A/N: Written for the Probending Circuit

Theme- Scavenger Hunt

Prompts:

All characters in your story taking a bath/shower together

Word count- 1,628

The steam from the bath curled round a pair of pale, bare legs, and up the torso past the head, as she slipped in to the bath.

"Ahhhh," she groaned out in pleasure, as the scented bath water caressed her aching body. She needed this. She needed this badly after the most recent mission to capture the Avatar had failed. To think that Zuzu and Uncle would actually team up with the enemy. Traitors. She visibly snarled. Next time I won't hesitate to kill them if the opportunity arises.

It irritated her, the thought that she, princess of the Fire Nation, a true prodigy, and effectively heir to the throne ever since Zuko's banishment, could have been defeated by an overweight tea loving simpleton, her idiot brother, an earthbending freak who couldn't see, and two pathetic Water Tribe peasants. She had been stewing about it all the way back to the Fire Nation.

"Disgusting," she muttered out loud.

"You shouldn't frown like that," the overly chipper voice of her close friend Ty Lee spoke. "You'll totally break out. Seriously, all this negative energy is bad for your skin.

Azula looked up to see Mai and Ty Lee standing by the edge of the bath, both wrapped in fluffy red towels. The happy-go lucky circus girl was beaming from ear to ear like always, while Mai simply stood there with a neutral, almost bored looking expression. Business as usual for the two people she could perhaps call friends in the world. Sometimes it made her sick, that this is what she had to deal with in her life.

"Well," she prompted, choosing to ignore her friend's foolish comment about auras or whatever it was she fantasized about in that brainless little head of hers. "Are you two going to get in or just stand there all day? I don't have to remind you that this is a privilege and not a right do I?"

The two exchanged a look, and she narrowed her eyes, making sure a more neutral expression was on her face when they looked back at her.

They dropped their towels, sliding in to the bath, and sitting opposite her without embarrassment. They had been friends since childhood and had taken baths and seen each other undressed and half dressed together almost their whole lives. There was nothing new there.

Still, she couldn't help her gaze from lingering on the lithe, supple form of Ty Lee for just a tad longer than perhaps it should. She couldn't deny that the other girl was attractive, though of course, not as attractive as herself. Still, there was no point in denying that she, perhaps, had more than platonic thoughts about the acrobat from time to time. She couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to indulge in those thoughts, to see them become reality. To have the bubbly girl naked and helpless beneath her, writhing and begging for the pleasure only SHE could grant. Perhaps she would tie Mai up near by and make her watch. Maybe such a display would get an emotion out of the gloomy, dark girl. The thought made her smirk. Then she shook her head. No. Focus. You're angry with them. They've failed you. This is no time for admiration.

"Well," she prompted. The two girls simply looked at her in confusion. "I haven't heard my thank you." She examined her nails. "I didn't have to let you two in here, especially after your lackluster performance against the Avatar's toadies. Honestly, I expected more out of the two of you, especially when all you had to oppose you were two Water Tribe peasants." She didn't count the Avatar's bison, despite the account given by the girls upon their return of how the beast had bested them using its airbending. And besides, it was only an animal after all. "And only one of them was a bender. If you had done your jobs properly, we would have the Avatar right now, and the Fire Nation would be celebrating an assured victory in the war. The fact is I'm disappointed in the both of you."

Ty Lee looked contrite as she should, hanging her head in shame, wringing her hands under the water. Azula watched for a moment, noting the way her unbound hair flowed and bounced around her head. It draped around her shoulders as well, floating around in the water, drawing attention to her pale skin. She shook herself mentally. Again, this was no time to be gawping at someone she was trying to discipline.

"Sorry, Princess Azula," Ty Lee said, unable to make eye contact. She sounded sincere, like a child confessing when they were caught doing something naughty.

She moved her gaze over to Mai, awaiting the brooding girl's response. When the girl was silent, looking at her with a gaze that was almost hostile, she raised an eyebrow.

Mai remained silent, actually glaring back, which made Azula glare right back at her. The impudence!

Then she just had to add to it. "We're your friends, not your soldiers or servants Azula. You may be the princess but you're still our friend. Or at least that's what I thought."

Azula bared her teeth at the other girl. "Get out," she snarled.

Mai made no protest, shrugging her shoulders and rising from the bath. "Fine," she spoke in her monotone as usual. "I was done anyway. Coming Ty Lee?"

Ty Lee seemed torn, glancing between Mai's retreating form, and an increasingly irritated Azula.

Finally, Azula had, had enough. "Well? What are you waiting for," she snapped. "Go if that's what you really want!"

"Sorry Azula," she muttered as she climbed out of the bath. Azula tried to tell herself that she didn't enjoy the sight of Ty Lee's backside, dripping wet and flushed with heat as she climbed out of the bath, or the fact that the angle she was sitting at allowed her to see between the other girl's legs for a moment, revealing the pouting lips of her flower and a fuzzy covering of light brown pubic hair.

Once the two were out of sight, she allowed her frustration to show, angrily snorting a gout of her trademark blue fire out of her nose, heating the area further, and thickening the already billowing cloud of steam.

"Fools," she spoke in to the empty room, the emptiness only echoing back to her, enraging her further.

Ty Lee found Mai in the dressing room, angrily toweling off.

"Are you alright," she asked her moody friend.

"She pisses me off sometimes," Mai responded. "She treats us like shit and expects us to just take it. Well sometimes even my patience has its limits."

Ty Lee shrugged. "She's the princess. She can do what she wants. That's just how it is. Besides, Azula's not always like that. She can be really nice."

"Hmmph," Mai grunted as she finished dressing, Ty Lee following suit after toweling dry herself. Ty Lee noticed her eyeing Azula's clothes, and robe, all properly folded and waiting for her. She walked over and snatched them all up.

"What are you doing," Ty Lee hissed, running over and looking around nervously, as if Azula herself would come through the door at any second and catch them in the act. "Those are Azula's clothes!"

"I know," Mai said, turning to her. "She needs to be taken down a peg and learn some humility. I have an idea. Come with me." She headed for the door.

Ty Lee seemed torn once again, glancing back and forth between Mai and the sliding doors that lead to the bath, chewing her nails, and considering whether she should warn Azula or not.

Mai had stopped, and was watching the girl over her shoulder. She wasn't Azula, so she wouldn't force Ty Lee to go with her. She would let the girl choose.

After some time, with an apologetic look at Mai, she trudged towards the doors to the baths. That was fine. Mai couldn't blame her for that. Ty Lee hated conflict in the group after all, and would often try to be the mediator when arguments ensued.

She watched as the girl slid the door open and stuck her head through.

"Azula," she spoke quietly.

"What are you doing," came the angry voice of the princess from the other side. "I thought I told you to get out!"

"But," Ty Lee attempted to argue in her timid voice. "I needed to-"

"Out!" This was accompanied by a roar, and Ty Lee screamed and fell back to the floor, scuttling back as a wave of fire passed through the space where her head had just been.

Flipping herself on to her hands and knees, the girl crawled forward sliding the door shut as quickly as possible, sniffling audibly. Mai could see the tear tracks on her face and sighed, shaking her head in sympathy.

She walked over, placing a comforting hand on the acrobat's shoulder, and helping her to her feet. "Come on," she said, wiping the tears from her friend's face with a thumb. "It'll be ok. I know what we can do."

"W-will it help Azula be more calm," Ty Lee asked through sniffles.

"Hopefully. Though she might be pretty angry with us initially. You think you can handle that?"

Ty Lee nodded, a teary smile breaking through. "Mmhmm," she confirmed.

"Ok then." Mai gave one of her rare smiles. "Let's go."

She led Ty Lee out of the baths and down to Azula's rooms, where they entered the princess' closet.

"Here, help me carry these," Mai said as she began removing clothes from the racks and piling them in the other girl's arms. "This should teach her a lesson." She smirked.

A/N: The episode I'm referring to here is "The Chase" in season 2 of Last Airbender. One of my more favorite episodes if I'm honest. That tank train was wicked cool and the back and forth between Toph and Katara was hilarious! Anyways, it's my first time writing these three, so let me know how I did. As always reviews are aprecciated and encouraged!