt you."
The other person was contempt to stay still and not answer. Katara cautiously walked up to the person. She noticed that the woman seemed to be Earth Kingdom as she continued to approach. The closer she got, the more detail she could note. The torn emerald clothing, the frazzled raven hair, and even the very well hidden...Fire Nation Bracelet? Katara backed up quickly before speaking-her adrenaline rushing back as she took her fighting stance. There was no water, but she was still good at hand-to-hand combat.
"Your'e Fire Nation!"
When the other woman still didn't reply or even show any sign that she knew Katara was there, Katara became more and more agitated.
"Turn around!" She demanded. She watched as the person slowly stood and faced her. Katara froze in place as capturing blue eyes met enticing gold. It couldn't be.
"Azula." The waterbender whispered. Why was Azula here? Why was she wearing Earth Kingdom clothing? There were so many why's, but most of all Katara was shocked. Not just because Azula had been imprisoned but because of how she looked. Whenever she saw the Princess, she always looked pristine, even when they fought. Perfectly ironed clothing and polished armor, her straight, jet black hair always in a neat topknot- not a hair out-of-place, literally. But looking at her now...well Katara was uncertain if she was truly the Fire Nation Prodigy, the perfection that was Azula.
Her hair was a messy ball of untamed madness. Her clothing- torn and ripped and dirty. She didn't hold herself with her usual pride and arrogance, but she looked pathetic, her shoulders slouching, head hanging low, only raised enough to meet Katara's eyes. She looked, if Katara dare say it, meek.
Katara stared at Azula. It had to be her though. Katara had to reason that much with herself. "She has unmistakable beauty..." the tan girl thought. But predominantly, it was her eyes. Her eyes were a unique golden color. Not amber, nor hazel, but gold. A bright gold. One that resembles flames if fire could be such a metal. Katara always noticed a passion in Azula's eyes. Never the look of hate that most would expect. She could even see something else, but she couldn't place it. Azula had that emotion buried too deep, and the cold, impassive mask she kept glued to her face, didn't help to figure it out.
They had been staring at each other for a while now, no one speaking. Each lost in their owns separate thoughts.
"Why did they throw you in here? Huh?" Katara said out of nowhere, surprisingly, making the Pprincess jump at the sudden noise. "Oh, wait, let me guess. It's a trap. So that when Aang shows up to help me, you can finally have him in your evil Fire Nation clutches! Because I know you are not that pathetic. Being captured. Jumping at the sound of someone's voice? Especially me" She accused. Azula just sat back down and turned her back to the steaming woman behind her. Katara clenched her fists as she stared holes into the back of Azula's head.
"You are a horrible, evil person. You know that?" Katara raged on, her voice rising octaves. She couldn't help but notice how Azula shrank at the harsh words. "Constantly trying to capture the world's last hope for peace! But what do you care? You're the Fire Lord's daughter, the Princess, a freakin' Prodigy. The poster child of the Fire Nation! " She declared, venom spewing from each word. Katara was infuriated with the princess. How dare she ignore her?
"What? Do you think you're to good to talk to me. A Water Tribe peasant?" Katara spat at her, but got nothing but silence in return. She shook her head in disgust.
"Spreading war and violence and hatred is in your blood! You're just like your father."
This, Katara realized, struck a deep chord within Azula. The firebender turned around so quickly, whiplash was definitely a possibility.
"I am nothing like him." Azula roared, and Katara could see blue specks of fire flying from Azula'a mouth as she spoke. "You don't know what you're talking about!"
Katara backed up, but didn't back down.
"I don't? How dare you! You have no idea what this war has put me through!" Katara yelled, before turning her back to the princess. "Me personally." She continued as she brought her hand up to touch her mother's necklace. "The Fire Nation took my mother away from me." Hot tears ran down the waterbender's face as she dropped to her knees.
Azula's anger faded as she listened to the waterbender's sobs.
"We have something in common." Azula whispered, slowly walking towards the crouching girl. Katara's head snapped up. When did the princess get so close? Azula knelt next to Katara, surprised but thankful that the blue-eyed girl didn't move away- this surprised the waterbender, too. The cautious look in her eyes didn't go unnoticed. Azula knew Katara wanted her to elaborate, but that definitely wasn't going to happen. She looked away, trying to avoid Katara's vigilant eyes. The waterbender regarded the prodigy oddly. 'Azula avoiding eye contact? What is she up to...?'
During her avoidance of Katara's eyes, she noticed the tan girl cradling her right arm. The princess craned her neck and noticed blood oozing from a large cut.
"I can heal that." She offered earnestly. Katara's brows furrowed.
"How? With fire?" She scoffed, a sarcastic smile playing on her lips. Azula frowned, for she found that highly offensive. Katara noticed the other woman's silence. She wanted to move away, but her body wouldn't let her. Sitting there, next to the princess without trying to kill her, let her notice something she would have never noticed otherwise. There was an odd, yet comforting warmth that encased her. The warmth seemed to make her feel safe and...'WAIT! What am I thinking?' She thought.
"No way! I am not letting you anywhere near me." She voiced, remembering that she wasn't only with a firebender, but the enemy. She grabbed her necklace again before speaking. "Fire does nothing but bring pain and destruction." She finished, the harshness of her voice returning. Azula sighed defeatedly before replying.
"I can't blame you for believing that."
And that's the end of Chapter one! Hopefully you liked it.
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(Also, unlike all my other stories, this one is completely typed out. If I get the thumbs up to continue, I'll update every Sunday.) -
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