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Chapter Four: Flirting with the Devil?

Azula's eyes shot open at sunrise. It was strangely hot. She remembered Sokka's shirt and quickly pulled it off.

"It's alright. It's really hot here, I know." Sokka said as he offered her a hand. She slapped it away and stood up. He, once again, shrugged. "I'm not much of a morning person, but I decided to wake up before you tried to kill me." He smiled at her. She grunted and began to walk.

"Wait up!" He ran to catch up with her, grabbing his shirt that was thrown on the ground first, of course.

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After about two hours of walking, they hit civilization.

"I smell food!" Sokka went to run but Azula grabbed him by the collar.

"Let's get one thing straight, you're still my prisoner, so I'm still your boss. We need to play it cool, got it?" She asked as she whispered in his ear. He nodded yes. They walked about ten minutes, Azula looking for any sign of familiarity, finding nothing.

"Can we eat now?" Sokka asked.

"Yes." She entered a small food shop. They ate, after a whole day of not doing so, and left.

"Now what?" Sokka asked.

"We leave. We can't stay here." She sighed. He was, indeed, a moron.

"But where do you want to go? I mean, I know your army will search for you and my friends will be looking for me, so shouldn't we try not too move far?" He asked. She stared at him; maybe he wasn't as dumb as he looked.

"Hm. We should stay." She said as they walked through the city.

"So, I was right?" He smiled as he walked by her side.

"I didn't say that." She said sternly.

"But I was, right?"

"Don't push your luck, Peasant." She glanced at him through the corner of her eye.

"My name is Sokka." He said out of nowhere.

"What?" She faced him.

"Sokka, that's my name."

"That's nice." Azula said bluntly.

"So, like I don't call you Bitchy Princess, I'd like you to call me Sokka." He knew he was getting bold, but he said it now. It was too late to take it back. He stepped in front of her and crossed his arms. He smirked at her.

"I haven't heard you say my name once." She crossed her arms and gave him a challenging glare.

"Azu-la." He leaned forward with his smug look. "Your turn." She rolled her eyes and stepped to the side to go around him, but he blocked her off. "I didn't hear my name."

"And you aren't going to, so I suggest you move." She said holding a hard face.

"Oh, come on, it's not that bad." He smiled.

"What is your problem? I don't need to refer to you by your name, so I won't."

"Then I don't need to refer to you by yours, Bitchy Princess." He said and she yanked him by the front of his collar.

"Yes." She whispered. "You do." He looked into her eyes. They weren't as terrifying as they were before. Scary, yeah, but not terrifying.

"What will you do? Kill me?" He was teasing now.

"Yes." She said without hesitation and he gulped. She released his collar and pushed him back.

"Fine, where do you suggest we stay?" He asked her.

"We find a place with a rentable room." She continued walking.

"A room?" He asked.

"You think I'm letting you out of my sight." She wanted him to just shut up.

"You sure there aren't any other reasons?" He asked as he nudged her with his elbow. She stopped dead in her tracks, grabbed his elbow, and with one hand she flipped him on his back.

"I'm sure." And she continued walking.

"I was joking!" He yelled as he slowly stood up. He didn't know why he was being so nice to her to be honest. Maybe it was because she was the only company he had. Or the fact she could kill him with one strike. The more she pushed him away, the more he wanted to talk to her. He ran up to her.

"Listen, Peasant, we are enemies, we don't joke."

"Oh, come on, you know this isn't easy for me. I hate you." He looked at her.

"The feeling is mutual."

"Can I have the bed this time?"

"No." She was getting mad again.

"I'm just saying…maybe we should take turns?" He offered.

"Or maybe I could burn your fucking face off!" She stopped, turned to face him, and yelled. Everyone stared. She continued walking.

"Calm down." He placed a hand on her shoulder, which she shook off.

"Don't tell me to calm down. I'm stuck with a worthless water peasant in an Earth Kingdom town, things can't get much worse."

"Well, you could be stuck with someone like…my sister! There's a nagger for ya!" He laughed.

"If she nagged me, she would die."

"Wow…you're, um…really into violence and torture, aren't you?" He asked nervously.

"Yes." They entered a small building and rented a room. It was small, very small, with a narrow bed.

"Now what…it's not even close to sundown." He asked as he sat on the floor in the corner.

"We wait. I have a ship docked, but it would take days by foot…" She sat on the edge of the bed. "It's too hot to stay outside for too long."

"Or we could wait for my friends to save me." He smiled as he thought of his sister, Toph, and Aang.

"Or not, I don't have my army."

"And…?"

"And I can't defeat your friends alone." She said angrily.

"Exactly." He smiled and she rolled her eyes.

"I'm only putting up with you because I need to. Once I have the Avatar, I will not hesitate to burn you." She said calmly.

"I never said you wouldn't." He said as he pulled out his boomerang and began to run his finger along the smooth edges. She rested her head on the pillow and stared at the ceiling. This was awkward. Sokka broke the silence.

"I wonder how your boyfriend is still alive." He said, still focusing on his weapon. She glared at him and he gave her a confused stare. "You do have a boyfriend…don't you?" She grunted and returned her attention to the ceiling. "Why not? You're a princess; you aren't bad looking…unless you are completely incapable of having a normal conversation…oh." He said.

"Shut up, Peasant." She growled.

"Well, what is it? Approaching them, flirting, talking?" He tucked his boomerang away.

"It's none of your business." She said through her teeth.

"So, there is a problem? Maybe I can help."

"Maybe you can shut your fucking mouth." She glared at him and he put up his hands as a sign of defense.

"Alright, but I am a relationship expert…I mean, I had Princess Yue and now I have Suki." He smirked as he pulled his boomerang back out.

"Whatever." She returned her attention to the ceiling.

"So…"

"You are not to talk unless you are spoken to." She said harshly.

"Well…you are kind of talking to me…" He mumbled.

"No, I'm not." She was growing angry.

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"Where do you think they would go?" Aang asked from Appa's head.

"Probably to find a small town or village." Iroh said.

"What do you think she did to Sokka?" Katara asked worriedly.

"I told you, she probably killed him." Zuko said seriously.

"That's not funny!" She yelled.

"Will you two shut up already?" Toph yelled and they both looked to the ground.

"Guys, we need to focus!" Aang yelled.

"Maybe they came looking for us." Katara smiled at the hope.

"Nope." Zuko said. "Azula would still keep control, its lightening verses a boomerang and she would go in search of the army or her ship first."

"Wow…you put a lot of thought into that." Toph said.

"No, I just know Azula." He looked down to the ground, and then looked away when he got the feeling of nausea.

"Focus!" Aang yelled again.

"Oh, right. We should look for a local village; they got separated from the others so we should look in the opposite direction." Katara said.

"Wow…you can process things." Zuko mumbled.

"What did you say?" Katarq asked; everyone else rolled their eyes. This was going to be a long day.

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They hadn't moved in one hour. Sokka was sitting in his corner getting bored with his boomerang and Azula was lost in thought.

"It's…flirting." She whispered.

"Huh?" He shit his eyes open and sat up.

"I said it was flirting…that's what I have a problem with." She didn't look at him.

"Oh, well, that's not hard." He smirked, he was winning. She was talking to him.

"For you. I was in a palace my whole life, the only teaching I got was fighting." She sighed. Why was she even telling him this?

"Well, it's simple. Watch." He stood up and walked over to her. He offered her a hand and this time she cautiously took it. She didn't like where this was going. "Now, you can say something really simple like…you have really nice eyes." He smiled.

"What did you just say?" She said coldly.

"Practice, remember?" He was getting nervous.

"Oh, ok. Um…That's a sharp outfit, Peasant. Careful, you could puncture the hull of an empire class Fire Nation battleship leaving thousands to drown at sea… because…it's so sharp." She smiled.

"Haha! Are you serious?" He laughed and then looked at her angered expression.

"I knew this was a stupid idea." She crossed her arms and faced her back to him.

"No, no." Sokka wiped a tear of laughter from his eye. "Look, its ok, you should've seen me with my first girlfriend, the first thing I said was do you want to do an activity." He smiled at the thought of Yue. "All you need is a little help."

"No, I don't need your help." She glared through the corner of her eye. He grabbed her forearm and made her face him.

"Trust me, you do." He smiled. She yanked her arm away and huffed. "Look, guys are really simple-minded."

"I've learned that much, look at you." She grunted.

"Exactly. We like it when girls compliment us, sometimes they don't even need to say anything; that would be your case."

"What do you mean by that?" Her eyes were narrowing.

"I mean you would scare guys away. They will fear you, and I know you want that, but you need to wait before you scare them. You need to get them to really want you, and then scare them. You want a complete softie that is strong enough to fight, but is terrified of you…right?" He asked.

"You could say that." She cocked her eyebrow, she never expected him to know that much.

"Alright, so calmly approach him; just say 'hi' or 'hey, how are you?' Got it?" He asked and she nodded. "Laugh a little when he talks to you, even if it's not that funny, it makes them feel good. It shows that you do like them and makes them feel good. Ready for practice?"

"I guess." She sighed.

"Good, you start." He smiled.

"Fine, uh, hi, Peasant." She said with a fake smile.

"Guys don't like being called peasants." He smirked.

"This is practice." She said angrily.

"Do you want my help or not?" He held his smug look.

"Fine, hi, Sokka." She whispered with a grunt.

"Couldn't hear you." He put his hand to his ear.

"I said HI SOKKA!" She yelled angrily as she dropped her fists to her side. He hunched over and put his hands over his ears.

"Ok, I think you get the point. Hey, hot stuff." He smiled as he leaned closer.

"What did you just call me?" She said through gritted teeth.

"I'm giving you something to work off of." He said nervously.

"Let's start over." She said after she slapped her forehead.

"Sounds good." He let out a sigh of relief.

"Hi, Sokka." She smiled seductively.

"Hey, hot stuff." He leaned in again and she giggled a little. "So, how are you?"

"I'm fine, yourself?" She smiled. He smiled back. He leaned a little closer and so did she. They both backed away when their faces got about an inch away. Azula slowly closed her eyes, but quickly snapped them open and pushed him to the ground. "What the hell is wrong with you? You almost kissed me!" She yelled at him.

"Sorry, it's just…I got caught up….hey! You almost let me!" He pointed a finger at her. She grunted. "But you did well." He smiled.

"Thanks…I guess." She looked at him through the corner of his eye.

"I mean, really, if I almost kissed you then I am like the master teacher!" He yelled as he threw his hands in the air.

"Ok, you can stop now." She said.

"I should be like a dating doctor!" He smiled.

"Listen, the events that just occurred will never be mentioned again, understood?" She asked coldly.

"Why not?" He smirked.

"You want me to tell people you attempted to kiss me and I shot you down; that's basically what happened. And word spreads fast; maybe your little girlfriend could hear the gossip." She was smirking now.

"I was joking; you need to develop a sense of humor. Maybe we'll work on that next time, instead of flirting, which you were completely incapable of." He brought his index finger to his chin.

"I already went over this, we do not joke! And shut up!" She yelled.

"Ok, ok, calm down. Now what?" He asked.

"Go back to your corner and don't talk to me." She said as she plopped on her bed.

"Fine, your welcome from saving you the embarrassment of your flirting attempt." He said as he took his seat.

"You're welcome for not killing you yet." She sighed, the sun wasn't even going down and now she was stuck with the idiot, the prisoner, who just tried to kiss her. The prisoner she almost kissed back.

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Well, I used what she said in the beach, I had to it was hysterical! But yeah, this is one of my better chapters I think. Please review to let me know what you think! XD