Sokka
Sokka stared blankly into the faces of his supposed friends as they stared back hopefully. How could they expect him to want to marry Azula? Shes crazy and kills people with fire and lightning, Zuko claims shes alright now but its obvious how sane he is. 'Alright' Sokka thought to himself 'you cant let yourself be intimidated by them they're only four bending masters right?' 'Sure I'm unarmed but I'm a man with a plan' Sokka smiled as he realized what he had to bedo, and really its what any man with pride, honor, and dignity would do in this situation. Toph was the first one to react after Sokka burst out of the door, screaming at the top of his lungs. "GET BACK HERE SNOOZLES" she yelled as she tried to earthbend him into a trap that wouldn't hurt him. Before he knew it Sokka had walls of fire controlling where he could go, not to mention the earth constantly trying to catch him and water turning to ice after narrowly missing him. As Sokka turned a corner he realized he'd never be able to outrun them for forever, that Toph and Aang could move a lot more quickly than he could run and with less energy. Quickly dodging behind a merchant stand he waited for them to run past, when he couldn't hear the sounds of their bending anymore he prepared to start moving in the opposite direction. *Shwoomp* "Awwww dangit, stupid blind powers…" Sokka complained as a sort of cone of rock enveloped him upto his neck.
"Come on Snoozles take one for the team." Toph said. "Come on Sokka this is important, this could be our chance to resolve this before it comes to war" Aang pleaded looking into his eyes. "If you just need a royal marriage and you're all so dying to go ahead with this why doesn't Katara just marry Zuko." "Yeah Sokka, that would work real well, stealing the girlfriend of the Avatar and dumping the daughter of one of the only noble families that supports me definitely wouldn't have any consequences" said Zuko. "I think you're just scared of Mai" Sokka replied, smirking at the mortified look on Zuko's face as he realized what Mai would do to him if he left her again. "Alright I'll do it, my life was getting a little boring without the fear of fire nation royalty killing me anyhow." Zuko grunted at the last part. "Alright well then we'll make plans to leave to the fire nation immediately" smiled Aang.
Azula
Azula smiled thinking of Zuko's reaction when he'd enter his chambers later. She was so happy that Mai knowing Azula meant no real harm was willing to go along with it. Deep down Zuko was still a little scared of Azula and it showed in his reactions when she'd do stuff just to goad him. "So Azula" started Ty Lee "are you excited about after the wedding with cutie?" Ty Lee began wiggling her eye brows suggestively. "Well I can guarantee that if the water tribe peasant comes within five feet of me afterwards, things are going to heat up" Azula replied smiling at her double entendre. "So Mai how does it feel that I'm about to marry someone I really haven't ever even talked to and you and Zuko have yet to take theleap?" A flash of anger and doubt crossed Mai's face for a moment but she chose to remain silent.
Shopping for the ceremony gown had been a bit difficult for Azula since she was used to wearing things that showed nothing but strength and edges and now she was supposed to wear something to show off her beauty. Ty Lee of course had thought that she should wear pink gown, Azula had originally wanted to go with a short sleeved empire a-line style wedding dress, but had been talked by Ty Lee into halter a-line wedding dress that showed off her back and shoulders, "you don't want your groom thinking of you with those big armored shoulders now do you?" However the problem was Azula wasn't sure if she should wear blue or red. Red was the color of her nation, but she was marrying someone from the water tribe, and she had always been fond of the color blue. 'I have a bigger problem though' Azula thought to herself, marriage was her last shred of a chance of finding someone who really liked her for her, and if Sokka hated her, as he probably did, Azula was scared she might turn into her mother. A weak, ineffective woman that was married to a man that didn't love her for her. Some people believed her to be a monster, only a few such as Zuko knew better. That's why he had sent her the letter to warn her and ask for her approval. Sighing Azula resigned herself to trying to make the best of this situation. "Ty Lee." "Yeah Azula?" "What do you see in the water tribe peasant that you're always trying to flirt with him." "Well he is cute and strong and determined and you could tell he is sweet by how he'd always act like the big brother to the whole avatar group." Azula wasn't inclined to disagree with the cute or strong, she remember one the day of the eclipse when Sokka was trying to find out where she had put the kyoshi warrior. The feel of his strong, warm, but surprisingly soft hands while she couldn't firebend made her feel excited at the time, the prospect of being helpless like that. 'Maybe this will all turn out for the best' thought Azula.
Sokka couldn't remember the last time he was so scared. For one thing, Azula might just blast him through with lightning the moment they arrived, and on the other hand she could say no and how humiliating would that be? 'I mean come on' Sokka thought to himself, 'it's her duty to say yes…but she could still say no'. 'Although if she does say no I'm technically off the hook with this whole deal' Sokka considered. Despite this a part of Sokka almost felt like it'd be a disappointment if this happened, maybe it was because this was the solution to the current world predicament, and Sokka would do anything, anything, to make sure Katara, Aang, and Toph weren't put in harm's way. Maybe the reason was not only was Azula pretty she was the ultimate challenge. Sokka thought of himself as pretty strong willed and a competent warrior, but Azula was the epitome of determination. As the Gaang travelled to the fire nation on Appa, Sokka nervously fingered the engagement necklace that had once been meant for Suki.
A/N: I thought this chapter a bit better than the last, it would've been up sooner but I had a lot of things to handle and I spent like an hour looking up wedding dress designs _. I've been a best man at three weddings now but I'm still clueless as to the dress, or was I should say, since I didn't want to half ass the visual on what Azula's dress looks like. Well hope you all like it I probably won't have the next chapter up until Sunday, I might have it up tomorrow though, it should be longer because there will be a lot of interaction between various members of the Gaang, Zuko, and Ozai's angels, expect Zuko, Sokka, Ty Lee, Azula, and Toph to be the central characters of the chapter.