Let it burn
Author's notes: if you want to skip straight to the story then ignore this but some people messaged me and wanted me to explain my "character" tweaks to Azula so I will. Basically you can't write a love story and have Azula in character unless it's a bit rapey why? Because her character goes in direct violation of love in the conventional sense and you can clearly see that on the episode "the beach" so back to the point in order for Azula to have a passionate moment you have to tweak her character but I hate doing this so what do you do? Well you put her in a place where it doesn't matter what her character is. I done this in the previous chapter really easily now I'll explain, Azula would never betray her nation so what I did was make, Sokka kiss her so it's not her betraying her nation. Sokka only kissed her because firstly clearly he cannot best her in combat and so he decides the only way I can get away is yes by kissing her and if I'm honest in the same situation I might do the same especially if it was Azula lol oh and Azula follows him to the avatar etc because that's clearly what a tactician would do I mean peasant or avatar who would you rather capture Anyway on with the story guys oh and just a heads up there's a small joke hidden in this chapter if you spot it say in the reviews and I'll send you a virtual cookie
Chapter: 2 Boomerang rescue
"Where do we go now katara?" Sokka asked concern in his voice as he looked to his sister for guidance.
"I don't know, but we need to rest, is there a town nearby?" katara replied still tending to Aang
"uhhh my side, katara is that you?" Aang asked groaning into life.
"Aang! You're awake!" katara yelled overwhelmed with joy.
Aang just smiled and stared at katara until "Aang, I'm sorry it was my fault you got hit" Sokka looked down he couldn't even look at his friend
"Sokka its fine, I'm the avatar it's going to take more than that to hurt me" Aang replied with his usual optimism
"But where are we going now?" Aang asked as he looked around trying to get his bearings
"well there's a small earth kingdom settlement really close by, maybe we should stop there at least until morning, then maybe a day's worth of R&R couldn't hurt" Sokka said while inspecting a map of the earth kingdom.
Katara shrugged "sounds good to me"
"Alright!" Aang shouted as he leapt into the air
-earth kingdomブーメラン lee min city (evening)-
"Ugh I'm bored, katara!" Sokka groaned as he rolled off of Appa
"That's great Sokka" katara replied not paying any attention to her brother.
"Stop water bending and do something katara!" Sokka once again groaned
"What? Like water bending?" katara replied sarcastically while rolling her eyes.
"No, something fun" Sokka for a third time groaned
Katara then splashed Sokka with her water "no I'm finding this pretty fun" katara and Aang both laughed at Sokka now being soaked through.
"ughhh I'm going to get something to eat" Sokka got up and rung out his pony tail
"And! I miss boomerang, he wouldn't have done this to me!" Sokka yelled at his companions as he walked away.
- lee min city (evening)-
"Azula, do you want to come shopping with me?" ty lee asked in her usual kind and joyful manner.
"I would rather be eaten by a platypus bear" Azula returned sarcastically as she walked towards her room.
"Oh okay" ty lee looked upset but only for a fraction of a moment, before turning to mai and asking the same question, twitch mai replied yes after all ty lee had had a rough few days.
"Ugh I don't need those fools" Azula thought as she slammed the door, cracking the hinges "I just want a nice hot bath to get some of this, filth off me".
-Market place (20 minutes late) -
"Mmmmmmmmm this is some good artic hen" Sokka yelled to the shop manager as he swallowed his 3rd bowl of artic hen soup. Sokka then turned around and looked over the market "hmm where to next?"
Sokka walked down the market checking each stand for more and more exotic foods, until…..
*thud "hey watch i…." ty lee paused "you look familiar she stopped to think.
Sokka pulled his hood up, it was dusk so he may be able to get lucky for once and get away… what was he thinking Sokka lucky, ha the gods enjoyed screwing with him too much.
"urm I just have a recognisable face" Sokka said as he tried to walk away
"More like a cute face" ty lee cooed as she moved closer but Sokka wasn't taking any chances
"I'm sorry but I uh I'm urm gay!" Sokka yelled
Ty lee stopped for a second before scrunching up her face, "oh right… you didn't have to yell, I was just being nice" ty lee then turned around and skipped away
"That was too close" Sokka thought before he was grabbed, his mouth covered.
"mmmmmmmmmmh" Sokka tried to yell
"Shut it, you fool" mai whispered into Sokka's ear
Mai uncovered Sokka's mouth "listen I don't like you and you don't like me….." "I like you" Sokka interrupted. Mai continued "uhhhh okay you like me but I don't like you, anyway you may fool ty lee but you don't fool me, but I actually fancy a break for a bit so here's what you're going to do, for once you and your little group of fancy pants fools are going to shut up and stay low, just for once" said mai with her usual dead pan tone.
"We always try to stay low!" Sokka returned his pride slightly hurt.
"Hardly, how do you think we always find you? Luck? I don't think so" mai rolled her eyes" look just stay low okay"
She then pushed Sokka to the ground before displaying some incredible acrobatic skill and launching herself up onto the roof.
"Big mistake" Sokka thought "I'm not leaving without boomerang" and with that Sokka stealthily gave chase following mai, which was no easy feat, until she met back up with ty lee.
It wasn't until late that the two headed back to an inn on the outskirts of town.
"Don't you just love these shoes!" ty lee yelled with excitement to her friend who was less than impressed.
"Yeah there… great" mai said with next to no emotion in her voice.
Sokka stood there waiting in the shadows, watching the two girls until they went inside the inn.
"okay Sokka, no big deal, it's not the first princess's bedroom you've snuck into" Sokka tried to reassure himself but was starting to think busting into the fire lords daughters bedroom was a bad idea, in fact now he said it back to himself it sounded like the worst idea ever!
Sokka trailed ty lee and mai, until he saw what rooms they entered but it wasn't a lot of help, so he decided to ask at the reception where there most lavish room was.
"It's number 43 dearie, but I'm afraid there is a guest in it" the little old woman who ran the inn replied
Sokka blinked "well that was easy" he thought to himself "thanks" Sokka said kindly before tuning to go up the stairs to room 43.
"Wait, you didn't buy a room" the old woman said kindly
"Oh yeah, I forgot" Sokka rubbed the back of his neck
"How much?" Sokka asked
"Well you can have room 7, and that will be oh, seventeen gold coins" the old lady said, with a smile from ear to ear.
"Seventeen!" Sokka yelled
"That's what I said dearie" the old lady's smile, now vanished as she held her hand out
"Ugh fine!" Sokka handed over 17 gold coins before marching up the stairs, grumbling to himself.
"Room 41….42…. ahh here it is 43" Sokka tried the handle…. Locked.
Sokka then looked to the left and saw an open widow "perfect" Sokka thought
He climbed through the Window and began to edge his way around, until he found one of room 43's windows just slightly ajar.
Sokka then climbed through it making as little noise as possible but for Sokka that basically meant he hadn't let off a firework yet.
"Right where's boomerang?" Sokka asked no one in particular
But at that moment the gods decided to have just one final joke at Sokka's expense
As Azula had left her bathroom and was now stood in nothing but a bath robe and was staring at Sokka.
"Evening Azula" Sokka said in a calm voice as he looked for any means of escape.. But there was none he already knew her door was locked.
Azula stood there and stared for a second not having faced this problem before. "Back so soon peasant? I guess you just couldn't stay away"
Azula watched Sokka with her golden eyes waiting for him to make a move. She had already noted the fact he was unarmed and was clearly scared by the fact his left hand was slightly shaking, a sign his body had released adrenalin.
"Hardly" Sokka shrugged "look I don't want to hurt you but….."
Azula laughed interrupting Sokka "hurt me?"
"Yes hurt you!" Sokka replied with a raised voice
"I somewhat doubt you could do that" Azula looked at her nails sarcastically.
"And why is that!" Sokka was now very annoyed.
"Well water tribe BOY…." Azula let that one sting for a second, "I could lay you on that floor quicker than you could call for help from your pathetic little friends" Azula saw no danger from Sokka and was finding it rather amusing to toy with him, especially as he was now visibly enraged.
Sokka growled before lunging at the princess
Azula stepped into his attack, hitting Sokka in the jaw with a swift blow and kicking Sokka's legs out with another, rendering Sokka…. On the floor.
"Told you peasant" Azula said smugly
Sokka rubbed his face before looking up "look I just want my boomerang back."
Azula turned around and walked up to her cloths she then went about getting dressed.
Sokka just laid there, it was safe to say he was confused first off he wasn't dead, which was odd to say the least I mean he had just broken into the fire nations princess's bedroom and then tried to attack her and to top it off Azula possibly the nastiest piece of work around was just casually getting dressed as if he wasn't there. What the hell was going on!
Azula finished by placing her fire nation emblem on her bun, before turning around. "Right where were we?"
"urm my boomerang?" Sokka asked
"Azula looked in her belongings "ah this" she pulled out Sokka's weapon of choice. She watched as Sokka's eyes lit up. Azula smiled sinisterly.
"hmm typical water tribe, using such a primitive weapon." Azula once again studied Sokka for a reaction she wanted to be sure this object was the reason Sokka had broken in to her room "not that he would have broken in to see me" Azula thought to herself, Before mentally scolding herself for thinking such a thought.
"I seem to remember that primitive weapon hitting you in the face last night" Sokka said, taking a dig back at Azula
"It caught me off guard! Besides it was a cowardly tactic anyway!" Azula scowled at Sokka "anyway enough of this, I grow bored of talking to you peasant" Azula's pride had taken a hit and she was not happy about it.
"But one thing I don't understand peasant, and you will answer this or you'll be leaving this room in a small wooden box" Azula sat on a chair and began examining Sokka's weapon as for some reason she didn't want to make eye contact with Sokka. She couldn't understand why.
Sokka stood up but never took his eyes off Azula he still didn't understand her, normally he would be set on fire or at least burnt for getting this close but for some reason Azula's moods kept swinging one moment she was trying to best him through words the next she almost seemed nice?
Azula stood up, and set her hands on fire. "Why did you kiss me?" Azula glared at Sokka
Sokka stood there; he didn't know what to say. Sokka rubbed the back of his neck "urmm well I guess I just did it?"
"You just did?" Azula stared at Sokka, her golden eyes piercing Sokka's.
Sokka didn't move, or break eye contact, with Azula not that he could if he wanted to, her eyes were just mesmerising.
"So let me just get this nice and clear in my head, peasant" Azula without breaking eye contact began stalking towards Sokka in a predatory manner.
"You just decided one morning you would wake up and just, I don't know kiss the fire lords daughter, your own enemy? " Azula was not pleased with Sokka's previous answer.
"Look Azula it wasn't like that.." Sokka began to step back, he could feel genuine heat irradiating from Azula as she stepped closer and it was just a little scary.
Azula was angry she didn't know exactly why but it sort of hurt? She had not felt a pain like this before and she was going to make sure Sokka felt it one-hundred times worse.
"So why did you kiss me? You must know that that's a pretty suicidal thing to do peasant" Azula asked one last time.
Sokka was up against the wall and had nowhere to go so in his kindest voice possible he decided to answer.
"I guess it was the only way to get you off me" Sokka could suddenly see the heat waves start to radiate from Azula's skin and the fire around her hands suddenly intensified.
"uhh but I have to say you are an amazing kisser" Sokka blurted out trying to dig his way out of the hole he had created.
Azula stopped and Sokka could see a puzzled look on her face. It was clear she didn't know how to react.
"Really?" Azula asked the flames extinguishing from her hands.
Sokka suddenly realised, and it hit him hard "Azula?"
"What peasant?" Azula quickly returned, she was beginning to fall back into her stride.
"How many boys have you kissed?" Sokka asked as nicely as he could but found a smug grin slowly coming to his face.
"That is none of your business peasant, us fire nation girls don't go around telling everyone about who we court!" Azula suddenly became very defensive.
Sokka's eyes widened "no way, I'm the first man to kiss princess Azula and live to tell the tale" Sokka joked before…
*whack* Sokka fell to the floor his lip bleeding
"Shut it peasant you are not the first!" Azula flexed her now sore fist.
"Oh so you kiss a lot of boys?" Sokka returned before
*whack* Azula booted Sokka in the belly
"NO I DON'T KISS…. Why am I even having this stupid lovers quarrel with you, you should be dead your my enemy" Azula growled Sokka had pushed one to many buttons.
But Sokka was never very bright in these situations and he knew he had Azula right where he wanted her besides when would this opportunity arise again?
"Oh so we are lovers now?" Sokka laughed right until…
*whack* Azula kicked him again this time considerably harder.
"You really are foolish aren't you" Azula rolled her eyes before turning around and heading back to the table where Sokka's beloved boomerang was.
Sokka scrambled to his feet, he felt dazed and slightly sick from the beating.
"Look Azula…." Sokka was interrupted
"Princess Azula to you peasant" Azula piped up.
"Look hhhhh princess Azula" Sokka found it hard to suck up to Azula's good side
A small smile crept onto Azula's face hearing Sokka say it
"is it at all possible I take my boomerang and leave? You know without a fight?"
The smile left Azula's face "here" she said throwing the boomerang at Sokka, catching him square in the face.
"Not nice is it?" Azula laughed
Sokka stood up "you know Azula maybe if you were a little, nicer more boys would actually want to kiss you or even be with you!" Sokka shot at her
"But you kissed me peasant so I must be doing something right" Azula smirked
Sokka stopped for a second did Azula just make a joke?
Sokka laughed only a brief laugh but it was there.
"Right I should be going" Sokka began to walk towards the door before he was intercepted by Azula
"I don't think so peasant" Azula said
"But I said asked if I could leave with my boomerang" Sokka blinked before waving his boomerang for emphasis.
"Exactly you asked and I gave you your weapon but I didn't give you permission to leave" Azula looked as ever to her nails.
"So how do I get permission?" Sokka was getting nervous
"Oh it's simple you become my prisoner" Azula smiled as if it was a normal thing
"urmm that is tempting I mean being your prisoner and all but I think I will have to decline" said Sokka
Azula grabbed Sokka and pinned him to the wall but unusually her face was only inches from his own, which was odd for Azula as he could just head butt her and get free right up until…
Azula whispered into Sokka's ear before kissing his ear lobe and nibbling on it slightly. Sokka went bright red, Azula then leapt back her eyes darting across Sokka's red face.
"Peasant" Azula laughed
Sokka did not find her toying with him quite so funny.
"What the hell was that, do you do that to all your prisoners!" Sokka yelled
Azula quickly put her hand over Sokka's mouth before whispering into his ear.
"No just the ones I like" she once again stepped back and a smirk crept across her face
Sokka looked away, once again he was blushing.
"Look peasant" Azula said in her usual calm voice
"My name is Sokka, Azula!" Sokka once again looked away like a scolded child
Azula just laughed "I know full well it is Sokka, but if you're lucky one day I may call you servant instead of peasant"
Sokka just grumbled
"Anyway peasant, if you really want to leave that badly and I don't know why you would I guess I could let you go on one conditions" Azula stepped back and walked over to her mirror.
"Name it" Sokka said
Azula tapped her fingers and looked as if she was in deep thought.
"You have to kiss me" Azula didn't even flinch at what would normally be seen as a fairly odd request.
"try not to look too happy" Azula glared at Sokka who had a look of fear and a small tint of joy in his face, it would of gone unnoticed by most but Azula could read anyone like a book.
Azula walked away from the mirror and back towards Sokka.
"uhhh and you will let me go?" Sokka asked hesitantly trying to gauge her response as ever.
Azula nodded before moving in, she placed her arms around Sokka's neck almost holding him in position before slowly turning her head to the side and then moving in for the kiss, all of this felt like an eternity for Sokka the only thing waking him from this purgatory was the soft delicate lips pressing against his. He instantly remembered her taste it was sweet and spicy, Sokka loved it.
Azula then broke the kiss; she heard a small moan come from Sokka almost as an objection to the kiss being broken.
Azula then commanded "put your hands on my hips" Azula watched as Sokka complied "both hands" Azula's eyes followed his boomerang right until he dropped it to the floor; she grinned and in a single moment proceeded to kick it slyly under the bed.
After a couple of minutes, had passed Azula broke the kiss.
"Right you have 30 seconds" Azula then turned around to hide her reddened cheeks and also to brush a stray hair back into its correct position
Sokka made a mad rush for the door but as soon as he tried the handle remembered it was locked. He turned around to say something but the key hit him square in the face.
"ouch" Sokka yelped before rubbing his face.
Sokka looked up to glare at Azula but instead he just looked into her beautiful golden eyes, Azula looked almost sad and Sokka felt his heart skip a beat.
Sokka unlocked the door and made a break for it dropping the key in the corridor.
Azula sighed "I thought you were smarter than that peasant"
Azula leapt up and gave chase to Sokka; she stalked him through the market.
-lee min city (late evening)—
Are you going to finish your noodles Aang? Katara asked while gulping down her own noodle soup.
"No him not that hungry" Aang chirped up "do you…" Aang was cut off by katara grabbing his bowl and wolfing it down
Aang just laughed "first bit of good food in a while hey katara" Aang then look around "hey where's Sokka"
He then proceeded to check under Appa's tail
Katara finished her artic hen noodle soup before also showing some concern for her brothers where a bouts.
But it was at that moment that Sokka stumbled in.
"Hey guys miss me?" Sokka asked in his usual cocky mannerism.
Aang just laughed and yelled "Sokka!"
Katara rolled her eyes at her brother before she saw all the cuts and bruising on his face.
"What happened to your face?" katara asked genuine concern in her voice
It hit Sokka like a brick; he moved his hand and felt the bruising
"Oh that's why I'm late… I was robbed in the market" Sokka lied
Mind you that old lady did kind of rob me 17 gold Sokka thought to himself.
"Oh gods" katara said. She then pulled out her water and began to heal her brother
Aang suddenly spoke up "I don't see what you mean katara wasn't Sokka's face always like that?" Aang laughed
Katara and Sokka both shot daggers at Aang
"My brother has just been robbed and beaten up and your cracking jokes?" katara scolded Aang
"But one thing Sokka, why do you smell of perfume?" katara said while sniffing her brothers neck
"uhh it was a girl" Sokka blurted out.
Both katara and Aang grinned, and in unison said "you were beaten up and robbed by a girl?"
"NO not a girl there was like ten, possibly more!" Sokka shouted, attempting to salvage his honour"
"Right…" said katara
Appa stood up and turned around.
"What's wrong boy" Aang asked his pet bison
Appa then growled
And at that moment a familiar voice assaulted their ears.
"Evening avatar" Azula cool voice cut through the air.
"Azula? But how did…" katara then glared at her brother "she followed you"
The group then jumped into attack position, and that's when it hit Sokka, he didn't have his boomerang.
Azula stepped into her first attack launching a blue ball of flames into katara's position. Aang blocked the attack as a second ball was launched at Aang, but Aang was able to deflect it just in time, in a way it was fortunate he was bold or he certainly would be hair less now.
Katara launched a water whip at Azula but the princess gracefully dodged it carrying her momentum through into another attack.
Sokka felt helpless, what could he do? attempt to attack her with no weapon and pray she spared him after today's events... Yeah unlikely. Sokka then saw his opportunity a small pile of rocks, he picked a couple up and started lobbing them at her, mixed in with Aang and katara's attack any normal bender would have been over whelmed but this was no ordinary combatant this was the fire bending prodigy Azula! And even with this onslaught of attacks she was able to hold her own in fact hold her own was an understatement she was winning!
"Typical water tribe's savage, throwing rocks" Azula spat as a rock skimmed past her.
Another rock found its mark, Azula's armour took most of the blow but it knocked her off balance. She started to get mad. Azula turned to face Sokka, dodging a blast of air that crushed a small merchant cart behind her, time almost slowed down as she began to calm her breathing and focus her energy. Two fingers then shot out from Azula pointed straight at Sokka, a blue flash filled the air and a bolt of lightning arced from her finger nails straight at him. Sokka didn't have time to blink let as known dodge.
-Authors notes-
Sorry about the wait on this one I didn't really get a huge out cry for my last chapter so I decided it wasn't a must update so I've been working on a separate story on another account anyway here it is please review any questions please pm me thanks If there's anything you don't understand then trust me I have spent 3 hours editing this and I sure as hell didn't write bullshit so before you message me saying "what the hell so and so wouldn't do that" please think about it in a little depth as I have thought about each part of this story for a lot longer and I don't fancy writing an extra two paragraphs to you In a bloody pm! Rant over really hope you guys enjoy thanks for reading next chapter will be here soon
