Ziggy's Corner: And now the princess herself is at the mercy of her friends' mercy. Will they show her any? Let's see!
Ty Lee was really, really ready for this! Azula had really tormented her when it was her tear, not the girl in pink was ready to show just how talented in this game she truly was. She had held back when tickling Mai, because she didn't want to show her hand too early. "This is going to be fun," she said, the same grin on her face as had been there when she had soared down on the water bender and her brother during their air bison's hair was shedding.
"Do your worse," Azula growled. "If you think you can."
Mai attacked her friend's ribs, pressing and kneeding them watching the princess bit her lips, and close her eyes. "That's not going to work," Mai teased. "I know this is one of your worse areas," she giggled.
"How?" Ty Lee asked, tickling the inside of Azula's left ear. She was holding her head to the side, to keep her from turning it away.
"We would get into tickle fights, when we were little, back when I had more than one tickle spot." Mai concentrated on the ribs and moved down to the hips and to her stomach, tickling her soft and hard, two minutes later, Ty Lee stood up, pulled a feather she had gotten some where out, and stroked her down her neck, and up her wrists.
"What kind of person are you Ty Lee?" Azula laughed, finally three minutes later, you never use your hands."
Ty Lee tickled with her pony tail and her feather, and joined in the tummy tickling, giggling with glee to find out Azula's navel was as ticklish as her's was. "Give up!" she sang.
"I don't give up," Azula laughed, her face turning red.
"Then you force my hand," Ty Lee giggled. She walked up, passing Mai, who was attacking Azula's ankles. Ty Lee gripped one of Azula's feet and held it tight. "Last chance," she sang.
"Ty Lee, you are such a dork," Azula snapped.
"That calls for some under arm tickling," Mai joked, poking her friend's pits.
"Stop!" Azula cried. "Seriously, I can't take any more!"
"Then you are really going to hate this!" Ty Lee said, taking the feather and tapping underneath Azula's toe nails. As expected, Azula went bizerk. She was actually able to kick her feet, and Ty Lee only was capable of keeping up the attack because Mai held her legs down, sitting on them to tickle her knees. Ty Lee continued to tap at the toe nails.
"I can't breathe!" Azula cried, tears running down her cheeks.
"Then give up!" Mai said.
"A princess of the Firihahahire Nation does noahahahot give uhuhuhup!" Azula cried, trying to bite her lips.
It was pointless, ten minutes after she began, Azula knew she could not hold out. "I love Zuko," she cried. The torture stopped immediately as her friends' jaws dropped. "I mean it, I was always jealous of him."
"Jealous of him for what?" Mai asked. Ty Lee undid the paralysis and Azula stood up. "Not being the favored, he was practically able to do whatever he wanted. Everyone expected him to be the black sheep, the joke of the family, the embarrasment. It made him strong."
"You're strong Azula," Ty Lee said, not expecting this.
"By birth, I didn't have to try. It was like I was cursed with it," Azula said. "I… I love my brother, he's an actual person, not a poster for someone else's agenda. His own person." Tears, not of strain, but of actual feelings poured forth. "I can't do it."
Her friends looked at each other. "What?" Mai asked.
"I'm not going to be a puppet for my father, like he wanted. I'm not going to attack my own brother because he wants me to." She looked at them. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to side with the oppostion, like my brother, or uncle more than likely have, I won't be a traitor, but I won't be a mindless puppet now."
"So what now?" Ty Lee asked. "I guess we could go back to my circus, he might not be able to find us for a while."
Azula didn't know what now. But she knew one thing, her Azula, picking up Elephant girafee poop? "Ty Lee dear," she said with a smile. "Don't make me laugh."
This ended a little differently than I thought it would, but I guess it means it might be a pretty good story. We see Azula find some hope for her humanity, but also keep some of her snobbery too! And how about Mai, we knew she was a tough girl, now that she won the game, we know just how tough! I hope you enjoy this! I had fun writing it!