Welcome to Chapter 2 of Jasmine Tea for the Avatards' Soul! Please read the AN at the end of the chapter!

Ozai had everything, or so people thought. He had servants, power, and fortune beyond belief. He had everything that could make a man happy, but nothing that he truly desired. The things that really mattered to him in life, was given as a blessing to another man.

His brother; General Iroh.

He was the first born, heir to the throne, his parents' favorite. He was the better firebender, the better leader, the better son. It was a misfortunate really, being second born and second best. He wondered what his life would've been like if the roles were reversed. If he was the first born, the heir, the favorite. Even when Ozai was able to take the thrown from him, Iroh still remained his happy old self.

Maybe this was why he favored Azula so much. . . pity . . . or empathy really. Maybe this was why he disliked his son. He was just like Iroh. First born son, an innocent, honest little boy. Heir to the thrown, even though Azula was a prodigy with a backbone and deserved it more. But what he loved about his son; his loyalty. No matter what he did, or how badly he treated him, his son would do anything for him. He was desperate for Ozai's love. In Zuko's eyes, Ozai's acceptance of him came first and foremost. And that's more than he could say about most things in his life. Most things seemed to gravitate towards Iroh.

Ozai laughed

"Your uncle has gotten to you; hasn't he." he joked.

"Yes...he has." Zuko replied.

Ozai frowned. His own son. Iroh truly did have to take everything from him.

PLEASE REVIEW! I wrote this story as an exercise to help keep characters IC, to help develop my writing, and to show a side of the characters that fans don't usually see. So I NEED reviews since the whole point of the story is improving my writing through feedback. Please support me by giving me a tip or two on my writing! Oh, and that last scene was taken from the episode titled "The Day of Black Sun", when Zuko stood up to his father and told him he was going to join the Avatar. If you watch, you see that Ozai actually does frown when Zuko says he was influenced by his uncle, and that was what gave me the idea for this chapter!

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