Azula watched in the shadows for Itachi's signal to attack. He was finally back to his old self. Or what Azula hoped was his old self. They were on their mission. A simple 'they know too much and need to be silenced' mission.

Itachi signaled her and they both sprung from their hiding places. Their target had anticipated their attack and had guards. Azula dealt with half and Itachi took the other half until everyone, including the target, was dead.

Transition!

"I think we did pretty good." Azula said.

"We could have been a lot quicker if you had actually fought." Itachi said. They were back at the Akatsuki base.

"I fought!"

"Not good enough."

"Why are you bugging me about my fighting? Your old girlfriend wasn't as good as me!"

"Leave her out of this! Plus you have to prove that you're good enough to be in the Akatsuki!"

"She didn't! She just showed up and you fought for her!"

"I told you to leave her out of this!"

"So what? Do you know who I am?"

"Do you know who I am?"

Azula just stormed off to her room and slammed the door. Who does he think he is? Azula sighed. The boy that stole my heart.

To get her mind off of Itachi and the mission, she decided to train. She was almost out the door before Itachi called her back in. Now what?

"What do you want?"

"Leader wants to know how the mission went."

"We're here, aren't we? We have no scars or injuries, don't we? How does he think it went?"

"He needs to make sure."

"Can't you tell him? Why do you need me?"

Itachi was silent. "Fine then. You usually like to tell him how good everything went. But you can go train."

Azula stared at Itachi. He had a way of making her feel guilty, but she had to train.

"I will." She said and went outside to train.

She decided to practice her firebending. She would never learn 'the ninja way'. Firebending was all she had left of the Fire Nation.

Transition!

"We succeeded in the mission. The target was killed." Itachi finished.

"Good. Good. Then you wouldn't mind going on another mission with her." The leader said.

"What? Why?" Itachi screamed. He didn't like spending time with the princess.

"She told me that you were sad about the death of your 'girlfriend' and Azula needs to go on more missions. You need these missions to keep your mind off of your old 'girlfriend'. She has no heart, she'll give you no sympathy. You come back forgetting about Vivian's death and she comes back an excellent fighter. It's perfect."

"I was sad about her death. Now I'm fine. Don't make me go on a mission with her! I HATE HER!"

"Too bad. You know the fire style. You are the perfect teacher for her. Here's the details for the mission." He tossed Itachi a scroll, "And I want both of you to come back alive."

Transition!

"Why did you tell him?" Itachi said.

Azula stopped training and looked at him. "Told who what?"

"Leader. You told him I was sad about Vivi's death."

"I was never good at keeping secrets." Azula smiled an evil smile.

"Now we're stuck on another mission together."

"What?"

"Didn't expect your plan to backfire? We're scoping out new territory."

"Where?"

Itachi paused. How was he going to tell her that it was recently claimed by the Fire Nation? "You don't know the place."

Azula glared at Itachi and he could feel her piecing gaze. "Is there something you're not telling me?" She said.

"No."

"Very well. We leave tomorrow morning." Azula said and began to walk inside.

Who died and made you queen? Itachi's evil thought gave him an idea.

"Are you still a princess?" Azula stopped walking away. She looked at the ground and turned around.

"No. I stopped when my brother became Fire Lord and I was banished. My face is on wanted posters all over the Fire Nation."

Itachi flinched. That was going to make their mission a little bit harder.

Azula went inside.

I know they just went on a mission, but I planned for something to happen and I forgot to put it in there!