Disowner: I don't own avatar, Zuko, Iroh, or any of the other characters in Avatar the last airbender. They are Mike and Brian's.
Also, please don't go to hard on me- This is my first fanfic and I'm still not happy with it.
Zuko staggered backwards. Unwarily, he cast a quick glance about him. His uncle, trapped behind him, encased from the shoulders down in some sort of green
crystal, was staring out at him from behind a rather large column of the glowing stone, gazing at him, his eyes were drilling into him, pleading with him, almost
begging him to make the decision. They made eye contact, but Zuko quickly broke it, and turned his gaze a group of people standing towards the back of the room,
the glowing gems of the crystal catacombs of old Ba Sing Se outlining their features: The avatar and his little band of friends. The avatar looking on nervously, but
Zuko had barely a second to pass his eyes over the small group before his attention snapped back into focus, as his sister stepped forward, pressing him back
even farther. Her attire was not the usual Azula garb, but instead, she wore dress of bright lime green, fashioning the earth kingdom symbol across her chest, and
a matching green ribbon in her hair, a useful disguise when traveling in the earth kingdom capitol of Ba Sing Se, and although it had possibly made her look less
dangerous, she was still the most intimidating person Zuko had ever seen. Make that the second most intimidating, but this wasn't the moment to think about his
father. Focusing again, Zuko listened as Azula spoke to him.
"Zuzu, how nice to see you here in the great earth kingdom capitol of Ba Sing Se."
"It's a shame that I cannot say the same for you, Azula. What are you doing here?"
"Brother, you sound just like Mai, always so quick to get to the point. I've plotted every move of this day, of this glorious day, and the only way we win is together.
At the end of this day, you will have your honor back, you will have father's love, you will have everything you want."
"You don't know what I want!" Zuko was surprised to hear himself speak, his voice was unusually soft and calm, and almost even serene, but also dangerous,
making it more pronounced then ever that he was related to Azula, "You don't know anything."
"Zuko, how can you say that! After all, you are the prince of the fire nation, and therefore are loyal only to your country, correct?" When Zuko did not reply, Azula
simply smiled and announced mockingly, "Well, we won't have to wait long for your decision. Are you a traitor, who abandoned his country to help the opposition, or
are you a prince who is devoted to making his country the best in the world."
And then, without hesitation, Azula shot a mountain of blue flame at Iroh, who could feel the intense heat bearing down on him, and he closed his eyes and looked
away, just as he had done when fire lord Ozai burnt his nephew, and waited for the blow to fall… but it didn't. Instead, a large wall of crimson flame blocked the
path of the oncoming cerulean orbs of fire. And the caster was Zuko.
"So, you are more loyal to Uncle than you are to me… what a shame. You could have been great, you could be respected and honored by the people, you could
have regained your honor, but no, you chose to betray an entire country for the sake of one man… what a shame." Azula was clearly relishing every moment, she
wanted to see her brother meet his doom, she wanted him to know that he would be defeated by one of the greatest firebenders in the world, and yet, she was
completely unprepared for his response. Instead of flaring up, like he normally would have, he looked her straight in the eye and said,
"Azula, Fire Lord Ozai would never have been able to give be back any sort of honor, because honor is something that you create for yourself."
"Been hanging around Uncle too much, eh, Zuzu"
"Yes, maybe I have."
Azula was furious that Zuko was so calm, but she couldn't let that stop her… after all, her brother hadn't beaten her in about three years, and why should that
change now? Azula mustered up her energy and launched a huge sapphire fireball at her brother. The fight had begun.