It's Justice, Not Revenge

Chapter 2: He Knew

His eyes opened only to be forced shut again by the bright light illuminating from the candles in his room. "Will today be the day?" He wondered to himself. He knew that it would be coming soon. He had been waiting for it with mixed feelings. Fear, anger, regret, pain, satisfaction, all words to describe his thoughts on the matter. He would be happy.

Azula was a liar. She had always been one. "Restored my own honor huh? Azula, this was your worst lie yet." He whispered to himself. He knew that she really didn't care enough about him or his honor to give him a chance to redeem it. All she wanted was to use him, to use him, betray him, then kill him. Stupid girl. She had no idea what was in store for her.

"Prince Zuko?"

A voice echoed in his room, breaking his chain of thoughts. "Yes?" He asked politely, raising his upper body on his bed to face the servant. "Your father has called for you and your sister, a private audience." Zuko smiled. "I will be coming shortly." He replied. The servant nodded and left him. Today was the day.

He bowed before his father, Fire Lord Ozai. Inside he secretly smiled and quivered at the same time. "My children..." The Fire Lord began. "How has your first week home treated you?" He was pretending to care. "Quiet well father..." Azula began. "I have never been so pleased to come home, and with my loving brother at my side! I could not be happier." She smiled and turned her head to face Zuko. Stupid boy. He will soon no longer be an obstacle in her way to ultimate power.

He noticed his sisters stare. Contemplating his fate it would seem. She was in for a BIG surprise. "And Prince Zuko?" His father questioned. He smiled at his dad. "I share the same feelings as my sister, I could not be happier." He lied. He was still broken. He needed to find the missing piece to put himself back together. His mother. He also needed to wipe away the stains. Azula. It would all come together soon. A part of his slightly dark schemes, ones that his sister and father thought he was incapable of making. They always thought to little of him. They underestimated their enemy, and it would be their downfall.

"That is good. I wish you both to continue your day as was planned, but tonight I have a very important meeting to attend and I want both of you to be there. A servant will come to get you when you are needed. You are now both dismissed." He said before waving his hand. A gesture that told them to leave.

"I hate you father" he thought on the inside. "You are lying to me, trying to deceive me like your precious daughter, but I will not be fooled. The whole palace will be filled with your cries of agony when you see what I will do to her." He then rose with Azula and exited to the hallway.

"I will see you later tonight." She said, smiling at her brother. "I will see your scorched flesh sprinkled across the floor, your blood flowing from your open wounds as your tears flow from your shocked eyes. I will see your soul leave your body as I make the final blow, as I kill you." She sang this song to herself, leaving her brother with a wave goodbye.

"I will see you to" he thought to himself. "I will see the shocked expression on your face when I am prepared to battle you. I will hear your screams as I make the first strike and catch you off guard. I will watch you cry when you finally get what you have always deserved, but I will not kill you. I am not a killer, I am not like you. I don't need to kill you to get what I want, no, I have something much worse and fitting in mind." He laughed on the inside, but he also cried.

"Sister, why must you force me to do this? What have I ever done to you to receive your hate and betrayal? When you were born, was I not happy to welcome you into the world? Was I not the one who praised you when you lit your first flame? Did I not brag of my great fire bending sister to anyone who would listen when you were little and advancing much quicker than normal? Did I not stay up at night and sit by your bedside when you were small, warding off ghosts and phantoms and anything else that you believed haunted the palace so that you might fall to sleep? Did I not love you as a brother should his little sister? Why do you do this to me? Was it because of my birthright, being first born and a son? I would have been happy to bee born second in line to you and the right be yours if only I could have, but I could not. Maybe it would have changed everything, but we can't help it now. Why can't you just accept what is and get on with your life? " He thought sadly to himself as he walked to the library. Opening the door, he stepped inside then sat at a table and continued looking at he scrolls that he had been searching since the day that he came home.


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